today

My server was down today for several hours. Just can not find anything to do when that happens.
My joints in my legs and right shoulder have been absolutely killing me for a week. It is strange how when this happens I am in constant pain and then some weeks I wont have any trouble at all with the pain.
Jerry Brown may run for governor of California again, he served two terms as governor before they set term limits in the state so he can run if he wishes.
Jerry has had many careers in his life, he has been a monk, mayor of Oakland California, he hosted a call in radio program and has served as attorney general for the state in the last few years.
Brown has run for president 3 times in his life.
When I lived in California from 1961 to 1966 his father Edmund Brown was the governor of California. Jerry Brown is a liberal Democrat and has furnished me with some good laughs over the years. Jerry was born April 7, 1938 and since I was born in '38 we are about the same age.
Jerry Brown quotes..
I like computers. I like the Internet. It's a tool that can be used. But don't be misled into thinking that these technologies are anything other than aspects of a degenerate economic system. Inaction may be the biggest form of action. It looks to me to be obvious that the whole world cannot eat an American diet. Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking. They're destroying the planet and laying the foundation for violent outbursts and racial division. Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do? The government is becoming the family of last resort. The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything. Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases. We have to deal with where we are. We have to create cooperatives, we have to create intentional communities, we have to work for local cooperation where we are. When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know, who am I buying this from? What's their name? Do they have a face? Is the food they are selling coming out of Mexico with pesticides? Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.

post for Betty

bridal wreath leaf, in my yard.

Forsythia leaf

it is out

You will be thrilled to know sarah Palin has finished her book and the title is Going Rogue. 400 pages of toilet paper no doubt.
The morning is a cool 50 degrees and will be about 43 degrees before the morning is over.
Rogue elephant is a term for a lone, violently aggressive wild elephant.

19 weeks old hatchery chicks.

I went to feed and the chickens were running wild . The pullets stay in the one pen. They have to go threw the hen house to get to the other pen, I thought they don't know it is there so I caught 4 and moved them into the other pen. They went right back to the old pen so I learned they just don't want to go into the other pen.

I should start getting eggs from the pullets soon. They are 19 weeks old today and the 4 pullets the bantam hen hatched out are 22 weeks old.

deer hunting

The air is chilly in the morn now.This is the season for the smell of burning leaves if you have leaves. Deer hunting will soon be on us. I don't like deer season. death by gun shot happens every year. The equipment of the average deer hunter is a high power rifle, pick up truck and a bottle of whiskey.

letters from home

Dear sister,

I'm writing this slow because I know you can't read fast. We don't live where we did when you left home. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happen within 20 miles of your home, so we moved. I won't be able to send you the address because the last Auburn family that lived here took the house numbers when they moved so they wouldn't have to change their address..This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine. I'm not sure about it. I put a load of clothes in and pulled the chain. We haven't seen them since.The weather isn't bad here. It only rained twice last week; the first time for three days and the second time for four days.About that coat you wanted me to send; your Uncle Billy Bob said it would be too heavy to send in the mail with the buttons on, so we cut them off and put them in the pockets.Bubba locked his keys in the car yesterday. We were really worried because it took him two hours to get me and your father out.Your sister had a baby this morning, but I haven't found out what it is yet so I don't know if you are an aunt or uncle.Uncle Bobby Ray fell into a whiskey vat last week. Some men tried to pull him out but he fought them off and drowned. We had him cremated, he burned for three days.Three of your friends went off a bridge in a pickup truck. Butch was driving. He rolled down the window and swam to safety Your other two friends were in the back. They drowned because they couldn't get the tailgate down!There isn't much more news at this time. Nothing much out of the normal has happened.

your sister

Fleta

gamble in Arkansas

Monday morning you can purchase lotto tickets in our state, in our town you will be able to buy your cigarettes, beer and gas and then if you have any money left over you will be able to gamble.

Arkansas has long had laws making gambling illegal but now you can gamble with the state.

You can buy scratch off tickets in these places in our town Monday morning.

Green Forest -- Powell's One Stop, Tobacco Superstore 75, Tom's Place, and Quicker Liquors of Green Forest. Brother will be in town Monday I suppose.

good morning NOT

My Norton antivirus was turned off again and it took me 4 hours to get back on. I think they do this to try and make me buy a new antivirus on line. I have been getting emails from them again

that I need to buy a new one on line. I think when this one expires I will get a different antivirus

enough is enough!

