The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching. We mourn each and every innocent life that is lost. We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people. The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights.
As I said in Cairo, suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. The Iranian people will ultimately judge the actions of their own government. If the Iranian government seeks the respect of the international community, it must respect the dignity of its own people and govern through consent, not coercion.
Martin Luther King once said – “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” I believe that. The international community believes that. And right now, we are bearing witness to the Iranian peoples’ belief in that truth, and we will continue to bear witness.
Regardless of whether you believe one side to be more ‘right’ than the other, this is horrible. There are a couple of images blacked-out so that you must click on links to see them. I haven’t looked at those. The rest of the images hint enough at the truly horrific.
After a very long time, I’m ready to self-publish a true story about misplaced trust and stupid decisions.
Synopsis.
In 1991, my car was being used by my by mechanic without my permission. The car was then stolen from my mechanic after he got drunk with three transients name Billy, Dwayne, and Betty. Betty later drove it through a guard rail while drunk.
Note: It may seem that all of the ‘good parts’ of the story have just been told. I promise you that these are merely the facts which may draw you into the rest of this look into a story I could not have made up. However, I’ve changed the names to protect the guilty innocent.
It’s now 34 degrees, down from 41 degrees just a short while ago AND we have over an inch of accumulation here in Vancouver, WA.
Issued by The National Weather Service
Portland, OR
1:43 am PST, Fri., Jan. 2, 2009
… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR THE PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER METRO AREA… THE NORTH PART OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY AND CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW… WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS MORNING.
COLDER AIR IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE HAS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING. SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED ONE TO TWO INCHES AS OF 130 AM. SNOW SHOWERS WILL SUBSTANTIALLY DECREASE AFTER 3 AM… BUT ANY ADDITIONAL SHOWERS COULD RESULT IN ANOTHER INCH ACCUMULATION. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED… WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 500 FEET.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES… AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
This blog was started shortly after my daughter, Penelope, was born. P is our first daughter and, well, first child. I took a week off of work to celebrate our newborn and try to get into the daddy role. I should have taken a year.
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My Tweets....
Ugh...my right ear hasn't recovered from my second day of lap swimming. Huh? What? I can't ear you! 5 days ago
Penelope is so good at shredding our stuff at home, I'm thinking about hiring her to hide my corporate secrets, too. 6 days ago
Father's Day breakfast made by @love_drunk and Pea = amazing!
What do you mean it's not Father's Day? Maybe we don't share your religion. 1 week ago
The Saturday morning lap swimmers are a very social bunch. That's surprising to me considering the activity's nature. 1 week ago
RT @lunaticmapmaker: Farrah Fawcett and Micheal Jackson both died? Not such a good day for celebrity. #fb1 week ago
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