Poppy

Wow, first blog post in months…

Over the last few months a great deal of things has made their presence in my life. From elections to college, it has been a busy time for me. The most important thing that happened to me was the passing of my Grandfather from this world into the arms of our Lord in heaven.

It is strange to know that my Grandfather is no longer here with me. As most people do not know, my Grandfather took my fathers place. My father made a choice not to establish his role as my father. As such, my Grandfather did so with out being asked.

I look back at the years that I have known my father and my Grandfather. My father taught me very little. He never had the chance too. He decided after the divorce to stay in Dallas as my mother moved to Austin. He also decided to replace his family time with work. I cannot fault my father for the choices he has made. Well, I know I could if I wanted but he showed me a very valuable lesson, how to be a poor father. Oddly enough this is a good thing. I have contrast and I can explain why I do things as I learned from experience.

Now don’t misunderstand how I feel about my father. I love him very much and wish to spend more time with him. He has four grandchildren he (Split equally between my brother and I) has never seen. I am sure he has funny stories to share with me as he usually does. I really enjoy sitting on the couch with him and watching movies.

If I look at whom, if I had a choice, I would want to raise me with their teachings it would have to be my Grandfather. I learned a great many things from him. As I reflect at the years under his care I learn even more. The more I analyze I understand that what he did, said, and acted (if intentional or not) had been done to educate me. I know now it was to prepare me for a long life of happiness, prosperity, and somewhat good health.

Now that he has passed, I am trying to collect everything I learned. I want to make sure that my son can learn faster than I did. I hope to teach him better than I learned. I hope that I can make my son a better man than I….

….. I know I can…my Grandfather showed me how.

The Jesus Fish Chronicles: Chronicle three, Shopping cart couple in the isle

The Jesus Fish Chronicles: Chronicle three, Shopping cart couple in the isle



I

was about to start this chronicle with "We live in a world full of

people". False! I hate to be the guy that poo poo's great literature

=). It is said that 70% of this planet is water and I don't know about

you but my apartment is not located in the Gulf of Mexico. So this

doesn't sound like a "Full of" does it? So lets assume they meant the

land mass is full of people. Pretty reasonable statement. So..."We live

in a world where the 30% land mass is full of people", sound right?

Emmmm...not entirely accurate. Take into account that mountain ranges

account for 24% of the land mass and those are not auspicious to human

population growth. Oh don't get me wrong, people live on mountains but

you won't find Los Angels on the top of the Rocky mountains. Still, I

wouldn't put a tick mark in the "Full of" category.

Also conceder Deserts, which Columbia Univ. breaks out the desert

percentage by nation but not for the entire planet. And then what about

about open land and farm land. About

21% of the earth has arable land. Meaning, land that is able to support

functions that support human population growth. Do major cities inhabit

these farms lands? I don't think so, when I fly from Austin to Dallas I

am pretty sure that shortly after take off I see mostly open and/or

farm land.

So the statement "We live in a world full of people" as you can see is

False. What I meant to say is that we deliberatly cram ourselfs into

towns and cities. So what does this all mean?

I like to type a lot when I am at work

Shopping cart couple in the isle

Saturday September 16th, HEB on Louis Henna

YAY!

Grocery shopping! I am starting to look forward to grocery shopping.

really. In the past I dreaded the day that my wife said, "ok, after

work we need to go grocery shopping". I would come up with excuses and

weasel out of it but she finally wised up and put a stop to that. So

now I go.

With each trip I began to realize something....it is a station for hot babes! So now I actually want to go grocery shopping :0)

So Saturday, at the Laundry detergent isle, it struck. Jesus Fish

It was a trashy looking couple.









The family and I where heading down the isle to get milk (it is located

in the freezer by the isle in question, at the end) and from no where

the couple swing into the isle and just stoped. Now we where making a

nice clip to the milk and where is their cart? Right smack in the

middle of the isle. Where are they? Trying to read the label on some

cleaning solution.

Two things wrong here

1) Don't fling your cart around a corner unless you fully intend to have my fist shoving your teeth into a lovely new pattern

2)

Don't leave your cart in the middle of the isle. It is rude, very rude

and subjects you a very jarring noise as I ram your cart out of the

way.

