Ramblings of an old woman

Can it get any worse???

2006-07-09T12:22:00.000-07:00

Is there any possible way this country can show the middle and lower class' that they don't count?
It is alright for congress/senate to give themselves a several thousand dollar raise, but the poor bastards who are working their ass' off to pay taxes and make a living can't get a raise of the minimum wage????!!!! What the hell is it going to take for the rich fucking bastards in our government to realize that without the middle and lower class they (the rich) aren't going to survive!!!
I still say everyone who actually works for a living should band together and take one week off of work, buy no gas, nothing, let this country find out what it is that really makes it run. One week of not buying gas should fuck up the gas companies enough to get their attention. Not going to work for one week should show the big fat cat CEO's of all these multibillion dollar companies that without the working class, they don't amount to shit.

Without police, prison guards, nurses, doctors, bus drivers, subway operators, sewage disposal, garbage disposal, water supply, electricity, and a multitude of other necessary things, this country is going to fall apart, and the government can't make it stop until the whole week is up, and then maybe we will have their attention, and can get something done about all the crap that is happening. Our education system is failing, our infrastructure is falling apart, or morales are failing, and our ability to care about one another is falling by the way side. We need to get back to a time when the all mighty dollar wasn't the end all and be all of our lives. Until people start to understand that there is more to life than accumulating dollars we are going to be in a horrible place, and this country will pay a heavy price for our apathy.

Just more thoughts from an aging boomer who remembers what it was like before we all became so self involved and could actually talk to another person while looking them in the eye, and not relying on a cell phone to talk to people. We could actually shake their hand, or see them smile or frown. We have become a nation of individuals who hide behind technology so we don't have to actually connect with real people.
God help us now, for we surely cannot help ourselves.

Last best friend

2006-05-22T21:23:00.000-07:00

I sit here contemplating the loss of my last best friend. Most would call me crazy, as this last best friend is my ferret. He never asked for much, and he gave everything. He is struggling with a terrible illness, and surgery is his last hope, which in the end may be his last anything. I have always had pets around me, they always show love and afffection without any strings. Humans on the other hand all seem to have reasons for giving out their affections. I know I will have to let my last best friend go, sooner than I want to, and after he is gone I am not sure I will get another. It hurts to much to watch them go, and to say good-bye for the last time.

I can feel the emptiness already, and my heart feels as if it wants to just stop and call it and end. I will have no one left to share my deepest feelings, and who can just sit and listen as I pour out what is held inside. I do not even put much up on this blog as I feel as if it isn't a good idea to let other people share what I hold inside.

Safer to keep things to myself, people can't hurt you that way, and they will first chance they get, they will turn on you like snake on prey. I have learned from an early age that trusting so called friends can end up being a horribly hurtful experience. The less people know about me, they better it is for me. If I hold them out and not let them get to know me, I can keep my soul safe.

Hence my total depression at losing my last best friend.

I hope everyone who reads this will have at least one last best friend to confide in, for when that last best friend is gone, the emptiness is devasting.

Maybe, maybe not, but it is worth a try I suppose

2006-05-18T09:34:00.000-07:00

How To Plant Your Garden First, you Come to the garden alone, While the dew is still on the roses....
FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING,

PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS: 1. Peace of mind 2. Peace of heart 3. Peace of soul

PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH: 1. Squash gossip 2. Squash indifference 3. Squash grumbling 4. Squash selfishness.

PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE: 1. Lettuce be faithful 2. Lettuce be kind 3. Lettuce be patient 4. Lettuce really love one another.

NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS: 1. Turnip for meetings 2. Turnip for service 3. Turnip to help one another.

TO CONCLUDE OUR GARDEN WE MUST HAVE THYME: 1. Thyme for each other 2. Thyme for family 3 . Thyme for friends.

WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE.
THERE IS MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
NOT BAD,HUH?

Eyes wide open

2006-05-18T09:31:00.000-07:00

George W. Bush and a secret service agent are taking a stroll when they come upon a little girl carrying a basket with a blanket over it.
Curious, Bush asks the girl, "What's in the basket?"
She replies, "New baby kittens," and she opens the basket to show him.
"How nice," says Bush. "What kind are they?"The little girl says, "Republicans"
Bush smiles, pats the little girl on the head and continues on.
Three weeks later, Bush is taking another stroll, this time with Karl Rove.
They see the little girl again with the same basket.Bush says, "Watch this, Karl; it's really cute." They approach the little girl.
Bush greets the little girl and asks how the kittens are doing, and she says, "Fine."Then, smirking, he nudges Rove with his elbow and asks the little girl, "And can you tell us what kind of kittens they are?
"She replies, "Democrats."
Abashed, Bush says, "But three weeks ago you said they were Republicans!"
"I know," she says.
"But now their eyes are open

SAD BUT TRUE

2006-05-17T20:45:00.000-07:00

THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

OLD VERSION
The ant works hard, in the withering heat, all summer long. He builds his house and stores supplies for the winter.The grasshopper thinks that the ant is a fool. He laughs, dances and plays the summer away, preparing nothing for the coming winter. Winter comes, the ant is safe and warm the grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.THE MORAL TO THE STORY: BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF

NEW VERSION
The ant works hard, in the withering heat, all summer long. He builds his house and stores supplies for the winterThe grasshopper thinks that the ant is a fool. He laughs, dances and plays the summer away, preparing nothing for the coming winter.Winter comes the ant is safe and warm.The shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed tobe warm and fed, while others are cold and starving!CBS, NBC, ABC & CNN show up to provide pictures of shivering grasshoppers, next to a video of an ant in his comfortable home, with a table filled with food.America is stunned by the sharp contrast! How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer this way?Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah, with the grasshopper. Everyone cries when they sing "It's Not Easy Being Green".Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house, where the news stations film the group singing "We Shall Overcome". Jesse then has the group pray to God, for the grasshopper's sake, and reminds the group to contribute to his group, so that he can "continue the fight" for grasshoppers, everywhere! Ted Kennedy & John Kerry exclaim, in an interview withTom Brokaw, that the ant has gotten rich, off the backof the poor grasshopper! Both call for an immediate tax hike, to make the ant pay "his fair share"!Finally, the EEOC drafts the "Economic Equity ForGrasshoppers Act", retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The ant is fined for failing to hire the proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his house is confiscated by the government. Hillary Clinton gets her old law firm to represent thegrasshopper, in a defamation suit against the ant. The case is tried in federal court, with a jury comprised of unemployed welfare recipients. Surprise! The ant loses the case! The story ends, as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food, while the government house he lives in (which happens to be the ant's oldhouse) crumbles around him, due to lack of maintenance! The ant has disappeared in the snow. The grasshopper is found, dead, in a drug-related incident. The house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders, who terrorize this once-peaceful neighborhood.
THE END

Sinking Ship

2006-05-06T20:54:00.000-07:00

Looks like the rats are all fleeing the sinking ship. I just wonder if they captain realizes his ship is sinking as he stands on the deck and makes believe he is steering the whole mess. The CIA is in a mess with no leadership to be found. I am still looking for leadership of any form at the top of our government. Looks like congress is going to be a do nothing group of over paid windbags as time is running out for them to do anything of any real value.

People is this country should suck it up and quit griping about the high gasoline prices..........we did it to ourselves, no one else did, it was brought on by all the complacency over decades, and we the people electing officials to high places that have no clue what in the hell real life is like. I personally think they should put a three dollar a gallon tax on gasoline and use it to secure social security and health insurance for OUR citizens.

And all those countries out there who can't seem to appreciate the United States, well quit giving them money. Just like we did palestine (and they thought they could get along without us......LOL) Let's see how long it takes them all to begin to understand just how much money we in this country hand out to everyone.........

Quit buying oil from foreign countries, Make do with what we have and start utilizing the public transit systems. I think a couple months of no money will make them appreicate us a bit more. And while we are at it, start stockpiling more bombs, and aircraft........and dare them to come and get us. Just my opinion of course, of which I am entitled.

Well time to bed, had a rough week, and this old body is weary. Have a good night/day and may God watch over us all.

Hmm could it really happen??? You bet it can.

2006-04-28T20:49:00.000-07:00

Headlines from the year 2029!
Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, Mexifornia, formerly known as California.

White minorities still trying to have English recognized as Mexifornia's third language. Baby conceived naturally - - scientists stumped.
Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage.
Iran still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least 10 more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.
France pleads for global help after being taken over by Jamaica.
Castro finally dies at age 112; Cuban cigars can now be imported legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.

Postal Service raises price of first class stamp to $17.89 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesdays only.
85-year, $75.8 billion study: Diet and Exercise is the key to weight loss.
Average weight of Americans drops to 250 lbs.
Japanese scientists have created a camera with such a fast shutter speed, they now can photograph a woman with her mouth shut. (I just sent it. I didn't write it!)

Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights.
IRS sets lowest tax rate at 75 percent.

Florida voters still having trouble with voting machines

This is how REAL people deal with adversity

2006-04-28T20:45:00.000-07:00

Weather Bulletin
THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT
North Dakota News
This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western part of North Dakota State after the recent snow storm.
WEATHER BULLETIN
Up here in the Northern Plains we just recovered from a Historic event --- may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90 MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.
FYI: George Bush did not come.... FEMA did nothing.... No one howled for the government... No one blamed the government
No one even uttered an expletive on TV...
Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit
Our Mayor's did not blame Bush or anyone else
Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else either
CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX, or NBC did not visit - or report on this category 5 snow storm
Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.....
No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.... No one looted...
Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the government do something
Nobody expected the government to do anything either No Larry King, No Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No Geraldo Rivera No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Hollywood types to be found
And Nope, we just melted the snow for water Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars
The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks and didn't ask for a penny
Local restaurants made food and the police and fire departments delivered it to the snow bound families
Families took in the stranded people - total strangers
We Fired up wood stoves Broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman lanterns
We put on an extra layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or Die"
We did not wait for some affirmative action government to get us out of a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare program that trades votes for 'sittin at home' checks.
Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen this early..we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves.
"In my many travels, I have noticed that once one gets north of about 48 degrees North Latitude, 90% most of the world's social problems evaporate."
It does seem that way, at least to me.. I hope this gets passed on.. Maybe SOME people will get the message,,
The world Does not owe you a living....
Have a great day

Let'em build

2006-04-26T07:19:00.000-07:00

I say let Iran go ahead and build their nuclear empire, and then after they fire the first bomb, go in and annihilate the whole country, then move on to anyone else who thinks it will be a good thing to go nuclear. We have more nuclear bombs sitting around than we need to do away with this whole world, give them a taste of Hiroshima, and Nagasaki. And then tell Iraq you have one week to get your government in line and then it is all over but the clean up. Now folks it is time to sit down and decide if you want a country or just a wasteland. You have one week. Start talking.

And our so called elected officials need to start pushing alternative power sources, and get their fucking sticky fingers out of the oil companies. Think about the country instead of themselves for a change. Tax windfall profits at 80% and give it back to the people who actually are making this a great country, or what used to be a great country.

Tell people to get out and go to work, no more free lunches, if you want to produce babies, then you pay for them. I am tired of paying for lazy whores to just lay around and produce more lazy bastards and whores.

