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Love and Light from HEALING Creek
Friday June 13, 2008
How many zeros in a billion?
This isn't funny ...
The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending
YOUR tax money.
1,000,000,000
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into
some perspective.
A.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were
living in the Stone Age.
D.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E.
A billion dollars ago was only
8 hours and 20 minutes,
at the rate our government is spending it!
While this thought is still fresh in our brain ...
let's take a look at New Orleans ...
It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D)
is presently asking Congress for
250 BILLION DOLLARS to rebuild New Orleans.
Interesting number ... What does it mean?
A.
Well ... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans
(every man, woman, and child) you each get $516,528.
B.
Or ... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans,
your home gets $1,329,787.
C.
Or ... if you are a family of four ... your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington, D. C
HELLO!
Are all your calculators broken??
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State an d Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
THIS IS NO JOKE!
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago ...
and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt ...
We had the largest middle class in the world ...
and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What the heck happened?????
We let the politicians take over.
Our complacency has cost us many of the freedoms
that our ancestors had
and the freedoms our parents and grand parents fought for.
It can only get worse
if we continue to turn a blind eye
to all that our elected representatives are NOT doing.
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Thursday June 12, 2008
I got this email today and thought of all the times I have jumped to confusion ... I guess it's something we all do at one time or another, but this email reminded me of what can happen when we don't extend benefit of the doubt and what can happen when we show a little kindness ... It's a good read and it has a happy ending!
NEVER JUDGE
'Some people!' snorted a man standing behind me in the long line at the grocery store.
'You would think the manager would pay attention and open another line, 'said a woman. I looked to the front of the line to see what the hold up was and saw a well dressed, young woman, trying to get the machine to accept her credit card. No matter how many times she swiped it, the machine kept rejecting it.
'It's one of them welfare card things. Damn people need to get a job like everyone else,' said the man standing behind me. The young woman turned around to see who had made the comment. 'It was me,' he said, pointing to himself.
The young lady's face began to change expression. Almost in tears, she dropped the welfare card onto the counter and quickly walked out of the store. Everyone in the checkout line watched as she began running to her car. Never looking back, she got in and drove away.
Minutes later a young man walked into the store. He went up to the cashier and asked if she had seen the woman. After describing her, the cashier told him that she had run out of the store, got into her car, and drove away.
'Why would she do that?' asked the man. Everyone in the line looked around at the fellow who had made the statement. 'I made a stupid comment about the welfare card she was using. Something I shouldn't have said. I'm sorry,' said the man.
'Well, that's bad, real bad, in fact. Her brother was killed in Afghanistan two years ago. He had three young children and she has taken on that responsibility. She's twenty years old, single, and now has three children to support,' he said in a very firm voice.
'I'm really truly sorry. I didn't know,' he replied, shaking both his hands about.
The young man asked, 'Are these paid for?' pointing to the shopping cart full of groceries. 'It wouldn't take her card,' the clerk told him.
'Do you know where she lives?' asked the man who had made the comment.
'Yes, she goes to our church.'
'Excuse me,' he said as he made his way to the front of the line. He pulled out his wallet, took out his credit card and told the cashier, 'Please use my card. PLEASE!' The clerk took his credit card and began to ring up the young woman's groceries.
Hold on,' said the gentleman. He walked back to his shopping cart and began loading his own groceries onto the belt to be included. 'Come on people. We got three kids to help raise!' he told everyone in line. Everyone began to place their groceries onto the fast moving belt. A few customers began bagging the food and placing it into separate carts. 'Go back and get two big turkeys,' yelled a heavyset woman, as she looked at the man. 'NO,' yelled the man. Everyone stopped dead in their tracks. The entire store became quiet for several seconds. 'Four turkeys,' yelled the man. Everyone began laughing and went back to work. When all was said and done, the man paid a total of $1,646.57 for the groceries. He then walked over to the side, pulled out his check book, and began writing a check using the bags of dog food piled near the front of the store for a writing surface. He turned around and handed the check to the young man. 'She will need a freezer and a few other things as well,' he told the man.
The young man looked at the check and said, 'This is really very generous of you.'
'No,' said the man. 'Her brother was the generous one.'
Everyone in the store had been observing the odd commotion and began to clap. And I drove home that day feeling very American.
We live in the Land of the free, because of the Brave! Remember our Troops of Yesterday and Today!
Enjoy Life, You only get one try at it.
Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
"This is the day the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalm 118:24
Huggggggggggggggggggggz,
Taylor
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Tuesday June 10, 2008
Why are children so unhappy today?
I happened to catch an episode of Dr. Phil where three families are struggling with overly-aggressive children. One family had a nine year old who poisoned his family, not once but twice. One family had a nine year old who had threatened to kill his four year old sister on several occasions and sent the four year old to the emergency room for stitches. The same boy threatened to cut his teachers eyes out. Another 11 year old shot his father and when the gun jammed, beat his step-mother nearly to death.
Those are just three homes ... and certainly not typical of most children ... but children are getting angrier and more aggressive at earlier ages. Why?
This morning, I surfed the net and these are some of the reasons/excuses people gave:
Children are angrier because they are modeling the behavior of their parents.
Children are angrier because there are more fatherless children than ever before.
Children are angrier because of television shows and video games.
Children are angrier because their are more divorces and broken homes.
Children are angrier because they eat more processed food that contain more artificial flavorings, food additives and sugar instead of "REAL FOOD".
Children are angrier because there is no one to show them how to deal with their negative emotions.
Children are angrier because they don't feel safe or protected, so they learn to defend themselves.
Children are angrier because they have been exposed to more toxins ... lead based paints, insecticides, toxic cleaning substances, paint fumes, etc.
Children are angrier because there are more children being emotionally-mentally-physically-sexually abused or neglected.
One lady even said, "The days of June Cleaver are over ..." Say what? The days of June Cleaver NEVER were! Our childhoods weren't perfect, but we weren't as angry as kids are today.
Wonder why?
I think it still comes down to:
Children Learn What They Live
By Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.
If children live with criticism,
they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility,
they learn to fight.
If children live with fear,
they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity,
they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule,
they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy,
they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame,
they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement,
they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance,
they learn patience.
If children live with praise,
they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance,
they learn to love.
If children live with approval,
they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition,
they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing,
they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty,
they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness,
they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration,
they learn respect.
If children live with security,
they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness,
they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.
Copyright © 1972 by Dorothy Law Nolte
Parents worry when their children struggle with anger. Angry feelings and behavior can be especially challenging for children who have learning and attention problems. To help parents address this problem, Sam Goldstein, Ph.D., Robert Brooks, Ph.D., and Sharon Weiss, M.Ed. have teamed up to co-author a new book, Angry Children, Worried Parents: Seven Steps to Help Families Manage Anger (Specialty Press, 2004). This practical book presents a step-by-step program to help parents understand the causes of anger in children and to design a program to help their children learn to manage angry feelings and behavior. The following is an excerpt from the book.
What is Anger?
We all become angry at times. Anger is a natural human emotion, one of many responses we can express when we are frustrated and prevented from reaching our goals. Since anger is a universal emotion, it seems logical to conclude that there is nothing wrong with feeling angry. The problem occurs when anger leads to inappropriate actions or behavior. The problem, then, is not being angry but dealing with angry feelings in an ineffective way.
Childhood experiences as well as inborn temperament powerfully influence the way parents express anger and teach their children to manage anger. How do you respond when you're angry? Do you become cynical or overreact? Do you yell? Do you hit your children? How did your parents respond to you when you were angry as a child? Did they punish you? Did they shame or blame you? Do you have a tough time dealing with anger because your parents didn’t know how to deal with it?
We choose to view anger as a signal, an indication to the individual that a goal or outcome is being blocked and that frustration is building. How children — or adults, for that matter — learn to respond to this signal will determine ultimately whether they manage anger or anger manages them. In response to anger, some blame others as the source of their problems. They use anger as fuel to drive and justify what they view as a necessary response. Yet anger is best viewed as a signal to take action rather than a sign of being treated unfairly.
What Role Does Anger Play in Everyday Life?
Anger begins as an emotion of varying intensity. It can be experienced as a mild irritation or as unbearable frustration. At the extreme end, particularly for children who are impulsive or inflexible, anger often leads to intense fury and rage. As with other emotions, anger is accompanied by physical and biological changes in the body. Heart rate and blood pressure increase. Levels of certain hormones, such as adrenaline, increase, leading to other physical changes in the body. Some researchers have suggested that aggression in response to anger may be instinctual. They believe that anger may be a natural, adaptive response to stress, allowing people to respond to a perceived threat and defend themselves. Therefore, a certain amount of anger is likely necessary for survival, even in our complex, civilized society. But when defense occurs in the absence of true provocation, anger becomes a liability. It also becomes a liability when we react verbally or physically in an extreme way to angry feelings, when children are unable to modulate anger, or when problems occur at home, on the playground, and in the classroom.
