We got a letter from Joe yesterday.
Did not say much in it , but then he did not have much time to write. He had to put in the letter stuff like , don't send food , don't decorate the envelope.....He does not want to bring extra attention from the DI to himself. The recruits get enough one on one time with the DI as it is.
From what I have been told the stuff you see in the TV shows and movies is pretty accurate. The last thing you want is more than the normal amount of the DI telling you what a mommas boy you are or you are a sissy or whatever he is picking on you now.
The weather here is cold right now. It is getting down into the 20's at night. It is supposed to start warming up now. The daffodils in my garden say so anyway, there is one little blossom is
trying to poke it's little out of the ground.The flower bed faces the west, so I generally get daffodils before the folks across the street. So spring is coming. Then again we can get some of our worst snow storms in March. So who knows , we just have to wait and see what happens.
My hubby is in the choir at church , he enjoys that a lot, unfortunately I am usually working on Sunday. So , I don't get to see him sing very often. I am hoping I am off on Easter though. Can you believe it is so soon already, March 23!...
Then again , I am supposed to have my schedule at least 3 weeks at a time. Guess what? Ain't happening. We have to go to one of the supervisors to get the schedule . That is a big pain. It is also very irritating.One of the things we agreed on was that we would have our schedules for 3 weeks out. Other wise I am not sure I would have taken a flex shift. A flex shift is where your days off will vary,number 1 pain the sit-down, and the start time-end time changes from week to week. Number 2 pain in the sit-down, start times are anywhere from 6:ooam to 8:45 am.
Going home time is anywhere from 2:45 to 5:30pm.Last week I had to be to work at 6:00am. this week I had to be in at 8:30pm. Next week I have to be in at 8:00am. Got stickers on the calendars so I know when I should be coming and going.
Well , that is enough rambling for now , be back again later, maybe with some pictures.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Joe and the Marines
Our oldest son left for Marine boot camp on Febuary 11,2008. He will be there for 14 weeks. We have not heard from him yet , but we were told to expect that. By the end of the week we should have his address at boot camp so we can write to him . If you are family or friend, call us and we will give you his address. Main thing is :no cookies, no perfumed letters, nothing that will bring undo attention to Joe. He will get enough attention as it is.
Oh, I need to ask. Has anyone tried to find stationary lately? I looked and looked at Wal~Mart and found two sets, both to fuffy for me , let alone for mailing to a marine. There is now such thing as a stationary department anymore. It is terrible, what is this world coming to?
It is getting pretty scary out there.
(I snagged this picture from flickr, I hope they don't mind)
Oh, I need to ask. Has anyone tried to find stationary lately? I looked and looked at Wal~Mart and found two sets, both to fuffy for me , let alone for mailing to a marine. There is now such thing as a stationary department anymore. It is terrible, what is this world coming to?
It is getting pretty scary out there.
(I snagged this picture from flickr, I hope they don't mind)
Human Rights
Yesterday , the federal government of the United States of America indicted the people that are believed to have had a hand in planning the attacks on 9/11.
The man that is accused of planning the attack is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. His confession to his role was obtained by a torture process called water boarding. It looks to me like trying to drown a person and then revive them. And yes I used the word TORTURE. It is an ugly word. A word we use to describe how foriegn countries treat prisoners. Not a word that should be in the American Justice System, and yet there it is for all the world to see.
I don't care what justification is used to say torture is ok. My opinion and the opinion of the United States Of America's founding fathers is that , everyone, repeat EVERYONE is entitled to just treatment. It does not distinguish between citizens and non citizens. It does not say, it is ok to torture that dark skined man over there because we think he bombed a building. He is innocent until proven guilty.
The men or women who tortured this man are criminals too. Mohammed's confession should be thrown out and he should be relased. He will not get a fair trial. His keepers screwed up royally by using torture on him. Who among you would not confess to anything your TORTURER wanted you to just so you could stand up and not feel like you were drowning.
