How Arrogant...

How arrogant can someone be? Well seems like the president is topping the charts when it comes to arrogance and even ignorance. I got this clip from Crooks and Liars. In it Laura is quoted as saying that "No one suffers more than their President. I hope they know the burden of worry that is on his shoulders every single day for our troops"

OH MY GOD!!! She is telling the American people that this moron is suffering more than the 3,963 soldiers that have lost their lives? That he is suffering more than the families that have lost their loved ones in this stupid war? That he suffers more than the men and women that are going back on their third, fourth and FIFTH rotation? How dare she!!!

And Him, what an idiot. It like listening to a third grader that was held back for four years. Here is his response to Ann Curry's question about the burden:

Ann Curry: So I’ve been wondering, ever since she said that, will the burden of worry, do you think about this war in Iraq, will ever truly leave you?

Bush: Well, what, what what, what, what,(Yes he actually said what five or six times - One great speaker) we mean is the fact that a mother has lost a son, or a wife has lost a husband, or husband has lost a wife. I’ll forever, ya know, uh, carry that with me. On the other hand, I firmly believe that the mission will yield piece. And as people are now beginning to see, Iraq is changing. Democracy is beginning to take hold. And I’m convinced 50 years from now people will look back and say Thank God there were those who were willing to sacrifice.

Here is the video:




The best part of this video is the mentality that Bush has concerning the economy. He thinks that our economy is deteriorating because we built too many homes. Not because we are spending $275 million per day and $4,100 per household. This couldn't possibly be the problem. On the other hand he did make a point that he believes the war is good for our economy. How you may ask? "Because we are buying equipment". So according to our president, War is good for us, but if the war is good then why are we heading into a recession? Oh ya, because we don't have the money to spend on the war, we are borrowing from China (among other countries), the companies that are buying the equipment do not have their offices in the U.S. Why would they, then they would have to pay taxes. Check out this transcript from Andy Rooney

This all comes down to what Eisenhower said about the Military Industrial Complex:


Here is something that people should watch to understand why we are where we are with this war:
IRAQ For Sale:

Blackwater, America's Private Army:


We have lost more than 3,900 men and women in this war. The Iraqis have lost 1,173,743 due to the invasion/occupation by the U.S. Military. It's time to get MAD! It is time for a change. It's time for Bush and Cheney and the evil administration to be held accountable for the War Crimes they have committed. One president got impeached for getting a blow job, why let this one go for getting people killed?

You're Gonna Miss This...

Today started a little rough for Mikayla and me. She is on this screaming frenzy while wanting to be picked up, put down, crawling, and climbing the stairs (thanks Mark). If you don't know, Mikayla can Scream. I mean high pitched ear piercing scream. When I tell people with kids this, they smile and say "ya we know how it is", then Mikayla lets one rip and they turn back to me with the biggest look of sympathy on their face. I will have a video soon, but even the video doesn't let you hear her wonderful rang.

So anyway, I am overly tired today since I was woken up three times last night by a child that sleeps very restlessly. Last night we tried to put Mikayla back in her crib to sleep, but that lasted only two hours and she was back in bed with us. Now you have to imagine this bed of ours. We have a king size bed. The bed sleeps Mark, Mikayla, Bailey and Phoebe (two of our dogs), and myself. The two dogs that sleep on the bed are not small either. Bailey is 65 lbs. and Phoebe is 50 lbs. How do we do it? You got me, but we do.

Mikayla is on a pretty routine schedule. At night she likes to read and play until around 8:30-9:00p.m. At this point she wants a little more food to push her over the edge of sleep and then lays her head on mine or Mark's shoulder to fall asleep. If I am ready to go to bed, I will take her and sleep while Mark does school work.

At around 2:00a.m. I get woken up with either a punch to the face, a slap to the cheek, or my beard get pulled. Now you have to understand that Miss Thing isn't awake at this point. She is doing this in her sleep. So for the next 15-30 minutes I am fighting with a 9 month old baby's hands. Trying to keep them off my person. Then I get kicked in the groin. Fine. I gently push her away from me and try to get back to sleep. She then rolls towards me and starts the fight all over again.

The out of nowhere, her hands stop and she is asleep once again. This last until 6:30-7:00a.m. when she starts to wake. She is just like Mark, they both need at least 30 minutes to wake up and start the day. Me, on the other hand, can jump out of bed and go (or I used to). Now I am so tired from fighting with sleeping baby hands that I want a little more time to rest before we start the day of screaming.

