I went to work one day, in early July, and Dave was outside working on one of our rental machines. There was a baby bird sitting on a flat cart. The winds were strong that day, and he kept blowing off the flat cart, so I found a small box, and put him in it. I Called my wife and she came down with a small cage, to take him home. We fed him, and it wasn't long till he had lost all his baby down, and was fully feathered. We identified him as a European Starling. We let him out of the cage and his first flights were short, and he had trouble landing, but he soon got the hang of it, and we would let him out for an hour, or so, each day. He finally started eating on his own, and we decided it was time to let him join his other feathered kin. we took him back to Home Depot, in a wooded area, and opened the cage door, but he wouldn't come out. I reached in, and he hopped on my hand, and I took him out, set him on a tree limb, and he immediately flew back to Carol's head. We tried to get him to fly off several times, and after about 45 minutes decided he really didn't want to go, so we put him back in the cage and took him back home. This has to be the cleanest bird I have ever seen. When we let him out, we put a bowl of water in the sink, and he will bathe 3 or 4 times there, plus a couple more times in his cage. Of course he has to sit on your shoulder, after a bath, and shake himself dry. Looks like he is here to stay.
About 4 years ago, my daughter rescued an adult dove that had been attacked by a cat. It's left wing was almost torn completely off, and it eventually fell off, so it was helpless. He is now adapted to being in a large cage and will tolerate being petted, but he would rather you didn't. It is so cool to hear him cooing though, kind of a peaceful sound. Thought about putting Bert in with him, but afraid they won't get along, and they may start pecking each other.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Christmas Without Daddy
I wrote this song in November, 2010. The phrase,"Christmas is supposed to be a time of good cheer", got into my head, and I got a piece of paper, and started writing. It was as if the words were coming from the air. Total time to write was about ten minutes. I sent it to a company in Nashville to have a demo made, and they did a great job. I have it posted at: http://home.roadrunner.com/~oldator/daddy.mp3
It is NOT a "Merry Christmas" song, and is done in the style of Randy Travis.
It is NOT a "Merry Christmas" song, and is done in the style of Randy Travis.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Who is B. H. Obama?
WHO IS B.H. OBAMA?
Seemingly popping up from nowhere, this man attained the highest office in the land. A community organizer from Chicago, elected to the Senate, when his opponent withdraws over dirty laundry, he spends 144 days as a Senator, gives the keynote speech at the 2006 Democratic Convention, and then is elected president in 2008. A seemingly supernatural rise to power.
But who is this man? Born in Hawaii, in 1961, to a white, American mother, and a black father, from Kenya, a British subject, at that time. In 1966 his mother leaves Hawaii and goes to Indonesia to be with her new husband, promising U.S. Officials that her son will be home schooled, but enrolling him in public school, under the name Barry Soetoro. Did his step father legally adopt him? If he did then he would have lost his American citizenship, and become an Indonesian. But all these records are sealed. He is raised in an Islamic environment, attends a Mosque, and is schooled in Islam. Somewhere around the age of 19, or 20, he travels to California and enrolls in Occidental College, as a foreign exchange student. What country issued the passport? Who paid for his trip? Unfortunately these details are sealed, including passport records, kindergarten records, Punahou school records, Occidental College records, Columbia University records, Columbia thesis, Harvard Law School records, Harvard Law Review articles, University of Chicago articles, Illinois State Bar Association records, Illinois State Senate records and schedules, medical records, Obama/Dunham marriage license, Obama/Dunham divorce documents, Soetoro/Dunham marriage license and adoption records.
. But it raises questions about how a poor bi-racial kid from Indonesia can afford to buy a ticket to California, pay tuition to a college, and probably pay for a dorm room, since he had no relatives to live with. Are there any records, that aren't sealed, showing he worked his way through college? All his records are sealed while he was attending Occidental. He then turns up at Harvard University, which is one of the most expensive colleges in the country. How does he pay for his admission, room and board, books, and everyday living expenses? His travel expenses? Plus, he has no published papers. Too many unanswered questions. He, somehow earns a law degree, travels to Chicago, works as a community organizer, meets Michelle, goes to work for her law firm, files no briefs, represents no clients on trial. He and Michelle end up surrendering their law licenses, to avoid prosecution. Also, he traveled to Pakistan, with a friend , for some time. What countries passport did he use? What was the purpose of this trip? Pakistan was on a list of the government's to avoid visiting. I'm not sure if it would have been illegal for an American to visit the country at that time.
