it's timing

Really, long before North Korea fired it's nuke. I do, however find it now ironic that -- hey, we need teachers here in South Korea!

2008 election (presently)

Nominee	My vote
Former North Carolina senator John Edwards	Maybe - unsure
New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton	No
Former vice president Al Gore	No
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry	No
Delaware Senator Joe Biden	Maybe - unsure
Retired general Wesley Clark	Maybe - unsure
Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean	No
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson	Maybe - unsure
Former South Dakota senator Tom Daschle	No
Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold	Maybe - unsure
Former Virginia governor Mark Warner	Maybe - unsure
Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich	Maybe - unsure
Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack	Maybe - unsure
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani	No
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice	No
Arizona Senator John McCain	Yes
Former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich	No
Florida Governor Jeb Bush	No
Tennessee Senator Bill Frist	Maybe - unsure
Virginia Senator George Allen	Maybe - unsure
Vice President Dick Cheney	No
New York Governor George Pataki	Maybe - unsure
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney	Maybe - unsure
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee	Maybe - unsure
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback	Maybe - unsure

Maybe - unsure means that I need to do more research on them.

I always feel like

somebody's watching me ... or is just fantasy ...

Echo was watching out of curiosity and because we were playing outside and he wanted to be a part of it.

not 2-pac

2 hat Monkeyjack
Walker would be proud

What we might have had, but didn't

This is a hospital helicopter ... no one needed for Sunday.

-- photo shot couple weeks ago, midafternoon at a local park

realistic, my foot!

You'll shoot your eye out

Charlie got a bow & arrow set, one arrow broke early

A loosed arrow into the sofa. I insisted that it never be aimed at the living ("people and puppies")

blunt points make for slow arrows

Monkeyjack devised shooting at the pumpkin

and so he tried,

and tried,

and finally hit it, though the arrow bounced off and went farther than he was standing

Someone foolishly let this guy have the bow & arrow

Most excellent

State plans to establish protective order registry

From The Associated Press

 

EVANSVILLE — Indiana plans to use a federal grant to establish a protective order registry, which will link courts to police data to try to ensure information in the orders is entered and available immediately all over the state.  Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shephard announced the state has received a $259,000 federal grant to create and fund the plan.

Protective orders sometimes would not be available to law enforcement officials for days, which is “unacceptable and too dangerous to continue,” Shephard said in a news release.

Once the registry is running, copies of new orders that go into the system will be faxed to local law enforcement agencies, ensuring all are immediately aware that a protective or no-contact order has been issued or revoked.

The orders also will be registered with the FBI’s National Crime Information Center, offering protection across state lines.

Candice Perry, the legal advocacy program coordinator for Albion Fellows Bacon Center in Evansville, said that the new registry can only help.

“I think the majority of people we come in contact with are unsure with how the protective order will really help them,” Perry said. “We try to educate them on what it does and what it doesn’t do.”

Clients often say they have been told the protective order is “just a piece of paper.”

“We are very realistic with them that it is a piece of paper,” said Perry. “But it’s also a first step that gives law enforcement the ability to do much more for them.”

Perry said the new registry could ease concerns some clients have when traveling between counties.

Never constant

folks resting after a short walk

Yesterday, it was warm, the sun and light clouds were soothing. The autumn colors were beautiful. Thomas and Marcus put on yet ANOTHER rod. Thomas was clever enough to yank the last one out of the wall. In his defense, the metal sheered in half, not really pulled out of the wall. The bar, like the others was a nusance to put into the wall. It took parts, tools time, and a drill bit was broken in half.

Later, the folks went out for a walk in the nice autumn weather. It isn't supposed to stay nice for all that long, so today was the day. We three ate orange roughee for dinner and then the folks watched the Ugly Dachshund, an old Disney movie.

In the evening, for no particular reason, Thomas took out the blood pressure monitor and took his reading, then Lois' and found that Lois had a heart rate in the 40s. Despite taking it several times, it was always low (a few times in the 30s). Since she's had heart problems, heart attack history, we got to see the emergency room last night. We were there for two hours, then Lois was discharged with a 24-hour heart monitor.

It was determined that she had non-symptomatic bradycardia (slow heart rate without any symptoms). It is likely that some of the medicines that she's taking are now at too high of levels and are pushing her heart rate down too low. Well, they'll determine what they will do later.

....
As a side note, while the entire staff that night was nice, congenial and friendly, they had -- bar none, the most effeminate male staff. The EMS guy there (though Mum was driven to hospital by myself), had a voice higher and odder than Pee Wee Herman. The doctor who was working was about half as effeminate and the registry guy was slightly less than that, but good golly! I guess Lutheran wanted to keep them out of the more typical public eyes or something? I applaud their promptness and quick work to get her out of there shortly after midnight.

Feeling no pain, Mom gets patches to monitor her heart functions 11 somthing at night at hospital.

Elevator scents

Who has the most fragrant and expensive scent?

spam titles

Equestrianism Roller hockey

Racquets Ice dance

....

