How do you tell a Communist? Well, it some one who reads Marx and Lenin.
And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
Ronald Reagan
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Where are you N.O.W.?
Women are being held hostage in their own homes.
Where are you now?
Women are being killed in the streets.
Where are you now?
Women are being kept from education.
Where are you now?
Women are forbidden to drive an automobile.
Where are you now?
Women are forbidden to go out alone.
Where are you now?
Women must hide their faces.
Where are you now?
From the Middle East they look to the West and cry out;
Where are you N.O.W.?
Why are you hiding N.O.W.?
We need you, N.O.W.!
Where are you now?
Women are being killed in the streets.
Where are you now?
Women are being kept from education.
Where are you now?
Women are forbidden to drive an automobile.
Where are you now?
Women are forbidden to go out alone.
Where are you now?
Women must hide their faces.
Where are you now?
From the Middle East they look to the West and cry out;
Where are you N.O.W.?
Why are you hiding N.O.W.?
We need you, N.O.W.!
DEMOCRACY
What is the difference between a democracy and a people's democracy?
The same difference between a jacket and a straight-jacket.
Ronald Reagan
The same difference between a jacket and a straight-jacket.
Ronald Reagan
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
CARBON FOOTPRINT?! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!
The arrogance of the human species never ceases to amaze me. For any one person to think that our limited existence on this planet; our drop in the bucket of time on this big blue marble we call earth could have a negative effect is the height of arrogance.
One volcanic eruption spews more "carbon footprint" junk then all of mankind has done since the start of the industrial age, and there are no less then 100 of these eruption at any one time, and this has been going on for millions if not billions of years! According to our "carbon footprint" friends the earth should be dead.
We live on a living, breathing planet, an aging, living, breathing planet. Ask the geologist, they will show you the changes; hot, cold, wet, dry that this sphere has gone through over the many billions of years. Climate change; it's supposed to happen people! We can not stop it! We are fleas on the butt of earth, insignificant as far as time and space goes. As much as we want to think we have control we have none.
Is the climate changing on our planet? Certainly, as it has been for all its existence. You really want to know what this is about? Follow the money. I wonder what the "carbon footprint" was for printing Al Gore's $1.6 million check for blaming 'US' all for global warming, not to mention his own "carbon footprint" for getting to his high priced $peaking engagements. And you thought he was doing if for free, to save the planet. I wonder what's next; global cooling...again?
One volcanic eruption spews more "carbon footprint" junk then all of mankind has done since the start of the industrial age, and there are no less then 100 of these eruption at any one time, and this has been going on for millions if not billions of years! According to our "carbon footprint" friends the earth should be dead.
We live on a living, breathing planet, an aging, living, breathing planet. Ask the geologist, they will show you the changes; hot, cold, wet, dry that this sphere has gone through over the many billions of years. Climate change; it's supposed to happen people! We can not stop it! We are fleas on the butt of earth, insignificant as far as time and space goes. As much as we want to think we have control we have none.
Is the climate changing on our planet? Certainly, as it has been for all its existence. You really want to know what this is about? Follow the money. I wonder what the "carbon footprint" was for printing Al Gore's $1.6 million check for blaming 'US' all for global warming, not to mention his own "carbon footprint" for getting to his high priced $peaking engagements. And you thought he was doing if for free, to save the planet. I wonder what's next; global cooling...again?
P.S. The mantra has changed, once again. It is now "Climate Change." I have news for them, if they want to see real climate change come to New England on any given day. Don't like the weather...wait a minuet.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
TIME OUT
DON'T JUST DO SOMETHING, SIT THERE!
If you don't take time out to think, strategize and prioritize, you will work a whole lot harder, without enjoying the benefits of a job smartly done.
If you don't take time out to think, strategize and prioritize, you will work a whole lot harder, without enjoying the benefits of a job smartly done.
WINNING
POSITIVE SELF-IMAGE:
What you see is what you get.
What is your "IQ" (Imagination Quotient)?
It is important to learn just how important of a role your imagination plays in the creation, and up-grading of your self-image. If in your self-image you cannot possibly see yourself doing something, achieving something, you literally cannot do it. Your subconscious is incapable of differentiating between a real success or failure, and a success or failure imagined. What you see in your imagined self-image is what you get. With out an adjustment in my self-image, without me imagining and fantasizing about my success, I could not have gone back to school at 40 and completed my BA degree.
