Mr. Obama Abdicates His Official Duties

Mr. Obama wants to be re-elected so badly he is willing to abdicate his official responsibilities.  Only he isn't abdicating to the Vice President, but rather to the Secretary of State.  During the U.N. General Assembly, leaders of nations gather to help one another understand each nations fears, internal struggles, and failings.  Mr. Obama had no time for such frivolity.  After all he is interested in jobs.  More specifically, he is interested in keeping the job he has.  So instead of actually doing what we hired him to do, he abdicates his responsibilities to Mrs. Clinton.  He met with no foreign leaders, he wasted no time in leaving New York to get back on the campaign trail.

If I had an employee that spent as much time brown nosing to keep his job as Mr. Obama does, he'd be fired in an instant.  He has no time to do the work for which he was hired.  Instead he vacations, golfs, parties, and sleeps when he should be taking care of his job.  I guess this is the "hope and change" he advertized.  No president of which I know previous to this lazy bum has been so negligent of his responsibilities.

After all, It is everyone else's fault that things have gone badly.  He's hired a bevy of czars, advisors, and aides that are supposed to do all of this for him.  It seems to me that his opinion is that he doesn't have to do anything.  That's what he hired all these people to do.   Mr. Obama talks the talk, but does NOT walk the walk.  He doesn't understand organizational structure.  For a constitutional professor, he doesn't understand the constitution.  He thumbs his nose at the citizens of the United States and I believe he thinks this is all a huge game being played.   

It's time for a little "hope and change" away from the Islamic law and extreme hate which Mr. Obama appears to embrace.  Let's fire him in November.

Obama Apologizes Again! But not to the American People.

So Mr. Obama apologized again.  This time to the U.N. for the musings of a single individual regarding Islam and Mohammed. 

When was there a demand that the Supreme Leader of Iran to apologize for the remarks made about Jesus?  Where was the outrage?  When was the demand that Mr. Ahmadinijab apologize for his remarks regarding Israel? Or are we just to say to ourselves "Only Christians and Jews are permitted to be offended"?  This is a shining example of how tolerant Islamic peoples aren't, and how intolerant Mr. Obama is towards Christians.

How can a genuine Christian vote for intolerance of this nature.  I wonder why there isn't an outcry for the intolerance regarding the Mormon Christian faith.  I wonder why only Islam is permitted to be outraged.

Interesting isn't it?

Mr. Obama, GET OFF YOUR SORRY BUTT and go to work for AMERICA and not Islam!  Stop the partying, vacationing, golfing, and sleeping late and at least pretend you really want to be president of the Greatest Nation the world has ever known.

As for Harry Reid.....I've wondered how he can be a member of the Mormon Church and make statements he has made about Mr. Romney.  Honesty is a virtue of utmost importance in the Church.  While I can't judge him personally, I can judge his actions, statements, and record.  I am baffled!

Mr. Reid:  Shut up if you can't be at least honest in your dealings with your fellow man.  You should be ashamed.  Telling Bold Faced lies is not a virtue.  It seems to be the symptoms of a pathological liar.  Nevada needs to recall you.

The Ayatollah Barry Soetoro (Obama) Should Apologize to AMERICA!

Mr. Obama should be apologizing to the American people for the lack of protection he provides for his own foreign service staff.  Instead he apologizes to the Muslim Brotherhood and anyone else who might be "offended" for our people being killed in their nations by their citizens.

I cannot believe he has such disdain for America!  He apparently hates our nation so much he is willing to suborn himself and us to radical Islam.

I believe our president should be firm in letting the world know that nations who attack our Embassies, Consulates, and staff should stand ready to defend themselves because they have committed an act of war.  If they cannot control their own people, perhaps they need the United States Marines and Army Rangers to take care of that for them.  And let's not feminize the rules of engagement either.  Either they stand with us or we can bury them where they fall.  We should NEVER, NEVER be intimated by uneducated, 4th century knuckle dragging, psychotic Islamists.

