SECURITY IS ALIVE AND WELL AT OUR COUNTY JAILS

    Today I realized I had to pay my traffic ticket fine before July 1st or I would be assessed a further penalty.
The ticket I was issued came by way of the State patrol in Skagit County.
    I'm usually quite careful of speeding on the State highways in my work truck because anything over 55 miles an hour means the steering wheel tries to jerk out of my hands every time I pass a gas station.
    Anyway, when I received the ticket I had just been notified by my doctor that I required radiation for my Prostate cancer and was headed for his office to arrange for the treatments. That distraction did cause me to speed momentarily after leaving a traffic light on Highway #20.
    The patrolman would hear none of this and issued me the ticket with a look that said "drop dead".
    It was appropriate but I didn't succumb, obviously.
    I went to pay the ticket at the County bldg. on Kincaid St. but wasn't sure where to go, so as I was passing a Security guard, I asked him where I would pay it. He cordially told me to go across the street to the Jailhouse but advised me that I should lock anything metallic including my cellphone in my truck to avoid a problem at the security check. So I did, including my truck keys!! Realizing what I did
caused me to reach for my cell phone which of course wasn't there! I then went into the Licensing bureau not far from me and explained my dilemma to her and could I please call my wife on her cell phone.
    She was more than obliging except she was not allowed to call a 425 prefix and that's what my wife has. No way could she be persuaded to let me use her phone. I left and in passing another victim who had just paid his fine, I asked him if I could use his cell phone. He mercifully allowed me to. I then proceeded through security where two overzealous guards gave me the once over including a partial strip search. They asked me how much I weighed and I responded, "240 dink on the sink". I was then allowed to pay my fine.
    My wife arrived shortly thereafter with another key and my problem was finally solved.
    It seems to me that having to pass through that sort of intense security just to pay a traffic fine is a little overboard. A bulletproof drive up window would certainly be adequate, don't you think?
   Just sayin'.

THE ABSENCE OF GOD AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

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    I don't profess to be a religious person, but I'm certainly not foolish enough to deny the existence of a Supreme Being either.
    I do know that a Universe as wonderful and mysterious as ours could not have happened by accident. Be that as it may, there was a set of rules handed down by someone who apparently understood what could happen to the human race if there weren't any. Without the guidance of rules for an animal who has the ability to think, reason, plan,communicate by speech, laugh and cry we would only be like the other animals of the earth. We definitely are not!
   Because of this, I feel truly grateful to whomever granted me these gifts. Since nobody can come up with a better name as far as I'm concerned, I'm going to follow the lead of much wiser humans before me and call him God. I'll attempt to go by his wishes that are clearly described in the Ten Commandments. They are simple enough to understand.
   I just know that I feel like a happier person when I know that I've tried.
   I don't frown on anyone who chooses to select a religion they're comfortable with, regardless of their individual rules and beliefs, as long as it points us all in the same general direction.
   Believing there is a punishment or reward in the hereafter is obviously a good thing. It gives us something to look forward to if we behave ourselves. That's simple enough, isn't it?
   Just go by the simple rules!!
   God must be a part of what we do. It's the absence of God that permits humans to do harmful things they otherwise wouldn't do.
   Which brings me to my main point of writing this blog.
   We must teach God's rules to our children in order that the human race will survive in an orderly way. God's rules are generally the cornerstone of the laws of this nation.
   It's in the absence of God that people rob other people. It's also in the absence of God that people take the lives of other people to satisfy their own selfish needs. If there's no belief in God there is no moral reason not to commit a crime. Laws become meaningless in a moral sense.
   So maybe someone can explain to me why anyone would not want God's rules to go by. Until they do with any sense at all, I'll guide myself by my God given conscience and be happy with that.
   I want something to look forward to when I pass on. What's wrong with that ? Why would anyone else want to deprive me of it? And why on God's green earth should I allow them to?
   Which brings me to the incident within the Democratic National Convention, at which time Barack Obama's henchmen deleted the word "God" from the official DNC platform.
   Now, if there were any doubts whatsoever whether they are an Atheist inspired group, there isn't anymore. It's as clear as the ears and sardonic smile on Obama's face. Only after it was discovered by "Fox News", and a lot of ruckus raised, did they add it back in again. Hopefully too late to have not revealed their true cause. It's a Marxist Regime.
   It's my hope that you honest Liberals reconsider their obvious intentions for this Great Country.  
   Just sayin'.
 