After being elected president, he proceeded to break a lot of his campaign promises. He said his would be the most transparent presidency on record. People could watch proceedings on CSPAN. His healthcare bill was conducted behind closed doors, some states were given special treatment, for their vote, major companies, and contributors to his campaign were given waivers, and some congressmen were threatened. He is unable to speak without the use of teleprompters, even to a third grade class.
He blames everything on the previous administration, even though he was in the senate, and voted on a lot of the legislation that raised our debt to an unbelievable height, with the Democrats being in power since January of 2007. This individual is a compulsive liar, and been taped telling some whoppers. He said his father served in WWII. His father would have been around 6 years old at that time. He took an oath to defend, and protect the Constitution of The United States of America. He has proceeded to make the document redundant. Defying the laws of the land,entering a war with Libya without congressional approval, and attempting to rule by executive order.He is a follower of Marx, wants to make everyone dependent on the government, and make the wealthy poor. I believe he is nothing more than a puppet with a group, or an individual telling him what to do and say. He has spent less time in Washington than any president before him. He travels the world, golfs, and throws parties for celebrities instead of working on fixing our problems.
Who are the people behind the scenes, that are telling this puppet what to do, and say? Or, could it be that he is following a supernatural being in the form of satan? Is this the precursor to the antichrist? Will Obama be the one to turn our, once great , country into a third world nation? Or, will he turn us over to the European Union, as a member nation? Only time will tell, but the future of our country is looking bleak, and our freedom is in jeopardy because of this one individual. May God be with us.
Seemingly popping up from nowhere, this man attained the highest office in the land. A community organizer from Chicago, elected to the Senate, when his opponent withdraws over dirty laundry, he spends 144 days as a Senator, gives the keynote speech at the 2006 Democratic Convention, and then is elected president in 2008. A seemingly supernatural rise to power.
But who is this man? Born in Hawaii, in 1961, to a white, American mother, and a black father, from Kenya, a British subject, at that time. In 1966 his mother leaves Hawaii and goes to Indonesia to be with her new husband, promising U.S. Officials that her son will be home schooled, but enrolling him in public school, under the name Barry Soetoro. Did his step father legally adopt him? If he did then he would have lost his American citizenship, and become an Indonesian. But all these records are sealed. He is raised in an Islamic environment, attends a Mosque, and is schooled in Islam. Somewhere around the age of 19, or 20, he travels to California and enrolls in Occidental College, as a foreign exchange student. What country issued the passport? Who paid for his trip? Unfortunately these details are sealed, including passport records, kindergarten records, Punahou school records, Occidental College records, Columbia University records, Columbia thesis, Harvard Law School records, Harvard Law Review articles, University of Chicago articles, Illinois State Bar Association records, Illinois State Senate records and schedules, medical records, Obama/Dunham marriage license, Obama/Dunham divorce documents, Soetoro/Dunham marriage license and adoption records.
. But it raises questions about how a poor bi-racial kid from Indonesia can afford to buy a ticket to California, pay tuition to a college, and probably pay for a dorm room, since he had no relatives to live with. Are there any records, that aren't sealed, showing he worked his way through college? All his records are sealed while he was attending Occidental. He then turns up at Harvard University, which is one of the most expensive colleges in the country. How does he pay for his admission, room and board, books, and everyday living expenses? His travel expenses? Plus, he has no published papers. Too many unanswered questions. He, somehow earns a law degree, travels to Chicago, works as a community organizer, meets Michelle, goes to work for her law firm, files no briefs, represents no clients on trial. He and Michelle end up surrendering their law licenses, to avoid prosecution. Also, he traveled to Pakistan, with a friend , for some time. What countries passport did he use? What was the purpose of this trip? Pakistan was on a list of the government's to avoid visiting. I'm not sure if it would have been illegal for an American to visit the country at that time.