So the Islamic Middle East wants the UN to declare it illegal to criticize or make fun of Islam and Mohammed.  But it is ok to criticize, make fun of, and threaten followers of Jehova, Christ, or any other religion.  Such intolerance should not be justified in any degree.  If/when the Christian nations have had enough of this nonsense there will be the holy war spoken of in the bible.  The world should already know how it turns out.  If not, the Bible was written in vain.

MR. OBAMA:  Apologize to the American People immediately and get your butt to work.  Stop partying, playing golf, and sleeping in and GET TO WORKING for the American People and not for the Islamic nations.

Democrats Want to Remove God?

I read an article this morning that the Guiding Committee for the Democrat National Convention wants the delegates to vote to take all reference to God out of the Democrat Platform.

OH MY GOODNESS.  Can they be serious?  I wonder what ignorant member of the human family thought that up?

I have long preached, here and elsewhere, that this nation was founded by inspired men.  Whether or not they belonged to a "church" they all had belief in our Eternal Father in Heaven.   I know, as do many in our nation, that the documents they drafted, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, were inspired.  Even as they debated, argued, and fought for their individual desires for this new nation they were led to documents that made up the foundation for the greatest nation the world has ever seen.

God has been protective of our nation over these many years.  We have failed only when we have neglected promptings given through the Holy Spirit.  When our leaders led our nation faithfully, honestly, and prayerfully our nation has had success.  When our leaders stray and do NOT do so, we falter.

We MUST get back on our knees, ask forgiveness for our sins and return to our founding values.  A day's work for a day's pay, plan for the future, blood is thicker than "friendship", families are our basic unit....   If we fail it is because WE moved away from our Creator, not because of political, economic, or international turmoil.

To borrow a phrase....WAKE UP AMERICA!

Life is unpredictable

I had such great plans!

My plan was to jump in a truck in St. George Friday afternoon, deliver a load in Denver on Saturday and pick up a new load, drive back to Grand Junction, swap trucks, and be back home sometime on Sunday.  It was a great plan....but I never made it past Grand Junction on the eastbound leg.

I started feeling bad Friday night so I stopped on top of the hill near Ferron, UT and spent the night.  I woke up with a gigantic headache and some severe pain in my chest.  I made my way to Green River and stopped there for a few minutes to clear the cobwebs and then went on to Grand Junction.  I had an errand to run in Grand Junction.  The chain law is in effect in Colorado starting on Sept 1, and I didn't think to get chains before I left St. George, so I had to buy some in Grand Junction.  The chains come in 5 bags that weigh over 50 lbs each.  After I loaded these onto the truck I was exhausted.  I doubted I could even climb back up into the truck.  So my symptoms now are:  severe headache, severe pain in the center of my chest, loss of strength in my legs and arms, and shortness of breath.  Oh boy.  I began to worry.  I sat in the truck hoping things would settle down and I could continue.  I sat that way for over half an hour and then sent a message to dispatch saying I was not doing well and wanted to go to the hospital.

I called 911 and asked for paramedics.  Within moments the Grand Junction fire department was there helping me.  The ambulance was there shortly after.  I was still not doing very well.  Had profuse sweating added to the mix.  Then they hauled me to St. Mary's Hospital.  The emergency room staff worked on me non-stop for several hours.  They did CT scan of my heart and lungs to be sure there was no blood clots showing.  They drew enough blood to keep a vampire satisfied and determined that it most likely was not a heart attack, but they didn't know what was really going on. I was admitted, and was sent to the Coronary unit.  While they didn't think it was a heart attack, they couldn't rule out a heart problem.  They found out that I had pretty high white blood cell count so they knew I had an infection of some kind, but they couldn't figure out what was the cause.

When it was obvious I wouldn't be driving the truck any further, dispatch sent a team to recover the truck and load.  Those two drivers were pleasant and helpful to me including bringing me some of my clothing and other thing out of the truck I had been driving.

Sunday, we spent the whole day trying to figure out what was going on with me.  The vampires went to work at 5am and continued all day sucking my blood.  I was connected up to a heart monitor, oxygen, two IV drips and enough wiring to take care of the space shuttle.  I was sent for chest x-rays and learned there was a "spot" on my lungs.  I had begun to cough during the night, so the doctor wondered if perhaps I was enjoying a bout of pnumonia.  As the day progressed and as the medicines began to take effect, my chest pain reduced somewhat.  The headache never abated. 

