How is that Stimulus working out for you?....

Just some of the places where the Obama Stimulus money has gone and something to think about this month while you are doing your yearly tax payment\return...

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11. $3.4 MILLION FOR A TURTLE TUNNEL IN FLORIDA:
“The Other Third Of The Stimulus, Government Infrastructure Spending, Has Been The Most Controversial From The Start. Some Proposals Have Been Criticized As Wasteful, Such As … A $3.4 Million ‘Ecopassage’ To Help Turtles Cross A Highway In Tallahassee, Fla.” (“The Challenge In Counting Stimulus Returns,” The Wall Street Journal, 10/27/09)

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Some more examples of the spending...

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Let's go Fishing.... ~WorldSailfish 2010~

That time again and the WorldSailfish 2010 tournament in Key West is just around the corner...

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Prior Years....

New Climate site from NOAA... But can we trust the data?...

NOAA has introduced a new website portal to keep us all informed on the changing climate with neat little graphics and bar graphs to show us the changing climate. BUT can we trust the data and conclusions made by NOAA regarding the cause\effects of a changing climate???...

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Here is a image showing the concentrations of CO2 across the globe...

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"The red patch of color centered on the savanna region of the Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa shows a large quantity of the gas released from fires people light in order to clear land. The blue colors in the Northern Hemisphere indicate low carbon dioxide concentrations due to absorption by plants in forests and agricultural crops. The concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide fluctuates regionally over time due to both natural life processes, such as photosynthesis, and people burning oil, coal, and biomass."

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Do you find it interesting that the blue colors, which indicate low carbon dioxide concentrations, in the United States are located over the Northeast which is more industrial related and probable less vegetation to absorb CO2 as described above?...

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With the discovery that much of the "Global Warming" supporting data over the years has been compromised and altered by the very scientist we are to trust, how much trust should we place in this new science portal provided by NOAA ?...

Saturday was a Holiday for me!...

This past Saturday we had another snow storm here in the Shenandoah Valley that kept me and many co-workers from getting to work and making our assigned shift.

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The company that I work for gives us 4 paid floating holidays and fortunately I was allowed to use one of my paid holidays for the 8hrs I missed on Saturday...

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Compare that to the 230,000 "non-essential" Federal employees who did not have to report to work today in the Nations Capital due to another massive snow storm that has moved through the area...

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The difference is that these "non-essential" federal employees are being paid and the missed work is estimated at $100,000,000 lost each day to the taxpayer and the workers are not required to use a personal day, floating holiday, or vacation day to make up the lost day...

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Now I understand that the streets and transportation systems were under strain from the 3 feet of snowfall, but calling it a paid "Snowday" for all 230,000 "non-essential" workers, at a estimated cost of $100,000,000 to the taxpayer each day is a statement in itself...

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#500 for Alex Ovechkin...

And between the legs of the New York Rangers defensemen.....

STANDBY: For the hourly updates of how much snow is on the back porch that will be posted all DAY!!!

You know it's going to happen...

There will be a slew of updates on how many inches of snow is now on the birdfeeder, the schools are closed, the neighbor just slipped in the driveway, and the porch is almost up to the picnic table...

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Am I wrong?...

Wreck diving... ~The Bluffs Wreck~ Bayhead NJ

Took a ride up to New Jersey this weekend for some offshore SCUBA diving with the members of the Point Pleasant Rescue Dive team and we did the Bluffs Wreck just off the beach in Bayhead NJ...

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Calm ocean with a soutbound cu8rrent at about 1kt.

36 degree water with about a 3 to 4 foot visibility...

Hershey Bears 6 vs. Binghamton Senators 1...

Lance Corporal Jason C. Redifer

Lance Corporal Jason C. Redifer

I never had the opportunity to meet this Marine, but from what I have read and been told about him I admire this Marines courage, love of country, and sacrifice for all of us…

I also never had the opportunity to meet this young man but what I have seen and learned from his Mother, step~Father, and Brothers, I am sure I would have admired him just as much…