The War on PBS

If you're not watching The War on PBS, you're missing a very interesting and informative show. It's a Ken Burns documentary about WW II, that began last week and will go on for about 8 weeks, I think. I suggest looking it up in your tv schedule. It comes on here at 7 pm and lasts until 9 and then comes on again later. You can also find info online: http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/

They've interviewed some of the people who were directly involved--some have never talked about the war until now! The loss of so many soldiers through careless planning, and maybe just ignorance, breaks your heart!

I was surprised tonight to hear the name of a professor who taught at the college I went to, Dr Eugene Sledge. I didn't have a class with him but I remember hearing people talk favorably
about him.

Tonight's show will be the Battle of the Bulge.

The Man is Back!

Look who's back for a show every week--Tom Selleck! I'm going to be very happy on Friday nights at 8 pm! I may even need a bib! heh The only thing that would make me happier would be an extra large screen tv with high definition! I guess I can't have everything!

The show is Las Vegas and comes on at 9 pm est on Fridays. What idiot is not casting him in Magnum PI, the movie? Ben Affleck, Ben Stiller--are they crazy?! More people would pay to see Tom than those two losers!

UPDATE: Not enough camera time!

But I did love seeing him get out of the hummer in cowboy boots, jeans and hat!

That was a delight for my eyes! And hey--if I ever go to Las Vegas, I want to go to his casino!

What Camera?

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Eye Clinic Visit

I couldn't remember if my appointent was at 2 or 2:30, so I went early to be there at 2--thinking if I was early, I might get thru early! HA! Someone said they were backlogged.

When I finally got in to read the chart, the right eye was not doing so hot and I heard the woman doing the test say softly, something must've happened. Not exactly what I wanted to hear! She put me back in the waiting room where this antsy woman tried to start a conversation about some friends of hers with the same last name that I said I didn't know! I felt like saying just be quiet but, of course, I didn't. She was just there with someone and kept getting up to walk around and tried to talk to several people. I'm sure you know someone like that.

When I went back in the exam room, I managed to hit my head on some of the machinery next to the chair I was trying to sit in! Yes, it hurt! One of the doctors came in and started looking at my eye and said I still had some inflammation and a little cyst! He said it wasn't uncommon after surgery and that was why my vision was still not up to par. I thought I was going to get by with not having my eyes dialated, but no such luck! He picked up the drops and said, I know this is your favorite part! Oh yes, I adore having my eyes pulled apart for drops! Which, by the way, I sure am glad I spent all this time wearing sunglasses and putting lotion around my eyes so as not to have wrinkles and now they're getting pulled apart on a regular basis!

So anyway, I was sent upstairs to look into another machine while it took pictures of my eyes. I'd hate to think how much that machine or what it was spitting out cost! It made some pretty color pictures which I couldn't tell were my eyes but he said they were. He showed me what he said was a slice of my retina and the little bumps on it were what was keeping me from seeing better. To get rid of them he might have to give me an injection in my eye! Because I was alone, they put it off till next time in case it clouded my vision! AN INJECTION IN MY EYE, PEOPLE! He said it would just be a little stick---A LITTLE STICK IN MY EYE!! I said the dr that did the lazer surgery last Sept had said it wouldn't be bad....pfttt!

I left alittle after 5:30 to jockey with all the other people headed for home! Woo-hoo! Four lanes of traffic going full tilt with left and right blinkers blinking like crazy! I was content to let all the crazies whip in front of me. I need to make a sign for my car saying I just left the eye doctor! Nah, they probably wouldn't notice!

UPDATE: I got some eye drops that the clinic had "given" me after surgery and unlike the other drops I'd bought for around $4, these were $98.50! And the bottle is tiny! I'll have to squeeze it dry and scrape up any that hits my face!

Jack Army

In case you haven't heard, Jack Army has been inducted into the Order of the Spur while deployed. I'm sure he's going to look handsome in his Stetson and Gold Spurs! Go by his blog and give him a hearty job well done! ;)

http://gojackarmy.blogspot.com/

Way to go, Pilgrim!

Two Ways to Look at Everything

My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a nearby table.

My wife asks, "Do you know her?"

"Yes," I sighed, "She's my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she hasn't been sober since."

"My Word!" says my wife, "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?"

So you see, there really are two ways to look at everything.

TV Show or Commercial?

The other day while I was on the computer, the tv was on and one of those judge shows came on--the blonde, Christina, I think. I heard "bunny ranch" and looked up to see a fat guy and two women. Ho #1 was suing ho #2 because she had given her some dresses and she didn't give them back. I guess the fat guy was the managing pimp. Ho #2 said something like she didn't think she had to give them back 'cause they looked better on her! It sounded more like a commercial for their place of employment than anything else. Since when does network tv advertise for low-lifes? Oh wait, never mind!

Aarrgghh

Ahoy me hardeys, guess what day it be?

Get talkin' before ye has to walk the plank!

Pirate's Cove has some eye-poppin' photos!

Mommee….

I love these!

(Icanhascheezeburger.com)

Foul Mouth

So, Sally Field doesn't see anything wrong with saying GD on network tv? You know, the more I hear from Hollyweird, the less I want to see them!

Psst, Sally or Sybil--ever heard of Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, Margaret Thatcher or Golda Meier?

