Border Questions for Michael Savage (and his ilk)

This post could also be called My Border Experience and What it Means for Immigration Policy

The US can not stem the flow of undocumented migrants into this country, by some estimates the flow is almost one every minute…drip…drip…  All of our efforts in stemming this flow, have thus far, been largely ineffective.
As I’ve previously posted, [...]

Texas Vacation, Getting Home

Dashing Through the Snow, originally uploaded by foggytown1.
After a rest and a shower in Van Horn, we headed West on I-10 up through El Paso, through New Mexico, and finally to Tucson AZ. We got a room for two days near downtown, with our plan being to spend a day at Saguaro NP and [...]

Big Bend National Park

Coming in to Big Bend you are struck by the vastness of it all.  A vast and stark landscape, reminiscent of some of the best scenery in Death Valley.  My intent was to stay a week and explore everything possible with two dogs in tow.

We first stopped at Panther Junction, the central visitor center and [...]

Texas Vacation, Getting There

 
Play Fighting, originally uploaded by foggytown1.

My flaky riders caused me to leave 2 hours late, but finally got rolling with 3 riders (found via Craigslist). Out I-580 then South on I-5 to CA58 East then East on I-40. Out of California into Arizona. I dropped 2 riders in Flagstaff (I hope they [...]

Texas Bound

At noon today I take off for West Texas.  I have two riders going as far as Prescott AZ and another going to Ramah NM.  Then the dogs and I head on down to West Texas with a couple of stops along the way at Carlsbad Caverns NP and White Sands NM.  Our goal is [...]

Trouble Assimilating…

Since returning from vacation almost a month ago I’ve been having a rougher than usual time getting back into my hometown groove.  There was no “back from vacation” bump in my productivity, no refreshed view of work in general.  My first day back I was forced to fire an employee who majorly f…ed up (and [...]

2nd Amendment

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
No where is “gun” or “firearm” mentioned, yet the 2nd Amendment has been narrowed to only apply to guns.
A right is something that is possessed that no one can [...]

Floating With Smokey

I wrote up my canoe trip, complete with pictures.  I posted it on my private site, you can read it here.
The page opens in a new window, you can leave any comments here.  Thanks for visiting, let me know what you think.

Smokey with life jacket

Smokey with life jacket, originally uploaded by foggytown1.
Less than 24 hours till we put our canoe in the water. We will soon know if we are prepared or not.  Follow us on tumblr to find out.

Philosophy as a Way of Life

I just finished reading Pierre Hadot’s “Philosophy as a Way of Life.”
This is the best book that I have read in at least 10 years.  Focused mostly on the Hellenistic era but also going as far back as Socrates and as far forward as Nietzsche and Foucault.
The book seeks to elucidate philo-sophy (love of wisdom) [...]