Imagine and fantasize about the person you would most like to become, imagine it again and again, vividly and in full detail. See yourself changing, growing, achieving and winning. Raise your winning "IQ" and watch how far you will go.
What you see is what you get.
What is your "IQ" (Imagination Quotient)?
It is important to learn just how important of a role your imagination plays in the creation, and up-grading of your self-image. If in your self-image you cannot possibly see yourself doing something, achieving something, you literally cannot do it. Your subconscious is incapable of differentiating between a real success or failure, and a success or failure imagined. What you see in your imagined self-image is what you get. With out an adjustment in my self-image, without me imagining and fantasizing about my success, I could not have gone back to school at 40 and completed my BA degree.
Imagine and fantasize about the person you would most like to become, imagine it again and again, vividly and in full detail. See yourself changing, growing, achieving and winning. Raise your winning "IQ" and watch how far you will go.
WINNING
POSITIVE SELF-MOTIVATION:
"Winners dwell on their desires, not their limitation." We are all motivated a little or a lot, most of us are motivated from the inside by fear, inhibitions, compulsions, and attractions. Learn to focus on goals, desires, and solutions, and stay away from negative concepts such as "fat, poor, sick and stupid." Look at where you want to go and not the troubled places you have come from. Tell yourself, "I want to, I can do it." not "I have to or I can't." Learn to dwell on desired results, not the fear of what could or might happen
"Winners dwell on their desires, not their limitation." We are all motivated a little or a lot, most of us are motivated from the inside by fear, inhibitions, compulsions, and attractions. Learn to focus on goals, desires, and solutions, and stay away from negative concepts such as "fat, poor, sick and stupid." Look at where you want to go and not the troubled places you have come from. Tell yourself, "I want to, I can do it." not "I have to or I can't." Learn to dwell on desired results, not the fear of what could or might happen
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Still Smiling After All These Years
In my job working around a hospital emergency department I see many things.I see the light and the dark side of life. I see life begin and life end. I have seen and/or smelled every bodily fluid. But amid all this there is even time for laughter; it's the only way to keep your sanity in this business.
One summer day a mother come in with her teenage son in tow. He had visible scrapes and bruises, but he look non-to-pleased about being in the emergency department. At this hospital we record all accidents with a description of what happened and pass that information on to the state. (bureaucrats are keeping track of everything these days) Any way, when I asked him what happened, the mother looked at him with disgust and said, "tell him." The young man looked at me and told me that he and his friends, "X friends." mom says, were messing around with this shopping cart and he got the idea to get inside it and ride it down a hill. I could hardly keep a straight face. Instantly the Vonage telephone commercial popped into my head, you know the one "People do stupid things..." All I could visualize is this young mans facial expression going from cocky to utter terror once he realized that he was in a wheeled vehicle, going down hill, at the mercy of gravity and with no means of steering or braking. The next question I asked him, also required for statistics, "Were you wearing a helmet?" "No." he said. How come I knew that answer to that question?
One summer day a mother come in with her teenage son in tow. He had visible scrapes and bruises, but he look non-to-pleased about being in the emergency department. At this hospital we record all accidents with a description of what happened and pass that information on to the state. (bureaucrats are keeping track of everything these days) Any way, when I asked him what happened, the mother looked at him with disgust and said, "tell him." The young man looked at me and told me that he and his friends, "X friends." mom says, were messing around with this shopping cart and he got the idea to get inside it and ride it down a hill. I could hardly keep a straight face. Instantly the Vonage telephone commercial popped into my head, you know the one "People do stupid things..." All I could visualize is this young mans facial expression going from cocky to utter terror once he realized that he was in a wheeled vehicle, going down hill, at the mercy of gravity and with no means of steering or braking. The next question I asked him, also required for statistics, "Were you wearing a helmet?" "No." he said. How come I knew that answer to that question?
Friday, November 30, 2007
KIDS ON A LEASH
I was walking down the hall of a hospital, a small hospital as most go and I spotted a man with his toddler child and he had the child on a leash! Not only did that catch my attention but as they walked the tether between child and dad made a pretty good barricade, like a piece of tape
POLICELINEDONOTCROSSPOLICELINE... and took up most of the hallway forcing me and others to walk way over to one side, and dad, it seemed, thought nothing of it.
"Here boy."
