Immigration- A study in futility.
I think my patience is beginning to wear really thin. I recieved the following and went to Snopes.com to verify it and was absolutely shocked. Where and when have we lost all out common sense, ethics, morality and patriotism. This is worse than I have imagined.
A conversation between a Customer and Bank of America:
The Bank: Bank of America, can I help you?
Customer: Yes, I want to cancel my account. I don't want to do business with you any longer.
The Bank: Why?
Customer: You're giving credit to illegal immigrants and I don't think it's right. I'm taking my business elsewhere.
The Bank: Well, Mr. Customer, we don't want to see you do that, but we can't stop you. I'll help you close the account. What is your account number?
Customer: (gives account number)
The Bank: For security purposes and for your protection, can you please give me the last four digits of your social security number?
Customer: No.
The Bank: Mr. Customer, I need to verify your information, but in order to help you, I'll need verification of who you are.
Customer: Why should I give you my social security number? The reason I'm closing my account is that your bank is issuing credit cards to illegal immigrants who don't have social security numbers. You are targeting that audience and want their business. Let's say I'm an illegal immigrant and you've given me a credit card. I have a question about it and call for assistance. You wouldn't be asking me for a Social Security number, would you?
The Bank: No sir, I wouldn't.
Customer: Why not?
The Bank: Because you would have pressed '2' to speak in Spanish. We don't ask for that information when calling in on the Spanish line.
Check Snopes...
http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/bankofamerica.asp
Monday, September 17, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Yesterday was the 6th anniversary of one of the most catastrophic acts ever perpetrated against our Nation. I was trying to remember what I was doing that fateful day. MommaNurse wrote her thoughts in her blog, and I wanted to do the same.
I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when President Kennedy was assassinated. I can clearly recall every momentous occasion that has affected my and my families lives. I cannot, simply cannot, recall that horrible day in 2001.
I remember phrases, and conversations from that day.
"Have you turned on your TV?"
"Can you see this?"
" Did you get hold of your son and is he OK?"
I cannot remember anything else, I never left watching television, waiting for news, calling friends, checking on folks I knew to be in the City. But I cannot clearly remember anything else. It was mind-numbing. I was angry, saddened, horrified, disgusted, and worried. Recently, I received an E-Mail of pictures of the USS New York. I was gratified, impressed and awed by the story. I cannot imagine a more poignant use of the remains of the towers. I may be vengeful, but I truly hope the New York is able to deliver some retribution for the shameless atrocities imposed on our Nation.
Please visit Snopes.com and look up USS New York. and read the story.
I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when President Kennedy was assassinated. I can clearly recall every momentous occasion that has affected my and my families lives. I cannot, simply cannot, recall that horrible day in 2001.
I remember phrases, and conversations from that day.
"Have you turned on your TV?"
"Can you see this?"
" Did you get hold of your son and is he OK?"
I cannot remember anything else, I never left watching television, waiting for news, calling friends, checking on folks I knew to be in the City. But I cannot clearly remember anything else. It was mind-numbing. I was angry, saddened, horrified, disgusted, and worried. Recently, I received an E-Mail of pictures of the USS New York. I was gratified, impressed and awed by the story. I cannot imagine a more poignant use of the remains of the towers. I may be vengeful, but I truly hope the New York is able to deliver some retribution for the shameless atrocities imposed on our Nation.
Please visit Snopes.com and look up USS New York. and read the story.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The Big "C".
I hate that when we get older the chance of being diagnosed with the Big "C" is getting common. Or so it seems. Maybe I just ignored all those conversations going on around me as I was growing up or didn't understand. I understand now, that tests and retests, and biopsies, and MRI's and CAT scans can scare the bejeezus out of you until the results are returned. That makes for sleepless nights, worry, stress, upset stomachs, and now you are sick. My spice has been undergoing this process since early April. Not fun, we both fretted and worried. We now understand that when you get old, things change in your body and we accept that if you live long enough, you will probably have some form of cancer do something you don't particularly like to some part of you that you may or may not need.
The really good news, finally, is the Flame has no gruesome grubby growths. Whoo Hooo. Now if I could get a good nights sleep and be able to eat some salsa without a tablespoon of something yucky, it would feel even better.
