I'M SO FANCY TONIGHT!!!
Friday August 31, 2012 9:20 pm (PPS -- UPDATE AT BOTTOM)
One of my sons-in-law (Bob) left just a few minutes ago and my new computer is finally (completely) set up. Since I wrote my first book, almost ten years ago, and began an online blog in order to try and promote it, I have used up three computers... tonight, I begin on number four.
I had a large flat screen monitor with my last one and this screen on my new laptop is much smaller. So, Bob showed me how I can use both screens in tandem. I now can switch back-and-forth and have multiple windows going at the same time on both screens! Hence, my title... "I'm so fancy tonight!"
Thanks, Bob!
PS IWICJTSHMTILHAWPTSWLM...IWBSGTH!!!!!!!
PPS I just came back inside from wishing on tonight's Blue Moon. Although I did... seriously, I only do it out of habit and certain things I have done since childhood. I don't do it because I put any stock in it.
I still take some pleasure in imagining that those I love (who might be far away) could be witnessing the same heavenly sights... at nearly the same time as myself.
If you do not read my blog in time tonight to take advantage of this evening's Blue Moon: well, take heart... you can see it again three years from now (:
Have a good night!!!
DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT
Wednesday August 29, 2012 9:43 pm
Simplification... the first prong of my new goals is well underway. I suppose as with everything in life there has to be a starting point.
Several hours ago... during my lunch break (at 3:00 today) I finished giving away about half of my remaining books from my library. To the school I gave the majority of my Christian books. I think there was a little more than seven dozen I took to the school. (The rest I donated to Randy and his second-hand store.)
I think every time I try to implement something new or different in my life I always encounter some obstacle I hadn't thought about before. It looks like this time will be no different, but I have a new attitude and a little different mindset and I think this time things will work out okay?
(The book I read most often, among those I still had, I also gave to the school today. When we first moved to this house a couple of years ago I did something similar in that I either sold or gave away a lot of my own things... now I am paring down even more!)
Maybe they'll be some regrets, but I hope not. Of course, I am not particularly speaking about giving away certain possessions. For most of my life I have not been enamored with "things." In fact, most everything I have that I really like has nothing to do with material value... it's mostly important to me if there is some sentimental value that it holds for me.
Probably about three months ago I first had a new way of thinking about things. Looking back, I am not sure why I hadn't thought of things in that light before. I suppose it has to do with my age. Maybe I am finally "growing up?" Nah... that couldn't be it (:
Perhaps, as a way of explanation, I want to state why I usually ask questions of those who read my blog. I never really expect any person to answer... so, I think I ask because it helps me to think more deeply about what I ask and that in turn causes me to focus and I sometimes can see things more clearly that way
(Before continuing I want to backtrack and state for the record that there is one book that I kept whose author was a profane man... Mark Twain. The particular book I kept is really old and, at least for now, I didn't want to part with it.)
Ever heard the expression... "Rob Peter to pay Paul?" Well, I can't explain now, but in a sense that is what I will be doing. However, that won't be for awhile yet. I'll keep you posted. (lol)
Though it might seem ridiculous to any person who reads this, but, I am (still) typing this blog and doing my school work on Deb's laptop: even though I have a fully functioning (new) laptop of my own hooked up and ready to go in my office. However, I can't seem to get used to the little pad on it and I haven't had the time to go anywhere and buy a new keyboard and mouse I can hook up to it. So I guess... I miss my mouse!
Okay, now to my questions... tonight there will be two: each one is totally independent of the other. One of the questions is completely ludicrous, or at least the subject matter is. The other question will be a little more serious... at least to me it is.
The night before last I had a weird dream, now in this dream there were three people, including myself. One of the people could best be described as myself having had a friendly relationship... though we were not exactly friends. In the dream she was being ornery and kept doing things to bother me. Every time I would begin to be upset with her she would jump into the water and swim... the problem: the water was full of alligators! On her last jump in I had my back to the water talking to the other person and I heard her say, "Uh oh!" I looked and she was gone. I started pulling in... that's right, "pulling in" my leash and on the other end was an empty harness! (She had been on a leash! LOL ) I awoke and looked at the clock until I could read the time... 3:30 am, so I had been asleep for a couple of hours. I started thinking about the dream and I began to laugh. Here I am in a dark room and Deb and the girls are asleep in another room and I didn't want to wake them: so, I had to put a pillow to my face and laugh into it to not make any noise. I HAD HER ON A LEASH! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
My first question for tonight's blog is only this: why do you think we dream dreams that seem like they could make sense to a sleeping person: however, after awaking they seem so silly!
Time passes so quickly... I'm not sure but I think (maybe) about a year ago I first heard the song on the radio, "Don't Think I Don't Think About It." From that very first time, until this evening driving home I always switch channels when I hear the opening notes. However, tonight I listened to it all the way through and that is why after I got home I thought I would type this blog... so that I could especially ask the next question for anyone who reads this.
Whenever a sad song plays on air, do you do like me, and... run!!! Or, are you tougher and do you listen all the way through... even if it makes you very sad ):
S...A...Y...L...T...?
Saturday August 25, 2012 12:20 am
So, a few weeks ago I started doing something that Charles Morse said he was going to do. However, the movie ended before we ever knew for certain if he was able to fully accomplish it... he had made a start at it though. Anyway, today I was derailed: although I was knocked off track, tomorrow I will begin anew.
The best thing about failing, if there is a good thing about it... is that as long as a person is alive they can begin anew.
There is a reason I am writing about this now, rather than waiting until a pre-set date in the future (that I gave to myself) and then just announce whether or not I was able to accomplish what I wanted. In this way at some future time I will be able to look back and chart my progress, or lack thereof by my blog posts.
Charles Dickens, from one of my favorite writings by him... or at least the book I am quoting from has probably the best opening lines in all of literature. Anyway, in that book he said, "A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other." Have you ever noticed that... a person who you know so well that (to you) they are an open book, yet, at the same time they are still shrouded in mystery?
A Perry Mason episode is playing on television right now as I am typing this, and I am listening to it as I am also trying to finish this evening's blog. It's amazing what passed as "realistic" television 40 years ago. Even though it is a far-cry from good acting, I still like a lot of the old episodes.
I'm typing this blog on Deb's laptop. She is spending the night with Tammy. (Bob and the boys are on an overnight camping trip.) However, that is not why I am using this: because I really don't like laptops, but, my own computer is about ready to go to that big "computer graveyard" in the sky. Every few minutes, for no apparent reason, it keeps closing down all my open windows and then it reboots itself.
