June 30, 2005
READ IT
ItÂ’s All About 9/11
I'm not getting much computer time these days because Charlie can't climb stairs, and when I do bring him upstairs he 1) chews on the computer cords or 2) thinks "upstairs" is "outside" and piddles. I'm trying to read stuff as fast as I can while he takes his little naps, but I'm finding it hard to concentrate.
And I miss Bunker a lot these days; I keep coming up with things I want to discuss with him.
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The trick is to take Charlie out and get him to do a piddle, then immediately take him upstairs with you and a toy. (like the Saddam chew toy - love it!) As soon as he drops the toy and starts wandering, that's your cue to take him back downstairs. At least you'll get some time ;-)
I know what you mean about Bunker - I keep running over to the site and checking ... for I don't know what.
Posted by: Barb at June 30, 2005 10:46 PM (g9qHI)
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June 29, 2005
HEH
Heh. Kelo is about to bite one of the Supreme Court justices in the butt. How deliciously crafty
this proposal is:
The proposed development, called "The Lost Liberty Hotel" will feature the "Just Desserts Café" and include a museum, open to the public, featuring a permanent exhibit on the loss of freedom in America. Instead of a Gideon's Bible each guest will receive a free copy of Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged."
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I think it would be fitting to rename Rangers Stadium to 'Lost Liberty Stadium.' Bush & co. screwed the locals in an identical land grab that stole land from locals against their will. On top of that they shortchanged the local landowners by several million dollars. Kind of explains the silence of the White House on this odious decision.
Posted by: Whoever at June 29, 2005 10:31 PM (y1TbU)
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June 15, 2005
SWEET
We were careless once, and thousands of people died. Let us not make the same mistake again.
Thus ends Varifrank's post. (Erin, you're gonna like this one.)
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Required reading! Thanks for the link.
Posted by: Mary at June 15, 2005 03:59 PM (YwdKL)
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What if we win the war but wind up losing the moral principles that make us American:
"On a couple of occasions, I entered interview rooms to find a detainee chained hand and foot in a fetal position to the floor, with no chair, food or water. Most times they urinated or defecated on themselves, and had been left there for 18-24 hours or more. On one occasion, the air conditioning had been turned down so far and the temperature was so cold in the room, that the barefooted detainee was shaking with cold....On another occasion, the [air conditioner] had been turned off, making the temperature in the unventilated room well over 100 degrees. The detainee was almost unconscious on the floor, with a pile of hair next to him. He had apparently been literally pulling his hair out throughout the night. On another occasion, not only was the temperature unbearably hot, but extremely loud rap music was being played in the room, and had been since the day before, with the detainee chained hand and foot in the fetal position on the tile floor."
Posted by: Mr. Silly at June 16, 2005 12:20 AM (IWFro)
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June 14, 2005
GEEZ
I don't even know what to say about this story:
Grieving 9/11 Widow Spends Almost $5 Million. Glad to know that all the money we donated to 9-11 funds went to a good cause, right? Perhaps I'm a part-owner of one of this woman's $5000 purses.
At least I had this story to read afterwards and restore my faith in humanity: A long shot in more ways than one brings a town to tears
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No fair Sarah! You should have a mandatory tissue warning on that second link.
What a kid! What a community! Contrast this story with a typical Pali school and it will hurt your brain.
Posted by: MargeinMI at June 14, 2005 09:56 AM (u0NOA)
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Thanks for the link, Sarah - I needed that story!
Happy tears - worth the time to mop up ;-)
Posted by: Barb at June 14, 2005 01:35 PM (hF0Vm)
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Wow!!..I mean WOW!!
Sarah, that second story is HUGE.
Clovis Unified is a district that places a huge value on high school sports. They build separate stadiums (yes, stadiums) for baseball and football, have world class swimming facilities and basketball facilities.
This story is truly amazing. Both of my children attended Clovis schools before we left the state, I honestly thought Clovis had forgotten it roots, I'm so very glad that it hasn't.
Good on Ryno, and good on the kids from Clovis..they did restore my faith..