I have a stray dog tied up and I told Sammy to get rid of it. He said no but I bet he does if I incest.

I enjoyed the news last evening. New York's governor, David Patterson, who took governor Spitzer place after he was caught with the high price call girls, Patterson is up for reelection next year and has a 17% rating and has been ask by Obama not to run. Patterson was the governor who gave Carolina Kennedy the shaft when she wanted the vacant Senate seat in New York. Patterson is blind but will probably see the light about when the president ask you to do something it is better to do it.

Deval Patrick Governor of Massachusetts who is not blind has sent a Democrat to the senate to replace Eward Kennedy.

65 years is a long time.

Clayton has made 65 years on this earth. I looked out just now and saw some sky without clouds.

the bad news is that I can remember when clayton was born, now that is old.

guineas

Remember my venture in guineas . When I went to feed I heard them sounding the alarm on the back side of our place. There were more than one. I hope when the winter comes they may come up for feed. They were seen by my daughter on the creek which is a good 3 miles from here so they are ranging far and wide.

pullets

No pullets eggs yet I thought I had one pullet laying but found it was my little bantam hen. We didn't have rain last night for a change. The 5 old hens are in full molt and are not laying many eggs but we are still getting a few and the bantam hen is laying a egg a day. I hope the sun shines today.

I saw that Phoenix Arizona was having a dust storm. I think Mike found the 3000 dollar doctor bill that his insurance refused to pay.

the allotment Lady in Britain has not posted since Sept. 2. what is wrong over there?

Elkland Mo. murders 1987

I remember these murders, Do you remember? I suppose it is the time of year which made me think of this awful crime. I know Schnick was convicted and sentenced to death but after searching on the net I found that he is alive and well in prison in Jefferson city mo.... The sole survivor of a shooting rampage that killed seven relatives was charged today with murder in the slayings, which had been blamed on a 14-year-old family member who was among the victims.
James E. Schnick, 36, of rural Elkland, Mo., was charged with murder in the Sept. 25 killings of his wife, her brother and the brother's wife and four children.
Webster County officials had said immediately after the deaths that Schnick's nephew Kirk Buckner had gone on a shooting rampage, killing his parents, three brothers and an aunt, before dying in a struggle with Schnick.

did you know

Household Hints Did You Know That? Drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately -- without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional "pain relievers." Did you know that Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns. Also put some on pimples at night and this helps to dry them out by morning. Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoids peppermints. They'll clear up your stuffed nose. Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 Tablespoon of horseradish in 1 cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a massage oil, for instant relief for aching muscles. Sore throat? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1 tablespoon six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria. Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer . Just dissolve two tablets in a glass of water and drink it
at the onset of the symptoms. Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary tract infections almost instantly -- even though the product was never been advertised for this use (Note: Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine is not the same. and it contains aspirin, which can cause stomach bleeding if you have ulcers.) Honey remedy for skin blemishes... Cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a Band-Aid over it.
Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight. Listerine therapy for toenail fungus... Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash. The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again. Easy eyeglass protection... To prevent the screws in eyeglasses from loosening, apply a small drop of Maybelline Crystal Clear nail polish to the threads of the screws before tightening them. Coca-Cola cure for rust... Forget those expensive rust removers. Just saturate an abrasive sponge with Coca Cola and scrub the rust stain. The phosphoric acid in the coke is what gets the job done. Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer... If menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you ca n't find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly. Smart splinter remover...just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue-All over the splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off
the skin. The splinter sticks to the dried glue. Hunt's tomato paste boil cure....cover the boil with Hunt's tomato paste as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head. Balm for broken blisters....To disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few drops of Listerine ... a powerful antiseptic. Heinz vinegar to heal bruises... Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour.
The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process. Kills fleas instantly. Dawn dish washing liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Goodbye fleas. Coca-Cola cure for rust... Forget those expensive rust removers. Just saturate an abrasive sponge with Coca Cola and scrub the rust stain. The phosphoric acid in the coke is what gets the job done. Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer... If menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you ca n't find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly. Smart splinter remover...just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue-All over the splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off
the skin. The splinter sticks to the dried glue. Hunt's tomato paste boil cure....cover the boil with Hunt's tomato paste as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head. Balm for broken blisters....To disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few drops of Listerine ... a powerful antiseptic. Heinz vinegar to heal bruises... Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour.
The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process. Kills fleas instantly. Dawn dish washing liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Goodbye fleas.
Rainy day cure for dog odor... Next time your dog comes in from the rain, simply wipe down the animal with
Bounce or any dryer sheet, instantly making your dog smell springtime fresh. Eliminate ear mites... All i t takes is a few drops of Wesson corn oil in your cat's ear. Massage it in, then clean with
a cotton ball. Repeat daily for 3 days. The oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers the mites, and accelerates healing. Quaker Oats for fast pain relief....It's not just for breakfast anymore! Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup
of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.
Air Freshener: To make your own air freshener, mix 2 parts liquid Downey fabric softener to 4 parts water, put in spray bottle and your home will smell great. Works well on furniture and beds also. I spray my home every morning and the great smell lasts all day NMorSpray your favorite perfume on your light bulbs ,and turn on the lights. Also try spraying a little ofyour perfume on your curtains, and then open the windows ,makes the whole house smell great.Animal Care: If you are having problems with your puppy or dog chewing, I suggest using "Vicks Vapor Rub". Rub some of this onto the surface that you want your pet to avoid... the smell of it usually keeps their sensitive noses far enough away that chewing isn't an option!