There ought to be a better way to ease folks into the situation. Like maybe a cure. Wouldn't that be just dandy.
I hate that when we get older the chance of being diagnosed with the Big "C" is getting common. Or so it seems. Maybe I just ignored all those conversations going on around me as I was growing up or didn't understand. I understand now, that tests and retests, and biopsies, and MRI's and CAT scans can scare the bejeezus out of you until the results are returned. That makes for sleepless nights, worry, stress, upset stomachs, and now you are sick. My spice has been undergoing this process since early April. Not fun, we both fretted and worried. We now understand that when you get old, things change in your body and we accept that if you live long enough, you will probably have some form of cancer do something you don't particularly like to some part of you that you may or may not need.
The really good news, finally, is the Flame has no gruesome grubby growths. Whoo Hooo. Now if I could get a good nights sleep and be able to eat some salsa without a tablespoon of something yucky, it would feel even better.
There ought to be a better way to ease folks into the situation. Like maybe a cure. Wouldn't that be just dandy.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Journalism. A pet peeve of mine, admittedly, I just cannot see how the majority of the "Forth Estate" can concieve that they are performing a necessary service. I offer the following article sent by a friend. I welcome comments, especially when you consider the perspective issues.
Eye of the Beholder by Victor Davis Hanson
The American Enterprise Online
War-torn Iraq has about 26 million residents, a peaceful California perhaps now 35 million.The former is a violent and impoverished landscape, the latter said to be paradise on Earth. But how you envision either place to some degree depends on the eye of the beholder and is predicated on what the daily media appear to make of each. As a fifth-generation Californian, I deeply love this state, but still imagine what the reaction would be if the world awoke each morning to be told that once again there were six more murders, 27 rapes, 38 arsons, 180 robberies , and 360 instances of assault in California -yesterday, today, tomorrow, and every day. I wonder if the headlines would scream about "Nearly 200 poor Californians butchered again this month!" How about a monthly media dose of "600 women raped in February alone!" Or try, "Over 600 violent robberies and assaults in March, with no end in sight!" Those do not even make up all of the state's yearly 200,000 violent acts that law enforcement knows about.
Iraq 's judicial system seems a mess. On the eve of the war, Saddam let out 100 ,000 inmates from his vast prison archipelago. He himself sat in the dock months after his trial began. But imagine an Iraq with a penal system like California's with 170,000 criminals - an inmate population larger than those of Germany , France , the Netherlands , and Singapore combined. Just to house such a shadow population costs our state nearly $7 billion a year - or about the same price of keeping 40,000 Army personnel per year in Iraq . What would be the image of our Golden State if we were reminded each morning, "Another $20 million spent today on housing our criminals"? Some of California 's most recent prison scandals would be easy to sensationalize: "Guards watch as inmates are raped!" Or "Correction officer accused of having sex with under-aged detainee!" And apropos of Saddam's sluggish trial, remember that our home state multiple murderer, Tookie Williams, was finally executed in December 2005 TWENTY-SIX years after he was originally sentenced.
Much is made of the inability to patrol Iraq 's borders with Iran , Jordan, Kuwait , Saudi Arabia , Syria , and Turkey . But California has only a single border with a foreign nation, not six. Yet over 3 million foreigners who sneaked in illegally now live in our state. Worse, there are about 15,000 convicted alien felons incarcerated in our penal system, costing about $500 million a year. Imagine the potential tabloid headlines: "Illegal aliens in state comprise population larger than San Francisco !" or "Drugs, criminals, and smugglers given free pass into California !"