 

WHY WOULD THE LEFT WANT A CHANGE TO SOCIALISM?

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    Has anybody noticed that the Community Organizers who are registered members of the Democratic/Socialist Party are actually well healed themselves, not from living under Socialism but by living their lives in a free america that flourished under Capitalism? Capitalism that put them through college by way of student loans they probably still haven't paid back?
   Capitalism that gave them the free market capabilities to do as they wished with their earnings?
   A country that flourished with jobs created by people who produced something for a dollar and weren't totally collared by a choking Socialist tax system that brought other countries around the world to their knees, time after time?
   All of these people who are pushing a Socialist agenda down our throats did not achieve their wealth  under a Socialist system! Some of them earned it honestly, some of them milked the system. But I can bet you this much. They already have their piece of the pie and they don't care if anybody who isn't with their program makes it or not!
   They see their chance for a power grab, not just over the United States of America, but with the chaos that's going on in the world today and being led by Sneaky George Soros, control of the whole world by means of "The New World Order".
   Sounds far out, doesn't it? It's not.
   If we wish to continue as a free, Capitalist Nation, You will ignore their promises of Wealth Redistribution and vote for someone else who isn't Marxist minded.
   Elmer Fudd has better sense than Barack Hussein Obama.
   It's the Haves, not the Have-nots that are pushing that show and if you're a "Have-not" now, you're gonna be a "Have-not" the rest of your life if they get their way.
   Stay with "God Bless America" my friends. Just sayin'.

THE ILL BEGOTTEN HABITS OF THE LEFT. JUST SAYIN' part 2

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To continue with my observations of the way the Democratic (Marxist, Atheist faction) operates, Its amazing how they are so much in like behavior to each other. They all have the same way that on some mental cue, no doubt when an important point is made by a Republican, they start over-talking the opposition so the speaker has difficulty making his or her point. 
     It's a habit that they all have without exception. As annoying as it is to the listener, it seems to work! They continue to smile all the while as well. Allen Colmes, a totally indoctrinated lefty, is great at this. It is terribly rude and I believe should be dealt with as such by whoever the moderator is. Dealing with this is tough because if it happens on a lefty channel, the Moderator is a lefty as well and simply allows it to happen. 
     Sometimes they flat out lie about what they are saying, just to be able to keep up the lingo to disrupt the speaker. I'm convinced it is orchestrated from the very bowels of the leaders of the Democratic (Marxist Atheist faction) party. They have been working on this strategy for a longer time than you might think. It is sinister, well thought out and Godless to say the least.
   These are dedicated people who are deeply committed to change this country to a Socialist State. By doing this, they would bring our nation to it's knees and in line with the wishes of the lesser, failed countries of the world.
   Lying to the innocent voter doesn't matter, as long as they achieve their goal of putting us under the control of the "New World Order".
   Being truthful is a part of our religious beliefs, in accordance with the God we know.
   It means nothing to them. Being self serving is a religion to them.   Just sayin'.

WHAT"S ANTHONY WEINER WAITING FOR?

   Does everyone like me wonder what Anthony Weiner is holding out for before he resigns?
   Is it promise of a permanent pension? Or does he automatically receive a full pension?
   Does he receive it right away? Or does he receive it at the age 67?
   Does he still receive the same medical coverage if he resigns?
   Can he receive a posh job elsewhere in Gov't and still receive his pension?
   Since his wife is Hilary Clinton's personal assistant, can they pull strings to find him a job in some lobbyist's private Co. Possibly as a lobbyist for hire himself?
   You don't really think he is hanging in there because he feels loyal to his constituents do you?
   After watching him flat out lie to save his butt, could you believe anything he says anyway as a trusted member of Congress?
   Or are we all waking up to the fact that he is just trying to load his portfolio for the future with everything he can get his hands on before he thumbs his nose at us and leaves.
   No matter what happens, this guy's got it made anyway.
   He's one of the untouchables because he's probably in the know about a whole lot of other Congressmen and women who have skeletons in their closet. I think he's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to scandalous members of the Congress and the Senate.
   Just ask Barney Buttbanger. If he isn't perverse, I don't know who would be!   Just sayin'.

