ok, while I'm not in favor of my blog being taken over by email forwards, I've either been too busy, too lazy, or too out of touch with the news lately to be writing my own stuff... thus, a quick read on a forward, which I agree with, so why not post. Hope I don't loose any credibility.
The following is directly from an email forward. take it or leave it.

So, Let's Recap--
1. The American people elect a black president with a total of 142 days experience as a US Senator from the most politically corrupt state in America whose governor is ousted from office. The President's first official act is to order the close of Gitmo and make sure terrorists civil rights are not violated.
2. The U.S. Congress rushes to confirm a black Attorney General, Eric Holder, whose law firm we later find out represents seventeen Gitmo Terrorists. (An honest mistake!)
3. The CIA Boss appointee, Leon Panetta, has absolutely no experience, has a daughter Linda, we find out, who is a true radical anti-American activist and a supporter of all the Anti-American regimes in the western hemisphere. (There were socio-economic factors involved!)
4. We got the second most corrupt female (Pelosi is #1) in America as Secretary of State; bought and paid for. (You can put lipstick on a pig, but it still says oink!)
5. We got a Tax Cheat for Treasury Secretary who did not properly file his own taxes for 12 years. (He misspoke!)
6. A Commerce Secretary nominee who withdrew due to corruption charges. (Another honest mistake???)
7. A Tax cheat nominee for Chief Performance Officer who withdrew under charges. (Hmmm... another screw-up?)
8. A Labor Sec'y nominee who withdrew under charges of unethical conduct. (Ok, maybe this person was just plain stupid)
9. A Sec'y HHS nominee (Daschle) who withdrew under charges of cheating on his taxes. (I'm running out of excuses for these idiots!!)
10. Multiple appointments of former lobbyists after an absolute campaign statement that no lobbyists would be appointed. And that's just during the first three weeks... but who's counting?

America is being run by the modern-day Three Stooges ~ Barrack, Nancy and Harry ~ and they are still trying to define stimulus..."it's spending!!!"...

The congress passes the $800,000,000,000 (that's $800 billion) pork-loaded spending bill where the government gives you a smidgen of your tax dollars ($13 per week), making you feel so good about yourself [stimulated] ,that you want to run out to Wal-Mart and buy a new Chinese-made HDTV and go home and watch Telemundo! Only in America , what a country...
Pray for our country... Here's the good news though... Obama took Air Force One to Denver to sign the stimulus package, wasting as much as 10,000 gallons of fuel FOR 24 JOBS FOR ONE YEAR. Don't you just love this guy?

Speaking of praying, Obama has now been president for eleven Sundays and yet he & wife, Michelle have not attended church since the inauguration He must really miss Reverend Wright!

In these times 'I'll keep my God, my freedom, my gun and my money. You can keep "THE CHANGE".'

putting 2&2 together...

Disclaimer: this is copied directly from an email forward. Which I obviously thought was worthy enough to be posted on my blog site.

Very Interesting questions

While I've little interest in getting in the middle of the Obama birth issue, Paul Hollrah over at FSM did so yesterday and believes the issue can be resolved by Obama answering one simple question:

What passport did he use when he was shuttling between New York, Jakarta, and Karachi?

So how did a young man who arrived in New York in early June 1981, without the price of a hotel room in his pocket, suddenly come up with the price of a round-the-world trip just a month later?

And once he was on a plane, shuttling between New York, Jakarta, and Karachi, what passport was he offering when he passed through Customs and Immigration?

The American people not only deserve to have answers to these questions, they must have answers. It makes the debate over Obama's citizenship a rather short and simple one.

Q: Did he travel to Pakistan in 1981, at age 20?
A : Yes, by his own admission.

Q: What passport did he travel under?
A: There are only three possibilities.
1) He traveled with a U.S. Passport,
2) He traveled with a British passport, or
3) He traveled with an Indonesia passport.

Q: Is it possible that Obama traveled with a U.S. Passport in 1981?
A: No. It is not possible. Pakistan was on the U.S. State Department's "no travel" list in 1981.
Conclusion: When Obama went to Pakistan in 1981 he was traveling either with a British passport or an Indonesian passport.

If he were traveling with a British passport that would provide proof that he was born in Kenya on August 4, 1961, not in Hawaii as he claims.
And if he were traveling with an Indonesian passport that would tend to prove that he relinquished whatever previous citizenship he held, British or American, prior to being adopted by his Indonesian step-father in 1967.

