25 years
Today is the anniversary of the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan and the wounding of his press secretary James Brady. As you ( the frequent readers of this blog ) know I am a great admirer of former President Reagan so of course I felt that I had to comment on this anniversary. While much of my childhood took place under President Reagan I was in fact to young to remember the actual shooting however I am struck still to this day at the grace with which that good and decent man conducted himself even with a bullet in his body. The President was a man of great humor, he was also always concerned about others before himself. The accounts of him making jokes to Nancy like "Honey I forgot to duck" and to the doctors " I hope your all republicans" made in some small way Comforted the anxious public and showed the true nature of the man.
While the Former President Passed away James Brady is still with us. It is the Bradys who have had to live everyday of the last twenty-five years in hardship. For you see while the President was wounded and took three weeks or so to recover he left the hospital on his feet with all of his faculties in place. Mr. Brady was not so lucky while he still posses full use of his keen mind, his body is impared. The bullet that tore thru his skull left him unable to use one arm and one leg and left him confined to a wheel chair.So it is the Brady's that we should keep in our thoughts.
The purpose of this post was to say that thank Goodness that the President wasn't killed in that attempt. American need his strength and vision to guid us thru the turbulant waters of the 1980's to stand up to the evil of the soviet empire. To tell Americans that we where indeed not past our zenith but where in fact a shinining city on the hill. To inspire a generation of Americans. So once again I say Thank you President Reagan.
Today is the anniversary of the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan and the wounding of his press secretary James Brady. As you ( the frequent readers of this blog ) know I am a great admirer of former President Reagan so of course I felt that I had to comment on this anniversary. While much of my childhood took place under President Reagan I was in fact to young to remember the actual shooting however I am struck still to this day at the grace with which that good and decent man conducted himself even with a bullet in his body. The President was a man of great humor, he was also always concerned about others before himself. The accounts of him making jokes to Nancy like "Honey I forgot to duck" and to the doctors " I hope your all republicans" made in some small way Comforted the anxious public and showed the true nature of the man.
While the Former President Passed away James Brady is still with us. It is the Bradys who have had to live everyday of the last twenty-five years in hardship. For you see while the President was wounded and took three weeks or so to recover he left the hospital on his feet with all of his faculties in place. Mr. Brady was not so lucky while he still posses full use of his keen mind, his body is impared. The bullet that tore thru his skull left him unable to use one arm and one leg and left him confined to a wheel chair.So it is the Brady's that we should keep in our thoughts.
The purpose of this post was to say that thank Goodness that the President wasn't killed in that attempt. American need his strength and vision to guid us thru the turbulant waters of the 1980's to stand up to the evil of the soviet empire. To tell Americans that we where indeed not past our zenith but where in fact a shinining city on the hill. To inspire a generation of Americans. So once again I say Thank you President Reagan.
Spring is in the air...well maybe?
It seems that spring may have finally arrived. However being a life long resident of Michigan I expect that we will see a week or two of addictional winter weather before the final break. I was out doing some running around today and for the first time this year, I had to put my window down because it was to hot and stuffy in my car. I enjoyed the smell of the spring air, it was surprisingly fragrant. I drove by the lake and took in the waves, under which the fish where jumping and smiled as I heard the sqwake of the birds. I saw for the first time this winter people without jackets or with light jackets as opposed to the bulky winter garb we are forced to don this time of year.
I have today enjoyed sitting at my desk with my window open, listening to the world outside and taking in the smells of springtime. This is the first time I've been able to do so for any extended time without recieveing a rebuke from either of my roomates because of the cold. ( which I understand completely of course) I cannot wait until I can take the time and do some fishing. To be alone with my thoughts, a bucket of worms and a pole. After spending a year in virtual hell I believe, such is the closest thing to paradise any of us will find. This side of the cosmic divide of course.
Kismet
As those of you who read this blog may know I am in the Software business. We have recently release for a public alpha test our chat client called Kismet Avatar chat. Or K2 chat, a graphical avatar chat client that is similar to IRC yet different in its implementation and in the way that it is hosted. There is a link to the download page on this site. Have a look, if you like to chat especially if you used IRC I think you will love Kismet.
Interesting development
This week a man who's name may very well grace the text books of countless law school before this decade is out put his pen to paper and signed into law a measure that may very well reshape our society as a whole. South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds this week signed into law the most comprehensive ban on abortion in America since the land mark 1973 Roe v Wade decision which up held the legality of abortion on demand.
This law bans virtually all abortions in the state with the only exceptions being in case the mothers life is in danger. This will of course become a major case before the supreme court. It may very well be the law that sparks the case that overturnes Roe. As a conservative feminist who is totally opposed to abortion on demand It will be nice to live in a country that values the lives of our unborn children.
I find it ironic that we will go out of our way to make sure that people who committe the most hanous crimes, and do the most horrible things to there fellow man are given there basic human rights ( and of course we must do this because thats what makes us decent human beings) but we think nothing of ending the existance of a innocent unborn child who's sole crime in live was to be concevied at an inconvient moment in his/her mothers life.
So I look forward to watching as this whole thing unfolds over the course months and years and can only hope that the good men and women on the supreme court do the right thing.
