Peace Movement

Here is an interesting article:http://villagevoice.com/news/0539,ferguscd,68201,2.html.

Good Government

If you want to have Good Government, you have to take the steps neccesary to achieve it! Today I was doing just that, helping Todd Hohbein campaign for the LaVerkin City Council. I did a honk and wave on a busy street corner for 30 minutes. After that I spent 2 hours, handing out his brochures at peoples homes. I believe that Mr. Hohbein will make it through the Primary on October 4th. We will soon find out if my prediction is correct.

Courage

Here is an interesting profile in courage: http://freep.com/news/latestnews/pm6207_20050923.htm. Also here is a possible alternative to the Oil Cartels: http://Biodiesel.com.

Katrina and Chess

Before I post some blogs and Websites commenting on Hurricane Katrina, let me talk about something on the lighter side. For those of you, who follow my blog, you already know that I a am trying to improve my skills in the game of Chess. Well, I am now beginning to beat opponents that I previously had no chance against. My secret weapon is a book that I have been reading called "The Winning Way" by Bruce Pandolfini.

Now on a more serious note, here is some information that is well worth reading:http://Michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=185, http://Livejournal.com/users/tylerburnham/63095.html.

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina has wreaked utter devestation on the Gulf Coast. Anyone with even a casual interest in Hurricanes, has known for many years that New Orleans was a highly vulnerable city. When the Levees held for a day it looked as if New Orleans might escape complete destruction once again. But cruelly two of the Levees busted to create the calamity we are now witnessing.

The response to this disaster by Mr. Bush was predictable. He sat around twiddling his thumbs untill a few of his advisers finally told him it might be politically expedient, to do something.

New Orleans will never be as large as it once was, and that is alright. With Global Warming taking place, large hurricanes will constantly threaten vulnerable coastal cities (i.e. New Orleans, Miami, etc.) . So we can either voluntarily scale back the size of those coastal cities, or face natures wrath needlessly.

Once again my heart goes out to those people who have been to hell and back. Hopefully we all will do our part to help the Gulf Coast Refugees.

God Bless

Thoughts

These are my thoughts concerning the disaster facing New Orleans. It appears the most immediate help the people need, is to be evacuated. The Busses aren't getting the job done, so let's send in boats. If the government needs to comandeer some privately owned boats in order to evacuate the refugees, then let's do it!