Whatever the truth of the matter,the American people need to know how he managed to become a "natural born" American citizen between 1981 and 2008.

Given the destructive nature of his plans for America, as illustrated by his speech before Congress and the disastrous spending plan he has presented to Congress, the sooner we learn the truth of all this, the better.

New places, New experiences.

Hola peoples.

It's been awhile, eh? yep. I've been busy. ...moving to California! woohoo. back to the motherland. I'm enjoying it.

Since coming out here I have learned & experienced a few firsts:

• how to drive a stick shift (very excited about that.) I drive it every day & I rock, thank you.
• indoor rock climb (they say I'm a natural?)
• Went to Yosemite National Park (soo pretty!)
• went on my first hike
• Climbed Half Dome. (wow, Tough! but I loved it.)
• Went to San Francisco, loved it. (which I still can't spell correctly)
  
• learning all new things for a new job
• learning my way around a brand new town

So yay for me. Oh, and of course I've met many new people and have learned lots of names & faces.

San Francisco

So let me tell you about Half Dome!!! It was incredible. For me, it was like going to Disneyland as a kid. The experience has stayed with me.

Half Dome is a high point in Yosemite at 8,842 ft elevation. The hike that we did in one day had a 4,800 ft climb in elevation. We took the John Muir Trail up and the Mist Trail down. So our hike was 15.35 miles (from the trail head).

Below is some info from this site. They suggest taking a gallon of water for this hike.

Hike Distance: 14.2 miles (22.7 km) round trip via Mist Trail
16.5 miles (26.5 km) round trip via John Muir Trail
20 miles (32 km) round trip via Glacier Point
23 miles (37) km round trip via Tenaya Lake
7 miles (11 km) round trip from Little Yosemite Valley campground

Half Dome Elevation: 8,842 feet (2,650 meters)
Total Elevation Gain: 4,800 feet (1,600 meters) from Yosemite Valley

Hiking Time: 10 - 14 hours

Difficulty: Extreme. It's long, steep at the beginning and end, and more dangerous than most Yosemite hikes. It's probably the most difficult of all Yosemite day hikes. On the traditional 1 to 10 scale, this one rates an 11.

That site also tells the number of fatalities that have occured on Half Dome.

Just 2 weeks after I had been up, 2 people died up there in one week. Here's one story. And another story with an eye witness testimony which also reported 10 to 12 people die in Yosemite each year.

This page has a google map picture that shows the various trails.

The last picture at the bottom of this webpage has a view of half dome from further inside Yosemite. A neat perspective.

It took me forever just to get this written because I had so much information I wanted to share. But I was getting tired of not getting this posted. So here it is. (It only took me 2 weeks to finishing what I started on this post!)

If you're completely enamored, here are a few more websites ...
1 - real informative
2 - Yosemite web1, Yosemite web2
3 - current conditions in Yosemite

Living so close to Yosemite, I am very hopeful to get over there again to spend more time, get many more pictures and see the huge sequoias.

Oh yeah, here is some wildlife we saw that day.

The bear was in the parking lot. He/she just snagged an abandoned cooler. A couple guys scared him off yelling "go bear go!" The deer was super close on the trail. And of course, lots of squirrels and such. Below is not a blue jay but a steller's jay (news to me.) He wanted our snacks. To the left of that this furry creature resides at the very top of half dome! Kind of a desolate place to live, but he has many visitors! He is a marmot.


It was a great trip, and I would do it again, for sure.

Obama's Youth Brigade

this is straight from an email forward. there's my disclaimer.
Subject: Obama Youth Brigade: Church Attendance Forbidden

What a deception! Check out the fine print in this “GIVE” Bill (HR 1388) and pass it on to everyone you know!