Every year, over 4,000 Californians die in car crashes - nearly twice the number of Americans lost so far in three years of combat operations in Iraq. In some sense, then, our badly maintained roads, and often poorly trained and sometimes intoxicated drivers, are even more lethal than IED?s (Improvised Explosive Devices.) Perhaps tomorrow's headline might scream out at us: "300 Californians to perish this month on state highways! Hundreds more will be maimed and crippled!" In 2001, California had 32 days of power outages, despite paying nearly the highest rates for electricity in the United States . Before complaining about the smoke in Baghdad rising from private generators, think back to the run on generators in California when they were contemplated as a future part of every household's line of defense. We're told that Iraq 's finances are a mess. Yet until recently, so were California 's. Two years ago, Governor Schwarzenegger inherited a $38 billion annual budget shortfall. That could have made for strong morning newscast teasers: "Another $100 million borrowed today - $3 billion more in red ink to pile up by month's end!" So is California comparable to Iraq ? Hardly. Yet it could easily be sketched by a reporter intent on doing so as a bankrupt, crime-ridden den with murderous highways, tens of thousands of inmates, with wide-open borders.
I myself recently returned home to California , without incident, from a visit to Iraq 's notorious Sunni Triangle. While I was gone, a drug-addicted criminal with a long list of convictions broke into our kitchen at 4 a.m., was surprised by my wife and daughter, and fled with our credit cards, cash, keys, and cell phones. Sometimes I wonder who really was safer that week.
C2006 Victor Davis Hanson Victor Davis Hanson is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stan ford University , a Professor Emeritus at California University , Fresno , and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services. He was a full-time farmer before joining California State University , Fresno , in 1984 to initiate a classics program. In 1991, he was Awarded an American Philological Association Excellence in Teaching Award, Which is given yearly to the country's top undergraduate teachers of Greek And Latin. Hanson was a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford , California (1992-93), a visiting professor of classics at Stanford University (1991-92), a recipient of the Eric Breindel Award for opinion journalism (2002), and an Alexander Onassis Fellow (2001) and was named alumnus of the year of the University of California , Santa Cruz (2002). He was also the visiting Shifrin Chair of Military History at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis , Maryland (2002-3).
Eye of the Beholder by Victor Davis Hanson
The American Enterprise Online
War-torn Iraq has about 26 million residents, a peaceful California perhaps now 35 million.The former is a violent and impoverished landscape, the latter said to be paradise on Earth. But how you envision either place to some degree depends on the eye of the beholder and is predicated on what the daily media appear to make of each. As a fifth-generation Californian, I deeply love this state, but still imagine what the reaction would be if the world awoke each morning to be told that once again there were six more murders, 27 rapes, 38 arsons, 180 robberies , and 360 instances of assault in California -yesterday, today, tomorrow, and every day. I wonder if the headlines would scream about "Nearly 200 poor Californians butchered again this month!" How about a monthly media dose of "600 women raped in February alone!" Or try, "Over 600 violent robberies and assaults in March, with no end in sight!" Those do not even make up all of the state's yearly 200,000 violent acts that law enforcement knows about.
Iraq 's judicial system seems a mess. On the eve of the war, Saddam let out 100 ,000 inmates from his vast prison archipelago. He himself sat in the dock months after his trial began. But imagine an Iraq with a penal system like California's with 170,000 criminals - an inmate population larger than those of Germany , France , the Netherlands , and Singapore combined. Just to house such a shadow population costs our state nearly $7 billion a year - or about the same price of keeping 40,000 Army personnel per year in Iraq . What would be the image of our Golden State if we were reminded each morning, "Another $20 million spent today on housing our criminals"? Some of California 's most recent prison scandals would be easy to sensationalize: "Guards watch as inmates are raped!" Or "Correction officer accused of having sex with under-aged detainee!" And apropos of Saddam's sluggish trial, remember that our home state multiple murderer, Tookie Williams, was finally executed in December 2005 TWENTY-SIX years after he was originally sentenced.
Much is made of the inability to patrol Iraq 's borders with Iran , Jordan, Kuwait , Saudi Arabia , Syria , and Turkey . But California has only a single border with a foreign nation, not six. Yet over 3 million foreigners who sneaked in illegally now live in our state. Worse, there are about 15,000 convicted alien felons incarcerated in our penal system, costing about $500 million a year. Imagine the potential tabloid headlines: "Illegal aliens in state comprise population larger than San Francisco !" or "Drugs, criminals, and smugglers given free pass into California !"
