Norma Aspinwall R.I.P.
"Grammy's" mother died this weekend. Her name was Norma and she was very bright and very refined. Grammy and I played tennis (doubles) with her and her late husband George on a few occasions. When Norma could get to the tennis ball, she knew what to do with it.
I liked her!
Grammy, our prayers are with you and your family.
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Monday, September 07, 2009
Obama ‘Disingenuous’
British officials claim Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton were kept informed at all stages of discussions concerning Megrahi’s return.
Well now that can't possibly be. When the Lockerbie terrorist was released, Obama was outraged. Outraged, I tell you!
‘The US was kept fully in touch about everything that was going on with regard to Britain’s discussions with Libya in recent years and about Megrahi,’ said the Whitehall aide.
‘We would never do anything about Lockerbie without discussing it with the US. It is disingenuous of them to act as though Megrahi’s return was out of the blue.
During the campaign, Obama said a great deal about earning back the world's respect and trust. Obviously the respect and trust of our staunchest ally is of little concern.
But then, any country that loves and supports the United States has little in common with Barack Obama. I'm sure it stems from the teachings of that great theologian, Reverend Wright... Love thine enemy... And anyone else who despises America... At least white America, anyway.
I wonder if the mainstream media will display any curiosity over what the President knew, and when he knew it.
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British officials claim Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton were kept informed at all stages of discussions concerning Megrahi’s return.
Well now that can't possibly be. When the Lockerbie terrorist was released, Obama was outraged. Outraged, I tell you!
‘The US was kept fully in touch about everything that was going on with regard to Britain’s discussions with Libya in recent years and about Megrahi,’ said the Whitehall aide.
‘We would never do anything about Lockerbie without discussing it with the US. It is disingenuous of them to act as though Megrahi’s return was out of the blue.
During the campaign, Obama said a great deal about earning back the world's respect and trust. Obviously the respect and trust of our staunchest ally is of little concern.
But then, any country that loves and supports the United States has little in common with Barack Obama. I'm sure it stems from the teachings of that great theologian, Reverend Wright... Love thine enemy... And anyone else who despises America... At least white America, anyway.
I wonder if the mainstream media will display any curiosity over what the President knew, and when he knew it.
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Sunday, September 06, 2009
I pledge 1984
I PLEDGE to talk about the rights of the unborn.
I PLEDGE to maintain that marriage is only between a man and a woman.
I PLEDGE to flush after number 2 -AND- number 1.
I PLEDGE to shoot my gun at least once per month.
I PLEDGE to burn my trash.
I PLEDGE to call Muslims who kill innocent people - terrorists.
I PLEDGE to do everything legal to remove all elected and unelected socialists from Washington.
I PLEDGE.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
My Time Selling Bibles in Georgia... And Dr Manning... Seen Below...
Well... I doubt this African American has the support of the NAACP. I know nothing about him, other that I'm confident he is currently branded an Uncle Tom.
He reminds me of Blacks I met back in the summer of '76, when I was a college student selling Bibles door-to-door in Georgia. The black families I met were proud, family oriented people who loved Dr King, but were not sold on the Left Wing ideas that accompanied the Civil Rights movement. I'm sure they had witnessed injustice but they weren't filled with anger or bitterness... They had lives to lead and children to raise and friends to enjoy. They were very religious... they almost always invited me in... and their biggest concern was as to whether or not my Bibles were the "Holy Bible"... which meant that they wanted the "King James" version.
I remember that I once sat on the porch in Newnan Georgia with a middle-aged black man, telling him about my goods, when a truck pulled up and unloaded a bunch of young black kids that were selling magazine subscriptions. A black kid, about my age, approached us and started talking to this man... Acting as if I wasn't there... And the middle-aged black man pointed to me and said, "He was here first." The kid sort of snarled and walked away.
I remember being invited onto the screened-in-porch of an old black woman who sat in her bed-clothes... She didn't see well, and when I showed her my sample "Large-Print Bible," she cried. She said, "I can't afford this Bible... there should be a way people like me should get this." I just handed my sample Bible to her and walked down the street.
It was a learning experience.
I'm sure "The South" has changed since 1976. The black families I met were intact, welcoming, and secure in their Christian heritage.
Anyway, I suspect Dr Manning is a dying breed. He is linked to a culture that valued God and Family.
