Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Yep, rollerskating waitresses. BTW, a friend of mine is working for the government. Studying Mad Cow Disease.

Belated woo hoo!

how lame, corey. WOO HOO in lower case??? you always were the one for understatement..

Sea,

Thanks for posting the picture. The photographer did a great job.

Corey,

Infield fly is easy. You just have to understand that the rule is there to protect the team that's at bat. Batting out of order and the dead ball strike are trickier rules.

Also, if anyone was watching the Yankees get beat by the Red Sox Saturday evening, they saw what appeared to be a wrong call when two Yankees were standing on third base. Since I was watching it in a bar, I couldn't hear the commentary, but Posada got caught in a rundown between third and home. He made it back to third, with Matsui standing on the base. Varitek, or whoever chased Posada to third correctly tagged both runners, and Posada trotted off the field and back to his dugout.

If both runners were on the base, Matsui should have been called out. If Posada was tagged while off the base, it was a correct call. The rules guru for our association is hoping to get video from a few angles so we can review the call.

That's tonight's/this morning's baseball lesson. Now, I'm off to bed.

Ford's Swine Flu fiasco wasn't as bad as WIN. "Whip Inflation Now". WIN buttons were available everywhere and where I lived in Indiana, we wore them as a joke. We didn't laugh when Ford "rebated" us two hundred bucks, though...I was laid off and those two C-notes bought a lot of Budweiser.

Flu "pandemic" in late April? Janet Napolitano telling us "this is just the start of a long journey..." with this flu?
Before, flu was over by this time on the calendar...what's happening here?

The Night Watchman is on-duty, b t w .....

good catch, dexter -- "Whip Inflation Now" was one of the truly memorable duds of presidential history -- but the vaccination fiasco surely added to the mix -- of course, pardoning Nixon didn't help

Um.....WOO HOO!!!!!!

Swine flu at a Roman Catholic high school????

and let's not forget who was Ford's chief of staff? guess who

that's better corey, show a little enthusiasm for pete's sake

I've been to his museum! LOL!

In fairness, I went to Ford's museum when they had a Abraham Lincoln exhibit.

I miss the old nurse uniform like is pictured in the Ford photo above. Now nurses look like shit in those smocks with teddy bears and cartoon duck patterns.

Swine Flu of 1976 is recalled is this LA Times story (companion article to Craig's topic)
http://tinyurl.com/d22d76

Is there some type of "oinkment" you can take for the swine flu?

dexter, it's been while ... once more with feeling:

"There's only one way to be a pilot, and that is to get this entire river by heart" -- Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1857)

Night all..

Got my thinking cap on, Boss...lessee...Alexander Haig was Ford's first COStaff...then he appointed Rummy for a while...and I'm thinking that Ford's last Chief of Staff was a young chap , well educated after years of draft avoidance via six deferments...a man with hair on his head...a young Dick Cheney.

take the wheel, dexter. the river is wiggly tonight.

but me thinks corey can help you steer... ARRR!

OK...as long as we have Gerald Ford here to discuss...here's Mark Twain's thoughts on pardons:

PARDONS

I have had no experience in making laws or amending them, but still I cannot understand why, when it takes twelve men to inflict the death penalty upon a person, it should take any less than twelve more to undo their work. If I were a legislature, & had just been elected & had not had time to sell out, I would put the pardoning & commuting power into the hands of twelve able men instead of dumping so huge a burden upon the shoulders of one poor petition-persecuted individual.
- Letter to Whitelaw Reid, March 7, 1873

Corey has much experience with ships at sea...he's toured the docked Navy ships down at Saugatuck!

you nailed it, dex. our man cheney was at the helm when ford tried to vaccinate the entire populace with who knows what.

hmmmm, they ended up only inoculating 24 percent of the public (roughly bush's approval rating at the bitter end)

coincidence?

here's a cheney photo from those days. i report, you decide::
http://tinyurl.com/c95gyx

it's those evil , demonic eyes...no doubt a man on the rise...

that 1976 batch of vaccine really messed up a lot of people with ( from the LA Times story): "Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare neurological condition that causes temporary paralysis but can be fatal. "

LINE UP AT SUNRISE IN THE TRAILMIX COFFEE LOUNGE FOR VACCINATIONS ! (well...aren't all executions at sunrise?)

I really feel like cussin'...we get 2 days in a row of sunshine, and now we have swine flu back...I give up!

Time for a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios and skim milk and off to watch a foreign film from my stack of dvd s.

Dexter - my sister is a nurse and she agrees with you 1 billion percent. She did not want to be a nurse and did it only because my dad used emotional blackmail on her - that's the real truth, too.

She went thru Barnes nursing school, and the students went on the floor after about 2 months of training. She was eligible to for the draft for nurses after her second year - during Viet Nam and there were 3 nursing schools that had been singled out for that if a nurse shortage hit.

She worked so hard for that nursing cap and deserves to have a lot of pride in it. She hasn't worked at it in forty years, tho.

I wish you could tell which ones are r n's now - there are so many aides etc. I can see how the new uniforms are easier to work in, but name tags on a lanyard around a neck doesn't cut it, so all I ask is that I can spot a nurse easily.

Corey - I had banished mad cow from my mind - it terrifies me as much as paralysis does. What a horrible thing! Why did you have to remind me??????

KGC - I've been to the framer's market, but never manage to get there early enough. It is neat, tho, I know.

There is something about your post, Craig, that brings to mind all the times I have heard this in the current financial crisis : Nobody saw it coming...........Why didn't anybody see it coming?

The fact of the matter is that it was seen coming - Hillary talked about the housing problem that was looming. The guy who warned the sec re Madoff saw something coming. There were warning signs all over, what are ya gonna do?

There were signs in Ford's day , too, and he acted on them, and was a patsy.

No one wanted to hear the warnings - no one wanted to believe the warnings - the warners couldn't get support for their arguments. So look what happened.
Bill did manage to balance the budget and look how that helped.

There are warnings out there about almost every crisis that could come, and some of them might happen.

That's one of the reasons I'm glad Obama's playing it close to his chest and not making all sorts of committments yet. He will need room to maneuver the ship and maybe turn it around if he has to .

Just about every crisis that could happen has been warned against, and it remains to be seen which one will come true. When you don't know, all you can do is take little steps toward each one.

I didn't put that very well - I usually like to think my posts thru but I'm tired and sleepy.

Nite all.

Time for the Morning Shift...

It was stated in the AP article you linked that - "She ( Napolitano) urged people to think of it as a "declaration of emergency preparedness." - Give Barack's gang credit for sending this message which is right on track.

Lets hope this is all over kill but it is also a good test should something of another nature take place.

bethyboo...
good post for 3:03 in the AM. You must be sleeping now getting that rest. Many people from every direction warned about the financial crisis. But did any stand up and stay up?

oh, and go Magic for those that are fans of the real NBA season.. Some great basketball yesterday

WOO HOO!!!
Just called WABC, spoke to the news room, they couldn't deal with it while they are on the air- but told me to call after 10 and speak to Charles personally, then gave me the number!!

oldseahag..
That is more then a WOO HOO...
This could be a YIPeee Doo Daaa Day ! for you...