If I sound angry, you bet I am, I may not be the most educated person nor do I care to be, but I sure as hell don't care to be used and abused by my elected officials and all their cronies either. I have worked for 46 years, and paid taxes all that time. When I see people abusing the system it pisses me off, and right now I am a bit pissy. Anyone out there who says they can't find a job, hasn't walked out their door.

Darn

2006-04-25T20:43:00.000-07:00

It seems everytime I don't log on here in more than a couple days they make changes that won't allow me back.............I got lucky this time. Weather is just crazy, one day it is 80 degrees, and the next they have frost warnings out.........kind of makes me wonder just what lies ahead. Not a bad night at work tonight, had a couple guys go to holding, but nothing extrodinary. Almost froze myself to death out in the cold an rain, but did manage to make it home in one piece.

Nothing much to write about tonight, politicians are still doing everything according to the plan..........make the rich richer, and to hell with the little guy.

Well time for wine and sleep, have a good night, and God Bless.

And they think we are gonna believe this???

2006-04-11T19:53:00.000-07:00

Seems rumor has it that the U.S. is checking out things in Iran, secretly of course, and that they are looking into bombing the shit out of them first, just in case. But..........our fearless leaders, say NAY, we are not going to do this, we are going to use diplomacy............this from Rumsfeld, and Pres. Bush.................comeon folks, who the fuck do they think they are kidding here!!!? This from the guys who told us we needed to go to war against Iraq because they had weapons of mass destruction...........suuuuurrrrre they did. But now Iran is telling the world they have the capability to create fuel for an atomic bomb, and the administration says they are just using diplomacy.............suuuuurrrrre they are. How much more of this administration of lies and deceit will the people of this country put up with???

War on Terror should be looking within

2006-04-09T07:21:00.000-07:00

The more I read the more I am certain that the terrorists our so called government is seeking are sitting right under our noses. I am certain that there are sleeper cells just waiting to take control and do their dastardly deeds.........but wait........could it be possible that the biggest sleeper cell has already started it's work, and are at this very moment destroying our country?!!! Check out the White House, and Congress, and House of Representatives, why didn't we see it before. All of them masquarading as public officials elected by the people who thought they were electing people who would do what is right for this country.

Destroy from within, why didn't we see this coming???! Run the country into a debt they will never recover from, make them so dependent on oil that the Arab countries can do with them what they will, and then when you think they are not looking try and sell the most important sea ports to Arab owned companies........genius. Kill off as many of their young men as possible so there won't be anyone left around to fight back when it is time to take over. Let the Muslims come over and demand religious freedom all the while plotting to overthrow Christianity.

Destroy all the pristine lands, throw money at all the huge companies that the politicians have their fingers into so that they can become enormously rich, and then sit back and watch as the country self destructs. Yes, genius, Bush and his sleeper cell, they are hard at work, doing within what Iraq, Iran, and the rest seem to be doing, but all that is just a distraction so we can't see what is happening within our own lands. And what is worse there is no one who seems capable of stepping up and removing the cancerous blight. We had all better get used to living under Muslin/Arb rule because it is coming, and I bet sooner than anyone thinks.

Just a little thought for today. Not that anyone is actually reading this blog, but it makes me feel good to put it down in writing.
Have a good day. :-)

Is it me or what?

2006-03-28T06:27:00.000-08:00

Has this country always been this fucked up? Or is it that I am paying more attention now? I can't remember a time other than the Vietnam war when things were so totally wrong, on so many levels.

On the road again

2006-03-24T21:22:00.000-08:00

Well I am back to work after taking a few days of vacation. *bleh* Should have just kept taking the vacation. Nothing much has changed, inmates are still idiots. Lots of new faces in the staff department, but hopefully they will work out and stick around for a while.
The snow was nice, but it is almost gone already, but the plants seem to like it. Lost a long time friend, he was 97 so had lived a good life, but you couldn't have asked for a nicer person, I wish his family well, and my heart goes out to them. His wife will probably be right behind him.

Been a bit of sickness in this house, but nothing we couldn't conquer, at least so far. I can tell I am a bit older, I don't seem to bounce back as well as I used to. Sent out emails to my kids trying to get something worked out for this summer sometime so that we can all get together and do something fun, even if it is only going to Brownville for the theater, which by the way I happen to love. Just never seems to be time or money to do those sorts of things anymore.

Ah well, enough of that, time to go to bed, hope everyone is having a great day/night.

And so it goes.

2006-03-19T08:26:00.000-08:00

Promises promises promises, weathermen should not be allowed on the air, radio or television, blah blah blah, 20" of snow, well maybe only 7" of snow..........why don't they just come out an say "We have no idea what the weather is gonna do, but we sure do like getting paid all this money to make you think we do."! Been snowing all morning, and nothing is on the ground..........melted........all gone.

Getting older and older, seems harder and harder to ignore the pain, and can't take much for it either as my body won't tolerate drugs well. Ibuprophen so far, but even that can only be taken in small lots then my stomach starts giving me fits, I must have really piss God off somewhere between the day I was born, and now.

Although I shouldn't complain, even though my body is falling to pieces, I used it hard in my younger years. None of this treating it like a temple thing, although I didn't smoke for long, so that isn't a factor, and I don't drink often. I think it was all those hard contacts with the ground in my horse training years that did the damage. That and my love of food, ....you would think I would love to cook as much as I love to eat. Nope I hate cooking, and cleaning up the mess, easier just to let someone else do it. Ah yes, let's not forget all those years spent working in factories also. Nothing like standing on concrete for 25 years to get things messed up. I failed to exercise my brain enough, no school for this one. Let's learn about life the hard way. Now as I am about to turn 56 I still think college is a waste of time, most college grads don't have enough sense to pour piss out of a boot with the instructions on the heel. But they have that silly little piece of paper that says, I spent 5,6,7,8 years drinking, partying, and generally fucking up, so I am qualified to work in any field I decide........doesn't matter if the degree is in rug making, as long as it is a degree. No I am not bitter, just wondering how this world is going to be run, but people who have no idea where geographically Nebraska is and that think New Mexico is a foreign country......*shrug* And can't tell time without a digital watch, and can't add without a calculator. I am just glad I don't to that many years left to find out.........at least I hope I don't have that many years left.

Time for nap........

DArn it's hard to get old.

2006-03-11T07:45:00.000-08:00

Today is a make or break day, my body is screaming at me for treating it like I am in ranger training or something. I must have walked 5 miles yesterday as they made me yard corporal, and it was a really bad day. I need to get back in shape again.........round is a shape yes?........but to try and do it all in one day is a bad mistake, I don't know where I will be today, but I hope it someplace where I can continue to walk and get exercise or my body will be one stiff wreck by the end of the night.
Hurting to badly to even try and complain about our untrustworthy group of assholes running the country, I sure will be glad when they finally realize that the whole damn bunch should be impeached.

website hold ups

2006-03-06T20:27:00.000-08:00

What hell is the matter with websites that attract you to do things on them, setup accounts, and then after a few months won't allow you access to them? The fuck is that all about??? You have to jump through a crap load of hoops to get back into what you thought was a free good forever thing..................*bah*

Just my musings

2006-03-01T08:58:00.000-08:00

The weather is beautiful, the crocus are blooming, no rain in site, and no hope of getting any either. Going to have to let the grass go, and try and keep the shrubs, and major plants alive without going bankrupt.
Ten years until retirement, and it can't go by fast enough. I actually like my job, but my body is wearing out, and weariness seeps into every part of my being. I just want to wake up one morning and know that I don't have to be someplace, I can just sit and drink my coffee, and then go out and work in my garden/yard. I don't really know what my husband wants to do after he retires, but I know he is even more tired of working than I am.
When you come from lower income families life is never easy no matter what they tell you. If you have parents with education, and money then your most likely going to succeed unless you fuck it up really badly.
Ahh well maybe someday.........for now take care, and I hope you all get whatever it is in this life that will make you happy.

Middle East

2006-02-25T10:32:00.000-08:00

Does anyone else see this horrible problem rampaging toward us? Iraq is going VERY badly, and now the government wants to sell our most important ports to a country who sits right in the middle of all the unrest and uncertainty. How much more of this country can we sell off and still call it ours?

Civil war is a certain in Iraq now, and I am wondering why we are not hearing anything from Mr. Rumsfeld, afterall it was he who said we didn't need anymore troops there. I sure hope he has the sense to stay hidden now, because if he opens his mouth and says we need to put more boots over there and get in the middle of the mess even more, I personally think he should be shot by Dick Cheney and this time I hope Cheney doesn't mess around about it.

accident or stupidity???

2006-02-12T20:53:00.000-08:00

Cheney shoots his hunting partner, and the partner gets blamed...................hmmmm sounds just like the usual story..........never his or president Bush's fault, it is always the other guy who is to blame.............now maybe this country will wake up to the excuse makers they elected to run this country.

New Orleans is still going to go ahead with their Mini Mardis Gras, even though people who are trying to live and work there have to illegally turn on their power, because the power companies can't seem to get around to inspecting anything. And people are being booted out of their living facilities, I can't call them homes, because they don't even come close to a home. Yet they can come up with money to build floats, and all the rest of the crap that goes along with the "PARTY". They actually want tourists to come down there, knowing that there is no place to stay, no hotels/motels.....etc. No restaurants to eat in, they can't even get people to come down there and work, because they dont' have anyplace to stay, and they want TOURISTS to come and just dump huge buckets of cash to help keep the economy going................ROFL does anyone else see the folly in all this????

I think I will end on this note, nothing good happening in this country, unless your one of the "GROUP" by which I mean........one of the six figures people who is making a killing off the backs of the middle class and the poor. I am sorry to think of what this country once was, and will never be again, I am thinking maybe the terrorists might have done us all a favor when they tried to destroy all the financial powers that be. Perhaps then people would have realized that it isn't the power brokers, and the financial giants, but the little guy who gets up everyday and goes to that job he hates, because he has to make a living. Even after the towers came down, this country didn't miss a beat, people still got up and went to work, and paid the bills, but no one even noticed...........we did just fine without the "finanical brains" telling us how much they were needed. To bad they just don't get it.

Ahhh football

2006-02-04T22:28:00.000-08:00

Good ole Football, gives us all an excuse to party..............noise, food, booze, food, food, booze, noise...........oh yes, family & friends..............sounds like a good time to me. Hope everyone else is going to have a good day. Not much else to say, country is still going to hell with GW Bush leading the band and waving his rather tired worn out banner.

Yet another day goes by............

2006-02-02T21:10:00.000-08:00

Today I went to work only to hear the news during guard mount that one of our own had a horrible accident (she was riding one of their horses) Her 3 year old son was killed and she was severly injured and is in the hospital. From what I can gather the horse slipped and fell on them.
My prayers go out to her family.

And now I hope I don't get hanged for stealing, but I read this on another friends blog and I think it deserves to be seen by everyone who I can reach, so I am taking it from his and putting it on mine.