The waiting game continues......

Government is the Antithesis to Religion

The Church has taught me all my life that when one is in temporal, i.e. physical, financial, emotional, straights one should first seek to elevate themselves.  We were taught to be self sufficient as much as possible.  We were taught, in my family, that family sticks together to assist its members.  Should family be unable to help, then assistance should be sought from church or community.  Government should be the last gasp, not the first stop.

This morning I came across an article describing a plea from the Department of Human Services.  It issued a plea for individuals and families to get more help from the government because "only 15% of our citizens are asking for help from the Government, and over 25% seek help from family."

I can't believe my eyes.  I had to read it twice to understand just what they were trying to say.  In essence the article indicates that these bureaucrats want to supplant family support with government intrusion.  The family unit is already under attack and now the government wants to destroy it completely.  

My opinion is that government needs to step back and let families take care of their members.  Church congregations should take care of their members.  After all said and done, clergy is better equipped than bureaucrats to understand individuals' needs and they can better mete out what is needed instead of what glories the government is wont to distribute.  Families and clergy approach their deity where bureaucrats are not able to do so.  Families and clergy understand individual circumstances.  Families and clergy can help circumvent the spiritual trap that the dole offers.

In short....government needs to butt out.

History is Bound to Repeat Itself

The definition of insanity is:  doing a thing, over and over, exactly the same way and expecting a different result.

Our congress still doesn't get it.  Those of us with a very small voice seem to understand, but those who seek fame and fortune in the halls of congress do not.  We cannot continue to run our affairs in the same way and expect a different result.  I think the federal government should take a page out of the book of Scranton, PA and reduce the salaries of federal civilian employees until the budget is balanced.  Included in these reductions should be the President, members of Congress, their employees, aids, czars, members of the cabinet, and any other non-defense public employee.

Indeed Scranton has returned it's employees to full pay, but not until there was enough money in its accounts to do so. 

The Political Climate

I have taken a little hiatus from writing over the past few weeks.  It isn't because I don't have an opinion of the goings-on, but rather so I could gather my thoughts more completely. 

The Ayatollah Barry Obama (Soetero) is really outdoing himself.  His administration is in such disarray that even he doesn't know how bad it is.  He is taking advise from those who have little information and who seek none at the same time.  His dis-connect from the "little people" is more profound than ever.  I've been watching the polls that have been telling us that he leads Mr. Romney by so many points, but then I see that they over-sample democrats sometimes as much as 2-1.

After taking into account the oversampling and re-figuring the actual balance, I believe Mr. Romney will win in a landslide victory nearly as strong as Ronald Reagan's.  Here is the problem:  Mr. Obama only gets told what he wants to hear.  He is only asked what he wants to be asked.  He only tells what his perception of what we want to hear.  I believe his distance from me to be extreme.  He can't believe the little people can think for themselves.  We are, in his mind, unable to make decisions for ourselves.  We are too stupid to know how to raise our children.  We need to be told what food to prepare for our children and how to prepare it.  We are unable to determine our children's needs.

What a buffoon!

Fame is a Fickle Friend

Isn't it interesting how fickle fame can be?  One minute you are on top of your game, people love you, you have all the correct answers to problems presented, and it seems that everything you touch goes well.

And THEN....disaster strikes.  With one swipe of Lady Fame's hand everything collapses.  Have you ever wondered why that happens?  Why is it that a person can be so well liked, so smart, so well presented, and then in just a moment....nobody wants him/her around.  Nobody wants to hear anything said about him/her or what his/her opinion might be on any subject.

Look at a few examples:

Sarah Palin was the Conservative Dream.  Everyone loved Sarah.  (I still do, but I look through the fog of misinformation.)  Now she couldn't buy support from anyone that matters.

John Edwards was a candidate for President of the United States.  Now a pariah.  He couldn't get the time of day from anyone in politics.

Jimmy Carter was President of the United States.  Now nobody wants his opinion.  Nobody cares what he thinks.

Dan Quayle was Vice President of the United States.  Who?.. you say??  Now nobody hears from him at all.

