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Gene Autry's Cowboy Code (1930)

 I have seen this Gene Autry's Cowboy Code before but I forgot about it.  I just saw it on Boing Boing. 

"1. The Cowboy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man or take an unfair advantage.

2. A Cowboy must never go back on his word, or a trust confided in him.

3. A Cowboy must always tell the truth.

4. A Cowboy must be gentle with children, the elderly and small animals.

5. A Cowboy must not adovcate or possess racially or religiously interolerant views and ideas.

6. A Cowboy must help people in distress.

7. A Cowboy must be a good worker.

8. A Cowboy must keep himself clean in thought, speech, action and personal habits.

9. A Cowboy must respect women, parents and his nations's views.

10. A Cowboy is a patriot."

  I was born in 1941.  I listened to Gene Autry on the radio.  Then I saw him in movies and then on TV in the early days of television. 
  I miss the morals, values and ethics of men like Gene Autry and of many of the TV shows of years ago.  The crap they put on television today, and in movies, makes me sick.  I am not calling for censorship. I just think we should not watch it and that the people than own the networks should not put the trash on TV.
 

Veterans Day 2007 - November 11

  Let me repeat what I posted here on 2004.

Veterans Day in the United States is on November 11th.
 

"Today, here in the United States, is Veterans Day. It is a day for honoring all Americans that have served in the military. Most of all a day to honor all those that have given military service during times of war.
We should honor and respect our military men and woman each day of the year.
(Even if we are in a war that should not have been started and even if our  Commander in Chief is a fucking ass hole... The men and woman who serve in uniform are our heroes standing guard and protecting us all in times of war and peace. THEY deserve 100% of your support each day.)

We should do more for those that serve in the military. They should be better paid.  It also means support of their family. On this day of the year.. the community should seek out all veterans and see what we can do to help them. Everyone should look around for a vet and see what we could do for them..even if it is just cutting their grass or painting their house ... schools should adopt a vet. Churches should adopt a vet. 

Got the image off of CNN.Com"

BellSouth Internet for a week

  I have had this BellSouth Internet for just over a week now.  Years ago I would have been so happy to have 1516 kbps down and 199 kbps up.  Remember I started out with 300 baud.  I was so happy when they came out with 1200 baud modems.
  But, as you know, I was thinking I was going to get 8 mbps down with Comcast.  Then I was expecting to get 6 mbps down with DSL.  I end up with 1.5 mbps down with ???? (I still do not know what you call this service.  It is not cable and is not DSL.)
  Thank God I have broadband Internet.  I remember when there were rotary dial phones and party lines.  I remember when there was no television.  I remember when few homes had air conditioning.  I am not even sure it was called that at the time.  I remember going to an RKO movie theater and it was called "air cooled" or something to that effect.
   

What Star Do You Look Like?

 I did this one time before but I decided to do it again.  What star do I look like?



  If you want to see who you look like the site is:  Analogia

 I did it in April of 2006 and here is the results at that time.

 Should I sit and wait for the movies to call me?  Smile

Can GPS beat a speeding ticket

"...A retired sheriff's deputy nevertheless hopes to beat the long odds of the law by setting the performance of a police officer's radar gun against the accuracy of the GPS tracking device he installed in his teenage stepson's car..."
See CNN story. 
  It is an interesting story and an interesting idea.  I do not think he will win but it is something new and I love new hi-tech stuff.
 

Uncorroborated threat to malls

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In what one FBI spokesman described as "almost an annual ritual," the bureau has obtained uncorroborated intelligence indicating al Qaeda would like to strike shopping malls during the holiday shopping season, two law enforcement sources said Thursday..." 

  I worked as a security officer from 1972 to 2000.  Then I retired and worked a few other places.  After I moved to Orlando (FL) I worked some contract security (hospital, hotel) for about a year.  Then after moving to Texas I worked FAA control tower security at two airports. 
 

Another Police Officer Killed Here

  Another police officer was killed here in Miami.  That is three in the last month.  That does not count police officers shot (one in the leg and one in the head).  It is open season on police officers, and others, down here in Miami.
  One of the reason that killing is up here is the use of assault weapons.  We have President Bush and the Republican congress to thank for all the assault weapons and for the deaths.  President Bush let the ban on assault weapons expire in 2004.
  My Republican friends, if I have any, would say that guns do not kill people that people kill people.  They would also say that since crime is up that people need guns to protect them self.  Police officers here now are being issued assault weapons. 

"...Murders with the high-powered, quick-shot weapons have been on a steady rise throughout most big cities in the nation since 2004. But locally, it was the September death of Miami-Dade police Officer Jose Somohano in South Dade at the hands of Shawn LaBeet's modified Mak-90 that caught the attention of police and politicians.

LaBeet owned nine guns -- six of them assault weapons..."  See Story

  We need common sense laws about guns.  I am not sure it is going to happen.  The NRA lobby is very powerful and no one wants to get shot down by the NRA.
 
   You can get a permit to carry a concealed handgun in FL.  I remember living in Missouri when FL passed the law allowing it.  I remember a year or two after my friends saying see the crime rate and murder rate is down now because people can carry guns.
  Now my friends say guns have nothing to do with crime rates and now they say that we all need to get a gun because the crime rate is up.
 
  We need a ban on assault weapons and some common sense gun control laws.
 

Technorati Tags: gun control, assault weapons, jose somohano

Bad Drought for South Floridians

  Soon one lawn watering per week will go into force here.  Backyard lakes will shrink and virtually all canals will be blocked to save the water.
See MiamiHerald.Com story.  If your coming to visit FL bring your own water.

 

  The photos above I took today.  They are of the Miccosukee Golf Club.  It is about two blocks from our house. 
  Since this is Indian land I am not sure if state or local laws about water use would apply to them. 

The 2007 Weblog Awards

"Voting for The 2007 Weblog Awards is now open. This is the master list of voting links that you can use this to navigate to the voting booths for each of the 49 categories. You can vote once a day in each category. Polls close close Thursday November 8, 2007 at 10:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which is 5:00 p.m. (EST) and 2:00 p.m. (PST). Finalists can get hosted finalist badges here..."

 Remember I told you about the Weblog Awards?  I told you about the fact that I maybe the inventor of blogging.  So I listed my blog on the site and voted for it. 
  Talk about no respect... I was just about the only person that voted for my blog.  SMILE

    The voting is almost over and then they are going to eat, drink and party in Las Vegas NV.  Where will Jim Howard the inventor of blogging be?  Will he be in Las Vegas hearing the cheers of the people? 

   No they have forgotten all about him.  Well I guess they have not forgotten him..you have to know of someone one before you can forget them.

   When they are having fun in Las Vegas I will be here watching TV and eating Maruchan noodles and drinking Coke.  Oh it is a cold hard world out there.
    Let me brush away this tear.
 

Ubuntu 7.10

  I have a dual boot computer here.  I can boot up into Windows XP or Ubuntu (Linux).  I have Ubuntu 7.10 on my computer now and it is great. 
  The new 7.10 is working great.  It is smooth and is working great with my current Internet service.  I can surf faster with Ubuntu than with Windows now. 
  The Internet we have now is about half the speed of the service we had before when it comes to downloads. 
   Here is a link to get Ubuntu 7.10 if you want to try it out.  The "Desktop CD" will let you try it out without changing your computer at all.  That would be best for you to try it out.