SOLAR LUMINOSITY CYCLES

As I sit here looking out my office window into my daughter's vegetable garden, I am looking through old garden records of mine. It seems the last time that here in the Pacific Northwest that I had snow sticking to the ground in mid to late April at 90 to 110 feet above sea level was around thirty years ago. It is most definitely a beautiful white color in the garden and (oh, darn...) it looks like I might just put off mowing my 1 acre lawn.

It does appear as if motocycle riding is out of the picture today, which is a bummer, as my wife took the day off from work so we could ride through the Skagit valley tulip fields. The last time that I remember snow sticking in April at sea level was while I was overseas in Scandinavia, but that is another story for another day.

It seems that when looking at international weather patterns, that most of the temperate zone has been cooling for the last two years. This appears to coincide with the luminosity cycles of the sun. (not to be confused with sunspot cycles) Our main source of Vitamin D and warmth seems to be following it's consistent 30 year pattern of cooling and warming. The bright cycle of the sun has ended two years ago, and now it is dimming ever so slightly, again. The polar ice caps on Earth and Mars seem to be done receding and are starting the cyclic increasing again. I would suspect that other heavenly objects throughout our solar system are probably experiencing similar effects.

As always, never take my word for fact, and look into NASA's research, Ames, NOAA and other's research. Even look into local professor Dr. Easterbrook's research and Dr. Flora's coral reef research. There are some very telling bits of evidence that suggest that Big Yellow Thing in the sky probably has more of an affect on the Earth's cooling and warming cycles than all of the burned Styrofoam cups in redneck folks' campfires combined. and possibly more than any of our industrial revolution and post industrial revolution activities. (I'm not saying that pollution is a good thing, we need clean air and water and soil to survive, thrive and multiply on this little spinning rock) But the amount of CO2 increasing in the atmosphere is an insignificant amount as it seems that it has only increased some .003% since the industrial revolution and the biggest increases in CO2 seem to coincide with Krakatoa, Pinatubo, St. Helens, etc.

Anyway, I'm going to go start a fire in my woodstove, and enjoy the day. I hope you do too.

I'M BAAACK!

So, In Pennsylvania, perennial gunbanner wannabe, Mr. Obama, is now pretending to be a pro hunter and pro personal handgun ownership dude.
I'm not buying it.
This is the same typical Illinois politician type who has called for an all out ban on personal possession, ownership and carry of sidearms for law-abiding citizens.

If he actually gets elected president, will he ban sidearms everywhere in the Union, except Pennsylvania?
Both he and Billary have spoken about being opposed to personal ownership of sidearms for law abiding citizens many times in their own states, but now as they climb out of their Liberal Compounds and into mainstream America, they find that many of us are insulted by such a notion.

When will these guys figure out that more Armed Law Abiding Citizens means fewer recidivistic scum will try to bully the perceived weak, and fewer armed citizens means that these same scum have free reign to bully, terrorize and destroy our peaceable way of life. They do get it... when they campaign and try to pretend that they are one of us. Remember John (that dog don't hunt) Kerry? We didn't buy it then, and we sure won't buy it from a Chicago Daleyite Wannabe president or a Arkansasian Yankees pretend fan either...

The Left has continually accused W of stomping on our Liberties, but I have not experienced it.
And yet at the same time, they want to shred the second Amendment and consider it the only collective government permission right of the Bill of Rights.
Yet our founding fathers considered all 10 Articles Individual Liberties, further restricting the powers of those who legislate with our consent.

So, anybody for Liberty?
Remember, friends: Collectivism is the Enemy of ALL free Men (and Ladies, too!)

NO, REALLY. OLYMPIA NEEDS ADULT SUPERVISION.

Our beloved State Legislature did it again.

They increased spending by $308 million dollars.

This is a 33% increase.

Since Christine became Governor, her new spending has now reached $8.5 BILLION in new spending. (and I thought the last two decades of Democrat Governorship was bad.)

