Global Warming............

A member of a group visiting environment ministers and other representatives from more than a dozen nations gazes up at the monumental rock towers rising from 1,500-foot-deep ice sheets near the Norwegian Troll Research Station in Antarctica on Monday. The group flew in to the remote station to learn from international scientists about whether and how global warming may melt Antarctic ice, raising sea levels.

Ken Pedersen, expedition leader at the Norwegian Troll Research Station in Antarctica, briefs a group. Looks like it's getting worse and there's no stopping it......

Icebergs in Vincennes Bay in the Australian Antarctic Territory in January 2008. It seems the dire warnings about the oncoming devastation wrought by global warming were not dire enough, a top climate scientist warned Saturday.

USA To Leave Soon......

Iraqi army soldiers patrol Mosul. A US soldier was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting at an Iraqi police station in the northern city of Mosul, on Wednesday.

US Soldiers having lunch at "Burger King" at their military base in southern Baghdad. For a growing number of young US troops in Iraq, boredom is becoming the new enemy as major anti-insurgency raids turn rarer and their disengagement from the country starts to take shape.

Mardi Gras Still Festive......

Mardi Gras officially ends at midnight and many will be in church Wednesday to have ashes daubed on their foreheads as they begin 40 days of prayer, penitence and self-denial leading up to Easter. It's one last chance to eat, drink and be merry before Lent. Parade goers yell for beads and other trinkets at the Leviathan float goes down Napoleon Avenue during the Krewe of Orpheus parade in the Uptown area of New Orleans Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. Big crowds over the weekend and nearly full hotels went well for the annual event.

USS New York

USS
New York

It was built with 24 tons of
scrap steel from the
World
Trade
Center .

It
is the fifth in a new class of warship -
designed for missions that include special
operations against terrorists. It will carry a
crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines
to be delivered ashore by helicopters and
assault craft.

Steel
from the
World
Trade
Center was melted
down in a foundry in
Amite , LA to
cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured
into the molds on Sept 9, 2003, 'those big rough
steelworkers treated it with total reverence,'
recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was
there. 'It was a spiritual moment for everybody
there.'

Junior
Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that
when the trade center steel first arrived, he
touched it with his hand and the 'hair on my
neck stood up.' 'It had a big meaning to it for
all of us,' he said. 'They knocked us down. They
can't keep us down. We're going to be
back.'

The
ship's motto? 'Never Forget'

A Prayer For.........

Lord, keep our servicemen and women safe,

whether they serve at home or overseas.

Hold them in your loving hands and protect them

as they protect us.'

Let's all keep those currently serving and those

who have gone before in our thoughts.

They are the reason for the many freedoms we enjoy.

'In God We Trust.'

If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under!

Many Stations Switched .....

Over 421 stations turned off their analog TV transmissions on Tuesday, joining more than 200 others that had already made the switch. Some TV markets in the U.S. still have most of their stations broadcasting in both analog and digital. But San Diego and Santa Barbara, Calif.; Madison, Wisc.; Sioux City, Iowa; Wavo, Texas; Scranton, Penn.; and large swaths of Rhode Island and Vermont, saw most or all of their major stations make the DTV switch on Tuesday. The digital switch is not something they're doing to extort people of their money. This has been in the planning for the last ten years.

Ruling Reversed......

The U.S. appeals court reversed a ruling Wednesday that would have transferred 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees. In this photo, reviewed by the US Military, a guard leans on a fence talking to a Guantanamo detainee, inside the open yard at Camp 4 detention center, at the US Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. European Union nations expressed support Monday for US moves to close the Guantanamo "war on terror" prison camp but few are keen to accept the freed detainees.
The US will not release the Uighurs to their home for fear they will be tortured. Beijing warned other countries not to accept the men, creating a diplomatic roadblock to President Barack Obama's plan to close the facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year.

Elderly Being Attacked.......

Here in the DFW area, it’s getting to the point that elderly people can’t go to the grocery store and come home to put up their groceries. Criminals are following them home and when they pull up into their driveways or garages, these idiots attack them as they are trying to get out of their cars. They also ring their door bells, and when the door is answered, shove their way inside and attack the people. The elderly are having a bad enough time surviving in today’s world and then you have the uncaring criminals taking from them because they are too feeble to fight back. There’s nothing left that’s sacred anymore. These are people, who need to be protected, just like the children. I’m worried what will become of us all, with the way the economy is getting.

Car Dealers Hurting.........

As dealerships face unprecedented hard times, you might see such publicity-raising moves in your own town as low as 0% financing. Even if you don’t, you will see worried dealers working to move cars off their lots at any cost just to remain in business. Here in our area dealers have gone to extreme lengths to move cars off of their lots, including buy-one-get-one-free sales. What will save you money in January is that car dealers are desperate, and looking to negotiate. So, if your interested in buying a new car then get out there and shop for the best deal you can find and then buy it.

