Work hard?

There's no productions in town.

I've lost my second job doing location security.

phoenixstories.net

G'morning Whisper.



G'Night.....almost bedtime.

Equally important is the answer from the complainant.....who is also a vet (Vietnam)

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To his credit, the complainant, Mr. MacRae, tendered a written apology which was published in 'The Republic' on 9 July:

Regarding "Flyboy honoring fallen comrade" (Letters June 28)

I read with increasing embarrassment and humility the response to my unfortunate letter to The Republic concerning the Air Force flyby ("A wake-up call from Luke's jets," Letters, June 23).

I had no idea of the significance of the flyby, and would never have insulted such a fine and respectful display had I known.

I have received many call from the fine airmen who are serving or have served at Luke, and I have attempted to explain my side and apologized for any discomfort my letter has caused.

This was simply an uninformed citizen complaining about noise.

I have been made aware in both written and verbal communications of the four-ship flyby, and my heart goes out to each and every lost serviceman and woman in this war in which we are engaged.

I have been called un-American by an unknown caller and I feel that must address that. I served in the U.S. Navy and am a Vietnam veteran. I love my country and respect the jobs that the service organizations are doing.

Please accept my heartfelt apologies

Tom Macrae, Peoria


http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/wakeup.asp

He been taking lessons from my niece??

A place to send your thoughts and prayers.


Guest Book for
Australia Wildfire Victims

http://www.legacy.com/CAN/GB/Guestbookview.aspx?PersonID=123938924

There are entire towns that are crime scenes. Towns are gone or have only a few buildings left ie: Marysville, Flowerdale and Kinglake.

It's just unfathomable the amount of damage.


Australian bushfires kill 131, dozens more missing


By Simone Giuliani, ReutersFebruary 9, 2009

Weary firefighters and rescuers pulled the remains of dozens of people from charred buildings on Monday as the death toll rose to 131 from Australia's deadliest bushfires.

"Everybody's gone. Everybody's gone. Everybody. Their houses are gone. They're all dead in the houses there. Everybody's dead," cried Christopher Harvey, a survivor from Kinglake where most people were killed, as he walked through the town.

Police believe some of the fires, which razed rural towns near the country's second biggest city, Melbourne, were deliberately lit and declared one devastated town a crime scene.

"There are no words to describe it other than mass murder," Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told local television.

"These numbers (dead) are numbing ... and I fear they will rise further," he added.

The bushfires are the country's worst natural disaster in more than a century, and will put pressure on Rudd to deliver a broad new climate policy.

One massive bushfire tore through several towns in the southern state of Victoria on Saturday night, destroying everything in its path. Many people died in cars trying to flee and others were killed huddled in their homes, yet some escaped by jumping in swimming pools or farm reservoirs.

The inferno was as tall as a four-storey building at one stage and was sparking spot fires 40 km (25 miles) ahead of itself as the strong winds blew hot embers in its path.

"It's going to look like Hiroshima, I tell you. It's going to look like a nuclear bomb. There are animals dead all over the road," said Harvey.

More than 750 houses were destroyed and some 78 people, with serious burns and injuries, are in hospital.

Many patients had burns to more than 30 percent of their bodies and some injuries were worse than the Bali bombings in 2002, said one doctor at a hospital emergency department.

CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY

Wildfires are a natural annual event in Australia, but this year a combination of scorching weather, drought and tinder-dry bush has created prime conditions.

The fires, and major floods in the Queensland in the north, will put pressure on Rudd who is due to deliver a new climate policy in May. Green politicians are citing the extreme weather to back a tougher climate policy.

Scientists say Australia, with its harsh environment, is set to be one of the nations most affected nations by climate change.

"Continued increases in greenhouse gases will lead to further warming and drier conditions in southern Australia, so the (fire) risks are likely to slightly worsen," said Kevin Hennessy at the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Center (CSIRO).

The Victorian bushfire tragedy is the worst natural disaster in Australia in 110 years. In 1899, Cyclone Mahina struck Australia's northern Cape York, killing more than 400.

PLEAS FOR MISSING

Thousands of firefighters continued on Monday to battle the fire and scores of other blazes across the southern state of Victoria, as well as fires in neighboring New South Wales state.

While cooler, less windy, conditions helped firefighters, 10 major fires remained out of control in Victoria. But the week-long heatwave that triggered the bushfire inferno was over.

