Ok, so I thought I'd found a pretty good poem (in my last post) to describe my feelings as of late towards the crazy politics that are going around, especially in light of Obama's latest debacle - the infomercial to top all ludicrious infomercials if there ever was one.
Anyhow- someone sent me these yesterday and I laughed until I feel off my seat...well, almost. I unfortunately respond better to crass humor than sugar coated ill-founded sensitivities when I'm between a rock and...a bunch of dim witted Demo's who want to 'redistribute' what I've worked hard to gain for myself and my own!). I can't afford to raise my son in a society devoid of personal responsibility ya'll::
Forrest Gump's re-vamped explanation for worldy woes:
Mortgage Backed Securities are like boxes of chocolates. Criminals on Wall Street stole a few chocolates from the boxes and replaced them with turds. Their criminal buddies at Standard & Poor rated these boxes AAA Investment Grade chocolates. These boxes were then sold all over the world to investors. Eventually somebody bites into a turd and discovers the crime. Suddenly nobody trusts American chocolates anymore worldwide. Hank Paulson now wants the American taxpayers to buy up and hold all these boxes of turd-infested chocolates for $700 billion dollars until the market for turds returns to normal. Meanwhile, Hank's buddies, the Wall Street criminals who stole all the good chocolates are not being investigated, arrested, or indicted. Mama always said: 'Sniff the chocolates first, Forrest'.
On a(n) (ironically) related note: The bailout, a different perspective Back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it. They failed and it closed. Now we are trusting the economy of our country to a pack of nit-wits who couldn't make money running a whore house and selling booze?
The Republican Fisherman: a woman in a hot air ballon realizes she is lost. She lowers her altitude and spots a man fishing from a boat below. She shouts to him, "Excuse me, can yhou help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am." The man consults his portable GPS and replies, "You're in a hot air baloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude. She rolls her eyes and says, "You must be a Republican!"
"I am", replies the man, "How did you know?"
"Well, answers the balloonist, everything you tell me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you're not much help to me."
"The man smiles and responds, "You must be a Democrat."
"I am,' replies the balloonist. "How did you know?"
"Well," says the man, "You don't know where you are or where you're going. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and now you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but, somehow, now it's my fault."
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Catching Up...
This is for those of you who have been wondering what I've been up since my last Captain Moroni-esque diatribe. I have been busy learning about how to Obama-proof our portfolio....seriously. There is nothing more important I could dredge up to post about right now than the balance our nation currently hangs in with this upcoming election. You may think it's not worth your time to delve into or figure out for yourselves and already 'know' who you're voting for...but do you really? Though McCain is certainly not the Republican ideal candidate, think about what we're left with otherwise...
We have simply worked to hard to lose it all if Obama gets elected. I feel literally nauseous daily and can't turn on the news anymore...I am so worried about what is going to happen to our nation when he steps in. Does anyone know what he's promised to do FIRST. Go check out the Freedom of Choice Act and NARAL HERE - he's committed himself to both unwaveringly and consistently. The only change Obama will be able to produce is the way his followers feel about him when they discover he is just an idiot in wolves clothing. Does anyone read what he has proposed, or better yet has anyone gone to his website to put in their own financial figures to see just how much Obama is going to save you the taxpayer? Mark and I would save $34- sweet! How I love doling out MY hard earned money to people who have had every chance my husband and I have had in this life to get an education and work hard- EVERY CHANCE- and yet they cry b/c they don't make as much as the big bad CEO's. Go out and work an honest day and work your way up like they did and then come back to me crying about it...but in the meantime stay outta my pocket!!!
Why do people think that McCain and Palin keep urging us to check Obama's voting record or past for that matter. It isn't a matter of being his past, it's a matter of what he's chosen to follow for exceedingly long periods of time in his past and who he has CHOSEN to associate with. The truth is staring people blatantly in the face and yet... he is "The One". To steal a quote from Sean Penn (who I dearly detest yet find interesting he said), "I hope that he will understand if he is the nominee the degree of disillusionment that will happen if he doesn't become a greater man than he will ever be." Wow, provokative insight from a bleeding heart goonie.
