Happy Birthday Ronald Wilson Reagan

"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." - Ronald Reagan

February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004

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City is hurting for money

Image by akseabird via Flickr

On Thursdays I have a mandated meeting to attend for persons with Bi-Polar disorder and this Thursday is no different except I planned on arriving on-time for a change. Because it's not by choice that I go to this meeting I tend to procrastinate getting ready and leaving so as a result I'm always late.

This Thursday, I knew I needed to trim my hair and take a shower, so I purposefully started thirty minutes earlier than usual. No problem in the shower but trimming my hair was a problem. Between the clippers not working so well and the plug constantly falling out of the receptacle doing my hair took longer than expected. By the time I left the house it was the usual time that I leave which means I would be late again.

It was pouring down rain as I'm leaving the house and jogging towards the street to get into the shelter of my car but my car was not where I left it. I was sure I parked it in front of the house but decided to look down the side street in both directions just in case. I'm getting drenched walking around looking for my car and after a few minutes I conclude that someone must have stolen it.

One thing for sure is that I got out of going to my meeting but this is a bad way of getting out of it for sure.

I called the police to report it stolen and they went take the information over the phone so they have to send an officer out to take the report, more standing out in the rain, well I guess I could invite him in but having the long arm of the law in your place isn't always the first thing on the to-do list. No worries though, after the person on the phone returned from running my plates she informed me that my car was towed because of expired tags.

Wow, the city couldn't just issue a citation, they had to tow the car. Unbelievable.

I called the impound yard for the cost to reclaim my car it was $199. for the tow and $32. for storage. But I wouldn't be able to pick up the car because it needed to be registered first. Here is my problem. The car was written off as a loss by the insurance company after a minor accident. I sent the money in for the registration but got a letter back stating that I would need to apply for a Salvage Certificate and to get one of those the car needs to be inspected to determine its road worthiness. I have not had the money to do that so the tags are outdated.

So the lady at the tow yard informs me that I need to go to the D.M.V. and request a moving permit, and then I could pick-up the car on Friday for $243.00.

How stupid is all this, the city towing cars for expired tags? I guess in a down economy they get creative. I suppose issuing a ticket only would just boost the cities coffers but by having it towed it keeps them guys earning a living as well.

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There is allot of un-common sense going around

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It's time to take a second look at a familiar place

Helpless from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.


This video is made by Keith Loutit, a Sydney, Australia based photographer. He uses a combination of tilt-shift and time-lapse photography to produce his works of art.

This particular short film is filmed at Bondi Beach, Sydney and captures Greenpeace activists sculpting a beached whale. The music is performed by Headstrong featuring Shelley Harland.

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Manic med's because of Barack Obama

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I saw my doctor today and expressed my concerns regarding the state of our economy, B. Hussein Obama and his plans for our nation. I am fearful that his plans to move us into a more socialistic nation will be successful.

I love America and the liberty that it represents, of course I am going to fear change, especially if that means remaking America as Obama stated in his inaugural address.

I may have been a little excited while expressing my concerns, I didn't stop or slow down for 10 minutes. By the end of the session my doctor offered a prescription for Risperdal, which is another mood stabilizer with emphasis towards controlling manic episodes.

I don't personally think I am actually heading for a manic phase but was just agitated by what is going on. However, to express that much emotion, the first of that quantity for over a year may be a sign, and she [my doctor] was probably just thinking of preventative maintenance.

If I do enter a manic phase I am just going to blame it on Barack Obama.

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New era of responsibility doesn't apply to me!

"What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task," proclaimed Barack Hussein Obama during his inauguration address on January 20, 2009.

 

We know that wind can make a cold day feel colder, but can national pride make a freezing day feel warmer? It seems to be the case because regardless of the final crowd number estimates, never have so many people shivered so long with such joy. From above, even the seagulls must have been awed by the blanket of humanity..., reports Bill Weir of ABC's World News.

I, myself, was also in awe about the national pride exhibited and the blanket of humanity that happened that day, just not quite the same awe that Bill Weir and the seagulls were overcome with though.

 

Such utter disrespect of America's front lawn and lack of personal responsibility for ones own trash causes me to wonder what were these Americans thinking?

"...so defining of our character," yes, unfortunately many Americans in attendance did define their characters on this historic day.

From the photographer of the picture of trash, he writes,

The Mall yesterday morning was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my life.

The Mall yesterday afternoon was perhaps the ugliest. What the hell is wrong with us, America? Barack Obama just told us to pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off. What about that speech made you think it was ok to leave massive, massive amounts of newspaper, food, blankets, bottles and flags on the Mall?

There were a handful of people stopping to collect some of the newspapers that blanketed the ground, but the wind picked up for a while and it just seemed so hopeless. I want to walk down and see what it looks like this morning, but I don't think I'm ready to have my heart broken yet today.

Top Photo credit: ekai

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