Julie Smithson
Julie Smithson
A Pet For a Christmas Gift?
Christmas is fast approaching, and people are shopping for pets for
Christmas presents. They are swarming the pet stores, and unless they're
adopting a shelter pet from PetSmart, they're probably looking at a
puppymill puppy, which likely will have health issues (due to puppymill
"breeding") that will arise later in life.
Dec 10, 2011 - 7:20:27 PM
Julie Smithson
Career Politicians good for ...
Perhaps we should be changing what a career politician is and does by
settling for nothing less than what we, ourselves, would do, were we in
that position. Would we have the backbone and moral fortitude to be what
we are in the 'private sector'?
Nov 23, 2011 - 3:30:05 AM
Julie Smithson
Klamath Restoration Draft EIS/EIR
Any schemes to remove any of the four dams on the Klamath River -- in
Oregon and/or California -- are just that: schemes. If there were any
validity to claims touted by those involved in CLOSED DOOR
'negotiations' regarding the Klamath Basin and its four dams, those
claims were rendered null and void by the few years of secretive and
selective clique of "interested parties" involved.
Nov 18, 2011 - 12:23:47 AM
Julie Smithson
Names don't make it so
Calling a litigious outfit an "environmental group" is like trying to
make a silk purse from a sow's ear. Where is the proof that litigating
almost every natural resource plan in America to a halt -- or forcing
"mitigation" in the form of vast acreage offered up at the altar of
"habitat" -- has actually made a positive difference to any specie of
flora or fauna?
Nov 16, 2011 - 5:45:45 AM
Julie Smithson
Grandparent Memories
My grandmothers were both elderly when I became old enough to have memories of them. My dad's mother died when I was just a child. My mom's mother died when I was 35, and my memories of her were her amazing meals
Nov 4, 2011 - 7:15:36 AM
Julie Smithson
Water fouled by cattle grazing, in particular?
It is "shuttered vision" to publicize only livestock. All animals urinate and defecate. Why pick on cattle alone? Do kangaroos, dingoes, etc., "do" things differently?
Sep 28, 2011 - 8:30:30 AM
Julie Smithson
Quality Farm & Fleet: Fond Memories
Our Quality Farm & Fleet store in London, Ohio, had free coffee when you walked in, and a few times each year, the ladies from the Senior Center would hold bake sales (we're talking some seriously delicious baked goods here, and the benefits were unquestionably local!). Nothing like a freshly-baked cookie or brownie to go with that free coffee, and the stories those gals would exchange with the farmers.
Sep 17, 2011 - 12:15:50 AM
Julie Smithson
Where does my food originate?
I will not assist investors in China, etc., pad their profits by making me think it's a good deal, buying food from the other side of the world. I do not like the taste of melamine, lead, etc.!
Aug 19, 2011 - 12:10:06 AM
Julie Smithson
Default is De Fault of ... Complacency
Americans have grown so insulated from their duty to be Americans that most folks assume elected politicians and appointed bureaucrats will keep our great country solvent -- while the fox is in charge of the henhouse.
Aug 3, 2011 - 12:13:45 AM
Julie Smithson
God made our lives to be a roller-coaster
God made our lives to be a roller-coaster, so we creep up toward the highs, viewing them from afar at first, then seeing them become better defined as we near our goals -- then, when a victory happens, SWOOSH! Downhill racer ... so we'll have the momentum built up to traverse the lows & be able to start climbing back up toward another high point!
Jul 31, 2011 - 12:10:09 AM
Julie Smithson
Save Our Farmers Fishermen Timberers Ranchers Miners Recreationists Freedom!
So much of what the public, also known as consumers, is fed a steady diet of, is truly junk food for the brain at best, and a toxic stew of freedom and responsible resource utilization lockdown at worst.
Jul 20, 2011 - 6:25:16 PM
Julie Smithson
The 4th of July
For those who fought for it, Freedom has a Flavor that the protected can never know.
