What a GIANT flippin' mess.

Now that the coalition is busy destroying Libya, suddenly nobody wants to be in charge.  France says it isn't fighting a war, Germany backed out completely, Italy says if NATO isn't in charge it won't participate, the Ayatollah Obama said the United States is not in charge, the Arab League is going to withdraw it's support, so the ones left holding the bag seems to be Great Britain.  

I wonder if it is because the wind isn't blowing in the direction all these nations thought it would blow.  Citizens of these nations are wondering the same thing I've been wondering.  What was the point of this exercise?  Merely to show that we are stronger than Libya?  I don't get it. 

Now we learn that Al Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood are fighting to figure out who will come out as leaders after this is all over.  We big bad interfering countries aren't going to do anything but bomb bomb bomb, so someone has to take charge.  I wonder how much better off Libyans will be when they get the privilege of living Sharia law.  I wonder how we'll sleep at night knowing that we helped put those people under an even more repressive regime than they've had.  I, for one, thought this was a bad idea from the outset and I'm being proven correct.

 I wonder when we'll learn to follow the precepts taught in the scriptures.  If you are the aggressor, you will lose.  If you are simply defending your nation, family, and way of life, you will overcome.  Our nation needs to return to it's God fearing roots and get out of this socialist/communist leftism under which we are languishing. 

We need to get on our knees, repent of the stupid things we've done in the last 50 years and get back to our family based culture.  We need to study the Scriptures and pray to learn what they are trying to teach us.

Enough said.

For once I agree with some Democrats

Perhaps there ARE some Democrat politicians that have a brain cell left.  They are asking, "what is our objective in Libya?"  and, "at what point do we declare success?"

Some of them are asking why we are there in the first place, just as I asked.  Why ARE we there?  The Ayatollah Obama has embroiled us in a Civil War in which we can be nothing but losers.  The Libyan government doesn't want us there, nor does the populace.  We have no national interests there.  We have no business interfering in Libya's domestic struggles.   We cannot afford to be the world's policemen any longer.  Bad people will be bad.  Will the United States fall into the same paint?

Mr. Kucinich asks if these missile strikes are not impeachable offenses.  I also wonder.  We have let the United Nations again lead us blindly into an unsustainable position.  This week the Arab League will likely retract it's support for this action.  And then where will we be?  We were supposed to be helping to keep innocent citizens from being killed by Mr Quadaffi. Instead the coalition is doing it for him.  We need to get out now and stay out of any nation's domestic problems.  I imagine we would have felt the same if another nation would have interfered during the protests and riots  of the 60's.

Get out now.  Turn the ships and aircraft around and get out of Dodge.  This is pure insanity.

Enough said.

Libya: Interference is not good.

I wonder about current political thinking.  According to the current thinking, it appears that it is ok for the international community to interfere with domestic events in sovereign nations.  I wonder if it would be ok for the international community to interfere with events in the United States if  the citizens decided to raise up against the Ayatollah Barry Obama and the current political government.  Would they establish a no-fly zone here?  Would they determine that the United States was no longer a "democratic" society?

We are pretty arrogant in our thinking.

Of course Colonel Quadaffi is protecting his government just as our government would do in the United States.  What right do we have to prevent him from doing so?  At the same time, those who initiated the unrest in those nations in the Middle-East and Africa are also not citizens there.  They, and not the governments should be blamed for whatever violence the governments undertake to quell rebellion.  It is too much of a coincidence that so many nations are involved in domestic unrest at the same time.  Someone is coordinating all this.  It feels like a conspiracy to me.

While I think those regimes are repressive and should be overthrown, it is up to the native peoples to do so.  I don't recall much international involvement when the British Colonies in America decided to revolt and throw off the yoke of their masters.  They knew it would be bloody and would take courage.  We are the stronger as a result.  

If the native peoples of those nations are successful in throwing of their oppressors, they will be the stronger for it; but only if they do it without influence from new despots who just want power over the people much like those they are attempting to depose.

Enough said.

The end of the world?