I will have an added incentive to finish what I started beginning tomorrow, at least I hope so. Regardless, even without it I still have a desire to try and see it through. With one eye on Perry cross examining a hostile witness, and with the the other eye I am hunting and pecking my way over an unfamiliar key pad, I have a question to ask. If God would reveal to us our own future, would you want to know what it was going to be?
Many years ago I thought I had all the answers... then, several weeks ago I understood that I had been asking the wrong questions? I determined to change that. I realized even then that there might be a few false starts in reaching my goals: but I am still resolute to try and see this through.
(I will have to work on this either later today, as it's morning now, or maybe tomorrow... Sunday. When I pick up where I am leaving off, I will leave this line of explanation in. I am going to do this so that any person reading this now will know that I haven't yet finished with this blog.)
I hope to try and explain
my own answer to the question I posed (the first time I started on
this blog) about knowing our future, and I will try and do it in a
way that might make some sense? In the Dickens's story, Scrooge is
visited by three ghosts. For me the most important is the last
apparition: in the story it is said that this spirit approaches,
"...like a mist upon the ground."
For the life of me I
could not imagine wanting to know the future, if the future which was
revealed was unalterable. I mean, who would want to see their life
played out if they knew that what they were witnessing would have to
remain unchanged. Unless, of course, your life and future would be
one of the few that seems to be perfect.
I do my best to
understand why things happen as they do... and even with long thought
and much study it seems that I can only echo the words of Penelope
Lively, "We make choices but are constantly foiled by
happenstance." I like that word, happenstance,
for it seems to (at times) fit perfectly into life.
Scrooge's only lament
about knowing his future would also be my own. He wanted to know if
what he was seeing in his own future "will be" or only
"might be?" The difference between will and
might could well be
the difference between a life happily or unhappily lived.
(I'll be looking to finish this the next time I write on my blog. After
I upload this small addition I will be saying Last Rites over my
computer (lol) before unplugging it... for good! I am hoping to have
my new one ready by Sunday after church. However, I still have two
tests to take before midnight on Sunday so I am not sure if I will finish this by then or not? In the last ten minutes this computer has
quit four separate times. It is now 12:30 am (Sunday morning) and I will upload this
and try to finish the rest of my blog as soon as possible. Have a
great day!)
OK, have you chosen? Would you want to know your future, even if it were unalterable? I'm not sure but I think if it were possible to know your future, and if any changes would be impossible to make... then I think it would lead to continual unhappiness in the present! (I awoke just a few minutes ago... it is 7:10 am Sunday morning and I decided to finish this blog before I showered and got ready for church. I am still using my crazy computer to write this: that is, if it will hold up for the next 20 minutes or so. I am picking up my new one after church and installing it this afternoon.)
On a different note, yesterday I was at the Ky State Fair. An old friend of mine who is now a missionary was back in town for the week and he and I worked the fair booth together. In four hours (together) we saw seven saved with quite a few more having been given some assurances. All-in-all it was a good day at the fair!
(My old friend Virgil is quietly snoring near my feet as I finish this up. I had closed my office door so I would not bother the girls as they are in the other room and getting ready for church. However, a persistent scratching on the door caused me to open it and he was staring at me with his (big) woeful eyes and apparently wondering "why" I was trying to keep him out? After I let him in he was sound asleep within two or three minutes. He's a great little guy!)
Usually I'd (like to) say by this time in my blog that I have reached some sort of a resolution in what I have been writing: but, I haven't... at least not yet. I don't suppose that in reality I can have a resolution without revealing more and at this time that would be impossible. It's sort of that whole "Catch-22" thing. (lol)
I can't say for sure... but tonight(?) hopefully I will have at least one of my short-term goals reached? Until I write again I'll leave you with some words from Walt Disney, "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE... THE MORE THEY REMAIN THE SAME
Monday August 20, 2012 8:03 pm
This morning is the first day of my fall classes and the first day of the Christian school at our church. I drove Deb in to church this morning as she will be keeping the nursery as school is in session. I also wanted to see the girls as they begin this new year. Tammy will be helping out in the school on Mondays' and Missy is the school's administrator.
As is usual the first day of the new year the early part of the day is held in the sanctuary as all of the rules and guidelines are gone over... again. I watched Missy speak for about an hour and I couldn't help but smile as it took me back to nearly 30 years ago, and I would have been doing something very similar. Although, truth-be-told I thought she did a better job of going over everything than I used to do it.
Six of the students who make up the student body of the Christian school (at this time) are our grandchildren. (Our other seven grandchildren are still too young to be in school.) Anyway, it was a fun morning for me to watch everything and then I had to leave for work. And now I am home and have to begin classes for my school. The very good news is that I am only taking two full-time classes and they are stretched out over a 16 week course: so, it should be very easy for me to get everything done.
I hope all who reads this has a great night!!!
R U READY???
Sunday August 19, 2012 9:33 am
Remember... not so very
long ago when everyone like me was mocked whenever the idea of
bar-coding and scanners was brought up to mean that it was an
end-time event? Twenty seven years ago was the first time I prepared
and delivered a message on implantation and the "mark of the
beast."
Perhaps a dozen or more
times since that first time I have had follow up messages as
technology has changed. I have done this to help bring to light the
advances being made so some people could at least see that the Bible
is being fulfilled, in order to prove that the end of days is quickly
approaching.
April of this year I
started a fourteen part series on this blog on the "Second Coming
of Christ," and I finished it in the middle of June. Since that
time I have seen similar stories like the one that follows.
I came across this news
story early this morning and I decided to pass it along for everyone
else to read, that is, if you haven't already seen it? Besides the
story line itself... there is something else I want you to take
special notice: it is the (Christian) woman who is being quoted in
the story. Please read carefully her words.
Now, I am not mocking her
as I point this out. I just want you to see how the devil guides his
writers and reporters in order to best frame a story. The devil
always picks a person for his writers to quote who is inarticulate or
uneducated. In this way he is hoping that the average person who
reads the story and is lost will be less likely to accept whatever
truth the Christian is expressing. You will see this exact same truth
being played out in all news stories, sitcoms, movies, advertising,
etc. (The Christian will always be the one who is made to look
foolish.)
Keep in mind as you read
stories like this one and pay special attention to the argument for
such devices... it will always be about the money! In the end, that
is how the devil will try to "force" everyone to receive
"the mark." Money will also be the reason why the lost
people will eventually turn on everyone who refuses to take such
marks or refuses to buy and sell goods with these same type of
devices. They will turn on Christians because they will be seen as
the group that is holding back technology and costing the average
person money through lost revenue and taxes.