Now, what is equestrian roller hockey?  I don't know, but I'd like to see that!  The racquets ice dance also sounds pretty interesting.

No Child Left Behind

Hey, lunkheads in congress and senate. Do think that, instead of making accountability law without money is more important than keeping students who want to go to school safe? Flunkies at the congress and senate wheel, step away and quit. Safety should be number one! If they aren't safe at school, they won't go and the smart parents won't send them. Get that "No Child Left Behind" shit off the books and make funding for education. Look, you can tell the world that you don't have the money, but you had the money for a war in Afghanistan and Iraq. We're still paying that daily. SO ... I don't believe a friggin' word when you tell me the nation doesn't have the money. You lied right there. "You're sitting there, acting like we didn't already have this conversation!"+

Make schools safe. Fund schools so that they have staff and supplies. Make education work. If you only look to the next day and not the next couple of decades, then step away. You aren't a thinker and aren't a planner. The US imports college grads abroad because we don't produce enough. How many GED or High School only jobs are there now? How many will there be in ten years? There will be fewer and you know that!

Let "No Child Left Behind" be a founding for money and education and the resurgance of learning, not a cold phrase from a teen killer holding a gun.

+ Fargo

Access, genetic donors, access

Case in point a mother used her baby as a weapon in a domestic despute. Did IQ's drop sharply while I was away?+ Some people should never have access to children, even their own. I blogged yesterday on this very topic. So, you think these people would adopt out their child? So, you think these people are good parents? So, the child won in this case? Bullshit, that's an animsl! Shoot it!++

+ Aliens
++ Party Animal

Local newspaper poll

Would the country be better off if Democrats won control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November?

Yes. Democrats better represent the needs of ordinary people.

Yes. Democrats couldn't be worse than Republicans have been.

No. Republicans haven't done as much good as they could have, but they're still better than Democrats.

No. Republicans hold the line against terrorism abroad and moral decline at home.

........

I'm going to borrow a short dialogue from My Cousin Vinny;

“I can't answer that question.”

“Are you saying that you don't know the answer?”

“Nobody can answer that question.”

“You see, she doesn’t know!”

“No, it’s because it’s a bullshit question!”

“Why is it a bullshit question?”

……….

I can’t answer it because you don’t friggin elect a party, unless you’re an ass and pull the party switch not choosing at all. The question should be, while difficult to answer: “Who should be in the US House to make things right?” This now doesn’t imply that things are wrong or right and doesn’t matter at all what party, sex or whatever. I should see persons on the ballot, not parties, which are like online spam or popup ads. I know that it doesn’t take a particular party to improve or ruin what is, but rather individuals. Take, for example Foley. Does Foley represent the Republican party? If you say yes, then there you go. I think most people would cite him as an individual, as are they all. If I take this approach, then parties need to be disbanded, because you recognize persons as individuals. Otherwise, you could assume that all Republicans are like Bush and Foley, and that all Democrats are like Kennedys and Clintons.

It’s a bullshit question.

Iran blames US -- how shocking!

Oct 9, 10:44 AM EDT

Iran blames U.S. for N. Korea nuke test
By Ali Akbar Dareini
Associated Press Writer

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian state radio Monday blamed North Korea’s reported nuclear test on U.S. pressure, accusing Washington of “humiliating” the impoverished communist country. “Not only did the United States not lift the sanctions it had imposed on North Korea, it even increased the diplomatic pressure. Such pressure finally led North Korea to conduct its nuclear test,” Iranian state radio said in a commentary.

“North Korea’s nuclear test was a reaction to America’s threats and humiliation,” it said. Iran has said it will not abandon uranium enrichment despite the threat of international sanctions over its disputed nuclear program, which Tehran insists is purely for peaceful purposes to be used for nuclear energy.

President Bush on Monday said the United States was still attempting to confirm that a nuclear test in North Korea had actually taken place. Still, he said, “such a claim itself constitutes a threat to international peace and security.”

Iranian state radio accused Washington of “double standards” in its policy on nuclear nonproliferation, pointing to its attitude toward Israel and India. India has tested a nuclear bomb and Israel is widely believed to possess such weapons, but the United States is not currently applying sanctions against them.

In an oblique message to the United Nations, which is considering taking steps against Iran’s nuclear program, Iranian state radio said that the Security Council should not punish North Korea but disarm the nuclear arsenals of the great powers. “Instead of imposing comprehensive sanctions on North Korea ... it would be better if the U.N. Security Council adopt a wise decision and seek full implementation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty,” it said.

“That is to say, it should seek to disarm the countries that currently possess nuclear weapons and provide conditions so that signatories to the treaty will be able to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes,” it said.
........

So, the US is to blame for that whole thing with North Korea building nuclear weapons and selling them to Iran and Syria. I see. Yes, that would make sense that the US would encourage arms sales to and through the "Axis of Evil" governments named in 2001. I can see exactly why the US got in on that. Oh, wait ... headache, no, it's

Logic time!

