JOURNAL ARCHIVE: July 13, 2006
This image from STS-1 reminds me of something from the Taylor. We were in Gitmo during shakedown and the evaluators had the windows on the bridge covered up. We had to leave port like that, essentially flying by instrumentation and charts. While that memory would represent many different experiences from flight training, I have started wondering the past few hours if I was on STS-1 when it went up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Columba.sts-1.training.triddle.jpg
STS-1 crew in Space Shuttle Columbia's cabin. Astronauts John W. Young [left] commander and Robert L. Crippen, pilot, are the prime crew members for NASA's first Space Shuttle flight, STS-1. Here, they are logging time in the Shuttle orbiter Columbia in the orbiter processing facility [OPF] at the Kennedy Space Center [KSC].
[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 13 July 2006 excerpt ends]
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: From: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 3:13 PM
To: Kerry Burgess
Subject: Re: started getting sick
Kerry Burgess wrote:
Ah, and if they kill me or let me die, all this probably becomes a non-issue. So the longer they drag it out, the more likely I will end up killing myself, because as far as I know, no one is going to talk to me about this stuff. If I ask the police about it, they're just going to put me back in the hospital. If I want to get out of here and back to the relative comfort of the Veteran's Center, I have to start taking drugs again. It's crazy.
[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 17 March 2006 excerpt ends]
https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/10/20071016-3.html
THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 16, 2007
President Bush to Welcome President Enkhbayar of Mongolia to White House
President Bush to Welcome President Enkhbayar of Mongolia to the White House
President Bush will welcome President Enkhbayar of Mongolia to the White House on October 22, 2007. The two leaders will review the continuing strong cooperation between the United States and Mongolia on global and regional affairs, including the war on terror, progress in Iraq, and trade and economic development.
From 5/7/1992 ( the first launch of the US space shuttle Endeavour orbiter vehicle mission STS-49 includes me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps officer and United States STS-49 pilot astronaut ) To 10/16/2007 is 5640 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/12/1981 ( my biological brother United States Navy Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan was the commander aboard the United States STS-1 Columbia spacecraft ) is 5640 days
From 6/14/1954 ( Dwight Eisenhower - Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill To Include the Words "Under God" in the Pledge to the Flag ) To 10/16/2007 is 19482 days
19482 = 9741 + 9741
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/4/1992 ( the United States Navy aircraft carrier warship USS George Washington CVN 73 commissioned into United States Navy battle force fleet active service and my biological brother United States Navy Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan the General of the Armies of the United States is the first commanding officer of USS George Washington CVN 73 and as Kerry Wayne Burgess the active duty chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps I was a member of the ship's crew ) is 9741 days
From 1/6/1953 ( Harry Truman - Proclamation 3003—Enlarging the Olympic National Park Washington ) To 12/20/1994 ( in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my United States Navy Cross medal date of record ) is 15323 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/16/2007 is 15323 days
From 12/10/2004 ( premiere US TV series episode "JAG"::"The Man on the Bridge" ) To 10/16/2007 is 1040 days
1040 = 520 + 520
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/6/1967 ( premiere US TV series episode "Star Trek"::"The City on the Edge of Forever" ) is 520 days
From 5/29/1949 ( premiere US film "Hellfire" ) To 5/12/1991 ( I was the winning race driver at the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix ) is 15323 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/16/2007 is 15323 days
From 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 also known as Matthew Kline for official duty and also known as Wayne Newman for official duty ) To 10/16/2007 is 6116 days
6116 = 3058 + 3058
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 3/18/1974 ( the Arab oil embargo against the United States ends ) is 3058 days
From 1/17/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Persian Gulf War begins as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) To 10/16/2007 is 6116 days
6116 = 3058 + 3058
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 3/18/1974 ( the Arab oil embargo against the United States ends ) is 3058 days
From 6/8/1921 ( the United States Army experiment to pressurize aircraft ) To 5/4/2005 ( the incident at the police department City of Kent Washington State after my voluntary approach to report material criminal activity directed against my person and I am secretly drugged against my consent ) is 30646 days
30646 = 15323 + 15323
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/16/2007 is 15323 days
From 8/18/1973 ( The Killian Document ) To 10/16/2007 is 12477 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/31/1999 ( Bill Clinton - Statement on the Resignation of President Boris Yeltsin of Russia ) is 12477 days
From 8/18/1973 ( The Killian Document ) To 10/16/2007 is 12477 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/31/1999 ( Bill Clinton - Statement on the Death of Elliot Richardson ) is 12477 days
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=75941
The American Presidency Project
George W. Bush
XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009
Remarks Following a Meeting With the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors
October 16, 2007
Good afternoon. Thanks for coming. Welcome to the Rose Garden. I appreciate Senator Dole and Secretary Shalala and other members of their Commission for joining me today. Welcome.
