Jared Lee Loughner Shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).

When Darryl and I were out driving today we learned about this tragedy. We both wanted to know more about the Congresswoman and WHY someone would do this.

While liberals like Jane Fonda blamed Saturday's tragic shooting spree in Tucson, Arizona, on former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, conservative talk show host Glenn Beck, and the Tea Party movement, perhaps you might want to know what a young lady who went to high school, college, & was in a band with the gunman has to say:

@antderosa As I knew him he was left wing, quite liberal. & oddly obsessed with the 2012 prophecy.

@antderosa He was a political radical & met Giffords once before in '07, asked her a question & he told me she was "stupid & unintelligent"

His own words on his YouTube Channel don't do much to describe him:

Schools:I attended school: Thornydale elementary,Tortolita Middle School, Mountain View Highschool, Northwest Aztec Middle College, and Pima Community College.
Interests:My favorite interest was reading, and I studied grammar. Conscience dreams were a great study in college!

Movies:(*My idiom: I could coin the moment!*)

Music:Pass me the strings!
Books:I had favorite books: Animal Farm, Brave New World, The Wizard Of OZ, Aesop Fables, The Odyssey, Alice Adventures Into Wonderland, Fahrenheit 451, Peter Pan, To Kill A Mockingbird, We The Living, Phantom Toll Booth, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Pulp,Through The Looking Glass, The Communist Manifesto, Siddhartha, The Old Man And The Sea, Gulliver's Travels, Mein Kampf, The Republic, and Meno.

In one video, titled "America: Your last memory in a terrorist country!," a figure in dark clothing and a smiley-face mask burns an American flag in the desert. The soundtrack is a 2001 song by the band Drowning Pool, in which the singer repeatedly shrieks "Let the bodies hit the floor!"

From Jared Loughner’s Facebook Page (his profile was scrubbed minutes after this scrape, — and no mention of military service of any sort. I also don't see anything about the Tea party or Sara Palin either.

Here is a poem he wrote from his myspace account:

In a youtube.com video dated Dec. 15, entitled “Introduction: Jared Loughner” the accused gunman describes himself as a U.S. military recruit who had applied to join the Army. The Army, however, said it rejected Lougher as a recruit in 2008.

I would like to extend my condolances and prayers to the families of all those affected by this horrible tragedy.

Please Help Find Phylicia Barnes

Please help find Phylicia Barnes, a 16-year-old North Carolina girl who disappeared while visiting relatives in Baltimore.

Family members have described Phylicia as a straight-A student who was to graduate early from Union Academy in Monroe and planned to go to Towson University in Maryland. Her family said it is out of character for her to take off without notifying someone.

Phylicia Simone Barnes was last seen on December 28, 2010, at approximately 1:30 p.m., at a residence in Baltimore City, Maryland. Barnes is from Monroe, North Carolina, and was visiting relatives at the time of her disappearance.

Barnes was believed to be wearing a blue pea coat with a hood, a turquoise thermal shirt, blue jeans, and white ankle-high boots. She had a tan purse with her.


Barnes has acne scars on her face and a tattoo of a rose on her lower right leg.

If you have any information concerning this person, please contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.

Field Office: Baltimore

Ask Psychic Cynthia Ann - REVIEW & GIVEAWAY

I find that people are generally of two mindsets about psychics. Either they believe that some people are endowed with a gift to see things that others may not. Some people are convinced that believe that the ability of a person to channel spirits, to "hear" or "feel" the voices or presence of the dead, to "see" the past, the future, or what is something highly improbable.

Personally, I am a very spiritual person and I am of the opinion that there are more things in heaven and earth, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. I am definitely open to the possibility but I am also willing to question with boldness.

It is here where my initial contact with Cynthia from askpsychiccynthiaann.com begins. Cynthia believes that she first realized that she was psychic when she was seven. She feels that this gift is one that is generational as she believes that her mother shares this ability as does her son, although she doesn’t believe that he realizes it yet.

I was curious to learn if Cynthia classified herself as clairvoyant, a medium, or telepathic. Cynthia explained that she is an Empath which she defines as intuition extreme.

Empaths have the ability to scan another's psyche for thoughts and feelings or for past, present, and future life occurrences. Many empaths are unaware of how this actually works, and have long accepted that they were sensitive to others.

