Jaelene is celebrating her thirtieth birthday in Las Vegas and a couple of her siblings and friends are also there to help Jaelene slide into her fourth decade of life. Daryl had his 29th birthday a couple of days ago as well. January is the month of birthdays, anniversaries, and memorials. Nina put an entry on her weblog about all the events in the month of January. So, Nina and I are in Orem visiting and playing with the grandkids while Heather and Ty are celebrating in Las Vegas. I need to be back in Pocatello for an early Sunday morning meeting, so we drove down here in separate cars. Nina will stay until later Sunday afternoon. I’ll drive back tomorrow evening.

I am quite incensed with our government and military right now. We have become no better than the folks we are trying to defeat. Over the past couple of days the news has reported that we have been arresting women in Iraq and putting them in prison in an attempt to ferret out their husbands. No wonder the militants kidnapped a woman reporter in a demand for the US to release women from prison. I have become more and more agitated at our government’s lying and deceit in Iraq and this only adds to my furor. We are not this kind of people. We are supposed to live by the rule of law. The fact that those who oppose us do not live by rule of law or that they are mired in the muck and mud of lying and deceit does not in any way give us permission to do the same. It’s time to start doing something more than just write letters. However, I have no confidence that the Democrats are any better. It’s time to throw the whole bunch out. Pardon me while I go throw up.