I didn’t do much today work wise, which is cool on one hand but that means I’ll be focusing on it tomorrow. After having heat, it has been nice outside, which means that the house has been chilly. It has been getting in the 50-60s at night. I did get a walk in the last 2 days and went tanning yesterday.
We were thinking of heading down to the farmers market, but we really have a hard time getting moving on the weekend. I think it is since we get up Mon-Fri for the gym and then work that we just don’t want to have to get up.  We did our normal Sunday cleaning done on Saturday and I did take the steam-vac to the living room. Hopefully it will look better in the fully daylight. It looks as if we have gray marks, I think it has to be soot from gas fireplace……annoying.
We got my tickets to Indiana ordered for Dec, with the ticket prices and the cutting of routes, we figured it would be best. Doing the same as last year, after Thanksgiving before Xmas…..trying to miss the worst of the holiday traffic.
We watched Eastern Promises last night, it can be pretty gruesome and very disturbing, but is very good with some unseen twists. Which also reminded me of an article that I read the other day that was very disturbing : Russia’s sex slave industry thrives, rights groups say
I am a firm believer in CONSENTING ADULTS doing what they want, including being able to be in the sex industry. So it totally turns my stomach that people are being forced into sexual slavery, which is ran by the lowest scum of the earth : Online Resources to Help End Sexual Exploitation
When Sex Is Not as Private as You Expect
**Stay the hell out of the bedroom…and give me a break, Chippendales?!? They are some of the cleanest of dancers……yeah, look at the men’s strip clubs and I’ve been in a few.
Time to End ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’?
A bipartisan study by retired military officers concluded that gays serving openly in the military would have little effect on a unit’s ability to fight.
**Now if other countries can do this, why the hell can’t we? Besides, the generation that is joining is totally different from previous generations….just look at the shows. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy , Will & Grace
Military Soft On Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?
But Espinoza says if the policy were changed, the troops would have to fall in line. “You can believe that black people are not as smart as white people – you can believe that and still serve in the U.S. uniform. You can believe that women should be barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen – you can believe that. But you cannot bring those beliefs to your job front,” she says.
**This is such a true comment. Racism and sexism still exist in the military, but in the end, the job comes 1st because your life may depend on that person.
Oil Tycoon Places $10 Billion Bet on Earth
Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens is building the world’s largest wind farm in Texas, where windswept, wide-open spaces are an untapped, powerful resource.
“I don’t see it as that complicated,” said Pickens, who’s been in the oil business his whole life. “The way I feel about the oil business, there’s no question, we’re in decline in the United States.”
**I sure don’t agree with this guys politics (financed the swift boat ads) but at least someone is taking the bull by the horns. Come on, within a year of entering WWII we had nearly all of our factories turned over to making the needed planes and weapons. Why the hell can’t we do that again? That is why I think Al Gores goal is possible…..and no it won’t be easy but it will pay off in the long run.
Iraqi PM Supports Obama’s Withdrawal Plan
He added, “U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama is right when he talks about 16 months.”
Al-Maliki deferred, however, from offering outright support for Obama’s candidacy. “Of course, this is by no means an election endorsement,” he said. “Who they choose as their president is the Americans’ business.”
**I know that he backed off from this, pisses me off that the Administration is dictating to them what to say….. but I hope his statement bodes well for Obama in the long run.
Asked if he planned to relay some tough talk to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, he said, “I’m more interested in listening than doing a lot of talking. And I think it is very important to recognize that I’m going over there as a U.S. Senator. We have one president at a time, so it’s the president’s job to deliver those messages.â€
**He gave an excellent answer to that question. Until he is President, it is not his place to talk “tough”
Library Confrontation Points up Privacy Dilemma
Five state police detectives wanted to seize Kimball Public Library’s public access computers as they frantically searched for a 12-year-old girl, acting on a tip that she sometimes used the terminals.
Flint demanded a search warrant, touching off a confrontation that pitted the privacy rights of library patrons against the rights of police on official business.
**I feel bad about the girl that was murdered, but I’m very please to hear that some libraries are doing the right thing on balancing our civil rights and privacy.
