Current snap from the Lake Charles NEXRAD:
All day yesterday, I've been saying landfall will be at Pecan Island, LA. The time lapse run on this NEXRAD station shows landfall will be - about five miles east of Pecan Island.
Posted on 10/03/2002 4:16:06 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail! [President Bush]
Good morning!! Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of our Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!!
UOx42 was invited to give a speech to the British Labour Party. He did. In it he warned that innocent people would die in a war with Iraq, and called upon the British Premier to restraint the hawks in the White House.
Algore gave his economic speech yesterday. Afterwards, he was asked why he wasn't wearing his wedding ring. He pointed out he had gained so much weight that on an occassion he took it off, he couldn't get it back on. Tipper quickly pointed out she was still wearing her ring. Algore said he needed to watch his diet more.
The Shoe Bomber has opted to plead guilty to all eight counts facing him.
In Jefferson county, Colorado, you will soon be required to give your fingerprint on an electronic sensor to use a credit card or cash a check.
The taping scandal in Iowa is beginning to get somewhere with voters - Sen. Harkin is having an increasingly difficult time with his re-election campaign.
And Reps McDermott and Bonior are trying to defend their foray into Iraq, saying it was important to let the American people understand the risks they face if they go to war.
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
I will forever be thankful we were saved from the TREE:^
Losers.
Have to run. Later!
AMERICA’S WAR ON TERROR – Day 388
The news as reported in The Washington Times:
[Note – All links go to The Washington Times’ website.]
1. President Bush yesterday won the support of key lawmakers from both parties for a war resolution against Iraq. Notably absent from the activities was IML Daschle.
[There are already hints the IML intends to throw a monkey wrench into all of this though his control of the legislative calender. But Senator Graham, on his opinion of the differences between House and Senate demoflops, offered the House demoflops do not have a suicide complex, while those in the Senate do.]
2. The New Jersey Supreme Court, in a valiant attempt to outperform their peers on the Florida Supreme Court in an issue regarding voting, elected to rule in a manner that would rewrite election law in the Garden State. Forrester’s campaign will appeal the ruling to allow Lautenberg on the ballot to the US Supreme Court.
[Fasten your safety belts, here we go.]
3. The Department of Justice arrested the Enron executive that was in charge of masterminding the intricate deals that eventually caused the company’s collapse.
[Excellent! If it was the last Administration, one campaign contribution and all would have been forgotten.]
Justice arrests top Enron strategist
4. The Iraq deal was done by simply ignoring Daschle in the negotiations.
[Now it is time to wait for the response.]
Bush cuts deal by leaving Daschle out
5. UOx42 called for the UK and US to “call Saddam’s bluff” by convincing the UN to pass a tough resolution.
[Yep, that’s what we need. Another resolution that will be ignored by Iraq. But, hey, I guess toUOx42 that means we’re addressing the problem.]
[UOx42] 'glad' Blair is 'making the call'
6. The Justice Department intends to reject the plea from the shoe bomber, because the Government will not agree to set aside prosecution of Reid as an Al Qa’eda trained terrorist.
[Well, so much for the source for the opening rant. This is probably more accurate anyway – the Times has a good track record.]
Shoe-bomb suspect's plea bid fails
7. Hugh Hefner intends to remake Playboy – there will still be the girls, but he really does want to promote the articles.
[Yeah, right.]
Buy Playboy for the articles — really
We shall not rest until we have cut a swath 60-miles wide through the entire left - taking all that is before us with us as we go. We shall leave nothing to the enemy that may be of value to him. We shall show him that he may count on nothing and will be able to keep nothing, not his spirit, not his soul, not that upon which he shall feed. We shall not cease until the moment we have rent through their entire land and have arrived at the sea, with our glorious victory upon us.
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Current snap from the Lake Charles NEXRAD:
All day yesterday, I've been saying landfall will be at Pecan Island, LA. The time lapse run on this NEXRAD station shows landfall will be - about five miles east of Pecan Island.
We set out early from Thermopolis, taking the usual McDonalds breakfast. The drive north on US 20, and then US 16 first runs through more prarie and ranch land before beginning an ascent though some mountains and lovely pine forests to the west of Buffalo, WY.
