The Motor is in the Car!

Just wanted to post some pictures.

NOBAMA: Say No To Socialism

You cannot blame the man for wanting change. No doubt there are things that need to be fixed in this country, but socialism is not the way to do it. If it were not for human nature then sure, socialism would be great, but human nature will not allow it to work. I can't help but put the United States next to the Roman Empire for comparison. We are mirroring so many of the moves that were made all those centuries ago and everyone knows how well it turned out for them.

Right now the topic on the forefront is the public healthcare option. I don't even have insurance because I cannot afford it, so you would think I would be in favor of a public option but I am not. I am sure it will start strong, as it needs to in order to be a legitimate option, but in short time I can guarantee it will fall well short of the services we are accustomed to through our private providers now. Emergency rooms will be even busier than they already are. Groups such as the elderly and others who often need the most care will be denied due to preexisting conditions or simply because the government decides that they are not worth the investment (that is what this is to the government after all). Terminal illness treatment will fall short of what it should be because the government won't see it as financially beneficial.

Speaking of finances where are they coming from? How is the government going to fund this? The most probable answer that I have found is that they will simply borrow the money from foreign investors. We all know they can't afford it on their own with the recession we are currently in. Although if we borrow against it guess what, we go deeper into recession due to our added national debt.

Now I don't dispute that the system in place is not ideal, but we don't need another system especially one that will be worse in the long run. What I propose we do is reform the current system so that it is more affordable while maintaining the services provided. Implement ways in which new private companies can come in a create a more competitive market. Our government cannot fix this, they already have enough problems of their own no need for them to take on another problem. The private sector just needs to take more responsibility and initiative to bring this country back around to the great nation it once was and could be again.

Mom Almost Died Today

I am blaming this on all the negative comments on the post about me almost dying! (that's some of the sarcasm I was talking about). So my mom was in an accident just a little bit ago. She is fine, just a little shook up. I'm sure she will be sore in the morning. What happened is she was coming up to a stop sign in a residential area, there were a few cars in front of her at the stop. What she didn't see coming was the Mustang behind her who wasn't paying attention. The Mustang plowed into her and pushed her into the car in front of her. The driver of the Mustang had a couple of abrasions from the airbags popping, but that was the worst of anybody's injuries. Here are some pictures of my mothers car. The back doesn't look so bad, as you can tell the front actually took most of the damage. Her air bags didn't even pop but the passenger bag looks like it started to, the seal is broken.

I am Sarcastic

Just wanted to put this out there since sometimes it is hard to read it into the text. I am an extremely sarcastic person. Sarcasm will be a part of my posts and replies to comments. I don't want to come off as a jerk, I do it for laughs. If you can't understand that you need to lighten up a bit.

Almost Died Today

Well it wouldn't have been that bad but I would have been in some serious pain! I was on the way to work, on my motorcycle, and some lady just about blew a stop sign right in front of me. I was cruisin down a residential street and approaching a four way intersection that was only a two way stop, not in my direction. This lady didn't even do a California stop (slow and go) she hardly was slowing down and was looking the opposite way of where I was coming from. I had to slam on my brakes, locking up the back tire fishtailing pretty severely. Luckily my tire made a bit of noise, which it doesn't always do being as they are so soft, so the lady turned and looked in just enough time to slam on her brakes and let me by. Not quite the closest call I have had but it got my heart pounding none the less. I only hope they will always be close calls and never an accident.

Casey Serin Offline Again

Well it appears that Casey has gone offline once again. I was even hanging out with him just the other day and did not see this coming, at least not so soon. He had mentioned moving the blog back to Wordpress but nothing about shutting it down all together. I haven't been able to get any kind of response as to why he shut it down or if he plans on being back anytime soon so we will just have to wait and see. I wonder if this on and off again pattern he has developed is hurting or helping his following in the long run? Who knows maybe it is drawing more people in each time he comes back online. I am trying to get in contact with him to see what his next move is and I will share it (with his permission) as soon as I find out. Whether he stays offline or comes back on I think he needs to stick with it. This flip flopping is getting old.

University Falls

Also known as Pilot Creek Falls which is basically in Quintette is an awesome place to visit. Me and my buddy Casey Serin went and checked it out today.

