Just as I thought

Just as I expected Bush picks another dingbat appointee to replace Wolfie. Cronie
Thanks Josh you save me much time in researching this. The initial search looked positive. I should know better.

Various shorts

Looks Like Cindy Sheehan is giving up the fight and I can't say as I blame her. Her pleas for answers have fallen on deaf ears both Republican and Democrat.

I'll need to do some research on Wolfie's replacement, but you know if George picked him his credentials will be less than stellar. Ah another cronie perhaps?

Memorial day was marked by 8 more soldiers dead. When will the killing end? Who will stop it?

Shrub puts sanctions on Sudan. Big deal. The companies of Sudan are backed by China. Humm so doesn't that mean that the U.S. is actually backing the policies of Sudan indirectly with its' trade with China?

A Memorial Day Tribute

Oh I have laid down my life in Flanders fields
My body floated off Normandy
I fought with valor with X Corps at Inchon
I was cut off at Dien Bien Phu
How many more will die
How many friends will go

I lost my limbs on the road to Bagdad
IEDs are deadly you know
I was lucky
my tent mate lost his face
And his buddy lost his mind

A little girl asks
When's daddy coming home?
But her mother can't answer
And we all know why

Two tours later
Summer's coming
Will I make it through
The scorching heat

Will I be just a number
Or a flag draped coffin
Just a memory
For my friends back home

You remember me
I was that brown haired
blue eyed high school kid
Up the street that
The younger kids all loved

Mom and dad had great hopes for me
That's all gone now
I'm just a number
On the front page news

But I do have a name
so don't forget me
It's Tom Bob Bill John and Dave
Take a minute and remember me

Sorry

It appears that e blogger is not going to let me do the post I have been working on for some time now. As a result I have written a tribute to soldiers who have fought in wars past and present. Sorry no whiz bang presentation that I had hoped for but sometimes you have to take what life gives you and make the best of it.

OLPC project

I had been hoping to start a grass roots campaign to help finance the One Laptop Per Child program, but after doing some investigation it looks like this will have to be put on hold for a while. A $100 computer sounds like a cheap deal however nobody thought of the infrastructure costs involved in setting up such a program. There's the wireless connections sattelite dishes and operational costs that nobody mentioned. That would be something that only a government or large corporation could finance. I still think it's a great educational idea. We'll see what happens.

Tough week

It was a physical week for me with much demolition work. Watched as another contractor fall through the roof. Luckily he came out of it without a scratch. Said he might need to change his underwear.
The Dems have gotten my ire. If they don't stand up and get (what do you call it) "bolas" I'm going to start looking for another party to support.
Still working on a whiz bang Memorial Day post. I just hope my media skills and e blogger are up to it. Stay tuned we'll see what happens.

Now I know why maters are so expensive

Tomato Virus
So for all of you out there planning to plant tomatoes this year pay close attention for signs of this virus. Just a heads up.