What it all comes down to though is personal responsibility- any nation that doesn't expect this from its citizens is surely a nation doomed to fail. If for no other reason of detesting this exceedingly arrogant and ignorant man, think of God's first and most important commandment - THOU SHALT NOT KILL. There is no greater or lesser reason given what Obama stands for that we need to have to know than this - this is a man NOT nearly worthy of the Presidential office and the honor it affords (do you even know how Obama got elected into office in the first place? Go check it out it makes for very interesting and even more disturbing reading). God will NOT provide inspiration to such a man. Take it to the bank.
Someone recently sent me the following poem that gets right at the heart of what I've been feeling lately.
'Twas the night before elections and all through the town Tempers were flaring Emotions all up and down!
I, in my bathrobe with a cat in my lap had cut off the TV Tired of political crap.
When all of a sudden
There arose such a noise
I peered out of my window
Saw Obama and his boys
They had come for my wallet
They wanted my pay
To give to the others
Who had not worked a day!
He snatched up my money
And quick as a wink
Jumped back on his bandwagon
As I gagged from the stink
He then rallied his henchmen
Who were pulling his cart
I could tell they were out
To tear my country apart!
‘On Fannie, on Freddie, On Biden and Ayers!
On Acorn, On Pelosi’ He screamed at the pairs!
They took off for his cause and as he flew out of sight I heard him laugh at the nation who wouldn't stand up and fight!
We have simply worked to hard to lose it all if Obama gets elected. I feel literally nauseous daily and can't turn on the news anymore...I am so worried about what is going to happen to our nation when he steps in. Does anyone know what he's promised to do FIRST. Go check out the Freedom of Choice Act and NARAL HERE - he's committed himself to both unwaveringly and consistently. The only change Obama will be able to produce is the way his followers feel about him when they discover he is just an idiot in wolves clothing. Does anyone read what he has proposed, or better yet has anyone gone to his website to put in their own financial figures to see just how much Obama is going to save you the taxpayer? Mark and I would save $34- sweet! How I love doling out MY hard earned money to people who have had every chance my husband and I have had in this life to get an education and work hard- EVERY CHANCE- and yet they cry b/c they don't make as much as the big bad CEO's. Go out and work an honest day and work your way up like they did and then come back to me crying about it...but in the meantime stay outta my pocket!!!
Why do people think that McCain and Palin keep urging us to check Obama's voting record or past for that matter. It isn't a matter of being his past, it's a matter of what he's chosen to follow for exceedingly long periods of time in his past and who he has CHOSEN to associate with. The truth is staring people blatantly in the face and yet... he is "The One". To steal a quote from Sean Penn (who I dearly detest yet find interesting he said), "I hope that he will understand if he is the nominee the degree of disillusionment that will happen if he doesn't become a greater man than he will ever be." Wow, provokative insight from a bleeding heart goonie.
What it all comes down to though is personal responsibility- any nation that doesn't expect this from its citizens is surely a nation doomed to fail. If for no other reason of detesting this exceedingly arrogant and ignorant man, think of God's first and most important commandment - THOU SHALT NOT KILL. There is no greater or lesser reason given what Obama stands for that we need to have to know than this - this is a man NOT nearly worthy of the Presidential office and the honor it affords (do you even know how Obama got elected into office in the first place? Go check it out it makes for very interesting and even more disturbing reading). God will NOT provide inspiration to such a man. Take it to the bank.
Someone recently sent me the following poem that gets right at the heart of what I've been feeling lately.
'Twas the night before elections and all through the town Tempers were flaring Emotions all up and down!
I, in my bathrobe with a cat in my lap had cut off the TV Tired of political crap.
When all of a sudden
There arose such a noise
I peered out of my window
Saw Obama and his boys
They had come for my wallet
They wanted my pay
To give to the others
Who had not worked a day!
He snatched up my money
And quick as a wink
Jumped back on his bandwagon
As I gagged from the stink
He then rallied his henchmen
Who were pulling his cart
I could tell they were out
To tear my country apart!
‘On Fannie, on Freddie, On Biden and Ayers!
On Acorn, On Pelosi’ He screamed at the pairs!
They took off for his cause and as he flew out of sight I heard him laugh at the nation who wouldn't stand up and fight!
So I leave you to think on this one final note-
IF YOU DONT WANT SOCIALISM GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!
IF YOU DONT WANT SOCIALISM GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Kids & Sugar
I still get those emails from Baby Center weekly regarding how my child is progressing as in what to expect and that sort of thing. They're short but informative and I usually glean something from at least one of the articles that are contained therein.