And

in this corner, wearing red, white, and blue trunks, we have Bryan "I

love to complain all the time" Bracamonte! And in the other corner,

wearing dingy white trunks with the chewing tobacco stain, we have

Trashy husband dude

Have

I rammed a cart before, yes. I have an amazing amount of tolerance and

refrain from acting like a child in public. However there are times I

lose it and behave poorly. No, I didn't do it this time. I simply just

clipped their cart and keep walking. I'm not sure how they reacted as I

didn't look back but there is story.

This

is how other people react when you act like a complete jerk in public.

People tend to get upset and it leads to unpleasantness and possible

redecorating.

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The Jesus Fish Chronicles: Chronicle two, Shopping cart lady in the drive way

The Jesus Fish Chronicles: Chronicle two, Shopping cart lady







in the drive way

Prelude

In the spirit of almost pointless blogging, I am going to talk to you about the self-righteous pompous ass attitude from Left/Right religious people. This comes in two extremes. One is the Religious right, typically Republicans, that think they are better than anyone else and just perform the dumbest acts in public that I have ever seen. The other is the Religious left and carry the attitude that I can do what I want because the government protects me from my dumb public actions.

Think I am joking? Watch people at a cross walk! The right just walks into the cross walk with out regard to traffic. Well, unless it is obvious heavy traffic they won't but you find a cross walk here in Round Rock and you'll see it within 20 minutes. The left walks out into traffic under the assumption that pedestrians have the right of way. Interesting little factoid, you don't. Serious, look at the State legal code and you'll see where you have to give on coming cars a warning that you are going to cross and THEN you have to wait for them to stop. If you fail to do either then you are x% at fault in the accident that is almost sure to happen. If you are more than a certain percentage, sorry I don't know it at the moment, then you have to cover the cost of the damage to the car that YOU hit when you put YOURSELF in its path. Burst any bubbles?

So now to this weeks Jesus Fish

Shopping cart lady in the drive way

Thursday September 8th, 12:00(ish) HEB on Louis Henna

Parking Lot: place to park you car when you are shopping

Drive way: A place for cars to drive in the parking lot to enter/leave or park in the parking lot

I hope the above is a universally accepted definition or purpose of "parking lot" and "drive way". I am not going to get all scientific and start quoting thesis from University of higher learning or anything. Just keepin' it for reals yo!

So answer me this, Super fat lady that had your knee fat rubbing together, why do you think it is ok to push your cart-o-snack cakes down the MIDDLE OF THE EFF'ING DRIVE WAY! There most have been 3 cars honking at you! I know you heard us because you keep shooting glances at me as I was honking you! Where are you coming from where you think it is ok to waddle down the middle of a drive way try to find your lime green Volkswagen mini bus. Every other rational ADULT walks on either side of the drive so cars can go to and fro. Is this some sort of political statement? Religious conviction? Mental disease? Give me something here. I want to blame this on anything else other than your a$s-hole attitude

So Shopping cart lady in the drive way lady I hope that you are trying to leave the store on your lunch hour and some prick blocks your way as they waddle to their Volkswagen.

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The Jesus Fish Chronicles: Chronicle one, Jesus Fish

Prelude



I think I

have had enough and I need to write this down or I'm just going to flip

out. It's getting to the point where I dread driving in Austin and I

absolutely hate driving on the road with SUV's. You can only imagine my

anguish when I am driving in Austin next to, behind of, or in front of,

a SUV.



These two categories of drivers exhibit a unique trait in

human culture that is the single most regressive, annoying, and

frustrating trait of all: A FALSE sense of importance. Lets establish a

premise here, first of all ... no one cares if you are in a hurry. No

one cares if you want to get some where faster. No one cares about you

at all in the pursuit of what you want.

• What people care about when they are driving is getting from point A to point B.
  
  
• What people care about when they are driving is not killing anyone.
  
  
• What people care about when they are driving is not hurting anyone.
  
  
• What people care about when they are driving is not damaging their car or damaging another car.
  
  

That

pretty much sums up the objectives of driving! So there are natural

laws to driving to promote a safe and happy experience. If all follow

these rules then everyone completes their objectives and goes home

happy.



Jesus Fish

Location: Austin, TX

Street: Metric

Time: 5:20 (ish)



I

am driving in the car with my wife and 4 month old daughter. We are

heading to our financial demise, aka Babies-R-Us, and I am in the

middle lane in Metric Blvd.. There is a huge semi-truck in front of me.

