Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a baby born in a manger. The baby’s parents, traveling to comply with a decreed census count, begged the innkeeper for a room, but, as many were on the road because of the ordained census, there were no rooms left. The innkeeper kindly [...]
Entries from December 2008
December 16, 2008
Arne Duncan, Your Junior High English Teacher Called….
Mr. Duncan, it’s “gave me”, not “gave I”.
I admit it. I’m not exactly proud of it, but it’s just part of the way I am.
I am a grammar snob.
I blame my schoolteacher mother, several very good and particular English teachers from fourth grade on, and all that reading I did as a child.
Oh, I don’t [...]
December 12, 2008
A Soldier’s Sacrifice…..
[This morning I posted this on another group I recently joined, and wanted to share it here as well.]
“I would like to introduce my dear friend to all of you. Her name is Linda, and she joined our group here about a week ago. She is a strong Christian woman, with solid conservative values. Linda [...]
December 12, 2008
Blagojevich Still Has Fans……
What I want to know is, who are those 7% who still approve of the job Gov. Blagojevich is doing? I’m speechless, that there would be even one person who, when asked by a pollster, would reply, ‘ yes, I think he’s doing a great job and I’m all for him’.
If any of you reading [...]
December 11, 2008
I Couldn’t Have Said It Better Myself……
“You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help little men by tearing down big men.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
You cannot further the brotherhood [...]
December 10, 2008
Dead Batteries and Flat Tires……
Well I’ve been away from here much longer than I intended. Farm life is just full of constant surprises. And it seems that for some reason, even after 50-someodd years of living on this planet, I can’t seem to remember that winter follows fall. I seem to find myself each year about [...]
December 4, 2008
A Young American Hero….
Disheartened by the election, I had been feeling pretty low about the path our country was on, and the gloomy and radically different future that I feared lay in store for us. I started this blog to vent my own frustrations and opinions and in so doing, found many other people who did the exact [...]
