When a cook prepares different parts of a meal at different times and then un thaws parts so it goes well with the main course then he made a good meal, but he is still just a cook. When that same cook takes all his dishes and prepares them at the same time deliverer a deliciously memorial plate he becomes a chef.
Yea I know…
Someone gave me a voice recorder that attaches to your key chain but only records 30 sec sound bites for Christmas this year that I opened early because I thought it would help me write blogs. You see, I get all sorts of idea for blogs while I'm away from this keyboard.They seem profound at the time they come to me, but later when I play them back and try to add to them they don't seem to have the same feel.
Listening
I would find my mom sitting on the front porch from time to time and I would ask her what she was doing. She answered "I'm listening to the critters" I always thought she was making fun of the city folk by calling them critters (we lived in Cincinnati). But one night I sat out on the porch waiting for some friends to pass by when I heard a bull frog, and then while I tried to listen for him again I heard some crickets and then I heard an Owl from a far distance and so it went. I had found the critters that used to calm my moms nerves.
I have been wrong many times and myspace is one of those things I was wrong about. I thought that we were all tied up so tight and bounded by myspace friends manipulations that we didn't have room to voice our own opinions without fear of offending a "friend" or two. What I have found more than not is it's good to have those voices of the people we call friends and to get their perspectives. This helps us to expand our views on something that we held as truth and we grow from that. Some people call that wishy washy or not having a strong belief system. I like to think we are all still in school, the school of life.
Higher education
Someone once said "the day you stop learning is the day you are dead". I tend to agree with that thinking
I was watching a movie or a show on TV the other night when an actor said that the term "Street smarts" was just a term for uneducated people to use to pretend that they have an education. Now I don't know about you, but I think that has to be one of the dumbest thing I ever heard.
More people do not go to college in this country than do. (What; Bad grammar?)
Most of the smartest people I have ever met have never stepped foot into a place of higher learning. Sure there are some dumb people who have never went to school, but I have to believe that there are just as many dumb people who have a sheep skin on their wall.
Don't like the term street smart? Try self taught, for life is the Alpha and Omega of all higher learning for most of us. How many people have said "If I knew then what I know now"? In no way am I putting down going to college, I just think once a person completes all the courses they shouldn't think school is out, for most it just begun.
Myspace News & Politics
The bottom line here and overall point to this blog is we all are learning each day from one another. I used to think myspace wasn't a very good place because it seemed like the social network forum held back those with free thought. I thought the word friend and the need for many to have more friends hindered self expression so I wanted to go outside of myspace to try my hand at blogging but where else would I get such feedback? When I started writing on myspace I thought everyone here was in their own little boxes and too stubborn to think outside of those boxes. It appeared at first glance to be a high school with everyone staying to themselves for the most part never wanting to break from the heard. A whole bunch of cyber sheep if you will.
Instead what I have found is true people. People with ideas and not ashamed to express them. People who like my neighbors, friends and family have their faults and sometimes get on your nerves. People who were willing to listen to what I was trying to say and voice their opinions even if they disagreed with me. People who accepted me for what I am and what I was trying to say instead of focusing on spelling or grammar they focused on the content.. What I found on myspace that I didn't find outside of it were real people, people that I would call friends in real life.
While I was working on this blog last night I first got a alert that the secret service had been dispatch to Biden's home so I rushed the blog by the time I hit post I saw Chica had a status up saying that Biden had been confirmed. This is sort of a sloppy blog. I'm not sure if I'll work on it more or not. After all it's a VP pick, but I'm sure everyone will make a lot out of it. i.e. national media.
Prev. Political Exp.: New Castle Co. Council, 1970-72; US Senate, 1972-present
Education: BA University of Delaware, 1965; JD Syracuse University, 1968
Birthdate: 11/20/1942
Birthplace: Scranton, PA
Religion: Catholic
Here is what you can expect the right to say about Joe Biden Source; Biden Bad Choice The official line is age, experience, and foreign policy expertise—Biden matches up well against McCain by outdoing him on most of his strengths besides the "tortured for five years by homos" thing. But with Biden comes the history of saying insane and inappropriate things and, you know, the plagiarism. (We said he matched up well with McCain!) And hey, let's look at some of our favorite moments of Biden saying something insane—taken entirely from his recent run for the presidency!