Obama Youth Brigade: Church Attendance Forbidden
By Jonas Clark

Obama has only been in office for two months. Now we have HR 1388. The Bill was sponsored by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) with 37 others. The Bill was introduced to the floor of the House of Representatives where both Republicans and this bill's title is called “Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education” (GIVE). It forms what some are calling “Obama’s Youth Brigade.” Obama’s plan is require anyone receiving school loans and others to serve at least three months as part of the brigade. His goal is one million youth! This has serious Nazi Germany overtones to it. The Bill would forbid any student in the brigade to participate in “engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization.”
That means no church attendance or witnessing. Again, is this what America voted for?
Here is part of the HR1388 Bill’s wording:
SEC. 1304. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.
Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is amended to read as follows:
SEC. 125. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) Prohibited Activities- A participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle may not engage in the following activities:
(1) Attempting to influence legislation. (2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes.
(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization. Here are some additional sources of info on this subject.
http://www.rules.house.gov/111/cbo/cbo_estimate_hr1388.pdf
http://rsc.tomprice.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=115008
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/tucked_into_obama_s_civil_service_bill_hr_1388_no/
http://rightsoup.com/tucked-into-obamas-civil-service-bill-h-r-1388-no-protesting-allowed/
http://catsden.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/hr-1388-educating-students-in-service-part-ii-chicago-school-reform-1995-2001/
http://www.tsrn.us/blog/2009/03/23/emergency-senate-voting-on-the-forced-servitude-bill-hb-1388-this-monday-323-communism-is-being-forced-down-your-throat/
http://thefinalhour.blogspot.com/2009/03/hr-1388-bans-national-service.html

13 killed in NY

A tragic story with a "oh that's too bad" /'slap on the hand' comment from the president.
At least the governor of NY gave a better message of consolation.
So the taleban call BBC to [sounds like, proudly] take ownership for this act by an asian. (?...huh)

Pakistani Taleban leader Baitullah Mehsud called the BBC in Islamabad to claim responsibility for the attack.

Kind of convenient too, hmm, that Obama was "out of town" ... easy excuse and good timing for it.

...in the mean time...
North Korea is reported to be pressing ahead with final preparations for its planned satellite launch, despite stern warnings from the US and its allies.

anyone else thinking -End Times- ...? I am.

news headlines

A couple links I need to close, but I've kept up to come back to them...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7959878.stm

Barack Obama was elected on a message of change. Now he is in office, change is expected both in foreign and domestic policy. Here the BBC's team in Washington tracks developments in the first 100 days of the Obama presidency.

and
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7963359.stm

The Czech prime minister has condemned US President Barack Obama's economic recovery plans as "a way to hell".

here's that same story from another source:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/us_world/EU-Prez-.html

European Union: U.S. on "A Road to Hell"

Iran given a welcome to Obama's offer

This cannot be good. I don't agree with Obama's negotiations (aka: rolling over on his back) with Hamas, and other Iranian groups.
here's the link to the story.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7958037.stm

The US, EU and UN will not deal with Hamas, which seized the Gaza Strip in 2007, unless they reject violence and recognise Israel.

Hamas's charter calls for the destruction of Israel, although the group has also offered a long-term truce if Israel withdraws to its pre-5 June 1967 borders.

It just seems like "dealing with the devil" to me.

Here's a link to the video message he sent to Iranians: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7954229.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7954211.stm

Here's an earlier article:

An adviser to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Washington must reverse its support for Israel and end sanctions against Iran.
The adviser, Ali Akbar Javanfekr, also said the US had to apologise to Iran for its past actions.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7955550.stm

kind of interesting that...

Mr Obama's offer came in a direct video address to mark the Iranian New Year.

The unprecedented approach is a dramatic departure from the policies of the Bush administration, which described Iran as part of the "axis of evil", the BBC's Jonathan Beale in Washington says.

Relations between Iran and the US have been strained over Tehran's controversial nuclear activities.

This is the time we're living in now. Once/If the US turns it's back to Israel.... mmm, not good.
I'm waiting for Amazing Race to start, which has been delayed b/c of bball games. and Mr. Shmoozer, loves his face time on tv, is on 60 minutes. ugh! I can't stand hearing him talk. I shall change it.

and after ALL we've heard on Geithner: Obama still defends him. Wha???
Obama fends off Geithner doubters ... ARE YOU KIDDING ME.

Mr Geithner has already made headlines for the wrong reasons during his short time in Mr Obama's administration.

There is obviously some kind of personal adgenda Obama must have to fight so hard for Geithner to be in position. We don't know what, but in time all will show itself.
And, he seems to have so much time on his hands. Good grief!

Instead, the president - giving his longest interview since taking office, to the 60 Minutes TV show -

And on Jay Leno this past week, his now well-known blunder. "oops". Talk about politically correct. Not him in this case, eh? White House staff sure must have earned their pay following that slip of the tongue.