There are none so blind as those who will not see.

"If I've still got a pulse, I've still got a purpose"

---Kathy Lee Gifford in recent television interview.

Fear is the assassin of intelligence.

 

 

Those who embrace corruption rarely realize the reciprocal embrace intends to strangle them, until it is too late. 

It is increasingly disturbing as to how many people seem to view this election as nothing more than a sporting event where you cheer for the team you want to win whether because of being an alma mater, or just because you happen to like the colors or mascot of the team of choice.

Cat calls are launched, team players mocked and ganged up against, but it is not a game.  We do not just get to go home to our lives as usual when it is done.  No, what happens in this election is life altering.  This will determine our future.

This United States election is NOT a sporting event to cheer for one team or another.  It is a very serious situation which will determine the future of the country, its impact upon the world, and the state of freedom we leave to our future generations, if we decide to leave any freedoms at all.

I encourage everyone- please take the time to look at VOTING RECORDS of candidates for each office.  Don't listen to the manipulated sound bytes or hysterical rousing team speeches for your information.   Look at VOTING RECORDS.  SEE WHAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE ALL DONE IN THEIR PAST. 

You would never marry or trust a person who had 100 sexual partners and told you that you were their first, would you?  Especially when some of those people tried to warn you of the lies?.......Why would you trust something so personal and determinate of our future as a nation to someone simply by listening to what they want you to hear? 

The United States of America is at a crossroads, and what looks to be a rosy path might just end up being a death trap. IT IS HOMEWORK TIME- the freedoms we have will not be easily retrieved once gone- the price paid for those freedoms was high. 

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If you want to know the REAL reason that the US is in the mess it is in, look in the mirror and at previous generations who have chosen self-gratification and emotionalism over truth and preparedness.    To blame one man for not cleaning it up while we have not taken PERSONAL responsibility for our own actions and that of our predecessors is immature and irresponsible. 

To choose another man as leader who makes the same choices to live for self-gratification and emotionalism at the high price of truth and preparedness opens wide the door to destruction.

How DARE any of us be so irresponsible to throw away casually what our forefathers paid dearly to provide for us basing our choices upon campaign marketing and feelings?

It makes me sad to see so many people sell out the future generations in the US for the sake of self whether it be for revenge of perceived wrong (due to omission of many truths in history), or for the sake of emotions at the moment.  Our choices will frame the future for our children- and there is a LOT at stake.

Self-centeredness and indifference make excuses. Love finds a way. ----------------------------------------------------- " Those who are confident in their beliefs do not fear criticism. " -Ben Stein from the movie "EXPELLED" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The people in Congress never ever reflect the values of America, they reflect the values of those who voted." -(statement made in a talk show interview I happened to hear today) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Hollywood is beautiful. Real life is messy" - Marian Jordan- author of Sex and the City Uncovered ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have seen two different programs in the last few weeks of people who have gone to Rhwanda to learn about the horrific mass genocide. Close to 1 milliion people were slaughtered in the most vicious torturous way in a 100 day period back in the mid 1990s. I have stopped to think how drastically life can change with one simple occurence. The reactions of the people who are there and what they see, think, and feel is almost impossible to put into words. It is a depth of human grief and horror that words can not come close to addressing. After seeing the images of mummified corpses frozen in horror and pain, and the depth of suffering of those left behind , I stop and think about the silly things we all worry about- whether to have pizza or spaghetti for dinner- what color makeup to buy, how many computer parts might need to be replaced, or even if we got our whole economic stiumulus rebate check......... It all does not seem that important anymore. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *LONG HARD INTAKE OF BREATH* *exhales with mingling of AAahhhh sound* The lilacs, apple trees, blueberries, and pear trees are in bloom- it is simply intoxicating!- I just LOVE spring time! :D --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "GIVE ME FOUR SENTENCES FROM ANYONE, AND I CAN HAVE THEM INDICTED AND IN MOST CASES CONVICTED IN A FEW WEEKS" ----- ---(from a TV in the background playing an interview with a man who was quoting a personal friend in the media last week that stuck with me.... .............the interview being about how people can twist your words when they are full of bitterness and how to be free from an unhappy life- it was a very interesting interview, if only I could remember the name of the person being interviewed- I would love to hear it again! :D ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A politician will attempt to manipulate and sway with words, but a record of past bevavior is the voice of truth. www.votesmart.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Be sure you know the WHOLE story before you form opinions or react, then you don't have regrets later! :D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A fact is only one piece in the puzzle of truth. It may not fit like you think it does.....