I suspect that popular Liberalism has destroyed much of the character I loved in the Black Community in Georgia... The good people that took a wandering white college student "in" and made me feel welcome.
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Well... I doubt this African American has the support of the NAACP. I know nothing about him, other that I'm confident he is currently branded an Uncle Tom.
He reminds me of Blacks I met back in the summer of '76, when I was a college student selling Bibles door-to-door in Georgia. The black families I met were proud, family oriented people who loved Dr King, but were not sold on the Left Wing ideas that accompanied the Civil Rights movement. I'm sure they had witnessed injustice but they weren't filled with anger or bitterness... They had lives to lead and children to raise and friends to enjoy. They were very religious... they almost always invited me in... and their biggest concern was as to whether or not my Bibles were the "Holy Bible"... which meant that they wanted the "King James" version.
I remember that I once sat on the porch in Newnan Georgia with a middle-aged black man, telling him about my goods, when a truck pulled up and unloaded a bunch of young black kids that were selling magazine subscriptions. A black kid, about my age, approached us and started talking to this man... Acting as if I wasn't there... And the middle-aged black man pointed to me and said, "He was here first." The kid sort of snarled and walked away.
I remember being invited onto the screened-in-porch of an old black woman who sat in her bed-clothes... She didn't see well, and when I showed her my sample "Large-Print Bible," she cried. She said, "I can't afford this Bible... there should be a way people like me should get this." I just handed my sample Bible to her and walked down the street.
It was a learning experience.
I'm sure "The South" has changed since 1976. The black families I met were intact, welcoming, and secure in their Christian heritage.
Anyway, I suspect Dr Manning is a dying breed. He is linked to a culture that valued God and Family.
I suspect that popular Liberalism has destroyed much of the character I loved in the Black Community in Georgia... The good people that took a wandering white college student "in" and made me feel welcome.
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Amazing Knowledge for September
I recently had a conversation with the ignorant women I work with about television sitcoms. I decided to impart to them a bit of knowledge from my vast personal stores.
I opened my mouth and spake unto them, saying, "Did you know that sitcoms are recorded in two different ways?"
They looked back at me as if I was speaking Chinese, a vacant look to which I've grown accustomed.
But for their sake I patiently continued by explaining that sitcoms were recorded on either film or videotape. With video tape, everything in the picture is in focus and has the look of live TV, like newscasts. Soaps are recorded in this format.
Film has a different look. In filmed sitcoms, the action is in focus and the background is not.
Videotaped sitcoms include The Cosby Show, All in the Family, Three's Company.
Filmed sitcoms include Mary Tyler Moore, Seinfeld, Mash.
Newhart (Vermont Inn Newhart) started out on video tape, but later switched to film.
You may be able to visualize scenes from these programs and note the distinct difference.
Skyepuppy's son probably knows all about this... He may know more than... even I.
Your assignment, should you decide to accept it, is to report back and demonstrate the ability discern the difference between video taped sitcoms, and those that are filmed...
And remember, I'm always here to help you enrich your life with Amazing Knowledge.
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I recently had a conversation with the ignorant women I work with about television sitcoms. I decided to impart to them a bit of knowledge from my vast personal stores.
I opened my mouth and spake unto them, saying, "Did you know that sitcoms are recorded in two different ways?"
They looked back at me as if I was speaking Chinese, a vacant look to which I've grown accustomed.
But for their sake I patiently continued by explaining that sitcoms were recorded on either film or videotape. With video tape, everything in the picture is in focus and has the look of live TV, like newscasts. Soaps are recorded in this format.
Film has a different look. In filmed sitcoms, the action is in focus and the background is not.
Videotaped sitcoms include The Cosby Show, All in the Family, Three's Company.
Filmed sitcoms include Mary Tyler Moore, Seinfeld, Mash.
Newhart (Vermont Inn Newhart) started out on video tape, but later switched to film.
You may be able to visualize scenes from these programs and note the distinct difference.
Skyepuppy's son probably knows all about this... He may know more than... even I.
Your assignment, should you decide to accept it, is to report back and demonstrate the ability discern the difference between video taped sitcoms, and those that are filmed...
And remember, I'm always here to help you enrich your life with Amazing Knowledge.
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Saturday, August 29, 2009
Kennedy Mystique Illustrated
One of Kennedy’s close friends, former editor of Newsweek and New York Times Magazine Ed Klein, tells the Diane Rehm Show that Chappaquiddick jokes were high up on the list (of the jokes Kennedy enjoyed).