Biden: goes to a 7/-11. And says: "You CANNOT go into a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts without an Indian accent." Which he meant as: some sort of comment on how Indian-Americans are a fast-growing and terribly productive group whose support he's always welcomed!
August 27, 2006: Biden: goes on "Fox News Sunday." And says: "You don't know my state. My state was a slave state. My state is a border state. My state has the eighth-largest black population in the country. My state is anything from a Northeast liberal state." Which he meant as: reassurance that he was not an out-of-touch liberal coastal elitist!
December, 2006: Biden: goes before the South Carolina Rotary Club. And says: Delaware, he noted, was a "slave state that fought beside the North. That's only because we couldn't figure out how to get to the South. There were a couple of states in the way." Which he meant as: a joke.
January, 2007: Biden: is interviewed by the New York Observer. And says: "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." Which he meant as: a compliment to Barack Obama, whom he actually seems to like, and also an astute observation on the way Americans and the media represent Black-ness couched in cringe-inducing language.
October, 2007: Biden: is interviewed by the Washington Post editorial board. And says (when asked why Iowa schools perform better than DC schools): "There's less than 1 percent of the population of Iowa that is African American. There is probably less than 4 or 5 percent that are minorities. What is in Washington? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you're dealing with...." Which he meant as: look, who knows now? Maybe he meant, as his campaign said, that "the disadvantages were based on economic status, not race." But that is not what he meant because it is not what he said. The most charitable possible explanation for this is that by "it goes back to what you start off with, what you're dealing with" he does mean that minorities are born with far fewer advantages in life than whites out in Iowa. But at this point the man's tone-deaf inability to discus race in any sane way—despite no evidence that he, you know, dislikes black people or anything—is actually stunning, like watching an acrobat repeatedly fall to his death over and over and over again.
BUT. The Biden penchant for saying dumb stuff is tied to his charm for saying whatever the hell is on his mind. His extemporaneous monologuing produces both gaffes and gems. Like at the Democratic debate where he just up and called a gun nut a dangerous crazy person:
See? Also when, more recently, he asked if the Vice President had been kissed, in Iraq. Why? Who knows. Maybe because he knows he's in the running for the job.
Politically, Biden is probably a terrible choice. Another two Senators for the Dems. And he's from Delaware. And he makes Obama look even less experienced. And honestly he has nothing compelling to say on domestic issues, at all, which is still what the voters care about. And he doesn't help to win any swing states, at all.
One of the most overlooked episodes during the 1987 collapse of Biden's campaign was a snippet of footage captured by C-Span in which the Delaware senator, in response to a question about where he went to law school and what sort of grades he received, delivered this classic line: "I think I have a much higher IQ than you do." . . . Biden's detractors point to that incident as evidence that the senator thinks he is the bee's knees and doesn't care who knows it. Biden, by his own admission, has the capacity to fall in love with his own voice and wander off on tangents about his life that have nothing to do with the topic at hand. - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
During the 2006 confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the Post's Dana Milbank wrote this of Biden's performance: "Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., in his first 12 minutes of questioning the nominee, managed to get off only one question. Instead, during his 30-minute round of questioning, Biden spoke about his own Irish American roots, his "Grandfather Finnegan," his son's application to Princeton (he attended the University of Pennsylvania instead, Biden said), a speech the senator gave on the Princeton campus, the fact that Biden is "not a Princeton fan," and his views on the eyeglasses of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)." - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
While Biden was on his best verbal behavior for much of the rest of the campaign, there is no question that his tendency to shoot from the lip worries some in Obama world. As one Democratic consultant put it: "You know there will be three days in the campaign where someone in Chicago will get a call and respond -- 'What did you say he said?. - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
During one of the Democratic debates, Biden stood by comments about Obama that "I think he can be ready, but right now I don't believe he is. The presidency is not something that lends itself to on- the-job training." In August, Biden was harshly critical of Obama's lack of experience, saying, "Having talking points on foreign policy doesn't get you there." - Washington Post
- No public funding for abortion; it imposes a view. (Apr 2007) - Supports partial-birth abortion ban, but not undoing Roe. (Apr 2007) - Accepts Catholic church view that life begins at conception. (Apr 2007) - Rated 36% by NARAL, - Voted YES on Balanced-budget constitutional amendment. (Mar 1997) - For longer school day & school year, & 16-year minimum. (Oct 2007) - Voted YES on enlarging NATO to include Eastern Europe. (May 2002) - Universal national service, in military or Peace Corps. (Dec 2007) - Voted YES on reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act. (Mar 2006)
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PRO's
Here is some of what you will hear the Left saying
He has blue collar roots and speaks his mind,
Though he's known best for his foreign policy credentials, the 66-year-old senator's work on the Senate Judiciary Committee has put him in the middle of most of the defining issues of the internet age -- epic fights over intellectual property, privacy and antitrust law.
