I got my computer back last night. It works very well, except when I am on line with MSN, seems every time I click on an embedded link I get booted. My buddy Nate sent me a couple of links in an e mail. I click on the links and MSN shut down. If I go to a web site and click on a link I get booted. I have tried to go to tech support but when I click on that page it says “page is not available” I am guessing that I have a corrupt file someplace. So you wonder what I am going to do now, I’ll tell you. Tonight I am going to organize my tackle box and I am going fishing in the morning. Then in the evening I am going to work in my garden. It is suppose to get to 90+ degrees this weekend so I think it is much better to work in the evening. You may be thinking that it would be better to work in the garden in the morning, but if I did that I may be too tired to go fishing. I’ll take care of the important stuff first and then if I have the energy……………

My computeris broke, I am using the neigbor,s wireless laptop to post. when I get my computer back I may have to get a wireless router and a laptop. I hope to have my machine back sometime this week.

Found this and liked it

"President Bush when will you stop trying to reward illegal aliens who have no reguard for our laws and start paying attention to the wishes of law abiding citizens of United States of America ?"

I got back Sunday afternoon from a three day fishing trip to Flaming Gorge reservoir. For those of you that have never been there it is a place of rugged beauty. It was fairly warm and windy. Friday evening we were blown off the lake by a thunder storm. We retreated to the warmth and safety of the trailer. I went with my youngest son’s father in law. It works out very well he has the boat and I have the trailer. The only down side to this trip was the cost of fuel. I spent right at a hundred dollars on fuel. I stopped at the town of Mountain View Wyoming and was excited to find diesel for $3.03 a gallon. So on that note the bride and I have decided to camp close to home this year and not every weekend. Not that we have ever camped every weekend, but this year for sure. This next weekend is Memorial Day weekend there is no way I would head to the mountains for camping. Everybody and their kids will be camping. So I figure around the 3rd of June we may head to a place called Smith and Moorehouse reservoir, very pretty and some good fishing.

I posted a couple of weeks ago that I am not happy with my management at work and I have developed a bit of an attitude. Will things have not changed and I am still unhappy. I have put out feelers for a new position but no luck so far.

The President of Mexico will be in Utah later this month. I have every intention of going to Salt Lake City and protest. This man is no friend of the United States, and we should not be duped into thinking so. He encourages illegal immigration, he even has his government handout how to books. His troops have been seen transporting illegal’s to less secure border crossing points. The Mexican army has made many incursions into the states. He should not be allowed in the country

Do you ever do something that is dumb and you could just kick yourself for it. I was out getting the camp trailer ready for next weekend. Flushing all the anti freeze out of the lines making sure all the equipment is in running order. I turn the by pass line to the hot water heater and find that I have water every where. It looks like the tank is cracked. The only way this could have happened is I did not drain it correctly last fall. It looks like it is going to cost me close to $500 to get it fixed. I am not very pleased with myself right now. Yep, I am not happy at all.

I figured out what my problem is with my dog and my garden. There is a mouse living in the fence behind the garden. Foxy is just trying to get the mouse, but my flowers are paying the price. I have scolded her a couple of time and replanted the flowers, but to no avail. I have one marigold plant that I have planted three times now. I am trying to figure out how to set some traps without the dogs getting into them. I would like to set up on the deck with a .22 but I am sure the neighbors would get all uppity.

Is it not against the law to aid someone in the commission of a crime? If this is true then why aren’t the people that place the water stations in the desert for the illegal aliens arrested? Why aren’t the water stations torn down by law enforcement or concerned citizens? If the illegal aliens know that the water is gone maybe they would think twice about trying to come over, at least in that location.

I had blogged before I left town how I was working in the garden planting flowers and such. The dogs were helping me as much as they could. Durning the two weeks I was gone it appears that the dogs continued to work in the garden. They dug some fine holes and moved some of the flowers to much better locations in their mind. So I will be buying more flowers on the way home from church. The bride continues to remind me how much joy the dogs bring into our lives. :-(

I am home safe and sound. It has been a long two weeks, we gota lot of work done plus I was able to have a little fun. It is very good to be home.

This is a pretty good read

http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/welcome.cgi

I leave Monday on a two week business trip. I’ll be in Long Beach California. This is a good trip and I take it every year for the past four years. But this year I just don’t want to go. I spent today working in the yard, planting flowers, and ground covering. I had a good time. I did find it is hard to work in the garden when you are down on all fours and you have two dogs licking you in the face. The pups would sit down on the newly planted plants. All I could do was shake my head and laugh. They did seem to enjoy helping me work in the garden. So I guess I am saying I would much rather stay home and work in the yard and play with the dogs then go to Long Beach. . The bride will come out and spend part of the time with me. So that will make it a little more bearable. I think when I do come back from this trip I will pursue a new position. I just don’t think I can handle working for my managers anymore. Time will tell. I will try and blog from the hotel. If not I’ll be back in two weeks.

Have you ever had an instance on the job where you feel your management has just reached up and slap you across the face? That happened to me this week. I am not going into detail here, but I have been looking at retirement options, and maybe a new position.
I will be out of town for the next two weeks. I have two conferences, one I attend and brief and the second I chair. This should give me time out of the office to figure out what I am going to do. I will probably let things settle down and just keep doing what I am doing. I will just have a bitter taste in my mouth for some time to come.

