Dear friends and family: First, some random political thoughts: The Economy… Now math was not my strong suit, it was Marilyn’s and Rand’s; science was mine and Dan’s, and the arts Tim and David, with plenty of overlap on all fronts. That being said, it seems to me that when you add a stimulus bill… Read more »
Month: February 2009
The Economic Meltdown:Keep It Simple Stupid; The Lighter Side (Fred and Larry Get Married and The Ease of English); Jimmy Carter-Profile in Incompetence
aa Sometimes the Lord puts a burden on your heart, and you must obey that still small voice within, that is, if you are to be true to yourself. That is what I have felt for the most part, in my writing career. It may mean that you will not exactly be the most popular… Read more »
Failure is Not an Option
As you saw from some of the photos from my last blog my sisters have been spending time near our southern home. Just before Jane left she visited the Kennedy Space Center with Sandy and Paul. The two ‘gimps’ were out of commission for the day, but the other three assured us it was a… Read more »
Some Timely Lessons, the Lighter Side, Prayer Requests, and More
Sisters Sandy, Jane, with Marilyn Dear Friends and family; Let’s start with a quote sent from John: “Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.” Albert Einstein Next is an interesting idea sent from Cal and Pat: The Red Envelope Project This is an answered prayer from a fellow by the name of afternoon Chris Otto:… Read more »
Stimulated or Stimied?, Who is to Blame, Lighter Side, Break Through in Prostate Cancer
How could we trust anybody who voted for the Stimulus Bill, doubling our deficit, when none of them even read the bill? The Feb. 12 edition of “Investor’s Business Daily” (IBD) states that this bill has “egregious waste”. Moreover, we are at war, our troops could use more and improved equipment, and wen produced would… Read more »
Coming Soon: Socialized Medicine and Religion Banned from Campus… Some Kind of Stimulus; Prayer Requests and Updates, Radical Rules, Lighter Side
Dear family and friends: I must be very frank with my readers today. One party rule has never been good for any nation, by any party, but after only three weeks of Democratic Dominance this Administration has taken gargantuan steps down the road to socialism. This form of government is ideal in theory, but has… Read more »
Alinsky Unveiled; A Note to the President; Advice to Conservatives, Lighter Side, Heart Rate and Heart Attacks, Bratty Kids and What to do …
Alinsky Unveiled As many of you know I have been reading Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals”. I must admit it did not impress me the first time I perused it several years ago. I viewed it as a cross between a ‘manual on manipulation’ (which opinion I still hold) and “1984”, something I believed could… Read more »
Bloggers Input: Corrections, How Much is a Trillion?; Lighter Side, Prayer Request
Dear family and friends: First, Corrections to Monday’s article from Blogger Sal… “Another good article and well thought out…2 minor corrections (I think) I read that Daschle and Geithner did pay the back taxes and also paid interest penalty” Sal was right on the interest, but they did not pay penalties (AP) … I said… Read more »
Promises Kept?; Dissecting the Stimulus; Alinsky Quote; Lighter Side
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich may have put it best when he said: “Republicans should be willing to work with President Obama when he is right. And when he is wrong, Republicans must make it a point not just to oppose him, but to offer a better solution.” As I See It I… Read more »