Every year, over 4,000 Californians die in car crashes - nearly twice the number of Americans lost so far in three years of combat operations in Iraq. In some sense, then, our badly maintained roads, and often poorly trained and sometimes intoxicated drivers, are even more lethal than IED?s (Improvised Explosive Devices.) Perhaps tomorrow's headline might scream out at us: "300 Californians to perish this month on state highways! Hundreds more will be maimed and crippled!" In 2001, California had 32 days of power outages, despite paying nearly the highest rates for electricity in the United States . Before complaining about the smoke in Baghdad rising from private generators, think back to the run on generators in California when they were contemplated as a future part of every household's line of defense. We're told that Iraq 's finances are a mess. Yet until recently, so were California 's. Two years ago, Governor Schwarzenegger inherited a $38 billion annual budget shortfall. That could have made for strong morning newscast teasers: "Another $100 million borrowed today - $3 billion more in red ink to pile up by month's end!" So is California comparable to Iraq ? Hardly. Yet it could easily be sketched by a reporter intent on doing so as a bankrupt, crime-ridden den with murderous highways, tens of thousands of inmates, with wide-open borders.
I myself recently returned home to California , without incident, from a visit to Iraq 's notorious Sunni Triangle. While I was gone, a drug-addicted criminal with a long list of convictions broke into our kitchen at 4 a.m., was surprised by my wife and daughter, and fled with our credit cards, cash, keys, and cell phones. Sometimes I wonder who really was safer that week.
C2006 Victor Davis Hanson Victor Davis Hanson is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stan ford University , a Professor Emeritus at California University , Fresno , and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services. He was a full-time farmer before joining California State University , Fresno , in 1984 to initiate a classics program. In 1991, he was Awarded an American Philological Association Excellence in Teaching Award, Which is given yearly to the country's top undergraduate teachers of Greek And Latin. Hanson was a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford , California (1992-93), a visiting professor of classics at Stanford University (1991-92), a recipient of the Eric Breindel Award for opinion journalism (2002), and an Alexander Onassis Fellow (2001) and was named alumnus of the year of the University of California , Santa Cruz (2002). He was also the visiting Shifrin Chair of Military History at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis , Maryland (2002-3).
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Interesting article sent to me by a friend. I thought I would share it.
From the HAYS DAILY NEWS by R. W. Yeager Norton, Ks.
We need to show more sympathy for these people. They travel miles in the heat, they risk their lives crossing a border, they don't get paid enough wages, they do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do, they live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language, they rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day every day.
I'm not talking about illegal Mexicans, I'm talking about our troops. Doesn't it seem strange that the Democrats are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegals, but don't support our troops and are now threatening to defund them?
So Ms Pelosi, now that you have had control of the Congress for almost 8 Months, I would ask the question .... "Please tell me and the voters exactly what bills have been inacted, or have none gotten anywhere?"
I'll make it easier for you, please let us know if you have done any thing at all except accuse, abuse, argue and call for investigations. Just remember what goes around, comes around.
From the HAYS DAILY NEWS by R. W. Yeager Norton, Ks.
We need to show more sympathy for these people. They travel miles in the heat, they risk their lives crossing a border, they don't get paid enough wages, they do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do, they live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language, they rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day every day.
I'm not talking about illegal Mexicans, I'm talking about our troops. Doesn't it seem strange that the Democrats are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegals, but don't support our troops and are now threatening to defund them?
So Ms Pelosi, now that you have had control of the Congress for almost 8 Months, I would ask the question .... "Please tell me and the voters exactly what bills have been inacted, or have none gotten anywhere?"
I'll make it easier for you, please let us know if you have done any thing at all except accuse, abuse, argue and call for investigations. Just remember what goes around, comes around.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
"Editors and Generals....."
"It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers! In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor "geniuses" plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late.
Accordingly, I'm readily willing to yield my command to these obviously superior intellects, and I'll, in turn, do my best for the Cause by writing editorials - after the fact."
Robert E. Lee, 1863
________________________________
I am getting that "Deja Vu all over again" feeling. Something about failing to learn the lesson of history and being doomed. Could it be that most of our ills today are imposed by the press?
"It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers! In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor "geniuses" plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late.
Accordingly, I'm readily willing to yield my command to these obviously superior intellects, and I'll, in turn, do my best for the Cause by writing editorials - after the fact."
