Home

Well, here I am. Back in good old Papillion.

I forgot how blue and clear the skies are here. And I love the green and the openness. It's a nice feeling.

But I still don't like American television.

Goodbye India.

Goodbye India., originally uploaded by harrystaab.

Almost Home

Dear friends and family and anyone else who reads this,

Today is my last full day in Mussoorie. Tomorrow in the afternoon I will leave this beautiful place, board a train for Delhi and fly back to the place I call home. The mountains that have come back to view after a heavy monsoon shower will be a memory. Driving lanes will suddenly safely separate me from oncoming traffic. "Fixed rate" prices will be the norm. The silly foreigner tax will be replaced with prices expensive for everyone! Haha.

I'm in this silly and confused state and I'm not sure what to think or to write. There is so much I have left to do and today is filled with scrambling here and there to pick up this and that and say goodbye to so and so.

I'm going to miss this place and the people I've met. That's about all I know.

I'm coming home. And leaving home. What a strange feeling. Maybe I'll cry later. Oh bother, you know men don't cry.

Can't wait to meet all you in the place I'm coming back to and to share with you some stories and pictures and love from India.

I hope this blog was a blessing to all who read it. I hope to continue to share thoughts as I reflect away from this place.

Love,
Harry

Dear Sen. Ben Nelson,

Since I don't like to be "that guy" who complains about stuff but never takes action, I've written my Senator about the "Audit the Fed" bill that was recently blocked (by his doing) in the Senate. I would challenge you to look into the amendment S 604 and to investigate the Federal Reserve which prints our money and is as "federal" as any of our many "Federal Banks." It has run for far too many years under a veil of secrecy with no accountability. In a time where trillions of dollars just happen to "disappear" and our economy is squeezed by the weight of inflation and historical deficits, it is more important than ever for this action to be taken.

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Dear Mr. Nelson,

As a citizen of Nebraska and by association your constituent, I was appalled by your action on the Senate floor to prevent S 604 insertion into a recent bill. You were no doubt witness to Senator DeMint sharing of several other GAO audits that were contained in the bill of which the Senate President was forced to admit violated the same Senate Rule (16) in which you cited to block S 604. It was no surprise that those other violating audits remain in the bill.

The reason I am so concerned about this bill and your action is that an audit on the Federal Reserve is long overdue and is vital to providing transparency to this powerful and secretive "organization."

I would like to advise you that this is an important issue to Nebraskans who are tired of a government with almost zero accountability. All Nebraska House members have signed on as co-sponsors to the House version of the bill, HR1207.

Please show your support for the people's demand for governmental transparency by allowing the Federal Reserve to be audited. Please allow for a vote for S 604 to be amended to the Act Appropriations bill.

Harrison Staab

MIchael Jackson Thriller - Hindustani Thriller Remix

Made this silly video with my friends here.