Are the American people really listening to what some of these Presidential candidates are actually saying. Do they realize what kind of Government these people are proposing when they refer "shared prosperity", to policies to redistribute the wealth and income of the American people...to end the Government of the few, for the few, by the few? Do they remember that communism failed because, for all of its talk of equality for all, it gave more equality to some than others and that bureaucrats gain power and wealth through subversion rather than ability...that only in a free economy are all people given the opportunity to gain wealth according to their ability, drive and creativity. Socialistic and communistic Governments have historically been more corrupt and far more brutal than capitalistic ones...even the ones initiated by revolutionaries seeking to free their people from subjugation. It never takes long for the power seekers to gain control of a nation and it's wealth. Bureaucrats all eventually seek their own security regardless of whatever noble intentions led them to their positions.
Hillary wants to be Queen, but I have seen how mercilessly she handles her personal problems and want no part of a ruler who can't even handle her own husband.
James Thompson
Monday, June 11, 2007
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Generally Speaking
Since I am working in Bandon all week, and get very little in the way of Global news there, I make it a point to catch up on the week ends. It amazes me how often one of the things I pick up during this week end study is some inane, stupid or anti-American statement by Jimmy "the cracker" Carter.
Why does this guy get such massive coverage? Think about it...he was a one term President who single handedly drove the U.S. into double digit inflation while embarrassing us internationally with his poor handling of the Iran hostage crisis. He was a babbling buffoon then and is an older one now. He is given honors in those European countries who hate America for its successes because he denigrates our country, and is patted on his gray head like an old pet.
Look at it this way, try to think of another president that is referred to in the familiar way that Jimmy Carter is. Even Bill Clinton is not referred to as Billy Clinton, nor Johnny Kennedy, nor Dicky Nixon. This harmful old dog needs to be muzzled or caged or, even better, his quotes moved into the entertainment section of the paper along with the wisdom of Britney or Paris.
Why does this guy get such massive coverage? Think about it...he was a one term President who single handedly drove the U.S. into double digit inflation while embarrassing us internationally with his poor handling of the Iran hostage crisis. He was a babbling buffoon then and is an older one now. He is given honors in those European countries who hate America for its successes because he denigrates our country, and is patted on his gray head like an old pet.
Look at it this way, try to think of another president that is referred to in the familiar way that Jimmy Carter is. Even Bill Clinton is not referred to as Billy Clinton, nor Johnny Kennedy, nor Dicky Nixon. This harmful old dog needs to be muzzled or caged or, even better, his quotes moved into the entertainment section of the paper along with the wisdom of Britney or Paris.
Monday, May 7, 2007
Politicians & Voters (Dumb & Dumber?)
How is it going?
Are you as amazed by the complacency and overall stupidity of the American people (as defined by media polls) as I am. I understand that most politicians are (eventually) power and money hungry nihilist seeking only to perpetuate their own position, but the people have to vote to keep them there...and they do! Pelosi, Feinstien, Reid, Kennedy, Kerry...over and over they vote to keep these self serving demi-gods in power. Regardless of what outrageous thing they do or say..regardless of how they trash our own country internationally and seek to blame us because an envious world hates us, we re-elect them.
Pelosi dances over to the middle east and announces that Israel and some Arab countries made it clear they want to negotiate more closely, and the next day those countries deny her statement publicly...a babbling American babe who suffers visions of personal grandeur. You have Feinstien constantly talking integrity as she sets on her sub committee directing millions of dollars of contracts to her husbands company, Reid and his land dealings, Kennedy and his drunken speeches, and Kerry the war hero. Is that a bunch of vote getters or what.
And now you have Gore, Academy award in hand, out spewing his nonsense to an adoring public who actually believe his tripe that we are heating up the planet by being BAD PEOPLE. Scientist say Mars and Mercury are also warming so there must be SUV's there too! Or maybe it's the solar activity that is increasing like the REAL scientist are alluding to. No...then they couldn't blame us nasty Americans for destroying our planet. Have you seen the movie? Only an idiot would believe that Saint Gore wanders through airports in early morning to catch red-eye flights to give his little talks to a caring world. The last time he carried his own bag through an airport without an entourage was he was in college. That is only one of many lies in the movie. He fails to mention in the segment with the ships rusting atop dry land that the lake is drying up because the feeding water sources are being diverted for irrigation in a failed plan, or that the polar bear bit was years in the making. Everyone has heard about his personal energy use (overuse) and the fact that it's his own company he buys his "offsets" from. And now there is talk of him running for President again. The American people in their stupor just might elect him. Go figure. JT
Are you as amazed by the complacency and overall stupidity of the American people (as defined by media polls) as I am. I understand that most politicians are (eventually) power and money hungry nihilist seeking only to perpetuate their own position, but the people have to vote to keep them there...and they do! Pelosi, Feinstien, Reid, Kennedy, Kerry...over and over they vote to keep these self serving demi-gods in power. Regardless of what outrageous thing they do or say..regardless of how they trash our own country internationally and seek to blame us because an envious world hates us, we re-elect them.
Pelosi dances over to the middle east and announces that Israel and some Arab countries made it clear they want to negotiate more closely, and the next day those countries deny her statement publicly...a babbling American babe who suffers visions of personal grandeur. You have Feinstien constantly talking integrity as she sets on her sub committee directing millions of dollars of contracts to her husbands company, Reid and his land dealings, Kennedy and his drunken speeches, and Kerry the war hero. Is that a bunch of vote getters or what.
