July 4th

Haven't blogged in a long while.

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July.  Independence Day.

A celebration of freedom. 

This year, me and some of my friends from FUMC Irving

got together to decorate a float.  It is a thing of beauty.

If you get a chance, come by the parade tomorrow in downtown

Irving and check it out.

Happy Fourth to ALL!

God Bless America!

Swine Flu

Anyone else out there concerned about a little pandemic affectionately referred to as the swine flu?  Anything with the word swine in it can't be good.  I don't know about you guys, but I am a little concerned about the judgement of the lady that is in charge of the homeland security bureau.  Wasn't that designed to protect people?  Naw, we should wait till everyone here has it and then close the borders.

The Right to Free Speech....

Okay, let me be the first to say that I hate beauty pagaents.  I think they are completely ridiculous, but I know some people who truly enjoy them and see them as entertaining and even educational.  Now, this is not a blog to bash beauty pagaents.  I just have to say that this whole deal with Miss California and her completely honest answer to Perez-Hilton's question has gotten me worked up.  What a set-up.  What kind of question is that to ask a contestant?  And why would you not want to hear the honest answer?  The poor girl answered in a politically correct way and then added her opinion.  In pre-Obama days, it used to be okay to give your opinion after making a statement.  Now however, not so much.  You are welcome to your opinion as long as it doesn't reflect that of any right wing terrorist extremist view point.  In other words, you are entitled to your opinion as long as it is the left wing (see socialist) liberalist opinion.  Otherwise, keep your mouth shut or we will penalize you.  Welcome to the Obama police state!  

Been Too Long...

I'm baaaaaack!

Later...

Every few months I go through this phase of time where I stay up until all hours of the night.

For the past few nights, I have gone to bed anywhere from 2:30 to 4 or so.

I need to go to bed earlier, but some things I like....

right now I am listening.  Can you hear it?  That's right it is silence punctuated by more silence.  I love that.

I like to sometimes just sit and reflect, this is the only time that I really get to do that, but tonight I am too tired to think about too much ( and thus this completely ridiculous post).  

Anyway, going to bed now...it's almost 2.  Early.

Your Mental Health in a Brave New World...

As a mental health practitioner, I was thrilled to hear of the launch of O's latest hope and change.

The following website:   http://www.samhsa.gov/economy/  was launched to help you prepare yourself for the impending economic doom.  Should you feel like you might kill yourself, if you find yourself crying frequently because O's stimulus package isn't doing it for you, NEVER FEAR O is here to help.  

Here are a few of the tips the website suggests for managing stress:

1. Try to keep things in perspective.  It is all gonna be okay people.  The savior of socialism is here.  

2. Engage in activities like physical exercise, sports or activities.  You know, when you exercise you release endorphins that make you feel good.  If you feel good maybe you won't think of the rat hole our country is sliding down into and you can pretend that it is all gonna be okay.

3. Strengthening connections to your friends and family.  Then you will have more shoulders to cry on when the goverment: a) sucks up the rest of your income in taxes, b) takes over your company and you lose your job, c) takes away all of your consitutional, inalienable rights, and d) sells your soul to China for a world currency.

4. And finally, develop new employment skills.  Why?  Wll, because quite frankly you are gonna need them when you have a bunch of bureaucrats running companies when they have no idea what the hell they are doing.

That about wraps it up for tonight.  I am going to go find some new job skills since counselors are no longer needed...websites can take care of everything in our new world.

So many things, so little time....

Okay, here it is the long awaited blab blog about our falling apart world.  Today, the government fired its first CEO.  Now, this goes against everything that is freedom and democracy.  Read the headlines...I know some of you don't really care if we are democratic.  You think socialism is a better way maybe.  Maybe until we are paying more than half of our paycheck in taxes.  It is time to wake up and it may be too late already.  At the rate we are going, the Grand Ole USA that has been the country of our childhood will not be here, not as we know it anyway.  The Government running companies, the Government spending money by the trillions, the Government censoring the media, the Government taking away our guns, the Government picking "special companies" to be tax free (see not including churches and non-profits that happen to support God), the Government sanctioning the killing of babies (read today that the Government is going to allow 17 year olds to take the morning after pill without parental consent, what the hell is next?), the Government passing the "Fairness" act so the right to free speech is regulated by whether you are liberal or not, our Consititutional rights whithering away before our eyes.  You wanted hope and change, well people, you got it.  One out of two ain't bad, right?  You guess which one I am referring to.  

Ask the people living in "free" Russia how they feel about socialism?  Ask our friend from Waleses dad if he likes socialized medicine while he has his six month wait for his needed heart surgery.  How will you feel when your kid is sick and needs immediate treatment but can't get it because he has to go on a list to wait his turn or your mother dies because she had to wait to long to have surgery?  How about when you decide it is finally time to speak up but there is no one left to listen because they have been effectively silenced by the takeoever of what used to be these free United States?  

There are things that are broken here in our country, but this is not the way to fix it.  This is the way to hurry it along to its ultimate demise.  Maybe we are reaping the wrath of a Holy and Just God for our rebellious, hedonistic lifestyles, our lack of dependence on Him and our selfish desire to meet our every need. 

I have to say though, I still believe in America.  I still believe in freedom.  I still believe in people.  It hasn't been that long since our forefathers shed their blood to purchase the very freedoms being signed away every day by your president.  Is anyone paying attention?

All that being said, I believe in the God of the Universe.  The One who still resides on the dollar bill (that is the US dollar bill not the global united currency or the 666 stamp on the forehead)....the dollar bill that says IN GOD WE TRUST.  What has happened to that Trust??

Make no mistake, HE is still the one and only God!  Liberal or conservative, dark or light, dense or bright, the Bible says that we will all bow before Him one day where every tongue will confess that He is Lord.  It appears that it may be sooner rather than later.  

I am the eternal optimist, but if this ship doesn't get righted soon it is going down.  The truth is glaringly obvious.  Did you ever think it would end this way?  Freedom, I mean?  The dream of democracy?  Where will they go?  You know the poor and huddled masses?  The freedom train will still be rolling, if not on our grounds in our hearts.