Have moved

Hello everyone, for those of you that havent figured it out yet my family and I have moved to Greenfield, Indiana. We had to get out of California as things just werent working out.  Things here are going good, matter of fact 4 days after arriveing I began working at MS Industries, this company does quality assurance inspections at factories that manufacure auto parts, so it is not a hard job consdering it is only nine bucks an hour.  But the good news is that I have also been hired by Black and Decker at one of their factories about a mile from the house and I will be starting at 11 bucks an hour working nights running a press and packaging and labeling parts for shipment, the bad thing is the hours are going to be 3 pm to 12 am but at least I will be home to see Jesiah off to school.

Jesiah going to school is another thing that happened. This is his thrid week going to Kindergarten and I am so proud of him, he really loves his school which is J.B. Stephens Elementary. His teacher is Mrs. Carson and she seems to be really nice and Jesiah is doing really good in her class. I was afraid that on his first day he would be scatred, but oh no not my little man he was roaring and ready to go. Well I am curently at the Hancock Community Hospital getting a biopsy done on a couple of moles so this is all about I can write at this current time however I do have a computer at home and will be taking Jesiah to the library today so we all three can get library cards so I will write and update more when I get the time.

I pray that everyone is doing well and hope to hear from you all soon

Again

Ok now you are probably thinking, Oh there Duane goes again saying that he's going to catch up on all his blogs, well I just want to say I am sorry for not keeping up on my blogs, however I am starting to feel better now and really want to try and work on each and everyone of my blog at least once a week.

Currently my favorite blogs are this one, the military of the world blog, Navy's of the World and side stepping through life. So I am not giving anyone a promise because my health can drop dramatically with out warning.

Again and Again

Photo Courtesy Activeraln.com

It seems every time my schedule appears clear enough to start working on my blogs again something new happens to take away the few precious minutes I have to work on blogs and other projects I have going on in my life, I won't go into detail but let me just say the latest drama to enter the stage of my life is a serious one and it's going to take some time to get the situation taken care of so that I have time to stop by and add something to my blog.

There has been so much going on in the world that I have wanted to get on here and talk about, and now those "old" news stories are piling up behind all the new stories that come out every day, so much so I don't know what to touch on first.

With me being a Christian and claiming Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, the first thing I need to hit is the false teachings of Harold Camping, now any of you who are professing Christians I'm sure know who this man is, and the many false teachings he is spreading to honest people who are truly searching for the Savior Jesus Christ. He has a long history of prophesying things to come that never happens and can never happen in the manner he predicts these events to occur. Let me list some of these for you.

1. Harold Camping proclaimed the Lord's return would be in 1994!
2. Harold Camping again proclaimed the Lord's return would be on May 21, 2011!
3. Harold Camping teaches that the world will end in fiery destruction on October 21, 2011!
4. Harold Camping (Family Radio) has aired Mormon advertisements!
5. Harold Camping taught that NO ONE was saved between 1988 through 1994!
6. Harold Camping teaches that the church age ended in 1994!
7. Harold Camping teaches that the Holy Spirit is NO LONGER working in the church!
8. Harold Camping teaches that EVERY church in the world is apostate!

Now let me tell you this man is a false prophet as is predicted in the bible that many will come, as outlined in the following scripture.

“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” —Matthew 7:15

In these years I have no doubt we are facing the imminent return of our Lord Jesus Christ, I myself am excited about the prospect of Jesus returning to bring his church home during my life time, I am not frightened I am 120% prepared for that day to come, but know this, no one knows but the Father in heaven the date and time of his return, don't listen to false prophets like Harold Camping, get out your bible and read for your self, be prepared now by asking Jesus into your heart, to become your Lord and Savior right now; because we do not know the day or the time, it could be 5 seconds from now. God loves you and doesn't wish one human to miss His free gift of Grace.

Right now, today I urge you if you do not belong to a bible believing church, find one near you now and the best advice I can give you is that you compare what your pastor is teaching to the true words from God, The Bible.

God bless everyone who stops and reads my blogs, I want to say that I will be posting more often, I pray that my life will settle down and I can get back to business. Please come back and check often and for now I will see you next time.

