Wednesday, May 04, 2005
I am amazed. Rose went to talk to her doctor again today and after further testing her cancer was determined not be cancer. Her weight loss was determined to be due to her compliance with her diet she has to maintain due to her gall stones. She still has skin cancer which they can take care of easily so Ma RWO, other than having her constant back problems which are permanent will be in good shape as soon as she gets over a cold.
I have to thank the many folks that have been with us in prayer. The guys at work ET! Hatton, ET1 Kelly, ET2 Ramirez, ET2 Rabateau, and ET2 Rohr for thier support on the job. PNP and Laila (and her family) from blogshares, anyone that visited my blog, and the folks from St. Micheals for their prayers. The doctors from Kaiser Permanente that ran a second test. I have to tell you, this is truly a relief.
Prayer works and I suggest when you have a family disaster you ask the man upstairs for some help. I will continue to leave the pink ribbon on top of my blog for American Cancer Society linking, as I think folks should still donate to this cause.
Anyway thanks to all who prayed, and thanks for all the support. I don't know what else to say to thank everyone.
Posted at 11:40 pm by RWO
One pet peeve of mine was played out when we came home from going out last night. I was in a two way left turn lane getting ready to turn onto I-5 north. I was in the outside lane and when the light turned green started my turn. Next to me was a black Ford F-250. As we made our turn the guy in the pickup turned and ended up halfway into my lane and I wound up having to avoid him by swerving over onto the shoulder to prevent getting hit. When I looked over of course the reason for this persons erratic driving was the cell phone he had attached to his ear.
When we got home the wife went and took a short nap, while I blogged and played a few games on the net, along with a little bit of school stuff. Later she came downstairs and was complaining that the sudden movement of the car sideways had caused her to twist her back. She accused me of driving bad, until I told her about the pickup. Since she was on the passenger side she wasn't looking to see what was going on, over on my side, and she didn't mention anything about it at the time.
Anyway that brings me back to my pet peeve. I am sure you all have experienced it. Someone going slow and weaving all over the road, or someone driving with thier turn signal on for miles and miles, and sure enough, you get alongside them and they are talking on a cell phone.
I wonder how many accidents have happened because of these devices. We had a headline on here when our old city coucilman George Stevens hit a city bus. He didn't see it because he was paying attention to his cell phone.
I have heard many folks say that they can drive fine when talking on them, but the fact is they don't. I notice that when I am doing something like changing a cassette tape or radio station, I have a tendancy to drift. It is natural for you to move one way or another. I would like to see a law banning cell phones in moving cars (drivers not passengers). I doubt if it will happen, but something has to be done. I don't even carry a cell phone in my car.
Anyway that is my peeve of the day.
Posted at 11:38 am by RWO
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Well I just got done taking ma out to dinner. We went to El Torritos. It's a pretty goon Mexican Restaurant. The only problem is, they always give you so much food that you wind up bringing home a doggie bag. Anyway now we are both full and even had enough leftovers for lunch tomorrow.
Of course I kind of blew off group chat tonight, but since I have been the only one showing up for it I guess it didn't matter. I left a note for anybody that may have shown up.
I guess now Arnold is getting accused of being a racist because he supports the minutemen and wants the feds to do something about the border. I say go Arnold, he is starting to get the message that they are killing the state, and is trying to get the feds to do something about it. It is now racist in any way to want people who are here illegally kept out of the country.
The talk shows here have been buzzing with this subject and more and more folks are complaining. They do not just work in the fields which is the standard arguement, they are taking jobs in the fast food restaurants, the construction industry, and many other places. They are taking jobs away from Americans not taking jobs people don't want. People are starting to wake up to the fact that illegal immigration is a great part of identity theft, hospitals closing, crime rising, and school overcrowding. This has nothing to do with racism, it has to do with protecting our sovereignty.
As Micheal Savages always says, "Borders, Language, Culture". They were asking the County Registrar of Voters how much this special election for Mayor is going to cost and she had no idea. Her reason, "Well we have to print the ballots in four different languages, which makes estimating difficult.
