So Shana and I had been thinking that we should get a playmate for Maui for a while now. So this week we got ourselves an 8 week old male boxer pup who we have named Koa (supposedly means warrior or fierce in Hawaiian). So enjoy the pics, we sure are enjoying the potty training again, but so worth it.

Here he is, night #1, a little shy

Big and little bros, they are getting along well. Teenie on the other hand does not so much care for the new one, but that was what we expected. Koa has already learned to just leave Teenie alone.

This was after Christmas when I was getting ready to go, my niece Kailani said she wanted to go with Teenie.

Recently I watched two documentaries both of which were very inciteful and which I would very much recomend watching.

Religulous: This is a film by Bill Maher who is a very sarcastic and cynical comedian whose central premise is that there should be no religion as it is the root of many of the worlds problems not just today, but throughout history. He points out that he is neither a religious man, nor is he an atheist as it is impossible to with certainty prove either the exisitence or nonexistence of god or a supreme being or power, simply stated he is a doubter. He spends the movie documenting, in often a very funny manner, the similarities between the big three religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), as well as other religions. I myself was raised christian, but at some point questioned the central doctrine as everything in it seemed to be a big sham. I still to this day do not understand how any rational, logical educated person can be a true believer in any faith. There are simply too many scientific facts pointing out the flaws of the so called proof. In addition to see all the harm that religion has caused throughout time is appalling. If you are one who appreciates good sarcasm and finds religion to be a waste of time you will truly enjoy this film. If however, you are a believer in any faith I think that you should still see this film just to make you think more about your faith and the reasons behind it.

Uncounted: This is a film about the election scandals of 2000, 2004 and 2006 geared mainly around fraudulent electronic voting systems, discrimitory polling places, and the overall lack of regulation in our state and national elections that has led to countless numbers of uncounted or switched votes during the past elections. This is truly a scarry film. I cannot even begin to explain how the facts make me feel about the people in power and the injustices that have gone on. When private companies with strong Republican ties control the voting process with easily corruptible electronic voting machines that are unable to be audited, there is something wrong. This film showed how people from largely black, hispanic or poorer communities had to wait in line between 2 and 10 hours to vote, forcing many to simply get out of line to go to work, care for their children... due to broken voting machines. Also how people in theses same communities were removed from the polling lists and therefore not allowed to vote. The simple fact is that elections were decided in favor of Bush and other Republicans because of these practices. Now, given the past 7 years of shameful leadership one can only wonder what things would have been like otherwise.