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Dixie Chicks: Hopefully some of you got the chance to watch the Dixie Chicks on PrimeTime Live with Diane Sawyer tonight. I found it painfully hard to watch Natalie because she had to choose her words so carefully. Trying hard not to say it, it was clear, in my eyes, she wanted so desperately to say, "Why? Why should I apologize. Why should I apologize when I've done nothing wrong?" She indicated her word choice could have been better and her intention was not to disrespect Bush. She admitted that her comment stood for so much more than what she actually said, and that it should have been phrased more appropriately. The Chicks said they make mistakes. I can't call Natalie speaking out a mistake. The mistake would have been to remain silent when your heart and mind told you different. What does it mean when we end up censoring ourselves in fear of what others may say or do in resposne?
Diane Sawyer asked Natalie, "Maybe President Bush is watching tonight. Is there anything you'd like to say to him?" She replied, "Your show isn't long enough." Good for you, Natalie. Bethany and I have yet to buy their new Album "Home" and have vowed to purchase it tomorrow. I know this topic has gone on for a while, but it brings up so many more important issues than the Dixie Chicks themselves. Like the Chicks mentioned in the interview, just prior to the war breaking out, during that same week, the top news story was about the Chicks. Shouldn't there have been more important questions asked during that time? One of the Chicks quoted a quote from Theodore Roosevelt. I am going to try and find it, and when I do, I'll post it here. It says it all. In the meantime, please check out the comments for the entry titled "New Wisdom" below. There is more on this topic there.
School: The semester has finally ended. It wasn't the banner semester I had in the fall, but I ended it on top and with decent grades. I was enrolled in Math 1010 (College Algebra) and decided instead to take it this summer. Also, I had to take the FAA Instrument Written exam by today for a class. Although I'll need to retake it for my actual instrument rating, I earned a high enough grade on it to do well in my instrument ground course at UVSC.
Work: BREAKING NEWS. -- Ceo Don Carty announces resignation, AMR Board of Directors accepts the resignation and appoints a long time AA employee as CEO and former Sears Roebuck CEO as Chairman of the Board. -- While I am slightly saddened by the news, as I felt our CEO was poised to take AA into the future, I respect his decision, and also look forward to our new CEO, Gerard Arpey, taking the lead. He's been a high ranking, highly respected official by the employees at AA for years. The controversy regarding executive retension bonuses and pension plans has not fully played out yet, and it remains to be seen if the flight attendants will actually vote again or not on whether to accept the company's wage/benefit concession package. Although, the Board of the flight attendant union voted 17 to 1 for a revote. And so the ticker ticks.
Paint: Our bedroom remains unpainted. Bethany stepped up last week and painted the loft, guest bathroom, office and master bathroom. She finally decided to take a break and work on it this weekend. We now have guests coming to town, so that will be postponed to next weekend. Fine with me... I don't know how she's been able to do all she's done already.
Life: So much better! School was a huge weight holding me down. Isn't it always that way at the end of the semester? Now that that is over, I feel much relief. Dan and his boyfriend Rene are our guests coming to town. Can't wait to see them. Weather permitting, we're going to take a site seeing flight over the Las Vegas Valley, Lake Mead, Hoover Dam and Red Rock Canyon on Saturday. Those are all beautiful gems here in the desert.
Dixie Chicks: Hopefully some of you got the chance to watch the Dixie Chicks on PrimeTime Live with Diane Sawyer tonight. I found it painfully hard to watch Natalie because she had to choose her words so carefully. Trying hard not to say it, it was clear, in my eyes, she wanted so desperately to say, "Why? Why should I apologize. Why should I apologize when I've done nothing wrong?" She indicated her word choice could have been better and her intention was not to disrespect Bush. She admitted that her comment stood for so much more than what she actually said, and that it should have been phrased more appropriately. The Chicks said they make mistakes. I can't call Natalie speaking out a mistake. The mistake would have been to remain silent when your heart and mind told you different. What does it mean when we end up censoring ourselves in fear of what others may say or do in resposne?
Diane Sawyer asked Natalie, "Maybe President Bush is watching tonight. Is there anything you'd like to say to him?" She replied, "Your show isn't long enough." Good for you, Natalie. Bethany and I have yet to buy their new Album "Home" and have vowed to purchase it tomorrow. I know this topic has gone on for a while, but it brings up so many more important issues than the Dixie Chicks themselves. Like the Chicks mentioned in the interview, just prior to the war breaking out, during that same week, the top news story was about the Chicks. Shouldn't there have been more important questions asked during that time? One of the Chicks quoted a quote from Theodore Roosevelt. I am going to try and find it, and when I do, I'll post it here. It says it all. In the meantime, please check out the comments for the entry titled "New Wisdom" below. There is more on this topic there.
School: The semester has finally ended. It wasn't the banner semester I had in the fall, but I ended it on top and with decent grades. I was enrolled in Math 1010 (College Algebra) and decided instead to take it this summer. Also, I had to take the FAA Instrument Written exam by today for a class. Although I'll need to retake it for my actual instrument rating, I earned a high enough grade on it to do well in my instrument ground course at UVSC.
Work: BREAKING NEWS. -- Ceo Don Carty announces resignation, AMR Board of Directors accepts the resignation and appoints a long time AA employee as CEO and former Sears Roebuck CEO as Chairman of the Board. -- While I am slightly saddened by the news, as I felt our CEO was poised to take AA into the future, I respect his decision, and also look forward to our new CEO, Gerard Arpey, taking the lead. He's been a high ranking, highly respected official by the employees at AA for years. The controversy regarding executive retension bonuses and pension plans has not fully played out yet, and it remains to be seen if the flight attendants will actually vote again or not on whether to accept the company's wage/benefit concession package. Although, the Board of the flight attendant union voted 17 to 1 for a revote. And so the ticker ticks.
Paint: Our bedroom remains unpainted. Bethany stepped up last week and painted the loft, guest bathroom, office and master bathroom. She finally decided to take a break and work on it this weekend. We now have guests coming to town, so that will be postponed to next weekend. Fine with me... I don't know how she's been able to do all she's done already.
Life: So much better! School was a huge weight holding me down. Isn't it always that way at the end of the semester? Now that that is over, I feel much relief. Dan and his boyfriend Rene are our guests coming to town. Can't wait to see them. Weather permitting, we're going to take a site seeing flight over the Las Vegas Valley, Lake Mead, Hoover Dam and Red Rock Canyon on Saturday. Those are all beautiful gems here in the desert.
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