pup

Sammy sold his Chihuahua, puppy so we only have one now and it takes on all the time. I suppose the girl is lonely.

18 weeks old today

The hatchery chicks are 18 weeks old today.

sad state of affairs.

Sammy has a new dog and it is a Boston bull terrier. He penned it because he thought it was a stray and then the neighbor girl said she knew who owned it and would take it home. Sammy told her if they didn't want it he would like to have it and they sent it back. I went out to feed this morning and I saw it was blind in one eye and this was a new injury. I suppose they didn't want the dog because of the way it looks but Sammy is going to keep he it says. When he turns it loose it probably will go home.

Poultry

my brother raises wild turkeys and they roam free on my father old farm in northwest AR. my son raises tame white breasted turkeys for the turkey plant in Huntville AR.

My brother's widow raises chickens for Tyson and so does my niece Cheryl Ann. Many of my kin work in the poultry plants here so it is a fact our lives depend on the poultry industry.

old age

the only sunshine we have are sun flower weeds these days. Clayton will be 65 Thursday. I hope he has a good day. Medicare is all most here , brother.

Medicare..

After you draw disability SS for 25 months you are eligible for for Medicare. The reason your spouse's wages have to be considered is to determine if you pay for these programs or they are free to you.

rain

I went to feed and everything is wet. The chickens have not found their way in the house and out into the other pen when they do I am going to block off the pen they have been in and give it a Chance to dry out.

I threw in some of Sammy's dog food for them to snack on this morning. The sun shined yesterday for a while and I hope we see some sun light today. Donna in Mo. is traveling to Harrison today on a motor bike and she is sure to get wet. We have had a few drops of rain already this morning.

the price is growing

cleaning the rear...

For example, those living in the Northern parts of the world –in particularly, the Eskimos- used tundra moss when available in the summer months, and handfuls of snow during the balance of the year. Those living in coastal areas or tropical settings used mussel shells or old coconut shells, those living in the colonial times of America, when farming consisted of 75% of the U.S. practicing workforce used cobs of corn, or hung paper products in the form of mail order catalogs (Like that of Sears Roebucks, etc.). In ancient Rome, the popular item was a sponge attached to the end of a stick immersed in salt water. If this were the case today, don’t you think it’s possible that we might take the coined phrase, “wrong end of the stick” a little more seriously?

Zeth Wheeler patents rolled and perforated wrapping paper in 1871. By 1874 he had is own business the Rolled Wrapping Paper Company, but the company couldn't turn a profit. In 1877, Wheller reorganized into the Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Company and began selling Perforated Toilet Paper ('The Standard') on a roll.

Do you give much thought to your buying habits and how much these have changed over the years? I remember when toilet paper was sold by the roll and the price was 10 cents Now there is a isle in the grocery store devoted to paper to use in personal hygiene.

There are 12 packs, 24 packs and single sheets, double sheets. perfumed rolls and colored paper.

I have traveled many miles since my mother wiped my bottom and the price for wiping the same has gone from 10 cents to several dollars a purchase.

I have to confess the in my childhood we had a out side toilet and we used any paper we could lay our hands on to wipe the rear, in fact I have used such natural products as large leave growing on a bush to cleanse the unspeakable places.

