Outline
1. The problem that I'm addressing
2. How we got that way
3. How to fix it
I believe in the Bible.
The Bible says that there will be an Antichrist that will lead the world away from God.
It seems like it will be difficult for the Antichrist to do that with the Bible exposing him. I think we're all looking for something that would be easily recognizable, like a fellow saying such things as "Don't follow God. Follow me." Yet, he can accomplish the same thing in a much more covert way by leading people to have faith in anything other than God.
That can start with showing us how having faith in God doesn't work. And that can start with telling us false ideas of what to expect from God. One false idea is for us to pray by telling God what to do. The concept seems insulting to God, in my opinion. It assumes God isn't always doing exactly what's best. It's as though we're assuming He's asleep, and we'll need to wake Him up and get Him to get busy. I think He's always doing exactly what's best, and that praying helps us learn to wait, thus, it builds our faith.
The common belief, it seems to me, is that you should do whatever you want (contrary to advice), then, rather than realize the consequences, pray for God to perform a miracle to extinguish those consequences. The thing is, God created the natural order of things and, so, would be acting against Himself by removing the cause-and-effect relationship for negative behaviors and their results that He had already set up.
Still, I think most people test for the existence of God by giving Him a trick to perform, and if He doesn't do well enough, they pretend to feel that they don't believe in Him, like children who hold their breath trying to force reactions from their mother. Some mothers may respond, not realizing the child can't actually hold their breath until they pass out, or by giving in to their cries for attention. If you think about it, the testers apparently do believe in God or else they wouldn't be waiting for a result.
I think God doesn't want to be their performing monkey. Instead, He wants to lead them to His way. He knows that they believe and He is waiting for them to submit to His leadership.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Kita's Dream
Kita's Dream
Kita is our precious daughter. She's 26 years old and married to a great guy. She has a magnificent personality, but has a hard time doing ordinary things. I'm positive that she'll end up doing something great, but she'll need to conform long enough to get an education that will get her a job that will be stable and pay well. Then, she'll have the foundation to venture out to do something special.
So, she's working on a degree in nursing. She's had trouble with it before, but I thinks she's about to get back on it.
20130826 We'll, she's gotten back in.
20140512 Kita has completed her nursing classes and passed the school's final test. Praise the Lord. She did very well. Now, we're waiting for her to take the RN test in. June and get accepted into Texas Tech to start her BSN.
20140820 She's passed the nursing test. Now, she's officially an RN. Next, a BSN at UT Arlington. Then, a Master's in Nurse Practitioner (MNP?).
Jet's Dream
Jet's Dream
Jet is our great 16 year old son. He wants to go to the Air Force Academy, become an aerospace engineer, a pilot, then an astronaut. His grades are ok in high school, but there's a problem: he's had seizures. He's had about 5 seizures since November, 2011. The Air Force Academy says that they don't allow people into their academy who've had seizures except for feral seizures. In fact, the military won't allow anyone to join who've had seizures.
It seems like they're saying that epilepsy from a genetic cause is dangerous since you could have a seizure at any time, which is unacceptable, especially if you're flying an aircraft. However, if your seizures were from high fevers, you'll probably not have another one. I think Jet's seizures are similar. He's shown that they're triggered by elements in his environment and he can focus and cause them to stop. He feels that, even without the aid of seizure medication, he can sense a seizure coming on, focus, and force the seizure to stop. This is contrary to genetically-caused epilepsy. His is more like the seizures caused by certain video games in certain children.
His doctor said that they'll have him seen by a psychologist. We're waiting to get an appointment.
Well, that didn't work. He saw Dr. Hinton, a psychiatrist, who didn't want to test him for environmentally-caused seizures, but said that Jet has epilepsy and there's nothing he's going to do. Then he recommended we see a psychologist. Actually, this is my mistake, since Dr. Harding, Jet's Pediatric doctor, told us that would happen, and that we should see a psychologist first.
20130826 Jet said he received an email from an Air Force recruiter that says that the new rule for whether having had seizures is a disqualification is that if a doctor indicates what the cause of the seizures was, Jet could still qualify. Still, I'm having trouble getting doctors to evaluate Jet to determine that cause. Dr. Harding said she had the same problem with her son. I wonder if she can't get cooperation if I can. I need to get that email from Jet (from the Air Force recruiter) so I'll have her statement about the new opportunity and her email address.
