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Month: September 2008

FREEDOM TO VOTE AND RELIGIOUS INTIMIDATION

FREEDOM TO VOTE AND RELIGIOUS INTIMIDATION

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I've been seeing more and more promoting of candidates for president as the election gets closer in religious circles including my Catholic church. I object to the religious right or the Catholic church promoting one candidate over another on the basis of the candidates moral beliefs to the exclusion of the candidates qualifications to deal with the problems facing America As far as I am concerned every church in the US should have it's tax exemption revoked if it advocates a political…

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THE NON DEBATE – BARRACK OBAMA AND RICARDO MAYORGA

THE NON DEBATE – BARRACK OBAMA AND RICARDO MAYORGA

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What do Barrack Obama and Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga have in common? Mayorga is a boxer whose bravado in the ring used to involve allowing his opponent to take a free punch at his head – that’s what they have in common. I watched the so called debate while Obama invited McCain to take a free swing at Obama's chin and then drop his gloves instead of hitting back. My clear impression is that Obama is not an effective debater. He is too…

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HITLER & LINCOLN – Maxine Harris book The Loss That is Forever

HITLER & LINCOLN – Maxine Harris book The Loss That is Forever

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In her book The Loss That is Forever, the author, Maxine Harris, talks about an unlikely connection between two very different men, Abraham Lincoln and Adolph Hitler. They both shared fear of death as well as their mutual desire to be remembered in history. Both had suffered deaths in their family. Hitler was orphaned at seventeen and Lincoln’s mother died when he was nine. She says that throughout his life Hitler was obsessed with the idea that time was short and he…

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GEORGE BUSH AND THE $700 BILLION BAILOUT WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY

GEORGE BUSH AND THE $700 BILLION BAILOUT WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY

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The Huffington Blog points out the following language in the Bush administration’s proposal for a bail out of the failing corporations. It reads: “Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.” This means that $700 billion of taxpayer dollars to save several financial institutions will be totally at the discretion of the Executive branch without any…

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2nd ASPEN REPORT

2nd ASPEN REPORT

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We have walked this town from one end to the other, but not left a great deal of money. Lots of small shops with elegant clothing, furnishings and jewelry mixed in with ski shops, sports stores etc. This is the "end of the season" so many stores are closed or on reduced hours until the tourist season begins again in the winter. Even the gondola's to the top of the mountain shut down during the week and operate only on…

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REPORT FROM ASPEN COLORADO

REPORT FROM ASPEN COLORADO

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We are in Aspen for a meeting of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Getting here wasn't easy. We got up at 3:30 AM in Gig Harbor to make our flight to Denver and then to catch the commuter to Aspen on United. The flight was uneventful, except for the grown man behind me on his cell phone who has never learned the definition of "go" as opposed to "said" and sounded like a teenage school drop out. The Aspen…

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Under Construction

Under Construction

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I get a monthly pamphlet Our Daily Bread with scriptural medications for each day of the month. Today, the reading said that Ruth Bell Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham once saw a sign along the road that read "End of Construction – Thank you for your patience." After reading it, she said that that was she thought belonged on her gravestone. A life of being under construction. After her death in June of 2007, her gravemarker had the Chinese…

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TRAVEL REPORT FOR THE WEEK

TRAVEL REPORT FOR THE WEEK

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Last Sunday Lita and I left the marina in Gig Harbor on our Grand Banks Eastbay, the Lita Theresa,  for a week long cruise. At only thirty nine feet (thirteen foot beam) and twin engines, the boat can be easily handled by one person. It rides well in the water and can cruise at thirty knots. It is a comfortable, but not spacious vessel. The weather was beautiful with a breeze causing a chop in the water. There was a lot of boat…

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THE UNIQUE LIFE STORY OF ARTHUR KANE & THE NEW YORK DOLLS

THE UNIQUE LIFE STORY OF ARTHUR KANE & THE NEW YORK DOLLS

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The other night I was flipping through channels looking for something to watch when my interest was caught by a film documentary about Arthur Kane. I had never heard of him or the band he help create. Kane, it turns out, was an original member of the punk bank the New York Dolls and played base guitar. So why would I be interested in a former member of a punk rock band? Because the story of how this man turned…

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FEMA AND THE TOXIC TRAILERS

FEMA AND THE TOXIC TRAILERS

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"Brownie, you’re doing a heckuva job" President Bush told then FEMA director Michael Brown after Bush had flown to the Gulf Coast a few days after Katrina. It turned out that was an very wrong evaluation of Brown’s work who was soon after relieved of his position. Tens of thousands of empty trailers are stored on vacant lands, in industrial parks and a warehouse. They were purchased by FEMA to assist in disasters.  FEMA has 8,420 brand new, fully furnished,…

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