You probably missed it in the rush of news last week,
but there was actually a report that someone in
Pakistan had published in a newspaper an offer of a
reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.


So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the
following day to let everyone know what an American is
..... so they would know when they found one. (Good
one, mate!!!!)

"An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish,
German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. An American
may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian,
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian,
or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.

An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage,
Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many
other tribes known as native Americans.

An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or
Buddhist, or Muslim.
In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in
Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America
they are free to worship as each of them chooses.

An American is also free to believe in no religion.
For that he will answer only to God, not to the
government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for
the government and for God.

An American lives in the most prosperous land in the
history of the world.
The root of that prosperity can be found in the
Declaration of Independence, which recognizes the God
given right of each person to the pursuit of
happiness.

An American is generous. Americans have helped out
just about every other nation in the world in their
time of need, never asking a thing in return.

When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20
years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to
enable the people to win back their country!

As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given
more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan.
Americans welcome the best of everything...the best
products, the best books, the best music, the best
food, the best services. But they also welcome the
least.

The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty,
welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse
of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed.
These in fact are the people who built America.

Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the
morning of September 11, 2001 earning a better life
for their families. It's been told that the World
Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different
countries, cultures, and first languages, including
those that aided and abetted the terrorists.

So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler
did. So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao
Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the
world. But, in doing so you would just be killing
yourself. Because Americans are not a particular
people from a particular place. They are the
embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone
who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.

We really enjoyed Simon and Angie's visit.  We also enjoyed Hearst Castle, kite flying and eating out.  The reason that this will be a short blog is because I have to get up at 2AM and go to work .  Therefore, I need to go to bed now.  Can you relate kids?  Don't forget to do your homework Joshua.  I loved the pics of you girls at the father/daughter dance.  What was your favorite part?  Love Grandma Cori, from the Artic California

Josie and Jordan,

You girls looked so beautiful in the photo I saw of you both and your Dad.  I hope you had a great time.  Are you guys ever going to write me back????????????????????????Love Grandma Cori from Slug bunny Country and Tiny Tim

 

Cool pictures Simon, but I am having trouble, 'Save Target As'.

I right clicked, clicked on Save Target As, chose My docs, then My photos, and it fails.  The error message says the file name is not good.  Que Paso!

Last week at work I had a guy in my crew, who is an extreme christian, telling me that his religion is truth.  I asked him what he meant by "truth".  He said like "knowing that North is always North" or "that Guthrie will always be North of Edmond".  I asked him if he was sure and he assured me that he was.  The guy I'm writing about will not try to understand anything if it does not support the bible WORD FOR WORD.  The bible says that the Earth is less than 8,000 years old and he believes without question that dinosaurs are less than 8,000 years old.  Anyway, I tried to explain to him that North is based on the magnetic field of the Earth and the the field is dynamic, fluxuating.  I went on to say the the field has even been  documented to reverse itself multiple times in the Earth's history.  So, Guthrie has not always been North of Edmond, but at one time was actually South of Edmond.  As expected, he laughed at me and wrote the subject off as nonsense as he did with Carbon Dating.

What do you guys think?

 

http://www.psc.edu/science/Glatzmaier/glatzmaier.html

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=523

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/report-27971.html

http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/a11136.html