Bad Yaris Problem
The Bad Yaris Problem
Outline
1. What happened
2. Is it legal?
3. How does Toyota feel about it
I bought a Yaris from Texas Toyota of Grapevine. I was ripped off terribly. Many people feel that if an auto dealership gets away with ripping you off, they deserve to get away with it. We'll see.
I'll get the contract and put the details here.
Bad House Problem
The Bad House Problem
Outline
1. What happened
2. Is it legal?
3. What else can I do?
I bought a house about September 2003. Several things went bad that I'd like to talk about. Same as the Yaris issue, it seems like if people can rip you off and get away with it, it's a credit to them, and you're a sucker. We'll see.
We were living in south Irving when we decided to buy a new house. We asked Ebby Holliday Realtors for help and got Ruth Jenkins. She directed us to a group of houses in Grand Prairie that we saw, but didn't like. I found a house online in the Bear Creek area. It was built by Craig Edwards of Autumnview Homes. It looked good and he said he was going to clear an area nearby and make more. I told my wife and she liked it. too. Ruth Jenkins didn't like that I chose it myself.
We made the loan, put money down on it, and the building began. The City of Irving inspectors caught Craig Edwards cutting corners several times and made him correct those. He also made many mistakes on the other houses he was building.
Here's what I had on my former site.
Homebuilder Problem
I had our house built in 2003. We had many troubles with
the house, the builder fixed some of these, but a significant problem has not
been repaired. The house was built wrong. The boards that make up the frame are
spaced so far apart that the winds have blown my house about 3” over at the
top.
The builder is Craig Edwards and his business is Autumn
View Homes. He built about ten houses in a circle in Irving, Texas, called
Carver Place. All of the homeowners had something wrong with their houses. All
of them felt that there was no use in pursuing justice since the legal and
political industries are set up to support the homebuilder industry even when
it does wrong.
I got them all to write down their complaints with the
addresses and phone numbers then I sent the package to the Better Business
Bureau. The BBB said that they’d only consider my complaint and that the others
would have to send their complaints separately. No one else wanted to—same
reason. After much work, the BBB finally record Autumn View Homes as bad
(sorta’). The notes on the builder say that only one or the many homes he has
built has a complaint. Funny that.
Then I started working with the Texas Residential
Construction Commission (TRCC). They sent out a Structural Engineer who
examined the house and found, as I said above, that the house was clearly built
wrong. He made an eight-page report specifying what is wrong and what needs to
be done to correct the problem. I spoke with a contractor who said that it
would take $38,000 to repair it and about $2,000 to put us up while the work is
being done. Then the TRCC gave me a final form that they assure me would highly
improve the likelihood of a victory if I were to take Autumn View to court.
I finally found a lawyer who will take on the suit and
only be paid if she wins. her name is Cheryl C. Turner. I’ve researched her on
the Internet and found that she does consumer advocate work often. I signed a
contract with her. She asked me for $500 for court costs. The contract has me
getting about $25,000 if we win.
I’m waiting for $500 to accrue in my Health Savings
Account. I hope it’s not too late.
20080621 Well, we have the $500 now. I called Ms. Turner
who asked me for a certain form from the TRCC. I faxed it to her but she won't
answer my calls.
20080804 She felt that it is too late, but
directed me to a web site of the TRCC on wjich they had taken Craig Edwards to
court twice and he just didn't show up. He now owes them $5000. I recall that
when the Child Support Office finds someone to owe money to the state, they use
extensive effort to find them. Why doesn't the court that tried Edwards do
that?
20090301 Well, it's been a while. Anyway, I just
sent the following email to many people, asking them for help
Friends;
We’re working together toward a common
goal and I’m honored to be included in the team.
I’ve got a problem that I’d like to
get your help with. My house was built wrong in 2003 by Craig Edwards of Autumn
View Homes. The frame is wrong so it is tilting over about 3 inches causing
cracks in the walls. The City of Irving Inspectors missed this. We asked the
Texas Residential Construction Commission (TRCC) to send a Structural Engineer
at a cost of $1000 of State tax money to inspect our house. He concluded it had
clearly been built wrong.
