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CJ Barrimond


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Gender: Female
Status: Married
Age: 51
Sign: Gemini

City: FRESNO
State: California
Country: US
Signup Date: 11/2/2007

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Thursday, July 09, 2009 
Recently I have been preoccupied by fishing and the canning of the veggies in my garden, but while watching the news the other day I noticed something that wasn't right.  This film maker was doing a documentary on the foreclosures in Fresno, California.  He decided to mix it up with the skate boarders and foreclosures.

What happens is the homes that are empty and in foreclosure are taken over by the skate boarders.  They drain the built in pools and clean them up and sweep up any debri left in the bottoms and then proceed to use the pool for skate boarding.  Now I figure on one hand they are doing the community a service by draining the ugly green water out so larva can not grow and cause major problems, but then they are committing several crimes.

In fresno it is required to obtain a permit to drain a pool.  It is also a misd crime to trespass on a vacant property.

Even though the skaters are trying to help out, they are in violation of city ordinances.  This film maker is putting these skaters on film and it will be shown here in fresno at the Tower theater this weekend. 

So now with thier faces all over the big screen, who is to say the police won't go after them for charges?  So now I have to ask the big question, is it art or is mischief with a twist?  To the young kids who drained the pools of the insect infested water, thank you and on the other hand, you are violating the city ordinances and you need to beware of the city's long arm of the law.  They will seek you out and prosecute you.  But they will not pay for damages they cause to you and your property due to errors in judgement or due to thier neglect.

When the tree branch fell in my yard and landed on my swing with people in it they refused to pay for the damages.  Now I have to file a small claims court action against this city for thier neglect.  So remember when you go to another house and drain that pool and helping the community and then skating in that pool, the city will get you.  Where is the justice in what you are doing now?

Comments are welcome and encouraged.  Please do not think I condone the skater's behavior, but on the other hand I find thier actions courageous and helpful to the city.  So with two sides to this story, where do you fit in?

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 

Dear Sir,

 

I realize you may never see this letter and I am so sorry for that small fact.  I will address my opinion to you anyway in hopes that whom ever is censoring you mail will find it to be a sound idea and present it to you anyway.

 

I have to say that first off, that I am sickened by the bickering between parties over a budget for this state.  It hurts to know that as politicians they are not looking at the bigger picture and bringing their manners to the table and instead they are out for self agendas which spell GREED! 

 

Everyone is going to battle over the fish that will be destroyed if we allow the farmers this extra water.  My solution to this problem is to give a tax credit to those wishing to farm this smelt and that way everyone wins.

 

As for the water situation in regards to everyone else’s use, if the city can not be held accountable for the water they waste how can private citizens are held accountable.  I have driven around my area where I live and found so many broken sprinkler heads it is stupid.  I have e-mailed those in a position to remedy the situation and still nothing is done. 

 

We have so many young people out here trying to find work and there is no real work that provides them with benefits to care for their families.  Yet we cut off their welfare and their benefits under welfare.  My son found it so difficult to find work that he enlisted in the army so he could make a life for his family and himself and receive benefits that would meet their needs.  I solute any young person enlisting in the military, but I am so afraid that their benefits will be cut next and they will end up back where they started. 

 

Education in this state is appalling.  There are so many students graduating in this state that can not even tie a shoe let alone get a job.  Their appearance is lacking and the attitude is that of someone who thinks they are owed the jobs.  They didn’t earn the job, they thought they were owed.  No one is owed much of anything in this country and yet there are those who feel that is what should be done.  We have veterans in this country and this state that are not cared for in the respectable manner they earned.  They fought for their rights and ours and yet we treat them with such disrespect it makes me cringe.

 

We have played Robin Hood with our senior citizens benefits in this state for so long that by the time you reach their level you will not have a single benefit that you are entitled to.  When we should be taxing these corporations leaving this state for outside countries to manufacture their products.  Airlines come into a city and set up station, but when they can’t make a good profit them up and leave.  They should be assessed a special tax for leaving.  The property taxes in this state are another area where the more square footage you own the more tax you should be paying. 

