Here are a few of the first "group" designs and new single designs, more to follow
Saturday, February 9, 2008
aquarium plant new designs 02082008 by ron beck
Tis the season for couples and with that in mind I thought why not design a few plants, having them both be the same style but different sizes. After that, list them on my ebay as a pair or group, therefore getting two plants for one great price!
Here are a few of the first "group" designs and new single designs, more to follow
Here are a few of the first "group" designs and new single designs, more to follow
Clinton clean up after Bush?
One of Senator Hillary Clinton’s lines in her campaign is that it took her husband to clean up after the first Bush and that she’s the right one to clean up after another Bush.
In the waning days of the 1992 election campaign between George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, special prosecutor Walsh indicted five from the Bush administration for a second time. Bush had moved within 3 points of Clinton with just a week to go before the election. That’s when Walsh indicted the five for a second time. His first indictment of them was found to have no merit. The second indictment would lead the news and five days was not enough time to get the results of that indictment cleared up.
Another focal point was the Clinton’s “It’s the economy stupid” claiming that Bush’s economy was the worst in 50 years. By the time the truth came out, the election was over. The economy had grown at a 4.6% pace for the fourth quarter of 1992.
Those are just two examples of lies and deceit prior to the election. There are more. Such as the middle class tax cut promised by Clinton. Instead, he went on television in February and said he’d never worked so hard but he just couldn’t justify a middle class tax cut.
Having succeeded at winning the election we then went into 8 years of scandals. Some major, some minor and some just plain silly. For example, there was the travel office scandal. Several members of the travel office were fired, told to pack up what they could carry, whisked into a van and dumped on the streets of Washington D.C. This was reported as a Hillary Operation.
Whitewater filled our news for several years and much money was spent. There was also the $100,000 in cattle futures by Hillary. The 900 FBI files that were improperly taken. Remember the famous question? Who hired Craig Livingston? We never did find out about that. Then there was Arlington-gate, where someone was buried in Arlington Cemetery without the proper credentials (for lack of a better term).
At Christmas time, there was the Christmas tree decorated with Condoms and various other X-rated baubles. Don’t forget about Vince Foster and his suicide where he shot twice after walking into Fort Marcy Park and managed to do so without getting his shoes dirty. Then the ensuing stories about how his wife didn’t want Hillary there and the stories that went around about an affair between Foster and Hillary.
There were also all of the dead bodies associated with Bill and Hillary Clinton going back to their days in Arkansas. Add to that Vince Foster, the girl in the Commerce Department found dead after Thanksgiving weekend.
Then the scandals involving their close friends appointed to jobs within the administration. Webb Hubbell, Mike Espy, Henry Cisneros, Ron Brown, and then Ron Brown’s death.
There were stories about Bill’s affairs with various women. Starting with Gennifer Flowers before he was elected, and followed by Paula Jones, Walter Mondale’s daughter, Juanita Broadderick, Kathleen Willey and a host of others.
The things that he lied about that just weren’t necessary to lie about. Smoking marijuana but didn’t inhale. Making a cross out of stones that just happened to be laying there. Picking up a flag that had fallen(?) and placing it back where it belonged. Dancing on the beach where there just happened to be music playing.
How he loathed the military (his words), and the proved it by not giving 15 Rangers what the ammo they needed to stay alive, which led to Osama bin laden to say that that incident and the exit by the U. S. proved to him that the American’s wouldn’t be able to last in a war.
There were the numerous attacks on the United States soil during the 8 years that were treated as criminal acts and not as the acts of war that they were. How he refused to take bin laden when he had the chance and was offered him.
Finally, there was the scandal involving Bill and Monica Lewinsky. The girl that was but a year or two older than his own daughter who was happy to show him her thong. The girl that gave him a cigar. The girl that saved he blue dress with his DNA on it. The lies that he told in testimony to the prosecutor that caused him to be impeached.
At long last his eight years were coming to an end. After a 35 day election process George W. Bush was elected as the 43rd President. He was sworn in and had his inaugural while t he Clinton administration was moving out of the White House. The Clinton’s that took ash trays, silverware, dishware, and anything else they could get their hands on that had any identification of the White House on them. As one final act of vandalism, those working in the Clinton White House, who were about to leave to make room for the Bush administration then vandalized the computer keyboards by removing the “W’s” from them.
I think it’s safe to say that the Clinton’s cleaned up before Bush took office. With petty thievery, vandalism. But they weren’t taking from the Bush’s. They were taking from the American people. Those items were paid for with tax dollars.
