Saturday, October 04, 2014
Friday, October 03, 2014
This is critical for young people to understand
More
than 2.5 million middle skill, livable wage jobs will be created in the
next few years, many of them a world away from their dirtier iterations
of decades ago. But will Americans embrace the new jobs and find the
training they need to get them?
www.usatoday.com
SANTA??
Everyone
on the web is pitching the new Hennessey Mustang against the Dodge
Challenger SRT Hellcat, perhaps because they have no other frame of
reference. Fortunately, we can see beyond the horsepower to the
potential for other aspects of the Mustang’s performance.
autos.yahoo.com
I am always asked what I am going to do when I retire.
First I have no
such plans.. it's not scriptural. Second I can't afford it... at least
not taking up golf. I know such folks.. My first golf set cost $30. I
still use some of the same clubs... If you can't hit the ball with that,
you can't hit the ball. I saw Tin Cup. So I know. LOL
YYUP, having kids kills many marriages.
Your wife is Number one, the kids
must be a distant second yet most parents sacrifice themselves for
their kids.. and their marriage.
Sometime between when we were children and when we had children of our own, parenthood became a religion in America.
qz.com
Wednesday, October 01, 2014
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Saturday, September 27, 2014
This guy is right and gets sacked for telling the truth.
Forbes
magazine is getting ripped for publishing — and then quickly pulling
down — a column arguing that drunk party girls were the "gravest"
liabilities to the livelihood of fraternities.
nydailynews.com
You knew this was coming.
I prophesied same. It will increase. We do not
understand the depravity of the virus among us. Any attempt to deal
with this evil must be without restraint. The pattern is set. They are
everywhere and you are right to keep your distance to keep your head.
Where are the "Moderate" Muslims? They aren't.
Police
in Oklahoma could not immediately link the beheading of a woman by a
male colleague Thursday to terrorism, but witnesses told police that
suspect Alton Alexander Nolen was recently trying to convert co-workers
to Islam.
bizpacreview.com
This is what ALL of ISLAM wants.
Not cooperation, not integration, not
assimilation, they want DOMINANCE, INFILTRATION until THEY are the
majority. The Danes might have a shred of a chance to stop this now...
but it's going to take radical measures. We can stop this but it will
take radical measures. THEY WANT WORLD DOMINANCE.. nothing less. So
now what. It's not a religion.. it's a political system... one bent on
enslaving or killing you... there is no middle ground. And our
President gets angry when people say bad things about Muslims. Truth is
really really hard Mr President.
The
dreams of the Muslim world go far beyond the expanding borders of the
Islamic State in the Middle East and Boko Haram in Africa. “Danish
Muslim Party claims that Denmark will be the first Muslim nation in
Europe,” TMI, … Continue reading →
dcclothesline.com
She was disowned by her parents for this
No virgins in paradise for the ones she took out...
Destroying
ISIS and their hateful ideology against women all at the same time!
Check out this female fighter pilot from UAE leading the bombing blitz
against the terrorists! http://fxn.ws/ZehCwi
I have no idea what this means.
When I see the ignorance of people about
what is really happening all around us and the intentional blindness
they exhibit I was impressed of this: Tyranny doesn't come without
being invited. IF you value your freedom, liberty and life as you know
it.. push back HARD against any form of tyranny. They come to serve and
protect and then force you to serve them and be protected from any
examination. I guess as a man with German Heritage who lived
there for some years in my late 40s I became very aware of how this can
happen. Study should be required in grade school how Hitler was able
to subdue a culture that had produced Beethoven, Goethe, Bach, Luther,
Gutenberg, Einstein, Schweitzer, Mozart, Bonhoeffer, Wagner, von Braun,
and Max Schmeling, (a relative of mine). If tyranny can bring that
culture to it's knees, it didn't come without invitation. We are on the
brink of that now. Be awake.. push back, don't sanction tyranny.
Who will stand against the coming tyranny?
