Pass the Macedonians

So residents of Columbus - do you know what YOUR Senator is doing?  What are his views??  You voted for him right? Do you even know who he is?   It's Scott Fitzgerold (R)!

Well next week Tuesday they will be taking a very serious vote in the Wisconsin Senate - SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 60 proclaiming that the ancient Macedonians were Hellenes and that the inhabitants of the northern province of Greece, Macedonia, are their Hellenic descendants.

MR. FITZGEROLD WHERE DO YOU STAND!!! 

I urge you all to email Mr Fitzgerald and ask him where he stands on this important resolution and just how will this "control government spending" and "create jobs".

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I'm just glad to be alive today.  As I was leaving the building a person came around a corner and made me put the breaks on JUST FOR A SPLIT SECOND.  By back goes "twing" and I say to myself "well, that's annoying".

A 45 minutes drive later we get home and I can't get out of the car!!  LOL  I spent a lot of the night bent over like a 90 year old.  Seems much better today but this morning I look at my hand and my palm is all bruised!  WHAT?  Where did THAT come from.  I have a hand tumor or something.

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America has a large lead over the Canadians but the website fivethirtyeight tells us that this lead will deteriorate.  We're doing better then expected BUT it's all about timing and Canada has a lot of metal on their horizon as their best sports have not come yet.   So if you are looking for excitement it's goign to be a race for medals with Canada.     The U.S. is 3.3 medals ABOVE projections and Canada is 1.7 below.   Canada is projected to win 10.5 more Golds to the U.S. 5.7 Golds.

The country really doing poorly is Germany as even though at the moment they are 2nd place they SHOULD be in 1st as they dominate in only a few sports.  Right now projections are

U.S. 32.9 medals
Canada 31.0
Germany 27.4
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I have officially started my campaign to stop the use of RETARD in our language by posting something on my golf forum after someone was called a retard.  This is what I wrote:

I know many people will laugh at this but until you are the parents or know someone with a disability you will understand.

Believe me - I have used it in the past so I am as guilty as anybody else. But I said it out of ignorance.

Calling someone a retard is hate speech that reinforces negative attitudes about people with intellectual disabilities. The word “retard” is used to describe someone or something you think is bad or stupid. The prejudice to people with intellectual disabilities is bad and wrong! It is hurtful to
people with disabilities and people who love them.

I have a daughter with down syndrome and she is the happiest most helpful and kind person you can ever imagine.

Bullying is a hate crime. Calling people with intellectual disabilities “retard” is a form of bullying. Silence isn’t always golden. Silence means agreement. If you hear bullying, say something!

Words have power. People with disabilities and their families know that negative language leads to harmful actions; like isolation, abuse and violence.   





 OK - have a sweet weekend
Rod