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Port Orchard Marina in WA, United States
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
America Is Blessed!
It seems to me that all the misery that we in America are experiencing is generated by our interpretation of the very influential network evening news programs, Google news, BBC, and other "Main Stream" mass media outlets.
Its all I hear these days, 9% national unemployment, Occupy Wall Street and other similar "Occupations" across America, job robbing low cost Chinese manufacturing, Indian technology workers "stealing" U.S. technology jobs, Mexican drug cartels slaughtering their way to power in the poorest Mexican areas in order to meet drug demand in the U.S, The Arab Spring threatening the stability of the Middle East, and the impending implosion of the Euro-Zone. Man, that is a mouthful of reality now isn't it! Even with all that and then some, try comparing what is happening in our great nation to any other nation in the world.
Most of the world's nations don't allow public assembly for any reason, let alone to gripe about their
government... or any other reason that comes to mind for that matter. Just watch any of the "Occupy Somewhere" chuckle heads on YouTube. Sure some have a clue, but I think most are there to bitch, party, sing, or just plain old get laid. I'd even place a bet that less than a quarter of them voted yesterday.
In this great country, EVERYONE is still FREE TO BELIEVE in whatever or whomever they want to, which was the very reason that America was conceived and created in the first place. Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom to bare arms, and freedom to gather, are among our basic rights in America.
While I know there's a lot of suffering out there, I can't help but think that if people didn't ask for their personal "debt ceiling" to be raised (sound familiar?), the "EVIL" banks wouldn't have granted so many "doomed to fail" loans. Sure the banks are getting the bad wrap on this, but again, and I'm going out on a limb here, no bank or lending institution has EVER loaned ANYTHING to ANYONE who didn't ask for a loan in the first place! How many people actually KNEW they were going to be "in over their heads" and still took the risk?
So just WHO are WE blaming in America? The 1%? The Super Wealthy! The Banks? Congress? The President? Corporate greed? How about if we each just step back and take a deep look in the Mirror of Pity and ask, "How did I create MY personal financial melt down?"
I read a dear friends post today. He was asking for God to Bless America again. I say America is Blessed. People just need to start paying attention to what they NEED versus what they WANT. You WANT a bigger house. You WANT a new car. You WANT a big screen TV and surround sound system. You WANT a new computer. What do you really NEED? What can you really AFFORD? I wonder why 90% of the people in this country still have jobs? Is it because they hold recession proof jobs or is it that they are hard workers? I don't know what the answer is, but I'd start by looking in the mirror.
I'm off the mental soap box now. Thanks for reading another rant!
Campy Out!
Its all I hear these days, 9% national unemployment, Occupy Wall Street and other similar "Occupations" across America, job robbing low cost Chinese manufacturing, Indian technology workers "stealing" U.S. technology jobs, Mexican drug cartels slaughtering their way to power in the poorest Mexican areas in order to meet drug demand in the U.S, The Arab Spring threatening the stability of the Middle East, and the impending implosion of the Euro-Zone. Man, that is a mouthful of reality now isn't it! Even with all that and then some, try comparing what is happening in our great nation to any other nation in the world.
Most of the world's nations don't allow public assembly for any reason, let alone to gripe about their
government... or any other reason that comes to mind for that matter. Just watch any of the "Occupy Somewhere" chuckle heads on YouTube. Sure some have a clue, but I think most are there to bitch, party, sing, or just plain old get laid. I'd even place a bet that less than a quarter of them voted yesterday.
In this great country, EVERYONE is still FREE TO BELIEVE in whatever or whomever they want to, which was the very reason that America was conceived and created in the first place. Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom to bare arms, and freedom to gather, are among our basic rights in America.
While I know there's a lot of suffering out there, I can't help but think that if people didn't ask for their personal "debt ceiling" to be raised (sound familiar?), the "EVIL" banks wouldn't have granted so many "doomed to fail" loans. Sure the banks are getting the bad wrap on this, but again, and I'm going out on a limb here, no bank or lending institution has EVER loaned ANYTHING to ANYONE who didn't ask for a loan in the first place! How many people actually KNEW they were going to be "in over their heads" and still took the risk?
