Entries from November 2008

November 28, 2008

“Take to the oars..”

“I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .”—Anne Bronte

I’ve been thinking about self-reliance a lot lately.  Maybe because we [...]

November 27, 2008

God Bless America, done right…

 
 
Magnificent!  Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

November 26, 2008

I Will Sing to the Lord….

…..For He has been good to me.—Psalm 13:6.
I have so much, so many good things in my life.  No, not money.  But I am so thankful that without great monetary wealth and riches, I am not hungry, nor cold, nor without clothing to wear.  My heart is full to bursting with love for and from [...]

November 25, 2008

Choice For Me, But Not For Thee….

Do liberals believe that they should not be forced to participate in actions that are against their own moral code?
I feel sure that any person, no matter their own personal political leaning, religious beliefs, philosophical ideals, or taste in music, would agree that no one should be forced to take part in something that they [...]

November 24, 2008

Socialism—Who’d a Thunk It?

Well, now I’m really getting worried.  And angry.  This has got to stop.  Bailouts now are happening at the speed of light.  Any company in trouble, just head on over to the big government ATM.  
“‘Emergencies’ have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.”–Friedrich Hayek
Friedrich Hayek, an Austrian-British [...]

November 21, 2008

Conservative Bloggers, Step Up!

Walter Alarkon, of The Hill, has written a piece I thought was important to pass on.  He talks about the role that the “rightosphere” will play in the coming months and years in reshaping the Republican party.
But this group of pundits is not content just to sit on the sidelines, like traditional media. Bloggers see [...]

November 20, 2008

A Pie, or a Bakery?

Are you a pie person, or a bakery person?
A pie person sees just one pie, for all of us to share.  This one pie, in their eyes, must be closely watched and fairly divided.  They see some people with more than their “fair share” of the pie, and, if without any governing power,  compare it [...]

November 19, 2008

Sen. Jeff Sessions’ letter to Pres. Bush…..

Alabama senator Jeff Sessions has written a great letter to Pres. Bush, asking him to personally oversee Sec. Paulson’s actions on the bailout money.  I found it here, and it’s worth reading.