After being elected president, he proceeded to break a lot of his campaign promises. He said his would be the most transparent presidency on record. People could watch proceedings on CSPAN. His healthcare bill was conducted behind closed doors, some states were given special treatment, for their vote, major companies, and contributors to his campaign were given waivers, and some congressmen were threatened. He is unable to speak without the use of teleprompters, even to a third grade class.
He blames everything on the previous administration, even though he was in the senate, and voted on a lot of the legislation that raised our debt to an unbelievable height, with the Democrats being in power since January of 2007. This individual is a compulsive liar, and been taped telling some whoppers. He said his father served in WWII. His father would have been around 6 years old at that time. He took an oath to defend, and protect the Constitution of The United States of America. He has proceeded to make the document redundant. Defying the laws of the land,entering a war with Libya without congressional approval, and attempting to rule by executive order.He is a follower of Marx, wants to make everyone dependent on the government, and make the wealthy poor. I believe he is nothing more than a puppet with a group, or an individual telling him what to do and say. He has spent less time in Washington than any president before him. He travels the world, golfs, and throws parties for celebrities instead of working on fixing our problems.
Who are the people behind the scenes, that are telling this puppet what to do, and say? Or, could it be that he is following a supernatural being in the form of satan? Is this the precursor to the antichrist? Will Obama be the one to turn our, once great , country into a third world nation? Or, will he turn us over to the European Union, as a member nation? Only time will tell, but the future of our country is looking bleak, and our freedom is in jeopardy because of this one individual. May God be with us.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
WIN 7 EXPERIENCE 64 bit.
At 21:40 hours, last night, I was updating IE9, and when it rebooted it booted to a black screen. Tried rebooting 4 times and it failed everytime. So ends my affiliation with WIN 7, 64 bit. The disk is trashed, since it wouldn't flush with the rest of the s.... The only reason I keep XP is for games, as I don't trust ANY windows product. With tax, 7 cost $128.00, and some change. I might as well have flushed it down the toilet. Most useless fragment of fecal material I have ever seen, and I bought my first computer in 1981.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Win 7 experience.
I replaced my motherboard, and processor today. Went with an MSI mobo, 64 bit, AMD quad core, 3.0 ghz, processor, 600 watt power supply, and 16 gigs of memory. This computer has a 500 gig HD in it, and I had 5 OS's on it. PCLOS Linux, Win XP, Kubuntu, Peppermint One, and Linux Mint 10. I deleted all partitions but XP, and PCLOS. Starting the 64 bit win 7 install at 14:15 hours. It is now 19:45 hours and I'm am getting updates for this POS. Took 5 tries to install. Locked up on me 3 times, and this was going to be my last shot. Remembered why I kicked this Useless Fragment Of Fecal Material off my computer in 2001. That was the year I found Linux. Linux is SO FAR ahead of Microsoft, it isn't funny. Apparently it was having problems with my Nvidia 8400 video card. Of course windows doesn't like sharing with Linux, so the MBR only has windows on it. I will put in a live CD of PCLOS, and redo the MBR, and it will add PCLOS back to the menu. Grub will replace the NTLDR. At the first sign of problems windows will be removed, and I have a 16 pound sledge hammer that will fix it up nicely.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Senior citizen nailed it!
Got this in an email, and the gentleman from Montana is dead on.
SENIOR CITIZEN NAILED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alan Simpson, Senator from Wyoming , Co-Chair of Obama's deficit
commission, calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he
compared "Social Security" to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats.
August, 2010.
Here's a response in a letter from a unknown fellow in Montana ...
I think he is a little ticked off! He also tells it like it is !
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Hey Alan, let's get a few things straight..
1. As a career politician, you have been on the public dole for FIFTY
YEARS.
2. I have been paying Social Security taxes for 48 YEARS (since I was 15
years old. I am now 63).
3 My Social Security payments, and those of millions of other
Americans, were safely tucked away in an interest bearing account for
decades until you political pukes decided to raid the account and give
OUR money to a bunch of zero ambition losers in return for votes, thus
bankrupting the system and turning Social Security into a Ponzi scheme
that would have made Bernie Madoff proud.
4. Recently, just like Lucy & Charlie Brown, you and your ilk pulled the
proverbial football away from millions of American seniors nearing
retirement and moved the goalposts for full retirement from age 65 to
age 67. NOW, you and your shill commission is proposing to move the
goalposts YET AGAIN.
