Breathtaking view 3 of 3

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Breathtaking View 1 of 3

From the top of the Storm King lift at Copper Mountain, just under 13k'

This is onebof my favorite vistas on earth. One of the coldest as
well, being above treeline.

The snow was marvelous, calf deep powder in the trees. At one point I
found a secluded face and jump turned into waist deep powder

Martin the Squirrel

While we were gone, our friend Betsy stayed in our house to keep the
puppies company. Micah, my good friend is her boyfriend, and is also a
renowned squirrel warrior. That is a good thing, as this pictures show.

Harpoon Winter Warmer Ale

A nice little beer, with hints of cinnamon and nutmeg.

This was a few days ago, at Joe's in Needham MA with my mom

Bath time

Shannon giving Alice a bath! We are at the Roger Williams Zoo, where
Shannon's brother Brett works (he's in the pic too)

That's Colorado for ya

From our neighbors to the north

Interesting article from one of our neighbors to the North.

Tribute To The United States

 

From a Canadian newspaper

 

America: The Good Neighbor

 

Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator.  What follows is the text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:

 

"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.  Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions on debts..  None of these countries is, today, paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.

 

When the Franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris.  I was there.  I saw it.

 

When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help.  This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes.  Nobody helped.  The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries.  Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.

 

I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the united States dollar build its own airplane.  Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC 10?  If so, why don't they fly them?  Why do all the international lines except Russia fly American planes?

 

Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man on woman on the moon?  You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios.  You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles.  You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon – not once, but several times – and safely home again.

 

You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at.  Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded.  They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting AmericanDollars form ma and pa at home to spend here.

 

When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them.  When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose.  Both are still broke.

 

I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble.  Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble?  I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.  Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get kicked around.  They will come out of this thing with their flag high.  And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles.  I hope Canada is not one of those."

 

Stand proud, Americans

--

Brian Rants

brianrants@gmail.com

My blog: http://barguitar.blogspot.com/

Thankful to walk away

...from this accident yesterday

Dude ran a red light and hit me hard, spun me around 180 degrees, and
his truck flipped and got wrapped around a telephone pole

2 accidents in 3 months. My neck is definitely hurting, but it will heal

Our new favorite breakfast spot

I can't say it has dethroned Annie's on Colfax as our favorite
breakfast spot. But it tied.

Super hip, great mimosas, the best pancakes I have ever had. They were
like 2x the size of my head. And I have a sizeable head