So just WHO are WE blaming in America? The 1%? The Super Wealthy! The Banks? Congress? The President? Corporate greed? How about if we each just step back and take a deep look in the Mirror of Pity and ask, "How did I create MY personal financial melt down?"
I read a dear friends post today. He was asking for God to Bless America again. I say America is Blessed. People just need to start paying attention to what they NEED versus what they WANT. You WANT a bigger house. You WANT a new car. You WANT a big screen TV and surround sound system. You WANT a new computer. What do you really NEED? What can you really AFFORD? I wonder why 90% of the people in this country still have jobs? Is it because they hold recession proof jobs or is it that they are hard workers? I don't know what the answer is, but I'd start by looking in the mirror.
I'm off the mental soap box now. Thanks for reading another rant!
Campy Out!
Did you Vote?
A person who doesn't vote registers an empty complaint! Just think... all the polling numbers you will see tonight and tomorrow morning, for whatever the cause, issue, or person, was registered one person at a time. Just ONE PERSON at a time!
Its YOUR RIGHT as an American citizen to vote. Exercise that right every time you get asked to vote. Be smart and learn about the issues and people you vote for. Make time to be informed with your issue, person, or process. Activate your civil duty and VOTE! Good young people have fought, killed, and died to maintain YOUR RIGHT to vote. Honor a veteran and vote whenever you are asked to.
Remember, if you don't vote, you didn't do anything for anyone! If I hear you complaining about something to do with Government, I'm going to ask you if you voted on that issue, or became involved with that issue. If you say, "No." I'm going to reply with a kind... "Thanks for wasting my time!"
Campy Out!
Its YOUR RIGHT as an American citizen to vote. Exercise that right every time you get asked to vote. Be smart and learn about the issues and people you vote for. Make time to be informed with your issue, person, or process. Activate your civil duty and VOTE! Good young people have fought, killed, and died to maintain YOUR RIGHT to vote. Honor a veteran and vote whenever you are asked to.
Remember, if you don't vote, you didn't do anything for anyone! If I hear you complaining about something to do with Government, I'm going to ask you if you voted on that issue, or became involved with that issue. If you say, "No." I'm going to reply with a kind... "Thanks for wasting my time!"
Campy Out!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
What I Did Last Summer
Today I feel like a slug. So I figured I’d write down what I did this last summer. Here goes nothing!
1. Sue and I flew to San Diego with Chief for a VHA conference, got to meet Astronaut
Jim Lovell and NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz during a tour/reception on the USS
Midway.
2. I had the privilege of rebuilding a dead desktop and a dead laptop PC for a good family.
3. Kelsi and I drove to Los Angeles with Kelsi for her College Internship with Dana and
Suzanne.
4. I flew home with Chief from Los Angeles.
5. Chief and I flew to Los Angeles to pick Kelsi up and drive back home.
6. On the drive back we visited Sequoia National Forest, Mount Shasta Caverns, Crater
Lake, and Multnomah Falls.
7. I refit the sailboat inside and topside, and it came out pretty neat!
8. My brother Ron and I visited Mount St Helens.
9. Ron and I sailed around Bainbridge Island, Vashon Island, and Blake Island in three
days.
10. Learned how to crab in Puget Sound.
11. Sue and I spent 8 days vacationing on Hood Canal with Chief and some very dear
friends who were kind enough to let us into their family time. Man it felt really nice to
be a part of a large family.
12. I rebuilt two marine outboard motors and reconditioned an inflatable dinghy.
13. Chief and I sailed from Port Orchard to the terminal end of the Hood Canal stopping
at Kingston, The Kitsap Memorial, Pleasant Harbor, and the Alderbrook Inn.
14. Chief and I went to a KC and the Sunshine Band concert and fund raiser with Susan.
15. Chief and I sailed to Seattle and back in an afternoon.
16. I kept up with my blog and started two new ones, one for me, and another for a
bunch of friends.
I'm sure I missed something that I did last Summer, but the real point of this exercise was to list what I did, so I didn't feel so much like a slug!
Campy out
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