"I don’t know if you know this or not, but one of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself. And he would ask people, 'have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick?' That is just the most amazing thing."
Yes, indeed. That is the most amazing thing.
I believe this is an amazing illustration of the irrational absurdity of the Kennedy mystique that has pervaded this country since the election of John in 1960. Not just the fact that senator Kennedy would feel free to ask about the jokes, but that his friend, Klein, feels free to reveal the fact and not suspect that America will be shocked and disgusted.
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One of Kennedy’s close friends, former editor of Newsweek and New York Times Magazine Ed Klein, tells the Diane Rehm Show that Chappaquiddick jokes were high up on the list (of the jokes Kennedy enjoyed).
"I don’t know if you know this or not, but one of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself. And he would ask people, 'have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick?' That is just the most amazing thing."
Yes, indeed. That is the most amazing thing.
I believe this is an amazing illustration of the irrational absurdity of the Kennedy mystique that has pervaded this country since the election of John in 1960. Not just the fact that senator Kennedy would feel free to ask about the jokes, but that his friend, Klein, feels free to reveal the fact and not suspect that America will be shocked and disgusted.
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Friday, August 28, 2009
Quote for the Day
"Ted Kennedy unlike so many politicians of his day, he didn't dabble in the small stuff, the petty personal attacks -that was not him, and again that's why so many people are feeling so sad..."
--David Schuester MSNBC
"Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens' doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists could be censored at the whim of the government and the doors of the federal courts would be shut on the fingers of millions of citizens."
--Teddy Kennedy, Judicial Hearings for Robert Bork 1987
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"Ted Kennedy unlike so many politicians of his day, he didn't dabble in the small stuff, the petty personal attacks -that was not him, and again that's why so many people are feeling so sad..."
--David Schuester MSNBC
"Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens' doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists could be censored at the whim of the government and the doors of the federal courts would be shut on the fingers of millions of citizens."
--Teddy Kennedy, Judicial Hearings for Robert Bork 1987
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
KennedyCare
In the words of Obama Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, "You never want a good corpse to go to waste."
Shades of Paul Wellstone. It looks as if the Democrats are going to attempt to revive government-run health care by naming it after Ted Kennedy and adopting the battle cry, "Let's win one for Ted!"
But the "Dead Ted Health Care Plan" is still government-run health care, and I doubt the town hall protesters will be moved simply because it's named after the biggest reprobate and embarrassment in the history of American politics... Even if he was the brother of a former popular president.
I have a better idea. If you want to name a socialist program after Ted, why not create government-run car insurance? Try this on:
KennedyCollision
This is a far more appropriate and fitting monument to the hero of Chappaquiddick.
After a day of sailing and heavy drinking, Kennedy drove his black Oldsmobile sedan off a small wooden bridge into Poucho Pond, trapping (Mary Jo) Kopechne in seven feet of water.
The second-term senator waited nearly 10 hours to report the accident and offered virtually no explanation other than he "panicked."
But during those 10 hours this "panicked senator" managed to change into his Regatta-worthy duds and have several light-hearted yuck-it-up conversations with people on the island.
Even those who had faith in the senator worried about his ability to handle a crisis. Friends testified in an inquest that after the accident a confused and crying Kennedy, trying to blame the accident on others begged, "What am I going to do, what can I do?"
Americans were horrified when they learned that rescue workers found her body in the well of the back seat with her head held up, perhaps indicating that she had been alive for some time breathing in an air pocket.
Ironically, in 1988 at the Democrat National Convention, Ted gave his famous "Where was George" speech on the 19th anniversary of the night Mary Jo Kopechne was suffocating in an Oldsmobile foot well wondering, "Where is Teddy?"
Within five days of the accident, Kennedy's lawyers arranged for him to plead guilty to leaving the scene of the accident involving personal injury with a two-month suspended sentence and one-year probation.
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In the words of Obama Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, "You never want a good corpse to go to waste."
Shades of Paul Wellstone. It looks as if the Democrats are going to attempt to revive government-run health care by naming it after Ted Kennedy and adopting the battle cry, "Let's win one for Ted!"
