Lets take a walk

The video pretty much says it all. Everywhere
that I said my or mine I should have said ours.
My wife of almost 49 years also uses the trails
and helps maintain the paths. These trails and
water are a great asset to our peace of mind. It's
a great place to relax and forget the problems
of the world. Socratease8

It's blowing in the Wind

When I need to reflect on the politics of the
day I sometimes walk down to my creek and sit
by the water and think. Sometimes if you listen
very closely you can hear the answers to your
questions blowing in the wind.

I am trying to be less judgmental and more
forgiving. The politicians will do what
politicians have always done. They will give
themselves raises when the economy is down
and lie to us about their need. And amazing
as it may seem most will believe them. We ask
them why they need a pay raise, and they tell
us that the answer is blowing in the wind, my
friend, the answer is blowing in the wind. Hey
that sounds like a song from the 60's. Things
don't change much with time does it. Socratease8

Hands Out

We have become a nation with our hands out.
It's like a spending spree with a credit card. We
can buy stuff that we don't need and not feel the
pain until later. BUT the bill has to be paid. It
will be our descendants who have to pay this bill.

It is going to be an interesting 4 years watching
this inexperienced President do his thing. He doesn't
seem to have a clue but I'll wait for a final judgment.
It may take a lot of years to fix what he screws up.
Socratease8

Politics as Usual

I have waited to give Obama a chance to get
it right, but I am tired of waiting. After just 3
weeks he has proven that he is way below
the pay scale of the Presidency. Three dumb
mistakes and it looks like more to come. Even
I know that you don't pick a tax dodger to run
a government dept. I guess he thinks it's OK
since he admits the mistakes. Three of the
people that he has picked for dept. heads
have avoided paying their federal income taxes.
Most of us would be in jail if we did that. One
of these three actually became head of the
Treasury Dept. Others that he picked are being
investigated for various deeds that are not
legal and had to drop out of the running. These
are the kind of things that happen when you
pick someone who is inexperienced for the
top job. Obama has let Pelosi pick the agenda
for his presidency. That's a shame. She says
that we are loosing 500 million jobs every
month that we don't pass the stimulus bill. That
is about 200 million more people than we
have in these United States unless you count
the people in Mexico. So there should not
be anyone working right now. But I swear
that when I went to Wal-Marts last night
that there was someone there to check me
out. Maybe Nancy had a slip of the tongue
but that seems to be happening more often
with this crew running our government.

The way I see it a stimulus package should
create jobs not a new bureaucracy. It is hard
to get this through to our politicians. This is
the reason I am for term limits with no benefits
after leaving the government. These people
then have to live with the laws and bills that
they passed while in government.
Socratease8

Stimulus???

Well it didn't take as long as I thought
it would take. Obama has shown his true
colors long before I thought he would. He
tried to get the Republicans to go along
with his stimulus plan, but it didn't work.
The Republicans for the most part saw through
him and his agenda. he obviously likes
socialism more than democracy. The stimulus
package that he is pushing is nothing more
than government intruding on our private
life. If we go along with this jerks program,
we will regret it for a long time. It will
take a long time to set things right again.
Obama is a very immature individual and he
has shown that several times since he took
office. I hope we will be able to vote him
out in 4 years with little effort and little
long term damage. Socratease8

Gods Changing World

Looking down on the clouds is almost a meditation.
If you look up you see the face of God, if you look
down you see His creation. It is easy to put things
in perspective. From this point of view all the
problems of the world seem so small. When you live
on a round planet it is hard to take sides. Wouldn't
it be great if we could all get along. No wars and
lots of money to explore the Universe (ONE SONG).
When you have lived a long life you can look back
on things that you would do different and forward
to things that you know will be better. Experience
should count for something and maybe we can get
it right the next time through. If reincarnation is
a true story we will just keep doing it till we get
it right. If evolution is the true story then we
will eventually learn to do it right. This picture
is of Florida and I will be landing at Tampa bay
Executive in a few minutes. This airport is no
longer there. Things do change. Socratease8

First flying machine

This is a picture of my first flying machine.
It is an Eagle Ultralight and could leave the
ground at about 20mph. I taught myself to fly
this machine which is not a good idea for most
folks. I had some flying time in a Cessna 150
a few years earlier so I proceeded slowly and
kept it safe although the first time it left
the ground was a surprise. I sold this plane
to a fellow who promptly crashed it on his first
flight. He didn't get hurt but the plane was
totaled. You need to know your limitations.
Socratease8