Winter seems to be about to arrive for 2011. It just seems to me like the one from 2010 just passed. Amazingly snow seems to be headed here once more and it is hard to believe. We lived through last winter barely, many Americans here on the East Coast USA. The snow piled so high few of us, had anywhere left to snow throw it when done. Why is this happening to  the weather patterns these days? Weather patterns have changed for sure over the past decades due to climate, axis,pollution and of course Global Warming.

       Many laughed when former Vice President Al Gore, ranted and raved about pollution, global warming and the changing climates. Yet here it now faces all of us daily, the earth is changing due to mankind’s interference in its nature. We pollute and we use up resources, then we change the atmosphere by adding chemicals and launching into space, gas engines and oil burning. There has to be a better way, or mankind will die off one day. The human body as well as the planet we live upon can only take so much folks. Lets wake up now while we can and save the planet and  human kind.

       Next subject after we deal with the weather is how do we deal with the political mess, we call an upcoming election. Republicans have put up for  candidates, one of the most silly list, I have ever seen in my life. They are asking us to vote for candidates that have no idea what to do about the job problem, the economy in general and who want to tear down Medicaid, medicare, and social security. Why? It’s all not necessary and they know it too, if they want to play with something and change plans, change the plans that will affect job growth and the economy, taxes, tariffs, trade agreements. Change the laws and allow American Companies to afford to make american products again here in the good old USA. raise the taxes and tariffs on imports, lower them on exports, balance the trade agreements and laws to favor our own not others.

        Talking about helping, lets talk about why we continue to help other nations on this planet who hate us!. Why do we continue to stick our noses into countries we really have no business of being in. Get us out of Afghanistan, get us out of Iraq, get us away from Iran, they all hate us for who we are and our basic political, religious beliefs. We have no business fighting their wars, policing their nations and sacrificing our military personnel so they can have a shot at freedom or creating a government of their own. They want ours dismantled, destroyed and America to die off, because we interfere so much and so well. Don’t try to assist these nations any more, they would never assist us.

        That said onward to News and the broadcasting of it. I am noticing bias on the basic news channels and reports in many areas. Why should a news station or newscast be bias for or against anything folks. Lets just report the facts, don’t take sides and let the American public decide what is right or wrong, OK?.

         Next I hear cries and moans, bitching and complaints on Justice in America. Well, America’s Justice system while not one hundred percent perfect, is still the best in the world. I know many want Doctor Conrad Murray convicted and locked away for the death of Michael Jackson, but folks, did you ever stop to think, MIchael hired this guy at one hundred and fifty grand a month, to supply him with drugs, and safely administrate them to him?. So Michael wasn’t anymore right then Doctor Murray who failed to properly do his job. The blame game began because Michael was who he was The King of Pop right? The Jackson family is as close to an American Dynasty as the Kennedy’s were in the 1960s, so if Doctor Murray is gonna save his ass from jail he will have to find a way to pull them off their pedestals. I doubt he can do so, nor can he prove himself fully innocent in the case. No matter what he was the Doctor and in charge, not the patient Michael, and he no matter what should have controlled the equipment, the drugs and the administrating of all medicine and drugs. Not Michael Jackson who had limited or no medical knowledge.

       Final thought for today. Welcome to Halloween Weekend 2011. As you prepare to have fun in costumes and Trick and Treating, please remember to stay with your children. Please remember to watch them carefully, and check all the treats they may collect.Please remember it is fun for the kids to Trick or Treat and a job actually for the parents or adults who take them out. The world is a dangerous place out there. too many weirdos, creeps and crazies. Please don’t allow your kids to eat anything until checked, do not allow them to wander alone and do not forget your jobs as parents. Thanks, and I hope all have a fun, healthy, candy filled and Happy Halloween!

 

The Beagle Problem- A Story by: William M. McCurrach.