The TRCC charged Craig Edwards who
neither showed for court nor paid his fine. They charged him another $5000. He
ignored them again. Click here
to see the cases.
Mr. Jordy Keith, Executive Assistant
of the TRCC assures me they have an Enforcement Unit to collect this debt, but
he doesn’t choose to use it. Please ask your Texas Representative to have Mr.
Jordy Keith of the TRCC to get his Enforcement Unit to collect the State tax
money from Craig Edwards of Autumn View Homes that he owes.
You can easily find who your elected
officials are and how to contact them by using www.congress.org
(be careful about what you select so that there will be no charges for this
service.)
Please let me know what you think at samlyle2009@yahoo.com.
Thanks
Sam
March 1, 2009
We'll see what happens.
20090319 Well, I know that Yi
has written to elected officials, and I think Frank has. We'll see what falls
out.
20090328 Yi emailed me an
attachment from the Texas Attorney General's office that says they had already
collected these fines from Edwards
in 2007. It seems like they would have said so when I asked. Anyway, now
I'm going to look into filing liens on his properties. Also, I'll thank the
friends that helped.
20090330 I saw a wikiAnswers article
that says I'll need a lawyer to do file a lien. I'll see if the lawyers at AARP
and EAP (Employees Assistant Program).
20140128 I want to see if I can bring a suit against the State of Texas for negligence.
Talking Dog Project
The Talking Dog Project
Outline
1. Get the fence ready
2. Get the door ready
3. Get the dog
4. Train the dog to communicate
5. Train the dog to talk
I'd like to see if I can have conversations with a dog.
I remember a story of someone who taught a chimp named Koko to converse in sign language. I'd like to do the same with a dog, but since dogs don't have fingers (which a major part of communicating in sign language), I'll have to think about what the dog has to communicate with instead of fingers.
I think the best dog breed to get will be a pedigreed Border Collie. They seem to be bred toward intelligence. I realize that the link that I just gave is to a study that may not be focused on communication, so I'll need to read it better before I begin. Also, I was told an anecdotal story of a Border Collie that ran into a glass patio door. I'm not sure that that's valid sign of stupidity.
I've found a site where a fellow teaches dogs sign language. It's here.
It's been pointed out to me that the character in the movie Up did this project with his dog. That is, he put an electronic device on the dog that can read his thoughts and vocalize them. I don't know if I'll go that far, but I fear that the results will be the same as in the cartoon, he'll just ask for simple stuff all of the time, like "squirrel" and "ball." Also, rather than an EEG translator, I think the dog's vocalization will be enough, even if it sounds like Scooby Do.
We'll see.
Web Design Certificate
Web Design Certificate
Waiting to pay off my debt to DCCCD so I can start back again.
I'll see if the Hazelwood Act will pay for it.
20140128 Well, I'm taking Web Design II. It turns out that the Hazlewood act paid off my debt and I can start again. I need to see how many classes I have left until I'm finished.
I'll need 3 more classes after this one.
Songwriting Hobby
Songwriting Hobby
Outline
Mastery of Hit Song
1. Lyrics
2. Melody
3. Harmony
4. Integration of lyrics, melody, and harmony
5. Recording songs
6. Promoting songs
20130225 I want to keep writing songs, but I need to focus on what type so I can better decide which style which determines which instruments, etc. I think I'll make a pop song so all instruments are on the table. I'll still try to get Vocaloid for the vocals.
20130606 I'm tired of trying to deal with Vocaloid. I will choose to focus on composing songs in a pop style.
20130826 I should focus on songs in which the vocalist isn't a good singer and instrumentals. That is, songs in which I can talk (like rap), shout, or call cadence like in military formation.
20131220
1. Melody
a. Motif
b. X
c. Consequent
d. Line 2
e. Line 3: contrast
f. Line 4
Start a Business
Start a business in which you connect people with businesses that can get a grant by using programs that aid minorities to start businesses.