 

We have people here who scrimp on their energy bills because of the price to cool a home or heat a home.  I for one refuse to use my dryer and have not in five months.  I hang those clothes on a line.  I cook a big meal with enough left over for the next day so I am not using the stove everyday.  Preparing cold dishes that need no cooking is another way I save energy.  I use fans and open my house all day during the summer.  I refuse to turn on the air.  At night my husband finds he is turning it on to 85 to cool the house from 96 to 85.  It is a killer, but I am surviving and others can too.  Most government buildings I have been in it is freezing in their and we wonder why the PG & E is so high in the city’s budgets.  We take from our children and seniors and those living below or at poverty levels and not from those who can afford to loose a bit more.  Why?  I will tell you why, GREED!  What happened to being able to enjoy ones self with almost nothing?  Fishing has gone up in prices and yet no one has stopped fishing.  I fish and enjoy every minute of it.  Kids and families used to be able to feel secure enough to sit in the front and just visit with neighbors.  You can’t do that much anymore because of the drive bys in this town or any other town.  Our police are taking less and less calls to prove to the government at hand that they need more money to fight crime.  News flash, answering those calls will do the same and not answering those calls.  The only difference is something is getting done and not answering anything doesn’t get anything done.  Why does it take a year to get a street light fixed and it takes less than that to fix a downed power pole.  If stripping the copper wire from inside these street lights is a problem, why is there no building alarming system?  Some feasible to me! 

 

It costs way too much to attend college anymore that we are put out uneducated people to do highly educated jobs.  I think something will be broken in a matter of time.  We have no one to blame but ourselves. 

 

The price of gas in this state is outrageous.  I refuse to drive anymore than absolutely necessary due to the price of gas.  I will not contribute to the greedy of this country.  Someone needs to wake up and get a reality check.  If gang bangers are such a problem in this country, why has no one started a bill in congress to have every gang banger caught shipped over seas to the hot zones and given a gun to survive there?  It seems logical that if they want to shoot people so much, send them somewhere that their life will depend on it.  Maybe they will think twice about taking another persons life if everyone and their brother is shooting at them and they are pinned in. 

 

If you are a store owner and you open a store in a city and it doesn’t make it, before you leave and close up that store, you will owe that city a pretty penny for taking from that community. 

 

I know I may sound as though I am ranting, because common sense tells me that if you have a problem, there are simpler ways of finding the solution than a bunch of bearcats sitting in a big auditorium yelling back and forth about nothing.  No one has come up with any feasible solutions and they are not really trying to find a solution, just a way to get more money in their pockets for sitting on their butts doing nothing.  What will it take before they wake up and smell what stinks in that auditorium? 

 

The people of this state have not really asked for much at all.  They want gas prices to be a bit lower and they need benefits to help their families stay healthy and they need affordable housing to live in that isn’t falling apart.  The people of this state need to know that when they do a job, they will get the pay they  have earned.  They also ask that those sitting in that auditorium get off their butts and quit acting like children fighting over a toy none of them deserve.

 

I certainly hope this letter gets to you and you have the opportunity to comment back to me.

 

 

 

Thank you,

CJ Barrimond

....Fresno...., Ca  93722


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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 
Dear Mr. President,
 
This is a proposal I am sending you for your review.  I am sure after reading this proposal you will agree we in this country need to take action where our homeless veterans are concerned.  As a Veteran myself, I feel compelled to bring this unusual proposal to your attention.
 
I have noticed that in the past few years more and more of our military bases are closing and more and more of our veterans have become displaced and homeless.  Due to the massive number of homeless veterans and the numerous bases that have been closed due to cost efficiency I proposal those closed bases be put to a greater use than becoming an eye sore.  Most of the bases have what is called and parade square where all the flags fly and usually where the bases commanders’ office sits now empty.  On a visit recently to what once was Castle AFB in Merced California I noticed several of the single airman and NCO dormitories still stand.  They have been visited by vandals but for the most part are in great condition.  I also noted that as a government agency we as tax payers are still paying for the up keep of these bases. 
 
The grounds are usually contracted out as far as the grounds maintenance.  Some of the other building are standing and on some bases the hospital and the once called bases housing is still standing.  The electricity on these bases still on and the water sewer and garbage still on or being collected. 
 
I propose that as for the single member dormitories are utilized by our single homeless veterans and as an occupant they are charge a $20.00 monthly fee for the utility usage.
 
We utilize some of the other empty buildings as a place where our homeless veterans can sign up for the benefits they are entitled to.  These offices can be manned by volunteers on a selected couple of days.  We also send in volunteers from the welfare department to see if these members are entitled to those benefits as well.  The bases that still have their hospitals I propose that we set up the pharmacy and a clinic with volunteer doctors and other medical staff also on a voluntary basis to man those clinics.  These clinics would only be for minor illnesses like the flu, severe colds, and minor cuts.  Any major or specialized treatment would be shuttled to the nearest VA Hospital as long as it is no farther away than 100 miles.  If further away than 100 miles then they would be shuttled to the nearest county hospital where they can receive the free medical treatment required.
 
