I was surprised to read on the Time website that some Afghan villagers actually stood up to the Taliban and killed a few of them. According to the story, the villagers had invited some aid workers to come to their village to dig a well. While the aid workers were in the process of digging the well, some Taliban militants came along and tried to abduct the aid workers. According to the culture of the people, you cannot invite guests to your village to help you with something and then allow the Taliban to come along and abduct and behead them, so the villagers defended the workers.
The skirmish resulted in two of the Taliban being killed and the rest of the militants ran off into the countryside. The government has sent additional security forces to the village to protect the village from retaliation from the Taliban. I wonder how long those security forces will be there. Seems to me that they’ll have to be there forever and a day because as soon as they leave, the Taliban will be right there slaughtering the entire village!
Well, Happy Independence Day y’all! As I’m sure you realize, farming is a 24/7 job, so I have to squeeze in my celebrations where I can. I’ve been invited to a neighbors for a cook-out this evening and to watch fireworks, so after I’m done with my daily chores I’ll be heading over. My neighbor says he’s got some pretty good fireworks and I’m looking forward to seeing what he’s got! I really enjoy fireworks, I think it’s a shame that so many people are stupid about using them and get hurt. Their stupidity costs us smart ones the chance to buy really good fireworks. Oh well, we will deal with what we’ve got and enjoy them while we can still get them.
There’s been talk about the state outlawing ALL fireworks of ALL kinds, even those stupid little sparklers. I couldn’t give a rat’s behind about the sparklers; I think they are lame anyway and parents give them to their kids and then the kids get burnt – stupid -stupid – stupid. But I do hope that they don’t outlaw fireworks completely. Maybe they should make everyone take some kind of intelligence test before they let them buy them! Go down to the DMV, take the test, get a license to buy, and then they have to present their license at the fireworks stand!
My friend and I went to go see The Hulk movie matinee today. We had our misgivings; The Incredible Hulk movie we saw a while ago just wasn’t very good. But this version we both like a lot better. The story line was better, the special effects were great, the acting was great, and I think that when the DVD comes out I’ll be buying it to watch the movie a few times again!
Welcome to my blog! I plan to use this blog to write about the things that interest me; politics, the environment, the economy, business, health, and general family life. I’ll be writing about daily life as well as what’s in the news and what I think about it.
I’ve been hearing a lot about those new “Smart cars” and I’ve seen quite a few of them on the road. I saw a short review of them, the reviewer was saying how great they are, they say that they only cost $15,000, are half the size of a “regular” car and get 33 mpg. They seem to think that is wonderful. I have to wonder about that because last year I bought a used Lumina that is in great shape for only $5,000 and it gets 26 mpg. It seems to me that I got a pretty good deal!