No Charges Filed.......

No charges will be filed against American swim star Michael Phelps, from his being photographed with a pipe typically used to smoke marijuana, police announced. I guess they think that he has gotten punishment enough, through the news media and the suspension for 3 months. Whatever be the case, I hope that he realizes that he can't do these type of things, because he's to popular in the news and photographers are everywhere.

Woman Upset..........

A Chinese woman who freaked out at Hong Kong's international airport after missing her flight has hit the big time on YouTube after her hysterics were filmed and uploaded to the video sharing website. This woman was seen charging at a security guard at the departure gate, before screaming "aieyyahhhhh," at the top of her lungs in a rant that lasts about three minutes. She was put on a later flight and sent for free of charge.

Due Out By October

Aptera 2e
The soon-to-be-produced electric vehicle whose shape is slipperier than a Teflon-coated salmon. It's scheduled to begin rolling off the assembly line this October. As yet the price between $25,000 and $40,000 is to be determined. You can charge it overnight from your 110-volt home outlet, and it's claimed to have a range of 100 miles. I wonder what the other car dealers, will come up with? I sure they are looking toward the cars of the future with an eye for this type of flair. I'm not sure I'd like to be in such close surroundings, but then this type of car wouldn't be for the faint of heart. It looks like another toy that the rich can obtain for their collections.

Valentines For All.....

Stimulus Plan Passes House

House leadership members speak following the passage in the House of Representatives of the stimulus package on Capitol Hill in Washington February 13, 2009. From L-R are, Representative Rosa DeLauro, Representative James Oberstar, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Representative George Miller. Now, we look ahead to see what will actually happen.

Happy Valentines.......

Gays Get Rebuffed..........

Supporters of gay marriage rally on the steps of the State Capitol, in November, in Sacramento, California. California's Supreme Court has confirmed that it will hear oral arguments next month in lawsuits seeking to annul last year's referendum that banned same-sex marriage.
Hey.....one step at a time.........
America's trying to get out of the economic slump.........Rome wasn't built in a day.........

What Type Is It?

About a year ago, I was in a Dairy Queen, and the people who owned the franchise, has several plants sitting on the window ledges. I saw some small plants that had taken root in the plants and ask for one. I brought it home and this is what it’s become. I have no idea what type of plant it is, but now it’s putting out of bunch of the little plants and it looks like I’ll have a large crop of these plants before long.

Most Stolen Cars.........

I wanted one of these……..but now………I’m not so sure…….
The Dodge Charger (only the 2006 and 2007 models are included since it was not available in the 2005 model year). Based on the claims filed, the IIHS also calculates the average loss payment–the amount paid to the consumer by the insurance company–made for each claim filed.

2007 Dodge Charger

Big trucks and SUVs are among the most appealing to car thieves. In the past few years, big, bold SUVs have become almost synonymous with the success of entertainment and sports stars. You make it big, you buy an Escalade. Or a Hummer. Hopefully, there’s money left over to hire a full-time driver who can watch over the car, because these two vehicles are among the most likely to be stolen.

Etta Furious........

This was a fast and furious week indeed. Etta was furious with Beyonce. One of the most unlikely celebrity feuds in music, exploded this week between legendary jazz singer Etta James and the woman who played Etta in Cadillac Records, Beyonce. We're not sure if Etta was displeased with Beyonce's portrayal of her in the film, or that she was unhappy with Beyonce's performance of the classic Etta song "At Last" at Obama's inauguration. Etta made her displeasure abundantly clear last Wednesday. Performing "At Last" at Seattle's Paramount Theater, launched into a anti Beyonce tirade. "You know that woman he had singing for him, singing my song, she's going to get her a** whipped," "your president...the one with the big ears," "He's not my president." Etta also said she "could not stand" Beyonce.

It's my opinion that Beyonce, has a good voice and can sing most any song..........but there's some things that should be left to the original.

Remnant's of Yesterday's Fire

A fire truck moves away from out of control flames from a bushfire in the Bunyip Sate Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, west of Melbourne, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. Walls of flame roared across southeastern Australia, razing scores of homes, forests and farmland in the sunburned country's worst wildfire disaster in a quarter century.

Buildings and vehicles sit destroyed at Kinglake northeast of Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. Towering flames have razed entire towns in southeastern Australia and burned fleeing residents in their cars as the death toll rose to 84, making it the country's deadliest fire disaster. At least 700 homes were destroyed in Saturday's inferno.

Australian Bush Fires.

A giant fire west of Melbourne raged out of control Saturday as southeastern Australia sweltered through a record heatwave, while floodwaters in the country's sodden north continued to rise. Aircraft dropped water bombs on raging Australian bush fires as a "once in a century" heatwave sparked dozens of blazes across the country. The causes of the fire are still under investigation and at least 25 deaths have been reported.