Then it was Highway 90 - a plain and uninteresting drive across the Wyoming prarie.
We left Highway 90 a bit east of Gillete and followed US 16 down toward South Dakota. (This notion was in the original trip plan, when the intent was to visit Mt. Rushmore first and then drive on to Badlands - later planning reversed this order, but I left this piece of the drive in place.)
A lot of truck traffic takes US 16 through this stretch of Wyoming - still haven't figured out why, it is really difficult going for trucks once you reach the South Dakota border.
Just after crossing into South Dakota, the road goes through a series of quarter turns as it wends its way though a portion of the Black Hills. Beautiful pine forests all through here, though not many vistas - the road is tucked into tight valleys.
After about ten miles, the road straightens out into a nice, wide, and lightly travelled two-lane highway. Small homes and cottages dot the way, interspersed among the pine trees.
Around lunch time, we reached Custer, SD. Here we ate at a Subway. Then we followed US 16 north toward Rapid City, SD. BTW - very little Mt. Rushmore bound traffic in this direction.
Back onto Highway 90 at Rapid City, we continued eastward. The Interstate is, as it was in Wyoming, rather plain, until you start to approach Wall - a very tiny town that is simply impossible to miss, considering there are about 300 or so signs in the 100 miles from Rapid City to Wall for Wall Drug Store.
Near Wall, Highway 90 starts to go through some of the terrain associated with the badlands. A few gorges are visible from the roadway, and it provides a nice break from the otherwise plain scenery - for the few moments you can look at it, there was a lot of highway construction going on.
We left Highway 90 about 30 miles, give or take, east of Wall, and went into Badlands National Park. First we stopped at the visitor's center and viewed the short little film about wildlife in the park (all of the parks seem to have such a flick).
Next door to the visitor's center is a Sioux gift store. We spent a fair amount of time looking through things here. We ended up buying an authentic Sioux glazed pottery vase. Mrs. Chairman also bought some Sioux-made earings. She asked me if they looked "Indian"; I said "yes." (Note to self - you'd better remember which ones those are; even though they are Sioux-made, they are just simple black balls on a wire - tis going to be a challenge at some point.)
We spent the next couple of hours walking on "interactive" (never understood why the Park Service calls them that - the trails don't interact, they're inanimate) trails and going to overlooks. The Badlands is really neat - all of the canyons and gullies between two levels of prairie - the upper to the north, and the lower to the south. The park road is very strategically placed, winding along this natural boundary - sometimes in the lower prairie looking up at the bluffs, sometimes on the upper providing excellent views.
After touring the park, we drove back to Wall, where we stayed for the evening. We did take some time to wonder through Wall Drug. (BTW - their web page says they are only open till 7 PM MT. Not true in the summer. Summer hours are till 8:00.) Now this is a fascinating place. The main entrance has all kinds of characters, many in an "old west" setting. Then there is a whole plethora of stores selling thises and thats, and a small snack bar that sells pizza. Yes, there is actually a drug store here, but it is a very small part of the overall operation.
We ate dinner not in Wall Drug but in a small restaurant across the street - the only restaurant in Wall (a town of such size that it was really possible to walk from one side to the other in five minutes in a leisurely stroll - no kidding!). The place had a buffet, which all of us ate from amply.
Mrs. Chairman and I would come to regret this choice of restaurant - both of us got food poisoning that showed up the next day, which we traced to the stuffing provided in the food bar.
But that is for the next day's travel log.
Day 4 in Prince Edward Island.
Unhappily, the next 5 days were my least favorite in beautiful Prince Edward Island.
Hubbybear & I had picked ALL our places from the Internet, and brochures, and were quite happy with our 1-4 selections!
But the cottage, where we would stay the longest, turned out to be less than expected.
It was more isolated than I thought, even though we knew it was in a remote area of the bay in Annandale, which is on the western part of the island.
The cottage itself was nice enough, and the big draw for us was the washer/dryer!!!....which was put to use right away.
It was clean.....very simple furnishings.....and had a beautiful view of the bay from the living room picture window.
We were looking forward to spending lots of time on the front deck, with reading material & coffee.
Unfortunately, the flies & mosquitoes were SO BAD, it was harrowing even trying to run from the car to the front door.
