Off for a holiday and bike ride in Palm Springs.
Have a great weekend!
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http://t.co/jWAkeDfm2012/05/17 16:01 - Excellent! RT @Petz2: Cadet Petzold
http://t.co/mfXxCymI2012/05/16 12:31 - It's an embarrassment of riches. As of today, 4 the 2nd time ever, there are 2 actual barbecue spots in SCV: @longhornsbbq and @Lucilles_BBQ2012/05/16 10:27
- Over the months, we've reached out to @Lucilles_BBQ several times to talk BBQ and got the cold [pork] shoulder. But still, we welcome real Q2012/05/16 10:17
- If you love substance like we do, Jeff has a great interview with @LeeCRogers.
http://t.co/sJj9FNvc2012/05/10 09:04 - Tone of the meeting: BK and FF playing dads to TBB rebellious teenager. LW and MM the aunts who don't see why you need to dress like that.2012/05/08 23:39
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A more interesting story on the vote by the San Joaquin Board of Supervisors and the Stockton City Council NOT to contract with LSSI to run their combined library system. The story indicates that public opinion was a strong factor in the elected officials’ decision:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/889178-264/as_lssi_loses_a_vote.html.csp
This vote perhaps leaves Santa Clarita library fans feeling like the Iranian people on the day of the Egyptian people’s successful revolution. Better luck next time to the intellectuals in Iran and SCV.
Or like Egypt, we traded a heavy-handed dictator for a potential single-minded group that takes personal advantage of a perceived situation.
Not perceived…real
Very odd, Sammy. You respond to your own comments? Is that what the voices in your head told you to do?
And….LSSI is making moves in England:
http://falseeconomy.org.uk/blog/save-oxfordshire-libraries-speech-philip-pullman
While our little fight here in SCV makes international ripples:
http://savesantaclaritalibraries.wordpress.com/contact-us/
For those of you who don’t like the red light cameras watch this video compilation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=-qvXbIenivk
You’ll need to cut and paste.
With Borders staged to file bankruptcy and close 200 stores, I wonder how the one at Town Center will survive. The rest of Town Center Drive is a graveyard already as many stores moved over to the “Patios”
CC, there is a master plan to Town Center Drive. The moves were part of that plan. My understanding (my source is a neighbor) is that the area is being marketed to a new blend of retailers that will not pay the high rent of the other areas of the mall — mainly restaruants and smaller independent retailers interested in a village feel. If this is true, it could make this a very interesting area. I have never liked the layout of Borders, Barnes and Nobles is much better. Also Borders has a less clean feel and is harder to get to, i.e. parking and dodging teens waiting for a movie.
Borders always has a funny smell. Not as funny a smell as the entryway at Target, but funny nonetheless.
Borders will close along with Johnny Rockets.
Tentative plan is a lucky strike like bowling alley like what is in Palmdale. Huge win if this happens.
Question:
Does HMNMH currently have an operating trauma unit?
It’s a level 2 section with 1, maybe 2, surgeons and anesthesia team standing by. It’s good for individual care but not for mass casualties. For that you would want something like UCLA Harbor or an Army FST.
Thanks Mr.Perez! There’s been some debating going on at the homestead. Perhaps you can answer one more question, and we can lay this subject to rest: do they currently have a helipad?
Uh, not a working one that I know of. I think thats one of the features of the monstrous parking garage. I am thinking they medevac out of sheriff’s dept lot or as in the 4th of July incident, COC lot.
http://www.henrymayo.com/html/about_services_trauma-temp.asp
Left the safe confines of Saugus to go over the hill for some Thai food. Mama Can Cook is a great Thai restaurant located on Soledad just past Sierra Hwy. The staff is friendly and helpful…….had some Panang curry and flat noodles. With 2 large Singha beers bill was only $40.00. Even tipped the full 12 %. Car was still there when we came out. Highly recommended.
You gotta love this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo60ZbyZrI0
He actually lost me in the first 60 seconds with his clear prejudicial views towards my religion and his divisive approach. You may as well just put Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, or Newt Gingrich in his place. What’s sad is he didn’t absorb the training he received while in the Army but it confirms suspicions of the investigation he was under.
Mr Perez. He was speaking about the islamic radicals, who commit asks of belligerence in support of a faith, not a country. In plain speak, he is condemning the crazies of your religion not the vast numbers of good folks such as yourself. Nothing prejudical in his comments, Sir.
I’m a Christian and if I recall in the past, we’ve had our share of killing in the name of God. Didn’t make it right then and it doesn’t make it right now. It isn’t you he’s talking about, Sir and frankly if I were Muslim, I’d have a major case of the ass at those who are bastardizing my religion. Those are the folks West is talking about.
BTW, this doesn’t come close to confirming any “suspicions” (as you put it) regarding his article 32. That’s a huge and irresponsible leap you are taking. What does this “confirm”?
Whilst he initially started with the focus on the “radicals,” his verbage didnt stop there and he had to highlight that it is a “7th Century ideology” we are at war with. Granted, maybe I am misunderstanding his true inner views. Maybe he doesn’t feel that Islam isn’t compatible with the West and American but my experience with modern day conservatives is that this is a shared view with a large majority. This is why I cannot support most of them when running for political office.
And both of our religions have followers who have abused the true meaning behind the faith. This has resulted in too much death and bloodshed but ultimately what I feel is a major test for us all. I think that Paradise lies at the top of the mountain but there are many paths to the peak.
The suspicions are solely mine but based off the handling of the LTG Boykin incident, I’m not surprised but disappointed. Too often there are warning signs that are ignored in regards to someones conduct simply because of current OPTEMPO or their rank.