One such article was about a new study on kids cereal. It talks about how there are only a few handful of cereals that could be considered 'healthy' or nutritionally based for our kids. It 'spoke' to me because lately I've been having struggles getting Slade to eat his veggies but anything sweet he'll gladly indulge in (not that I let him indulge, mind you, but I do give him some of both worlds. I have not given him the really sugary ones that the article points out as being the worst because come on, they really do taste like straight sugar and I don't want to use up Slade's precious tummy space on them.
When I got married and Mark saw how I really ate (a diet that had an evolutionary basis on what foods could fit into a kitchen shared by 5 other roommates coupled with my erratic eating habits besides) he told me that I ate like a 2 year old and I needed to step it up. I ate infrequently, not always very healthy, and there are many a common food that I just never developed a palate for- much to my mother's dismay. As a child you'd find me sitting at the dinner table alone at 8pm while my parents waited me out trying to get me to eat my food. After I threw up spinach my mom just gave up. I eat healthy, just sparingly.
Now that I have a child who is growing quickly but has a small stomach I try to be very careful about what I allow into his body and I try to expose him to as many good foods as possible so that he can develop a taste for them early on as I apparently never did. Unfortunately for him he never tasted many of the healthy foods in my breast milk so he has yet to develop a taste for them now, but I continue to keep exposing him to them in hopes that one day he'll want to be more like his father and eat it all no matter what. (I can just hear Teresa laughing at me saying I watch what Slade eats b/c she is still better than I and does not condescend to feed Maya fruit snacks, Twizzlers, or Doritos just yet but hey- I do it sparingly, I promise!). The genes in my family would work against Slade but the gene's in Marks' are in his favor, so though he may look nothing like his father, perhaps he will obtain something useful otherwise from him.
Anyhow, I was not surprised to learn that Fruit Loops had 50-60% sugar versus the 1% or whatever it was of Cheerios. I worry every day about whether or not Slade has gotten a sufficient amount of his food groups every day according to what he should be in taking for his age group (protein, dairy, breads, combination foods, veggies, fruits, iron...) and I completely have a meltdown over dinner often when he'd rather throw his broccoli on the floor than put some in his mouth...but such is life. Until he figures it out I've got some multi-vitamins to fill in some of the gap and I'll just keep being a veggie pushin momma until he learns to love them! These days I'm all about length of naps, how many times he poops (the consistency, amount, color, etc...), if he's getting enough reading, playing, socializing, exposure to sunlight.... Am I the only mother who goes bonkers over such things? On another note, am I the only mother whose son refuses to sit in a shopping cart at his age? He fights me the whole shopping trip- oh the stares!
One such article was about a new study on kids cereal. It talks about how there are only a few handful of cereals that could be considered 'healthy' or nutritionally based for our kids. It 'spoke' to me because lately I've been having struggles getting Slade to eat his veggies but anything sweet he'll gladly indulge in (not that I let him indulge, mind you, but I do give him some of both worlds. I have not given him the really sugary ones that the article points out as being the worst because come on, they really do taste like straight sugar and I don't want to use up Slade's precious tummy space on them.
When I got married and Mark saw how I really ate (a diet that had an evolutionary basis on what foods could fit into a kitchen shared by 5 other roommates coupled with my erratic eating habits besides) he told me that I ate like a 2 year old and I needed to step it up. I ate infrequently, not always very healthy, and there are many a common food that I just never developed a palate for- much to my mother's dismay. As a child you'd find me sitting at the dinner table alone at 8pm while my parents waited me out trying to get me to eat my food. After I threw up spinach my mom just gave up. I eat healthy, just sparingly.
Now that I have a child who is growing quickly but has a small stomach I try to be very careful about what I allow into his body and I try to expose him to as many good foods as possible so that he can develop a taste for them early on as I apparently never did. Unfortunately for him he never tasted many of the healthy foods in my breast milk so he has yet to develop a taste for them now, but I continue to keep exposing him to them in hopes that one day he'll want to be more like his father and eat it all no matter what. (I can just hear Teresa laughing at me saying I watch what Slade eats b/c she is still better than I and does not condescend to feed Maya fruit snacks, Twizzlers, or Doritos just yet but hey- I do it sparingly, I promise!). The genes in my family would work against Slade but the gene's in Marks' are in his favor, so though he may look nothing like his father, perhaps he will obtain something useful otherwise from him.
