Month: November 2008

  • What’s your lucky number?

    Well it should be nine, I was born in the 9th month, my birthday is 18.. 1 + 8 =9, my first name has 9 characters in it, I lived the 9th house off the corner –
    So .. 9 is it !!!!

       

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  • Thanksgiving – Time to Reflect

    WHEN I REFLECT ON MY LIFE AT THE MOMENT, I FIND THE FOLLOWING THINGS I CAN BE THANKFULLY FOR ….

    • My mom, who is 87 years young … She is in the hospital now, and she is getting tested for liver cancer ….
    • Having a job, even though I work 10 hours a day, 6 days – I am glad to be working.
    • A roof over my head and a car in my driveway, even though gas will probably top out at $4 a gallon again.
    • Someone who loves and adores me.
    • Animals to share my life with and love me unconditionally.
    • Once in a while a dinner out and a drink
    • and finally …. my health, even though I have diabetes – Things could be worse
    • *****  PRAY FOR AMERICA****

  • Watching DVD Now – Need your opinion

    Well .. did anyone like this ??

  • What does the election of America’s first African American president mean to you?

    Wow, I never thought I would see it in this day and age,  I am hoping this show’s to other countries that the American  people spoke, and we are not afraid to change this country –
       

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  • CNN GOES OVER TO THE UFO SIDE – MONDAY
    Beginning on Monday morning when the new White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, Edgar Mitchell, Dan Aykroyd and CNN Correspondent Miles O’Brien all tell their own UFO stores, CNN’S morning show will spend the week with aliens and UFOs. On Tuesday, they will go to Roswell, on Wednesday they will address close encounters and abductions, on Thursday radio astronomy and on Friday the “Mars Worm” picture taken by NASA’S Mars Rover.

    First they were high, now they’re low—what’s predicted for the future? What plans should we make for the holiday season if we want to drive to visit friends and family?

    Engineer Peter Clark thinks that gasoline prices will continue to drop. He says, “The price of oil has dropped into the $60 to $70 a barrel range, and therefore there is no real price pressure on gasoline prices for the moment. For the holiday season, gas prices should stay about the same as they are today or even a little lower. Lower gas prices will probably encourage people to travel, although I’ve been encouraging conservation because if consumers would lower their gasoline usage by 5%, the price of gasoline would drop significantly.”

    World demand for gas and oil has decreased. With the global economy down, people throughout the world are using less energy, which is part of the reason OPEC is considering reducing production. A new president taking office will not immediately impact the price of oil and gas.

    And drilling for oil in new places won’t save us. Clark says, “Even if new drilling began immediately, which I think we should do, it will be five to ten years before we see that oil production. I believe energy independence will come from additional conservation and alternative methods for powering vehicles.”

  • Michigan Goes To Pot

    That’s why Michigan medical professionals, law enforcement officials and parents and taxpayers are uniting to say “No” to Proposal 1.

    Doctors and hospitals warn…

    …that Proposal 1 allows the so-called “medical” use of marijuana without requiring a prescription from a doctor.
    …that a flaw in Proposal 1 might lead to a flood of lawsuits over things such as whether doctors and hospitals must allow patients to smoke marijuana in a doctor’s office or hospital room, despite every other law banning smoking.

    Law enforcement officials warn…

    …that Proposal 1 could lead to a dangerous increase in the number of people driving under the influence of marijuana.
    …that a deliberate loophole in Proposal 1 allows anyone arrested on any offense involving marijuana to offer a “medical” defense in court.

    Worried parents warn…

    …that when a similar law passed in California, hundreds of marijuana smoking clubs opened in neighborhood strip malls all over the state, and there are now more marijuana clubs in one metropolitan area of the state than there are Starbucks coffee shops.

    Taxpayers warn…

    …that the language of the proposal requires a costly new Lansing bureaucracy to license marijuana users, and will result in vast new regulatory expenses – all coming at a time when the economy is on the rocks, the budget is in the red and taxes are going up.

  • by buying General Motors and Chrysler –


    A Chinese company?

