The Bear Awakens

So the mighty Russian bear is coming out of his slumber. They decided they had to beat up little old Georgia. They are testing the United States and we are losing this battle. Now we are sending troops in with humanitarian aid. What happens when the Russians do not let us through?
What happens if our troops get caught in some crossfire? Will we fight or walk away?

Believe me this is a test . The Russians are going to push this as far as they can. What can we do? The Russians do not need the U.S. They have enough resources and will work with anybody they want to achieve their goals. We better watch out or will be be in a war that will make Iraq look like a walk in the park. The Russians have a massive army and they do not care how many of their own die. This is very dangerous.

Dumb Politicians and Corporate Thieves

Florida is going to hell.

1. We are going to have an amendment on the ballot in November that if passes will cut property taxes by 25% to 40%. Sounds good, right. However that money, 8.2 billion dollars this year, is what we use to fund our education system. There is no current plan in place as to how we are going to replace those education dollars. The amendment only requires that the state legislature finds a way to do this. How can you vote for a plan when you do not know where the missing money will come from. You know full well it will some form of tax.

Who is supporting the amendment? Why it is the "Florida Association of Realtors" and our lightweight governor Charlie Christ. Follow the money trail.

2. State Farm wants to be able to raise insurance rates by an average of 47%, despite making $5.5 billion in profits last year and $5.3 billion in 2006. They have been screwing the people of Florida since the hurricanes of 2004. Follow the money trail.

3. Our local energy company Tampa Electric, part of TECO Energy, wants to raise our rates by 31%. By the way they just posted a $51.4 million dollar profit for the second quarter. Follow the money trail.

So now Floriduh will produce more ignorant kids, steal money from my pocket to give to big corporations and will wonder why people are leaving the state in droves. Long time residents are leaving and new people moving in is at a 30 year low.

Crime in Hartford, Ct.

Since I grew up in Ct. and have family in Ct. I like to keep tabs on what is happening there. So what do I notice is going on in the capital of Ct. Tons and tons of crime. This past weekend there were 11 shootings and one death. There have been 110 shootings, at least reported shootings, this year. Now they are going to enforce a curfew between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. for anyone under 18. A law that has been on the books but not being enforced. Its about time. Now to be fair I really am against these type of laws, however Hartford has been a crime ridden city for many years and nothing has been done about it. They are going to enforce this for 30 days. How about until you can safely walk down the streets of the capital city. Maybe you need to dip into the coffers and hire more police officers. There is no nightlife in Hartford because people are afraid to be out late. Business will not invest in the city if they can not get people to the restaurants, clubs, art galleries, theaters and so on. They keep on trying all types or revitalization projects and they always fail. If the city is not safe people will not come. Plain and simple. If your city is not safe please suck it up and hire enough law enforcement so the dirt bags either end up in jail, clean up their act or move on. You can always send them to Detroit.

Hartford has been a dump for at least 30 years. Get your shit together.

If you want to visit a nice town in Ct. go the little town of Chester. You will be pleased.

Stellar Blue Jay

In July 2006 I went on vacation to Northern California. I stayed in the small town of Crescent City which is just a few miles south of the Oregon border. It is a very beautiful area. The Pacific Ocean on one side with mountains and Redwood trees on the other. Because of the ocean and mountains it stays cool all year long. Even on July 4th the temps never got that warm.

Many people were wearing jackets that morning during the parade. If you headed east to the other side of the mountains the temps would be 20 to 30 degrees warmer

What I loved about the area was were ever you were the magic of mother nature was right there for you to view. Seals in the ocean, Elk on land and birds all over the place. Magical in my opinion. There were many long stretch of beaches between Crescent City and Eureka were there was not a soul on the beach. Something you do not see on most east coast beaches. Another cool thing was one of the beaches had loads of cool rocks of all shapes and patterns. There was always people on this beach laying on the rocks looking for "right ones" to take home.

They are playing us as suckers

So I am watching the Olympics and during the latest commercial break, of which there are too many, and Exxon-Mobil put this nice B.S. commercial out. They are touting how great they are because they are giving out nets and medicine in Africa to help combat malaria. Now I applaud them for doing that. However they are not being altruistic. The commercial is nothing more than a feeble attempt to throw us off and make us forget how much money they are raking in and how much they are really not giving back. Nice try but it is not working.

Dear Mr. Clinton

Dear Mr. Clinton,

Enough of your crying. So your wife lost the primary and you are mad. Tough shit, I say. She lost in no small part to your running of the mouth and not doing any effective campaigning. If you had campaigned effectively she would most likely be the candidate. We the people of the Democratic party do not owe you anything. Barack Obama does not owe you anything either. The more you act like a little child the more respect I lose for you. If you are mad at Barrack then just say nothing or get behind him and act presidential. You seem like a little kid who is mad because he did not get his candy.

Also I think Hillary needs to pay off her own campaign debt. Why should Barack pay it off, seems like a bunch of garbage to me.

This may seem a little rude but you are an ex President so start acting like one or you will get a time out.

Paris for Prez

Thank you Paris Hilton for running the best campaign ad this year. Nuff said "bitches".

Photo Contest

So I will be going home in about ten days and I am going to be bringing a couple of my recent favorite pictures with me to enter in my hometown's fair. The pictures came out great and I had them mounted and matted at the local Pearl Art store. The guys there do an excellent job working with you and getting the right matting and helping you work on getting the picture framed to show your work in its best light. So I say kudos to Matt and the others in the frame shop. It also is cheap. Getting a 16 x 20 picture mounted and matted cost between $11 and $12 dollars. I think it is worth it for doing a picture of this size.

If you have never mounted and matted your pictures I encourage you to do so. It puts your work in a whole new light and you will not look at that piece of work in the same way. You can see yourself as an artist and not just somebody who takes pictures.

http://www.chesterfair.org/

Things I am wondering about today

Why won't Obama have town hall debates with McCain?

When airlines are in such poor shape why do they raise rates, charge for an extra bag, charge for pillow and blankets and any other thing they can screw us for?

Where should I go on my last vacation this year?

Why don't cable companies have more channels and then let us pick what we want to view and not have to pay for crap we do not want?

Why is there Fox News?

Why am I tired?

Will I ever be able to own a house?

Should I move someplace else?

Why are there video cameras wherever you go? Sometimes I like to flip them off while I stare into the dumb thing. Have you done that?

What do most people really think about gas prices and do they really care?

Why does organic food cost so much?
If it were cheaper would people eat any better?

What's wrong with us?

So we now have 1% of the population of the United Stated in prison. Not sure what that says about the U.S., but that number is staggering and I fear will get much worse down the road. If we do not work on fixing the education system in this country we will be on the long slow path to decline. We need to teach the basics first. How do we expect do get anything done when we have so many people who can't read, write, know any geography, any history or math. Just basics. With these fundamentals at least we give people a fighting chance. We could also stand to have schools get back to teaching technical skills like auto mechanics and things of that nature. We need to create and foster kids to learn these skills so we can get back to being a creative and manufacturing society. Is it too much to teach simple skills.?

We also need to teach kids the arts. Music, books, drawing, painting and so on. We seem to forget how art is something a society needs to thrive and grow.

If we do not address these issues we will continue to help the prison business grow and the world will take notice.