Out For awhile

Hello everyone, just wanted to make a little note in my blogs since I haven't worked on them basically since Jan 24th when I went to the hospital, and since then there has been a lot going on, I am healthy enough now that I am back in college, for the summer semester I am at South Western college, normally I am a student at San Diego City college, but because it is a public school with the largest percentage of their income to keep the school open and students in class and California is having a serious budget problem, all summer classes at San Diego City where cancelled because the state and the city of San Diego it's self are broke.

At first I about had a heart attack because besides my navy retirement the 9/11 GI Bill is my main source of income, however luckily City farmed out the veterans attending class there so we wouldn't loose our GI Bill income.  The good thing is that we didn't have to do the normal transferring of records, all we had to do is get a Parental letter from our original  school.

Now that I am back on me feet completely and going back to school, you should see more posts from me in all my blogs.  God Bless everyone of you and I pray everyone is doing well.

This semester I am only taking

New State Department Warnings For Travel In Mexico

Mexican Police investigate murders/Photo LaJornada

 Today I read on CNN that the US State Department has increased the severity of their travel warning for Americans traveling into Mexico, I can't help but ask, how many warnings do US citizens need to keep them from traveling right into deaths doorstep?

Of course because I am living in San Diego I hear a lot of the stories that don't make the news because they were close calls, and because of the fact that violence south of the border has become so common place not all of it gets reported. There is large amount of violence that can be attributed to drug activity that is committed by small time gangsters not directly related to the cartels themselves, many of the small time drug dealers and gangs in Tijuana; as well as other border cities  take advantage of the fact that so little of their crimes are prosecuted they can get away with just about anything, and if the big cartels can get away with mass murders these small time characters know they can get away with armed robbery, car jacking and even kidnapping.

Now things we do know as being fact is for instance, back in 2010 one-hundred eleven Americans where killed in Mexico, the total murder rate however was 34,600. All this has been reported in the news with their flashy stories about Mexican troops raiding buildings and farms where they discovered mass graves of mostly immigrants in the middle of raging gun battles, or the bit more quieter story not to long ago about a San Diego area teacher who was kidnapped south of Tijuana and when the family couldn't pay the ransom the teacher was killed.

To add to what we hear about in the news, we also have our ever vigilant US State Department and their fearless leader Hillary Clinton putting out these warnings. As it stands now with the new warning put out today the state department is warning us to pretty much stay out the two Mexican states of Tamaulipas and Michoacan, as well as part of the following nine states; Durango, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Jalisco, Nayarit, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora and Zacatecas. Now what I find strange about this new warning is there is again no mention of the busiest border crossing in the world being on the list, and that would be the border between San Diego (San Ysdrio) and Tijuana, which by the way is also the most concentrated drug and illegal alien smuggling port in the world.

Why isn't Tijuana listed? I'm sure it's not because the area isn't considered dangerous, most likely it's totally political being this is the busiest tourist crossing area for people crossing into Mexico, just keep letting us think that the violence hasn't spread here and people will keep crossing and spending tourist dollars on both sides of the border, loss of those dollars would mean complete economic disaster for both sides of the border.

This is basically what the new warning is saying, first to stay clear of the areas listed in those eleven states, second don't drive at night any where in Mexico and third any time you are tr4aveling on the highways in Mexico stay on the main highways and toll roads, because one of the favorite tactics of carjackers, highway robbers and kidnappers is to blockade a road pretending they are police or soldiers and taking advantage of travelers as well as blocking other parts of main thoroughfares to delay the response of the police or soldiers to the actual crime scenes.

All though the government of Mexico hasn't yet offered a comment on the new warning, many Americans living and working in Mexico have not agreed with these warnings whole heartedly. For example Howard Feldstein who is the head of the Lake Chapala Society a expatriate community in the state of Jalisco said that "Mexico itself is still a great place to retire despite security concerns" and that " Life goes on. The people that live here do not live in fear of moving around freely. We're just, perhaps, more cautious.