And now the worst example of all:  The Ayatollah Barry Obama, President of the People's Democratic Republik of Amerika, anti-christian, anti-family, anti-culture, anti-national security, anti-2nd amendment, and anti-nearly everything I hold dear.  His fame is fading more rapidly than any of the above.  I wonder why that is.

Perhaps you readers could help me understand.

Mr. Obama's Sleight of Hand

Do you know how a magician works?  He diverts attention away from where the action really is so that he can appear to affect magic when in reality all he is really doing is hiding the truth for a bit.  Some of his viewers are completely taken in.  Some of them are curious as to how he did it so they can do likewise.  And some of them are entertained, but not believing.

So it is with Mr. Obama.  Some of the ignorant are completely taken in by his sleight of hand.  Some are curious and want to find out the details of how he did it so they can do likewise.  And some of us are not taken in and don't believe the "magic" as presented.

I don't believe gold can be spun out of lead.  Lead is heavy.  It might just be a little similar to gold by its weight, and if it was hidden inside a bag or crate, some might be convinced it is gold.  If it was covered with a little gold leaf, it would also appear to be gold as well as be heavy.  But someone who understands the difference knows it cannot be gold because its properties are not right and the leaf does not cover scratches and scrapes.

Some of us see that what Mr. Obama offered us 4 years ago was not gold, but instead it was lead painted to appear to be gold.  It looks pretty, but oh so dangerous.  It is capable of killing the unwary.  Caution is called for and handling carefully.  Mr. Obama flings the lead around openly hoping nobody will notice it isn't gold.

It is not even close to gold, however.  It is deadly.  The proposals that Mr. Obama have made in the past, and that he is making now, are subtly leading this nation down the path to destruction.   He first spent money not available and thus devalued our currency.  Then he sent social deviants into our streets to cause hate and discontentment amongst our youth.  Now he is promoting additional deviancy by advocating gay marriage and by so doing has insulted a vast majority of the citizenry.  Will they still vote for him?  Yes, some will.  Why?  Because he makes promises that sound sooooo gooood.  They show gold on the outside, but when you scratch the surface you see plainly they're made of deadly lead.

Some will vote for Mr. Obama because even though they know he sells gold painted lead, they like how pretty it is.

And then there are those of us who know lead and know exactly how deadly it is.

When will we learn that looks are deceiving. 

 

The Wrong Track

I'm an old railroad man.  In my railroad career I worked as a Switchman, Brakeman, Locomotive Engineer, Yardmaster, Trainmaster and finally as Assistant Superintendent-Operating.  I think I know tracks somewhat, and I know how easy it is to get on the wrong track by just moving two pieces of steel just 4 inches.

It appears that the Grand Ayatollah Barry Obama has moved the switch and is attempting to get us to enter the wrong track.  He would like us to believe he is a Christian, but he negates the thought in everything I see him doing.  Just a few days ago he said he supports same-sex marriage.  By so doing he indicates his willingness to deny the scriptures, the prophets, and God Himself who plainly told his prophets that homosexual activities are an abomination to him.  I am interested in Mr. Obama's motivation.  By supporting same-sex marriage he ostracizes Muslim, Hindu, Jew and Christian, among others, alike.  That statement is a clear multi-purpose anti-religion and anti-social statement.  How in the world can he justify it?  Perhaps it is the homosexual population that is pulling on his puppet strings?

Into how much more evil can Mr. Obama lead our nation?  We are becoming more and more like Sodom and Gomorrah and less and less like the Promised Land.

The Lord promised, through his prophets, that if the peoples of the American continents would stay faithful, they would continue to live in the promised land, but if they (we) deny His power and His glory and deny His gospel, kill his prophets and His people He would sweep them off of the face of the continent.

I say, better not to test fate.   We need to get back on the right track.  We need to exercise faith, get on our knees and pray to our Heavenly Father.  We need to read and study the Word of God.  We need to heed the counsel of today's prophets.  We need to repent and plead for forgiveness.
We need to teach our youth to do likewise.  The alternative is too terrible.

39 Years of Marital Bliss

Today I need to express my love for my Princess Bride. 