I first saw certain
television commercials being played about twenty-five years ago and I
saw then how they would be used to set people up for a "cashless"
society. Those particular commercials showed elderly people acting
fearful as they scurried to the bank carrying their Social Security
checks in order to make a deposit. The commercial was encouraging
them to get a direct deposit. Of course, from there they were
encouraged to carry plastic instead of cash: of course, in that way
all purchases could be tracked.
So, society goes from
cash to plastic, and then from plastic we are being encouraged to go
to "wallet-free" buying with bar-codes, palm scanners, etc.
(In my blog on the Second Coming of Christ I go more in depth with
Tommy Thompson (encouraging all public school children to be
implanted) and the industries today that are using implanted devices
on humans in order to sell their products: they are doing this with a
simple scan of their arms.)
Also, be sure and take
special notice in the story that I have uploaded and see that it says
that parents can "opt out" of the program. In another spot
it reads that this program is "voluntary." However, if you
believe nothing else I have ever written... please believe this. What
today can be "opted out" and is only "voluntary"
... tomorrow, will be forced upon everyone!
In my blog on Christ's
Second Coming I did include a likely season and year in the not too
distant future when I believe He might return? However, I also
believe it could be today. So, I hope everyone has put their faith in
Christ and is ready? (You might need to copy and paste the address below in order to read the story.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/17/palm-scanners-to-pay-for-_n_1799735.html
DOGS, FLOWERS, BIKE RIDE, WEIGHTS (and) SWEET TEA
Thursday August 16, 2012 1:41 pm
I like days like this!
Earlier this morning we had taken Virgil and Stella for a walk, near
where we live. Even though it was not that hot this morning I find
that I am always taking him to places where there are equal parts
shade as well as sunshine. The poor little guy gets hot rather easily
now.
The last mayor we had...
who I am happy to report lost his job, had torn up my favorite park
shortly before he was voted out of office: so, I can no longer take
Virgil there. Anyway, this morning we ended up in a field that
borders some woods and it is an area that is not well-cared for and
there is always trash discarded in different places. However, in spite
of that there is still some natural beauty if a person looks for it.
I saw at least a half-dozen different wildflowers growing in clusters
on the hillside, and there were three that I recognized... I think?
(Watercress, Cat's Ear, and Aster.) Deb thinks the blue flower was
Cornflower... but, I think it was Aster. Either way, the flowers that
grow wild in the fields of Southern Indiana rivals anything you might
find growing in the well-cared for flower gardens of many homes in
our town.
After we got back I had
to drop Deb off at the church and then I came home to ride my bike:
about twenty minutes ago I finished with a very quick (for me) 17
mile bike ride. I wanted to take a short break before I go out back
to lift a little and I thought I would write. You know, I'm sitting here and just thinking and I had the thought that I can't
imagine men who are retired from work becoming bored with their
lives. If I didn't still have a job, I would fill my days with
activities like this morning and keep busy doing the things I like.
Well, I suppose I am
rested enough to go out back now... after I am done with everything I am going to reward myself with a tall cold glass of sweet tea, full of crushed ice! I hope all who reads this has a
good day and is able to enjoy the sunshine, it's really a splendid
day outside!
I ALWAYS GO TOO FAR (:
Sunday August 12, 2012 6:53 pm
Today, a little before
lunch time an elderly lady stopped beside the desk in my department. I am
guessing that she was somewhere in her late 80's to early 90's, and
she was using a walker. With the tip of her walker she indicated the
anti-fatigue mat I was standing on and she asked, "Do women get
their high heeled shoes caught in that thing?" (My mat is the
type that has a lot of small holes woven throughout.)
I explained that because
it is behind my counter that customers do not have easy access, and
the girl (Dana) who works in our department does not wear heels at
work. "No," I finished with, "that usually isn't a problem."
Then she said, "For
31 years when I was young I used to travel all over this country with
my daddy. He was a payroll agent for the railroad you know." She
continued, "He used to say..." (At this point she deepened
her voice and I imagine she was trying to recall and imitate the
sound of her father's voice.) 'Now, Honey... don't you quit your
job."'
I smiled and said, "Well,
that sounds like real good advice your daddy gave you."
At this time an older
couple (probably in their mid to late 60's) came up behind her... she had come in with them. My best guess is that they were husband and wife and
this elderly lady was mother to one of them. I searched their faces
trying to see a resemblance... but I'm not very good at that and it could have been either one. The
wife(?) asked me a question about a faucet they had been looking at
and I gave her an answer. They returned to look at it again. This
entire exchange lasted maybe 15 seconds while the very old lady who
was now leaning on her walker had been staring at me.
As soon as they left she
leaned in closer toward me and said, "For 31 years when I was
young I used to travel all over this country with my daddy. He was a
payroll agent for the railroad you know. Then she paused before
continuing, "He used to say, 'Now Honey... don't you quit your
job."'
I paused for just a
minute trying to be certain the words I should use. Then I smiled and
said, "Well, that sounds like real good advice your daddy gave
you."
She smiled and nodded at
me as the couple returned to lead her away. For the next minute
or so I watched her back and the small baby-steps she took with her
walker, until all three disappeared down another aisle.
I suppose it should have
ended there... just a sad case of someone suffering from some form of
dementia. But, it is hard for me to not try and think things through
and I began to wonder how many countless times she has probably used
those same sentences with family members, and even complete strangers?
And I wondered why, if she has
forgotten so many other things... "why" were those two
thoughts so important? My best guess, though I'll never know for
certain, is that she must have had a wonderful time with her father
while still a young girl, and 'traveling all over the country with her
daddy.'
The reason I think this...
is that even when she was older and had a job of her own, she was
still mindful of her father's words and advice to not quit her job.
Then, after I had
"figured" her out... I internalized her predicament and
wondered to myself if I ever lived long enough to develop dementia,
what would I keep repeating? Something I had always loved... thought
about? Within a second or two I knew what it might be? Then, that is
when I always go too far in my mind and I take a stranger's sad
illness and I try to find some humor.
Back home, Preacher used to say that he, "... had only one string on his guitar." He was always talking (or thinking) about soul-winning and that is what He meant by only one string... or one continual thought. My next thought was, "Uh-oh!"
(What if my "one string" or one thought is something that I keep saying to those around me that I most probably
shouldn't?)
Many years ago there was
a girl I knew in Parkersburg who was named Tonda Mowry. Until lunch
time today I hadn't even thought of her since 1966 or so? I was
probably ten or 11 and I used to go to her house and that is where I
learned to play Gin rummy, on Tonda's front porch. That long summer
instead of playing games to 500 points we would have marathon
sessions to 5,000 points. (Hang with me... there is a reason I am
telling you this.)