THE STORY OF HALLOWEEN APPLES IN FERNIE, B.C. CANADA

   I was born in Fernie, B.C. Canada on November 23rd, 1936.
   Being the 10th child of a family of 11 and the youngest boy of 8 brothers, I know what growing up in a large family is all about. It was a tough time to be born in, and a tough, coal mining town to be raised in, nestled amongst a half dozen other towns throughout an area called "The Elk Valley" in the heart of the Rocky Mountain Range.
       The scenery was exceptionally beautiful with the mountains looming around and above us in a 360 degree exposure, typical of what you see most anywhere in the middle of the Rocky Mountain Range. To travelers passing through in any one of the four seasons of the year, it was breathtaking in it's four definite changes of the seasons.
   Because of it's elevation, large snow accumulation and short summer growing seasons, it was not a favorable area to grow fruit such as apples, pears, peaches and other kinds of delicious foods. With fruit trees being considered of the hardwood variety, they weren't hearty enough to withstand the extreme below zero temperatures. They would split, and no longer able to hold the sap, die.
      However,Not far away from this valley and into the rolling foothills, the season changes were less severe, and after a drive of 135 miles and close to the American border, lay the town of Creston, B.C. In contrast, It's rolling countryside was ideal for growing fruit. Orchards were everywhere and  a delight for us to see when we travelled there on sporting trips to play inter-league hockey and basketball. In fruit picking season it was a real delight to walk down any sidewalk and eat off the trees that had branches hanging over the fences and heavy with fruit.
   In comparison, when we could be having snowball fights in Fernie, the kids in Creston could be having apple fights.
   Apples in particular were always considered to be in short supply and rather expensive to the average family in Fernie, especially our family. To the extent that when a kid came to school with an apple, the first one to say "Cobbs on ya" got to eat the core! When he or she was finished, all that was left to do was spit out the seeds.
   All these towns were just struggling out of the Great depression and at a time when commerce was fighting to survive, the farmers in Creston were having a hard time getting a profit out of the fruit they had harvested. Ironically as a result, they were dumping their apple and fruit harvests in the Kootenay river rather than suffer the cost of shipping to other areas.
   All at a time when we would have loved to have those apples in Fernie!
   To emphasize the chronic shortage of apples in our town, when Halloween came around each year, the people would give out apples instead of candy as a rare luxury to the kids.
   We would take pillow cases and go door to door hollering, "Halloween apples" instead of "Trick or treat". We would then store them in our root cellars and basements to be enjoyed at Thanksgiving, Christmas and sometimes beyond. Every once in a while, I wish, (even though I know it's not likely to happen,) that all of us who did the Halloween thing back in those days could all get together again, don our masks and different garb and do it again for old times sake. Some of the gang are gone now, but they could still be with us in spirit, and shout at the top of our lungs, "Halloween apples!!!" 
     God bless them one and all! 
     And "Jake", especially you my friend, I hope you'll be listening! Alan Neidig, Davie Lockhart, Johnnie Hartley, Peter Elkington , Larry Sedrovic, all my friends I went to school with, You too!! God bless you
A fond memory that will stay with me forever.  Just sayin'.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN '82 RECESSION AND NOW.

   I won't pretend to be an expert on recessions but I am trying to make sense of what's going on with this one and why it's different from the Recession of 1982.
   In the prior one when President Reagan was only a little over one year in office, There were as many jobs to regain when the recession started to recover as there were when it occurred. In other words, there were the same jobs to go back to and the main productive workforce could resume living the same life at the same rate of pay as before. Only better, because as the economy improved, even more private sector, dollar productive jobs increased. By saying dollar productive jobs, I mean dollars earned by producing something that was worth at least a dollar and could be passed on to produce more than a dollar from somebody else. It's a money generating thing that makes the dollar strong on the world market and as long as we're producing something for each buck they print, it stays at least worth a dollar on the world market.
   Something has been produced to represent it.
   Then came the World Trade Organization. Without caring about the consequences or at least not thinking far enough ahead to realize them, they began sending raw materials to the underprivileged, third world countries who could process them and produce finished products to be shipped back to the countries who could then purchase them for quite a bit less than anything we could produce here.
   Quality went out the window and the words"MADE IN U.S.A." became a distant memory.
   Every Corporation in the merchandising business jumped on the band wagon and started importing
any product that could be placed on an airplane,train or ship.
   For that and many other overinflated reasons, America began to run out of productive dollars.
   A good portion of the productive dollars still being made here were transferred by immigrants to other parts of the world. Seasonal workers who go back home in the off seasons.
   The terribly overpriced Real Estate Market took a nosedive and brought the rest of what was left of the economy down with it.
   The problem now is, There are no more productive jobs to return to since they have all been shipped overseas and are going to stay there.
   Enjoy the new Socialist established economy, Folks. Just ask George Marxist Soros. He and Barrack Obama can explain it all to you. And while you're at it, ask them what a productive dollar is to the laid off american worker.   Just sayin'.