My point with the last paragraph is it became accepted for a long time to harbor hatred and for some leaders in my field to use demogoguery towards the indigenious population we encountered. Better to view them not as people and belittle their belief system so when something negative occurs, you won’t have to deal with the guilt. I think that Mr West did pay for what he did in being forced to retire and maybe I should accept such but I tend to be a little bit sensitive on the subject especially when you see the vitriolic attacks coming from one sides members almost daily quite recently.
love this guy? No, not so much.
“One Nation Under God”… but who gets to decide which version of God we are going with? There are many Christian denominations, all with varying interpretations. The United Church of Christ, Unitarian Universalists, Episcopal,and Evangelical Lutheran Churches are all in favor of same-sex marriage. The United Church of Christ, American Baptist Churches, The United Methodist Church, The Episcopal Church and Presbyterian (USA) are all pro-choice, most neither supporting or opposing.
This gentleman seems to think we can legislate not only morality, but culture. Is that what freedom and liberty looks like?
The good news out of CPAC is the straw poll- Ron Paul on top with my guy Gary Johnson in third. LOVE that the tea party crazies didn’t rank, and DeMint not even there! There is hope for the GOP- and it’s called Libertarianism.
Sigh. 4eyedsue, “God” isn’t the only word that can refer to different ideas/entities/what-have-yous in different minds. It’s the same for ALL words. Why did you pick the definition of “love” you chose to answer his question? Who gets to decide what version of “nation” we go with? How do you define morality, much less “legislating morality,” and why can you confidently apply that idea when I’m sure there are many different conceptions of what it means? Before getting hopelessly mired in this Derridean tangle, why not just take the common sense approach: God as generic non-denominational higher power.
“God as generic non-denominational higher power”
Love that idea. Please explain that to the politicians that want to call us a Christian Nation and pass laws restricting our freedom based upon their idea of God.
Just because a law happens to align with Christian beliefs doesn’t make it some kind of restriction-based-on-religion. I’m with you on the personal responsibility side of libertarianism. But I think there are always going to be areas where we can’t tell if we’re preserving one person’s freedom at the expense of another’s. This is why people fundamentally can’t agree about abortion, to use your example.
Having a law align with one’s certain beliefs isn’t so much the issue to me. It is when you design a law to take away from anothers ability to practice their belief that it becomes a problem.
Example being the backwards intiative of Oklahama banning “international” or “Shariah” law. This “law” would basically take away every American Muslims ability to marry, establish wills, or even start a business where meat is slaughtered similar to kosher.
I think that every group deserves the right to celebrate their faith, even in a public forum. Christians should be able to display a Christmas tree on government property, as should Jews with Hannukah candles or any other religion. Too often people feel threatened by someones belief and it causes them to act in a very irrational manner, i.e. Pat Robertson, Iranian Mullahs, Franklin Graham, etc.
So many of us say we are open minded but are we open in heart and spirit?
Mr. Perez
I am not sure which country you think you are in, but here in the United States every citizen is allowed to practice their faith. What they are not allowed to do is to require someone else to practice it also.
The banning of “international” or “Shariah” law from our justice and court system in no way prevents you from practicing the Islamic faith. What it does do is prevent you from inflicting Islamic law on unwilling participants. Practices such as “honor killings” or “stoning women for adultery”, or “beating your wife” for not meeting your expectations violates the other person’s rights and will not be tolerated in this country.
I would not support or tolerate such practices from any religious group.
I’ll double down on that!
Bill doesn’t pay up on his bets.
Well said, Alan.
How about those Steelers, Mr. Not a Ferry Fan?
The country I reside in Alan is the country I was born in, and the same country of whose flag I wear on my uniform daily and the country in which I have fought in multiple conflicts to defend the freedom for all its citizens.
With that being said, I agree that freedom of religion is tantamount to the foundation of our country. What is being done to certain groups is just the opposite, i.e. NYC protests against Islamic Center near former WTC site, Temecula, Kentucky, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Indiana, and a slew of other locations is an injustice. History has also proven intolerance has existed in our country towards Catholics, Jews, and other minorities. What history has also proven is that you cannot bury your head in the sand and deny its existence. You must face it head on and eliminate it, something the Army has taught me from Day 1.
I agree with you 110% in regards to the references of what is not permitted in America, nor should be in ANY part of the world. But those items you listed are clearly covered by existing law and therefore, no new law needed be created unless the architects of said law had alterior motives, which is obvious.
Sometimes its a difficult thing to testify to the truth even if it’s against yourself but thats the difference between those who get by and those who make things happen.
And your examples given are not accepted practices in “Islamic Law.” They are merely the practices of a people who have strayed from their religious beliefs but for some reason they are automatically highlighted in every facet of the media which conveniently does not apply the same rule of thumb to the religious majority of it’s viewers.
Very well stated.
Let’s ban the ten commandment since they are quite useless and irrelevant.
Ya gotta love Paul & Johnson, but they will not be the ones taking us to the promised land.
Ron Paul is a really good guy and I actually am confident in his ability to lead and his decision making skills. He wont be President anytime soon though since he calls it down the middle and that tends to piss off alot from both the left and right.
They are your only shot actually…
I was ok with him up until the Israel stroke job. Get real. USA! USA! USA!
What confuses me is that most of the Jewish demographic in America votes Democrat.
Truman officially recognized the state of Israel!
He also coined the phrase, “The buck stops here!”
Nope he didn’t. Someone gave him a sign with that saying and he placed it on top of his desk in the oval office for a short period of time. If you haven’t read it, I would recommend reading the Truman biography by David McCullough…
Good observation Mike, I was always under the impression he originated the phrase. You learn something new everyday
And the portions of the book I have read online thus far are AMAZING!
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