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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 9:15:47 GMT -5
And a big Amen along with Kid Rock. I don't know if you paid attention to the eulogy that President Obama gave recently at the black church where the pastor and some of the parishioner's were shot. Honestly, I hadn't paid any attention to it until I started reading articles about it online. There were the pro folks who wrote at length about how it was a moment that transcended and how it was a shame that it didn't happen 6 years earlier (the eulogy) when people were still listening to Obama. Then there were the folks who said, I can't believe Obama used an eulogy and a terrible tragedy to promote his political agenda. I wanted to be fair so I took the time over the weekend to google the eulogy and watch it. It was pretty long but it went like this. First Obama started off with talking about the Pastor and those who died and talking about their lives. The usual eulogy stuff. Then he moved on...or rather back in time and talked about the historical struggle of blacks from slavery on. He talked about Jim Crow laws. He talked about civil rights. Then he talked about the confederate flag and how it had always been a symbol of hate and oppression and that God wanted us to remove it from the public. Not only the confederate flag though. He said that gun owners wanted something to be done about guns. He said that the police should not treat blacks unfairly. That the criminal justice system needed to be changed so that the blacks in jail would be treated fairly. He said that churches were a sanctuary and the black church was the place in society where black children could hear that they were beautiful and loved. (Inserting a criticism I read in an article here....as if the only place black children could find love and hear they were beautiful were in black churches.) There was more. Economic justice. The whole campaign spiel of how blacks have struggled and continue to struggle. But here's the kicker that Obama repeated again and again in the eulogy. The country should be showing "God's grace" in the face of this terrible struggle by finally giving black people justice. Seriously, Obama stood up there and advocated that if blacks don't get all the things he listed, including removing the confederate flag, "God's grace" is not being shown. I don't have any feelings about the confederate flag, but as Kid was just singing, there are those who would have us feel guilty about being white. The President of the United States using a eulogy for his political platform. Speaking divisively about special privileges in the face of rising racial tensions. Made me sad. And doing it in God's name. Yes Jo I happened to watch as I was walking by the T.V. I took pause at one point because he sounded like he wanted me to jump off the couch and go running into the streets and take back the country. Then I realized that it would never happen because of our 2nd amendment. Guess the foredads really put some thought into that declaration. Is the president going to start a race war as a last ditch effort for gun control?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 9:23:31 GMT -5
Michael, Moving on to the overall point of the author you posted, will the dollar and the stock market in the US collapse soon. IMHO, there are new financial realities coming. I see it as long and drawn out though rather than quick and here in the blink of an eye. I guess the contrast is that I feel tougher times ahead. I actually see people drawing more to faith rather than to chaos. Just my personal opinion, of course. Believe me Jo...I read every word you wrote...amazing writing....thanks. Gold and silver are making their move...a 3.5 month high today...still low though. Talk of the bitcoin replacing world currency starting in October...is going around. On another note...what do you think about investing in air in a can? I just thought that one up right now...honest!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 9:49:09 GMT -5
I am also just now wondering why the most liberal people only allow one way of thinking.
Man... I can't win when it comes to being politically correct.
I love country music...live in a Civil War home and am proud of it...I believe in God.
Man...I try to fit in by agreeing with today's topics....but am having trouble.
They...(my family) were applauding Bruce Jenner as a hero... I said he was a man who hides behind a woman.
It was a joke fer crying out loud...I don't care what he does...he may be a hero...but not for this.
That went over like a led balloon...the NAACP conversation was interesting...the white lady pretending to be black.
I was literally attacked by a bunch of Mexican Chinaware dogs...I can't spell Chiwawa...sorry.
I suppose as I am pegged as the unintellectual one in a room of intellectuals...lets roll.
Then when the debate has their tongue twisted around their thoughts like a bright pink bow...they dismiss it.
I mean for a group of people to voice their opinion openly but not allow opposing viewpoints is not Liberalism.
I care what people do to themselves ...it is not right to deny one persons....oh you know the rants....
So ...trying to fit in yet again hasn't worked...heck it hasn't worked in for them either...so it goes.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 9:52:11 GMT -5
While searching the internet trying to find a song that conveyed my feelings...
while not insulting some folks is a very fine line indeed.
I found this number that struck a chord...to me anyway!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 14:55:27 GMT -5
Michael,
On gun control, I get email newsletters from my elected Reps in DC. The last one I got from Pete Olson had something in it about how Obama was trying to reclassify guns to put them in more dangerous categories.....which is sneaky but that's how they do it. If you reclassify everything to say, the same category as submachine guns...you see what I'm saying?
Anyway, Olson is among the group fighting against it.
On Obama and race. Al Sharpton has been invited to the White House over 70 times. Obama sat in Jeremiah "God damn America" Wright's church for twenty years. Obama is who he is.
On the real issue of whether the black population will riot. Obviously there's a political movement afoot protesting the police. They aren't gaining any real traction and that movement has a lot of university professors and students in it.