     

The Beagle Problem

 

Back when you’re a child, and you’re lonely,
a parent might get you a pet, well I was given a beagle, cute little guy when
he came to me. My step-father brought him home one day I don’t remember his
name or what exactly I called that beagle but, I grew attached to him over time.
Well, dad may have given me that puppy but he definitely wasn’t in love
with him, like I was. Dad fed the dog of course and let me keep him as long as
I walked him. It was me and my little beagle against everyone and everything,
until the poor dog messed up and caused dad a problem.
It was a day we were going fishing, and dad loaded the fishing poles and
equipment in the trunk and then the cooler filled with cold drinks and snacks.
He smiled at me and said let’s go fishing! Of course I wanted to go and jumped
in the car, taking my beagle along. Dad looked and smiled, and said I hope he
behaves, the dog he meant of course, not me.
Dad had a problem with my beagle, he didn’t like the fact the dog liked
to dig. My beagle dug holes in the back yard and dad had to fix them. He wasn’t
happy about that one for sure.
We drove to that lake to fish in dad’s Cadillac, bright yellow with
green cloth interior and in great shape. As, we drove along, my beagle, started
to scratch at the backseat, and dad told the dog no, in a harsh tone. The dog
never understood of course and thought it was playing, dad didn’t take it that
way when we got to the lake.
When we arrived at the lake, I got out of the car with my beagle and waited
on dad to unload everything we needed of course, I was still young. Dad
unloaded the cooler and snacks, and set them down, then the fishing poles and
tackle box and bait. Then as I watched, dad, unload a piece of chain, duct tape
and an item that looked like a lead doughnut. I was puzzled, what that was for?
Dad looked at my beagle and then at his backseat of his Cadillac, and his face
changed to anger. He looked at the dog, then at the seat and back and forth he
went, dad was mad, the beagle had dug a hole in his backseat. That was it for
my poor beagle.
Dad turned and grabbed my beagle by the back of its neck and held him
high helpless. The poor dog yelped and cried but, that didn’t bother dad, the
dog ruined his Cadillac.
I watched in terror as dad, took the duct tape and taped my beagles
mouth shut, and then taped his front paws together and his back ones too. Then
he looked at me and said damn dog will never ruin another thing for me. He
reached out and grabbed the chain and weight and wrapped the chain around my
beagle, the next thing I know, my beagle was heaved by him into the lake. I
watched as my beagle struggled against the weight, but he never came back up,
just bubbles. Dad had solved the problem of the beagle, it was his solution.
The dog ripped his seat up and that was the end of it. Dad said, well the hell
with that dog!  Never again did I have a
dog or pet, and if I ever thought of one, my mind would replay dad’s solution
to his torn seat by my beagle and I forgot any thoughts of having a pet. As Dad
put it damn dog gave me a problem so I got rid of it. Sadly, he never mentioned
it again, and I knew then, my dad was a cold hard bastard.
Dad’s way of handling things was through violence and threats. Because
when I spoke up, asked him about my beagle and why he did it, dad, didn’t
explain a thing, but he did get angry at me. What he said was, I pay for you to
eat, sleep, drink, dress and go to school, and if you think I am going to let
you ruin my life, well, I will shoot you and bury you in the backyard and it
won’t affect me one bit.

Because of my beagle and how dad handled it earlier,
and what he said to me after, when I was a grown man and dad was dying, I
refused to go anywhere with him. I didn’t want to be anywhere near, never mind
alone with him due to his cold ways.

The sad part is the dog was gone and I lived with nightmares or this drowning and fear for my whole life as long as this man was around.

      Like the winds that whisper thru the trees in the middle of a dense woods in October, my words whistle through and are never understood of heard.  There is an old saying, if a tree falls in the middle of the woods does it make any sound? Well, if you write a blog and no one reads it does it make a bit of difference in the world? I can answer to both the noise is being made but no one listens because it affects no one in anyway.Such is the case with my blog I believe. few read or hear what I say.

        If I complain, I am called a whiner, if I ignore I am ignorant, if I am foolish or stupid shame on me. Isn’t it funny how the only people really heard in the world are the ones with the loudest voices who scream all the time?. The average human being is ignored except by the few who care for them. Funny huh?