But the "Dead Ted Health Care Plan" is still government-run health care, and I doubt the town hall protesters will be moved simply because it's named after the biggest reprobate and embarrassment in the history of American politics... Even if he was the brother of a former popular president.
I have a better idea. If you want to name a socialist program after Ted, why not create government-run car insurance? Try this on:
KennedyCollision
This is a far more appropriate and fitting monument to the hero of Chappaquiddick.
After a day of sailing and heavy drinking, Kennedy drove his black Oldsmobile sedan off a small wooden bridge into Poucho Pond, trapping (Mary Jo) Kopechne in seven feet of water.
The second-term senator waited nearly 10 hours to report the accident and offered virtually no explanation other than he "panicked."
But during those 10 hours this "panicked senator" managed to change into his Regatta-worthy duds and have several light-hearted yuck-it-up conversations with people on the island.
Even those who had faith in the senator worried about his ability to handle a crisis. Friends testified in an inquest that after the accident a confused and crying Kennedy, trying to blame the accident on others begged, "What am I going to do, what can I do?"
Americans were horrified when they learned that rescue workers found her body in the well of the back seat with her head held up, perhaps indicating that she had been alive for some time breathing in an air pocket.
Ironically, in 1988 at the Democrat National Convention, Ted gave his famous "Where was George" speech on the 19th anniversary of the night Mary Jo Kopechne was suffocating in an Oldsmobile foot well wondering, "Where is Teddy?"
Within five days of the accident, Kennedy's lawyers arranged for him to plead guilty to leaving the scene of the accident involving personal injury with a two-month suspended sentence and one-year probation.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Let's Name Obama's Healthcare Plan after Ted
Yep.
Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) thinks that the health care reform bill should be named for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA): "In his honor and as a tribute to his commitment to his ideals, let us stop the shouting and name calling and have a civilized debate on health care reform which I hope, when legislation has been signed into law, will bear his name for his commitment to insuring the health of every American."
I love it when I'm right.
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Yep.
Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) thinks that the health care reform bill should be named for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA): "In his honor and as a tribute to his commitment to his ideals, let us stop the shouting and name calling and have a civilized debate on health care reform which I hope, when legislation has been signed into law, will bear his name for his commitment to insuring the health of every American."
I love it when I'm right.
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Ted Kennedy R.I.P.
When I was 4 or 5 years old, I decided that "Ted" was the best name to have, and I couldn't understand why my parents hadn't named me "Ted." So for a while, I would answer to nothing but "Ted." If my family called me by my real name, I would ignore them.
My mother still sometimes calls me Ted.
OK. That's pretty much the nicest thing I can think of to post about Ted Kennedy. If you can't say something nice...
No, wait. Ted once said that he couldn't understand why the media was so critical of Dan Quayle. He said he had worked with Dan and he liked him.
OK. That's it.
Ted is more thoroughly explained Here: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8212665
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When I was 4 or 5 years old, I decided that "Ted" was the best name to have, and I couldn't understand why my parents hadn't named me "Ted." So for a while, I would answer to nothing but "Ted." If my family called me by my real name, I would ignore them.
My mother still sometimes calls me Ted.
OK. That's pretty much the nicest thing I can think of to post about Ted Kennedy. If you can't say something nice...
No, wait. Ted once said that he couldn't understand why the media was so critical of Dan Quayle. He said he had worked with Dan and he liked him.
OK. That's it.
Ted is more thoroughly explained Here: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8212665
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She Likes to Watch
I read a comment recently on Facebook made by a woman from our church that I'd heard glowing spiritual things about. I followed the comment back to her profile page, and because she'd not activated security, I was able to nib in her personal stuff. Under her "favorite TV shows" she listed a couple programs that feature stories of your basic immorality, people sleeping with people... Well, you know how network television is... It celebrates immorality.
Anyway, it was sooooo disappointing.
It's funny how things haven't really changed since Old Testament times. When the Israelites worshiped other gods, it often involved sexual immorality. Some people performed the sex acts, and other people watched.
Evidently the woman from church likes to watch.
I don't think it's possible to be engaged in the popular culture and its entertainments, and not be polluted by the world. I've given up TV evenings, though I still watch the news and turn on "Nick at Nite" type stuff when I crawl into bed. In the evenings when I need to be entertained, I listen to my podcast sermons.
I'm sure I'm still not as good at being good as the woman from Church, but at least I recognize my desperate situation, and less and less of my sin is premeditated.
