Costly Errors

Hello reader's,


  Even if you don't watch the news, or read the papers, you have likely heard about Senatorial Hopeful Republican Todd Akin and his most recent comments regarding the definition of rape, and a women's natural defenses against pregnancy during a "legitimate rape".  What?  Anyway, the repercussions from that are far reaching.  Even when I blogged earlier about the high likelihood that President Obama would be re-elected, I had no idea that the Republicans would not only stick their foot in their mouth, but chew and swallow it.


  For a recent article on Republican woes, you can click the link below.


 http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/24/news/la-pn-akin-raises-funds-democrats-capitalize-20120824



  Maybe it is the crowds or microphones that stymie speakers.  Very funny how nearly every politician , at one time or another, tells us that they " mis-spoke ".  Not so much an apology, or an admittance of their ignorance....hopefully it will end with me.  I have no problem telling it how it is and meaning it.

  Would I ever dare tread where Todd Akin did?  I am not so stupid.  I would ask him to define a "legitimate rape" to me.  Either way, rape is an abomination and perpetrators should be tried, convicted and dealt with swiftly.  As for the woman, they should have access to counseling, and if needed, an abortion.  I said it.  Abortion should never be used as a method for birth control, but my God, it should never be denied when a woman needs it.

  Republicans big concern now is their fundraising and lack of donors.  Even being Independent and aligned more closely to Republicans, my dollars will not help fund them during this disaster.

  Have a great weekend.

Trevor Dodge

Voter turnout in local elections

  Hello everyone,


  A short post today.  The results from our local elections have been tallied.  There will be a second counting on the 20th that will more clearly define who won.  The sad part of this most recent election was that less than half of registered voters actually voted.   We received our ballot in the mail two weeks before the election and had that much time to study the candidates and make a wise decision.

  As many people here in America who complain about their local Government, it is sad that only less than half of them would stand up to vote and make change.


  Additionally, since Google is continuing to have issues, I will make the switch to Mozilla in the next week.

  Have a great week everyone.



Trevor Dodge

Going public? Wow.

Hello Everyone,


  I am glad the photos finally made it to the post with a little help from a browser that didn't belong to Google.   


  What strikes me, leading into my weekend, is that in the last two days I had many views and hits to my blog from Latvia.  After around 11 months, my blog has had the most hits in the U.S.A. and Russia.....for good reason.  I love the United States and soon hope to visit Russia.   Among the other countries I would like to visit are Germany and now....Latvia.


  Why not.  It is a European Country and rich with beauty and history.


  Alas,  the Google browser is not allowing me to post some photos.  I will likely keep the same blog address but will have to switch to the Mozilla FireFox browser for better consistency.


  I would like to extend a hearty "Thank You"  to everyone who has viewed my blog.  Elections for 2012 are coming to a head between now and November.  


  I hope everyone has a great weekend!  




Trevor Dodge

A relaxing weekend....in a couple days.

Hello all,




  Sort of an innocuous post.....sadly, nothing political.  Like any of us need more prodding from candidates to vote for them...or the other person.


  I am posting because after weeks of being busy with one thing or another, including work...I have absolutely nothing planned for this upcoming weekend except to watch my grass ( yard, no euphemism here ) grow....and harvest my lupine seeds to disperse next Spring along the roadside edge of our property.  I will add some photos here in case some folks aren't up to date on nice looking Perennials, that may act like an Annual....or go absolutely crazy and self seed until the only plants you are left with are....the Lupine.  Enjoy.


  OK....as of the moment, I cannot add any photos.  Will save this as a draft and try again later.

  I'm not sure what could be more funny.  I usually run Google Chrome as my browser and my Blog is Google owned, yet I had to use the Mozilla FireFox browser to open and upload these two photos.  May eventually have to transfer my blog to another site if Google keeps encountering issues.


  Anyway,  long story short....my relaxing weekend is only one workday away.  I hope everyone has a great and safe weekend.




Trevor