Archive for the ‘Government’ Category
Monday, July 3rd, 2006
From my perch on the mountain, I would have to say that there is more than a vague uneasiness stirring among the people of the republic. It's not just politics, but that also plays into it. People are fed up...
Posted in Corporations, Current Affairs, Government, Politics, Sales, Shopping, Web/Tech | Comments Off
Monday, July 3rd, 2006
From my perch on the mountain, I would have to say that there is more than a vague uneasiness stirring among the people of the republic. It's not just politics, but that also plays into it. People are fed up...
Posted in Corporations, Current Affairs, Government, Politics, Sales, Shopping, Web/Tech | Comments Off
Saturday, July 1st, 2006
It's pretty hard to find Roanoke in today's summer haze even if you know where to look. Some will find it just as tough to figure out what's right in the debate over freedom of the press. I don't have...
Posted in Canada, Government, Nova Scotia, Weather | Comments Off
Friday, June 30th, 2006
Yesterday the Roanoke Times printed an article, Menhaden is a small, but important fish. The article talks about the link between menhaden and sport fishery.Many fishermen know of menhaden only as bait, while most other Virginians probably don't know of...
Posted in Beaufort, NC, Corporations, Current Affairs, Fishing, Government, Work | Comments Off
Monday, June 26th, 2006
We've had over two inches of rain since last night. Unfortunately in mountain country, it doesn't take much to cause flooding. We're actually lucky because many places and seen more rain than we have. We do have flood warning here...
Posted in Government, NC Crystal Coast, NC Crystal Coast, Nova Scotia, Travel, Weather | Comments Off
Monday, June 26th, 2006
We've had over two inches of rain since last night. Unfortunately in mountain country, it doesn't take much to cause flooding. We're actually lucky because many places and seen more rain than we have. We do have flood warning here...
Posted in Government, NC Crystal Coast, NC Crystal Coast, Nova Scotia, Travel, Weather | Comments Off
Monday, June 26th, 2006
We've had over two inches of rain since last night. Unfortunately in mountain country, it doesn't take much to cause flooding. We're actually lucky because many places and seen more rain than we have. We do have flood warning here...
Posted in Government, NC Crystal Coast, NC Crystal Coast, Nova Scotia, Travel, Weather | Comments Off
Saturday, June 10th, 2006
A topic that keeps coming back to me over and over is the challenge of balancing the needs of our private lives and the attention that we have to devote to making certain our government doesn't destroy the freedoms that...
Posted in Government, Musings on society, life, and the future, Weather | Comments Off
Monday, June 5th, 2006
Funding our government is a legitimate topic of discussion for people who have paid lots of taxes over the years. There is long tradition in American thought that we are the land of self made men and women. Of course...
Posted in Government | Comments Off
Saturday, May 27th, 2006
Summer has finally gotten to the Roanoke Valley. Along with enjoying the warm summer like weather, we should rejoice in a small victory. The world of blogs and websites didn't fall victim to Apple Computer's heavy handed attempt to get...
Posted in Apple, Government, Web/Tech, Weblogs | Comments Off
Monday, May 22nd, 2006
Actually there is plenty of history I don't know, especially things that happened after 1860 which was the self imposed cut off point for history courses that I took. This tidbit of information comes from the Toronto Star article, Border...
Posted in Government | Comments Off
Sunday, May 21st, 2006
We're creatures of change. People are much more mobile these days. Kids go off to college more often, and we're all more aware of what is happening around the world. Though being aware of something is far different than actually...
Posted in Government | Comments Off
Thursday, May 18th, 2006
If you've ever spent much time studying the past, it's common sense to know that almost everything changes. Lots of times we end up embracing things that have changed dramatically. Family life in the early centuries of America often involved...
Posted in Current Affairs, Government, Work | Comments Off
Thursday, May 18th, 2006
If you've ever spent much time studying the past, it's common sense to know that almost everything changes. Lots of times we end up embracing things that have changed dramatically. Family life in the early centuries of America often involved...
Posted in Current Affairs, Government, Work | Comments Off
Friday, May 5th, 2006
Today sunrise was a non-event so I've fallen back to a picture of a rainbow over Salem and Roanoke that I took on May 2 at around 6:15 pm. We are all guilty at one time or another of looking...
Posted in Government | Comments Off
Thursday, May 4th, 2006
Just as we became the sandwich generation, squeezed between the needs of our elderly parents and our kids, so have we quickly we have become the generation from which the baton of power has passed. The election in Roanoke...
Posted in Government | Comments Off
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
Once again a beautiful, but cool start to just another day here in paradise. The weather is the best thing we have going for us as long as it will rain a little in a few days to keep...
Posted in Canada, Government, Politics | Comments Off
Thursday, April 20th, 2006
Mornings like this I feel like I just have to stand back and watch the morning splendor unfold in front of me. I'll take my camera out as soon as there is a hint of light. When the colors approach...
Posted in Current Affairs, Digital Photography, Government, Web/Tech, Work | Comments Off
Friday, April 14th, 2006
It's not often that I miss a day posting, but yesterday was one of them. I kept thinking that I would get the ten to fifteen minutes that I need to do a post sometime yesterday, but it didn't happen....
Posted in Government, Work | Comments Off
Friday, April 7th, 2006
When you strip away everything else, people form governments to solve problems that they can't handle by themselves. That seems so simple at the base level. However, it gets amazingly complex pretty quick especially when those in government are trying...
Posted in Government | Comments Off