I just finished an inspiring meeting with Secretary Gates and Acting Secretary Mansfield, with servicemembers who were rebuilding their lives after being severely wounded in the service of our country. I wish all Americans could hear the servicemembers talk about their strong desire to not only rehabilitate but to enter— be productive citizens here in America. I was most impressed by your spirit and your courage, and I—welcome here to the White House.
I appreciate the fact that they are helping to find a—to define a culture that says, we're going to judge people by their potential, not their disabilities. I appreciate the fact that they are demonstrating the great breakthroughs in technologies that are now available for the wounded. I don't know if you noticed, two of them came in on a Segway.
Medical advances have enabled battlefield medics and hospitals to provide our wounded warriors with care that would have been unimaginable just a decade ago. Yet our system for managing this care has fallen behind. It's an old system; it's an antiquated system; it's an outdated system that needs to be changed.
You know, that's what happened at Walter Reed Army Medical Center earlier this year. First of all, the care that's provided there is magnificent. Our doctors and nurses at Walter Reed are great healers and caregivers, and they've saved a lot of lives. But there were serious problems caused by bureaucratic delays and administrative failures, and we're not going to let those problems continue.
We took immediate steps to address the problems at Walter Reed. The building where outpatients were living that was substandard was shut down. They were moved to high-quality housing, and those responsible were held to account. And to ensure wounded troops at Walter Reed and other facilities across America get the care they deserve, I asked Senator Dole and Secretary Shalala to chair a bipartisan Presidential commission. The Commission conducted a comprehensive review of the care provided to servicemembers returning from the global war on terror from the time they leave the battlefield through their return to civilian life.
At the end of this review, the Commission submitted specific recommendations for modernizing and improving our system of care. My administration strongly supports the Commission's recommendations. We've taken steps to implement them where we can through administrative action. And today we're sending Congress legislation to implement the recommendations that require legislative action.
The legislation will help us achieve three important goals. First, this legislation will modernize and improve the way we evaluate disabilities and award compensation for injured servicemembers. Right now the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs both have their own systems for making these determinations. The Commission found that this process is difficult to navigate and confusing for servicemembers and their families. We need to streamline the system.
So this legislation will assign both Departments clear and separate roles. The Defense Department will determine whether wounded warriors are still fit for service. Those unable to serve will receive a pension from the Defense Department based on their rank and length of service. Then they will move directly into the Veterans Affairs system, where they will receive compensation for their disabilities. This compensation will take into account both loss of earnings and the overall impact on the quality of life resulting from a servicemember's injury or disability.
This new system will also emphasize rehabilitation and retraining. It will provide new support and financial incentives for therapy and education. It will help our wounded warriors rejoin their communities. Look, these men and women want to be productive, and they want to be active members of our society, and this legislation will help them achieve that goal.
Secondly, this legislation will strengthen support for families during the recovery process. When our servicemembers suffer wounds, their families suffer with them. They pray beside hospital beds, they discuss the options with the doctors, and they help injured loved ones readjust to everyday life. These commitments often require family members to take long leaves of absence from work, yet many family members cannot get this time off without losing their jobs.
Our military families deserve better. So this legislation will give many parents and spouses the opportunity to take up to 6 months of unpaid leave when their loved ones are seriously wounded in combat. It provides severely wounded servicemembers with aid and attended care services—for instance, up to 40 hours per week of in-home help from an assistant—so their families do not have to shoulder the responsibilities of caring alone.
Third, this legislation will improve treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. The Commission found that many servicemembers still worry about the stigma associated with this serious condition. We need to end this stigma by encouraging those suffering to get help. This legislation will make it easier for our troops to receive care for this disorder, and it will help affected servicemembers to move forward with their lives.
The need to enact these reforms into law is urgent, and I call on both Republicans and Democrats in Congress to come together and pass a good bill that I can sign into law. We also need to complete the Veterans Affairs appropriations bills that funds veterans' benefits and other ongoing programs. I fully recognize Congress and I have our differences on other appropriations bills, but the Veterans Affairs bill is one where we agree. I ask the House and Senate to work together to pass a bill that I can sign, and send it to my desk by Veterans Day.
