Two for Sunday.

Thomas Jefferson said this: 

Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.

Vet's Patriotic Stickers
Under Fire

Published : Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 10:45 PM CDT

• James Rose

DALLAS - Frank Larison is a disabled veteran with more than 14 years of service, including more than a year of combat duty in Vietnam.

The 58-year-old former Marine now finds himself under attack by his Dallas homeowners association for displaying seven decals on his vehicle supporting the Marine Corps.

"To me, it's being patriotic, and it shows that I served," the veteran told FOX 4.

The board says the decals are advertisements that violate HOA rules, and must be covered or removed.

Otherwise, the homeowners association for The Woodlands II on The Creek --- where Larimore has lived for eight years --- says in a letter it will tow the car at Larimore's expense. The board also threatens to fine him $50 for any future incident.

Larimore says the decals, ranging from the Marine emblem to Semper Fi slogans, aren't advertisements for anything. "You can't buy freedom," he reasoned.

Some neighbors are outraged.

"That is his identity," said neighbor Mary Castagna. "He goes to a lot of the veteran meetings, and it means a lot to him. Everyone else agrees with it; it doesn't bother anybody."

"He's in the Marines, and he's proud of it, and I don't blame him," said neighbor Paul Hardy. "If I'd gone through what he's gone through, I'd be kind of proud of it myself."

The letter from the board states you can't have any form of advertisement anywhere on your car on your property. FOX 4 cameras spotted bumper stickers for political parties, health causes, and other non-commercial interests on the property as well.

One board member said he was unaware the HOA presidents sent the letter and did not know of any issue with Larimore's vehicle.

"I will be looking into it," said board member Art Bradford. "I didn't know anything about this. I haven't seen this."

The board president was out of town and unavailable. The condo management company did not want to comment.

MY THOUGHTS:  You live in this country for all the freedoms you have or desire, if you are offended or disagree with someone , believe me you will get over it.  You keep knocking us down but we will overcome and become stronger.  That is what makes America Great.  

I am Proud to be an AMERICAN.

Woman asked to remove American flag from office

by T Lamonte

Friday May 29, 2009, 10:59 AM

Just before the Memorial Day holiday weekend, a woman from Arlington, Texas, hung the American flag in a shared office space at Kindred Hospital. Debbie McLucas' husband and sons served in the military, and her daughter is currently serving as a medic in Iraq.

Last Friday, McLucas' boss at the hospital informed her that one of her coworkers found the flag offensive and she had to take it down. McLucas said the offended coworker came to the United States from Africa 14 years ago. Hospital administrators also said some patients' families and visitors had also complained about the flag.

"It is more than I can even fathom, that you would find the American flag offensive, in America," McLucas said.

After McLucas' story sparked a national controversy, hospital officials told her she could put the flag back up. "The disagreement was over the size of the flag and not what it symbolized," hospital officials said in a statement this week.

Dear Mr. Obama

 Today  I am giving my older two children the daunting assignment of writing

a letter to Mr. Obama.

1. They can make it informal or formal.

2. They can ask him questions about issues they feel strongly about.

3. They can explain their side of the issues.

4.  They can simply write their thoughts.

This is important to myself and my guy.  We are tired of hearing all of the failing, and want and hope that our children will bring us hope.

I will promise to post them.  I think if you have the chance to ask your children to do this or you yourself, GO FOR IT!!

I am!! You see my letter will be much more aggressive than a child's would be.

Another One

Friday, May 29, 2009

North Korea slams Security Council as hypocrites

By SIYOUNG LEE

North Korea defiantly test-fired another short-range missile Friday and warned it would take "self-defense" action if provoked by the U.N. Security Council, which is considering tough sanctions against the communist regime for conducting a nuclear test.

The North fired the missile from its Musudan-ni launch site on the east coast, a South Korean government official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the matter. It is the sixth short-range missile North Korea has test-fired since Monday's nuclear test.

The official did not give further details.

