Gee whiz! I've been tagged by NovemberFifth and True Blue Texan. So, I absolutely must do the following:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they were tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.
Six Random Things about Moi:
1. I live on a farm. A real farm with vegetables, cows, pigs, chickens, barns, tractors...you get the idea.
2. I believe in ghosts and reincarnation.
3. I like to read true crime books and watch documentaries.
4. I enjoy crafting (my creativity knows no bounds, hah!).
5. I sing, poorly yet very loudly, in my car (and have been caught other places too).
6. I am currently holding down three jobs.
I am tagging:
A Time For Change
Feet off the Table!
A World of Progress
Apocalyptics Anonymous II
Out in Them Sticks
Willpen's World
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Chip Saltsman is UN-American
Chip Saltsman wants to be the RNC chairman. Hmm, I'm sure the RNC could do better (really, I am). His choice of Christmas gifts betrays his lack of common sense. I'm sure that he doesn't think that he is racist, but this sort of "humor" is mean-spirited and, over time, as any good leader should know, can fester and turn into outright HATE (particularly amongst the uniformed). What may have been funny at one time has a funny way of turning nasty. Most of us learn this when we mature. Obviously, Chip still has some growing to do.
As for the underlying and understood theme of Chip's Christmas gift; being liberal is akin to being un-American, let me leave you with a personal example. I am a liberal person, actually really darn liberal on some topics and a little less so on others but generally considered liberal. I am also a veteran of the US military (10 years active duty). That's right! I made a choice to defend my country and Chip Saltsman and Gary Shanklin wish to imply that I am un-American. As far as I can tell, the closest Saltsman has come to military service is the Knights of Columbus. Give me a break, Chip, and put your money where your mouth is. I dare you to call up a recruiter today! In fact, a little discipline may do you some good.
My dad, career Air Force, once explained to me that the reason he felt compelled to defend this nation was so that people could burn the flag if they wanted to. In turn, I think it's a pretty important job that doesn't get much respect. Particularly not from Washington DC politicians who were too good to perform military service, you know the military was not meant to be staffed by the privileged; otherwise the salaries would be a little bit higher.
Here's to Chip for playing his part in the odoriferous War on Christmas and ensuring the current unpopularity of the GOP.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
He Who Smelt it Dealt It
This morning while I was at the gas station, gleefully filling my gas guzzling SUV (that I would love to get rid of in favor of, let's say, a hybrid vehicle, given my environmental leanings), I happened to overhear the clerks discussing how to wish customers a Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays or whatever. The derision in their voices did not escape me as they commented to each other about how not to offend Buddhists and I was once again reminded of the so-called War on Christmas. It occurred to me, at that very moment, that this War on Christmas was a lot like the Fart Game.
I've had to hear Bill O'Reilly yak on nightly about the liberal agenda that is intent on eliminating Merry Christmas from the American vocabulary so they can get on with the real work, you know, like abortion and (gasp!) gay marriage. Yes, that's right, it's a deep seated plot. These liberal masterminds want to force their agenda on the God Fearing Christians. Oh, the horror! It could not possibly be about recognizing that we live in a country that allows us the luxury of worshiping whichever god we choose in any way that does not harm the life or liberty of any other citizen. Saying Happy Holidays recognizes the differences in our fellow citizens. Most of us liberals seem to be pretty laid back people when there's no one trampling on our civil liberties. If someone says "Merry Christmas" we don't get up in arms and say "How dare you, I am a _________." But if you say "Happy Holidays" you run the risk of upsetting the most Christian among us, how dare you, don't you know the "reason for the season." Why yes I do and I can tell you that Jesus does not have a monopoly on December.
So, just like the Fart Game, it seems that the War on Christmas is not a liberal plot but a stink raised by the religious right to further demean and disparage fellow citizens. Bill O'Reilly, I just have to remind you of one of the quintessential rules of the Fart Game, he who smelt it dealt it!