Meanwhile, Ferguson, Missouri is now a dying town. There was talk of the federal government helping small businesses get back on their feet after the rioting but most of the business owners didn't meet the credit score criteria for any government help. Most of them didn't have insurance either. There are private people who are now working together to give out loans to those black and minority business owners to try and help them get back on their feet. But even that has problems. There's decay where things are boarded up and shoppers now avoid the area almost entirely because it no longer feels safe. They've had an election and elected more blacks to the city counsel but whether or not they can beat the headwinds now, no one knows. Sales tax revenues are way down and they had a cash flow problem to begin with which is why they wrote so many tickets to generate revenue. Which, in turn, pissed off the population and made them adversarial with law enforcement. The riots didn't solve anything. They just made it worse.
There are also other voices out there. It's not something the media seems to spend anytime talking about but it's really the black churches which are more strident in their traditional beliefs. Just last year it was black churches here in Houston who fought against HERO (Houston Equal Rights Ordinance). It was also black churches which had Mayor Parker issuing supeonas to have all their communications, email, sermons and correspondence turned over to the government because, by saying that HERO should be put on the ballot and voted on, they were engaging in "hate" speech.
There are the Al Sharpton's of the world Michael and then there are the real people. They don't fit into nice, neat little stereotypes that the media and politicians would have us believe they do.
There's another black preacher in Chicago (which is another Democrat town) who has asked all the Presidential candidates, Republican and Democrat to come and speak to his congregation because he says it's time black people hear all the points of view and evaluate each candidate individually instead of just going in and voting for the Democrat candidate because that's what they've long done.
...and the beat goes on and on and on and on. Freedom.
I'm not worried about black people rioting. IMHO, the troublemakers come from outside the demographic and they travel from place to place, working for "justice" and leave behind destruction in their wake. Most of them happen to be white though there are some Al Sharpton's in the mix.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 15:03:56 GMT -5
Michael,
Bitcoin is soaring, especially in Europe. I can see it's allure.
I just read an article earlier today in Wall Street Journal that it largely still unregulated and an easy mark for money laundering and scams. Consequently, many banks are reconsidering their participation in bitcoin.
Bitcoin as a currency is definitely going to be in the discussion. I see it as a currency of last resort though...which is why it's soaring in Greece.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2015 9:04:58 GMT -5
Michael, Bitcoin is soaring, especially in Europe. I can see it's allure. I just read an article earlier today in Wall Street Journal that it largely still unregulated and an easy mark for money laundering and scams. Consequently, many banks are reconsidering their participation in bitcoin. Bitcoin as a currency is definitely going to be in the discussion. I see it as a currency of last resort though...which is why it's soaring in Greece. Jo...I need to take the time to absorb all this information...my brain is flooding! All the electricity or gunpowder is thick today...everyone is running...just like they should. Are you going there...are you coming here...what about tonight. I have my plans...working on them today...my clothing design...called Holy Shirts...more later.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2015 9:06:11 GMT -5
This Independence day...lets remember our fallen...our past.
Lets enjoy today's breeze of freedom.
Tomorrow lets work on taking our country back.
I have made a lot of words rhyme in my time...
Usually too late...but this one came out in less than 10 seconds.
did you know that Irving Berlin...
wrote "God Bless America" in a matter of moments.
A matter of moments separated by two decades?
interesting story...
Though most everyone's story is an interesting read.
Wrong...everyone's story is an interesting read.
If you are still reading this...your story goes on.
Your story will go on regardless...why not write?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2015 9:06:54 GMT -5
I found a photo today...with hopes that it doesn't offend.
When you see all the pretty new flags waving today...
Think of this one when it was in the wind.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2015 22:39:13 GMT -5
I am also just now wondering why the most liberal people only allow one way of thinking.
Man... I can't win when it comes to being politically correct.
I love country music...live in a Civil War home and am proud of it...I believe in God.
Man...I try to fit in by agreeing with today's topics....but am having trouble.
They...(my family) were applauding Bruce Jenner as a hero... I said he was a man who hides behind a woman.
It was a joke fer crying out loud...I don't care what he does...he may be a hero...but not for this.
That went over like a led balloon...the NAACP conversation was interesting...the white lady pretending to be black.
I was literally attacked by a bunch of Mexican Chinaware dogs...I can't spell Chiwawa...sorry.
I suppose as I am pegged as the unintellectual one in a room of intellectuals...lets roll.
Then when the debate has their tongue twisted around their thoughts like a bright pink bow...they dismiss it.
I mean for a group of people to voice their opinion openly but not allow opposing viewpoints is not Liberalism.
I care what people do to themselves ...it is not right to deny one persons....oh you know the rants....
So ...trying to fit in yet again hasn't worked...heck it hasn't worked in for them either...so it goes.