These single veterans would now be responsible for the up keep of the grounds on these bases; this gives them a sense of being useful again.  A purpose if you will.  They could also keep up the buildings being utilizes by the voluntary personnel there to assist them in getting their benefits.
 
Now on to the families displaced or homeless and these are also veterans.  The bases housing is just sitting there collecting cobwebs, so why not open then up as temporary housing for these veteran families and give them one year to get their footings again.  They would be responsible for the utility bill on the house and also pay a minimal amount for living in the quarters.  They could also be signed up for their benefits and also any welfare they are eligible for.  This way we take off the streets our homeless veterans and their families and start putting them to useful gains.  Give these veterans who are experienced in plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and other skilled laborers to work on these homes that need repair and give them back the purpose in life they are looking for.  These families can help one another in getting child care while others are signing up for their benefits.  The hospital clinic can dispense the medications they require and care for their minor illnesses as well.  Instead of having a redline and debt over these bases sitting there not being utilized, lets make them become useful.  Charging these families for the use of the homes and the utilities is just and rightfully so.  Once receiving benefits, there is no way they could not afford to stay there and attempt to get jobs.  They all now have an address to receive their benefits.  After the one year temporary housing date, they must move out into housing of their choice and on their own.  The housing should be kept in working order and all occupants must follow specific rules and periodic inspections of grounds and quarters.  Also if any family is involved in any incidents of violence of three times during their stay in the temporary housing they must be terminated before the one year date.  This temporary housing is a privilege not a right and should be treated as such.
 
This would also apply to the single man dormitories.  I realize this is a large step for the government to take, but who better to respect a military base and its flags, but a veteran who has more respect for them than the average Joe on the street.  We could request the local VFWs and American Legions and even other military organizations to help these veterans out with obtaining furniture for the dormitories and even the single family housing. 
 
I also realize there may be some legal issues that I have not researched that may apply here, but I am sure if we are taking care of our homeless veterans than those legal issues could be bypassed.  Doing this, we clear our streets of pan handlers and homeless veterans.  We are also showing other countries we take care of our own.  We can not dictate to other countries about the treatment of their people if we cannot take care of our own.  Also these empty bases are now becoming useful again and the operation of them is being paid for by the occupants living their and the cost of repairs are minimal.  The labor is done by the skilled veterans living their and the supplies can be provided by the government.  It is a win win situation for all. 
 
I posted this idea as a blog on the internet and got great responses for it and I also brought it to the attention of several veterans and they stated it was probably the smartest idea anyone has ever came up with for helping out our homeless veterans. 
 
As for the influx in the local area schools, there is a solution to that problem as well.  Being as there are so many empty buildings the overflow can be dispersed to one of the empty buildings.  They could be used as an off campus site on a temporary basis.  We could allow our student teachers to be temporarily assigned to these sites under the supervision of our substitute teachers who volunteer their time in teaching these children the curriculum as taught in the local area schools.  We could also place some of our medical assistance students in the hospital clinics for their hands on training and other medical field students as well.  We have such an overflow of medical students who need the experience of hands on training and this would be a great place for their training.  If any of the veterans need support groups such as AA or other substance abuse groups, they could be held at one of the buildings on the bases so they are accessible to them.  All the bases are already on tract for the public transit service so families or single members needing to shop can use the public transit system.  For our wheel chair bound single veterans, they can be assigned a ground floor dorm room.  These veterans are more incline to help one another and there fore they would help each other out when needed.
 
How this proposal be anything but positive progression for all concerned. 
 
I truly hope you give this proposal great thought and consideration.  Thank you so much for taking the time to review this proposal.   I hope it is taken seriously enough to be implemented for the respect of our veterans who gave their time and life to this country we all live in.  Show the rest of the world we respect those men and women who served our country proudly and that we as a country care about their well being.
 
I am sending this to each of the California Senators, the California Governor, Congressmen and attempting to send it to the Veterans Administration.
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Friday, June 19, 2009 
Last Saturday I took a ride to Merced, California to have dinner.  On that particular trip my husband and I took a drive thru Castle AFB or what used to be Castle AFB.   You see I was stationed at Castle AFB before being retired.  We noticed that a lot of the buildings were taken down and some were new buildings and some were being used for other home based corporations.
 