I have came a long way and the price for cleaning said places are climbing every day. I have read that in Europe they have toilets that clean your rear with a spray of water. I don't know if they drip dry or what but I am sure it is cheaper than " charmin."

The R word and Obama

http://field-negro.blogspot.com/
OK, I will admit the comment from the white house about no racial hate intended by The Joe Wildon of this world left me feeling that our President left me and Jimmy carter out on a limb while he sawed it off behind us.
There is a blog I read often named field-negro that has called the white house wrong and Jimmy Carter right. The title of the post is THE SOUTHERN WHITE MAN AND THE R WORD.
I will post part of what he said here...
Still, I am not going to make a big deal about it. If his O ness doesn't think that the actions of any of his political enemies is motivated by race, who is some race chasing field Negro to jump into the fray? His O ness is on his own with this one. It's his "post racial A-merry-ca". After they are done talking about his daddy and posting vile images of his wife, he can hold hands with them and sing kumbaya until his heart's content.
So what we have is a current president running away from the issue of race (too uncomfortable, and not smart politically) and a former one staring it down. If there is a more hated white man in A-merry-ca today than Jimmy Carter I would like to meet him.

I had a problem calling Obama out on his defence of the race question but the field-negro had no such trouble. Obama should stand up and call it what it is. RACISM.

birds of prey

The clouds are heavy this morning and our local hawk was circling over head looking for a meal.

Oh darn

Another one of my heros has died.
DANBURY, Conn. - Mary Travers, one-third of the hugely popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died.
The band’s publicist, Heather Lylis, says Travers died at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut on Wednesday. She was 72 and had battled leukemia for several years.
The songs "blowin' in the wind" and "puff the magic dragon" were two of the songs she sang that I loved.

She is forever young in my heart.

It is racism pure and simple

Now the White House says Jimmy Carter is wrong when he said that Joe Wilson's attack on the President was not based on race. I was stumped as to why Obama issued that statement and then I thought as to where he had lives most of his life, first Hawaii and then Harvard and I realized that Obama has never lived in the south.
People who are not familiar with the south find it hard to peal away the layers of deceit and find the racism bedded deeply in the southern culture.
Obama you had better take notice of Jimmy Carter and what he has said. He has lived all his life in the south and he knows what some people are capable of doing in regard to race.
Just because the Joe Wilsons of this world come to Washington and put on the mask and shake the black leaders hand don't mean that they have forgot what they learned at their mother's knee.
Joe Wilson has been a member Sons of Confederate Veterans which fought to keep the Confederate flag flying over the South Carolina state house and is more of racist than people know.
Mr. Wilson is a proud member of “The Sons of Confederate Veterans.” It’s a racist group, as documented by the Southern Poverty Law Center. For the last ten years, the organization has been run by radical neo-Confederates who favor secession and defend slavery as a benign institution.
I have heard this statement all of my life. "The negro is fine as long as they stay in their place!"
What they don't say is the Negro's place is under the foot of white Southerners!

Race and hate

Finally someone who is in the public eye has said that all the stuff being thrown at Obama is racism and he included the little man in the house Rep. Joe Wilson in the statement Of course it is racism just as this sign being displayed by this smiling women. Three cheers for the little guy from Georgia ,President Jimmy Carter.
racism is so inbreed in the public lives that it is covered with layers of denial but with the election of a black man to the office of President it has came bubbling to the surface and we can see what our country really is about.
I remember in the
'60 during the time of the struggle of Blacks to gain their rights many people augured that ever thing was just fine the way it was and everyone was happy if people would just leave everybody alone but it wasn't alright as soon became obvious in the reaction of the racist people in this country and that is what is happening now.
In the past on this blog I stated that racism is alive and well in this country and the hate filled speech being heard of late proves the fact. The birthers, tea party's and all the town hall shouting about the president's programs are just because he is black and not fit to be in the White House in their opinion. I believe our President's very life is in danger and the secret service had better be on guard! Another page of shame may be written in our history books.
I remember when Obama was running for the president and some one ask his wife if she was worried about his safety and she told them " My husband faces danger when he goes to the car wash." This is true Black people are targets in their cars, in the streets and in their homes every day in our country and most of the time it is our law-in-forcement officials who are behind the persecution.
Wake-up America and call it what it is, racism pure and simple!

