Chattanooga, here we come

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Well,

The route has been mapped. 803.2 miles one way.

We are taking a couple of days to get to Chattanooga and a couple of days for the return. On the way back the plan is to stop in New Orleans for a night of ?stress relief?.

Who am I kidding, the whole trip is ?stress relief?.

As riding and time allows I will be posting updates and photo?s of the trip.

The first two days will include getting to the Natchez Trace Parkway and riding the Parkway all the way to Tennessee. The plan is to stay off the interstates as much as possible with the exception of the end of each day when the last leg of the day is highway to the hotel.

The trip from Chattanooga to New Orleans is all Interstate (500 miles). Probably the toughest day, but if you look on a map it?s all down hill ! If we had more time, I?d like to spend more time riding Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. This will be a good recon ride for the next adventure.

More later as we get ready to leave on the 2nd of June.

dh

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George W. Bush

 

 

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 If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

   If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

   If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan’s holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?

   If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?

   If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

  If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

   If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia , would you have approved?

   If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

   If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you have approved?

   If George W. Bush had stated that there were 57 states in the United States , would you have said that he is clueless.
 
If George W. Bush would have flown all the way toDenmark to make a five minute speech about how the Olympics would benefit him walking out his front door inTexas , would you have thought he was a self important, conceded, egotistical prick.

   If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

   If George W. Bush had mis-spelled the word "advice" would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as proof of what a dunce he is?

   If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he’s a hypocrite?

   If George W. Bush’s administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?

   If George W Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?

   If George W. Bush had created the position of 32 Czars who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America , would you have approved.

   If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

   If George W. Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?

   If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?
 

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So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can’t think of anything? Don’t worry. He’s done all this in 12 months — so you’ll have three years to come up with an answer.

 

Information a problem?

"With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations, — none of which I know how to work — information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation,"

"All of this is not only putting new pressures on you, it is putting new pressures on our country and on our democracy."- Barack Obama May 9th 2010.

Information as a distraction, a pressure on our democracy!

Information a distraction? A threat to our democracy?

This regime seems worried. Is the next step a regulation of the web? Too much information is not a bad thing… unless you have something to hide.

 The party of tolerance seem only to be tolerant and open minded when you agree with them.

But what do I know. I’m just some right wing, raciest, homo-phobic  wing-nut from Texas.

dh

The Challenge

The Challenge

Life is a funny thing.? It’s full of contradictions, challenges and conundrums.

One particularly challenging facet of “life” is work. Mind you, I’m all for work.? Nothing is more satisfying than the feeling of a job well done. Seeing the end result of your labor and knowing the skills and knowledge gleaned from years of experience have brought you to this point of satisfaction.

This can come from something as simple as mowing the lawn to creating a piece of music or work of art.

In my case it happens to be working with people, building relationships with employees and customers so that the company succeeds.

The problem, as it often is, is not the work but the Job.

Someone once told me “if it weren’t for the people, this job would be perfect”.

So here is the challenge, how to work (be creative, use your talents, enjoy the process) and still deal with the “job”. I am not na?ve. I know assholes and idiots surround us and every day in all of our activities we must learn to deal with these…. well these assholes. It seems though that at every turn these folks are sucking the will out of you, trying to bring you to a point, perhaps down to their level.

A very wise person told me once that I should not be the job. I think I understand were he was going with this. You must always be the individual, the greatest minority on earth. You can become what you do, just not the entity that you do it for.? Does that make since?

Dh

Bluebonnet ride ’10

A few shots of this past weekends ride to the Navasota area.

The weather was perfect and the wildflowers were spectacular. More to follow.

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One Happy Guy

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Old Yellar at the “Pump”

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the price per gallon was 10.9 cents !

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Washington on the Brazon.

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Independance Hall

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This is the ferry landing Settelers used to reach the Old Capitol.

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the back roads to Independace

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Andersen, Texas

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Courthouse in Andersen, Texas

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Only 4years out of inspecton! With her nose pushed up in that Juniper,

it looks like she’s ashamed of her present condition.

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Kind of reminds me of Mayflower (my old Dodge)

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Backwoods Grill, on the way out. A great plae to eat and kick back.

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The original site of Baylor University, Independance, Texas. Tons of flowers (and tourist)

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On the road around Brenham

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Tom and Linda who tagged along for the ride home

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The “compassion” of the Left; an excuse to ignore the actual results of their so-called good intensions.

Just like my beloved Golden Retriever, they live in the moment without any consideration for their actions, present or past.

This works for a dog.

Have fun

Be careful

dh