Now one thing about me, I hate being behind a truck when there is no

need to. I just put myself in their shoes and if it were me in that

truck I would really want people to just pass me and not ride my butt.

So I merge into a very empty right hand lane. From no where there is a

WHITE SUV that is going past the point of tail gating and almost

grinding my bumper!



After a short series of brake light

flashing, we pass the semi-truck, the SUV pulls into the middle land.

He speeds up and (this is the gem) tried to side scrape me. WTF! Are

you Eff'ing nuts! This prick is actually getting in my lane and trying

to parallel hit me or something. Screw that, so I hit the brakes a

little and he goes flying down traffic. Before he is out of few I

notice his bumper stickers: W'04 and the Jesus Fish.



So this is

just my empirical observation here but why is it that just about every

self-righteous prick on the road has a Jesus Fish?



Anyways, So

Jesus Fish dude.....if I ever cross paths with you again I promise to

beat the living crap out of you. I am going to bounce your thick skull

against a road side curb six or seven times. I will gladly pay any

court fees and jail time that comes from your pansy ass civil suit.

Then when I get out, I will kick your ass again and gladly go back to

jail.

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Hurricane Katrina (Caught off gaurd?)

A year is past and I sit here to reflect on what I felt when Katrina was heading for the gulf. At first I was apathetic and then, as the hurricane went from cat 3 to cat 5, I got worried.

When the hurricane hit...well that is well known history. It is what happened afterwards is what I am finding difficult to deal with.

In the first few weeks we watched FEMA block almost all attempts to help. News stories and camera crews were showing FEMA agents turning around buses full of food, water, and help. It wasn't until the 8th day were we allowed to help. By then, it was to late.

Then FEMA and the President made claims that this was something that they couldn't plan for. That was their reason why things were going so poorly. Now I find that this is not the truth.

So vulnerable, in fact, that earlier this year the Federal Emergency Management Agency ranked the potential damage to New Orleans as among the three likeliest, most catastrophic disasters facing this country.

The other two? A massive earthquake in San Francisco, and, almost prophetically, a terrorist attack on New York City. - HOUSTON CHRONICLE 12-1-2001

Then attacks on the Governor (Blanco) that she didn't handle the preparation of the storm. Funny, I remember her telling everyone to split and later I found that she tried to get FEMA ready for the storm. Click here for the PDF format of her request to President Bush to have FEMA on standby by.

And as I write this I am hearing many callers call into the Washington Post show(?) on C-Span saying that Mayor Negan had some of the levees blown up. Now I am not going to say that may or may not be true. I take a natural stance on issues until I can get more evidence. I do remember 60 minutes saying that there was explosive residue on the debris from the levees. So this is really raising my eye brow at the moment.

I'll post more if I come across anything

Taco Cabana

Ok, I freaking hate Taco Cabana. I'll admit that their food is good but if you can ever get the food you ordered then it is point less!



I guess it has been four years since I last ate there. I had them on boycott since 2002(ish). Time after time they would get my order wrong, give me an attitude, give me the wrong change, etc.. Just a pathetic experience with someone that you are PAYING.

"LIMES! I asked for freaking limes! I didn't ask for lemons! LIMES! They are green, not yellow, Greeeeeeeen. DEE DEE DEE (Thank you Carlos)"

So here is the facts Taco Cabana! Yours truly has done blue color. From Dough-Nuts to flipping burgers. Cook to manager I know how the food service industry works. It works on ethics, I'll spell it slowly so you can learn the word. I know its not in your dictionary.



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I can just see them in there just milling about. On occasion one of them runs into another and they spark some neutrino reaction of work. I wouldn't be surprised if they communicated through a series of head butts and guttural noises.



So needless to say, but I'll say it anyways, is that Taco Cabana hasn't changed one bit.

"FAJITAS for the love of god! Not a quesadilla!

The only saving grace to my RE-BOYCOTTing of Taco Cabana is that the stops at the Fast Foods joints are few and far between. We have been increasing our consumption of raw veggies and are trying to make the farmers markets in greater frequency. We are making our break from malnutrition and getting old school.



So.....Taco Cabana can go pound sand! Their not getting my business

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Taco Cabana

Ok, I freaking hate Taco Cabana. I'll admit that their food is good but if you can ever get the food you ordered then it is point less!