Despite
the tremendous cost of opposing Hitler, many Germans did oppose and
resist Nazi ideology and Hitler in some-way. Many of these people are
lost to history. As soon as Hitler assumed power, he was ruthless in
rounding up political opponents and putting them in concentration camps.
These are some of the more famous opponents who resisted Hitler and the
Nazi ideology. NOW WHO among us will resist the coming tyranny.
Shaming authority who abuse power to oppress? Police
out of control, corrupt politicians, business interests who abuse,
power hungry taxing authorities, bureaucracies designed to hold you
down, cultural icons who tell you that opposing gay marriage and such is
wrong and the tyranny of peer pressure. IS your face and name going to be on that list someday
even at the cost of your life. Those who did stand against tyranny in
large part lost their lives.
A
selection of German people who resisted Hitler and the Nazi's - inc.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Sophie Scholl, M.Niemoller, Claus von Stauffenberg,
O Schindler
biographyonline.net
How long before the news media begins speculating whether Charlotte will run for President in 2060? LOL
Chelsea
Clinton announced the news on Twitter and Facebook early Saturday,
saying she and husband Marc Mezvinsky are "full of love, awe and
gratitude as we celebrate the birth of our daughter, Charlotte Clinton
Mezvinsky." The former...
sfgate.com
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
This is a case of send them back where they came from
Muslims
are demanding a tax-funded non-pork food shelf at a free food pantry
for the poor–or an entire tax-funded halal food pantry (I’m not sure
which)–in...
debbieschlussel.com
ADVERTORIAL
I
watched this whole thing. It was interesting from a historical and
detail aspect. What irritated is that it is also a badly masked
advertorial infomercial for liberalism. No republican was portrayed as
other than a knuckle dragging neanderthal. Liberals, New Deal and all
that jazz were shown as wonderful things.. in spite of the fact that in
reality they did NOTHING to help the poor and underprivileged.. just
like today. The war did what was bailed out FDR. So if you make the
decision to sit thru this remember, it is all a revisionist history for
liberals. Why not tell the truth...HUH?
The
Roosevelts: An Intimate History chronicles the lives of Theodore,
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and
influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a...
pbs.org
I see a trend.
While you may not have sympathy, taverns in our area are
closing.... FAST. I wondered why. Here's what I have been told by an
industry insider.
1. Economics. There is a lot of competition for the Beer Buck. Racing to the bottom in price is the wrong thing for these businesses to try to compete. As a result they go broke.
2. Poker machines. If a person walks into a bar with thirty bucks in his pocket, it used to be he would buy drinks all around and drink himself as well as buy a burger. Now twenty of his thirty goes into the machines. It's like clientele who walk in broke. His take on the machines is pitiful compared to his margin on the beer.
1. Economics. There is a lot of competition for the Beer Buck. Racing to the bottom in price is the wrong thing for these businesses to try to compete. As a result they go broke.
2. Poker machines. If a person walks into a bar with thirty bucks in his pocket, it used to be he would buy drinks all around and drink himself as well as buy a burger. Now twenty of his thirty goes into the machines. It's like clientele who walk in broke. His take on the machines is pitiful compared to his margin on the beer.
3. Drinking is changing. Beer stays strong, but spirits are growing.
While margins are still good, they are harder to control. The price of
a pour will kill you if you don't control it. Barkeeps will try to get
better tips by pouring your whiskey.
AND that is what my friend in the industry tells me.. I may not be a customer, but I am an observer of economics. The traditional corner bar may be threatened by bad business practices.
AND that is what my friend in the industry tells me.. I may not be a customer, but I am an observer of economics. The traditional corner bar may be threatened by bad business practices.
When Drugs and Dope are more important than employment.
She'll never get a
job in media again. Got to smoke that dope. AND making this a "Civil
Rights" thing is way out of the realm. Warning, use of the F word in
this video.. but if you want to know what is wrong with our culture..
this is part.
KTVA Charlo Greene just quit on live TV after revealing she was the founder of the AK Cannabis Club.
youtube.com
Sick of this whole deal
We are reaping the whirlwind in Pro Football that was sown in College "Amateur" sports.