My Wacky Athletic Pursuits
20130606
At 5' 2" and 54 years old, I weighed 205 lbs. recently. I'll lose weight to 125 lbs., run a marathon, join RC Machado BJJ, grapple for a belt, then fight MMA.
Then I'll ride in PBR, then compete in Olympic-style weightlifting.
Here's what I wrote in my last site.
Health: Patient Heal Thyself
An extreme indicator of success in this
area will be joining the Air Force Reserves. I'll basically talk about my efforts
to improve my health.
20070518 Well, that was a complete bust. I'd start running and dieting and
then, get plantar fasciitis. It would stay for a long time and the treatment from
the HMO podiatrist didn't work. So, I started an HSA account and went to Ideal
Feet. I paid $400 for shoe inserts but mostly for the warranty. It's working--I
can run about a mile, my feet hurt, I use the trainer inserts, and the pain goes away
completely is one day. So, I'm gonna' try to get back to running 5 miles in the
morning, 5 at lunch, and 5 in the evening. See ya'.
20070728 I'm at about a mile and a half, every other day. The inserts are
still working.
20080104 I've had
obstructive sleep apnea for a long time. When I sleep, my soft pallet at the
back of my throat, falls into my airways and causes me to snore and blocks my
airway so that my sleep is bad, I get far too little oxygen, and my life is
worse thereafter.
The PCPs and ENTs pressured me
hard to use the CPAP, so I went to Texas Diagnostics who checked me, said that I
had OSA, and tried to get me to sleep with a CPAP. I struggled for three hours
then pulled it off and went to sleep. They told the PCP that it worked. I told
her and the ENT that it didn't. I looked on the Internet and found a dental
device that is supposed to treat OSA. The dentist performed two tricks to fool
me into buying his his device. The first was to firmly push his fingers into my
ears and ask me to open and close my mouth. This caused a pop and a pain that he
said proved I had TMJ. Then he put an amplifying device to my jaw and asked me to
open and close my mouth again. The amplifier made audible sounds which he said was
further proof. As we went forward with the treatment he kept wanting more money
and the device wasn't working. I stopped paying and looked again.
This time I wanted to know more
about exactly what was wrong and what treatment addressed that specific problem.
That's when I found that my soft pallet falls into my airway. I then found that
the Pillar treatment specifically addresses that by installing cords that pull
the soft pallet forward. I had three installed. My wife said I had a 60%
improvement. Today I had two more installed. I'll get back with how it goes. In
order to afford all of this I've started using the Health Savings Account (HSA),
supplemented occasionally with the Flexible Spending Account (FSA). The HMO that
I used to use never approved of anything useful. The inserts from Ideal Feet work very well. The ENTs and PCPs
insist on the CPAP that I already tried and it didn't work. The Pillar procedure
has worked some and we'll see if it works completely.
My wife and I had been trying
Overeaters Anonymous to lose weight. The people were great, the plan sounds
good, but the meetings interfered with Survivor, and that's a no-no. Now, we've
seen Volumetrics diet in Consumers Reports and have sent for the book.
20080621 Well, after waiting
the three months as I was told to, nothing happened--no improvement. I went back
for a follow up and the nurse examined me quickly, I told her there had been no
improvement, she said there was nothing she could do about it and that there's
no way to see what's wrong or how to fix it. I called and asked for my money
back but the office manager said they don't give money back. I'm writing to the
Texas Medical Board.
20080704 I've found the
Empowered Patient series on CNN.com.
20080729 The Texas Medical Board
responded; they said they're looking into it and will get back with me.
Also, I intend to sign up for
Alan Mohler's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for $140 per month. The intention is to get a lot
of exercise, lose a lot of weight and compete in the World Extreme Cagefighting
(http://www.wec.tv/index.cfm). The
idea is that this will give me better motivation since I'm personally interested
in achieving this goal. My weight category will be Bantamweight - 135 lbs. to 125 lbs.
20080730 Today I weighed 190 pounds. My
worst weight was 205.
20080802 I signed up for the classes.
20080905 Today I weighed 180
pounds; that's a weight loss of 10 pounds per month, at this rate it'll take me
six months to reach 120 lbs.. I've got to beat the weekends, they add so much
weight.