Anyhow, I was not surprised to learn that Fruit Loops had 50-60% sugar versus the 1% or whatever it was of Cheerios. I worry every day about whether or not Slade has gotten a sufficient amount of his food groups every day according to what he should be in taking for his age group (protein, dairy, breads, combination foods, veggies, fruits, iron...) and I completely have a meltdown over dinner often when he'd rather throw his broccoli on the floor than put some in his mouth...but such is life. Until he figures it out I've got some multi-vitamins to fill in some of the gap and I'll just keep being a veggie pushin momma until he learns to love them! These days I'm all about length of naps, how many times he poops (the consistency, amount, color, etc...), if he's getting enough reading, playing, socializing, exposure to sunlight.... Am I the only mother who goes bonkers over such things? On another note, am I the only mother whose son refuses to sit in a shopping cart at his age? He fights me the whole shopping trip- oh the stares!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Baby Sage
My new adorable niece Sage was born last Thursday, Oct. 2nd after a long and grueling pregnancy for Katie & Ryan (full of constant sickness, p.e.'s, and fun shots!). It's disturbingly odd how similar our birthing experiences were- long hard labors resulting in emergency Cesarean's. Boy oh boy are we happy we were born in this day and age versus back in the day- otherwise childbirth would've ended us!
All are doing well and parents are taken with their new little girl- and a bit stressed.
Parenthood is hard ya'll!
Ryan, Sage, Slade, & I right after birth!
Proud Momma Katie & Baby Sage
Proud Daddy Ryan & Baby Sage
All are doing well and parents are taken with their new little girl- and a bit stressed.
Parenthood is hard ya'll!
Ryan, Sage, Slade, & I right after birth!
Proud Momma Katie & Baby Sage
Proud Daddy Ryan & Baby Sage
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Poor forlorn souls...
I'm so confused as to where baby-killer Barry O. is coming from when he talks about making it so everyone can get a good education. I thought it was already that way. There are funds aplenty- I repeat, aplenty- allocated in scholarship form, pell grant form, and yes, even pay-back form- heaven forbid- for anyone to obtain these days. So why is it that he keeps pushing the issue about changing the educational system to make it so everyone can afford to go. I know of illegal immigrants who attend college on a free ride whereas my husband and I, our siblings, our friends, etc. all paid or earned our way through college ourselves. We don't have any special powers and none of us came from privileged backgrounds (well, other than being born into the greatest country ever) - so how in the world is it that we were able to make it through college and obtain worthy employment you might wonder- as this is in direct contradiction to what baby-killer Barry O. is preaching these days - we worked for it. Hold onto your shorts, I know that's a crazy idea when there are people who can be taxed (i.e. have their hard-earned money stolen from) whose money can go towards putting some good for nothings into college instead of their own children.
Let me just say that the reason the economy is in the shape it is in is because of the good for nothings that won't get their lazy butts out into society and educate themselves willingly or well and WORK. Pretty simple huh, and I didn't even go to school for political science and have no strong background with policy or issues. Does it make sense to you to go out and get a mortgage with an ARM that will rise as it ages? If you couldn't afford the REAL amount in the first place and had the bad sense to go get into it anyhow, what makes you think you'll be able to afford it when reality strikes? I have friends who'd love to get into a house, but can't afford to right now...so they rent. We need to work the words "can't afford" into the American language because apparently they are currently meaningless. Whenever a commercial came on the radio or TV touting that you don't need credit to get a loan with them I would get so furious - what in the heck do ya think is going to happen eventually when we're lending to people who can't seem to make a good financial decision to save their lives (much less care about what it does to the economy?). It's just like how shoplifters raise the cost of products for the rest of us who've always paid for what we need or want. The problem isn't just the greedy lenders and the presidential candidates both know it. Who wants to be the one to point fingers at fellow Americans and tell them to quit spending/stealing from other Americans with their lousy mathematics and even worse reasoning skills when they're trying to push for election? No, instead let's cop out and point fingers at companies who aren't having to suffer consequences from their stupid lending and could care less - that makes it all better doesn't it?
