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We honor those who have given their lives in service to our country, especially those who have died for no good reason.

In the words of the White House Commission on Remembrance Website: "Hundreds of innocent Americans have been killed and wounded in senseless violence, to say nothing of the billions of dollars in economic harm."

price of gas in East County San Diego.
$4.09, Saturday, May 24, 2008

Duncan D Hunter is a candidate in the Republican primary for the CA52 Congressional district. He has positioned these campaign signs right below gas station price signs. Hunter's father, also named Duncan, is stepping down after holding the office for 28 years and was a mentor and adviser to Randal DUKE Cunningham, a former congressman from the CA50 district. Cunningham is serving an 8 year sentence in Federal prison for accepting bribes (including cash and the services of prostitutes) and other charges.

old Michigan blue plate

This plate is from the late eighties. Before then, Michigan used to issue new plates every year and every year the color changed. What Rodger did was paint an old plate with the new colors.

My cousin sent me this letter. He was a close friend of Rodger back in Michigan.

articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/05/local/me-fugitive5

Michigan’s Most Wanted?

This article is being sent to my friends, as I am very limited in jail. I feel I need to speak out about our system of justice and common sense. Also to question the motivation behind the destruction of my life, the coverage of this event and how it affects all in America. My name is Jason Von Straussenburg, the escaped criminal from Michigan you may have read about. A little history : In my late teens and early twenties, I did stupid things, as most males do at this age. The law became involved. At 21 I was sentenced to prison for painting my license plate. Unable to afford new plates, this seemed like a clever idea. How bad could it be? Very bad and I could see myself becoming stuck in the system. In and out and in and out. Just out of college, this could not become my life. I had to start over, leaving it all behind, all my past. I walked away from a camp one night determined never to return.

I am now 63 years old. Over the past 40 years I have been straight and employed, the last 15 at beautiful U.C.S.B. in Bio Sciences. I have raised a family, built a home, and been married to a woman I love like life itself. I have accumulated a circle of long term, dear, loving and intelligent friends, they are priceless. I have corrected myself and “paid my dues”. I wish all of us could be so blessed. The world would be a much better place.

Now the thousand dollar question: Why am I being treated like I just decapitated Snap, Crackle, and Pop, shot Tony and made a rug out of him, BBQed Toucan Sam with rabbit on the side, crushed the Leprechaun with his pot of gold and sunk the Cap’n’s ship with him on board? Look out Fred and Barney, you’re next. That’s right, a serial killer, or the like. For the protection of society? Or for a point on someone’s resume, or for political posturing? Would not the time be better spent filling my bed space with truly bad people who stabbed, raped, molested, or even killed anther human being?

I am not saying that my escape was right, but that was then and that’s a lot of water under the bridge. Forty years changes people. Are we now judged as black or white only? Most of us fall somewhere in between, in those innumerable shades of grey. We should be judged that way, as individuals. Based upon who we are and what we have done with our lives. Not as numbers in a machine, that is not how justice was meant to be served. Where is the heart and soul of America going? This should be a wake up call to all concerned about our future, especially our children’s futures in a land of, by, and for the people. If you are concerned about this, please write or otherwise contact the Governor and the Department of Corrections in Michigan and speak your opinions. Send this article to Michigan News and media outlets, and any other outlets you may know. And to your active friends and relatives. Any and all help will be deeply appreciated. My wife may be contacted at tesla999@cox.net .

Sincerely,

Jason Von Straussenburg
#702560
4436 Calle Real
Santa Barbara, CA 93110

contact:
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
P.O. Box 30013
Lansing, Michigan 48909
PHONE: (517) 373-3400
PHONE: (517) 335-7858 - Constituent Services
FAX:(517) 335-6863

Michigan Department of Corrections
206 E. Michigan Ave.
Grandview Plaza
PO Box 30003
Lansing, MI 48909
(517) 335-1426

Texas Tornados

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Those who can't even say the word history are really in trouble! Poor old Georgie was really jet lagged/drugged up today.

He is the biggest appeaser of the terrorists. Bin Laden had one concrete demand: all US troops out of Saudi Arabia, his homeland. Bush immediately pulled all US troops out of Saudi Arabia. The greatest dream of all terrorists is for their victim to strike out in anger and start a war. Wow! BUSH started two and there is no end in site.

BUSH and his followers are what Vladimir Lenin referred to as useful idiots'; thoughtless people who unintentionally, thought their stupidity, serve the purpose of the enemy rather than our country. Bin Laden certainly is thankful for the way BUSH reacted to the 9/11 attacks.

in the upcoming June primary voting, decline to state voters can choose either the non-partisan ballot or a Republican or Democratic ballot. But I keep thinking "The lesser of two evils is still evil."

Or, apples and oranges are pretty much the same when they're both rotten.

I mean, what really is the difference between Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosie? Oh right, he did impeach the president for lying. But is there really much of a difference between corporate Democrats and corporate Republicans?

peace scooter coming: www.flickr.com/photos/alixbryan/

I thought this was cute
the whole story

The Federal Building down on Front Street in San Diego was bombed early Sunday morning. The FBI is investigating.

This was where we had the 'I heart Lawyers' protest last year. I was a little early and sat down on the edge of the fountain near the front door. I sat there for five minutes and then got up and walked around the other side of the building and sat down on a bench there for a minute. A security guard came up and challenged me because I had those protest signs. They told me they had watched me on cameras. So they're hell on protesters, weak on bombers.

In other news: Operation Sudden Fall, a drug sting set up by SDPD and the DEA netted 96 people including 75 SDSU students for selling marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy pills, mushrooms, methamphetamine, and illicit prescription drugs. One shotgun, three semi-automatic pistols and about $60,000 in cash also turned up.

Among those arrested is Michael Montoya, a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, who was one month away from obtaining his master's degree in Homeland Security. Montoya also worked as a community service officer on campus and reported to campus police.

Another student majoring in criminal justice was arrested for possession of 500 grams of cocaine and two guns, officials said.

Oh yeah. I feel so much safer now.

what else are we taking a vacation from?

Alan Colmes asked Ann Coulter, "Why do you keep emphasizing his [Sen. Barack Obama's] middle name as if you're trying to associate him with Saddam Hussein?" Coulter replied, "Because I think it's funny."

When asked about recent polls that show about two-thirds of Americans say the fight in Iraq is not worth it, Cheney replied, "So?"

When I saw this 'found object' on My Damm Channel I knew I had to 're-find' it with the help of Frank Zappa.

"Because I think it's funny."

Scalia sounds like Nixon: "I am not a nut!"
Well bub, you are.

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