I don’t think we need a Clinton to clean up after Bush. Bush had to clean up after Clinton. Now, just as we’re headed into elections there is report that Clinton skipped town in New Hampshire without paying their rent of $500 for a weeks use of a building. In addition, the landlord had to clean up after the Clinton’s. They left trash laying all over and the landlord had to clean that up.
We don’t need Clinton. We can’t afford the bill of the housekeeping for places that they leave. http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080208/NEWS/802080448
Brett
In the waning days of the 1992 election campaign between George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, special prosecutor Walsh indicted five from the Bush administration for a second time. Bush had moved within 3 points of Clinton with just a week to go before the election. That’s when Walsh indicted the five for a second time. His first indictment of them was found to have no merit. The second indictment would lead the news and five days was not enough time to get the results of that indictment cleared up.
Another focal point was the Clinton’s “It’s the economy stupid” claiming that Bush’s economy was the worst in 50 years. By the time the truth came out, the election was over. The economy had grown at a 4.6% pace for the fourth quarter of 1992.
Those are just two examples of lies and deceit prior to the election. There are more. Such as the middle class tax cut promised by Clinton. Instead, he went on television in February and said he’d never worked so hard but he just couldn’t justify a middle class tax cut.
Having succeeded at winning the election we then went into 8 years of scandals. Some major, some minor and some just plain silly. For example, there was the travel office scandal. Several members of the travel office were fired, told to pack up what they could carry, whisked into a van and dumped on the streets of Washington D.C. This was reported as a Hillary Operation.
Whitewater filled our news for several years and much money was spent. There was also the $100,000 in cattle futures by Hillary. The 900 FBI files that were improperly taken. Remember the famous question? Who hired Craig Livingston? We never did find out about that. Then there was Arlington-gate, where someone was buried in Arlington Cemetery without the proper credentials (for lack of a better term).
At Christmas time, there was the Christmas tree decorated with Condoms and various other X-rated baubles. Don’t forget about Vince Foster and his suicide where he shot twice after walking into Fort Marcy Park and managed to do so without getting his shoes dirty. Then the ensuing stories about how his wife didn’t want Hillary there and the stories that went around about an affair between Foster and Hillary.
There were also all of the dead bodies associated with Bill and Hillary Clinton going back to their days in Arkansas. Add to that Vince Foster, the girl in the Commerce Department found dead after Thanksgiving weekend.
Then the scandals involving their close friends appointed to jobs within the administration. Webb Hubbell, Mike Espy, Henry Cisneros, Ron Brown, and then Ron Brown’s death.
There were stories about Bill’s affairs with various women. Starting with Gennifer Flowers before he was elected, and followed by Paula Jones, Walter Mondale’s daughter, Juanita Broadderick, Kathleen Willey and a host of others.
The things that he lied about that just weren’t necessary to lie about. Smoking marijuana but didn’t inhale. Making a cross out of stones that just happened to be laying there. Picking up a flag that had fallen(?) and placing it back where it belonged. Dancing on the beach where there just happened to be music playing.
How he loathed the military (his words), and the proved it by not giving 15 Rangers what the ammo they needed to stay alive, which led to Osama bin laden to say that that incident and the exit by the U. S. proved to him that the American’s wouldn’t be able to last in a war.
There were the numerous attacks on the United States soil during the 8 years that were treated as criminal acts and not as the acts of war that they were. How he refused to take bin laden when he had the chance and was offered him.
Finally, there was the scandal involving Bill and Monica Lewinsky. The girl that was but a year or two older than his own daughter who was happy to show him her thong. The girl that gave him a cigar. The girl that saved he blue dress with his DNA on it. The lies that he told in testimony to the prosecutor that caused him to be impeached.
At long last his eight years were coming to an end. After a 35 day election process George W. Bush was elected as the 43rd President. He was sworn in and had his inaugural while t he Clinton administration was moving out of the White House. The Clinton’s that took ash trays, silverware, dishware, and anything else they could get their hands on that had any identification of the White House on them. As one final act of vandalism, those working in the Clinton White House, who were about to leave to make room for the Bush administration then vandalized the computer keyboards by removing the “W’s” from them.
I think it’s safe to say that the Clinton’s cleaned up before Bush took office. With petty thievery, vandalism. But they weren’t taking from the Bush’s. They were taking from the American people. Those items were paid for with tax dollars.
I don’t think we need a Clinton to clean up after Bush. Bush had to clean up after Clinton. Now, just as we’re headed into elections there is report that Clinton skipped town in New Hampshire without paying their rent of $500 for a weeks use of a building. In addition, the landlord had to clean up after the Clinton’s. They left trash laying all over and the landlord had to clean that up.