I want to invent the Jet Fighter League. It will be for fighters
smaller than 120 pounds. The Jet Fighter challenger will fight against a bigger
guy who has a lot of protective gear so that any move the fighter wants to use
is available, however, the larger guy is getting paid to win. His identity will
be kept private. The fighter can win by submission, knockout, or points (points
are given for poking the eye protectors and kicking the groin protector). If
asked, I'll say the name of the league mostly came from my son's name and Jet Li since he's a small
fighter. Really, it's for my son. The letters can stand for the Jesus Extreme
Training League. I want the competition to serve as a proof
that the training that the fighters receive for self-defense works. Also, I'll
hire small fighters from various disciplines to teach. It should center on
teaching a philosophy more than memorizing moves.
20080922 Received a copy of the Texas Medical Board's letter that they're
investigating the complaint and will inform me of the progress around 90 days
from the date of the letter (July 25). I put the letter upstairs.
20081013 Well, I passed 170 lbs. today. Still, a little less than 10
pounds per month. I was going to shoot for 120 lbs. but then I saw that my 12 yo.
son at 5' 0" is 120 lbs. maybe I'll shoot for 130. We'll see.
The Texas Medical Board report should arrive about October 25.
20081101 Well. it didn't. I'll write to them to see what happened.
Today I passed 160 lbs. I think the Air Force thing is out. My wife really
doesn't like it, so I'll try something else. I've found the Ultimate Combat
Experience in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their lightest weight class is 125.9 lbs.
First, I'll achieve that, then I'll work on the other aspects. Maybe there will
be something like that spring up in Dallas.
20090114 Well, we went on vacation to the Philippines for 3 weeks and I
went back to 170 lbs. I've worked back to 163 lbs. I've got a flu that slows me
down. My contract with Mohler Jiu Jitsu is about over. The training wasn't
intense enough. I'll try Collins Martial Arts when I get $110 in my account.
20090122 I'm in Collin's
Martial Arts. Yesterday I passed 160 lbs.
20090318 Yesterday I passed 150 lbs. Jet attends Collin's Martial Arts
with me. The Texas Medical Board said to ask for a status update in a month. I
run about 3.5 miles each day (usually) in about 45 minutes. That's about 3
14-minute miles.
20090402 The Texas Medical Board sent me a letter saying that the
Investigations Department is finished and they're giving the case to their Legal
Department. They didn't say whether the charge was against the doctor or me. The
letter is dated march 27, 2009. The file number is 08-5348.
I've decided to loose the last 25 pounds in 25 days. I've got from April Fool's
Day to May 1, then I'll be 125 pounds and my new goal will be to stay there.
20090412 Man, that was a bust! I was getting close to 140 lbs. when BAM!
my portfolio at TTU failed. Then we went on a weekend road trip, and it all
combined to put me back at 150 lbs. Well, I'll get back on it tomorrow. I'll
start a new diary of the MATC problem under Love Justice.
20090528 Jet and I competed at the NAGA competition on May 9 in Garland,
Texas. Jet won a silver medal and I lost. Here's the
report
of the event. Here's the
photo
of Jet (third photo). To see Jet's name in the results go to the report page,
click on the Kid's Results tab, and look down the list of winners for Kids NO-GI
Novice 115 to 129.9 lbs., 2nd Place. Here's the
video of both of us.
20090608 I passed 140 lbs. this weekend by running to the Senior Center,
working on the weights, and running back. Hopefully, the pool will be open
Tuesday when I do it again. Over the weekend I almost went back to 150. Now I'll
shoot for 135 lbs. That will be good enough for the tournament in August, but it
looks like we'll be leaving for our vacation on that same day.
20090630 I signed up for the Dallas Runners Club Independence Day 5K Run
that will take place on July 4 at White Rock Lake. I'm waiting for the Europa
Grappling Competition on August 15 at the Dallas Convention Center. Instead of
entering the "old man" category called Executive (even though we're not), I'll
enter the Open category at 139 lbs. so that I'll be better matched by weight and
experience, though not by age. I'll need $170 before then. I'm running 5 miles
per day at a route in my area. The Senior Center pool was closed too often to
rely on it. Also, I do three arm exercises with a 7 lb. weight in each hand for
100 repetitions, 3 times per day. I want work up to 4 times per day, then
increase the weights to 10 lbs. each.