I was curious as to how her readings manifest themselves and she shared that just knows that she hears that she is sent visions it just manifest itself.

I was anxious to hear what she had to say but at the same time very nervous. My husband and I prepared a list of six questions that we were prepared to ask during the reading so that helped me relax before the interview.

What I am about to share with you is my own experience with Cynthia. Please be aware that I am choosing not to share every detail with you but I would like to touch on what I felt were the most interesting parts of my reading.

From the very beginning Cynthia said a couple of things I found interesting that she picked up. While I would not label myself as a manic depressive I would definitely say that there are period of time which I am up or even very up and then seemingly for no real reason I will feel sad or spend time focusing on things that make me feel sad.

Keep in mind that we have never met, spoken, or corresponded before our reading and I found it interesting that she picked that up right away as well as saying that I was very creative. “So far so good,” I thought.

The most interesting part of my reading came from a question I was prepared to ask. Cynthia actually answered this question BEFORE we asked it. This seems rather AMAZING when you consider that this question was not a run of the mill question.

You see before my husband and I moved to Georgia we both independently found this house online and I really felt that this home was already ours.

Not long after we moved in some unexplainable things happened. At first we ignored them or explained them away but finally I wondered if perhaps we were actually dealing with a ghost. Try telling that to a man who is a mechanical engineer, who by his very nature is extremely skeptical.

How do you ask your neighbors if your house is haunted without seeming like you’re crazy? I decided that during casual conversation that I might ask about the people who used to live in the house before us and if they had any problems while they were living there.

It turns out the woman who lived there sometimes heard something at the door or thought she saw someone looking into the window. She swore she sometimes heard someone on the stairs and she would call her husband or the police trying to get to the bottom of things. No one ever seemed to find anything but she was very certain that she heard or saw these things.

For me it was an affirmation that there was something there but my husband didn’t come around to my thinking until much later. We had decided to ask Cynthia if she felt there was a presence in our home. It was going to be our last question almost an afterthought so she wouldn’t think we were just plain crazy.

Imagine how we felt when she brought the fact that she felt a presence in our house well before we got a chance to ask about it. There was no way possible that we telegraphed that we had even suspected such a possibility.

The moment she mentioned the presence in our home, my husband and looked at each other and you could just feel a chill run between us like, “I can’t believe this is happening.”

She was very kind and told us that we weren’t crazy and even told us how we might deal with the presence if we wanted him to leave. I can’t begin to tell you how helpful that was.

I suppose I shouldn’t have been amazed that she seemed to know some of the things she did. As we talked Cynthia told me about some instances in which she was able to help others.

As I said some of what we spoke about was personal and perhaps didn’t make sense to me at this moment but I will be very interested to see how these things come to pass.

Would I recommend a reading with Cynthia to friends or family members who asked me about a psychic? That’s an affirmative! Most definitely a BIG YES.

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This giveaway will begin on January 7, 2011, and ends on January 14, 2011 at 11:59 PM ET. You MUST leave a separate comment for each entry you wish to make. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only, 18 years old or over, and the winner will be chosen by random.org. The winner will be contacted by email and will have 48 hours to respond. Once I have received a response from the winner’s the name of the winner will be posted here.

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Lt. Col. Buddy Barr

I'd like to tell you a little about an amazing man I worked with. His name was Buddy Barr and he was an AFJROTC teacher at RHS.

Lt. Col. Barr was a man who cared deeply about his students and even his final moments illustrate this.

If there was a big school event Lt Col Barr and his AFJROTC students were a part of it. From football games to graduation Col Barr always helped it come about without a hitch.

Col. Buddy Barr, our Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) Instructor, passed away on Saturday, December 18th while helping our cadets at the Toys for Tots campaign that morning.

He was not just an instructor. He was a role model and a friend.

When my son shipped off to Iraq, he was the one person I cold speak to about my fears. He was always willing to listen and encourage. During our final conversation we spoke about a student who had both of us a teachers. He was very concerned about her. "We have to reach out to her," he said, "I don't think there are too many other people in her life that are." He was accurate in that assessment.

On our school website Lt. Col Barr writes that his goals are to provide a leadership laboratory for students to develop their skills and skills and confidence, promote individual responsibility and community service. I would say he not only met his goals, he exceeded them.