P.S. Forgive me, I realize that I commented upon the Fart Game, I mean the War on Christmas, quite recently but...'tis the season!
Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Blessed Yule! Happy Hanukkah! Joyous Kwanzaa! And at least one million other greetings to express my delight that the world I live in and the people I meet every day are wonderfully diverse and eternally interesting.
I've had to hear Bill O'Reilly yak on nightly about the liberal agenda that is intent on eliminating Merry Christmas from the American vocabulary so they can get on with the real work, you know, like abortion and (gasp!) gay marriage. Yes, that's right, it's a deep seated plot. These liberal masterminds want to force their agenda on the God Fearing Christians. Oh, the horror! It could not possibly be about recognizing that we live in a country that allows us the luxury of worshiping whichever god we choose in any way that does not harm the life or liberty of any other citizen. Saying Happy Holidays recognizes the differences in our fellow citizens. Most of us liberals seem to be pretty laid back people when there's no one trampling on our civil liberties. If someone says "Merry Christmas" we don't get up in arms and say "How dare you, I am a _________." But if you say "Happy Holidays" you run the risk of upsetting the most Christian among us, how dare you, don't you know the "reason for the season." Why yes I do and I can tell you that Jesus does not have a monopoly on December.
So, just like the Fart Game, it seems that the War on Christmas is not a liberal plot but a stink raised by the religious right to further demean and disparage fellow citizens. Bill O'Reilly, I just have to remind you of one of the quintessential rules of the Fart Game, he who smelt it dealt it!
P.S. Forgive me, I realize that I commented upon the Fart Game, I mean the War on Christmas, quite recently but...'tis the season!
Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Blessed Yule! Happy Hanukkah! Joyous Kwanzaa! And at least one million other greetings to express my delight that the world I live in and the people I meet every day are wonderfully diverse and eternally interesting.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Bah Humbug! or Prop 8 Strikes Again!
The evil empire is at home in California and it's not enough that same-sex marriages were banned in the state after the California Supreme Court found it unconstitutional to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples but now the group Protect Marriage is seeking to annul marriages that were performed in California (let me say it just one more time) after the California Supreme Court found it unconstitutional to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Isn't it great that we live in a country where the majority rules, even when the majority tramples on the constitutional rights of other citizens? I'm sorry, I guess I missed that part. We can get rid of the Supreme Court now and all the state's supreme courts as well because we don't need them to determine if anything is constitutional or not anymore, we've got the majority and they rule. What was Abraham Lincoln and the Congress thinking when they abolished slavery, he should have just held a vote to determine what the majority wanted (after all, we're talking about democracy here).
The other great thing about majority rule is that it tends to favor those with some cash in their pockets. You see, if you can pay for advertising then you can "legitimize" your cause and you can also reach a lot more stupid people than you can with just a rally because the people who attend your rallies tend to already be on board your train. That's what the "majority" is counting on, reaching the idiots who cannot think for themselves. You just scare them a little bit, say something like "they're going to teach gay marriage in school."
We are talking about the same idiots who think that the gas stations are operated by scary terrorist Arab Muslims who are getting a seven year tax holiday along with housing, clothing and vehicles at the US Taxpayer expense. I just happen to live in a tiny little town where one of the local gas stations was purchased by Arab-American family. I have heard people whom I thought had brains tell me that they won't shop there because they don't want to support terrorists and it's not fair that they don't have to pay taxes.
