It's History! You and I grew up in an age when we were taught to learn from history and then move on. Our children s generation was told that history has already past, Live for Today. History will also tell this story in many different ways. All the past shootings are slowly melting into history, only to be reminded by an occasional candlelight vigil. It's sad but true. Violent deaths, racism, bigotry happens every minute of every day in the world. The only answer I can see comes from the Lyrics of an old song "Teach your children well." It is never too late to talk with your children.

 Personally I have never had a race relations problem. I guess that I am just an odd dog. Any neighborhood that was strange to me, I was always looking around. I have made it my mission in life to treat everyone the same, no matter what the color or race. I am Dutch, my wife is Irish, and my daughter in law and granddaughter are Japanese , my grand daughter is a mix of Japanese, Irish and Dutch. My friends and girlfriend were from all races. I have said racist remarks in my time in which I am not proud of. I have asked racist question because I did not know the answer. Sometimes I never knew that the question was racist or what some people called in bad taste. When I see someone, I don't break them down by their part, but respect them in their entirety. To infer that everyone is a racist is completely wrong. As children we are born with a lot of bad habits and sins. What we do to correct these habits is what molds us for the future. If you don't continue to practice those correction and improve on them will determine how you come out in the end. Do I notice if a person is of a different color? Yes, I am not blind, but I do not let that one trait determine what I think of that person, just as I don't let their hair color pre determine what I think of them. We all should know our short comings, deal with them, and then go on to make our selves an example to others, and not try to correct everyone like a giant recall on a broken vehicle. I can't assume that the outcome of the trial this weekend was racial, nor can I bury my head in the sand and deny everything. God gave us all one day at a time, and what we do to paint that picture is much more important then our critique of other peoples paintings . May everyone have a great day creating a masterpiece that all will enjoy.

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I'm back

Hello everyone, I'm back.  This old computer has had new life pumped into it. Extra ram added, completly cleaned out of virus', and trojans.  New virus protection added, but I am still very busy. It is raining out today and I am inside.  I have reset just about everything on this computer and it is now working up to speed.  This may not seem like much to some of you, but to me it is giant steps. I grew up in the typewritter and telephone era and just the word computer scares the crap out of me.  I have a cell phone that only does phone call and no texting. I don't need to walk around while trying to acces the internet, play games, or check my bank account.  Facebook can wait until I get home and "candy crush" is a version of orange crush drinks.  I loved the world when it was simple and the phone cord could extend all over the house.  Now people can get ahold of me everywhere I'm at.  The government can now follow me around because of my cell phone, my facebook page, or this blog.  If you are the government and you are following me on this blog, you have way too much time on your hand.
I remember the days when the TV consisted on 3 or 4 channels that were free to access.  Now I have a million and one channels that I don't need.  There are channels that are just advertising and news channels that think that people falling down in some foriegn country is news. 
We are being told that the IRS is being used to target groups and criminals.  Isn't this how theycaught mobsters by using the IRS.  The tea party claims they have nothing to hide, but are pissed because the IRS is looking at them.  The next thing that we will hear is that the decendents of Al Capone are sueing because the government used the IRS to jail the mob king.
Is faster always better? You tell me.

New stuff

I will soon be back to writing.  Health problems, kids moving back in, grandchildren and more have taken me away from the keyboard. My computer is very old, and very slow which also makes it tough to be consistant.  I am presently putting together a list of things to complain about.  I am also putting a list together of things to praise.  I hope to reformat this site so that things might look different. I am also open to new ideas.  See you soon.