Rock On

Ping- Unbelievable huh? It seemed to make a difference when I added that I have a website with all the documentation there.

oldsea, maybe charles would also spread the word of the 94th info and pass it along to col jack jacobs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_H._Jacobs

who can speak about this not only on the imus show, but on msnbc or whatever networks on which he's currently a visiting expert and can be a conduit to his active military buddies.

craig, oh do you mean swine flu the medical problem?
not the obama's swine flew challenge caused by the greedy investors who took all our money and ran?

Patd- with a little bit of luck...,,

Here is something I haven't heard our Liberal Media talking about, and it is something you Progressives might find this interesting.

http://tinyurl.com/Liberal-Threat-From-The-Top

Bethy,

It's a shame how poetry was taught to boys when I was in school. It was mostly that schmaltzy stuff written by the smitten for their true loves. At least that's how I remember it.

That is until some of my male English teachers started reading Coleridge and Noyes and Tennyson and some of the other unabashedly 'manly' poems that turned me, along with the other boys, on to poetry.

The most stirring reading of 'The Highwayman' was by the radio actor William Conrad who did Matt Dillon's voice for Gunsmoke. He had a magnificent baritone voice that brought that poem to life.

Most of my poetry books are gone--given to my kids and grandkids after they expressed an interest in a particular poet. I'll have to rebuild that part of my library.

"I miss the old nurse uniform like is pictured in the Ford photo above. Now nurses look like shit in those smocks with teddy bears and cartoon duck patterns."

For you Dex, I know you work the night shift, and for you Bethy. There is a rant coming and I can't stop it.

I was one of those nursing students who made my debut at the time that nurses were fighting that dumb cap. I know some thought it was an important symbol but there is more to a nurse than the uniform.

Some guys, maybe girls too cuz I knew one, have that nice clean white uniform incorporated into their Nancy Nurse fantasy or Nancy Nurse does Dallas fantasy.

I was one of the first, maybe the first, who knows, who fought that dumb hat. I had just started wearing my hair short and I couldn't keep the damn thing on top of my head. I had to try and walk like a model, bend down without moving my head to keep it balanced on top.

It was a germ factory because it wasn't easy to clean, and I invite you to look thru some archives, some of those hats were just plain comical. What ended up really doing it for me is when I saw the workers at a burger barn with the very same hat we were suppose to wear.

As a student nurse I, and a few others, boycotted our capping ceremony. Didn't make us popular with the faculty or our mothers who felt the same way you do Dex.

And for those white uniforms??? Red, brown and all the other colors that go with bodily fluids just don't go well with white. Ever try to keep white, white? I used every chemical known to man and few I invented and nada.

What makes a nurse a nurse is how she/he does her/his job, not what she/he is wearing. Competence and caring is the most important characteristics and, of course, look clean and professional.

I started my fight as a nursing student and ended it when I infiltrated the faculty several years later. So if you are angry with the change you can partially blame me and if you like it, you can thank me. Now I didn't come up the the designs for those smocks, but if I could still wear them, I would chose dragon flies. I just love dragon flies.

Carol

greedy investors = #@&% greedy financiers

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223211

ct, did they ever come up with usable throwaway uniforms, like the throwaway gloves and med instrument caps? you know, change out for every time a nurse works with a contagious patient. might be some savings if you consider costs of cleaning/reinfections etc. there are some great bamboo cloth and other paperlike fabrics available now.

With all the schooling and working multiple jobs to make ends meet, I didn't have time for those inventions Pat. But most nurses are pretty innovative. We had to be. If there is ever a survival crisis, you may want to have a nurse with you. We can make things out of others things when we need to.

And most nurses working in hospitals today, after the first several weeks, have a pretty tough immune system. If the first couple of weeks didn't kill you, nothing could after that.

Sea, looking at Jamie's magnificent efforts, it struck me that perhaps the taxonomy of unit identification is a little off kilter.

It may cause some confusion in referring to his unit as being the 94th. I think, in army speak, people would probably say the 94th ID, or the 94th Infantry Div. If someone said the 94th with no other identification, most people would think they were talking about the 94th Infantry Regiment rather than the division.

Looking at the return address on your Dad's envelope he identified his major unit as being, what was it, the 360th Inf Regt, or something like that. If that's the right number, then people would say, when asked, who were you with, the reply would be the 360th Infantry.

Why this differentiation is somewhat important is that regiments were self-standing fighting units that were easily shifted from the control of one division to another division as the front lines shifted, or if another division needed augmentation. The regiment might, or might not, return to the control of the original division.

For that reason, when unit honors were awarded the regiment was usually specified.

I hope I'm not just muddying the waters on your important work. Maybe I'm just being pedantic and what I'm saying just doesn't amount to a hill of corn. But, I keep thinking about it and it continues to bug me.

OSH.... you go, girl!

Carol.... great rant.... it's good to hear it from a nurse's perspective....
I never realized they expected nurses to keep their caps on all day..... what a crock.... maybe they'll make a uniform with owls on it....

Bethy..... what a great video about that sanctuary..... my question is.... how do they keep the dogs from gulping down all the food in the feeding stations.....

swine flu.... another thing to be scared about that I won't pay any attention to...

True Heroes! Stories you might have missed hearing about.

http://www.defenselink.mil/heroes/profiles/martinetteR.html

Carol, I agree with the part of Dex's comment where he pointed out the difficulty of rapidly identifying the professional nursing staff from the phlebotomists or housekeepers.

There's no such problem with the doctors. We can always identify them by the virulent monkeys crawling up their neckties, or the length of their lab coats.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

http://tinyurl.com/Pelosi-Absent-of-Memory

And, now, Stinky and I are off to appointments.

oh and.....
EdVB..... I won't say too much about the Red Sox vs Yankees series....
we both know the next time they meet the results could be reversed....

and I boo him as a joke.... but I was very relieved to see Johnny Damon pick himself back up after crashing into the left field wall in game 2....

Go Red Sox!

If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. . We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. -Sir Karl Popper

and Flatus, anyone can wear a white uniform. When I did my graduate student work at one of those famous Houston heart hospitals, there were so many people coming and going in white uniforms. You weren't sure if it was a Dr, nurse, student or the waiter from across the street. I am pretty sure there were a few waiters who snagged a couple of phyiscal exam on a few patients.

Only one thing you might be able to use to make your identification, if the person examining you smells like garlic or french fries, it is probably the waiter.

Wake up Patsi, ya have to help me out here.

looks like they put lord bloggington in charge of google dis morning.......dit dit dah dit.......dah dah dit dah......

Sorry, I am though now. Back to nature.

finished, I mean.

Flatus,

If you like the Highwayman, you might like this:

http://jdurward.blogspot.com/2008/10/manic-monday-ghost.html

This is the EU's recommendation ref. the Swine Flu. This could have a drastic affect on the upcoming Manny Pacquiao/Ricky Hatton fight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30431245/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/opinion/27iht-edcohen.html?th&emc=th

'Clinton’s Mideast Pirouette'

'I hear that Clinton was shocked by what she saw on her visit last month to the West Bank. This is not surprising. The transition from Israel’s first-world hustle-bustle to the donkeys, carts and idle people beyond the separation wall is brutal. If Clinton cares about one thing, it’s human suffering.'

Love your blog Jamie. I also love Loreena, introduced to me by another highly evolved Pacific Northwesterner.