       I have watched trials and seen convictions of people for crimes they committed on tv. I am watching The Murray Trial myself, daily, and if anyone tells me this poor guy who was duped into being Jackson’s supplier and administrator will not be convicted well I say bullshit. The deck is stacked against the guy as i see it. Plus in the end, with the King of Pop dead and now long gone, the real point is why would a Doctor, provide such drugs and services unless it was just for the money? No idea, because it certainly was not your normal Doctor/ Patient relationship.

        That said and done, I suppose I should think about going back to finishing or at least writing more of my story/ book I started. My only wonder is will it ever sell, or would anyone want to read it. I guess unless I finish it and attempt to sell it I shall never know. In my case nothing is the normal, so the story will probably sell, but after I am dead and gone.

        Writing is an art and a way to express emotions, feelings, hopes and fears. It is also a way to face facts and work things out. I think most writers, write for the purpose of reliving what may be causing them inner turmoil, and i am no exception for sure. So a writing is what I will do I suppose.

      Politics would be my next subject. Not only politics but the economy and the status of the USA. America god bless us, is in a shambles today due to past mistakes, Presidents and stupid decisions. As Americans we need to be very careful who we put into office, both in the White House and Congress. We have made foolish choices not based on what is important to the country and our way of living and status, but on personal opinions and maybe even racial divides and statuses.

       I served my country as a solider, sailor for sixteen years, in the 1970’s and 1980’s I did sixteen years folks between three services. I am proud of serving my country and I am proud of being a Disabled Veteran who did so also. I suffer from injuries sustained in the service and I shall always do so, but I do so proudly. I have the following conditions: six herniated discs in my spine that go in and out of alignment constantly, bouts of PTSD and nightmares, sleep apeana,arthritis,and more, But at no time, do I beg for unneeded help or assistance and neither do millions of other Veterans who served their country. So please don’t take aim at the few benefits us Veterans get in Disabilities, at our Social Security that keeps us alive. Please don’t attack the helpless and ask us to sacrifice more, take some from the rich who continue to enjoy living high on the hog at the expense of us. We paid our dues, can’t the rich help and pay theirs?

       As my hands cramp in agony and pain, my back aches from the cold and hurt, and my breathing comes in gasps at times, I ask: Isn’t it time the United States asks the rich who benefitted so much from the Veterans who served so long and now ache in pain,actually pay their fair share to keep America going and help out?  I ask Congress, the President and the so-called leaders of this country, Do you really think we Veterans stood for this country and fought where needed as well as sacrificed as we did for ourselves? I know as a Disabled Veteran, when I stood watch at sea or on a base, or did anything in a military uniform, I did not do this is for me , I went and did this for those I Love at home and so they can live and laugh in the Land Of the Free, not for me. So my parents, siblings, children, relatives and friends can live free is why I did it you see. So when you sit down and eat and sit in Congress or the White House and go all of America must make sacrifices, stop and think, when you ask middle Americans, or lower-income Americans to sacrifice more, haven’t we finally done enough?

        Wareen Buffett, Donald Trump and others all said the same thing: We wouldn’t mind paying extra because we have it. Let them finally contribute with the one thing they have money and help our government and nation back to our feet.I say it is time Congress stop looking at Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and Disability payments of the lower class or middle class, or disabled and start looking at the rich, and well to do to pay more. Isn’t it about time, the rich who claim to want to help actually get to really help?

 

    

       

Ranting Again!!!.

      After sitting around a courthouse yesterday, waiting to be asked questions to be a Juror, I am free of Jury Duty because they did not need us. Four individuals sat around for 8 hours doing absolutely nothing waiting to be questioned by attorneys. Another day wasted away!.

       Our Justice system is not the best nor is it the worst, but there has to be a better way to choose a Jury then to subpena people in to sit around all day for nothing.I  don’t have a solution for it myself, but I know from waiting and wasting my day to me it was not worth it at all.

       Onward to the next subject, Politics. Obama says he will do what ever he can to boost the economy with his executive powers as President. I remind all, that even by those powers we the people invested in him, there is not much he can really do. Congress needs to get off it’s collective  asses and find a way to make this economy go. Sadly, our Senators, our Representatives are not working or even looking for a solution. I say you want to find a way to make the economy go and expand, fire all the Senators and Representative you can this November and the next. Put them on the unemployment lines and on the streets begging for a place to live and a meal. That will change it fast, I guarantee it, as an old friend would say, with onions on it!.

