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Just recently I had an opportunity on my San Francisco trip to take a drive around Northern California and see the beautiful wine country.  Never have I seen such beautiful rolling hills that seem to just go on forever and blend into the distant horizon.  There were many wineries on the way to where ever I was going, I think Sonoma.  After sampling some of the delicious wine and cheese I decided to drive to Santa Rosa and then west to Bodega Bay.  Ah, yes Bodega Bay!  That cute little town featured in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds.”  I have been a rather large fan of that movie ever since we studied it in high school.  It’s just one of those things that stick with you.  Did you ever notice that just about every scene was picturesque, especially during the driving scene with Tippi Hedron in her Aston Martin, and the boat scene when she cuts across the bay to see her love interest?  It’s also interesting to note that there was never any music during that film.  I think Hitchcock only wanted you to hear the natural elements; the wind, the water, and of course…the birds.

After arriving in Bodega I passed the old school house which is still there and sometimes open to tours from what I hear.  That actual school house is located several miles south of the bay in contrary to the film which made it seem like it was just up the road.  So after all that driving around you have to get something to eat, right?  So, where do go?  The Tides restaurant of course!  The restaurant is still there, however it is not the original structure.  The Tides was torn down and rebuilt in the 90’s and replaced with a new restaurant, market, and gift shop.  The food was great and it was nice to hear some stories from the locals that live there.  The town is definitely different from the way it appears in the movie.  Bodega Bay was originally established as a fishing community and still is, but after driving around it’s obviously more of a small retirement community with a golf course, inns and spas supported by tourism.  I have seen “The Birds” hundreds of times, so I guess I had my own pre conception of what this little town was going to be and was a little shocked when it wasn’t hustling and bustling like I thought.  Progress is good, but there are some things that should remain the same.  I guess even this small community isn’t isolated from the winds of change. 

With their latest tour being such a huge success, Rush fans have demanded more...and they got it.  Rush is repeating the Snakes and Arrows tour, adding more cities to the tour, beginning in April.  They will roll back around Dallas, April 25th.

This is an ugent message from President Bush on the topic of Global Warming!

You know it amazes me that my cell phone will work in HollyYorkAzonaSouthAmeriland and PhilaWarePragueAcago but I can barely get reception in my own home in Plano'leTexasAmerica, even on the G3.

I guess its one of those things where you sit and scratch your head and say, "What the *&@!".  Don't you just love those AT&T commercials.

Have a good one, Cya

Couldn't be more true~~
 
  
Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school
parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
 
      1967 - Vice principal comes over to look at Jack's shotgun. He goes to
his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
 
      2007 - School goes into lock-down, and FB I is called. Jack is hauled
off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for
traumatized students and teachers. 

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Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
 
   1967 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends.



  2007 - Police called. SWAT team arrives. Johnny and Mark are arrested and charged with assault. Both are expelled even though Johnny started it.


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Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
 
      1967 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the
principal. He returns to class, sits still, and does not disrupt class again.
 
      2007 - Jeffrey is diagnosed with ADD and given huge doses of Ritalin.
Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from State because Jeffrey has a learning disability.
 
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Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
 
      1967 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to
college, and becomes a successful businessman.
 
      2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is placed in
foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist convinces Billy's sister that
she remembers being abused herself, and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.


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Scenario: Mark has a headache and brings some aspirin to school.
 
      1967 - Mark takes aspirin in lunchroom and headache goes away.
 
      2007 - Police called. Mark is expelled from school for drug violations.
Car is searched for drugs and weapons.

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Scenario: Pedro fails English in high school.
 
      1967 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, and goes to college.
 
      2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear
nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is
racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher.
English banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given a diploma anyway but ends up mowing
lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.


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Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July,
puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, and blows up a fire ant hill.
 
      1967 - Ants die.
 
      2007 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Homeland Security, and FBI called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates parents; siblings are removed from home; computers are confiscated. Johnny's dad goes on Terror Watch List and is never allowed to fly again.
 

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Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his
knee. He is found crying by his teacher who hugs him to comfort
him.
 
   1967 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

   2007 - Teacher is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces three years in state prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy

WRITTEN BY A 15 yr. old SCHOOL KID IN ARIZONA:
New Pledge of Allegiance (TOTALLY AWESOME and sad that it's all so true) !

Since the Pledge of Allegiance and The Lord's Prayer are not allowed in most
public schools anymore Because the word "God" is mentioned....
A kid in Arizona wrote the attached NEW School prayer :

Now I sit me down in school
where praying is against the rule

For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.

If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.

And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.

Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.

The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.

For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.

In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the state.

We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks.

They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.

We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.

It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such "judgments" do not belong.

We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.

But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.

It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.

So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!

Amen
 

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