Wars, rumors of wars, earthquakes, floods, disease are all mentioned in the Bible as prophesies pointing to the end of times.  We've always had these things, but it seems to me that we are experiencing them more and more often than did our ancestors.  Or perhaps we know about them more because of the "information highway".

My heart aches for the people of Japan, who are hurting today because of the devastation caused by earthquake, tsunami, and resulting damage to nuclear reactors.

My heart also aches for the peoples of the middle east where lives are being devastated by uprisings, terror, oppressive political/religious leaders, self hate and envy.  

My heart aches for the people of China who are not free to make personal choices.  

My heart aches for those who seek spiritual calm in the midst of chaos.

My heart aches for those who think hate and terror will resolve the issues that face the world today.

My heart aches for those who think personal wealth and political control will make them better people.

Mostly my heart just aches for the condition of civilization today. 

enough said.

America's energy solution

Since the Ayatollah Obama and our elected representatives can't seem to figure out how to reduce the size of government, and can't seem to get the cost of government under control, I've come up with a few things that might help.  There is a growing feeling amongst the populace that government is an assembly of non-producers that suck up resources but never produce anything but hate, discontent and unrest.  Here are some suggestions:

1.  Make the Department of Energy actually produce energy.  Make them discover, drill for, produce and refine oil.  Make them produce, install, and maintain electrical plants - and distribute the power produced.  Make them produce nuclear power plants, service them and distribute the power.  So far the Department of Energy has been pretty effective at preventing some of these things from happening.  My suggestion is, let them figure out how to do it on the budget they already have.

2.  Make the Department of Transportation produce, staff, manage and service all surface transportation in the United States.  They're pretty good at criticizing and controlling the current surface transportation system, so let them do a better job.  Right now they are choking trucking, barge, shipping, auto and rail transportation with their massive and unintelligible regulations.

3.  Make the FAA produce, staff, manage and service all air transportation.  Again here is a federal  agency that has never produced a thing, but it controls everything.  FAA should get the opportunity to actually do what they think they can do better than the airlines.

4.  Sell all property controlled by the Bureau of Land Management.  I'm pretty sure that would get the government out of debt.  Why in the world is the Government in the land business anyway.  I don't recall anything in the constitution that provides for anything but land required for actual government business.  Surely the framers didn't foresee ownership of vast lands.

5.  Close the Department of Education.  Never has produced anything, and it never will.  From my point of view the only purpose it has is to spend money we don't have.

I think that would go a long way in reducing the powerful suction of resources by our government and get it to begin actually producing the funds needed to run itself.  I'm betting it will  never happen.

Enough said.

The news can be disturbing

Unrest in Libya, unrest in Egypt, unrest in Yemen, Unrest in here and there, unrest everywhere. What do you think is causing such "spontaneous" unrest?  I have my own suspicions, but no proof. 

What if one wanted to take the world population's mind off of world financial woes?  What if one wanted to do as magicians do and misdirect our attention away from what causes us most trouble.  What if our world leaders hoped to subvert our sensibilities by causing us to be concerned elsewhere other than keeping our eye on the real prize.

What if peace and freedom was at risk, but our energies were focused on little feuds around the world?  What if civil wars in several countries were stimulated by evil men wanting to circumvent the rules of world order?   What if the "New World Order" is being brought about by  conspiring men through secret combinations against the will of the peoples of the world?  What if...what if.

We must stay close to our Heavenly Father.  I learned, in my youth, a little piece of wisdom.   I learned it in Seminary.  It is simply this: Search, Ponder and Pray.  Search out Heavenly Father's will for us by studying His dealings with His people in times past and by studying His prophet's teachings today.  Ponder what you have read and learned.  Then pray about it.  Ask Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, how what you have learned is to be applied to you directly.

I'll bet you'll learn things you didn't know before.  You might not be happy with what you learn.  After you have received your answer, pray again for confirmation that the answer is from Him.  Then act upon that answer and follow His plan for you.

I know you will be better for it.  If the peoples of the world would return to worshipping God instead of personal power and wealth there would be peace and prosperity for all.  Look at the City of Enoch.

