Meet John and Jesse Davidson.


Back in 1995, John and Jesse traveled across Ontario, in the spirit of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope. The catch? As you saw above, John pushed Jesse across Ontario in his wheelchair. It was to raise awareness for Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy, an affliction which Jesse had since birth. In 1998, John again went out on the road, this time going coast to coast, again to raise money and awareness for what was called Jesse's Journey.

Today, Jesse Davidson passed away due to complications. At age 29, he had made it to the heart of the average lifespan of someone who has Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy. What many fear is that this becomes the end of the journey. However, I believe this can and will be seen as a new beginning. While Jesse may no longer be around to be the personal figurehead of the foundation which has his name, his memory will endure, and can be the driving force moving forward in raising funds to further research this terrible affliction.

If you want further details on Jesse's Journey, Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy, or you simply wish to make a donation, you can do so at http://www.jessesjourney.com/.

Ok... all you Democrats, Liberals and general Barack Obama supporters, put your torches and pitchforks away and let me get through the blog before reacting.

As you may or may not have ascertained from my previous blogs, I have been looking over the political topics at Yahoo! Buzz an awful lot as of late. It kind of has that trainwreck appeal to it... you don't want to look, but it's just so disastrous that you cannot help but look away. Well, one of the observations I have taken away from there (beyond the ones already blogged about) is that the largely Conservative members seem to be rallying a cause against the US President. Some are eagerly anticipating being able to complete the "clean sweep" when they oust all Democrats from Congress in 2010, and replace Obama with whomever the Republican candidate may be in 2012. Others still, however, seem to have this idea that Barack Obama needs to be immediately impeached.

Historically, two Presidents have found themselves impeached. Andrew Johnson in 1868 was impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act, but fell just one senate vote short of being removed from office. More recently, Bill Clinton was impeached for perjury and abuse of power as it pertains to the Monika Lewinsky affair, but found himself saved from removal of power. While Richard Nixon was almost impeached, but resigned as President before it got that far.

The ideas that these meandering troglodytes claim that Obama is worthy of being impeached for are rather comical...

"He hates America!"

"He's a no good dirty communist/socialist/liberal" (choose your descriptive word)

"He's a Muslim"

"He's ugly!" (swear to God... I've seen it!)

So... not really sure what to ask here. Clearly these are people who simply are still bitter because their party isn't in power and are trying to slander Obama any way they can. Now, what I want to know is...