Not done yet...There's something to be said about a President and Congress doing a noble thing (the 13th Amendment) and there's something else to be said for a President waiting for Congress to adjourn and then doing whatever the hell he pleases:
Now, before we get all sad about those poor health care workers who are being forced to do things that they find morally objectionable let's just make a little reality check here. When you decide what you want to be when you grow up and you receive the training required to do it you develop a pretty good idea of what the job entails. For example, I don't understand why anyone would want to be a gynecologist, I have a pretty good idea of what that job entails and I wouldn't want it. First of all, there are the patients who are there for their annual testing, not a problem. But think about it, what are all the other patients there for? I'll tell you why, there's something wrong with their bits. That's why I know that I do not want to be a gynecologist. Actually, it's the same reason I don't want to be a pediatrician, I would hate to see sick and hurt children all day. Okay, back to the reality check, when you are considering a job there is normally a time when you are presented with your job description and asked if you can perform the skills required with or without accommodation. Now, accommodation is not referring to your personal moral views, it is referring to a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (asshole and idiot are not protected disabilities). So you make the decision to accept that job and all the duties associated. For example, a pharmacist accepts a position, that position requires that she fill orders prescribed by doctors (regardless of what her personal views are). If she doesn't like being a pharmacist because she can't handle filling prescriptions for birth control pills, she can do something else, it's a free country! It's sort of like someone joining the military and accepting combat training and a combat job but when war rolls around saying I can't do it because my morals don't allow it. I just want to know what your morals were saying while you were sitting on the range shooting a gun for the one purpose of training you to kill our country's enemies, yeah, I know what exactly you were thinking..."I'm getting a paycheck (on the taxpayers' dime) and they're going to pay for me to go to school (on the taxpayers' dime), I just gotta get through four years." We, the taxpayers, who are essentially your employers, want to get what we pay for, so if you don't want to do the job don't take the job. If little Nurse Betty accepts a position at a facility that performs abortions she has no right to say, in the eleventh hour, I can't do it because of my morals. Funny thing about getting that paycheck, your employer expects you to do the work to earn that paycheck.
Is it too late to wish for reason, sanity and peace this holiday season?
Happy Winter Solstice!
Isn't it great that we live in a country where the majority rules, even when the majority tramples on the constitutional rights of other citizens? I'm sorry, I guess I missed that part. We can get rid of the Supreme Court now and all the state's supreme courts as well because we don't need them to determine if anything is constitutional or not anymore, we've got the majority and they rule. What was Abraham Lincoln and the Congress thinking when they abolished slavery, he should have just held a vote to determine what the majority wanted (after all, we're talking about democracy here).
The other great thing about majority rule is that it tends to favor those with some cash in their pockets. You see, if you can pay for advertising then you can "legitimize" your cause and you can also reach a lot more stupid people than you can with just a rally because the people who attend your rallies tend to already be on board your train. That's what the "majority" is counting on, reaching the idiots who cannot think for themselves. You just scare them a little bit, say something like "they're going to teach gay marriage in school."
We are talking about the same idiots who think that the gas stations are operated by scary terrorist Arab Muslims who are getting a seven year tax holiday along with housing, clothing and vehicles at the US Taxpayer expense. I just happen to live in a tiny little town where one of the local gas stations was purchased by Arab-American family. I have heard people whom I thought had brains tell me that they won't shop there because they don't want to support terrorists and it's not fair that they don't have to pay taxes.
Not done yet...There's something to be said about a President and Congress doing a noble thing (the 13th Amendment) and there's something else to be said for a President waiting for Congress to adjourn and then doing whatever the hell he pleases:
A Bush administration has finalized a rule that gives health workers more room to refuse to participate in care, including abortions, they find morally objectionable.
