Projected Time Line In Place for Actions

I can now envision some dates in the near future when I can take actions and continue to move and complete my move towards having an independent life in my own residence with my own belongings fully at my reach.

I plan to empty that storage unit out in Aurora next Saturday May 26 or Sunday May 27 after having gone nearly 31 months of having it full of my possessions. The only thing that could conceivably delay this action would be the lack of availability of a large U-Haul truck which could happen since next weekend is the Memorial Day Holiday and its also the last weekend of the month. Waiting until Saturday June 2 would not be an inconvenience if that were to be the case.

I already have an apartment arranged for in North Cheyenne that I will be able to move into within the next month as well. It is an upstairs one bedroom in a small four-plex. It is very simple and will more than meet my needs. I project I will be able to stay there for at least six months to a year as there will be no long term lease to consider. I would like a ground level unit and the only additional feature I would look to add would be a bathtub instead of a shower for me to soak these perennially aching bones and muscles in a couple of times a week. Its amazing what soaking in a tub of hot water can do for the continuous soreness I am plagued with. Besides that, I do not desire really anything else -- a dishwasher is something I do not need as washing dishes by hand in very warm water is therapeutic for my hands. I could care less about a fireplace, a private balcony, and air conditioning is just something not too common in residences here. Additional storage is always nice but is something that can be worked around.


I know the finances will be tight and I will have to be extremely thrifty particularly when it comes to food but I can live on less than $25-30 per week for a food budget and being in town will cut my gasoline budget by more than 80 %. I have three small debts to family and a friend I need to take care of in the coming months but I think I will have a little money to go to the $1 movies every so often and go out and have a coke and a burger at McDonalds while I read the Sunday paper.

I really need little in my life as my 49th birthday looms in 12 days. I think about all I need to pick up for myself in the coming months is a blender, a juicer, some new tennis shoes, and a chair to sit on at the kitchen table. I can get all these items for about $100 or less at Wal-mart.

I would also like to get my desktop computer repaired so I can use it to download music as it would have over 100GB of harddrive space which would be perfect for that use. But its not pressing and I do not have to get to this until farther down the road.

I know I have to focus funds on keeping my truck running good and saving money so I can purchase outright an early to mid 90s model of a Honda, Toyota, or Nissan sedan that is very fuel efficient and in very good condition in spite of having over 100K miles. Truck maintenance is always ongoing with oil changes, alignments, tire rotations, cooling systems checks, and other proactive maintenance tasks.

After having been homeless and largely not on my own for nearly 3 years, I am greatly anticipating these events occuring in the next month and the subsequent activities in the months following.

Saturday 19 May News Articles and Observations

I have been experiencing regular internet service outages where I am staying, so I am having to go into town and make avail of wireless hot spots such as at restaurants and coffee shops. Here are some news articles for today that captured my attention and some brief reactions to them by me.


A. Bush Junta Establishes Protocol and Procedure For Grabbing Absolute Power

This alarming information about this Executive Branch Directive was completely ignored by all media. I am deeply concerned about the language in this directive and the large amount of ambiguity and vagueness in its contents and how that may result in it being initiated for reasons that most would could consider and believe to be inadequate or largely minor.


http://progressive.org/mag_wx051807


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B. Capitulation and Cowardice by Democratic Legislators in Congress


It is foolish and out-of- touch actions by Democrats in Congress that anger, infuriate, and alienate citizens including me. Out of control trade agreements that blatantly and obviously tilt the field to foriegn countries at the expense of American wages, jobs, taxes for local government, and contribute to mass social problems on the family, neighborhood, community, and societal levels are destroying the middle class and communities in this nation. A third party campaign that is aware of this and carefully and strongly gets this message out could go a long way in '08.


http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20070604&s=editors


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C. The Right Wing Republican Destruction and De-Construction of Americas


Hopefully this 27 year trend is starting to draw near a close but what awaits beyond '08 is still to be determined and will include elements that will be distasteful and force compromise in some ways.


http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-radical-gop-divided-and-conquered.html


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D. GOP Split over Heinous Immigration Bill Now in Congress

My opinions strongly opposing this legislation have already been made known, and its somewhat comforting to see a few Republicans that can see the light, wake up, and smell the coffee.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/18/AR2007051801970.html?hpid=topnews


http://www.casperstartribune.com/articles/2007/05/19/news/wyoming/e7c108d8f031f51e872572e000013ff8.txt


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E. A Growing Uneasiness and Reaction to Monopolistic Corporate Dominance of Media


This is yet another place where corporate greed, arrogance, and immorality has caused great and, in some cases, irreversible harm to the American citizenry.


http://www.thestar.com/article/215266


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F. Unfairness in Recent Postal Rate Hikes

I want to see these unfair hikes which stifle democracy, exchange of ideas, free thought, and journalistic competition and enterprise immediately re-evaluated with fairness put into place and removal of blatant bias and favoritism towards big corporate media.


http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/19/1320/


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G. Atlantic Treasure Find Announced


Good for these explorers for hitting the jackpot. I know these efforts are very time consuming, risky, dangerous, and require enormous investments in specialized equipment and training.


http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0519Treasure-Split0519.html


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H. Snake River Headwaters Protection Bill


Having had the privilege and delight to see some of this country some years back, I am very happy to see this legislation moving forward in Congress. It is long overdue, and I hope to see more of this kind of conservation legislation introduced and signed into law in the coming years particularly in regard to river basins in the West that are under siege from growing urban corridors that are not pushing conservation and water thrift enough.


http://www.trib.com/articles/2007/05/16/news/top_story/55e4c6552b616cc1872572dc00827e08.txt


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I. As of Saturday, May 19: Only 611 days left of the Incompetent Corrupt Junta !


Unless they impliment the Executive Directive that I pointed out in my initial item in this post...


http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/17240097.htm


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J. Recommended Site to Bookmark


http://www.freepress.org/index2.php


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