Permit fishing aboard Compass Rose in the Florida Keys...

After "Top-Kill"...

The "Top-Kill" eefort has been called off due to poor results and they are moving onto the Low Marine Riser Package...

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Energy Tomorrow blog has a good description of this procedure...

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Three Flags for Three U.S. Marines Warriors from the Shenandoah Valley...

Three Flags now on a overpass bridge along Route 81 near Verona Virginia in memory of the three USMC Lance Corporals from the Shenandoah Valley lost in the war on terrorism while serving their country in Iraq...

Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel Scott R. Bubb
19, of Grottoes, Va.; assigned to the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; attached to 2nd Marine Division, II MEF

Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel T. Morris
19, of Crimora, Va.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

Marine Lance Cpl. Jason C. Redifer
19, of Stuarts Draft, Va.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C

Shenandoah Harley Davidson will once again be hosting "Rides to The Wall" in Washington D.C. on both Saturday and Memorial Day Monday...

Kai Degner seems to hiding several things....

Kai Degner has claimed that he wants numerous debates before the upcoming election for Delegate to represent the 26th District but refused to participate in the Valley Family's debate...

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He has also failed to return the NRA survey that is sent to all Candidates to find out how they stand on many important issues thus informing voters as to how they may vote on these issues as our representative...

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Bama was mad when Supreme Court said Corporations could donate... What about the Unions?...

President Obama called out the Supreme Court at his last State of the Union speech for ruling that Corporations could donate toward political campaigns. But yet did he forget how many MILLIONS the labor unions donate, mostly to Democrats, each election cycle?

IBD has info here...

A bill making its way through the Senate would bail out union pension funds to the tune of $165 billion. The bill's author, Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, wants the public to pay for the gold-plated union retirement benefits that the funds have mismanaged into oblivion

This has to be galling to average working saps who watch as their 401(k)s and IRAs plummet, only to be asked to pony up billions of dollars in subsidies for unionized workers — many of whom get to retire into the lap of unlabored luxury while still in their 50s

Don't agree? According to OpenSecrets.org, 12 of the 20 biggest spenders on public elections since 1989 have been unions. In just the 2008 election alone, unions spent $400 million dollars. Virtually all of it went to Democrats...

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"Top Kill" procedure in use...

The Energy Tomorrow site has more information and links regarding the Top-Kill procedure now being used...

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Response to President Calderon...

What was needed to be said...

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli requests data used for "Global Warming" claims...

Representative James Moran, Virginia-Democrat, recently criticized Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s request for the supporting data related to the research of climate scientist Michael Mann while at the University of Virginia.

Moran accuses the Attorney General of using his position to “Stifle academic freedom” with his request for the data Mann gathered while at UVA and now being used by the Environmental Protection Agency to potentially regulate greenhouse gasses. These regulations will cost both Virginia and the United States millions in lost industry and jobs…

Attorney General Cuccinelli is seeking the data from Mann’s research to see if it was flawed, manipulated, or misused before it was used by the EPA in developing their new regulations. This after it has been learned that vast amounts of data from other research institutes has been manipulated in a way to support the “Global Warming” theory and thus the EPA’s decision.

Now we have numerous academic groups and even the American Civil Liberties Union expressing their objection to the AG’s request.

The Attorney General has responded with: "The use of manipulated data to apply for taxpayer-funded research grants in Virginia is potentially fraud. Given this, the only prudent thing to do was to look into it."

If Mann’s research and data is the product from tax funded research grants it should be available for public and peer group review, and if there is nothing to hide this should be a non-issue…

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Awhile back I did a post about how there is such hunger for grants at colleges and how Research Grants has become BIG business...

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In fact while attending a community College and studying Marine Biology as a past time, I was also working on a Sportfishing boat as a living and the Marine Biology Director suggested I take a grant to "Count Birds"...

See Post here....

Tar Balls found in Key West...

The "Oil Drum" blog has info on the Tar-Balls that are starting to wash up on shore in Key West near Fort Zach. I will be in the Keys coming up in June and will be looking to see how this spill effects the Keys and coastline...

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NOT from the Deepwater Horizon as reported here....

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401K, Gold, or Coffee Can?...

With our Government(s) being Trillions of dollars in debt and even more Trillions in unfunded liabilities. We have elected officials who refuse to directly face the obvious threat and continue to ignore that promised benefits must be cut. They fear and know that many will not be re-elected if they cut benefits to many Americans who depend on these benefits but yet they do not understand they would get the votes and approvals from those paying the tax bills...

(Consider the 47% that does NOT pay any Income tax and who they will support)

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Now after saying this what should those who have sacrificed over the years, saved their money, invested in a retirement plan, and worked towards securing their future retirement without depending heavily on the Federal government, what should they do?

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Should we leave our money in the 401K account, Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds, with the hope that the government will not determine down the line that to "make the playing field more fair for all" changes are needed. Will they determine that we have too much in personal savings and the government will need those assets to provide for those who did nothing for their retirement?

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So should I cash in my 401K and assets into Gold bars?

Or add to what I already have in the Coffee Can buried in the backyard?

Is it wrong to protect these assets from the Government and would that make me a "Bad Guy"?...

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