Teaching Anger Management
The goal of teaching children anger management is to reduce excessive reactions when angry and to develop skills to use anger as a signal to redirect their behavior. As with learning to swim or ride a bicycle, as you begin to work with your child it is important to be patient. Not all children learn to swim in the first lesson or master riding a bicycle that first day. Some children require much longer periods of practice to develop proficiency.
Keep in mind also that some children are born more likely to be irritable and easily angered. These symptoms usually appear at an early age. Yet, it is also important to remember that some children behave this way because they live in households in which they are exposed to models of poor anger management. Some children experience both risks, leading to a significant probability that they will struggle to learn to manage anger effectively. Some of these children may require professional help.
The primary goal is to help children and adolescents express anger in an assertive rather than aggressive manner. This means they are neither pushy nor demanding, but learn to be respectful advocates for themselves. This also means that they learn to cope with, not simply suppress, their anger. Suppression is only a partially effective strategy. When angry feelings are suppressed they often emerge later on, usually in an excessive way in response to a minor event related to an earlier anger-provoking experience. Suppressed anger is also thought to contribute to passive-aggressive behavior such as getting back at people indirectly without telling them why or confronting them directly. It also fuels cynical or hostile behavior, leading children to be excessively critical and fault-finding.
Anger Management Strategies
There are steps parents can take to help their children deal more comfortably, effectively, and adaptively with anger. These interrelated steps include:
- Serve as appropriate models for your children.
Remember that children don’t always do what we say. They are more often likely to do what we do. Thus, a key component of teaching anger management is for you, the adult, to manage anger and model effective anger coping strategies for your children.
- Be empathic.
As you teach your children to express anger constructively, place yourself in their shoes. Ask yourself such questions as:
- “Am I speaking to my children so they will learn from me rather than resent me?”
- “Would I want anyone to speak with me the way I am speaking with my children?”
If we do not consider our children’s perspective, we are likely to say or do things that may actually work against helping our children learn to deal constructively with anger.
- Involve your child as much as possible in the process of dealing effectively with anger.
Even young children can be engaged in a discussion that includes consideration of:
- what makes us angry.
- what are different options for dealing with anger.
- what might be the consequence of each option, and
- what option might be most effective.
When we enter into such a dialogue, we reinforce the belief in children that they can learn to control anger rather than have anger control them. This provides a sense of ownership, self-discipline, and resilience.
- Remember the adage, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Engage in prevention and “planned parenting.” Notice when certain situations are especially difficult or frustrating for your child and prepare a “plan of action” in advance. For example, if your child gets frustrated when going into a store, wishing to have every item in sight, you can say before going in, “You can select one item. You let me know which one you would like to have.”
If even this kind of preparation does not work, it may be a signal that your child is not yet ready to accompany you in the store. Or, if your child “fights” about going to bed and you find yourself trying to cajole him for an hour, it might be helpful to provide your child a sense of ownership and avoid a struggle by saying, “Do you want me to remind you 10 minutes or 15 minutes before bedtime that it’s time to get ready?”
Prevention also involves providing clear and realistic expectations, following a flexible but predictable structure, and being consistent.
- Discipline in a way that lessens frustration and anger and reinforces self-discipline.
All parents can become frustrated, at times, with their children, but when parents respond to their children’s anger by screaming, yelling, or spanking, they are unintentionally reinforcing the very behaviors they wish to stop. A parent who screams or spanks is communicating such messages as: “We handle frustration through anger,” or “As long as I am bigger than you are, it’s okay for me to shout and hit.”
Parents who remain calm while disciplining, who have clear expectations, who use realistic, natural, and logical consequences, and who remember that discipline is a teaching process, will lessen outbursts of anger in their children, while reinforcing self-control.
- Show your children unconditional love and spend “special times” with them.
While these behaviors can be placed under the heading of “prevention” (step Four), we believe that they are so important they deserve their own section. When parents accept their children and show them unconditional love, children are less likely to become very frustrated or intensely angry.
When parents spend time alone with each of their children in such activities as playing with them, reading to them at bedtime, going out for snack or to a game, they have opportunities to develop a positive relationship.
Such a relationship will provide the foundation for teaching children self-discipline and assisting them in managing frustration and anger constructively.
