Gabriel in cowboy mode

Hey, guess what??? The Minnesota Vikings didn't lose this week. Don't be too impressed. It was their bye week. No worries, though. Next week, the Vikes will be back in the game, and will have no problem losing. Again. I figure that they will win about 4 games this year.

In better and brighter news, this is my kid, Gabriel. He will be three years old in a few months. Where does the time go???

A Brief Observation

Does it ever occur to anyone else what a bunch of hypocrites the Democrat politicos really are? Here is my brief example for the day.

In 2004, during the presidential campaign, W used a picture, a photograph of himself meeting with firefighters who risked their lives at the World Trade Centers during the cleanup after the terrorist attacks. The Democrats were outraged, saying that W politicized 9-11.

This week, Wannabe madame president Hill has a campaign video running, showing herself in a surgical mask at Ground Zero. The voice-over for the commercial says, "She stood by Ground Zero workers who sacrificed their health after so many sacrificed their lives, and she kept standing up against this administration's inaction."

Why is it that when Dems use footage from Ground Zero, it is an honorable thing to do, while when anyone else uses footage or even a still photo from the WTC site, it is gratuitious politicizing of the victims of 9-11? Why is it an offense against hallowed ground, exploiting the victims of 9-11, when W or any Republican mentions the WTC attacks, but it is perfectly acceptable for Dems to do the exact same thing?

That is the epitome of hypocracy in America today. But what is new? The Dems are a dangerous bunch of gas bags and, in their lust for power at any price, the dirty tricks the Democrats will use to feed their hunger for power simply knows no boundaries. They will sell out American interests at every turn in their hunger for power at any price. Do not trust these people. Do not be fooled by their trickery.

America's future should not be subject to political gamesmanship from either side of the aisle.

It's raining, it's pouring (finally!)

Finally, the rain that we have not had all year is coming down. I feel a bit like Noah, here, if only in that this is the third day in a row that it has rained. Please understand that this is not a complaint on my part. After all, the ground moisture is very low. We need all the rain we can get before the ground freezes, so that the trees can get rejuvenated. I think that if it had not rained, we would lose many trees over the winter. Fortunately, for this area, this is a nice, light to moderate rainfall, and it has continued for three days. Thank God for the rain.

Dave and Josh came to visit this weekend. They arrived Saturday and stayed until Sunday night. We didn’t do much Saturday night, just worked on the greenhouse, in the dark, during a break in the rain showers. Then we watched an old movie that is interesting and engaging, though there is an underlying implied commentary about things that the U.S. government did during Viet Nam, experiments with psychotropic drugs that were used on soldiers without their knowledge. That is part of the storyline, but it is not preachy, so it doesn’t get in the way of the story. The star is a raving Marxist wacko in the real world, but he is a gifted actor, so I can only separate the acting from the delirious political rage of the actor. The movie? Jacob’s Ladder. The actor? Tim Robbins.

Dave and Josh drove up to Hibbing on Sunday morning to have a look around. Sometime after the end of November, Dave will be living in the Hibbing area, so he wanted to familiarize himself with that area. He sounded upbeat about the amenities there, and located the school (filling Josh with unending joy, I am sure), the stores they will frequent, and looked at places where Dave’s Significant Other, Melissa, will work. It sounds like she will be in Minnesota soon. Dave is in high spirits and that is a good thing. I am glad for their whole family.

I finished part 3 of the paper I am writing about business proposals for the island of Kava. That is for my critical thinking in business class. It is pretty bogus, and if I remember correctly, it is the third critical thinking class I have had in three years of college. I know that a large part of college is training the mind so that an employer can be confident that you know how to learn. Then, a college graduate gets a job where the employer retrains their mind again anyway. Rather ironic, but that is how I see it. In any case, I finished the third part of the paper. I have two group assignments left for the class, and I will finish the class this weekend. I do not remember what my next class is, but it will start a week from tomorrow. Moving on….