Some people say he is the man they love to hate. Some say you can only tell the truth, if you are Simon Cowell, and you are a judge on American Idol. Why is it we have so much trouble just "telling the truth". Is it because it isn't politically correct, whatever that means. Is it because it may be racist,and who knows what that means anymore it has been so marginalized. Is it because we as a Republic have been lied to so much by so many people that we have come to believe it just comes with the territory, being an American citizen that is.
What if you tell a "little white lie"? What does that mean? That it's OK? I heard someone say that telling the truth might hurt someones feelings. Lying to them MORE than hurts their feelings. Why can't we be honest with each other? No,the dress doesn't look good on you. That haircut does not become you. And yes the baby is ugly!The dress only needs to look good to the woman who wears it. The haircut only needs to feel good and become the person who has it. And yes, if you are the parent of the baby they always look good to us because they are a part of us. All of these are OK because we all have a right to our opinion. Tooooo many people live out there lives trying to live up to "others" expectations. What a waste!
You don't have to be brutal about it, just truthful. Now is that so hard?
Monday, August 2, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Of Course You Can!
All of my life I have been amazed at the things people have accomplished when they began believing that "they could". BELIEF is such a critical part of accomplishment because many times there are those around us who are saying, "you can't do that" or "it will never work". You CAN do it and it WILL work if you are connected into the right source.
I learned years ago not to rely on the "arm" of man but to rely on the strength of the Lord to get things accomplished. My problem was my ego got in the way too many times and I began to believe it was ME who was accomplishing things and not the REAL source of all my accomplishment. I hope I am smarter about all that now and that you can learn from my experience. You can do whatever it is you want to do as as long as it is a righteous desire and you ask for HIS help. Lean not unto your own understanding but unto HIS who created you.
I learned years ago not to rely on the "arm" of man but to rely on the strength of the Lord to get things accomplished. My problem was my ego got in the way too many times and I began to believe it was ME who was accomplishing things and not the REAL source of all my accomplishment. I hope I am smarter about all that now and that you can learn from my experience. You can do whatever it is you want to do as as long as it is a righteous desire and you ask for HIS help. Lean not unto your own understanding but unto HIS who created you.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Player vs Spectator
Are you and I spectators, people who wait to have something happen to them or for them, or are we players, people who make things happen in all aspects of their lives. I have been a spectator at different times in my life but this is not going to be one of them. I choose to be a player and act rather than wait to be acted on. I challenge you to do the same. Today choose one aspect of your life where your anxiety gets raised while you are waiting to see what is going to happen. Resolve today, to create you own outcome in this area, make a plan on how to do it, and never be a spectator in this area again. This is the POWER OF CHOICE!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Is Anybody Listening?
No, not really. It wasn't until the President got "scorched" by the national media that he finally acted, not talked, as if he was listening to the Gulf Coast people as well as the rest of the American people. In the face of a disaster of this proportion, do you now start to get a sense of what it is going to take to get this administration's attention about almost anything, except their own, force it down our throats, agenda.
This man MUST be a one term President. He is doing and will continue to do so much harm in the wake of his absolute determination to do what he wants to no matter the price or the consequences to the Republic, that one term will be more than enough. This is the only President we have right now, so please no more emails about what you thought other Presidents didn't do in an effort to show he is no different. Well, he is different, and right now he is the only one we can do anything about, so no histrionics please.
I have come to the conclusion that when you have nothing to back up what you are saying you argue your point from emotion. Have you ever wondered why with a numerical majority in the country there are no liberal national media persons on the radio and why the ones who have tried, have tried and failed. It is because FACTS are their worst nightmare, if they have to talk about facts their dead in the water. They can't stand the heat of Americans calling in and talking with them about FACTS, they want to argue from "feelings and emotions".
Is there anything wrong with feelings and emotions? No, unless you try and trump reality, or try and re-distribute wealth as a "fairness doctrine". No, unless you don't want to confuse your agenda with the truth. My experience with people who want to "level the playing field" in all areas, want to do so ONLY as long as it doesn't apply to them, i.e., all the federal employee exemptions to the new health care laws.
With the election a little over 4 months away there is another suggestion you need to hear from someone, me, who was there and saw how it worked. We need to require our "new" congress persons to pledge NOT to hire any staffer on Capitol Hill that has served in a Congressman's or Senators office for more than 2 years. The staffers, many times, are as much the problem as the elected official and often MORE. Officials come and go but the staffers are there forever.