Conclusion
Even in the best functioning families, children may be angry at times with parents. Parents may be angry with children and children may experience anger regarding other issues or people outside of the home. The key issue is how we choose to deal with our angry feelings as parents, and how effective we are at helping our children develop strategies to learn to manage anger. We believe that one of the most important tasks of parenting is to help children become skilled at anger management.
Excerpted from Angry Children, Worried Parents by Sam Goldstein, Ph.D., Robert Brooks, Ph.D., and Sharon K. Weiss, M.Ed. Copyright© 2004 by Sam Goldstein, Robert Brooks, and Sharon K. Weiss. Excerpted by permission of Specialty Press, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Posted on 04/26/2004
About the Contributors
Goldstein, Brooks, & Weiss
Sam Goldstein, Ph.D. is on the faculty of the University of Utah. Robert Brooks, Ph.D. is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. Sharon Weiss, M.A. is a behavioral consultant in private practice in Northern Virginia.
Other Resources
Books
Angry Children, Worried Parents: Seven Steps to Help Families Manage Anger
http://addwarehouse.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product382.html
By Sam Goldstein, Ph.D., Robert Brooks, Ph.D., and Sharon Weiss, M.A.
Angry Children, Worried Parents: Helping Families Manage Anger - SchwabLearning.org
What do you think?
Have you met or do you know a child who is especially angry or aggressive?
What was your reaction to that child?
Why do you think kids are angry?
Your kids and grand-kids are doing fine, so it's not your problem, right?
Wrong.
That angry kid could be sitting next to your kid in school.
That angry kid could be on your kid's bus.
That angry kid could be targeting your kid right now
because your kid is "too happy" or
"seems to have everything" the angry kid wishes he/she had.
It really does matter, or should matter to all of us,
because until all children feel safe,
none of our kids is safe.
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Saturday June 7, 2008
 OVERHEARD
and SEEN
~ 6.7.8 - Who Do We Appreciate Edition ~
and SPECIAL APPRECIATION FOR OUR TROOPS
I would like to say that I appreciate the men and women
that are over seas
fighting in heat hotter than we know ...
and I also want to thank them.
American, Canadian, British, Australian
or whom ever they are ...
normal human being they are not ...
They are our heroes.
Bits and Pieces by gjwlegs
 Saturday Night Blog Crawl
starts at
THIS WEEK'S INQUIRER
Sylvia's Daughter interviews Indian
READ ALL ABOUT IT
at
The Library Cat by L.Cat
DEAR ^BELLE^
THIS WEEK AT DEAR BELLE ...
Dear Belle,
I am having my boyfriend over for a home cooked meal ...
One problem, I don't cook. How do I pull this off?
ANSWER:
First, I need to ask, Did you tell him that you could cook?
If so, maybe you need to confess and
pick up a bucket of chicken.
Here is something to consider and it is very simple.
If you can open a can and turn on a crock pot, you can do it.
Package of skinless chicken breast
(if you soak overnight in salted water, they will be extra juicy.
Be careful and don't add too much salt,
just enough to make the water salty)
To prepare:
Wash the chicken breast.
Spray bottom and sides of crock pot with oil.
Add Chicken Breast.
Take I can Cream of Mushroom Soup
(dilute it enough to make it creamy)
Pour this over the chicken.
Chopped mushrooms are a good touch.
Cook for 6-8 hours on low or 3-4 hours on high.
If you are cooking on high, about 1-1/2 hour before meal time,
(or low, about 3 hours before meal time)
add some potatoes wedges
(I leave the peelings on)
and chunky sliced carrots.
Add some bread, maybe a mixed salad and
you are in business.
For Dessert ...
I can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk
I container Chocolate Cool Whip
I graham cracker pie crust.
Mix together condensed milk and cool whip.
Put in pie crust.
If you want to decorate the top,
get a chocolate candy bar,
chop it to bits and sprinkle on top.
Get these GOOD TIPS AND MORE
every Monday at ...
INSIDE THE FLAME by ^BELLE^
IN THE NEWS
Army suicides reported up again — at 108
By PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press
The number of Army suicides increased again last year,
amid the most violent year yet in both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Two defense officials said Thursday that
108 troops committed suicide in 2007, six more than the previous year.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity
because the full report on the deaths wasn't being released until later Thursday.
About a quarter of the deaths occurred in Iraq ...
The increases come despite a host of efforts to improve the mental health
of a force stressed by long and repeated tours of duty.
