War Mongers

U.S. military budget $687 billion dollars, China is second at $118 billion dollars. Think something is wrong with that. Wonder why we are not liked around the world. We are the bullies on the playground.

Could we spend that money at home fixing the United States and around the world doing good. Food not bombs. Water not war. Education not repression.

Why do we continue to lead with a hammer, so we can beat people into submission to make them follow our path.

It is time to "Wage Peace".

We the people are getting pushed too far and the day of reckoning is close at hand.

President Cave-In grow at set and be a real Democrat

Ummmmm

Brain freeze this morning. Can't think of much to write about right now so I'll come back later and write some more tonight.

Leave me some ideas.

Oh yeah, Borders is closing all its stores. Well I do have to say it will be very good for savvy independent bookstores. I still would like to own a magazine/newstand used bookstore on the beach.

So it begins

Great temps this weekend. Now the 90's return for a least the next week.
Yeah.......

Summer and I went to Asheville Saturday for some picture taking and walking in a couple parks. Summer went in the French Broad River a bit. She seems to have no problem with water at all.

Got some ok shots however most of the area I wanted to shoot is marked with freshly placed no trespassing signs. Bummer. The weather was fair. No suns and misty at times.

Here is my diet weight.

Weigh in day: 240.

Weigh in day two: 243.5 WTF

Weigh in day three: 233.

Not even sure what to make of those numbers.
Yogurt for breakfast, salad for lunch or some type of soup. ??? for dinner.
NO sugar for the most part.

Massive headaches Saturday night and Sunday.

Make soap??

Really its Friday

Cool Kinks song. One of my favorites. Very underrated in the larger scheme of things.

Seems like this week has been very long.

Meet with the group last week. Planning some type of anti-war events seems to be the game plan. They have not been active the last few years for the most part. Should be interesting to see where it all goes. Most of these folks have been doing this for many years.

Think I am going to head to Asheville in the morning to shoot a few shots around town. Graffiti and so on.

My high school 30th reunion is this weekend. I won't be there.

Gotta run. Take wrinkles out of my shirt.

One of my favorite songs. One of many songs by Steppenwolf that should get more airplay than it does.

These are the folks I am meeting with tomorrow night.
Should be quite interesting. Have no idea what to expect.
http://www.worldcantwait.net/

Nice job by Rupert Murdoch's folks in England. Maybe up to 9000 hacked phone numbers. WTF is wrong with these people. Wanna bet the same thing has been going on here.

Watch as the Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, Wikileaks mess is getting ready to blow up again.

Evidence that we are becoming a nation of asshole leaders.



This is for Ken and his comment about Summer.

100

Supposed to get to 100 today.

Nice job of spying by the British tabloid. Wonder if they do that here.

Already wish it was the weekend.

Need to go to Bluefield

Summer was freaking me out last night. She keep on staring at me no matter what I was doing. I keep saying "Your freaking me out man" but she just kept on staring.

Squirrels have demolished on bird feeder and another is close to being gone. Time for a good metal one.

The Sunday Times

One cool bluegrass song from the great Doyle Lawson.

Cukes have landed. Picked two from the garden last night.
Now I have maters and cukes picked. Peppers still growing like crazy.
Broccoli growing not producing, same as the zucchini.

The Tour de France has become a crash fest with two of the leaders in a breakaway from the peloton taken out by an asshole driver with a cameraman for French TV. My favorite rider this is the guy you see going up in the air into the barbed wire fence. Both guys did get back on and finish the race. At the time of the accident they were in the lead group 5 plus minutes ahead of the field.

Here is the accident.



Politics of the day.

Here are the costs of war. Financial and human and social.
http://costsofwar.org/

Portugal's better idea on drug use.
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/151546/portugal_celebrates_10_year_anniversary_of_decriminalizing_drugs_by_tony_newman

WTF, when do we have Round Up ready humans. Soon enough.
http://motherjones.com/environment/2011/07/usda-deregulate-roundup-gmo-tom-philpott

Saturday is for FUN

So we were heading towards drought conditions now with all the rain we have had over the last week I have mushrooms growing in the front yard. A couple inches last night.

The antique shop down the street is having a little event today including a beer tasting event. I'll be there.

Then this afternoon there is a street fest featuring several bands including Jonathan Scales whoes video is here today. There will be artists and other events going on. I'll head over to that since there is little chance of rain today.

Laundry, breakfast watching the Tour De France, dog bath, sweeping dog hair, vacuuming spider webs, clean the bathroom, yard sale and whatever else happens along the way.

Goodbye shuttle program. Glad I got the see one right there in person.
What will be the next cool thing they come up with?

Hi

We are now in a rainy pattern. Good thunderstorms everyday for the past several days.

I had clothes outside drying. They never get a chance to dry before the next rain storm.

A grizzly killed a man at Yellowstone. Maybe he was pissed about the Exxon oil spill in the Yellowstone River.

I think I am going to take my last two days of vacation over labor day and have a mini vacation. I need one.

Time for a shower.

Politics

I will go see this movie the first chance I get. These guys are fun and play some great music. Ultimately with a sad ending.

Went to the Fun Fourth in downtown Greensboro. BOOOORRRRINNNNGGGGG.
I did get to meet some people who had a booth set up selling pins and bumper stickers of a liberal political nature. BS'd with them for a long time. Going to meet with them and see if I can do some political things with them.

Some fuck lost 9.5% of his weight in the first round of the contest. WTF.
Eat much.

Not sure what to say about Casey Anthony except her lawyers did what they got paid to do. Maybe the state did not. They had no hard evidence, just lots of speculation. Remember you want a lawyer to do what they her lawyers did if you ever are charged of a crime.