Next thing to give up... The Internet!
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I read a comment recently on Facebook made by a woman from our church that I'd heard glowing spiritual things about. I followed the comment back to her profile page, and because she'd not activated security, I was able to nib in her personal stuff. Under her "favorite TV shows" she listed a couple programs that feature stories of your basic immorality, people sleeping with people... Well, you know how network television is... It celebrates immorality.
Anyway, it was sooooo disappointing.
It's funny how things haven't really changed since Old Testament times. When the Israelites worshiped other gods, it often involved sexual immorality. Some people performed the sex acts, and other people watched.
Evidently the woman from church likes to watch.
I don't think it's possible to be engaged in the popular culture and its entertainments, and not be polluted by the world. I've given up TV evenings, though I still watch the news and turn on "Nick at Nite" type stuff when I crawl into bed. In the evenings when I need to be entertained, I listen to my podcast sermons.
I'm sure I'm still not as good at being good as the woman from Church, but at least I recognize my desperate situation, and less and less of my sin is premeditated.
Next thing to give up... The Internet!
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
A Rising Conservative Star: Florida's Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio is running against RINO Florida governor Charlie Crist for the U.S. Senate nomination. Rubio is expected to lose.
Crist supported Obama's stimulus package, and conservatives believe he will shake-out to be another Olympia Snow or Arlen Specter.
Rubio is a Reagan Republican.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Washington's Compassion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will raise its 10-year budget deficit projection to approximately $9 trillion from $7.108 trillion in a report next week, a senior administration official told Reuters on Friday.
At some point our bills come due. Unfortunately for people my age, it looks as if the day of reckoning will come just about the time we retire... Or the time we thought we would like to retire.
Anyone old enough to remember the 70's understands how cruel an inflationary period can be. People who played by the rules in the 50's and 60's, saved their money, creating a nest egg that seemed like so much, were made poor when their dollars suddenly bought so much less.
Washington will buy votes and level the playing field by printing money, and that will make my money worth less.
I spend my life working hard, giving the government about a third of my income so that lazy people can stay home and watch TV... And then when I retire I'm not significantly better off than the lazy people my hard work supported. That's Socialism's reward for the industrious.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will raise its 10-year budget deficit projection to approximately $9 trillion from $7.108 trillion in a report next week, a senior administration official told Reuters on Friday.
At some point our bills come due. Unfortunately for people my age, it looks as if the day of reckoning will come just about the time we retire... Or the time we thought we would like to retire.
Anyone old enough to remember the 70's understands how cruel an inflationary period can be. People who played by the rules in the 50's and 60's, saved their money, creating a nest egg that seemed like so much, were made poor when their dollars suddenly bought so much less.
Washington will buy votes and level the playing field by printing money, and that will make my money worth less.
I spend my life working hard, giving the government about a third of my income so that lazy people can stay home and watch TV... And then when I retire I'm not significantly better off than the lazy people my hard work supported. That's Socialism's reward for the industrious.
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
Kelly Ayotte and Sarah Palin: Two of a Kind
Evidently the Democrats are as afraid of Kelly Ayotte as they are of Sarah Palin.
Ayotte is a rising Republican star. The popular Attorney General for the state of New Hampshire is a pro-life, pro-gun, anti gay marriage mother. She'll be running for the U.S. Senate.
He's Always Been Faithful - Sarah Groves
I'm not generally a fan of Sarah Groves, but I love this song and the arrangement.
Female Runner's Sex QuestionedNow here is a story that interests me.
A female runner accused of being a man tonight took gold in the 800m World Athletics Championship.
South African Caster Semenya, 18, had to take a gender test after doubts were raised about her sex.
South African Caster Semenya, 18, had to take a gender test after doubts were raised about her sex.
The article didn't say if the test was written or oral.
So what is the defining factor that determines sex? You can't go by hormone levels because it would be unfair to disqualify a woman who just naturally produced high levels of testosterone. You can't go by "equipment" because certain parts sometimes fail to develop, or drop. You could hunt for the Y chromosome, but sex-changed Renee Richards was allowed to compete against women tennis players and he/she still had his/her Y's.
The inexpensive test would be to drop her off at the mall and see if she headed for the video arcade, or Penny's.
Regardless... I wish her well, and at the end of the day one fact will remain true... She is a handsome woman.
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