We don’t need Clinton. We can’t afford the bill of the housekeeping for places that they leave. http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080208/NEWS/802080448
Brett
Friday, February 8, 2008
Bridal Portrait Session in Spanish Fork
We got so lucky at this shoot since the weather forcast said it was supposed to rain. Right as we finished the shoot it start to drizzle. You might remember bride Brittany from the engagement shoot we did at Sundance Resort in Utah. Well, here she is again in her beautiful wedding dress. The pictures turned out gorgeous, thanks Brittany! She was super excited and told us that she was planning to print a ton of pictures from both her bridals and their engagements for her sign in book for the wedding luncheon. We can wait! We look forward to shooting your wedding! Congrats!
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Wedding in Park City Utah
This was a wonderful wedding I filmed in Park City Utah at the Kimball Art Center. Dave & Deb were a wonderful couple. Here are some stills I captured from their footage and this was their feedback:
We wanted to let you know how AMAZING the video is, and how much we Enjoyed watching it. It's our 3-month anniversary, and what a special and amazing treat. The video was superb, it not only captured the spirit of the Wedding but the animation and love of our friends and family, and we cannot thank you enough for a job well done -- better than well done, a wonderful piece of art that will be an heirloom in our family for years to come! What a delightful surprise, and I cannot thank you enough for Your diligence, your patience, and all the hard work I know you put into the video. We could not be happier; you made our year, and you captured our special day on film that we will be proud of forever.
Thank you thank you a million times over,
And God bless,
Deb and Dave
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
The Fifth Option?
The question has been raised. Where do the Conservatives go now that it appears that John McCain is going to be the Republican nominee?
It should be becoming more and more obvious to everyone that John McCain is not a Conservative. If he were truly a Conservative he wouldn’t have to spend more time and money trying to convince the world that he is Conservative. The primaries continue to show that he is not a Conservative. The votes from Conservatives are being distributed between Romney and Huckabee. Everything else goes to McCain. This led to a jump in the lead for delegates for John McCain on Super Tuesday. It will be a minor miracle for Romney or Huckabee to come back and defeat McCain now. So where do the Conservatives go?
There are options. 1. Hold your nose and vote for McCain. 2. Vote for the Democrat, whichever one that turns out to be. 3. Don’t vote at all. 4. Vote for your state and local officials and issues, but leave the Presidential portion blank.
Under option 1, I think McCain can win if the Conservatives just vote their party despite their distaste for McCain. Under option 2, the argument is to give the Democrat your vote and watch them become a one term President. Then we can get our guy in after that term. But what if the Democrat doesn’t hurt the country in the first four years? Then you have another term of the same liberal. Under option 3, by not voting at all, you’ve handed the Presidency to the liberals. Option 4 is one that I sort of like. I believe that if you leave a spot blank on the ballot it is more of a statement than not voting at all. The bad part of that is that we still have the liberal Democrat.
I believe there is a fifth option. It means involvement by people and I worry that not enough will take the iniative to do what it takes, however small that involvement. Make the important part of your vote the Representatives and Senators. Not just on the national level, but on the local level as well. Demand this summer that your Representatives and Senators, both state and federal, be Conservative. To do this, we must become very active and very vocal. Inform your local Republican and Democrat parties that if they want your vote, they are going to have to prove they are Conservative. That means, lower taxes, less regulation, less interference from all levels of government. I'm afraid that the local and state affiliates for the Republican party will have to be swayed to our way of thinking. So we must keep in touch with them on a regular basis.
In 1994, we had leaders that led the Conservative movement. They were in Government or in the public eye. Newt Gingrich. Tom DeLay, J.C.Watts, Steve Largent. Remember the Contract with America? They proposed it, promised it and then followed through with what they promised once they were elected. Due to them, Clinton was stopped from many troubling things he tried to do and still got welfare reform through as well as a balanced budget and a few other good things. It wasn't perfect, but it was better.
Who are the leaders today? I don’t see any leaders for Conservatism out there today. We depended on the leaders in government in 94. Now it’s time we took the lead by not just encouraging Conservatives to run, but by INSISTING that those running be Conservative.
Get in touch with your party’s local group and tell them you demand Conservatives. Get in touch with the State Party and tell them you demand Conservatives. They get no time from us unless they put forth Conservatives. Get in touch with your State Representative and State Senator and your Representative and Senator for the Federal Government and tell them you demand that they be Conservative or you’ll vote against them. You won’t donate your hard earned money unless the party puts Conservatives on the ballot.