39 years ago today she looked at me across the alter and said "Yes" to the question of being my wife, lover, confidant, companion, housekeeper and friend.  And in just a few days she will experience her 60th birthday. 

Over the years we've been poverty stricken, fairly well-to-do, and all points between.  Today we live modestly on a very modest wage.  At the end of the school year she will leave her employment and again be a stay-at-home mother, grandmother, and wife.

She has been a stalwart support to me over the years when I was much gone from home and she had to deal with the children, home,  schools, and bills alone.  I would drift by occasionally and say hello, sleep for 6 hours and leave again.

When we were first married I had in mind to enjoy 4 children.  She had other thoughts and we wound up with 7 natural children.  Along the way I semi-adopted two more.  We love each of them.  We are grateful for their talents.  Even our children that refused to take music lessons are musically inclined and are doing something to develop that talent.  Three of them play the piano, one plays the trumpet, one plays the trombone, one plays the sax (good son that he is), one plays the guitar,  and one plays the stereo.  One left this earth a little early so didn't get much chance to develop her musical talent.  Each of them learned to love music because of their mother.

I have no idea how she did so well.  I asked our children to write letters to their mothers expressing their love and respect to her.  They have done well.  Each one has expressed their feelings in a way that brings tears to my eyes.  She has been the rudder that has kept our family headed in the right direction.

I admire my Princess Bride.  When I saw her the first time 45 years ago, I knew she was someone I should get to know.  However, we didn't live in the same town and I kinda lost sight of her for a few years.  Just over 39 years ago I knew I couldn't live without her.  I'm grateful that she agreed.  I love her, I admire her, she lights up the room for me when she come in, she is the balance that keeps me upright.

I wish every man could have wife and relationship as perfect as I have.

The "Middle Class" is Disappearing?

According to the liberal left the middle class is shrinking and will eventually disappear.  News reporters say this is the reason the Ayatolla Barry Obama wants to tax the so-called wealthy heavier and eliminate taxes on the ever growing "poor". 

After some review of the reasons the "middle class" is shrinking, I believe I have some answers.  It will take a little review of the way things used to be.

I remember when it was possible that an ambitious young person could decide on a profession and go do it.  There was little fuss.  If he did well, he got more business.  If he did poorly, he got little business.  It was a cause and effect.  Today if a young person wants to enter a profession, he must go for some government required education for that profession and spend megabucks to get it done.  Then he must tender a hefty bribe to the appropriate governmental agency in order to obtain a "license" to practice whatever service he wants to perform.  And if he wants to construct a building to contain his business he must pay and pay and pay before he ever even purchases the materials and labor to effect its construction.

The expense of beginning a business is extreme because of regulations, fees and taxes that few individuals are interested or able to enjoy what imagination and drive they may have.  Additionally if the business selected is not on the "approved" list and the governmental agency has not classified it for licensure, then the business may not be permitted to open in some areas.  State and local governments have learned that they can extract more and more money from business by increasing "impact fees", License fees, property improvement rules, employment taxes, required employment benefits, higher energy costs, and  other fees and taxes.  And because of oppressive environmental rules, often an expensive "environmental impact study" must be completed.   No wonder few people want to risk valuable and scarce resources to enter into a high risk proposition.  And don't get in the way of environmentalists who do not approve?  They file lawsuits just to make it untenable for an unapproved business to open.

So these light entrepeneurs don't take the risk and instead plod along in their mundane jobs that they may or may not even like.  The reason?  Lower risk and lower pay, but steady income.  They expend their innovative spirit on behalf of employers who aren't able to reward their imagination and energy. 

The bottom line is this:   The middle class will disappear because of excessive taxation, regulation, and intimidation.  In order for the middle class to survive government will have to get out of the way and let it happen by relaxing regulation, reducing energy costs, stopping the intimidation, lowering taxation on self-employed and small business, and enjoying the benefits.  By so doing welfare rolls will diminish, unemployement will reduce, GDP will rise, crime will reduce, and the economy will expand.

My expectation is that it will never happen.  National, State, County and local politicians are addicted to the power they perceive themselves to have.  Neither Democrats or Republicans have the courage to affect the changes necessary.