Just caught my cats climbing up a pyracantha to get at Cardinal's nest. Googled stopping cats climb trees and 1 suggestion was to wrap the tree with polytene, the plastic manure comes in. So am going out to wrap with my wood pellet bags. Any other good inexpensive ideas out there?

yeah. well, by this time in his first term, ronald reagan was already senile. so maybe, by the same analogy you are using, obama better watch out for declining mental powers too, eh?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/opinion/27krugman.html?th&emc=th

'Money for Nothing'

'One can argue that it’s necessary to rescue Wall Street to protect the economy as a whole — and in fact I agree. But given all that taxpayer money on the line, financial firms should be acting like public utilities, not returning to the practices and paychecks of 2007.'

"swine flu.... another thing to be scared about that I won't pay any attention to..."

And I'll be following your lead on that, Renee! :)

Oops, sorry Carol! Didn't know you needed a backup! I was off to Hardees for breakfast. Porkchop biscuit and gravy.

"....the news from California and Texas about flu cases produced by a virus that seems to represent the mixing of genetic material from human and animal viruses should remind us of a lesson we neglect: A good public health approach to flu has to be ecological."

http://experts.foreignpolicy.com/

No, Ping - I'm back up and at 'em. Too many thoughts whirling thru my head, I guess. Can't break the rem sleep barrier.

Carol - I knew you'd have a comment re the nursing thing, and probably the most modern and relevant one. I cannot disagree with anthing you said, esp re the germ aspect.

I did like patd's idea of disposable clothing etc.That makes a lot of sense, and so did your comment re the caps - some of them were over the top by a long shot.

I think what my sister is bothered by more than anything else is the lack of definition - she's been in the hospital 3 three times in the last four years (2 hips and i appendetcomy) and her daughter has had three kids in 5 years. I have had 2 hip surgeries in the last 9 years.

Disgusting, I know, when we've never been there before, but it's the age thing. The point is that of all the people scurrying about and at the desk, and there might be 8 or 9 of them, not one is identifiable as a nurse. 3 or 4 might come wandering in and, seeing visitors, might challenge us or say 'later' - for us to find out later that it was an lvn or just an 'aid' whose word we were taking.

My sister finally got to the point that she asked everyone who came in with something to say if she/he was an rn. She said it nicely and didn't want to be snooty, but she needed to know who the person was, and I think that's not only fair but necessary.

A good many people don't know what an r n is, or a tech, or an aid etc, and don't know whom they should trust. They think everyone in a hospital knows everything. Sad, but true

My niece was questioned by two women re how her newborn was nursing, and it finally appeared that one was a student nurse.

This is a good hospital, but the lines have blurred, and it bothers us and more, and more then just us. If an r n label means anything, it should be recognized, for the patient's sake if not for the nurses. It is quite an achievement. That's all.

I also get your point re keeping white white, but I care more about an identifying uniform that I do whether it is stained or not. I just wish there was a white top, stained or not, that said, this is an r n.

I myself would have hated the cap. Florence Nightingale would not have approved of me or my attitude, and it's a damn good thing.

God, my sleepy-time rants are maybe worse even than my day-time rants. Oh, well. Gonna go try again.

Good mornin' all.

slangist, welcome aboard

"declining mental powers" yeah, could be there is a virus in the wh that hits them eventually... shrub a good example of a rapid development case.

Great quote from one of today's birthday boys

Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions."

Edward R. Murrow
(04/25/1908 – 04/27/1965)

Carol - I had not seen your more recent comments re the uniforms so my comments were made relative to earlier ones.

And Flatus - the docs aren't so identifiable either. I guess we'd all better get used to asking for id's the way we should for cops.

Welcome slangist - I don't recall seeing your name before. Since I agree so strongly with your comment re Reagan, I can only hope Obama has more to thim than that.

"yeah. well, by this time in his first term, Ronald Reagan was already senile"

Yet it didn't prevent him from being a "great president"
Obviously mental cognition is a vastly over rated requirement to be president.

BTW, welcome, pull up a chair, relax we're mostly a friendly bunch. Watch out for the smart ass comment we have a few jokers among us.

Jack

Welcome Slangist!

Shot, don't know much about birds but the pair hasn't been back in nearly a half hour. I wrapped the truck loosely with the white bags. Is all hope lost?

Welcome slangist. With a handle like that I just bet you can hold your own.

A great Walt Handlesman animated cartoon
"Worst Slide Story."
http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog/2009/04/animation_recession_singalong_1.html

It is set to songs from westside story. I thought of Patd as I listened to it last night.

Jack

Hello Slangist

Welcome to the cracker barrel society.

Bethy, you have seen my river and now the river looks back. My peace of earth.

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu286/cithorn/100_0127.jpg

and now off to take my sister on a swamp tour.

Poor President Ford

It got to the point where anything he did just got spun into foolishness or incompetence. Once that meme starts, it is hard to undo.

Things I didn't know. The USS Sequoia has been restored. You can rent it when not needed by The President or Vice President

http://www.sequoiayacht.com/index.htm

Jack..... the Walt Handlesman..... brilliant!

slangist.... welcome to the Coo Coo's Nest....

Bethy.... at my HMO my doctor dresses in regular clothing..... that and the stethoscope is what distinguishes her from the nurses....

TiR.... that quote by Sir Karl Popper sounds an awful lot like the rant we so-called Liberals and Progressives do about the likes of Limbaugh and Hannity....

Congrats oldsea - glad to hear you are making progress!

Wrap the tree in Sticky Paws. Cats don't like it.

Have a great day.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223251

Are the words Haven and Heaven related?

Swine flu over the cuckoo's nest.

Trying to come up with a loose script. Thought I should mention the role TM has played right off the bat. Know Imus and Craig have discussed their blogs at least a few times now, since Imus got his.
Any thoughts folks? Jamie? I will be calling at 10:05.

"Great quote from one of today's birthday boys

Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions."

Indeed!

Even with only half her face showing in Craig's Ford photo, that looks just like my mother in her uniform. Long line of hospital nursing-school trained nurses in my family beginning with my grandmother during the 1920's. Some of my cousins have continued the tradition, but after my first-job stint as a nursing home aide at age 16, that career wasn't for me.

Nowadays, nurses are highly educated with bachelor's, master's, and even doctoral degrees. Capping-and-pinning ceremonies are still important rites of passage, but they don't want to have to wear them on the job, especially the precariously-balanced headgear. Maybe they should redesign them into baseball style caps?

Good luck, Sea. Yes, mention the Trailmix...it can't hurt.

Thanks Ivy- 7 minutes and counting.

Swine flu over the cuckoo's nest-LOL

Not as fruitful as I had hoped. Turns out Bernie is in charge and the only way he accepts info is by fax, he receives hundreds per day. She thought I wanted to make an appearance and I said that that wasn't necessarily what I was seeking, I was looking for Imus to shed light on this situation, he could speak with Craig about it for instance.So she gave me Bernie's fax number and am to pitch this all to him.

oldsea, maybe not good to mention torture the dick doll video until you've closed the deal with charles.

sturge, does "swine flew" make moot the statement "when pigs fly"

good point patd

jack, thanks, it's the tho't that counts

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/trail-mix-stuff.html
Two more very good looking TrailMixers, Sea and Ed. Thanks for linking that pic Sea.