5 I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying into Medicare
from Day One, and now you morons propose to change the rules of the
game. Why? Because you idiots mismanaged other parts of the economy to such an extent that you need to steal money from Medicare to pay the bills.
6. I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying income taxes our entire lives, and now you propose to increase our taxes yet again. Why? Because you incompetent bastards spent our money so profligately that you just kept on spending even after you ran out of money. Now, you come to the American taxpayers and say you need more to pay off YOUR debt.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To add insult to injury, you label us "greedy" for calling "bullshit" on
your incompetence. Well, Captain Bullshit, I have a few questions for
YOU.
1. How much money have you earned from the American taxpayers during your pathetic 50-year political career?
2. At what age did you retire from your pathetic political career, and
how much are you receiving in annual retirement benefits from the
American taxpayers?
3. How much do you pay for YOUR government provided health insurance?
4. What cuts in YOUR retirement and healthcare benefits are you
proposing in your disgusting deficit reduction proposal, or, as usual,
have you exempted yourself and your political cronies?
It is you, Captain Bullshit, and your political co-conspirators called
Congress who are the "greedy" ones. It is you and your fellow nutcases
who have bankrupted America and stolen the American dream from
millions of loyal, patriotic taxpayers. And for what? Votes. That's right,
sir. You and yours have bankrupted America for the sole purpose of
advancing your pathetic political careers. You know it, we know it, and
you know that we know it.
And you can take that to the bank, you miserable son of a bitch.
SENIOR CITIZEN NAILED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alan Simpson, Senator from Wyoming , Co-Chair of Obama's deficit
commission, calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he
compared "Social Security" to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats.
August, 2010.
Here's a response in a letter from a unknown fellow in Montana ...
I think he is a little ticked off! He also tells it like it is !
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Hey Alan, let's get a few things straight..
1. As a career politician, you have been on the public dole for FIFTY
YEARS.
2. I have been paying Social Security taxes for 48 YEARS (since I was 15
years old. I am now 63).
3 My Social Security payments, and those of millions of other
Americans, were safely tucked away in an interest bearing account for
decades until you political pukes decided to raid the account and give
OUR money to a bunch of zero ambition losers in return for votes, thus
bankrupting the system and turning Social Security into a Ponzi scheme
that would have made Bernie Madoff proud.
4. Recently, just like Lucy & Charlie Brown, you and your ilk pulled the
proverbial football away from millions of American seniors nearing
retirement and moved the goalposts for full retirement from age 65 to
age 67. NOW, you and your shill commission is proposing to move the
goalposts YET AGAIN.
5 I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying into Medicare
from Day One, and now you morons propose to change the rules of the
game. Why? Because you idiots mismanaged other parts of the economy to such an extent that you need to steal money from Medicare to pay the bills.
6. I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying income taxes our entire lives, and now you propose to increase our taxes yet again. Why? Because you incompetent bastards spent our money so profligately that you just kept on spending even after you ran out of money. Now, you come to the American taxpayers and say you need more to pay off YOUR debt.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To add insult to injury, you label us "greedy" for calling "bullshit" on
your incompetence. Well, Captain Bullshit, I have a few questions for
YOU.
1. How much money have you earned from the American taxpayers during your pathetic 50-year political career?
2. At what age did you retire from your pathetic political career, and
how much are you receiving in annual retirement benefits from the
American taxpayers?
3. How much do you pay for YOUR government provided health insurance?
4. What cuts in YOUR retirement and healthcare benefits are you
proposing in your disgusting deficit reduction proposal, or, as usual,
have you exempted yourself and your political cronies?
It is you, Captain Bullshit, and your political co-conspirators called
Congress who are the "greedy" ones. It is you and your fellow nutcases
who have bankrupted America and stolen the American dream from
millions of loyal, patriotic taxpayers. And for what? Votes. That's right,
sir. You and yours have bankrupted America for the sole purpose of
advancing your pathetic political careers. You know it, we know it, and
you know that we know it.
And you can take that to the bank, you miserable son of a bitch.
Friday, March 18, 2011
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