I enjoyed what Sat college ball I saw. BUT I'm really getting OVER Pro Football. This whole craziness of late has tainted the season.
I don't understand. I mean, these players are coddled, fed, forgiven, overlooked for error, given free worthless college educations, have cultural corrupted morals, treated like they were someone really special with special considerations the rest of us don't get, free cars by the team-makers, baby daddies of lots (Adrian P) and dog killers (Mike V) and then when someone catches them saying or doing something that is out of line with some artificial red line in the sand the world goes berserk.
I enjoyed what Sat college ball I saw. BUT I'm really getting OVER Pro Football. This whole craziness of late has tainted the season.
I don't understand. I mean, these players are coddled, fed, forgiven, overlooked for error, given free worthless college educations, have cultural corrupted morals, treated like they were someone really special with special considerations the rest of us don't get, free cars by the team-makers, baby daddies of lots (Adrian P) and dog killers (Mike V) and then when someone catches them saying or doing something that is out of line with some artificial red line in the sand the world goes berserk.
STOP... I will watch the Bears. BUT if this keeps up, I will watch
Dancing with the Stars instead. At least not every dancer is being
accused of being what we brought our athletes up to be.. I'm sick of
this and the season just started.
Style is not substance
One
more thing.. Style is not talent. If you think your style will
compensate for your lack of skill, ability and talent.. you are fooling
yourself. You gotta have the stuff or you will flame out.. and too many
do.
I was thinking about a sales guy I had many years ago. DOM. He dressed sharp. Knew all the right words to say. Looked good. Could turn heads. Talked the talk. BUT when the rubber met the road he couldn't make it happen. He didn't know what he was talking about. He tried to bluff his way past the customer with swagger, style and charm. Soon it caught up with him and I fired him. Smoke and mirrors only work for a little while. Earn the right to do what you claim to.
I was thinking about a sales guy I had many years ago. DOM. He dressed sharp. Knew all the right words to say. Looked good. Could turn heads. Talked the talk. BUT when the rubber met the road he couldn't make it happen. He didn't know what he was talking about. He tried to bluff his way past the customer with swagger, style and charm. Soon it caught up with him and I fired him. Smoke and mirrors only work for a little while. Earn the right to do what you claim to.
This
particularly applies in ministry. I see too many nice looking handsome,
pretty, clever, glib, well dressed, flashy people standing in front of
others and as soon as they try to go "there".. there isn't any there
there. Mile wide, inch deep. I'm done with that. If you don't have
the stuff, don't bother getting up. We need real in today's dying world.
Less splash, more Spirit!!
In fairness this is George Bush's fault. After Saddam fell he stripped the army clean. Now wet paper bags defeat them
The assault that left as many as 500 soldiers missing has highlighted the army’s weaknesses.
www.washingtonpost.com
Aspiring Tyrant
He’d
like to charge the Kochs with treason and send climate-change
dissenters to jail. Why do the children of relatively sane politicians
end up as absolute crackpots. We have a lot of examples... here's one.
IF he wasn't mentally deranged he'd be dangerous. If you don't agree
with him, it's off to the gulag with you.
Blissfully
unaware of how hot the irony burned, Robert Kennedy Jr. yesterday took
to a public protest to rail avidly in favor of censorship. The United
States...
nationalreview.com
Welcome to your LAST BIRTHDAY PARTY
I
see it all now. As you celebrate your 75th birthday, you hug your
grand kids, your kids, your wife and then after a nice piece of Cake a
couple brownshirts come and escort you to the chamber. They watch thru a
window as you and all your fellow birthday travelers collapse on a
floor. Your last memory is of the pain of departure. Then after the
window is closed, they scoop you up and into the fire you go. A huge
furnace. OF course they will need to get the gold off your
body, and any metal. After you are incinerated, your ashes along with
all the others from your area are divvyed up and given back to your
loved ones to keep on the mantle. Of course your widow and kids are
charged for this. It's a service getting rid of you on time according to
the author of Obamacare. WAIT you say, that sounds like something that
happened to the Jews 75 years ago... YUP.. Liberals are just a
heartbeat away from being as evil as Hitler, And this is what you have.