Jul 6, 2011 - 3:33:42 PM
Julie Smithson
Do not accord respect that is unearned
America is not great because of the actions of such self-proclaimed 'ranchers' and 'environmentalists.' She is great in spite of them.
Jun 15, 2011 - 12:10:40 AM
Julie Smithson
New U.S. Department of Interior Logo
I think the new DOI logo should better reflect the "public-private partnerships" that have shored up -- or knocked flat -- its image over the past two or more decades. My five suggestions -- one for each cent that a nickel is worth:
Jun 10, 2011 - 12:23:20 AM
Julie Smithson
Machines I am not qualified to operate
Back in the dark ages of the 1960s, the job applications with which I had experience had a section titled: "List machines you are qualified to operate."
May 17, 2011 - 12:07:36 AM
Julie Smithson
It's Personal
I took Wiggles' life personally, made every effort to give him the best food, the freshest water, lots of great places to play and walk and sleep, and yet ... time took its toll. The ravages of age crept up on him, and although I didn't want to see it, looking back now on the many photos I took of him over the years, it's clear that he wasn't feeling 'up to snuff' as early as midway through 2008, more than two years before he returned to Heaven.
May 14, 2011 - 11:16:34 AM
Julie Smithson
A Rollercoaster of a Month is March!
In this part of the world, March is a tempestuous siren, a flirt bringing balmy weather one day and a slap-in-the-face with snow and ice the next. Wind can be a beast that seeks to peel one's warmth away with its bonechilling fingers.
Mar 15, 2011 - 12:05:03 AM
Julie Smithson
My most inspiring teacher
All I knew was that Mrs. Hobbs cared, she loved us -- and that memory remains strong as ever, 51 years later.
Mar 13, 2011 - 12:05:30 AM
Julie Smithson
24 hours of arrival
Twas a year during which my mother also returned to Heaven, a year in which more quality time was spent with both Mom and Dad then ever before, a year when all four seasons happened in God's perfect order and alignment, from last January through this December
Dec 31, 2010 - 7:43:26 AM
Julie Smithson
Wiggles sees, romps, and laughs at gravity!
Thank you for your prayers for us, which have uplifted us and taken any sadness away. Silly me, thinking I'd be lonely without him. He's still here, in a form that no longer suffers.
Dec 7, 2010 - 12:13:36 AM
Julie Smithson
Making History
Just for today, make your own history with a different ingredient or two, something that's been gathering dust on the back shelf of your mind's pantry.
Apr 28, 2010 - 12:30:56 AM
Julie Smithson
When You Find Yourself in a Hole With a Shovel, Stop Digging! Stimulus Included by Reference and for Other Purposes
Webster's dictionary recently added some new words and phrases and their definitions. "Staycation" (vacationing near one's home) and "frenemy" -- a person that acts like one's friend, but is not -- have become commonplace in the speech of Americans. They now have an official place in our dictionary.
Aug 11, 2009 - 10:42:38 AM
Julie Smithson
Unpack!
If this question were posed to most Americans today: Would you embrace the concept of losing your property rights and entire region's economy? The answer would be a resounding "No!"
Jun 14, 2009 - 3:18:09 PM
Julie Smithson
Signing off 2008; Welcoming 2009
It's time to put it to bed, lay it to rest.
Jan 1, 2009 - 9:42:22 AM
Julie Smithson
Klamath Dams will Save a Republic
"A Republic, if you can keep it," replied Benjamin Franklin in 1787 to a query about what form of government was America's. Franklin knew the pressure that would be brought to bear against the fledgling Republic. "Pressure makes diamonds" is the saying, and pressure to be free made America a diamond, but in the case of America's hydropower -- her dams -- pressure seems to be creating breaches of ethics. The diamond may soon shatter under inestimable pressure.
Dec 17, 2008 - 10:39:53 AM
Julie Smithson
Dam the Torpedos? Torpedoing the Dams ... and Much More
So, the hammer finally, officially fell on the Klamath Basin. Oh, the year 2020 makes it sound somehow less final to most, but the end result is the desired result: The people of the Klamath Basin and their honest, proud way of life are soon to be gone, swept away on the utterly false premise-current that fish cannot live and thrive with dams.