Okay here is the deal. My buddy Nate at http://wasted_electrons.blogspot.com/ has tag me in some sort of blog game that I really don't have a complete grasp of. But I am suppose to answer the question below (which I have done) and tag four other folks. I managed to tag two and I am very proud of myself. Dave and Mike, sorry guys but you are the only ones I could think of. I guess at this point you cut and paste the question on your blog and tag four others. Not sure where this goes but Nate caught me at a weak moment.

Four jobs I have had in my life:
Busboy
Sheetmetal mechanic
Aircraft launch and recovery mechanic (catapults on air craft carriers)
Technical Content manager for the F-16 Nonnuclear munitions loading manual


Four movies I could watch over and over:
Red Dawn
The man who shot liberty Valance
Young Guns




Four websites I visit regularly:
http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/
http://www.msn.ebay.com/
https://www.ammoman.com/webstore_home.htm
http://www.michellemalkin.com/
http://www.anncoulter.com

Four of my favorite foods:
Fried chicken
Halibut
Bacon cheese burger
Pizza

Four most wonderful places I've been:
Venice Italy
Washington DC
New York city
My buddies farm in Felton PA
The foot of the Cross (This should be first)



Four songs I could listen to every day:
Norwegian wood (Beatles)
angry American (Toby Keith)
Beer for my horses (Toby Keith and Willie Nelson)
When I was young ( The Animals)

Four people I'm tagging:

Dave: http://akshot.blogspot.com/
Mike: http://Walter-family.blogspot.com/

My yougest son, his wife and thier dogs are here for a visit. We are having a great time. It started out a little rough with their dogs and our dogs. Well our dogs are brats and did not like strange dogs in the house. But it has worked out and they are romping around the yard. My son and I where out in the backyard last night enjoying a fire in the fire pit and watching the dogs play. Very nice time.

It appears to me that the government is looking at the illegal immigration as one huge problem. This approach is the wrong way to handle the problem. Instead of guest worker, amnesty, free health care, and authorization form more border patrol agents (but no money to pay them) our elected officials should take the issue one step at a time. If a town is flooded in a storm what is the first thing you do? Stop the flow of water, then you being to rebuild. If there is a house fire, what is the first thing you do? Put the fire out, then you start to rebuild. If a building is infested with termites what is the first thing you do? Destroy the termite colony then repair the building. If your country is being invaded by millions of illegal aliens what is the first thing you do? Secure the borders stop the flow and then you start to rebuild the country.

There has been a very impressive turn out of illegal aliens protesting across our country the past few days. They demand not to be treated like criminals, but they broke the law to get here. They demand that laws be passed so they can be legal, by passing all the steps that legal immigrants have taken to become citizens of our land. Last week they showed their true allegiance by marching with the Mexican flag. Flying the Mexican flag over the American flag as was done in California. They protest with immunity, knowing that the American government will do nothing to apprehend the law breakers.

Now I question why the illegal aliens don’t protest in their own country. If they can such a great turn out here in the United States think of what the turn out could be in their homeland. They can carry their signs demanding jobs, heath care, schools, even collage education. Not paid for by the American tax payer., No where do I see it is our responsibility to better the economy of Mexico, Honduras, China, or any other country. The illegal aliens should go home make demands of their government.
Our government should secure our borders, all of them. When and only when we can secure our borders we should discuss a guest worker program. But any guest worker would have to come from their country of origin. Start at square one and do it legal.

 Looking down my street

It is a lovely springday in Utah.  It has been snowing all day

The news reports that somewhere between 2-6 billion dollars are sent out of the country by illegal aliens, it is the second largest source of revenue for the mexican government. This money is taken out of the US economy which I am sure is slowing the growth of our economy. I will write my senators asking them to propose a law requiring proof of legal residency to ship money out of the country. I know it does not seem to do a lot of good to write letters but I am hoping that the senators from the great state of Utah will listen. I am sure that a proposed law like this would spark further protest, but this would take away some of the incentive to invade the United States. Plus it would be much easier to enforce then wholesale deportation, which I am not opposed to.

We are losing our country to a foreign invasion and the government wants to reward the invaders. I don’t understand this mentality. America was made great by immigrants. Legal immigrants, if you ever have a chance to go to Ellis Island read to conditions that were laid on the immigrants who entered the country legally. If you asked for government assistance you were sent back. If you were a criminal you were sent back. If you were sick you were sent back. The list goes on, but the illegals that come here now have an attitude of entitlement and the government seems to agree with them after all it is our tax money that is supporting them.

There is a lady in my office that had to take her kid to Primary Children’s Hospital for one reason or another. As she told the story the waiting room was packed with mexican families and not a word of English was to be heard. She asked what was going on. The staff at the hospital said that the majority of the folks there were not US citizens and indicated they were here illegally. She was also told that if they don’t have insurance that the bill would be written off. If I was a betting man I would bet on them not having insurance. Now for some reason the lady’s insurance did not go through and she was sent a bill. She called to straighten out the insurance problem and asked why her bill was not written off. The lady got her insurance straighten out and the bill was taken care of but it does make you wonder why an American citizen has to pay and an illegal immigrant does not.