Yesterday I went to the Indiana Wine Festival in Nashville, Indiana.
Very different from Nashville, Tennessee.
It was a lot of fun, but would have been much more so with a tad bit of planning by the staff of the event.
I've got to admit, my first impression of Brown County was not good. We actually passed the finest shopping available: Westward "Ho" Flea Market. (And the "ho" was in quotation marks!)- Checkout my facebook to see a pic. . . .
Today is a lazy Sunday spent with Ryan and I couldn't be more excited.
I'm off to relax now-
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
My Own Personal Brand of Patriotism
When I was in 5th grade I wrote an essay titled: "What Patriotism Means to Me" (I won $200 from the local VFW but that is not the point of this story) The idea of patriotism has always stuck with me, and I have found myself in several discussions on the definition of the word. Unfortunately, Mr. Obama does not seem to be too concerned with fostering a sense of Patriotism. As a side note, I will preface the following by saying I am neither Democrat nor Republican. If you must classify me, I would tend to land in most agreement with the Libertarians.
"Obama also said he could support a congressional investigation into the Bush-era terrorist detainee program, but only under certain conditions, such as if it were done on a bipartisan basis. He said he worries about the impact that high-intensity, politicized hearings in Congress could have on the government's efforts to cope with terrorism."
Right, because sooo many things in Washington are done on a completely "bipartisan basis." That plan isn't destined for failure or anything. . . .
I think my biggest concern does not echo Mr. Obama's. My biggest concern is what type of united front does our country show by launching investigations into the interrogation of the terrorists behind the 9/11 attacks?? What the hell are we doing wasting our time in this War on Terrorism if we're fighting among ourselves? Will every presidential term waste months of time scrutinizing and changing what the previous administration did? (To be fair, I am not solely refering to Mr. Obama's administration)
Personally, I don't see any type of interrogation techniques as torture. It's not like we rounded these guys up randomly, they attacked our Country, our Freedom, our Liberty, my Americans. Anything that poses a threat to My Americans should be dealt with in whatever way is the speediest and most efficient.
I was sitting in Chemistry class the day I heard that a plane was crashed into the World Trade Centers. And in my very limited (sorry, Dad!) grasp of Chemsitry, I did have a solution. Sand+Heat=Glass.
My view on the war? End things as quickly as possible with the lowest possible loss of American life.
What does Patriotism mean to me?
My Americans.
My Americans' Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness.
What does Patriotism mean to you?
"Obama also said he could support a congressional investigation into the Bush-era terrorist detainee program, but only under certain conditions, such as if it were done on a bipartisan basis. He said he worries about the impact that high-intensity, politicized hearings in Congress could have on the government's efforts to cope with terrorism."
Right, because sooo many things in Washington are done on a completely "bipartisan basis." That plan isn't destined for failure or anything. . . .
I think my biggest concern does not echo Mr. Obama's. My biggest concern is what type of united front does our country show by launching investigations into the interrogation of the terrorists behind the 9/11 attacks?? What the hell are we doing wasting our time in this War on Terrorism if we're fighting among ourselves? Will every presidential term waste months of time scrutinizing and changing what the previous administration did? (To be fair, I am not solely refering to Mr. Obama's administration)
Personally, I don't see any type of interrogation techniques as torture. It's not like we rounded these guys up randomly, they attacked our Country, our Freedom, our Liberty, my Americans. Anything that poses a threat to My Americans should be dealt with in whatever way is the speediest and most efficient.
I was sitting in Chemistry class the day I heard that a plane was crashed into the World Trade Centers. And in my very limited (sorry, Dad!) grasp of Chemsitry, I did have a solution. Sand+Heat=Glass.
My view on the war? End things as quickly as possible with the lowest possible loss of American life.
What does Patriotism mean to me?
My Americans.
My Americans' Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness.
What does Patriotism mean to you?
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
"No child left behind". . . .except for the Idiots. And Pirates.
Remember when you were in grade school and thought "I'm never going to need this silly math stuff" Well unfortunately, now we have a full society of (semi)functional completely helpless adults. . . that have no idea how to add.
But I digress.
I spent quite a bit of time last week following the Pirate story. I have to admit I was quite happy at the resolution of the situation. So now the Somalian Pirates and saying they will avenge their comrads and have hijacked 5 or 6 new ships. And I say if we banded together with a couple other Navys we could send a strongmessage and end all of the piracy issues altogether in the Gulf of Aden.
We have Rangers, SEALS, and Vin Diesel/Wesley Snipes on standby to board the support ships and help to release the hostages. And the first American vessel hijacked in 200 years resulted in 4 of the 5 pirates killed and the fifth in custody set to spend his life in prison. This a good warning to pirates, because we did it right. And a couple more incidents that go down similarly and we have no more problems.
“Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute,” was our rallying cry against the Barbary Pirates 200 years ago. Death, destruction, and damnation should be our mantra for the Somali thugs. (We could add Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis, Sly Stallone, Steven Segal, Jean-Claude VD, and even Haile Barrie. Maybe even Arnold S. and James Bond would want to get back into action.) Sic’ em boys.
But I digress.
I spent quite a bit of time last week following the Pirate story. I have to admit I was quite happy at the resolution of the situation. So now the Somalian Pirates and saying they will avenge their comrads and have hijacked 5 or 6 new ships. And I say if we banded together with a couple other Navys we could send a strongmessage and end all of the piracy issues altogether in the Gulf of Aden.
We have Rangers, SEALS, and Vin Diesel/Wesley Snipes on standby to board the support ships and help to release the hostages. And the first American vessel hijacked in 200 years resulted in 4 of the 5 pirates killed and the fifth in custody set to spend his life in prison. This a good warning to pirates, because we did it right. And a couple more incidents that go down similarly and we have no more problems.
“Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute,” was our rallying cry against the Barbary Pirates 200 years ago. Death, destruction, and damnation should be our mantra for the Somali thugs. (We could add Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis, Sly Stallone, Steven Segal, Jean-Claude VD, and even Haile Barrie. Maybe even Arnold S. and James Bond would want to get back into action.) Sic’ em boys.
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