As we work with Congress on this legislation, my administration will continue to institute the recommendations of the Dole-Shalala Commission that do not require congressional approval. We're acting on the Commission's recommendations to form a new corps of well-trained recovery coordinators. These coordinators will work with families to establish recovery plans and monitor the healing process, facilitate the transition to civilian life, and ensure wounded servicemembers do not get lost in the system.
We're also acting on the Commission's recommendations to ensure health professionals working at the Defense Department and Veterans Affairs facilities can easily share patient information. This will allow us to provide patients with better care as they move through the system. We're also developing a new secure web portal, where servicemembers will be able to access all their medical files and benefit information in one place.
We're acting on the Commission's recommendation to create incentives for medical professionals and administrators to work at Walter Reed. One out of every five wounded servicemembers passes through this hospital. And while Walter Reed is set to close at 2011, we will ensure it remains a state-of-the-art facility until the last day of operation.
By taking these steps, we'll honor a shared commitment to care for those who defend our freedom. One of those people is Ryan Groves. While serving with the Marines in Iraq in 2004, he lost his left leg and severely injured his right leg in a rocket attack. Today, he refuses to allow his disability to stop him from living his life. He's going to Georgetown. He wants to be a lawyer. He travels using the Segway. He's an amazing fellow. He's an inspiration for all Americans. And we need to build a system of care that is worthy of the sacrifice that he and others have made.
I look forward to working with Congress to achieve this goal. Together, we can give our wounded warriors the best possible care and help them build their lives of hope and promise.
And now it's my honor to introduce Secretary Donna Shalala.
NOTE: The President spoke at 4:25 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=75942
The American Presidency Project
George W. Bush
XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009
Memorandum on Provision of United States Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Brazil
October 16, 2007
Presidential Determination No. 2008-03
Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense
Subject: Provision of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance to the Government of Brazil
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1012 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2291-4), I hereby certify, with respect to Brazil, that (1) interdiction of aircraft reasonably suspected to be primarily engaged in illicit drug trafficking in that country's airspace is necessary because of the extraordinary threat posed by illicit drug trafficking to the national security of that country; and (2) that country has appropriate procedures in place to protect against innocent loss of life in the air and on the ground in connection with such interdiction, which shall at a minimum include effective means to identify and warn an aircraft before the use of force is directed against the aircraft.
The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register and to notify the Congress of this determination.
George W. Bush
http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2003/January%202003/0103bomber.aspx
Air Force Magazine
From the Bicycle Shop to B-2 Bombers
JANUARY 2003
BY ROBERT E. VAN PATTEN
For nearly a century, Dayton, Ohio, has been a seedbed of the nation's military airpower.
Another early McCook Field experiment in high-altitude flight took place June 8, 1921, and it was designed to try out the concept of a pressurized cockpit. A cylindrical chamber was bolted into the open-cockpit DH-9A biplane and taken up for a test. The contraption was not much more than a tank with a view-port and some sealed connections for control cables. It was pressurized by means of a propeller-driven pump.
On the test hop, the airplane was piloted by Lt. Harold R. Harris. Soon after takeoff, Harris found to his dismay that the output of the pressurization pump was far greater than expected; the chamber exhaust valve could not cope, and the pressure in the chamber was rising alarmingly.
It finally reached a pressure altitude equivalent of about 3,000 feet below sea level and the temperature had risen to 150 degrees Fahrenheit. Harris could not get the chamber to open and did not have a hammer to smash a hole in the port. Fortunately he was able to get the airplane down quickly enough. The contraption was never tested again, but it had proved a principle.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3859076/quotes
IMDb
Truth (2015)
Quotes
Mary Mapes: How you're doing, Dan?
Dan Rather: I'm stepping down as anchor.
Mary Mapes: When?
Dan Rather: After inauguration.
Mary Mapes: Oh Dan...
Dan Rather: You didn't cause this, Mary.
Mary Mapes: Well, you're a shitty liar, you know that? Why didn't you ask me? Cos God knows everbody else did when the shit hit the fan. Why didn't you?
Dan Rather: Ask you what?
Mary Mapes: Why didn't you ask me if the documents were real?
Dan Rather: Because I know I didn't need to.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041453/releaseinfo
IMDb
Hellfire (1949)
Release Info
USA 29 May 1949
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/30/world/oil-and-gasoline-fast-facts/
CNN
Oil and Gasoline Fast Facts
CNN Library
Updated 10:35 AM ET, Wed February 3, 2016
(CNN) Here's a look at crude oil reserves and production around the world.
