Friday, September 02, 2005
I am now getting fed up with some of the crap I have been seeing on TV about the Hurricane. There are people blaming Bush, blaming the government for slow responce and some even blaming Bush for the levees breaking.
It is time to clean up the area and get the folks to a safer spot. It is not time to blame folks. Use the energy you are expending toward raising money for aid.
This is the worst disaster that I can remember in my almost 50 years on this planet. Recovery for something like this is going to be slow. I have actually been impressed with the evacuations that have already been completed. While everyone was moaning and groaning about the government doing nothing about it, the Houston Astrodome was filling up with people. With the roads damaged and flooded it took a while for the busses and aid to get there and now what is has started coming in people are bitching that it took so long.
Even with pre-staged supplies you still have to have an open route to get the stuff there. You also have to remember that a lot of our National Guard are currently in Iraq and Afganistan and are not available for service here. And these numbers of people that I am hearing about. I am wondering if anyone bothered to listen to the evacuation order. If I remember correctly when they opened up the Superdome it was called a shelter of last resort.
If this many people had difficulties getting out the City, State and Federal Govenments should have bussed them out before the storm hit, not now after all that has happened. Of course it is easy to be an arm chair quarterback and comment about it after the fact.
If anyone is to blame, I would blame the victims as busses are cheap and if they would have taken the 20 bucks they spend at McDonalds and spent it on a bus ticket they wouldn't be in the position that they are in now. From what I understand the towns and cities that have taken in the people who have gotten out have been very supportive. I am so proud that I live in a country that has a city like Houston, that is doing such a great job taking people in and taking care of them.
I am also disgusted by the behavior of the looters and I am glad to hear that the National Guard has shoot to kill orders. I can see them taking food, but you can not eat TV's nor even use them as there is no electricity to operate them.
Well I guess I have sounded off enough for today. I do have one recommendation for all readers. Watch what you spend and save what you can as prices on everything are going to go way up in the future. Costs for anything that requires shipping are going to go way up. Also things made from petrochemicals are also going to go way up, as oil is going to be short. try and be prepared.
Posted at 01:45 pm by
RWO
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Donate to the relief fund.
Posted at 09:44 pm by
RWO
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
I got off work a little late today and on my way home heard that one of the levee's in New Orleans had failed and also that there was a lot of looting going on. Well as soon as I got home I turned on the TV and started watching the pictures. This is a shame, and I wonder if they should just consider leaving the whole area destroyed. I think it would be pretty unrealistic to rebuild it unless they can find a better way to protect it. I just get tired of watching my tax dollars wasted year after year because people build in bad areas.
I have mixed feelings on the looting. If they are taking food I think that would be more of a survival thing vice looting. It's the folks that took TV's and other stuff that should be arrested and prosecuted.
I feel worse for the folks in Mississippi as they actually took the brunt of the storm. They also had many deaths and the death toll is growing by the minute.
Please keep all these people in your prayers and also remember them if you have a few extra dollars in your pocket.
Posted at 07:57 pm by
RWO
Monday, August 29, 2005
Well I have been neglecting my blog, and I am sorry about that. This semester has hit me hard and heavy with reading assingments and writing. This semester is going to be hard as I am not interested in the subjects I am taking, but then I have to complete them for my degree.
So I will do my best and try and keep the teachers impresed even thought as someone who is to the right, I don't believe in the liberal agenda being pushed on me. I have found that do to my disinterest in the subject matter I have to read everything several times to be able to get the subject matter.
Also there is group work in all three classes and I have only seen 1 person in one class contribute so far, and she was so wrong with some of the answers. Well I guess that's what you have to expect from group work though, and at least in one class I am not the entire group.
Anyway, I guess that is it for tonight. I have on heck of a sinus headache and afetr taking some aspirin I plan on hitting the pit. Have a great week.
Posted at 10:04 pm by
RWO
Sunday, August 28, 2005
My thoughts and prayers are with the folks in New Orleans and that whole area of Mississippi and Louisiana. I have been preoccupied with school work and a few other things and just happened to turn on Fox News. I usually don't keep up with the news on the weekend but when I saw this I just did one of those wow things.
I am really worried as I looked at the maps and hear these weather folks talking of the fact that New Orleans is below sea level and all. I find it hard to believe that many folks are going to ride it out in the city. I have a feeling there are going to be many deaths in this one.
They have been showing all the folks that will be riding it out in the Superdome, and it hasn't been tested through a cat 5 yet. I hope with all the flooding and all that those people are safe. Anyway I guess I will now keep my eye on this one.
Posted at 02:39 pm by
RWO
Friday, August 26, 2005
School is affecting my ability to blog
Well, I am sorry I am posting late as I was pretty busy trying to get all set up for this semester. I am taking a bunch of general education classes this semester and they set up there courses different from the courses I have taken in the past.
This semester is going to be like a visit to the dentist. I am only taking three courses, but since I am required to take these classes to get the degree, I guess I will have to put up with it. I just can't stand the fact that some courses like the ones I am taking are required.
