And herewith, a view of the mountains and river from where we will be staying:
Monday, May 23, 2011
A Redirection of Purpose
What was I thinking? My last post here was almost a year ago - June 4, 2010. I've neglected this blog too long. So, as the weather warms and riding motorcycles becomes possible again, I've decide to redirect the purpose of this blog. At least for the time being, this will be a place to chronicle travels and adventures, the first of which will be t he upcoming Memorial Day weekend. We are taking the Palouse Caboose and heading to Index, on US-2, to spend the weekend camped along the Skykomish with Neeka, Carolyn, their respective husbands and Erika and her friend Emma. So, let the fun begin.
And herewith, a view of the mountains and river from where we will be staying:
And herewith, a view of the mountains and river from where we will be staying:
Friday, June 4, 2010
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Obama Likes Booty
So does Sarkozy.
The Secret Service might want to put a new threat on its watch list: the mad-as-hell mama of the 17-year-old Brazilian beauty ogled by President Obama and French leader Nicolas Sarkozy at the G8 summit last week.
"If I were there, I would have boxed their ears," said Lucia Rodrigues, 37. "They should be ashamed of themselves."
Patriarch Eduardo Tavares, after finally getting around to seeing the famous photo of his daughter from behind, quickly changed his tune from proud papa to furious father.
"My daughter is not a model and she is not a sex symbol," he told The Post. "That photograph has ruined my whole family."
At the Italy summit last week, daughter Mayara Rodrigues Tavares, her long locks flowing over her curvaceous frame, became the momentary focus of the leering leaders as she took her place for an official group photo.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
A Berkeley Liberal Wakes Up
I've been thinking about learning how to fire a gun, maybe even buying one. Now if you are a lifelong conservative, Red State dweller, and NRA member, you might be thinking, "Big yawn. What's next? She'll be telling us what she had for breakfast?"
So let me try to convey to you the enormousness, the Alice in Wonderland quality of my even posing the question, something I've never, ever considered in my life. No one I know owns a gun. I've never seen a gun (well on a holster of a police officer but I never wanted to get up close and personal with it). I have given lots of good money over the years for gun control. Learning to fire a gun seems as ludicrous as deciding to take up brain surgery.
But, I am rethinking absolutely everything. There is not a single thing that I believed, that I held absolute and holy, that is not up for grabs. My brain is in a tizzy 24/7 and I don't know if up is down, or if east is west.
* * *
As a good, loyal liberal, I always expected others to take care of me. If I gave my unqualified loyalty to the system, I could sleep well at night. But now, with victims left bleeding, a dangerously naive government, and sheep like masses, I see the absurdity of my thinking.
* * *
As I continue on the path to independence and personal responsibility, perhaps looking to myself for protection is another step on my journey.
Why Do Liberals Bleed?
So let me try to convey to you the enormousness, the Alice in Wonderland quality of my even posing the question, something I've never, ever considered in my life. No one I know owns a gun. I've never seen a gun (well on a holster of a police officer but I never wanted to get up close and personal with it). I have given lots of good money over the years for gun control. Learning to fire a gun seems as ludicrous as deciding to take up brain surgery.
But, I am rethinking absolutely everything. There is not a single thing that I believed, that I held absolute and holy, that is not up for grabs. My brain is in a tizzy 24/7 and I don't know if up is down, or if east is west.
* * *
As a good, loyal liberal, I always expected others to take care of me. If I gave my unqualified loyalty to the system, I could sleep well at night. But now, with victims left bleeding, a dangerously naive government, and sheep like masses, I see the absurdity of my thinking.
* * *
As I continue on the path to independence and personal responsibility, perhaps looking to myself for protection is another step on my journey.
Why Do Liberals Bleed?
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Tax Increases Could Destroy Recovery
The barrage of tax increases proposed in President Barack Obama's budget could, if enacted by Congress, kill any chance of an early and sustained recovery.WSJ article here
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Just Make Stuff Up
Victor Davis Hanson hits it again.
In the first six months of the Obama administration, we have witnessed an assault on the truth of a magnitude not seen since the Nixon Watergate years. The prevarication is ironic given the Obama campaign's accusations that the Bush years were not transparent and that Hillary Clinton, like her husband, was a chronic fabricator. Remember Obama's own assertions that he was a "student of history" and that "words mean something. You can't just make stuff up."
Yet Obama's war against veracity is multifaceted.
The rest of the article here
In the first six months of the Obama administration, we have witnessed an assault on the truth of a magnitude not seen since the Nixon Watergate years. The prevarication is ironic given the Obama campaign's accusations that the Bush years were not transparent and that Hillary Clinton, like her husband, was a chronic fabricator. Remember Obama's own assertions that he was a "student of history" and that "words mean something. You can't just make stuff up."
Yet Obama's war against veracity is multifaceted.
The rest of the article here
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