We went looking for the Base Hospital and it was nowhere to be found.  So my mind started wandering and the ideas were flowing like water.  For all those VFW Commanders and Other organizations that have the power to push thru congress, why are we not turning those old dormitories on these closed bases into homes for the homeless veterans?  On Castle AFB we noted about four old dorms and these buildings could probably hold around 75 to 100 homeless veterans.  The actual dormitory room is big enough to hold two twin beds, a small refrigerator, a desk or two small dressers and each person has a closet.  You even have some room for a TV in the room or you could use the common room for TV watching.  They would use common restrooms.
 
This would give our vets an address for receiving their VA checks.  By leaving the hospitals up and staffed with a couple of doctors and a few nurses, it could be utilized as a clinic for minor illnesses.  If they need specialized treatment, the government could shuttle them to the nearest VA Hospital.  Afterall Merced is only 60 miles from the nearest VA Hospital.  This would help them and clean our streets of our homeless veterans and show them we have respect for them and what they have gone thru to protect this country.
 
Some of our vets come home to absolutely nothing, no home, no family and no way of making any money.  If they live on these bases that were closed, make them responsible for the grounds.  It makes them feel useful and keep monuments looking presentable.  If they are living in the dorms, they can be assessed a small amount for the utilities used and the government would not really be wasting anything.
 
During certain holidays the VFW and the American Legion could visit these men and women and enlist their assistance in paying tribute to their comrades.  Not only that but we noticed that the flags were still flying around parade square.  Shouldn’t they be the optimal choice for caring for these flags?
 
Why is it we treat our vets with less respect that we treat our elderly family members?  What say you as an american who is supposed to be proud of your veterans?
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Monday, June 15, 2009 
Health Care System:  Too many people in this country are without any health care coverage and our President wants or would like every American to be covered with a health care program.  That is great, but I have found way too many variables that have not been considered and too many cons to this program.  So here we go on the problems plaguing this great health care program.   First off, we have greed playing a great part in all of this.  We start off with the doctors who care more about the jingle in their pockets than the care of their patients.  They took an oath to first do no hard and then to provide the best possible medical care for the PATIENT!  Well if they are doing their jobs, the patient comes first and not their pockets.  Most doctors over charge patients for services rendered where as the insurance companies find ways to rip the doctors off on the services they can provide to a patient.  In other words, if the doctor deems a specific test is required to rule out problems, the insurance companies can say no they will not cover the test needed to rule out that problem.  Now the doctor has to use his or her imagination to find another way around the insurance company to help their patient.  So the insurance companies providing this so called coverage has their hand in this great big pot of funds.  Now we have the pharmaceutical companies making the drugs that are needed by the patients. The drugs are priced to make profits and not really help a patient.  So now we have the scenario where one of these insurance company employees needs a specific medication made by one of these pharmaceutical companies who have jacked up the price so that only those sitting on Park Avenue can afford.  When that employee can not get their medications you know someone in the company is going to pull some strings and find a way around all the red tape.  Now that is for who you know only.  But what about those regular folks like use?  Now if we can stop the pilphering of funds to these big manufactures of these drugs and the doctors who care more about the jingle in their pockets and the insurance companies who are trying to skimp on services that can be provided then we might make some head way.
 
Now he (being the president) says every American should be afforded health care coverage.  So now we have lets see, welfare recipients who get coverage, seniors who have part a & b & c & d.  We have regular workers who have coverage thru their jobs and then we have those who buy their own medical coverage thru an insurance company.  First off the seniors and those on welfare are treated differently then those who pay into a coverage plan and those who buy their own.  The seniors and welfare patients are finding it very hard to find doctors who will take their insurance plans.  So the type of care they are going to get is less than minimal.  Yes, I know you are sitting there saying that it not so.  Well I am here to tell you that it is so.  I have seen first hand for myself the type of care these people are getting and the caliber of doctors they find to treat them.  I wouldn’t let them treat my ailing dog if they were the last doctors around.  The seniors deserve more respect that that.  After all they are our history.  The welfare patients that receive medical coverage thru welfare are absolutely appalling.  These people are already done on their luck and the doctors and insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies are pushing them further down that hole.  Why would you treat your fellow man that way?  If a child needs treatment for an ailment that someone in the private sector is being treated for 9 times out of ten welfare medical coverage will not pay for it but those who have medical coverage in the private sector will definitely get the treatment for their child. 
 