Therefore, we spent most of the time in the cottage.......with hardly a soul around.
The promotional for the cottage said it had TV & VCR.
Well, it had TV......but it only received one channel :( .....but we did watch some movies, ie. Collateral Damage, We Were Soldiers, and The Hunt for Red October...on the VCR.
Sleeping there felt strange....as it seemed such a lonely spot, and the first evening there, I heard all those things that go bump in the night.
....Sunday dawned bright & clear, so we dressed & found a church......
...after church, we found a delightful little restaurant in the small town of Souris, and had lunch & visited the Welcome Center.
One of the big attractions for me were the local ceilidh (kay-lee), and although most were winding down for the summer, there were a few still happening.
So instead of staying in the quiet little cottage (as orginally planned) we traveled a bit around this side of the island.
Next time, if we go back, I would stay on the eastern side of the island, probably in or around Summerside.
Summerside is the home of The College of Piping (classes taught in bagpiping, drumming, Highland Danceing, Step Dancing).....and I would go earlier in the season so I could catch some of this delightful entertainment that they often give.
But we stayed put where we were, and ventured out & about looking at old lighthouses, and sheep farms, and quaint old buildings.
...to be continued...
Lavender Doctrine
Hey everyone, where is MozartLover??????
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Register Staff Writer 10/03/2002
Months before he became the key figure in a taping controversy surrounding Iowa's U.S. Senate race, Brian Conley was involved in a skirmish over Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Ganske's invitation to speak to an Iowa trade association's annual meeting.
"He was concerned we were only presenting one side of an issue," said Ross Larson, executive director of Printing Industries of the Midlands, a trade association of more than 200 printing companies in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. He said Conley called the group in April to demand the association also invite Ganske's Democratic rival, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, to its annual summer meeting on July 27 at Okoboji.
Conley, 53, is the manager of Unisource, a Des Moines paper distribution company, which belongs to the trade association.
Republicans say Conley's displeasure over Ganske's speaking seems inconsistent with his claim that he was merely a disinterested observer at a Ganske campaign meeting at the Hotel Savery last month, when he decided to record the session instead of taking notes.
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http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/19375492.html
This is going to be a good day, but it will take me a while to get over that. For writing class, we're going to a nearby park to do descriptive writing. For conversation class, we're going to a swanky mall where the students have to do some bargain hunting.
This is a very interesting comment at this particular time in history. As a republic, our entire government is based upon the acceptance of the law as the rule by which we are governed. When this country, one of the very few in the world with true freedom, gives up the rule of law, things in the world are really and truly desperate and despicable.
Those among us who believe the Bible is the Word of God can see the possibility of prophecy being fulfilled in our lifetime. If we consider the changes in culture that have occurred over the past 40 years or so, it becomes apparent that the rule of law has become more and more irrelevant... and in cases where the law could not be overcome, obscured, or otherwise flaunted by liberal courts, the law was changed to that which is illegal i.e., Roe v Wade.
Now the point of this post is to bring out what the Bible says about the "end times". For instance, consider the following texts from the NIV version:
2 Timothy 3: 1-7 "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God -- having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them."
1 John 3:4 "Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness".
2 Thessalonians 2: 3-10 (selected portions) "Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day (Christ's second coming) will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness (AntiChrist) is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He opposes and exalts himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped... For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the One who now holds it back will continue to do so till He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of His mouth and destroy by the splendor of His coming. The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in... every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing."
It is my view that we are in the end times, that lawlessness is one of the key indicators given to believers to warn that the coming of Christ is very near. The manner in which we conduct our lives is critical. Think also about the exhortation of Hebrews 10:25:
"Let us not give up meeting together (in local churches, Bible studies, etc.), as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another -- and all the more as you see the Day (of Christ's coming) approaching."
Mr. M. If Colmes is whining about us doing it also.....then the RATS have done some polling and it went badly. Also look for the USSC to step in...it seems when the NJSC ordered new absentee ballost to be resent.....they forgot the ISSUE of the 1800 absentee/military ballots already returned and voted ...
It looks like to me that they just ignored them totally..
Chair could you please look over the NJSC order for me ....
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