I don’t post very often to my blog due to a lot of things, and I don’t know how many people read it. But I know it’s linked off of my mom’s blog and hopefully some of you who read her blog look here, I will also leave a post on her blog after I write this. Last night at 2 am Dale passed away. We don’t have the details or much information yet, my mom found out this morning about an hour and a half ago and let me know. We really appreciate all the support and prayers and everything you all have done for our family, I know every time I have read over the comments on my mom’s blog it has made me want to cry because of all the support and kind words. I really want to thank everyone on there for being with our family through this and most of all for Dale. One of the last things he said to me was talking about he was ready to be famous now because so many people new about him from the blog and he was planning on making his own and wanted to write a book about everything he had been through and more and said he was going to put the thank you’s for the cards into the beginning of the book. I know we all would really like to have been able to read that book.
My mom right now is going through a lot; she just lost her best friend in the universe, someone she had spent nearly every day for the past 4 months with. I am not sure when she will be able to get herself to post again but I hope it is soon because I know how much you all mean to her. She has been so strong through this and done so much for Dale I cant even begin to write out how wonderful she has been for him and for the rest of the family, she really has been the glue holding us all together and been there for everyone and kept everyone who has known Dale up to date on how he is doing. I am always in awe of her strength. Please keep us in your thoughts in prayers the next while and I will do my best to keep the updates going while my mom is not able too. Again I want to thank you all for Dale and from my mom and me as well, I can’t really say how much this has meant to me. I will possibly post again when I get back; I am going to the hospital in a little bit to collect Dale’s possessions.
My mom put some pictures up on her blog of me as a little kid and I swore vengeance just as a joke. I really don’t mind pictures of me as a kid; everyone was small and supposedly cute. So today I was bored and cleaning and found a stack of old cd's and was going through them seeing which ones I could throw out and which ones I should save. By the time I had gone through them all I had a huge pile to throw out and only a couple to save, the last one I found pretty much was one that I had forgotten about. It had a bunch of pictures I had photo edited as a present a few years ago for my grandfather when I was in college in one of my Photoshop classes. I was going through there and though I should share a few since I found them, I probably could have done better now but I still like my old work. All the pictures were black and white so I tried to make them look like the old fashioned hand tinted post cards. The little kid pictures are mostly of my mom and my uncle, there is one that is me and her in the 80's opening presents at Christmas There is also one that is a postcard from
Ok.... Well... Maby that last one is a bit of revenge...
The Loveland Republican forwarded an article to constituents titled "Black Culture is responsible for Hurricane Katrina woes."
The article from CNSNews .com is about an upcoming conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by ministers and political conservatives.
It quotes them as saying black New Orleans residents rely too much on government, and, in the words of the Rev. Grant Storm, who is white, "When the government doesn't come and help them, frankly all they do is yap and complain."
Welker didn't write the article, but legislative leaders warned him in March to stop forwarding e-mails they said foster racism. Three months ago, Welker apologized on the House floor for forwarding a racially charged essay from a conservative black commentator who called Hurricane Katrina victims "welfare pampered" and "immoral."
On Wednesday, Welker made no apology for passing on the e-mail, saying it simply reflects conservative values, which encourage hurricane victims to pull themselves up by their own boot straps. He dismissed allegations he is a racist.
"I have black people who work for me," said Welker. "Some of my good friends are different colors."
Lawmakers expressed outrage and dismay at the recent e-mail, some accusing Welker of hiding racist attitudes behind black conservatives' controversial writings.
"These kinds of comments are heartless and hurtful," said House Speaker Andrew Romanoff.
Sen. Peter Groff, D-Denver, echoed those sentiments. "Only Jim Welker and God knows if he's a racist or not. But just because somebody says they're not racist, doesn't mean you're not a racist," he said.
House Minority Leader Mike May, R-Parker, said the GOP caucus neither shares nor condones Welker's views.
"It's not what my party is about," said May.
Department of Defense investigators estimate thousands of soldiers in the Army alone are involved in extremist or gang activity. "We've got Aryan Nations graffiti in Baghdad," said one investigator. "That's a problem."
Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen urged Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to adopt a zero-tolerance policy regarding racist extremism among members of the U.S. military.
"Because hate group membership and extremist activity are antithetical to the values and mission of our armed forces, we urge you to adopt a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to white supremacy in the military and to take all necessary steps to ensure that the policy is rigorously enforced," Cohen wrote in a letter to Rumsfeld.
Military extremists present an elevated threat both to their fellow soldiers and the general public. Today's white supremacists become tomorrow's domestic terrorists.
"Neo-Nazi groups and other extremists are joining the military in large numbers so they can get the best training in the world on weapons, combat tactics and explosives," said Mark Potok, director of the SPLC's Intelligence Project.
"We should consider this a major security threat, because these people are motivated by an ideology that calls for race war and revolution. Any one of them could turn out to be the next Timothy McVeigh."
And this article22 miles Per day too and from work
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5 times a week
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20 miles on weekend (Live a lot closer to friends and games)
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130 Miles per week
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24 mpg (Average mileage since I filled my car last on my 4banger)
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5.41 Gallons a week
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$3 a gallon
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16.23 dollars a week WOOT!
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