Bush apologizes to Wiccan war widow

clipped from www.signonsandiego.com President Bush called a Fallon military widow on Thursday and apologized for her not being invited to a private meeting earlier this week in Reno, when he met briefly with the families of fallen Nevada soldiers. The president's phone call to Roberta Stewart came a day after White House and military officials said her exclusion from Tuesday's meeting was an oversight and not an intentional snub because of her Wiccan faith. “I was very pleased with the way the conversation went, very pleased that he did call and put this right,” she said. With regards to her faith, Bush told her he “would not discriminate against someone because of their religion,” Stewart said.

Presidential Snub Of Wiccan War Widow

clipped from www.lvrj.com CARSON CITY -- When President Bush took time Tuesday to meet family members of some of the fallen soldiers from Northern Nevada, a woman whose husband made the ultimate sacrifice was notably absent. Roberta Stewart of Fernley, who lost her husband, Sgt. Patrick Stewart, when the helicopter he was in was shot down in Afghanistan in September 2005, said she was not invited to the meeting that followed Bush's speech to the American Legion's national convention in Reno. Roberta Stewart said she believes she knows why no invitation was extended to her by the White House. Roberta Stewart, like her late husband, is a practitioner of the Wiccan faith, and she fought with the Department of Veterans Affairs for more than a year to win the right to display the pentacle, the emblem of their faith, on his memorial marker in the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley.

Friday Favorite Quote

"Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be." -- Rita Rudner

"And What if the Aliens Were Freemasons?"

I forwarded this clip for the Masonic cartoon.

clipped from burningtaper.blogspot.com What if there was a town called Bugsport, Maine? And what if most of the inhabitants were little grey aliens that the government had moved there after their flying saucer crashed in 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico? And what if the aliens were Freemasons? And what if... Bugsport was a comic strip drawn by Bro. Ted Bastien?

Elsewhere on the Net....

I've put links on the righthand menu for my personal web site, other blogs and profiles where you can find me on a regular or semi-regular basis. As mentioned previously, LiveJournal is my primary blog location, but Blogger seems to have enough of an "oft-read people and columnists convene here" to make it worth coming here.

Hope to meet a few more interesting souls in this neck of the woods!

Since the earth's been shaking again....

Thought folks might find this of interest.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/historical.php

Learning about Blogger, and why I'm here

Well, it seems for now that I can do everything from work except view the actual blog itself, which I can circumvent by going to Preview Layout (there's always a way to cheat the censor). At least, until they figure out that "blog" is in the title of Blogger.com. ;)

So... I'm here for three reasons. One, that LiveJournal and SixApart are going through some growing pains and many of my LJ friends are either exiting entirely, or setting up alternate accounts here. Two, because I see so many interesting people and topics that are shared in the Blogspot universe. Three, because I'm proprietary about my screen Craft name so I claimed it before some doofus decided to snag it. I think I'm covered on most of the social network sites. :)

And so, I look forward to connecting with old on-line friends, meeting new ones, and everything in between.

Hello, LJ refugees....

You've come to the right place. I'm sorry to see that you left LJ, but I'm happy you decided to keep in touch here!