The role of the vice president in influencing an administration's tone and policy varies with the character of the executive teams occupying the White House, but as Al Gore demonstrated while Bill Clinton's vice president, there are plenty of opportunities for the veep to push specific items to the top of the agenda.
"They can be a thought leader, a convener, a driver of national strategy, an exhorter to industry," says Larry Irving, a former adviser to the Clinton White House on telecom policy as an assistant secretary in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
Biden, a 30-plus-year veteran of the senate, has been a strong supporter of civil liberties. Most recently, he diverged from Obama's position when he voted in July against a controversial bill that legalized President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program. The legislation also provided legal immunity to the telecommunications providers subjected of dozens of lawsuits for participating in the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program.
And during the fall 2005 senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Biden grilled Roberts in his views of privacy in the high-tech age -- an issue Biden said was of equal importance to Roe v. Wade.
But Biden's most-recent reputation in D.C. on telecom issues is more ambiguous, particularly when it comes to net neutrality. Though he ostensibly supported the concept as a presidential candidate during this election cycle, in hearings on Capitol Hill he's been a hesitant supporter for pro net-neutrality legislation.
On the intellectual property front, Biden doesn't seem to have strayed from the rest of the judiciary committee democrats' stance of being more of a friend to Hollywood than to Silicon Valley.
Like many other members of congress, on the relatively infrequent occasions when he does talk about intellectual property, his focus is on piracy. He co-chairs the congressional international anti-piracy caucus. Earlier this year, the group fingered specific trading partners, countries where it said digital-copyright piracy had reached "alarming levels." The group of countries included China, Russia, Canada, Mexico, Greece and Spain.
The group didn't recommend any specific sanctions against the countries, but Biden repeated an often-heard line on the Hill at the time.
"Our ideas, our music, our books, our movies, our innovations are just as precious as any tangible property," he said. "With new technologies coming out at warp speed, this global problem will only get worse."
Back in 2002, Biden also authored a controversial anti-counterfeiting bill that was amended to include a draconian provision that would have made it a de facto crime to replicate a digital-rights management under any circumstances. Critics decried the idea because they said it would crimp individuals' ability to play their media on devices of their choosing. Violators of the law would have faced prison sentences of up to five years and civil penalties of up to $25,000.
- Save Pentagon spending by getting the troops out of Iraq. (Dec 2007) - More transparency for hedge funds and private equity funds. (Aug 2007) - Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004) - Voted NO on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration. (Jun 2006) - Voted NO on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (Jun 2006) - Voted YES on loosening restrictions .. phone wiretapping. (Oct 2001) - Voted NO on ending special funding for minority & women-owned business. (Oct 1997) - Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (Sep 1996) - Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Sep 1996) - Rated 60% by the ACLU, indicating a mixed civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002) - Rated 78% by the HRC, indicating a pro-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006) - Rated 100% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006) - Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment. (Mar 2007) - Voted YES on repealing tax subsidy for companies which move US jobs offshore. (Mar 2005) - Rated 32% by the US COC, indicating an anti-business voting record. (Dec 2003) - Voted NO on restricting class-action lawsuits. (Dec 1995) - Rated 71% by CURE, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes. (Dec 2000) - Divert drug offenders out of prison system. (Jun 2007) - Voted NO on increasing penalties for drug offenses. (Nov 1999) - Hire more teachers and pay them for smaller classes. (Dec 2007) - $3000 tax credit for college for anyone earning under $150K. (Sep 2007) - Pay teachers more to get better educational results. (Apr 2007) - NCLB needs more resources, but also is fundamentally flawed. (Feb 2007) - Voting for No Child Left Behind was a mistake. (Jul 2007) - Voted NO on school vouchers in DC. (Sep 