Increasing the strain on the force last year
was the extension of deployments to 15 months from 12 months,
a practice that is being terminated this year ...
TallPockets For Prez '08 by TallPockets For Prez 2008
Last month a Georgia teacher of third graders was the planned victim
of her eight, nine, and ten-year-old pupils
with learning disabilities such as
attention deficit disorder, delayed development, and hyperactivity.
The attack was carefully planned by nine boys and girls
who were mad at the teacher for
disciplining
one of the pupils for standing on a chair.
The pupils had assembled a paperweight
for knocking the teacher unconscious,
handcuffs for binding her,
duct tape for covering her,
and a broken steak knife for stabbing her.
The plan included a division of the roles that the pupils were to perform,
with one person assigned to cover the windows
to hide what they were doing,
and another person assigned to clean up after the attack.
According to a report by the police,
they weren't quite sure what was going on in the minds of the youngsters ...
Whit's Whittlings by Whit's Whittlings
This year Avery Dakin-Clarke started Pennies Against Poverty.
Pennies Against Poverty is a fundraiser linking with UNICEF
using pennies to build a classroom in Malawi, Africa.
The View From This Side of MLM by GeryD
LYME DISEASE
There was an opinion piece in the May 26 SF Chronicle
that mentioned that the rate of Lyme disease is growing
at 4 times the rate of growth of AIDS.
That caught my eye.
It also mentioned that the Connecticut Attorney General
launched a probe into the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
regarding their Lyme Disease guidelines,
which are used by insurance companies to deny longterm care for Lyme disease.
Apparently the medical idea of “do no harm” to your patients
took a back seat to cronyism, conniving, and capitalism.
(Today we look at the letter ‘c’...)
The link below details the attorney general’s complaint:
Attorney General Lyme
Something New Today by TheSkinnyGuy
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese man who was mystified
when food kept disappearing from his kitchen,
set up a hidden camera
and found an unknown woman living secretly in his closet,
Japanese media said Friday.
The 57-year-old unemployed man of Fukuoka
in southern Japan called police Wednesday
when the camera sent pictures to his mobile phone
of an intruder in his home while he was out on Wednesday,
the Asahi newspaper said on its Website.
Officers rushed to the house
and found a 58-year-old unemployed woman
hiding in an unused closet,
where she had secreted a mattress and plastic drink bottles ...
Mad Yankee Ranting by BigChris
POLITICS
The Winged Victory of Samothrace,
or Nike,
is one of the most famous sculptures in the Louvre.
Momma Never Told Me by Rita B
So it is settled. It will be Barack Obama versus John McCain in the upcoming presidential election. Let the mud-slinging begin.
I would like to think it will be otherwise, but I am not hopeful. Especially in this age of the internet, disinformation proliferates faster than dandelions in a spring lawn. Indeed, it is now possible, to paraphrase an adage, "for a lie to travel completely around the world while the truth is putting its pants on."
True, both candidates, as well as any others that the media deem "fringe", will attempt to address the issues of concern to Americans, but if past campaigns, especially the last couple, are indicators, this one will soon degenerate into lies, half-truths, and innuendo. Apparently the objective anymore is to make the opponent appear so despicable that one's preferred candidate will seem saintly by comparison. In sum, it is proof positive that the "dumbing down" of the educational system is reality ...
Lone Wolf Chronicles by lonewolfchronicles
Barack Obama is the Democratic Presidential nominee.
This is good for any number of reasons.
He is the least experienced politician, which should help a lot.
He is an African-American, which makes this a historic occasion,
and tells the world that there is more to American than white, male, Republicans.
You heard it here first: He will beat John McCain by a minimum of 8% points.
McCain represents the old way of doing business, Obama the new.
The old we know about. It is being soundly rejected by the American public.
The new is something of an unknown entity,
making the change scary for many Americans.
Sometimes we stick with the used up and failed, even if we know it's bad for us.
But the time is now, and Obama is the one. Young, energetic, and charismatic.
Change is the great inevitable.
We can only hope that it brings with it an end to an illegal war;
universal health-care;
a reconciliation among countries we have plundered and betrayed;
government for the people, rather than bought by big business;
a realistic facing of an impending environmental disaster;
and a sigh of relief from the people of this country,
and all the world,
that we are rejecting the old ways of war, torture, fear, and repression,
and about to let democracy shine once again.
Obama will not be able to do all this on his own.
He will need all of our help.
We're all in this recovery together.
