Elected officials

A politician is very often a man who has risen from obscurity to something worse. People who don't know why America is the Land of Promise should be here during an election campaign. This one managed to find it's way into my daughter's back yard.

Go Green - recycle Congress

I do not like this Uncle Sam,

I do not like his health care scam.
I do not like these dirty crooks,
or how they lie and cook the books.
I do not like when Congress steals,
I do not like their secret deals.
I do not like this speaker Nan,
I do not like this 'YES, WE CAN.'
I do not like this spending spree...
I'm smart, I know that nothings free.
I do not like your smug replies,
When I complain about your lies.
I do not like this kind of hope.
I do not like it. Nope, nope, nope!

Politics consists of two sides and a fence

It was Fred Thompson, the new 1994 Senator from Tennessee who arrived in Washington with shock. He said, "I've still got a lot to learn about Washington. Why, yesterday I accidentally spent some of my own money."

A politician is someone who only cares about the next election. A patriot is someone who cares about the next generation.

9-11

I suppose if the KKK decided to build a museum across the street from the Loraine Motel (the hotel turned into a museum where Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated), we would all be outraged and find it repugnant. The way the KKK viewed blacks as sub-human was a national disgrace. However, they do have a right to freedom of speech and can build a museum if they want I suppose. Why don't we feel the same outrage and repugnance toward those who caused 9-11? They view women as nothing less than sub-human, deprive them of education, and murder missionary doctors and dentists who are trying to make their lives better. Where is the outrage here?

White House Aids owe how much in taxes?

I couldn't resist posting this article from the LA Times. Click here to find out how much government employees owe in back taxes, including many of President Obama's White House Aids.

And I thought he was going to give the middle class a break in taxes. Looks like the government employees are the one's who'll get it.

Read the list and vote!

Join me in a bowl of soup

Would you join me in a bowl of soup? Is there enough room for two of us? Kathy discovers there may be! Okay, Okay, pretty corny I know. Food and food jokes are a matter of taste! Hey Kathy... she really likes seafood, especially saltwater taffy! And the catch of the day is fish sticks. It was great to see Kathy and Craig last weekend and share some time together.

Gamma is too much fun

Oh, to be sitting next to "gamma" watching TV. What I like about this image is her feet. Without them, you don't have a leg to stand on! I can see it now though, first it will be her hair, then her nails, then whatever they do to her feet and toes. I don't understand what goes on in those places, and I don't want to know. Good luck honey!

Cake and ice cream

We celebrated "Little" Andy's birthday last weekend. Lots of cake, lots of ice cream and cookies and of course, lots of fun. Now that the long labor day weekend is over I realized there is a little extra weight (see cake below). I don't mind it so much, but when I want to let it all hang out, I have to make two trips. Now I have to watch my weight again. I have it right out in front of me where I can see it.

I'm just glad I can still pick him up and put him on my shoulders! But that won't last long. Some day I'll go from "Why not?" to "Why bother?" But even though old age is creaking up on me, I can't resist my time with this little guy. Old age will just have to wait.

Bronco fans

I've discovered that Bronco fans are everywhere. They begin as fans at the age of one or so and then remain fans, in spite of the Bronco's record or who the coach is. The best Bronco fans are there no matter what the record or how well they do. They know that eventually the Broncos will win it all again!

Presidential Hypocrisy

I like the words of Ben Stein who said recently;

"Fathom the odd hypocrisy that Obama wants every citizen to prove they are insured, but people don't have to prove they are citizens."

And it was Will Rogers who said, "Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man, we never get to vote on what he is to do." The President is doing the best he can. That should scare you!

Climbing

On our hike last week we ate lunch at Sky Pond and watched the climbers on Petite Grepon. If you look closely, you'll see there is a climber on it just about the center of the photo. I did this one with Leon about 23 years ago. Of course photos like this just bring about discussions of danger and getting killed. What's the problem? I just tell people to look at the obituaries. You'll realize that everybody dies in alphabetical order!

A nice prayer

Father in heaven! Do not side with our sins against us, but side with us against our sins so that when the thought of you awakens, it might not remind us of our trespasses but of your forgiveness, not of how we went astray but of how you saved us!

Illegal aliens

It's great to be an American. That's why I wear Italian suits, eat French food, drive a Japanese car, and on holidays put out an American flag made in Korea!

This photo was taken South of Tucson. These kinds of things are everywhere in Arizona.

Morning Has Broken

The scene below reminded me of the Christian hymn written by Eleanor Farjeon, Morning Has Broken. Of course Cat Steven popularized it but the words speak volumes to me.

Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the Word

Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dew fall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God's recreation of the new day.

I took this photo last Saturday morning. I was waiting for my hiking friends in the parking lot before we left on our hike in Rocky Mountain National Park. The beauty never seems to end here in Colorado.