Category Archives: News & Politics

Just my rants, raves & reflections on things that happen around the world.

My Day & News Rant & BAM Pics

Alright, I had my meeting and I did get all my receipts caught up and organized. So I feel good that I got done.

Friday we are heading to Orlando to take care of some business……so that will take up all of that day. So on my next day, I need to start our taxes…….icks! I’m not looking forward to that.

Now for some politics : Walter Reed problems seen as system wide

***Alright, this really pisses me off. Not just for the the treatment of our veterans……………but for the fact that these has been going on for 30yrs!!!!!! All you have to do is look at male homeless in their 50-60s!! The majority of them are ‘Nam vets. It just really pisses me off that my father and my late grandfather and late uncle Rod have dealt with the VA. Military hospitals are no better for enlist dependents…….they were bad.

I remember visiting my uncle in the Lake Shore Dr, VA in Chicago. I was 15 and even I could identify my 1st ever smell of death, the hopelessness, the feel of defeat in the air. It was horrible.

Why does this country treat its vets like it does? And why the hell it has NEVER been address before now? The only time I remember it ever been address in the media was the movie Article 99. I don’t even think that movie brought much attention to the issue.

But because of that movie the VA’s no longer allowed patients to carry their files from across the hall. Both military & VA hospital have a convenient habit of “losing” incriminating info. So patients would copy their files when they got a hold of them. That is why my father made copies of all his records before turning them over to the VA.

It is so fucked up…..

Now time for something more positive….I finally did up those pictures that I took during our store meeting in Jan. It was our last meeting with Sandee.  Which is why I had my cameras.  =)

BAM Store Meeting 1.29.07

Now since I’ve gotten a new camera, I’ve been working a lot.  So my only subjects have been my co-workers and some of my regular customers.  I’ve been driving them nuts………grin  What is great is that my new camera fits in my pockets……grin

BAM March ’07 

Time to get my ass off to bed…………yuck

Ferris Wheel

Nothing much ………..

Boy, I’m wiped out.  It has been a long weekend at work.  I have tomorrow off, but have to go in for a meeting.  =(  I’m not looking forward to missing out on time that I need here to work.

Haorld talked to D yesterday.  Says he is sounding much better then he did earlier this week, thankfully.

My brain isn’t together to really think right now.  But here is an article that I’m loving…..the fight for the separation of church and state…….I’m so tired of those extreme bible thumpers that shoving their morality beliefs down our throats and into our laws.  They remind me off all those nosy olds ladies that should keep their opinions and mouths to themselves.

Atheists Battle Against Religion

Space Needle

Babbling Observations

Well, that sucked.  I went to get my nails done today after work and they were backed up. My work schedule tomorrow doesn’t let me get them done, so I have to get them done Tues. morning.

Which would normally be no big deal, but I wanted to pack in the morning because we are running away a few towns over to stay at a bed and breakfast.  Just wanting a day out of the house.

I guess I can start packing now, but the motivation is not there………too busy watching 60 Minutes and other news shows.

We just saw a trailer for Amazing Grace, looks interesting.  We saw the movie Matador last week.  It was interesting and had a few twists and I liked it more then I thought, even though I’m a Brosnan fan I wasn’t sure if I was going to like his character….it had a traits that I don’t care for.

I know a lot of folks have been posting about the death of Anna Nicole Smith.  I find it terribly sad.  I never paid much attention to her reality show and all that drama was just horrible.  But it always seemed as she just wanted to be loved and wanted to get past this her hard upbring.  What I liked about her was that she made playmate of the year as a curvy girl, showing that you don’t have to be a stick to be beautiful.  She was built like the rest of the women in America…..no size 4 or 0 for her.  She was gorgeous in the way a woman should be with all the curves.  That is what I liked about her.

Horse Ride

Anna Nicole Smith dies

Pretty sad.

IMHO she was the greatest Playmate ever, one of the first to prove you do not have to be a stick to be sexy. I do not care for all the publicity crap she had for the past 10+ years, but she was friggin hot in the early 1990’s and that is how I will always remember her.

RIP.

How Do I Feel?: crushed crushed

Babble & News Flash

Actually got some things accomplished at work today, so that was a good thing.

I did get somethings shipped off to Harold’s folks.  Now I just need to determine which book I should pick up for his mom to help her with Vista.  I’m debating if we should get the exact same one even if we don’t have the program just so we can help.

There is a board that I’m involve with that I’ve been neglecting lately due to time issues.  I’ll read up on everything, but haven’t been able to respond.  So I made sure that I took some time and did that this evening.  But it was also a good excuse not to have to balance the checkbook………grin I’ll do that tomorrow.

Once I get this entry done, I need to attack my private messages and few emails, if I have time left…..work on some of my rude mail.

 Haggard Now “Completely Heterosexual”

** Yeah, right!  They are so full of shit.

 No Mountains? Ice-Climb the Silo

** LOL……..so midwestern.

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