I'm not caught up, but in keeping with Craig's thread topic today:

Swine Flu
Human-to-human transmission has the world on alert.
"DON'T PANIC......But Americans would do well to keep themselves informed and take common-sense precautions to limit their potential exposure to this new infectious strain.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization and the governments of Mexico and Canada are working together to understand the nature of the swine influenza A/H1N1 virus and how and where it's being spread.

The CDC suggests frequent hand washing; covering your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze; avoiding touching your eyes, nose or mouth; and staying home from work or school if you become ill. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers such as Purell are effective. There is no need for a face mask now."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/26/AR2009042602073.html

Sea, Darn!. I'm far from catching up and don't see what you've got going on this morning (I'm reading backwards). I take it you've got some kind of break on your story?

"Just called WABC, spoke to the news room, they couldn't deal with it while they are on the air- but told me to call after 10 and speak to Charles personally, then gave me the number!!"

Found it.... Good luck!

"Not as fruitful as I had hoped."

Oh no...

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223223

... oh, very nice quote, TruthinReality. Good for beginning our week.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223235

...and hi to slangist. Interesting post. hmm?

well, finally caught up, and off to take Emma for a walk.

jack, maybe thanks isn't the word... ever since you linked that, worstslide story words and music are echoing and re-echoing...ricocheting thru what was my brain.... careening off the now vacant skull.

especially this one to tune of "i feel pretty" for those who can't link the site

"i was greedy
oh so greedy
i was greedy and seedy and vain
never needy
only little people feel the pain"

Jamie, just sent an email to be approved by you before I send it off to Bernard, if you don't mind.

Sea --

You didn't get to speak directly to Charles? Too bad...

slangist, are you the slangist who was educated in texas (somehow that has the sound of an oxymoron) and whose general interests are listed online as:

"Malversation; Reeling and Writhing; Ambition, Distraction, Uglification and Derision; Drawling, Stretching and Fainting in Coils"

if so, you've found a home here.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223235

Good comment and didn't even notice it was from "someone new" ...you just segued right in here, slangist! Good work...

Renee,

I hope you're still around. I started this message two hours ago, but work interrupted me.

Thank you for the mercy. You're right about it being a long season, but the way things are shaping up, mine may feel longer than yours, even though your team is still playing in October and our guys are back home fishing.

I find myself rooting for the Yankee players and Girardi, but against the ownership. The economy may be largely responsible for those expensive empty seats at the new stadium, but at least a part of the problem is the arrogance of top-level Yankee management.

Re: Johnny Damon

Shortly after Damon hit the wall, the Yankee broadcasters pulled up a clip of that horrific collision he had when he was playing for the Red Sox and had to be taken from the field in an ambulance. I know they feel the need to show that stuff over and over, but I'd rather not see it.

Ed, 2 words: Chicago Bulls.

Thoughts on the Swine flu scare.

I'm not really worried and will save most of my concern for when it truly breaks loose next fall.
But saying that, I just returned from the doctor and I did notice myself eyeing everybody when I walked in and picked a place to sit down.

Jack

Patd

Thanks for returning the favor.
That one stuck with me last night and now is back again.

Jack

Well let me know when we are all supposed to wear masks.

I listened to a bit of the mass media coverage on the swine flu breakout and especially laughed at Fox for having Judith Miller (late of the NYTimes) the Fox and friends people were afraid of her and didn't want to ask anything that might get an answer they didn't like.

Miller has written a book on biological terrorism- Germs.
She did point out this was a natural outbreak even though her Fox hosts wanted it to be terrorism.

oldseahag, i'm on Imus tomorrow and will try to pitch him. but you never know what will strike his fancy, never any gurantees

"I did notice myself eyeing everybody when I walked in and picked a place to sit down."

LOL Jack..... good thinking. :)
(and don't forget that hand sanitizer)

KGC, Haven't seen you around much. I think Jack is right, most of the flu's get bad in the fall. Hopefully, they'll include it in this years flu shot.

During 2004 re-election, both Kerry and Bush vowed to develop a vaccine for the bird flu...similar implications. Nothing ever happened with that scenario. From my understanding, this new swine flu has a bit of bird flu in the mix. This, too, shall pass. I believe Ford was judged against the 1950's memory of long lines for sugar cubes for the fight against polio.

BW

I always like the theory that Ford conducted a real time exercise to test our ability to combat a biological attack against our country.

Jack

One thing I think were are seeing is the enhansed ability of the CDC to track out breaks of disease in this country. If so then we see one good thing coming out of Bushes war on terror.

Jack

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223287

Craig --

Should we be getting some swine flu jokes ready for you?? Not that I have any, but I'm sure some other Trailhands do...

For those who like the Handlesman cartoon
Check out the rest of his animated cartoons for 2009.

http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/opinion/walthandelsman/blog/2009/01/walt_handelsmans_animations_20_2.html

I'm sure they'd just be terrible attempts at bad puns, Ivy. :)

What? Bad puns? On trailmix?

OSH

Finally nice weather here and lots of stuff to do outside.
Sonoma County has a large population that goes back and forth to Mexico so everyone here is expecting the worst.

I think Sacramento and Southern Cal have already had cases.

The photo of you and Ed is great thanks so much for taking the time.

I guess Ford's attempt was the republican form of universal health care.

When Ford was president peanuts, drywall, and dog food didn't kill you.

patd makes Best Comments.. http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/best-comments.html

I suppose that swine flu only affects men, since men are pigs.

There are other reporting news media.

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=62284

At least Bush didn't have to worry about declining mental powers!

Craig- Holy moly, thank you so very much! Anything you can do is so much appreciated! Got to go call my folks! They love you!

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223301

They and many other things did.
We just didn't know about it at the time.

Jack

Corey

Does that mean women are imune from swine flu?

Jack

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223299

That works as a swine flu joke!

Bad pun...that's an oxymaroon, isn't it?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223301

I would think Sea's story would be timely for Memorial Day-themed stories, here and everywhere...

Corey...
I've got 2 words for you..... Boston Bruins...

CBob.... your 12:08 post made me think about one of the reasons I chose to order that couch this weekend.... it's made in Norway.... but I also went looking at those made here in North Carolina.... lots of ads for discount furniture places on tv....but I vowed not to go to any of them..... they may be cheap... but there was no way I was gonna get a couch made in China.....

EdVB.... we watched the game on Fox and yes..... they did show clips of that collision between Damon and Jackson.... ouch!

"...they ended up only inoculating 24 percent of the public (roughly bush's approval rating at the bitter end)"

Craig, That is the best conspiracy theory I've heard in awhile.

Jamie, I think your post on Noyes and The Highwayman are really neat! Well done!
http://jdurward.blogspot.com/2008/10/manic-monday-ghost.html

Jamie --

I guess Carol's got to get another horse because Quality Road is out?

Here is my letter I'm faxing shortly to Bernie, Hope it is OK
.Dear Bernard,
My father was in Patton’s Army, in the 94th Infantry Division. They liberated a concentration camp yet remain unrecognized for their efforts. I have been pursuing their recognition, along with the help of Sen. Kennedy's office for some time now. Unfortunately we have hit a wall and are seeking any possible assistance to rectify this wrong. It was off , the record suggested to me by Sen. Kennedy’s office that I approach the media for now. It might require an Act of Congress, which they are willing to do, but due to Sen. Kennedy’s situation it would be helpful to encourage national interest. A friend and fellow poster at Craig Crawford’ Trail Mix has kindly made a website about my father, the 94th and our efforts to obtain Liberator status. Here is the website, she explains it all so well, and all documentation is posted there.
http://94campaign.blogspot.com/
I'm hopeful that you might find this story to be of interest and would be able to assist the 94th receive the recognition that is so long due. The actions of the brave soldiers of the 94th and those victims of the concentration camp should be honored- not forgotten. I know that Imus can move mountains when he addresses an issue. Please, ime is of the essence, we are losing over 1000WWII vets per day. Thank you for your consideration, Kathleen Cowley
PS- My parents are huge fans of Imus and the gang, but especially you.