A friend forwarded this email which hits the nail on it's spineless, "democratic" head:January 31,
2006An open letter to:

€ Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
€ Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
€ Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
€ Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
€ Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
€ Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE)
€ Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND)
€ Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
€ Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
€ Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
€ Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI)
€ Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
€ Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
€ Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
€ Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
€ Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE)
€ Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)
€ Sen. John D. Rockefeller (D-WV)
€ Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO)
Dear Senators:Half a lifetime ago, on my eighteenth birthday, I proudly registered to vote as a member of the Democratic Party. Today, at 36, I am re-registering as an independent and renouncing my affiliation as a Democrat. And you are the reason.
I've seen many things in the past five years; things that shocked me, horrified me, angered me, depressed me.
I saw President Bush raid the treasury and steal four hundred billiondollars a year to hand out as tax breaks to his plutocratic supporters, running up more debt in five years than all of his predecessors combined, letting nothing--not terrorist attack, not two wars, not natural disaster,nothing--interfere with his looting.
I saw Bush sit through the worst attack on the US since Pearl Harbor,reading to children, knowing that the attack was underway but doing nothingto respond to it.I saw him declare that Osama bin Laden was wanted dead or alive. I saw himstate, six months later, "I don't think about him much...I truly am not thatconcerned about him.
"I saw Congress debating whether or not the USA PATRIOT Act should be passed,whether it intruded too far on the civil liberties of Americans.
I saw Congress unite in almost unanimous support for it once anthrax-filled envelopes began turning up in the offices of Democratic senators.
I sawinvestigative leads in the attack dry up when evidence pointed to the Armybiological weapons laboratory in Fort Detrick, Maryland, as the most likelysource of the anthrax.I saw Republicans take the absolute unity the nation felt after 9/11 andpervert it into the greatest divisiveness our country has seen since the Civil War--turning friends, neighbors, and even family members against eachother.
I saw Republicans attack Democrats as cowards, fellow travelers ofbin Laden, fifth columnists, traitors to their own country.
I saw heads of corporations enrich themselves with billions of stolen dollars--robbing retirees of their pensions, lying to investors to pump up stock prices, sending the electrical grid of the entire west coast into chaos--urinating on the heads of their employees, shareholders, and ordinarycitizens like a vodka-filled ice sculpture of Michelangelo's David.
I saw the GOP blatantly violate Congressional rules, holding votes open for hours beyond the deadline in order to strong-arm any Republicans who mightvote against the party leadership's position, shutting off microphones while Democrats attempted to speak, and sneaking significant unapproved revisions bills while in conference committee.
I saw the administration suppress government scientific research at odds with their policy goals, demand rewriting of documents to undermine scientific claims, and replacing respected scientists with industry insiders.
I saw information on the effectiveness of condoms in preventing HIV removed from the CDC website and replaced with abstinence information.
I saw Christian conservatives oppose a vaccine that is 100% effective againsta sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, because it might undercut their pro-abstinence message.
I saw the morning-after pill withheldfrom over-the-counter sales through the efforts of a man with a history ofrepeatedly anally raping his wife.
I saw members of the Bush administration lie and deceive Congress and the American people into a war that was unwarranted and unwinnable.
I saw them fabricate connections between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda that did notexist, and drill these fabrications relentlessly into citizens' brains until the majority of Americans believed that Iraq was involved in 9/11.
I saw them terrifying people with the specter of nuclear mushroom clouds annihilating American cities, generated by weapons that Saddam Hussein didnot have.
I saw Colin Powell betray a lifetime of honorable service by presenting sketches of imaginary mobile bioweapon factories to the UNSecurity Council.
I saw the administration and its allies in the media attacking anyone who dared question their lies, trumping up a bogus child molestation charge against former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter and exposing the identity of Valerie Plame as a covert CIA operative and herbrassplate company as a CIA smokescreen, undermining decades of CIA non-proliferation work and jeopardizing not only Plame's life but that ofeveryone who could be connected to her.
I saw senior Bush administration officials lying to investigators about who was responsible for the Plame leak, and Bush himself lying about the consequences that the leaker would face.
I saw Bush send thousands of Americans and tens, possibly hundreds of thousands of Iraqis to gruesome deaths while spouting platitudes about freedom, democracy, and peace.
I saw him say implicitly that the only way to honor the deaths of those thousands of Americans is to continue down a path that will ensure the deaths of thousands more.
I saw American troops cut to pieces by improvised explosives.
I saw them docked pay and forced to pay for their own food while hospitalized from combat injuries.
I saw them scrounging through scrap heaps for pieces of metal and broken bullet proof glass to use as improvised vehicle armor.
I saw them receiving inadequate body armor. I saw families spending thousands of dollars for the best body armor available when the military failed to provide it.
I saw the military tell soldiers they would forfeit their death benefits if they were killed wearing body armor that was not standard issue.
I saw administration lawyers proclaim the Geneva Conventions to be a quaint anachronism and redefine torture to mean nothing less than suffering"equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury,such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death."
I saw the administration forging an alliance with Uzbekistan, whose government is accused of boiling political prisoners alive.
I saw the CIA secretlyshipping prisoners to countries that commit torture. I saw innocent prisoners in Bagram, Afghanistan, murdered by US troops, none of whom received a prison sentence longer than three months.
I saw photographs of hooded Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib hooked up to electrodes, of nakedprisoners smeared with feces, stacked in piles, menaced by German shepards.
I saw an Army interrogator receive a reprimand for killing an Iraqi generalby smothering him in a sleeping bag while sitting on his chest.
I saw the CIA setting up secret miniature gulags in former Soviet prisons. I sawreports of white phosphorus being used like napalm against civilians inFallujah, and of American troops arresting family members of suspected insurgents and holding them hostage.
I saw nothing happen to anyone in command who was responsible for the decisions leading to these atrocities.
I saw corruption spread like a cancer through the Republican party, as TomDeLay, Bob Ney, Ralph Reed, Grover Norquist, Michael Scanlon, DavidSafavian, Conrad Burns, and others were implicated in the Jack Abramoff scandal; as Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion; as DeLay was indicted for money laundering; as Bill Frist (whose family corporation was once fined abillion dollars in the largest case of Medicare fraud in history) wasaccused of conflict of interest and violating the terms of his blind trust;as Republican leaders were accused of allowing stock market day traders towork out of their offices, profiting from the ultimate in insiderinformation.
I saw Bush obstruct the Abramoff investigation by giving thechief prosecutor a federal judgeship. I saw Republicans respond to ethics complaints by considering John Boehner for House majority leader, a man who had previously handed out checks from tobacco lobbyists to colleagues on theHouse floor.
I saw President Bush strumming a guitar while an entire American citydrowned in the fetid, pestilential waters of Hurricane Katrina.
I saw the first major RNC policy push in the wake of Katrina--to make the eliminationof the estate tax permanent. I saw Bush say "I don't think anyone could have anticipated the breach of the levees" when a FEMA exercise the previous year clearly foresaw that possibility.
I saw him use the post-Katrina chaos to sneak through a Justice Department recess appointment for Alice Fisher, who had been implicated in policy decisions leading to detainee abuses.
I saw bodies floating in the streets while FEMA head/former horse racing officialMichael Brown sent word that his dinner was not to be disturbed, fretted about how he looked on TV, and blamed everyone but himself for the disastrous federal response.
I saw decomposing corpses rotting on rooftops four months after government officials were told where to find them.
I saw oil companies push gas prices up to three, four, five, six dollars a gallon,allegedly to offset increased costs due to disruptions to refineries andpipelines--then report two consecutive quarters of unprecedented eleven-digit profits.
I saw Bush appoint talentless cronies to positions they were utterlyunqualified for, even after Hurricane Katrina, thus virtually guaranteeing that any major problem they were responsible for addressing would by design turn into yet another unmitigated disaster.
I saw him demand "up-or-downvotes" for all his appointees, demand that he get every appointment he wanted, demand secrecy from Congressional inquiry so that his bad advisors could feel free to give him all the bad advice they could.
I saw the Bush administration use every means at their disposal to acquire and abuse new powers.
I saw him declare that the President had the right to indefinitely imprison anyone he wished, citizen or foreigner, and to denythem access to legal representation or any contact with the outside world.
I saw him authorize no-fly lists to ban air travel by suspected terrorists, peace activist nuns, four-year-old children, and men named DavidNelson--with no published information on how the list is determined and noway to get off it.
I saw him appoint convicted Iran-contra perjurer JohnPoindexter (a man so corrupt he couldn't tell Congress the truth even with a grant of immunity) to develop a massive database on American citizens. I saw the military conduct surveillance of Quaker peace groups and collegeanti-war groups and classify them as a "credible threat."
I saw the illegal warrantless surveillance of at least 80,000 of Americans by the NSA in a program that predates 9/11.
I saw the President sign the McCain anti-torture bill into law with a statement that he felt free to ignore it.
I saw himsuggest that his title as commander in chief of the military gives himauthority to spy on civilians; that in authorizing him to take action todefend the country, Congress implicitly repealed any law that might stand inhis way; and that the FISA court is merely a tool for him to use, or not, athis discretion, rather than a constraint on his authority.
I saw him fightthe war against terrorists by attacking American citizens and the rights andliberties that are our inalienable birthright.
And I saw the Democrats in Congress do nothing.Worse, I saw you often sabotage each other. Joe Lieberman regularly scolds other Democrats for their anti-war statements, reinforcing the Republican talking point that Democrats are weak on national security issues an unableto lead in a post-9/11 world. Zell Miller took his attacks on his fellowDemocrats all the way to the 2004 Republican national convention.Presidential hopeful Joe Biden threw his support behind a bankruptcy bill
that provided minimal protection for military families, opposed a 30% usurycap, and failed to treat medical crises differently from irresponsible spending. Harry Reid put out a factual press release listing 33 Republicansimplicated in corruption scandals, then apologized for it a day later.
You unthinkingly repeat the lies in Republican talking points without questioning them. You fail to support each other, you fail to respond coherently to outrageous actions by the administration, you fail to stick to a consistent message, you fail to protect the interests of the voters by whose graces you serve, and you fail to stand up for your own principles.
I naively hoped that your inaction was merely a clever strategem; those hopes were occasionally buoyed by minor victories. Perhaps you were just biding your time, I thought...waiting for your chance, giving theRepublicans enough rope to hang themselves.Then came the Samuel Alito nomination. You had the perfect opportunity to begin to reverse the course of this train wreck of an administration. Instead, you fucked yourselves and the rest of us.
You knew Alito had boasted of his membership in the Concerned Alumni ofPrinceton, a racist, sexist, homophobic, elitist alumni organization, when applying for a job in the Reagan administration. He claimed now not to know anything about the group or to have had any involvement with them, which offered only two possibilities, either of which was sufficient to instantly disqualify him--that he had lied to get the job then, or that he was lyingto get the job now.
You knew he had vigorously advocated a fight to reverseRoe v. Wade in his Reagan years, that the Supreme Court had explicitly rejected his dissenting opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey where heargued in favor of requiring spousal notification--thus, in effect, givingmen veto power over their wives' medical decisions and ownership of their uteruses.
You knew of his failures to recuse himself from cases in which he had a financial conflict of interest. You saw his ruling allowing awarrantless strip search of a 10-year-old girl, just the most outrageous of many data points illustrating his contempt for individual rights.
You knewof his support for the notion of an omnipotent "unitary executive"unconstrained by Supreme Court precedents, by the laws passed by Congress,even by the Constitution itself (that "goddamned piece of paper" as Bush calls it)--a grotesque concept utterly alien to American jurisprudence.
You knew that most of his most important rulings were overturned by higher courts, that he usually dissented from the majority opinion in cases he heard, and was often the lone dissenter, indicating that his legal views were not mainstream and were often at odds with long-established precedents.
Christ, he wouldn't even state that it was unconstitutional for Congress to pass a law stripping American-born children of illegal immigrants of their citizenship because he might have to rule on it in the future, in spite ofthe plain, unambiguous text of the Fourteenth Amendment.You knew this battle was coming.
You fought over the "nuclear option" a year ago to ensure the availability of the filibuster for use against such an extreme nominee. You had three months to get your act together, to put together a plan of action, to build public support. But in the final climactic moment, the vote for or against cloture, the nineteen of you caved.
You worthless, cowardly bastards, you caved. You threw away the onlyvote that mattered. Good God, what the hell is wrong with you? What reasoncould you possibly have had for not supporting the filibuster? You handed aSupreme Court seat to a man with no respect for the Constitution, no respectfor individual rights--a defender of the indefensible, an enabler of fascism, a rubber stamp for tyranny. And in so doing, you have given Bush a blank check for any abuse of power he wishes, knowing that he's got allthree branches of government in his pocket. Furthermore you've jeopardized:
€ fifteen years of disability rights legislation
€ thirty years of abortion rights precedents
€ thirty-five years of the struggle for gay and lesbian rights
€ forty years of minority voting rights
€ half a century of black civil rights
€ seventy-five years of labor law
€ 115 years of antitrust legislation
€ 135 years of environmental protections
€ the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth,Tenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
€ and perhaps even the authority of the Supreme Court to constrainunconstitutional acts by the President, dating back over two centuries toMarbury v. Madison.
In short, you've undermined everything the Democratic party supposedly stands for and crippled your ability to revive your moribund policy goals.The death rattle may not come this year, or next, or five years from now,but as long as Alito is on the Supreme Court, the bloodletting will continueuntil nothing remains of the Democratic agenda. And so-called Democrats likeyou are responsible. As Edmund Burke wrote, "the only thing necessary forthe triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
And at the moment when decisive action was most desperately needed, YOU. DID. NOTHING.
That's why I no longer consider myself a Democrat. You cannot be trusted not to betray your core constituency, and I cannot in good conscience associatewith such duplicitous cowards. The Republicans may be right--maybe you are traitors to your country; maybe you do hate what America stands for, if you violate your oath to support and defend the Constitution, if you see the enormity of this administration's crimes against our country, our people,and our world, and do nothing to stop them. The GOP is far worse, of course,
but I know enough not to take my eyes off them...I expect them to stab me in
the back. I expected better from you. But no more. The Republicans' actions in the past five years have wounded my faith in our nation's future,
but you killed it.