Living beside Tonda was a
very old man, and he was blind. Tonda and I would sometimes go to
their porch and play cards on their front steps. We mainly played there because his wife
would bring tall glasses of sweet tea with ice for us to drink while we
played. (I think she was glad for us to be there because it gave her
husband company as he sat in his chair and rocked.) More often than
not, after his wife would go inside the old man would begin to cry
softly (I guess so his wife wouldn't hear him) and he would ask us to
take him away because his wife always beat him once he was alone with her in the house.
Now, Tonda and I had heard
him say many things that we absolutely knew were not true: so, we
really didn't believe that either. But, here is why I told you that
story. If I live into my nineties: become decrepit, senile, and I begin
to repeat things that might not be appreciated by everyone... I might
become just like that old man. I'll be sitting on my porch and begging the
young neighborhood children who come by to take me away because I get
beat every time I go back inside!
I am now off to my living room... I have an exercise bike in there and I am going to ride for awhile. Maybe... just maybe... with enough energy drinks consumed and lots of exercise I might be able to keep my mind sharp and I will always be able to filter my thoughts before speaking. I'd hate to take several beatings when I'm close to a hundred and not even understand why it's happening. (lol)
"SHOWER" OF BLESSING?
Sunday August 12, 2012 7:07 am
What's your favorite
season of the year? Undoubtedly mine is the fall! I know I am rushing
things a little because we will still have some hot and steamy days
during August. However, early this morning I was up to stargaze and I
also let Virgil and Stella out in the backyard... and it felt like
early fall! It was dark outside so I was standing on the back stoop without a
shirt and in less than a minute I started shivering... it was
great!!!
I suppose at odd times we
all have unusual thoughts? At least I sort of hope so: otherwise it
is just me, and that thought I don't like so much. Anyway... the
morning seemed perfect to me as I stood there looking up and enjoying
the crisp air and I suddenly thought, "I hope when it comes my
time to die that it isn't the fall of the year."
I'm not sure why that was
my thought, but I suppose it is because my favorite memories I have
stored in my mind revolve around that season, and it would trouble me
to miss out on that time of the year. Well, truth-be-told it would
only bother me until I took my last breath... then, I would no longer
be troubled by that. (lol)
Well... did any of you
stay up late or (on purpose) awake early to try and see any of the
Perseid meteor shower? There are times in life when simple things
like that... awaking early and trying to see a natural phenomenon can
bring moments of unexpected pleasure. I hope all of you are taking
advantage of events like this.
Because I was awake anyway I decided I
would read until time to leave for work. After I finished I saw that
I still had a little time so I decided to write this blog. Now,
aren't you glad (:
Have a great day!!!!!!!
):
Friday August 10, 2012 11:21 pm
I have to be up in just a few hours (4:00 am) as I have a six o'clock time to start work... but, I wanted to post something before I turned in for the night. A few minutes ago I watched something very sad, it was a video tape. I had heard that it was out there,
but I had never taken the necessary time to watch it. Having now just finished it, whoever this judge Watkins is... he is a complete idiot! (Apart
from that, the situation itself is tragic.) Can you imagine a fool
like Watkins presiding over anything. It is no wonder that people in
other parts of the country mock the intelligence of certain people
who live in West Virginia.
I lived in that state for many
years, and I still think of it as "home..." but,
there are times when I hear fools speak (Watkins) that I wonder how
in the world did men like that ever make it through school? And of course, it
is men like that who holds a job that you hope they are qualified
for? Anyway, men like Watkins is why the phrase "dumb hillbilly"
came into being. My best guess is that Watkins is a product of too
close breeding in his family's lineage. Remember: cousins, and
brothers and sisters, should not marry each other: it is their poor
mentally impaired offspring, e.g. men like judge Watkins, who must suffer through life with their mental disabilities.
One more thing, having
known (well) the defendant in the case I know there are times he can
be exasperating: nonetheless, if I still had any respect left for the
ex-wife in this case, and I'm not certain that I did... I have zero for
her now.
THE WISDOM OF CHILDREN
Thursday August 9, 2012 7:35 pm
Kids are a lot of fun, and also
interesting to listen to them talking... especially if they are not
really caring who is listening to what is said.
Deb had gone to King's Island early
this morning with Tammy and her family and several young people from
the church: so, this evening after work I stopped at Steph's for a few
minutes. The three oldest girls wanted to come home with me so as we
were heading out the door Hallie asked me a question.
"Papaw, do you believe in the
tooth fairy or the tangle fairy?" I certainly had heard of the
tooth fairy, but the 'tangle fairy' was a new one for me.
"No Hal... I don't guess I do.
But, what is a tangle fairy?" She explained that they get into
bed with you as you sleep and mess up your hair. Well, even though I
don't suppose I have ever met a tangle fairy I at least could
understand how they got their name.
Hazel had been listening to this and in
a 'big girl' voice with an adorable lisp she said, "Hallie... I
don't believe in any of them, except I believe in God." At that
time I suppose in Hazel's mind everything was now settled and she
pushed past Hallie to step outside... but Hallie wasn't through.
"Well," Hallie said, "Do
you believe in werewolves?"
Without missing a beat Hazel answered,
"Well sure!"
I guess no tangle or tooth fairies for
Hazel... but werewolves, "Well sure!"
I am listening to all of this and
smiling and I look ahead at Rachel who is about three steps ahead and without saying a word
she is just shaking her head 'no.' I guess at nine years of age
certain conversations are just too silly to be involved with.
As I sit here and type the girls are in the other room and they are watching
something on Netflix, and every once in awhile I hear them giggling...
it's really cute. One more thing. At least for now... two days and
counting, Rachel is vegetarian. It seems that the other night her dad brought home a baby
pig, in a see-through bag, and a sheep's brain and one eye for one of
his college classes. (They are using them for dissection.) I guess
(for Rachel) knowing that meat comes from animals and actually SEEING
an animal that it comes from are two very different things!
CONNECTED?
Tuesday August 7, 2012 8:57 pm
Is it possible that we
are all connected in ways that science could never measure? Last
night I had a dream, and the person who was in it I probably hadn't thought about in the last ten years and I hadn't seen since
Steph graduated from high-school. We had a large gathering and a
party for Steph's entire class and that is the last time I had seen
this person. My dream was innocent, and in it we were just sitting at an
airport and talking. (The only reason I knew it was an airport was
that over her shoulder I could see planes taking off and landing.)
After I awoke from my
dream the rest of my morning was typical of so many others. (Shower,
dress, go to work, etc.) A few minutes before lunch, the person I had
not seen in more than a dozen years and had not even thought about for
nearly that same period of time... walked into the department where I
work! Now, how is that even possible?