One Dead.........

An ice floe broke loose from the shore due to warmer weather. One person who was among those stuck Saturday on a miles-wide slab of ice that floated away from the Ohio shoreline of Lake Erie has died, while more than 100 others were rescued. Rescue workers walk across frozen Lake Erie as they return to shore at Crane Creek State Park in Oak Harbor, Mich., after rescuing a number of fishermen stranded on a slab of ice about 1,000 yards off shore, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. The Coast Guard said there were no immediate reports of injuries in the rescue effort.

Aid Halted to Gaza

These people are suffering, and can't get the needed supplies as it is. This is so riduculus to take food from people that you put in this position by the war. A Palestinian man carries a bag of food aid from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Rafah. A UN agency said it halted aid imports into Gaza after hundreds of tons of food assistance were seized, but Hamas indicated the goods would be returned, saying the incident was a mistake.

UN humanitarian chief John Holmes, seen here in January 2008, slammed as unacceptable the confiscation of aid supplies by Hamas personnel and demanded immediate restitution.

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal makes a speech during a rally in Damascus. Islamist group Hamas will reject a long-term truce with Israel being mediated by Egypt unless the deal includes lifting the blockade on the Gaza Strip. These people are the one's causing all the problems, in Gaza without a slightest concern for the innocent people.

Michael Gets Suspended.......

“Michael accepts these decisions and understands their point of view. He has been suspended for three months and had his training stipend revoked by USA Swimming. Since a photo surfaced showing him inhaling from a marijuana pipe he lost a high-profile sponsor when Kellogg Co, said it wouldn’t renew its deal with Phelps that expires later this month.
“The penalty is far greater than the crime". He has said he is sorry. Let’s move on to the real problems in this country.”
When he posed for Playboy, so many officials looked down on him. Michael knows he isn’t a bad person, he made a mistake, people need to get over it. "The one thing I hope is that people realize Michael is still a person and not just a swimming hero.” He won’t be able to take on any rivals until early May, which would give him a little more than two months of competition before July’s world championships in Rome.

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Too Many Kids.........

I'm sure by now you've heard on the news about this woman out in CA, that had 8 babies.........well, that's just part of it.......isn't it? At home she already had 6 kids.............now, I ask you...........what was she thinking? All the children have been through invitro which is an expensive procedure.........and she's not able to afford it? What's going on with the doctor in this situation? Some form of insanity is rising from this situation........and it's not considered to be the thing to do if you can't afford it. Maybe some fringe benefits were going on behind the scenes.......
This woman lives with her mother, with 6 kids, she filed bankruptcy last year......she is divorced and that man is not the father of any of the children........Now, there's 8 more kids to feed and take care of..........? I'm not real happy with the fact the government, state and local agencies are now subject to service. Then you have all these places that will give them things for free, to call it a donation and a tax write off...........Maybe even a house............which she won't be able to afford........since........utilities on a large home can mount up fast...........and there's always homeowner taxes, that come yearly........! Oh, well I guess there will be someone who will donate to that to......

Another Stimulus

The chances have increased that Congress could pass a second stimulus package during its lameduck session following the presidential election. The administration believes that many of the proposals being discussed would not stimulate the economy.
The first stimulus package was passed last February. It consisted mostly of tax rebates. The rebates were first sent out in late April and continued into the summer. I got mine in May and was very glad to get it. My sister didn’t get one at all, and figured it was because she never worked in the public that year.
While they boosted consumer spending in the short-term, they didn’t do so nearly as much as they boosted consumers’ savings or ability to pay down debt.
The proposal would only apply to people who bought second or third properties over the next 18 months and held their properties for at least five years. That leaves me out, because I don’t intend to buy anymore property and my house will be paid for in 3 years.
So it’s a wait and see situation……….and if I get one ………..then I’ll put it in the bank like I did the last one, in order to pay the house taxes this year.

A Simple Man

I really enjoy this link post thing, and some of the blogs, I’ve been to are really outstanding. Counting this one as tops to some of the others, I can say, this man has the gift of gab. He write great posts and gives ideas’ I had forgotten about. They layout of his blog should give him plenty of traffic. It has a nice crisp atmosphere, with an easy to read format. I like the white background, it really brings out the words.
I’ve notice his nice blog, because of the set up and the template. I’ve been shopping for nice blog templates, to accent my personality. Looking at his blog has given me great insight, into his ways and outlook about things. He really can write a great post. Check the man’s blog out and see if you aren’t as affected by his writing as I am. http://fwidman.blogono.com certainly, is a place for good reading.

Fixing Up This Old House.......

I’ve been wondering which I’m going to do first, when I finally get my house paid off. I have many things that need fixing up and I suppose the foundation, will be the 1st to get the attention. I will need to save up the money, because the economy is so bad these days and it won’t give me a home owner loan, until it’s in my name. I am buying from an individual, so the house won’t be put in my name until it’s paid for. That’s December 2011 and a ways off so I’m keeping my finger crossed that nothing major happens between now and then.

