Racing for a Cure


This morning is the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Sacramento. My daughter and I will go and walk it together, wishing we could do more to stop this terrible disease. My own mother passed away from Breast cancer 9 years ago and her mother when she was just a kid. It's time to stop this dreadful killer before anybody elses loved ones have to fight and families are torn apart. I know there are so many cancers and other diseases out there that we have to dedicate ourselves as human beings to eradicate, but this particular affliction has caused a lot of damage directly to my family and I worry for my 2 daughters. I know in the future there will be a cure, advances have already been made and the survivors are able to live better longer lives in complete remission.
Janice Roberta Stepp was a wonderful woman, who lived a very tough life. She made a lot of bad choices in the men in her life and I know that caused her some suffering. She also found Jesus, and that comforts and encourages me like nothing else she could have done. She lost her mother when she was just a kid, and did a lot to take care of her father and her two brothers, while she needed someone to take care of her. She never got a high enough education that could have propelled her beyond the need to have men take care of her, men she apparently could not see into their hearts and find a good one. After she had a baby girl, Loretta, her first man (husband?)___ St. John left her. Then she got pregnant by another guy, Donald Stevenson(military), and he didn't even stick around long enough to see me born. Well Janice made a decision to have the baby(yay)and give him up for adoption. The heartache this must have caused her lasted the rest of her life. She had another boy by another guy and she did keep Eddie, who became a dependent on her and ceaselessly made her cry for him, because he needed more help than she could ever provide by herself. Finally Mr. Stepp came into her life and she found a man who would stick by her. They had a son, Arthur, who embodied all her sons in one person. Art was smart, not self destructive, and he was there. Janice continued to take care of her younger brother right up until she died. Diagnosed with breast cancer at a relatively young age Janice beat it back and got it into remission. She got to see her Grandchildren born to Loretta and I know that was a pure joy to her heart. Then the cancer came back and spread to her skin and bones and would not give up this time. But Janice held on long enough to get to meet the son she had to give up at birth. She met me as she started fighting the cancer again and got to know that she was having another grandchild, a granddaughter. I sent her a lot of pictures and many letters, as the cancer took its toll. I thought I had more time. I never realized she would be gone in a few short years, that I could replace the false hope and subsequent loss I gave her of another grandchild, with the good news of another pregnancy, our baby girl, Veronica Rose. So today I will honor the suffering of this dear soul who was tormented throughout her life with small (actually great)joys and huge pain. The tears are so close to the surface I am sure this will not be the last time I cry today.

World NewsWatch May7, 2008AD


Every Day I see the news reports, the toll mounts in Burma. This goes to show what happens with Third World dictatorships. These poor people crowded into low lying areas just to scratch out a living. Without a good warning system they were sitting ducks when this storm rolled in. If we could spread affluence around the world tragedies like this would still happen but the scope of destruction could be limited. We think Katrina was a disaster? Compared to this Katrina was a walk in the park, maybe not for those killed, for them its the same. But the staggering number of victims is incomprehensible to US in the West. And no help should go there if it just helps the warlords or dictators or whatever the juntas call themselves. I can't believe they feel a need to put any conditions on the help they will receive.

I see Russia did exactly as expected, shuffling the deck and dealing off the bottom. Well, "once KGB always KGB", is the phrase I have heard, and I suppose Putin would not have let Medyeved win if this spot didn't come to him. Theres a snake in the grass over there, beware!

What McCain expects from federal judges has an odd ring to it. What should any US citizen expect from Federal judges? Just that they follow the constitution and not try to read any of their own views or biases into what has stood the test of time. Interpret the constitution directly and you cant go wrong. The Founding fathers were geniuses, and knew that it should be up to the states and elected officials to write the Law, not Judges.

I find it alarming that this game has such widespread appeal out there. Is it a sign of the times? There is something rather unsavory about a video game built upon violence and criminal behaviour being a best seller that causes me to worry about our very souls. If we ever want to rise to new heights we could sure start by picking ourselves up out of the gutter. GTA is a harbinger of what decadence and moral turpitude has done to the very fabric of our society. We are reaping what we sow, only it has a slightly delayed reactionary time.

Should we tar and feather the whole school district over this? Sounds like its not just a church/clergy thing after all. Will we get a Witchhunt here, too? The Catholic church took the shots dealt to them and survived the hyperbole. The public school system is more than likely more prone to this rottenness therefore has an even more stringent desire to equivocate and cover up. There have been plenty of abuses in the public school system , but when its a female teacher and male victims things get easily swept under the rug. And when its a male teacher he's hung out to dry whether it's a girl victim, or a boy. And deservedly so, but whats good for the goose is good for the gander.

