Random Thinking

Well, now we know the purpose of the Patriot Act… it is to protect us from grandmothers riding on buses.

The story is a little old but worth repeating for those who missed it.

Deborah Davis lives in Colorado. She is a grandmother with a son fighting in Iraq. Every day she takes the bus to work. The bus happens to go through a federal facility in order to drop off federal employees. When the bus pulls into the facility, a guard comes on the bus and demands to see identification. Ms. Davis doesn’t think that American citizens riding on public buses should have to show ID, so she refuses to produce proof of identity. So two guards grab her, handcuff her, and cart her off to the guard station… and then wonder “what now?” What do you do when a harmless grandmother refuses to show you her driver’s license. They ended up giving her two tickets for minor infractions and sending her off. Eventually all the charges were dropped but the government refused to do away with the policy. So the end result is that the bus company is going to change the routes so that the buses don’t go through the facility. It would make much more sense for the guards to check the ID’s of people getting off the bus instead of harassing American citizens who just want to get to work. And does anyone really think that asking people on the bus for ID is making anyone at the federal facility safer?

Well, now we know the purpose of the Patriot Act… it is to protect us from grandmothers riding on buses.

The story is a little old but worth repeating for those who missed it.

Deborah Davis lives in Colorado. She is a grandmother with a son fighting in Iraq. Every day she takes the bus to work. The bus happens to go through a federal facility in order to drop off federal employees. When the bus pulls into the facility, a guard comes on the bus and demands to see identification. Ms. Davis doesn’t think that American citizens riding on public buses should have to show ID, so she refuses to produce proof of identity. So two guards grab her, handcuff her, and cart her off to the guard station… and then wonder “what now?” What do you do when a harmless grandmother refuses to show you her driver’s license. They ended up giving her two tickets for minor infractions and sending her off. Eventually all the charges were dropped but the government refused to do away with the policy. So the end result is that the bus company is going to change the routes so that the buses don’t go through the facility. It would make much more sense for the guards to check the ID’s of people getting off the bus instead of harassing American citizens who just want to get to work. And does anyone really think that asking people on the bus for ID is making anyone at the federal facility safer?

From Karl Keating…

Abdul Rahman is 41 and may not make it to 42. The Afghani converted to Christianity, and that is a crime in a country that operates under Sharia.

As we wait to see what happens to him, it would be a courtesy to have silence from those who keep telling us that Islam is a religion of peace.

From Karl Keating…

Abdul Rahman is 41 and may not make it to 42. The Afghani converted to Christianity, and that is a crime in a country that operates under Sharia.Rahman is under arrest in Kabul, and the prosecutor wants him executed for abandoning Islam. Rahman has been told his life will be spared if he converts back to Islam, but so far he has declined the offer. He has a real chance of becoming a martyr for the faith.

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Here’s another one of Mikey. Try this one if you dare. (1) Sit on the bed with your legs crossed as if you were doing yoga. (2) Fall straight ahead until your head is on the bed. (3) Start snoring. I would need surgery if I attempted to sleep that way.

Notice that his pajamas are pulled up over his knees and that he is sleeping on top of his blankets. We put him under the blankets at one point but he won’t stay under them.

I started a conversation about sleep positions on Downsyn.com and it seems like a lot of our kids like to sleep folded in half.

Here’s another one of Mikey. Try this one if you dare. (1) Sit on the bed with your legs crossed as if you were doing yoga. (2) Fall straight ahead until your head is on the bed. (3) Start snoring. I would need surgery if I attempted to sleep that way.

Notice that his pajamas are pulled up over his knees and that he is sleeping on top of his blankets. We put him under the blankets at one point but he won’t stay under them.

I started a conversation about sleep positions on Downsyn.com and it seems like a lot of our kids like to sleep folded in half.

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I went shopping with the girls again but this time Michel came too!

It was another shopping day with the girls and Michel was feeling better so she decided to come along. Michel’s parents are staying with us so they watched Mikey while we went off on our little adeventure. Beth and Irene are addicted to CD shopping so we went to the same two stores for CDs that we went to last week. We added side trips to a bookstore and to a pet store. The pet store was giving away cats so I was lucky to get out of there without taking a cat home with us. We went to Applebee’s for lunch and then to Starbuck’s for dessert. After, we brought Irene home with us and the two girls went upstairs to Beth’s room and listened to their CDs. Beth had a good day… I like to see her spend time with her friends because sometimes kids with disabled siblings become isolated from their peers. But I don’t think there is any chance of that happening with Beth.

I went shopping with the girls again but this time Michel came too!

It was another shopping day with the girls and Michel was feeling better so she decided to come along. Michel’s parents are staying with us so they watched Mikey while we went off on our little adeventure. Beth and Irene are addicted to CD shopping so we went to the same two stores for CDs that we went to last week. We added side trips to a bookstore and to a pet store. The pet store was giving away cats so I was lucky to get out of there without taking a cat home with us. We went to Applebee’s for lunch and then to Starbuck’s for dessert. After, we brought Irene home with us and the two girls went upstairs to Beth’s room and listened to their CDs. Beth had a good day… I like to see her spend time with her friends because sometimes kids with disabled siblings become isolated from their peers. But I don’t think there is any chance of that happening with Beth.