Is America Safer Now?

Now that Mr. Obama has issued the executive order to close Guantanamo here is one of the first casualties of justice. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the ring leader of the USS Cole eight years ago, has had all charges dropped. He has been held at Guantanamo.

Susan Crawford, the retired judge who oversees the commissions, issued a ruling dismissing without prejudice all charges against Saudi national Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, said Pentagon spokesman Navy Commander J.D. Gordon.

"It was (Crawford's) decision, and it reflects the fact that the president has issued an executive order which mandates that the military commissions be halted, pending the outcome of several comprehensive reviews of our detention operations at Guantanamo," Gordon said.

So now a known terrorist is absolved of his actions because the new administration wants to close Gitmo. Again I ask, is America Safer Now?

Vermont Trip for Nana.

We all know her as Nana. Her real name is Pauline Mosher. She is Jeanne's step mother. Jeanne met her when she was about 18 after growing up under foster care. Grace Brown was Jeanne's foster family and Pauline was the wife of Earl Mosher, Jeanne's biological father. Dallan's middle name is Earl, in honor of her father and Pauline's husband. Pauline is ill with kidney and lung cancer. Susan, is Jeanne's step sister.

How could that be?

If in the t.v. series Star Trek they were on a 5 year mission to explore strange new worlds and a planet was 5 light years away or more, how could they have explored so many planets? I figure going warp 5 (5 x speed of light) it would take them one year to get there and one to get back. At this rate they could have only explored two planets and yet they explored so many more.

Just sticking to the "Deep Thoughts from Brian" theme.

Portland Geography

I hate taking pictures of myself but here I am at work. These are a few pictures on our arrival into Portland. The single mountain is Mt. Hood. The other shows Mt. St. Helen on the left and Mt. Rainier (spelling).

My visit with the Bean's

I had a 18 hour lay over in Portland this past week and I too got to meet Andon! Jayden does well with his ABC's but misses a few each time. Loves to talk and eats real well. Not fussy about the foods he eats.