Baby-killer Barry O. likes to talk about his poor pathetic background and can really empathize with the poor, needy, and humble folk out there - but I think I can do a better job explaining things here but I definitely won't be popular for it or gain the vote of the free-loaders out there as he is. Despite my father suffering an untimely and crazy death I completed high school with great grades and honors courses to boot. I then went on to attend a community college where I was on the Dean's list consecutively via my own hard work (there's that dang word again - sorry if that is getting to harsh for some bleeding hearts out there). I moved to UT where i worked to gain residency and go to college on my own dime (unfortunately I was not clever enough in high school to go after scholarships- though my father's accident and demise and caretaking needs did dissuade me somewhat during that time- but I'll not blame anyone but myself for having to work my way through college and pay for my own education. When my brother and sister were hit by an DRUNK uninsured illegal without a valid drivers license I stepped up and cared for their child for quite a while while they recovered - using their own funds and insurance through the whole process (fyi the illegal suffered a broken ankle, was released from the hospital and NEVER prosecuted despite our attempts to get the legal system to do so - illegals are tricky to catch don't ya know?). I did eventually graduate with my college degree - worked and paid for...hmm....
My husband worked incredibly hard during high school getting perfect grades and earning full-ride scholarships to go to college. After he completed a mission which he had worked hard and PAID FOR himself, he returned to college picking up his scholarship and completing a BS in Electrical Engineering with a near perfect GPA graduating Summa Cum Laude - top honors. He now works hard- at least 50 hours a week to pay our mortgage and provide for his family. We don't use credit that we can't pay off in the same month, we live well within our means, save money with each paycheck for our own retirement, pay for our own insurance, raise our own children, I price match and use coupons religiously, we have modest furnishings and vehicles which are all paid for, we pay a minimum 10% tithing to our church and then 50% of our paycheck goes to the freeloaders and some worthy governmental programs, pay additional on our mortgage each month.... Does my husband gain spiritual, mental, and whatever else fulfillment from setting up electrical systems at poop plants everyday? Um, no and often times he really doesn't enjoy it all that much - but he does it because that's life- it's WORK regularly interspersed with the things that really matter about life- family and fulfilling our Creator's purpose for us - obtaining contentment versus riding wave after wave of passing pleasure and appeasement bringing no good to pass. He is also a Scoutmaster for our church and is often gone as soon as he gets home from work to help make some kid's parent's dreams come true of having an Eagle Scout to their credit (a worthy goal which is also becoming more extinct with society's standards of honor today). Thus, I care for our son very full-time which is hard hard work at times, man it's worth it- but it is work to raise human beings...well to be worthwhile human beings anyhow. Would it be easier for me to do whatever I wanted with my time when I wanted to - HECK YES it would. Are there times when I wish I had more 'me' time - HECK YES - but having a family is what it's all about, not free rides for the life wasters out there. So why do the freeloaders get so many handouts and so much sympathy while we're the ones actively DOING to keep society afloat?
So please tell me some more about how you're going to save the economy baby-killer Barry O. by making education available to the masses (which it already is in gazillions of ways) - but please expound upon your plan somewhat and tell me some about how you plan to get their lazy butts to complete high school so they can take advantage of the opportunity which you so willingly would like to provide to them using my husband's hard earned tax dollars. I love to hear about handing my hard earned money over to these poor forlorn souls who just keep getting kicked down by life and can't do a dang thing for themselves. I just wonder what's going to happen when all of your followers who do currently pay taxes but refuse to populate the world (via murdering babies as well as not having them voluntarily) adequately get old and have no one but my children to pay for your retirement bills.
Hmm...I propose a novel idea- let's place some expectation upon the American people who are looking for free handouts left and right from the big bad CEO's who have worked hard their whole lives to get to where they're at. In fact, in today's address to the people in Indiana he proposed that some of their children might someday be the CEO's running the great businesses (not likely given their free-loader mentality, but let's see where this line of thinking takes us...) so wouldn't that make them the evil doers who are enabling society to function today through jobs and taxes? Rob the rich to save the lazy-a_s poor who put us into this predicament with trying to beat the Jones' and grabbing onto ridiculous mortgages they couldn't afford then getting mad at the 'greedy' companies who laid it out for them to begin with. In fact, the same companies baby-killer Barry O. pushed to hand out sub prime loans to the people who couldn't afford it but wanted to have it all anyway- who now gets to blame greedy companies b/c none of his followers are smart enough to look at his political past to see what he has really been doing this whole time in his political career or otherwise- gotta love it.