Robert E. Lee, 1863
________________________________
I am getting that "Deja Vu all over again" feeling. Something about failing to learn the lesson of history and being doomed. Could it be that most of our ills today are imposed by the press?
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
New Direction From What?
The Democrats new promise "A New Direction For America - Vote Democratic"
The stock market is at a new all-time high and America's 401K's are back. A new direction from there means, what?
Unemployment is at 25 year lows. A new direction from there means, what?
Taxes are at 20 year lows. A new direction from there means what?
Federal tax revenues are at all-time highs. A new direction from there means, what?
The Federal deficit is down almost 50%, just as predicted over last year. A new direction from there means. what?
Home valuations are up 200% over the past 3.5 years. A new direction from there means, what?
Inflation is in check, hovering at 20 year lows. A new direction from there means, what?
Not a single terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11/01. A new direction from there means, what?
Osama bin Laden is living under a rock in a dark cave, having not surfaced in years, if he's alive at all, while 95% of Al Qaeda's top dogs are either dead or in custody, cooperating with US Intel. A new direction from there means, what?
Several major terrorist attacks already thwarted by US and British Intel, including the recent planned attack involving 10 Jumbo Jets being exploded in mid-air over major US cities in order to celebrate the anniversary of the 9/11/01 attacks. A new direction from there means, what?
Just as President Bush foretold us on a number of occasions, Iraq was to be made "ground zero" for the war on terrorism --and just as President Bush said they would, terrorist cells from all over the region are arriving from the shadows of their hiding places and flooding into Iraq in order to get their faces blown off by US Marines rather than boarding planes and heading to the United States to wage war on us here. A new direction from there means, what?
Now let me see, do I have this right? I can expect:
a. The economy to go South
b. Illegal's to go North
c. Taxes to go Up
d. Employment to go Down
e. Terrorism to come
f. Income Tax breaks to go Out
g. Social Security to go away
h. Health Care to go the same way gas prices have gone.
This was sent to me by a stalwart Republican, I see and understand his frustration. Bush bashing has achieved a new high, is spilling over into the upper echelons of our military, becoming a source of continuous income for everyone in the fourth estate. The press can continue to write anti-Bush hogwash because it is so easy, true or not, it's fair game and easy money. I really hope that more Democrats decide to throw their hat into the ring. Let them fight among themselves.
The Democrats new promise "A New Direction For America - Vote Democratic"
The stock market is at a new all-time high and America's 401K's are back. A new direction from there means, what?
Unemployment is at 25 year lows. A new direction from there means, what?
Taxes are at 20 year lows. A new direction from there means what?
Federal tax revenues are at all-time highs. A new direction from there means, what?
The Federal deficit is down almost 50%, just as predicted over last year. A new direction from there means. what?
Home valuations are up 200% over the past 3.5 years. A new direction from there means, what?
Inflation is in check, hovering at 20 year lows. A new direction from there means, what?
Not a single terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11/01. A new direction from there means, what?
Osama bin Laden is living under a rock in a dark cave, having not surfaced in years, if he's alive at all, while 95% of Al Qaeda's top dogs are either dead or in custody, cooperating with US Intel. A new direction from there means, what?
Several major terrorist attacks already thwarted by US and British Intel, including the recent planned attack involving 10 Jumbo Jets being exploded in mid-air over major US cities in order to celebrate the anniversary of the 9/11/01 attacks. A new direction from there means, what?
Just as President Bush foretold us on a number of occasions, Iraq was to be made "ground zero" for the war on terrorism --and just as President Bush said they would, terrorist cells from all over the region are arriving from the shadows of their hiding places and flooding into Iraq in order to get their faces blown off by US Marines rather than boarding planes and heading to the United States to wage war on us here. A new direction from there means, what?
Now let me see, do I have this right? I can expect:
a. The economy to go South
b. Illegal's to go North
c. Taxes to go Up
d. Employment to go Down
e. Terrorism to come
f. Income Tax breaks to go Out
g. Social Security to go away
h. Health Care to go the same way gas prices have gone.