Now, before we get all sad about those poor health care workers who are being forced to do things that they find morally objectionable let's just make a little reality check here. When you decide what you want to be when you grow up and you receive the training required to do it you develop a pretty good idea of what the job entails. For example, I don't understand why anyone would want to be a gynecologist, I have a pretty good idea of what that job entails and I wouldn't want it. First of all, there are the patients who are there for their annual testing, not a problem. But think about it, what are all the other patients there for? I'll tell you why, there's something wrong with their bits. That's why I know that I do not want to be a gynecologist. Actually, it's the same reason I don't want to be a pediatrician, I would hate to see sick and hurt children all day. Okay, back to the reality check, when you are considering a job there is normally a time when you are presented with your job description and asked if you can perform the skills required with or without accommodation. Now, accommodation is not referring to your personal moral views, it is referring to a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (asshole and idiot are not protected disabilities). So you make the decision to accept that job and all the duties associated. For example, a pharmacist accepts a position, that position requires that she fill orders prescribed by doctors (regardless of what her personal views are). If she doesn't like being a pharmacist because she can't handle filling prescriptions for birth control pills, she can do something else, it's a free country! It's sort of like someone joining the military and accepting combat training and a combat job but when war rolls around saying I can't do it because my morals don't allow it. I just want to know what your morals were saying while you were sitting on the range shooting a gun for the one purpose of training you to kill our country's enemies, yeah, I know what exactly you were thinking..."I'm getting a paycheck (on the taxpayers' dime) and they're going to pay for me to go to school (on the taxpayers' dime), I just gotta get through four years." We, the taxpayers, who are essentially your employers, want to get what we pay for, so if you don't want to do the job don't take the job. If little Nurse Betty accepts a position at a facility that performs abortions she has no right to say, in the eleventh hour, I can't do it because of my morals. Funny thing about getting that paycheck, your employer expects you to do the work to earn that paycheck.
Is it too late to wish for reason, sanity and peace this holiday season?
Happy Winter Solstice!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Courtesy Stitches Required
Excuse my vulgarity, I just cannot help myself (if you find vaginas offensive, go no further and shame on you!). The 18th child has been born (Please, Madam, it is NOT a clown car!), how wonderful (rolls eyes). This child was actually birthed by C-Section (allegedly because she was turned sideways but I wouldn't be surprised if Jim Bob requested it because the courtesy stitches just weren't holding up like they used to do). For the sake of the children, I do hope this is the last one. I don't really care if Jim Bob requires the assistance of a 2x4 or if his wife hasn't noticed his manhood for the past ten years, but it's fun to remark upon.
You know there used to be a time when parents had to have as many children as possible because three quarters of them succumbed to various and sundry illnesses and you needed all the help you could get to work the land, these are not those times. By golly (I feel a little bit like Sarah...now I'm winking at you!) we manage to get all of our farm labor done with just one little boy. The poor thing doesn't have the energy or time for school anymore but that's not such a bad thing. Really, count the number of intelligent conversations you've had with high school graduates lately and then tell me school is cool or even necessary (Jim Bob & Michelle went to school and look where it landed them).
While we're on the topic of stupidity, let me just bring to your attention the case of the Fisher Price Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Cuddle and Coo doll. Allegedly this doll says "Islam is the Light" or "Satan is the King" depending on which whack job you are listening to. Here's what Mattel says:
Which sounds reasonable to me, in fact, Mattel has even taken out the little bit of audio that may sound like light, night or right(-wing). Now for the really stupid part...Walmart has removed this doll from it's shelves and allegedly some Kmart stores have also removed the doll as well. WTFO? Some freakdud loud mouths get a spot on FOX News and retail giants cave in during the holiday season (News Flash! Sales are down!). The pressure is from the MAMA Campaign (Moms Ask Mattel for Accountability) and they apparently garnered enough support on the web that Walmart had to remove this toy from their shelves. Now I'm starting my own campaign and I'm boycotting Walmart for being stupid. The freaking doll babbles, just because some schizoid fanatical ignorant bible thumpers think it says something unsavory (to them) does not make it so. Anyway, I've decided that there are way too many crucifixes in the jewelry section and way too many Christian books on the shelves so I'm not going there any more until they start selling lovely pentagram pendants or perhaps even put up a nice little Hanukkah display next to Santa's fat ass. Let me just take a minute to contact Walmart and complain.
I'll say "Happy Holidays" if I damn well feel like it and I do: "Happy Holidays!" Time for me to drink some more eggnog or maybe polish off that bottle of wine I uncorked last evening.