1997) - Voted NO on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer. (Jul 1994) - Rated 91% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes. (Dec 2003) - Voted YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies. (Jun 2007) - Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR. (Nov 2005) - Voted NO on approving a nuclear waste repository. (Apr 1997) - Take away the billions of subsidy to the oil companies. (Jun 2007) - Voted NO on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan 2001) - Voted NO on more funding for forest roads and fish habitat. (Sep 1999) - Rated 95% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes. (Dec 2003) - Rated 16% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-family voting record. (Dec 2003) - No trade agreements without workers' & environmental rights. (Jul 2007) - Voted NO on implementing CAFTA for Central America free-trade. (Jul 2005) - 1988: led fight against nomination of Robert Bork. (Jul 2007) - Voted NO on requiring photo ID to vote in federal elections. (Jul 2007) - Voted NO on allowing some lobbyist gifts to Congress. (Mar 2006) - Commitment to never use torture; no part of our policy, ever. (Sep 2007) - Don't Ask Don't Tell is antiquated & unworkable. (Aug 2007) - Voted YES on requiring FISA court warrant to monitor US-to-foreign calls. (Feb 2008) - Voted YES on limiting soldiers' deployment to 12 months. (Jul 2007) - Voted NO on extending the PATRIOT Act's wiretap provision. (Dec 2005) - Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record. (Dec 2003) - Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union. (Jan 2006) - Raise the $97,500 Social Security cap, but don't raise retirement age. (Sep 2007) - Voted YES on deducting Social Security payments on income taxes. (May 1996) - Take away $85B in annual tax cuts for 1% of top earners. (Jul 2007) - Voted YES on increasing tax rate for people earning over $1 million. (Mar 2008)I'm sure there is much more pro's and con's and I invite any and all to enter those here.
Let's not forget that Biden may pull in the blue collar vote since he is from middle class background. This is something Obama needs desperately. However if they win this will be the first in my lifetime that a northern presidential ticket won.
Obama / Biden 08
Here is a great pro con page about Biden. See where he stands on the issues. Click Here Here is another good article about pros and cons of Biden
Oh may gosh! What just happen? My favorite quarterback Carson Palmer who plays for my favorite NFL team Cincinnati Bengals just attacked my favorite NCAA team the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Cincinnati has the best girls too.
I bleed scarlet & gray and my roots are in the river city.
I even prayed for Palmer when he took that cheap shot.
Update: Here is the audio of Carson smack talk. Please people calm down!
Here is what Carson Palmer said:
"I don't watch what I say. I cannot stand the Buckeyes and having to live in Ohio and hear those people talk about their team it drives me absolutely nuts. Now we got Keith Rivers out there and we got Frostee Rucker we finally got a couple of other SC guys. It's amazing to hear what those guys think about that university and what they think about that football program and Tressel and all the crap I gotta put up with being back there. I just can't wait for two years from now when SC comes to the Shoe and hopefully we'll have a home game that weekend and I can go up there and watch us pound on them in their own turf and kind of put all the talk to rest because I'm really getting sick of it and I just can't wait for this game to get here so they can come out to the Coliseum and experience LA and get an ald-fashioned Pac-10 butt-whooppin and go back to the Big Ten."
Here is what I say to Palmer:
Why did he do that? Does he want to be traded? I know he is a USC kid and I was willing to forgive him for that.
But to attack my blood!
I hate to go with that team up north.The Cleveland Browns.
I mean they couldn't even afford a real name. BROWNS. Wow
Here is what a Bengal is.
Here is a Browns girl
I may puke if I have to root for them,
but I can't root for Palmer now.
I own thousands of dollars worth of Bengals stuff. But I live so close to Columbus I would be shot now.
I don't want to be a DAWG
Did you know they eat dog biscuits when the team scores?
I am reposting this blog from last spring because I have a bunch of new readers and somethings are just worth saying over.
I came up in the 60's; there was a war going on and the church was strong. The White house was a mess, the people were unhappy and the future looked bleak. Sounds like today. Doesn't it?
I started going to church at about the age of 4 years old. It's very common place where I come from to instill the teachings of the Bible into a person at a very young age.