I guess it has been four years since I last ate there. I had them on boycott since 2002(ish). Time after time they would get my order wrong, give me an attitude, give me the wrong change, etc.. Just a pathetic experience with someone that you are PAYING.

"LIMES! I asked for freaking limes! I didn't ask for lemons! LIMES! They are green, not yellow, Greeeeeeeen. DEE DEE DEE (Thank you Carlos)"

So here is the facts Taco Cabana! Yours truly has done blue color. From Dough-Nuts to flipping burgers. Cook to manager I know how the food service industry works. It works on ethics, I'll spell it slowly so you can learn the word. I know its not in your dictionary.

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I can just see them in there just milling about. On occasion one of them runs into another and they spark some neutrino reaction of work. I wouldn't be surprised if they communicated through a series of head butts and guttural noises.

So needless to say, but I'll say it anyways, is that Taco Cabana hasn't changed one bit.

"FAJITA for the love of god! Not a quesadilla!

The only saving grace to my RE-BOYCOTTing of Taco Cabana is that the stops at the Fast Foods joints are few and far between. We have been increasing our consumption of raw veggies and are trying to make the farmers markets in greater frequency. We are making our break from malnuristion and getting old school.

So.....Taco Cabana can go pound sand! Their not getting my business

Lighting Crashes

Bad news, Good News, and this sandwich is giving me some heartburn.

Bad news, I got a call from my mother on Thrusday. She told me to head down to the retirement home ASAP as my grandfather was starting to pass away. As luck would have it, when I got there he started to recover. They say his blodd pressure dropped faster than Ted Kennedy in a 10k and his oxygen "enrichment" in his blood was severly low. Basically it means his body wash cashing in the chips.

I don't know how I feel about my grandfather passing away. He tought me to love life and people and the things you give each other. He never address death other than to remember the ones you love and the things they tought you, the memories you shared, and to toast their life with a very fine glass of brandy.

He is also what I call the worlds last gentleman. He tought me to open doors for ladies, to treat ladies like ladies, not to swear (still working on that), spit, speak a poor word about someone (still working on that). etc. He also tought me to care about other people, even if it hurts you some times. He tought me about being selfish and being centered on your self. Care and take care of, the people you care about.

The biggest example was when I brought my son to visit him. He refused to allow my son in the room because he didn't want my little boy to remember him this way. He would rather him remember his great-grandfather cutting the Turkey at dinner. Through all the medication, illusions, and stuff his dedication to his family won out. He is what we forgot what a man could be and I am dwarfed by it. I can only hope to keep learning from him and reflect on his teachings even after he passes away.

He never asked me to be perfect, only to try as hard as I can. I promise to keep trying....


Good news! Well except for a false alarm this morning Rebekah is going to have our little girl any minute now. She still wants to work right up until she goes into labor. I am very excited about it and can't wait to hold our daughter in my arms. I don't know what to say other than "Hurry up" :)

D-R-A-F-T

It seems the majority of Americans are just plain asleep, Myself included! I guess I should explain. I was doing a little bit of searching for a new bill on an oxymoron, like oxycontin but equally as mind numbing, called the "Fair flat tax". I was searching with glee through the Library of congress and looking at all the new and wonderful ways that the government is going to protect me from mean people and shadowy boogiemen when I came across "it".

"It" was in a search result for the previously mentioned bill and the letters seemed like they were burning a whole in my monitor.
1 . Universal National Service Act of 2005 (Introduced in House)[H.R.2723.IH]
2 . Universal National Service Act of 2006 (Introduced in House)[H.R.4752.IH]
I kept talking myself out of it. "Nah, this has got to be some new revision of military protocol or something". I took the plunge and clicked the link......

"No freaking way!" I shouted out. I scared Craig who sits in the office cube in front of me. Congress drafted legislation to force conscription, us little people call it "The Draft". It scares the crap out of most people since the idea of military service is generally ...... well....sucky. Most of us weenies don't enjoy being trained to kill other people in far off lands. The idea of being yelled at in boot camp and the "rebuilding" practice of the armed forces is also not in our top 10 fun things to do. Rightly so, we find the idea of a draft a negative idea.

I would even go as far as saying that if we ever knew of new laws being written to create a draft that a majority of "us" we get upset and do something about it. Maybe if we knew about it, which we didn't. Maybe of our Representatives and Congress-critters had told us about this, which they didn't. Maybe if this hit the news, which it didn't. Maybe we would do something about this, which we won't as long as we haven't voted in a winner for American Idol.