Having been given notice

2006-02-02T07:58:00.000-08:00

Having been given notice that I need to update this rag, I am doing so with haste. The state of the Union is falling apart, people are completely ignoring the crumbling of this great union, because the people who can actually do something about it are merrily going there own way, throwing money hether and yon. They say everyone has a say in what happens in this country........bullshit! They say we have freedom of speech......bullshit? When they can listen to only those lobbiest with the most cash, and they throw people out of a place because of what they have printed on their T-shirts (Cindy Sheehan and Beverly Young), and only apologize to the one who has a husband in politics, that tells me we no longer have a tiniest bit of freedom of speech.
The stock Market is in shambles because even the richest can't seem to figure out what is happening with this country. They take away money from poor and students so that the richest can continue to keep their tax breaks. I vote everytime there is an election, but as with most other people who don't make 6 figure incomes, my voice has no sound. Eventually the unheard group will fight back, and until then things will continue to get worse for anyone of middle income and lower. It is time the oil companies with their record profits were forced to pay a 90% windfall tax, which is used solely for the purpose of education, and health. And don't believe them when they say they use the profits to ugrade or search for new oil. It is called profits for a reason, it is money that is left over after all the outflow is done..........which includes investing in the company, so don't hand me that crap about not making to much profit.

I still think that everyone who works in this country who makes $60,000 or less should all get together and for one week NOT go to work. Let's see how well this country handles not being able to get around because there is no one to run the trains, planes, buses, gas stations, open the stores, cut the hair, pamper the rich, and make the clothing, reap the harvest, make the beer.........LOL that one alone would put and end to this country! Come on people it is time that big government and big companies woke up and realized they can't do it without the guy at the bottom who shows up to work everyday and does a job that actually makes the products that keeps big business big...........and on the other hand, if people would quit shopping for things that they don't really HAVE to have, they say the savings in this country is at it's lowest point in only the third time in history, because buisness' can't keep going if they don't sell things, people can't save if they keep buying things over and over. Today in the paper it was mentioned that manufacturers of appliances are lowering their guarantee's, now they will only guarantee a product for a year. So what does that tell you? The damn things are made to fall apart so you will have to buy new ones in a year. Thank God Maytag used to build their washing machines like they were proud of them, I think I have had mine close to 20 year, and I hope to keep it for another 20. Stop shopping and instead put that money in the bank, or better yet, in your matterss where the sticky fingered assholes who run the banks can't get their fingers on it.

Well I have updated my rag. Not much new being said here, but then I live in a village of 333 people, not much else to talk about, everyone else in this little hamlet are soooo BORING! Who gives a damn who is sleeping with who. GEEZ find something important to talk about for heavens sake.

Just another day in paradise

2006-01-26T17:00:00.000-08:00

Well let's see........Haliburton is trying to poison our troops with tainted water. Hamas has won the election in Palastine. I just spent 8 hours getting the crap kicked out of me in PPCT classes so that I will know how to handle myself if an inmate decides to go off on me. *ouch* I found places today I completely forgot I had!

As for Halliburton I suggest we take away all the contracts they have over there, and give them to someone who will actually spend time trying to take care of our troops and our interests.
And then they are trying to hide the fact that they gave dirty water to our troops.......shame shame shame on Halliburton!

I think I am not going to spend much time writing tonight, to sore, and tired, and I need a bit of vino to help me relax, so am going to watch television and have a drink and be glad I don't have another test to study for.

Good night and God bless you all.

Oh for the good ole days

2006-01-20T17:50:00.000-08:00

We need another president like Theodore Roosevelt. They just don't make them like that anymore, presidents who are actually for the people and not big business. I seriously doubt we will ever see another president who will do what he did for this country and it's people.

Nothing like a little change

2006-01-19T20:48:00.000-08:00

Well I got a change of scenery today........instead of being in the kitchen I was down in SMU-ville
Where they keep all the really bad/crazy inmates. And it didn't take long for things to get crazy. Had to put together a forced-cell team to go in on an inmate who had smeared shit all over his cell and himself. Glad I wasn't in on that one. Then we had to squeeze in all the rest of the showers and chores that the first shift didn't get done. We were late serving dinner, so of course that set us behind on all the other tasks, phone calls, legal library etc. Which in case you have never worked in a Special management Unit in a prison not being on schedule upsets the inmates a great deal, and when they get upset, they tend to make everyone else upset also.

So we finally get dinner served, and then get the cleanup done also, and now we have a spontaneous use of force, because the idiot inmate decides he wants to assault the staff memeber who is trying to get him to sign paperwork...........not a good idea. So now here we are with just a minimum of staff trying to get all the things done, porters out so they can clean etc, and run supply carts and make phone calls, and we have to put together another team for another forced cell move..............we're havin fun now!!!!! And in the mean time the fire alarm goes off and we all have to check our galleries to make sure there is no smoke and no fire, all the while they are trying to get this forced cell team together.......and of course there is always the odd inmate or two who just HAS to have toilet paper, or some papers stapled, or has to pester you to make sure you have him down for his phone call the next day...........and all you wanna do is get things done so you can sit down and do all the friggin paperwork that goes along with your job.................and yes the job isn't done until the paper work is finished...........Oh let's not forget the inmates they have to have ibuprofen/aspirin/eyedrops/allergy pills/salve..........well you get the picture..........anyway...........I made it home safe and sound, a little worse for wear, but hey I don't have to go back now for a week or so, couple days vacation, and a weeks worth of inservice training.......lucky me........*sigh*

You all have a great night/day.

Just let me kill them, just this once

2006-01-17T20:42:00.000-08:00

I didn't even make it to my assigned post before inmates made my day miserable, mouthy bastards anyway, why can't they just do what they know is right, and then get the hell out of dodge.......................oh on, we need to make every person in the vicinity as miserable as possible.

Then during dinning more trouble, and it wasn't even my fault, I just know there must be a special place for people who must work with these sorts of idiots, I can't believe that our God would allow us to make these job choices without at least having a small quiet reward on the other side.

Only two more days left until I can get a bit of time off, I just hope I can make it that long......and that the rest of the staff will be there in case my mouth gets me in trouble..........LOL, you see I can get just as mouthy as the inmates when they push me in a corner.

Ah well, weariness is setting in, time to go try and relax a bit before I go to bed, wishing you all a great day/night and may God bless you in his own special way.

Well someone has the guts........

2006-01-17T07:34:00.000-08:00

I am so glad to see that California has the guts to finish what it has started, two in the last month or so have bent sent on the last voyage via lethal injection, I just wish Nebraska would get some intelligent folks working in their prison system, we are supporting nine deathrow inmates, three of them have used up all their appeals and yet they continue to sit and consume our taxpayers money, and no one seems to see anything wrong with that. We can't give money to schools to educate our children, or give decent wages to our employees, but we can waste hundreds of thousands of dollars on people who should have been put to sleep years ago...................go figure.

Ray Nagin is an idiot.
Come to think of it, I don't think I know many politicians who aren't idiots............always trying to please everyone when they should be trying to do what is best for everyone instead.

I can't help but wonder if the press is really interested in telling all the stories of the devastation along the gulf coast. You don't usually hear much about anyplace but New Orleans, I wonder if the people in the other areas are any less devastated??? But I guess they aren't as important as the black poor who screamed the loudest and got the most help.

Weekend is over, must go back to work, but only for a few days, then have a couple vacation days off, then must start a week long inservice, which teaches us all those things we forget in a years time, like knife handling techinques incase we should get stabbed, how to use minimal force on an unruly inmate, and a few classes on politcal correctnes...........all of which I will forget as soon as the week ends. If an inmate comes at me, I will either duck, faint, or run, depending on how long it takes me to crap my pants.............no way is this tired old body going to be able to fight back, I am just glad I have very good life insurance so my husband can pay off the bills and wine and dine his new/old girlfriend after I am gone........*sigh*

On a cheerier note, it looks like another good day, sunshine, and in the 40's again today, will try and get some watering done before I go to work, depending on whether or not my hose thaws out............LOL forgot to drain it the other day when I watered............silly me.

Let's not do this..........

2006-01-16T18:04:00.000-08:00

This is a prime example of why we need term limits on ALL of our congressmen/women, senators. After a while they all begin to think they are God and can decide for the public what is right for them, even though the public has said many times that isn't what they want.......and they wonder why we can't stand politicians!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060116/ap_on_re_us/katrina_nagin

If God is punishing anyone it must be himself, thinking that surely he didn't intend for so many idiots to run loose around the world. There must be a serious case of inbreeding happening in all these places.