I know no one on my friends list voted for the people who implemented
Obamacare, no one is that foolish. BUT if you did.. isn't this special?
Sometimes
there are all-time lows in an administrations program. This one takes
the cake. Much like a steak at the market or a carton of milk, OBAMACARE
HAS...
rightwingnews.com
What a MAROON
Hey, those who know me know I love America, but not as much as I love our own wee country Norn Irn! But I just listened to Barack Obama say the following, "There's
one issue that will define the contours of this century more
dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent and growing threat
of.......... (wait for it)... of.... a changing climate".
200,000 people dead in Syria! Almost 5 million people in Syria, Iraq
and Afghanistan have been forced from their homes and are living in
refugee camps or in the fields and mountains. The evil of Al Qaeda,
responsible for the 9/11 attacks and more, has been surpassed by the
evil of ISIS who are beheading children, raping their mothers and
killing their fathers. But these are not the things that will define the
contours of this century. No! That belongs to..... (wait for it)......
to climate change!
Why do you think this is. I know, do you?
It's not greed. It's not
stupidity (ok some is that we are stupid). It's not people over "there"
are better. It's our bad government, the minimum wage, the poor
schools and taxation. If you don't steal all my money, I can pay more.
Plus the barrier to entry for a new hire is enormous now. Almost
1/3rd of the cost to hire today goes to government. IF I want to pay
you $20 per hour, it costs me $30 and Obamacare just made it worse. I'm
here from the government to help you stay poor.
In
an apparent attempt to advise investors on how they can take advantage
of America’s transformation into a neo-feudal oligarchy in a 50-page
research report,...
zerohedge.com
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Monday, September 22, 2014
Separating School From State: How to Liberate America's Families
The U.S. Supreme Court 1925, Pierce v. Society of Sisters:
The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any general power of the State to standardize its children by forcing them to accept instruction from public teachers only. The child is not the mere creature of the State
Albert Shanker, President of the American Federation of Teachers:
It's time to admit that public education operates like a planned economy, a bureaucratic system in which everybody's role is spelled out in advance and there are few incentives for innovation and productivity. It's no surprise that our school system doesn't improve; it more resembles the communist economy than our own market economy.
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Friday, September 19, 2014
If you take 1 minute to read this prayer, imagine how many prayers are going up for our country.
Hi Lord, it’s me. We are
getting older and things are getting ...bad here. Gas prices are
too high, no jobs, and food and heating costs too high. I know
some have taken you out of our schools, government and even
Christmas, but Lord I'm asking you to come back and re-bless
America. We really
need you! There are more of us who want you than those who don't!
Thank You Lord, I Love
You.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
What about this picture of a sunset on Sept 11 captures you?
Think Star Spangled Banner yet wave
Monday, September 15, 2014
Tale of two brothers - a Tragedy
This is a true, but the identities are hidden to protect people. Two brothers move to a town in the Midwest together. Both raised in the same home, stuck together like glue. Sports fans. Best friends as well as brothers. Then they married.
One brother loved sports more than the other. Raised his children (two) to love sports. They played ball as soon as they could walk. When his children (boy and a girl) grew up they had become accomplished at throwing and catching any ball, of all kinds. They both excelled in High School sports. Whatever they touched they did well at. They both got full ride scholarships at major universities. They both played at divisional sports levels. They both graduated college with degrees in whatever didn't interfere too much with sports. Sports degrees which the NCAA colleges have developed so that the college sports industry of the university isn't interfered with by academics. Now that they are out of college both took a run at the big time. Nothing much happened. Now well into their twenties.. they both have college degrees but what they really know how to do is throw a ball. They are unprepared for life. No direction. Unfocused. Frustrated. Working retail. Dead end. Good athletes with no outlet for what they know how to do.. throw a ball.