(P.S. Happy 10th Anniversary to Me!)
You know there used to be a time when parents had to have as many children as possible because three quarters of them succumbed to various and sundry illnesses and you needed all the help you could get to work the land, these are not those times. By golly (I feel a little bit like Sarah...now I'm winking at you!) we manage to get all of our farm labor done with just one little boy. The poor thing doesn't have the energy or time for school anymore but that's not such a bad thing. Really, count the number of intelligent conversations you've had with high school graduates lately and then tell me school is cool or even necessary (Jim Bob & Michelle went to school and look where it landed them).
While we're on the topic of stupidity, let me just bring to your attention the case of the Fisher Price Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Cuddle and Coo doll. Allegedly this doll says "Islam is the Light" or "Satan is the King" depending on which whack job you are listening to. Here's what Mattel says:
* The Little Mommy Cuddle ‘n Coo dolls feature realistic baby sounds including sweet cooing, giggling and baby babble with no real sentence structure.
* The only scripted word that the doll actually says is “mama.” There is a sound that may resemble something close to the word “night, right, or light.” All of the other sounds are baby sounds with no real words or sentence structure.
* We have found that if told to listen for a particular phrase, you may hear something similar due to the power of suggestion.
* Actual sounds may be imprecise due to sound compression played through the very tiny inexpensive toy speakers from the doll.
Which sounds reasonable to me, in fact, Mattel has even taken out the little bit of audio that may sound like light, night or right(-wing). Now for the really stupid part...Walmart has removed this doll from it's shelves and allegedly some Kmart stores have also removed the doll as well. WTFO? Some freakdud loud mouths get a spot on FOX News and retail giants cave in during the holiday season (News Flash! Sales are down!). The pressure is from the MAMA Campaign (Moms Ask Mattel for Accountability) and they apparently garnered enough support on the web that Walmart had to remove this toy from their shelves. Now I'm starting my own campaign and I'm boycotting Walmart for being stupid. The freaking doll babbles, just because some schizoid fanatical ignorant bible thumpers think it says something unsavory (to them) does not make it so. Anyway, I've decided that there are way too many crucifixes in the jewelry section and way too many Christian books on the shelves so I'm not going there any more until they start selling lovely pentagram pendants or perhaps even put up a nice little Hanukkah display next to Santa's fat ass. Let me just take a minute to contact Walmart and complain.
I'll say "Happy Holidays" if I damn well feel like it and I do: "Happy Holidays!" Time for me to drink some more eggnog or maybe polish off that bottle of wine I uncorked last evening.
(P.S. Happy 10th Anniversary to Me!)
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Biting the Hand that Feeds You!
There is little that irritates me more than stupid people being rewarded for their stupidity. Exhibit A: Joe "the Plumber." Apparently, Joe is now "appalled" and feeling "dirty" after hanging out with McCain on the campaign trail. Oh, the shame of it (actually that's how I feel whenever I see someone so stupid and utterly un-newsworthy on my television, just like you Joe)! He still thinks Sarah is the Centerfold of the Month though.
Joe, are you hopping on the "GOP needs to get further into the right hand corner" bandwagon? Let me give you a hint. After 8 years of right-wing conservatism, McCain was really the best choice for the GOP. Candidate McCain was the closest to the center (read the closest to the Independent voters and maybe even some pissed off Clinton supporters) thus providing the GOP with their only chance of following 8 years of crap with 4 more years of something that certainly could not have been worse. McCain's biggest mistakes (in order): 1) Sarah; 2) Joe; 3) "My friend." The best thing about McCain...he really pissed off the super conservatives (I just loved that!).
Joe, like Sarah, just cannot seem to let his 15-minutes of fame die (media obliging of course). It fills my heart with glee to imagine the silence of the impending death rattle (hopefully sooner rather than later). What an ungrateful little piece of feces. I wouldn't recommend being his friend; all nicey nice this week and next week stomping on your neck while he pulls the knife out of your back to stab you again.
