{"id":934,"date":"2009-08-04T18:27:23","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T18:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voteforjoe.com\/wheresjoe\/?p=372"},"modified":"2009-08-04T18:27:23","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T18:27:23","slug":"global-warming-wind-and-a-parrot-named-kiwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=934","title":{"rendered":"global warming, wind and a parrot named “Kiwi”"},"content":{"rendered":"

We continue along our campaign tour of Rte. 1 on the east coast… I gave a talk at St. Ann’s Church in Colonial Heights, Virginia. \u00a0 I said our lifestyles in America are \u00a0significantly fueling \u00a0global warming. \u00a0 And as weather patterns change, more arid countries are already experiencing drought and famine. \u00a0 I said this would be analogous to us collectively firing slow motion bullets at these other countries. \u00a0 A “pro-Life” issue? \u00a0 Sure… \u00a0 While in Colonial Heights, I interviewed Fr. Lou Ruoff who is the author of the book: Reflections<\/em>. \u00a0 At one point, Fr. Ruoff worked \u00a0at the Covenant House<\/em> in New York City. \u00a0 This is a \u00a0transition home for run away youth. \u00a0 And some of the stories were beyond tragic. \u00a0 One \u00a012-year-old girl, for instance, was on the run for having killed her stepfather. \u00a0 So often these days, extreme parental abuse pushes kids over the edge… \u00a0 While in Colonial Heights, we also went to Henricus Village, which was the first English settlement in from Jamestown. \u00a0 This was the home of the first hospital in North America and the first college in North America (circa 1619). \u00a0 Note:<\/strong> \u00a0 When we started on Rte. 1, we met Terri Sipanzi and his family \u00a0at Lucky’s \u00a0Ice Cream Place<\/em> in southern Virginia (just off Rte. 1). \u00a0 He approached us with a green parrot (“Kiwi”) \u00a0on his shoulder. \u00a0 He and his wife Barb \u00a0have the company Precision Windsports, Inc.<\/em> in Lynchburg, Virginia. \u00a0 \u00a0Terri said the business is \u00a0in a \u00a0tail spin (pun intended) because of the economy \u00a0— these kind of hobbies being the first to go from someone’s budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We continue along our campaign tour of Rte. 1 on the east coast… I gave a talk at St. Ann’s Church in Colonial Heights, Virginia. \u00a0 I said our lifestyles in America are \u00a0significantly fueling \u00a0global warming. \u00a0 And as …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}