Facts:
Crude oil is a form of liquid petroleum, extracted from rock formations and used for fuel and other purposes.
Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) produce about 45% of the world's crude oil, and possess almost 81% of the world's total proven crude oil reserves, according to OPEC and U.S. Energy Information Administration data.
The 13 countries/members of OPEC: Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, and Venezuela.
Timeline:
1973-1974 - Due to U.S. support of Israel in the Arab-Israeli conflict, the members of OPEC decide to raise the cost of oil from $3/barrel to around $12/barrel.
October 1973 - OPEC issues an embargo that halts exports of oil to the United States. Americans experience long lines at gas stations and at times cannot find gasoline at all. Gasoline prices go from 36 cents a gallon in 1972 to over 50 cents a gallon in 1973.
March 18, 1974 - At an OPEC meeting, seven members lift the ban on exports to United States. The countries are Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt and Abu Dhabi. Libya and Syria refuse to drop the ban and Iraq boycotts the talks.
https://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqal74-1222249
CQ Press
Energy and Environment 1974: Overview
An article from CQ Almanac 1974
Document Outline
Energy and Inflation
Government Actions
1975 Clash With Congress
Conservation vs. Production
After the lifting of the Arab oil embargo on March 18, 1974, gasoline and fuel oil again became plentiful in the United States—although at higher prices—and stories of severe shortages slipped from the front pages.
But the energy crisis persisted in an even more pernicious form. No longer merely a matter of insufficient supply, the energy situation became intertwined with the grave economic problems President Ford inherited on taking office Aug. 9, 1974. Within months, he and Congress were trying to get together on an economic-energy package that reflected the inseparability of the two crises.
Though the Arabs had lifted the embargo, they and the other oil producing nations refused to lower the posted price for oil, which in late 1973 they had raised from $3 a barrel to $11.65. The continuing high oil prices played havoc with the international monetary system and contributed heavily to the deepening worldwide recession.
Financial leaders frantically sought ways to “recycle” oil money in the sagging economies of the consuming nations. This meant finding ways to get the oil exporters to lend money to consuming countries so that they could pay for oil and other imports and avoid bankruptcy.
Economists estimated that from $250-billion to $600-billion would shift to the oil exporting nations by 1980—perhaps the greatest transfer of assets in world history.
“Today, governments are watching an erosion of the world's oil supply and financial systems comparable in its potential for economic and political disaster to the Great Depression of the 1930s,” said Walter J. Levy, an oil economist and consultant to governments.
With equal gravity, President Ford told a Detroit audience Sept. 23 that “it is difficult to discuss the energy problem without unfortunately lapsing into doomsday language….Exorbitant [oil] prices can only distort the world economy, run the risk of worldwide depression and threaten the breakdown of world order and safety.”
http://www.e-reading.co.uk/bookreader.php/1016787/Clancy_-_Shadow_Warriors.html
Shadow Warriors (2002)
Clancy, Tom - Nf - Commanders
XII
SHADOWS IN THE STORM
Lights popped on in the buildings as they closed to 5,000 meters.
"Party in ten," commanded the Apache fire team leader, Lieutenant Tom Drew.
Figures began running toward the three antiaircraft pits guarding the base.
"Five ... four ... three ...," said Drew calmly.
Before he reached "one," Thomas "Tip" O'Neal pickled a Hellfire. "This one's for you, Saddam," said Dave Jones, O'Neal's copilot, as the Hellfire whisked off the left rail of the Apache. It was the first shot of the war.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=9920
The American Presidency Project
Dwight D. Eisenhower
XXXIV President of the United States: 1953 - 1961
140 - Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill To Include the Words "Under God" in the Pledge to the Flag.
June 14, 1954
FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural school house, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty. To anyone who truly loves America, nothing could be more inspiring than to contemplate this rededication of our youth, on each school morning, to our country's true meaning.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fairy--tale
Dictionary.com
fairy tale
a story about fairies or other mythical or magical beings, esp one of traditional origin told to children
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/CVN73.htm
NVR
Naval Vessel Register
USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)
MULTI-PURPOSE AIRCRAFT CARRIER (NUCLEAR-PROPULSION)
Class: CVN 68
Fleet: Pacific
Status: Active, in commission
Force: Battle Force
Award Date: 12/27/1982
Keel Date: 08/25/1986
Launch Date: 07/21/1990
Commission Date: 07/04/1992
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=9920
The American Presidency Project
Dwight D. Eisenhower
XXXIV President of the United States: 1953 - 1961
140 - Statement by the President Upon Signing Bill To Include the Words "Under God" in the Pledge to the Flag.
