ThanksGiving

Well the big day has come and gone. Of course, I ate too much. Watched part of the parade on TV and stayed out of the kitchen, with three cooks there, it was a zoo. I finally got to working on the basement. The tooth problem kept me from wanting to do much beside take meds and feel bad. The antibiotic had upset my stomach so now I am eating an active culture yogurt to restore the good things in my tumtum. I still have a bit of pain from the root canal. But now it just bothers me when I go to bed. So I take three Ibuprofen and three Tylenol to reduce the pain and swelling in my jaw. I just did that and am having a bite to eat to have something on my stomach and am waiting for it settle before going back to bed.

There are a lot of things to be thankful for at this time of year but I am too lazy and wanting to get to bed to make a list.

And Jamie, I’ll be sending you an email soon to get a password.

Night all.

Ouch

Last week I drove from Provo to Portland to visit my son. I took my time staying overnight in Bosie. I left Provo on Sunday and arrived in Portland Monday around rush hour. I drove through very heavy rain the last hour in the gorge. Was sure tired of the rain when I got to my son’s house. Tuesday was a good day, however on Wednesday my upper right molar started hurting me. I took Ibuprofen to ease the pain. Friday I started the drive back to Provo taking Ibuprofen at each rest stop and taking a short nap. I did the same Saturday. It rained and snowed off and on all day. I looked like a chipmunk with the infection in my upper jaw. I got setup with a Dentist on Monday morning and was sent over to an Endodontist and by Monday afternoon I got a root canal on my molar through a cap I had on that tooth. And a prescription for an antibiotic for the infection. I’ve got the infection under control now with just a couple of days left on the antibiotics but the upper jaw still hurts some from the root canal. Hopefully the pain will be gone by Thanksgiving day.

Iraq

I read an opinion piece in the USA Today newspaper by Ralph Peters. He said, “I supported this war, but the deteriorating situation is starting to convince me that we can’t win. Those of us who hoped that the Iraqis could achieve democracy were wrong – and their failure has implications for the entire region.”

Latter in the piece he said, “My disillusionment with our Iraq endeavor began last summer, when I was invited to a high-level discussion with administration officials, I went into the meeting with one firm goal, to convince my hosts that they’d better have Plan B in case Iraq continued to disintegrate. I left the session convince that the administration still didn’t have Plan A, only a blur of meandering policies and blind hopes. After more than three years, it was still ‘An Evening at the Improv.’”

You can (and I think should) read the full article In Thursday, November 2, 2006's paper.

I feel the USA is “Staying the Course” on a road that is dead end. I think we need to shit-or-get-off-the-pot. By that I mean we should send in enough troops to control the country, probably two or three times the number we have now, or get out as fast as we can. However, to send in more troops would require the draft and the administration is afraid to do that because they are not really conducting a war on terror, but are in fact using those words to create fear in order to stay in power.