I recall the prayer that I said before I went to bed at night. It was meant to make me feel good when I had go to sleep.
It went just like this:
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the lord my soul to keep
If I die before I awake
I pray the lord my soul to take
That prayer used to scare the shit out of me. (I'd rather ask God to keep me alive). I know it was said that way by more then just my family because I was in an orphanage for a while when my mom had T.B. and they said it.
I tried to tell the women there that I was scared, but old blue hair ladies back then didn't seem to like kids.
It's been changed since the days I said it. I guess the adults caught on.
Going to church in those days especially if you went to the night services as I did could scare the shit out of you. But I felt if I didn't go then God would get mad at me. Besides I was 10 and wanted to be a preacher some day.
Now-a-days everyone is talking about being at the door steps of the end of days. This has been increased due to scientists foresee the potential destruction of our world from a number of causes-including nuclear warfare, environmental disaster, planetary pollution, overpopulation, killer diseases and collision with a comet or asteroid.
Most of this isn't new to me; or most reading this. I have heard that we are in the end of days every since I can remember. From the fire and brimstone preachers I over heard while in Sunday school to my mothers church friends.
In my family we would watch the news every night; I had two brothers in the army and another coming of age. We would see the tapes of our soldiers; the news men talking about body counts, the war protestors and the race riots.
It seems that every generation thinks the time is upon them. My mother had lived through the great depression and had heard this time and time again. I think she grew weary of hearing it as I have. But she kept her faith. She thought she had it figured out. She said that when the end was near you wouldn't be able to tell the season, but for the leaf on the trees. We're kind of seeing that now. But then again we have always been able to point to some event/s and claim the end was near
Jesus of Nazareth asked Him a question that has intrigued people ever since: "What shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?" (Matthew 24:3, King James Version).
Every Sunday; Tuesdays night or Wednesday night you can go to a church and be told that the end is near and you won't need your money, so why not give it to them, and they will see that it will be well spent.
Yep! God Almighty needs your money to keep the pearly gates open.
Heck it's getting to where you don't even have to go to church to hear this. I was buying some $4.00 gas and heard people talking about it; my annoying neighbors gather by their fences and talk about it.
I want my children to have faith in God because it's the right thing to do. Not because the world may end and they could burn in hell forever. He is not the Godfather who may whack you if you don't submit to him.
Instead, our main focus should be to seek God to be spiritually prepared for the times that are coming. "But keep on the alert at all times," said Jesus, "praying in order that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man" (Luke 21:36, New American Standard Bible).
I don't want my children to live in fear. My kids have had 7 years of fear. I worry my kids may grow up with some sort of mental complex from all this fear.
The bible says that no man will know what day or hour it will come. It also says that Jesus would return when we least expect him.
(Sounds like some of my in-laws).
Christ's followers well knew the many prophecies of the Old Testament that foretell the coming age of the Messiah. Our present time, the time of human rule on earth under the deceptive sway of Satan (1John 5:19), is described by the apostle Paul as "this present evil age" (Galatians 1:4).
It always baffled me a bit to hear that God was going to allow us all to suffer and then be rescued by his son Jesus. Of course I'm referring to Armageddon and the second coming of Christ.
The only wise action for anyone who understands what is coming is to turn to God with repentance and obedience (Acts 3:19). Indeed, "now (God) commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed (i.e., Jesus Christ)" (Acts 17:30-31, NIV).
So take heed for NO MAN OR WOMAN will know when the end is near. Don't scare the shit out of yer yougins.
It's hard enough being a kid now-a-days. They must feel as though you have ALL things under control. Allow them to sleep well at night.
Watch what you say around them or when they are in hearing range of you. Don't allow them to watch the news. Sit down with them and explain the dangers abound in your own words.
They are young with very active minds that conjure up their own images. They don't need to see the blood or the raging storms on the moving picture box.
We are about to face some very hard times. You must be their rock and know that God is with you always.
And when you feel the need to see the face of God look no further then into their eyes.
Hug them everyday even when they don't think they want one.
They need it, and so do you..
Thank you for reading. May God bless you and yours.
If the race remains close in the polls I doubt we will here much more then rumors around the internet about Obama and his past. But come October or if the polls show Obama pulling away from McCain, the republicans will unleash a hail storm of garbage on Obama, this you can be sure of.