We need a law on the books that says Members of Congress can serve on three terms, 6 years, and Senators can serve only 1 term, 6 years, with no pensions. This is the only way we will ever get them to start talking with and working with each other. The way it is now we have built a "caste" system or should I say "class" system with them being the UPPER in either case. We need Americans who are not so caught up in their own lives to hold their feet to the fire while they are there. The Constitution will survive, though it may be tested to the limit, it will survive because it was and is God inspired!
This man MUST be a one term President. He is doing and will continue to do so much harm in the wake of his absolute determination to do what he wants to no matter the price or the consequences to the Republic, that one term will be more than enough. This is the only President we have right now, so please no more emails about what you thought other Presidents didn't do in an effort to show he is no different. Well, he is different, and right now he is the only one we can do anything about, so no histrionics please.
I have come to the conclusion that when you have nothing to back up what you are saying you argue your point from emotion. Have you ever wondered why with a numerical majority in the country there are no liberal national media persons on the radio and why the ones who have tried, have tried and failed. It is because FACTS are their worst nightmare, if they have to talk about facts their dead in the water. They can't stand the heat of Americans calling in and talking with them about FACTS, they want to argue from "feelings and emotions".
Is there anything wrong with feelings and emotions? No, unless you try and trump reality, or try and re-distribute wealth as a "fairness doctrine". No, unless you don't want to confuse your agenda with the truth. My experience with people who want to "level the playing field" in all areas, want to do so ONLY as long as it doesn't apply to them, i.e., all the federal employee exemptions to the new health care laws.
With the election a little over 4 months away there is another suggestion you need to hear from someone, me, who was there and saw how it worked. We need to require our "new" congress persons to pledge NOT to hire any staffer on Capitol Hill that has served in a Congressman's or Senators office for more than 2 years. The staffers, many times, are as much the problem as the elected official and often MORE. Officials come and go but the staffers are there forever.
We need a law on the books that says Members of Congress can serve on three terms, 6 years, and Senators can serve only 1 term, 6 years, with no pensions. This is the only way we will ever get them to start talking with and working with each other. The way it is now we have built a "caste" system or should I say "class" system with them being the UPPER in either case. We need Americans who are not so caught up in their own lives to hold their feet to the fire while they are there. The Constitution will survive, though it may be tested to the limit, it will survive because it was and is God inspired!
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Memorial Day
As a veteran I want to pay tribute to all those who served before me, with me and after me. Many have laid down their lives for their country. It troubles me greatly to see our President and so many others either not care or want to remember those heroic men and women. On this weekend that we honor them, let them be in our prayers along with their families, and let us fly our American flags proudly not just now but everyday.
God bless you that serve now and will serve. Thank you to all those brave ones that have set the example and braved the fight to protect the safety of our country and its people.
God bless you that serve now and will serve. Thank you to all those brave ones that have set the example and braved the fight to protect the safety of our country and its people.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Protest vs Attest
Have YOU read the Arizona law SB 1270? Here is the link:
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070s.pdf
Now you have done more than the Attorney General of the United States and the head of Homeland Security combined. You are IN THE KNOW!
People will protest almost anything they don't like. However, they don't seem to be able to find the time to ATTEST to something they agree with publicly. Being against something is easy and it is news. Being for something is considered "not worth the effort".
Where do you stand on this Arizona immigration law discussion? First, have you read the law? I have made it easy for you to do so. Do you care? Well after all that's in Arizona and if you live elsewhere do you really give a flip? If you have read the law, and I have, all 17 pages word for word, if you agree with it who have you let know you agree? Or are you one of the faceless numbers in the polls that say around 74% of Americans agree with what Arizona has done even though most of them have never read the law either.
So now, has this developed into an emotional standoff between those for the law who have never read it versus those who oppose the law and have not read it. All we are hearing from is "suspect" persons on the news, whose agenda's are clear, how they feel about the law whether they have read it or not. It seems to make for "sensationalism" in the news cast and after all if it is on the news doesn't it have to be true? No,it doesn't.
Now the government, today, has indicated that it may not cooperate with Arizona in dealing with and/or deporting people that have been proven to be illegal in Arizona, because the Obama Administration believes that it should only be done through a "comprehensive federal policy" which no one can agree on.
