I Just Quit My Day Job(s)

Well, it's official. Today is my last day of relief work. It's kinda sad really. Yesterday, I worked my last day at one of my regular clinics, and today is the last one at another regular clinic. In fact, today is my 1 year anniversary at this clinic. It's fitting that it's my last day.

Tuesday will be the new clinic's official Opening Day. After months and months and months of delays, it will finally open. It's really pretty bitter-sweet. I'm losing things and gaining things in this-here trade off. I hope it works out well.

It's really pretty crazy how many freakin' changes I've made in my life over the last few years.

Keep on keepin' on.

Hillary Be Scary

Here is an interesting article on Hillary. It makes a lot of sense. I got this from here.

"Polls suggest that the leading attribute attracting voters to Hillary’s presidential candidacy is her “experience,” a virtue which contrasts, presumably, with the lack of it in Senator Barack Obama, her chief rival. But a close examination of her record as first lady and as New York Senator suggests that her experience is largely in the avoidance of death by scandal. Were it to be captured in a television series, it would certainly not rise to the level of “Commander In Chief” and probably not even to that of “West Wing.” It would find its televised metaphor in the reality series "Survivor."

Consider what her experience has been. She burst forth on the national stage with two tasks in her husband’s administration: The selection of the nation’s first female Attorney General and the design and adoption of a comprehensive program of health care reform. Her efforts to designate an Attorney General hamstrung the new Administration for months as two nominees, in succession, had to withdraw their names from consideration. Finally, at the eleventh hour, she urged her husband to appoint Florida’s Janet Reno, a selection Bill Clinton would come to describe as “my worst mistake.” In the bargain, she suggested the appointment of Lani Guanier as head of the civil rights division, a job she was shortly forced to relinquish when her radical views became known, another embarrassment for the new Administration. Her other selections for the Justice Department, the White
House staff and the Treasury were her three law partners: Web Hubbell, Vince
Foster, and William Kennedy, appointments which culminated in one imprisonment, one suicide, and one forced resignation.

Her other assignment, health care reform, collapsed in such a debacle that it cost her party control of both houses of Congress, a fate from which it took twelve years to recover.

Beyond these initial tasks, her main focus in the Administration was scandal defense. From Jennifer Flowers to Whitewater to the FBI file affair to the travel office firings to her Commodities Market winnings to the missing Rose Law Firm billing records to the Paula Jones scandal, she orchestrated the Administration’s defense against scandal allegations. In the process, she almost got herself indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice.

And her advice in handling these matters was uniformly bad. It was Hillary who counseled Bill not to settle the Paula Jones lawsuit even when the plaintiffs called for neither an apology nor payment and she who stonewalled the release of Whitewater documents even when it led to the appointment of a special prosecutor. When the prosecutor whose appointment she had caused heard about the depositions in the Paula Jones case she had refused to settle, the Monica Lewinsky scandal eventuated.

During the period of 1995-1997, the period of the Clinton Administration’s greatest achievements, she was nowhere to be seen, focusing instead on writing It Takes A Village, and on dodging criminal inquiry. She did not participate in the formulation of a balanced budget, nor in welfare reform legislation, nor in the reduction of crime that stemmed from the 1994 anti-crime bill.

Her experience continued when her race for the Senate and its aftermath became, in turn, mired in scandal. The pardon of the FALN terrorists to get Latino support in New York, that of the New Square Hassidim to get Hillary Jewish support, and the clemency shown toward Hillary’s brothers’ clients to get them financial support caused her ratings to plunge to their lowest level in March of 2001 as she took her Senate seat. The theft of White House gifts, almost $200,000 of which had to be returned, did nothing to endear her to the electorate.

Since then, Hillary has done nothing of note in the Senate except to vote for the Iraq War, a position she has since disavowed, and to win the applause of her colleagues for not being partisan and obstinate. Her main efforts have been directed at raising massive sums of money for herself and her colleagues and making a lot writing and selling her memoirs. Her efforts on behalf of New York after 9-11 have been exposed as largely derivative of those of her colleague, the more effective Chuck Schumer.