Now most of our doctors look at our seniors and too old for any medical break thru treatments.  That is where I have to draw a line.  They are our history and if we give them the same medical coverage we have for ourselves in the private sector we can have more history pasted down for our child of the future. 
 
Social Security:  We have all heard the predictions that there won’t be any more money to take care of our children in the future.  Well maybe we need to rethink this system on a whole.  I have known so many kids in America today that draw social security disability coverage because of some developmental problems.  Okay, I have a friend whose daughter was born with a developmental disease and it can be fatal.  That is understandable for her to draw this disability coverage.  But now we have children in this country drawing disability because they have ADHD, ADD and we have adults who are drug addicts, alcoholics who are drawing disability.  If we are going to cover them for their disabilities, why can we not cover those with severe rheumatory arthritis, degenerative disc disorder, and peripheral neuropathy?   I have a child born with ADD and it was passed down to him by many family members.  He didn’t receive disability for it, we learned to train him to deal with it and he leads a very normal life and sometimes we leave a note or two to remind him of things.   One of his friends was receiving the disability coverage and we all thought it was ridiculous for him to be receiving it because he was playing his parents and the system.  He later ended up in jail.
 
So if we take into consideration those receiving the disability now that really should not be receiving it then maybe just maybe there will be some left over for our children in the future.  Here is another thing to take into consideration, if you have a family history of major birth defects, why would you have more children to be born with these defects?  I found out later in life after giving birth to two very healthy children that on my mother’s side one of the girls were born with polio.  She lived a long and painful life and had to be institutionalized at a very early age.  She was my aunt.  No one ever passed this information along to my generation and we all took a serious chance in giving birth to our children.  I also found out that one of my cousins gave birth to a child who was born with another kind of defect.  The mother and father knew this defect was in the family genes and still they went ahead with having another child and yes that child also have the defect.  Both children receive disability coverage.  Neither parent works now and they live off the kid’s disability checks.  There is something very wrong with this picture.  So if these children we have can live as normal as a life as you and I do, why are they drawing this disability coverage?  What because one day in the future they won’t be able to care for themselves?  If you think about it, neither will we.  But we can’t say for sure until it happens.  We have people lying in hospital beds that will never come out of a comma and they are receiving this disability.  It is going into a bank account, the medical insurance companies stop paying for their care somewhere down the line and that disability money will only cover their stay somewhere else for a short time.  There should be in the system a program for long term care for such patients or those that had severe strokes who will never be able to live on their own again.  I know that is where family should step in to help out, but then again that is not always the case.  Some families are barely making it now and to add another mouth to the bill doesn’t exactly work.  Now if the family received payment from the government for caring in their own home family members that need round the clock care then maybe more families could afford to do this.  I myself would do it even if I didn’t get money, because they are my family and that is the way I was raised to believe.
 
We grant this disability to those who have no real disability and have managed to carry on as though they had no disability or pain.  Now I spent the day yesterday hanging up clothes and I was in pain the rest of the evening.  I guess hanging clothing on lines a little too high doesn’t help me out anymore.  I really need that dam umbrella clothesline now.  But it will have to wait until I can afford one.  After all no one is just gonna give it to me. 
A friend of mine who filed for disability and she really has a debilitating disability, received a letter from SSDI to have a shrink evaluate her.  She called me and said do they think I am crazy or what?  Why do they want me to see a shrink?  I being dumb and naïve told her they probably figure with all the medication you are on want to make sure it hasn’t affected your judgment and your mind to mush.  She laughed at that and truly accepted that reasoning.  Later she talks to another friend who tells her that they think she is a hypochondriac.    She called me back and told this and said I was wrong.  I told her not to jump to conclusions so quickly.  Just go to the appointment and be yourself and not to worry about it.  She asked me if that had been set up for me?  I told her no not yet.  She asked what things had been done in my case so far.  I told her I filled out all the paperwork and sent it in and that I received a pain questionnaire and that was it so far.  She stated she had not received the pain questionnaire until her paperwork had been in a year.  I told her that didn’t mean anything.
 
The point here is that to get this disability you are sent thru so many changes and loops that one almost feels it isn’t worth filing for.  But those of us who really need to be on it, have to endure a life altering change with this organization just to receive the payment and they a judge can have the last say and who is he to know what pain you feel or what kind of life you live daily with all this pain?  Those who don’t really need this disability payment seem to get it without any trouble, and those who really do need it go thru so much only to be told you need to appeal it and have a judge tell you he doesn’t think you need it. 
 