With tensions high on the Korean peninsula, Chinese fishing boats left the region, possibly to avoid any maritime skirmishes between the two Koreas. But U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said the situation was not a crisis and no additional U.S. troops would be sent to the region.

North Korea, meanwhile, warned it would retaliate if provoked.

"If the U.N. Security Council makes a further provocation, it will be inevitable for us to take further self-defense measures," the North's Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

The REST OF THis Article at Townhall.com

The Line has been drawn.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Not all "Compelling Personal Stories" are Equal

by Michelle Malkin

Since when did securing a Supreme Court seat become a high hurdles contest? The White House and Democrats have turned Second Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination into a personal Olympic event. Pay no attention to her jurisprudence. She grew up in a Bronx public housing project. She was diagnosed with childhood diabetes at 8. Her father died a year later.

And, oh, by the way, did you hear that she was poor?

It's a "compelling personal story," as we heard 20,956 times on Tuesday. Sotomayor's a "real" person. Why, she even read Nancy Drew as a young girl, President Obama told us. She's "faced down barriers, overcome the odds and lived out the American dream that brought her parents here so long ago," Obama said

FOR MORE on this article go to Townhall.com

Thank You for your loyal Service!!

COME UP FROM THE FIELDS, FATHER
Walt Whitman

Come up from the fields, father, here’s a letter from our Pete,
And come to the front door, mother, here’s
a letter from thy dear son.

Lo, ’tis autumn,
Lo, where the trees, deeper green, yellower and redder,
Cool and sweeten Ohio’s villages with leaves
fluttering in the moderate wind,
Where apples ripe in the orchards hang and
grapes on the trellis’d vines,
(Smell you the smell of the grapes on the vines?
Smell you the buckwheat where the bees were lately buzzing?)
Above all, lo, the sky so calm, so transparent
after the rain, and with wondrous clouds,
Below too, all calm, all vital and beautiful,
and the farm prospers well.

Down in the fields all prospers well,
But now from the fields come, father, come
at the daughter’s call,
And come to the entry, mother, to the front door come right away.
Fast as she can she hurries, something ominous,
her steps trembling,
She does not tarry to smooth her hair nor
adjust her cap.

Open the envelope quickly,
0 this is not our son’s writing, yet his name
is sign’d,
0 a strange hand writes for our dear son,
0 stricken mother’s soul!
All swims before her eyes, flashes with black,
she catches the main words only,
Sentences broken, gunshot wound in the breast,
cavalry skirmish, taken to hospital,
At present low, but will soon be better.

Ah, now the single figure to me,
Amid all teeming and wealthy Ohio with all
its cities and farms,
Sickly white in the face and dull in the head,
very faint,
By the jamb of a door leans.

Grieve not so, dear mother (the just-grown
daughter speaks through her sobs,
The little sisters huddle around speechless and
dismay’d),
See, dearest mother, the letter says Pete will
soon be better.

Alas, poor boy, he will never be better (nor maybe
needs to be better, that brave and simple soul),
While they stand at home at the door he is
dead already,
The only son is dead.

But the mother needs to be better,
She with thin form presently drest in black,
By day her meals untouch’d, then at night
fitfully sleeping, often waking,
In the midnight waking, weeping, longing with
one deep longing,
0 that she might withdraw unnoticed, silent
from life escape and withdraw,
To follow, to seek, to be with her dear dead
son.

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Really Talented Performer Wins American Idol; Liberals Blame Christians