On a lighter note, I went shopping today, by myself, and I actually took my time and got a few things I wanted. I think my husband was having a nervous break down, but hell it was good for him.........LOL Ya just gotta love Andy Rooney, to bad the rest of the world doesn't say what they are thinking, because some asshole thinks it will offend someone, get a life for heavens sake, and quit whinning. The following is atributed to Andy Rooney, I sure hope it is true that he said this because I totally agree.

I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.

Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.

I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, that is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE?

I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion. I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are diferent, weird, or tick me off.

When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is the Law of Probability.

I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English!

My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.

I think the police should have every right to shoot your sorry ass if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see the above lines.

I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qulified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business. We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they co uld come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations.

I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.

I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn't stop you from watching them.

I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.

It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say "NO!"

I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don'tpretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as youserve me French fries!

I am sick of "Political Correctness." I know a lot of black people, and nota single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be "African-Americans"? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America and nowhere else.

And if you don't like my point of view, tough...

Wish me luck

2006-01-12T20:44:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is Friday.........so you say big deal,...............and it is also the 13th of the month..........well if your not superstitious I don't suppose that will hold much with you, but it will also be a full moon....................and things like that all coming together on the same day in a prison are not exactly the things that will make you jump out of bed and be glad to be going to work. Inmates and full moons usually do not go well together, add to it the stigma of it being Friday the 13th and you can just imagine what it will probably be like tomorrow...........I just hope we all manage to make it home safe and well.

We manged to get a slight bit of rain, nothing much mind you, just enough to wet the windshield a bit, but it is a start, haven't had any for quite a long while.
Not much else happening, grandsons are having soapbox derby's the next few weekends, so hubby will be busy attending those since I have to work Saturdays.
I need to call the vet and make an appointment for my ferret to get his implant again, so all his hair doesn't fall out again.

I am starting to get spring fever, longing to get out in the yard and so some work, but I know when I do I am going to pay a very high price for it, each year my body lets me know that no matter how much I THINK I can do, it is never the same amount that I can ACTUALLY do.........LOL So maybe if I start now, and do just a wee bit at a time, I will actually have things ready to plant by the time next winter rolls around............yes I have a big yard.

Well not much else to talk about, but give me a bit and I am sure I can find something to rant about, I usually do, so for now you all have a great day/night and keep smiling, drives the rest of the world crazy.

2006-01-11T20:53:00.000-08:00

Got a call today from a far away friend, I know that isn't anything earth shattering, but it was so unexpected, and you know what? Those are the best kind, it was so good to hear his voice again, and to talk for a while. It's just nice to know that sometimes friends can still make time to talk and share. It was one of those phone calls that just brightens your whole day. Thank you Cory.

The other side

2006-01-10T11:00:00.000-08:00

Some People believe that before we are born, while we are still in spirit form, we get to choose our families, deciding that choice on the lessons we need to learn.

Now to me this is a wonderful statement..........makes me feel as if perhaps I will be much wiser when I manage to make it to the other side.

Can this mean people will finally see!

2006-01-04T19:15:00.000-08:00

I hate to admit this, but for once I agree with the President. Some things need to take place in order to gain information, and yes it goes against what most of us think should be done. If we are to stay ahead of this mess we are in we need information, and if it means treating terrorists like idiots, then so be it.

I think all is fair in love and war, and folks this is war, even if you don't get it, we are all in this together, and if we don't eventually get a handle on it, we are doomed. Yes we will be losing some of our freedoms, but so will the bad guys. Some things need to be kept secret, and I hope they find the idiot who decided to let it out of the bag. We live in a world where we are completely disconneted from the reality of what it takes to gain the information we need to keep us safe.
I work in a prison, and it is a lot like what this country is going through. Us against them, and believe me the them's have the advantage, they have nothing to lose, and we have everything to lose. Wake up and smell the coffee ladies and gentlemen, we do not live in the perfect world you think we do. We as citizens have become completely disconnected from the real world, because we lack for nothing we think the rest of the world is happy go lucky also...........WRONG!

On another note, I can't wait to see what becomes of this situation with Abramoff.............I hope it completely does away with special interest groups, and lobbyists. Put government back on a level playing field. Get rid of all the greedy money seeking idiots who are in it just for what they can get for themselves. We need to get people in there who are going to fight for what is right for the country not just for what they can get for themselves and their states. Get rid of the pork barrel polictics and get some real people in there who care about what is going to happen to all of us not just the rich. All of a sudden politicians are giving back money taken from Abramoff and his cronies, but before everyone found out about his trickery they thought they were getting away with something, President Bush is giving back $6000, but would he have given it back had this thing not gotten blown wide open???? Me thinks not. Gonna be a wild wild thing to watch as politicians start throwing money back in the cesspool from which it came just to keep their hands clean...........sorry boys to late, the stench is already on you, and it doesn't come off easily.
On a final note...............
GO TEXAS............KICK USC'S BUTT!

And yet another example of a World gone crazy.......and I love it!

2006-01-03T20:49:00.000-08:00

> > If everyone went back to writing checks and requiring bills to be mailed> > to us most financial institutions would be ruined. Shown below, is an> > actual letter that was sent to a bank by a 96-year-old woman. The bank> > manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York> > Times> >> >> >> > Dear Sir:> >> > I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavored> > to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations, three nanoseconds must> > have elapsed between his presenting the check and the arrival in my> > account of the funds needed to honor it.> >> > I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my entire> > salary, an arrangement, which I admit, has been in place for only eight> > years. You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of> > opportunity, and also for debiting my account $30 by way of penalty for> > the inconvenience caused to your bank.> >> > My thankfulness springs from the manner in which this incident has caused> > me to rethink my errant financial ways. I noticed that whereas I> > personally attend to your telephone calls and letters, when I try to> > contact you, I am confronted by the impersonal, overcharging,> > pre-recorded, faceless entity, which your bank has become. From now on,> > I, like you, choose only to deal with a flesh-and-blood person. My> > mortgage and loan repayments will therefore and hereafter no longer be> > automatic, but will arrive at your bank, by check, addressed personally> > and confidentially to an employee at your bank whom you must nominate.> > Be aware that it is an offense under the Postal Act for any other person> > to open such an envelope. Please find attached an Application> > Contact Status, which I require your chosen employee to complete. I am> > sorry it runs to eight pages, but in order that I know as much about him> > or her as your bank knows about me, there is no alternative.> >> > Please note that, all copies of his or her medical history must be> > countersigned by a Notary Public, and the mandatory details of his/her> > financial situation (income, debts, assets and liabilities) must be> > accompanied by documented proof. In due course, I will issue your> > employee with a PIN number, which he/she must quote in dealings with me.> > I regret that it cannot be shorter than 28 digits but, again, I have> > modeled it on the number of button presses required of me to access my> > account balance on your phone bank service. As they say, imitation is the> > sincerest form of flattery. Let me level the playing field even further.> > When you call me, press the buttons as follows:> >> > 1. To make an appointment to see me.> > 2. To query a missing payment.> > 3. To transfer the call to my living room in case I am there.> > 4. To transfer the call to my bedroom in case I am sleeping.> > 5. To transfer the call to my toilet in case I am attending to nature.> > 6. To transfer the call to my mobile phone if I am not at home.> > 7. To leave a message on my computer, a password to access my computer is> > required. Password will be communicated to you at a later date to the> > Authorized Contact.> >> > To return to the main menu and to listen to options 1 through 7.> >> > To make a general complaint or inquiry. The contact will then be put on> > hold, pending the attention of my automated answering service. While> > this may, on occasion, involve a lengthy wait, uplifting music will play> > for the duration of the call.> >> > Regrettably, but again following your example, I must also levy an> > establishment fee to cover the setting up of this new arrangement.> >> > May I wish you a happy, if ever so slightly less prosperous New Year.> >> > Your Humble Client> >> > (Remember: This was written by a 96-year-old woman)> >> > That A Girl!!!!!!!!!

The rules of Politics

2006-01-01T14:49:00.000-08:00

ACHESON'S RULE- A memorandum is written not to inform the reader, but to protect the writer.

BOREUS LAW- When in doubt mumble, when in trouble, delegate, and when in charge.....ponder.

CHAPMANS RULE OF COMMITTEE'S- Never arrive on time or you will be stamped a beginner. Don't say anything until the meeting is half over, this stamps you as being wise. Be as vague as possible, this prevents irritating others. When in doubt, suggest that a subcommittee be appointed.

MESKINEN'S LAW- There is never time to do it right, but always time to do it over.

MURPHYS LAW- If anything can go wrong it will.

O'TOOLE'S COROLLARY TO MURPHY'S- Murphy was an optimist

PARKINSONS FIRST LAW- Work expands to fill the time available for it's completion.

PARKINSONS SECOND LAW- Expenditure rises to meet income.

PETER PRINCIPLE- In every hierarchy each employee tends to rise to his/her level of incompetence, thus every post tends to be filled by an incompetant employee.

ROBERTSONS RULE- The more directives you issue to solve a problem, the worse it gets.

SMITHS PRINCIPLE- Never do anything for the first time.

And we wonder why our government is in the shape it is.

This was found while I perusing through a college American Government book.

The days of red and more red.

2005-12-29T21:43:00.000-08:00

Way back when, the red states won all the important elections, we are now being run by the "Republicans" who say to much government isn't a good thing........so far they have managed to take us from black to red........we owe more money now than we have ever in past history. Ruin a complete country........Iraq.........put thousands of people out of work..........so much outsourcing.........and make the very rich even richer all the while making most of the country think they are doing well...............the stock market is telling a different story, that sorry rich mans toy just can't drag it's sorry ass up high enough to make investing worth it all............at least not for those of us who actually have to work for our money. I just hope I live long enough to see someone put into office who has a brain and not just a head stuffed with straw. Doesn't matter that many thousands of people in this country are homeless and destitute let's spend an exorbitant amount to decorate the White House and then show all the country just how good their dollars look hanging on these trees and all over the fancy tables. I guess as long as Halliburton and Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld are happy then so goes the rest of the world..............I really do think it is time for a change, this administration has all but devastated this country, I just hope it isn't to late for someone to come along and bring it back to prosperity. I'm done now you can go do something worthwhile...........like show a republican the error of their ways.

2005-12-29T07:01:00.000-08:00

I have been hauled up short.........I think......and I deserve it. I have been indeed stuck in the vast void of nothingness. I should grow, I think I have, but perhaps in the wrong direction. I have become oh so cynical, perhaps because life has been a wee bit nasty. I know I should be thankful for all I do have. I have a great deal. But somehow I feel like I have missed out on much more.
Living in a small rural berg has it's plus' but I think perhaps I have been held back and seen more of it's minus' than I should have. I find myself not wanting to be around the small mindedness of the masses, and where I work is even worse. If you would think back to your junior high days, that is the world I am captive in now days.
I am a much older person working in an arena of very young people with the intellectualness of that age. It is so hard for me to see and work around these attitudes. I wish everyone of them could meet some of my friends who have evolved and grown and who are the same age but show much more maturity.
I will strive to continue to grow, but with such stifling atmosphere it will difficult, and I hope my worldly friends will continue to pull me back into reality and stimulate my mind with things worthwhile and not just the daily crap of who is fucking who, and who is not doing their jobs etc.
I am sure that from time to time I will laps into some sort of mindless state, but please keep me grounded and aware. Thank you and
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and whatever else you think you believe in.