We had a great
conversation as we talked about old-times. Evidently a couple of
weeks ago she had seen one of the girls post something on FB and she
said that got her thinking about things, and she was in the area
anyway and just wanted to stop in and say hello.
Do you think it's
possible that when we think of someone... somehow they know it? I
know that coincidences are possible? But, doesn't that seem as
remarkable to you (who are reading this) as it does to me? I mean,
not seeing or hearing from someone for years... have a dream about them, and then
actually see them later the same day!
Anyway, it might only be
me, but I was sort of weirded out by that for the rest of the day.
On another note I drank
something today I had not tried before. A sales rep had dropped off a
couple of cases of Red Bull (energy drink) and left them in the
refrigerator at work. According to the information on the can it is
supposed to make a person think more clearly? I thought, "Well,
that certainly couldn't hurt?" I drank one and waited a few
minutes and I could tell absolutely no difference. So, I tried
another, and I have to say that honestly... I can still tell no
difference whatsoever? Do you think that would make me a bad
spokesperson for their company if I were to ever try and advertise
their product? (lol) Anyway, as long as they are free and still in the
break-room I will drink them, but I'm pretty confident I would never
buy one.
ABORTION ARGUMENT
Friday August 3, 2012 10:12 pm
There was a time many years ago when those who are for abortion on demand had a little wiggle-room. That was because it seemed the only large group who was against their actions were the "religious' bloc... and after all, what did they care what God or any of His people think about anything?
For years they had many in the medical community coming out and saying there was no way for any person to really be able to say for certain when human life began? Now though, for at least the past 30 years they no longer have that lie to hide behind. For it seems that ALL men and women who have given their lives to studying human life are with one voice saying the exact same thing: LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION, NOT AT BIRTH!!!
It's amazing to me that any mother could destroy her baby without doing any research on how abortion began in this country or who was the driving force behind it and what were their goals? Even a casual study will prove that Margaret Sanger was an avowed racist who hated blacks and the poor. Of course, Planned Parenthood (the group she co-founded) is today in America almost exclusively located in poor and black communities. Her goal was to eradicate the race and to a great degree even in her death... she is succeeding. Blacks, by a very large number are statistically killing their offspring while still in the womb in far greater numbers than any other race! Look at the number of black babies being killed before birth, then compare that to other races and see what you get? Remember, there is not nearly as many blacks in America as there are whites? That is why, statistically speaking, many more black babies are being murdered than other races.
I will now post the last paper I sent to my English class to be peer reviewed. One more thing... On my own computer the formatting was correct: however, after I sent it off and retrieved it, because their computer and mine are not compatible it returns with errors in spacing, etc. Sorry about that ):
The Issue of Abortion...
Which Side Are You On?
Week 15 Final Argument
Robin Johnson
Professor ..........
English 111
... .... Community College
As a teenager,
I saw a nation go from abortion being illegal, to becoming legal:
then grudgingly accepted... and now, in certain circles it is being
pushed as a way of population control. Regardless your personal views
on this subject, a satisfactory conclusion (for the majority of the
people) must be reached in order for this country to move forward in
a more positive direction.
Not only in our
own country, but in many parts of the world a real battle still rages
on this issue of abortion, and I believe it always will: as all sides
involved have their own strongly held beliefs. That is why I think
the most sane thing to do within our own country, is to (once again)
allow the voters of individual states to decide where they stand on
this issue.
I
also believe that abortion is an issue that every single person in
this country ought to care passionately about, and that would be true
even if you have no vested interest in it. The reason for that is
there are politicians who will legislate, and make laws which will
ultimately affect every single American: and some of those men and
women who are being elected to public office are being elected solely
on the basis of which side of the fence they are on for this issue of
abortion on demand.
Because
there is a great divide in our country on the idea of abortion, I
believe there is coming a day when "abortion on demand"
will be legally revisited: when that day happens, politician's who
are in power need to view this subject in a different light than most
of them do today. I believe those men and women who hold political
offices needs to lay aside their own views, and biases, and legislate
for the majority of the American people.
The truth that
we are a deeply divided country is seen by the fact that a large
percentage of Americans have chosen to live in communities and states
where people who hold like-minded values also live. The fact that we
are deeply divided is most readily seen during an election year, as
maps of America are marked off in colors of red and blue. You will
see that many people who will vote for a conservative
politician have congregated together and they live in states which
have been designated as "red states." On the other side you
have people who have also congregated together because of their own
beliefs and many of them live in "blue states."
The
divide is such that there are states in America (blue) where the
majority of voters believe it is the sole right and discretion of the
mother to make the decision to carry, or not to carry a child to
full-term, and because of that they would vote for politicians who
would uphold their own views. It is also true that there are states
in America (red) where the majority of voters believe it is not the
mother's sole right to determine whether or not to carry her baby to
full-term, and because of that they would vote for politicians who
would uphold their own views. It is time that politicians recognize
this fact and place power back into the hands of the individual
states, and the people who have chosen to reside there.
As
we have already learned in this class, there are usually more than
two sides to any given issue: however, the two main sides for this
issue are that the life of an un-birthed baby ought to be
protected... and the other point of view is that it is the sole right
of the mother to decide the fate of her own child.
Many
people who oppose abortion on demand do so for reasons of religious
beliefs or statements of faith. In Washington, D.C. on October 7,
1979 Pope John Paul II said, "All human life--from the moment of
conception and through all subsequent stages--is sacred, because
human life is created in the image and likeness of God. Nothing
surpasses the greatness or dignity of a human person... if a person's
right to life is violated at the moment in which he is first
conceived in his mother's womb, an indirect blow is struck at the
whole moral order."
Of
course, there are also voices from those who believe it is a woman's
sole right to carry her baby or not. Edward Abbey (American author)
said, "Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she
wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the
state."
In
America we have had a long history with abortion. Margaret Sanger
(co-founder of Planned Parenthood) had a desire to eradicate those
she thought especially unfit to live and (or) reproduce. Her
writing's and public speeches are awash with her apparent hatred of
minorities, especially blacks and the very poor.
The first
abortion clinic she started was in Harlem, New York. The reason she
wanted to start her first clinic there was that of the 330,000 blacks
who lived in New York in 1929, almost 70 percent of the total
population of blacks were in Harlem (Green). Even today, in America
2012 all but a small handful of Planned Parenthood clinics are in
predominantly black areas. The purpose, of course, is so that those
Sanger believed were less fit to live, e.g., blacks and poor... would
have easy access to abortion clinics.