In the past forty years of presidential races the Republican have beaten the democrats 7 to 3. This has been the trend since Johnson (a democrat) signed the Civil Right bill. Once he signed it he said "There goes the south" meaning the southern Democrats who were the base of the party would now defect to the Republican party. This appears to have been a prediction that has come to pass.
Below is a break down of the years that republicans won over democrat in the past 40 years. This shows we had 2 Democrats and 5 Republican presidents. The Repubican party has proven that they know how to win elections. Either way you want to look at it rather it be by term 7 to 2 or by president 5-2. In sports terms that is considered Skunking the other team. Not to mention that the democrats won in 76 by default after the Watergate scandal.
68 R-Nixon
72 R-Nixon – R- Ford
76 D-Carter
80 R-Reagan
84 R-Reagan
88 R-Bush Sr
92 D-Clinton
96 D-Clinton
00 R-Bush W.
04 R-Bush W.
So what do they know that Democrats don't seem to have clue on?
The republicans do their home work for one.
Below are a list of things we know of that can hurt Obama. Trust me there will be more. Rather it be rumor or not the Republican machine will be at work grinding away until there is nothing left. These people have had control for 8 years and have a lot of bones to bury. They are not going to turn over the White House now.
What will be used to bring Obama down?
To date:
He admitted to using pot and cocaine, and selling both while in collage.
His dad and stepfather were Muslims and there are rumors that his stepfather was an radical Muslim.
While doing a radio interview he called his grandmother a "typical white person" He said this when he was asked about Rev. Wrights racial comments. Meaning that his grandmother was racist, and he said that was typical white person. He later explained that he meant to say that people of his grandmothers and Rev. Wright's generation were in that mind set.
We know of Barack Obama's ties to a controversial church that has a bias toward white people. Which Obama has been a member for 20. Count them (the republicans will) 20 years.
I enjoy watching Countdown with Keith Oberman, I find him funny and he delivers news that most other shows won't. He is not afraid to bash Bush over and over again.
Last night however I think he may have crossed the line when he referred to the West Virginia, Kentucky and the rest of Appalachian working class as racist because they didn't vote for Obama.
In the show he interviewed Eugene Robinson who seem to dismiss the racist comment and clean it up.
Please pay attention to what Keith says about 3:10 into the clip.
I had a dream last night that I died. I was met at the pearly gates by God himself. I told him, "This must be some sort of mistake".
He asked me to explain. I said "You are God, you know what I have done, and I'm not worthy to go to heaven". I have done some bad things in the past. I…
Then he stopped me.
He said who are you? I said my name is… And he stopped me again. He said are you the same person as you were then? I said no I'm not.
He asked me if I repented for my sins. I answered yes I have, but I still don't feel worthy.
He then asked if I should be given another chance. I told him I would like that, but what if I still fall short of his glory.
He asked what is your name? I said my name is… He stopped me again.
He said look at your life now. Do you like who you are? Are you a good person?
He said
Your name is not I was. Your name is not I will be. Your name is I am.
I awoke and I thought about the meaning of what I had just dreamt.
I realize that we all spend too much time thinking of what we have done wrong. We punish ourselves everyday for what God has already forgiven us for.
We spend too much time and anxiety worrying about what will be. All we need to do is put it in Gods hands and the future will be fine.
We all complain about Bush and all the bad things he has done, but shame on us for not speaking louder.
Shame on us for not demanding the truth. I know the administration has cushioned itself with new laws and new government agencies like "The Department of Homeland Security". An agency that answers to only the white house and governs all other fact finding agency's, and has the right to arrest any citizen that threatens it.
If that is not the republican version of the Gestapo, then I don't know what is.
Shame on us for allowing this.
Shame on us for cowering in fear of our own government.
Are we all still suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome?
Have we not learned from past history? Have we not seen this pattern before?
Shame on congress and all entities of our government as well as ourselves for allowing it to get this far.
I called The Ed Schultz Show once and while he bitched and complained about the republicans. I told him he had the format and could ask people to march or hold a protest. He dismissed my idea as being out dated and went on to say that he already dose this in the form of the internet.
Hey Ed! Get off your ass or shut your mouth. Maybe that's why you're no longer on the air where I live.
I say to all those who complain, but do nothing. Shame on you.
