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My grand nephew, Robby, just got home for a few days and brought a friend of his. I thought it was supposed to be two friends... but what the hey. Since my grand niece (and my car) still seem to be incommunicado, my livestock didn't get fed today. So as a welcome home "gift" I had to ask him to feed the calves and chickens for me. He didn't mind and got to show off his handiwork to his friend. When he came back in, he said he'd better escape before I put him to work for real! LOL He's a really good kid and an asset to both his family and his country.

He and his friend both agreed to attend my TEA party tomorrow. It'll be great to have a couple of soldiers on hand, no matter how many others show up. Robby is wearing his uniform and his friend is in civvies. Fine examples of our young generation!

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Did You Hear The Latest Insanity?

July 3rd 2009 16:37

You know how much trouble we can get into if we don't have car insurance? We can lose our vehicles, we can be fined, we can have endless aggravation over it. Now the brilliant critters in Washington DC have decided to force both businesses and private citizens to pay for medical insurance, too. Isn't that nice? They're discussing how much to fine a small business for not providing it for their employees (even the part time ones). They're just playing with the plans so far, but it won't be long before it gets slipped through the cracks and down our throats in the middle of the night (like the last bill was). Nobody will actually get to read it, just sign on the dotted line or say "Yes" when asked.

Why would they do such a thing? That's an easy one, folks. If we're all forced to pay for medical insurance or be fined into bankruptcy, getting the socialized programs put through should be easy. That's their plan. Give it a month and see what happens...

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Tomorrow's the Fourth

July 3rd 2009 14:00

Tomorrow is the Fourth of July, but I'm getting the fireworks show today! Thunder, lightening and a downpour of rain are scaring the daylights out of my dogs. It seems like God decided to start the celebrating a day early. Hope the livestock is in the barn...

My grand niece was supposed to come over and help me get the yard prettied up for the TEA party tomorrow... but right now it looks like we'll need boats and bridges, instead! I was hoping she would put up the fliers around town yesterday, but neither she nor my car were available, I guess. Maybe word of mouth will be enough to get it going...

If the weather doesn't improve, the turn-out may be really small. I guess we'll see. If the weather is better where you are, find a TEA party and show up! We can't drop the ball now and just let the government steamroll us into permanent poverty, folks! Speaking out and getting acquainted with others who are like minded is the first step. Find people who are interested in running for office, locally and support them. The 2010 elections are coming and if we don't have something better to offer than "hope and change" type slogans, nothing will change or improve.

Tomorrow is the most important patriotic holiday we have. Get out and celebrate our independence and freedom. Protect them! Honor those who have fought for our rights by standing up next to them tomorrow and speaking out as the original patriots did. They fought against taxation without representation and risked their lives to do so. You don't have to carry a gun, all you have to do us show up and speak out. What B.O.(B.S.) and his crowd are doing to us is absolutely the same taxation without representation that we didn't allow before.

You have a voice. Use it!

God Bless America

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Even Helen Thomas is Disgusted

July 2nd 2009 13:26

Helen Thomas was probably at the first news conference ever held. She's never had a good word for a Republican or a bad word for a Democrat... until now. She chewed on the White House spokesman, Gibbs, for having scripted questions and pre-arranged replies so that B.O. (B.S) could read his answers from the teleprompter. That way he doesn't trip over his own tongue and tell the truth by accident (remember Joe the Plumber?).

When the "transparency" and "integrity" that were promised during the election process are so obviously being thrown under the proverbial bus (not that he intended to keep the campaign promises, anyway) it can't be hidden for long. When even a liberal devotee gets disgusted, there's something to see

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Accusations Versus Reality

July 2nd 2009 03:04

Many years ago, a nice young couple moved in across the street from me. A less than nice family lived down the street, two houses away. They had children, I had children. The young couple were expecting their first. The nice young husband was a teacher and the wife was planning to give up her retail job and stay at home to raise their baby.

The not so nice family loved to cause trouble, it was their entertainment. They invented insults and caused several fights in the neighborhood. My kids avoided them because they were rude and tried to cause fights between others. They went so far as to call the police on my oldest daughter because she dared to look at their house when she walked by it on her way to school. My daughter was told never to look at their house again! When the nasty kids threw rocks at my home and broke a window, I had to call the police so my homeowners insurance would cover the damage. I was told not to bother them and that I had no proof of who threw the rock (in spite of the fact that I witnessed it personally

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Houdini the Horse Escapes Again!

July 1st 2009 13:31

My horse is named Blackie, bur I'm seriously considering changing his name to Houdini. He has managed to get out of the corral, bend the heavy wire fencing inward to make a gate between himself and the calves.So we let them share the cattle pen and corral. It worked out pretty well until last night.

Somehow, he managed to open the gate latch beside the hen house and escape again last night. He went right back to my nieces place to visit the other horses, naturally. When my niece called to tell me about it, I went out and found one of the calves standing between the corral fence and the chicken coop. He hadn't tried to leave, fortunately

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Medical Matters to Think About

July 1st 2009 11:49

It worries me to think that the government is planning to take over the medical industry as it has taken over so many of our other industries. They can't even run their own cafeteria for goodness sakes! And that was before big spender B.O. (B.S.) took over.

Fraud is one of the biggest problems in government programs. When my kids were very young, we were on Medi-Cal (a California operated health-care system). I got a letter in the mail one day, asking my son to pay for part of the treatment he received after an "industrial accident." The problem was that he was three years old, had never been in an "industrial accident" and I could account for every minute of the day it supposedly happened, because it was my birthday

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Hanging on New Jersey Doors

June 30th 2009 21:55

How nice of New Jersey to offer people something really different! They're paying people (at our expense) to deliver these cute little packages all over New Jersey. In the cute little packages are the new light bulbs. There is a note with each package that goes on about how much energy you can save with these little things. They even have a small mention that the little darlings contain MERCURY!

How nice of them to point out that what their little bulbs contain can KILL YOU! And they intend to force us all to use them! Isn't that nice? I'd rather pay for real light bulbs that don't poison the air if they break. Call me crazy, but I don't understand why we should be forced to use dangerous light bulbs that cost more to make and contain deadly material

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A Little More Election Fraud

June 30th 2009 20:11

So, I guess Al Franken(stein) beat Norm Coleman for the Senate seat from Minnesota. Why does that not really surprise me? Just because Coleman won the election on the first count, before they "magically" found enough "missing" votes to make Franken(stein) the winner. It didn't seem to matter to the MN Supreme Court that there were so many more votes than voters. It wasn't important to anyone for justice to prevail, apparently.

Minnesota has gained a foul mouthed "comedian" and lost a statesman. The United States now has a Democrat majority that can steam roll the rest of us and get away with it. Odd, huh, the people of Iran are objecting to much the same thing. What will we do? Probably sit passively by and assume that everything is just fine, until it's too late. At least the Iranians are brave enough to get out in the streets and object. I'll bet We the Sheeple don't do a thing...

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For the Living, Not the Dead

June 30th 2009 19:45

I used to work in a funeral home and spent several years dealing with the grief of others. I have buried many friends and most of my family. So I can speak with authority on the subject of funerals, believe me.

I just got an email from the daughter of my friend, Joan, who died last Sunday. It made me so angry I'm still steaming. It was from Joan's daughter and said that Joan had adamantly opposed any sort of funeral service and wanted immediate cremation. She also said she didn't want any flowers

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