Oh, they try to make the kid leashes look like backpacks or any thing else but a leash, but with my sharp 20/100 vision I spotted it right away. A leash by any other... well you know the rest.
"Here boy. Heal."
I couldn't help but wonder why a leash, and the only answers that came to my mind were that he just didn't want the interaction of holding the child's hand, or he was just lazy and didn't want to chase after the child. Now I have seen children on leashes before, but it has been awhile. For some reason and in our current world of child priorities this struck me as a little inhumane. I'm not sure where dad thought the child would run off to but non-the-less there the child was on the end of that leash. In my day I would have let the kid bounce from wall to wall, catching him on the rebound hoping he would burn up some energy bring him closer to that treasured nap time.
"Here boy. Heal. Sit."
I guess I'm old fashioned. I believe in good old human contact. When my children were toddlers I, or their mother, held their hand while walking, or we carried them! Ya carried them, even when they smelled like poop. It's no wonder today's kids grow up feeling detached from their parents.
" Here boy. Heal. Sit. Lay down."
Perhaps there are some who have not evolved far from our canine friends. Or they just think; if it works for dogs then it works for me. What's the next step a kennel? Oh ya, about that play pen.
"Here boy. Heal. Sit. Lay down. STAY!"
"Good boy."
POLICELINEDONOTCROSSPOLICELINE... and took up most of the hallway forcing me and others to walk way over to one side, and dad, it seemed, thought nothing of it.
"Here boy."
Oh, they try to make the kid leashes look like backpacks or any thing else but a leash, but with my sharp 20/100 vision I spotted it right away. A leash by any other... well you know the rest.
"Here boy. Heal."
I couldn't help but wonder why a leash, and the only answers that came to my mind were that he just didn't want the interaction of holding the child's hand, or he was just lazy and didn't want to chase after the child. Now I have seen children on leashes before, but it has been awhile. For some reason and in our current world of child priorities this struck me as a little inhumane. I'm not sure where dad thought the child would run off to but non-the-less there the child was on the end of that leash. In my day I would have let the kid bounce from wall to wall, catching him on the rebound hoping he would burn up some energy bring him closer to that treasured nap time.
"Here boy. Heal. Sit."
I guess I'm old fashioned. I believe in good old human contact. When my children were toddlers I, or their mother, held their hand while walking, or we carried them! Ya carried them, even when they smelled like poop. It's no wonder today's kids grow up feeling detached from their parents.
" Here boy. Heal. Sit. Lay down."
Perhaps there are some who have not evolved far from our canine friends. Or they just think; if it works for dogs then it works for me. What's the next step a kennel? Oh ya, about that play pen.
"Here boy. Heal. Sit. Lay down. STAY!"
"Good boy."
Friday, November 16, 2007
VOTE
Well, for what it's worth, the politicians are doing it to us again, and I don't know about you but not one of them has even kissed me. Yes, it's election time. But no matter who wins hang onto your wallets. It is a given that the liars-and-cheats (that's politicians to those of you on the Left Coast) will dig deeper into yours and my pockets. How do I know this? They are not talking about it. Their thinking is this; if they don't talk about we wont think about it.
Although I do not expect the schools, roads and other infrastructure to be free and maintained for free, I do expect fiscal responsibility with MY money. Fiscal responsibility; why are those two words so foreign to politicians? The new ones, the new soon to be liars-and-cheats, oh they talk a good game but when elected they turn into veteran liars-and-cheats. But the worst thing of all, the most unforgivable thing of all, is we as an electorate do not hold them accountable. Why?
VOTE!
It's your vote. It's your one, most precious vote. Use it wisely.
the good of the few does not out weigh the good of the many.
Although I do not expect the schools, roads and other infrastructure to be free and maintained for free, I do expect fiscal responsibility with MY money. Fiscal responsibility; why are those two words so foreign to politicians? The new ones, the new soon to be liars-and-cheats, oh they talk a good game but when elected they turn into veteran liars-and-cheats. But the worst thing of all, the most unforgivable thing of all, is we as an electorate do not hold them accountable. Why?
VOTE!
It's your vote. It's your one, most precious vote. Use it wisely.
the good of the few does not out weigh the good of the many.
Winning
So, you want to be a winner; a success at whatever you do? Here is the first in a series if tips I have picked up along the way. Together they will make up your life-rudder, your guidance system, if you will, to direct you along life's path, and for what it's worth I believe they will help.
