It was a beautiful Saturday morning in San Diego, and a perfect day to visit the Farmers Market in Little Italy. So that's what we did. This particular market in always lively and interesting, with lots of great food. One wonderful thing about San Diego is the Farmers Market scene - one can find at least one every day of the week.
Really, I could do this every day, but it simply gets too tiresome. Fortunately, Rachel Maddow had lately been on the hypocrisy bandwagon and is doing a great job at pointing it out.
I understand that both American Express and VISA are waving their normal percentage gouge on donations for earthquake relief in Haiti to approved charitable groups like this great organization.
Back in the desert after a brief mini-vacation in San Diego for the New Year. The weather was quite lovely, especially with the news of the terrible weather back East. On Monday, Avie and I shot this video at sunset on the beach at Coronado.
It was one of those memorable evenings when life is wonderfully good.
This is quite a Christmas treat for me, because I believe that Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) is probably the craziest person currently serving in Congress. Who can forget her memorable interview in 2008 with MSNBC when she said -
“What I would say is that the news media should do a penetrating expose and take a look. I wish they would. I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America? I think the American people would love to see an expose like that.”
Indeed. Now, Ms. Bachmann has made a name of herself in a large way by railing against the dangers of socialism. There are numerous quotes from her available to anyone with the desire to read them. Perhaps my favorite is -
"We've had our own modern day fling with great society welfare state policies. And after trillions and trillions spent we've purchased neither more personal industry or frugality."
Yes, socialism is truly evil Ms. Bachmann. So it is quite astonishing to find that Ms. Bachmann and her family back in Minnesota are welfare queens, feeding at the trough at taxpayer's expense. Farm subsides, to the tune of a quarter of a million dollars over the last 10 years.
Even more hypocritical, defenders attempy to justify her actions by pointing out votes against previous farm bills. So - Ms. Bachmann - you were against farm subsidies before you were for them?
While we are at it, let us pray for defeat of the health care bill and other "socialist" initiatives.....
December 13 was the running of San Diego's 38th Annual Parade of Lights, featuring a wide variety of boats splendidly decorated for the holiday season. The parade also will run again this evening, December 20.
The route winds its way around San Diego Bay, beginning at Shelter Island and ending at the old Ferry dock at Coronado.
There is little else for me to comment on here, so enjoy this distinctly California tradition.
Always good to see a dedicated Chargers fan. I like to root for the Buffalo Bills, but the Chargers are much better and are, I think, a team to be feared this year.
Some of these pictures may be a bit fuzzy, but night photography is not my forte.
Rockin' around the Christmas tree.
The Dole Pineapple ship loading in port in the background.
Have a holly jolly Christmas.
Making the turn at the Coronado bridge and heading for the finish.
Although I was some 10 years from the beginning of my long walk upon this earth, the date of December 7 is seared into my brain as the date of the Japanese attack upon the U.S. at Pearl Harbor. How things have changed in the years since that tragic day in 1941. For my parents generation, things completely changed. That event perhaps did more to change the world than anyone could ever comprehend completely. Profound changes, indeed.
This days cannot help but make me think of the brave men and women who lost their lives that day, and the millions who lost their lives in the terrible war that followed.
As Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt says in "From Here to Eternity" -"A man don't go his own way, he's nothing. "