"In 1929,
10 years before Sanger created the Negro Project, the ABCL laid the
groundwork for a clinic in Harlem, a largely black section of New
York City. It was the dawn of the Great Depression, and for blacks
that meant double the misery. Blacks faced harsher conditions of
desperation and privation because of widespread racial prejudice and
discrimination. From the ABCL’s perspective, Harlem was the ideal
place for this "experimental clinic," which officially
opened on November 21, 1930" (Green).
What seems odd
to many, and I must include myself in that group, is the large number
of people within the black community who seem to embrace the idea of
abortion on demand. The reason that I, and others like me find this
peculiar is that a disproportionate number of black babies are being
aborted. I believe the reason why many blacks also joined with
Sanger's idea of terminating their offspring might be best explained
by the following quote.
"Many blacks looked to escape
their adverse circumstances and therefore did not recognize the
eugenic undercurrent of the clinic. The clinic relied on the
generosity of private foundations to remain in business. In addition to being
thought of as "inferior" and disproportionately represented
in the underclass, according to the clinic’s own files used to
justify its "work," blacks in Harlem: were segregated in an
over-populated area (224,760 of 330,000 of greater New York’s black
population lived in Harlem during the late 1920s and 1930s);
comprised 12 percent of New York City’s population, but accounted
for 18.4 percent of New York City’s unemployment; had an infant
mortality rate of 101 per 1000 births, compared to 56 among whites;
had a death rate from tuberculosis–237 per 100,000–that was
highest in central Harlem, out of all of New York City" (Green).
Margaret Sanger was a devotee of
Thomas Robert Malthus. Malthus taught what would later be termed
eugenics, i.e., selective breeding among humans to develop a better
race: he wanted to force those whom he considered not to be "worthy"
of life... to live lives of celibacy: in this way their line(s) would
eventually die off.
In Matthus's Magnum Opus, An Essay
on the Principle of Population he wrote: "All children born,
beyond what would be required to keep up the population to a desired
level, must necessarily perish, unless room is made for them by the
deaths of grown persons. We should facilitate, instead of foolishly
and vainly endeavoring to impede, the operations of nature in
producing mortality" (Green).
Author Grant, in attempting to
dissuade the black race from accepting these ideas calls this,
"scientific racism" (Green). He said that Malthus's form of
racism is based on genes, rather than skin color or language.
In an article entitled The Negro
Project, Mr. Grant writes: "The issue is not 'color of skin' or
'dialect of tongue,'" but quality of genes. Therefore, as long
as blacks, Jews, and Hispanics demonstrate 'a good quality gene pool
-- as long as they 'act white and think white' -- then they are
esteemed equally with Aryans. As long as they are, as Margaret Sanger
said, 'the best of their race,' then they can be [counted] as
valuable citizens. By the same token, "individual whites"
who shoe (sic) "dysgenic
traits" must also have their fertility "curbed right along
with the other 'inferiors and undesirables'" (Green).
The two sides on the abortion issue
that are the most talked about are the "pro-life" and
"pro-choice" movements: however, there is a "third-side"
to the abortion issue, and this side (in my opinion) is the most
heinous, e.g., forced-abortions! The idea of forced abortions and
sterilizations put forth in theory by men like Malthus, Dr.
Guttmacher, and certain women like Sanger, we now see being put forth
in practice in countries like China and India. Officially speaking,
both countries have policies against forcing girls to abort their
babies, albeit, the practice continues unabated.
Within the last week
there was another high-profile case that was an Internet sensation.
This particular story is of a young Chinese girl being kidnapped, and
then forced to terminate her baby: along with the story there were
pictures of this 22-year-old girl... and lying beside her was her
dead baby.
"Officials in Zhenping county
had claimed that Feng agreed to have an abortion, after repeated
persuasion." But her husband, Deng Jiyuan, said she had been
hooded, abducted and forcibly injected to induce the abortion after
the couple failed to pay a 40,000 yuan fine for breaking family
planning laws. He said they could not afford to do so. His sister
said on Tuesday he had called her to say he was safe but that she did
not know where he was" (Branagan).
Those who believe the only way for
the world to continue for future generations think that countries
have both the right, and a duty to limit the number of people who are
born. For people on that side of the issue they applaud stories like
what was just related about the young Chinese couple. On the other
side of this volatile issue there are those who believe that a child
in the womb is a life which is God-given, therefore, no one but God
has the right to take that life.
For
me, one of the the biggest concerns with the whole idea of abortion
on demand is the "slippery- slope argument:" simply stated,
it is the idea that once and action has begun it will inevitably lead
to unintended consequences. For example: those on the liberal side of
this issue use the catch-phrase,
"pro-choice"
to designate their own position on abortion. However, for those
people... where is the "choice" for girls like Feng, of
China?
Whether or not it was ever intended by some on the left to call for
forced abortions is immaterial... that is what abortion on demand has
gravitated to: remember, the 'slippery-slope' always has unintended
consequences.
At a
1969 White House conference on hunger, and a panel that was entitled
"Pregnant and Nursing Women and Infants," headed by Planned
Parenthood's Dr. Alan Guttmacher and Dr. Charles U. Lowe of the
Department of Health, Education and Welfare's National Institutes of
Health (NIH) gave the following recommendations: [This panel
recommends] (1) mandatory abortion for any unmarried girl found to be
within the first three months of pregnancy, and (2) mandatory
sterilization of any such girl giving birth out of wedlock for a
second time" (Handler).
(It
is important to remember that whenever you read of such men (as
Guttmacher) and such committees (as the White House conference on
hunger) that this is not Communist China, or India, where these ideas
are being discussed... rather it is modern day America.)
For
me, the entire issue of abortion on demand comes down to one single
thought. If we could with certainty know when human
life begins, then surely all but the most callous of human beings
would not want that life to end before it has even begun its journey?
I suppose that from lay-people to theologians, it seems that all of
us have our own opinions on when life begins? What if we could know?
Do you believe such certain knowledge would make a difference
for those who might consider having an abortion: that is, if they
honestly knew that a life had begun, and that what was growing in
their womb was not merely, "fetal-tissue?"
In
order to know wouldn't it make sense that you would turn to those who
would be truly expert in understanding
human life? There is a group of people who their field of expertise
is understanding life and when it begins... and would you believe
there is a true consensus among them as to when human life begins?
This group I am writing about and who are experts all say the very
same
thing:
human life begins at conception!
Many
theologians are on the "right-to-life" side of the issue,
however, they might well have their own agenda, and because of that
their opinions on this issue might not carry as much weight? On the
other side, "pro-choice" people like those of Planned
Parenthood and like-minded individuals also have their own agendas,
e.g., sexual freedom and gratification without worry, and (or)
population control.