Here's my plan to save the economy- make people get off their butts and go do some actual work to contribute to a better society. Give them good credit when they do something to actually deserve it , then let them go out and buy a house at a good rate that they can afford to live in and one day pay off. Of course, that would involve people doing actual work and contributing themselves, which would take away 98% of their complaining time towards the rest of society who doesn't have time to complain, or defend their rights and property b/c they're too busy out trying to create jobs and save the economy from the ruin the lazy good-for-nothings of society keep putting it into. With nothing to complain about and work being done I foresee actual and real changes happening and the economy never falling into jeopardy at the hands of the freeloaders again! Start working and stop trying to find ways to pass heinous and unholy laws to murder babies who would otherwise become taxpayers to save our country in the not too distant future- wow, what a concept.
FYI- to any of you who do read this and make it this far and have more of the freeloader mentality versus the worker's mentality- I do not write for your sake- I write because if I don't get it out of my mind somewhere I'll got mentally insane from the injustice of it- but perhaps it'll make you look into things further to prove me wrong but teach you more in the process, in which case- I'll take it! I watch politics because they are so important in our society but I swear before this election is through I will have a full-fledged ulcer. I absolutely have no stomach or anxiety check for the crazy things that are being proposed or the full-fledged idiocy of baby-killer Barry O's following. I can hand out candy and get simple minds to love me, but who says that candy isn't full of poison. Try going the extra mile to find out more about baby-killer Barry O. and I think you'll change your tune (if you haven't already knowing his feelings towards murdering innocent babies)....again though, that does take work.
Let me just say that the reason the economy is in the shape it is in is because of the good for nothings that won't get their lazy butts out into society and educate themselves willingly or well and WORK. Pretty simple huh, and I didn't even go to school for political science and have no strong background with policy or issues. Does it make sense to you to go out and get a mortgage with an ARM that will rise as it ages? If you couldn't afford the REAL amount in the first place and had the bad sense to go get into it anyhow, what makes you think you'll be able to afford it when reality strikes? I have friends who'd love to get into a house, but can't afford to right now...so they rent. We need to work the words "can't afford" into the American language because apparently they are currently meaningless. Whenever a commercial came on the radio or TV touting that you don't need credit to get a loan with them I would get so furious - what in the heck do ya think is going to happen eventually when we're lending to people who can't seem to make a good financial decision to save their lives (much less care about what it does to the economy?). It's just like how shoplifters raise the cost of products for the rest of us who've always paid for what we need or want. The problem isn't just the greedy lenders and the presidential candidates both know it. Who wants to be the one to point fingers at fellow Americans and tell them to quit spending/stealing from other Americans with their lousy mathematics and even worse reasoning skills when they're trying to push for election? No, instead let's cop out and point fingers at companies who aren't having to suffer consequences from their stupid lending and could care less - that makes it all better doesn't it?
Baby-killer Barry O. likes to talk about his poor pathetic background and can really empathize with the poor, needy, and humble folk out there - but I think I can do a better job explaining things here but I definitely won't be popular for it or gain the vote of the free-loaders out there as he is. Despite my father suffering an untimely and crazy death I completed high school with great grades and honors courses to boot. I then went on to attend a community college where I was on the Dean's list consecutively via my own hard work (there's that dang word again - sorry if that is getting to harsh for some bleeding hearts out there). I moved to UT where i worked to gain residency and go to college on my own dime (unfortunately I was not clever enough in high school to go after scholarships- though my father's accident and demise and caretaking needs did dissuade me somewhat during that time- but I'll not blame anyone but myself for having to work my way through college and pay for my own education. When my brother and sister were hit by an DRUNK uninsured illegal without a valid drivers license I stepped up and cared for their child for quite a while while they recovered - using their own funds and insurance through the whole process (fyi the illegal suffered a broken ankle, was released from the hospital and NEVER prosecuted despite our attempts to get the legal system to do so - illegals are tricky to catch don't ya know?). I did eventually graduate with my college degree - worked and paid for...hmm....