Posted by: Tink at June 14, 2005 01:48 PM (S6VXg)
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Ryan's story touched my heart as only you would know. Thank you for sharing it with everyone.
Love,
Mama
Posted by: Nancy at June 14, 2005 06:22 PM (UyF3I)
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Sarah, I think your passing judgement on a 9-11 widow is a bit callous. I read the story last night on "The News Blog" authored by one Steve Gilliard. He makes a damned valid point in that those of us closest to the disasters are rather affected differently than someone that was in oh say Skokie, Illinois. There has been about zero grief counseling, and the government shortchanges NYC on "homeland defense" money in favor of places like North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, you know all of the shrub's "red" states base.
Posted by: Bubba Bo Bob Brain at June 14, 2005 08:23 PM (aHbua)
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Bubba Bo,
My neighbor drives schoolbus for our local district (about 65-75% country kids). They had some training, [I'm ASSUMING the money came from the Feds (Jennifer Grandholm, D-MI, wouldn't make this a priority)], in what to do in a major deal like 9/11. It was pretty scary, but necessary to these people who would be the only adults in charge of many children in such a case.
Flyover country is not being ignored IMO.
[Disclaimer: I DO live 30 miles from an international border.]
Posted by: MargeinMI at June 14, 2005 09:51 PM (u0NOA)
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June 03, 2005
LINKS
Right Wing News has a good round-up today. Just go to
his blog and go down the grey list on the right.
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June 02, 2005
HA
I had five Varifrank blog entries to catch up on today, and I can't say which is my favorite. You just need to go to his blog and
start reading from the top. Make sure you go all the way down to "I got your desecration right here pal" if you haven't already read it.
I can point out a certain bit that made me chuckle: Varifrank's advice to the EU constitution writers...
First, get an Englishman to write your constitution. It worked for us; it can work for you too! President Valery Giscard DÂ’estang? What were you thinking? For godsÂ’ sake, the French can write 2000 pages on the various color of apples without breaking a sweat. Its not getting them to talk thatÂ’s the trick, itÂ’s getting them to shut up. You donÂ’t put a Scotsman in the kitchen, you donÂ’t put a Frenchman near a pen and paper, its one of lifeÂ’s little rules.
I know exactly what he means, for I've been forced to read Marcel Proust.
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June 01, 2005
THANKS
Tanker Schreiber shared a good article with me:
The green card mercenaries
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Interesting story. I knew about the Mexicans and Filipinos but wasn't aware there were other nationals too.
Posted by: toni at June 01, 2005 09:52 AM (SHqVu)
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I actually have that article printed out in German (it's a DPA article: Deutsche Presse Agentur), sitting on my desk right now. A friend gave it to me a few weeks ago. He read the article and was trying to tell me that the US was getting foreign mercenaries to fight in the war in exchange for money and citizenship. I told him that the military wasn't in the immigration business, and won't help people immigrate into the States. Only those who ALREADY have green cards (which is life time residency, and very difficult to get; citizenship with a green card is pretty simple, wait 5 years, do a few classes) may join the military, and the only benefit, in addition to monetary benefits, to joining as a non-citizen, is that you can become a US citizen after 2 years military service instead of the normal 5 years of uninterrupted residency. The article is interesting, but I don't like the fact that it twists the fact and calls them mercenaries.
Posted by: CaliValleyGirl at June 01, 2005 03:16 PM (/yw2Y)
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Oh, and another interesting detail: the German article I read ended with the 6th paragraph, it never went to talk about how he was proud to go fight, and he felt American. Nope, in the German article, it just talked about them being foreigners....absolutely no idea about what it means to be an American....sooo angry right now.
Oh, BTW, I am also a Green Card carrying non-citizen who considers herself American...so there!
Posted by: CaliValleyGirl at June 01, 2005 03:21 PM (/yw2Y)
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That's total BS that the German article ended early! Also, I too was skeptical about how "easy" they made it sound, like when the German guy said you can automatically get citizenship after the deployment. I meant to look into that; thanks for providing me with some more information.
Posted by: Sarah at June 02, 2005 03:55 AM (Jx3FV)
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