Well I ventured out to drum circle last night. The energy was wierd, kinda low. It wasn't normal at all, especially for a night that wasn't blazing hot. Wonder what happened. Oh well. Everything here is quiet, as I'm enjoying the last few days of my vacation.

I'm off to see the wizard. Well, not the wizard but my local house representative to discuss health care reform. I should be there around 12 noon on Wednesday August 12th.
Rep. Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-01)
Yorktown Office
4904-B George Washington Memorial Highway Yorktown VA 23692
Phone: (757) 874-6687

I think everybody should visit or call their rep or congressmen regarding health care reform. So far the "town hall meetings" regarding this issue have been turned into screaming matches and lynch mobs of "right wing activists". There is one coming up on the 31st at CNU, so I'm told. I'm not going to get in a screaming match with some of the so called "patriot protesters". No sense in it. I'd rather go and have a quiet conversation with the staffers at my rep or congressmen's office. I intend to bring photos of my friends who are suffering under the current system we have now. 2 are dying of cancer and can't afford their bills that insurance doesn't pay.

I'm not going to pretend that I have the answers on this problem. I don't. I know that when the government gets involved in anything, it tends to be a burecratic disaster. I know that the system we have now is not “the best system in the world” as some have been brainwashed to believe. The number 1 cause of bankruptcy in the US is medical bills. There are over 40 million people without health insurance (weather by choice or not, we ALL pay for it). Part of the reason health care premiums are going up is to cover the cost of the uninsured. I have friends who are dying because they can’t afford the bills that insurance doesn’t pay.

Do I think we are better off with more people insured? Yep. Do I know how to go about it? Nope.

 There've been some interesting rumors running around as of late. Supposidly the public Samhain ritiual held at Mt. Trashmore in Va Beach was cancelled. Why? As far as I know, there have never been any serious problems in the past. The occasional fundie protester showed up, but they behaved for the most part.
 
Well acording to the rumors, there were threats to the participants. I was told that someone had threatened to throw a pipe bomb in the bonfire and shoot everyone there. If the police believe that this is a credible threat, then they would have a reason to cancel it. If so, who made the threats? What makes the police believe that they are credible? Is an organized hate group involved, such as "Army of God", or are we looking at some unknown group or individual? The FBI did release a report that there was a rise in the number of right wing terrorist threats since the election, so there's no joke there, but is this possibly one of them? There are always loonies out there. Keep in mind that these alleged threats are rumors (so far as I can tell).

Why hasn't the local press jumped on this? You'd think they'd be interested (as some reporters cough Kattie Collette of Wavy 10 cough have claimed they are). I'm mined all my sources. Even my contacts in law enforcement haven't heard any info on this. Quite possibly, if there is an active investigation, then the investigators are keeping their cards close to the vest. Let's not even go into the idea that they are doing so to prevent violence from either side. There's enough hot heads to go around.

Perhaps it was moved to another location. Perhaps nobody has asked for a permit yet. Does anybody know the group who does it (or did it) every year? How to contact them?

Somebody give me some info, it's one hell of a story....