Remembering Ocha

A few years ago I worked with this Korean women and I have been thinking about her the last few days because her husband has died.
Ocha was a mean woman and no one wanted to work with her because she was something else. I wanted to work with her because she had an easy job and I decided when they put me to working with her I would make her like me, no easy job. She had ran off everyone who had been pardners with her.
We worked up on this ramp away in the air grading product as it came out of the freezer, no one could do the job to suit Ocha and she would tattle on you and get you in trouble. I let her be the boss and she liked that then she started telling really raunchy sex jokes. I know a little bit about most things including sex so I would think of all the really bad sex jokes I had heard in my life and every time Ocha told me a sex joke I told her one back this went on for 2 days and finally Ocha told me , you are not like most of the old women that they have placed up here with me. that was the last of the sexual talk.
From that day forward Ocha thought I was her friend, every morning she would round up 4 trash barrels and drag them up the 3 flight of stairs staking two for me and 2 for her with plastics bags over them for us to set on. We were not suppose to set on the trash barrels but take my word for it no one wanted to cross Ocha about our chairs. I never had a better seat while working at Tyson.
We were such friends that she decided I had to go home with her on my lunch hour to see her house. I didn't want to go but I couldn't get out of going and I did go.
One of the things she told me was this certain bachelor that worked at Tyson had asked her out for a date.
This is the story she told me..
She had a son that was 15 years old and she told her date that he had to pay for a sitter , 4 hours at 8 dollars an hour. She picked a place in Harrson that sold sea food because she didn't eat meat. a very costly place to eat. Ocha ordered lobster and she said she just barely touched her food but of course he had to foot the bill.
On the way out of town he stopped to buy beer and cigarettes, Ocha told him she wanted a carton of Winston cigarettes and a 6 pack of miller beer which he bought for her. Then on the way home he started to take the back roads home and she said where are you going? he told her he needed to take a leak. Ocha told him he could hold it till he got home and to stay on the high way. When he got to her home she gathered up her cigarettes ,beer and baby setting money and told him thank you very much and good night.
His coworkers ask him the next day if he was going to take her out again and he said No! he couldn't afford to take her out. Ocha loved to tell that story.

rain

Rain on the roof, rain on the ground rain every where. I am sick of this weather no sun just rain. I think I will go to bed and sleep until the rain stops.see you next May.

The chicken pen is a muddy swamp.

today

I had to open the hole into the hen house because the first pullet laid an egg as you may know I was afraid the red headed Ladies would fight the pullets but after 30 minutes everyone had settled down and no fighting going on. The rooster was walking around being the cock of the walk and the red headed ladies were impressed in his abilities.

bloomn' weeds

frost is coming hurry and produce your seeds.

pullets are laying

One of the pullets I hatched under the bantam laid an egg yesterday. It is always nice to see them start to lay. The hatchery chicks are 17 weeks old and the 4 pullets are 20 weeks old and I think the pullet that laid the egg was either the white pullet or the red one behind her. Soon the hatchery chicks will start then I will have lots of eggs. The rooster is guarding his pullets. He is part bantam.

signs of fall

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I went to town yesterday and I hadn't been out traveling the back roads in awhile. I saw many yellow blooming weeds along the road sides. This is a sure sign of fall in our country when you spy the rag weeds and sun flowers putting on their bright yellow dresses.

I had to make a trip to town to try to buy supplies for my wound care. This has been a problem for me for two years because I can't purchase the the things I need in the local wal-mart or the other pharmacy. I went to economy drug to buy a substitute for a paste I needed because the drug store told me that they couldn't get the paste that the hospital had used on my skin to protect my skin and stop the awful burning on my skin.

The drug store has a lobby and on the left is the drug store and on the right I noticed a place that was new to me. It was a saint Johns medical supply, I opened the door and ask the clerk, Do you sell to the public?, They did and I was able to buy the brand name I needed. It name is Adapt paste by Hollister and this stuff is very good stuff!

I was amazed that a small town like Berryville Ar. had a medical supply but I sure am glad they do. The home health brings me supplies but there are things I need sometime that they wont furnish so now I can get what I need when I need it. I was very happy to find this place.

what do you see?

Joe Wilson photo

funny

My sister said I thought it was amusing about Joe Wilson. What I said was I thought it was funny!I think it is funny that so called religious right people can have such racial bigotry. I also think it is Hilarius that Wilson thought he could call Obama a liar in the house and his colleague would side with him.these religious right people are so full of crap and they think we are all like they are. Joe Wilson will pay a price for his shouting LIAR at our president.