MayDay! Moving On


The world keeps turning even when we take our break. I take the good with the bad, 2 steps forward and 1 back. Even when God smiles on me I sense that somehow my joy is incomplete.
I know the Lord says as we draw nearer to him He will draw nearer to us, and I do believe that to be true. Human nature is what it is, and I would never want to use God's blessings without giving back the praise and adoration He deserves. Praise Him with great praise. Seek God with all our hearts and all that we do will be blessed. As I walk with the Lord my path gets straighter toward him, but the narrower the way the steeper the precipice. I fear that if I seek the will in myself that God must have put there, i may alter my destiny. But the needs and desires God put there can be perfected through prayer, always seeking~His will be done~.
I am confused as to how to go about reconciling the wherefores and the howfores. My psychology was established as an infant and unmet needs have formed a nucleus of insecurities. Someday soon there will be new challenges and new responsibilities, to God, Family, and Friends, and I must be prepared to overcome any obstacle to complete my mission in this life. I know if God wills it he will provide a way to accomplish it. Once again thank you Jesus, thank you Father in Heaven.
I pray that I always do the right thing.

When the Hunger Pinches the Pigs


The tin horn Dictators of the world are wrecking the global economy with their gerry-mandering of energy prices, and then crying foul when food prices also go up? I hope guys like Ahmadinajhad and Chavez and Putin all get so hungry in their little fiefdoms that they drink their oil. What a joke that they can cry about food when their energy price policies are directly or indirectly affecting the price for food all around the world.
When those with no idea of basic economics have a hand in affecting markets they will reap the whirlwind before they can say "Let them eat cake!"
I personally don't see the cause for alarm in this predicament just yet, there are hundreds and hundreds of acres of unused farmland in California alone that is not even growing biofuels. Just growing weeds, I am not sure how capitalism is to blame, Hugo. What do we owe you? You would personally love to see every American starve if it made your Communistic empire look even one shade of disaster less than what it is. Get all your oil producing buddies to invest some of their exhorbitant profits into something other than weaponry and propoganda and maybe you could do your part to feed the world. But if you cannot even keep milk and sugar on the shelves of your state controlled markets how dare you lecture economies and countries that can provide for their own citizenry. I would say the laws of unintended consequence are coming around and biting the poor oil only countries right in their keister.

The Buffoon Brokers a Deal


Jimmy Carter will insure peace in the Middle East by helping Hamas exterminate Israel? Any deals that call for giving up any land will not work. Trusting the Muslims to honor their word when dealing with Israel is folly. I saw that Hamas did not give up their committment to wipe out Israel nor can they guarantee the rocket attacks and suicide/homicide bombings will stop. This deal is a Non Sequitur, and never forget when you are dealing with the Devil expect no help from above.
Jimmy Carter still fancies himself a statesman, but he should know better than butting in where he does not belong. I am convinced he feels another crack at this Islamic problem He helped to protract could seal the deal on His legacy. AND he is right, only his legacy is one of ineptness and weakness and futility. He should have just continued to pound some nails. Didn't New Orleans need to be re-built too?
I would recommend the State departmnet revoke his passport.
Another Nobel peace prize can be had with similar results guaranteed. No progress, just talking and more rockets, more homicide/suicide bombers. More of the same.

Oh No no No NO!!!!!!


We humans are cruisin' for a bruisin'. We will awaken a monster that may kill us all. Scientists that have no respect for God's order and will tinker and tamper right up to the point where they 'go too far'. But after that there is no doubt God's creation will reign supreme.

Maybe I Agree, Now. . .


President Bush has been ridiculed and lambasted as a rube, or an outright idiot by the Lefties for practically his whole term. I always thought it was proper and fitting that he could confound a bevy of brilliant "thinkers". I have always had a soft spot in my heart for George W. Bush, as some of his reactions are exactly in line with my very own. I think, maybe, he really is way ahead of those who opposed everything he does, every single thing. Like maybe they were doing his will by their very opposition. Political Judo master.
Thats why on this issue I will agree with the Liberals that Bush is an idiot, with a caveat. The Global Warming hysteria now being embraced by George W. may be it's death knell. Bush is always wrong, right?

Let's Not Gloss Over, and Let's not Dwell


The Pope coming to America is a mixed blessing for US all. We need to remember our roots as a Christian Nation. We also need to remember whom we serve. We also need to treat all those who try to find God with respect.
Actions speak louder than words!

