Triple Digits

sweet mornings

Morning Sights

Cool summer evening

Lake Sights

One Year from Post to Post

So tired of

Paying for everyone's mistakes. AIG, Fanny and Freddy

a good debate

Politics in the details.
While the debate surrounding the overall impact of the measure pits economists and their statistics against one another, Republicans quickly seized on the family planning money as evidence that the Democrats were advancing an agenda that went beyond the economy.

"How you can spend hundreds of millions of dollars on contraceptives how does that stimulate the economy?" House Republican Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio said on Friday after congressional leaders met with Obama at the White House. "You can go through a whole host of issues that have nothing to do with growing jobs in America and helping people keep their jobs."

9 Articles on record cold temperatures

I've read 9 articles today on record cold temperatures.  I am not sure how to balance this with the cries of Global Warming.  I looked at Al Gore's charts and we are on the upswing of the trend, but it sure seems like a bold and big leap of faith to assume that we are going to stay going upward when millions of years of history shows that we have been this high in the past.

A volcano puts out as much pollution in  one eruption as the U.S. does in about 20 years!  What ended the "Ice Age" to begin with.  I do not believe it was cars and Industrialization.

I do not know what to think.

Bill of Rights Birthday

It was 217 years ago today that our nation's Bill of Rights went into effect.

The Bill of Rights
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. 

Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

Amendment VII
In suits at common law, where the value in cont! roversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

Global Warming-Really?

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
642 AM MST MON DEC 15 2008

...NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES IN DENVER FOR DECEMBER 14TH AND 15TH...

THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON DECEMBER 14TH
DROPPED TO -18 AT 635 PM AND NEVER DROPPED BELOW -18 PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT.
SO THAT ESTABLISHES A NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 14TH
BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF -14 DEGREES SET IN 1901.

THEN ON DECEMBER 15TH...THE TEMPERATURE BOTTOMED OUT AT -19 DEGREES
AT 231 AM. THIS IS A NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 15TH
BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF -6 SET IN 1951.

Celebrity News Sickening

I am tired of all the celebrity news!
-Jennifer Aniston: She complains about being stalked and a few days later she is naked on the front of a magazine. How stupid
-Tom Cruise: Is nutso. I am tired oaf hearing about him jumping on the couch on Oprah. This is your third wife moron.
-Bard & Angie: You have enough babies. Stop making movies and run an orphanage if you want to make change.
-Heath Ledger: Killed himself. Why honor him?
-Awards in Film: I guess the criteria is.... "If it is dark, has retards, gays or is immoral it must be good".


Thanks for listening!

Better with Age

I am sure this picture has been doctored up, but she still seems to be someone who is aging well. It would appear by her dating regime, that she is a confused person. She seems so unhappy and lost.

Dog Owners vs. Cyclists

It seems the dog owners in Dallas get priority over cyclists.  People have asked for the bike lane back for years and the City of Dallas will not even put up signs to help protect cyclist on Mockingbird Lane.

Yesterday, I was driving east on Royal and came to the intersection at Royal and Abrams and as I approached Abrams there was a sign that read "Bike Lane Narrows".  No one even know that there is a bike land on Royal because to that point there are no signs or sharrows to let anyone know.  Sharrows if I am spelling it right are the designs painted in biker friendly cities that let people know to anticipate and respect cyclists who may be riding on the road.

I wish I had time enough to ride enough to have this kind of tan line.

another cyclist killed

It is so sad to read that another DFW cyclist was run down. If we had bike lanes, then this guy would probably be alive today. I see that City of Richardson is no better than City of Dallas.