A native of Alabama, Lt. Col. Barr was a graduate of Anniston High School, the University of Alabama, attended Flight School in Selma and graduated with a Master's Degree from Webster University.

He retired from the United States Air Force after proudly serving his country for 28 years.

Lt. Col. Barr had been a Fighter Pilot during his military career, flying a T37, T38, A-7 and F4G. He served as Commander of the Mission Support Squadron in Aviano, Italy and at the time of his death was the Senior Air Science Instructor for the JROTC Program at Rome High School.

RHS will remember Col. Barr on Thursday, January 13th with a Moment of Silence as well as flying our flag at half-mast as protocol. Our AFJROTC cadets will wear their uniforms this day and will conduct the ceremony that morning at the flag pole. Rome High School is also working with the parents of the AFJROTC Program hoping to create a scholarship for a cadet in the program in honor of Col. Barr.

There aren't enough words, there truly aren't any right words that I could use to describe the loss that we all feel at his passing. I thank God that I had the opportunity to get to know him.

Potty Talk With Atlas

Do you remember when you were little? You probably laughed when someone said poop or butt as though it was the funniest thing you ever heard. "She said butt! She said butt!" You may have graduated to laughing at flatulence. The sound, the smell, who made it were all topics to be discussed ad nauseum.

Some people never outgrow their potty mouths or enthusiasm for bathroom humor but most of us do move on. While most of us do not wish to discuss our bathroom habits, some people want to announce how badly they need to relieve themselves comparing the expected amount to be comparable to that of a race horse. It is, however, not generally the subject people want to discuss in polite society.

This if of course unless they have children. Upon the appearance of our prodigy we suddenly become students of elimination. We discuss our child's bowel movements with other parents if we feel something is wrong. Was it big? Was it loose? Was it an unusual color? Perhaps it was the most you ever saw in your whole life in one diaper.

We applaud our children when they make in the potty and of course advertise to everyone we know that OUR child is now out of diapers.

We then go through a brief period of our lives when what goes on in the bathroom generally stays in the bathroom. This of course stops when we get old which brings about new opportunities to talk about our difficulties in that area or how oatmeal and prunes are keeping us regular.

I will violate societies rules on appropriate bathroom chatter in this post because Atlas, our miniature pinscher, performs these tasks in a way that is so unique, I think it's worth speaking about.

We spent the first few days he was here working on housebreaking him and it really wasn't until day three that he began to understand that one of the purposes of our walk was so that he could "do his business."

It was on that day he saddled up to the stop sign at the end of the block, lifted his back leg, and then with perfect accuracy managed to shoot a yellow stream between his front two legs rather than to the side towards the intended target. I had never seen anything like it but I've learned this is how "he rolls". Even to the point that when he wore his jacket he managed to soak the underside of his jacket.

If that wasn't weird enough it appears his show stopper trick involves his defecating. As he readies himself to to his "dooty" he begins to sniff and put his head down much closer to the ground. Suddenly he pulls both his back legs off the ground, and while supported only by his front legs he begins a circle. As he begins moving he begins dropping his load.

Once he's finished, he brings his legs back down, walks two steps forward, and then turns in the other direction throwing as much debris as possible in a direction about 45% opposite of where he made his deposit.

It was so funny the first time I witnessed it I couldn't wait to come home and tell my husband. He witnessed it the next time we went for a walk and felt that this whole little ritual deserved a video a la YouTube.

Personally I felt this was a little over the top but still the position Atlas is able to contort himself into was worth at least one photo. So we set out today to photograph the elusive Dance of the Poop. We were unsuccessful because every time he was getting ready to go a garbage truck would go by and break his concentration or another dog would begin yapping which would require him to growl and bark back.

I was curious, do any other dog owners have stories of their dog's peccadillos?

ALOHA, KANANI! AMERICAN GIRL’S 2011 GIRL OF THE YEAR HAILS FROM HAWAI‘I!

This January, kicking off American Girl’s 25th birthday celebration, is the debut of Kanani Akina™, the 2011 Girl of the Year®, whose story takes place in the lush tropical paradise of Hawai‘i. A warm and cheerful girl, Kanani loves her town’s beautiful beaches, tropical sunsets, and fun lu‘aus, but most of all, she and her family love sharing the aloha spirit—a desire to welcome and care for others with an open heart. Through Kanani, girls will discover that everyone has something to share that can make life better for someone else.