We can’t sit on our hands and wait for a leader to show up. We have to demand that the Conservatives show up and stand up for Conservative values before they can put a sign in our yard or get a $10 bill from us as a donation.
If we then get Conservatives on the ballots, when a President McCain proposes another amnesty plan, and you know he will, our Representatives will be able to tell him “not on my watch”. That President McCain will then have to negotiate with Conservatives. The people must also be involved when bad legislation comes up. E-mail’s, faxes, phone calls. They work. We proved it last year in the immigration debate.
We can then render McCain’s liberal tendencies impotent. All tax bills start in the House. All bills start in the House or the Senate. By having Conservative representatives in the House and Senate, the Conservatives must finally begin to show a backbone which is the one thing that hasn’t been shown even when Conservatives had the majority.
So the Fifth Option puts the work on us. We can negate McCain’s liberalism by loading up the House and Senate with Conservatives. The real question then is, will we? Are we willing to do what it takes to offset McCain’s liberal tendencies? After all, a President can do nothing to hurt us if we’re in the House and Senate.
Brett
It should be becoming more and more obvious to everyone that John McCain is not a Conservative. If he were truly a Conservative he wouldn’t have to spend more time and money trying to convince the world that he is Conservative. The primaries continue to show that he is not a Conservative. The votes from Conservatives are being distributed between Romney and Huckabee. Everything else goes to McCain. This led to a jump in the lead for delegates for John McCain on Super Tuesday. It will be a minor miracle for Romney or Huckabee to come back and defeat McCain now. So where do the Conservatives go?
There are options. 1. Hold your nose and vote for McCain. 2. Vote for the Democrat, whichever one that turns out to be. 3. Don’t vote at all. 4. Vote for your state and local officials and issues, but leave the Presidential portion blank.
Under option 1, I think McCain can win if the Conservatives just vote their party despite their distaste for McCain. Under option 2, the argument is to give the Democrat your vote and watch them become a one term President. Then we can get our guy in after that term. But what if the Democrat doesn’t hurt the country in the first four years? Then you have another term of the same liberal. Under option 3, by not voting at all, you’ve handed the Presidency to the liberals. Option 4 is one that I sort of like. I believe that if you leave a spot blank on the ballot it is more of a statement than not voting at all. The bad part of that is that we still have the liberal Democrat.
I believe there is a fifth option. It means involvement by people and I worry that not enough will take the iniative to do what it takes, however small that involvement. Make the important part of your vote the Representatives and Senators. Not just on the national level, but on the local level as well. Demand this summer that your Representatives and Senators, both state and federal, be Conservative. To do this, we must become very active and very vocal. Inform your local Republican and Democrat parties that if they want your vote, they are going to have to prove they are Conservative. That means, lower taxes, less regulation, less interference from all levels of government. I'm afraid that the local and state affiliates for the Republican party will have to be swayed to our way of thinking. So we must keep in touch with them on a regular basis.
In 1994, we had leaders that led the Conservative movement. They were in Government or in the public eye. Newt Gingrich. Tom DeLay, J.C.Watts, Steve Largent. Remember the Contract with America? They proposed it, promised it and then followed through with what they promised once they were elected. Due to them, Clinton was stopped from many troubling things he tried to do and still got welfare reform through as well as a balanced budget and a few other good things. It wasn't perfect, but it was better.
Who are the leaders today? I don’t see any leaders for Conservatism out there today. We depended on the leaders in government in 94. Now it’s time we took the lead by not just encouraging Conservatives to run, but by INSISTING that those running be Conservative.
Get in touch with your party’s local group and tell them you demand Conservatives. Get in touch with the State Party and tell them you demand Conservatives. They get no time from us unless they put forth Conservatives. Get in touch with your State Representative and State Senator and your Representative and Senator for the Federal Government and tell them you demand that they be Conservative or you’ll vote against them. You won’t donate your hard earned money unless the party puts Conservatives on the ballot.
We can’t sit on our hands and wait for a leader to show up. We have to demand that the Conservatives show up and stand up for Conservative values before they can put a sign in our yard or get a $10 bill from us as a donation.
If we then get Conservatives on the ballots, when a President McCain proposes another amnesty plan, and you know he will, our Representatives will be able to tell him “not on my watch”. That President McCain will then have to negotiate with Conservatives. The people must also be involved when bad legislation comes up. E-mail’s, faxes, phone calls. They work. We proved it last year in the immigration debate.