At some point in your life, during some period courage, when it makes sense to you, when you have something to lose, you will have to stand up for yourself!

Here is the bill (below). Go find it here: http://thomas.loc.gov/ and search for "H.R. 4752". When you are satisfied that this not not make-believe look at your hubby or wifey, girlfriend or boyfriend, son or daughter and think about standing up for yourself.

Find your ground here http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/fyi/fyi.htm and give YOUR representative and congressman a piece, and I do mean a BIG piece, of your mind.


(Sorry for the format but I don't have all day to make this look pretty. Go to the gov website for leasure reading :P )
Universal National Service Act of 2006 (Introduced in House)HR 4752 IH 109th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 4752To provide for the common defense by requiring all persons in the United States, including women, between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 14, 2006Mr. RANGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILLTo provide for the common defense by requiring all persons in the United States, including women, between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.(a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as the `Universal National Service Act of 2006'.(b) Table of Contents- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. National service obligation.Sec. 3. Two-year period of national service.Sec. 4. Implementation by the President.Sec. 5. Induction.Sec. 6. Deferments and postponements.Sec. 7. Induction exemptions.Sec. 8. Conscientious objection.Sec. 9. Discharge following national service.Sec. 10. Registration of females under the Military Selective Service Act.Sec. 11. Relation of Act to registration and induction authority of military selective service Act.Sec. 12. Definitions.SEC. 2. NATIONAL SERVICE OBLIGATION.(a) Obligation for Service- It is the obligation of every citizen of the United States, and every other person residing in the United States, who is between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform a period of national service as prescribed in this Act unless exempted under the provisions of this Act.(b) Form of National Service- National service under this Act shall be performed either--(1) as a member of an active or reserve component of the uniformed services; or(2) in a civilian capacity that, as determined by the President, promotes the national defense, including national or community service and homeland security.(c) Induction Requirements- The President shall provide for the induction of persons covered by subsection (a) to perform national service under this Act.(d) Selection for Military Service- Based upon the needs of the uniformed services, the President shall--(1) determine the number of persons covered by subsection (a) whose service is to be performed as a member of an active or reserve component of the uniformed services; and(2) select the individuals among those persons who are to be inducted for military service under this Act.(e) Civilian Service- Persons covered by subsection (a) who are not selected for military service under subsection (d) shall perform their national service obligation under this Act in a civilian capacity pursuant to subsection (b)(2).SEC. 3. TWO-YEAR PERIOD OF NATIONAL SERVICE.(a) General Rule- Except as otherwise provided in this section, the period of national service performed by a person under this Act shall be two years.(b) Grounds for Extension- At the discretion of the President, the period of military service for a member of the uniformed services under this Act may be extended--(1) with the consent of the member, for the purpose of furnishing hospitalization, medical, or surgical care for injury or illness incurred in line of duty; or(2) for the purpose of requiring the member to compensate for any time lost to training for any cause.(c) Early Termination- The period of national service for a person under this Act shall be terminated before the end of such period under the following circumstances:(1) The voluntary enlistment and active service of the person in an active or reserve component of the uniformed services for a period of at least two years, in which case the period of basic military training and education actually served by the person shall be counted toward the term of enlistment.(2) The admission and service of the person as a cadet or midshipman at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, or the United States Merchant Marine Academy.(3) The enrollment and service of the person in an officer candidate program, if the person has signed an agreement to accept a Reserve commission in the appropriate service with an obligation to serve on active duty if such a commission is offered upon completion of the program.(4) Such other grounds as the President may establish.SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION BY THE PRESIDENT.(a) In General- The President shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out this Act.(b) Matter to Be Covered by Regulations- Such regulations shall include specification of the following:(1) The types of civilian service that may be performed for a person's national service obligation under this Act.(2) Standards for satisfactory performance of civilian service and of penalties for failure to perform civilian service satisfactorily.(3) The manner in which persons shall be selected for induction under this Act, including the manner in which those selected will be notified of such selection.(4) All other administrative matters in connection with the induction of persons under this Act and the registration, examination, and classification of such persons.(5) A means to determine questions or claims with respect to inclusion for, or exemption or deferment from induction under this Act, including questions of conscientious objection.(6) Standards for compensation and benefits for persons performing their national service obligation under this Act through civilian service.(7) Such other matters as the President determines necessary to carry out this Act.(c) Use of Prior Act- To the extent determined appropriate by the President, the President may use for purposes of this Act the procedures provided in the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.), including procedures for registration, selection, and induction.SEC. 5. INDUCTION.