Pigs in office

The president of the United States was called a liar to his face in the congress yesterday by Rep.Joe Wilson of South Carolina because he said illegal aliens would not be covered in the health bill being considered in congress!
In the heart of Dixie racism still lives in our country! Would Wilson had had the audacity to call the president a liar if the President had possessed a lighter completion? Later he called and apologized to the white house but no doubt he was forced to by his fellow members of congress.
Joe Wilson has piggish ways and you can't make a silk purse from a pig's ear.

When Wilson called the white house with his apology he had to talk to Staff Rahm Emanuel which is really great since the old south hated Jews as much as they hated uppity blacks.

So now the Republicans are saying the Democrats booed George Bush and the Democrats are saying the Republicans booed Bill Clinton so is a boo the same as shouting LIAR?

Times are a changing

The tar baby story from my childhood was as follows Brer Fox creates the tar-baby to capture Brer Rabbit. He places it where it can be seen from the road, and when Brer Rabbit passes by and encounters the tar baby, the baby won't reply to his questions. Brer Rabbit loses his temper. He hits the tar-baby and gets stuck, just as Brer Fox planned. The interesting part is that Brer Fox must have known Brer Rabbit would lose his temper like that, since he planned a trap that required the rabbit to hit the tar-baby. This tar baby story from my childhood is a good example of times they are a changing.
Mr Robert McDonnell is running for governor of Virgina and a thesis he wrote 20 years ago, which was an excepted view at that time has come back to haunt him..His thesis is a tar baby for McDonnell and like the rabbit he can't turn it loose.
The views he wrote at that time were the popular view then but times have changed.
Mr. McDonnell wrote he blamed homosexuality, declining morality, out of wedlock sex, birth control, day care, working mother,divorce and feminist would cause the decline of the country.......sounding like an Old Testament prophet, Mr. McDonnell wrote that government must discriminate in favor of married couples and against "cohabitants, homosexuals or fornicators," for "the cost of sin should fall on the sinner not the taxpayer."
The views expressed by Mr. McDonnell was popular then but like the tar baby story which I have read is believed now to be racist, The tar baby being a depiction of the Negro race, now are signs of the changing views in our country.
Mr. McDonnell is trying to separate himself from his early statements since he wants to be governor which only goes to prove McDonnell will say any thing if he thinks it will help him in his career. I think most political candidates do the same.

no tomato year

This is the year I failed at tomatoes first thing happen we bought soil that was bad then I pulled the plants and started over. sammy went and pulled a bunch of green tomatoes after I told him not to because they were to early they rotted on the porch. now I have a few green tomatoes on the vine and I think it is to late for them to ripen. this year has been a total failure for me and tomatoes.

green words

OK, I found a site that told me what to do about the green words advertisement, seems it was a game that had been downloaded on my computer, I wonder who did that sisters? so I did what the site said to do and my computer shut down, nearly had a heart attack, then it booted up on it's own so I was relieved to say the least! next I tried to connect with my dial up, it said no connection found. another heart attack! then I pushed the start button and clicked connect to and the dial up popped up. thanks be to God. I was having visions of having to call Fleta to come up and fix this machine and that would be worse than green words, blue words would be what I would hear if fleta had to fix this machine.
If you have the green word problem you can do something about it if your heart can stand the the jolt! All you have to do is search the net as how to get the green underline words off your computer.
At least I am with out green words until daughter down loads another game!
The short cut to dial up on my computer didn't work so if it still doesn't work all I have to do is not tell daughter how to connect and she can't down load any games, right?

chickens and green words

This hen is one that hatched out under the bantie, I think she is very pretty.

The green words with underlines is showing up every where. I say one on a news site yesterday and I have seen them on the chicken site I read. some of them you can just move your mouse over and this window pops up the other if you click on them advertisement appear. I have not been able to find any thing about this on the net any where. Oh, Helen you have some on your site! The word convertible was green on sister's site.

did you ever notice?

On the TV, On the net, and in your local newspaper as well as magazine, there are many adds about how to save money but the thing I notice all this information involves spending money.
It is a fact the only way to save money is not to spend money! any thing else is a way for someone else to make money.

adware

the green unlined words are in my last post and they are adware. I don't understand this at all. i have not approved adware on my blog.

trying

ok Margie and all when I posted the last post the words in green disappeared, that is really strange. I am going to put in key words and see if it happens on this post.
I think eduction is important and the president is trying to help school children.
while the health care debate is going on maybe Obama will talk about this to the children.
more children are in need of college education.

what is this?