Nov 15, 2008 - 10:00:17 PM
Julie Smithson
Property Owner Seeks Grounds to Sue (Satire)
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii - A Hawaiian coffee farm is threatening to sue an admitted coffee aficionado for "setting up camp" just outside the entrance to its property.
Nov 9, 2008 - 12:07:36 AM
Julie Smithson
The Paulson Buffet
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 27-28, 2008) - Congress woos voters with a rare "weekend session" held not long after it voted itself a five weeks off -- and just before it goes missing until after the November elections.
Sep 29, 2008 - 11:30:07 PM
Julie Smithson
Just the Ticket!
Fantasy Dateline: America, November 11, 2011 - President Sarah Louise Heath Palin, sworn in one year ago, after the death of President McCain due to a recurrence of skin cancer, has announced her selection of a running mate for the 2012 presidential campaign: bowhunter rocker Ted Nugent.
Sep 2, 2008 - 11:20:24 AM
Julie Smithson
The More Things Change ...
The more things change ... the more they remain the same.
Aug 13, 2008 - 11:05:05 AM
Julie Smithson
We're Watching, Too
What's so difficult about supporting us good guys/gals? You can't afford not to support us, but that's often the case. We starve, the bad guys jet hither and yon, the armchair politicians rant and rave about "change," unwilling to do more than rant, rave and babble. Go figure.
Aug 4, 2008 - 11:45:23 AM
Julie Smithson
The Vital Species Act (VSA)
This suggested piece of legislation, appropriately dubbed the Vital Species Act, or VSA, could scarcely be better timed for introduction, debate and quick passage in the U.S. Congress.
Jul 15, 2008 - 8:12:31 AM
Julie Smithson
Dams on the Klam(ath)
Would that PacifiCorp and its customers would all stand on their hind legs and STSSTTS: Send The Settlement Straight To The Shredder!
Jul 14, 2008 - 2:20:57 PM
Julie Smithson
It Takes a Dot Gov to 'Raise Awareness'
"The Wildlands Project." The phrase is familiar to many and elicits a roll of the eyes, and perhaps a comment referring to "the black helicopter crowd," from others. These reactions should be perceived more as a lack of knowledge rather than anything demeaning, for language can be deceiving.
Jul 9, 2008 - 9:08:20 PM
Julie Smithson
Glimpse of Helen
I hope you will enjoy this recollection of mine regarding a glimpse into a dear friend's life that I was blessed to experience in November 2001.
Jul 9, 2008 - 11:55:04 AM
Julie Smithson
The Hairy Reed - Satire
The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) has received a petition to list the hairy reed as an artificial species under the Artificial Species Act of 2008 (ASA).
Jun 23, 2008 - 10:51:52 AM
Julie Smithson
Deserting Their Jobs
Most will agree that actions by current and recent White House occupants and the U.S. Congress are at least partly to blame for the current abominable situation in America.
Jun 14, 2008 - 8:52:42 PM
Julie Smithson
America Runs Self!
Many elected officials are running hither and yon on "election year business," leaving the halls of Congress a bit empty.
Jan 14, 2008 - 8:55:15 PM
Julie Smithson
Snowmobilers and Wildlife
KALAMA, WA -- Snowmobilers and wildlife co-exist with mutual benefits. Snowmobiling affords access to nature for all, including those who may find non-motorized forms of winter recreation too strenuous.
Jan 7, 2008 - 12:14:26 AM
Julie Smithson
The False Definition Idols to Which GangGreed Offers "Sacrifices" -- All in the Name of Control
In my own neighborhood, pets, domestic and wild ungulates are not offered up to the "large predator gods." If wildlife is part of what God charged people with dominion over in the Book of Genesis, He does not say for us to exercise speciesism (favoring one of the species over another). We are charged with dominion.
Dec 19, 2007 - 12:10:43 AM
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