Ghost of Birthdays Past

I had said that I would likely post a lot about my wife and my father this month because of their birthdays but I was wrong. They both really deserve much recognition for making this world a better place. It had struck me however that I could not put into words what I feel for them both. Where would it start and where would it end? I just want to say I am extremely thankful for both of them and I pray we, all three, live many more years as part of the solution in this crazy world.

Torture?

There was recently a new thread started at my school over torture and who was winning the debate. Those leftist school folks are always trying to keep people occupied with stuff like this while the leftist government goes on doing what it wills to. Here is my response.

Is there a debate over torture? I have heard an awful lot of debating over whether or not the USA should do anything or nothing to individuals who have lots of information concerning how more of my fellow countrymen and "citizens of the world" are going to die at their hands. Whatever the debate is, it's wrong.

Let's try an alternative! Freedom is the answer. Set them free. In process set me free too. It seems the leftist government we now have is more worried about protecting criminals whether they are criminals against individuals are large groups. Let the fools who wish to harm us come. Let me defend my family without fear of retribution for doing what it takes to protect the ones I love from harm, death or worst yet, fear. Even suggesting that I could feasibly do this with any amount of righteousness makes me suspect to the leftist regimes that run this country and have for a number of years.

The only reason there is any consternation happening over "torture" is that as individuals we are not free. The gov steps in and says they can protect us rather than we protect ourselves. When they fail the problem magnifies because the language has been forcefully centered on the idea that the failing government is going to fix the problem. It is weak minded, gutless, embarrassing, frankly nothing like me. I can go on for days about it. Where have all the men gone?

Water World

Is it just me or is there a real disconnect between big government, big money and real solutions? I realize that there are a lot of ideas out there and each one would certainly have to be researched and justified. However, what gets me is that every time there is some “crisis” that normal people have to reconcile, through vicarious representation, the big gov., or corp. solution is nearly always worse than the original crisis. I don’t know about you but this is where I always start my thought processes when it comes to how Biggy (gov, corp) solves issues, trumped up for political or financial reasons or otherwise.
One fine example is the whole save the planet bunch in California. There is the little smelt minnow in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River deltas that is the center piece of not only environmental policy, but humanitarian policy of California’s overflowing cistern of fools. The environuts, for many years, have fought to enlist every animal they possibly can onto the endangered species list. Not only that, they have ever fought to widen the parameters on which endangered species are identified. It’s mighty convenient to have a bunch of leftist, communistic, microcosm dwelling, closed minded, money loving politicians on your side to help get over public opinion. I suppose the law enforcement arms of the left are there to ensure that no one can stand against the pure nonsense that the CA gov. is forcing not only on millions of its own citizens but also on the citizens of every other state. Frankly, it is the law that protects them from the people who end up paying for all the foolishness.
In case you were wondering what has me so twisted up about this recent blast of environmental doo doo flying in everyone’s face, it is based on the ever present consternation of the left that involves the importance of human life and activity verses the mere possibility that a certain species of minnow might become more endangered.
HERE’S THE KICKER! The river water that feeds the entire San Joaquin Valley has been shut off because some of the minnows have been caught in the turnbuckles or water diverting equipment and it is instead simply sent out to the Pacific Ocean. Okay, I realize that there has been less rain than normal and that doesn’t help anyone out there. There has also been less snow in the winters that ends up melted and in the rivers and reservoirs in the area. So here we are, after the planting season, and Biggy has decided that now is the time to turn off the water that has been supplied to the thousands of farmers and hundreds of thousands of jobs since circa 1968. Some of you cold blooded, city dwelling, environuts feel justified and perhaps like heroes for potentially making the life of a certain kind of fish easier by choking the life and livelihood out of millions, yeah, millions of hard working individuals who pay for your miserable existence. When I have to pay more for my strawberries or spinach or the times I can’t get my favorite California grown fresh fruits and veggies I will be even angrier at YOU.
The EPA and its minions are in the way of everything including green energy. The biggest reason they are so behind the green push now is that the EPA and it minions have it all under their control. If anyone thinks they don’t, try physically doing anything about issues that help the masses sustain life, let alone LIBERTY. You will have to deal with a bunch of hacks that can’t make it in the real world. They will be loaded up with devices, paper work, attitudes, sometimes long hair, and dressed in a hilarious ensemble. It looks as if your little corner of the world requires survival, or at least safari gear complete with khaki shorts, a button down short sleeve, and that safari hat! I am NOT KIDDING! Trust me; I deal with these creeps regularly. The insult to injury is that they are ALL on the dole of the government which WE finance.
I guess after all this I should at least offer an idea of just what to do for the poor folks in California who are trying to FEED AMERICA. Water is arguably the most important commodity there is. Without it, what is there? So I was thinking(don’t be scared), why don’t we treat water like oil in the way that oil is moved over thousands of miles by pipelines. I know, water IS moved in pipelines over hundreds of miles but not thousands. Move water from places where it is more abundant to places where it can be put to BETTER use. Yep, it would cost hundreds of millions. It also would have to pass the scrutiny of thousands of scum of the earth environuts and politicians too. I mean really, they do not want “problems” to be solved. Not only would it solve the water issue out in the San Joaquin Valley, but it would save 100,000 jobs, create thousands of new jobs, it would help keep our food more available, and the cost of it down. An important thing to remember is that the CA “Valley” is at a lower elevation than the northern end of the Mississippi river. I have stood on the banks of the Mississippi River in Rowher, AR watching the river flow so fast that every place where there was a point in the bank it caused whirlpools that would swallow small boats. It was close to, or over, a mile across just gushing southward. That is a LOT of water simply going out to sea. Wouldn’t taking an itsy bitsy fraction of it help the world anyways by slowing the “devastating” desalinization of the world’s oceans? The supply doesn’t have to be all the time. I have seen how our rainy season and the California rainy season are often oscillating anyways. While the Northwest has lots of water it is usually only in the winter. Besides, there is a sufficient supply of total fools up there to stifle any opportunity to help anyone else. So the best case would be an upper MS River (above Saint Louis) water line or “aqua duct” to central California. There are a few others that could fill reservoirs along the way too.
What am I thinking? With all the money hog politicians and envirofools, it’ll never work. What do you folks think?
I will post soon on how to solve the GM, Chrysler issue in America too. Yeah I got the answers!

