The Dog Pound

My wife and I are expecting our first child. She is due in December. I am excited and scared at the same time, there is a lot to think about with a child. We found out last month that its a boy, oh I am so proud to be having a boy. There is going to be a lot of thing I can teach and do with him. More importantly I will have  to guide him through things that will make him a  good man. So as all the prep work in the house and within ourselves its a journey before and after that will be interesting. We have the crib and dresser for him, Letters for his name Michael and a jungle theme for the room.

I do fear that I wont be a good father and somehow wont do enough or teach him all the right things. I guess I have to just take one day at a time and make certain that if I don’t know what I am doing I need to stop and think and I should be fine.

I see you and I light up
For a brief moment I am lost
Lost in happiness
Wishing and hoping that you could be mine
Will you be the one that I call my own??

The sea is mother natures cradle.
Gently it rocks the boat …the crew asleep.
It nourishes us with water.
Cools our rooms.
Cools our engines.
Yes the sea is like our mother.
The sea punishes us and makes us rock hard and fast
Just as the hand that nourishes can also hurt us
The sea is our mother
At night she entertains us in her lovely shades of green and blue.
The ship cuts the waves.
Almost like glitter it sparkles as the moon hits her
The majestic life that she holds gives us a view of a dance recital as dolphins and whales dance beside us.
The sea is our mother.

–Bulldog698 early 2001

A ship pulls into port.
A ship leaves port.
A loved one stands on the pier waiting for the return of the one who left so long ago.
…A tragic ending to the loved one that stands and wave the ship off…
When the ship comes back the one who left was not there.
Some country decided to bomb the ship…
The loved one came back but it was not a joyful reunion.
Let us be glad for what we have thank god for everyday.
Live for today and not for tomorrow.

Today I am beginning my 1 week vacation from work. Sadly my wife has to work so I will be staying home and relaxing.:) which is OK by me. I have a few things that I am going to be doing around the house. things that needed to be done a long time ago and just haven’t had the time or gumption to do so I will be doing that and catching up on shows and games. should be a good week.

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A good friend who received this email forwarded to me. Unbelievable.

This was sent by a friend in Bozeman , MT who was there.
Why do we tolerate this?

Hello All,

By now you have probably heard that President Obama came to Montana last Friday. However, there are many things that the major news has not covered. I feel that since Bill and I live here and we were at the airport on Friday I should share some facts with you. Whatever you decide to do with the information is up to you. If you chose to share this email with others I do ask that you DELETE my email address before you forward this on.

On Wednesday, August 5th it was announced locally that the President would be coming here. There are many groups here that are against his healthcare and huge spending so those groups began talking and deciding on what they were going to do. The White House would not release ANY details other than the date.

On about Tuesday Bill found out that they would be holding the “Town Hall” at the airport. (This is only because Bill knows EVERYONE at the airport) Our airport is actually located outside of Belgrade (tiny town) in a very remote location. Nothing is around there. They chose to use a hangar that is the most remotely located hangar. You could not pick a more remote location, and you can not get to it easily. It is totally secluded from the public.

FYI: We have many areas in Belgrade and Bozeman which could have held a large amount of folks with sufficient parking. (gymnasiums/auditoriums). All of which have chairs and tables, and would not have to be SHIPPED IN!! $$$$$
During the week, cargo by the TONS was being shipped in constantly. Airport employees could not believe how it just kept coming. Though it was our President coming several expressed how excessive it was, especially during a recession. $$$$$

Late Tuesday/early Wednesday the 12th, they said that tickets would be handed out on Thursday 9am at two locations and the president would be arriving around 12:30 Friday.

Thursday morning about 600 tickets were passed out. However, 1500 were printed at a Local printing shop per White House request. Hmmmm……900 tickets just DISAPPEARED.

This same morning someone called into the radio from the local UPS branch and said that THOUSANDS of Dollars of Lobster were shipped in for Obama. Montana has some of the best beef in the nation!!! And it would have been really wonderful to help out the local economy. Anyone heard of the Recession?? Just think…with all of the traveling the White House is doing. $$$$$ One can only imagine what else we are paying for.

