This writing stuff is hard. Not much going on in my life to warrant writing it down Plus the news is the same as it was yesterday. I did notice that people are not spending those stimulus checks as expected on big ticket items. Probably a hard decision, do I buy that super big LCD tv or food for the kids? Lucky we can't live on that $4.00 a gallon gas, we would really be hurting!

But from the White House we're told things are not that bad. Of course, this from a man who carries no money.

There is six inches of green grass in our back yard. The desert got rained on. We don't own a lawn mower either. Maybe we need a goat? The dogs have loved it though. My neighbor was talking about going to the pawn shop and buying a lawn mower. Wonder how many lawn mowers are pawned in the desert?

Mr. California continues to wash his driveway. Last week he broke the axle on his Jeep so he hasn't been out playing in the mud. So the driveway washing has slowed down a bit. No longer a daily event.

Saw that "look" the other day from a visitor. You know the "look". When someone finds something that they don't like but don't want to say anything look. Yes, we're all a bunch of pack rats. With the food storage taking up space and each of our collections filling in other spaces combined with the lack of closet space our house is well beyond the cluttered look. Actually, on a daily basis it looks more like a bomb went off. Yes, we do own a lot of stuff. And yes we probably won't use most of it. But what people fail to understand is how we came across the stuff. Someone living on a comfortable income when needing a do-hickey might just pop out to the local Walley World and buy one. Than one day you'll see it in their garage sale or Goodwill donation because they have not used it sense the original day they bought it. My neighbor just gave me 2 tape decks because he has no use for them and they take up space. Besides, if he needs one at some point in the future as he put it, he will uy a new one. We on the other hand, have looked high and low for the do-hickey we could afford. Than when it comes to passing it on to someone else, its hard knowing how hard it was to obtain in the first place. Than there is the "percieved value" concept. That big screen in my living room in the nice wood case cost somebody a pretty penny. Not me mind you. I paid very little for it 20 years after it was first sold. The stereo looks very impressive for the $50 I paid.

So if people would stop and think a minute perhaps "the look" would not come out so easily. Than again, I've been guilty of the same looks myself. Back during the first days of Katrina I sported "the look" every time I saw someone trudging thru the water carrying new LCD TV's on their shoulders............

Well we did the 4th thing. Commodores in the park than big fireworks after the show. All put on for free by the city. On the 3rd was the annual electric parade. Always a fun one to watch. Being an election year, the parade started off with several car loads of would be politicians and entourage of starred eyed believers chanting vote Democrat or vote Republican. I found it to be a disgusting spectacle to watch as the country sinks into the proverbial toilet. No one was chanting vote for America. I think all these political parties have lost sight of the real thing, We the People.

I've found out the advantage of being poor. When the depression comes we'll already be use to having less. Unfortunately, I can not help but wonder what will happen to all those who bought the lies of their elected officials. Anyone wonder where that trillion dollars going to come from to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Way back when we faced foreclosure we were told over and over by elected officials that there was nothing they could do to help us. From the White House on down. To think, all we were asking was to refinance at the lower rates offered at the time and we would of been able to continue making payments.

Well been sticking my fingers twice a day now for over a week. All I've got to show for it is sore fingers. :( I did learn that both my grandfathers had diabetes, so I'd guess the odds were with me as far as having it myself.

Still looking for hand controls for the van. New is way out of reach plus installation. Way back I use to install my own. Not thinking I am up to it now a days. I guess I could be thinking at $4 per gallon, I'm saving lots of money.

We are doomed. Well there might be some hope. First we've got to convince the powers to be that the proposed border fence needs to be extended to include California. Somehow we must make it our mission to keep Californians from getting out.

Its monsoon season here in the desert. Translation: We stand a good chance of rain showers or heavier every night. After the first 2-3 storms the desert soil can't handle anymore rain so even light showers cause major flooding. Tuesday morning it rained. Later in the morning my neighbor washed his cars. All three. Than he washed his sidewalk, driveway, and gutter of the street. Tuesday night it rained. Wednesday, neighbors out washing cars, sidewalk, driveway and gutters once again. Its raining today and guess who is out in the rain washing vehicles and concrete again?