June 14, 1954
Especially is this meaningful as we regard today's world. Over the globe, mankind has been cruelly torn by violence and brutality and, by the millions, deadened in mind and soul by a materialistic philosophy of life. Man everywhere is appalled by the prospect of atomic war. In this somber setting, this law and its effects today have profound meaning. In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America's heritage and future; in this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country's most powerful resource, in peace or in war.
Note: The joint resolution amending the pledge of allegiance to the flag is Public Law 396, 83d Congress (68 Stat. 049).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
American Revolution
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Independence and Union
After securing enough votes for passage, independence was voted for on July 2. The Declaration of Independence was drafted largely by Thomas Jefferson and presented by the committee; it was slightly revised and unanimously adopted by the entire Congress on July 4, marking the formation of a new sovereign nation
http://www.royal.gov.uk/ImagesandBroadcasts/TheQueensChristmasBroadcasts/ChristmasBroadcasts/ChristmasBroadcast1989.aspx
The official website of The British Monarchy
Christmas Broadcast 1989
Many of you will have heard the story of the Good Samaritan, and of how Christ answered the question (from a clever lawyer
http://www.e-reading-lib.com/bookreader.php/71036/Orwell_-_1984.html
George Orwell
1984
Chapter 6
There were four others on the committee, all of them persons similar to himself. There were days when they assembled and then promptly dispersed again, frankly admitting to one another that there was not really anything to be done. But there were other days when they settled down to their work almost eagerly, making a tremendous show of entering up their minutes and drafting long memoranda which were never finished — when the argument as to what they were supposedly arguing about grew extraordinarily involved and abstruse, with subtle haggling over definitions, enormous digressions, quarrels, threats, even, to appeal to higher authority.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436697/quotes
IMDb
The Queen (2006)
Quotes
HM Queen Elizabeth II: Something's happened. There's been a change, some shift in values. When you no longer understand your people, mummy, maybe it is time to hand it over to the next generation.
HM The Queen Mother: Don't be ridiculous. Remember the vow you took?
HM Queen Elizabeth II: I declare that my whole life, rather it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service.
HM The Queen Mother: Your whole life. That is a commitment to God
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty
Sovereignty
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sovereignty is understood in jurisprudence as the full right and power of a governing body to govern itself without any interference from outside sources or bodies. In political theory, sovereignty is a substantive term designating supreme authority
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
American Revolution
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Continental Congress determined King George III's rule to be tyrannical and infringing the colonists' "rights as Englishmen", and declared the colonies free and independent states in July 1776.
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: From: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 8:29 PM
To: Kerry Burgess
Subject: Freedom from religion
[I think this may be the document I was thinking of a while back. It is the one that Thomas Jefferson wrote that established freedom from religion. In the first part, it is saying to me that man has created many false religions in the past, false religions they used to take money from other men, and that man should be free to think and believe what he wants to and that it is no other man's business what he believes.]
[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 22 February 2006 excerpt ends]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_myth_theory
Christ myth theory
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1900, Scottish MP John Mackinnon Robertson argued that Jesus never existed but was an invention by a first-century messianic cult. In Robertson's view, religious groups invent new gods to fit the needs of the society of the time.
[ See also: http://hvom.blogspot.com/2016/11/normandy.html ]
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/reagan-alzheimers
PBS
On November 5, 1994, former President Ronald Reagan published a letter to the American people announcing his diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/12144079/Gun-salute-marks-anniversary-of-Queens-accession-to-the-throne.html
The Telegraph
Gun salute marks anniversary of Queen's accession to the throne
Gun salutes have been fired in London's Green Park to mark the 64th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne
By Claire Lomas, video source ITN, words agency
2:51PM GMT 06 Feb 2016
A 41-gun salute was fired by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery
From 2/6/1952 ( my biological paternal great-grandfather His Majesty King George VI deceased ) To 3/16/1991 ( my first successful major test of my ultraspace matter transportation device as Kerry Wayne Burgess the successful Ph.D. graduate Columbia South Carolina ) is 14283 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/10/2004 is 14283 days
From 10/28/1994 ( premiere US film "Stargate" ) To 12/10/2004 is 3696 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/16/1975 ( premiere US TV series "One Day at a Time" ) is 3696 days
[ See also: http://hvom.blogspot.com/2015/06/spokane-golden-your-tax-dollars-at-work.html ]
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/dec/11/rotary-breaks-ground-on-park-fountain/
The Spokesman-Review
SATURDAY, DEC. 11, 2004
Rotary breaks ground on park fountain
By Hilary Kraus
You've viewed 4 of 5 free stories this month.