Times they are a changin

2005-12-22T20:48:00.000-08:00

You know how people always say they are never gonna change, that they are going to follow their ideals no matter what? But then in a few years you start to see changes, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. I don't think they even realize they are doing it, they just seem to evolve. And it is mostly for someone else that all these changes take place........I wonder if that is the way it should be.
Do we really have to change who we are in order to appease others? Or is it just that we change how we think as we get further along in this life and find that not all things are as we thought them to be? That it is easier to just go along with what everyone else thinks we should be, and by the time we are old and worn out we realize that what we have become is nothing like what we were in our youth, everyone else's ideas of who and what we should be have changed us forever and that once vibrant world challenging person has long fled and in it's place is someone who strives to meet the expectations of the rest of the world.

Ahhh well thoughts, just thoughts, nothing more.
Merry Christmas to all ...............and to all a Good Year.

So what!

2005-12-15T20:46:00.000-08:00

OMG! They think they might have the Super Dome ready to move back into by November of next year!!!! The world is saved! Thank the powers that be.........but wait a minute! What about all the families that are going without? What about all the schools that got washed away? What about all the churches that got washed away? And the hospitals? And the levy? And....and....ah who cares about them, if we have our almighty football the rest of New Orleans can go to hell..........right?

Holidays and all the crap with them

2005-12-15T07:21:00.000-08:00

Apparently Kwanzaa was created by..........now get this.......Dr. Maulana Karenga.........as apposed to God who created CHRISTMAS. Hmmm check this out. http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/7principles.html. And the jews don't even believe in Christ........if my thinking is correct, we have been celebrating the birth of Christ now for over 2000 years. Funny how no one ever disputed it before, now as Christians we have to consider the feelings of all those who do not celebrate Christs birth. Christmas is on December 25th I believe everyone else celebrates their "holidays" on other days. So why can't we as Christians celebrate Christmas and all that goes along with it, and then they can have their holidays and all the commericialism on their days? Everything we do anymore with the word CHRISTMAS in it has become a way for retailers to make a buck. The churhces have long since stopped competing with the stores.
It is the Christians who do most of the purchasing, yes the others buy also, but not in droves like Christians they feel it is their duty to over spend and consume on such a level as the world has never seen before. When the Kwanzaan's and the Jew's reach the same level of consumption and spending as Christians THEN they can call it Happy Holidays, until then leave it alone and let it be called what it is.........CHRISTMAS! Time of over indulgence and greed! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Bah Humbug!

2005-12-14T09:51:00.000-08:00

People are so worried about offending someone else...........well not this one. I could care less if you get offended by what I say, after all this is a country founded on free speech.........which by the way we no longer have. We no longer have freedom of the press either, so get used to being told what to say who you can say it to, and what your allowed to see/hear/read. This country is no longer the home of the brave and the free, we are the home of the pussies who are afraid to say anything for fear of hurting someone's feelings.
And if your offended by my post...............eat shit and die, I don't care. Grow the fuck up and realize that the world is a nasty place, people don't think like you do, and they don't act like you do, so get over it!
Live your life the way you want to and let others do the same. If you want to believe differently from me good, but don't be telling me I have to change my ways to accomadate you when this country was founded on something completely different from what it has become.
No wonder people are becoming so rude, they dont' have a choice, because they sure as hell can't say anything, but they can enclose themselves in a kind of cacoon and ignore all around. And I am beginning to think that is perhaps the best way to get through this world we live in anymore.

It's CHRISTmas for Christ sake!

2005-12-10T20:42:00.000-08:00

Okay I have held my tongue long enough........what the hell do they think they are doing???? Holiday season??? What the fuck is that??? IT is the CHRISTmas season, IT is to celebrate Christs birth...........I don't give a crap if you are a christian or not or if you believe or not, it is OUR holiday and we call it CHRISTMAS.........so get over it already! We have a supposedly christian president who is a member of a christian church which if I am not mistaken beleives it is Christ's birthday we are celebrating........hence the name CHRISTmas........get it?! Put Christmas on the damn CHRISTMAS card from the White House ya stupid bastard, and quit listening to all your cronies, they don't know anything either.......if you don't want it called Christmas get a president elected who isn't a christian then you can call it whatever in the hell you want........as for all the stores who are calling it a holiday, don't forget we christians shop too!
Bunch of politically correct assholes are trying to turn this country into a non........come on people stand up and speak up!! Get off your lazy asses and tell people what you think............who gives a crap if they get their feelings hurt, maybe they shouldn't be wearing their feelings on their sleeves and start to realize that the rest of us have rights too! Okay indignation out there, hope you all have a wonderful CHRISTMAS and a Happy New Year..........except all you assholes who think your always in the right because you don't believe in something............go away, move to Iraq or someplace that thinks the same way you do!

Just a few words

2005-12-09T08:56:00.000-08:00

Was just wondering if this is going to work, another friend of mine updated his blog and it disappeared, so here goes, I hope this works. I don't actually have anything of interest to say, haven't done anything much except work and stay home...........boring for reading so haven't posted. Wish me luck.

The truth of it all

2005-11-18T09:01:00.000-08:00

In todays Lincoln Journal Star the Paul Fell cartoon says it all..............
Sooner or Later, every citizen will have to face the complicated, confusing, choices of the new medicaid prescription drug plan.......( then it shows a fat swimming trunk clad man laying on a chaise lounge under an umbrella with the words Congressional Health plan on it)...................except of course, the pack of idiots who designed it.....................BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO!!!!!!! I just love Paul Fell he tells it like it is, and sometimes people get upset with what he has to say, but at least he says it. Whatever happened to freedom of speech in this country, we are all so worried about being politically correct we are afraid to even open our mouth.
I will admit I am a bigot........if I understand the meaning of it. I don't like people who are able bodied that won't get off their lazy ass' and work. There is an article in the Star about a family that came from Louisiana and so far they have been living off the dole someone else paying for everything, they say they can't get jobs.........hmmm......yet everywhere you go in Lincoln there are signs in windows ........hiring, inquire inside.........I guess they think they will be the next CEO of some company and that they will just wait it out..........for heavens sake get your ass out and start working......geez! I have a hard time understanding people who won't try and help themselves.

Okay that is my rant for now, I haven't even gotten to work yet, so maybe there will be more when I get home tonight, or maybe I will just try and forget the whole ugly mess, sometimes it is easier that way.

Punishment

2005-11-17T07:45:00.000-08:00

Hmmm seems our society has lost it's way. Why are parents not allowed to punish their children anymore? We are only suppose to reward them for good things they do and ignore the bad???? Comeon people! Look at what has happened to our society! We have ignored the bad things for way to long, it is time all those highly paid idiots who think every little thing we do is going to damage a kids mental state wake up and take a look at where we are now. Life does not just reward you for good things, it punishes you terribly when you make the wrong choices, and if we don't teach our children the difference they are going to be in for a VERY rude awakening when they do go out into the real world. Ever wonder why so many children return home these days???? Because they can't take care of themselves in the real world, and they want mom and dad to keep on telling them that it will be alright and that the world is wrong and they are right............BULLSHIT!! It is about time parents stood up and started actually taking an active role in raising their children..........for their sake.

Old and Tired

2005-11-16T21:19:00.000-08:00

Tonight I am feeling abit under the weather, feeling my age......which is old, and I think I am catching a cold, everyone around me has one, and the people at work have no idea what a tissue is when they cough or sneeze so I am hoping my body will survive this winter of illness and rudeness.

Nothing much to say tonight, life goes one in it's way, and I just travel the road it weaves hoping to find something good at the end. Wishing you all a great night and much blessings.

The Day After

2005-11-12T12:25:00.000-08:00

How in the world can someone spend $500 dollars on gifts and they fit in a rubbermaid container????? This spending thing has gotten completely out of control, I have no idea how people go out and shop every day. I mean even if you have the money, how in the heck do you spend 8-12 hours shopping????
I have all the shopping done except for my husband, and I don't want him around when I shop for him.

Today we do groceries.........and I still have no idea how many we are having for Thanksgiving if any. Ah well .....plan for many and if no one shows up eat very well for a couple months..........LOL

I did get a few gifts wrapped so am that much ahead of the season, I really do not want to be out shopping after Thanksgiving it is going to be a mad house, and there will be no smiling faces, it will be a mob scene, I am just so thankful I am done. I bought my mother a pair of pants and a sweatshirt that has the colors of the Red Hat Society, purple/red, and a few things about that society, hoping she will take heart and begin living again instead of holing up in that dark smelly place she calls home. But knowing her she will just toss it in a drawer someplace and forget all about it.
We are praying for rain here, but it isn't looking good, lots and lots of wind, and dust, and blowing leaves, but no sign of moisture. Well not much else to talk about, so will leave you all with a prayer that all is good in your lives this day.

World gone crazy

2005-11-09T21:02:00.000-08:00

It must be the weather, because I can't think of anything else that would make grown men (and I use that term loosley) act so crazy. For some reason tonight the inmates were very restless, seems it was a good night to be disobedient.....some got beat up......others were just mouthy more than usual, and SMU got a housefull of them, if this keeps up we will be running out of room soon.

I get a couple days of vacation the end of this week so am going to go out and spend money we don't have for gifts we will be giving away, to people who won't remember where they came from 10 minutes after they get them...........it's called Christmas...........but it is a tradition and who am I do buck tradition.

I just hope I live to get all my shopping done...seems there are a lot of people out there who are bent on blowing up the world, every time you turn on the news someone else is being bombed.............some how I just know Bush is behind all this, I just can't prove it.

Well time for me to go and do something else, I don't seem to have much to say tonight. Have a wonderful day/night and may God Bless.

things that make you go ...Huh?

2005-11-04T20:34:00.000-08:00

We were told today by our supervisor that DCS (Department of Corrections) was going to provide flu shots to the employees this year.........wait it gets better. But since the supply was limited they would innoculate all the inmates first and then.........if there was any left they would ..........sell them to staff for $10.........How fucking generous of them to think about us.

For my thoughts they can take their damned flu shots and put them where the sun doesn't shine, I will get my own and pay whatever before I would rely on the state to give me mine under those circumstances.

Personally I think we should all go on strike and release the inmates into society and let them figure out how to deal with them since they don't seem to care much about those of us who work to keep the public safe.

I don't think I like the holidays anymore, nothing but buy this and buy that, spend even though you don't really need it and don't have the money to spend, do it anyway.............bah humbug!

I need a vacation, and I am hoping to get a couple days in the next week or so........so wish me luck.

The weather

2005-11-02T07:33:00.000-08:00

Well we survived Halloween, had 85 kids show up, not bad for a small podunk town. Couldn't have asked for a better night, the weather was wonderful, I just hope it keeps it up. I can remember when I wanted snow right after school started, but as I have gotten older........and hopefully wizer I realize that having all these great 60 and 70 degree days is just fantastic! I just hope it continues on until spring next year.........sure, like that is gonna happen.

Now I really have to buckle down and start thinking about Christmas and what to get everyone, I am thinking that this year, it isn't going to be much, seems to me that as a nation we spend WAY to much on junk that doesn't make it past New Years eve.