Here in the desert we live with a permanent restricted water use regulation. Apparently my neighbor feels immune to such a regulation.

Hence the need for the extended border fence around California. My neighbor the Californian is a perfect example as to why the rest of the country should block Californians from leaving California. If we don't, we're all doomed.

Results are in. Type 2 Diabetes. Add 3 more pills to my daily intake. 4 years ago I was not on any daily medication. Today, I take about 12 pills a day. Got to wonder how come with all these drugs I don't feel any different? My brief moments at PT are over. Decided I could bat around balloons and play WII without Medicare being hit with a $1700 bill.

I did build a fully functional PSP from used parts. I call it my Frankenstation :)

Remember back in 2001? We all were introduced to the world of terrorism as the twin towers collapsed before the video cameras. Zoom ahead now. We've been pretty much terrorist free thanks to the vigilance of George and his marry goons. Its cost us a lot. 4100 American lives, 30,000 wounded, tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians died. It is rumored that the White House not wanting to create a negative feeling about the war placed tight rules on how they count American Casualties in Iraq. If a solder is wounded in Iraq but dies outside of the war zone, he/she is not considered a casualty of the war. Supposedly. Of course, our elected leaders would never try to manipulate data to support their reasonings.

Anyways on with the idea here. Even though our north and south borders were left w-i-d-e open for anyone looking for a better life or building to crash into to walk/drive across, we remained terrorist free. As we have been told that we are fairly terrorist free for the last 7 years whenever someone needed a pat on the back or to justify the human loss. ( except when we need the terrorist fear to convince us to give up freedoms or elections )

Even Osama himself had to be impressed with the video of the towers collapsing. I suspect that the bad guys never saw that coming. Tough one to top, thats for sure.

Than I'm shopping in Walmart the other day. Falling prices don't seem to fall much when the dollar in your hand is ownly worth .66 cents. Gas at $4 bucks a gallon while oil companies rake in billions in record profits. Notice how these oil companies openly threaten and black mail us every time the useless congress questions/threatens their profits. You don't let us drill in the pristene Alaskan Wilderness, so you pay higher for gas. More and more folks living on the streets because of bad credit loans. Meanwhile, those with good credit our penalized because of all these foreclosures. Mortgage companies and banks knowingly make bad loans and you guys with the good credit pay for their bad decisions.

Oh yea, shopping in Walmart. I got a little off track. I'm looking at these personal mister devices for like $10 bucks. ($6.60 last year.) Little pint container with a small pressure pump in the lid and a hose with a mister on the end. Fill the thing with cool water pump it up, squeeze the release button and a cooling mist sprays out the end. As I'm thinking on this over the LCD screens Walmart is proclaiming that all of their tomatoes come from approved FDA/USDA sources. No samonella worries here in Arkansas.

Than it struck me. One of these little misters conceled under Mr. Terrorist jacket filled with a nice brew of grade A samonella, hose running under Mr. Terrorist jacket sleeve into the palm of Mr. Terrorist hand. Everytime the veggie mister goes off all Mr. Terrorist has got to do is wave his hand over the veggies as if trying to select just the right head of lettace or tomatoe all the while holding that magic little button that lets his grade A special mist spray out.

You know its got to be getting rough signing up those suicide bombers. After all how many virgins does Alla keep up there? But 20 or 30 with misters across the country could create a pretty good Samonella outbreak without trace.

And what would be better for the terrorist. Trying to knock down more buildings or making us Americans question the safety of our own food supplies?

Based on our economic woes, our $4.00 a gallon gas, increased threats of homelessness possible threat to our foods and most importantly loss of freedoms. I'd have to say the terrorist have done much since they knocked down those buildings on that September morning back in 2001.

And my biggest observation: Not all terrorist where scarves, some dress in suits with US flags on their lapels. Lucky for us the Sepreme Court ruled in favor of citizens rights to own guns...........