       Next, talking justice and cases, back to Conrad Murray. As I see it so far they are going to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, that he made big mistakes in his care, or lack of care in this Michael Jackson Case. Plus on top of his mistakes, lack of actions and reactions in the death of this man, he made the biggest mistake of all, he allowed Jackson to buy his services. Jackson bought Conrad Murray’s services to obtain the drugs he wanted and said he needed and to administer them to him safely. The only place Conrad Murray did not fail Jackson in was the obtaining of the drugs, as far as administrating them safely, well we see the result, with Michael dead at age 50. Murray’s trial will continue now with character witnesses on his behalf, and people saying how good a Doctor he was, and how nice a person he was. But those comments and statements will not save Conrad Murray from being convicted in this case. The deck as they say is stacked wholly against this man. Plus you have the strength and dynasty of the Jackson Family and public opinion pressing on it all. In the end there really can only be one result. If Murray’s attorneys stop and think about this they will make a plea agreement saving Murray a full-out conviction and his medical license before it goes to the Jury. But we all know that won’t happen, because the cry for Murray’s blood and life is too loud   and clear by Jackson family and fans.

      Final subject for today folks. Internet Social Medias. While it is fun and playful to socialize, chat, play games and have fun on the internet, in Social Media programs and chat programs of all kinds these day, be carefull. What or who is on the other end is not always clear, nor, are they always normal people or average people. People prey on the internet looking for children and victims of all ages to hurt physically, mentally and financially too. Each day reports grow of people being abused, stalked, killed, damaged, traced and stalked and more through the internet. Do yourselves a favor and your children too, do not release your location, phone numbers, credit card information or anything else over the internet. Be sure who you are dealing with when making purchases and more ok. Danger comes in many forms online and off.

 

         

Jury Duty call.

     I have been called to Jury Duty at least for one day. Each time they pull my number and call me to court they end up sending me home. Now I know serving on a jury can be a pain in the ass, and interesting, but why call to Jury a Disabled Veteran who is retired? I don’t even know if i could sit through hours of testimony in a courtroom box. Besides in my book, most who are arrested for major crimes are guilty anyway, but listening to hours of evidence will bore me too. Civic duties sometimes you just have no choice do you? At least they pay for the parking and validate the tickets lol.

      While I believe in doing your duty as a citizen of America I do not believe people should be forced to do so.But the Jury selection process is made the way it is for reasons beyond me. All I know is, if they make me serve on this Jury, I hope the defensive team is good, cause I tend to believe most are guilty, not all but most. Times shall tell today.

       Hard to believe they would want a Disabled Veteran, with PTSD, 6 herniated Discs, sleep apnea and on depression medication to be a juror. Ah, well I will go and more than likely get booted anyway.

 

Social Networking and Adult sites.

     Social Networks as well as communication programs work well, except when you do what you want and they don’t want. Take programs like Yahoo chat they used to allow you to chat and have fun, now they restrict things you say and the rooms you can get to. Then there is Second Life, you enter one landmark and all is ok, you enter another and don’t do what they like or say what they like and it’s oh we shall ban you. That is not being sociable, that’s being foolish. Anyway I am finding social programs and chat rooms boring these days anyway.

       That subject now covered lets talk about the ability of too many lonely people hanging out on the internet and the expansion of it all. The internet is one hell of an invention and it is good for research, chat, communication, reading, writing and more. Shopping occurs on it daily, people chat daily and people shop daily using it all. It has put the world into people’s homes through a computer monitor and speakers. It is the coolest thing ever really. Though it does have its downfalls too. The biggest downfall is the availability of adult sites to just anyone who can get online. There needs to be a program or process by which age verification  is assured. Naked bodies flashing themselves across the internet or outright sex scenes should be blocked and some form of age verification enforced. Explicit sex between adults should not be available for download or viewing by children, period.