Kathleen Cowley
kcowley@verizon.net

Well, actually I copy and pasted an hour older version. I now start with Mr. McGuirk

As for the season , I may be wrong, but I think the 1918 Flu started in the spring.
Spain is reporting cases .............
Google News is showing 22,115 stories on this flu.

We had another Art Car come in for the Arts Fest this weekend. "The Yarn Car "
4 miles of yarn glued on Chrysler Imperial .

When back and eyed that nurse more closely . Is that a sailboat on your head, or are you just glad to see me ?

Governor Good Hair makes more news -

Texas Gov. Rick Perry takes Washington money - when it's for his campaign

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/DN-dcmoney_27tex.ART.State.Edition2.4a60d7d.html

Bob, as soon as I saw Chrysler Imperial, I started reading your comment. Then I read 'yam' car and 4 miles of 'yam' glued to it. That was when I decided to switch specs. I happily discovered the car has 'yarn' not 'yams'!

La. lawmakers OK $133 million in stimulus spending

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/04/27/ap6342956.html

Flatus -
Got to be a Yam Car somewhere.

Where did Popeye live--"I y'am what I y'am"?

I've been out running the Grandmother's Taxi Service this AM

Yes Quality Road is out. He developed a hoof crack the other day and the hoof was tender this am so they pulled him.. This is what is left. Everyone has until post draw, which is usually the Wednesday afternoon before the race, to make up their minds

Solar Crete Chocolate Candy
Blond Wino Desert Party
Jamie? Dunkirk
Flying Private
Jack, Ivy Green Friesan Fire
Patd General Quarters
Bethy, Renee Hold Me Back
Rezdog, Pogo I Want Revenge
Mine That Bird
Mr. Hot Stuff
Musket Man
Papa Clem
Jamie? Pioneer of the Nile
Regal Ransom
Square Eddie
Summer Bird
West Side Bernie
Win Willy

Walter Lantz birthday today -
Wiener Wars:
When Woody buys a hot dog cart, he and Wiener Wally, the vendor across the street, battle it out,
http://www.hulu.com/watch/592/woody-woodpecker-new-wiener-wars-electric-chilly-woody-and-the-termite

Reminder folks. The normal winter flu kills 35,000 people world wide.

Despite any stories you may here on cable TV, The Sky is probably not falling.

Jamie, please put me on BW's horse. Hope it's a Clydesdale!

Jamie -
Couldn't sleep last night, so I was watching my dad's TV . PBS had a great special on Dale Chihuly . A week long event held at the Glass Museum in Tacoma. What a guy .......... always loved the way he worked, with lots of people dancing in and out of the glass blowing process.

http://www.chihuly.com/

"The normal winter flu kills 35,000 people world wide. "

Jamie, I thought the problem with this one is that the antivirals aren't working as well on it. (?) It would be nice if they brought out the flu shots earlier this year.

Like that Glass Museum building too.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223310

Flatus,

Did you take the nine minutes to listen to McKinnet sing the ballad? The poem is even more chilling with music.

Funny things that affect children. The picture in my poetry book show Tim as being full faced with blond straight hair. My negative reaction to Chris Matthews being rude just may be more visceral than I ever suspected. :-)

I guess I misspoke:

WHO ready with antivirals to combat swine flu
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Health/ready+with+antivirals+combat+swine/1531409/story.html

OSH

You may want to have Craig pull that message off the board. It has your phone number on it.

Good luck with McGurk and Imus

Swine jokes. The way the piggies crashed the economy, no wonder we have another swine flu.

Thanks Jamie- I put my business phone on. Just faxed it, hope it reads well enough to get him to the blog, where you have laid it all out so well, especially tying it in with Yom Hashoah, that was great.. Took the typos out too.

Chilhuly's glass school Pilchuck -

http://www.pilchuck.com/

OSH -- good letter. i did remove your phone number just in case you didn't mean to include it. i strongly urge not posting phone numbers on here.

Jamie....
I heard on the Diane Rehm Show this morning that the normal winter flu kills 36,000 people world wide a year..... but hey.... who's quibbling with 1,000.. :0)

I made a mourning dove pun this morning.... but after seeing Sturg correct the spelling to cuckoo... I'm not sure anyone got it....

don't think I'll try with a pig joke.... HHH....

Chloe,

The normal flu virus won't work on this one because it has never existed in this combination before so no antibodies even if you have had a flu shot. The one we have is the wrong formula. A couple of the antiviral medications do seem to minimize it.

They are studying this one to see if they can get the base viruses in order to make a vaccine, but that takes a while, so it is fortunate that this one seems to be relatively mild. Mexico is probably harder hit because of density of population which is why they are taking the precaution of closing down public gathering places where outbreaks show up.

Most healthy human beings have no trouble surviving the flu. Children, elderly, chronically ill are most vulnerable.

Any time someone says they don't believe in evolution, I always ask if they have ever had the flu.

While looking for the Chihuly link , I found this from the Craft in America series -
Recipes
Craft artists live a life rich in community, passing along traditions and building relationships with their environment and fellow artists. And what better to combine all this than food? Almost 35 years ago, the American Craft Council published A Craftsmen’s Cookbook. With this page, we continue that tradition.

http://www.craftinamerica.org/recipies/
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There's a recipe for tuna sandwiches there.

Flatus,

Desert Party is not a Clydesdale. Most of the time, he thinks he has wings

http://www.eoinharty.com/img/news/Desert%20Party-A.jpg

Just for perspective, malaria kills between 1 and 3 Million people annually -- mostly children.

I hope he doesn't cave under the pressure. :)

I will listen to your version. And, I just found the one I remembered:
http://ia300009.us.archive.org/0/items/CBSRadioWorkshop/CBSrw_57-02-10_ep54-1489_Words.mp3

GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness

Obey and other advocates for the spending argued, correctly, that a pandemic hitting in the midst of an economic downturn could turn a recession into something far worse -- with workers ordered to remain in their homes, workplaces shuttered to avoid the spread of disease, transportation systems grinding to a halt and demand for emergency services and public health interventions skyrocketing. Indeed, they suggested, pandemic preparation was essential to any responsible plan for renewing the U.S. economy.

But former White House political czar Karl Rove and key congressional Republicans -- led by Maine Senator Susan Collins -- aggressively attacked the notion that there was a connection between pandemic preparation and economic recovery.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/430261?rel=hp_picks

Sorry Craig! Wasn't thinking- just copy and pasting.

CBob....
Chihuly is an amazing glass artist.... I have several pieces from one of his students who moved to NH and does the same 9-day show I do in August....

and with from what I've been hearing and my own experience in selling so far this year..... a cookbook with tuna sandwich recipes may be what a lot of craftspeople may need this year..... I'm counting my blessings that I don't need the money I make to pay for groceries....