THE TAIL'S WAGGING THE DOG.

    Yes!!! The tail's wagging the Dog!
    It has happened over a long time, but we seem to have forgotten that the U.S. Constitution was created by a Gov't of people who were placed in that position to manage the affairs of the people who voted them in. The representatives who created the Constitution did it for several reasons. The main reason was because they knew there was a fear of the Gov't forgetting why they were put there in the first place and taking control over the very folks that voted them in.
    The gov't has transitioned from representing the voter's desires to telling them how dumb they are and they should succumb to the wishes of  the all powerful representatives.
    The Founding Fathers foresaw this possibility of it happening and put in place a Constitution and a Bill of Rights. Well, they were right and it has happened.
    They have forgotten why they are there!
    You don't think a president when voted into office really has the knowledge and the talent to direct the Congress in their handling of affairs, do you? Do you really? I don't think so!!
    I think he or she is expected to learn the  course of present affairs as they exist under the rules of our Constitution and see that they are carried out accordingly. The president, as I see it, is there to assess the managers who are currently in charge of handling our affairs in the various departments of Gov't. and replacing them with someone who is better qualified if he sees fit to do so. In my eyes, the agenda for how to operate a free and powerful country is already there. If there are flaws or misdirections, straighten them out in a manner that's considered fair and still in compliance with our way of life as we know it.
    We don't need a president who thinks he is so smart he can change our way of life as he experienced it as a child in Indonesia. Nor as he sees it in the rest of the world.
    We, as voters, didn't ask him to assume power over us and the rest of the world, did we?
    Did we think he had the experience,knowledge and brains to manage our total affairs as well as the rest of the world? He has never really managed any business in his life.
    Why on earth would we think he could manage and change a free society as precious as ours?
    He is trying to direct us in how we should live our lives and he has never really been where he wants us to go. He's a true Greenhorn with so much power it scares me.   Just sayin'.

THE BLUEBERRY MUFFIN MYSTERY-WHERE IN HECK ARE THEY?

    Today, in a discussion with the Wisdom Crew at Haggen's Starbucks, a serious question came up regarding blueberry scones, muffins and other favorite baking pastries involving blueberries. Now we know in the Fall there's blueberry bushes all over the place in Skagit and Watcom Counties. Yet when the blueberry scones and muffins are put out on display, they are the first to run out and buyers have to be satisfied with something else. Why is that for Pete's sake??? ( By the way , Pete's a part of the regular coffee crew)

    It's annoying because we all know there's plenty of blueberries to go around. Just ask Kelley who was born and raised in this valley. And he knows his blueberries!

    Is this a deliberate ploy by the local bakeries to promote other berries? Is it a plot or maybe a conspiracy? 

    I visited the Bakery in Haggen's to find out. I don't think I worded my question right because she retorted that her buns weren't up for discussion.

    I then went to the Grocer in vegetables and told him for the folks sake I was investigating the disappearance of blueberries. He replied that there was no folk in blueberries.

    I went to the manager Dan and he explained that if the store baked enough blueberry products, that all the other berry muffins wouldn't get sold. this would result in them getting old and would then have to be given to the food banks in poor condition.

    Alex conducted his own investigation and said the bakeries he went to told him there was an allergy to blueberries and they were substituting peanuts instead.

    Dan, Greg, Jerry, Mike, Karen, Lee and Jim are still picking blueberries and haven't reported in yet.

    But we all know there's a political conspiracy somewhere.

    My wife read this and said she thought I'd been eating too many road apples and should make an appointment with Dr. Steve.  Just sayin'.