Enough said. 

There is beauty all around...

When there's love at home.

Enough said.

Private enterprise employment vs School employment

I've been doing some remedial research.  I dug up some interesting facts based on my own experience and that of some of my family.

School employees in my area work 185 days per year.  Teachers have college degrees and make $35-50k per year.  Their retirement is funded by state monies, but they can augment it by contributing themselves.  They are not required to contribute anything for health care coverage.  School employees generally have a work day of 8 hours 5 days per week.

I work in private enterprise.  I work 260+ days per year.  I also make $35-50k per year.  I supervise 35-40 employees.  Many of my colleagues of the same pay grade have graduate degrees.  We pay more than $6200 per year for health coverage.  We personally pay for whatever retirement we will eventually receive over and above whatever pittance Social Security will pay.  We are obligated to at least 55 hours per week in the office.  Most of us are 24/7 employees and must be available for call when not in the office.

It is my humble opinion that workers who work less than 260 days per year are "seasonal" employees.  In my particular industry that means they don't qualify for ANY benefits and may not even be invited back for the next season.  

I have taken some heat from some of my own family who are public employees for my post of yesterday wherein I criticized the public employees in Wisconsin for their short-sighted protests.  They've been protected for too long.  Yes, I have chosen my line of work and school employees have chosen their line of work.  I chose full time employment.  School employees chose part-time employment but expect full time pay and benefits. 

Mr. Obama says everyone must be treated fairly.  I'm guessing his definition of fair is not the same as mine.

What hypocrites!

I read today that Ayatollah Obama and Hillary "the smartest woman in America" Clinton support peaceful protests throughout the world.  However, when an American Veteran attends one of Mrs Clinton's speeches and just turns around to give her his back, the police haul him away and charge him with disturbing the peace.  Uh-huh.  Hypocrite!

Again today, I read that the Ayatollah-in-chief supports the union thugs that are determined to destroy Wisconsin.  The government of Wisconsin want to bring the state financials back into reality by cutting some of the unwarranted expenditures there.  I read that teachers in Wisconsin have a compensation package equal to $100,000/year.  And they went AWOL because someone wants them to participate in their own retirement?  I believe each one that went AWOL should be fired.  There are many graduates looking for work as educators that are willing to take up the slack for much less.  So much for wanting the "best for the children"  I'm pretty sure the children are being well educated while these teachers whine and stamp their feet.  Evidently the teachers learned more from their K-6 students than they learned from the colleges and universities.  Hypocrites all of them.  They don't care a whit for the children as much as they care about THEMSELVES.

I've observed, over the years, that most of the liberals that I've known are government employees of one type or another, i.e. teachers, professors, city/county/state/federal employees.  Most of them have never had to actually prove themselves able to hold a production position in a free-enterprise company.  Also interesting to me is that nearly all of the military folks I've known are not liberal even though they are government employees.  Perhaps it is because their compensation package is a pittance in comparison.  And the Ayatollah wanted Soldiers/Sailors/Airmen to pay for their own health care, and he wants the teachers to get a free ride. 

I say to Wisconsin.  Fire those who went AWOL.  Both legislators and teachers and whoever else did so.  Replace them with people who want to work.  That's the way the "REAL WORLD" works.  They need a taste of reality.

Our political leaders are WRONG!

So..Former President Carter has the unmitigated gall to say that the Islamic Brotherhood is "nothing to worry about"?  I wonder what rock he has been living under.  Mrs. Clinton said the same thing a few days ago.  Are these people stuck in fantasy land?    Have they not been paying attention?  Why is it that I know the Islamic Brotherhood is dangerous when these so-called leaders do not.  Perhaps their "advisors" haven't told them.  I can't believe they read any background or do any research themselves.  They must rely on others to tell them what to believe.  If that is the case we have hired a bunch of dolts who cannot form their own opinion based on their own research.  I AM FRIGHTENED.