And now you have Gore, Academy award in hand, out spewing his nonsense to an adoring public who actually believe his tripe that we are heating up the planet by being BAD PEOPLE. Scientist say Mars and Mercury are also warming so there must be SUV's there too! Or maybe it's the solar activity that is increasing like the REAL scientist are alluding to. No...then they couldn't blame us nasty Americans for destroying our planet. Have you seen the movie? Only an idiot would believe that Saint Gore wanders through airports in early morning to catch red-eye flights to give his little talks to a caring world. The last time he carried his own bag through an airport without an entourage was he was in college. That is only one of many lies in the movie. He fails to mention in the segment with the ships rusting atop dry land that the lake is drying up because the feeding water sources are being diverted for irrigation in a failed plan, or that the polar bear bit was years in the making. Everyone has heard about his personal energy use (overuse) and the fact that it's his own company he buys his "offsets" from. And now there is talk of him running for President again. The American people in their stupor just might elect him. Go figure. JT
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Why?
Why do you follow me when I run way ?
Nothing about me is special, Why, why do you love me ?
I wish I could see what you see,
Lord, why can't I be the person that you see, when you look at me ?
In myself I know, lurks the evil potential.
To do the very things I hate, that separate me from you.
Yet at times I seem incapable of stopping it,
Then the guilt comes, I want your forgiveness, but can I forget ?
So I run, and I run, but I don't seem to move,
When I look around, there you are, calling me to you.
Tears flow from our eyes, and you are love,
You hold onto me, and tell me you will never let go.
I pray Lord, renew in me a right spirit, create in me a clean heart.
May I never cause you pain again, for I know your love is life, without your love I have nothing.
Lord make me the person you see in me. I can't !
j. thompson 4-21-07
Nothing about me is special, Why, why do you love me ?
I wish I could see what you see,
Lord, why can't I be the person that you see, when you look at me ?
In myself I know, lurks the evil potential.
To do the very things I hate, that separate me from you.
Yet at times I seem incapable of stopping it,
Then the guilt comes, I want your forgiveness, but can I forget ?
So I run, and I run, but I don't seem to move,
When I look around, there you are, calling me to you.
Tears flow from our eyes, and you are love,
You hold onto me, and tell me you will never let go.
I pray Lord, renew in me a right spirit, create in me a clean heart.
May I never cause you pain again, for I know your love is life, without your love I have nothing.
Lord make me the person you see in me. I can't !
j. thompson 4-21-07
Monday, April 2, 2007
You Never Knew Me
You never knew me,
But I know your voice.
I felt your heartbeat, I had no choice.
We breathed together,
Your food was mine.
We are linked to each other, outside of time.
I knew your fear,
I felt it each day.
You seemed so alone, I wanted to stay.
All of your confusion,
no where to run.
You held my life, it had only begun.
The separation and rejection,
tore me apart.
Still, I forgive you, may God heal your heart.
You never knew me,
but I know your voice.
Your breath was mine, I had no choice...
j. thompson 2000
But I know your voice.
I felt your heartbeat, I had no choice.
We breathed together,
Your food was mine.
We are linked to each other, outside of time.
I knew your fear,
I felt it each day.
You seemed so alone, I wanted to stay.
All of your confusion,
no where to run.
You held my life, it had only begun.
The separation and rejection,
tore me apart.
Still, I forgive you, may God heal your heart.
You never knew me,
but I know your voice.
Your breath was mine, I had no choice...
j. thompson 2000
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Can We Escape the Consequences? Pt.1
1.4 million times a year, every 22 seconds in America, 4,500 every day, 49 million since 1973, and still counting. Staggering numbers, where is the out cry ? Much is made by the mainstream media of US combat losses in the war on terror. Please don't misunderstand me here, I am not trying to minimise the deaths of our heroic Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. They should be honored, respected and remembered by all of us. I'm just looking for a little balance here, a little perspective, maybe some honesty. If it is unacceptable to take 3,256 combat casualties in a war over 4 years in length, why is it OK to murder 4,500 US citizens every day ? They talk of blood for oil, What about the blood because we are spoiled? Children used to be considered a blessing, to some today they are an incovienence. Some people even have the ability to look into the future, and decide that certain unborn babies will probably have such a bad life that killing them, is in the babies best interest. So much for 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'. Lots of Americans do believe in God, but for many, that god is self.
My fellow Americans, we should be scared, we should be ashamed. God is not blind, or deaf, and he is not mocked. We will answer for all of the innocent blood spilled in our land, sacrificed to the blind god of self. If you believe in God, then you must believe God is just and honorable. Honor demands justice, justice calls for payment. Payment in kind, Blood.
My fellow Americans, we should be scared, we should be ashamed. God is not blind, or deaf, and he is not mocked. We will answer for all of the innocent blood spilled in our land, sacrificed to the blind god of self. If you believe in God, then you must believe God is just and honorable. Honor demands justice, justice calls for payment. Payment in kind, Blood.
Friday, March 30, 2007
To All Kids Who Survived the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s, & 70s
March 30, 2007Author unknown
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because,WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms.......WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!If YOU are one of them…CONGRATULATIONS!You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us...go ahead and delete this.For the rest of us...pass this on.
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because,WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or chat rooms.......WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!If YOU are one of them…CONGRATULATIONS!You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us...go ahead and delete this.For the rest of us...pass this on.
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