While this is only a threat for now, I do believe that North Korea is very capable of carrying out this threat.  They have already vowed to have a physical response to the drills that the U.S. and North Korea plan on starting Sunday (7/25/10).  I don’t think that this is just some idle threat that should be taken lightly even though that’s probably how some of the people in power feel.  We are not invulnerable and we can be touched. Never underestimate a crazy man, especially one with a large army and nuclear weapons.

The U.S. military doesn’t seem to take this threat seriously because there was ‘no sign of significant troop movement’ but how significant of a movement do you expect.  If they are planning a nuclear attack or response then there is not a need for a significant amount of troop movement.  This may be something that they said just to throw us off and downplay the situation though.  who knows.

North Korea is a major foe with major nuclear power at its disposal.  Threats like these should not be taken lightly and some type of resolution should try to be reached before this gets ugly. Or is it too late for that?

Andrew Breitbart. This Guy is a perfect example of how bloggers that think they are journalists can ruin not only the credibility of other bloggers but people’s lives.  So he says that he wasn’t aiming at Shirley Sherrod but at the NAACP and their racist views. Whatever.

He totally cut and pasted her speech in a way that paints her as a racist and now that he’s been caught refuses to back down. His credibility is shot so he might as well give it up right?   Wrong!  Think again.

I think that he was wrong and that the USDA, the secretary of Agriculture and even someone at the white house was wrong and jumped the gun on asking for her resignation. I think that they should have viewed the speech in its entirety as well as looked at her track record before making such a major decision like that. I cannot believe that they would ask for her to resign without even looking at the entire speech. Nothing against bloggers put there that report accurate information but I double check major accredited news sources so why didn’t anyone Check this Guy’s credibility?  I’m confused. This is not the first time that he’s done this either.

This just shows that bloggers have a voice and when that voice is not used correctly then it can be damaging.

This is going to be a a major step. I know that he’s ready but are we?  Are we ready to send him off into the world to fend for himself?  Well sort of. I mean I’m only talking pre-k here. Its not like he’s graduating from high school and going to college somewhere halfway across the world or something. I’m probably going to worry myself to death over this but hey I’m a new, first time parent. I’m entitled to freak out over the little things as well as the big ones. I’ll probably be just as nervous, and probably more, than he will be on that first day. That sleepless night before I’ll be up making sure that everything is in place so that things will run smoothly.

One of my major concerns is that since he is ahead of some of his peers that he may get into trouble. He’s not a mischievous child but when he’s done with his work he may try to find other ways to occupy his time and some teachers don’t recognize that as him needing more work or challenges but as him disturbing the other kids.  One thing that he is that I’m not or wasn’t at his age is social. He is such the social butterfly just floating from Person to person and conversation to conversation. I still need to work on that but he seems to have it down to a science.

Children grow up so fast. It seems like yesterday I was holding Him in my arms at the hospital and now he’s about to be in school. Before you know it he’ll be applying for colleges. it’s true that time moves at its own pace and waits for no one.

That is all
Sincere

My weight is steadily increasing. My doctor is not fine with it but he isn’t too worried about it because I’m still supposedly in that “healthy zone” as he likes to call it. I’m not thrilled about it and will be taking drastic measures to get it back to where I think it should be. I’m short so too much weight on me and I’ll either look like a pot belly pig or a tree stump. Its a delicate balancing act that I have to play when it comes to my weight and appearance.

So as for now my doctor thinks I’m doing well and that I’m managing my diabetes on my own very efficiently. I got a gold star on my chart for this visit! Don’t laugh… its the little things in life like a simple little gold star tat motivate me. Next time, if I bring my A1C levels down to 6 or below and lose about 5-10 lbs, I may get the platinum one.

That’s all I got
Sincere

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First it started with the labs. I wasn’t able to log in and when I finally did all the dates for my assignments were expired so I couldn’t work on anything. After emailing my instructor, I was told to contact tech support who then in turn told me to contact my instructor. see a pattern forming here? They finally fix the dates and now I’m off to work on my first assignment. The pretest works fine, then I start on the study plan with no problems. Now its time for the post test to see if I’ve learned what I’m supposed to learn for this lesson. One problem, there is no post test! Seeing as this is pretty important I email my instructor who once again tells me to contact tech support and they once again inform me that my instructor has to change whatever the problem is and they can’t help me because of how the instructor set things up.