Yeppers, I know the rants. I've been thinking about philosophy this week and it seems to me that many progressive folks have come to believe so strongly that morality is defined by the heart. If their heart tells them something, then it must be the way. It's what they put their trust in. The whole problem with basing morality on what the human heart wants is that it's the human heart. Let me give you an example of what I mean and I'll use a real life example from decades ago and people you've never even heard of. A woman I used to work with had been married for a long time. Her husband was a farmer so he had a lot of hours when he was working alone. Turns out that why she was working to help support their family, he'd been spending quite a lot of time with a neighbor. In bed but it became more than that. One day, poof, her world disintegrates and he's already got a new life already set up and ready to go. By the standard of defining what is moral by what the heart wants....then the husband and the neighbor were moral because their hearts called to each other. I'm not saying the original husband and wife should have stayed married (they didn't). What's done is done. But I can't bring myself to say that the way they did it was "moral". Which is probably my biggest philosophical disagreement on how morality is defined. We all fall down. A lot. But I just have trouble embracing the idea that we should quit defining it as falling down. I can't put my trust in defining morality by the heart. Guess I'll never be "enlightened".
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2015 22:50:40 GMT -5
Michael,
My silly computer did an automatic update yesterday that failed and it took me a day to get back online again.
We've had a nice holiday. Hubby was off yesterday so we went out to eat lunch with son at Fuddrucker's (burger place).
Today, I walked down to the convenience store and bought the Sunday paper. Had lunch at home. Hubby and I are watching Terra Nova on Netflix. Too bad there's only one season.
This evening I watched the televised fireworks and concert here in Houston. Clint Black and he sounded as wonderful as he did decades ago. Maybe even better. He was having a lot of fun on that stage and the crowd was dancing and singing along. He's from here so he came back to his home town again this year. ...and that fiddle...you knew I was gonna mention that fiddle....so very, very sweet.
Talked to my mama on the phone this afternoon. We're hoping she'll be released from the hospital on Monday. Today was day 21 for her being there. She was looking forward to seeing the fireworks out her window though since she's on the 5th floor and faces the fairgrounds. She thought that would be nice.
My pa-in-law was walking home from the community center last night and thought he saw a UFO. 81 years old and he's never been a fanciful guy so he definitely saw something. Hubby called him this evening and they talked for a bit but then he wanted to go back outside and see if he'd see anything tonight.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2015 11:40:23 GMT -5
Michael, My silly computer did an automatic update yesterday that failed and it took me a day to get back online again. We've had a nice holiday. Hubby was off yesterday so we went out to eat lunch with son at Fuddrucker's (burger place). Today, I walked down to the convenience store and bought the Sunday paper. Had lunch at home. Hubby and I are watching Terra Nova on Netflix. Too bad there's only one season. This evening I watched the televised fireworks and concert here in Houston. Clint Black and he sounded as wonderful as he did decades ago. Maybe even better. He was having a lot of fun on that stage and the crowd was dancing and singing along. He's from here so he came back to his home town again this year. ...and that fiddle...you knew I was gonna mention that fiddle....so very, very sweet. Talked to my mama on the phone this afternoon. We're hoping she'll be released from the hospital on Monday. Today was day 21 for her being there. She was looking forward to seeing the fireworks out her window though since she's on the 5th floor and faces the fairgrounds. She thought that would be nice. My pa-in-law was walking home from the community center last night and thought he saw a UFO. 81 years old and he's never been a fanciful guy so he definitely saw something. Hubby called him this evening and they talked for a bit but then he wanted to go back outside and see if he'd see anything tonight.
Jo...this right here is why I always come back...conversation...real conversation.
I totally agree with Pa pal he did see something...he has had too...
I am so glad for your mama getting to come home...that is so wonderful...really.
Note to self...check out Terra Nova...And Clint Black...what a guy...a great example for young folks.
I read your last posts...but need to reread...I actually examine each word...that takes time.
I sense the underlying meaning when you examine how words fit together...IMO anyway.
Jo I would love to share this video with you this morning or whenever you got the time.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2015 11:47:16 GMT -5
I just had an epiphany about Jeffery...he is sitting there thinking...what the hay?
"This is a thread about Taylor...not some old fuzzy dude"....so I have a plan.
On the new country artist area...there is the original Taylor Swift thread.
thecountrymusicscene.proboards.com/thread/42/taylor-swift?page=12
So I will revive that thread and add this thread and I just may have...
enough gas to catch George Straits total thread...yes that is my plan.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2015 14:17:54 GMT -5
Michael, Everything in it's own time and space. Really nice performance and song by Rodney. He's another Texan.....from Houston. ...and yet another Texan, Kris Kristofferson
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2015 15:12:18 GMT -5
Michael,
In church today, we had a guest Pastor since ours is on vacation with his family. He was telling of a really popular Pastor he knew who had been asked the simple version of what the Bible says many times. He told people who asked that he could tell you the story of the Bible in just six words.
Those six words were:
"I am God and you aren't".
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