The jury selection started for the trial against two of our City Councilmen for accepting bribes. This should be good. I will try to keep you up to date, but finals are coming.
The new Plushie Tycoon Game for this month started on Neopets tonight so get your factory started out and compete against Laila and myself. I didn't do well last month with my account, but I did play for the wife and got her a trophy, she gave me the points.
Well I guess that is it for today. My new class is large and it was a long day. I am going to call it an early night.
Posted at 08:26 pm by RWO
Monday, May 02, 2005
Took the weekend off blogging. I had to get some stuff done around the house and for some reason my leg was bothering me more than normal so I got a lot of rest.
Well it looks like I am going to have to go to my emergency backup plan for my safety class. I talked to one of the assistant managers at Ralphs and he is going to hook me up on Wednesday since that is their slow day.
It would have been better to do the shipyard but if I can't get in touch with them I'll never get in the gate. Oh well, that's life.
Finals are rapidly approaching and I am glad I worked ahead. I did have one funny thing happen. I turned in my stuff for this week last week. Well I got an e-mail from the instructor that asked me if I would give him points if he answered the questions. I had turned in the questions instead of the questions and answers. I had sent the wrong file. Lucky he has a good sense of humor.
I have made great strides in the completion of all my final papers. That will give me an easy finals week as all I will have to do is turn them in and take the tests. It will still be busy but more manageable.
Tomorrow we start a new class at work and I will be doing a lot of the teaching. It should be fun as we have a bigger class this time. In fact we will have to turn some folks away, as we can only handle 12 students and at last count we had 15 signed up.
Well I guess that is it for today. I hope everyone has a great week.
Posted at 09:49 pm by RWO
Friday, April 29, 2005
Presidents Press conference.
While watching the President's press conference I was struck by a few things. First, that there were no questions about illegal immigration, and that depresses me. He has to come clean on what he is intending on doing on the most important issue in the country.
Second, he said that he would encourage oil producing nations to export more. That will do nothing and he knows it. We can import all the oil we want, but until we have the refineries to process it, we are going to have shortages. This will not be solved for many years and he should have told us that.
Social Security, the welfare program for folks that could not save for their own future. I think he sold it well, and why not allow folks to put a portion in investments. It has already been proven to be a success in several cities. I have my own investments and my pensions so I don't need social security. I think that folks that make more should get less out of it, but at the same time I look at why do we need it at all. People that do not plan for their future deserve what they get and I don't know how anyone can figure on that program as their entire source of income. It is just not enough money. Investing a part of that will possibly produce a liveable wage.
After that he hit on Korea, and I agree, have China put pressure on them. And of course the other countries involved in the talks. Well that is tonights insight into my mind. Have a nice weekend.
Posted at 09:55 pm by RWO
Thursday, April 28, 2005
I heard about this on the radio yesterday, but didn't see it in print until today. Now that I have the news link I will post it. It seems that one of the Spanish Radio Stations up in Los Angeles has put up some bulletin boards with the words Los Angeles, Ca, but crossed out the Ca and put Mexico in it's place.
With all the outrage that is being expressed in the press, Fox News and with the Minutemen this is just going to ad fuel to the fire. Yesterday on the Factor, Bill O'Reilly put out a survey result that 91 percent of American's think illegal immigration is a problem. I have blogged about the problem many times myself.
Everyday the news reports, well Fox anyway, brings up more and more crimes they commit or other outrages created by the Mexican Government. I am wondering if the United States Government will ever do something about this problem.
The statements made by the folks from the radio station show just how arrogant and blatant these folks for open borders are.
Executive Vice President Lenard Liberman said Noticias 62 was a popular news program in Los Angeles and noted that people of Mexican descent made up a large portion of the city.
"We tell the story behind L.A.., and we tell the story behind Mexico," he said. "If they find that offensive, I'm sorry. But you just have to drive around L.A. to know that this is a Hispanic city."
I find this attitude by this man particularly offensive. As I see our State and City go broke, our schools in a mess and hopitals closing I say enough is enough. Anyway here is the article.