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This week Kris Allen, who during the American Idol season prompted unabashed praise from Simon Cowell and the rest of the judges, was voted America’s favorite over Adam Lambert, his theatrical and inconsistent competitor. Because Adam Lambert is, according to many, gay, the liberal media is blaming Christians for the tough loss. There are even rumblings that this “election” was rigged. Reminiscent of Bush/Gore 2000, anyone? Liberals are once again falling back on the only explanation they can ever muster when an anointed protégé or pet cause du jour loses: blame the backwards, hickish, intolerant Christian masses. Yes, the same folks who – inexplicably – put George W. Bush in the White House (twice), fell for Sarah Palin, and voted for Proposition 8 all to the shock and awe of the apoplectic left. The American Idol “upset” prompted Newsweek’s Ramin Setoodeh to offer this searing analysis: “Woah. So it’s really true: Kris Allen is the new American Idol. Really? Seriously?” His shock was mitigated by what he considered an obvious explanation for the loss: “You could say…that religion is an irrelevant criterion for judging a singing competition. But the fact remains that Idol is one of TV’s most family-friendly shows, and it draws a large number of Christian viewers. Kris Allen had the edge here.” The Buffalo Examiner’s gay and lesbian issues point man, Kelvin Lynch, likewise explained it, “Kris is practically a poster boy for heterosexual, white-bread Christianity, while Adam is an in-your-face Jewish gay man. That could very well have played a significant role in the final voting among red state voters with texting capability.” And Elliot Olshansky wrote in the New York Daily News: “Going into the finale, there was talk of ‘red state-blue state’ politics at work, with Lambert’s painted fingernails, ‘guyliner,’ and uncertain sexuality against Allen’s down-home, churchgoing sensibilities. Given the current political climate, that matchup appeared to favor Lambert, but a number of blue-state types may be ‘too cool’ for Idol’s mass appeal, and unlikely to vote.”

we know not what we do!!

Cheney, in his own speech, denounced some of Obama's actions since taking office as "unwise in the extreme" and "recklessness cloaked in righteousness," repeating his contention from a series of headline-grabbing appearances recently that the new president is endangering the country by turning aside Bush-era policies. The former vice president, a primary architect of the Bush approach, accused Obama of looking for "a political strategy, not a national security strategy."

The above cartoon and paragraph came from Town hall.com

I guess that Mr.Obama does not think it is a horrible idea to let these GITMO prisoners mingle with our everyday criminals in the federal prison system.  I pray and hope that Mr. Cheney persuades people to let Mr. Obama and their Senator know how awful this would be.

Running Mother

How is it possible that Mother's can multi-task, we can cook, clean,watch,take care of open wounds, can set the table, not burn the food, wash clothes, give kisses & hugs,be a judge & jury, we also find time to look pleasing to the eye( okay most of the time).  

I wish I knew how we maintain such coolness and clarity in all the task we do in one day.

I know you are wondering what brought this on.

For weeks I have been trying to get My Guy to do things on the (infamous honey do list) 

Few things have been even touched on it, but his list gets finished. The one he has in his head.

I ask for realistic things like cashing checks on way home, call someone about a bill that is only in his name, fixing the shower leak so the kids can take a bath, hanging some pictures( i'm too short) helping move the bedroom around,helping with just anything.

But at last I took care of the picture hanging, and moving the bedroom around,cashing the checks, schooling our children, arranging dinner with friends, getting our kids to all of their functions ( scouts,dance,piano, zoo volunteer day,birthday parties,sports) I am sure I am missing something.  

In his defense he has done much yard work ( landscaping the side yard), he also was able to knock down 3 (three) walls, and get rid of all the debris, So he is doing much more than I am used to this time last year.

I am just having to get used to me doing so much and keeping cool.

The best part is when he is at wits end with all the kids asking for things or trying to get his attention, while I have only been gone for a max of two hours.  I want to laugh, only because I know how it can get but I have that whole multi-tasking talent which Daddy's do not have, or just don't want to show us women they possess.

I just want to say Thank to My Guy for making me feel like I am needed.

THANK YOU .

Life

Political and Editorial 

I got this from Townhall.com

I think this cartoon says it all. Enjoy your Tuesday.

