Hit the mark!

Pilots. They train and train and train to fly. They train to put that little itty bitty front tire right on the white line that runs down the middle of the runway. They train so much, that I bet the pilot can do this with his eyes closed. They train and train and train to park the jet just right so the gantry (that narrow hallway that keeps the wind and the rain and the snow from getting to you) reaches the perfect spot on the airplane. Hmmmmm. Yesterday morning I flew to Salt Lake City to witness a remarkable event. More in a minute about that! Well, I think the pilot that was flying my plane practiced so much, that just after the plane landed and everyone is getting their stuff, the pilot asked everyone to sit back down, close the overhead bins and buckle up. Hmmmmm. Were we at the wrong gate? I know we flew into Salt Lake International Airport... I saw the Great Salt Lake! No, we were at the right gate, we were 2ft short! OOOPS! So everyone sat down, buckled up again and the plane moved. Barely. Well, for a jumbo jet 2ft isn't very far! Next thing I know, "thanks for flying Delta, hope to see you again, time to get off!"

Now where was I going with this?

Steven and Jolee!

What a wonderful day! They both looked like they had practiced and practiced for this day. Well, they did!

 

 I know they practiced for this big day, because the Moms and Dads were their coaches! I know they are proud of them!

Yep... Lots of "practice"!

They even know how to "work" the crowd. Presidential material?

But not enough practice! Steven still needs help with his tie! That's ok. He's got a lovely mirror to look at next time he needs "help" with his tie!

What did we learn? Practice makes perfect every time! No matter how much you practice, you're going to come up a bit short and when you do, you keep going and becomes perfect. Isn't that what we are all striving for? To become Perfect? Steven and Jolee have taken that next step to becoming Perfect.

Way to go Steven and Jolee!

I have more pictures from the wedding day. I am working on uploading them to my Picassa and Facebook accounts. When I'm done, I'll post the links!

A change is always good....

Did you notice that the name changed? Probably not. But there has been a change.

The prior name just wasn't snappy enough. Little Brother is still on a quest for the BBB and another brother has a page for the family and one for his work and little sis has a nice family page too. But lately my page seems to be the "rants of an old man".  I'm not that old... yet! I still bust a gut at watching Mel Brooks movies and don't bother me when I'm watching Casino. My older daughters sigh when I want to watch Star Wars for the "millionth time + 1".

Let's see, where was I going with this?? Not sure really. Hmmmm.
Oh yea... change is always good!

Recently I was able to remove myself from doing nothing all day long to doing something part of the day. For the last several years, I have been volunteering with the Sate of California Office of Emergency Services (now California Emergency Management Agency - CalEMA) with emergency communications. I have a hobby that centers around Amateur Radio. I learned in school from a wise instructor that the best job you can have should be similar to your hobbies. Well, I finally found it. Change. I work for that same agency that I volunteered for for so many years. I was busy as a volunteer, but I'm even busier now. Change.

My little brother is about to go through a change this week and that change will change his life and his best-est best friend (don't you just love the Beckstrand vernacular!). I think though, that he will have to change the description of his blogg too... like, the quest for the perfect crib! LOL!

Seriously, I wish my brother all the best and I'm looking forward to meeting his Best-est Best Friend!

Change. It's what we live for... It happens whether we want it to or not... We need to make the best of it anyway!

Fighting Obamacare: Restore, Defeat, Defund, Repeal

By: Dick Morris
 
Let's begin our reaction to the passage of Obamacare by remembering Winston Churchill's famous formulation with which he introduced his war memoirs:

In defeat: defiance

In war: resolution

In victory: magnanimity

In peace: goodwill

Now is the time for defiance! Here's what we must do:

1. Restore the Medicare cuts mandated in this bill. Block the reduction of physicians' fees by 21 percent scheduled to take effect this fall. Override the cuts in Medicare that require annual approval by Congress. Challenge the Democrats over each and every cut. Try to peel away enough votes to stop the cuts from driving doctors and hospitals to adopt the course already taken by the Mayo Clinic in refusing to take Medicare patients.

2. Defeat the Democrats in the 2010 election! Start with the traitors who voted no in November and then switched to a shameful yes when it counted in March: Baird (Washington), Kosmas, and Boyd (Florida). Then go on to win the open seats in the House and Senate. And then fight to replace as many Democrats as possible. Remember:

Any Democrat who voted no would have voted yes if they had needed his or her vote. The only way to repeal Obamacare is to vote Republican.

3. Defund once we get the majority in both chambers, defund appropriations for the Obamacare program. The bill Congress passed and the president signed is simply an authorization measure. Congress must appropriate funds for it each year. Through zero funding these changes, we can cripple them before they take full effect.

4. Repeal, once we defeat Barack Obama, this disastrous plan before it can ruin our healthcare system. Then, we must replace it with a Republican alternative which relies on the marketplace, tax incentives, and individual responsibility to provide healthcare to all Americans.

Above all, we finally must learn the fundamental lesson this political process we have been through has to teach: That there is no such thing as a conservative or moderate Democrat. Blue dogs don't exist in real life. Only yellow dogs.

The days when there were Democrats who refused to follow their radical left-wing party line are over. There are no longer "state" Democrats who vote conservative as opposed to "national" Democrats who vote with the left. They are an extinct species. Some senators and congressmen capitalize on our memories of those days and pretend to be moderates. But they are just faking it.

Nancy Pelosi knew — as Harry Reid knew in the Senate — that she had the potential support of every single Democrat in her chamber if only the price was right. The sole difference between moderate and liberal Democrats is their asking price. Moderates require slightly higher bribes to assure their votes.

There are only two kinds of congressmen or senators: Democrats and Republicans. We have had a national education, and it's time to learn from it. In days gone by, intelligent people liked to say that they voted for the person, not the party. Now those who say this are fooling themselves. There is only party! The most conservative Democrat is way to the left of the most liberal Republican.

The Democratic victory on Obamacare will prove the most expensive in the party's history. It will lead to the eradication of their majority, the defeat of more than fifty of their Congressmen, the switch of Senate control, and Republican domination for decades. And, in the end, it will have done nothing to improve healthcare. But, fortunately, we can win the 2010 election to stop it from doing much damage.

© Dick Morris & Eileen McGann

ObamaCare is unconstitutional!

Our elected officials have turned a deaf ear to the 
voices of a clear majority of Americans by railroading 
an unwanted government takeover of our healthcare 
system. The 111th Congress passed the ObamaCare bill 
with provisions that I believe are overtly 
unconstitutional. 

Liberty Counsel will fight the bill in courts of law. 
Their suit raises the concerns of individuals, private,
nonprofit and for-profit businesses and organizations, 
and religious institutions. 

I just signed a Statement of Support encouraging Liberty
Counsel to take legal measures to stop ObamaCare dead 
in its tracks! 

This bill contains infringements on our individual 
liberties, which will only continue to erode under our 
current government.  I'm encouraging like-minded citizens 
like you to take a stand and sign Liberty Counsel's 
Statement of Support.

Please join me. Go here to sign:


http://www.libertyaction.org/310/petition.asp?PID=24044815&NID=1

We The People...

They voted for "Obamma-Care", we're going to vote them out-a-there! I had to share this with you all since I have nothing better to do right now!
Ray Stevens - We The People