POSITIVE SELF-EXPECTANCY: (WINNERS EXPECT TO WIN)
First, you must be positive. Positive in yourself, positive in your work. You must expect positive things to happen. "That which you fear or expect most will likely come to pass. The body manifests what the mind harbors." Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy, a person usually gets what he or she expects. Think positive thoughts in your life and business and it WILL come to pass.
The key to POSITIVE SELF-EXPECTANCY is to establish a POSITIVE SELF-TALK. We all talk to ourselves at a rate of about 500 to 800 words per minuet. So, instead of a negative self-talk such as; with my luck I was bound to fail, try A POSITIVE SELF TALK; "I was good today, I'll be better tomorrow." You will become that which you think you are. With your new positive self you will learn to become relaxed and friendly no matter how much tension you are under.
POSITIVE SELF-EXPECTANCY: (WINNERS EXPECT TO WIN)
First, you must be positive. Positive in yourself, positive in your work. You must expect positive things to happen. "That which you fear or expect most will likely come to pass. The body manifests what the mind harbors." Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy, a person usually gets what he or she expects. Think positive thoughts in your life and business and it WILL come to pass.
The key to POSITIVE SELF-EXPECTANCY is to establish a POSITIVE SELF-TALK. We all talk to ourselves at a rate of about 500 to 800 words per minuet. So, instead of a negative self-talk such as; with my luck I was bound to fail, try A POSITIVE SELF TALK; "I was good today, I'll be better tomorrow." You will become that which you think you are. With your new positive self you will learn to become relaxed and friendly no matter how much tension you are under.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Your Choice
MOST OF US TALK ABOUT THINGS,
THE BEST OF US TALK ABOUT IDEAS,
THE WORST OF US TALK ABOUT OTHERS.
THE BEST OF US TALK ABOUT IDEAS,
THE WORST OF US TALK ABOUT OTHERS.
Friday, November 9, 2007
Pledge of Allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
But what do these words mean?
I - - Me; an individual; a committee of one.
Pledge - - Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity.
Allegiance - - My love and my devotion.
To the Flag - - Our standard; Old Glory ; a symbol of Freedom; wherever she waves there is respect, because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts, Freedom is everybody's job.
United - - That means that we have all come together.
States - - Individual communities that have united into forty-eight great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose. All divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that is love for country.
And to the Republic - - Republic--a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people; and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.
For which it stands
One Nation - - One Nation--meaning, so blessed by God.
Indivisible - - Incapable of being divided.
With Liberty - - Which is Freedom; the right of power to live one's own life, without threats, fear, or some sort of retaliation.
And Justice - - The principle, or qualities, of dealing fairly with others.
For All - - For All--which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine.
"Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country, and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance: Under God. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer, and that would be eliminated from schools, too?"
The late Red Skelton, actor, comedian, and patriot recited this on his weekly television broadcast on January 14, 1969.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfz2XDXaeqc
For what it's worth Mr. Skelton I have never forgotten this. Thank you!
And now let me hear you recite, the Pledge of Allegiance.
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
"Good nite, and may God Bless."
But what do these words mean?
I - - Me; an individual; a committee of one.
Pledge - - Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity.
Allegiance - - My love and my devotion.
To the Flag - - Our standard; Old Glory ; a symbol of Freedom; wherever she waves there is respect, because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts, Freedom is everybody's job.
United - - That means that we have all come together.
States - - Individual communities that have united into forty-eight great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose. All divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that is love for country.
And to the Republic - - Republic--a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people; and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.
For which it stands
One Nation - - One Nation--meaning, so blessed by God.
Indivisible - - Incapable of being divided.
With Liberty - - Which is Freedom; the right of power to live one's own life, without threats, fear, or some sort of retaliation.
And Justice - - The principle, or qualities, of dealing fairly with others.
For All - - For All--which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine.
"Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country, and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance: Under God. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer, and that would be eliminated from schools, too?"
The late Red Skelton, actor, comedian, and patriot recited this on his weekly television broadcast on January 14, 1969.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfz2XDXaeqc
For what it's worth Mr. Skelton I have never forgotten this. Thank you!
And now let me hear you recite, the Pledge of Allegiance.
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
"Good nite, and may God Bless."
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Am I A Patriot?
