Philip and Jenny Cain
InspiredElectrons
Don’t Criticize the Iraq Occupation
Jul 20th
The White House just released this Executive Order:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html
Read it and then reread it. It’s for real. There are no 5th Amendment rights or Habeas Corpus available for anyone who falls under the specified criteria of posing “a significant risk of committing an act or acts of violence…” in regards to the Iraq occupation, or funding such acts. All property and interests of the “offender” will be possessed. You can also read clearly that this is specifically referring to United States persons (a group that includes United States citizens), not Iraqis and not just “Enemy Combatants” or criminals. Not that I in any way support violent acts, in protest of the Iraq occupation or otherwise. However, if the government deems you to pose a significant risk of committing (meaning prior to even committing) such an act, then this Executive Order immediately and prejudicially removes your rights.
To be fair, the Department of Treasury has responded to questions about the EO – “Tuesday’s broad executive order on freezing Iraq-related financial assets is solely intended to target supporters of the Iraqi insurgency.” But if that were truly the case, the wording in the order would need to reflect it.
Marshal Law is the next logical step. I for one welcome our new fascist NeoCon overlords.
And we’re off… the sequel
Jul 1st
We are heading up to Pinetop for a week with my fam. We are glad to be escaping the heat wave!!! Don’t worry, we will be in civilized territory complete with internet and a laptop. Our phones probably won’t work because we have Sprint and they don’t seem to care to make sure there is coverage in the white mountains, but call us anyway and leave a message. We’ll be able to return phone calls via my brother’s phone that uses Verizon (smart boy). Or send us an email (that is Phil’s preferred method anyway).
The kitties are doing great! We are sad to leave them again, but they have each other and our friend, Jen, who is house sitting for us this time.
As for our WoW friends, don’t worry! we’ll be online and playing probably late at night as usual :)
Look, see… I still play!
Jun 28th
Just kidding, I play all the time. But I wanted to make sure you all had peace of mind about that.
In other news, I’m working on the blog for Elements, the new culture-focused venue at Pantano Christian. It’s in Alpha (not even Beta) right now, so I shouldn’t be linking to it. But here you go anyway: http://pccwired.org/elements
We’re hoooome!!!
Jun 23rd
Finally!!!! It seriously felt like we were gone for a bazillion weeks instead of just one…probably because of all the driving….I think we drove about 1000 miles total….maybe more. We are exhausted and happy to see our kitties (they are doing fine….I don’t even think they missed us!). We have lots of fun stories and a TON of pictures, but it will take a little time to unwind, unpack, laundry, errands, download, upload, blog, post….etc….Stay tuned!
Oh yeah, did I mention that we are leaving town again next Sunday?? Crazy! We’ll be going back up to the mountains….I think around Pinetop this time, to spend a week with my family :)
And we’re off…
Jun 16th
We left town yesterday for a week. We are currently in Overgaard, AZ (somewhere in between Payson and Sholow) for a family reunion with all of Phil’s extended family. The cabins we are staying in are very nice, so far the food is pretty decent, and the weather is cooler than Tucson by about 10 degrees. I am having fun getting to know family I’ve never met before, or have not spent much time with before. I am the official photographer for the event, and Matt Munsey is so kindly loaning me his Canon Rebel XT.
On Monday we leave for Riverside, CA to join up with Lyle, Neal and Matt (Bohling) to play for a high school camp. This is our third summer playing for this camp. It is usually in Point Loma, but they moved it to Cal Baptist this year (sigh). It is going to be a long drive out there….7 hours and 56 minutes, according to google maps. Fun times.
Lili and our new kitty, who we have named Littleone, are getting along splendidly, as you will see below. We had some trouble getting her to use the litter box, but we appeared to have success before we left town (thank goodness!). We have a friend, Aline, who is kindly house sitting for us while we are gone.