(a) In General- Every person subject to induction for national service under this Act, except those whose training is deferred or postponed in accordance with this Act, shall be called and inducted by the President for such service at the time and place specified by the President.(b) Age Limits- A person may be inducted under this Act only if the person has attained the age of 18 and has not attained the age of 42.(c) Voluntary Induction- A person subject to induction under this Act may volunteer for induction at a time other than the time at which the person is otherwise called for induction.(d) Examination; Classification- Every person subject to induction under this Act shall, before induction, be physically and mentally examined and shall be classified as to fitness to perform national service. The President may apply different classification standards for fitness for military service and fitness for civilian service.SEC. 6. DEFERMENTS AND POSTPONEMENTS.(a) High School Students- A person who is pursuing a standard course of study, on a full-time basis, in a secondary school or similar institution of learning shall be entitled to have induction under this Act postponed until the person--(1) obtains a high school diploma;(2) ceases to pursue satisfactorily such course of study; or(3) attains the age of 20.(b) Hardship and Disability- Deferments from national service under this Act may be made for--(1) extreme hardship; or(2) physical or mental disability.(c) Training Capacity- The President may postpone or suspend the induction of persons for military service under this Act as necessary to limit the number of persons receiving basic military training and education to the maximum number that can be adequately trained.(d) Termination- No deferment or postponement of induction under this Act shall continue after the cause of such deferment or postponement ceases.SEC. 7. INDUCTION EXEMPTIONS.(a) Qualifications- No person may be inducted for military service under this Act unless the person is acceptable to the Secretary concerned for training and meets the same health and physical qualifications applicable under section 505 of title 10, United States Code, to persons seeking original enlistment in a regular component of the Armed Forces.(b) Other Military Service- No person shall be liable for induction under this Act who--(1) is serving, or has served honorably for at least six months, in any component of the uniformed services on active duty; or(2) is or becomes a cadet or midshipman at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, the United States Merchant Marine Academy, a midshipman of a Navy accredited State maritime academy, a member of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or the naval aviation college program, so long as that person satisfactorily continues in and completes at least two years training therein.SEC. 8. CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION.(a) Claims as Conscientious Objector- Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require a person to be subject to combatant training and service in the uniformed services, if that person, by reason of sincerely held moral, ethical, or religious beliefs, is conscientiously opposed to participation in war in any form.(b) Alternative Noncombatant or Civilian Service- A person who claims exemption from combatant training and service under subsection (a) and whose claim is sustained by the local board shall--(1) be assigned to noncombatant service (as defined by the President), if the person is inducted into the uniformed services; or(2) be ordered by the local board, if found to be conscientiously opposed to participation in such noncombatant service, to perform national civilian service for the period specified in section 3(a) and subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe.SEC. 9. DISCHARGE FOLLOWING NATIONAL SERVICE.(a) Discharge- Upon completion or termination of the obligation to perform national service under this Act, a person shall be discharged from the uniformed services or from civilian service, as the case may be, and shall not be subject to any further service under this Act.(b) Coordination With Other Authorities- Nothing in this section shall limit or prohibit the call to active service in the uniformed services of any person who is a member of a regular or reserve component of the uniformed services.SEC. 10. REGISTRATION OF FEMALES UNDER THE MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT.(a) Registration Required- Section 3(a) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 453(a)) is amended--(1) by striking `male' both places it appears;(2) by inserting `or herself' after `himself'; and(3) by striking `he' and inserting `the person'.(b) Conforming Amendment- Section 16(a) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 466(a)) is amended by striking `men' and inserting `persons'.SEC. 11. RELATION OF ACT TO REGISTRATION AND INDUCTION AUTHORITY OF MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT.(a) Registration- Section 4 of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 454) is amended by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection:`(h) This section does not apply with respect to the induction of persons into the Armed Forces pursuant to the Universal National Service Act of 2006.'.(b) Induction- Section 17(c) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 467(c)) is amended by striking `now or hereafter' and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting `inducted pursuant to the Universal National Service Act of 2006.'.SEC. 12. DEFINITIONS.In this Act:(1) The term `military service' means service performed as a member of an active or reserve component of the uniformed services.(2) The term `Secretary concerned' means the Secretary of Defense with respect to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard, the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to matters concerning the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with respect to matters concerning the Public Health Service.(3) The term `United States', when used in a geographical sense, means the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.(4) The term `uniformed services' means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.