Something strange is going on with my blog. certain words are showing up in green and underlined when you click on the word advertisement pop up. do you know what this is ? I am not doing it. is blog spot doing this?

sunday

Foggy and cool 61 temp.this morning.

16 weeks old

16 weeks old monday. they like the weeds I give them to eat.

gone bonkers

Apparently there are people in our country that are having a heart attack because the president of the united states is going to talk to school children.
99.1% of the children wont hear a word he says and the rest will forget by recess. I don't think the parents give a flip about his talk. I think they just want to get their face on TV in case they might be discovered for reality TV.

poor kitty

news

Obama is speaking to school children about staying in school and getting an education the right winger crowd are urging people to keep their children at home and not listen to the president.
McCain is holding town hall so called meeting and packing the crowd with insurance big wigs and hospital big shots. does he think we are stupid?
The Republicans are getting more stupid every day. They lost the election and now they are losing their minds.
Good news it was reported today Obama has not shelved the public option on health care.

chukar or ring necked pheasants

These birds are chukar . I can order them from cackle hatchery. They weigh a little over a pound each. I might order them next year instead of chickens. cackle also sell ring necked pheasants.. I could order them instead.

The Chukar is a rotund 32-35 cm long bird, with a light brown back, grey breast, and buff belly. The face is white with a black gorget. It has rufous-streaked flanks and red legs. When disturbed, it prefers to run rather than fly, but if necessary it flies a short distance on rounded wings.
It is very similar to Rock Partridge, Alectoris graeca, but is browner on the back and has a yellowish tinge to the foreneck. The sharply defined gorget distinguishes this species from Red-legged Partridge. The song is a noisy chuck-chuck-chukar-chukar.

Just hatched
Pheasant farming is a common practice, and is sometimes done intensively. Birds are supplied both to hunting preserves/estates and restaurants, with smaller numbers being available for home cooks. Pheasant farms have some 10 million birds in the U.S. and 35 million in the United Kingdom.

friday

cool this morning. I have a load of books. went to the library Wednesday. I must start locking my pens if I have prowlers they will start taking my chickens.

the chickens will be 16 weeks old Monday.

home again

While I was in the doctors waiting room I heard one woman and some men talking about the man who slapped the child for crying , I listens with disgust while they are talking with glee about the only thing wrong with children today could be cured with a good slap.
I quickly went back to reading they might have slapped me if I told them what I thought of their mental capacity.

Doctor said he thought if I had surgery that I had a 50/50 chance of surviving surgery and if I did he thought I would recover but then he said don't do the operation unless you have too. OK. Doctor said while I was in the hospital they were calling him every day. I guess they thought he could make me behave and fall in line.

MJ has been buried finally.

walking away

Strange things happen around here, things just walk away when I went to feed the small plastic bucket I used to carry water was gone. no rhyme or reason it was gone. I had two blue totes go away one night and a metal water bucket I had disappeared one night.

again and again and again

jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Tonitown, Ark., who have 18 children and one grandchild on the way, are expecting a new addition to their household – baby No. 19 will arrive in the spring. "We are so thrilled," says Michelle, 42. "We just couldn't believe it is happening." Jim Bob, 44, agrees: "This never gets old. We are so grateful for each child. We are looking forward to our first grand baby and our 19th child."

They are going to keep this up until the mother dies and then jim bob can get a new wife and start over, 1 ,2 and on we go.

loss

I went to gather eggs last night and one of my red hens was dead on the nest. I have read on the chicken sites that the sex link hens are prone to getting egg bound and I though it was folklore but maybe not. anyway I only have 5 red hens left from the chickens I bought last year. I have plenty of pullets that will start laying soon.

Some of the folk on the site described doing an examination of their hen trying to get the egg out not me even if I had know she was ill which I didn't I wouldn't have dug around in her to see if that was the problem. some thing are just more than I want to do. I think a sick chicken is a dead chicken either by dying on their own or by my hand.

It is cool again this morning. I heard rain on the roof for a few minutes at 5 O'clock.

blue hen

Do you think she would lay blue eggs?

It is a cool day and the first of September. Winter is around the corner.

I took a wheel barrow of wood chips for the chicks and they spread it around really well because I put a scoop of crack corn on the top which ended on the bottom when I dumped the pile. You should have seen them scratch. They are 16 weeks old now.