My husband worked incredibly hard during high school getting perfect grades and earning full-ride scholarships to go to college. After he completed a mission which he had worked hard and PAID FOR himself, he returned to college picking up his scholarship and completing a BS in Electrical Engineering with a near perfect GPA graduating Summa Cum Laude - top honors. He now works hard- at least 50 hours a week to pay our mortgage and provide for his family. We don't use credit that we can't pay off in the same month, we live well within our means, save money with each paycheck for our own retirement, pay for our own insurance, raise our own children, I price match and use coupons religiously, we have modest furnishings and vehicles which are all paid for, we pay a minimum 10% tithing to our church and then 50% of our paycheck goes to the freeloaders and some worthy governmental programs, pay additional on our mortgage each month.... Does my husband gain spiritual, mental, and whatever else fulfillment from setting up electrical systems at poop plants everyday? Um, no and often times he really doesn't enjoy it all that much - but he does it because that's life- it's WORK regularly interspersed with the things that really matter about life- family and fulfilling our Creator's purpose for us - obtaining contentment versus riding wave after wave of passing pleasure and appeasement bringing no good to pass. He is also a Scoutmaster for our church and is often gone as soon as he gets home from work to help make some kid's parent's dreams come true of having an Eagle Scout to their credit (a worthy goal which is also becoming more extinct with society's standards of honor today). Thus, I care for our son very full-time which is hard hard work at times, man it's worth it- but it is work to raise human beings...well to be worthwhile human beings anyhow. Would it be easier for me to do whatever I wanted with my time when I wanted to - HECK YES it would. Are there times when I wish I had more 'me' time - HECK YES - but having a family is what it's all about, not free rides for the life wasters out there. So why do the freeloaders get so many handouts and so much sympathy while we're the ones actively DOING to keep society afloat?
So please tell me some more about how you're going to save the economy baby-killer Barry O. by making education available to the masses (which it already is in gazillions of ways) - but please expound upon your plan somewhat and tell me some about how you plan to get their lazy butts to complete high school so they can take advantage of the opportunity which you so willingly would like to provide to them using my husband's hard earned tax dollars. I love to hear about handing my hard earned money over to these poor forlorn souls who just keep getting kicked down by life and can't do a dang thing for themselves. I just wonder what's going to happen when all of your followers who do currently pay taxes but refuse to populate the world (via murdering babies as well as not having them voluntarily) adequately get old and have no one but my children to pay for your retirement bills.
Hmm...I propose a novel idea- let's place some expectation upon the American people who are looking for free handouts left and right from the big bad CEO's who have worked hard their whole lives to get to where they're at. In fact, in today's address to the people in Indiana he proposed that some of their children might someday be the CEO's running the great businesses (not likely given their free-loader mentality, but let's see where this line of thinking takes us...) so wouldn't that make them the evil doers who are enabling society to function today through jobs and taxes? Rob the rich to save the lazy-a_s poor who put us into this predicament with trying to beat the Jones' and grabbing onto ridiculous mortgages they couldn't afford then getting mad at the 'greedy' companies who laid it out for them to begin with. In fact, the same companies baby-killer Barry O. pushed to hand out sub prime loans to the people who couldn't afford it but wanted to have it all anyway- who now gets to blame greedy companies b/c none of his followers are smart enough to look at his political past to see what he has really been doing this whole time in his political career or otherwise- gotta love it.
Here's my plan to save the economy- make people get off their butts and go do some actual work to contribute to a better society. Give them good credit when they do something to actually deserve it , then let them go out and buy a house at a good rate that they can afford to live in and one day pay off. Of course, that would involve people doing actual work and contributing themselves, which would take away 98% of their complaining time towards the rest of society who doesn't have time to complain, or defend their rights and property b/c they're too busy out trying to create jobs and save the economy from the ruin the lazy good-for-nothings of society keep putting it into. With nothing to complain about and work being done I foresee actual and real changes happening and the economy never falling into jeopardy at the hands of the freeloaders again! Start working and stop trying to find ways to pass heinous and unholy laws to murder babies who would otherwise become taxpayers to save our country in the not too distant future- wow, what a concept.
FYI- to any of you who do read this and make it this far and have more of the freeloader mentality versus the worker's mentality- I do not write for your sake- I write because if I don't get it out of my mind somewhere I'll got mentally insane from the injustice of it- but perhaps it'll make you look into things further to prove me wrong but teach you more in the process, in which case- I'll take it! I watch politics because they are so important in our society but I swear before this election is through I will have a full-fledged ulcer. I absolutely have no stomach or anxiety check for the crazy things that are being proposed or the full-fledged idiocy of baby-killer Barry O's following. I can hand out candy and get simple minds to love me, but who says that candy isn't full of poison. Try going the extra mile to find out more about baby-killer Barry O. and I think you'll change your tune (if you haven't already knowing his feelings towards murdering innocent babies)....again though, that does take work.
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