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I found a new hosting company and I like some of the things they have to offer and I love to try new things and so the blog has moved. You will find Howard's Notebook at www.hnbbs.net
"Gay marriage" is not on the ballot in Florida.
What is on the ballot is prohibiting the legal recognition of anything "that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof."
This is a vote to ban civil unions, domestic partnerships and anything else activists decide is "marriage like." It will take years of lawsuits before the consequences - intended and unintended - of this dangerously vague proposal are known.
We know some of what the forces behind Amendment 2 have in mind. When the City of Gainesville adopted a domestic partner health insurance program to provide coverage for the unmarried partners of city workers, the same folks who drafted Amendment 2 filed suit against the health insurance program. They claimed the program illegally treated city workers and their domestic partners "as if" they were married. The courts rejected the challenge.
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Jimmy got a job. It is only 20 hours a week. He is happy. He told me he got the job but then he said they are doing a back ground check. He was fired from his last job in CA. He yelled at a customer that was giving him crap and being an ass-hole. I hope that does not keep him from getting the job.
Russell got a passport. I am not sure why he got one but he has one now.
Ken goes out all the time riding his bike. He knows some good places to ride. He sees all sorts of things when he is out riding. I wish I could get him to take photos. He saw a very big turtle and a snake yesterday.
I get no respect from Ken. (Smile) I will tell him something and he acts like I am so dumb. He will roll his eyes. I told him a couple of years ago about GPS and he gave me that look. I told him years ago about Geocaching and he said it was stupid and acted like I was stupid for mentioning it. Now he is going to get a GPS unit and is getting interested in Geocaching.
It looks like he has a two year delay. (Smile)
Many of you will agree with Ken. He thinks my blog is stupid. He says he would never blog and he thinks all of my video blogs are stupid. He would never watch one of my YouTube videos.
Last night when he came in from biking I said take a look at my hnbbs.net site there is a video there “Obama’s Loss Traced to Jim Howard” and he gave me that look and said something to the effect of I don’t want to see any of your videos. Of course it was not a video that I made. It is a pretty funny and cute video. It was very well made and had a lot of neat things about the way they set it up. I did not brother to tell him that I did not make the video and I am not in the video.
Russell just left for school. He has a math test today and he will know if he is going to end up with an A or B for this class.
I guess I will go back to working on my stupid blog.
I am so glad that the election will be over soon. I am sure everyone in the United States feels the same way about it. I got the feeling that John McCain will be glad when this is all over.
It looks like the Democrats are going to win big this election.
I suspect right now the fighting is starting for the control of the Republican Party. I could be wrong but I do not think that John McCain wants to be the head of the party. He wanted to be president but I don’t think he wants to run the party.
It will be interesting to see who takes control of the Republican party. I think Sarah Palin is going to find herself the speaker for the born again church folks. They have been the major force and driving winning force in the party. They gave the party some big wins but in the long run they hurt the party.
I think the Republicans should look to Newt Gingrich for leadership. The only problem is many of them hate him for working out some deals with President Clinton. He also does not hold any office at this time.
I am sure their will be a few Republicans left in congress and some of them will think the leadership should fall to them.
You know Newt and the GOP came up with the successful “Contract with America” and it worked well for them. I think one of the first steps in re-building the GOP they should come up with a contract or rules of understanding that they would apply to their party.
Sort of rules of conduct 101. They should cut out the dirty tricks. They should cut out the use of the race card. They should stop calling those that do not agree with them evil, sinful and un-American. Yes, those things have worked very well for them but those things have also poisoned Washington.
If they can not win on issues then they should not win at all cost. They look at politics like a war. They want want to crush the “enemy.”
I did not go to the hamfest on Saturday. I did not have any money and it would not have been fun. I would have seen a lot of things I wanted. They will hold a hamfest next year and I will plan on attending.
I am get out an try to do early voting this week.
There is going to be a Miami Book Fair from November 9th to the 16th and I want to attend that event. They will have a street fair from the 14 to 16th and I will try and attend.
I signed up again for 3 months of Classmates.com again. I think the last time I had a gold membership was in 2002. They been around since 1995. I signed up with them when they were brand new.
They have not changed much over all these years. They should have been a real leader in many areas but they have not been.
Each time I sign up I hope to make some contacts with past high school friends but I do not think we have a gold membership at the same time. It is sort of a pain.
They say the markets are going to be down big time today. This sounds like it could be a new "black Friday." I do not own any stocks. I get $1000.00 a month in Social Security and I get $175.00 a month from a hospital retirement fund. If things get real bad I could see something happening to that hospital retirement fun. My guess is they have the funds invested in the stock market.
I can not believe the money crisis has become. I knew that we would have to pay for the greed of big business and idea that big business knew best.
This all took place on the Republican watch and not only their watch but because of their actions.
This is a great nation and I am sure we can get back on the right course but I think it is going to take a long time. I think we are talking two years before things start to improve. Think of the people that will get hurt for two years.
You know what happens in two years? Elections happen in two years.
Right now it looks like the GOP is going to be out the door and in the trash can. But if we suffer for two years the GOP can fight for congress and they may get their foot back in the door.
I had one ticket in the Florida Lotto last night. The jackpot was $3 million dollars. In order to win the jackpot you have to get all six numbers correct. To show you how hard it is to win the jackpot I never even got one number correct. I will get another ticket in a few days. The jackpot will be $6 million.
Today is Thursday and I am going to stay home. This is the day that Ken is at work all day and Russell is at school all day. I can get into the bathroom anytime I need. I can turn up the speakers. I enjoy Thursday.
Saturday I am going to the Hamtoberfest 2008 computer, electronics and communications show. It will be at the Mahi Shrine Auditorium.
Did you see the video of the woman attempting to do a citizens arrest of Karl Rove? I fucking hate Karl Rove. I just look at him and I see a fucking ass hole. The woman is now my hero.
I had some right wing Republican friends that hated President Bill Clinton. I never could understand why they hated him so much. I know the feeling of hate however because I feel that for Karl Rove. I just look at the guy and I am filled with hate for him.
I watched a DVD last night. It was “Bigger, Stronger, Faster*” and I learned a great deal about steroids. In fact, I knew just about zero about the entire subject.
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* is a 2008 documentary film directed by Christopher Bell about the use of anabolic steroids as performance-enhancing drugs in the United States and how this practice relates to the American Dream.
“The film had its world premiere on January 19, 2008 at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The film was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2008, and opened in limited release in the United States on May 30, 2008.”
I was a 97-pound weakling when I was a kid. I did not go to the beach. If I had gone I would have got sand kicked into my face. I sent off for information from Charles Atlas.
Even after I got the information I was a 97-pound weakling. Later I put on a few pounds and I went up to 115 pounds as an adult. I went down to enlist right after high school. The Army would not take me and said I was 40 pounds under their minimum weight.
A few years later when I took my Selective Service physical they send me a card that said I was 1-A. I went right down to enlist but they took a look at me and checked my weight and rejected me and sent me a new card 1-Y (In case of war or national emergency only).
A few years later they sent me a 1A card and I went to try and enlist again and they took a look at me and checked my weight and refused me and sent a 1Y card to me.
I never heard of steroids back in those days. What I needed to do was eat. I was living on TV turkey dinners. That was the only thing I knew how to cook.
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