When we go to war

When we go to War

when we send our kids to war

it should not just be something

we watch on TV

Or listen to as we drive to work

in our SUV , sipping a $5.00 Latte

War means people dying

Cultures clashing ,

Every Bomb dropped , bullet shot,

Soldier deployed is a cost.

It used to be when we sent our Kids to war

we had a draft , a war tax and a blood drive

Now we just change the Channel to

some feel good reality TV.

Main Street Story , short and tragic 

The Bar in the basement of the old Bozeman hotel was crowded and

Kurt was a little too old to be cool here . . Demitri was behind the

bar , Kurt knew his drinks would be watered down, if he got served

at all. Kurt hoped that Demitri's work visa would be yanked soon and

he'd be sent back to Putin's Paradise .

The waitress working the floor was Vickie . Kurt looked for a table

near the door . Vickie would give him a free drink occasionally , She

had a thing for him ,or at least he hoped she did. “ Hell ,” he said to

himself as he took a seat, “ She could just think I looked like he

father. What the hell for a free beer and a smile, I'll be dad ! “

Vickie brought him a beer without asking, “what can I get ya ?”

( was he that predictable ?) What was he doing looking for in this bar

or in this beer ?

Was the young couple ,at the next table twittering on their smart

phones so interested in updating their status that they ignored the

person they came in with any better off than him ?

“well who am I to Judge, I'm alone in a crowded bar talking to my

self.”

Kurt should of left right then , but he stayed and had one beer to many and then the

midget climbed up ( took him a while ) on the stool opposite me . He did not

look happy , because of the beer and my lack of verbal self control Kurt asked “

you're not happy so which Dwarf are you ?” then he shot Kurt in the chest and

he died .

Ready for the future ?

Election Creeping up on us and I see no one I can trust How about you ?

would love to see an Independent run

On the Road, Drove 400 miles yesterday

Went to Idaho Falls and back, covered a lot of territory . good day

Brave Americans

  So this guy stands out in front of a store on Main street on a Sunday . Simply because it has an Arabic sounding name. Makes you proud don't it 

WATER WARs the future is scary. First the Farmer then the people

 Even if you don't believe is global warming, the issue of water needs to be addressed . Drinkable water , aquifer depletion  are all going to effect us and our Children 

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/07/of-drought-and-men-in-the-west/#


Farming in the northeast corner of Colorado used to be simple: plant corn and watch it grow, irrigated by the massive Ogallala aquifer. Today the sprinklers at Marvin Pletcher’s farm in Yuma County, about 120 miles from Denver, put out half as much water as a decade ago, and he keeps them low to the ground to prevent evaporation. Half of Pletcher’s 1,300 acres are planted with wheat, sorghum, sunflowers, and pinto beans—crops that are less thirsty than corn, but also less profitable. “I have four wells in operation. In 10 years I’ll be lucky if I have one,” says the fourth-generation farmer. “We’re all drinking from the same bowl of water here, and when it’s gone, it’s gone.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-02/great-plains-water-crisis-aquifer-s-depletion-threatens-farmland


Our fisheries are also  being threatened, not only by over fishing . Our waste is killing our rivers and the oceans .

Every year about this time, the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone develops (Figure 1).

It's one of many that form at river deltas across the world (Figure 2).

In the southern US, a large one normally shows up at the Mississippi River outlet .

As the 2,300 mile long Mississippi river flows from the northern part of the US through New Orleans, it carries pollution consisting of runoff from storm drains, water treatment plants, factories and fertilizers just to name a few and drains them into the Gulf of Mexico.

Once there, the pollutants especially phosphates and nitrogen from fertilizers stimulate the overgrowth of algae (Figure 4).

Eventually, the algae sinks and dies.  The resulting decomposition consumes the water's oxygen supply and kills much of the marine life.

This year, flood waters flowing into the gulf from Texas and Louisiana may increase the extent of the Dead Zone.  It could expand west toward the Colorado, Brazos, Trinity, Sabine and Atachafalaya deltas.

http://www.ktbs.com/story/29523527/growing-gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone

Blue Sky and Canadian Smoke

great big sky Sunday in Bozeangeles, a little rain and wind 

to get rid of the Smoke from Canada. But hot weather 

predicted this week. Why does Trump not say anything 

about all those Canadians coming across the border ?