Shortage of Truck Drivers?

Yesterday I read an article reporting a shortage of truck drivers in the United States.  I disagree.  There are plenty of qualified, licensed truck drivers.  They don't want to drive!  Why, you might ask?  Let me see if I can help you to understand.

Truck drivers are in one of the highest regulated industries.  They are mandated as to when they must work, how they must work, how often they must "rest", how many hours they may work per week and they must furnish law enforcement the means to incriminate themselves.  The 5th amendment does not apply to truck drivers.

They are told they cannot rest when they are tired, but must rest when the government says they are tired.  They may not drive when they are not tired, but rather when the government says they are not tired.  The work rules change every few months so they must keep abreast of government actions.  They must have permits for various loads.  They must recertify their qualifications every two years.  They must submit to medical qualification in order to provide their families a living wage.

Just last month new regulations came into effect that will potentially cut drivers' wages by over 15% when cost of living is increasing.  Line haul drivers are expected to be away from home for 1-3 weeks at a time, but are prohibited from driving more than 11 hours per day.  That way they can sleep 7-8 hours per day and be bored out of their mind for 4-5 hours per day. 

Team drivers, meaning 2 drivers on a truck, still cannot manage their time in order to work efficiently.  They must still  take 10 hours off after each shift of 10-11 hours.  I know of few drivers that can efficiently sleep in a moving truck for 8-10 hours.  It used to be that a team could work to their best advantage.  Most of them would work in 4-5 hour shifts.  Sleep was sufficient, driving time was not overbearing, and best of all, the drivers were always alert.  Today's new rules do not permit efficient and safe operation.  They are that a driver must take a 30 min break by the end of 8 hours, but can't exchange drivers until the end of 10 hours in order to make a team operation work. 

Drivers are tired of having to adapt their lives to government issued nonsensical rules, so they are exiting the industry for greener pastures all thanks to over regulation.

Many other professions are suffering similar exits.  Local, State, and Federal governments are regulating business and industry right out of business because the people do not want to be fettered with unreasonable, incoherent rules written in unintelligible language that do not make an ounce of sense and cannot be understood by reasonable non-lawyers.  Added to the mix are law enforcement officers that also do not understand the rules and often do not even read them, but who make determinations of how the rules ought to be enforced. 

After all we live in 1930's Nazi Germany, I guess.  Or at least it feels that way.

The Holiest Holiday

Tomorrow we celebrate the holiest day the world has ever known.  We will celebrate the resurrection of the Son of God, Jesus of Nazareth, or Jesus the Christ.  The world largely does not understand the importance of the events surrounding the rising of my Lord and Master.  He suffered the complete withdrawal of the Spirit of God in order to experience ALL of the pain, anguish, sins, misdeeds, disease, and evil the world has ever known or ever will ever know.  He was not anxious to do it, but He did it willingly because there was no other way to offer salvation and exaltation to His own brothers and sisters, you and I and everyone that ever has/does/will live on this world or any of the other worlds Heavenly Father has created through his Son.

What an enormous sacrifice!  It is hard to understand just how this event worked to cleanse all of us of sin if we are willing to repent.  It isn't hard to understand, though, that He loves His brothers and sisters enough to do vicarious work for us.  We are offered the opportunity to do vicarious work for our own ancestors and their families.  We have only to prepare and do.

For myself, I love knowing that the great Jehovah presented himself as a little child who grew up knowing what his future would bring.  I love knowing that He did it to fulfill all righteousness and to offer us the opportunity to do likewise.  I love knowing that He broke the bands of death and now resurrection or salvation is available to all of us.  It is a free gift He has given to us.  I love knowing that He has shown us the avenue of earning our position in the post-death existence by living righteously, extending service to our fellow men, and doing work for others that they cannot do for themselves.

I love knowing that Heavenly Father and his Son, Jehova/Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost are interested in us individually and personally.  I love knowing that the Father and the Son are physical personages and that we are created expressly in their image and likeness.

I love knowing that Jesus Christ has called a Prophet to whom he communicates currently.  I know that Prophet to be Russell M. Nelson.  I hope each of you will come to the same understanding and knowledge that I have.