Source:
Universal National Service Act of 2006 (2006) Library of Congress website
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:61:./temp/~c109IKBjf3::

Game break

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I can't figure out number 14! If someone knows what it is can you post it? I am happy with 15/16 but for closures sake I want to know the last one.

1. Balloon Fight
2. Dig Dug
3. Zelda 2
4. Duck Tales
5. Metroid
6. Punch Out
7. Kid Icarus
8. CastleVania 3
9. Final Fantasy
10. Mega Man
11. Legend of Zelda
12. A Boy and His Blob
13. Dr. Mario
14.
15. Contra
16. Super Mario Bros 3

Nintendo Test

http://8bitgamer.idiotworld.com/

I can't figure out number 14! If someone knows what it is can you post it? I am happy with 15/16 but for closures sake I want to know the last one.

1. Balloon Fight
2. Dig Dug
3. Zelda 2
4. Duck Tales
5. Metroid
6. Punch Out
7. Kid Icarus
8. CastleVania 3
9. Final Fantasy
10. Mega Man
11. Legend of Zelda
12. A Boy and His Blob
13. Dr. Mario
14.
15. Contra
16. Super Mario Bros 3

Communist States of America

Congress is upset! Cross-armed and pouty lipped, both sides of the isle are fuming mad about the oil company's profits! "How dare the oil companies raise their prices during this war on terror and aftermath in the south!" and "We should do something" can be heard as they slam their fist onto the pulpit! We should subpoena their records, punish them with fines, and pass new laws against this!

This hardly sounds like the free market system we claim to have and smacks sorely of the former Communist states of Russia. Making a profit is an economic crime in communist/socialist/fascist regimes....The United States is no exception. For a nation that follows all of the planks to the communist manifesto, we are making Marx smile in his grave. His dream has been realized and our are being crushed.

So why the spike in oil prices? Who is really guilty of economic crimes? Not Exxon, not Shell Oil, or others. Look no further than the pouty lipped fist pounders that passed the Energy Bill last summer that forces us to use ethanol in our gas. Or the seasonal effectiveness fuel blending that gas makers have to do that disrupts gas flow and there for raises demand. Economics 101 tells you that demand goes up, so does price. It is the free markets natural response to conservation for example, you buy less gas, car pool, ride a bike because the prices are so high. This is because there is so little gas. When you need gas in an emergency it will be there because of this conserving action that a free market produces.

I am getting off my point. If anyone is guilty of "Economic Crimes" then the guilty party is the Demlicans and Republocrates. Their Federal Reserve system has devalued our currency to a mere shadow that it was 60 years ago. Their IRS system takes 60% of our earnings through direct and shadow taxation, leaving the economy in a crippled state. Their deficit spending as us hemorrhaging money and we have no hope to pay it back.

If any one is guilty of criminal behavior look no further than the "D" and the "R" on the ballot box.

Charge it

I’ve done it! I have joined an elite brand of Americans that all young Americans look up too! No, I am not in the Illuminati, a cop, or a fire fighter. Nope, I am now a consumer debtor! I received my “platinum” card in the mail just this week. With the excitement of a hypoglycemic fat kid pigging out in a candy shop, I opened my letter and activated it on my (now lost) cell phone while I read my term agreements.

Now I know that 17%+ is VERY high but one thing people have to understand is I haven’t had a lot of time to build positive credit. Nor did the fact of my ex wife tanking my credit help matters much. However, they did give me a huge credit limit. I’m not going to say how much because I ……….. well I don’t know why.

So most people ,at this point, would ask “why on earth would you get a credit card”. Good question! I’m glad I asked myself. Well, all the big time investors are starting to raise the flag on real estate. It seems like all the major people type are starting to claim that the market for real estate is going to pop and leave us with a buyers market. I’m hoping my timing is right on this but I should be ready for a house in a year, which would be the same time the market is ready for someone like me.

So there you go aaaaaaaaaaaaaand here I go, bye

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