November Gets on the Treadmill

I figured it might be better to post this one with a direct link instead of the url.
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Rerun of Dick.

Rerun of the original Dick Cheney blog. I believe its been almost a year to the day since the shooting incident, so this is is honor of the occasion. Have a great rest of the weekend, unless you choose to do otherwise. Hawk :}

Dick Cheney

Somehow, I think if I spent the afternoon looking on the internet, I might end up with WAY too many pictures & very little other content. A picture is worth a thousand words.
Now, this picture in particular raises another question. If it had been someone besides the VP of the United States, & they had been drinking prior to an accidental shooting, wouldn't there have been a bit more of an investigation? I would think so, but, heck,, i've been wrong before.
One other question.. Ummm,, Mr Cheney? ... Dick? Why have you dropped completely off of the national radar? Where did you go dude? Decide that it was time to stay out of the spotlight? Or did you check into one of those clinics that helps people overcome their compulsions for shooting lawyers..
Well,, hopefully, our VP will be back in the limelight soon w/ his shotgun in tow. I mean ,, how else could we protect the residents of the state of Texas from those dangerous 2 winged , flying menaces that go by the name of "Quail" ..
needIsaymore
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Quack

This one struck close to home, given that it involved kidnapping a fake animal. Those of you who know me might have heard the tale of " Pete the Penguin". You might have even seen the pictures that were taken.
This story involves a different "Pete". Pete the duck. You see, Pete the duck is the mascot for a residence hall at CW Post College on Long Island, NY. It seems that five "Resident Assistants" decided it would be funny to kidnap Pete & make a video of it. The video , titled " A Duck Napping" was on youtube for a short time before it was removed. The five RA's put on ski masks for the video, & were speaking in broken English using a stereotypical "Middle Eastern " accent. The short film depicted a scene similar to one where Americans being held hostage by Al Qaeda terrorists force their hostages to plead for their life. The demands that were made for the ducks release in this film? The hostage takers wanted donuts & pastry's. Due to this video, all five of the RA's were fired from their jobs.
I must say that I'm sorry I missed seeing this video. I'm sure it was one of the funniest ones on Youtube , although I can understand why certain people might be upset by it. My question is this...
To the folks who support the students being fired, & to the staff at CW Post. Did the school fire the advisers for their insensitivity to the victims of jihadism ... or to its practitioners?
Just a question.....
BTW, for the few who have asked what Hawk actually looks like, well,, heres a bad picture I took the other day in the office.

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Lt. Ehren Watada

Until about 2 hours ago, I had no clue who Lt. Ehren Watada was , nor any idea why the US Army is proceeding w/ a court martial trial against him. Upon reading a news article, I came to the conclusion that since he refused a troop movement with his unit to Iraq , and since he was a volunteer in the armed forces , that the court martial was justified. For some reason, don't ask me why, I decided to click a link at the end of the article that led to a web site that explained a bit more to this story. Rather then attempting to explain it here, I thought it best to just provide the link to this site and allow people to see for themselves. LT Ehren Watada's Story.

The story behind the story changed my opinion regarding Lt. Watada , although his actions are clearly in violation of our military standards. That being said, I do wish Lt. Watada all the best in his trial & I'll probably be revisiting this topic in the near future.
Please note that Lt. Ehren Watada might be the first officer to publicly refuse to deploy to Iraq.

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The Fall Guy

Rape of the American People.

39.5 BILLION Dollars. Thats $39,500,000,000.00. Exxon/Mobil posted that amount as their year end profit for 2006. {180 million dollars per day, give or take a million} .
Read the article

The big oil companies, essentially have us by the short ones. Given that we all depend on gas to fuel our vehicles, and that there really is no support in our government for alternative fuels/energy sources, companies like Exxon/Mobile , BP, and many others will continue to post these outrageous profits, while we the consumers continue to struggle to pay for their products.
Perhaps if our government would require a portion of these profits to be invested in " alternative fuel studies" { meaning a replacement for oil/gas} , this whole rape thing might not seem as bad. However, we all know that the current administration is in bed with the oil companies, and higher profits mean more money for the politicians ,therefore why mess with a good thing?

OK, enough bitching on my part. I just needed to get that off my chest. Maybe I'll post more later . We'll see.



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