On Friday Bill and I got out to the airport about 10:45am. The groups that wanted to protest Obama’s spending and healthcare had gotten a permit to protest and that area was roped off. But that was not to be. A large bus carrying SEIU (Service Employees International Union) members drove up onto the area (illegal)and unloaded right there. It was quite a commotion and there were specifically 2 SEIU men trying to make trouble and start a fight. Police did get involved and arrested the one man but they said they did not have the manpower to remove the SEIU crowd.
The SEIU crowd was very organized and young. About 99% were under the age of 30 and they were not locals! They had bullhorns and PROFESSIONALLY made signs. Some even wore preprinted T-shirts. Oh, and Planned Parenthood folks were with them…..professing abortion rights with their T-shirts and preprinted signs. (BTW, all these folks did have a permit to protest in ANOTHER area)

Those against healthcare/spending moved away from the SEIU crowd to avoid confrontation. They were orderly and respectful. Even though SEIU kept coming over and walking through, continuing to be very intimidating and aggressive at the direction of the one SEIU man.

So we had Montana folks from ALL OVER the state with their homemade signs and their DOGS with homemade signs. We had cowboys, nurses, doctors you name it. There was even a guy from Texas who had been driving through. He found out about the occasion, went to the store, made a sign, and came to protest.

If you are wondering about the press…..Well, all of the major networks were over by that remote hangar I mentioned. They were conveniently parked on the other side of the buildings FAR away. None of these crowds were even visible to them. I have my doubts that they knew anything about the crowds.
We did have some local news media around us from this state and Idaho . Speaking of the local media…they were invited. However, all questions were to be turned into the White House in advance of the event. Wouldn’t want anyone to have to think off the top of their head.

It was very obvious that it was meant to be totally controlled by the White House. Everything was orchestrated down to the last detail to make it appear that Montana is just crazy for Obama and government healthcare. Even those people that talked about their insurance woes……..the White House called our local HRDC (Human Resource and Development Committee) and asked for names. Then the White House asked those folks to come. Smoke and mirrors…EVERYTHING was staged!!!!!!!!!!!

I am very dismayed about what I learned about our current White House. The amount of control and manipulation was unbelievable. I felt I was not living in the United States of America , more like the USSR !! I was physically nauseous. Bill and I have been around when Presidents or Heads of State visit. It has NEVER been like this. I am truly very frightened for our country. America needs your prayers and your voices. If you care about our country please get involved. Know the issues. And let Congress hear your voices again and again!! If they are willing to put forth so much effort to BULLY a small town one can only imagine what is going on in Washington DC . Scary!!

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I won’t make a habit of this but I think some things need to be said… I am tired of day after day of listening to the radio and all they can talk about is healthcare reform. Now I do agree that the current system is broke. It’s too damn expensive to get care that you need. But I think all this talk about it is just plain crazy.

The public option of care is frankly crap. 1. They don’t have the money to pay for it so why even try. Now the question has been raised about it and the answer is they have cut costs on other things and they have a third of the money required to  get it going…the person who asked the question should of asked then where is the other two thirds coming from? My though is they will raise taxes. There has also been some rumors that employers will have to pay more taxes on insurance. A company could drop insurance it will save money because the government raised my tax on it.  Employees will be ok they can go to the government plan…now isn’t that just smart. Hell I would do that…but if all the companies did that we are in the same boat we are in now…to high of costs for stuff and to many people won’t get the care they need. The public option would fail.

The coop thing sounds half decent as long as the government stays out of it sure I think they could help get it going but once it’s established leave it alone! Coops as a whole are a good thing members have control. Board members are elected every year and the board elects a CEO. This sound likes a good plan as long as the election doesn’t get corrupted….

I wont do this often feel free to comment I may be a raving lunatic on this topic and totally missing the point but I will say this the wind has lessened in the sails since all of the town hall meetings Congress is seeing that maybe the public is listening and maybe they should listen to those voters if not well they will be out of a job.

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