If his keepers were so sure he did what he was accused of , why did they not use that evidence to convict him. Why did they have to torture him? Were they not confident they got the right man?Oh, and don't forget this man , regardless of how you feel about him, he is a man with basic human rights.We believe in human rights so strongly we even have a constitutional amendment that says that everyone has rights that are not to be infringed on because of their sex, their ETHNIC origins, among other things. Yet , those that are supposed to be the keepers of these ideals that we hold deat to our hearts, have violated that trust.
I dare anyone out to say I am not being patriotic by saying it was wrong to torture Mohammed. I am being patriotic by saying we should not condone this activity by remaining silent.
My children are patriotic because they agree that no one should be judged by the color of thier skin. Justice is not just for the people that we pick and choose, it is for everyone.Even Hitler and every despot there has ever been on earth deserve to have a fair hearing before thier peers.
When we start to condone torture in any form, we cease to be this great country that stands for justice and become the enemy. Do not look to closely for the enemy, because he/she might just be lookng back at you in the mirror. Take a look at the person in mirror. Do you like what you see?Do you see a person that believes in the sanctity of life, regardless of what religion they practice?Do you see a person that does not see the color of a man when you look at him?Do you see a man who will prove himself by his actions? Do like what you see in the mirror?Would you be ashamed to face your god?If you believe in God. I would like everyone to believe in God. But I don't base my feelings about a person on that belief. I base them on how that person is. I have seen people that called themselves godly, ministers even, that are just as animalistic as the meanest , nastiest mass murdering scum in the world. What you call yourself is not what you are, what you do is what you are.
Enough said
The man that is accused of planning the attack is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. His confession to his role was obtained by a torture process called water boarding. It looks to me like trying to drown a person and then revive them. And yes I used the word TORTURE. It is an ugly word. A word we use to describe how foriegn countries treat prisoners. Not a word that should be in the American Justice System, and yet there it is for all the world to see.
I don't care what justification is used to say torture is ok. My opinion and the opinion of the United States Of America's founding fathers is that , everyone, repeat EVERYONE is entitled to just treatment. It does not distinguish between citizens and non citizens. It does not say, it is ok to torture that dark skined man over there because we think he bombed a building. He is innocent until proven guilty.
The men or women who tortured this man are criminals too. Mohammed's confession should be thrown out and he should be relased. He will not get a fair trial. His keepers screwed up royally by using torture on him. Who among you would not confess to anything your TORTURER wanted you to just so you could stand up and not feel like you were drowning.
If his keepers were so sure he did what he was accused of , why did they not use that evidence to convict him. Why did they have to torture him? Were they not confident they got the right man?Oh, and don't forget this man , regardless of how you feel about him, he is a man with basic human rights.We believe in human rights so strongly we even have a constitutional amendment that says that everyone has rights that are not to be infringed on because of their sex, their ETHNIC origins, among other things. Yet , those that are supposed to be the keepers of these ideals that we hold deat to our hearts, have violated that trust.
I dare anyone out to say I am not being patriotic by saying it was wrong to torture Mohammed. I am being patriotic by saying we should not condone this activity by remaining silent.
My children are patriotic because they agree that no one should be judged by the color of thier skin. Justice is not just for the people that we pick and choose, it is for everyone.Even Hitler and every despot there has ever been on earth deserve to have a fair hearing before thier peers.
When we start to condone torture in any form, we cease to be this great country that stands for justice and become the enemy. Do not look to closely for the enemy, because he/she might just be lookng back at you in the mirror. Take a look at the person in mirror. Do you like what you see?Do you see a person that believes in the sanctity of life, regardless of what religion they practice?Do you see a person that does not see the color of a man when you look at him?Do you see a man who will prove himself by his actions? Do like what you see in the mirror?Would you be ashamed to face your god?If you believe in God. I would like everyone to believe in God. But I don't base my feelings about a person on that belief. I base them on how that person is. I have seen people that called themselves godly, ministers even, that are just as animalistic as the meanest , nastiest mass murdering scum in the world. What you call yourself is not what you are, what you do is what you are.
Enough said
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