Kniphofia Flower

Native to South Africa, this flower was photographed in Olympia Washington.

[edit:] By the way, I welcome constructive criticism of this photograph, and anything posted to this blog - for that matter.

- Rob

Remember Vietnam

Washington State Vietnam Memorial:

Tens of thousands of American Uniformed Servicemen died in Vietnam without good reason. Does this sound familiar?

Bring them home from Iraq now.

Wolfowitz Resignation

Some Oly Photos

Columbine

Alley Shadows

Budd Bay and Rail Berm

Percival Landing

Orange Flowers

Responding to President Bush

From the BBC: US President George W Bush has shared intelligence that Osama Bin Laden was seeking in 2005 to set up an al-Qaeda cell in Iraq to strike US targets.

These allegations from President Bush have no credibility. He also said that there was WMD in Iraq. He said that Saddam Hussein posed a threat to US targets maybe even in the form of mushroom clouds from nuclear explosions.

President Bush is known to have been involved in a scheme wherein the "facts were being fixed around the policy" of invading Iraq.

I would advise taking the President's assessment of threat with a grain of salt.

God forbid against more terrorist attacks in the USA. But it seems that Bush's unjustified and unnecessary invasion of Iraq has opened the window to the increased possibility of such attacks. The invasion and occupation have inflamed anti-US sentiments. The occupation leaves the USA open to retaliation.

It's time to begin the healing process by implementing a systematic and complete withdrawal of US forces from Iraq.

Capital City 2007 Half-Marathon Results

I finished the half-marathon. I am happy with my performance. I came in 110/797 overall; 91-327 amongst men overall; and 13/29 amongst males in my age group (25 to 29 years old). Click here for results.

My finish time was 1 hour 42 minutes and 11 seconds. More information can be found at the official Capital City Marathon site.

More Purple Flowers

Which version do you prefer, 1 or 2?

Purple Flowers

I am running my first Half-Marathon tomorrow. Wish me luck!


Here is some Lavender for you. Have a good day!

Orange Flowers

Let's End the Occupation of Iraq.

60 Iraqis Killed Yesterday

It is Friday in Iraq. Yesterday, 60 Iraqis were killed as a result of violence. These were deaths that would not have occurred had the US not belligerently and aggressively invaded. The invasion was, and the occupation is, unjustified by national security prerogatives.

There was no WMD in Iraq prior to the invasion. There was no insurgency, no "al-quaeda," and no terrorism. Iraq did not pose a threat to US national security.

The occupation is making the US less safe from global terrorism by fanning the flames of anti-USA sentiment around the world.

Here's a link to a story from Washingtonpost.com about the violence in Iraq and the potential for national collapse.