Crimes Against Elderly

Here in the DFW area, it’s getting to the point that elderly people can’t go to the grocery store and come home to put up their groceries. Criminals are following them home and when they pull up into their driveways or garages, these idiots attack them as they are trying to get out of their cars. They also ring their door bells, and when the door is answered, shove their way inside and attack the people. The elderly are having a bad enough time surviving in today’s world and then you have the uncaring criminals taking from them because they are too feeble to fight back. There’s nothing left that’s sacred anymore. These are people, who need to be protected, just like the children. I’m worried what will become of us all, with the way the economy is getting.

Australia Has A Stimulus.......

It look like the whole world is getting down to basics and working to solve a problem in their own countries.

Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, right, delivers his second economic stimulus package to the House of Representatives at the Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009. Behind Rudd seated are Treasurer Wayne Swan, left, and Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

US Capitol

This is such a beautiful picture of America's Capitol building, and it's truly amazing the amount of work that goes on in this one place.

The US Capitol in Washington, DC. Canadian Ambassador to the US Michael Wilson wrote in a letter to US Senate leaders that a 'Buy American' provision of the US stimulus plan risks triggering a worldwide depression, and Washington would lose the moral authority to try to stop it.

Doctor Injured...........

Just another display of mean, sorry, no good criminals.......The car of Dr. Trent Pierce, Chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board, is seen after it exploded outside his home in West Memphis, Ark., as he was leaving for work Wednesday morning, Feb. 4, 2009. Debris from the Lexus hybrid was found about 50 yards away. They don't know if this was a random target or someone specifically targeted him. The board oversees the practice of medicine in Arkansas and can discipline doctors for wrongdoing, including revoking their medical licenses.

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MySpace Removes.......

The number was 40,000 more than MySpace had previously acknowledged. The task force of state attorneys general were looking into sex offenders' use of social networking. The officials are awaiting a response to a similar subpoena issued to Facebook, another popular social networking site that they said also might host "substantial numbers of convicted offenders." The online networking site MySpace has identified and barred some 90,000 registered sex offenders from using the site over the last two years. A U.S. database of sex offenders that includes as many as 120 details for each offender, from their names and addresses to their scars and tattoos was set up over two years ago. MySpace has removed these individuals from their site and is providing data about these offenders to any law enforcement agency, that needs it.

Resident's Flee.....

The conflicts continue, with too many lives being taken and being uprooted from their homes. This was one of the main passages to take in getting outside supplies delivered, for the people who are without food, water, and shelter. Pakistani residents flee with their belongings from troubled Swat valley on February 3, 2009. Suspected Islamic militants blew up a bridge in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, closing a crucial supply line for NATO troops in Afghanistan as officials said 50 extremists were killed in military operations.

Local residents carry their possessions after a bridge was destroyed by Islamic militants in the Pakistani tribal area of Khyber near Peshawar. A spokesman in Afghanistan confirmed that supplies along the route had been halted 'for the time being,' but stressed the alliance was in no danger of running out of food, equipment or fuel.

Welcome......

I want to welcome all my new readers, to this my new blog. It is with great pleasure that I start this blog, in order to make a separate situation for certain conditions, beyond my control. Today's start of this blog will be the beginning of a new climate in my set of blogs. I do hope that you will get good reading enjoyment, and informative news, along with my dire opinions.
Thank you for visiting, and come back as often as you wish.
Nita

Salmonella Again.........

It seems we the people are falling victim to these products yearly. If there isn't an outbreak of this kind on plants that we eat, then it's in the processed food we eat. This photo shows the Peanut Corp. of America plant in Blakely, Ga. A peanut processing plant in Texas run by the same company blamed for a national salmonella outbreak operated for years uninspected and unlicensed by government health officials. Peanut Corp. of America plant in Plainview, Texas never was inspected until after the company fell under investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to Texas health records.

Cartons of eggs. An outbreak of salmonella has sickened at least 388 people across the United States, including 67 who required hospitalization, health officials said. The CDC has said that salmonella, which can be fatal, especially in children, remains a "major public health problem in the United States." Eggs and cheese are among the foods most likely to be contaminated, the agency said.

Nominee Withdraws

Tom Daschle withdrew Tuesday as President Barack Obama's nominee to be health and human services secretary, dealing potential blows to both speedy health care reform and Obama's hopes for a smooth start in the White House. Former Sen. Tom Daschle, President Barack Obama's choice to head the Health and Human Services, is followed by reporters as he leaves a closed session meeting with the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, in Washington. I'm looking forward to seeing if the elderly get any help with all the problems they have faced down through the years......It's time for America to stand up and do what's right for it's senior citizens.