This was sent to me by a stalwart Republican, I see and understand his frustration. Bush bashing has achieved a new high, is spilling over into the upper echelons of our military, becoming a source of continuous income for everyone in the fourth estate. The press can continue to write anti-Bush hogwash because it is so easy, true or not, it's fair game and easy money. I really hope that more Democrats decide to throw their hat into the ring. Let them fight among themselves.
Friday, February 09, 2007
THREE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT:
1. COWS
2. THE CONSTITUTION
3. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
COWS - Is it just me, or does anyone else find it
amazing that our government can track a cow born in Canada almost
three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of
Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are
unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country.
Maybe we should give them all a cow.
THE CONSTITUTION - They keep talking about drafting
A Constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was
written by a lot of really smart guys, it's worked for over 200 years
and we're not using it anymore.
TEN COMMANDMENTS - The real reason we can't have the
Ten Commandments in a courthouse--You cannot post, "Thou Shalt Not
Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" and "Thou Shall Not Lie," in a
building full of lawyers, judges and politicians--it creates a
hostile work environment.
I recieved this about 9:00 this morning. It was close to 10:00 before I could stop laughing and crying at the same time.
1. COWS
2. THE CONSTITUTION
3. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
COWS - Is it just me, or does anyone else find it
amazing that our government can track a cow born in Canada almost
three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of
Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are
unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country.
Maybe we should give them all a cow.
THE CONSTITUTION - They keep talking about drafting
A Constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was
written by a lot of really smart guys, it's worked for over 200 years
and we're not using it anymore.
TEN COMMANDMENTS - The real reason we can't have the
Ten Commandments in a courthouse--You cannot post, "Thou Shalt Not
Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" and "Thou Shall Not Lie," in a
building full of lawyers, judges and politicians--it creates a
hostile work environment.
I recieved this about 9:00 this morning. It was close to 10:00 before I could stop laughing and crying at the same time.
Monday, January 22, 2007
SNOW.
New Mexico is closed. Not all of it, just the highways, schools, businesses, courts, state offices, and a few others. Here where I am sitting at work, it is a balmy 23 degrees and the grounds keepers are trying to chip through the ice and snow to clear the walk ways. Good luck guys.
I like snow, it's enjoyable to watch, adds much needed moisture to the earth and should always be accompanied with a roaring fire and a good book. Not so much of that is happening here. I really really really wanted a snow day. But no, here I sit at work, watching not much of anything as most of our students may or may not show up. At least it's quiet. Boring, but quiet.
I-40 the major east/west road is closed from Albuquerque to the Arizona State line. I-25, the north/south artery is closed in several places. Trucks, cars abound the road side as they await a clear road ahead or at least a snowplow to lead the way. Lots of accidents reported. What a surprise. Folks in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico do NOT have the essential skills to navigate slippery slidey slick roads. Doesn't stop them from getting out and going somewhere, but sure make it interesting to play dodge the spinning pickup. I think the biggest reason can be attributed to one simple uncompromising fact of human nature. Almost every driver in the world thinks of themselves as a better driver than anyone else on the planet.
I may take the day off and go home.
New Mexico is closed. Not all of it, just the highways, schools, businesses, courts, state offices, and a few others. Here where I am sitting at work, it is a balmy 23 degrees and the grounds keepers are trying to chip through the ice and snow to clear the walk ways. Good luck guys.
I like snow, it's enjoyable to watch, adds much needed moisture to the earth and should always be accompanied with a roaring fire and a good book. Not so much of that is happening here. I really really really wanted a snow day. But no, here I sit at work, watching not much of anything as most of our students may or may not show up. At least it's quiet. Boring, but quiet.
I-40 the major east/west road is closed from Albuquerque to the Arizona State line. I-25, the north/south artery is closed in several places. Trucks, cars abound the road side as they await a clear road ahead or at least a snowplow to lead the way. Lots of accidents reported. What a surprise. Folks in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico do NOT have the essential skills to navigate slippery slidey slick roads. Doesn't stop them from getting out and going somewhere, but sure make it interesting to play dodge the spinning pickup. I think the biggest reason can be attributed to one simple uncompromising fact of human nature. Almost every driver in the world thinks of themselves as a better driver than anyone else on the planet.
I may take the day off and go home.
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