Saturday, July 11, 2009

Raceism or guilty media

Why did this article make national news,

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99B48LG0&show_article=1

And this one did not.

http://whttp://www.ohio.com/news/50172282.html

I think I know.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Fallen Heroes

When I bought my bike last year I thought I might do something in opposition to the over publicized, protected speech of a group of religious nut jobs. I would be willing to test the righteousness of their claims with trial by combat, even though that is a little out of style.
I finally decided on the Patriot Guard. I signed up and never got a notification of a need in the area.

That all changed yesterday.

I am now a member of the Red Knights, who rode escort for an area firefighter who was killed in Iraq. We were told there was a very slight chance some of those nut jobs might show up to spread their hatred. No one wanted to miss that.

Luckily, none showed their ugly faces. I did get to see the out pouring of emotion by my entire community for a firefighter, by people who didn’t even know him.

It was said by one of the Patriot Guard Riders, “the fire service really knows how to send off one of their own.” Several of these men rode hundreds of miles to stand with us. We appreciated them very much.

The forecast was suitably gloomy to fit the occasion, a soft rain becoming a downpour occasionally. The local departments raised a forty foot American Flag between two tower trucks on the road in front of the church. A dozen pieces of apparatus joined the escort. Every branch of the military was amply represented. The officers and men of his unit made certain that one drop of rain would not touch the widow or her family. The flag line and honor guard stood uncomplaining, in the rain, for three hours, to do honor to our brother. The police made sure the procession was not delayed.

The local people stood by the road, in the rain, and held American Flags, to show their respect for a man they had never met. They stopped their cars and got out to wave tiny dash board flags, and hold their hands over their hearts.

The family was visibly moved by the honor done their loved one.

The graveside service, in our National Cemetery, included full military honors, the bagpipe corps, and the ringing of the bell for his “last call”.

Thank God for the rain, or a lot of tough guys would have tarnished their image.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Liar, Liar

This is a sad state of affairs. This spring I was working in Monticello Min. at the nuclear plant. My wife was not looking forward to the confinement represented by an extended stay motel. She spotted a sign showing a town house for rent. We called the number and talked to a Mr. Mike Schneider, of Homestead Builders There was indeed a town house for rent, it was close to work and reasonable. We met with Mr. Schneider, who was a little to friendly and a little to accommodating.
I should have listened to the alarms going off in the back of my mind. We paid $1600 rent in advance and a damage deposit of another $1600. We made sure that the house was kept clean and available should he need to show the place to sell it.
The issues started when we tried to pay the next rent payment, he was hard to find. When we paid the rent at last, the check didn’t clear the bank in a timely manner. When I finally got my release date, I had to call several times for him to come and walk through for our damage deposit.
When he finally showed up he looked at one room and left. He said the check for the deposit would go out the first of the week.
I guess I should have asked which week he thought that would be. It’s been three months and still no check.
He has repeatedly told me some lie or other to get off the phone, he will not return a call, even though he promises to call right back. I have left several messages, at his home address and on his cell phone requesting to know what his plan is to repay me.
All to no avail.
I will be in Min. this fall, I guess I will have to go to his house to ask personally what his plan is.
All said and done he is a liar and a cheat, if he isn’t a thief, it’s because he is a coward.
If you decide to do business with him, you are a bigger fool than me, you’ve been warned.

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We went to a flood last night





My son called last night to ask if he could borrow my Jeep or Bronco to haul sand bags(???)

That's the first indication I had that something was going poorly for the stupids.
He told me the water was up to the registers in his old store and the District had called to see if he could help because the new manager was out of reach for some reason.
When he said "up to the registers", silly me, I thought it was creeping in that far. Actually it was covering the floor a couple of inches deep, with the water outside eight inches or so higher than the floor.
Per the news this morning, we erased our rain deficit for the year last night. Seven inches in a couple of hours.
The pictures above are of standing water, very important that is!
I and a couple of very nice young men, redirected traffic and pushed several cars out of the deeper water.
The white Lincoln will be on ebay soon as the man driving it tried to get out the door and then left through the sun (flood roof) roof. He was sitting on the top of the car when we went by.
I have a 4X4 diesel pick up that sits pretty high, and enough sense to turn around if it gets too deep. We plowed through slowly to the store to get money for sand bags. I parked on the side walk and talked to the employees through the door.
Sand bags were not going to help.
At that time I got a few lessons in how stupid some people are. Any one with any type of car that didn't float plowed along through the water, some of them with a wake a couple of feet high.
The drivers of cars we tried to redirect away from the deepest part, would look at you like you were trying to trick them, and then continue on until the water killed the engine or they started to float. Cars with low bumpers, had waves running up across the hood to the windshield.
They were still coming when we were done and finally went home.
The killer is I could see high pavement, and no one went that way.
The cars in the really deep water are in the street. The police actually blocked that road.
I enjoyed being an a$$hole for a little, when every other car on the street was in the center lane to stay out of the water, I got into it, had a clear lane, and thew some really high rooster tails.
I love me some tall truck.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Thieving Government

I have been layed off for lack of work, a condition to be expected in my current career path.

So, unemployment?

Ain't happenin"!

It seems the new requirements that require income, in the claim state, in each of the last five quarters, will prevent me from ever filing a claim for unemployment payments, as long as I am a contract tech.

It will not prevent my employer from having to pay those taxes.

Thieving bastards.

Updates....

The mother in law continues to decline. She doesn't wake up much and hasn't eaten in three days.

This can't last long.

Additionally, I was told the other day that several years ago she was told that she had ovarian cancer, and decided to take no action.

If this was her wish, then as bad as it seems we must honor it. DNR in place.

I participated in a memorial walk for four soldiers from our area that died in Bagdad. About two hundred and fifty walked to our local war memorial for a short service.

We were warned that the nutjob hate mongers who protest the USA were going to be there, I had a prepared message for them. I was gratified and disappointed that the cowardly bastards didn't show.

I don't need any jail time.

I was voted into the Red Knights, (does that mean you have to call me Sir DW? Probably not.)

The soon to be son in law is still alive, as previously noted he totaled the Love of My Life's Jag XK8. She cried over the car. It isn't just "a" car it was "THE" car. Just so you know, when the Love of My Life sheds a tear, I start looking for things to break.

Do not be the cause of those tears, it will not end well.

We have found a suitable replacement, in Utah.

Road trip upcoming. Anyone want to meet and greet?

All's well that ends.

Well.