I fear the wars mentioned in the Bible are near.  Never in modern history have all the signs and symptoms of a potential global religious war been so evident.  Remember "all nations against Israel and Israel against all nations?"  Israel is again surrounded by non-covenant nations.  Her closest ally, the USA, is unfortunately weakening it's support of Israel.  I am very afraid that the chaos mentioned in the scriptures will shortly be coming to pass.  I fear for my children and grandchildren. 

I hope and pray that we adhere to the admonitions of the Prophet.  He has instructed us as to what we should do to protect ourselves.  Our nation needs to return to Christian Values.  We need to exercise fasting and prayer to God.  We need to exercise collective faith.  If we do not....nothing else we can do will prevent the disaster we fear.

We need to stop the multi-cultural nonsense and get back to praising God.  He is our only salvation.

It's a wonderful life

This is a wonderful, exhausting, productive, spiritual day today. 

We witnessed one of my youngest sons as he married his sweetheart.  One of the things they were told was to listen to the lyrics of the song, "Little Things Mean a Lot".  It's been years since I have heard that song, but the advise is good.  Little things do mean a lot.  If the little things are taken care of the big things will take care of themselves.

I am grateful that my son has chosen to covenant with his sweetheart for time and all eternity.  They didn't covenant until death, or until they change their mind, or until marriage becomes inconvenient, or until something better comes along, but for eternity.  What a wonderful covenant.  This is a long term commitment.  There is nothing instantaneous about eternity.  It takes far more consideration to plan for eternity, than it does to plan for a one night stand. 

I wish more people would consider making such a commitment.  My bride and I did so nearly 38 years ago.  We have never even considered shortening our covenant.  We are committed to working out our problems.  We love each other more now than we ever even knew was possible 38 years ago.  Love is a continuing project and it gets better with each year behind us.

I wish everyone had a relationship as do my bride and I. 

Things I hold sacred

My friends, I feel compelled to share some of my most sacred feelings.

1.   My son and his fiance will be married on Saturday.  They will enter into the Temple of the Lord Jesus Christ and make covenants with one another and they will be sealed together for time and all eternity.  This ordinance is available for any worthy son and daughter of Heavenly Father.  Eternal Marriage is ordained of God.  It is to be only experienced between a man and a woman.  The purpose for marriage is to provide a stable family environment where children can be conceived and raised.  Father's role is to provide a safe and sufficient place for the family to live and to produce the living necessary to feed and cloth and care for his wife and his children.  Mother's role is to nurture the children, teach them right from wrong, teach them to read, pray, and teach them respect for their elders and others with whom they may come into contact.

2.  Religion is an important part of family life.  Genuine love of God and His Son Jesus Christ is imperative.  Learning respect by searching the scriptures, pondering those things learned from them and then exercising fasting and prayer to learn God's will for us is the only way to peace.  When these things are not experienced only chaos can result.  Our nation is drifting into disbelief because of the lack of true understanding of these sacred principles.

3.  Husbands and wives must let each other know they love and respect each other.  They must never let impatience or discontent enter into their thinking or escape their mouths..even to close friends.  The ultimate focus should be on one's spouse no matter what else may be going on.

4.  Successful marriages include children.  Much is learned as we experience the joy of teaching little ones.  What a sacred experience it is to see a child born and then watch him or her grow into themselves.  Some couples cannot have children naturally.  Adoption is certainly an honorable avenue and should be examined.

5.  Prophets are not only for those who lived long ago.  God is just as concerned for His children that live today as He was in the time of Moses or Ezekiel, or Abraham.   We can benefit by listening to a prophet as he instructs us as to how we should comport ourselves.  Prophets do not teach of evil, taking of lives, destroying families, disrespect for women and children.  They teach of respect for fellow beings, for love of life, love of spouse and children.  Never would a prophet of God require one's life to be taken.  There is a prophet today who has the same authority as did Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Noah, Isaiah, or any of the other Old Testament prophets.  Seek him and learn from him.  He will not lead you away from the precepts of Jesus Christ.

6.  There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated--
     And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by obedience to that law upon which it is predicated.
                                                               -Doctrine and Covenants 130:20-21
If you want specific blessings...look for the law that controls it and obey that law.  After all, the Lord said, "I, the Lord am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise."

