Shopping Nonsense....
I read in all the papers here in So Cal how literally thousands of people camped out. Camped out for the privilege of spending money! What kind of society do we live in? We parade out the homeless for a few short hours, then blast off to spend hundreds at the malls.
One woman was quoted that she HAD to camp out because she has kids and it's the ONLY way to save money. HELLO! How about not spending a dime? That would save a lot of money. Have we taught our kids that they won't be happy until we go broke spending money on things they don't need?
Ask yourself this question,
"What did I give my kids last Christmas? Is it still around? Do they still use it?"
If you answer that question with "no or an "I don't know," then do something different this year.
Save your money or spend less. Go on a trip. Do something memorable! Or buy something memorable with it. Go out to dinner. Spend the money wisely.
Just for my experience, I went broke spending on step-kids. It made them happy for 5 minutes.
It made me happy for 6 minutes. After that, life goes on. Last Christmas I drew the line.
But don't get me wrong. Your children are only young once. Enjoy them. But, after tearing and ripping up presents, they will forget about the "joy" of the moment in a few short days.
Big cause of post-holiday depression. Don't let it happen to you!
Election thoughts
Republicans had it coming.
Democrats don't know what's coming.
If you look closely, many republicans were
voted out in favor of people who were even
more conservative. Heath Shuler is a clear
example. Far wings of each party are going
to be hard pressed to get a consensus.
Lets not forgot how Joe Lieberman owes his
political life to voting republicans.
As far as public education goes, neither side
has enough votes to do anything. Either way.
Social issues will also come to a stand still, or
get more conservative. (see above.) The dems
won, but not the left-wing.
All states that had it on the ballot voted in
favor of defining marriage as being between
a man and a woman. And that's a good thing.
No matter how you slice it, marriage should
remain between a man and woman. Period.
But the bad thing is that as soon as the voters
speak, the lawyers bark. California voted by
a huge margin to make it very tough on child
sex offenders to live near and interact with kids.
Unfortunately, the day after someone sued to
stop it. Amazing. Not really. Nothing amazes me as
to what people will sue over. Everyone has rights
except the people being offended. Everyone now
has the right to offend.
Just look at the top movie. A movie filled with
just nonsense against certain people. And the
media calls it great. Watch out, parents. You
still have the right to decide what your kids see
and do. Enforce it! Your kids will be better off.
Kerry, not again!
We take a sound bite and make a big thing out of it.
Guilty on both sides. But the newsmedia cannot get
around the stupidity of such a remark.
Kerry got stuck in Vietnam. And he went to Yale.
I spent 4 years in the Navy and I am pretty well
educated.
In fact, todays military demands brains from even
the lowest grunt. With technology of weaponry,
todays military personnel are light years ahead of
their predecessors. Add to this the fact that they
don't accept non-high school graduates anymore.
Many many well-educated people, from doctors to
rocket scientists are in the military. And many are
in Iraq. Many actually want to be there.
Speaking of Iraq, we just had a major fire here in
So Cal. 4 firefighters lost their lives. I wonder if
anyone would ever say that too many had lost
their lives, so let's pull the firefighters from the
fire and just let it burn. See how crazy that sounds?
It sounds just as crazy when you say it about Iraq.
It's not about body counts. It's about doing the right
thing.
Who or what to vote for?
Many people ask, how do you decide who you vote for?
It amazes me how many people can walk into a voting booth
and not know who they are going to vote for.
There are clear choices among the major candidates.
Ask yourself:
Who is closer to my religous beliefs?
Who is closer to my personal values?
Does the candidate support my views on issues I support?
How does the person live their public life?
Would I want my children influenced by them?
To me, it's a no-brainer.
There are clear choices.
Halloween logic
Halloween has become a major holiday in the US. Just another day to party.
Parent ask how should I handle my child?
Well, when I was a kid, it was about getting scared, trick or treating, and dressing up.
It also had facets of hay rides, bobbing for apples, etc.
Never, ever, ever did I ever think this was some occult thing.
It never was, and it never should be.
It has changed for some people. Halloween was never a time for such
nonsense. People have tried to turn it into that. Just like Christmas.
The truth is, that neither were anything like a pagan activity.
It was not some evil celebration by witches and others.
It was a day to celebrate, remember, or honor the dead. Period.
But they have been turned by some people into some pagan time
of rituals. Only in recent times has it been filled with ghosts and goblins.
In short, let your kid have fun! Other thoughts will not even come
to their little minds.
However, you are the parent. Make your choices and make them stick.
