Friday, December 22, 2006

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Whatever.

The family came to visit and the boys revised the Chistmas Lights.
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Thursday, December 21, 2006

Mt. Hood Lost Hikers

I have posted this image of Timberline Lodge at Mt. Hood. I took this on my last visit a few years ago.
This is a beautiful Lodge and vacation resort. Much of the activity on the mountain starts at this lodge.

I tried to contact my Grandson Jeremey who is a volunteer with King County Search and Rescue which covers surrounding areas of Mt. Rainier but he has been without power for some time with the storms that have impacted the area from Seattle to the south. I had hoped he could give us some comments about the rescue attempts. If you watch the Seattle news you have probably seen him helping to rescue climbers on areas around Mt. Rainier.

I saw a new unit that is now available that you carry in your pack and it will charge your cell phone with a few cranks of a handle. Also some sort of GPS or signalling device would save lives and time.

We offer our prayers for the climbers on Mt. Hood. They did what they enjoyed and were good at it.
We were very impressed with the Sheriff, his sincerity, his kind friendly manner and his knowledge.

Monday, December 11, 2006

Brave Men and Women Serving in Iraq

Should we be at war?

Some of you feel we never should have become involved in this war in Iraq.
Others feel we are just starting and we will be fighting terrorists for many years.

The events affect my thoughts about my own service and possible service of my children and grandchildren. Even our new unborn great grandson.

I worry about the loss of 3000 of our brave young men and women at war.

I also honor the almost one million who have made the sacrifice during all the wars that gave us our coveted freedom and protected us from those who would take it from us.

The very least I can do is honor those who now serve. All are volunteers.
Take a look at some photos of these brave friends and neighbors. They have offered to
give their lives to keep you free.

Please click here: Brave Heroes at Work (Courtesy of uwhunter@earthlink.net)

Friday, December 08, 2006

NO, THAT IS A JOB FOR THE UNITED NATIONS

THE UNITED NATIONS IS NOT MEETING ITS GOALS AND SHOULD NOT BE SUPPORTED.

If ever we needed support from the United Nations it would be now.

The Charter for the United Nations requires that it work for International Security and Economic Development. Some of its goals are to Prevent and Intervene in International Conflicts.

Iraq has been freed from a murdering and abusive dictator.
Today, Iraq is threatened by international insecurity caused by Iran and its supporters.

Today, Iraq is suffering from a slow down in economic development because of terrorist attacks supported by Iran and others.

One solution to this problem is to increase conflict with danger to innocent civilians.

Another solution offered by the Iraq Study Commission is to negotiate with Iran.

This is the ideal opportunity for the United Nations to intervene and prevent additional conflict, improve international security and improve the economic development of Iraq by negotiating with Iran and other nations supporting Iran.

We have not seen any movement by the United Nations toward this goal. Therefore we must assume the high cost of the United Nations is not a worthy cause and we should reduce or remove our support for its existence commensurate with its level of achievement.

For a related article discussing Kofi Annan’s request for a pension visit this site.


You can learn more about the United Nations charter at Wikipedia.com

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

U.S.OFFICIALS ADMIT DEFEAT

It is truly a very sad day in this veterans home when he has to listen to the about to be confirmed Secretary of Defense state to Congress that we are not winning in Iraq. How dejected the troops must feel when the greatest and strongest nation in the world sends it bravest and often brightest to war and then tell the world they are losing.

May the Lord Bless You and Keep You Our Young Brave Heroes.

Today a bipartisan panel went before Congress and submitted 79 proposals for Iraq, not one of which mentioned victory.
They did mention using diplomacy. Apparently Secretary Rice failed also.
Then one of the members mentioned that the situation was divisive to the country. Most people I know are agreed that we want to win. People like this panel and the press object and they are the ones who have divided themselves from the rest of us.
They did mention asking for help from the enemy. Iran has already offered help to Iraq. They are very willing to help them by not sending more terrorists and then Iran will of course, as they have done before, offer to help protect and run the country. All financed by money received for their oil from the free world.

The coalition of Iran, Venezuela and North Korea is growing and is financed and supported by business dealings with Russia and China. They grew stronger this week by the results of left leaning elections in several other Latin American countries and by Chavez building his relationship with Cuba.

The enemy is coming and he has the support of some of your neighbors.

Pray for your grandchildren.