Imitation or Copy, You Decide!

It Was A Super Bowl!

For the first time in a long time, the game out shined the commercials. The game kept my interest until the very end. I had a rare early work day on a Super Bowl Sunday, so I was home from the very beginning of the game. I was flipping through the channels before the game started so I missed the national anthem song flub by Christina. I did watch the half time show with the Black Eyed Peas and Usher. I was unmoved by the music and the performance. Thankfully the game matched the hype. The commercials, "yawn".
Now the question looms, will there be a lockout by the owners against the player union and have a non-season or use replacement players as they did years ago for next season? That remains to be seen. A nice time was had by all.

E Mail Of The Week

LITTLE GIRL ON A PLANE

A Congressman was seated next to a little girl on an airplane so
he turned to her and said, "Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if
you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger."

The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied
to the total stranger, "What would you want to talk about?"

"Oh, I don't know," said the congressman. "How about global
warming, universal health care or stimulus packages?" as he smiled
smugly.

"OK," she said. "Those could be interesting topics but let me
ask you a question first. A horse, a cow and a deer all eat the same
stuff - grass.
Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat
patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?"

The legislator, visibly surprised by the little girl's
intelligence, thinks about it and says, "Hmmm. I have no idea."

To which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified
to discuss global warming, universal health care or the economy, when
you don't know shit?" And then she went back to reading her book

Hey, No Really, We Don't Know How They Died! It's A Mystery! Liars!!

USDA Admits To Causing Mass Bird Death With Poison
Posted by JacobSloan on January 25, 2011



At least one of the mysterious mass wildlife deaths of the past month has a (bizarre) explanation. The USDA acknowledged that hundreds of birds in South Dakota were poisoned as part of a massive and longstanding government bird-killing operation, normally kept under wraps, called Bye Bye Blackbird. The Christian Science Monitor sheds some light:

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) took responsibility for hundreds of dead starlings that were found on the ground and frozen in trees in a Yankton, S.D., park on Monday.

The USDA’s Wildlife Services Program, which contracts with farmers for bird control, said it used an avicide poison called DRC-1339 to cull a roost of 5,000 birds that were defecating on a farmer’s cattle feed across the state line in Nebraska. But officials said the agency had nothing to do with large and dense recent bird kills in Arkansas and Louisiana.

Nevertheless, the USDA’s role in the South Dakota bird deaths puts a focus on a little-known government bird-control program that began in the 1960s under the name of Bye Bye Blackbird, which eventually became part of the USDA and was housed in the late ’60s at a NASA facility. In 2009, USDA agents euthanized more than 4 million red-winged blackbirds, starlings, cowbirds, and grackles, primarily using pesticides that the government says are not harmful to pets or humans.

In addition to the USDA program, a so-called depredation order from the US Fish and Wildlife Service allows blackbirds, grackles, and starlings to be killed by anyone who says they pose health risks or cause economic damage. Though a permit is needed in some instances, the order is largely intended to cut through red tape for farmers, who often employ private contractors to kill the birds and do not need to report their bird culls to any authority.

“Every winter, there’s massive and purposeful kills of these blackbirds,” says Greg Butcher, the bird conservation director at the National Audubon Society. “These guys are professionals, and they don’t want to advertise their work. They like to work fast, efficiently, and out of sight.”


Posted in: Birds, Conspiracies, Environment, Government, Mass Animal Deaths, Poison, Secrets, Unexplained Phenomena
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Where are you...

why be in love

a feeling inside

unexplained

illusion or

delusion

makes one happy

not jumping

for joy

rather a comfort

need fulfilled

one has had

one need search

harder now

judgmental

perhaps

shared needs

physical and

mental

internal glow

one knows when

one sees it

will it happen

again

a calmness

comes over

maybe

like wisps of fog

gather stronger

taking form

choices

roads traveled

end

or no end

story continues

Let me tell you about a real blizzard boys and girls.....

January 26, 1967

The snow started. It was just like any other snowy day in Chicago, so we thought. People heading out for the work day didn't realize that many would not make it home that night.