Explain why you disagree with Halloween and come up with an alternative!
Your child is only a child once. If you let the times slip by, you will regret
it later. You will be very sad later in life, when you think about how you
did not experience the magic of childhood! Bring the magic back! The real
magic, that is! And there is a magic of childhood.
Some of the best memories I have as a child is
trick or treating and going to the school and church carnivals.
Society wants your kid to grow up way too fast.
Let 'em be kids!
Foley II, Parents have lost
Parents, you have lost. Whatever authority you ever had over your children has been eroded away by society. But not the whole society, just the part that controls the media: News, movies, and music.
If you stand up for what you beleive is morally right, decent, good, and normal, you are called a bigot. Intolerant. A bad person.
This has trickled down to your parental authority. Everywhere around them, your children are getting the message that they can choose how they act, dress, and live and you cannot do anything. Then, we turn around and say, "Oh parents! Please keep your kids in line."
Yeah. Right. The media jumped all over Mel Gibson, and rightfully so for what he said.
But do you ever hear them stand up for other repugnant things? In the name of "art," we allow all sorts of indecent acts being depicted. It's art, they say. It's good! It's okay!
But then jump all over Foley for his bit? Foley was wrong. But here is something new.
You will hear about the new movie, "Running with Scissors."
But will you hear how it is filled with all sorts of filth? Blatant sexual situations that are just passed off as normal? This movie graphically depicts sex between a 35 year old man and a 15 year old boy. Anf have you heard anyone in the newsmedia say a thing? Absolutely not!
People who make movies and music with filth are praised! Cutting edge! Daring! Thought provoking!
BALONEY! It's crap. Pure and simple. No wonder you can't get a hold of your kid.
Nobody says you have the right!
I could name hundreds of movies full of filth that are just praised all over my the media.
Anyone who thinks that a 14 year old girl should have a major operation (abortion) without their parents being informed is just not all there mentally. Period.
This has nothing to with rights of abortion. It has to do with what is right, decent, and good.
But unfortunately, those things are passed!
I hate to talk about abortion and....
Okay. I hate to discuss abortion and related things. But again, logic must prevail.
In California, we are voting on whether to require parents to be notified about a minor child getting an abortion. Think logically here people. Sometimes logic is thrown out.
We do not allow minors to vote.
We do not allow under 21 drinking.
We do not allow under 16 getting a driver's license.
We have other age restrictions on driving.
We do not allow minors to get a piercing without parent approval.
We do not allow minors to get tattoos without parental approval.
We do not allow most operations without parental approval.
We have child labor laws.
We force all children under 16 to go to school.
We are banning candy and sodas from schools.
And we think we are a better society for keeping minors under control.
Why? Because they are minors. We as a society do not believe that minors have the capacity to make good choices. Except when we politicize something. Then we throw caution to the wind and logic out the window.
Can you explain to me why we want and applaud parental notification on piercings, but not on abortions? Abortion is not a simple procedure. It is MAJOR surgery. Period.
Ask yourself this:
"Would I want my 13 year-old daughter to get breast implants without me knowing?"
Funny how because breast implants are not a political football, you would scream,
"NO! My daughter is no getting such nonsense!"
Exactly. So think logically here, people. Is society better or worse because parents must be notified? If you say worse, then you must not agree with any laws restricting minors. You cannot have it both ways.
On a side note, my wife is a nurse and I read her nursing journals frequently.
It seems there is a consensus among nursing professionals that c-section deliveries have gotten out of hand. That women and doctors are doing it for no other reason than convenience. And they are trying to stop this unwarranted and unnecessary elective surgey.
Why does this strike me as odd?
Because many nurses work in plastic surgery centers. Centers where women get all sorts of elective surgeries just for the sake of looking better. But they are major surgeries and women get hurt and die. And I have never heard anyone talk against such things. Therefore, how can you tell women to stop having c-sections? To them it is just a choice of convenience.
Where am I leading? Because women and girls get abortions frequently for no other reason than just ending a pregnancy. And we applaud this. Then wonder why we cannot stop c-sections.
Elective c-sections are not the best way to deliver. But the medical community cannot stop this until we make women know that EVERYTHING they do to their bodies has complications and MANY THINGS are not needed. As long as we speak out of both sides of our mouths we are going nowhere fast.
If a woman has a right to an abortion, she has a right to a c-section. And any other elective procedure. And to argue against one you must argue against the others.
No medical procedure is completely simple and completely safe.
When will we wake up to this fact? And you want your daughter to get any procedure she wants? Without you even being notified??????
Logic. Plain and simple.