In other Words





You knew it was a snake when you picked it up. Poor Gov. Richardson or Chris Dodd, or even Joe Biden. The Democrat party painted themselves into a corner with their identity candidates and now they cannot do their normal political shenanigans without offending some group or orientation. When your party is cobbled together more along the lines of what makes a person different than what is the same about US, this is what we get. We are all black or white or brown or oriental, we are all male or female. When minority status is more highly regarded as a way to get votes than policy and accomplishment it is no wonder this is the end result.

In Hillary Clintons defense, no one would care at all about Barack Obama's pigmentation if he were not himself making it an issue. Attending a racist church, and being mentored by a seperatist are not grounds for unification. Obama was in a unique situation to talk to both sides on race, but he seems to only espouse his blackness. The code that he uses to impugn white America, corporations, or whatever he is impugning is always street level minority tripe.

But Ed Rendell does seem to cast racism everywhere but at his own little circle of employers. Preparing for his next battle or watering down what he said with a cut at conservatives. I guess conservatives have been accused of racism for so long they know how to navigate the treacherous waters of unfounded accusation. There are a million reasons Barack Obama would make a terrible president, but those are all policy issues where Hillary Clinton is a carbon copy of the tax and spending, deafotocratic, socialist nanny-state Obama. So where are the differences? Skin color, gender, pandering levels, and corrupt friends.
What a mess.

One By One My Icons Fall


It is so sad to have reality snap me back from fantasy world II. We really can build each other up or de-motivate the train. I thought J.K. Rowling was a genius, a strong~above the fray~ ie. richer than anybody needs to be, larger than life: inventor. So far above petty worldly money grubbing and seeming to show a lack of confidence, I was disappointed for sure. I think to myself : if I was as brilliant as J.K., no way would I worry about some hack producing a book on my work that would compare to a book I wrote myself. I know she would blow away this imposter, it is her creation after all. She should not need to resort to courtroom theatrics and emotional posturing. It makes her seem Human, diminished, in an unfortunate fashion.

Please Explain what You REALLY Mean



It seems as if the Democrat contenders for the Presidency of the United States can hardly get off their script and speak from their heart when a retraction or recantation becomes necessary. Now its Obama's turn to spin the misspoken, misinterpreted backhand slap at religion and guns.
I wonder how long the 2nd Ammendment will remain in it's present state if Obama becomes our President. Note how I can claim him as my President. If Obama were to pull off this unimaginable feat of Political sleight-of-hand, I would still regretfully accept his authority. That is the part about the Presidency of the United States that Bill Clinton stained and tarnished, for who knows how long?? Rule of Law and respect for authority. When authority is as base as the lowliest constituent among US, nothing will remain ideal. The Leftists in our midst claim George W. Bush to be compromising our National reputation as their own leaders race toward the drain.
There are even stories claiming Historians see Bush's Presidency as a failure. Refuting his assertion that he will be vindicated after things play out. I love the way these Historians (Liberals/Leftists)know what will happen within their ranks in 10, or 20+ years from now, usually that is where History resides. These historians have already written their dark vision of our future.

I wonder if.... As the old saying goes, any publicity is better than no publicity. Obama and Hillary get free advertising when their off the prompter comments get scrutiny and command clarification. The opportunity to restructure and repackage damaging statements becomes a chance to debate your own self, for free.

Know When To Just Shut UP and SING



Alicia Keys proves it doesnt take a lot of brains to be a Pop Star. She would be wise to keep her empty headedness to Herself. I wish she would do something about these conspiracies, bring them out into the light of day. She might very well be auditioning for spokesperson for the Obama Campaign on Racial Issues, since she seems to hold the same racial unity views as Obama's pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Maybe she could chair a panel on Race relations and Bigotry in America since she knows so much about whats going on behind the scenes.
I cannot tell you how many artists, musicians, actors and people of creativity I have lost respect for as soon as their political positions override their usefulness as an escape from reality. They divide their audience and disrespect half of it with impunity. I kinda liked a couple Alicia Keys tunes, but now that I know she is an unhinged moonbat I can never take her seriously again. Oh well, easy come, easy go. The depth of the emotion in her music is undermined by her shallow thinking ability, that is displayed in her public statements. And she thinks there is more of a market for this kind of Politics?

What are you trying to say?





Let's look at how negotiations within the U.N. method are working with Iran and their quest for Nuclear Armament. ooooh.... That's what I thought, not good. Well, before we know it they will have a bomb and start an arms race in the Middle East, and walaa, good times-good times....bad times. The U.N. cannot negotiate, there are enemies of restraint in the U.N. that want Iran to have a bomb. A house divided cannot stand. And the U.N. is divided if they are nothing else. I wish the U.S. would quit the U.N. and kick them out of our country. It's just a cesspool for bureaucrats with America footing the lions share of the tab.