We can then render McCain’s liberal tendencies impotent. All tax bills start in the House. All bills start in the House or the Senate. By having Conservative representatives in the House and Senate, the Conservatives must finally begin to show a backbone which is the one thing that hasn’t been shown even when Conservatives had the majority.
So the Fifth Option puts the work on us. We can negate McCain’s liberalism by loading up the House and Senate with Conservatives. The real question then is, will we? Are we willing to do what it takes to offset McCain’s liberal tendencies? After all, a President can do nothing to hurt us if we’re in the House and Senate.
Brett
Tax Cuts for the Rich only?
If you listen to the liberals in Washington D.C. and the two liberal candidates running on the Democrat party side, you'll hear how they will repeal the Bush tax cuts to the rich. The liberals have held both houses of Congress for a year now and they have not repealed those cuts. But then they haven't done anything else either other than blow alot of hot air.
Now that we're in the election season, the Democrats are down to their final two liberals vying for their party's nomination and both of them also say they'll roll back the Bush tax cuts.
So what are these tax cuts for the rich that they're talking about? Let's look at a comparison between the Clinton years and the Bush years.
Taxes under Clinton 1999 Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K - Tax $8,400 Tax-$4,500
Single making 50K - Tax $14,000 Tax-$12,500
Single making 75K - Tax $23,250 Tax-$18,750
Married making 60K Tax-$16,800 Tax -$9,000
Married making 75K Tax-$21,000 Tax-$18,750
Married making 125K Tax-38,750 Tax-$31,250
The source for the above is www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html
Have you seen this in the media? I haven't.
At each level of income listed above, the taxes under Bush are nearly half what they were during Clinton. So where is the logic behind the liberals comments of rolling back the Bush tax cuts?
By doing so, they are hurting the everyday American family and the everyday American worker. This tells me that Clinton and Obama are both lying. They are going to raise your taxes. If you're still uncertain, let me help you. You should have just recently received your W-2 forms for last year. Find your income level on the chart above and see if you're falling into one of the categories above.
Brett
Now that we're in the election season, the Democrats are down to their final two liberals vying for their party's nomination and both of them also say they'll roll back the Bush tax cuts.
So what are these tax cuts for the rich that they're talking about? Let's look at a comparison between the Clinton years and the Bush years.
Taxes under Clinton 1999 Taxes under Bush 2008
Single making 30K - Tax $8,400 Tax-$4,500
Single making 50K - Tax $14,000 Tax-$12,500
Single making 75K - Tax $23,250 Tax-$18,750
Married making 60K Tax-$16,800 Tax -$9,000
Married making 75K Tax-$21,000 Tax-$18,750
Married making 125K Tax-38,750 Tax-$31,250
The source for the above is www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html
Have you seen this in the media? I haven't.
At each level of income listed above, the taxes under Bush are nearly half what they were during Clinton. So where is the logic behind the liberals comments of rolling back the Bush tax cuts?
By doing so, they are hurting the everyday American family and the everyday American worker. This tells me that Clinton and Obama are both lying. They are going to raise your taxes. If you're still uncertain, let me help you. You should have just recently received your W-2 forms for last year. Find your income level on the chart above and see if you're falling into one of the categories above.
Brett
Monday, February 4, 2008
world vision child sponsorship
our world vision child sponsorship is confirmed! :)
read about littleoddforest's collaboration with oink productions
just received the welcome pack, child sponsor handbook and information, and details of our sponsored child - nayma, our pretty little girl from bangladesh
i will be packing some small cute stationary items for her later, as suggested by world vision (daiso! here i come again!) ~ as larger gifts etc. are discouraged because it can cause discrimination and jealousy. heck, ain't this the same situation with many of the immature adults here... (i'm talking about you, rachael!!! haha ;p)
off for my lil' break! to all our foreign friends, it's chinese lunar new year this thursday! so anyhooo... here's wishing one and all a happy prosperous lunar new year!! the rat is here!
xoxoxo!
read about littleoddforest's collaboration with oink productions
just received the welcome pack, child sponsor handbook and information, and details of our sponsored child - nayma, our pretty little girl from bangladesh
i will be packing some small cute stationary items for her later, as suggested by world vision (daiso! here i come again!) ~ as larger gifts etc. are discouraged because it can cause discrimination and jealousy. heck, ain't this the same situation with many of the immature adults here... (i'm talking about you, rachael!!! haha ;p)
off for my lil' break! to all our foreign friends, it's chinese lunar new year this thursday! so anyhooo... here's wishing one and all a happy prosperous lunar new year!! the rat is here!
xoxoxo!
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