Despite of all that is going on down south in Mexico, and the likeliness of the violence spreading into cities like El Paso and San Diego, I am floored daily as I am commuting around the San Diego area when I hear people having "private" conversations on their cell phones talking how they plan to cross the border to party, shop or even to get medical procedures; such as plastic surgery and lipo-suction despite the fact that the dangers are so real. Many people have the same reaction as Mr. Feldstein

Chris Hondros Dies From Injuries in Libya

Photojournalist Tim Hetherington/Photo The Rory Peck Trust

Earlier today Vanity Fair reported that photojournalist Tim Hetherington was killed and three other journalists were injured during a mortar attack in Misrata, Libya, however as of 10:50 p.m. eastern time CNN is now  reporting that photojournalist Chris Hondros a photographer for Getty Images has succumbed to a fatal brain injury incurred during the same attack, Hondros was an American citizen born in New York City.

Chris Hondros/Photo digitaljournalist

The other photographers injured in the mortar attack are Guy Martin of the Panos Agency and Michael Brown a freelance photographer. As of the last report Martin, a British citizen,  was earlier reported to be in very serious condition has suffered shrapnel wounds to the pelvis and underwent vascular surgery Wednesday night, according to The New York Times. It said his prospects had improved. A rebel source said Martin was in critical but stable condition.

Michael Brown suffered non life-threatening shrapnel wounds to his left shoulder.

Tim Hetherington Photojournalist Killed In Libya

Firebase Phoenix/Photo US Army

The Civil War in Libya has struck home for Vanity Fair Magazine and the photojournalism community in general when award winning photojournalist Tim Hetherington was killed in a mortar attack in Misrata, Libya today . According to an article by Vanity Fair reported his death and listed three other journalists as wounded.

Chris Hondos a photographer for Getty , Guy Martin of the Panos Agency where both seriously wounded with Mr. Martin being listed in very serious condition, and Michael Brown a freelancer was slightly wounded in the same attack. Hetherington, 40 who was an American and British citizen was best known for his work in Afghanistan, won the World Press Photo of the Year Award in 2007 for his work covering American soldiers in the Korengal Valley.

The Korengal Valley is located south of the Pech River in the Pech District of Kunar Province in northeastern Afghanistan. To the east is Asadabad, capital of Kunar Province, to the west is the Chapa Dara District, and to the south is the Chawkay District (Diwagal Valley). In the south east there is Narang wa Badil District (Badeil Valley), and in the south west Nurgal District (Mazar Valley), which includes Shumast Aret.

Firebase Phoenix (later called Firebase Vimoto) was established in the village of Babeyal to act as a security buffer between the villagers and active anti-coalition militia (ACM) fighters in the valley. Firebase Phoenix was established in the Spring of 2007 by 2nd Platoon, A Company, 1-32d Infantry, 10th Mountain Division, while fighting waged in the villages and mountains. Medical aid was brought to the surrounding villages. The Firebase Phoenix (Vimoto) is the area that Hetherington was covering when he won the 2007 award. He had also created short films about the G.I.’s he encountered in the Korengal and released a book of photographs, Infidel, examining the lives of the men of a battle company of the 173rd Airborne.

Vanity Fair released a statement from Hetherington's family Wednesday. "It is with great sadness we learned that our son and brother, photographer and filmmaker Tim Hetherington, was killed today in Misrata, Libya, by a rocket-propelled grenade," the statement said. "Tim will be remembered for his amazing images and his Academy Award-nominated documentary 'Restrepo.'

James Hider, Middle East correspondent for the Times of London, told CNN the four journalists were documenting fighting on Tripoli Street in Misrata.

After Hetherington's death, Jalal al Gallal, a spokesman for the rebels, issued a statement saying, "This is no longer the Gadhafi regime taking on Libya's people. This is Gadhafi taking on the world. He has spared no one, not women, not children, not journalists. This is now everybody's war."

Various news agencies are also reporting the frustration felt  by the rebels fighting Gadhafi because of the lack of response by NATO in protecting the citizens living in Misrata from forces loyal to Gadhafi. In my oppionon this demonstrates the ineffectiveness of NATO and the United Nations operating on the world stage, and though Americans are burned out from being the police force of the world, it just show's that the United States is the only entity that can do it.