So where are we? Arizona now has approximately 460,000 illegal immigrants living in the state. They have broken the law if they are there illegally. The Arizona legislature has done something about what they consider to be a problem, and the Governor has agreed and signed the legislation. California and other states want to punish Arizona for what they have done by not doing business with Arizona or it entities. Arizona want to cut off their electricity.
People who have broken the laws of the United States and continue to do so and their supporters both legal and illegal, have successfully, so far, used our good will and our good nature against us while enlisting the help of the Democratically controlled White House and Congress who need THEIR VOTES to help them continue to break the law. Do you see anything wrong with this picture?
The reason that Arizona is having such a difficult time defending itself, is that the 74% of Americans who agree with them aren't showing up. They have no face expect in a poll. I don't see my Senators or Congresspersons showing up, is yours? WHY NOT? Because we are afraid of what people will think and what could happen to us if we do the right thing. How did we get to the point in this country that a majority of the people are afraid of any minority group of people who are either breaking the law or doing against the will of the people whatever they choose. How? By the majority being, silent, afraid, to busy, not caring or by believing that the worst could never happen in the United States of America. It can, it has started, and the only question left, is will we do anything to stop it?
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070s.pdf
Now you have done more than the Attorney General of the United States and the head of Homeland Security combined. You are IN THE KNOW!
People will protest almost anything they don't like. However, they don't seem to be able to find the time to ATTEST to something they agree with publicly. Being against something is easy and it is news. Being for something is considered "not worth the effort".
Where do you stand on this Arizona immigration law discussion? First, have you read the law? I have made it easy for you to do so. Do you care? Well after all that's in Arizona and if you live elsewhere do you really give a flip? If you have read the law, and I have, all 17 pages word for word, if you agree with it who have you let know you agree? Or are you one of the faceless numbers in the polls that say around 74% of Americans agree with what Arizona has done even though most of them have never read the law either.
So now, has this developed into an emotional standoff between those for the law who have never read it versus those who oppose the law and have not read it. All we are hearing from is "suspect" persons on the news, whose agenda's are clear, how they feel about the law whether they have read it or not. It seems to make for "sensationalism" in the news cast and after all if it is on the news doesn't it have to be true? No,it doesn't.
Now the government, today, has indicated that it may not cooperate with Arizona in dealing with and/or deporting people that have been proven to be illegal in Arizona, because the Obama Administration believes that it should only be done through a "comprehensive federal policy" which no one can agree on.
So where are we? Arizona now has approximately 460,000 illegal immigrants living in the state. They have broken the law if they are there illegally. The Arizona legislature has done something about what they consider to be a problem, and the Governor has agreed and signed the legislation. California and other states want to punish Arizona for what they have done by not doing business with Arizona or it entities. Arizona want to cut off their electricity.
People who have broken the laws of the United States and continue to do so and their supporters both legal and illegal, have successfully, so far, used our good will and our good nature against us while enlisting the help of the Democratically controlled White House and Congress who need THEIR VOTES to help them continue to break the law. Do you see anything wrong with this picture?
The reason that Arizona is having such a difficult time defending itself, is that the 74% of Americans who agree with them aren't showing up. They have no face expect in a poll. I don't see my Senators or Congresspersons showing up, is yours? WHY NOT? Because we are afraid of what people will think and what could happen to us if we do the right thing. How did we get to the point in this country that a majority of the people are afraid of any minority group of people who are either breaking the law or doing against the will of the people whatever they choose. How? By the majority being, silent, afraid, to busy, not caring or by believing that the worst could never happen in the United States of America. It can, it has started, and the only question left, is will we do anything to stop it?
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
How are Goldman-Sachs and Arizona's New Immigration Law Connected
Because what feeds each issue is the same. Goldman Sachs is the kind of entity that everybody loves to hate, and I am sure in some cases for good reason. But the same may be said for everybody who is without hating everyone who has. There is a segment of our society, not just politicians, who love to pray and incite on this for their own purposes. The thinking is maybe I can divert attention from what I am doing by making an easy target look bad in the public eye, i.e., Goldman Sachs.
On the other hand I can approach it this way, in a country where most everybody is scared to death of being politically incorrect and every minority cause in the country uses that against anybody who disagrees with them, we can allow the 450,000 illegals already in Arizona to continue to break the law in hopes that somehow we can get them falsified paperwork so they can vote for us the next election,i.e., Arizona's new immigration law.