Milbloggers Meet the Prez

There's a happy group of milbloggers who were invited to the White House for an hour long sit down with President George Bush. The WAPO did a short story on it--careful of the barbs!

link

Of course, the milbloggers blogged about it, too. Matt, from Blackfive, John of Castle Argghhh!, CJ - Soldier's Perspective, Mrs Greyhawk - Mudville Gazette, Ward Carroll - Military.com, Steve Schippert - Threats Watch, NZ Bear of TTLB and Victory Caucus, Mohammed - Iraq the Model and from Iraq by satellite, Bill Roggio - Long War Journal and Bill Ardolino - INDC Journal.

Besides the President, they got to meet Gen Lute, Kevin Sullivan, Mark Pfeifler, Dano Perino, Tony Snow and even Barney. They got a tour of the Oval Office and had their pictures made with GW! Not too shabby!

They all had good things to say about the President's warmth and intelligence. Personally, I'm glad to know he knows where to look for the truth......milbloggers! Too kewl!

UPDATE: JP at Milblogging.com has a post with links to most of the milbloggers who were at the White House.

The Suicide of America

I got this the other day in an email.

We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an immigration overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled to capacity by many of America's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor by the name of Victor Davis Hanson talked about his latest book, "Mexifornia," explaining how immigration - both legal and illegal was destroying the entire state of California. He said it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream.

Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America. The audience sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the United States. He said, "If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.'"

"Here is how they do it," Lamm said: "First, to destroy America, turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country." History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: "The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy." Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans.".

Lamm went on: Second, to destroy America, "Invent 'multiculturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. Make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal, that there are no cultural differences. Make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.

Third, "We could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: "The apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentricity and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together." Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities."

"Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school."

"My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.' The Rainbow Coalition and Jesse Jackson comes to mind. I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population."

"My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual citizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common Language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. "E. Pluribus Unum" --From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the ' pluribus' instead of the 'Unum,' we will balkanize America.

"Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits; make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate. Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multi-culturism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them."

In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said, "Lastly, I would censor Victor Davis Hanson's book "Mexifornia." His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America. If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book."

There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Even barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate 'diversity.' American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Third World in America - take note of California and other states - to date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book "1984." In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: "War is peace," "Freedom is slavery," and "Ignorance is strength."

Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the conference that our nation and the future of this great democracy is deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigration monster stopped within three years, it will rage like a California wildfire and destroy everything in its path especially The American Dream.

Any opinions?

Little Man as Baby?

Remember I said I had often loooked at Little Man and wondered what he looked like as a kitten? Well, I think I found a kitten that is almost identically marked and is certainly as adorable!

I miss my sweetie.

Tennis, Anyone?

This is Roger Federer on his way to his adopted home in Dubai. (The bldg in the background that looks like a sailboat is a 7 star hotel!) He has another home in Switzerland, his home country. He is 25 and the world's top tennis player. At the US Open that he won for the fourth time, he won checks of 2M, a Lexus and another huge trophy!

Good to know he has some place to put it! ;)

In Memory

.....of all who perished that awful day.

Operation Happy Note

When Steve and Barb Baker's son was deployed to Iraq, they sent him a guitar from their store, Fergus Music, and soon a friend wanted one! Thus started Operation Happy Note for deployed soldiers. They have sent hundreds of guitars, mandolins, banjos, violins and harmonicas and are getting more and more requests.

They have a webpage:

http://www.operationhappynote.com/index.php?id=58#form

Address: Operation Happy Note, 122 E Lincoln Ave, Fergus Falls, MN 56537

Email: info@operationhappynote.com

They accept donations of money or instrutments. So if you have an instrutment you aren't using or can donate money to keep the happy notes going, please do! Read some of the letters of appreciation!

Gore Does a No-No

This just in:

As former Vice President Al Gore waits to hear if he has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless effort on climate change, a new video will air this weekend capturing Gore on a fuel-guzzling private jet!

(Drudge Report)

Listen up, peasants! Do as I say, not as I do!

Marine Mounted Color Guard Story

Major B, of One Marine's View, has an interesting post about how the Marine Mounted Color Guard came to be that you should read.

I love horses and I'm glad to know that instead of slaughtering the wild horses, they are being put to use in a rather grand way -- as members of the US Marine Mounted Color Guard!

http://www.onemarinesview.com/one_marines_view/2007/09/mustangs--and-w.html

Shoes

I don't think I love shoes anymore. As a matter of fact, if they aren't comfortable----I pretty much hate them! No matter what color, style, etc. My mother loved shoes and was always looking at them, whether she bought them or not. And especially if she had a new dress or suit, she wanted new shoes. I tend to make do with what I have. If there's anything more uncomfortable than heels, it's new heels! No thanks! And when they have to be worn, the first thing I do is slip them off either under the table or in the car! What pain! Who's
idea was it to squeeze the toes inside and then spend hours walking on them?! Too bad they weren't told that was a very bad idea!

Sometimes, finding comfortable shoes without heels is a challenge, too. Not usually as much trouble and once you have them, you wish they could last forever or want to buy several pairs!

Baby shoes, I could spend hours looking at! They are so cute and absolutely make no sense! heh They are outgrown in about a week's time and won't be worn like regular shoes, but they are adorable and irresitible in their tinyness! Hold a pair up sometime and see how big an awww you get!

Most kids barely have time to get their shoes scuffed up good before they outgrow them. Seems like a waste of money considering the short amount of time they
are worn, but you want to put good shoes on their feet..so.

I was watching a group of women who are shoe crazy and have formed a "club" to get together and -- what else -- find more shoes! I won't be joining that one! I'm happy with the shoes I have and if I should feel the need for more, I can find my way to the store that sells them. Just don't rush me!