Year: 2006

United Nations Small Arms Review Conference

By unanimously adopting the UN Programme of Action to address the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (UNPoA), in 2001, the UN Member States committed to collecting and destroying illegal weapons, adopting and/or improving national legislations that would help criminalize the illicit trade in small arms, regulating the activities of brokers, setting strict import and export controls, taking action against violators of such laws, and better coordinating international efforts to that end.

United Nations Small Arms Review Conference 2006 Web Site

Now I am not a fan of the NRA nor do I believe that I would have use for a automatic rifle or a grenade launcher for that matter. But I do believe that in this crazy world we live in,  with our  government’s tendancy to ignore the Constitution and in effect stomp over citizens rights, in a little document called the Bill of Rights. Heck, I hate guns but I own one. I know how to use it and there are no children in the home. If some of us did not own guns the statement “only criminals would have guns” would be very true in my neighboorhood.

“adopting and/or improving national legislations that would help criminalize the illicit trade in small arms, regulating the activities of brokers, setting strict import and export controls, taking action against violators of such laws, and better coordinating international efforts to that end”

This could be interpreted many ways – lots of room to play with it. Just thought I would point it out as it is worth keeping an eye on.

The Ball is Very Important

Annie is obsessive. Ball dah Ball! All that matters is the BALL. Throw the BALL.

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It is the Ball, the whole BALL, and nothing but the BALL. And just in case you missed it – Annie wants you to know it is the big red object in her mouth LOL The BALL. ..

Pleasant Distraction

Augh….sigh

I rode up to the Marysville area tonight. I know this sounds silly but I needed a ride. Traffic was awful leaving Sacramento. I know there was a target on my motorcycle or my jacket that said – commuters lock onto this – attack. LOL.  After navigating through the gauntlet I hit open road. It was nice just going foward with no particular destination.

I could smell the rice fields, a faint odor from the orchards that is present in the late spring early summer. The sky was cloudy with the smell of rain. Rather a strange sensation the smells of summer intertwined with the visions of  a late winter sky. I ended up stopping to visit some friends in Olivehurst. A bowl of home made cobbler and back toward Sacramento. My windshield is so covered with bugs I could barely see through it when I pulled into the complex. Bugs zero – Kmilyun 100,000,000 hee haw!

I have not ridden much in the last two years. I did ride up to Loon Lake last summer and camped out all week. My coordination is not the best – not a good deal on a motorcycle. I have worked long and hard to be able to go for a ride – especially one without someone following me in my truck – eyes open – just in case. I have worked puzzles, built models, stood in the corner with my eyes closed on a pillow, squeezed little foam pieces, shuffled cards, played with clothspins, and now I guess I am as good as I will get. I now take a GPS with me everywhere I go. I can use the trackback feature if I have to to find my way back home. Just in case.

Changes

This blog is dead.

Summer is here and there are many things to do. Motorcycle rides, hikes with the dogs, fishing, and coffee gatherings in the evening.

Not that I expected some mass of great blog readers but more than the two that this blog has gone down to – well…

It takes a lot of time to write a good political article. Then very few read it anyway. I am not a photographer. My interests are not the norm. An old article that I deleted that mentioned YouTube is still the largest search engine magnet. Sad.

There are many great blogs that cover just about anything and everything.

The only thing they can not cover is the reflection of my world. My little hole in the earth. Apparently it is not that interesting hahahahahahha…………….

Well, friends of Bill, Sportster riders, dog owners, picture takers, and political hounds, I might see ya on YouTube. NOT!

The Britannia model now has deck houses etc.

I installed a kickstand extender on my 2004 Sportster Custom.

My fishing pole has new line.

Annie’s tail is all better.

California recieved money for our levee repairs.

Riding a motorcycle without a helmet = organ donor.

Life is good if you don’t weaken.