Because both groups, "pro-choice" & "pro-life"
have their own agendas, they sometimes slant facts and news stories:
in addition they cloud the issue in other ways to support their own
causes. But, what if there were a group of educated men and women who
are completely diverse in their personal lives, from agnostics to
devout believers, and their only agenda is to study and present their
findings... wouldn't that be a group of experts who ought to be
believed?
The
group I am referring are called: biologists, and geneticists. In
April (23-24) 1981 a Senate Judiciary subcommittee held hearings in
Washington D.C. on this one subject only, "When does human life
begin?" By the end of the hearing a consensus had been reached,
human life begins at the instant of conception.
French geneticist Dr. Jerome Lejeune, discoverer of Down's Syndrome
said, "If a fertilized egg is not by itself a full human being
it could not become a man, because something would have to be added
to it, and we know that does not happen... This is not opinion; it is
a fact" (Alcorn).
Dr.
Landrum Shettles, who has been called the, "Father of In Vitro
Fertilization," stated the following; "Conception confers
life and makes that life one of a kind" (Alcorn).
Dr.
Michelle M. Matthews-Roth, from Harvard Medical School, confirmed
that testimony and gave support with more than 20 embryology and
medical textbooks, which all confirm the following truth; life begins
at conception (Alcorn). Roth stated, "It
is incorrect to say that biological data cannot be decisive... it is
scientifically correct to say that an individual human life begins at
conception... Our laws, one function of which is to help preserve the
lives of our people, should be based on accurate scientific data"
(Alcorn).
Dr.
Hymie Gordon, Chairman, of the Department of Genetics -- Mayo Clinic
said, "By all the criteria of modern molecular biology, life is
present from the moment of conception" (Alcorn).
At
this same committee Leo Schneider (famed mathematician) said, "You
are composed of trillions of cells now, but at one time in your life
you were just a single cell. It is important to realize that even as
that single cell 'you' were informationally complete and unique, with
sufficient content to fill "1000" volumes of Encyclopedia
Britannica" (Alcorn).
Dr.
Alfred Bongiovanni, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
concluded by saying, "I
have learned from my earliest medical education that human life
begins at the time of conception... I submit that human life is
present throughout this entire sequence from conception to adulthood
and that any interruption at any point throughout this time
constitutes a termination of human life... I am no more
prepared to say that these early stages represent an incomplete human
being than I would say that the child prior to the dramatic effects
of puberty... is not a human being" (Alcorn).
The
late Dr. Daniel C. Overduin, the well-known Australian Lutheran
theologian, once said that the best way to be able to answer the
question regarding the beginning of life is simply by going backward
in time. He quotes from Scientists for Life in the Position of Modern
Science on the Beginning of Human Life:
"Before you were an adult, you were an adolescent, and before
that a child, and before that an infant. Before you were an infant--
i.e., before you were birthed-- you were a fetus, and before that an
embryo. Before you were an embryo, around the time of your own
implantation, you were a blastocyst, and before that a morula, and
before that a zygote or fertilized ovum. Therefore, while life is
continuous, your life began when the nucleus of your father's sperm
fused with nucleus of your mother's ovum, or at fertilization"
(Prestwich).
"Biologically
there is no argument about when a new human life begins; it begins --
as all scientific data prove -- at conception (fertilization). No
reputable scientist denies this" (Prestwich).
Dr.
Watson A. Bowes, University of Colorado Medical School: "The
beginning of a single human life is from a biological point of view a
simple and straightforward matter--the beginning is conception. This
straightforward biological fact should not be distorted to serve
sociological, political, or economic goals" (Alcorn).
A
prominent physician points out that at these Senate Hearings,
"Pro-abortionists, though invited to do so, failed to produce
even a single expert witness who would specifically testify that life
begins at any other point than conception or implantation. Only one
witness said no one can tell when life begins" (Alcorn).
Ashley
Montague, a geneticist and professor at Harvard and Rutgers, is
unsympathetic to the prolife cause. Nevertheless, he affirms,
unequivocally, "The basic fact is simple: Life begins not at
birth, but conception" (Alcorn).
Dr.
Bernard Nathanson, internationally known obstetrician and
gynecologist, was a co-founder of what
is now the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). He owned
and operated what was at the time the largest abortion clinic in the
western hemisphere. He was directly involved in over sixty
thousand
abortions (Alcorn).
Dr.
Nathanson's study of developments in the science of fetology and his
use of ultrasound to observe the unborn child in the womb led him to
the conclusion that he had made a horrible mistake. Resigning from
his lucrative position, Nathanson wrote in the New England Journal of
Medicine that he was deeply troubled by his "increasing
certainty that I had in fact presided over 60,000 deaths"
(Alcorn).
In
his film, "The Silent Scream," Nathanson later stated,
"Modern technologies have convinced us that beyond question the
unborn child is simply another human being, another member of the
human community, indistinguishable in every way from any of us."
Dr. Nathanson wrote "Aborting America" to inform the public
of the realities behind the abortion rights movement of which he had
been a primary leader. At the time Dr. Nathanson was an atheist. His
conclusions were not even remotely religious, but squarely based on
the biological facts (Alcorn).
The reason people like these men and women, and all
biologists and geneticists ought to be believed is that they have no
agenda in presenting their findings. They are scientists from all
walks of life and every one states the same truth. While it is true
that the battle on abortion still continues, those men and women who
are experts in the study of human life all speak in the very same
voice; human life begins at conception!
Both
sides, and at different times claim some victories. In 2007 there was
a victory for those who are against abortion as a 5-4 vote by the
Supreme Court struck down a bill that (then) President Clinton had
twice upheld with his veto power. The excerpt which follows is part
of a speech given by the president of Operation Rescue.
"We're moving beyond putting
roadblocks in front of abortions to actually preventing them,"
said Newman, president of Operation Rescue, a national
abortion--rights opponent group based in Wichita, Kansas. "This
swings the door wide open" (Stephanie Simon).
The vote the Justices upheld was a
federal ban on a procedure critics call "partial-birth"
abortion, "... which involves partially delivering the fetus,
then crushing its skull. "... the ruling included strong
language asserting the state's 'legitimate, substantial interest in
preserving and promoting fetal life'" (Stephanie Simon).
In my argument paper I am to try
and present as fairly as possible what would be considered the
"pro-choice" side of the abortion issue. In my attempt to
do this I typed in several searches for reasons "why"
people want to keep abortion legal? Of the nine sites I read, there
are certain statements that are repeatedly made as to why abortion
ought to remain legal: rape, incest, and health of the mother, and
(or) baby, were the four dominant themes.
