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It’s My Birthday

Chuck Simmins | July 31, 2006

It’s my fifty-first birthday. I trimmed the hedge in 90 degree weather.

EMS Days

Chuck Simmins | July 30, 2006

Twelve hours today at the ambulance, with three calls.
The heat was tough, but not the worst I’ve been in.
FYI, when a patient says to you “I’m at extreme danger to hurt myself or other people.” take him seriously.
Never take that same patient’s boots off. Footpowder, dispersal, surprise. I’m just saying.

Ride to Rebuild

Chuck Simmins | July 29, 2006

A group of young people ride to help rebuld the Gulf

PG’s Big Adventure

Chuck Simmins | July 28, 2006

A woman’s story of Gulf reconstruction

Moderately Fast Ferry

Chuck Simmins | July 28, 2006

Some years ago, a bright idea occurred to the city fathers of Rochester, New York. Why not find a way to increase tourism and commerce, and revitalize the lake front at the same time?
An angel spoke to Mayor Johnson, who was not a baboon at the time, in a dream. “Lo, I shall send you [...]

Update on Iraq’s Progress

Chuck Simmins | July 27, 2006

State Dept. PDF of 7-19-2006

Modernization of the Maternity and Child Hospital in Irbil, a city of about 900,000, is now complete. The $6.8 million in USG-funded renovations included major structural repairs, a water purification system, a medical waste incinerator, and back-up generators for uninterrupted power.
The Iraqi Police Service graduated 3,412 students from basic training courses [...]

Louise, You Let Us Down

Chuck Simmins | July 27, 2006

The House is on record about earmarks, and it is not pretty.

Iraqis Working Together

Chuck Simmins | July 26, 2006

Here’s a story of Iraqis working together, on their own initiative.

Larry Johnson on Iraq’s Support of Terror

Chuck Simmins | July 25, 2006

Larry C. Johnson testified before Congress that Saddam’s Iraq supported international terrorism

Bears and Blondes

Chuck Simmins | July 25, 2006

Michael Bane
Still, I think I’d rather be hit with a sweaty athletic blonde 1,057,000-grain projectile from a bicycle than a 230-grain one from a 1911.
Go read the whole thing, gun pr0n and blondes.

Larry C. Johnson, Expert

Chuck Simmins | July 25, 2006

Using the following biographies:
Fox News
B.E.R.G. Associates
No Quarter

1976: B.S. degree in Sociology, graduating Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, University of Missouri
1978: M.S. degree in Community Development, University of Missouri
1979-1983: American University’s School of International Service, teaching and working towards a Ph.D. in political science
1985 through September 1989: employed by Central Intelligence Agency, paramilitary training, served [...]

Sock Puppets

Chuck Simmins | July 25, 2006

I always though Larry Johnson was just a tool

Reranged Thoughts

Chuck Simmins | July 25, 2006

Well, if you can have deranged thoughts, what is the opposite?
The American Legion had its New York State convention in Rochester last week. No additional police were needed.
I did discover something about myself. Based on close observation of those attending the convention, with my slight stoop and pot belly, I must have Legionaire’s Disease.
The second [...]