By the way, Joe is a Big Fat Liar! Quarter Million Dollar Plumber? My ass!
Now, the counter starts over...days w/o joe: 1
Let me finish this with some early encouragement for the next election. Vote for who YOU want to vote for. I've come to this conclusion after being told (for years) that if I vote for a third-party I'm just taking away votes from so-and-so or wasting my vote. The first case has no logic, no candidate has my vote until I give it to them so obviously I'm not taking it from anyone but rather giving it to someone. The second, the only vote that is wasted is the one not used. I'm an Independent Voter and I AM PROUD!
Joe, are you hopping on the "GOP needs to get further into the right hand corner" bandwagon? Let me give you a hint. After 8 years of right-wing conservatism, McCain was really the best choice for the GOP. Candidate McCain was the closest to the center (read the closest to the Independent voters and maybe even some pissed off Clinton supporters) thus providing the GOP with their only chance of following 8 years of crap with 4 more years of something that certainly could not have been worse. McCain's biggest mistakes (in order): 1) Sarah; 2) Joe; 3) "My friend." The best thing about McCain...he really pissed off the super conservatives (I just loved that!).
Joe, like Sarah, just cannot seem to let his 15-minutes of fame die (media obliging of course). It fills my heart with glee to imagine the silence of the impending death rattle (hopefully sooner rather than later). What an ungrateful little piece of feces. I wouldn't recommend being his friend; all nicey nice this week and next week stomping on your neck while he pulls the knife out of your back to stab you again.
By the way, Joe is a Big Fat Liar! Quarter Million Dollar Plumber? My ass!
Now, the counter starts over...days w/o joe: 1
Let me finish this with some early encouragement for the next election. Vote for who YOU want to vote for. I've come to this conclusion after being told (for years) that if I vote for a third-party I'm just taking away votes from so-and-so or wasting my vote. The first case has no logic, no candidate has my vote until I give it to them so obviously I'm not taking it from anyone but rather giving it to someone. The second, the only vote that is wasted is the one not used. I'm an Independent Voter and I AM PROUD!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Marriage and the State
Marriage. Does it belong to the church or to the state? The state has to issue the license but the participants can then be wed in a religious ceremony at their church or in a civil ceremony with a magistrate (we can call this a civil marriage). Clearly, the state cannot dictate who the church must or must not marry. Churches, as private entities, have the freedom to deny marriage within their church to anyone based on their private religious principles. But if a church chooses to recognize the marriage of a same-sex couple, what legal standing does the state have to prevent that? The state, in fairness to all of it's constituents, should issue the license without discrimination to any petitioner who is of voting age.
Marriage is not mentioned in the Constitution (read it yourself) and hopefully it never is. Finding the person that you want to spend the rest of your life with is no easy feat and the commitment made by those two persons (regardless of gender) should be celebrated and if your religion forbids you to do that, please, at the very least, accept it.
There is a little too much judging going on in our fair land these days and not nearly enough compassion and love. I welcome opinions opposed to my own but prefer that they be based in some truth or evidence other than because God said so...
Marriage is not mentioned in the Constitution (read it yourself) and hopefully it never is. Finding the person that you want to spend the rest of your life with is no easy feat and the commitment made by those two persons (regardless of gender) should be celebrated and if your religion forbids you to do that, please, at the very least, accept it.
There is a little too much judging going on in our fair land these days and not nearly enough compassion and love. I welcome opinions opposed to my own but prefer that they be based in some truth or evidence other than because God said so...
