Scientists have identified a lethal new virus in Africa

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98FIBM80&show_article=1

Here is another disease from Africa to worry about.

Scientists have identified a lethal new virus in Africa that causes bleeding like the dreaded Ebola virus. The so-called "Lujo" virus infected five people in Zambia and South Africa last fall. Four of them died, but a fifth survived, perhaps helped by a medicine recommended by the scientists.

It's not clear how the first person became infected, but the bug comes from a family of viruses found in rodents, said Dr. Ian Lipkin, a Columbia University epidemiologist involved in the discovery.

"This one is really, really aggressive" he said of the virus.

Hopefully, this virus won't be the one, but I'm afraid that one of these days a really nasty new virus will be on the loose that will cause a world wide pandemic that will kill millions. I hope it doesn't happen, but I we should be prepared in case it does.

What a world we live in today!!

A man on a bridge in China committed suicide. He held up traffic for four hours. A motorist who got tired of waiting in traffic walked up to the man that was taking four hours to decide when to jump and held out his hand to the suicidal man, and when he give his hand for help the motorist pushed him overboard. He survived the push and the motorist was arrested.

It was very serious, but damn funny. My people, do you think the motorist should be prosecuted?

Always know your surroundings; you just can't trust anyone, can you???

Man pushes would-be China suicide off bridge

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Dick Cheney is on TV 24/7 talking openly that he believes that torture saved our country from terrorist attacks, while at the same time George Bush talks with Obama in private all the time.

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Brokers and realtors, the banks and the big boys on the Hill rip off the consumer, and now the auto dealers. But wait a minute now, auto dealers, lawyers, doctors, politicians, and police officers all have similar degrees. Corruption, corruption, corruption.

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Withholding condoms could cause much more HIV and STD's to spread. Do you think that sharing the same cup in church when drinking the Body of Christ could be causing you exposure to diseases? Yes, think again.

Deny gay marriage laws enforced by stupid law enforcers

Gays and lesbians are being denied the right to get married like so called straight people can. It's very interesting the way this saga is going. First gays and lesbians could not get married at all. Then 18,000 in California were allowed to tie the knot before Christians and so called followers of the law shut down other human being's legal rights.

What happened to constitutional rights? Everyone has the same rights. All men should be treated equally. Well those who think or are pretending to be straight need to define the word "straight."

Straight means "free from curves, bends, angles, or irregularities, not wandering from the proper course, one thinking, honest, upright."

Gay means "bright, merry, lively, brilliant in color."

Why are some so called straights or people in general so hateful? They never want others to be happy. After defining the words straight and gay, I am more confused why the heterosexuals think they are any different than gays.

Gays and straights are having the same kinds of sex these days. They all are using the same body parts for sexual activities, my people. Straight men and women are doing the same exact thing to their partner's private parts that gays and lesbians are doing to theirs. While at it, why is our sexual organ called "private parts" anyway? They are very busy most of the time generally speaking and in some cases more busy than the Brooklyn and San Francisco Bay bridges combined.

This is about control by people who think they are better than others.

Do you think that law enforcers are on drugs when making decisions? Think again, no one is monitoring their drug habits and they could be stoned as a rock daily without having to be accountable for their actions. If the law is the law, then why is it not for all of the people of the law?

To show you how stupid these people are, they just said that it's wrong for same sex couples to get married, but the ones that we allowed to get married in California before Prop 8 stay married. Are they saying that it's okay to discriminate against gays within the gay community? That's discrimination. People should know the law and should be educated to know that it is not legal and it is unconstitutional what they have done. Who are these people? Where did they get their education from? What kind of drugs are they on daily? No one really cares, my people, about what gays do, they are just hateful.

Why go after marriage and not divorce? Shouldn't there be a law that says anyone caught cheating should be punished other than divorce? A major part of marriage is to become one and whole, and how many of those who are trying to enforce this have abided by the laws of marriage the way they are trying to put it on gays? How many? Is it right to have people who have sex partners other than their wives and husbands doing the same things as gays and lesbians saying they are abiding by the laws and rules and gays are not? What are these people saying? How many are married and sleep around on each other? Again, marriage clearly means to become one and whole, and no intercourse with anyone else till death do you part, in illness, your problem, my problem. Do you think that making marriage by enforcing what marriage means should be more of a focus than same sex marriage?