We have way to much disposable income, or at least that is what we DO with it, despose of it, instead we should be saving it for when the Republicans sink the country into complete chaos and we have no safety nets at all to keep us afloat

So you say ....so what it will only be the poor people who are the loser's. But just think..........the ones you say are the POOR people are also the ones who lay the bricks for your house, run the wiring for your house/buisness, who bring your mail to you, who keep your electricity going, who fix your air conditioner when your sweltering in the heat and fix your furnace when your freezing your ass off.
Who deliver the goods you throw your money at, you know what I mean, that pair of shoes you just have to have even though you have 200 pair in the closet now.
Or that New car you just can't live without, because your old one doesn't have the NEW amenities. The list is endless, so just remember as your thinking that the economy will be just fine with out all those POOR people, ..........what if...............?

I can't wait to see how fast and far this country falls when people finally get it that our leadership is not leading but destroying for their own personal gain.
And yes I am one of those people who manages to support our economy by spending when I should be saving..........so I am just as guilty as anyone else. Although on a much more limited scale. That is why I keep buying lottery tickets a couple times a year..........just on the chance that one day God will look on me with favor instead of disgust.........and let me win millions of dollars so I can find out if I truly have what it takes to be a good person.

Well time to start thinking about getting ready for work, you know that place you go to get money so you can throw it to the retailers who are suppose the be the backbone of our economy.............if they only knew.

Just another day

2005-10-28T20:53:00.000-07:00

Had a rough day at work, and my body is telling me all about it. I think tomorrow is going to be a trip to the chiroprator and possibly a sick day, this is NOT good.
I hate to complain about my job, but it is getting out of hand, the upper echilon is failing the rest of us terribly. We need to get someone in that isn't afraid to make decisions and to actually get their heads out of the sand and see what is happening.
Hmmmm............other than that things are same ole same ole..........I think I will go lay down now, I am not feeling to well so won't bore you with all the details. Have a good night/day and I hope god blesses all of you.

Poor wet folks

2005-10-26T21:31:00.000-07:00

Has anyone else noticed all the hullabaloo about all the storms and rain, snow etc in the south and northeast??? Seems when tough times hit in the heartland.......i.e. Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, N. Dakota etc. We just seem to muddle through, we don't expect the government to bail us out, standing on the street corner and screaming because there isn't any ice or water being handed to us. We just do what needs to be done and take care of each other and we don't complain about, we just think it is normal for people to take responsibility for their lives instead of sitting around waiting for someone else to take care of us.
If people continue to live where mother nature can have a temper tantrum then I think they should pay for it.........higher insurance comes to mind so that the rest of us don't have to make up the difference. Why should I pay for some moron who thinks they should live 2 feet from the ocean and then has a hissy fit when they get blown away??? Personally I am getting tired of baling out all those folks that think it is their "right" to be reimbursed for property losses when it was their decision to live where it can be dangerous.
I think the money could be put to better use, educating children and protecting our troops over seas. With so many technilogical advancements we have in this country surely we can find ways to protect our children and educate them and protect their mothers and fathers when they are sent into harms way.
But I forget ................we must make sure that companies like Halliburton can steam billions of dollars so people like Dick Cheney can become decadently rich.

angry old woman

2005-10-21T20:39:00.000-07:00

Tonight when we were getting off work, one of our staff had to be taken to the hospital, he was having problems with his heart, it seems he had just gotten out of the hospital from having a pacemaker placed. This person is a young man probably not more than 25 or so. The woman walking with me spoke up and said, "That young man is going to play this for all it is worth." I looked at her and said "He just worked his full 8 hours!" What kind of person would say such an evil hurtful thing!

I will never look at this person the same again! God only knows how long he had been working with his heart bothering him before he said something. I just hope he will be alright. I am still shocked that someone could say such a thing, has the world gotten so self centered that people can't even care about one another anymore??

Not much else to write I can't seem to get this out of my head, so I will leave you for now and hopefully next time I write it will be on a happier note.

Stock Market

2005-10-20T21:23:00.000-07:00

What the hell do those idiots think????? Why on earth is the stock market doing so badly, comeon guys there isn't anything happening here that hasn't already happened before why the panic now??? Or is it because only once person won all those millions of dollars in the lottery? And they decided not to invest in the stupid buisness of business. Looks like a few rich folks woke up in a bad mood and decided to make the rest of the country miserable also.

*grumbles* better go now I think my laundry is calling.

Pet peeves

2005-10-20T09:59:00.000-07:00

Got one of my magazines the other day in the mail, just got around to looking at it today............I wish I could find a word that would describe how much I hate/detest/depise/adhore.....well you get the picture............those $%^&*()_+_+ inserts they put in magazines. No matter how hard you try you cannot just leaf through page by page, all those stupid inserts clog it up. If I wanted to know about all the crap I would check it out myself, I don't need all the garbage in a magazine I paid dearly for. I want articles not stupid advertizements!!!!!
*sigh* I feel better now, thank you for listening..............But I still hate those DAMNED inserts!

Not much else to talk about..........gave my ferret a bath today, he hates me right now but give him a little while and he will love me again, that is the nice thing about animals they forgive and forget, unlike their human counterparts.
I dearly hope that when I die and go wherever that there will be animals because if there isn't I don't think I want to go. Humans can be so petty and backstabbing. But that is just my point of view, and you know everyone is intitled to an opinion, but mine is the only one that counts..........LOL
Well until next time have a good day and keep smiling it will drive everyone crazy wondering what your thinking. *hugs*

Various ways ......

2005-10-19T08:35:00.000-07:00

Chicken, anyone out there have any idea how many ways there are to prepare chicken..............me either........but I sure give it a good try in my attempts to use them all, sure will be glad when the beef shows up next weekend.
Nothing much happening on this front, work, eat, sleep. Trying to keep up with bills etc. but people don't really want to hear that, they would rather watch "reallity" on television, you know those staged pretentious programs that make people think they are really trying to survive..........yeah right.

If they really wanted to watch people survive they would make a program about following the families of Katrina for a year, or just an ordinary family who is trying to get by the best way they know how, and then take all the government officials, president included, and make them live that life for a year, and then lets see how they run the country...............ROFL wouldn't it be great to see Dick Cheney working as a guard in a prison or Condeleeza Rice working in a place tha makes medications for pets.............OMG wouldnt' that be about the greatest thing you could think of..........I would watch without fail just to see if they could pull if off, and of course they would have to live the lifestyle of those people also, no perks, no secret service, and they would have to figure out how to manage the money and savings/retirement too..............Hmmm Maybe I should contact some television writer and see what they think.

Any opinions on this??? Hehehehe

Hmmm right about now I am thinking I could use a good cup of coffee with some good rum in it.............but alas I have not received my allotment that I thought I was getting, but hey maybe it will come in the form of something else who knows..........*wink, wink* Just kidding my Las Vegas buddy. Hope everyone is doing well and having the time of your lives, or if not at least facing the day with a light heart.

Enough yammering from me........until next time ...Ta Ta

Just another day

2005-10-13T20:47:00.000-07:00

As the title says it is just another day in wonderful downtown ..................yeah......well you fill in the blank, it is all the same not much happening here, just work, bills, sleep, eat, work, work, bills, you get the picture.

Sometimes I get so tired of co-workers ragging on about other co-workers, why in the hell can't we all just get along and do the job and go home............geez!
If one listens to the news these days you would swear the world was coming to an end, they get a little water in the East and they think they are all gonna die!
And meanwhile we sit here shriveling up from lack of moisture........go figure.

Christmas is not that far away and I just know I won't find all the right things for all the right people, it is getting so that I just hate Christmas, not the ideaology of it but the commercialism has gone to far.

Telling me what hot thing to buy the kids, grandkids, husbands etc. I personally think a nice card or gift to charity would be so much more appealing instead of buying all those damn toys that the kids only look at for 10 seconds before moving on to the next piece of crap that will get thrown out in two days.

Don't get me wrong I used to be one of the biggest Christmas fanatics you ever saw, but since I have gotten older and smarter I see Christmas for what it is just one big wonderful time for all the retailers so they can get rich.

SPEND! SPEND! SPEND! or the world will come to and end!!!
LOL Maybe tomorrow will be better and I can write something positive here, but for now it is I the crotchity old crank from down the street. You all have a great night/day!

Just when........

2005-10-11T20:43:00.000-07:00

Just when you think things are at their lowest point something happens and makes you realize you can't just stew in your own self pity. A friend of mine left me a comment after she read one of my posts, just out of the blue I hadn't seen her online or heard from her in a while, and it made me stop and think.
I hope she reads this one because it is a thank you to her for her uplifting message and that me made a difference in one persons day for just a bit. And I think that is all we can ask of anyone. *hugs* to Belle, thank you so much, and I hope this finds you living life to the fullest and enjoying every minute of it.

Jazz

2005-10-09T22:12:00.000-07:00

I mowed the lawn today...........no big deal millions of people do it all the time. But I was listening to one of my CD's while I did it, one I hadn't listened to in a very long time. I had forgotten how theraputic good music can be......Rippingtons does that for me. I am glad I picked that one today, it lifted my spirits and helped me get through what could have been a really horrid day.
I even went for a walk, and for me that is a good thing, with my bad back and oesteo-arthritis it makes walking a real chore, and at work I am on my feet all day so when I get a day off I tend to like to just laz around.
I probably should work tomorrow, but my daughter is coming by so we can pick out some recipes for Halloween night, they are coming over for supper before all the chaos begins.
Well nothing much else to write, really boring life being led here, but for what it's worth it's mine and I must do what I can with what I am given.

2005-10-06T20:37:00.000-07:00

Life still suck 12 hours later.

sigh

2005-10-06T10:40:00.000-07:00

Life sucks, that is all I have to say right now.

Just thoughts

2005-10-06T09:16:00.000-07:00

Change.......it is always there, every breath brings change. Sometimes it is hard to deal with. I can't seem to reconcile myself to the fact that the man I have spent the last 37 years with is changing, turning into someone I don't know anymore, and I need to learn to turn loose, let him go, find his world. Up until a couple years ago we did everything together, and I mean everything. Now I work in one place and he in another, and he has a whole different set of friends, female mostly.
I will let him go, and do as he wishes, he is a grown man and he should know what he wants. As for me I will continue down the rut and do what is necessary to keep the household together. I have been the one who makes sure the bills get paid and that he has insurance for health and dental etc. I just hope that when he gets done having his fun he remembers who is still here making sure everything gets taken care of.
I guess my biggest fear is that I will end up with nothing after spending all these years working hard to keep everything together, but if that is what God has in mind for me I will try to deal with it as it comes along. Kids grow up and move away and I suppose in the scheme of things so do we adults. Eventually we end up having nothing in common, except an address.

Ahhh well life is never boring I have to say that........I will just have to wait and see how this movie ends. Anyone who reads this I hope your having a great day, and God's blessings flow your way.