20090704 I finished the 5K. It was much easier than I thought. It was well
organized and it should be reasonable to pay the $20 per year for unlimited runs
versus $10 per run. I think my goal will be to increase the distances rather
than run the same distance faster. Also, I finally reached 135 lbs. The Wii Fit
said that I was in the Normal range for the first time. Just 10 lbs. to go then
I'll have to work on some kind of maintenance routine.
Here is the running result. Look at 5K: Male 50-54, 6th place.
20090725 Kita and I ran a 5K with the Plano Pacers for Children's
Charities today. Here's the photo,
here's the results.
Kita won her class at Female 20-24. I, however, am at the bottom at 154th place.
I'll try a 15K now. I've signed up for the
Bath House 15K run on August 9.
20090802 Jet and I passed our white-belt tests on Friday. I'm really
proud of Jet, I think he's one of the few, if not the only, 13-year-olds to
accomplish this at Collin's Martial Arts.
20090809 I ran the Bath House 15K today. About the 5K area I cramped up
in my right calf muscle, but I hobbled along and got a fifth-place medal in the
50-year-old Male category. See it
here.
20091110 The Sunday before last I ran the
DRC Half
(marathon). I did ok. I was 125th in the 50-year-old Male category. Look at the
bottom of the list and see what the 70-year-olds did. Yiminey! My next goal is
to get my son to run with me until we run the 5K, 15K, half, and then full
marathon by this time next year. Don't tell him.
The Kita's Car Crash Issue
Kita was involved in a car wreck. She told the other woman that it was her fault, but then told me it wasn't. My insurance, State Farm, was ready to pay GEICO, but I started fighting back. I wrote with the details to the Texas Department of Insurance and they found in my favor. Then I brought a case against the other woman, but State Farm said that they didn't have to provide a lawyer for me so they didn't.
Here's what I had on my last site.
Kita's Car Crash
I filed a suit in Small Claims court
against a woman who seemed Jamaican who hit my car while my daughter was
driving. At the accident, my daughter was shook up and called my insurance
carrier (State Farm), 911, and my wife and told them that the accident was her
fault. When she got home, I asked her for the details and found that it wasn’t
her fault at all, but the woman's. I called State Farm to explain and they
dropped the claim.
I filed a claim with Geico (the
woman’s insurance carrier), but they refused to pay. I wrote to the Texas
Department of Insurance’s Mr. Jim Woodall (phone number). He obtained testimony
from my witness, Neal Isaac (ph num), and my daughter. He found that I am right
and asked Geico to support their determination. Their answer didn’t satisfy Mr.
Woodall. I took the woman to Small Claims court. The trial began with the judge
calling for a stage in the trial using a legal term. I didn’t know it so I let
the woman’s lawyer go first. He started talking to the potential jury members
by pleading his case to them. When he was done I started doing the same when
the judge stopped me and said this is the part where we should interview the
potential jurors to see if they’d be unreasonably biased. I said that the
lawyer had done this, and the judge said that he had meant to stop him, too. I
also recall that the lawyer hadn’t interviewed the potential jurors to see if
they were unreasonably biased. I see this as possible evidence that the jurors were
plants.
The judge asked me to present my case.
I started by submitting the Texas Department of Insurance report that found in
my favor and asked Geico to pay me. The judge said that I can’t submit it since
this is a case of me against the woman and only people who were witnesses to
the accident can speak. I asked Kita, my daughter, to take the stand.
She said that she was traveling south
on Beltline Road near the end of the block that the Irving Mall is on. A city
bus stopped in front of her so she turned on her left blinker, looked back, saw
no one in the lane to her left for at least 40 feet, looked ahead and merged to
her left. As she was merging, she was struck at the left side of her (my) car
about midway. The dent is a sharp bend in the shape of a bumper corner and not
a scrape.