Who am I to tell others that they cannot have what I have, but I can have what they have? You know, my people, penetrating your wife in her anus is not part of marriage. Being oral isn't also. Remember you are saying that marriage is for a man and a woman. It's the same as the penis is for the vagina, not the anus. And your tongue and lips are for eating etc., not made to clean out the rectum and lick on the vagina. So stop the crap and let all gays have the same rights as all.

You know what you have done is the stupidest, dumbest thing you have done.

Maybe gays should stop paying taxes since they do not have the same rights as the rest of the residents of the state.

Pelosi may be telling the truth and if she is...

Nancy Pelosi has said over and again that she did not know about the water boarding of war prisoners at Gitmo. Maybe the liar is telling the truth. Maybe she was too busy thinking about how to help her husband get thousands of dollars from the government and not having to pay it back. Huh. She just could be telling the truth, but I just don't buy it.

If she is telling the truth we are in serious trouble; if she's not we are in serious trouble. Not just her but all those who are in charge up there need to know every bit of every situation that pertains to our country's benefit. This is their job to do so, especially if they know like how she has said that the CIA lies and always lies. Oh well, then she should have done some form of investigation making it her business to see if the rule of law was being followed.

My people, even in the case of the deal with the credit card and gun bill combined, how come Obama didn't know what Congress was discussing and which way they were leaning? I could be wrong again, but I just see it this way, that people in such positions should make it their business to know every detail of everything they have to deal with.

What's next? Another shock when the economy that they think is bouncing back takes another major dip? You know there will be another major dive before this starts to work it's way back which will take thirty years to get where it was few years ago.

I so hope I am wrong. We are in serious trouble.

Does torture work, huh!!!

Torture does not work. From the beginning of time all torture has done was to cause rebellions and more animosity. Looking way back at the Roman Empire, or Hitler's treatment of the Jews, or even in our homes with our children it is best to treat everyone with respect. Of course some do not like to be treated with respect and they will make you into the bad guy and love the one who abuses them. Why? Maybe it's fear. But fear is only fear within the person of the one who is putting it out.

We hear all the time that people who commit serious crimes or the way we all live our lives is from our upbringing. People who go out there and torture and seem to enjoy inflicting pain on others suffered from some form of the same as a kid.

Women who are sexually abused as a child see sexuality differently from those who were not. Is it because the abuse did not work?

What about African Americans in the US who were mistreated for over one hundred years? Did you see an overall agreement that because they were tortured they became much better citizens? So many pass that hate down to the children and grandchildren in defensive ways.

It doesn't matter what form of abuse is used as torture. Do you think it accomplishes safety for the torturers? Think again.

Does Obama's not getting his way have something to do with racism?

Maybe I am wrong, but I have not heard of any other time that an ex vice president was so involved with the decision made during the term of the next president. I don't remember seeing Dick Cheney so much when he was VP. For some reason he was hard to be seen but now he's everywhere. I don't think this is any help to his case that water boarding and the rest of the torture was valid and helpful. Could it be that he is playing defense now so he wouldn't have to play offense later?

Or could he plainly just be about not wanting Obama to succeed? Like I said in one of my other posts, none of those guys will be put away for war crimes. They will have to be from another country like Iraq, Liberia, etc, etc. Attorneys in this country will find some loophole to have them vindicated.

I think Obama should sign the credit card/gun bill although it is not prefect. Banks will still have loopholes in ripping off consumers and the gun provision speaks for itself, much more gun related crimes.

Now my question is, if Obama were a white president, would he still face all of these objections? It seems like we complain now about everything President Obama is trying to do. Why didn't all of the presidents before have such problems? Is it anything to do with his skin color or is it something else I am missing? Even in the Bush and Cheney era they got and did almost anything they wanted to and got away with it while creating massive financial destruction causing the world wide financial meltdown which Obama is doing his best to fix, and oh no, the objections were silent in their era.

Lets make all the complaints we want to, but let it be for the nation as a whole, not just one's own agenda. Dick Cheney has a self centered agenda I think. Maybe he is afraid of looking bad a few years from now. It's too late Dick. It's very funny how things usually turn out.

