INDEPENDENCE DAY - 2010

We are approaching another Independence Day, or, as many refer to it as merely "The 4th of July". Our founders declared our independence from England on this date in 1776 when they felt that the exorbitant taxes assessed by the Monarchy was the last straw in the bale. These brave men pledged their time, talent, treasures and, if needed and in many cases, their very lives to ensure that those wanting freedom from an oppressive government, present and future, got it.

We could be nearing a similar crossroads on this Independence Day, though not as bloody a battle, by just as serious. We have an oppressive elite minority governing the majority (us). They are spending our future incomes at a rate so quickly that children being born today will have great-grandchildren who will not be able to pay off the current debt, let alone accumulated yet unforeseen debt for which their great-grandchildren will responsible.

We have an administration that takes fifty-one days to meet with the CEO of a company responsible for a huge oil leak and seventy-two days to agree to allow foreign governments to help clean up this deep water oil leak, but still hampers the coastal state governors with red tape, environmental handcuffs and drilling moratoriums and still won't suspend the Jones Act (not the one that makes Puerto Rico a U.S. territory, the other one that deals with foreign shipping vs American shipping and their legal entanglements).

This same administration demeans more than half of its citizens because we dare protest its decisions. Some of these protesters even voted this same administration into office! Maybe this Independence Day will be the beginning of another rebellion.


As we celebrate this truly American holiday, the absolute fave of my late friend and father-in-law, let us remember, not only mentally but verbally, the reason we celebrate. It is our duty and responsibility to pass this information on to the next generations. Happy Independence Day fellow patriots! Independence indeed.

FATHER'S DAY - 2010

"This is the day the Lord has made. Let us be glad and rejoice in it" - Psalm 118:23-25

I rejoice every day at fatherhood. It is one of my joys in life - along with "sonhood" and "husbandhood". Life itself is a miracle, and to have been allowed to assist in this miracle is a true blessing from God. Fatherhood is actually easy, that is, the actual act. Being a Dad (or Papa in a the case of a son-in-law) is NOT for sissies. It is very hard work. It demands sacrifices of time and treasure. This is stuff no one teaches us to do. We have only examples shown us by our fathers or uncles or neighbors. We do, however, have an instruction book entitled "The Holy Bible", though fewer Dads and even fewer "fathers (baby daddies)" today, I fear, follow it. The Author is on our side and we dads can take advantage of His guidance as often as we need to - all we merely need do is ask.

As difficult as it is being a Dad, it is made easier with a great Mom (Mama) doing much of the heavy lifting, so to speak. you Dads know what I mean. We are all lost, floundering in quicksand, without Mom. But even with that, our children deserve to have us in their lives. And so do their mothers.

I thank God every day for my partner in this world and for all the other blessings, large and small he bestows. Happy Father's Day, Heavenly Father, and thank you for these many blessings, in your Son's name.

THANKS & ALL FIXED (I GUESS)

First, a thank you to all my fans for the positive feedback regarding the new look. All right, both readers. Still, thanks.

Second, This technician took a nice jab at previous technicians for shoddy work while doing nothing inside the the house except a power supply test - or so I was told. Anyway, this one said the outdoor splitter was not weather proofed properly. Hmmm, I put this addition on in 2004 (?) and this splitter lasted until this month to go on the fritz? Oh well. I told this guy that if it fails again, I'll be calling again. That's what I pay for. Our President should be fixing this problem of the Internet rather than demanding a "kill switch" from the FTC. Get your tool belt, Barry, and git bizzy!

LOOK! NEW LOOK, BUT SAME OLD CRAP

This new group of templates popped up, and I thought the blog could use a change, so...

As for content, sorry, no change there. So, here we go! The internet router/modem we're using here at the Madj Hosienda is getting to be hit and miss. We have another technician (I like using the entire word as I have spent more than half my life as one) scheduled to service us tomorrow. This is the third scheduled and the second to show in a month as our service was down briefly again this evening. My better half is always very concerned in this regard, though, because I am baffled by the technology, tend to be more lesai faire. Anyway, the last time the technician said the router/modem was bad but changed his diagnosis and merely changed the power supply chord. Since then, we've lost service at least twice, calling the provider each time, setting service times. This time I am insisting on a new router/modem, I mean it!

As proven to be a good (and the only) plan of attack for setting blame by our leader ,The One, I blame George W. Bush, Dick Chaney, Republicans, Sarah Palin, conservatism, free market capitalism, Evangelical Christians and our God and global warming for this service necessity.

BHO AND THE LATEST DISASTER

Here it is, about a month into "the biggest oil disaster in history" (not counting the constant leakage of oil tankers crossing the oceans to bring overseas oil to the US because we aren't allowed to get our own and the oil-producing countries that have no environmental laws, i.e. Rwanda) and our President has been on both sides of the fence. BP and its employees gave BHO over a million dollars in campaign contributions and has bent over backwards to appease the envirofreaks since the beginning, so BHO has to tread lightly on BP's toes while still seeming to be tough on them. The man who has fixed America seems unable to plug the hole, so his answer to his daughter's question, "did you plug the hole yet, Daddy?" is an unequivocal "NIET!".

Part of the reason it has taken so long to "plug the hole" is because the "hole" is in 5,000 feet of water and the only access to this point is from the surface by unmanned robotic submarines with cameras attached. And this depth was necessary because shallow water drilling ist verboten by the all knowing, all seeing U.S. Congress. If this "hole" had occurred in shallow water BHO could have already plugged it with known conventional methods. But the depth has presented new problems and The One's expertise in deep water water oil pipe leak repair is proving, dare I say, somewhat limited. I am HOPEful, though, that this will CHANGE and the sheer magnitude of his personality will "plug the hole" as it has with all the other problems he has solved.

Now, how 'bout plugging the "hole" at our southern border Mr. President.