Just a simple politicol thought...

Does anyone truly understand that the President of the United States is not the one who got us into the trouble that we are in right now?

I know, many people would love to disagree right now, but many of you are forgetting your Government 101. It isn't the President who makes the laws, it is congress! That's right, Congress makes the laws that the President either vetoes or signs into law. It is congress that has been racking up the deficit with all the "pork" that they are so eager to create. It is congress and Nancy Pelosi who are eager to keep us from becoming independant from the oil nations by blocking our US Oil companies from drilling offshoe, or in Alaska, or even in the Rockies where there is enough oil for hundreds of years. But what about protecting the earth? With all of the modern advances in drilling safety, the animals are actually doing better where there are gas/oil pipelines now then ever before? Why? Because we are cleaning up these areas for the environment and helping the animals survive. But what about Global Warming? Get real people! Global warmin is cyclical! It gets warm, it gets cold. And while it may be true that the North Polar Ice Cap is shrinking, no one ever mentions that the South Polar Ice Cap is actually growing. Hmm. If it were melting, wouldn't we be lossing states like California? Not on your life. Not to mention that the science Al Gore used was faulty at best? Since when did a politician become a scientist?

Okay, so maybe I'm just rambling at moment, but mark my words, if the dem's have their way in November, this country will go down the tubes in a heartbeat. We need to really look at the issues and point the fingers at who is truly to blame for the mess we are in with our economy. Did you know that the second largest benefactor of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is Barrak Obama? Stop listening to the political bias of the news media and do some research yourself. It might shock you with the truth.

Death of a friend...

Okay, so it may not exactly be the death of a real person, but it sure does feel like it. This weekend, I recieved an e-mail from a group that had been dedicated to saving the local Boy Scout camp I grew up with. Camp Avery Hand in Mansfield, OH has been on the chopping block for over a year or more now with the local Heart of Ohio Council. It is with much regret that the council board at the request of the Scout Executive, Barry Norris, has been wanting to rid the council of this beautiful camp and so succedded this past Thursday night.

So how do I feel about the situation? Well, yesterday was suppose to be a "happy birthday to me" kind of day. Today...well, things are just depressing to say the least. It is dissappointing that the people at the Scout office and board are so biased towards the other camp, that they can't see what they are doing to the people down here. Without going into much detail, there is a group of people up North who knew this was coming and so put Firelands Scout Reservation into a permament easement, meaning that that camp can never be sold pretty much. So now this council will once again loose another fine camp because of high overhead in the form of administration and other Scout execs in the area. Shame on you Barry Norris and the rest of the council board. Instead of saving Scouting in the area, you may have helped to put another coffin nail into it.

The most dissappointing thing for me at moment is the thought that I may never be able to take my son to the camp I played in or worked for 10 summers in. There are a lot of memories tied into that camp and now that will soon be all that is left, memories of some of the best years of our lives.

Another birthday....

Well, I can hardly believe that I soon will be 43. Yikes, where has the year gone? I really don't have much to say at moment, but I will try to start blogging personally this year. I think it would be very thearaputic for me to do this. I'll start more tomorrow.