Quick Note: Food for Thought

This came in from Undernews -- one of my favorite and best sources. It's definitely food for thought -- especially for those of us who came of age in the Sixties before the GOP sold its soul completely to the Religious Right. None of today's candidates would dare to utter such words without committing political suicide.

Hope y'all enjoyed the blast from the past!

Happy Blogging!!!!!!

Kay

A Bit of Silliness . . . (but I think it's food for thought!)

       Note:  If y'all haven't been there already, please stop by TGB and read 

Ronni's excellent post on what is being done to/in our country.     

I'm still buried with my book project (it's no longer a project -- it's become a mission) but I'm trying to keep up with y'all as well as the antics occurring in the world so I'm indulging in some silliness in the interest of maintaining a wee modicum of sanity in a world that's gone mad.   

Kent McKamy, whose emails help me maintain a modicum of sanity, sent along an excellent and funny piece that he received that not only made me laugh, but gave me food for thought.  He talked about collective nouns -- you know:  a gaggle of geese, a flock of sheep, a  school of fish, and my favorite: an exaltation of larks.  However, he included one that I really think is pertinent to today's political climate:  a congress of  baboons  and that, my friends, set me a-thinkin'. And henceforth, I shall refer to Speaker of the House, John Boehner, as the Chief Baboon.

Happy Blogging!!!!!!!

Kay

Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865

Today marks the 202nd anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States. He was a Republican and frankly, I think he's weeping in Heaven at what his party has become. I also think that he is proud of Barack Obama.

It is said by many credible former residents that his ghost  visits the White House and I wonder if he's stopped by to visit Obama. Of course, we won't know that until Obama writes his memoirs because if he said he did, the Reckless Right would go crazy (crazier?). So I went to my database of quotes this morning and found a few quotes that are pertinent for our times to honor his memory. I hope y'all enjoy them.

On his success:

* I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.

On preparation:

* If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax.

On winning:

* I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

On silence:

* The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

On law:

* The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

On capitalism:

* These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.

On mankind:

* God must love the common man, he made so many of them.

My! How things have changed:

* Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.

On freedom:

* Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

On stress:

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

And last but certainly not least . . .

* America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Hope y'all are having a great day!!!!

Happy Blogging!!!!!!

Kay

Something to Think About

Tamar of Mining Nuggets posted these excellent questions and I thought them worthy of passing along. And yeah, I did get mad.

We had eight years of Bush and Cheney, Now you get mad!?
You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.
You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate energy policy.
You didn't get mad when a covert CIA operative got outed.
You didn't get mad when the Patriot Act got passed.
You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us.
You didn't get mad when we spent over 600 billion(and counting) on said illegal war.
You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars just disappeared in Iraq.
You didn't get mad when you found out we were torturing people.
You didn't get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans.
You didn't get mad when we didn't catch Bin Laden.
You didn't get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed.
You didn't get mad when we let a major US city, New Orleans, drown.
You didn't get mad when we gave a 900 billion tax break to the rich.
You didn't get mad when the deficit hit the trillion dollar mark.

You finally got mad when the government decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick. Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, are all okay with you, but helping other Americans ... oh hell no.

I was mad about all of these things and blogged and wrote email and letters. Were you angry? Did you do anything about it?

Happy Blogging!!!!!

Kay