Pic of the day 25 September, 2007

The great thing about getting old is...
you can dress however you like.

News Flash

Bush's UN Speech Full of

Fone-eh-tick Pronunciations for World Leaders

September 25, 2007 1:52 PM

ABC News' Ann Compton and Jennifer Duck report:
Never before has the White House released a draft version
of the President's speech to the annual United Nations General Assembly.

But this year, a glimpse of how the President sees his speeches
was accidentally placed on the UN website...
Pronunciations for President Bush's friend French President Sarkozy "[sar-KOzee]"
appeared in draft #20 on the UN website. Other pronunciations included the
Mugabe "[moo-GAHbee] regime" and pronunciations
for countries "Kyrgyzstan [KEYRgeez-stan]"
and "Mauritania [moor-EH-tain-ee-a]."

Pic of the day 23 September, 2007

Saw this guy at a street festival.

Hometown Crime

6:59 a.m.- Chetek
Caller advised his 13-year-old daughter hit one of the other kids.
Dispatch asked to speak with the child, but she went to her room.
Dispatch advised that maybe the daughter
should have to stay in her room until she can be nice.
Caller was advised about grounding
and taking things away as officers cannot discipline children.

Pic of the day 21 September, 2007

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Pic of the day 19 September, 2007

Tool of the weekUWSH IWSH!

Pic of the day 18 August, 2007

Grape's first piece of junk mail

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Pic of the day 16 September, 2007

George makes the Grade

Pic of the day 15 September, 2007

Pic from the Past

This is a picture of Brad an myself at a fruit stand
in Cambodia on the way back during a cycle trip
to the costal resort town of Sihanoukville.

Pic of the Day 13 Sept 2007

Now About That Surge...

Credibility Check

Should Petraeus be believed? Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel of New York raised that question in his exchange with the general. Here's the video.

Engel: "The American people are fed up -- I'm fed up -- and essentially what I'm hearing from both of you today is essentially 'stay the course in Iraq.' How long can we put up with staying the course? Young Americans are dying in someone else's civil war, as far as I'm concerned. . . .

"You know, for years we keep hearing rosy, upbeat pictures about Iraq -- 'Victory is right around the corner; things are going well' -- and it never seems to materialize. General Petraeus, I have an article here called ' Battling for Iraq.' It's an op-ed piece that you wrote three years ago in The Washington Post . . . and I want to just quote some of the things you said. You said, 'Now, however, 18 months after entering Iraq, I see tangible progress. Iraqi security elements are being rebuilt from the ground up.' . . .

"You talk about Iraqi police and soldiers, and you say they're 'performing a wide variety of security missions. Training is on track and increasing in capacity.' And finally, you said in this article -- op-ed piece three years ago, 'I meet with Iraqi security forces every day. I have seen the determination and their desire to assume the full burden of security tasks for Iraq. Iraqi security forces are developing steadily, and they are in the fight. Momentum has gathered in recent months.'

"So today you said -- and I'll just quote a few things -- 'Coalition and Iraqi security forces have achieved progress in the security area. Iraqi security forces have also continued to grow and to shoulder more of the load.' And finally you said, 'The progress our forces have achieved with our Iraqi counterparts, as I noted at the outset, has been substantial.'

"So I guess my question really is that, you know, why should we believe that your assessment today is any more accurate than it was three years ago in September 2004? Three years ago I was able to listen to the optimism, but frankly I find it hard to listen now, four years-plus into this war with no end in sight. Optimism is great, but reality is what we really need."

Petraeus's response: "I actually appreciate the opportunity to talk about that op-ed piece because I stand by it." His explanation: That the bombing of the Golden Dome Mosque in Samarra in February 2006 set everything back terribly.

But who's to say there won't be another unpredicted setback in the months and years ahead. Or, as Engel tried to ask Petraeus before running out of time: "Will we be saying the same thing three years from now?"

Pic of the day 11 Sept 2007

We're thinking of mounting this one!

Pic of the Day 10 September 2007

Surf fishing at Rye

Pic of the Day 9 September 2007

This is a commercial

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Our New Car

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Pic of the day 6 August, 2007

It's not about the plates but the two bumper stickers.

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Pic of the day 3 September, 2007

The evening was finished off with

a visit to Gelo Bar for some gelati.
The look of guilt on Mauzi's face says it all.

Pic of the day 2 September, 2007

Then drinks on Top of the Town

Pic of the day 2 September, 2007

Matt and Shinichi came visiting

from Tokyo. They enjoyed the beers
and the southern sun.

Pic of the day 1 September, 2007

It's the first day of Spring and all I got

was a lousy case of food poisoning.Ahhhh...Goat Curry

Pic of the day 31 August, 2007

Hometown Crime

1:26 a.m.-Dovre [911] caller advised he just stopped at the rest area south of Chetek and when he came out of the bathroom, the lobby phone was ringing and he answered it. A male subject began to talk "very dirty" to him. Caller believes the person is probably sitting on the back side of the rest area and waiting for people to come out and then dials the phone. Officer advised.