The timing is interesting to me, as I’m half way through the book Dead Pool, and just finished the section on the creation of Lake Powell, ending with Dominy being forced from office.

Dominy has been remembered mostly as a villain for damming Glen Canyon and creating Lake Powell, but there can be no doubt that the jewel he created has been visited and enjoyed by many people, myself included. Without Dominy, most of those visitors probably would never of heard of Glen Canyon, nor visited that remote part of the country. For sure, many people would never visit Rainbow Bridge, which is either a 4 day hike across the Navajo Indian Reservation or an hour boat ride across Lake Powell.

While Glen Canyon was a prize without compare, a rolling gentle  paradise compared to the rough and wild  Grand Canyon to the south, far fewer people had visited, or even heard of it. Now, thanks to Dominy, far more people have enjoyed it, even half filled with water, than would of seen it in the natural state.

Sure, it was versus a liquid fueled rocket, not a solid fuel one (Soviet style was liquid, the US has used solid fuel for a long time), which is easier to detonate, in the air or during maintenance on the ground. Easier to environmentally dispose of though. Anyway, it’s a good first start. We can debate the economic logistics of it, but if it can help keep missiles on the ground and out of the air, great. It probably is useless for a long while against a Cold War style missile attack (MAD), but against a potential rouge state with a dozen missiles? This will certainly help some people sleep easier at night.

I’m posting this as a reminder of something I want to read later on, and it might be useful to other people out there.

Read it once, then read it again. Print it out and read it while you implementing  it.

Source: New York Times

Ex-Lawmaker Convicted of Rape – Name Is Copyrighted – NYTimes.com

I’m torn. Do I try to abuse his name, and not pay the “fee”, or do I refuse to give him publicity? I usually side on not giving publicity or attention to those who are looking for it, but then I feel as if I’m being pressured into not using his name. Still, the guy is a convicted felon.

Ted Alvin Klaudt is the guys name. Sosumi

I’d like to get up there before the snows arrive, and they close the road again for winter.

If only the weekends weren’t packed already this month.

So why not, after this housing crash, buy soon, and take advantage of that 8 grand housing credit? One, the housing credit is artificially inflating prices, and I’d prefer not to have the credit and pay proportionately less
in property taxes. Two, the housing crises isn’t over yet.

The at homes risk of foreclosure are still increasing, to 14.4% in Quarter 3 of 2009, vs 13.2% in Quarter 2.

Calculated Risk: MBA: Record 14.4 Percent of Mortgage Loans in Foreclosure or Delinquent in Q3

Also, in California, the foreclosure rate to unemployment rate is still in the “danger Will Robinson” zone.

So despite the slight increase in prices in the past few months, I’m still content to wait and see.

An easy day at the launching ramp.

Least of all like that at day break!