BrakeBlog

Local photography, National rants, Zero navel-gazing allowed… Blogging from Hopkinsville, KY

Month: September 2009

  • Foggy Mornings

    We haven’t had floods in the Hopkinsville area, but it has rained every day for the last week or more. When it isn’t raining, the sky stays gray. […] I suppose this spate of rain is an equinox storm or as it was called in older times, a “line storm”. According to Bulfinch’s Mythology, the…

  • No Indoctrination Here

    I am absolutely appalled at the statements and attitudes being taken by elected and school officials. This is nothing but BLATANT RACISM at its best. To even suggest that OUR DULY-ELECTED PRESIDENT is attempting to “indoctrinate” our children into “socialism” is utter nonsense. The Obama administration did a classic bait and switch leading up to…

  • Census Organizers in Hoptown

    PREPARATIONS FOR THE 2010 LOCAL CENSUS COUNT TOOK A STEP FORWARD TODAY (MONDAY) WITH THE FORMATION OF THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE, A GROUP OF LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICIALS, CIVIC LEADERS, AND MEDIA OUTLETS. This report about the local census committee got me wondering who might be participating on it. I gotta wonder because the Census Bureau…

  • Here There be Big Foot

    A man living in Fairdale, KY was determined to stop whatever was causing damage to his corn rows. He got more than he bargained for though when he setup a hunting camera to capture movement in his backyard. What he captured was the image of a black hairy creature sitting in the field. I have…

  • The Annual Once-In-a-Lifetime Experience

    Marketing experts have run out of unique adjectives to describe their life changing products and services. Nothing better illustrates this than when the advertising genius wrote the press release for the Trail of Tears Pow Wow. The title reads in bold print: 22nd Annual Trail of Tears Pow Wow September 12-13 Alright, We’ve established as…

  • Support Mayor Piper against the PC Police

    The Politically Correct police are moving against Mayor Johnny Piper in Clarksville, TN quickly after he sent a chain email that criticized a Muslim themed postage stamp. I don’t believe Mayor Piper’s opinion should be silenced because it is unpopular, not politically correct, or offensive. Many offensive demonstrations have been made against Christianity without the…