Iraq war veteran speaks out against the war

Veterans against the war demonstrate in the streets of LA. 

Edgar Cuevas, an Iraqi war veteran, speaks out about the GI

Bill, and his experiences with PTSD. Click here for more.

WHO SAID McCAIN WAS ERRATIC?

JUST BECAUSE McCAIN HAS "SENIOR MOMENTS" IT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S NOT READY TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY INTO CONTINUED WARFARE FOR ANOTHER GENERATION.

I"M BACK! and YOU NEVER LEFT!

Thank you blogger buddies and new visitors for visiting my humble blog while I was away on vacation.
As repeaters know, I tried to make a few entries while traveling, but they were pretty pathetic!
Still..you came, and in record numbers.

How about I just share the last few days of visits from foreign visitors, and the out-of-state visitors?
Those of you here in California turned out in your usual strong numbers from all over this state every day I was gone.

I could find no common theme for what the visitors from overseas were reading. They picked a variety of posts and past columns.
Canada sent the most from any one country.

FOREIGN COUNTRIES:
Heilbronn, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; Dhahran, Ash Shargiyah, Saudi Arabia; Kemptville, Ontario, Canada; Wemmel, Brabant, Belgium; Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; Balzac, Alberta, Canada; Angers, Pay De La loire, France; London, United Kingdom; Berlin, Germany; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; Prince George, British Columbia, Canada; and Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

FROM THROUGHOUT THE USA:
Tok, Alaska (Hi Dave!); Aiea, Hawaii; Concord, North Carolina; Massillon, Ohio; Greensberg, North Carolina; Greenville, North Carolina; Naperville, Illinois; Bloomington, Illinois; Henderson, Neveda; Beaverton Oregon; Roxbury, Vermont; Tampa, Florida; Piedmont, South Carolina; Pulaski, Wisconsin; Washing, DC; Des Moines, Iowa; Salt Lake City, Utah; Dallas, Texas; Sisseton, South Dakota; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Lawerncebery, Indiana; Neptune, New Jersey; Liberty, Tennessee; Seattle, Washington; Schaumburg, Illinois; Greer, South Carolina; Columbia City, Indiana; Hyde Park, New York; Troy, Michigan; Florence, Alabama; Martin, Michigan; Smithfield, North Carolina; Warren, New Jersey; Mcdonough, Georgia; Mount Gilead, Ohio; Atlanta, Georgia; St. Louis, Missouri; Valparaiso, Indiana; and Williamson, New York.

I wondered what most of the USA visitor's came to see or read, so I checked it out and guess what?
The majority weren't interested in my past blogs or columns...nope...they pulled up a past post featuring a great photo of several drunken pumpkins (and one was throwing up!) I titled it PUKING PUMPKINS... and you came from all over the USA to see them!

Hmmmmm....I'm going to have to digest (pun intended) that!

SEE SUNDAY'S TIME-STANDARD

MAKE SURE TO SEE AS IT STANDS TOMORROW. It's about lead poisoning in American homes. Are you safe? Was your home built before 1976? If so, you better read this column, and be prepared for a shock!

Well... blogger buddies and any other visitors who may stop in to take a snoop today, I thank you for stopping by. I'll be back home on Monday and will post a New Blog (with the usual bell and whistles) sometimes Monday afternoon.

I'll take the weather in Humboldt anyday! I's been so hot and dry down here that my sinus's are dried up and I'm getting an occassional nosebleed. The sheer mass of people everywhere I've been this last five or six days is overwhelming!

Talk about road rage. Yikes! I've seen several bad accidents and drivers that post speeds of 100 mph or more on the freeway (and some surface streets in Hemet and San Jacinto. In my travels I noticed that someone has built houses right next to the Parris Lake Dam. Talk about stupid and greedy.

That seems to be the story for city planners down here. They build wherever, fault lines be damned, and they get away with it. Just another case of a crumbling infrastructure.

I can't wait to get home and dial this blog back in!

Peace.

Winds and whiskey

The winds down here have been very strong and the wildfires continue to rage.
My Dad and I polished a bottle of good whiskey off the other night.

The clues I gave earlier have been referring to SAN BERNARDINO.

Gave yourself a gold star if you got it. Since then I have been hopping around most of southern California and going to too many places to list here.

It's been fun, but I'm already longing to come home. Humboldt is my paradise.

I didn't watch the debate last night because I'm burned out with both parties rhetoric. I wish this race were over.

I'm back again....

I'm still about 700 miles from home.
The winds down here have been very strong.

The county I'm in is the largest one in California and close to being the largest county in America.

That famous Route 66 runs through this county.

I'm already thinking about coming home and I have six days left down here! I'm use to being in my bunker communicating with the world via my computer, so I'm really out of my comfort zone right now.

My biggest challenge is my PTSD. I have trouble being around lots of people, and the traffic down here stresses me to the max. I am trying to let others do the driving while I'm here. It's just one of the precautions that I'm taking.

Most people don't have any idea what people with PTSD go through daily. The challenges are many and varied depending where I'm at.

That's about all for today. Thanks for visiting today, and I'll be doing a lot of updating when I get home. Meanwhile, don't be shy...take a look around and check out the archives for this blog and the other sources I've provided.

Peace.

HERE I AM....

Hello blogger buddies and other visitors!

I'm somewhere in the state of California. (Ah heck...Southern California).

Wyatt Earp retired in this city not long after it was formed.

Two words.

That's it for now, I've got things to do. Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you here later.

WHAT TOPIC ARE THE CANDIDATES AVOIDING?

Neither candidate wants to talk about IT.

IT has yet to come up in the debates.
IT is going to be one of the biggest domestic challenges facing the new president.

IT is illegal immigration.

SEE THE SUNDAY (10/12) Edition of The Times-Standard where AS IT STANDS takes a look at a subject that has been pushed under the rug during these presidential campaigns.

Guess Who abused her power in office?

Gov. Sarah Palin abused

her power - click here -

according to a  Alaska legislative panel who announced the news this evening. Is anybody surprised? This is the woman who thinks the Vice President should have more power and she's not even been elected yet! Of course, die-hard fans will ignore reality and shrug their shoulders and say, "So what?"

US To take stake in banks, first time since the Depression!

Click here to see what's involved in this historic move to avoid even more financial chaos. Meanwhile world market stocks continue to plunge as the selling stampedes continue. Oh yea, people are worried.

What's really troublesome is that most Americans don't really know what's happening. Worse yet, neither do the so-called pros! Hang on folks because know one knows what's going to happen next!