Wordless Wednesday

OH MY!

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Stop this outrage - NOW!

WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The leader of the nation's largest veterans organization says he is "deeply disappointed and concerned" after a meeting with President Obama today to discuss a proposal to force private insurance companies to pay for the treatment of military veterans who have suffered service-connected disabilities and injuries. The Obama administration recently revealed a plan to require private insurance carriers to reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in such cases.

"It became apparent during our discussion today that the President intends to move forward with this unreasonable plan," said Commander David K. Rehbein of The American Legion. "He says he is looking to generate $540-million by this method, but refused to hear arguments about the moral and government-avowed obligations that would be compromised by it."

The Commander, clearly angered as he emerged from the session said, "This reimbursement plan would be inconsistent with the mandate ' to care for him who shall have borne the battle' given that the United States government sent members of the armed forces into harm's way, and not private insurance companies. I say again that The American Legion does not and will not support any plan that seeks to bill a veteran for treatment of a service connected disability at the very agency that was created to treat the unique need of America's veterans!"

Contact: Craig Roberts of The American Legion, +1-202-263-2982 Office, +1-202-406-0887 Cell

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The earliest of the national "rattlesnake flags", this one flew over the Navy's first ship, the ALFRED, in January, 1776.

The "First Navy Jack" has been ordered to be flown on Navy ships for the duration of the war on terrorism by Secretary of the Navy.

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This post speaks for itself. If we, as citizens of the U.S., allow this abomination to occur, shame on us!!! Let your voice be heard - loud and clear!

Atlas Shrug

This is a slogan for every American is who is tired of working their butt off just to have their hard earned rewards redistributed. It's time for Atlas to Shrug. Time for the looters to figure out how to run the country without the producers.

I'm going to go back and re-read Ayn Rand's books, Atlas Shrugged and Anthem. I was too young when I read them to really grasp the far-reaching effects.

Oh no.

I spent three hours today out driving around looking for wildflowers. And now, as I'm thinking about what I wanted to post about my journey, I'm getting a blasted headache. I have three posts to do, plus my wildflower tales and photos. Hopefully, I'll be up to it tomorrow.
Blessings...

Photo Hunt - Four

Four Generations
Child, Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother
~~~Blessings, indeed~~~

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Looking at the Sky on Friday

This was taken last August. I need to get out my cloud book and
find out what type of clouds these are - cirrius? I can't
remember any more. It's unusual having a blue sky like this
during the summers here. Our atmosphere is usually brown!

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Some folks have gorgeous sky shots for you
to enjoy. And Tish would love for you to
drop by and say "hi!" She's done so much
for this "Friday Sky" and it's taking off like
crazy! (No pun intended...)

Wordless Wednesday - Look-a-likes

And the "Best of Show" is....

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Manic Monday - Full

I'll be truthful: This one had me stumped. The first thing I thought of was full as in stomach. Since I had bariatric surgery, it doesn't take much to become full. And the funny thing is, when my body says "enough!" I start sneezing. It's such a strange phenomenon and only happens to a very few.

Then I thought about being full of love, which is kinda sappy-sounding, but having just spend a couple of days with my kids, grand kids, and great-grand kids, my heart is very full!
The next thought I had was full as in "full of it." This is a term I would apply to the majority of politicians in Washington! I won't elaborate but you get my drift, I'm sure.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Happy Manic Monday - Please drop by and
see what Mo's got cooking today!

Sunday Scenery

This is a favorite spot for locals to go, sit back, relax and enjoy the ducks and various birds
It's always changing, depending on the time of year and the weather. We caught this on a beautiful, crisp, cool fall day.

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Sunday Scenery!

Camera Critters - Mr. Cranky Pants

Here's the orneriest Road Runner ever! I dubbed him "Mr. Cranky Pants." If he could've figured out a way to get through that glass and get a hold of hubman's fingers, he would've been one happy bird! He flew into the glass, ran around his area and came back and had a go at the glass again! He was truly funny.

We are just a couple of miles away from C.A.L.M., California Living Museum, where all the animals, birds and greenery are native. It's a great place to visit, even the cranky birds.

Camera Critters is a great place to visit!