How are they going to pay for this? Our evergreen state now has a $2.4 BILLION deficit and it is like a teenager with a credit card.

Now, many items are missing from the current budget. What are we spending our hard earned tax money on?

1) Not the SR-520 Bridge

2) Not the I-90 Bridge

3) No, we're not replacing the Alaska Way Viaduct

4) Not the property tax relief that the Grinch who Stole Your Paycheck promised in November last year.

5) No funding for her feelgood Family Leave program

6) No final recommendations for her basic education funding

7) No Sonics for Seattle, Key Arena will not be renovated

Putting all this off until 2009 appears to me to be the lacking adult responsibility that seems so prevalent in Olympia these days.

24 years of Democrat control of the governors mansion is enough. How are we going to pay for this new $2.4 BILLION deficit.

Remember what Gregoire said over in Spokane, " the citizens of Washington will just need to be educated on why a State Income tax is a good thing."

Like I need more money taken out of my paycheck.

Washington's working class and business class are going to pay for universal health care for those who choose not to work, and for those who broke in to our country illegally.

The roads will still not be upgraded properly, Social pograms will increase, and you and I will add several more hours a week not to pay for what you and I need, but to fund the unsupervised spending habits of the elite progressive agenda.

Gee, thanks...

OBAMA'S SENATE VOTES OFFER CLUES TO HIS POTENTIAL PRESIDENCY

(Guest Writer: gk)
Barack Obama has cast more than 1,100 votes since entering the U.S. Senate in January 2005, and those votes indicate the likely position he would take on several issues as president.
In each of his three years in the Senate, Obama has voted with the majority of Democrats at least 96 percent of the time.
Here is where he has stood on key measures in the Senate, according to MSNBC:
Obama voted against the confirmation of John Roberts for the Supreme Court, saying he “far more often used his formidable skills on behalf of the strong in opposition to the weak.”
He also cast a vote against Samuel Alito and even voted in favor of a filibuster to stall his confirmation.
Obama opposed a bill in 2006 that would have denied citizenship or other legal status to illegal immigrants, and voted last year against a measure that would have allowed police to question people about their immigration status under certain circumstance.
He voted in favor of the immigration reform bill sponsored by John McCain and Ted Kennedy that would have allowed many illegal aliens to become legal residents.
Last October Obama voted for an act that would have allowed illegal immigrants who become permanent legal residents to qualify for lower in-state tuition rates at state universities. That measure was opposed by Democrats in a number of swing states that could be pivotal in this year’s election, MSNBC observed.
The Illinois Senator voted against a 2006 bill to prohibit the transportation of a minor girl across state lines to get an abortion if this would circumvent parental consent.
Obama voted against a bill extending the cuts in capital gains and dividends tax rates that Congress enacted in 2003, and against the repeal of the tax on inherited wealth, the estate tax.
In June 2006, Obama voted against a bill that would have required President Bush to withdraw most U.S. troops from Iraq by July 1, 2007. But this past September, he joined 27 other Democrats in voting for a bill ordering Bush to begin withdrawing most American forces within 90 days. The bill failed to pass.
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(Please pray for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm’s way around the world, and for their families— Of all the gifts you can give them, PRAYER is the best!) gk

NICE TO MEET YOU, FINALLY!!!

What a weekend!
I put a bunch of miles on the bike, met with lots of folks, and had a great weekend.
Saturday I put most of my miles on the bike, but even though Sunday was cloudy, it was still nice. The only rain I got hit with was on my way home Friday evening from Chihuahua's in Ferndale. But so what. Rain is good!

Guess what? I met with Sam Taylor and his wife, and my wife came along for the ride!
That was a pleasant evening. It was nice to actually meet with Sam eyeball to eyeball. His wife is a very nice and classy lady. And of course, the food at Chihuahua's was excellent as always.
I love my good food, beer, and Tequila poppers!