Even myself, a person who is
against abortion on demand, could understand the angst any mother
would be facing with a pregnancy because of an incestuous act, or a
rape. I also would understand how frightening it would be to attempt
to carry a child and knowing that your own life might be in danger,
or there might be a potential handicap for an un-birthed child? So, I
concede that there are times when abortion is not as black-and-white
as what is sometimes portrayed by both sides.
In trying to put a figure to the
number of abortions that are carried out in this country on an annual
basis because of any of the four situations involving rape, incest,
or health of the mother or baby... I found two, of the nine sites I
visited which helped the most.
In a further attempt to be "fair"
to the other side, I purposefully am only recording information from
two sites that promoted abortion, or at least they did not appear to
be against it? I figured by doing it this way they would not have any
reason to inflate their figures?
1% of all abortions occur because of rape or incest; 6% occur because of potential health problems, either the mother or the child, and 93% occur for social reasons (i.e. the child is unwanted or inconvenient (Guttmacher).
If the number of abortions are accurate, as reported by WebMd and the statistics, and percentages why women get abortions are accurate ... then, there are 84,000 babies (in America) each year who are aborted because a mother has been raped, or involved in incest, or their health is threatened, or there is reason to believe their child would be seriously handicapped at birth?
That would mean that every year in America there are 1,116,000 (one million, one hundred and sixteen thousand) babies who are being aborted for reasons other than the four named reasons why the proponents of "pro-choice" claim they want abortions to remain legal.
I don't suppose there is any possible way to put an exact number for how many abortions there has been in America for (social reasons) since Roe v. Wade in 1973, but, if the number of annual abortions stated by WebMd is accurate, I can extrapolate backwards and make an educated guess. In the past 39 years there would have been approximately 45,000,000 babies who have been aborted in America simply because the child is, "... unwanted or inconvenient" (Guttmacher).
The number of babies who would have been aborted in that same period for the four named reasons as to why abortions ought to remain legal: rape, incest, health of mother, or possible handicap of the child --- there would have been only, 3,250,000 abortions.
In conclusion, it is at least worth mentioning in my argumant paper on abortion that the woman who was "Roe" (Leah McCorvey) in the landmark case Roe v. Wade never had an abortion herself, and many years ago changed her mind about the idea of abortion. Please read carefully the epiphany she had, and what, in her own words, caused her to change her mind.
McCorvey,
who did not have an abortion but rather gave her child up for
adoption as her case wound toward the Supreme Court, did not pinpoint
a specific date when she changed her mind about abortion but
suggested to ABC News that she had been troubled one day when she
noticed some empty swings in a Dallas playground (Verhovek).
"They were swinging back and forth but they were all empty and I just totally lost it," she said. "And I thought, Oh my God, the playgrounds are empty because there's no children, because they've all been aborted" (Verhovek).
The battle
still rages... as all sides continue to weigh in, and that is why I
believe the written law of abortion on demand needs to be returned to
individual states and the people who have chosen to live in those
states. That is the only way that the majority of Americans might
reach a happy medium where both sides gets something that they like.
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A - B - B
Thursday August 2, 2012 7:49 pm
I just got home from work a few minutes ago and I decided to write, because I have my final grades in for the summer semester... sort of? There isn't anything in the official transcript yet, but I have a percentage counter on my own site and I can average what has been reported for myself.
There is still one assignment in a class that has not yet been graded, but, even if I get the full 30 points possible, or a zero, as far as my grades in that class it would only raise or lower my average by a couple of percentage points and I will still be at a "B."
So, I finished this summer with one A and two B's. Those marks are nothing to write home about, but I had earlier said that I would report whatever it was that I had gotten. I think for my next post I am going to submit my final paper I turned in for "Argument" in my English class. Overall, I got 'dinged' fairly heavily and I was hoping with a good mark on that paper I would maintain a low "A." Instead, with the marks I received I dropped into a "B."
Part of it was my ongoing problem with my computer and theirs not being compatible, and it definitely messed with me and caused certain formatting problems. However, I am also certain the subject matter was probably not all that appreciated... or at least the side I chose to align myself with.
Anyway, unless something else comes up first that I think I would like to blog about... I will post my paper on abortion the next time I write.
IT'S A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE
Wednesday August 1, 2012 8:21 pm
Well, I did something today that I had
never before done in my life... I ate at a Chick-fil-A restaurant.
Admittedly they do not have much on their menu that I can eat, but I
did find a yogurt parfait which was awfully good.
The only time I had ever before been in
one of their establishments was one time I found an expensive phone
in the parking lot and upon calling one of the numbers in its memory
I found it belonged to the wife of the man who owns the local
franchise in Clarksville. That day I took it to the store and handed
it to an employee. That was my extent of anything to do with
Chick-fil-A until this afternoon at about three o'clock.
Normally I would never have waited in a
line that stretched all the way out the door, but I really wasn't
there for the food. I was there to support the idea of free-speech.
We never coordinated or planned it this way, but once I was actually
inside the restaurant I saw that Steph and Roger were there with all
of their children. Missy had called me at work early that morning and
said if I was going there at some time during the day to be prepared
for a long wait, as she was in their drive-thru for a long time. I
also know that at some time during the day, Tammy went there to eat
as well.
Whether you agree or not with the
sentiments expressed by Dan Cathy is immaterial. (I happen to agree
with them.) The point is that any person with any sense whatsoever
ought to be fighting mad by certain liberals on the left who are
trying to censor a private individual from expressing his own views!
Those on the left can never win in an
honest debate. Because that is true they try to say that any person
on any subject who disagrees with them must be doing it out of hate
or prejudice. It seems that liberals are the most "open-minded"
people on any subject... as long as you agree with them! However,
whenever you disagree they run away and hide behind silly
catch-phrases and sound bytes.
I mean, think about it. The statement
Dan Cathy made is held by a very large majority of Americans. In
fact, those states that have had votes on the subject of homosexual
marriages overwhelmingly goes against homosexuals. Usually, at that
time you will have a liberal court, or judge, who panders to that
community and will step in and try to overturn the will of the voting
public.
I told several in the break-room today
that I only wish I had had the foresight to have bought Chick-fil-A
stock... I'm quite sure the Cathy family and stockholders in
Chick-fil-A this evening will be laughing all the way to the bank, as
this will be a record setting day in sales for that company!
If you have never before eaten there, I can make one recommendation you might like? Try their strawberry yogurt parfait, it really is good. I have been told there might be some sort of counter-protest this Friday... if that's true: well, I suppose that I will be eating another parfait from that same restaurant sometime this Friday (:
