The blame game... Cut, Cap and Balance, lets try to be adults.

It's not the Democrats. It's not the Republicans. It's not your side or my side. It's the crap that we don't know about. We need to stand together to defeat the monster known as "Pork Barrel".

I read examples of government waste on the internet, things like 2.6 Million dollars to train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly, or a million dollar soccer field for detainees held at Guantanamo bay, 70 million dollars in bonuses being paid to IRS employees, 7 billion (with a B) dollars worth of military equipment being left behind in Afghanistan. But where does the general public find the evidence of this. Where do we see the appropriations bills. This is the crazy stuff that has to stop.

7 billion dollars worth of military equipment... that will have to eventually be replaced?! Where is the sense in this?

The mainstream media talks about the stuff that they know scares us.  Medicare, Medicaid, SSI, Veterans benefits etc etc.  I don't want to hear about that until you tell me why we are spending 384,949 to study Sexual Conflict, Social Behavior and the Evolution of Waterfowl Genitalia. Do I really need to know how a birds dick has evolved and how it decides to have sex with another bird?!?! Or wait here is a good one, how about the $60,000.00 spent by the IRS for a parody film of Star Trek and a parody film of Gilligan's Island that stared IRS employees. My daughter, Andrea, is a stage actress, can I get $60k for her to do a film... I think not. Let's see then there was $1.5 Million to Brigham and Women's Hospital to study why 3/4 of lesbians in the US are overweight and most gay males are not or 2.7 million to study why lesbians have more vulnerability to hazardous drinking.  Don't misunderstand, I have nothing against gay and lesbian people, I have dear friends of both.  The question is why do we need to study this shit, or spend $505,000.00 to promote specialty hair and beauty products for CATS AND DOGS! But my favorite, $10,000.00 for... wait for it...your gunna love this one... talking urinal cakes. Yes, that is correct, TALKING URINAL CAKES! Oh, that might not count because it was in 2012.   Go check it out some of these for yourself.



 Not only do we need to limit congressional compensation and benefits we need to cut the pork... Congress needs to stop acting like toddlers, stop playing games to get their way and start acting like adults. Things like spending more money shutting down the open air memorial than it costs to leave it open and telling fisherman that they can't fish in the open water of the Everglades National park until the government opens back up is stupid and childish.  Get a grip congress... or we will have to start a movement to convene a 5th amendment convention and oust all of you!

Remember when...

Life was Simple ... we enjoyed the journey.

I wish for them to have wind in their sails...

1928 Racing Schooner ~ Niña

Have you ever had something that you were just drawn to do, for no particular reason, you just knew you had to do it... That happened to me around the 28th of June, when a high school class mate, Kim Adair, posted asking for prayers for a missing sailboat...

Most of you know for about the last 90 days or so I have been working with a group of people to find the sailing vessel of a high school acquaintance.  The famous racing schooner, the Niña has been lost in the Tasman sea since the 4th of June, the Captain and crew are as follows... Capt. David Dyche III, his wife, Rosemary, their son, David Dyche IV, Matthew Wootton, Kyle Jackson, Danielle Wright and Evi Nemeth.


I decided to start a Facebook page so people had somewhere to share their stories, some place for supporting the families and each other as friends.  I don't know why... I just did, and I asked another high school acquaintance to assist in managing the page... which by the way, was a great choice.  Many thanks to you, Eugene.

It is really nice and if you go to the early posts and photos, you will see family and friends gathering for candle light vigils as the NZ RCC searched the Tasman for signs of the S/V Nina or her crew. Then somewhere around the 4th or 5th (not sure which day the actual decision was made) of July NZ RCC decided to suspend their search. This is where the family's took hold of the the bull and plowed forward taking the search private.

Soon after NZ RCC suspended their efforts, Ricky Wright, Danielle's father, contacted Texas Equusearch .  With TES's support, spearheaded by Ralph Baird the search has evolved and so has our Facebook group.  It is currently supporting the efforts of visual searches of maps on the Tomnod site. There is a second Facebook Page that supports the news updates and fund raising efforts.  There is also a blog that is written by Tim Paynter.  Tim has had the experience of being lost at sea, and knows first had of the difficulties to survive and there is a page on the Equusearch site with updates of their search efforts.


With all that being said, I often times find my self sitting here at my computer, sometimes at the end of the day, sometimes in the early morning going through the posts, adding new members, searching the images on Tomnod and I wonder...  I wonder, how do you live for days on end on a life raft with 6 other people. We take so much for granted in our every day lives, a fresh meal, hot shower, cold glass of water, toilet, soft bed, warm blanket etc... etc... etc...
 
They are adventures after all, but did they ever think it would go to this extreme.

I admire  David and Rosemary, they chose not to wait. They figured out how to do the daily and live the adventure, side stepping the when this, then that, loop.

There are many reasons to believe that they are adrift either in a life raft or on the disabled vessel, just go to

Examples of drifting yachts

one of the pages and you will find stories of vessels presumed to be sunk (with no evidence) or that were disabled and abandoned, just to show up months later still in tack.  David's twin sister Cherie believes that Nina will bring the home... Nina always has.


I know this blog is new and I don't have a lot of follows yet. I am posting this because, as Tim would put it, I am a spoke in the wheel and will take you to the hub. There you will find the story.

So if you can spare a few dollars or spare a few minutes, please join the search. Donate at TES and instruct them to use your donation for Nina search in the notes to seller. Take a few minutes and search some maps on Tomnod. and share, re-post, cross post, like,join and follow anything you find about the sailboat Niña and her crew. This way we continue to gain momentum, and keep Nina at the top of the news feeds until she and her crew are found.

 Chose to live life, chose to share in the hope, chose to pay it forward and help to save 7 souls lost at see.

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Life is simple... enjoy the journey.