2013

May everyone have the year they have always wanted in 2013 and the world have some peace and love for your fellow man.

Check engine

John wrote this song that we all know as the massive hit by Glen Campbell.

Cold and windy today.

Summer got groomed yesterday. She looks so pretty with her hair all neat and orderly.

The "check engine" light came on in the truck Friday night. Hope it is nothing.

Off the the store for some supplies to make a cheap Pez display shelf.



Not painting it today as it is too cold. But the rest should be done as long as I do not get sidetracked.

R&R time

Off until the new year. Five days off to end 2012. Saving a couple days worked quite well.
No real plans except to visit Lowes and look for a belt sander and figure some pricing on paint.
Time to get the house completely repainted on the inside. Good winter project. I'd really like to redo the kitchen floor. It needs to be stripped and refinished since that would make the kitchen complete but that is not in the budget at all.

Might as well do some extra house cleaning and start the new year fresh.

That is it this morning.

Peace.

May your family have a peaceful and joyful Christmas.

Covered

This post is called  "Covered" since Bob Seger covered this song.

I actually should call today's post stolen. I was doing some simple google searches on some of my Flickr photo's last night and came up with several but there are two that really piss me off.

Look at this link. http://georgiamarijuanalaws.org/georgiamarijuanatrafficking.html

The picture of the police car is my picture and these lawyers actually have enough nerve to us it with no permission, , no compensation, no acknowledgement, no nothing. Then if you look at the bottom of the page they have a copyright notice. Nice.

Then here is one that really frosts my ass. Look at this link. http://www.jamienewsonsmith.co.uk/gallery/

The first picture of the soldier with the quote is my picture. Yes the soldier is my picture and this photographer has the f'in balls to put it on his site and sell it. Really dude. How can you claim this as your own work.

I will be contacting both of them to either take them down or send me compensation.

There were others used in generic blogs and I did not have to look hard to find those. I am sure a little more investigation would reveal more disturbing things.

Some bit of history

Neat little video for the Christ in Christmas crowd.

The gun nuts are out in full swing. This week the store will have one of its best weeks in 26 years. It would be the best if we had anything in stock.

Little fun video about Instagram.



Have a great Thursday amigos.

The reason

A little Gaither concert for the season.

Ventria is a company producing rice with human genes in it. Want some cannibal rice.
They will be producing 30 acres worth in Kansas this year.

 http://todayyesterdayandtomorrow.wordpress.com/genetically-modified-food/heres-names/ventria-bioscience/

http://www.naturalnews.com/035745_GMO_rice_human_genes_Kansas.html

Is Obama caving on the fiscal cliff?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/obama-social-security-fiscal-cliff_n_2319850.html

Have a  lovely Christmas.

Imagine

Imagine people actually tried to live this song.

Now we hear from many that we have to have
armed police in every school. If that is an acceptable answer we are doomed.

We hear talk of the culture of violence from our leaders yet we have killed many innocent children, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and grandparents in Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries in the war on terror. If all this death and destruction is acceptable to our government how can we expect them to be our leaders in this situation.

Maybe we need to stopped the drones and killing of human beings with guns and bombs because they were born someplace other than the United States. If this is the example we set for the rest of the world is it any surprise that these events are becoming a common occurrence here.

As we weep

As we weep as a nation today we need to look with ourselves for some real answers. The numbers above are so staggeringly disproportionate I find it hard to understand how anyone can look at those numbers and not be morally outraged.

The NRA will have you believe that if more people had guns and carried them there would be less gun violence. Lets tell the truth here. That is complete and utter garbage. To believe that is completely delusional.
They also like to cloak themselves with the flag and God. The flag issue really is a false flag argument. As for God I only ask this. Would Jesus Christ and his disciples have used guns to murder Judas or the Romans and Jews would who urged Pontius Pilate to hang Jesus. I think the answer to that question is no. Jesus was preaching peace and love. Go back and read your bible for what it is, not what you want it to be.

Why do we as a nation just accept the glorification of violence in our society?

How many Americans who are crying today even care that events like this go on in Iraq and Afghanistan on a regular basis with weapons or materials made by corporations based in the United States.