Ad Putting L.A. in Mexico Called Slap in Face
Posted at 12:11 pm by RWO
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
I managed to actually get a lot of work done on our group final presentation today. I figure if I do a page a day I will be all set for finals week. I still have to start on my final presentation for my operations management class, but I haven't picked a topic yet.
I might have to go to my emergency backup for my Safety Managers class. I can't seem to get much cooperation from my primary pick. We keep playing phone tag and the guy I have been talking to doesn't seem thrilled about me visiting. Maybe he thinks I am a spy or something.
I was watching the Governator on Hannity and Colmes tonight. I love the way he si set in his ways and will not back down. The Unions are spending millions spreading lies and propaganda, but he has taken it to the people, and despite all the polls and lack on news coverage except on talk radio Arnold has gathered enough support and signatures to get his plans on the ballot.
Roger Hedgecock and a group of folks are in Washington DC to talk to congress about illegal immigration. You would think that since 91% of the people think this is a problem that members of the government might sit up and take notice. But they are not. i am glad to see that Roger and the folks are taking it to them.
Well I guess that's it for tonight.
Posted at 09:42 pm by RWO
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Got a lot of school work done
Well today I managed to actually turn in a term paper that isn't due until mid next month. I am trying to knock out these papers so I don't wind up in a time crunch during finals week.
I am really getting concerned about one paper though. I decided to do my final safety paper on National Steel and Shipbuilding's safety program. I got in touch with their safety department head and he agreed to let me visit but now I can never seem to get ahold of him to get a time set up. I hope I can catch him this week because I want to make my first visit this week. I hope it works out.
Besides that I am trying to keep a Ma RWO calm and happy. Women can act strange when they get the news that they have cancer and so I have to make sure I am understanding and supportive.
She actually was talking about moving out and getting an apartment so she wouldn't be a burden on the family. I nipped that one. She is sleeping now, which is good. Rest has to be good, I think anyway. I will have to talk to her doctor. Anyway I guess that is it for today.
Posted at 08:03 pm by RWO
Monday, April 25, 2005
Well some interesting news was on the radio while I was on my way home for lunch today. The embattled Mayor of San Diego had decided to resign. Here is the news story:San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy resigns
I think this caught a lot of folks by surprize. I think he had to, with all the problems the city has been having and the fact that he and the City Council can't seem to do anything about it.
I have been blogging about it for months, along with some of the other odd goings on. I guess the Deputy Mayor will take over on the 15th of July provided he, Michael Zucchet, doesn't get convicted of Federal Corruption Charges.
All in all this is not going to be great news for the City, because as bad as Murphy has been, the others that have been trying for the office are worse. Also the City Council is a disgrace and as long as they are in office we will continue to watch San Diego circle the drain.
I think the biggest problem is that the city employees union is in the pocket of the City Council. San Diego is broke because of a messed up pension plan, and the union will make no concessions. In the meantime you have these folks voting to raise the minimum wages, and stuff like that. These folks have to go.
And of course who is going to run for Mayor, the city counsel members. Well at least Murphy I think looked at the future, realized he was on a sinking ship and decided to abandon it before it went down.
I just hope someone with some sense, and not in the union pockets will run so I have someone to vote for.
Posted at 12:11 pm by RWO
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Ma RWO and I have been together now for 23 and a half years. Recently she has been sleeping alot and having to diet for a Gall Stone problem. Well now we have something more serious to deal with. She has breast cancer on top of the Gall Stone problem.
We don't know how far along it is, and I hope they caught it quick as it is supposed to be treatable if caught early. I guess we'll find out over the next couple of weeks. So if you are of the praying persuasion please pray for her good health.
Looks like we have to find a home for one of our poodles. He's a good dog but he has been bullying some of the others so we are looking to find him a home. I think if he were to not have any competition for attention he will make someone a great companion. I just don't want to have to take him to the pound as that would probably be a death sentance for him, and he is a good dog. He just doesn't get along with some of the others.
I guess that's about it for now. I am a little too depressed to write much more tonight.
Posted at 08:23 pm by RWO
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