Whales in Sacramento river

If you haven't been in a cave somewhere, you probably know there have been two hump-back whales in the Sacramento River. They've been trying to lure them back to the ocean. The most popular method is to play tapes of other whales. They said it was tapes of other hump-back whales eating, and it chased them the other way.
Okay, am I the only one thinking, a translation of the tape says: "Get away from me, I'm trying to eat!" or "You touch my food and you'll draw back a nub!"

Well, you gotta admit, I fought back the temptation to write this for quite a while. The whales are almost home free.

Crippling illness

We have just about wiped out polio. We are learning a lot about cancer. We have admitted alcoholism is a sickness, and have started treating for it. People are quitting smoking every day. I'm proud to say I'm one. We are treating drug abuse, anorexia, and bulimia.
I think we are ignoring the biggest sickness of all, probably because we don't want to hurt the feelings of those who have it. This is a sickness that is hurting the whole world. One of the biggest problems, everybody who has it is proud of it. It's called.........GREED!
I like to think I could live the rest of my life on a million dollars, without earning another penny, except from the money itself. There are people who have Billions of dollars, more money than they can spend in a lifetime, and their biggest concern is: how can they get some more.
Tragically, like any decease, you have to admit you have a problem before you can start healing. Since nobody is going to tell them they have the problem, they'll never find out. I don't have an answer, do you?

Thanks to those who've served

To our military serving at home and abroad. To our police, EMS workers, and Firefighters. Thank you. To those who have paid the ultimate price. Thank you. Blessed be anyone, who would lay down his life for his brother. We must remember the price that has been, and is being paid for our freedom. We should be thankful to be born here, and not have to struggle to get here. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

ETA

As a naval communicator, the really stressed keeping your message short, and concise. The idea was, the less you transmit, the harder it is for the enemy to home in on your signal.
Ambulance personel have no enemy (in theory), but I think the time they spend talking to the base, is time they could be tending to their patient.
When I hear a transmission much like: "Our ETA is gonna be approximately 10 minutes."
ETA means estimated time of arrival, which eliminates the need for the word approximately. If you think about it, you also don't need the words, "gonna be." You would not be reporting somebody else's ETA, thus no need for the word, "our."
You could say, "Eta 10 minutes."

Little known law

There's a law, most people don't know about, or don't care. Most states have adopted it. Two I'm sure of are California and Missouri.
The law says, "If you are running your windshield wipers, you must have your lights on." That may seem a little odd, but the logic is: If it's raining, it's at least a little bit dark, and you need your lights on so others can see you. You notice, it's not so you can see, it's so others can see you. The first ones to turn their lights on should be people in drab cars. For example gray or black. You can actually be given a ticket for it. I suspect they'll start doing that very soon.

Mother

It's mother's day. I wish every mother the same happiness she has given to her family the rest of the year. May she realize what she means to her family. May she reap what she has sewn. May she know that her efforts throughout the year have not gone unnoticed.
If you're a mother, "Happy Mother's Day!"

Why are youths so angry

I believe a lot of it could be the "music" to which they listen. When I sang in a band, a rule of thumb was, 1 of every 4 songs should be a slow song, a romantic song. What they listen to now, is loud fast angry music. It has to effect their outlook on life.
Actually I think "rap music" is the best example of oxy-moron. There is NO possitive messages in it, and it is not soothing.
You can say what you want to about country music, but is there any other genre that actually has Christian songs mixed in with them? Many more have a good moral message to them. I'm not saying ALL of them. There's probably too many "drinking, divorce, etc songs, but they do mix it with good holsom music. Also, at least it is sung instead of shouted. It has a melody.
Rappers, you are NOT singing. You have NO talent.

Rocket hits Yankee Stadium

I personally think "The Rocket" should retire, and stay retired. Now he waits to see what team has a shot at the world series. So now he goes back to the Yankees, and they get stomped in a game everybody thought they would breeze through. Could it be the Rocket is just a jinx? Let's put it this way.....I hope he never plays for the cards. He hasn't been put into the rotation, yet. I'll be watching.