Iran, shout all you want. No one with a brain listens to that crap anyway. Having a long ... L -- O --- N ------ G history of strife, fighting, murder, absolute control over groups, kidnappings (remember the 444 days with the US captives) , Iran has absolutely no backers on this one. I dare write, they should not have backers at all.+ That 33 year old horse isn't going to win that race, long shot and big payoff or not. It ain't gonna happen. If we examine Iran and its developments we find ... almost no change since 578 A.D. -- yep, A. D. (in the year of our Lord, buddy.)

Iran, in weapon development, or rather in hopes of development, is casting blame on US and trying to direct attention to North Korea, which could be wiped off the face of the planet in a non-nuclear war against China. Now, Kim Jong-II might be mad. He might even launch one, but at the peril of mostly himself. Not too many countries would cry over the carpet bombing that many close nations would do in order to, well, create overnight desertification on the area.

Oh, just FTI: as you called China an hour before the testing, you'll likely also get an FYI call about an hour before forfeiture of control. News tomorrow: North Korea and Iran get deliveries of weapons-grade nuclear material ... in warheads themselves. No communication available from either government.

+ backing and betting on the wrong horse

More bills I didn't know I was paying

The military outsources advertising, so "Paid for by the US army", which is you is also then sent to another company that is in charge of advertising for the armed forces. They were paid $200 million in 2005. I wonder how many tax dollars Godsmack got for the Navy commercial. Isn't that a funny bit of irony. Godsmack paid by the taxpayers. Hmmm. I'd say there weren't too many bands paid by tax dollars like that, eh?

Method 2

As well as a wall that will be erected, the US will soon have a croc filled moat. While, internationally, they caught and will keep the crocodile in a holding area, I suspect that some clever thinkers will now have a new method of eliminating the would-be river crossers from Mexico to the US. I think that few persons use this path to enter, but should it ever had been, these nature files of the migration would be sickening and planned, but effective for some.

Cross at your own risk.

I'm the guilty party

When around the youth -- children, it is always wise to carefully choose your words. I refrain from swearing as best as I can and I try not to refer to adult matters. I have, unwittingly, left a word well in the vocabulary of Charlie. I had played some game and then -- bampf, "moron" spilt out. I paid no attention to my liking of this word until Charlie referred to folders on the TiVO as morons. Oh, my ... I'm glad that I didn't say it in a derogatory manner denoting its meaning. Yikes! A tabboo word for him and family is "stupid".

In this case, I would like to backpeddle away from responsibility, but I can't ... I am the moron for using the word.

N Korea's rooster act

I would call it peacock act, but there's nothing pretty about it. Although I'm not in agreement on many levels with China, it could be a powerful nation to put N Korea back into line. I might suggest a short monologue (as it's full of rhetorical questions) like this (as China speaks with N Korea):

So ... I was kind of wondering if you'd like to continue to be called North Korea. You would? I think, if you thought about it at all, China (us) could very well run military through your country and take it like Germany did France. You could be China's little brother to south, still called China. North Korea would then, virtually vanish from the map and well ... victorious get to write the history, so ...

You get my point?

I've stated it before ... (based on S Dakota's potential ban)

The ban on abortion, while touchy and emotional warrants thinking about this:

How many children who aren't aborted are without homes?
How many children who aren't aborted are in foster care?
How many children who aren't aborted by "biological donors"+ are in a household poorly suited to existence?++

If there was a ban, dare I predict a national ban on it, who then raises the children? Should unreported criminals, sadists and molesters and rapists and child exploiters be granted them; especially since they would relish the opportunity to have a bevy of kids at their beck and call and access. Many of the people on the ban-wagon don't raise a single child at all, let alone foster or adopt a child. If you don't do that, you aren't part of the friggin' solution! So, shut up! If the argument is that adoption process is too tedious or full of too much red tape, therein lies the problem. When there is a suitable home for all children, I will agree that there should be a ban on abortion, for there is no call for it.

As far as abortion being in place of contraception, then I don't mind another $500 a year of my taxes being spent on free prophylactics. Heck, that's cheap and considerate. If that would help, go for it! In the end abortion is selfish in that I understand. I do know that many of the people seeking abortion tend not to be cut out to be parents at that time anyway, so the would-be child has that potential danger ahead of her/him. Children are destroyed daily, some or most by people who should never have had access to them in the first place (regardless whether they are genetically related to them or not).

+ you can't call people parents unless they raise their children. Siring offspring isn't parenting.
++ there aren't enough agents and people and not enough money to patrol houses with poor living for persons there. Find out stats on CPS (Child Protective Services) and find out that I'm right.

Day at the zoo

I'm not typing or posting it twice, so this is a brief on the zoo day where I went with the folks.

We elected to go Japanese for dinner and found, sadly, that our preferred restaurant is no more. I don't know if they opened elsewhere or are permanently gone. Yokohama, we missed out. Instead, we went to Asakusa which was just fine, just not quite the same. They serve lots of food and no one went home hungry.