Washington Waste

September 30, 2007 at 9:06 pm · Filed under News Items

 

This is not a new story, in fact it is rather nauseatingly old; government waste of our hard earned dollars.

In light of how several of our presidential candidates would like government run health care, I read the following two headlines easily imagining how badly they could waste tax dollars in the name of medicine for all.

D.C. officials got improper bonuses
two dozen senior D.C. officials received more than $500,000 in cash bonuses, contrary to the rules, near the end of the administration of Mayor Anthony A. Williams, according to a report Friday by the D.C. auditor.

Some in Fairfax Public Housing Make Six Figures
Hundreds of families living in housing subsidized by Fairfax County taxpayers exceed income caps designed to ensure that only the neediest receive assistance, a review of county records shows. In the most extreme cases, Fairfax is underwriting rents for families making well into six figures: One household getting help makes more than $216,000 a year; another, $184,000. Dozens of others — making $60,000, $70,000, $90,000 — exceed eligibility caps. And they do so with the tacit approval of county housing administrators, who do little to encourage occupants to move on when their fortunes improve.

When will we ever insist on more accountability?

 

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Desktop Tag

September 22, 2007 at 2:26 pm · Filed under Personal

BethEllen tagged me to show off my desktop!

 

Using Picasa2 ’s collage function, I was able to create a collection of some of those dear to me!

(A bigger view here)  

 

Anyone else want to play?

 

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How He Even Dared Ask

September 22, 2007 at 12:03 pm · Filed under News Items

When Brit of Brit and Grit commented on his own blog regarding the Iranian leader wishing to visit Ground Zero, he mentioned, "I don’t know how he even dared ask." My first thought to that was, "Indeed!"

However a few scans of recent headlines made it clear to me how he even dared ask. We have been pandering to tyrants for awhile now, and certainly, the system sure allows for all walks of life to step over our laws.

Of course I agree with Brit that it’s a mockery and insult to us and of course to the good people of New York City who’s loved ones are buried at Ground Zero in the name of terrorism. Iran has facilitated and financed terrorism that kill our brave soldiers even today. There is no evidence that Iran is remotely interested in a peaceful and stable Iraq. Iran isn’t even nice to its own people, stonings, and putting children on death row. They even close down barbers who dare give haircuts that look ‘western’. So the Iranian leader spits on his own, why not ours?

How dare he ask? He dares because one flip of the television shows how illegals dare come in here by the thousands and our government look the other way. Even in New York’s own, they won’t even insist one show citizenship to get a driver’s license . New York’s own Columbia University INVITED him to their hallowed halls to speak . [Oh, if they get any government funding at all that should be well stripped of them!] He dares because celebrities dare live like hell and get only more fame fore it. He dares because someone like O.J. can murder two people, and in spite of all the evidence, play the race card and get off scott free, only to resurface in more schemes, get convicted of murder in a civil court, avoid paying his dues there, and then get himself arrested and a mere $125,000 bail. He dares because yet another dictator dared step on our soil, address the U.N. and in spite of his atrocites, dramatically say he smelled sulfur ." I could list forever the reasons he dares. He DARES because a nation who doesn’t show it cares about itself and its peoples, why should anyone else?

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a tyrant, a terrorist , and wishes us and our ally harm, he is not a nice man, but he isn’t stupid. He sees a nation ripe for tyranny, it’s just that simple how he dares.

 

 

 

 

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The New Citizen Media

September 18, 2007 at 7:32 pm · Filed under News Items

 

My copy of WebProNews came in my inbox today, and the title of one article caught my attention:
CBS Just Can’t Get Along with Bloggers?

The first line in the article claims that it was bloggers who forced Dan Rather into early retirement.
It then drones on with something about Katie Couric and Move-On.org, neither of which interests me, but out came this new term - “The New Citizen Media.” Yet another was mentioned in the email from WebProNews - “Citizen Journalist.”

My, I just like these two new terms instead of blogger. I feel so much more important now!

There was one note in the email by the editor, saying that us bloggers Citizen Journalists are not held to the same standards as the mainstream press, and where that might be true, I feel of late the mainstream press doesn’t hold to any standard anymore - and that’s where WE come in, acknowledged the editor, we seem to be granted the means to hold THEM accountable!

 

 

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Remember

September 11, 2007 at 3:00 pm · Filed under General

 

“Great necessities call out great virtues.”
~Abigail Adams

Huge tragedies like our nation’s 9-11 does show us all the great virtues that make up our people, but they also reveal what is wrong, and that should drive us to our knees.

I remember how united we felt, even in our differences. I wish it didn’t take that kind of tragedy to bring us closer together, to bring us close to God.

What I see 6 years later is a lot of division and a people too far from our Creator. A true recipe for more chaos.
So remember.

 

 

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Baby Lopez

September 10, 2007 at 4:35 pm · Filed under Personal

 

“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. ” Pslam 139:14

It’s getting closer for Enric and Miranda to have the baby. (End of October)
I must admit they both look well.

And so does the baby!! (Images taken with new technology- 4D sonogram)

I love him so much already!

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First Day of School

September 4, 2007 at 12:31 pm · Filed under Personal

 

Today, September 4th, Laura and I started our school year.

Yesterday though, I went into her room to discuss an event coming up, and noticed her calendar was still on August.
I went to turn to the month of September to see the date of the event, and she exclaimed, “Don’t turn the calendar!”

I looked at her questioningly, “Why?”

She smiled and admitted, “I’m in denial.”

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Denial or not, we had a great start to our school today.
Algebra, Spanish I, New World History, just to name a few!

 

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Tumalo Farms Cheese wins First Prize

September 1, 2007 at 4:07 pm · Filed under Personal

 

 

My crazy Brazilian “brother”, Flavio, tells a local news all about his cheese and goat farm. In a very charming way, he compared herding goats to the milking parlor to his days in the boardroom with engineers, that was funny. I am proud of Flavio, he works hard along with his wife Margie, and everything he does is so successful!

News Video HERE

 

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