CNN.com - Neo-Nazi March Sparks Violence - Oct 15, 2005

I cannot believe this sort of nonsense still goes on, that there are still back-woods, backwards DUMBFUCKS out there in the world. This is the information age... Ignorance is NO LONGER an excuse for hatred, depravity, and bigotry. Don't get me wrong though - I'd go to court in a MINUTE to protect their right to speak/demonstrate freely (no matter how abhorrent I find their speech to be...I've done so when I was head paralegal to the General Counsel of the ACLU). I am a Constitutionalist.

Fucking bigot rednecks and trailer park trash. May they be mulled over by their Ford F-150 trucks and John Deere tractors (the list of redneck vehicles could go on and on, but that's another post lol). Darwinian theories will take care of them. They always do. lol

"Hey Travis, hand me that meth! I need a hit! Ahh yeeah, bitch, now that's what I done been talkin' 'bout! Now watch me ride this fuckin' bull with no hands. I even done strapped two propane tanks to its side to see if I can get 'em to blow up! Wudden't that be a sight? Make sure Dakota, Cheyenne, and Skyler are safe inside the trailer - don't want them gittin' no scars...now roll the Betamax! Get this shit on tape! White Power!!! Yyyyeeeaaaahhhaawwwww!!!"

Anti-Defamation League Article on Neo-Nazis

CNN.com - Planned neo-Nazi march sparks violence - Oct 15, 2005

Avian Flu Reaches Europe: CNN.com - Romania has deadly bird flu virus - Oct 15, 2005

God. I hope and pray that this isn't going to be as bad as experts predict it COULD be...

CNN.com - Romania has deadly bird flu virus - Oct 15, 2005

In Memoriam

It's almost the end of the calendar day here, and I cannot let the day pass without writing a serious note.

Five years ago, my mother died after a 6-month battle (chemotherapy and radiation treatments) with cancer. It was completely unexpected, since she had quit smoking 25 years prior (smoking had nothing to do with her cancer, the oncologist said). It devastated all of us in my family.

I miss my mother terribly. She was the anchor in our family, and things have never quite been the same without her. I am/was my mother's "baby boy," the youngest of three boys, and she and I bonded very closely. Losing her 5 years ago was and has been a very traumatic thing for me, but as time goes by and as I continue to grow as a person and experience life, I gain a greater understanding of what happened, perhaps WHY she was taken early from life at her age (she was 64), and how better to live my own life.

In any event, today was the 5-year anniversary of her death. Exactly 5 years ago RIGHT NOW I arrived at my parents' house, having gotten a telephone call that Mom had passed away, and those first moments, knowing she was really gone forever, are permanently etched into my memory.

I love you Mom, and I miss you. You are and were my hero for all of your virtues, for your compassion and kindness, for being such a wonderful parent to me as I grew up, and for being my friend and counselor as I became an adult. I'll forever miss and admire you, love you, respect you, and I'll try my best to pass along the things that you taught me to both my friends and, eventually, my own children.

God bless you, Mom. You're my angel.