I love my Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ.  I extend the invitation to all to do likewise.  Peace can only come when that love is evident.  I love my wife and each of my 7 children, my two adopted children and my 12 grandchildren.  I hope I tell them often enough.

Please find the temerity to enjoy what I enjoy.

Obama planning to change the name of USA?

I have learned, from an administration official who must remain unnamed, that Ayatollah Barry Obama is planning to change the name of the USA by administrative decree.  The new name?  The Peoples Democratic Republic of Amerika.  Because he so admires the way the DRK, the PRC, and others are progressing so much better than USA, he feels changing the name will more perfectly reflect his views as to how our own country should be managed.

How else can he manipulate the populace into accepting illegal search and seizure, government approved sexual abuse, illegal confinement, and unjustified detainment in public places all in the name of "national security".  What crap!

The populace must not permit such indignities.  We should boycott the Super Bowl.  We should demonstrate our unwillingness to abide by these tactics.  We should not attend and we should not watch it on TV.  We must show our displeasure by putting an economic vise-grip on those who permit these things, i.e. NFL, Airlines, Railroads, ETC. We should demand that our government stop this nonsense.  Instead of harassing people at sporting events, our government should be securing our borders.  I can't imagine a sports enthusiast being someone that will cause so much hate.  This has gone way too far. 

We get scanned when we go to the Airport, scanned again when we arrive at the stadium, scanned again before we can leave Dallas....when will we put a stop to this.  Instead of harassing our own citizens we should be looking for intruders.  Those who enter into our country illegally.  The government should immediately begin profiling.  Those who are against it must be ignored.

We, the people, must demand this abuse to stop.  I demand that it stop here and now.  If you agree with this, please pass this post on to your friends.  Let's get it around the internet.

If we treat our enemies like this.....our friends must be really honored

So King Barry meets President Hu of China, bows down to him and gives him a state dinner.  What does he get in return?  A Chinese pianist playing anti-American songs.  Mr. Hu recognized it at once.  King Barry doesn't even know the Chinese are making fun of him.  I wonder if he will ever figure out the Chinese will never accept  Uncle Sam's America as an equal trading partner. 

Let's see...Slick Willie gave China ballistic secrets, and now I understand King Barry is giving away nuclear secrets.  The Chinese stole our stealth technology via reverse engineering.  Gee, I wonder what our allies think of all this.  We don't even give them all this wonderful modern stuff, but we'll give it to our enemies.

This has to stop.  Congress must demand the following:

Embargo Chinese goods.  Surely we can produce anything they are currently shipping to the United States.  Will help our economy and will likely reduce the price of oil because less will be used in ocean transportation.  Will reduce pollution because less ocean freight, less truck freight in American harbors, reduce graft of the Longshoremen's Unions.  Will reduce transportation costs because unreasonable harbor restrictions and fees are diminished. 

Open up America to Oil/Gas exploration and exploitation.  The world price of oil will plummet.   Reduce taxes and restrictions on small-medium manufacturing and business.  Create a culture of growth as a result.  Employees will be hired, government tax revenues will be improved.

Treat Venezuela much as President Kennedy did in 1961.  Stop the Iranians from placing offensive missiles in Venezuela.  The missiles they propose to place there may reach the United States.

I doubt congress and King Barry have the intestinal fortitude to do all this. 

And now they celebrate death as a political event

Our Nutcase-in-Chief has really lost all semblance of decorum.  Why would a world leader go to Tucson to party at the expense of the family of a murdered little girl and a respected Federal Judge?  It was more of a political rally than a memorial. 

Memorials, in my experience, are spent reviewing the life and times of the deceased.  The people attending spend their time offering condolences and assistance to the families.  I can't recall ever attending a memorial where a political event replaced the solemnity of the occasion.

Mr. Obama and his cronies were out of line.  Hopefully they'll be out of a job in the next election cycle.  I can't imagine why anyone would vote for this full-time campaigner and full-time vacationer.

I'm even more disgusted than ever.