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Read this story...it's amazing and terribly scary! Why would a 'criminally insane' patient be given a day trip to the Spokane County Fair? I know they have discount days for seniors, kids, military, families...but did I miss the inmate discount day? I want that one on the posted schedule so I can avoid the fair that day!

Scary thing about today...today was one of the big school field trip day!

Update:  It's after 11 p.m. tonight and they still haven't found him!  Big points to the Sheriff for taking a stand and stating on camera, that this should never have happened. 

Shame on their administrator who did the political double talk on the 11:00 news.  And double shame on the people at the facility that gave this fellow the field trip. Too many liberals in the kitchen, do ya think?  Can you imagine the meeting where they decided who got to go on the trip? 

"Well John, who should make our list today?  Bob, lets send this criminally insane patient, after all, he hasn't decapitated anyone in quite sometime."

How do we keep our families safe anymore?

Idaho Health Care Town Halls?

According to an article in the online version of the Boise Weekly, Idaho Rep. Walk Minnick is planning on some town hall meetings--by phone--during the August recess.  They are to be held on Aug 19th and 31st at 7 p.m.  Not sure how this is going to actually work.  Does that mean everyone is gathering in one place and he will be there by phone only?

There seems to be a low profile for town hall meetings around the Inland Northwest.  In the same article it mentions that, according to Northwest Public Radio, "the town hall meeting in Post Falls last week went well for Minnick."

Wait slow down...a town hall meeting in Post Falls?  Here is part of the article by Northwest Public Radio:

POST FALLS, ID - Health care reform is dominating many of the discussions between Northwest Congressional members and their constituents this week. In some parts of the country, representatives are running into organized protests. But in north Idaho, Democrat Walt Minnick received a polite reception at a Rotary Club meeting yesterday. Correspondent Doug Nadvornick reports.

Does that say a town hall meeting or Rotary Club Meeting?    I thought so.  This just means local business owners, not the general public.   Just members of the Rotary....that doesn't constitute what a "town hall" meeting should be--members of the community as a whole..housewives, grandparents, health care workers, college students, etc....the COMMUNITY!

I'm not sure where all this town hall meeting stuff began.  They kind of snuck up  on me.  Are they supposed to be about our opinion on health care?  Or the recession (which doesn't exist if the government says it doesn't)? Or global warming? Or WHAT?!  When people mention health care, we are told by the president that this isn't what they are about...so what are they for? 

I find  the reaction of the politicians 'running' them very interesting.  Are they really interested in what we think?  Or is their way of just 'showing' that they are listening...and now that they find out we have some real opinions of their job and our government, they don't really want to listen.

Another question?  How do they find all the smiling people that they put behind the podium?  Do they look up who has the local prescriptions for Prozac or who buys the most Crest Teeth Whiteners and invite them? Or do they have two lines entering the town hall meetings--the smiling and non-smiling lines?  I just don't know.

What I would like to see...is a website that lists all the elected officials who have actually read the president's health care bill.  Maybe it's not full of pork...but it does seem to be full of something.  At one time I read that it was 4,000 pages long!  And that next to no one has read it through!  How scarey is that!?

Health care will run as well as USPS?!

According to an article in the Washington Post, President Obama fielded a question about his health care plan competing with private industry companies.  In it he made the comparison of how well USPS functions while Fed Ex and UPS also deliver mail as private companies. 

Um....wasn't there just an announcement that 1,000 post offices were going to be closed across the United States?  Is this the same government funded USPS that keeps raising its price of mail because it can't cover costs?

I might have this wrong, and I'm not a political expert, but as your average working citizen, this seems like a bad analogy to support his health care proposals.

Military Recruitors Take Notice!

In Humboldt County, two towns have banned the recruitment of their youth under the age of 18.  It's been in the works for quite some time, but act finally passed in both Arcata and Eureka, two towns centered in the heart of Humboldt county.

It's odd that the two towns...one ultra conservative...the other beyond ultra liberal, should be in agreement.  But when you consider it's our children, one of the most valued treasures to come out of the county, since the demise of logging and fishing, it's understandable.

