Month: September 2013

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I hope you all had a nice labor day.

Just think, only 364 days to go until the next one. No more white shoes… or Serial Mom will come and find you. (Weird Movie)

Most children are back in school. Parents nationwide are breathing a sigh of relief that they’ll not come home to their kids sitting on the curb in front of the smoldering ruins of their homes.

Here in the mountains there is a feeling of the year winding up. Yep, only 4 months till 2014. I noticed a lone time ago that the sunlight changes during the year. It’s not just the length of the days or the subtle shifting of the rising and setting of the sun. It’s the color of the light itself. It’s subtle and beautiful. In the mountains here the light becomes almost golden at the end of summer as we move into autumn.

Not much happening this month unless you count the iPhone release. I’m a little excited about this. I’m looking for a new phone. My decision to stick with Android or become assimilated into the Apple Collective will be decided based on the new iPhone model.  There are advantages and disadvantages to both platforms, the weight of a feather could tip me either way. 

I am leaning more toward the iPhone, but until I see it I’m not committing.

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Next month we start the inevitable downhill spiral into the holiday season. 

Yes, I know, there are already Christmas decorations out in some of the stores. I miss seeing the Halloween decorations give way to the Thanksgiving decorations and then to the Christmas adornments.

It was cool to see the decorations go up 3 to 4 weeks before a holiday and be able to mark time by their change.

Now, it’s all up at once and the last 4 months of the year blur into THE HOLIDAY SEASON. Lets face it its all about the dollars.

Now this time is punctuated by the various lawsuits filed by offended people who don’t celebrate the holidays, and the astounding thefts committed by people claiming to want to provide Christmas for their kids.

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The former group, file lawsuits because they don’t want to see Christmas Trees or Nativities, or any of the trappings of Christendom. I’ve often wondered if I could file a law suit because I’m offended but Rap music and people with their pants halfway down their behinds? I find lyrics like “Fuck the white women, shoot whitey and I be killin da cops” Really offensive! I should have the right to say no to that.

The latter excuse blows my mind every single time I see or hear it. I really wan to slap those folks and point out that a Better Christmas would be had by their kids if the family was together instead of Mom or Dad being in Jail and the kids possible being in the protective custody of a Child Protective Services prison.

I guess it’s just me!

I’m figuring that Obama will give the Syrians Christmas presents in the form of Drone Strikes. I honestly hope not. I hope that Congress tells him NO and strips him of his ability to issue executive orders.

I’m not holding my breath but I can dream.

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I read the news today.. OH BOY!!!!

Looks like The prez is going to lead us into war in the Middle East and he’s going to do it by touting the Syria has WMDs.

Wait! 

We’ve heard this story before. Where was it? WMD’s allegations of a despot gassing his own people with Sarin… Oh yeah! That was how we got into Iraq.

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Wait, wasn’t Candidate Obama in 2008 talking about the failings in the Bush administration one being a quagmire in Iraq over WMDs that didn’t exist?

Didn’t we know at that time that Syria was one of Iraqs allies?

Hadn’t we seen convoys moving materials from Iraq toward Syria? And what exactly do we classify as a WMD?

Obviously Nuclear Weapons, but I’ve always considered Sarin and other nerve agents WMDs in their own right. The only thing worse than a nuke I can think is a weaponized infectious agent.

Ebola crossed with say, a cold or flu. All the hemorrhagic thrills and the spreadability of someone sneezing and coughing. Wheeeee! Now that’s a WMD!

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Now we have ANOTHER president going to congress asking to start another war!

What? Two fronts aren’t enough? 

Some folks are calling this the beginning of World War III. After checking my Nostradamus Quatrains I’m looking for someone in a blue turban…

As long as I don’t see one of those I’m pretty sure that this isn’t the start of World War III. 

What concerns the hell out of me is, The President, who is supposed to be someone well versed enough in Constitutional law that he taught it at The University of Chicago law school for 14 years, is attempting to declare war on a country who has done us no harm.

This is a civil war in Syria and is an internal matter between the Syrian people and their government. This is absolutely not something that our military (Note, Not Obamas Military… OURS, you know, We The People) should be involved in.

If the legal Syrian government chooses to use Sarin against it’s own people we can, (along with the rest of the world)

Condemn the Syrian government for it’s actions.

We can offer humanitarian aid in the form of medical supplies.

We can work with other countries to provide refugee evacuation.

We cannot arm either side in the conflict.

We should shut off all financial support immediately . As we should have done already in Egypt.

Humanitarian aid can be continued in the form of medical and food supplies, we could also offer negotiators to help settle the conflict.

Nothing else, no money, no weapons, no troops.

We must get out of the Middle East.