    In The Truth About Cars website, Bertel Schmitt says that China’s daily business newspaper, the 21st Century Business Herald, has reported that a “senior official of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology” has hinted that “the auto manufacturing giants in China…have the capability and intention to buy some assets of the two crisis-plagued American automakers.”

  • What do you think the earth will look like in the year 3500?

    wow, great question – well if we last that long, the oil crisis is a thing of the past – the earth survived any pollution problems – and we learned to live in peace -  

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  • A RAGING bushfire sent thousands of Californians including Hollywood celebrities running for their lives as it swept through the luxury coastal town of Santa Barbara, destroying more than 100 homes.

    Firefighters from across the state struggled to control the fire yesterday, which was powered by 113km/h winds and charred at least 1000ha in the coastal foothills.

    Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in the region as residents waited anxiously for word on their homes.

    Many residents, including actor Rob Lowe, fled flames in the mansion-filled neighborhood.

    Lowe, who revealed there was no warning until his wife rang to tell him about the blaze nearing their home, said he and his children drove away as flames shot 60m in the air.

    “I was watching the football game with my son and my wife called and said ‘Montecito’s on fire — get out’,” Lowe said.

    “I thought she was kidding, because there was no indication that there would be any problem whatsoever.

    “But we got in the car, pulled out of the driveway and the entire mountain behind us was flames.

    “It was just like Armageddon. This thing came on so fast, you just can’t believe it.”

    At least 5400 homes were evacuated and other residents opted to leave nearby areas due to fire warnings.

    The charred remains of luxury homes dotted the hillsides of the ritzy Mediterranean-style town, which is a hideaway for the super-rich and runs along the scenic Los Padres National Forest.

    Officials were assessing the extent of the damage to the area, which is tucked between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Ynez Mountains.

    Lowe was among residents breathing a sigh of relief after finding out their homes had managed to emerge unscathed.

    Television mogul Oprah Winfrey, who owns a $77 million, 17ha estate in the upmarket Montecito neighbourhood, revealed the flames came within 3km of her mansion.

    Winfrey said the blaze had destroyed the homes of her friends and neighbours.

    “Some of my friends left their homes with only their dogs last night,” she said.

    Winfrey’s biggest concern was evacuating her pets.

    “I don’t have kids, so the most important thing for me is my dogs,” Winfrey said.

    “And so we already had a plan for getting the dogs out and going to the Four Seasons in Westlake because they take dogs.

    “From now on I’ll have so much more empathy and compassion for people who are going through it.”

    Other well-known residents of the area, where the median price of homes is $3 million, include Paul Hogan, director Ivan Reitman and actors Michael Douglas and Jeff Bridges.

    Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Australian actor Portia de Rossi, own an estate in the area.

    Governor Schwarzenegger and wife, Maria Shriver, recently bought a 10ha plot for $7.3 million.

    Australian actor Cate Blanchett has also called Santa Barbara home when working in Hollywood.

    Evening winds, known locally as “sundowners”, gusting up to 110km/h from land to sea, pushed the fire with frightening speed the night before – destroying mansions, exploding eucalyptus trees and turning rolling hills into a glowing landscape.

    The area has a long history of devastating bushfires, with a major blaze in 1977 destroying more than 200 homes and one in 1964 burning 27,000ha and damaging 150 houses and buildings.

    Aerial TV footage of Montecito yesterday showed the smouldering wreckage in neighbourhoods that include some of the most expensive homes in the US.

    Real estate developer Andrew Bermant found out his two properties on the millionaire’s row of Coyote Rd – one of the worst hit areas where many homes burned to the ground after residents evacuated – had been razed.

    Mr Bermant was philosophical about the destruction after expressing relief that he had able to safely evacuate his family at dusk.

    “You can lose your photos, but your memories are still in your heart,” he said.

    “The bottom line is we know the risk of living here.

    “We’re glad it didn’t happen at two in the morning when everyone was asleep.”

    Helicopter pilots worked through the night, using night vision goggles to drop water on the flames.

    About 20 helicopters and air tankers were fighting the fire.