We actually left last night not till around nine thirty. We made it there OK and were looking for a campground just to park for the night. When we couldn't find one we decided to just find a spot off the side of a back road. Well unfortunately we wanted light so we could play a game of chess but turns out Casey had a bad connection on one of his battery cables. The battery died and we decided to just hit the sack and worry about it in the morning.

After a long night sleeping in the passenger seat of his van it was time to get to work. I started messing with the cable and was able to rig it in a way that gave a good connection. It gave the engine more juice but still not enough. So we ate some breakfast and were getting ready to walk to the nearest place we could find some help and right as were about to leave a mountain man in a jeep pulls up to assist us. He was able to jump the van and get us on our way.

We drove around for a bit to ensure the battery was charged and then began our hike to the falls. We would only later find out that the route I knew was about an hour longer than it needed to be, but after a couple hours of hiking we were there. We hit the natural water slides a few times and had some lunch and just relaxed for a while.

Eventually it was time to head back and with the newly discovered short cut it wasn't such a bad hike. All in all it was a great trip. Could have been a little warmer day but It still was not bad. Definitely will be another trip on my part. Casey should have some video up in a few days or so, then you could check it out for yourself.

New Gym Membership

Well I have had it for a couple weeks now, but that is still fairly new. I love it! It is a membership with California Family Fitness. They have may more stuff than I will ever use but they are still fairly comparable on prices. It might help that I dragged my feet for a month and a half enduring weekly calls from a representative, who lowered the price every time he called. So far I have only been doing cardio and sitting in the steam room, which is amazing! I do an hour on an elliptical which is great for me due to my two knee surgeries and a terrible ankle on the same leg. After I work up a good sweat I go and sit in the steam room, which has eucalyptus in the steam, for ten to fifteen minutes. I haven't lost a ton of weight yet but I have lost some. Besides you just feel better when you work out on a semi regular basis.

Autism Awareness

Well as some of you may or may not know I work with Autistic children. I have only been doing it a couple of months but it has already made a greater impact on me than I thought it would. My mother has worked with special needs kids most of my life so I have been exposed to the environment from a young age. I have always had a soft spot for these children but having this job has turned me to mush.

They are so smart! It is amazing what these kids are capable of. One of my kids can't even put a sentence together verbally but can do multiplication, and his problem solving skills are amazing! My other client has a memory like you couldn't believe. Although sometimes inappropriately he can quote movies and TV shows better than anyone I have ever met. And to think when the later of the two kids started with my company he was completely without verbal skills.

With the proper therapy and care many children with autism can go on to live independent normal lives, to the point that you would not know they were autistic unless someone told you. So the next time you see a special needs kid please do not look at him or her as a less than human individual. They might be able to understand everything you are saying, but are unable to communicate back. They might even have a greater ability than yourself in certain facets.

Unable to Comment on Blogger

I haven't noticed any other places where this is happening but on my own blog and when I've tried to make comments on bloggercasey I am unable. I type in the text and submit it and it looks like it is going to post but it just disappears into cyberspace. I recently acquired a new computer which has vista so maybe that is somehow the problem, don't know, kind of frustrating. So Casey I know you read this and I'm sure there are some other tech savvy people who will be checking this post, if you have any suggestions let me know.

Everything is a Choice

There is always a choice involved in everything you do. To be honest what drove me to post this is the whole controversy over the statements made on the Rob Arnie and Dawn show. For those that are not familiar with the show they recently got into some trouble when discussing trans gender people. I am not defending them, I don't even know what specifically they said that got them in the trouble they are in. What I did hear and what sparked this entry was a caller that said "they don't have a choice." What I am doing is saying that there is always a choice. I have gay friends and I love them the same as anyone else, and have even talked with one close gay friend about this very subject. I will use myself as an example. I am straight. I choose to date and pursue female companionship. I could however make a choice to be gay. It would not feel right to me and I know that is exactly how many gay people feel about choosing to be straight but the point is that it is a choice. There is very little in life that we cannot make a choice about. Even genetic things which we are born with we can choose to change. We can dye our hair, we can take growth hormone to be taller, and we can have sex changes to become a different sex. It is a choice, that's the bottom line.