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While I was working in Singapore and Dampier (Australia), Iris and the kids and Iris’ mother and aunt went down to LA for 5 days.  The did Knott’s Berry Farm, Santa Moncia Beach Boardwalk, and Hollywood

HERE are some photos.

The kids, trip to Dubai, and trip to Wales.

PHOTOS HERE

you’ll find a few photos from WonderCon, the kids, and the chair

PHOTOS

This is where I’ll keep tabs on our new President and all the ways he Sucks.

Promised on his campaign website:

“will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days.”

-The Ledbetter bill was never posted to his website until after he signed it
-He signed SCHIP just 4 hours after it was passed in Congress

Since taking office the Military Band that usually plays Pomp & Circumstance has been asked to not be so formal for the President. Obama has them playing ‘Desert Rose’ by Sting and ‘Day & Night’ by Cole Porter

He has renamed the Faith Based initiatives to be ‘Faith Based and Community” initiatives. Thus allowing ACORN to receive money.

He also will deny Faith Based organization funds via this initiative if they discriminate by religion, sexual orientation, etc. So if you’re Church doesn’t allow women to be priests or gays to marry, then you can’t get government funds to help the poor. (This bill failed on 2/5/2009)

The “[ethics] policy we have is the strongest that any administration in the history of our country has had” (White House Spokesman)… so far Obama has nominated:

-Bill Richardson: Commerce Secretary - withdrew due to allegations of pay-for-play and pending federal investigation
-Tom Daschell: Health & Human Services - withdrew due to being a tax cheat
-Nancy Killefer: Chief Performance Officer - withdrew due to being a tax cheat
-Tom Geithner: Secretary of Treasury - confirmed despite being a tax cheat
-William Lynn: Deputy Sec of Defense - Nominated despite being a Raytheon lobbyist (and despite Obama’s campaign promise to ban all lobbyists)
-Hilda Solis: Secretary of Labor - While not guilty herself… her husband is a tax cheat. If you can’t marry an honest and ethical man how we trust your judgment.
-Judd Gregg: Commerce Secretary - Judd’s top aid is under federal investigation for pay-for-play scandal. Again, poor judgment about who he chooses to hire and associate with. (Gregg withdrew his name from the nomination on 2/12)

Due to Obama White House policy, all charges against USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri have been dropped.

Breaking from 200 years of policy, Obama wants to move the Census accountability under the control of the White House, thus opening the possibility of politicizing the process.

Obama returned a gift of a bust of Winston Churchill to the British Government despite their request that we keep the it. The gift was given following 9/11 and has been in the oval office for the past 8 years.

Obama stated that America ‘invented the automobile’. This of course is factual incorrect. Thus, making him a liar.

Obama’s selection for ‘Urban Czar’ - Adolfo Carrion - pocketed thousands of dollars in campaign cash from city developers whose projects he approved or funded with taxpayers’ money

Obama will select former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk for United States Trade Representative … of course Ron Kirk also under paid his taxes for the past three years and thus is just one more tax cheat in Obama’s administration.

I’ve always wanted to do a family reunion around christmas.  So I’ve been poking around trying to find the ideal Norman Rockwellian setting.  My equirements are cabin/lodge feel, snow, enough beds and baths for everyone, nobody in hide-a-beds.

I recently stumbled upon this Lake Vermillion Lodge in Minnesota.

Minnesota is good so that at least once family doesn’t have to fly anywhere.

I ran across this lodge in Colorado .

If you know of any cool places, forward them to me so I can add them to my list.  Thanks

We spent 3 days in Tahoe. The snow was a bit old and frozen but at 4 and 2, the kids just don’t care.

Photos HERE

Photos HERE

Thanks to online piracy, Iris and I got to watch this movie last night.  Yes it stinks of Oscor whoring and yes Will Smith hams it up for another award.  But it’s also really good.

Photos HERE

Photos HERE….    more photos tomorrow (Mike was sitting closer and thinks he has some good ones of Will)

Photos HERE

If these don’t give you ’something in my eye’ syndrome… then you stink:

RUDY; Field of Dreams; Saving Private Ryan; Star Trek: TNG Episod ‘The Inner Light’; Empire of the Sun;

Want to celebrate the birth of Jesus but just can’t find that special gift?  Why not help a loved one murder an unborn child with a Gift Certificate from Planned Parenthood.  Because nothing says I love you and I love Jesus than killing a baby.

And who cares if you were 13 and raped by a 31 year old man?  Certainly not Planned Parenthood.  They’ll help you avoid those pesky police and those archaic rape laws.  After all… abortion is about choice, right?