Stepping up the level of prattle to send the discord upward to Heaven, the alarmists are waging a war and taking casualties. This hoax, if allowed to proceed forward much further, will go down in History as when Human Beings became so conceited that they ushered in their own downfall.

I wonder if Barack and his Church could maybe help their brothers out here. Thats what I thought, the slick talker is all words, the rhetoric as empty as the suit. I know these problems must trump whatever is going on in America to Baracks church, because they are for Africa first right? If whitey is keeping the Black Man down in America, who in God's name, is doing it to them in Africa?? Well lo and behold....It's messed up everywhere. I nominate Obama to not just heal America's souls, but why not the whole world's souls?

No Wonder They Run


If the Clintons can somehow pull off another Presidency will they double their already lucrative income, Or triple it? I have heard you can do better in the private sector if you are so brilliant. Now I have to wonder. Even in this bad economy, the worst in the last 4 years, I'm sure big dollars will be rolling into Clinton Inc.
Well there goes all the populist angles right out the window. And now I see why Barack is running, too. He has no ideas to get out there to promote the CHANGE He wants for America(Except to raise taxes, and give away the farm). He must just want to change his own income from pretty darn good to ridiculously wealthy, 10,000 square foot house wealthy, chauffer driven Limo wealthy, Rock Star wealthy.

Keep Digging


Barack Obama's campaign is only for his hard core followers now. How this guy can claim to be a Christian is beyond me. It must be part of his GQ wardrobe. It makes sense for Hilary Clinton to stay in this race because the more Barack Obama opens his mouth the more we get to see past his mannequin-like image. Bit by bit the real Obama is coming out and i for one can see why his adoring press corps has made every effort to conceal who this man really is. Once he is unmasked no one but the radicals will vote for this guy.
Over the weekend Barack was talking about Birth-Control, I guess, having been unable to get the full context of his replies. But whatever the context His remarks hit me right at home. Barack, too, has 2 Daughters. So we have something in common. I am not sure if he was talking about birth control or abortion , or the Liberals Holy Grail, Abortion as birth control. But he said in his glib/Flippant/condescending style, I'm paraphrasing now, "If my daughter were to make a mistake I would not want her punished with a BABY or an STD". Wow! so a Barack Obama Grandchild is on par with an STD a mistake that should be ?? Aborted out?Given away so his daughters can access the Ivy League and join white America? Organize Black America?
I can't believe any liberal that is for abortion would have the nerve to claim to be a Christian, but the Catholic Church has let Ted Kennedy receive communion, and John Kerry. Obama has given lots of money to his church but somehow i don't see anti abortion as one of their crusades. The African continent is more important than babies born in America. Spreading lies about Jews and the U.S. government with genocidal plans, ignoring the genocide that is happening to the Unborn.

Obama AWOL


Senator Barack Obama (D. Illinois) has stated that he wasnt ever around when Pastor Jeremiah Wright made all of his inflammatory hate filled statements against "White America" and The US Governments genocide against Blavk people. And apparently whenever the Democrat majority in the Senate was agreeing with the Republican Majority( Bi-Partisanship)Barack Obama wasn't there either. It seems to me for such a capable, Shining star of a Democrat politician he has been away almost every time he could have stood up and done the very things that He says he is the ONE capable of doing. I just don't know what to believe, the media and their pony Barack Obama, or Hilliarity Rodman Clinton and her strained memoirs. Boy am I glad the media helped the conservatives choose their candidate, saving US from self-immolation, like the Democrat Party.
Thanks N.Y. Times and crossover Democrat and Independent voters in the early, open primaries! You very well could have picked the winner.

The Media Reserves the Right To Obfuscate!

Juxtapose This! The same story as it appeared in Newsprint and it was the same on the internet edition until we all got on the Sacramento Bee for their use of the word "Migrants". I just can't get enough of their desire to mislead and misdirect all who pay little attention to anything but the headlines!

Wake up America this is where the Media is herding You!

