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Bill lives in Bonners Ferry, Idaho and is very active in his community. As a professional he works at the hospital taking pictures of peoples insides so the doctors can understand what needs repaired. As a volunteer he is active with the local ambulance company and Eagles. Politically he is extremely polar and it won't take you long to figure out which party he affiliates with. If you enjo

Some things spiral upward. Take the crime rate, for instance. Now, although you may have heard that arrests are down in one region or up in another, be aware that this is not the crime rate. You may hear that your city council is considering hiring more officers because that would make more arrests possible. That is not the crime rate either, nor is it crime prevention.

Crime is whatever government defines it to be and new crimes are newly defined daily. That's the rate's upward spiral. In the shuffle, old laws are forgotten and new ones polished brightly.

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When a President dies, citizens show their respect. Even President G. W. Bush, who recently took some heat in the press from President Ford, is showing his respect. As you would expect, the federal government will close non-essential operations for a day as a show of respect for President Ford. Most other levels of government will do the same as well.

Despite troubled times, Santa managed to bring the boys a new computer.  The fat man, famous for constantly being overweight and living on cookies and milk as well as other questionable health decisions, tells me that the boys needed this instead of one of the latest game consoles.  It seems that a computer can play games just as nicely as some of these consoles as well as producing art work and, most importantly, home work.  I will be anxiously awaiting proof of that. 

Dad uploaded some new pics of the boys to the gallery.

Today at work I found myself in a discussion about...well, about people I quickly labled "stupid" because they knowingly hiked into some dangerous mountains during less than ideal weather just because they thought it was fun to do such a thing. When they ran into trouble then the weather turned worse. Then they made the mistake that likely caused their demise. This morning I didn't waste any time passing my judgment on their intelligence, I may have spent half a second before I applied the label.

The elimination of the code requirement might have been a good thing, but I do not yet see any change in testing. This means that even if you don't understand how SSB, SSTV, packet, AMTOR or any of the other modes work you can operate them in the HF bands. They really should have tested and granted endorsements based on operating modes. In any case, one can now obtain General and Extra class tickets without any morse code at all.

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Read the following and pick which one you think the public would favor, which one will sell the most. Don't bother with the truth, that's not what's important in life. This will help you understand why we view global warming the way we do.

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It's been one of those unreal days. I've got a major bank who insists that we just do business on a verbal agreement, the telephone equivalent of a handshake, and I've been dealing with that all day. Who hears of such a thing? Crazy I tell you.

So in between phone calls to this bank I caught bits of stuff on the news about global warming. It's just as strange as dealing with this bank. You have to figure that, at some point, people are going to wake up and figure it out. Even if the average Joe didn't figure it out on his own, which he certainly should have been able to do by now, the eggheads should have set everyone straight. But it just doesn't happen. People continue to get caught up in the drama and throw their money at this problem, as if they could do anything about it.

The eggheads continue to stay quiet about the reality. The pseudo-scientists go on claiming that it's all our fault, especially anyone living in the U.S.A. and everyone climbs on that bandwagon. Then again those twits are getting all the funding so maybe that's what keeps the real eggheads quiet, nothing like a good "research" grant to keep the trap shut.

Other than from me, do you hear about the relationship of solar radiation, geomagnetic field and global warming? There are damn few of us who make any mention of it. I can't think of any professional scientist who brings it up. It's just not a popular topic at parties and could get a persons grant funding pulled. Wouldn't want that, now would we? So again with the cries that it's all our fault. Again with the plans and predictions for us to do something about it.

Fine, I'll play your silly game. Let's pretend that it is our fault. Even if you assume that's true, the problem has nothing to do with the types of fuels we use. Even if I play your silly little game, I have to draw the line right there.

In the game you play, the real culprit is consumption. Oh I know how good it makes you feel to recycle. I know it makes you all warm and fuzzy inside to be using your solar and wind power. But that doesn't do anything to improve the situation. If anything it only makes the problem worse.

Look at the jerks who put the big green recycle bins out on the street. What do they drive? That's right, it's no older than three years. Do you suppose that building their next vehicle takes energy, consumes resources and pollutes the environment? Yeah, no shift. And how often do they drive it? That's right, at least once a day to go jogging in the park. Heaven forbid they should jog to the park and leave that big SUV sit. It just wouldn't be right, not with what they're paying for it. And those payments require money, lots of it. So they have to go to work and produce if for no other reason to make that SUV payment. Notice I haven't even talked about fuels yet?

Got solar? How wonderful for you. It took energy, resources and hazardous materials to produce what you needed to harness those solar rays. Same goes for wind power. If you want to pretend that your gear doesn't contribute to global warming then go ahead. Some of us know better.

If we're going to play your silly game then you have to admit that a reduction in overall consumption is required. Overall. That means not just fuels. It doesn't mean switching one fuel "need" for another. It means that we have to consume less of everything, use just what we need and no more. Across the board. And you're going to have to agree that recycling doesn't count, it still takes energy and resources.

You have to agree to that. Anything else is just the same old worn out lie.

Not that it matters. I still haven't had anyone even make a serious try at convincing me that it's all our fault and nature has nothing to do with it.