Not so bad after all

Okay I decided to check out, "The Paris Hilton," and I AM impressed.
http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/PARHITW-Hilton-Paris/index.do;jsessionid=EB36DCD74A0E81AA43F36E310C33CF73.etc31?ctyhocn=PARHITW&brand_id=HI&brand_directory=/en/hi/&xch=22488411,Z51XZFQSXELWACSGBJN222QKIYFC5UUC

Check it out for yourself

Cake can be so expensive

Why is everybody so interested in the Queen. Actually she is contrary to what this country stands for. "All men are created equal." Who said it first? I know Abraham Lincoln said it. He said this country was founded on that concept.
If that's true, but maybe it isn't in England, how can there be a royal family? Can they be national leaders simply because they were born in that family? Actually, the Queen Mum wasn't born in that family at all. She married into it.
I didn't see her while she was here, and I'm not sorry I didn't. The one I would have liked to met, was Dianna. Now there was a woman that did the world some good.

My brother place

I went to read and

nothing was writ

my brother had

no words of wit

I took pen in hand

(so to speak)

and I put my tongue

over into my cheek

I thought it was my turn

to organize lines

to make people think

and open their minds

What will I write

What will I do

Okay, I give up

I'll leave it to you.

by Larry's brother John

Big Tears for Paris Hilton

I almost didn't write anything about her, because I feel she gets way to much attention already. Why?
Because just to look at her in front of the camera. They say she is teflon coated. I say she's just too shallow for anything to soak in. Maybe she didn't know any better. I think she may be clueless.
As for whether she can make it in prison, or not? I'm betting she will. (somehow)

DC Judge needs to get a life

One would think a Judge (of all people) would know what a dollar is worth. It appears Judge Roy Pearson, in Washington DC. Has lost touch with reality. He apparently thinks a pair of pants can we worth over $1000.00. To me what this says is he needs to be a mite thriftier.
I won't say it could be a racial think. We don't need to play that card.
To make things worse, if he can't get his cloths cleaned there, he has to drive 10 miles to find another cleaner. I'm willing to bet (and I've never been to DC) there's at least a hundred cleaners within 5 miles.
And why hasn't the judge that's trying the case, thrown it out. Who's this guy? A friend of Judge Roy Bean........I mean Pearson?

David Caruso

I believe, David Caruso, of CSI Miami, got his training at "William Shatner's School of Over-Acting." Can anybody verify that?

Who's minding the Store?

Today I received the following email. This disturbed me, that we are choosing these people to run our country.

A Washington , DC , airport ticket agent offers some examples of why our country is in trouble!
1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!)
2. I got a call from a candidate's staffer, who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information. Then she interrupted me with, "I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Capetown is in Massachusetts ." Without trying to make her look stupid, I calmly explained, "Cape Cod is in Massachusetts , Capetown is in Africa ." Her response - click.
3. A senior Vermont Congressman called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando . He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, "Don't lie to me. I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state!"
4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife who asked, "Is it possible to see England from Canada ?" I said, "No." She said, "But they look so close on the map."
5. An aide for a cabinet member once called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas . When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas . When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car he said, "I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive between gates to save time."
6. An Illinois Congresswoman called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 am and got to Chicago at 8:33 am. I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois , but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went really fast, and she bought that.
7. A New York lawmaker called and asked, "Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?" I said, "No, why do you ask?" She replied, "Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said 'FAT', and I'm overweight. I think that's very rude!" After putting her on hold for a minute while I looked into it (I was laughing). I came back and explained the city code for Fresno , CA is 'FAT' - (Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.
8. A Senator's aide called to inquire about a trip package to Hawaii . After going over all the cost info, she asked, "Would it be cheaper to fly to California , and then take the train to Hawaii ?" 9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman who asked, "How do I know which plane to get on?" I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, "I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them."
10. A lady Senator called and said, "I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola, Florida . Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?" I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola , Fl. on a commuter plane. She said, "Yeah, whatever, smarty!"
11. A senior Senator called and had a question about the documents he needed in order to fly to China . After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded him that he needed a visa. "Oh, no I don't. I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those." I double checked and sure enough, his stay required a visa. When I told him this he said, "Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!"
12. A New Mexico Congresswoman called to make reservations, "I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York ." I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, "Are you sure that's the name of the town?" "Yes, what flights do you have?" replied the lady. After some searching, I came back with, "I'm sorry, ma'am, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a Rhino anywhere." The lady retorted, "Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!" So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, "You don't mean Buffalo , do you?" The reply? "Whatever! I knew it was a big animal."