Category: Orphans

My friend Paul, who knows the workings of this WordPress world much better than I, spent a lot of hours blowing up the old WP version and putting this one together. There is still some tweaking. There’s always tweaking. Nonetheless, Paul of Tokyo, you did a great  job. Many thanks dude.

I’ll be up in the land of Brave Combo next week, a.k.a. Denton, Texas. I doubt I will be doing any polka, much less nuclear polka as I will be there for a training mission. (That sounds much more mysterious than saying I have a class next week.) So I may miss a day here and there on this space. More space for others?

Dick’s First Law of Expectations

For every expectation: a, there is a postulated result: b, that is presumed to produce a known or unknown state: c. However, the realization of that state is instead the known and much dreaded result of xyz$@*%!@*#!

A federal judge in Arizona has struck down some of the most controversial parts of that state’s new law that would require state and local law enforcement officers to check the immigration status of those who have been stopped. This is just the first strike in what will likely be several stops in court. Of course, it could end up in the Supreme Court and the law might be totally upheld because of that court’s conservative majority. Remember the “election” of President Bush?

The requirement that a local police officer check the immigration status of someone they have detained for traffic or other reasons makes no sense other than the dislike for one’s skin being a different color. Should this law eventually get the go-ahead, how many Latinos “born in the U.S.A.,” as Mr. Springsteen once sang, will be arrested and go to jail for nothing but being Latino? It doesn’t just threaten those of darken skin shades. Local police officers have different ways of interpreting different laws and sometimes those interpretations are wrong. So ask yourself this: Is the wrongful arrest of your son or daughter or grandchild worth your wrath over those who are here illegally?

That’s something to think about, Jedge.

I have been notified of a Trjoan Horse virus when going to this page. If anyone who reads this and experiences such a warning from your anti-virus program, how about letting me know at eightfeetdeep? I think my problem may be narrowed down, hopefully.

Thanks,

Dick

It has taken 30 or 40 years to realize what I should have known all along. The Byrds are among the greatest bands of the 1960s, or rock and roll, or country rock, one could argue. I suppose it has taken such a long time to come to such an epiphany since I came to know The Byrds incrementally through their actual participation with or influence on the Eagles, Poco, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, That is even through so many of their songs have placed themselves in my mind for so many years: “Mr. Spaceman,” “Turn, Turn, Turn,” “I Will Be Feeling a Whole Lot Better,” et cetera, no relation to Pete Cetera, bass player and vocalist with Chicago and later a solo singer of sorts.

These are just some thoughts as I attempted to embed a journalist video of The Byrds “I Will Be Feeling a Whole Lot Better” onto the blog and got a “Trojan Horse” warning from the lady on my avast antivirus program. Thanks lady. This is the second encounter I have had with a virus on this page. Well, maybe more than that if you consider page views, damn Internet jargon! So, it seems I will have to consult with Paul, my IT wizard in Japan. Maybe I’ll write a song about him. Maybe not.