The fires burned out more than 330,000 ha (815,000 acres) of mostly bushland in Victoria, but a number of vineyards in the Yarra Valley were also destroyed. The Insurance Council of Australia said it was too early to estimate the bill.

The small town of Marysville was sealed off by police as forensic scientists searched through the rubble for evidence about the cause of the fire which destroyed many of its homes.

As dawn broke in the town of Whittlesea, near Kinglake where most people died, shocked residents wandered the streets, some crying, searching for loved ones still missing.

"The last anyone saw of them, the kids were running in the house, they were blocked in the house," cried Sam Gents who had not heard from his wife Tina and three young children, aged 6, 13 and 15, since an inferno swept through Kinglake.

"If they let me up the mountain I know where to go (to try and find them)," Gents sobbed. Authorities sealed off Kinglake as bodies were still being recovered.

Handwritten notes pinned to a board in the Whittlesea evacuation center told the same sad story, with desperate pleas from people for their missing family and friends to contact them.

Rudd said it would take years to rebuild the devastated towns and has announced a A$10 million ($6.8 million) aid package. He has also called in the army to help erect emergency shelter.

The previous worst bushfire tragedy in Australia was in 1983 when 75 people were killed.

© Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette

Some idiot lit another during a telethon for the victims!

More arrests and more suspects.

http://www.news.com.au

Good grief!

Or cause for lack of...

yes

No problem with the legalization of pot. However I personally still wouldn't use. Especially after reading latest study regarding link between pot use and testicular cancer.

Now that it's quiet in here.

*go to closet and take out floor polishing supplies. Move furniture and get to work.

One layer of polish on. Have blue juice. Buff floor.

Layer of polish. Blue juice. Buff floor.

Layer of polish. Blue juice. (hic) Buff floor. (hic)

Layer of polish. Layer of polish. Blue (hic) juice. Buff floor. Blue juice. hic) Buff floor



Put up new warning sign.


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Place cushions along walls and bottom of stairs.*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQRasr-0hsM

Henrietta Hughes
February 10th, 2009

At President Obama’s town hall meeting in Ft. Myers, Fla., today, one questioner stood out. Henrietta Hughes took the microphone and in a wavering voice, asked the president for help.

“I have an urgent need, unemployment and homelessness, a very small vehicle for my family and I to live in,” she said. “The housing authority has two years’ waiting lists, and we need something more than the vehicle and the parks to go to. We need our own kitchen and our own bathroom. Please help.”

President Obama gave her a kiss on the cheek, telling her, “We’re going to do everything we can to help you, but there are a lot of people like you.” He said his staff would meet with her after the town hall.

Hughes says she and her adult son have been homeless for “a long time.” She says her son lost his job in computer programming, and they in turn lost their house. She says she has been looking for a job, although she is on disability for cancer, but so far has not been able to find work.

Hughes was visibly moved by the president. “I’m just grateful to have him to acknowledge and for him to hear me,” she said. She would not give specifics about the type of help White House has promised her, only saying she was “satisfied.”

Hughes says she was not able to vote on election day because she does not have an address. She said without a vote, she prayed that Mr. Obama would win. “I said, ‘Lord please have mercy on Mr. Obama.” and the Lord did so.’”

After the president left, reporters crowded around Hughes, doing one interview after another. People in the crowd handed her business cards and cash. Florida Rep. Nick Thompson has offered her and her son a home in La Belle, a town about two hours from Ft. Myers.

http://henriettahughes.com/

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She's been looking for work. Not that she hasn't tried apparently.

Seems like no fixed address would make it difficult to get a job too.

The Israelis seem to have no problem with women in combat. Nor do Canadian Forces. I suppose if women were in the draft it just means that some (like the men) would find that they have what it takes while others would find that they don't. They would take their chances like any other trooper.


And some lead their troops.

POLICE investigating the Victoria fires have arrested two suspected arsonists.

Two men were arrested near Taggerty after reports of "suspicious behaviour between Seymour and Yea in relation to the fires", a police spokeswoman said.

"The investigation is in its initial stages. Two people are assisting police."

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25043709-421,00.html

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They got two of them at least. Looking for other suspects in others.

I hope they get them all.

Maurice Richard, Henri Richard

Most of the crew members of the Star Trek series (I did security at Star Trek Conventions in Toronto)

I currently work security at TV/movie studios.

G'Night Z.