In the Mood

Time to start getting in the mood. First post of Christmas music this year.

Work is intensely busy. Crazy busy in fact.

Coldest morning this winter. 27 degrees. Going to be 50 today. nice tomorrow. Rain on Sunday.

Did you watch the 12-12-12 concert. Some good music. Some not so much.

Going to finish Christmas shopping tomorrow. Have not bought much and will not get much tomorrow.
No money as usual.

Have a fun Friday.

People

So Michigan is going to union bust now. Great way to let corporations pay workers less and let corporations make more money. They use the tactic that this will give more people jobs instead of keeping unemployment high. While there may be more jobs generated what good are these jobs when these jobs are not paying an actual living wage and do not raise the living standard or even maintain the living standard of the folks working these jobs. The reason more jobs are coming back to the U.S. is that we are becoming the low price wage leader. Why not come back when you can pay people less and have all the advantages of being able to produce in the United States. Capitalism at its best.

The day of reckoning will be ugly and brutal.






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Phillips

Weekend Crapup

Mostly broke and bored this weekend. Did a little Christmas shopping. Little is all I am doing this year.

Seems like my cd burner has crapped the bed. It knows a cd is there but that is it. Does not read it or even acknowledge. Does not recognize it in the system any more.  Now I have pictures I have to send to the cloud to save. About 14GB worth of shots. Not sure if I should replace it or get myself a laptop and let this computer die a slow death.

Warm all weekend. Hardly winter yet.

Who wants to wallpaper my dining room?

Jello for Breakfast

A little anger and truth for your morning pleasure. Nice crunchy little tune to get the blood flowing.

Good riddance Jim Demint, we hardly liked you.

I hope the earthquake off Japan turns out to be nothing.

Looks like fantastic weather again this weekend.

I am sick of hearing about the fiscal cliff. Fix the shit and shut the fuck up. Please.

Bagel for breakfast.

Only Wednesday?

A little Ritchie for your morning coffee. I'd like to catch this tour.

No time for anything else this morning. It is only Wednesday and the week seems slow.

Drone on

If a country we are at war with used drones over the U.S. would the U.S. consider that a legal act?
Did you know that the C.I.A. is using drones all over the middle east?
Did you know that the C.I.A. and the D.E.A. are acting as armed forces all over the world.
I guess to be kings of the world we have to kill people and bend them to do things our way or you become expendable.

Watch out, you are being watched by our own government. Are you the next drone attack?

Crazy mid 70's here yesterday. Seemed like spring.
The sky was a wild blue at sunset last night. It was amazing.

Time for toast.

It ain't right

http://www.alternet.org/books/dont-slave-your-life-away-why-america-should-embrace-4-day-work-week

Wow. We are having some great winter weather. Is this the path for the rest of the winter? Would be nice.

Occupy updates.

http://occupywallst.org/

Have a Monday, better than most, please.

Sunday Ramblings

How cool is it that this great music is being played at the White House.

Fuck you to the train conductor who insisted that he needed to blow his horn forever and ever and ever and ever at 5 a.m. this morning. Please derail yourself. Thank you.

So I went to a antique/art/salvage store yesterday to look for xmas gifts. Did not seeanything I could afford for gifts. I did see an old easel for $9. I bring it up to the counter and when she rings it up the price is $29.
Sorry for the mistake sir. Do you still want it? Ummm. Not for $29. I leave empty handed.

I went to a used bookstore yesterday. All used books .99 all the time. Sale now 3 for .99. I bought a book by Michael Chabon. Kavalier and Clay, it won a Pulitzer. Then two photography books. One of events from the 1950's and one of pictures from Paris. Good deal.

Watched a documetary this morning, after the train woke me up, called "The Last Days". Very interesting story about the lead singer of an early metal band called "Pentagram". It is about drugs and hopefully some redemption.

Beware of this legislation.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/01/gop-backed-bill-is-most-serious-attack-on-americas-wilderness-act-in-history/

Always good to read.

http://therealbillmaher.blogspot.com/

ribbon going on the house this morning. Then some leaf blowing, shower, fold laundry, glue army men to my mailbox and Christmas shopping.

Enjoy your day. In the 60's here today.