For the last year I have read many posts from blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and other venues about how we need to clean house and vote all of the corrupt bums out of office in the federal government. I agree that it is way past time to clean the slate and start over. The problem I have is that no one is talking about who to replace the bums with. I have looked at the candidates that are running for office in my voting district and I do not see anyone currently running that I believe would be a better choice than the ones already in office. Who should I vote for? Do I continue to pick the candiddate that I feel is the lesser of two evils? I will not vote for the lesser of two evils again. It is time that we all stand up and demand that any candidate for any public office tell us what they believe, and stand for. When we find that candidate that we agree with we should do all we can to support that candidate and help them to get elected. Once they are in office we must then keep a watchful eye on what they are doing while in office. Are they doing everything they told us they would do? Are they now doing exactly the opposite? We must hold them accountable for their every action. If they fail to live up to their promises then vote them out and let someone else have the job. Until this happens we will continue to get the corrupt representation we are now so vehemently outraged at.

As I sit here watching the sun rise on a dreary, rainy day here in Washington on this last day of 2009 I am thinking about the year that has passed. Overall I would say that 2009 was a pretty good year. There were some highs and some lows throughout the year, but for the most part it was a good year.

I am really looking forward to 2010. I have a number of changes in my life that I am going to be working very hard to make happen this year. I plan to spend more time writing to my blog and I am going to concentrate more on my photography. I am not sure yet on a few things that I want to see change, but when I have better details and some idea of the direction those changes will take I will write about them also.

Yesterday was Christmas eve and we spent the day with our family. It was a pretty good day and we had a good time talking about what is going on and what is coming up. As I sit here this morning drinking coffee and watching the sun rise over the frosty field I am thinking a lot about the year that has just passed  and the the year to come. There are so many things I had planned to do last year and as I look back at those plans and what ones are still left undone with just a few days left in the year I am boggled by the question “Where did all the time go?” I don’t think the plans I had for last year were so much that I couldn’t get them dione, and yet I aqm out of time and still have many things left to do. I, like so many of us, have gotten so caught up in the rat race that is our modern life that I have forgotten how to take the time to get back to what is truly important. I spend so much time working and stressing about the political climate, the economy, the all out destruction of everything our founding fathers shed their precious blood to create by the current administration that I forget to take the time to take care of myself.

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While I was out hunting today I saw this critter across the creek. When I first saw him hwe was more in the open. I originally thought it was a Coyote, but after looking at the picture I am not so sure.

This is as good as I have been able to enlarge the pic so far. It does look a lot like a wolf here. Tell me what you think in the comments.

I love history and looking at old pictures from the past. I have scanned a number of pictures my Grandfather took and sent home while he was in the service. Grandpa was stationed in Japan after WWII ended. I wish I had gotten the chance to hear his stories for these pictures, but do to a massive stroke that he suffered when I was very young by the time I was old enough to understand the stories he was not able to speak because his voice box had been paralized by the stroke. He lived a long and productive life even after the stroke. He taught me many valuable lesson growing up that did not require words to get the message across. Click the picture to view the other pictures on flickr. ZLeave a comment here or on flickr and let me know what you think.

My weekly Redneck Cooking Post is up over at Clique Clack Food. This is one of my favorite recipe’s and it is one that can easily be made with many different meats for a variety of different meals.

This is the view that greeted me as I walked across the parking lot on my way to my truck after work today.

Anyone guess where I would rather be?

I have been using twitter for a few years now. I started using twitter not long after it went public and myself and a few friends have used it to keep in touch ever since. Twitter has become quite popular of late and that has improved the usefulness of the tool. I can get notices of breaking news, traffic congestion, pass conditions, great recipes, and see what is on the television at just about any given time of the day or the night. There are also a lot of people that, like me, use twitter as a forum to vent what ever is on our minds. You can find people with an opinion on any subject on twitter and you will find opinions on all sides of the debate on that subject as well. I like that I can find different views on all subjects, but I am getting tired of the posters that instead of posting useful information and possible alternative actions on the subject, they instead spend all of their time ridiculing and insulting everyone that disagrees with their view of the subject. I know that we all are entitled to have an opinion on any subject, and I have my opinions on most subjects that I am not afraid to share, but I do not believe that it is acceptable to insult those that disagree with me because they disagree. I have had enough of the insults and name calling. Over the next week or so I am going to look closely at what is being posted to twitter. If all someone is posting is insults then they are off my follow list, and anyone that disagrees can remove me from their follow list as well.

I just wanted to share a hardy breakfast with everyone.

One of the blogs that I read frequently is The Survival Mom. This blog is full of useful, helpful tips and ideas for being prepared for an emergency situation.

The Survival Mom is giving away an Emergency Zone Survival kit on her blog.  This would be a great kit to have to help you get prepared for an emergency. Winter is fast approaching and no matter where you live in this country there is a chance of severe winter weather knocking out power for an extended period or of any of us getting caught out on the roads for a while. This kit will help you get by until things are back to normal. Take some time to check out The Survival Mom’s blog and enter to win, you might just learn something.