Howdy all! And welcome to Spring! Spring? ?? Spring has sprung. And just to celebrate, we had snow on the ground yesterday morning! Dropped about 6 inches in Salem, OR. Gosh, I can feel the warmth already!
Any brrr,..
Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him. ~ 1 Corinthians 16:11
As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity: And by a plain method of argument, as we are running the next generation into debt, we ought to do the work of it, otherwise we use them meanly and pitifully. ~ Thomas Paine, Common Sense, January 10, 1776
I hate watching my government squander so much of our national treasure. I don't mean the treasury, or the gross domestic product or anything like that. I mean our future, our children. They have been raised by great people. Yet they also were taught by schools that had to follow certain requirements to maintain the level of government funding to stay afloat. In some cases, the schools became more than complicit in teaching our children to be lazy slovenly socialist whiny children. I see grown children - 22, 23 years old - sit at home and play video games, get thoroughly involved in cyberspace. And you'd think that some of them would delve into the seedy side of the internet with pornographic sites. Some of these kids pass that up and go to sites that show extreme stupidity bloopers! You know, skate boarder who lands jewels first on the railing, or the cars that fly off the track into the crowd. 'Wow did you see that! Bet it totally crushed his head! Coool! Gimme another energy drink!' Yes, they don't even drink beer. They spend all their hard earned cash (12-18 bucks) on energy drinks and tortilla chips. Isn't this sad? Work? Work is what it takes to get to the bathroom after waiting too long on the couch.
Thomas Paine had it right,as did all the founders when it comes to the legacy they leave behind. And his comments may explain why the kids now a day stay at home and play on the computer instead of getting a life. If our children understand the mountain of debt the federally elected employees have dumped onto their shoulders,why try to get a job? They'll only lose half or more of it to taxes. Why not work odd jobs, get a bag of chips and be a stupid person watching other stupid people on the computer?
What to do? First thing is follow the advice from 1 Corinthians. We need all the strength we can get, and no better place for great strength than from Him. Next, communicating with our managers in Congress (remember, not leaders). Tell them to listen or leave, obey the people of vacate the office. Even the popular ones are to be put on notice. Don't give any relief from the demands. If they are truly one with us,then they need to get on the bandwagon and earn the respect a 'leader' would get. Remember what Vince Lombardi said, "If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you’ll be fired with enthusiasm." Let's find out how much enthusiasm our managers in DC have, before we are forced to do their work meanly and pitifully.
Take care, God bless,
AND STAND WITH ISRAEL!!
Tom Kiley
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