Kanani is available for one year and will launch with two books that tell her story, a beautiful
18-inch Kanani doll (featuring long, wavy medium-brown hair and hazel eyes), and an array of outfits and accessories such as a paddleboard set, a plush Hawaiian monk seal, and a shave ice stand!

Written by acclaimed author Lisa Yee, the 2011 Girl of the Year books—Aloha, Kanani and Good Job, Kanani—introduce readers to Kanani and her small seaside town on the island of Kaua‘i. Kanani loves working in her family’s shave ice and sweet treats store, as well as sharing the wonders of Hawai‘i with visitors. Whether she’s making her cousin from New York feel welcome on the island, helping rescue a baby Hawaiian monk seal, or assisting older people in her community, Kanani learns that by sharing herself and her home in the true aloha spirit, she is able to make life better for others. The back of each Kanani book features profiles of real girls who, like Kanani, discover the joy of helping others through their gifts and efforts, however small.

To share in the Hawaiian spirit of helping others, American Girl is partnering with the National Wildlife Federation® (NWF) to help raise awareness of endangered animals, like the Hawaiian monk seal featured in Kanani’s stories. With the purchase of every Kanani plush monk seal sold in 2011, American Girl is donating $1 (up to a maximum of $100,000) to NWF’s efforts to help children throughout the United States gain an appreciation and understanding for America’s most vulnerable animals through various educational programs and activities.

To further engage girls in Kanani’s world and her story’s inspirational message, American Girl is introducing the following products and activities in 2011:

 Lend a Hand: Girl-Sized Ways of Helping Others: A nonfiction companion advice book to the Kanani fiction series, Lend a Hand gives girls ideas and tips (both big and small) for making a difference at home, among their friends, in their community, and on the planet.

 Kanani Retail Events: Starting on January 1, girls can take part in Kanani-inspired events at American Girl retail stores nationwide, including demonstrations for dancing hula, free Hawaiian craft activities, and delicious Kanani-themed meals.

 Kanani and Me E-cards: From January 1 through April 15, 2011, girls can create and share their own Kanani-themed postcards at americangirl.com/girloftheyear and can be automatically entered (with parent’s permission) in a drawing to win a Kanani doll and book.

Starting on January 1, 2011, the Kanani doll, books, and accessories will be available for one year or while supplies last through American Girl’s catalogue, at americangirl.com, and at all American Girl retail locations. To request a free American Girl catalogue, call 1-800-845-0005.

Atlas Vs. Goliath Snowman

As you know, we are trying to domesticate Atlas.

Before Atlas came a part of our family he'd gone from puppy mill, to shelter, to Rescue Group, to our home. For two years he'd never had a family who loved him and had never even been on a leash.

He seems to be adapting to life on the other end of the leash to some extent. I say this only because he no longer seems to be seeking to break free.

Atlas likes to take time to smell EVERYTHING. Grass, leaves, trash on the side of the road, it matter not, he wants to bury his nose deep into it all the while making pig snorts.

Christmas Day brought the anomaly of a blanket of snow. Snow was rare enough for Atlanta and Atlas was put off not just be the cold but he didn't like the wet either.

He eventually got past his initial reluctance and we began our walk. I was enjoying the holiday decorations that adorned the neighborhood homes but Atlas of course was obsessed with smell. He tried to bury his nose in a pile of snow and almost immediately withdrew his snout surprised by the chill.

I spied a small snowman on the lawn and it brought back childhood memories. We didn't have gloves so we would often put socks on our hands to help keep them warm. By the time we would come back in our feet and hands would be wet and so cold.

Just as we began to pass the snowman Atlas let out a low growl. He then rises up on his hind legs. This is the stance that Atlas takes when he's getting ready to go on the offense.

Immediately he's snapping and snarling at the snowman which is now a perceived threat.

He pulled and tugged and hopped from foot to foot as he challenged the frozen monolith almost saying, "Yeah come on. Bring it on Suck-ah!"

I had to give his leash several tugs before he could stand down. As he began to trot away, he looked back. I can't help but wonder if in his parting glance he was trying to communicate to his enemy, "You're just lucky my Mom is making me go because if she wasn't....."