I'm not sure when I first considered myself a patriot, I only know I was very young. But it was a time when patriotism was revered, when it was even taught in our schools. (can you imagine such a thing) And at a time when it was shown to us on television and even more unbelievable the movies. Now it seems that Hollywood is doing the reverse of McCarthyism, black listing patriots. It must be their version of payback.
Saturday morning television was full of patriots such as Superman; "Truth, justice and the American way." Captain Midnight aka Jet Jackson, flying his Douglas "Skyrocket" called the Silver Dart. Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and the list goes on and on. It has been said by some that the Golden Age of television was gilded and just mindless entertainment. But as I watched and grew I learned family values, right and wrong and patriotism, these are not bad things to learn. I can't say the same for today's television and movies.
Every school day started with the *Pledge of Allegiance. I doubt that many of today's young people can recite it or, more importantly, know what it means. I do remember the words and what they mean. I guess I am a patriot.
*to be continued
Saturday morning television was full of patriots such as Superman; "Truth, justice and the American way." Captain Midnight aka Jet Jackson, flying his Douglas "Skyrocket" called the Silver Dart. Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, and the list goes on and on. It has been said by some that the Golden Age of television was gilded and just mindless entertainment. But as I watched and grew I learned family values, right and wrong and patriotism, these are not bad things to learn. I can't say the same for today's television and movies.
Every school day started with the *Pledge of Allegiance. I doubt that many of today's young people can recite it or, more importantly, know what it means. I do remember the words and what they mean. I guess I am a patriot.
*to be continued
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
A Recipe For Life
No one will ever get out of this world alive.
Resolve therefore to maintain a reasonable sense of values.
Take care of yourself. Good health is every one's major source of wealth, without out it happiness is almost impossible.
Resolve to be cheerful and helpful, people will repay you in kind.
Avoid angry abrasive persons they're generally vengeful.
Avoid zealots they are generally humorless.
Resolve to listen more and talk less. No on ever learns anything by talking.
Be wary of giving advise, wise men don't need and and fools won't heed it.
Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and wrong; at sometime in your life you will have been all of these.
Do not equate money with success, there are many successful money makers who are miserable failures as human beings. What counts most about success is how a person achieves it.
Resolve therefore to maintain a reasonable sense of values.
Take care of yourself. Good health is every one's major source of wealth, without out it happiness is almost impossible.
Resolve to be cheerful and helpful, people will repay you in kind.
Avoid angry abrasive persons they're generally vengeful.
Avoid zealots they are generally humorless.
Resolve to listen more and talk less. No on ever learns anything by talking.
Be wary of giving advise, wise men don't need and and fools won't heed it.
Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and wrong; at sometime in your life you will have been all of these.
Do not equate money with success, there are many successful money makers who are miserable failures as human beings. What counts most about success is how a person achieves it.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Why Am I Here?
Why am I hear? A philosophical question yes. But the operative word is HERE. In this context here means this blogging site. So,then, Why?
As a parent and now a new grand parent I am concerned for my new granddaughters future here. ( HERE in this context being the U.S. of A.) Still the best place to live on this big blue marble we call earth.
I was a child in a time when 9Th grade Civics taught you how government ran, about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. (not the Bill of Rewrites that most of the current electorate, judiciary and forth estate subscribe to.) I'm was also a child from a time when the Pledge of Allegiance was required and God was not a dirty word. Today all this seems so far away and almost forgotten. I want my granddaughter to know of these things, not to indoctrinate but to educate. Because education is the only key to good sound decision making.
My maternal grandfather taught me that moderation was the key to good living. He also told me that responsibility was a good characteristic to have. I taught my children moderation and responsibility through my actions. I believe they will teach their children the same. So here I am. For What It's Worth.
As a parent and now a new grand parent I am concerned for my new granddaughters future here. ( HERE in this context being the U.S. of A.) Still the best place to live on this big blue marble we call earth.
I was a child in a time when 9Th grade Civics taught you how government ran, about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. (not the Bill of Rewrites that most of the current electorate, judiciary and forth estate subscribe to.) I'm was also a child from a time when the Pledge of Allegiance was required and God was not a dirty word. Today all this seems so far away and almost forgotten. I want my granddaughter to know of these things, not to indoctrinate but to educate. Because education is the only key to good sound decision making.
My maternal grandfather taught me that moderation was the key to good living. He also told me that responsibility was a good characteristic to have. I taught my children moderation and responsibility through my actions. I believe they will teach their children the same. So here I am. For What It's Worth.
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