The snow started and would not stop. The snowfall broke all previous Chicago records. In one day we had 16.4 inches! Within 29 hours, the snowfall finally stopped with a total 23inches.


The streets were at a standstill. The winds, adding to the mess whipped the snow at 53 miles an hour.


You could only get anywhere by walking. Cars were buried in snow drifts so high, you could only see the top of the car antenna. We tried to keep up on the shoveling, trying to keep the sidewalks clear to no avail.

Getting to the hospitals was a challenge. Bulldozers and snowmobiles were the only option that day.

It was estimated that over 20,000 cars were abandoned, along with over 500 CTA buses clogging the streets.

Fireman had to walk to fires as the equipment could not get down the streets.

Local stores quickly ran out of the basic foods like bread and milk.

Within 24 hours the city had over 2,000 workers and 500 pieces of equipment to start the massive dig out of the city. The county chipped in 150 men and 75 pieces of equipment, the state sent in 200 pieces of equipment. Iowa sent in giant snowblowers, Michigan and Wisconsin also sent in snow removal equipment.

The main thoroughfares were of course the main working areas, the side streets would be the last to be plowed.

But the snow wasn't done. By February 6th an additional 11 of snow had fallen, now running the total up to 36 inches of snow, breaking all records in the history of Chicago.

Schools of course were closed. But it was not a lot of fun being home. the constant shoveling, trying to unbury the house and sidewalks and create paths to get anywhere was very tiring.

There was some fun of course. The wind had whipped up some huge snowdrifts and had caused the top of the snow to harden and get crusty. If you were careful, you could walk on the top of the snow.
I was able to walk up and climb on the roof of the garage next door.

Soon, food started to become a problem. Chicago neighborhoods were dotted with local mom and pop grocery stores. Because we were regulars, we managed to get enough food to get by. Nothing fancy, but just enough to keep the hunger pains down.

Still have this from 1967!

Cars and buses left abandoned. 

Tow trucks were busy at work pulling cars from the center of the road on day five.

This is a picture taken from a building on the 33rd floor.

The normally busy street is deserted.

There were drifts up to 10 feet high, making the street totally impassable. 

People were not digging out their cars until the streets were cleared.

Even slight inclines made driving treacherous. 

About 500 buses were stranded in the storm.

An aerial view of Grant Park on day 5. 

Motorists were advised not to drive in because  there wasn't any where to park.

Many people could not get home.

Here it shows a Red Cross disaster van stranded. 

Cars are left double and triple-parked.

Tow trucks hard at work trying to clear the roads.

The Eisenhower expressway empty. 

Driving on expressways was impossible.

City crews worked around the clock.

Walking was the only way to get around.

Grocery shelves were soon empty.

This is the mess that the city woke up to the day after the storm.

Just like anything else, memories are what you make of them. It was not something we wanted to go through, but we survived. Age makes all the difference.  We weren't sick at the time, no one we knew suffered loss of life. Things slowly got better, back to normal. The city was given a direct hit and survived. There were many hardships, but we survived. Then we you get older you tell tell the young ones....

I remember the day of the big snow......

Guilty As Charged

Picture borrowed from the web.


At one time or another, we all can get in a rut, in how we do things, how we act, chances being taken, and so on. Sometimes it seems the best option available. It can be somewhat rewarding but in the end there is little payoff. No matter what the age or sex, you have to take a gamble. See an opportunity, or make one, it is all the same.

People don't like change especially as one gets older. One must plan on change. It is less unsettling if there was some thought involved. We are surrounded by economic insecurity. It can bring you crashing down to your knees. Your love life can teeter in the wind, up and down.

There is always a way out. Life does flash signs as you go along, do this, do that. Will you pay attention?

Look for the signs.  Sometimes you get taken for granted. Sometimes you take someone for granted.

Generate some excitement for your self and get on the roller coaster we call life.

I Need Some Rock And Roll!

A Van Halen classic. When this song pops up on my I Pod and I start dancing, all my dogs gather around with worried expressions on their dog faces. I wonder why? Recommended volume setting on a scale of 1 to 10 is 11 of course!

Sometimes Words Are Not Necessary!