Sparks and Butterflies...

But aside from that, she's still completely normal

A little ashamed.

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Update: Here’s the link.

“The United States stepped up efforts Tuesday to evacuate U.S. citizens from Lebanon to Cyprus as complaints grew that the effort was slow getting started and appeared poorly organized,” McClatchy Newspapers reports. “Up to 1,000 more are expected to leave today for Cyprus aboard a U.S.-chartered cruise ship that docked in Beirut late Tuesday…. After criticism from Congress, the State Department dropped plans to ask Americans to pay for their rides on commercial vessels.”

Thank goodness.

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Update: Apparently Congress made a huge stink about this, and have changed it so that these people do NOT have to pay anything to be evacuated. I’m looking for a link that confirms this, which I’ll post here if I find it.

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I am a proud American. I am patriotic, and truly feel I live in the “best” country. Of course, I feel there are issues, but all in all the question becomes, would I want to live anywhere else? No.

But today, I’m ashamed of our government. Please go read This.

I’m excerpting here as well, in case it goes away as it’s in a blog format… – EMPHASIS MINE

Frontpage Headline
Lebanon Situation Update – July 15, 2006
July 15, 2006
This information is current as of today, Sat Jul 15 12:20:12 2006.

A message to the American citizens in Lebanon:

The Department of State continues to work with the Department of Defense on a plan to help American citizens depart Lebanon. As of the morning of July 15, we are looking at how we might transport Americans to Cyprus. Once in Cyprus, Americans can then board commercial aircraft for onward travel. Commercial airlines provide the safest and most efficient repatriation options to final destinations.

The Department of State reminds American citizens that the U.S. government does not provide no-cost transportation but does have the authority to provide repatriation loans to those in financial need. For the portion of your trip directly handled by the U.S. Government we will ask you to sign a promissory note and we will bill you at a later date. In a subsequent message, when we have specific details about the transporation arrangments, we will inform you about the costs you will incur. We will also work with commercial aircraft to ensure that they have adequate flights to help you depart Cyprus and connect to your final destination.

The Department of State continues to work around the clock and will continue to send updates as appropriate.

In other words… We’ll get you to Cyprus, but then you’re on your own – in a different country, that you don’t have a visa to be in, and you can try to get back to the US on your own. Oh, and by the way, this whole war you didn’t know was going to happen? You have to pay us to get you out.

Students, tourists, etc? Remember there was no war. There is an American University there. I mean, people were simply traveling etc. But then war broke out – totally unexpectedly. And now, those students, tourists etc, get to try to get back to the states from Cyprus, another country than the one of origin. Oh, and they’ll need to sign a promissory note to get saved, so they can be billed later!!

It is reprehensible that our government would bill our citizens to save them from a war that has taken everyone completely by surprise. It sickens me.

Blogathon Sponsorship…

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So far I have $105 in sponsorship for the blogathon! Thank you!

I’ve heard talk of a deadline on sponsorship so I went to the source… Here’s the answer:

New sponsors can sign up through the Blogathon and up to 48 hours afterwards. The July 21st deadline is just the deadline for bloggers.

Soooooooooo – You have plenty of time to sponsor! Please do. It’s a great cause and would help people in uniform be with their families in their time of greatest need.

Any Topics?

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Okay! Tomorrow is WWWDW (What Would We Do Wednesdays) and we have NO topics.

So, let me reiterate what this is.

Poe and I will give our answer – he said/she said style – on each of our sites, in response to anything you’d like to ask, know, just plain curious, or have advice on. It’s something fun we wanted to do – BUT YOU PEOPLE AREN’T COOPERATING!

So we need topics. From you! Either email me, or use that little comment link down there.

Quotable Quotes

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Have you ever wanted to put quotes on your site, but don’t have a resource? Or, have you ever wanted just to be able to see some lines from someone else that felt the way you’re feeling? Here are some that apply to me…

“You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.” Billy Wilder

“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.” Louisa May Alcott

“While you are experimenting, do not remain content with the surface of things. Don’t become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin.” Isabel Allende

“Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; — that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers.” Mary Wollstonecraft

There are many many more over at Quotable Quotes. They’re broken out by different categories. Go on and go! I think you’ll find it to be a good resource.

Myspace is scary – in a good way

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So, I found two old boyfriends on MySpace recently… OK, technically one wasn’t a “boyfriend” but could have been. Anyway, Uh oh. Now I’m gonna have to name them. Ah – what the hell. I’m not giving last names.

Chad was my very first boyfriend, who seems to have moved back to California. Friend Carol (this is also HER ex boyfriend… Long story – don’t ask) found him and passed the page on to me. He asked for my phone number, which I gave, but he hasn’t called. I hope he does. His email to me sounded like he’d been through a lot. We broke up when we realized we were more like brother and sister. One of the kindest guys to me ever – including adulthood. I hope he’s stayed the same as a man as he was as a boy. I mean I went to kindergarten with him.

And Colin. Oh Colin. HE does know about this site. I was actually looking for other people and someone had him listed as a friend. I sort of took a double take – THAT COLIN? So, we’ve been catching up via email, and he seems to have made a nice life for himself. He’s another one who was always nice to me. And we came thisclose to going out “officially” but I was too scared to go out into the unknown. There are some interesting and very good memories there.

What’s nice about finding these guys? Other than my Poe, very few guys (boys really then) and men later on, have been good to me. Very very very few. Which is sad, really when you think about how many good guys there really are out there, that I’ve had such limited experience with. But these two were good to me. Kind. Loving. Didn’t force me to do anything I didn’t want to do. Which if you’ve been reading a while know is – um – different for me. It’s very good to remember them. I would love to have them back into my life if Poe would be okay with it. I told him about both of them in the interest of full disclosure. Anything else would feel to me like sneaking around.

It’s great to be reminded of “good” people right now.

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