What is even strange, is that social security gives you a list of accepted disabilities and even if you have one of them they still sent you to the cleaners to get approved.
 
Both sets of my grandparents received social security and not the disability coverage, because they refused to be raked over the coals knowing they actually needed it and their doctors told them to file.  They both said that it was inhumane the way people were treated that needed it and could not get because it was who you knew and how well you were able to communicate to them your disability.  Please, you can use the correct terminology and speak proper English and it still doesn’t make it work.  If you are lying in a hospital bed dying in the next few days, you might get it.  Well, I don’t plan on lying in a hospital bed to get it.
We need to clean house on this system and re-evaluate those already on it that were not born with a medical problem accepted already.  We have too many people not deserving of this money and using it to profit off of. 
 
So this all being said, what say you the regular everyday people in this world?  Give me your input and if we get enough of a possible solution, I will draft a plan and yes send it to MR. President himself and make sure you all have your just dues.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009 
While watching an episode of the O'Riley Factor I was stund by your actions in pressing to have demeaning and disgusting photos of abuse released.  How dare you demean and demoralize our military in such a disgusting manner.  How can you claim to be a patriot and still wanting to release those photos?  Your actions tell the american people you are no better than those hard core rappers calling women demeaning and disgusting names.  As a Veteran I am proud of my country and military members.  Sure some did something apprehensible, and should be punished for it, but you do not need to inflame the amercian people with these photos.  Your actions make me think of you as a traitor to your country and as such you should be punished as a traitor.  You tell the american people of this country you have nothing but disgust for our military members fighting for the freedoms you obviously take for granted.  I refuse to watch you on any television show because you just have no credability with me.  It appears you use bad judgment and your thoughts of what this country whats are way off base and you need to either step down or step back and learn to listen to the american people who put you in that office.  They voted you and they can pull you out of that seat very easily.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 
Today while driving to the eye doctor to pick up my new eyes I was paying particular attention to my surroundings.  Why?  I am not quite sure, but it was definitely and eye awaking experience.
 
The next time you go somewhere, pay very close attention to what is happening around you while driving and you too will be able to spit the words “What was that”.
 
I picked up this black Lincoln town car not more that two blocks from my house and the driver was a female.  She was sitting in this car as if to portray herself and some hoity toyty person and yet she wasn’t dressed as such.  While behind her I notice the car has been cared for in a great manner.  The problem was her plate registration had expired in Feb of 09.  This is Jun 09 and there was not paper in the either the front of back window to say it had an extension.
 
The next thing I notice is a man standing on the medium with a sign.  He is dressed in nice new Bermuda shorts, and new t-shirt with a breast pocket, ankle crew socks and new white tennis shoes.  His sign says “OUT OF WORK NEED DONATIONS’.  My immediate thought was bull shit! 
 
I am still traveling and the next thing I see is a dead squirrel laying in the roadway and a dead dog on same road about three feet from each other.  I immediately thought of the disease that could be floating from these dead animals lying in the roadway.  Now I am about three miles from home and there are people crossing a busy main street and one is a man with a cane.  His left foot appears to be in some kind of brace.  He steps off the curb on this extremely busy street as if he is walking without paying attention to the traffic.  No he is not crossing in a cross walk; in fact he is about three to four blocks from a cross walk.  I literally had to swerve because he was in the middle of the lane as on coming traffic was passing him.  My first thought was how stupid to play chicken with traffic at your age.
 
Now at the corner of the doctor’s office I see all these people waiting on a city bus and most of the people waiting are men and a couple of elderly women.  Do you think any of those men would stand for these couple of elderly women, so they could sit while waiting for this bus?  No.  How rude was that of these men.  Now on the way home I see two teenage boys and a teenage girl standing in front of a store just hanging out.  Nothing particular until I see IT.  IT was the crack of these boys backside.  I had to take a second look and say to myself “What was that”. 
 
 
We here in California passed a law that says you cannot talk on a cell phone while driving.  So now I have to ask myself is this just a way to pacify other drivers annoyed by these people or what.  As this man in a delivery van is driving thru a very busy intersection he has a cell phone in one hand up to his ear and the other on the steering wheel.  He is talking to someone and it did not appear to be for directions.  Three city cops pass this guy and not a single one pulled him over to issue a ticket.  But now let that person have been me talking on a cell phone without hands free and I would have been issued a ticket.  What was that?  Am I being too critical of my fell man or is it that the truth hurts and most people make excuses for themselves where as if others are doing it, it is annoying?  So now you have taken my drive to the eye doctor and seen just what I see.  What did you see on your drive that made you say to yourself “What was that”?
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 
First off, I need to extend my thanks to each and everyone one you who sent birthday comments and e-mails wishing me a Happy Birthday.  You all have no idea of how much that really meant to me. 