I'm finally feeling a bit of optimism about our future.
Leave It To Peever by The Peever
The news today is full of a “history making event”.
Barack Obama was chosen as the Democratic Party's candidate
for President of the United States.
Agree, selecting a non-Caucasian to be the candidate of a major party
is a history making event.
Whether our President is black, white, red, or purple,
I would hope that the real “history making event” will be
a government that will be “of the people” ...
We have met the enemy and he is us by sinann
Greed and abuse of power have gradually choked off
the flow of sustenance
as the lessors have apparently been judged
unworthy or invisible.
The justice, in the circumstances, is unswerving and says,
"when wealth does not flow downward,
Poverty and violence, like fire, flow upward".
LaLePoP' by lalepop'
Remember...actors are professional liars...
The best actors believe who they are in a role.
This is so they will be believable
for the Illusion of the movie or television role they are in.
That is why actors refer to their work as a "craft".
This is not to say actors are bad.
But they do seem to easily become politicians.
Be alert, be forewarned and be clear ...
aircooled underground by capananda
The Constitution gives every American ...
"the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself."
Quote by John Ciardi (1916-1986)
Life's Trip by Curious
IN THE LIFE
A Jesus' Alien on Earth by Praywithhope
Every morning I open the curtains on the back door and look out.
It's corny but I need to say 'hello' to my morning.
and lately,
I am greeted by Mr. & Mrs. Bunny
and a WHOLE lot of birds...
mostly sparrows but there is Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal, the grackel posse...
then Scrawny and Baby Squirrel eventually show up.
Mornings can be good.
It was especially nice this morning to be greeted by the sun.
Daily Changes by HeatherScot
Fairweather Lewis by Fairweather Lewis
According to estimated U.S. government census figures,
the United States currently has
the greatest number of centenarians in the world,
numbering over 55,000 in the year 2005.
That number is expected to increase to up to one million by 2050.
In the course of the last four decades,
the number of people reaching 100 has increased almost tenfold,
so that now one in fifty women
and
one in two hundred men
reach that age.
In fact, the Social Security Administration
in 2005
extended the life expectancy tables up to age 119.
Whit's Whittlings by Whit's Whittlings
The Life Of A Caregiver!
No one believes you.
You don't know anything!
But only YOU know the truth ...
... We caregivers, in our hearts are the healers.
And we live with Angels!
And The Show Must Go On.......... by Oscar
Miss Terri's World by Miss Terri
"the nine words (phrases) that woman say".
I got about half way through it when I realized this lengthy testimony to woman
had to have been thought up by a man!
It was so dead-on perfect!
Pagans don't wear sandals! by joesblog6
SOME STUPID THINGS I HAVE DONE
I have peed over the edge of the Grand Canyon.
I once ate a dog biscuit by mistake. It looked like jerky.
I have run for public office.
A buddy and I went into a gay bar by mistake one time. Interesting.
Have you ever gone the wrong way and claimed it was a shortcut?
I did play a golf course backwards.
I have voted Democratic.
To paraphrase Mark Twain,
we shouldn't vote because it only encourages them.
One thing I'm pretty sure of:
Drinking a bottle of tequila can make you real stupid.
Leave It To Peever by The Peever
Heidenheimer by Heide
A friend of mine couldn't find the pesto sauce at the grocery store
the other day so it was Nightbug to the rescue!
Dun dun dun!
I donned my cape and dashed out to the local Harris Teeter.
I mocked him horribly along the way
until I realized after the second trip through the store,
that I couldn't find it either. Gah! Fate!
Girl and Dog in the City by Night Bug
I too have gray hairs that I have earned to me they are like GOld Metals...
And I am PROUD to show them off......
Bits and Pieces by gjwlegs
The White Lodge by John, the Squabbler
'They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English.
I can't even talk the way these people talk:
Why you ain't,
Where you is,
What he drive,
Where he stay,
Where he work,
Who you be...
And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk.
And, then I heard the father talk.
Everybody knows it's important to speak English
except these knuckleheads.
You can't be a doctor
with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth.
In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living...
People marched and were hit in the face with rocks
to get an education,
and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around.
-Bill Cosby
Lou's World by Miss Lou
When your heart speaks, take notes.
Leave It To Peever by The Peever
Same time next year by Madie
Can you believe it's alreay JUNE?
Where has this year gone?
When you're in school,
you can't wait for school to be over for summer time.
Then you can't wait to graduate & get out of high school.