" Famously, Maine Senator Collins, the supposedly moderate Republican who demanded cuts in health care spending in exchange for her support of a watered-down version of the stimulus, fumed about the pandemic funding: "Does it belong in this bill? Should we have $870 million in this bill No, we should not."

Even now, Collins continues to use her official website to highlight the fact that she led the fight to strip the pandemic preparedness money out of the Senate's version of the stimulus measure.

The Republicans essentially succeeded. "

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From the link above.

Republicans oppose volcano monitoring .............. Mount Redoubt erupts
Republicans oppose pandemic preparations ........ Swine Flu erupts

" I shall use the muleskinner as a reverse barometer ! "

Custer in "Little Big Man"

"malaria kills between 1 and 3 Million people annually -- mostly children."

Joe, Isn't that because of a lack of medicine in those countries? I know I can look it up, but I have to leave shortly.

Jamie, Thanks for that flu info. Seems like they should be able to add this one to the cocktail, given enough time. I too enjoyed your site very much today.

Jamie, How young were you when you learned to read?

1953 Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins the term "Pencil neck geek"

It's mostly a matter of prevention. Insecticide impregnated mosquito nets would go a long way to preventing malaria, and then eradication (vector control) of the mosquito and its breeding places.

1737 Edward Gibbon England, historian (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire)

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I should have broken out Gibbon last night, nothing will put you to sleep as fast as wading into the "Decline and Fall".

1822 [Hiram] Ulysses S[impson] Grant Point Pleasant OH, 18th US President (1869-77, Republican)

http://twitter.com/veratect

twitter flu alerts

Some pols maybe welcoming the distraction
Just when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi found herself on the ropes last week answering questions about what she knew and when she knew it about terror interogations, the swine flu arrives to dominate the headlines.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=39168

1865 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" explodes on the Mississippi River

New Hope For Advances In Treating Malaria

ScienceDaily (Apr. 27, 2009) — Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed chemicals which kill the most deadly malaria-causing parasite, Plasmodium falciparum – including those resistant to existing drugs.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090422103726.htm

“The parasites responsible for malaria have been very effective at developing resistance to existing drugs and efforts to find replacements are often stymied by the rate of resistance. Therefore it is essential that new products work effectively in combination with those already on the market,” he says.

This work was supported in part by a WHO Tropical Diseases Research Grant and a grant from Medicines for Malaria Venture.

The Bill and Melinda Gates foundaton have made malaria eradication a major focus of their world health efforts.

Also, Nothing But Nets has a lot of celebrity interest, but is doing good work.

http://www.nothingbutnets.net/

P.S. Thanks, Bob, for that link and item.

Next time you hear a "conservative" whining about the U.N. , remind them that the greatest killer of humans in history .......... Smallpox, was eradicated by the WHO, a division of the UN.

Smallpox? I thought it was religion. ;)

CBob

I was more entranced by the buttered rum peaches with whipped cream

http://www.craftinamerica.org/recipies/story_298.php

I'm out here (and late), but Joe and CBob, thanks for the info. I'm going to read that Science article when I get back.

I understand how important prevention is, in respect to what Joe mentioned and in many other ways (clean, 'sanitized' water, for one). Maybe it's a good thing that the media and this administration are taking this so seriously. The more people understand about prevention, the less widespread the flu. And a simple thing like hand washing really does help slow down the spread of these things. And they did specifically say that alcohol based santizers work well too.

CJ

Unfortunately the UN hasn't managed to eradicate that.

Solar here's one for you :

The Green House of the Future
We asked architects to draw up plans for the most energy-efficient houses they could imagine. They imagined quite a bit.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124050414436548553.html

Well, off to radiation treatments , and to mail seeds to Lookout Mount Ga.

Shiny side kids -

John Hiatt - Slow Turning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UrueP3aM40

He's just not that into you...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/26/ahmadinejad-to-obama-retu_n_191497.html

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223342

no prob, OSH, just lookin out for you -- who knows what evil "lurks" out there

btw, is Liberator status something official that Congress does? and is the best suggestion for people to write to Sen. Kennedy or to their own reps?

Got Flu? Thank Susan Collins!
By: Teddy Partridge Monday April 27, 2009 10:09 am

"Does it belong in this bill? Should we have $870 million in this bill? No, we should not." Susan Collins bragged about stripping pandemic flu preparation money from the stimulus bill in February. Doesn't seem so moderate now, does it?
http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/27/got-flu-thank-susan-collins/

Fascinating National Geographic article about malaria from July 2007:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/07/malaria/finkel-text/1

"Malaria is a plague of the poor, easy to overlook. The most unfortunate fact about malaria, some researchers believe, is that prosperous nations got rid of it. In the meantime, several distinctly unprosperous regions have reached the brink of total malarial collapse, virtually ruled by swarms of buzzing, flying syringes."

Speaking of swine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvJeWLvYWiM

forgot the link

I am looking for something else, but in the meantime, I found this:

The Flu Hunter, Smithsonian, January 2006

"For years, Robert Webster has been warning of a global influenza outbreak. Now governments worldwide are finally listening to him" ...

..."And then there are pigs. For many years, Webster has theorized that pigs are the mixing bowls for pandemic flu outbreaks."

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/flu.html?c=y&page=1

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223368

A bit over the top. But that is to be expected from people that want to use peoples fears for political gain.

Removing that money doesn't mean there is no planning in place.
From the speed of the response by the CDC there obviously is.

Here is an interesting cdc sight that is all things pandenmic.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223368

Jack

Craig,

In case Kathleen isn't immediately watching. "Liberator" status was conferred by the Army based upon who was where in relation to the major Camps. The 94th freed several smaller places that had prisoners many in a state of near death. The 94th reported back because they had to keep moving but calling for the medics to get on the scene as rapidly as possible.

The more than 200 Cowley letters and testimony from other members of the 94th substantiates the above. Unfortunately, time has run out for the recognition and the Army bureaucracy is being stubborn about "exact regulations" despite support from the Holocaust Museum.

The only way to get this recognition before the remaining members of the WW II 94th pass away is a bill with multiple sponsors in order to get a fast moving Act of Congress that bypasses the Army office in charge of such things.

All of this is on the Liberator Campaign website at

http://94campaign.blogspot.com/

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223375

talking about what she wanted to do...not what she did
of course you thought she was right on
makes her look very foolish now

In the conference committee that reconciled the House and Senate plans, Obey and his allies succeeded in securing $50 million for improving information systems at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

But state and local governments, and the emergency services that would necessarily be on the frontlines in any effort to contain a pandemic, got nothing.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/430261/gop_know_nothings_fought_pandemic_preparedness

"But state and local governments, and the emergency services that would necessarily be on the frontlines in any effort to contain a pandemic, got nothing."

Throwing money at a once every 50 year event for that level of planning is money wasted even right now.

As I said from the response of the cdc it is obvious they have their planning in place.

Taking that planning down to the local level is for the most part a waste of money. The money would have been better spent building a strong health system rather than targeting it to a pandemic.

It is a bit like the money wasted on local terroism response that gets us goofy public messages and useless meetings.

Jack

Tonight's "We Shall Remain" on American Experience on PBS deals with the Trail of Tears and the removal of the Cherokee from their ancestral home in the South East of the US to Oklahoma with more than 4000 dying enroute.