Here is the main part of the act:

The Arcata Youth Protection Act

This text is an abridged version of the Arcata law passed in November 2008. Eureka passed an identical measure.

No person who is employed by or an agent of the United States government shall, within the City of Arcata, in the execution of his or her job duties, recruit, initiate contact with for the purpose of recruiting, or promote the future enlistment of any person under the age of eighteen into any branch of the United States Armed Forces.

Nothing in this Ordinance shall prevent any person from voluntarily visiting a military recruitment office or specifically initiating a request to meet with a recruiter.

Nothing in this Ordinance shall prevent individuals who are not employed by or agents of the U.S. government from encouraging people under the age of eighteen to join the military.

Any military recruiter who violates this Ordinance, as well as his or her commanding officer, shall be held responsible for said violation. Both shall be deemed guilty of an infraction and shall be subject to the penalties stated in the Arcata Municipal Code.

I can remember being called when I was in High School.  It was odd, because my parents were at work and I was home alone with my younger sister.  Here was this stranger trying to 'sell' me on the military vs heading off to college with all my friends.  I was a hard sell...I went to college, but what I thought was odd was 'how did they get my name and number?'  The scary part is they got it from my high school!  I was pretty headstrong and knew that I wanted to be a forest ranger in the rocky mountains hanging out with Smokey the Bear, but what of those kids that didn't know what they wanted to do?  I guess the military would sound like a good thing. 

Now though...more than 20 years later...it's a much more dangerous choice.  These non-war type actions in places where everyone hates Christians.  Just doesn't sound as safe as it did in the early 80's. 

I don't know about other parents, but I sure wouldn't want them calling my daughters!  My husband is doing a job all on his own of trying to get them to go to military school.  We don't need any more recruitors!!   :-)

Born Again American

What an amazing song.  And it keeps on growing as more people add lyrics.  Check it out!

Funny post-election emails

Ok, just because the election has is over doesn't mean the fun emails are over...just the annoying commercials on t.v.

Now we just need the change over to digital tv to be over.  Our household is so tired of hearing about the change.  How about you?  It's crazy...they interrupt tv shows, play the ticker across the screen, have news story after news story, have a van that comes to your business or school, and they even have special weekend shows to explain it to everyone again.

Our tv passed the test.  Phew!  I was so worried! LOL!

Now back to the funny emails....If you pass the digital tv test you can see this dancing couple on Dancing with the Stars...I'll be watching! LOL!

   

This one was a funny one too...must be because Oprah realizes that she is in the income bracket that will have increased taxes!  Be sure you don't miss the word under O...I know it's a bit small. 

 

Twas the Night Before Elections....

Twas the Night Before Elections . . .

Twas the night before elections

And all through the town

Tempers were flaring

Emotions all up and down!

    

I, in my bathrobe

With a cat in my lap

Had cut off the TV

Tired of political crap.

    

When all of a sudden

There arose such a noise

I peered out of my window

Saw Obama and his boys

    

They had come for my wallet*

They wanted my pay*

To give to the others*

Who had not worked a day!*

    

He snatched up my money

And quick as a wink

Jumped back on his bandwagon

As I gagged from the stink

    

He then rallied his henchmen

Who were pulling his cart

I could tell they were out

To tear my country apart!

    

On Fannie, on Freddie,

On Biden and Ayers!

On Acorn, On Pelosi'

He screamed at the pairs!

    

They took off for his cause

And as he flew out of sight

I heard him laugh at the nation

Who wouldn't stand up and fight!

    

So I leave you to think

On this one final note-

IF YOU DONT WANT SOCIALISM

GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!

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Democratic version of Halloween

New Political Candidate!

New Presidential Candidate... It's someone we know!

There's an effort to elect an unknown random person as President... and it's someone we know! Watch this online video about the surprising new nominee:

New candidate video

Jot back a note to let me know what you think!

Obama's Slogan: Change

I'm sorry I couldn't resist this one!  I'll blame it on my parents...they sent it to me!