Immigration Infestation


Governor Shwarzenegger likes playing semantics with policies, and twisting up the Reporters like a pretzel, it appears. As Republican Lawmakers have proposed a rollback of benefits for illegal Immigrants to save the State money, nearly 2 dozen bills this week in the State Assembly. The State of California is being crushed by overspending once again. Times were"Good" so we had to have more Governmental spending, of course. It appears some of the largesse was appropriated toward "Migrants" re(Illegal Aliens). Our friends who helped us overbuild and out pace the Boom, so a few could make bazillions, and a lot would be happy just to have a job in a America and then a few more could watch their hopes and dreams evaporate into the unfair competition. I suppose we had to build our house of cards up so high and fast so our state portfolio would look good enough to jack up our budget and give our little Kingmakers the euphoria of spending in the billions. And our Great Governator A steed to ride in the rodeo, and a chance to show off to Maria and Her Royal Family. Well Arnie says it's a "Big Mistake" to blame illegal immigrants for the states looming 8 $Billion budget gap. Yes it is a mistake to "Blame " them they are just following the path of least resistence to the trough of most lucrativity. But that is not what the bill sets out to do, Blame anyone. The bill is to cut off the money for these people who have no right to be in our Country. They are always talking about the Peoples Republic of California's underfunded School System, right? Are we to pay services for illegal aliens at the expense of our schools, roads, hospitals, and prisons?Why not, right? If it weren't for the cheap illegal alien labor out there we would not have anything at all, right? If you pave the road, take down all the obstacles, and make someone comfortable, they will break the law to enjoy it all, and they will stay until they suck up all the goodies. They will leave when there is nothing left for them here. But unfortunately 12, 15, 18 million can suck up a lot of resources. A lot of businesses will go out because of this reliance. Unfortunately a lot have already gone under because of the alliance. I thought the Liberals always were in search of "fairness". I guess skin color, sob stories, and lawbreaking big money, trump homegrown little guys, who are also just trying to survive.

Miss Spoken and Faulty Memories Syndrome


How do some Politicians get away with certain derivatives of the Truth and Reality? Say anything that is expedient and the Spin Doctors will explain what was really meant? Hillary Clinton said she arrived in Bosnia in 1996 under sniper fire, directly contradicting Her own book's account of the incident. Then expects a pass with the justification misspeaking. Misstating means correcting the record right away, not waiting until you are called on it. When you wait and try to make points with a detour from Truth it is commonly called lying. I wonder if She can tell Herself anything and believe it. I know there is a lot to remember when you've been all around the world, but I would wager that was the only time in Her life she was under "sniper" fire. Then, and maybe now, because Barack will fire back. He is truth challenged himself, however. Once describing his Pastor(Jeremiah Wright)as just a fierce, controversial critic of America. Hogwash! He can say He didn't know what was said, wasnt there, didn't hear it with His own ears, or whatever. But I know that is why he was in that church supporting Jeremiah Wright, because he did exactly agree with him. And to get his street credibility. Uniter? pshaw! Reaches across the aisle? when? Agrees with me, that we should fight Islamascists wherever they are? Hardly. Cant fight them in Iraq, thats too easy, too smart. We need to go to Afghanistan, or Pakistan, where it will surely be more difficult. BTW we are kicking Taliban Butt in Afghanistan!
The Democrats get the pass as often as their media elitist apologists can slip it to them. The recent scandals of Spitzer, Patterson, and Kilpatrick alll prove it. Read an article in your local paper and see if they have a (D.) by their name. If these were Republicans that would be part of the Headline. Look back at Foley, or Cunningham. Party affiliation was front and center. I have no problem with that, being an Independent, but I don't like seeing the Press pick and choose our Candidates or next President. Whats good for the Goose better be good for the Gander as far as I am concerned, and I am concerned. We are heading into perilous times in the world and the right executive can make US or break US. Actions are going to have consequences and words will mean things.

HAPPY EASTER

I should not Rant on a Holy Day, but some things are necessary to point out.

Like Googles inability to acknowledge the Holiest Day in Christianity. They gave us shamrocks and Turkeys and Pumpkins, and Fireworks icons but no Bunny? No colored Eggs? Thanks for that Google. But nothing at all? I would not expect a cross from you to save your Lives. But there is a reason stores are closed and everybody takes the Day off. It is a glaring omission that speaks volumes about where the Yahoo's at Google are in their beliefs. Not that I really care, all I have to do is read the Daily headlines and know full well where they stand, where else could I get so much impetus to chafe. Its funny how multi-culturism really means everything but Christianity. Ecumenical means Liberal Christianity, Black Liberation, any other religion than Straight-on, Evangelical, Jesus died on the Cross and Rose 3 days later to reconcile us to a Holy God. Oh well, I am running out of steam. I know it's not Googles job to proseletyze, but they should show some respect. And Google has, to their credit, run stories on Easter that are respectful-and not like an apple with a razor in it concealing their hidden agenda.

I believe the Pope Baptizing a prominent Muslim is a symbolic step that IS the direction We DO need to go in order to ultimately win the War against the Radical Islamascists. This man is very brave and I know acts like this will bring a degree of condemnation upon Himself. Stand strong and there will be a crown of Life.