Obama and his praise of Islam

President Obama and I have been reading from different history books.  While celebrating the Muslim holy day of Eid-al-Fitr,  Obama appeared to be giving Muslims credit for founding this nation. I have no problem with him observing his religion as long as I have the freedom to practice mine but as  president if he celebrates one religion's holy days, he should give at least lip service to Easter.

I do not want to find fault with any religion, but  I cannot help but point out that Christianity preaches love thy neighbor while Islam preaches kill thy neighbor.

Invaded by polistes carolina

Polistes carolina are a big problem this summer. They have built nests over the front door, the back door, and eaves of the house. Several people have told me they are having infestations also, and at least one family has called on professional help.

You say you aren't familiar with  polistes carolina? Well, that's what we scientific minded people call them. You may know them as big red wasps.

All joking aside there seems to be a huge crop of them  They are supposed to favor building in wooded areas, but my experience is they prefer houses.

I have had a lot of experiences with red wasps, none of them pleasent. I was stung so many times I developed an allergy such as if I'm stung I quickly swell, including  my eyes shut and I'm blinded.

Years ago while doing census work I went to the door of a house and rang the doorbell.  The resident came out another door and told me they did not use the door I had gone to, pointing  to a huge nest of red wasps, all of whom were staring at me.

That loud, loud silence

How loud is the silence of  Barach Obama and so-called moderate Muslims about the mistreatment of Christians in the Mideast.  They cry out loudly at a whisper of discrimination of Mulims but as Christians in Iraq are given the choice of leaving, converting to Islam or death almost nothing is heard in protest by the president and American Muslims.

If they believe at all in freedom of religion they should cry out, scream and rant like hell to protest persecution of Christians.

Tracking the Pickens APA 190

The Pickens was traveling to San Francisco late in July 1945, arriving in our home  port of San Francisco in the early  days of August.   What I will never forget is entering Frisco harbor around dawn with fog at its heaviest.  I was operating the radar, taking ranges and bearings to aid the navigator.  

Fishermen were leaving for the ocean and they appeared on the radar like the buoys that were supposed to mark the channel.  I was a bundle of nerves trying to determine if  a blip  was moving, thus a fishing boar, or stationary, a buoy.  It seemed like every minute the navigator was calling for the range and bearing of a hill.  We made it to our anchoring spot without running over a boat.

Weeks later as we were on the "magic carpet" bringing troops home, I went through this again.

Brother Jon and fresh vegetables

My brother Jon visited me this afternoon bringing with him much  appreciated fresh vegetables, especially tomatoes.  He offered me some figs but I refused because I don't think I'm able to make preserves.

We visited for quite awhile and discussed many things, including the War Between the States and the part our grandfather and Great Grandfather served. We agreed we would liked to have had more information from our father and other relatives.

We discussed crops, including but not limited to, cotton, corn, soybeans and Coastal Bermudagrass; insects, including but not limited to, boll weevils, fire ants, ticks and stinkbugs.  We remembered that we always had a goal of ripe watermelon by July 4, and we would never forget when we had a fine watermelon  patch only to discover the melons were citrons and  not edible.

Obama threatens electic blackouts are coming

Thousands in Caddo and Bossier parishes were still without power Friday morning after a wind storm Wednesday evening blew limbs and trees across power lines.  One death was reported.

We were fortunate.  Our power went off  around 7:30 Wednesday evening   and  was restored at one Thursday.  What made it upsetting was not knowing how  long  the power would be off.

This blackout was owed to nature, but we are facing much more serious times without electricity at the desire of Obama and the EPA.  Forty per cent of our power is generated by coal, and Obama has promised all of those plants will be closed.  He said he wants utility rates to double.  Many  will not be able to afford such a increase in the cost of living. Yo can count on having blackouts and brownouts at the pleasure of Obama.

Statistics tell a story of lies

Statistics can be used to tell a false story.  We have heard that many times and experience it personally.  Two lies  the government uses are for unemployment and for infllation,  The government puts out an unemployment  rate around seven cent while the number of jobless may be as high as 24 per cent, a higher rate than during the Great Depression.

Another number that I think is deliberately false is for inflation.  The administration claims a rate of around two per cent.  But have you bought gasoline or groceries?  That cereal you just bought; the box is smaller and has more space than cereal.

Worst of all, we have only 86 million people working to support a population of  over 300  million.  How long can that last before the economy crashes?