…1/18-09: the camera never blinks

33º in ABQ; 51% humidity at 6A…–6º at Angel Fire this AM; San Miguel CNTY has not paid all the necessary taxes owed to the state; Hiland Theater has new renter: NATL Dance Institute, some of the money will go for renovations; NM teen group wearing ‘witness to history’ T-shirts as they fly to DC; NM NATL Guard trained Afghan soldiers; Friday night, then Saturday bank robberies; Roswell man struck by milk truck; solar electric installation at INTEL plant in Rio Rancho, a ten kilowatts array; car smashed into wall on Isleta, driver & passenger fled, but were caught by police; I-25 will be widened between Rio Bravo & Gibson, one lane in each direction, the $10.5 million roadway project could be completed in six months; drunk driver caught on camera crashing into school; so far, very warm January; NM woman was overwhelmed, she was on the Inaugural Express; NM reporter is adding to his blog; the empty gang registry database, not one judge has told anyone to be entered onto the list: not to shame people, but to make residents aware if their neighbors or friends belong to gangs; more people enlisting in the NM NATL Guard; where did a charitable foundation, created by NM GOV in 2003, get $1.7 million in startup funds?;

Michelle Obama will be the twenty-first century ‘Jackie O’; this was ‘their’ weekend, both Barack & Michelle; probably because we lived in the metro area, but every time I turn on the PC or TV, I pray that nothing has happened to the PRES Elect team; as there are so many structures on the train & parade routes that a sniper could be positioned; gay teacher whose students that created a song that spread & rocked the nation, and will perform with singers such as Beyoncé & Usher; by Bush declaring DC a state of emergency means more money will be allocated for security; the ‘portable potty’ event: how to handle two million visitors to the Mall; inaugural events will be broadcast to troops; for now, Obama popularity is on the rise; several dances, based on state’s location; the ‘wired’ PRES; many fear for the lives of the next First Family; scams on the rise, raising money for the next PRES, but pocketing the profits; today, Obama will visit Arlington Cemetery, placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns; Bush has provided aid to Africa, chose an Afro American woman as SECY of State; but he has the lowest approval ratings, and the most unpopular Commander in Chief, had the most racially diverse Cabinet; both football playoff games today; more snow for New England; fewer stars at Sundance Film Festival, they are traveling to DC; school budget cuts include transportation; Kevin Costner turns 54; ‘natural’ & herbal remedies does need mean ‘safe’; black boxes recovered of Flight 1549; new PRES team wants to buy bad banks; nuts can help the Mediterranean Diet, better than the low fat diet; missing FL money MGR who stole millions, may have been located; mimicking Madoff?; Obama spoke at Lincoln Memorial; 9–11: the day America was changed in an instant; just when you thought it was safe to walk near the Hudson…CLAWS!; the engines ‘lost power together’; Obama says ‘anything is possible’; CA student, trying to protect a female teenager being attacked, was beaten himself by six other men, the entire fight captured by surveillance camera; AZ Cardinals won playoff game; Jamie Foxx mimicked Obama; Union Station is over 100 years old; MT woman shot outside a HOSP, suspect arrested, murdered; build a Purple Line route that would follow the same route as the Beltway; the ‘salvage grocery store’ chain; by dawn, crowds had arrived at the Mall; 80% of those polled have a favorable opinion of Obama, but they also say the economy is bad: 52% have high expectations for the new PRES; ‘the right we do, when the moment is hard’; NM church featured on ABC Nightly News; excitement vs. accountability; the First Limo is an extension of the Oval Office; we must all remember that the PRES is just a human being, not a savior; the first PRES to have a poet speak at the inauguration was JFK [Robert Frost], he would be followed by Carter, then Clinton [Maya Angelou], now Obama [woman had lived in DC]; 500K attended the Mall event;

clashes continue between N & S Korea; MX wants to legalize some drugs, to decrease the crime rate in border towns; indisputably innocent, as they are dead; Hamas also agrees to ceasefire; another bird flu victim in N China: this time, a two year old girl; did Bush start a civil war in Iraq, that spread into AFG?; surge brought security & stability to Iraq; ‘Germans make good stuff’?; nations around the world should not expect miracles from Obama presidency; S Korea on high alert; some Palestinians can speak Hebrew; Israeli troops are withdrawing from Gaza;