Miracle on 34th Street

Tears pouring from my eyes, I rewatched Miracle on 34th Street. I do not remember how long it has been to watch this old movie. I know there is a Santa Claus!

Today and forever more

   I reviewed my blogs. I am no longer that person. I am a widower and I am lonely without my companion and wife. Frank Sinatra sang a song about being alone but not lonely. I need to refix my sites so that I can stand to just be with myself. It is a process, not one I am happy to be on but one that I am on neverless.

VIRGINIA GAMBLING HYPOCRITES

City attorney Harvey Bryant says that we won't know if it is illegal until we charge someone. I am going to blame Mayor Sessoms for this outrage because he is the big cheese whether he started this boondoggle or not. So off they go and raid and confisticate property of business owners (that have purchase business licenses, business names, and pay property taxes on their business equipment and have met zoning laws of their business) and essentially fired all of their employees in a time of depression/recession.

TWO types of LOTTERY are LEGAL in VIRGINIA. BINGO is LEGAL in VIRGINIA. OFF-TRACK BETTING PARLORS are LEGAL in VIRGINIA. The esteemed Virginia Pilot is telling it's readers that gambling is illegal in Virginia. Another form of the media you can no longer trust to report the simple truth - the proof is in the pudding.

Del. Clay Athey, R-Front Royal sponsored a bill H81010 to crack down on forms of gambling. Athey said that his bill was meant to prohibit people making wagers and having the chance to win money at the same location????? This man lives a very sheltered life. He has never heard of or been to Camden Downs betting parlors, 7-11 and associates (lotteries and scratch tickets) or his local church that runs the nightly Bingo games. By the way - who wants GOVERNMENT telling me or you how to run our lives?

Since GAMBLING IS LEGAL in Virginia as proof of STATE-SPONSORED gambling activities what is the real problem? Taxing gambling profits from various forms of gambling? The solution of course is simply to pass tax laws that allows the state to get their "cut". The state already does that with their current gambling dens of sin. Somehow we are being spoon-fed this garbage that we are not responsible and knowledgeable citizens - adults. We are mere irresponsible minors (children) that the NANNY STATE must take care of and protect.

How about the NANNY STATE get out their checkbook and balance it - like adults do? How about the NANNY STATE fix our transportation problems like adults would? Since they cannot fix what we sent them to office to fix they want to tell us what to do and how to do it - GET OUT OF MY FACE.

The state needs to legalize every sort of gambling so that we can create jobs here in the Commonwealth vice shipping our citizens off on bus trips so that they can gamble and spend their money in other states. Stop legislating your morality on my freedom of choice. Hey, the money could be spent on fixing the Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia transportation problem.

The dissolution of the current Iranian government

I have read two articles from Forbes magazine that lead the reader to believe that the current Iranian government will be toppled. The fact that the bazaar merchants and the Revolutionary Guard are dissatisfied with their current government may see this somehow to become reality. That is an interesting possibility that alleviates my useless worry of this particular country amassing nuclear weapons - whether they are ICBM's or suitcase bombs.

The Iranian people were lied to by the Ayatollah Khomeini and the horror that his regime inflicted on them will be a sad part of their history into eternity. If this theocratic government goes by the way side the possibility of continued support of the groups that we haved labeled terrorists may also end thereby lessening tensions surrounding Israel.

Now that we have moved a second carrier into the area to project our military option causes me to wonder what this administration is up to. We have troops in Iraq and Afghanistan that border Iran and I am praying that we do not involve ourselves in another undeclared war. My stand is to bring all of our troops home from overseas and put them on our borders to close them so that we can effective deal with the millions of "illegal" aliens that now reside in the US. By accomplishing this objective we can tax their income and support our social services. The United States government needs to stop shoving our "culture" down the throats of people that do not want our culture.

Shirley Sherrod

The Shirley Sherrod story of a black administrator that was biased against "white" people and was subseqently fired and then rehired will not be taught in history books of government school children. As the story progressed to its conclusion she grew as a human being and realised her destiny in helping the "poor" people in her jurisdiction and not just the black race. The forest of the problem, however, is that the group of people she was addressing at the time was a group of black racists that were eating it up as they were entertained by the "white man" getting his. Any form of separationism e.g. Black Caucus, NAACP, Miss Black America, La Rosa are a form of racism. If anyone belonged to the "WASP Society for a Better America" there would be outcries of racism but not for other ethnic and racial groups? This just doesn't sit right.

Another small point that was brought up as Shirley talked to her racist listeners is the implication that she was compelled by her race to make sure those of her ethinicity were better taken care of than anyone else. I have experienced and heard of black favortism in the government workplace. Once again the head of discrimination rears its head. I am sorry that the leader of America got egg on his face again but he choose these advisors that just do not check their facts before they present them.

072210

Sherod was unjustly canned by taking out of context a statement she made in a speech to a group of people who were cheering that the white man was getting shafted. She eventually did the right thing as a government employee but she was still speaking to a racist society. We have a Supreme Court Justice from THE RACE society and a WOMANS ESCLUSIVE SOCIETY. I guess only the WHITE man cannot have a RACIST society because of past wrongs. The next time I miss the MISS BLACK awards it is I do not now support racism for any reason.

29 June 2010

Karen told me I have bursitis of the knee and gave me dolobid to reduce the inflamation. Also to put Icy/Hot on the knees and give it a couple of days. I also have a brace of sorts that seems to work. At least today it was not as bad as it was. I had to call in off of work for two days because of that.
Mike tried to make me take a pizza to a very dangerous part of the city after dark. I told him I just could not. The $1 I would make is not worth my life. He sent me home. I have about 13 hours of work next week but that is ok. I have some work and I am beyond caring any more. I need to get my priorities completed. Harry seems to be more of an enemy than a friend. I don't know why but maybe that is just what he is.

Today I took Cho to Dairy Queen and we went around Willoughby Spit and explore for a while as she ate her strawberry sundae. I am sure she enjoyed it because she got out of bed promptly to go to this adventure.
Tomorrow is going to be cooler and I should get out there and cut my grass. I also am going to Mayor Fraim's party for getting him elected. I am going to take my camera. Maybe get some great shots. I don't know. Maybe I will get a Mayor Fraim and me shot. LOL. that is what I really want.