A coda: "marriage" is just a word, and today the legal significance of the word -- as housing or describing the place of legal sexual expression, shared property, and, most importantly, core obligations for the care of children -- is much reduced from what it once was. In my book I invested in a vision of discontinuity because I believed that the bright line that once existed between marriage and non-marriage had grown fuzzy and indistinct in the late twentieth century. I still believe I am right about that change. In many ways marriage today is just a word for a particular contractual relationship. Yet, what gay marriage teaches is the obvious historical lesson about words like "marriage." What matters is what matters. And marriage is a word that today, as in the past, matters politically, legally, culturally, and for individuals as they construct meaning in their lives. What Gay Marriage Teaches About the History of Marriage by Hendrick Hartog.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
School Closed...Due to Weather
It's days like this that I wish I was a kid again!
I'm guessing that staying home from work, due to weather, probably will not jive today. I have about six appointments scheduled and my customers would have a real fit if I just blew them off (some people, geesh!).
If I could stay home today I would just hang out with my son all day long, we could shovel the deck off and use all that snow to make a giant snowman. There's only about three feet of snow on our deck, haven't opened the back door in over a week (there's a gallon of milk back there that we could use now!).
more animals
But, I guess I'll just go to work (after I call the neighbors and beg them to take charge of my wayward child, for free, pretty please). They're probably getting tired of my incessant pleading but they never say so, perhaps because they actually like spending time with their great-grandson. Whatever the reason, they are way cool and I'm fortunate to have married in. Speaking of which, my husband and I will be celebrating our tenth anniversary on December 19th. Can't forget, someone was impeached that day! This upcoming anniversary makes me feel really old...and accomplished. I'll tell you! It was no easy feat.
I'm guessing that staying home from work, due to weather, probably will not jive today. I have about six appointments scheduled and my customers would have a real fit if I just blew them off (some people, geesh!).
If I could stay home today I would just hang out with my son all day long, we could shovel the deck off and use all that snow to make a giant snowman. There's only about three feet of snow on our deck, haven't opened the back door in over a week (there's a gallon of milk back there that we could use now!).
more animals
But, I guess I'll just go to work (after I call the neighbors and beg them to take charge of my wayward child, for free, pretty please). They're probably getting tired of my incessant pleading but they never say so, perhaps because they actually like spending time with their great-grandson. Whatever the reason, they are way cool and I'm fortunate to have married in. Speaking of which, my husband and I will be celebrating our tenth anniversary on December 19th. Can't forget, someone was impeached that day! This upcoming anniversary makes me feel really old...and accomplished. I'll tell you! It was no easy feat.
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Friday, December 05, 2008
More to come...
Okay, I promised more and here it is. Took me a full 24 hours to quit laughing, actually...I'm still laughing. This is one of the funniest (and saddest) jokes I've ever seen. But wait, it gets better. No shit! This woman is expecting her 18th child in January 2009. Talk about fecund (or feces, whichever you prefer).
First, on the subject of stupid people doing stupid stuff and actually benefiting from it (I'll leave the necessity of Depends and extra stitches later). It really makes me sad that our fine countrymen have so little to do that they watch pathetic reality shows such as "17 Kids and Counting" on TLC. Actually, according to the family it's not the stupid American public feeding their popularity and lining their pockets but God (I'm using the big G in this post in reference and respect to the Christian God, though I know nothing I say will be particularly respectful...I just don't want to confuse this God with any other). Yes, God opens many doors to the faithful and here's one door that apparently never closes.
What do these people do for a living? Okay, I see what she does. She's the broodmare of reality show stardom. Apparently they are both licensed real estate agents (I hear the market is great) and they are debt free. Yeah, that's right DEBT FREE. While the majority of us are trying to raise our modest brood, being responsible to ourselves and our world, and struggling to make ends meet these people are debt free. I'll tell you what! It's not the real estate market that is keeping these people going but the sick fascination of viewers and readers who have enabled the perpetuation of this sickness (or maybe it's just God). Reminds me of a preacher who once told me that if I prayed God would provide, you see he knows, God had been providing for him all of his professional life with a house and an income (sorry Gramps, I don't work for God and He certainly has not been paying my mortgage and did not do it even when I did pray).