Secondly, My one woman party did not turn out the way I origionally thought it would.  I ended up with all my kids here and friends.  All here to help me celebrate my 51st year of life.  It surprised me and my husband.  My son did all the cooking on the grill.  My daughter who showed up after getting her nails done bought me a birthday cake and she picked up some of the sweetest corn I have ever ate.

Two of my grand daughters sat on the counter, (they never do this) and sang happy birthday to me and then it was my youngest grandson frankies' turn and he sang happy birthday with a rap flare.  It was totally awesome.  This is one granny who really enjoyed herself.

No we didn't get to the tequilla shots, but then  again, I didn't think things were gonna turn out this way from get go.

After the meal was done and while we were sitting around chatting, a tree limb from the city's side of the fence fell on my swing.  Thank god I had a cover over my swing, or four people would have been seriously injured worse than what did get hurt.  One friend jerked to protect her 10 month old son and hurt her shoulder.  My daughter in-law and my friend's other son were also on the swing.  My husband and a friend and my son ran over to lift the tree branch which might I add was enormous off the swing and my veggie garden and toss it over the fence.  Once over the fence they had to renail the boards back up and attempt to break some of the big limb up so it wasn't laying on the sidewalk.

I guess when I sober up I will be e-mailing the city a nasty gram and following it up with a phone call.  I was so disgusted, because not more than two weeks agao a tree crew was out trimming the trees along the road edge.  When I asked if they could trim that particular tree back they replied that they could only do what was on the work order and nothing more.  I guess they will be doing much more now.  It ruined my veggie garden and there was no way to fix the plants.  My lost is going to be thier pain in thier back side on a major scale.  If I don't get satisfaction, I will be holding a press conference and the great people of fence District 1 will have something to think about when going to the voting poles this year.

After the tree incident and all the food and beer, I have to say it was a great birthday and I will never forget turning 51.    MY family was great and my friends were great and all of you here on myspace have been really great people as well.  Bless you all and in a few this old lady will be calling it a night and a year.
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Monday, May 11, 2009 
WARNING!  What you are about to read in this blog is all true!  These are not my feelings just fact!  This blog may contain launguage not suitable for children of any age.  If you are sensative do not read.  If you want to be aware of what is happening in this world then by all means read on. 

Yestarday I was dropping off Mother's Day gifts to my daughter and my son's girlfriend.  When I arrived at my son's apartment complex, he was telling to teenage boys about 14 years old to not do something again or he was spilling his words.  He stated that what they were doing was going to get someone hurt or more killed.  The two teen boys walked away as if they never heard a word he said.  They obviously had big chips on thier shoulders and adult supervision was non existant.  According to several of the neighbors they live with thier mother and step father.  Mom is never home and the step father has been told he has no say in anything these two teen boys do or say.  He is absolutely powerless in the relationship. 

I walked over to where his girlfriend was sitting with his two girls.  While sitting out there in the front of his apartment, the music was loud and we were having great conversation and listening to the great music.  Not 30 minutes after sitting down we heard a loud boom.  The next thing we see is the same two teenage boys walking away from where the loud boom was coming from.  We also see two other boys walking with them.  These other two boys can't be more than 10 years old.  My son went to the gate before the boys reached the gate and called to them to come to the gate.  The two teenage boys walked to the gate and acted as though they were in trouble or just wanted to know what he wanted.  Immedately my son yells back to call the police.  My daughter in-law to be did just that.  While on the line to the police she gives a very detailed description of all four boys.  The dispatcher told her that the officers were on thier way as they spoke.  When the officers arrived, she relaid that to the dispatcher.  She hung up and we watched as a little boy 5 years old runs up to one of the two younger boys.  At first there was two patrol units and they cuffed the boys for fitting the description given of those suspected of being involved in the incidents.  Then here comes four more units and two motorcycle units and a firetruck.  Now you have all these police officers responding to this call.  One of the teen boys tells the officer that my son was yelling at them and threatening to kick thier butts if he catches them doing this act again.  The officer in charge on the sceen tells the boy that maybe he was mad at him for trying to blow up things near his apartment or maybe he was afraid they were gonna start a fire near his house.  The teen boy was not impressed with the officer and got a little smart mouthed. 