Curious

Okay one could almost believe that Mr. Obama is speaking at Notre Dame too tease the catholics of this great country and world.  I half way think he is speaking at N.D. because he can and because he wants to flaunt his beliefs to the next generation, not defending himself but making allies.  The poll on fox news today says almost 60 percent of people believe that this issue needs more attention.  I agree, I think it is because their faith or their values are  at risk, or they have been directly effected with Mr. Obama's actions or words. I pray for Mr. Obama. The below article was found on Fox news, Have a great Sunday. 

Obama Honor Puts Notre Dame's Catholic Standing at Risk

Catholics and critics debate the lasting effect of President Obama's 2009 commencement address and the university's awarding of an honorary law degree.

By Joshua Rhett Miller

FOXNews.com

Sunday, May 17, 2009

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Notre Dame Students Struggle to Balance Outrage, Respect at Obama Speech

Long after President Obama leaves South Bend, along with the graduating seniors he'll address on Sunday, Catholics and members of the Notre Dame community will debate the president's 2009 commencement address and the university's awarding of an honorary law degree.

But what will be the lasting effect regarding the school's standing within the Catholic community?

According to organizers of ReplaceJenkins.com, a Web site critical of Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins' decision to host President Obama, more than 1,400 pledges have been received from alumni and donors promising to withhold future donations, a tally of nearly $14 million.

"Most of the donors were at least loosely aware of the University's trend away from its Catholic identity," spokesman David DiFranco said in a press release issued on Tuesday. 'But the invitation of President Obama to speak and to receive and honorary degree, combined with the weak responses presented by Father Jenkins as a defense to those have criticized the decision, is what drives most alumni to our site."

In "nearly all cases," DiFranco said, alumni who contacted the group had already decided to cease donating.

University spokesman Dennis Brown declined to comment.

"Our conversations with alumni benefactors and others about their plans to give or not are confidential," Brown wrote FOXNews.com.

In a letter to graduates on Monday, Jenkins acknowledged the debate surrounding President Obama's visit and reiterated both his and the university's stance on abortion.

"I am saddened that many friends of Notre Dame have suggested that our invitation to President Obama indicates ambiguity in our position on matters of Catholic teaching," Jenkins wrote. "The University and I are unequivocally committed to the sanctity of human life and to its protection from conception to natural death."

Jenkins, who cited Notre Dame's "long custom" of conferring honorary degrees to sitting U.S. presidents, praised Obama's policies on immigration and health care.

"Ultimately, I hope that the conversations and the good that will come from this day will contribute to closer relations between Catholics and public officials who make decisions on matter of human life and human dignity," Jenkins wrote. "There is much to admire and celebrate in the life and work of President Obama."

Fifty-six percent of U.S. voters, including 60 percent of Catholics, believe Notre Dame should not have rescinded its invitation to President Obama, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. Observant Catholics, meanwhile, were less divided, with 49 percent supporting Obama's presence, compared to 43 percent who did not.

"My strong hope is that serious Catholics will not let this particular incident drive them away from Notre Dame, which remains very important in the life of the Church," Professor Garnett wrote FOXNews.com earlier this month. "But, Notre Dame has allowed itself to get into a very unhealthy adversarial relationship with many bishops, and lay Catholics.

"The University is going to have to find ways to demonstrate its Catholic character, to reassure those who think that the invitation to President Obama revealed a lack of commitment to that character."

Graduating senior John Souder -- a member of ND Response, a coalition of student groups who oppose the university's decision to bestow an honorary law degree to the pro-choice president -- said the answer is much clearer.

"Notre Dame's standing within the Catholic community will lessen," Souder wrote FOXNews.com. "For many years, Notre Dame has stood as a symbol of American Catholicism ... This invitation has been perceived, and understandably so, of a betrayal of this identity."

Others close to the Catholic controversy said they plan to punish Notre Dame financially.

Jeannette Niezgodski, of South Bend, Ind., said the decision will have a lasting and immediate affect on her family's previously close connection to the university.

"My mom, we buy her Notre Dame tickets every year, and that's not going to happen anymore," she said. "And when we get home, we're going to burn all our Notre Dame apparel and there will be no more funding from any of us or anyone I know."