Anyway, Sam has a pretty good sense of humor and we talked about mostly non political non blogging fun stuff, but we did talk about the blogs and politics a little. It's good to meet folks who are involved in politics or report on politics, but who understand that there is so much more to life than politics.

Sam, meeting you and your gracious wife was a great way to start the weekend!
We'll have to do it again sometime!

By the Way, Councilman Conductor Buchanan, Sam knows who I R now...

MY BAD

Hi folks,
I posted what I thought was a great Story before checking out the facts.
K-9 Brutus was a hoax that I should have checked out the facts first.
Not my first Mistake, and I'm sure it won't be my last mistake -Dexter

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SUCKS

(Guest Writer: Indian Aaron)

Dexter whined at me to write something Poly tickle. Here goes:

I keep hearing all these people talking about publicly funded transportation and they're planning to spend Hunnerds and Hunnerds of Millions of Dollars of our state taxes to benefit some folks in King and Snohomish county. According to those guys at the Washington Policy Center the cost will average about $185,000 per person.

Holy smokes! just like subsidizing farmers not to grow crops, Pay these guys not to work.

Buy each one of 'em a Harley, especially that new badass Harley Crossbones! Maybe around $16,795msrp. (they're finally starting to build a motorcycle that looks like a motorcycle should again. Too bad it don't come with a knucklehead! I still prefer INDIAN!!!)

That leaves $165,000 per person. Well if they earn what I do, then they should be able to stay home for about 4 years.

What these guys who want us all on busses don't get is that it will not work in areas like the West. We have had our attitudes for too many generations. It is a cultural problem for them.

" I got my horse, you get your own horse, Dammit!" Got it figured out yet smart guys?

What benefit is there for me on a bus?

What if part way through the busride, I see a road I want to go on? Will the driver change directions for me? NO.

How about grocery shopping?

Or hauling lumber,

or gravel?

Or just opening up the throttle with a hot Babe on the back and enjoying the day?

Every real American male should have a Motorcycle and pick up Truck! Then find a hot babe to marry who owns a Jeep. (not an SUV, but a Real JEEP dammit! If she is a hot babe and her JEEP says WILLY"S on the back with a PTO winch up front...Bonus!)

What about picking up hot babes?

Hey baby, wanna ride with me on the bus?

or...

Hey baby, wanna ride my shovelhead?

Who do you think is going to have a better chance?

Finally, I pay for my ride and subsidizing your ride is as silly as the rest of us buying a bunch of people in King and Snohomish counties a Harley. Or as silly as the rest of us buying your busses for you. Busses are great for Socialist countries like France and Cananda, But not for Americans. The Motorcycle and Muscle car is our culture.

When I was overseas, every European I met described Americans as wearing Cowboy Hats and Giant Revolvers, Racing Big Muscle Cars, Riding Big Loud Motorcycles and We all listen to Hank Williams Jr. and eat Big Greasy Hamburgers and Drink Cheap Beer by the case, and spit Skoal in the Dirt and Pee on trees! We open doors for ladies, and love our moms! We'll fight in public and buy the loser a beer.

I gotta agree with 'em, even though they were tryin' to insult me with this "of course you know" attitude and lookin' down their collectivist nose at me. That is our contribution to World Culture! You sure as hell can't do all this in FRANCE!!!

Don't know 'bout anybody else, but it looks like a fine day to ride! I sure as hell don't mean the bus! As for my biker buddies, If yer waitin' for the sun, I'll have thousands of miles on my bike this year before you stop polishing yours.

Watch out for cages, and remember, none of 'em see us. Always give the cage the right of way, cause they're probably in a hurry and the cell phone is in their ear, their radio is on NPR, their wrapped up in their own little world. Watch for them kommuniste group transportation cages too.

I have seen 'em turn with no signals and blow yeelow lights with a very RED tint. (I know, they're not supposed to do that, but the closer you get to the BIG cities, the ruder and arrogant the bus drivers are. been there done that you can have my @#$%ing shirt!)

OPEN THROTTLE AND RIDE FREE OR DIE, BABY!!!