I walked over to the officers and told the officer in charge that the little five years was not involved in any of the incident.  The officer said that he was guilty by association.  I asked why was that and he winked and said that his brothers said he was with them.  I told the officer I understood fully.  All five boys admitted to what they had been doing all day.  The fire chief told the boys that what they had been doing could have resulted in one of them being seriously hurt or a fire out of control.  They were all five taken to juevenile hall for processing.

Now here is what they were doing.  They bought bottles of the "works" bowl cleaner and a roll of foil.  They collected soda bottles on the side of the road.  If you have ever viewed any of the videos on UTUBE then you have seen this one.  With the soda bottle, you put foil in the bottom of the bottle and add bowl cleaner in it and cap it.  Stand back and watch as the gases build up inside and it explodes.

This was done in an open field of extremely dry brush.

Now the first act of ignorance is the stepdad who allowed a woman to tie off his balls in disciplining any child he is related to even by only marriage.  The second act of ignorance is the woman who called herself the mother to not care what her children were doing.  She tied her husbands balls off and took his authority and yet was out allowing other men to take advantage of her.  Not a feeling, just fact.

The fourth act of ignorance was these boys attempting to make bombs without supervision and in an open dry field.  The fifth was copping an attitude with the firechief and police.

Why are these types of videos allowed to be aired on the internet?  To some of you out there this might be harmless, but to a mother and grandmother, this is harmful to the children and thier futures.  Not to mention some mental specialists would consider this behavior a prelude to future problems.  

My two grand daughters were watching the entire thing go down and the questions just kept flying out of thier mouths.  The neighbors in the complex were all watching and some gave family information to the officers on the case.  About an hour and half later a white van rolled up on scene and it turns out it was the crime scene investigators.  They took pictures of each and every bomb sight and collected every piece of evidence they left behind.  When the officers arrived they found the bran new bottle of the "Works" bowl cleaner and a new roll of foil that the teen boys dropped by the gate.

With thier admission to the crimes and thier attitudes and the non-existant parental supervision they were taken away.  If this is not witnessing ignorance in the making I don't know what else to call it.  No the mother and stepfather were not charged with anything to date.  That does not mean they won't be at a later date.  The other two boys the younger three, thier parents would be called from juevenile hall.  The two teenager's mom was repeatedly called and messages left for her with no response.

Where was the supervision of these boys while on the internet?  Where is the responsible parent in any of these boy's lives?  Are these boys yelling for some attention by a parent or what?  I personally viewed this video on the internet before writing this piece.  I was surprised they did not get hurt pulling these stunts.

I would really be interested in hearing what all of you have to say about this incident.
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Monday, May 04, 2009 
This is my way of saying Happy Mother's Day to all Moms out there.  If you are a mom and serving in the military I owe you a salute and a thank you.  If you are a mom and not serving in the military but serving in law enforcement or special response capacity like paramedics or maybe in a hospital or first responder you too get a thank you.

But for all us other moms I have to say you do a job that most men out there never understand and sometimes take for granted.  I have to say that as a mom you are not always appreciated the way you think you should and not always do we get our just dues.  We as moms some hold jobs outside the house and others don't, we do the shopping, laundry, cooking, cleaning and all the other things that makes us moms. 

We sit with our sick children, our sadden children because of a girl or boy break up.  We sit with our spouses and watch our favorite shows and we tend to the flowers in the yard and make the outside look as appealling as the inside.  We have learned to wear so many different hats and be so many different people that sometimes we don't have time for ourselves.  As moms, we do these things because we are not selfish but caring and loving. 

So many of you women out there fit into the above molds and some have no children because that is thier choice or because it just hasn't happened as of yet.  To all of you, you are mothers as well.  You have a husband or a family pet and some pets become our children and we treat them as if they were a child.  To you, Happy Mother's Day as well.

To all of those who feel they are mothers, I say have a very Happy Mother's Day and men and children out there, take care of this women who is called mom.  For one day she will not be there and all those chances to make great memories with her will be missed and memories last for ever.  Show her how much she does mean to you and how much you appreciate her for being just her.  Serve her breakfast in bed or do a chore for her without being asked.  Maybe take her on a picnic.  Go pick her some flowers and if you pick them from someone else's yard, be sure to ask first.  Give her a I O U for the next time she gets sick.  Play a special song for her or maybe read a poem to her.  No matter what you do, just show her and tell her how much you need and love her.

To all Mothers out there everywhere, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO YOU?
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