You start college & can't wait to get out
of college to begin your life.
Tick-tock-tick-tock...
What you don't realize is that once you graduate,
your days are much shorter (except for when you're at work!),
your week-days are long,
but your weekends are half of the time you think you have.
You don't seem to be able to find the time
to get everything done that you need & want to.
The days turn in to weeks
- which turn in to months -
then turn in to years.
Before you know it, ten years has passed
& you have no idea where it went!
Anyway ... try to enjoy the time you can find!
My Soap Opera Life by Secret
Bella's Gotta Brand New Blog-2 by Bella
Aldus Huxley once said that in this century
we have added onto the seven original deadly sins
an eighth that is just as deadly—the sin of hurry.
In terms of this sin, at least, (cows) are saints.
Whispered Promises by Whispered Promise
You’d think that, by random chance,
it could never happen twice in the same place,
but I heard a little while ago that some of the same structures damaged in 2005
were hit again today.
That’s why you should never take anything for granted
and you can never be too careful.
Tornadoes are nothing to mess with.
Much Ado About Nothing by Moonstone
My Life On The River by dixie
If your derriere is large, that could actually be good for your health!
The specific type of fat that accumulates
around the hips is called subcutaneous fat,
which is fat that collects under the skin,
and it appears to fight type 2 diabetes,
according to researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston.
*** Well, I’m a lot healthier than I thought I was.
And apparently so is my neighbor-lady.
Strange Phrase Indeed by Kristin
The value of a fruit,
is not in it's size,
but in it's sweetness.
LaLePoP' by lalepop'
Baby, is a fawn I raised a few years ago,
And when I got him he was very sick with Intestinal infection.
Just a tiny thing, I guess he was maybe 3 or 4 days old.
I almost lost him a couple times but,
with the help of my vet and many months of TLC he survived,
and was able to run wild with the other deer.
He would come back and see me from time to time
until he learned to be to cautious to be around people.
He was very affectionate.
Always wanted to lick my face.
I think it is what they do in the wild with their deer family.
My Life On The River by dixie
Heide's niece, sister-in-law, nephew and brother
(who looks like Spencer Tracy)
Heidenheimer by Heide
TRAVEL
Momma Never Told Me by Rita B
Donut Glossary from Around the World
Italy = fritole
Montenegro = ustipci
Mexico = churrro
Turkey = lokma
France = beignet
Germany = krapfen
Hungary = langos
India = balushai
Netherlands = oliebollen
Lou's World by Miss Lou
Argentina with Edgewood Estates by chandabear
Argentina with Edgewood Estates by chandabear
Argentina with Edgewood Estates by chandabear
ON-LINE
uh,..doesn't EVERYONE play on the computer until 4am...and sleep until noon!???
...And I thought it was just me!!!
Rubble's Blogstrology by Rubble
View From The Bluffs by Anexplorer
I sat there viewing it after it was completed and laughed.
No matter where I am in life,
be it in the middle of a crisis,
or in the middle of a fight with dust bunnies,
there's always more to come.
Some good, some not so good. That's life.
Can't think of anything better, can you?
Raindrops Make Things Beautiful by Sherry'sCherries
Hey - if you can read the White Lodge without
developing a wart on your fanny, you can read anything!
The White Lodge by John, the Squabbler
Is blogging what I thought it would be?
You can come here and say almost any thing you want
and
get a lot of your troubles off your chest
or
just write for fun or to share your life.
word of hope by word of hope
Miss Terri got me started on the Stream ...
I feel free to say what is on my mind.
I have yet to be condemned for expressing my feelings,
hurts, vents, or anything else.
I can be serious, or I can have fun here.
It is a comfortable and welcoming group.
For that I say thank you!!
I am finding friends, encouragers, support and inspiration
on the Stream ...
Idle Thoughts by Granny
JUST FOR FUN
and more at ...
Unskilled and Mediocre by RHolt
Warning Alcohol Consumption
WARNING: consumption of alcohol
may make you think you are whispering when you are not.
WARNING: consumption of alcohol
is a major factor in dancing like an asshole.
WARNING: consumption of alcohol
may cause you to tell the same boring story over and over again
until your friends want to smash your head in.
WARNING: consumption of alcohol
may cause you to thay shings like thish.
WARNING: consumption of alcohol
may lead you to believe that ex-lovers are really dying for you
to telephone them at four in the morning.
WARNING: consumption of alcohol
may create the illusion that you are
tougher, handsomer and smarter than
some really, really big guy named Chuck.
