Obama For President - NOT!

At the risk of repeating myself, I have to reiterate what I said when I was alerted that Obama was going to be in Arizona.

I'm sorry, but I believe that Obama is a really bad choice for the Democratic nomination. He has too little experience and relies on his glib delivery to hide his lack of actual knowledge.

The worst thing that could happen for the party would be promoting this young man as the Democratic candidate.

And I'm not even a registered Democrat!

Please don't support this candidate. To paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen: "You are no Ronald Reagan." And I question why a Democratic candidate would even want to model himself after a Republican.






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Anonymous Comments

I very recently published a post about highly supervised schooling for troubled teens. The reason I mention this post is because of a comment I received, very shortly, after it was published. Someone decided to - anonymously - question my parenting skills, based on information I had posted about educational options that many parents find extremely helpful in dealing with defiant, at-risk adolescents.

Now, don't get me wrong, I love to hear from anyone and everyone who reads my blog - it makes me feel that I'm not just talking to myself. And discussing topics about which I have posted is great fun. But I truly don't understand anonymous postings. If one isn't willing to stand behind their statement, why post it at all? It certainly is not the way to open a dialogue or encourage discussion.

Color me confused.






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Merry Christmas!

It's easy to get caught up in the rush and commercialization of the season. What doesn't seem to be easy is remembering the true purpose behind the Christmas season. Santa Claus, in all his personifications, came about much later than Jesus Christ, and for an entirely different purpose. Let us not confuse the two men.

Luke 2:1-20

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
"Glory to God in the highest,and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Bring the Christ back into Christmas!





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Heaven and Hell

I received this in an email today and thought I'd share. It's been around the Internet for quite some time, so you may well have seen it, too. The basic idea is very simple and quite logical. What do you think? Which room would you be in?

A Holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, "Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like."

The Lord led the holy man to two doors.

He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew, which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water. The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful. But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.

The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. The Lord said, "You have seen Hell."

They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man said, "I don't understand."

"It is simple," said the Lord. "It requires but one skill. You see they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves."

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06-06-06

Given the headlines that I have been reading lately, it doesn't surprise me that people believe the world is about to come to an end. Sanity has certainly lost it's grip on the world.

Paparazzi who assault, not only celebrities, but the families of celebrities, are suing because when they jump on / at a vehicle, they get knocked down or run over. When I was growing up, that was called "If you jump in front of a moving vehicle, you're probably gonna get hit." AKA - common sense!

Parents, getting divorced (nothing new), each insist that the other must be evaluated by a psychiatrist, because one (or the other) might have something bad to say about the non-custodial parent. When I was growing up - you let the kids decide for themselves about the 'goodness' or 'badness' of either parent, based on that parent's behavior., and you shut up about Mom/Dad. AKA - kids are not stupid!

It is my understanding that if one country/ faction / sect isn't officially at war with another country/ faction / sect, neither country/ faction / sect can simply hunt down people and kill them. (Geneva Convention and all that.) Yet, that is what most of the people in the world are currently doing/ advocating for any country/ faction / sect who has different religious, political, or general philosophies. I grew up during the Vietnam 'Police Action'. AKA - if you're not willing to declare war so that you can call it a war - you have no business being there; and you had certainly better not decide that you are allowed to determine who is allowed to live or die.

The world seems insane. What should happen, isn't. What shouldn't happen, is.

I'm not sure that I'm in a position to say what's right or wrong. I just know that things don't feel right; and haven't for a good long time.

What do you think?