Middle America's Worldview

I was a bit surprised to see this post on Stop the ACLU.

A video shows Presidential nominee Mike Huckabee, speaking about a Federal law ensuring a smoking ban in all public places.

I seen some other sites commenting on this discussion of public smoking ban.

Most feel this same way. Note this comment I found.




"Last month I saw Mike Huckabee give a talk. I was impressed, especially because Fred Thompson spoke directly after Huckabee and Huckabee's talk was head and shoulders better than Thompson's. But I will never, ever vote for Huckabee. Huckabee wants a national ban on smoking in public places . I don't smoke. I never have and I never will. But there is no change I will never consider voting for a candidate that wants to limit freedom like Huckabee wants to. People should be allowed to decide what workplace, restaurant, and public place they want to create."

Conservatively, I think Huckabee would be the best Presidential Candidate. However, do we really want to go toward federal laws regarding people's choice of consumption?

I can understand the thought process of 'helping' people by putting up these kind of things. However, too often, a good intention turns the wrong way for the outcome. I can see the federally mandated smoking ban eventually happening. Already, we see Disney stating they are removing smoking scenes from their movies. This national push to remove smoking seems to be a unstoppable snowball effect.

Yet, we don't see similar pushes for other health issues. (shrugging shoulders)

I have to travel via the airport once a quarter to Philly. I noticed in the news tighter scrutiny is being done by the TSA. Not so much regarding those possible hidden weapons, rather apparel.

Take this poor chap.




He wasn't allowed to board due to his shirt stating "We will not be silent" written in arabic and english. The full story is found here. Of course he filed a lawsuit with the ACLU. You can view the whole thing here

Recently in the news, talk of new restrictions by TSA include pulling those aside with headgear. Yes, this includes cowboy hats, berets, ect. However, one religion is more none for headgear than others.

No not this one.



This one.



And they are not happy.

Respectively, I agree all the non-essential body wear should be removed and scanned. I have to pull my shoes, jackets, ect off. Why not add a hat?

But I am concern with the t-shirt issue. As my 5 readers know, I normally wear christian t-shirts, even through the airport. If they were to pull or delay someone wearing a shirt with "We will not be silent", why not doing the same with a shirt stating "Jesus is the only way to heaven" ?

I fear to see the airport to become more and more 'religion/free speech sterile'.

I went ahead and ordered two new christian movies. I found a site that sells Christian Movies. They should be in 2-5 days. I will post a review on them, most likely.




I originally found this one. It doesn't look to be long, but I am fascinated with the spiritual warfare.

This movie was named the number one movie of the whole website. Since I use to be into UFO's, I figured I would check it out as well.

A blogger by the name of Zombie had posted a really detailed post regarding te Al-Harmain case against the Bush Administration. I passed over some of the legal mumbo jumbo. I would plead to all to take a read. It was very interesting. It regards to the charity front Al-Harmain found to be supplying funds to terrorist. It shows to be a complicating legal case asking, 'should the government be allowed to eavesdrop on anyone suspected of terrorist acts'.

I was so impressed,I am adding Zombie to my list of Need to Read.

Seems the homicides, murders, and arrest_release of illegal immigrants are getting more and more attention these days.
I can't really blame United States frustrated with this issue. I am just glad they are becoming more aware of it.

I suspect the regular politics will be played on either side, depending on the agenda.

The States are frustrated Congress cannot pass a federal legislation bill regarding the illegal immigrants. So more and more states are proposing tougher proposals against them.

"By the time most legislatures adjourned in May, at least 1,100 immigration bills had been submitted by lawmakers, more than double last year's record total, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. This year's total is expected to grow as the issue continues to dominate debate in statehouses still in session."
source June 25, 2007.

In Oklahoma HOUSE BILL 1804 was passed and will go into effect November 1, 2007.

I won't duplicate it here, but if you have time it's a good read. Basically, it makes it unlawful to harbor, employ, ect. with illegal immigrants. It also cuts out funding, services to illegal immigrants.

It's a tough bill, that removes Oklahoma from the possible "sanctuary cities".
I will be curious to see if the bordering states will follow pursuit. Now if only they will stick to the new laws.


News from the Loft.

Triple murder in NJ by an illegal immigrant couldn't have happened in Arizona
Posted by Rachel Alexander
August 23, 2007 at 11:45 pm

The triple murderer in Newark, NJ, who had been released on bail previously for sexually assaulting a minor and an assault in a bar wouldn't have been freed on bail to commit those murders had he lived in Arizona, thanks to a law Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas helped draft and get passed last fall prohibiting bail for illegal immigrants who commit serious crimes. It's overdue for other jurisdictions to follow the lead of Phoenix and pass laws like this to prevent this from happening again.

The three execution-style murders that occurred on August 4, 2007 in Newark, New Jersey by an illegal immigrant and other suspects has set off an outcry around the country against local authorities who ignore the status of illegal immigrants who commit serious crimes. These authorities allow them to remain in the country where they may commit more crimes or flee punishment by escaping the country.

Here in Arizona, thanks to the passage of Proposition 100, which I helped draft and campaigned for last year, tragic situations like this are being averted. Illegal immigrants arrested for serious crimes are held without bail, and Immigrations & Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) is notified.

The illegal immigrant responsible for the Newark triple homicides, Jose Carranza, was indicted earlier this year on 31 counts relating to the sexual assault of a girl under age 9 that took place over a span of four years. He was indicted again last month for an assault in a bar. Yet both times he was released on bail.

The Newark authorities didn't bother to notify I.C.E. about Carranza. Carranza was released on $50,000 bail in the assault case and $150,000 bail in the sexual assault indictment. While out on bail the second time, he allegedly shot four victims execution-style, forcing them to their knees and then shooting them in the back of the head. Only one survived.

Arizonas Proposition 100 prohibits bail for illegal immigrants accused of serious crimes. A separate constitutional provision approved by the voters prohibits bail for defendants accused of rape or child molestation. Had the Carranza case occurred in Arizona, both Prop 100 and the second provision would have denied him bail. His immigration status would have been flagged and he would have been held without bail until sentencing and inevitable imprisonment. And in the future, upon release from prison, I.C.E. would be notified to pick him up and deport him.

Local authorities are slowly reacting to these types of grievous crimes and taking steps finally to prevent these situations from happening in the future. Newark city councilman Ron Rice says he will propose legislation which would require the police to notify I.C.E. immediately when a suspected illegal immigrant is arrested for a felony. I encourage all local authorities around the country to follow the lead of Arizona and pass measures similar to Prop 100.

Not only have I began to change this template around, I have created 5 additional pages on my Video site!

I found a site that had a real cool way to pull in a number of videos in a small horizontal bar. I have taken it and modified it a bit for my own means. Yeah, call me a hack.

If you want to check out the new pages, check them out here.

• Ask A Ninja


• Sexy French Maids


• HAK 5


• Lonely Girl 15


• Hacking

I plan to create additional pages, as I find the time. I am not totally satisfied with this template on the blog, nor the new pages. However, it's a start.

I enjoyed the weekend with the family, even though half of the family was sick with the allergies. I am looking forward to next weekend. I should be off Labor Day, without being on call! I had call all this week, but knock on wood, it wasn't that bad.

I have also been trying to learn this adsense phenomena. Hopefully, I won't be too far behind the eight ball.

I am attempting a new template for the Blog. I had to upgrade the template in the dashboard, then chose another template. I noticed now they are all XML files.

How To Share Videos With Your Friends And Get Paid! Click Here.

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I was pleasantly glad to be home yesterday. It was great to see the kids and wife.

I had been awaken 4 a.m est ( 3 my regular time ) and bounded out to the airport. I arrived plenty of time for the ticket and security line. Fortunately, both were open when I arrived.

The one food stop in the airport that was open that early had plenty of customers for their coffee and bagels.

No issues on the plane or trip home. I grabbed a protein shake in Dallas Airport on my connecting flight.

I guess the two difficult things occur when I get home after being gone for a week.

• 1) I get into a mindset when I am surrounded in my corporate work enviroment. This is difficult for me to break on my first night home. Up there, my focus is on my work and I have a small amount of flexibility to do exactly what I want to do. That may be something as simple as working on my laptop as I push through the channels. The point, is my environment surrounds me and I have total control of it. When I arrive home, my focus is on the family and I do not have control of my environment.
  
• 2) I get so freaking tired. While I am up there, I am constantly driving my body and mind to stay sharp and keep moving. I get so hyped while I am up there. The massive amounts of freely availible caffeine also helps. However, when I arrive home, I start unwinding and my energy high, goes down. I know it's part of that calming down due to being in a safe environment, but it doesn't hold well when I am falling out early.
  

Man, I am ready to get home. I had the opportunity to go out with some friends this evening. We hit Trader Joes and Whole foods to check out the organics.

I am already packed and ready. I have the wakeup call for 4 a.m. est. My flight out is 7:45 a.m.

I believe of the full day today, the most interesting was our KeyNote speakers this morning.

One of them was Chris Gardner. This is the guy where the movie 'The Pursuit of Happyness' was base of. Very good speaker. I plan to ask Siemens if I can get a copy of the speech.






I hit the hotel before 5 p.m. and caught up some of my work, since we were in classes all day.

It's already 8:30 p.m. I must admit. My thoughts regarding the School Board that is to happen tonight back home also lays on my mind.

I was up by 6:22 a.m. est this morning. I didn't really want to be up that early, just happen that I could not sleep. The hotel breakfast wasn't too bad.
It allowed me to get some things done for work while I waited for the time to be able to register for the convention.

Since I had chinese last night, I was looking for a philly cheesesteak or something like it. Around 10:30 a.m. I walked around and everything was freaking closed. I finally backtracked to the hotel and asked for a nearby sandwich shop. They suggested the train terminal. sigh.

I walked back the 3 blocks and a 7-11 happen to be there. I went in and grabbed a salad and sandwich with a couple of snack items. At least it was open. By the time I was back in the hotel it was after 11 a.m.


8 p.m. and I am already back at the hotel this Sunday evening. I was able to see a friend from the company, I haven't seen in more than one year. It was good to see him. I also was able to see a few other friends in which I haven't seen in over a year.

Looks to be a fast week now that we have started the convention. I noticed in the mirror I have a bit of s sun on my neck and face from all the walking.

I thought I was going to be on call this week, but it seems its the following. That is a bit of a relief. Seems last week and this weekend, on-call has been pretty bad.

I made it in Philly around 5 p.m. est.

Taxi was 26.50 just to get to the hotel. I unloaded the suitcase and headed to china town for some decent food.



It wasn't too bad. I was filled to the gills before I left.

I backtracked to the hotel then off to 13th and Market Street in search of the Galleria mall. It ended up under 10th street.

What I found fascinating was the walk to and fro. On the sidewalk to 10th, a couple of guys with Mic's were addressing the street about the second coming of Jesus.
In front of Kmart a guy had two very large boa constricters allowing anyone to have them to hold them for pictures. On the way back to 13th street on the opposite side of the 'second coming of Jesus Christ, with the new heirarchy', another guy was addressing the white man taking over the black communities. It was interesting to say the least.

I forget how quickly one can get around when so desired.

I set my alarm for 6 a.m. so I can get up and around this morning. I didn't want to be late to the airport. I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep last night. I just don't before I travel. At 5:22 a.m. I am looking at the clock on my own. Oh well.

I already went through the house twice, and packed my elecronics (laptop aside). It is now 20 minutes before 7 a.m. and I am considering to leave already.

My wife will be glad to know, I have accomplished everything on my list (wink).

I was planning to watch "The Bourne Ultimatim" last night, but didn't make it. My dad had plans to watch something at home, so the night at the movies fell through.

That's OK, I caught up on my shows I have been recording all week. Most of them anyway.

I did manage to see the new SciFi FlashGordon show. I was disappointed to say the least. During the first part of the show, I was thinking it might get better. However, when it leaked a hint of intrique, it was over. the commercials hinted the old 80's movie theme song. Yet, it never played during the pilot episode. I could see where the writers attempted to keep some of the plot lines of the movie. However, a remote associaton is at best. Sigh. Oh well. It's not a show I will keep up with.

At this time, I am officially hooked on 3 shows; Deadzone, Mind Control with Derren Brown, and Burn Notice. I have my DVR set for each. (smile).

I am having to go to Philidelphia this weekend for work. I leave Saturday morning. I will be gone for the most part of next week.

In the past, when I travel, something normally comes up at home. Usually one of the family members becomes sick, or family drama happens.

This time, Kel decided to take the kids to Amarillo, while I am gone. This way, it will be less likely to get hit with something, plus a nice visit with her family is added.

Work, eat, sleep man. Work, eat, sleep.

I have been cruising the net to see if I can find a means to pull in some extra dough. I ran across this software called Keyword Elite. It's a software showing you how to capitalize on your adsense, adwords, meta keynames, ect.

It looks like a good software program. Has anyone else checked it out? I pulled one of their free ebooks and posted it here if you want to check it out.

The book in entitled "Google Adwords Made Easy".
Some things the Free Ebook offers are "10 Minutes to instant Web Traffic", Adwords Keyword Strategies", "Finding Profitable Keywords'.

I plan to read it and check it out.

You can also simply right click this link and download a free copy yourself.

Well, I didn't actually rent a guy movie for the weekend. Rather, I caught up with my shows.

I had "Burn Notice" recorded from the last two weeks and about 4 "Enterprise" shows recorded. I also was able to check out the new Derren Brown show Mind Control. I think the most fascinating part of Mind Control was the showing of 'how' ideas are implemented in peoples sub-conscience.

I was able to view Mind Control, both Burn Notice shows and one Enterprise. I also managed to drink a cold Corona. Yes, it was good.

Even though I was up till nearly midnight last night and awoke 6:30 this morning, I actually feel refreshed.


Yesterday, Kel repainted our bathroom, while I repainted the bedroom ceiling. We started early and completed it by 1:20 p.m. That pretty much wiped us out. : )

OK. I am in need of a guy film. It's Friday, which I am glad. But every morning I have awaken with Hannah Montanna songs in my head. Don't get me wrong. It's a cute show and all, but man, every morning. Sigh.