May Be

Hey Folks,

The month of May should have some interesting posts as it contains my father's and my wife's birthdays. I will have a good bit to say about them both. Maybe not too much. If you folks have any messages for me, you can leave them after this post or others...I will get them.

I am going to be bothered for quite some time over the passing of Charles Filyaw but hopefully this is the last you'll have to deal with it. I really appreciate the kind words and messages I have received on the blog and in emails. I had no clue that it would be searched and then spread over the globe. I am just happy that everyone who contacted me had known him as I did. You were blessed by knowing him too then. We will certainly never think of him without a sigh and a thankful heart.

I also wanted to point out the new gadgets. You did notice the music if you had your speakers on. I will change it around fairly often but I do have my favs. I also have a couple links. One to my wife's blog and one to Alan Keyes. I once heard D.L. Hughley on a radio show proclaim his support for Barrack Hussein O' who cares. He said that this was the first time he had a chance to vote for a black man for president.......hummm. So, D.L. is a moron too. Add that to his talents. I guess ole Jesse Jackson doesn't mind a good slapping around now and then. After all Jesse is a real black man, not some amalgamation of sorts, and he is an American no doubt. Forget him though! D.L. in his infinite stupidity totally skipped Alan Keyes. I would've been in shock if he did otherwise. Alan Keyes is a real black man...or African American if you must. The thing is, he's darker than either of the three other famous black men I mentioned. In spite of D.L.'s obvious assumptions about his epidermis, Alan Keyes has escaped captivity without losing his deep appreciation for his roots. D.L. and his ilk are forever unappreciative of their past and will never learn from history except strategies to erase it. It's just another puff of smoke from the recipricator I realized...... and then I turned the knob.