An elected official at any level, but assuredly at the national level, will do whatever they have to to get re-elected. That's all that matters. So if it means excoriating 5 executives form Goldman Sachs publicly, while taking millions upon millions of dollars from them for campaign contributions privately, that is just what we will do. Goldman Sachs has already agreed to be the whipping boy you see, in a previously arranged agreement. What most people don't understand is that they are willing to take this "ever so often embarrassment" because the real payoff is worth it. So whip me publicly, just keep the money coming.
In Arizona where some people have "stepped up" why do we have so many people protesting against us stopping people from breaking the law? Mexico's laws are more harsh than ours against illegals. But who would want to sneak in there? How do all of these protesters get time off of work to do all of this protesting? If they are employed, are they getting fired for missing work or have we taught employers to be so afraid of enforcing their own rules, they give them a "pass".
People whose main goal everyday is to stay in office for life if they can, are driven by whatever it takes so that they can continue to live in style to which they have become accustomed. ANYTHING. As long as our system, and that means you and I, continue to support political office as a privileged and never ending job, this problem is not going to go away. We support it by supporting seniority as a way for us individually or us as a state or district getting special treatment because we have a long serving representative, NO MATTER WHAT THE COST TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY!!! If we do it with our elected officials do we also do it in business and other organizations? Of course we do because we don't care who else's ox gets gored as long as it isn't ours. Are we no longer our brothers keeper?
Those 5 men who were in front of Congress yesterday testifying, all make well over 1 million dollars a year according to my sources. What would you do or say to protect that income? Have they broken the law? I don't know, someone other venue will decide that, but they sure are fun to be against just because they make so much money. Why don't they give it to us or to charity? How dare they go to college, or not, get good jobs, raise families and put their kids in private school and drive nice cars when they could be like me and just sit here and criticize. The nerve of them!
We have taught them to ignore us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And we will continue to pay the price as long as " the best way for bad to prevail, is for the good to do nothing" rings hollow in our ears. God bless you and God bless this great nation!
On the other hand I can approach it this way, in a country where most everybody is scared to death of being politically incorrect and every minority cause in the country uses that against anybody who disagrees with them, we can allow the 450,000 illegals already in Arizona to continue to break the law in hopes that somehow we can get them falsified paperwork so they can vote for us the next election,i.e., Arizona's new immigration law.
An elected official at any level, but assuredly at the national level, will do whatever they have to to get re-elected. That's all that matters. So if it means excoriating 5 executives form Goldman Sachs publicly, while taking millions upon millions of dollars from them for campaign contributions privately, that is just what we will do. Goldman Sachs has already agreed to be the whipping boy you see, in a previously arranged agreement. What most people don't understand is that they are willing to take this "ever so often embarrassment" because the real payoff is worth it. So whip me publicly, just keep the money coming.
In Arizona where some people have "stepped up" why do we have so many people protesting against us stopping people from breaking the law? Mexico's laws are more harsh than ours against illegals. But who would want to sneak in there? How do all of these protesters get time off of work to do all of this protesting? If they are employed, are they getting fired for missing work or have we taught employers to be so afraid of enforcing their own rules, they give them a "pass".
People whose main goal everyday is to stay in office for life if they can, are driven by whatever it takes so that they can continue to live in style to which they have become accustomed. ANYTHING. As long as our system, and that means you and I, continue to support political office as a privileged and never ending job, this problem is not going to go away. We support it by supporting seniority as a way for us individually or us as a state or district getting special treatment because we have a long serving representative, NO MATTER WHAT THE COST TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY!!! If we do it with our elected officials do we also do it in business and other organizations? Of course we do because we don't care who else's ox gets gored as long as it isn't ours. Are we no longer our brothers keeper?
Those 5 men who were in front of Congress yesterday testifying, all make well over 1 million dollars a year according to my sources. What would you do or say to protect that income? Have they broken the law? I don't know, someone other venue will decide that, but they sure are fun to be against just because they make so much money. Why don't they give it to us or to charity? How dare they go to college, or not, get good jobs, raise families and put their kids in private school and drive nice cars when they could be like me and just sit here and criticize. The nerve of them!
We have taught them to ignore us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And we will continue to pay the price as long as " the best way for bad to prevail, is for the good to do nothing" rings hollow in our ears. God bless you and God bless this great nation!
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