So with an understanding of my sleep deprivation, I was making lunch for Mikayla and myself when on the radio came a song I had never heard before. The song is from Trace Adkins and is called "You're Gonna Miss This". This has to be the best song for any parent and it is now my favoritest song. I understand it because Mark and I have many times sat and talked about the past year and how we already miss the little baby that was Mikayla. The first smile, laugh, cry, feelings of anger, feelings of joy, and yes even the first poop. I have those stories and tell them all the time. They are what makes Mikayla who she is and what makes us her parents. So anyway...

Below is the only video that I could find of it, but you get the idea. So remember that no matter how bad it may seem, you will miss it one day.

Just For Laughs...

Man mistakes bar patrons for bears

Daniel Pement was charged with six counts of misdemeanor assault after allegedly spraying patrons with bear repellent spray, twice.

On Saturday, after being escorted out of the bar, Pement allegedly returned a few minutes later and began spraying other bar attendees. After the police arrived, they confiscated the bear spray - only to be called back Sunday for the same offense. Pement had acquired another can of spray.

(via Common Wealth Times)

$3,000,000...

This is the starting bid for The World's Greatest Music Collection. From EBay:

From Thomas Edison to American Idol, this is the complete history of the music that shaped and defined five generations. 3 million records and 300,000 CDs containing more than 6 million song titles. It's the undisputed largest collection of recorded music in the world. About half of the recordings are new and never played, and every genre of 20th century music is represented. There are countless rare recordings worth hundreds, or even thousands of dollars each on the collectibles market. Organized and cataloged, the collection is meticulously maintained and housed in a climate-controlled warehouse. The estimated value of this amazing collection is more than $50 million.

Every recording in the collection was purchased by the collection's owner over the past fifty years and represents a lifetime of work and his desire to see the music preserved for future generations. Advancing age and health concerns are forcing the owner to sell.

The history of 20th century music belongs in a museum (existing or new), or a music library. The collection's owner is seeking a private collector or a philanthropist willing to buy and donate the collection. A donation would qualify as a tax-deductible event. The collection contains many thousands of duplicate copies, which could be sold individually on the collectibles market to recoup a substantial part of the purchase price.

Charged...

Source: Associated Press

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Two former slaughterhouse workers were charged Friday with abusing ailing cattle in a case based on undercover video footage showing crippled and sick animals being shoved with forklifts.

Bench warrants for the arrest of Daniel Navarro and Luis Sanchez were issued after they failed to appear for arraignment. Prosecutors did not know if they had retained lawyers.

Authorities said Navarro and Sanchez were seen in the Humane Society video, which showed workers kicking, shocking and otherwise abusing "downer" animals that were apparently too sick or injured to walk into the slaughterhouse. Some animals had water forced down their throats, San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos said.



The slaughterhouse in Chino is operated by Westland/Hallmark Meat Co., which supplies meat to the federal school lunch program and to major hamburger chains. The U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended operations at Westland/Hallmark after the video surfaced earlier this year, and lawmakers in Washington called Thursday for an investigation.

Continue Reading: Two Men Charged

Trust - I Don't...

There are many reasons why I don't trust Hillary Clinton. The biggest reason - Bill. Since he has been campaigning for her, he seems to be bringing the slim. He lies (which isn't new), he continues to bring up how good he did - which means to me that he want to be president again. I did this while in office so I can have Hillary do the same - Not Good. But that is her husband. She could be different. She could mean what she says, if only she could not change her mind. Then we have the underhanded way she is running her campaign. All the democrats agreed that Florida and Michigan would be left out of the delegate count since they went against the DNC and changed their primary dates. All Democrats Agreed!!!

Now that she is behind Obama in delegates and he is on the fast track to winning, she is telling everyone that she wants the votes in Michigan and Florida to count. I just cannot see why people would vote for Hillary when she tries to change the rules. What is going to happen if she doesn't like something while in office. Will she change the rules to fit her agenda as one such president has already done? I see another Bush in a nice pantsuit.

Now for Hillary's ideas of Change:


Remember that all these changes were done in the same night at the same debate - scary. How will she handle the stress of the White House? With all that said, if she does get the nomination I will defiantly vote her in. Why? I don't trust McCain any more than I like Bush - which is ZERO!

It's Started...

Yes it has finally started. We are in the stage of I want to read and re-read the same book - ALL THE TIME. This took hold maybe a week ago, but over the weekend we have seen a major increase. It's interesting that she has a favorite book for each one of us. For me, her favorite is "10 Little Ladybugs" by Melanie Gerth. This is the exciting story of 10 ladybugs being taken to some other part of the forest (I think). The story is too in depth for me to understand. The nice thing about this book is that Mikayla can feel the ladybugs - and number 4 is her favorite.

For Mark, she has picked an easier book, "Baby Faces". I think she did this because Mark has so much happening in his life, she knows that he needs some downtime, and this is it. She loves all the facial expressions that the babies have, but I think she really likes it when daddy makes the faces as well. Now we don't just read these books, there are others.

We have a few titles in the same line. They are the "Happy Baby" series. The great thing about these books is they use some of the same (or similar) pictures. This weekend Mikayla started to take note of that. She would be sitting on my lap and when we came to a picture that she has seen in another book, she would crawl off my lap and find that book. I would then open the book to the page with the picture and hold them up together. She was fascinated. This amazed me. I have a great fear that she is going to be a lot smarter than either Mark or myself.

God help us.

Would You...

Cloning is the new black. There is a Korean company that will let you remember your loving pet by bringing them back. As Fox reports: "RNL Bio on Friday announced it would work with Seoul National University scientists, who created the first cloned canine, "Snuppy," to offer customers a re-creation of their deceased pet for $150,000."

To pay $150,000 dollars to bring back an animal that may look the same, but will defiantly have different traits, mannerisms, and disposition. As Mark mentioned, our pets are the way they are because of the experiences they had. Just like people, I am who I am because of the things I have done. So why would anyone want to do this? This, again, is what is wrong with the world. Lets take a look at what else could be done with 150 thousand dollars - Homeless vets, abused women and children, Diabetes, Cancer, any disease, many humane societies and much, much more.

Although I truly don't believe this, many people tell me that we are a Christian nation. We are supposed to help our fellow man (as long as they are the right color). Why is it then that we take money that can help people and clone an animal when there are so many in the world today that need homes.

Along the same thought, there is a company that will preserve your pets until they are ready to be cloned. ViaGen is the company and for $1,500 they will send a refrigerated biopsy kit to your vet so they can take a small biopsy of "fido". If "fido" has dies, you will only get five days to get a biopsy. After that, he is really gone.

What would you do?

Jump Around...

This video is old, but I wanted to test the blog's ability to take videos. This video is was the start of Mikayla's dancing. Although it was in her jumper, she now will bounce when a good song is played. What does she like you may ask? Wheel's on the Bus? Itsy, Bitsy Spider? No, none of those. She like anything with a good beat. Her favorite right now is Missy Elliot's "Ching-a-ling". She is also partial to Mika as I have mentioned in an earlier post, but really anything with a beat. So until I get some of the newer videos loaded onto my computer, enjoy Miss Mikayla Jump Around!!

Remember Him...

While looking at another blog, I came across the past. Do you remember Sam Harris? For those of you who didn't watch TV in the 80's (Mark) or like reality TV (then or now), he was the grand champion of the very first Star Search in 1984. Star Search was the true very first American Idol. He won with his version of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" - it was (and still is amazing). See below.



Little did I know that he has had nine - yes nine - studio albums. I can only remember two and I think I still have one. Well he is back with a new song "War on War". I pleasantly surprised. This song is really good. He is also putting together a video contest for his fans. From his War on War website:

With the W.O.W. video contest, we are inviting you to express your vision and creativity -- your passion, frustration and truth -- put to my song which calls for the end of war. Here's what you do:

• Listen to the song for inspiration!
• Create an original music video (like you would see on VH1 and MTV etc.) to the song War on War as the only audio and in its entirety.
• We will soon provide raw footage of me singing the song, which may be incorporated into your video, if you wish.

So here is the new song from Sam Harris:



And for some fun - did you know he is gay? This I didn't and I also missed him on the CBS show "The Class", which I watched religiously. It was from the creaters of "Friends", they never should have taken it off the air. He played Perry Pearl, the immaculately dressed husband of one of the classmates, Holly. In the show she has no idea that he is gay - and he denies it himself. Here is clips of Sam from "The Class":