WARNING: consumption of alcohol
may lead you to believe you are invisible.
WARNING: consumption of alcohol
may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you.
WARNING: Consumption of alcohol
may cause an influx in the time-space continuum,
whereby small (and sometimes large) gaps of time
may seem to literally disappear.
sabrina by indian
Buns of Venus
Momma Never Told Me by Rita B
An overweight blonde went to see her doctor for some advice.
The doctor advised that she run ten miles a day for thirty days.
This, he promised, would help her lose as many as twenty pounds.
The blonde followed the doctor's advice, and, after thirty days,
she was pleased to find that she had indeed lost the whole twenty pounds.
She phoned the doctor and thanked him for the wonderful advice
which produced such effective results.
At the end of the conversation, however, she asked one last question:
"How do I get home, since I am now 300 miles away?"
sabrina by indian
Ghost Bride by Ghost Bride
What happens when frogs park illegally?
They get toad.
sabrina by indian
INSPIRATION
Echoes From The Tomb. by Scratch
"my childhood sucked because of what happened,
and a lot of my adult years have sucked
because of the things that happened in that childhood,
but to tell you the truth,
if those things hadn't happened to me
I wouldn't be the man that I am today.
I'm not a perfect man, but I'm a smart man.
Smart enough to know that I can't change anything
that happened and that
being angry about it is a waste of time.
We missed a lot of years and opportunities for good memories,
but we've got a chance to make some new ones,
so why don't you forgive yourself
so that we can get on with being a mother and son again,
because I forgave you a long time ago."
THIS SIDE OF 40: Life With BryM by Bry_M
The White Lodge by John, the Squabbler
It amazes me how my changing...
has made a change in my family...
don't get me wrong...there are days we fall
...but..
those days are fewer than before...
and I also know it will be an ongoing thing for the rest of our lives
...but..
with God's help I will not give up.
I've also realized that it can't just be a saying of change
...or a change in attitude alone...
it has to be a true change inside...in the heart...in the soul...
and that is what happening in me.
...Smile....
Exhaling by SammyJo
PRAYER REQUEST
My son suffered some sort of collapse at his home yesterday,
and as I write this, the doctors (several of them),
have no idea what happened to my boy.
If you pray, please pray for him.
If you light candles, please light a couple.
If you believe in positive energy,
please send some his way.
And I've said this before:
Grab every single person that you love and care about,
wrap your arms around them,
and please, for the love of God, tell them how you feel.
They may not know it,
and you don't want to have to say it to someone in a hospital bed
who has no idea that you are there.
Peanuts In My Pepsi by Slick
THIS WEEK'S LYRICS
Spring's sprung, the sun's up and shinin'
School's out, and everyone's smilin'
Let's pop the top off, and lie for a while
And some take it easy days.
Let's tell that old grind where to stick it
Put the rest of the stress in there with it
Don't you think we've had enough
It's time to get away.
It's gonna be another flip flop summer
Kick off your shoes, and call up your lover
Say hey baby, the winter is over
Let's head south awhile
We're going to take us a long vacation
Mix us up some strong libations
No worries, just good vibrations
And lazy days in style
It's a flip flop summer, It's a flip flop summer.
Put your coat away in the closet
You won't need it, baby
Because it's a clear blue sky
And the weatherman says it looks that way for weeks
Baby, we'll cruise down to Montigo
Raise us a glass as we pass Puerto Rico
It don't matter 'cause wherever we go
Its where it's good to be.
It's gonna be another flip flop summer
Kick off your shoes, and call up your lover
Say hey baby, the winter is over
Let's head south awhile
We're going to take us a long vacation
Mix us up some strong libations
No worries, just good vibrations
And lazy days in style
It's a flip flop summer, It's a flip flop summer.
Let's sail away, where no problems can find us
We've got 90 days
To watch that ole Tequila sun rise
And leave all our troubles behind us.
It's gonna be another flip flop summer
Kick off your shoes, and call up your lover
Say hey baby, the winter is over
Let's head south awhile
We're going to take us a long vacation
Mix us up some strong libations
No worries, just good vibrations
And lazy days in style
It's a flip flop summer, It's a flip flop summer.
It's a flip flop summer...
SO LONG - FAREWELL - AUF WEIDERSEHEN - ADIEU
(This Week's Parting Thoughts)
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06.07.08
 
Flip-Flop Summer - Kenny Chesney
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