God has opened many doors for them to share that children are a blessing from the Lord! To date they have been featured on five Discovery Health & TLC documentaries entitled, “14 Children and Pregnant Again!”, “16 Children and Moving In!”, “Raising 16 Children!”,“On The Road With 16 Children!” & "Duggar's Big Family Album". They have appeared on numerous National and International TV shows including The Early Show, The Today Show, The View, Fox & Friends, Italian Public Television, KBS (Korean Broadcasting System), Discovery Home & Health (UK & Australia), Jimmy Kimmel Live, Fox News Network, CNN, MSNBC and others. They have done countless interviews with radio talk show hosts around the world including NPR, AP Radio, CBS Radio, FOX Radio and others. They have appeared in various magazine and newspapers including Parents, New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune, Ladies Home Journal, People and many others. From the United States, Canada, Korea, Japan, China, India, New Zealand, Australia, France and Germany. They have recently completed work on their first book, The Duggars: 20 and Counting! The Duggar’s desire is to make Christ known and for others to see that the Bible is the owner’s manual for life. (If you actually go to this site check out the photos, nice house!)
I know, I'm just jealous...that's right coveting my neighbor's stuff (ya know!). Really, I respect personal choice but something in me says that this is a little bit overboard (like the poor old ladies who have 41 cats in their little house). Unfortunately for the poor old ladies, the SPCA is coming to get your kitties. I don't see CPS rushing to the defense of these children. This is not a family; it is a home-grown cult. The older kids constantly caring for their younger sibs because mom & dad are too busy talking to Ladies Home Journal. Every meal eaten in assembly line fashion. Pick a number if you want a bedtime story tonight but daddy only has time for five (the rest of you just ask Jesus for a tale). They get to have homeschool too (now, I don't have anything against homeschool but let's face it; homeschool is a great opportunity to hide abuse or just make sure your kids don't have the tools to make their own choices when they grow up). I wonder what their history and science curriculum's include (just curious).
I'll just touch on a few of the non-religion concerns. Population-our natural environment is already disappearing due to the worlds expanding population (oh, and by the way, they eat meat too, yes, 5 times as much as say my family). I see it every time I look out my window. Women's health-don't tell me it's healthy to have 18 children by the time you're 41. Hopefully, dad has been practicing his domestic skills because he'll be left to take care of them when his wife passes early due to the toll they have placed on her body. Sure, I know there are people out there saying that's what her uturus is made for and her body wouldn't allow more pregnancies than she could handle but that sort of sounds like "rape isn't that bad because a vagina is made to accomodate a penis" to me. Unlike our animal neighbors who rely on instinct to determine when they will reproduce and then do other unsavory (to humans) things to their offspring if they determine that they cannot adequately raise them (yes, I'm talking about reducing the size of your litter by eating some of them), people can do it anytime they want to and an egg can be fertilized monthly. With that in mind, humans need to take responsibility for the size of their litters. If God did create humans, he also created our rational minds that enables humans (well, some of them) to analyze the results of an action and make a choice based on that analysis. Women's Rights-you see, I believe that the ability to control when we reproduce has brought some really great things to the empowerment of women. One example is the ability to go to work. You can't work if you're pregnant all the time (most employers just don't dig that) and if you can't work then you must depend on someone else to take care of you. See how that works. He keeps you pregnant so you can't work and then he has total control over the checkbook. I'm using work as an example, not as a means of insulting any woman/wife/mother who has chosen not to work. By the way, in this particular family (who I have resisted calling by name), every child's name starts with J just like daddy's.
Yup, just keep that quiver full and take a little hint from me; the Bible should not be taken literally otherwise we'd all be throwing our defenseless children out to be raped because we need room for guests (they may be angels!). Then when our poor daughters come back and tell us they were raped, we can call them dirty whores and slam the door!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)