The first one is Bilingual Education, a requirement in the state of California. I know I could never state my real views about this one in class. I figure since California is in financial difficulties right now we have no business teaching in different languages in our school system. If you come to America the language is English. If you can't speak English then go home.
Next is a gender course. This is where I will be taught how to be more politically correct. Since there are now firemen and firewomen, we have to call them firefighters to keep from offending anyone. But what I wonder is does the fighter part keep everyone happy as it suggests aggression. Maybe we should call them fire putter outters.
The last course I am taking is aging. I have to talk to people over the age of 65 and see what they think about aging and what is going on in the world. They are not much older than I am now. Anyway, that is what I am taking and so far I am really bored with the whole thing. Oh well such is life in the College environment.
Next semester I will have to take a course on Mexican History. Why do I have to do that? Because the fine people in charge of the colleges and universities here in California are trying to make us more sensative to the plight of the illegal alien.
We keep getting told that we stole California, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and New Mexico from Mexico. I was listening to something on the radio the other day and the Gadsden purchase was brought up. After the Mexican War the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, signed February 2, 1848 gave the U.S. this land, but the Americans actually paid for this land. It wasn't much about $.33 an acre, but it was paid. Since the U.S. had won the war they could have gotten away with paying absolutely nothing and trated the area as spoils of war.
If the Mexican people are really upset about how they got screwed then they might want to look at Spain as the Conquistadores were the ones that killed off all the natives and by repopulating Mexico with Spanish seed developed the Mexican race.
Posted at 01:04 am by
RWO
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
My computer has been slowing down lately. I have a firewall and virus protection, but there seemed to be something wrong. Well I picked up the latest version of Computer Edge Magazine, a local computer pub, and found that I may have had a problem with adware/spyware.
I signed onto one of those free adware/spyware sites and all it did was generate more spyware. I decided to go ahead and do what the magazine instructed.
Microsoft offers a beta testing adware/spyware program for free at :
Windows Anti-Spyware
Additionally they recommended purchasing Webroot's "Spy Sweeper", which I did for only $29.95. Actually I spent $39.95 for an extra year at a discount. Between both programs I was infected with 107 adware/spyware type stuff. Now that they have been eliminated my computer is running really fast.
Oh I guess I should tell you where you can get the webroot "spy sweeper" it is at:
Spysweeper.
I did find that individually they din't catch them all, but between the two I think they did. Anyway, at the very least get the free microsoft adware/spyware beta version.
Posted at 11:45 pm by
RWO
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
I found this picture on Roger Hedgecock's website, and yes if you think the borders allow the Mexican Farm Worker's through as the only illegals then you are living in dream land. Anyway the picture speaks for itself, and since I had a long and tiring day getting used to being back at work and school that's it for tonight.Posted at 09:49 pm by
RWO
Monday, August 22, 2005
Well today was back to work day. It wasn't that bad, but I sure am tired. I guess it was because I had to get up so early. I guess I got spoiled with so much time off. So now I am back on the old schedule. Work during the day and then school at night.
I finally got my syllabus for the last class so I got to order my book. I hope the books get here fast so I can get rolling. And of course all of my classes have group work, which doesn't make me happy. Oh well such is college work I guess.
I did take the time to watch the second half of the 911 special on the National Geographic Channel. I thought it was a pretty good film and wasn't politically motivated, unlike the Micheal Moore crap.
Also I wish this Cindy Sheehan would just go away. Now she has been spouting off about Isreal occupation of Palestine and stuff like this. For one, somebody is putting her up to this, and she is sounding dumber by the day.
A word to the folks that say the war is taking to long. We still have troops in Italy, Germany and Japan and have since WW2. We still have troops in Korea, from that conflict. We still have folks in Bosnia. These things take time, and if you listen to all the bull put out by the main stream media, you are getting presented with the wrong impression. All they are doing is hyping it and empowering the terrorists. After all the terrorists want publicity, and our media sure is catering to their desires.
Anyway, time to hit the pit. I have a long day tomorrow. First work, then I have the first part of a physical exam. After that I have school. So I am off to bed to try and get a good night's sleep.
Posted at 11:16 pm by
RWO
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Well the vacation is over and it is back to work tomorrow. I just about have my sleep adjusted to get back into the routine. Actually I knid of missed working, and wish I would have got more done during my time off, but I did get a few things done, so it wasn't a total loss.
Also school starts again tomorrow. I am only taking three classs this semester but it looks like the courses are going to be writing intensive, so my blog may suffer as I try and work to keep up in class. I guess I will know more when the classes start. I have two of the three syllabus' and am waiting for the third. All the classes are general ed upper division so it could be interesting.
Also in the two classes I do have info on both have group work. I hate that as I always do the work as I have complained about in the past. Anyway, the news is about over so I had better hit the pit and get ready for the return to work tomorrow.
Posted at 11:24 pm by
RWO