She has passed no important legislation, except for twenty bills renaming post offices and courthouses and congratulating Alexander Hamilton, Shirley Chisolm, Harriet Tubman, the American Republic, and the Syracuse men’s and women’s Lacrosse team on their respective accomplishments.

Is this the experience upon which her candidacy is based? Did I leave anything out?"

Kinda scary, methinks.

Keep on keepin' on.

A Nice Tax Reminder

Tax reminder:
Don't forget to pay your taxes....21 million illegal aliens are depending on you!

Muchos gracias!

This About Sums It Up

Got this from here. This about sums up the Pelosi stunt. Congrats. You're now a puppet.

Keep on keepin' on.

Bluebonnets, Bluebonnets, Bluebonnets

This here's me pooch, Ms. Daisy in the bluebonnets. Awwwwww. All the ladies go guuuuuush.

Bean and I left last Friday to head to Austin to enjoy a relaxing weekend. It wasn't really that relaxing.

Before we even took off, the DFW metroplex was hit by hail, tornadoes, lightning, rain, and dogs and cats living together. I got done with work and was heading over to Bean's house, where we were planning on leaving to head to Austin. Well, when I was about 5 minutes from her house, it starts hailing...and raining...and throwin' down mad crazy wind gusts. I did what everybody else was trying to do...get under some cover.

I spotted an opening at a local gas station and I made a b-line for it. So did another dude. I didn't see him until he hit my truck. Thank God it was only minor damage, but I'm still gonna have to replace my front bumper. His damage is pretty minor too, so we are gonna try to handle each other's vehicle on our own. I'm not about to try to make a claim on this thing. It's only cosmetic damage, so it's not that important to get it fixed right away.*

We got it all sorted out and Bean and I finally made it to the greater Austin area that night. The next morning we drove out to Burnet, TX for their Bluebonnet festival. It was pretty interesting. They have a town square, and all along it were booths set up with assorted crafts for sale. There was also a live band playing country music. It was quaint and picturesque.

We then went out and found a field of bluebonnets and shot pictures for just under 2 hours. We covered just about every possible pose, with exception to the reverse-cowgirl, to shoot in front of the pretty flowers. Bean had fun though. It only took us that long because just as we finished shooting all that we wanted, the sun came out and significantly changed the lighting. So we had to shoot things all over again. Kinda funny...Not really.

Keep on keepin' on.

* For those of you keeping score at home, I've now wrecked my truck 4 times. In my defense, all of the accidents were fairly minor and cosmetic in nature. It's crazy. I've been driving for about 16 years, and I had never got into a wreck until I got this truck. And this truck is the only brand-new vehicle that I've ever had too. Coincidence?

Hairy Cameltoes

This post is dedicated to my friend, Cameltoes. Gotta love those hairy cameltoes (photo courtesy of Big D, a.k.a. Double D).

Keep on keepin' on.

Face Of A Traitor

Got this from here (AP/Yahoo photograph). Keep voting Democratic, and this will be the "new look" for da ladies in 2008 and beyond (I'm sure that Cosmo and Vogue will eat this look up.). This is Speaker of the House Nanci Peloci, in her headscarf, or a hijab. Congrats on betraying the country, Madam Speaker. It's not every day that you can undermine the country by talking to known sponsors of terrorism! Although there were 3 Republicans that went too, and I lump them in this category too. But they aren't exactly the 3rd in line for the Presidency now are they?

Make sure you know which way Mecca is. It might come in handy when you are forced to pray to Allah 5 times a day.

For more info on this story click here. It's a good report on the ramifications of Mrs. Pelosi's devastating trip to Syria.

I thought that she was supposed to be this big feminist, and one really pushing for women's rights? No better way to show yourself to be a "strong," modern woman than by submitting yourself to the men of Syria by donning a piece of clothing that humilates and degrades women.

Keep on keepin' on.

P.S. I'll write something on a lighter note next time, I promise.