At this point I’m frustrated. This time I call my instructor and he assures me that he will look into the matter and have it fixed by the time the next assignment is due. It was never fixed. Then he has the never to take off points because it wasn’t done yet I couldn’t do it because I didn’t have access. That’s like penalizing someone for not wearing shoes when you know they don’t have feet! If I had proper access then I would have done the assignment duh!

Anyway, I’m glad to report that I still passed the class with a C even though I failed every lab assignment. There were 4 lab assignments and 4 papers due. Since I aced my papers it equated out to a C. I should have gotten a higher grade considering that I couldn’t fully complete the labs but at this point I’ll take a C if it means that I don’t have to deal with that instructor again.

Other than this last accounting class mishap school has been going pretty smoothly for me. I’m on track to graduate in november if all goes well. I’m ready to move on to the next level. Hopefully my next set of instructors won’t be as idiotic as this one was.

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When I first started writing I didn’t really care what people thought of my work. I need to get Jack to those days. I feel stifled. I can’t express myself freely when I’m worried about what someone else thinks.

I mean I do have to be mindful of the audience that I have but overall I believe that people will understand me better or on a different level if I am more honest and open about how I f
Really feel about things both good and bad.

That is all
Sincere

My biological father was not around during my formative years, or for any of my years for that matter. I would hear from him every few years. A card and maybe $50.  Luckily I was blessed to have strong men in my family that took me in, filled the void and taught me how to be a man and a father. First was my uncle Jimmy.  When I lived in the DMV it was just my mother, my sister, and me.  My Aunt, Uncle, and little cousin lived about 10-15 minutes away.  The rest of my family was living down south.  My father was non existent during the first 10-12 years of my life. At least.  My uncle Jimmy would take me in and treat me as if I was his son.  We would go to Wizards (at that time they were the Bullets) games, Orioles games, or just spend time with each other.  He taught me how to be a man during my early years.

As I got older, my mother became ill and my sister and I ended up moving down south to stay with family.  My uncle Marion aka my Dad taught me everything about being an honest man from the age of around 10-12 to now.  He is my father and even though he’s not my biological father, he never treated my any different than as if I was his own seed.  Neither he nor my aunt treated us any different than their other children.  They loved us and made sure that my sister and I stayed together.  We could have easily been placed in the foster care system and split up.  They made sure that we stayed together and in the family.  They sacrificed plenty to make sure that we had what we needed.  I love them for that and even though I don’t show it, I really do appreciate what they did for me.

I never knew the issues between my mother and father that lead to them splitting. I was only a few months old when it happened. I never questioned my mother because growing up I learned early that everything she did was for a reason.  My dad wasn’t around enough to ask him so I never received the answer because I never asked.  No matter what the reason, I don’t believe my mother would have ever denied him the opportunity to be a father to his children.

Being a father is one of the greatest gifts that a man can be given and give to a child.  Even if it is not by blood, being a father figure to a fatherless child can make a big difference in that child and father’s life.

The moving in part was pretty easy but so tiring. We didn’t hire movers so we did it all ourselves. Since I just started my new job, the day after closing, I didn’t have any days to take off so we had to move all the big things like furniture in the morning and I then had to go to work that night. We’re still sifting through boxes but the majority of our things are unpacked and in place.

One of the first things that I’ve had to do that I dreaded was removing a chipmunk that somehow decided to drown in our pool. Gross!! I don’t do rodents no matter if they are dead or alive, caged or free. I’m not a rodent type person. It’s just not in me.
I may post some pictures later. I’m just so excited that our dream to be homeowners has finally come true. Now it’s time for us to turn this house into a home.

Peace

Sincere

So I’ve been following the situation with North Korea (click here) for a little while now and this new move surprisingly doesn’t come as much of a shock to me.  I knew that eventually Kim Jong Il was going to declare some type of act of war against the South.  It was written on the wall.  This latest move just solidified it for me.  Check it out here. This move came after south Korea announced and made public their report that showed evidence that North Korea sunk one of their Naval warships killing 147 people, also announcing that they would be cutting some of their trades and denying permission for the North Korea cargo ships to pass through their waters.  Kim Jung Il is not one to take this lying down.  He has threaten military action because of this and we already know that he’s capable of doing damage.  Here’s a report and proof of them sinking a South Korean Warship back in March.  Click here for the story.

The statement from North Korea announcing that it is severing ties with the South is here.

South Korea is already readying their troops as well, just as a precaution. President Obama has already told his military commanders to be prepared for a response in case something does happen.  so I ask again, do you feel that we can fight two wars on two different continents effectively?