Why the Flu Thrives in Winter

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/health/03questions.html

with that I'm back to work

See you later tonight.

Jack

Thought on the above link

Flu transfers better in a low humidity environment which is why it is a winter problem for most of the US.

Mexico City and the surrounding areas are low humidity most any time.

Jack

Jamie, I did listen to the Highwayman recording you posted. It was quite nice, but, personally, I found the musical vocalization to be somewhat distracting. In other words, I was listening to the voice rather than following the poem.

I was somewhat disappointed in the Conrad reading that I URLed an hour or two ago; the recording left much to be desired as the dynamic range was significantly constrained from what I remember the other time I heard it (52-years ago)..

There are a bunch of archives of CBS stuff dating back to the early 50s--I'm going to have to explore them.

Radio theater was wonderful stuff.

craig, jamie, oldsea

couldn't the president either gently nudge his def sec to whisper in the army regulations guy's ear to get off his high horse
or, more directly, issue an executive order

as someone said earlier, this would be a very timely gesture for memorial day.

"I'm sure they'd just be terrible attempts at bad puns"

corey, altho not authorized to speak for sturge, the head wit and pun lover of tm, in his absence i will take umbrage on his (and other tmrs of pun loving persuasion) behalf....
on second tho't, make that two umbrages over the rocks with a twist

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223390

patd

I see no reason why it couldn't be an Executive order. Does anyone happen to know the President? I know he's a bit busy with the economy, a couple of wars, and a pandemic but there must be someone who can type an order, put it in front of him and say, "Sign here Sir"

This type of Act of Congress can usually be done very rapidly with a few whereas statements and a "Be It Resolved" with unanimous vote, bang gavel. It is just a matter of someone actually doing it.

Memorial Day would be a good target date and a nice photo OP looking for a place to happen complete with flags and elderly Veterans.

Quality Road out huh Jamie? He would have won but we'll never know now. Well is there anything else in that group that has long legs, is dark and handsome? I guess it back to the racing form.

Carol,

If you want tall, dark and handsome then Pioneer of the Nile or Desert Party are pretty good looking horses. You can go here

http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2009/

and click on the silks at the top. Each one will take you to a description of the horse and videos of them running.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090427/hl_time/08599189402900;_ylt=AhSlloyvZAilLarVGgFlfy6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJoOHNzM2s0BGFzc2V0A3RpbWUvMjAwOTA0MjcvMDg1OTkxODk0MDI5MDAEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMyBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3N3aW5lZmx1NXRoaQ--

If the CDC is ready(sic it is )because of previous concerns over SARS and/or avian flu issues.

It doesn't excuse the pennywise and pound foolishness of the maroons like Susan Collins.

As for not giving money to local responders over the issue of a one time event.. --how many different one time events are we concerned about.?

Break out the kim-chi and sauerkraut. Wasn't that the home remedy for avian flu?

p s- I have CORN!!! I hope we all survive the super-flu & get to enjoy our harvest this fall.

Thanks for having my back Craig.
Here is what happens when a Division is recognized as a Liberating Unit

In the 19 years since this program was inaugurated, the Museum and the Center of Military History have recognized 35 U.S. Army divisions for their heroism, gallantry, and help in liberating prisoners from brutal Nazi rule. Each year, the names and flags of these units are presented in a moving tribute at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda for the Days of Remembrance ceremony. In addition, the Museum displays 20 divisional flags at its 14th Street entrance. The flags are rotated so that all the liberating units' colors are prominently exhibited for the two million visitors who walk through our doors each year.

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10006161

too much twitter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I27J39oQUaw

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223395

jamie, true he is a tad busy, but he has people and they have people that dash off these eos on a whip snitch and the availability of an auto signing pen (invented by jefferson i think) or they can contact gates who has people who will kick ass.

anyway, just the mention of the potus and the problem by imus will start the ball rolling.

stitch not snitch.... freudian slip

OSH

I replaced the Boston Regiment insignia with the 94th insignia

patd

Poor Twitter probably needs a cute song about the Fail Whale for when things get overloaded.

http://www.designlessbetter.com/blogless/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/whale.png

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223395
Jamie- That sounds like a plan! Should I approach Sen. Kennedy's office with this?

The Center for Military History is where the bureaucrat works who made the miserable decision to turn down their official request for Recognition. I've been told by military men, that this is an important aspect as bureaucrats simply don't value this as those in the military. Yesterday I spoke with a Col. Strickland of the newly recommissioned 94th and he suggested going to the Sec. of Veterans Affairs (he is an Army man) and thought this would be of great importance to him. So what i'm getting from all this is that even at the higher levels a soft soft for their own branch of the military remains.
Flatus-You would know best- is that a reasonable assessment of loyalty etc.

Looking at the pic and thinking about the topic and the times, I feel like I'm going back in time.

tt

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/04/obamas-swine-flu-challenge.html#comment-223211

I loved this post, ct! I wasn't really serious about hating the new smocks and hat-less nurse unis...my daughter is a long-time nurse and it's hard to imagine her in an old-time hat and white stockings and nurse-whites.
When I worked in a hospital 39 years ago (as an army medic) , the civilian nurses wore that hat, but it was more like a little white clip-on thing, but they definitely wore white unis, and the male civilian nurses had to wear heavy starched white button-up or pullover smocks, white pants...and white shoes, too! We lowly medics had to wear "whites", too...white pants and button-up starched smocks...good old days.

Cool Jamie, that is ,it was changed sometime in the 60's? to the pilgrim.. I also think the recommissioned 94th has now returned to the 9 and 4 symbol. In fact, I know they have, looking at their letterhead right in front of me.

Dex, you mean you set me off on that rank and you were only kiddin? Well I got that off my chest anyway. I know some of you who don't have to do the wash or try to balance with that dumb hat on your head might still like us to wear them. Too bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPeyrjPN5Qs

Cindy Walker's classic, sung by Willie....

and Dex, I bet your daughter agrees with me.

"Cindy Walker's classic, sung by Willie.."

Dexter, I love that song, and what a great version by Willie. There's been more good music linked here lately.

Maybe I should Twitter? Went to the local KFC to get dinner tonight. The restaurant was extremely busy, because of the free piece of chicken offer today. While waiting in line, this guy behind me made his way to the front of the line. "Are you the manger" he asked the guy running one of the registers. "Yes." responded the man. "Well, that kid just lifted up his hat and scratched his head! He also wiped his hand acrossed his nose, too! And now he's handling food?!" Another customer said, "I saw it, too!" It was at that moment that I decided to go somewhere else for dinner.

Ok Corey.
Which was it? :)

Because the people complained about the guy wiping his nose
(or)
Because the guy actually did wipe his nose and scratch his head?

I think I know the answer, but I'm curious to see if I'm right.

Great link, Dex...and very interesting because I believe Willie is one of those people who actually is hard to really know. I've never spent any real time with him, so I am just repeating things a few artists have told me. He's VERY easy to meet and have a conversation with, affable, likable, a wonderful guy. But according to a few of his contemporaries, he is also so much deeper and more complex than what you think you know that they felt that they never really had a handle on him. As one of them said, "He sure ain't just another good-old-boy hillbilly singer."

