Elections 2008

Let's all hope that we have a decent new president this fall. I am looking forward to adding my vote into the political hat.

Many years ago Alice Paul (not to mention Susan B. Anthony and so many others before Miss Paul.) and many other women fought for women's rights.

Many of Miss Paul's friends as well as Alice herself went to jail so that the women of today could have a voice in their own government.

I fully intend to take advantage of my hard earned right to cast my vote.

Let's hope for a brighter future for this country since if left as it is now, the place will fall to rack and ruin much more than it is now.

Posting here.

It seems that I don't post on this blog as often as blogexplosion would like me to.

I post if and when I feel like it. Not according to some place that lists fuck sites left and right and all other means of common trashy crap.

My posts are normally interting and I don't appreciate being told to "post more often then maybe we'll add you".

Ummm, no thanks! I'll post my stuff elsewhere.

You people let me know of any better blogging spots to list blogs.

Thank you sooo much.

Natural Disasters

Floods, volcanoes, heavy snowfalls and avalanches.

Read Relief Webs statistics charts on Latest Natural Disasters.

Ebola Outbreak in Uganda

According to ReliefWeb there has been an outbreak of Ebola a deadly hemorrhagic fever in the African country of Uganda.

As of December 7, 2007, the strain has affected 104 people of which, 23 have died so far. At least some of the deaths are near the lake Victoria area as well as the Kenyan area and eastern region of the country.

There are several strains of this disease, Marburg which originated at a primate holding facility in Marburg Germany, is also a filovirus and in the same class as Ebola.

There is Ebola Sudan discovered in 1976 and EbolaZaire which is the deadliest strain of the disease with the highest mortality rate. Ebola Tai (Ivory Coast) and Ebola Bundibugyo

Yet another strain of the disease which is most likely unknown to many Americans, Ebola Reston which was discovered by employees from USAMRIID at a primate holding facility in Reston, Virginia.

However the Reston strain doesn't seem to be the slate wiper that the other strains are. The only person I know of that was affected by the Reston strain fully recovered.

This is undoubtedly one of the most terrifying diseases on earth. It begins with flu-like symptoms that continue to get worse very quickly until the patient crashes and "bleeds out", meaning that the victim bleeds from every orifice until death.

We are all of this earth. That being said my heart and prayers are with the people of Uganda that they and their families will be released quickly from this horrible plague that has once again stricken that area of the world.

Muhammad was his name

Most of us know that we should learn at least the basics about a country's culture, customs and most importantly, laws before travelling to that country.

That being said, I simply cannot believe all the bullshit that has gone on over the teddy bear incident in Sudan.

Now first of all, I understand that Muslims are sensitive in regard to their religion which is their right. However, having read that she was expected to receive 40 lashes and possibly a 45 day jail sentence was just totally unbelievable!

Since she was a visitor in their country she should have exercised far more tact and caution in her use of the name Muhammad. I think this sort of thing happens quite often.

Foreign visitors don't see a problem with what they say or possibly how they dress when it so obviously offends the customs of the people around them.

I am a strong believer of learning local laws and in particular those in regard to things that locals might find offensive before hand. I simply cannot stress that enough.

I hope that the British government can intervene and at least get something reasonable worked out. Any jail time would be bad enough but to whip a woman is barbaric and extremely backward to say the very least.

Read the full story on BBC News.

Bangladesh cyclone kills hundreds

Go to BBC News for the complete story and latest news on Cyclone Sidr that hit Bangladesh. The category IV storm hit Thursday, November 15 having originated in the Bay of Bengal.

The story is like many others, at least 600 (BBC News listed this number) dead - and there will probably be more as areas destroyed are cleared.

Now, according to ReliefWeb, 1,100 people have died and 3.2 million are affected by the cyclone.

UNICEF among others will supply water, medicine and food to those affected.

Bangladesh has an early storm warning system but how long do people actually have to reach safety? The answer is often sad and very frightening in regard to time.

If you can afford to donate then please do so. Even small donations add up.

Naughty people (aka) The nerve of some peoples kids.

On the other post, I had a well known kook write and use the word "pron" which lead me to believe that I had misspelled the word "porn" in my last post. I had not.

This was a falsity. An untruth. A gross disruption within the karmic realm of truth and peace. It would suffice to say that it was a big fat lie. It would have been far easier for me to simply type, "Liar, liar pants on fire" with numerous exclamation points afterward for serious emphasis but it was such fun typing all the other rubbish why would I want to type only that single line.

The word, "porn" was spelt right the hole, entyre tyme. This is now the place where I stick out my tongue and give a hearty, "Neener Neener" to the guilty party who's name Deek will remain anonymous.

With that, I bid you toodle pip for now.