The seed was planted nearly 30 years ago, but it wasn’t until Friday that city and Rotary Club officials broke ground on the Rotary Fountain in Riverfront Park.
Beneath an intermittent drizzle, the group gathered on a three-quarter-acre site that will be transformed into a $1.25 million interactive water fountain and plaza. It is scheduled to open in late May 2005, in time for the Northwest district Rotary conference.
Project designer Bob Perron was among those who watched as the first holes were dug into the cold, wet ground by Mayor Jim West, Dan Cadagan, Rotary Foundation project committee chairman, and other dignitaries. Perron, designer of Riverfront Park, had the vision of an elaborate entrance fountain in 1975.”There was not enough money in the budget then,” Perron said.
Perron, a resident of Portland and architect of that city’s Salmon Street Spring, said the idea resurfaced about 2½ years ago. The Rotary Club wanted to make a major contribution to the city.
The fountain and plaza are being funded by a public-private partnership between the Spokane Park Board and the Downtown Spokane Rotary Club 21. The fundraising has reached 96 percent of the needed amount, thanks to 415 donors, including 31 who each gave more than $5,000.
“This is by far the most significant project we have ever taken on,” Nancy Kennedy, Club 21 president said during the formal ceremony.
The fountain and plaza will bring a radically different look to the entrance of the park. It will cover an area from the Spokane River to Spokane Falls Boulevard on the south border and from the carousel to the “Christmas tree” on the west edge.
Harold Balazs, commissioned as the sculptor, has designed a work that will tell the story of the Spokane Falls and its relationship to native people.
“We were interested in a fountain that reflected in the history of the community,” said Perron, who has worked with Balazs on other architectural projects.
But unlike Perron’s original idea – sculptured children holding hands in water – the flat-deck Rotary Fountain will be run by computer and will be constantly changing. It will have about 140 water jets, sprays, misters, ground hugging fog and other features. It will stand on five stainless columns that are 24 feet high.
The fountain will be open for anyone who wants to play in the water, and will operate from 6 a.m. until midnight from mid-spring to mid-fall, temperature permitting. The fountain may be operated in winter with the mist creating ice formations.
Annual maintenance is estimated between $20,000 and $25,000, Cadagan said. Power alone would cost about $12,000 a year.
Perron said most of the construction is underground piping, which can be done in winter.
“This is going to be one of those things that brings ‘Wow!’ to the city,” West said.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php
The American Presidency Project
Richard Nixon
XXXVII President of the United States: 1969-1974
244 - Address to the Nation Announcing Decision To Resign the Office of President of the United States
August 8, 1974
I have never been a quitter.
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The Simpsons (TV Series)
Bart vs. Australia (1995)
Quotes
Bart Simpson: I can't get a straight answer out of this crazy hemisphere.
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Limitless (2011)
Quotes
Eddie Morra: For a guy with a four digit IQ, I must have missed something. And I hadn't missed much.
http://www.tv.com/shows/jag/the-man-on-the-bridge-383495/
tv.com
JAG Season 10 Episode 9
The Man on the Bridge
Aired Friday 9:00 PM Dec 10, 2004 on CBS
AIRED: 12/10/04
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STAR TREK
City on the Edge of Forever, The
Star Trek: The Original Series
Season: 1 Ep. 28
Air Date: 04/06/1967
http://www.chakoteya.net/StarTrek/28.htm
The City on the Edge of Forever [ Star Trek: The Original Series ]
Stardate: 3134.0
Original Airdate: Apr 6, 1967
(He dashes into the turbolift.)
KIRK: Security alert.
Captain's log, supplemental entry. Two drops of cordrazine can save a man's life. A hundred times that amount has just accidentally been pumped into Doctor McCoy's body. In a strange, wild frenzy, he has fled the ship's Bridge. All connecting decks have been placed on alert. We have no way of knowing if the madness is permanent or temporary, or in what direction it will drive McCoy.
- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 5:15 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Monday 14 November 2016
