Hilton's Makeover

Paris Hilton went to jail because she listened to her publicist who said she didn't have to do anything about her suspended license or something like that. The judge ordered her to jail, she fired her publicist.
Evidently, she's got a new one and he's pretty good.
After the brief fiasco of in jail out of jail, her press has been pretty good, she's found religion and wants to do good things with her life.
I thinks it is all a fraud. Look at this a picture from May 22, 2007.
Say,,,,,isn't that a bible? Isn't that a simple dress that covers her body, she's trying to change her image. All right, maybe we got a little of the Farah Faucett thing going in the upper regions, but that's ok, at least she is marginally dressed. I tried to find a picture of her not so marginally dressed, there are tons of them out there, but this is purported to be a family blog.
She's trying to change her image. Do Jail house conversions work?
Why am I posting so much about Paris Hilton?

Republicans Lose Ground in Rural America

The backlash is coming. Russell Strunk, the deceased head of the IBEW here in Springfield, used to tell me to "vote your pocketbook."
He was talking about blue collar workers who voted for Republicans, not for money values, but for value values (abortion, gun control, gay marriage). Russell's assertion was that these issues had nothing to do with governance but played on people's fears and religious beliefs, often courting their religious leaders (ie Jerry Falwell, James Dobson)while secretly mocking them.
We now know that the Rove and his cohorts used these relationships to further their own causes. Remember David Kuo's book?
A recent poll commissioned by The Center for Rural Strategies shows the Republicans are losing ground in rural America.
This poll is interesting to us here in rural Missouri and the 2008 governor's race.
Senator Claire McCaskill focused on rural Missouri in her campaign against Former Senator Jim Talent. There is clout here in the Ozark hills.

US mistakenly kills 7 Afghan police

"the horror, the horror"

$1 mil for Barry Bond's HR Ball?

Back when Mark McQuire (speelign his name correctly?) was chasing the home run record, I commented to a co-worker that something was funny about him,,,,McQuire, not the co-worker, I thought he looked like he was on steroids. My co-worker took almost violent exception to my observations. Now we know he used something in his quest.
The same with Barry Bonds, should he be in the record books? Especially if he used performance enhancing drugs? And, is his HR ball worth a million bucks? Not to me it isn't. One auction house is gambling that it will be worth that much.
Speaking of gambling, I always thought "Mr. Hustle" should be in the hall of fame too.

Paris to Walters: God Has Released Me

"I haven't looked in the mirror since I got here."

ABC News has the story, BW will talk about it on The View this morning.
I wonder if this is Paris talking or her publicist? Either way, it makes for good copy, but how long do jailhouse conversions last?
Anybody else notice the Hilton hotel commercials on being nice to other people?
Are there two tiers of justice in this country?

I just do what the voices in my head tell me to do: They said go to this website

I just do what the voices in my head tell me to do.
They said go to this website. NOW!
gee, what if the voice in my head is ..... God?

David Brown clarifies the matter:
The distinction between people who hear auditory hallucinations and who hear God's voice or the devils voice or a spirit guide is a little hazy i think both happened to these people and the confusion is trying to sort it all out but with those who are better at channeling it doesn't seem to affect as much i know i can control my thought voices if i really try but even then if God wants to tell me something it always gets through but it gets distorted by my doubt and my mind wavers.
The thing about people who hear God's voice are highly propthetic i know i have the gift of prophecy and alot of people who are labeled mentaly ill have a prophetic gift but it's just a matter of listening to the guidance of the holy spirit sometimes the devil can really mess with your head because he counterfiets the holy spirits convictions with guilt and condemnation which often explains the demonic activity that people experience when people have voices that are demeaning or belittleing.
I can mostly relate to John Frusciante because i am a musician but i am also a poet and a bit of an artist and my voices started around the same age it almost destroyed me the voices were both good and bad but two extremes i even resorted to suicide attempts because i was having alot of torment but with prayer, scripture and supplication the Lord has helped me sort this out and to relax.
I was diagnosed last year with schizoaffective dissorder and i haven't had much fun with medication and i recently became aware that the word pharmacy is deriven from the greek word pharmakia which means sorcery to administer drugs and that has totaly turned me off i would much rather take natural herbs and supplements but that's just me everyone has to find out for themselves hopefully sooner than later.
thanks Godbless you all

The Mayor, the boy governor and Wendy.

"Something's happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear."
Tax credits, politics, subsidized housing, Springfield. I've been reading bits and pieces about this for almost a year now. I first started having conversations about this back in 2002. I think the Springfield school board was even involved in this, and City Council, remember the housing moratorium? I suspect there is some sort of insider information going on, has been for a while. It is all the same people over and over again.
This article, published by the Columbia Tribune back in June, 2007, gives some background on what is going on.
Read more here about the developer and loyalty.
All these big players give money to both Democrats and Republicans. I seem to recall that Hamra got a big award at one of the past Jackson Days. Talk about butter both sides of your toast!
All I ever got was a free frosty.

225,628 pictures and 520 movies?

Wow, how big was his computer?
By coincidence, I posted this a couple of days ago.

My Father's War

From The Atlantic Monthly | November 1960

First Wave at Omaha Beach

When he was promoted to officer rank at eighteen, S. L. A. MARSHALL was the youngest shavetail in the United States Army during World War I. He rejoined the Army in 1942, became a combat historian with the rank of colonel; and the notes he made at the time of the Normandy landing are the source of this heroic reminder. Readers will remember his frank and ennobling book about Korea, THE RIVER AND THE GAUNTLET, which was the result of still a third tour of duty.
by S. L. A. Marshall
.....

UNLIKE what happens to other great battles, the passing of the years and the retelling of the story have softened the horror of Omaha Beach on D Day.

This fluke of history is doubly ironic since no other decisive battle has ever been so thoroughly reported for the official record. While the troops were still fighting in Normandy, what had happened to each unit in the landing had become known through the eyewitness testimony of all survivors. It was this research by the field historians which first determined where each company had hit the beach and by what route it had moved inland. Owing to the fact that every unit save one had been mislanded, it took this work to show the troops where they had fought.
Read the whole article here.

Airstream plumbed, floors done, refrigerator in, walls going in!

This is just a place holder until I get more time.
The floors are done, the vinyl flooring is in, my friend, Rick the Plumber came over this morning and plumbed the trailer. The walls are going in, slowly it is getting finished.
The underbelly is fastened up, I'd say another week and we'll be ready to take a trip!