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John Bolton was just appointed as U.S. embassador to the U.N.? Click HERE to hear what John Bolton says about the U.N. Thanks to Aimlessly Wandering for the link.

I have lived my whole life for this moment. Tonight the city council approved the ordinance to create a Homelessness Commission for Nashville. Finally, a productive and respectable step toward perminently reducing the number of homeless people here. (yeehaw, and thank you, God) Click HERE to see the video - it's over 5 minutes long and a 15MB file. But, it's worth the wait as you get to see the city council in action. The wheels of Justice turn slowly.

Click on the picture. Emma is one of my favorite homeless people. Always talking negatively with a big grin. She actually has a place to live in the projects but she says the neighborhood is so rough that she'd rather be on the streets. I've known Emma for several years - always present at the Wednesday lunch for the homeless at Downtown Presbyterian Church. Last year she had hip replacement surgery, but you wouldn't know it today. She walks as fast as I do, even though she carries a cane. It just amazes me that she survives on the streets as well as she does, considering her age. She's tougher than most other men living on the streets. She does have a lot of friends who look after her, and make sure (as much as possible) that nothing bad happens to her. My thanks to Ryanne and that guy at www.freevlog.org for all their help with getting me to this point. Emma is a beautiful person and I'm so glad I can now share a bit of her with the rest of the world.

The following is a relection of what can be learned at a blogger's conference. It is a video blog - "vlog" for short. It's taken me 3 days to get it all together. The next shouldn't take so long. Let me know if you are having any problems with it.