Losing a child

2005-10-05T08:16:00.000-07:00

You hear about families losing children all the time, death etc. Losing a child when they only live a few miles away is almost as devastating. I guess it could be worse, he could actually be dead. At least he has someone to turn to even though it appears he doesn't feel he can turn to us.
Oh it is a very good thing from all aspects, but it still hurts. My son has decided to go to college...........(and your wondering why I am feeling as if I have lost him right?) Well I found out by accident........he wasn't going to tell us until he got accepted, I guess he felt he couldn't talk to us about it, he wife's family has been in on it from the start, as a matter of fact they are going to be moving back in with them while he is in school. I get to see him maybe 4 or 5 times a year as it is, I doubt I will see him much after they move in, after all his wife and kids will be where they always wanted to be.........with her mother........I raised my children to be independant, I guess that is a bad thing. I guess I am hurt mostly because no one saw any reason that we should know anything about it.

This is a place to open up and let your heart bleed, I just hope no one turns and uses this against me.........as I am sure it can be. I don't think I am jealous........I just think it would have been nice if we had been included in it and not just some outsiders who got invited in after all the things were closed. Am I wrong to feel this way? Am I just being mean hearted? I guess I will never know. For the rest of you I wish you a glorious day.

Just thoughts

2005-10-03T08:02:00.000-07:00

Well tomorrow is our anniversary, number 37 if my math is correct........somehow it isn't as big a deal as they used to be. He will still go to work and so will I, and hopefully we will both live long enough to retire together and actually get time to do things together, like vacations and trips etc.

Was watching that move "Robots" with Robin Williams, to bad the administration doesn't watch it, because that is our world. And one day the little guy is gonna rise up and bite them all in the ass, and the sooner the better. It's just to bad that people today are like a flock of sheep all being lead around by some idiot who is suppose to be protecting them, but instead is sucking the very life from them, and in the process putting and end to the thing that is giving them the power and money that they seem to need so badly.

I am hoping that someone with more connection than I have will start a grassroots project that will help people to see what is happening in this country and get them out of their "If I don't look at it to closely I won't have to deal with it" mentality.

People today actually believe the commercials! It will make you more handsome or beautiful, richer, stronger, etc, etc, etc. I have to laugh everytime I think about it.
I asked a friend of mine in California how the hurricanes were affecting them out there...........he replied.........."as long as it doesn't interupt our shopping, and our facelifts, etc. It's okay with us". Sounds just like the rest of the country.
Carry on as usual it doesn't affect us.

I just hope I live long enough to see this great country actually become great again, and not the greedy, power hungry assanine thing it has turned into. Nuff said, have a good day.

2005-10-01T21:47:00.000-07:00

Well..........this has been an interesting day, it is Friday for me so means a couple days off, weather is changing, getting cooler and wetter. Learned that my body can't handle walking for 8 hours..........back is in pure hell right now from being run ragged at work............yesterday........and then spent most of today walking and standing.

I think my husband wants to go out to eat tomorrow and perhaps take in a movie, but from what I have seen in the paper there is very little that would pique my interest, just seems they are in capable of producing much in the line ot intertainment these days.
I know this is pretty short, but I am tired and there just doesn't seem to be much on my mind tonight so perhaps another night I can ramble for a bit longer.

2005-09-29T20:54:00.000-07:00

Just got home from work grabbed a bite to eat, and can't seem to get my fingers to work properly....*bleh* Another grand night dealing with inmates, but hey someone has to do it..........right? I just pray I can make it through to retirement age......

Not much else to speak about, but you never know when a thought might strike me so will continue to stop by here and just chit chat.......

Another day another dollar to be shared with the rest of the realms

2005-09-29T08:32:00.000-07:00

Well this is a new blog site for me, so I just put in some of my old rantings from another site, will post here as I have things to say, sometimes I have a lot to say and sometimes I don't but either way is good. Wishing everyone a good day, and happiness.........later folks.

2005-09-29T08:13:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, September 28, 2005
*bleh* I can't stand people who won't try and help themselves, I don't give a damn how well off they are. Workers who just sit on their butt's and expect everyone else to do their work for them............wish there was a wand to wave and turn them into dung beetles..............ROFL we would be overflowing in dung beetles.

Just got home from work a while ago, the glass of wine hasn't taken affect yet, so attitude is a bit off kilter........or maybe not, who knows.
smashed my thumb at work today, doing work someone else should have done, I just hope that there is a work god and that when he catches up with them they have to do their own work until eternity ends..........yes I am a mean spirited sort. I just know I am going to feel like a train ran over me tomorrow when I go to get out of bed, but it will have been worth it...........LOL Yeah stubborn too.
A friend of mine is heading out to Las Vegas, told me to come and visit he would put me up.......sounds like a vacation heading my direction. But can't leave until hubby can get time off too, just wouldn't be right to leave him sitting here and me out there living it up..............hmmmm.........might have to think that one over some more......
Well not much else to ramble on about so will leave you all with a wish for a good night/day and hopes for a brighter future for us all.
I have been listening and watching the news for days now........everyone is asking why FEMA can't get past the red tape and start helping all those people who actually need it, why the reluctance to give money to all those poor people who have nothing............because their name isn't HALLIBURTON!!! Ever notice how easily Halliburton gets money.......I mean billions and billions of dollars, doesn't seem to be any read tape with that dispersement. And now that they are actually starting to see things around that whole area, and the news companies are starting to report on things that really matter, I am wondering how many trillions of dollars good ole Halliburton is going to walk away with on this.
Now President Bush is asking people to conserve gas and not make any unnecessary trips..........well maybe he should take a look as his own traveling tendencies first, how many thousands/millions of dollars are being spent just for some photo-op for him in the devastated area?????
I wonder if this administration really thinks we are idiots, I mean what about all those people living in the small towns around this country who have to drive distances for medical/dental/gas/groceries/haircuts.......etc, etc, etc............you get my meaning, what are we suppose to leave out so he can fly all over the world being the little speech maker he is. Hell if he didn't have someone writing his speeches for him he wouldn't know what to say.
If I sound bitter, it is because I am, I am so fucking tired of all these rich people thinking that they have the right to do whatever in the hell they want just because they have money, and that they are entitled to more from life than anyone else.........BULLSHIT!!!!
Yeah you could say I am poor and that I should have done more with my life, I have worked hard all my life, done without so my kids could have more, and now I sit back and see how this country is divided in more than color such as Red versus Blue, it is more divided now between rich and poor than ever before, ask any politician and they will tell you it is the middle class who keeps this country running, well folks I hate to break it to you, but our middle class is shrinking fast, and soon enough there will not be a middle class anymore, it will either be rich or poor. And yes I will fit nicely into the poor catagory.
Where else in the world can someone who earns $14 an hour end up on the poor list............go figure.......taxes, taxes, taxes, so rich folks can get out of paying them.
Well enough of my ranting and raving, I will step down off my soapbox now and go to bed, it is late and I need my sleep............*grumbles*
Have a good night/day. And keep smiling

Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Another day another dollar, ....hmmmm...............looks like I need something in my life to color it a bit. Life can be so boring, I should know I am the queen of boring........thank God for my computer, I at least have access to information and a few online friends. I just received a post card from one of my online friends who happens to live in Singapore, she sent it which entered me in a drawing for a trip to Singapore.......wouldn't that be wonderful to be able to travel there and meet her!
Ryan my other online friend who I have known for a few years and who lives in California has been helping me find my way around Guild Wars, without him I would lose interest rapidly. For some reason he just seems to bring a special something to my day........he seems to know so much about a broad range of things I tend to learn something from him almost everyday.
My weekend was very short.........two days just isn't enough, and I keep telling myself that retirement is just a few Loooooong years away, but it doesn't help as I am one of those people who want things RIGHT NOW I don't want to wait.........but then if I had it I would probably be bored out of my mind, but at least I could decide if I wanted to be bored or do something about it. Since I am a fully employed person I tend to make my life revolve around my job.......which sucks big time, but since I am not smart enough to do anything different I just follow along like all the other mindless sheep..........*sigh*
I did get out yesterday.......I had my chiropractor appointment, and while I as in the mall I stopped and got my beard waxed....yes old women to get beards and mustachios.....LOL, then I got the oil and air filter in my blazer changed, spent a few bucks buying some candles, and chachkies....gotta have something to collect dust with. I just need more money so I can do more shopping, even though I hate to shop it is better than sitting around watching nothing on the tube.
Well enough said about how boring I am, hope someone will leave a note sometime so I can have something read beside my own musings. Have a great day and keep working so the rich folks can keep playing and spending!!!

Friday, September 16, 2005
I think fall is my favorite time of year, even though things are dry and dying because of the drought it still feels good....that clean crisp smell the breeze in your face, can't beat it. Nothing much to talk about, the country is still back peddling trying to figure out how the mess in the south happened, and I am not talking about Katrina, I am talking about the totally disasterous way government handled the whole thing. From the bottom up there was absolutely no leadership, makes me wonder about our own small village and how well it would be lead if something should happen.
ROFL, I am sure it would be every man for themselves, knowing how they deal with things that are already in the regulations, and yet they can't come to an agreement on what to do........I'm thinking we have NO government for this village, but then I am to blame also for sitting idly by and letting it happen, I was on the board for a few years, and it was a total mess then and it hasn't changed since.
Am just wishing that all that money that is being thrown at the whole thing now could have been spent on prevention. Can you even imagine how much could have been accomplished if even a fraction of that money had been spent educating all those poor folks and creating jobs?
Boggles the mind. Well I think that is it for today, gonna go watch and learn, maybe log on to my game and just do pretend things for a while. You all have a great day.
Monday, September 12, 2005
*sigh* Our so called greatest nation in the world is showing some wear. I emailed a link to everyone on my email list, and I think they should read the whole thing. Our so called "leader" the President has done it again and so far I can't find anything on the major news stations about what he did. He has recended the law about wages so that construction companies can pay laborers less while "rebuilding" the destruction down south. Personally I think this falls under-----"Things that make you go HUH???" What kind of idiot would allow construction companies to pay people less for working grueling hours ( and you know they are going to work them round the clock) in unbearable heat while all the while gouging the government, insurance companies and US-as in you and me-in the process. Somehow I can't see how this is going to make things go faster or better. If there is anyone out there who can explain to me how this is going to benefit anyone but the rich-who probably got that way by some dishonest way to begin with-will you please do so?
I personally think the officials that be, from local government on up will be doing whatever it takes to COVER THEIR ASS' and the only ones that are going to benefit from this are those in high places the ones who really need to benefit will end up with a rush job in order for the government to show the world----See how quickly we recoverd! We still are the power of the world----BULLSHIT! Hopefully the comments coming from countries around the world will wake our fairy tale princes' and princess' who are so far out of sync with the real world they live on another planet........but I am not going to hold me breath on this. I just hope I can live long enough to see all our little fairytale friends fall flat on their faces.
The real glue that holds this country together-the people who get up everyday and go to work and pay bills and raise children, and struggle in that attempt-should for one week..........just one week NOT go to work! Then let us see who runs this country!!! HA all those CEO's and so called business executives would see just who the hell is the foundation of this country, and I can tell you it isn't going to be them! (Hmmm time for more coffee, I can be more cynical when I am caffinated well.) Don't get me wrong I love my country, I just can't stand the people who think they run it.
Okay enough ranting and raving, so for now I wish you all a great day, and I hope you find a way to make your lives better and those around you also. Nuture your friends and family because they will be all you have in times of crisis.