9/11...

Do not forget what happened here...

Do not let them "Spin" this or let them even call if a "Man made disaster" as they have already...

It was a "Terrorist Attack" on the United States, it was intentional, it was planned, it was sanctioned, and it was even celebrated by some...

Learn from history...

Do NOT forget...

Contamination by use of "Fracking"?....

Manasquan Inlet body recovery after Hurricane Irene..

The dive team was busy this past weekend after it was reported that there was a body sighted in the Manasquan Inlet during the effects of Hurricane Irene. Eventually two bodies were recovered the next day and additional info can be found here...

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Fracking and how it is done....

"Welcome Back"......

Sure, go ahead without me... I will be along shortly.....

The Daily Mail is reporting that Michelle decided to take a different government provided jet with an additional Secret Service team, flight crew, motorcade, and extra police escort once she and the girls arrived in Martha's Vineyard for their 10 day vacation.... And they got there 4 HOURS before Obama showed up with his Air Force One and supporting assets.....

They also are staying at a place that rents for $50,000 a week and Obama is sure to play a couple rounds of golf with a millionaire or two while there. Or will he be able to squeze in a "Listening Townhall" meeting while there and write off the whole trip?

There has been much noise about how many times President Bush 43 went to HIS ranch in Crawford Texas, but at least he was not hanging out with the "Rich" lke Obama is doing and claiming they are the problem with our economy......

Is it a matter of the "Have" and "Have Not" ?....

With all the riots going on in the UK and class warfare talk coming from our President and the “Liberal Left” media and citizens in our own country,
Is it really a matter of the “Have” against the “Have not’s” ?….

In Israel 250,000 protestors were in the streets because of the rising cost of living. Spain, Greece, and Portugal have had massive demonstrations and costly riots after implementing Austerity programs to cut spending and trying to save their economies…

But yet when I look at the news footage of these riots I do not see what you would expect to see. I do not see people in dire straits breaking into food stores or the local warehouse to steal\take what they need for them and their families to survive. Like New Orleans after Katrina, I see well dressed Kids\adults kicking in storefront windows to steal flat-screen TV’s. We see them flipping cars over and burning them. We see them intentionally throwing objects at police officers and hoping to get an officer to respond with 1/100th of excessive force so that the gathered media can film it to crucify the police force. I see them burning down stores in their own neighborhoods which can’t help them once they work this anger temper tantrum out…

We did not see this in Japan after a massive earthquake & Tsunami wiped out thousands of people creating many people without homes or jobs. We also did not see the Hollywood promised “China Syndrome” when the numerous nuclear reactors melt down. (I knew I couldn’t trust Jane Fonda in that movie). We did not see the people of Japan on their roofs with arms outstretched looking for help from their government. We did not see looting, intentional firestorms, kicked in store fronts, riots, or self pity in the eyes of those effected….

Will this happen in the United States once our economic situation gets worse?
With the lack of leadership we have in the executive branch it’s almost certain and might even be desired(?)… We have had riots here in the past due to stressful incidents and reactions and we have even had numerous riots, lootings, and storefront burnings due to Championship sporting events were even the winners were the actors! …

“What Say You” ?….

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Honey Harvest ~Winfield Farms~

Courtland Winfield gearing up to go in and take a share of the Honey Production ~2011~ from the three hives that he started and maintains. Impressive amount of gear for the task and also a little hot since it was 90'+ when we did this.....

Interesting to watch from a distance but with proper procedure Courtland was able to remove 4 large sections with honey and only having 3 honey bees make the trip to the processing site...

Small sample provided to the author & photographer to keep him busy and not complaining about how hot it was....

Removing the "Cap" with a hot knife to expose the honey before being placed into the extractor...

Honey Extraction unit....

Raw honey after extraction

Augusta County Republican Mass Meeting 2011...

The Augusta County Republican mass meeting went on last night without the "Disruptive Catalyst" that has haunted it in the past and the 202 registered voters chose Richard Homes as the Republican candidate for Augusta County Treasurer....

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Augusta County Treasurer Richard Homes was nominated by the eligible voters at the mass meeting as the Augusta County Republican candidate for the upcoming election.

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Jason Bibeau challenged Richard Homes for the Augusta County Treasurer Republican nomination and brought many people to the Augusta mass meeting along with several ideas to improve the position. Even after not winning the nomination, Bibeau called for and received party unity and support for the Republican candidate. I have known Jason for years while volunteering for local political events and even with being on "different sides of the fence" on some issues, Jason and I have always been able to have constructive and beneficial discussions. I applaud him for stepping up and bringing new ideas to the election process... Good job...

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Jamie Radtke was also in attendance and spoke to the 225 people at the mass meeting during the election process. She did a great job and spoke with many Republicans concerning what is going on in D.C. at this time....

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Virginia State Senator Emmett Hanger....

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Virginia Delegate Dickie Bell....

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Augusta County Sheriff Randy Fisher....

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Jobs to be had but no workers because of the e-verify program?....

It turns out that there have been several States with plenty of jobs and work to be had only to be prevented from hiring eager workers due to the faulty e-verify program required by law. Georgia farmers have already found themselves short of workers to harvest their crops once ready and many of their crops rotting in the fields....

In Georgia, crops are rotting in the fields because migrant workers aren't there to pick them.

"We don't have a workforce," said Bryan Tolar, the president of the Georgia Agribusiness Council, a group that represents about 700 farmers and agricultural businesses in that state. "Where are we supposed to get it?"

It turns out there have been numerous problems with the e-verify program resulting in many migrant workers moving on to other States that are not required to use the program for identification to obtain the job....

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Here in Virginia we are also quickly approaching harvest time in many agriculture zones and will there be manual\seasonal labor to do the work? The obvious problem will be if we do not have this seasonal labor to do the work due to the faulty e-verify program, crops and the farming community will suffer as well as the consumer in higher produce prices....

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