In life when things seem to go our way, stepping over other people and thinking that our ass smells like vanilla roses, we become blind to reality forgetting that there is a future in all aspects of life. Everything we did in our past, are doing in the present, and will in the future will play a major role in our everyday living, in good ways and bad. George Bush and Dick Cheney have their place in history. I think they will go down with an A for no other terrorist attacks in the US after 9/11. But that's not due to the fact that forms of torture were used or whether the torture had anything to do with having no other terrorist attacks, but simply because it did not happen.

Dick Cheney needs to get out of the spotlight and let history make itself. All done in the dark comes to light one way or the other.

I hate to think that race is playing a part here, but I'm just leaning that way because I don't remember any other president having problems such as Obama's.

Summer time again in the Elko, NV area

My people, if you live in Nevada near Elko or even farther, this is the time of year to go driving and catching the scenery. Drive out to Taylor Canyon for an afternoon and I promise you will have a nice visit with Tom and Andy. They are closed every Tuesday, but they are open the rest of the week. Call in advance and tell them what you want to eat and it will be there for you. Play pool or try your luck on the slot machines while they cook you something home made style. Prices are very conveniently low and they have a full bar.

You can rent a cabin for hunting purposes or just to get out of town to relax and enjoy the beautiful Taylor Canyon Resort. The ghost town of Tuscarora is just up the road from them where you can find the history of Japanese miners who settled there many years ago, and the history of the Charles and Della Van Norman, who settled there and have kept ties with that area up to now.

I recommend Tuscarora for site seeing if you are into old cities and their history. If you miss out on this quiet place right out of Elko or Winnemucca this summer you will have missed out on seeing and spending time in one of the most interesting areas I think in Nevada.

Have a wonderful summer my people. Remember spend wisely, but it's okay to treat yourself sometimes. Taylor Canyon is the place. Try it and you see, you'll be back.

Should Congress include a provision allowing gun possession in national parks in the credit card bill?

Gun provision in credit card bill garners support

Will Obama sign the credit card/gun bill although he did not get all of what he wanted? I think so. Congress combined it with gun rights which will permit loaded guns in parks which could and will cause more unnecessary crimes. People should have the right to have a gun to protect themselves if needed, but there are so many gun owners who got them legally that should not have a gun. Having a gun is a heavy responsibility that some take very lightly until something close to home happens.

Because someone got a gun legally doesn't necessarily mean that they are responsible enough to have one. My people, that is a serious problem.

The credit card bill is not all that either. This could cause people with good credit higher rates. It seems that banks still get their way. Should there have been a bit more leeway for credit card holders?

Why would you want a credit card anyway if you know that you can't afford one or can't control your spending habits?

In West Africa, when one goes to a bank to get credit they are given only what they can pay for with some form of collateral. And they have to pay something up front just in case there is a default. That way both the bank and the consumer know exactly what to expect in case of default. But over here one is given forty to sixty credit cards knowing that they can't make the payments. It's crazy on both sizes. I would say except now the banks gets bailed out by all of us, even by those who spend wisely.

Do you think that was a very nasty crooked deal to combine credit cards and guns together in the same bill? Think again.

Update - Obama to sign credit card bill

Kris Allen winner of American Idol.

I did not care too much for Kris Allen's performance on American Idol. He was just so so. Adam Lambert is already a star and will make it very big.

After saying that, do you think that Adam really wanted to win? Why did he dress that way? Does he not know that it is not what you can do or say or accomplish that makes it who you are? He should have known that he should have toned it down to get into the door. Did you care for his singing alone or did how he dressed have a part to play in your voting decision? With all this nonsense about Kris won because of all of the young girls who voted for him, so this means there are not that many young lesbian, bi or it girls out there?

My people, I do not believe that the young people of today think like how we did in our days and still do. They do not care about what one does sexually. So lets not blame them. It could have just been that Adam's dressing habit turned people off. Come on, even his dressing had gays and lesbians turned off. If the show was all about just voice then he would have won. We have to remember that just because someone is gay does not mean they will vote for another gay if they do not share the same view. I am sure that many gays and lesbians hated the way Adam dressed and with the pics on the net, I do not think his voice should have been judged by that, but come on, would you want your gay daughter or son to dress that way?

You know my people, even drug users put other drug users down.

It is sad that Adam Lambert did not win, but looking at it the other way, it may be a good thing. Artists too should show a good example in their tastes.

Hopefully, Kris Allen will turn out much better with success than former Idol winners Ruben and Taylor who were dropped from their contracts because of very low music sales.

Good luck to those two very talented young men.