The other brother was a small business owner. His kids (a boy and a girl) helped him out as they grew up. Not a big company. Small form contracting. BUT when it came time for college they picked schools that could prepare them for something. Not the fancy division one stuff, focused schools. Both paid their own way, not much debt, worked thru college, got whatever help grants and scholarships as were available. When college was over one had a degree in medicine and the other in business finance. One now works at a high level in a hospital chain for mid six figures (the girl) the other (the boy) makes a good living as a financial services executive. They have carved out significant niches in life.
What is important to remember, this is all about choices made. They were living in the same town, same opportunities, same last name, living 5 miles apart, same age kids, same genders, same birth orders. Yet the outcomes for their kids are radically different.
My caution:
Be careful of the trap of believing in sports as a path for preparation in life. It might be fun to watch, but sports does not prepare you for life.. look at the recent tragic stories in the news. We need to learn to start raising our boys in particular differently. We must stop letting the colleges harvest their physical abilities in exchange for a worthless education and then turning them out to the world unprepared for a lifetime of excellence.
One brother prepared his children for a life and they are living well, the other taught his kids to throw a ball and they are on a downward spiral. The saga of the ex athlete on the street is legendary. It's time to rethink this whole deal. College sports is dangerous to your child's future if you drink the college sports koolaid.
One brother loved sports more than the other. Raised his children (two) to love sports. They played ball as soon as they could walk. When his children (boy and a girl) grew up they had become accomplished at throwing and catching any ball, of all kinds. They both excelled in High School sports. Whatever they touched they did well at. They both got full ride scholarships at major universities. They both played at divisional sports levels. They both graduated college with degrees in whatever didn't interfere too much with sports. Sports degrees which the NCAA colleges have developed so that the college sports industry of the university isn't interfered with by academics. Now that they are out of college both took a run at the big time. Nothing much happened. Now well into their twenties.. they both have college degrees but what they really know how to do is throw a ball. They are unprepared for life. No direction. Unfocused. Frustrated. Working retail. Dead end. Good athletes with no outlet for what they know how to do.. throw a ball.
The other brother was a small business owner. His kids (a boy and a girl) helped him out as they grew up. Not a big company. Small form contracting. BUT when it came time for college they picked schools that could prepare them for something. Not the fancy division one stuff, focused schools. Both paid their own way, not much debt, worked thru college, got whatever help grants and scholarships as were available. When college was over one had a degree in medicine and the other in business finance. One now works at a high level in a hospital chain for mid six figures (the girl) the other (the boy) makes a good living as a financial services executive. They have carved out significant niches in life.
What is important to remember, this is all about choices made. They were living in the same town, same opportunities, same last name, living 5 miles apart, same age kids, same genders, same birth orders. Yet the outcomes for their kids are radically different.
My caution:
Be careful of the trap of believing in sports as a path for preparation in life. It might be fun to watch, but sports does not prepare you for life.. look at the recent tragic stories in the news. We need to learn to start raising our boys in particular differently. We must stop letting the colleges harvest their physical abilities in exchange for a worthless education and then turning them out to the world unprepared for a lifetime of excellence.
One brother prepared his children for a life and they are living well, the other taught his kids to throw a ball and they are on a downward spiral. The saga of the ex athlete on the street is legendary. It's time to rethink this whole deal. College sports is dangerous to your child's future if you drink the college sports koolaid.
Sunday, September 14, 2014
· Yikes--- no one is taking him seriously at all.
From
Tehran to Berlin, commentators are chewing over President Barack
Obama’s speech last night on fighting the self-named Islamic State (IS).
Mr. Obama’s...
news.yahoo.com|By Chelsea Sheasley
Makes me sad.
Used to be if you needed and odd transistor, resistor or
capacitor they had it. No more. AND if you are OLD ENOUGH you will
recognized it's predecessor, Tandy Leather. Anyone that old out there?
RadioShack
says it may need to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization if it
can't rework its debt or find another way to ease a cash crunch.
chicagobusiness.com
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