Sea,

Gen Shinseki is a stand-up guy. But, I suspect he's up to his elbows in alligators trying straighten out the VA. Taking that into consideration when you phrase your request, I feel certain he'd be willing, if at all possible, to lend his support.

Birthday of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President (1822)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant

how does it get to having to be such a fight for the "liberator" designation? Who's against it and why? I don't get it.........

Kit Bond made an absolute fool of himself on Hardball today. How can any of these right wing Republicans keep making the exact same statements after they have been repeatedly told by the people who were there and know that the claims they are making are false?

I mean if someone who is looking at the sky tells you it is blue, but a guy sitting in the dark tells you No it is green and you go around repeatedly claiming it is green, it has to be some form of insanity.

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OSH

I think it is a great idea. Go straight to Veterans Affairs. I don't suppose anyone here knows Tammy Duckworth? Double amputee wants WW II Veterans honored ... I mean really, go ahead and tell her NO.

Also, Here are all the members of the Veteran's Affairs Committee:

http://veterans.house.gov/about/members.shtml

Call all of their offices and send their staff to the website.

Contact Info for Veteran's Affairs

To contact the Committee, please write to:

House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
335 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

or fax your letter to: (202) 225-2034

or call: (202) 225-9756

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Sturgeone,

It is one fricking bureaucrat interpreting one RULE - Either someone needs to over ride that person's interpretation of that rule or the rule has to be superseded by another rule.

That's what makes this so frustrating. It is a simple act if someone just takes the responsibility of making the change.

Everything, Chloe.

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Is that fricking person aware of the campaign that's being mounted against his/her fricking decision?

Obama scaring the people of NYC?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090427/pl_afp/usmilitaryaviationexerciseapology

It's back! May not be the swine flu, but uh-oh, I think I got it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_ivy

"Measles make you bumpy and mumps'll make you lumpy
and chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch
A common cold'll cool you but whooping cough'll fool you
but poison ivy's gonna make you itch

You're gonna need an ocean
of calamine lotion..."

Rolling Stones

It surprised the hell out of me Sturge.. The Holocaust Museum told me what documentation was needed to apply, information that was posted on their site and taken directly from the Army bulletin which described the procedure.

!. Approximate date of liberation-
2. Unit geographical location -
3. Brief account of the events from 1 person. - We had 2 first hand accounts of that day.
4. Request for recognition from a Unit Assoc. or an individual of that Unit.

We had an approximation of the date as my father wrote home weekly- it was finding the letters which started this whole process. I had been in touch with the Holocaust Museum previous to finding them because I was trying to research the name of the camp my father liberated for our own family history. . I called the Holocaust Museum that day and told them of the letters and most importantly the one which mentions the "atrocities", they were thrilled, several people gathered in the office to hear the news while I was on the phone. This is when they informed me that the letter of April 1945 was the sort of documentation which would allow us to pursue Liberator status.

We thought documenting the geographic location would be the bugaboo, but Sen. Kennedy really shined through on resolving this. We needed the Unit Operational Records which are at the Library of Congress. It is a lengthy process to request info from them and ordinarily takes about a year, but not when Sen. Kennedy is involved. The LIbrary of Congress called me and asked me what I needed! I received the Records within 3 weeks. These records verified the dates and location and were a great triumph to have even received.
Everything required was submitted. With not 1 but 2 testimonies we thought we were sitting pretty and just waiting to hear of approval. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect the answer to be a resounding No! This bureaucrat had denied Liberator status because they did not liberate an extermination camp. There were 6 extermination camps, none of them in Germany. Some of the 35 Units recognized as Liberators were for camps in Germany.
I felt ( and still do) so terrible, my father and Thom had dredged up these horrific memories for not. What a kick in the teeth. We had contacted Sen. sometime during the process , when the denial came in they sort of faded away. Not Sen. Kennedy- he intended to argue that we had met the requirements in the bulletin. He submitted this whole problem to the Congressional Research Center to help resolve this ( Kennedy's military liaison told me that this was a pretty big deal and seemed confident that they would be helpful in sorting this all out) and that is where this whole thing rested until I spoke with Sen. Kennedy's office last week and told me that the Research Center wasn't much help.
I hope I wrote that all clearly enough.

wow, jamie wrote that a lot clearer in a whole lot less words! Once again Madame, thank you.

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Jamie is the personification of the situation room.

here is one of my favorites of all time...Tom Russell appearing on the Letterman Show. The song he plays and wrote is "Tonight we ride."

enjoy,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5pbQWhoncY

Really...?

"Real Pirates Have Taken the 'Ho Ho' Out of 'Yo Ho Ho' for Cap'n Slappy"

"There ought to be a different word for pirates in their current incarnation," says Mr. Summers, who co-founded the annual Talk Like a Pirate Day."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124078244486857161.html

damn pirates are even hi-jacking american comedy.......that's cold.

doots..........gotta love that............"Tonight we ride."

Tonight we hobble down the hall and get a bowl of raisin bran........lol

that plane over new york story is bizarre.....

thanks Senor Pescado I think Tom is a genius.

Poison Ivy

The Coasters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kh555NjxnU

What will the night shift do. You Tube is going down for maintenance in 15 minutes ... they don't say how long. It could be a very long shift.

OSH

Can that whole speech go up on the sight under tomorrow's title: Dealing With Bureaucracy

The Steel girl on Britian's Got Talent is excellent!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4mB94ejivU

tt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh91-Vux4qU

bob harks back.......

Jamie- you're the boss, writing is your craft. That is all up to you.
Noticed in the last paragraph I didn't put in Kerry's name. Should that just be left out anyways? Don't need to make any enemies.

I would keep it Kennedy only since that is a positive. If someone else comes on board, then we will mention them

For this project:

Politicians: Good
Bureaucrats: Bad

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Hey Jamie --

Great You Tube! One of the Coasters looks like our mayor...or is it the other way around??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Langford

Someone ask about this earlier. From the CDC website

"Antiviral Drugs and Swine Influenza"

http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/antiviral_swine.htm?s_cid=tw_epr_73

Some very good information if you are caring for some one at home with the swine flu. or any other flu I imagine.

http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/guidance_homecare.htm

Almost an hour since the last post. No one is coughing yet??? Fever??? Malaise?? Need an NP? I'll throw on something white.

If it's clear where you are . get up and go outside. There is a beautiful set of :

"Horns on the Moon"

No stars near it , just the "Horns of the Moon" , if the air is good you will see the faint light spilling into the shadow of the Moon. But just barely.

Small things folks, small the things.

Wish I could C-Bob. We having a little severe thunderstorm, which a tornado warning. The tornado is a little north of here so no worry. My sister got pissed at me cuz I interrrupted her movie to check the weather after someone called to tell me there was a tornado watch. Doesn't take long for the visiting kinfolk to get on your last nerve.

My nubs are growing Bob.

Could send you some nub pics and maybe you could identily what bit them.

When David O'Selznick produced "Gone With the Wind" , he had access to Judy Garland's doctor. The one that filled her full of speed, I think he was probably writing scripts that were close to the formula of what the German Army was eating as they crossed the Polish Frontier that same year.

So there it is folks, "Gone With the Wind" and the invasion of Poland , were both fueled by speed.

I shot 40 mins. of "My Friends Yada . Yada, Yada " today. I feel like David O'Selznick tonight.

scripted or unscripted yada? Or is yada always unscripted.