7 days and counting untill Jessica and I are off to California! We are both very excited and ready to get out of town. I still don't think we have very many plans. We will probably play a lot of it by ear.
Jessica and I are still Sooner fans! Yes it sucks that we lost, but you have to keep your head up and live to play another day! Get ready Texas...
Played some poker last night. I did not come in last, so I would call it a good evening of cards!
Thats it for tonight. Sleep well!
BOOMER SOONER!!!!!!!!
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
Immigration soapbox
Recently in the world, The ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) have made raids on local and national businesses looking and arresting Illegal Immigrants. I have mixed feelings about illegal immigrants. On one hand, they help our economy in many different ways, but on the other hand, they drain our economy. I wanted to take a few minutes and talk about this. (This is my blog. The views and comments expressed are my own, so if you don’t like them…Eat it).
Yes, Illegal Immigrants come over and work jobs, send the $ back to their families in other countries and take advantage of the healthcare in our country. Some have RISKED their lives to jump a border and provide a good life for their family that is over here with them. Wouldn’t you? Think about it. You have a family that you are trying to support in a different country for 16 cents an hour. If someone told you that you could move to a different country and make $5.75 an hour flipping burgers or $6 an hour to mow lawns, wouldn’t you do it?
I am tired of hearing the excuse that they are coming to this country and stealing jobs. They are not stealing jobs; they are working the jobs that no one wants to do. (This next section is not written to offend anyone…I PROMISE). Our society today has become career conscious. People want to sound important, even if they are a blue collar worker. Who do you think is going to work harder at a fast food restaurant? An Illegal Immigrant who’s soul purpose for having that job is to keep it and supply food and shelter for his family. Or Billy Joe, whose dad said, “You need to learn the value of a dollar”, even though Billy Joe knows that regardless if gets fired for not showing up on time, he still has a home to go to every night.
I understand that 100% of Illegal Immigrants are not pure hearts and that some are drug dealers, smugglers, criminals, etc. My question to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is this, Why are we going after Immigrants that are WORKING at the time in Restaurants, Meat packing plants and other nationally recognized places? It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. If you know where they are, and are making a difference in society, why go in, shut down a business, deport people and leave their CHILDREN without care? I just don’t get it???
Yes, Illegal Immigrants come over and work jobs, send the $ back to their families in other countries and take advantage of the healthcare in our country. Some have RISKED their lives to jump a border and provide a good life for their family that is over here with them. Wouldn’t you? Think about it. You have a family that you are trying to support in a different country for 16 cents an hour. If someone told you that you could move to a different country and make $5.75 an hour flipping burgers or $6 an hour to mow lawns, wouldn’t you do it?
I am tired of hearing the excuse that they are coming to this country and stealing jobs. They are not stealing jobs; they are working the jobs that no one wants to do. (This next section is not written to offend anyone…I PROMISE). Our society today has become career conscious. People want to sound important, even if they are a blue collar worker. Who do you think is going to work harder at a fast food restaurant? An Illegal Immigrant who’s soul purpose for having that job is to keep it and supply food and shelter for his family. Or Billy Joe, whose dad said, “You need to learn the value of a dollar”, even though Billy Joe knows that regardless if gets fired for not showing up on time, he still has a home to go to every night.
I understand that 100% of Illegal Immigrants are not pure hearts and that some are drug dealers, smugglers, criminals, etc. My question to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is this, Why are we going after Immigrants that are WORKING at the time in Restaurants, Meat packing plants and other nationally recognized places? It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. If you know where they are, and are making a difference in society, why go in, shut down a business, deport people and leave their CHILDREN without care? I just don’t get it???
Monday, September 24, 2007
Rice-a-roni, the San Francisco treat
Guess where we are going? That’s right, you guessed it; Jessica and I are headed out to San Francisco. After Friday’s news from the Dr., Jessica and I decided it was time to get out of town. We rarely go out of town just the two of us. It is usually with Family, or to go see family or friends, or business. We just told ourselves, we need to go somewhere where we don’t know anyone, won’t have to see anyone and just get away. We both have been to San Francisco, (Jessica on business, and I went back in High School) but we did not have the freedom to do whatever we wanted to.
It is going to be so much fun. Two guaranteed things we are going to do, rent a car and drive to Napa Valley and possibly go on a wine tasting tour, and Alcatraz. Other than that, the sky’s the limit!
It is going to be so much fun. Two guaranteed things we are going to do, rent a car and drive to Napa Valley and possibly go on a wine tasting tour, and Alcatraz. Other than that, the sky’s the limit!
Friday, September 7, 2007
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Golf
As you all probably know by now, I am a big fan of Golf! I play every weekend and try to at least get in one twilight round during the week. Over the next 2 months, I am going to be golfed out of my mind. From this weekend until October 28, I have a golf tournament every Saturday and sometimes the following Sunday! In order, I am playing in the Choctaw school tournament, FEAPAC, PIP, March of dimes, ERAC, Hertz, Edmond CofC and the WOW club tournament. To top that off, College football just started and I think a couple of these tournaments are going on during the game. I think Jessica and I are going to try to go to the Miami game this Saturday and then Sunday will start off my golfing! Got to love this time of the year!
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