Kita and the woman drove their cars
out of the way of traffic to discuss the accident. The woman told Kita that the
accident was her fault and Kita gave in without question. Kita called 911, my
insurance (State Farm), and her mother and told these people that it was her
fault (Kita’s). About this time Mr. Neal Isaac approached Kita and the woman
and gave them his phone number as a witness. State Farm began processing Kita’s
claim against me. The woman didn’t file a claim. When I got home that day, Kita
told me the story. When I asked her for the details, she told me then I asked
her why she said it was her fault. She said she was just afraid and wanted the
issue to end. I called State Farm with the information that Kita told me, and,
after some time, State Farm agreed and stopped processing the claim. Geico had
called and said that they would charge me then changed their minds also.
I filed a claim at Geico against the
woman. Geico refused to honor my claim. I brought the case to the Texas
Department of Insurance. Mr. Jim Woodall handled the case, gathered independent
evidence and found in my favor. Mr. Woodall asked Geico to account for why they
wouldn’t honor my claim and they said they discounted the witness and didn’t
find the cars’ damages as proof. Mr. Woodall asked again and Geico refused
again.
I brought a case in Small Claims court
against the woman. Geico let me know that they’d hired a lawyer and requested a
jury. When the first court date was approaching, Kita let me know that she
couldn’t attend since she was going to be in a military school. I rescheduled.
Then I said that I had no problem with
any of the jurors. The judge then called the lawyer and me to the bench and
handed us papers. These were supposedly lists of all of the potential jurors
and information about them. As the judge was reading his copy, I couldn’t find
the names on the list that he was saying. That part ended and we returned the
lists. The judge chose six jurors to decide the case. They went to their juror
seats. Then he asked me to present my case.
During the trial, the lawyer asked
Kita over and over why she didn't call everyone to say she had misspoken. Kita
said that she didn't think that it mattered. When I was asking the woman about
what had happened, she drew pictures on a chalkboard showing that Kita was
behind her and came up on her right side and grazed her right front bumper. She
stated that Kita was going around a bus that was on her right side. With a bus
in the right lane and the woman in the next lane over, Kita couldn't have been
able to fit between them to get through.
The lawyer tried to make it seem as
though the witness, Neal Isaac, was up to something and, so, was not credible.
He didn't offer a motivation.
The most curious set of events were
when the judge called the lawyer and me into his chambers to tell us
something, I saw that there was a door in there leading to the jury room.
Later, the jury deliberated for a substantial time and we could hear shouting
outside the jury room. Then, the Bailiff stood in front of the door to the jury
room and engaged me in a conversation. I could hear that the jury had quieted
down. Suddenly, the jury rushed out and said that the opinion was unanimously
not guilty.
I'd like to know if I can get a record
of this trial, and if I could ask the jurors how they decided their decision.
Then, the woman's lawyer filed against
Kita.
20080804 With all of the cases
where a person's conviction was overturned, it seems to me that the American
Judicial Industry is faulty and needs to be redesigned.
20090415 I was just contacted
by someone who said that their name is the same as the name of the woman
mentioned above and so asked me to remove it from this site. I did that and
I'll try to get her more information about the woman.
20090630 I told her, she found
that the woman mentioned above was really named the same, so she wasn't
stealing her identity. I'll find the guilty woman's name, put it back on here,
and I'll be sure to state that she is not the other lady in Virginia who is a
lawyer.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Which Web Site Host to Choose
When I try to choose a Web Host to put a site on, there's too many options and they expect you to pay for a year in advance without knowing how it will go.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Home
I'll make several blogs talking about the things that are important to me.
Most important is God, then my family, then
1. Which Web Site Host to Choose
2. The Kita's Car Crash Issue
3. My Wacky Athletic Pursuits
4. Start a Business
5. Songwriting
6. Web Design Certificate
7. Talking Dog Project
8. Bad House Problem
9. Bad Yaris Problem
10. Jet's Dream
11. Kita's Dream
12. Bill Gates is the Antichrist
Most important is God, then my family, then
1. Which Web Site Host to Choose
2. The Kita's Car Crash Issue
3. My Wacky Athletic Pursuits
4. Start a Business
5. Songwriting
6. Web Design Certificate
7. Talking Dog Project
8. Bad House Problem
9. Bad Yaris Problem
10. Jet's Dream
11. Kita's Dream
12. Bill Gates is the Antichrist
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