Saturday, August 21, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
A Mother is.....
"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."
Cardinal Mermillod
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Mindset List for the Class of 2014 (college graduates in 2014)
The Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2014
Most students entering college for the first time this fall—the Class of 2014—were born in 1992.
For these students, Benny Hill, Sam Kinison, Sam Walton, Bert Parks and Tony Perkins have always been dead.
1. Few in the class know how to write in cursive.
2. Email is just too slow, and they seldom if ever use snail mail.
3. “Go West, Young College Grad” has always implied “and don’t stop until you get to Asia…and learn Chinese along the way.”
4. Al Gore has always been animated.
5. Los Angelenos have always been trying to get along.
6. Buffy has always been meeting her obligations to hunt down Lothos and the other blood-suckers at Hemery High.
7. “Caramel macchiato” and “venti half-caf vanilla latte” have always been street corner lingo.
8. With increasing numbers of ramps, Braille signs, and handicapped parking spaces, the world has always been trying harder to accommodate people with disabilities.
9. Had it remained operational, the villainous computer HAL could be their college classmate this fall, but they have a better chance of running into Miley Cyrus’s folks on Parents’ Weekend.
10. A quarter of the class has at least one immigrant parent, and the immigration debate is not a big priority…unless it involves “real” aliens from another planet.
11. John McEnroe has never played professional tennis.
12. Clint Eastwood is better known as a sensitive director than as Dirty Harry.
13. Parents and teachers feared that Beavis and Butt-head might be the voice of a lost generation.
14. Doctor Kevorkian has never been licensed to practice medicine.
15. Colorful lapel ribbons have always been worn to indicate support for a cause.
16. Korean cars have always been a staple on American highways.
17. Trading Chocolate the Moose for Patti the Platypus helped build their Beanie Baby collection.
18. Fergie is a pop singer, not a princess.
19. They never twisted the coiled handset wire aimlessly around their wrists while chatting on the phone.
20. DNA fingerprinting and maps of the human genome have always existed.
21. Woody Allen, whose heart has wanted what it wanted, has always been with Soon-Yi Previn.
22. Cross-burning has always been deemed protected speech.
23. Leasing has always allowed the folks to upgrade their tastes in cars.
24. “Cop Killer” by rapper Ice-T has never been available on a recording.
25. Leno and Letterman have always been trading insults on opposing networks.
26. Unless they found one in their grandparents’ closet, they have never seen a carousel of Kodachrome slides.
27. Computers have never lacked a CD-ROM disk drive.
28. They’ve never recognized that pointing to their wrists was a request for the time of day.
29. Reggie Jackson has always been enshrined in Cooperstown.
30. “Viewer Discretion” has always been an available warning on TV shows.
31. The first computer they probably touched was an Apple II; it is now in a museum.
32. Czechoslovakia has never existed.
33. Second-hand smoke has always been an official carcinogen.
34. “Assisted Living” has always been replacing nursing homes, while Hospice has always been an alternative to hospitals.
35. Once they got through security, going to the airport has always resembled going to the mall.
36. Adhesive strips have always been available in varying skin tones.
37. Whatever their parents may have thought about the year they were born, Queen Elizabeth declared it an “Annus Horribilis.”
38. Bud Selig has always been the Commissioner of Major League Baseball.
39. Pizza jockeys from Domino’s have never killed themselves to get your pizza there in under 30 minutes.
40. There have always been HIV positive athletes in the Olympics.
41. American companies have always done business in Vietnam.
42. Potato has always ended in an “e” in New Jersey per vice presidential edict.
43. Russians and Americans have always been living together in space.
44. The dominance of television news by the three networks passed while they were still in their cribs.
45. They have always had a chance to do community service with local and federal programs to earn money for college.
46. Nirvana is on the classic oldies station.
47. Children have always been trying to divorce their parents.
48. Someone has always gotten married in space.
49. While they were babbling in strollers, there was already a female Poet Laureate of the United States.
50. Toothpaste tubes have always stood up on their caps.
51. Food has always been irradiated.
52. There have always been women priests in the Anglican Church.
53. J.R. Ewing has always been dead and gone. Hasn’t he?
54. The historic bridge at Mostar in Bosnia has always been a copy.
55. Rock bands have always played at presidential inaugural parties.
56. They may have assumed that parents’ complaints about Black Monday had to do with punk rockers from L.A., not Wall Street.
57. A purple dinosaur has always supplanted Barney Google and Barney Fife.
58. Beethoven has always been a dog.
59. By the time their folks might have noticed Coca Cola’s new Tab Clear, it was gone.
60. Walmart has never sold handguns over the counter in the lower 48.
61. Presidential appointees have always been required to be more precise about paying their nannies’ withholding tax, or else.
62. Having hundreds of cable channels but nothing to watch has always been routine.
63. Their parents’ favorite TV sitcoms have always been showing up as movies.
64. The U.S, Canada, and Mexico have always agreed to trade freely.
65. They first met Michelangelo when he was just a computer virus.
66. Galileo is forgiven and welcome back into the Roman Catholic Church.
67. Ruth Bader Ginsburg has always sat on the Supreme Court.
68. They have never worried about a Russian missile strike on the U.S.
69. The Post Office has always been going broke.
70. The artist formerly known as Snoop Doggy Dogg has always been rapping.
71. The nation has never approved of the job Congress is doing.
72. One way or another, “It’s the economy, stupid” and always has been.
73. Silicone-gel breast implants have always been regulated.
74. They’ve always been able to blast off with the Sci-Fi Channel.
75. Honda has always been a major competitor on Memorial Day at Indianapolis.
Well, someone voted for this change... sure wasn't the average American, and now... can not find anyone who did... no one claims they voted for the biggest mistake in history...
This is chilling...
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In 1952 President Truman
established one day a year as a
"National of Prayer."
established one day a year as a
"National of Prayer."
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In 1988 President Reagan
In 1988 President Reagan
designated the First Thursday in May of each year as the National Day of Prayer.
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In June 2007 (then) Presidential Candidate Barack Obama
In June 2007 (then) Presidential Candidate Barack Obama
declared that the USA Was no longer a Christian nation. ------------------------------
This year President Obama
canceled the 21st annual National Day of Prayer ceremony
at the White House under the ruse Of "not wanting to offend anyone"
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On September 25, 2009 from 4 am until 7 pm,
a National Day of Prayerfor the Muslim religion was Held on Capitol Hill, Beside the White House.
There were over 50,000 Muslims that Day in D.C.
HE PRAYS WITH THE MUSLIMS!
I guess it Doesn't matter if "Christians"
I guess it Doesn't matter if "Christians"
Are offended by this event - We obviously Don't count as "anyone" Anymore.
The direction this country is headed should strike fear in the heart of every Christian,
especially knowing that the Muslim religion believes that if Christians cannot be
converted, they should be annihilated.
especially knowing that the Muslim religion believes that if Christians cannot be
converted, they should be annihilated.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
America lives in the heart of
"America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses."
Woodrow Wilson
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
only in America would we snatch the food from our starving to give it to unions who supported our own presidents election bid... what a sorry person, what a sorry congress, what have we become!
- August 11, 2010
Democrats, Advocacy Groups Blast Cuts to Food Stamps to Fund $26B Aid Bill
Some House Democrats and advocacy groups are getting squeamish about the move to fund the $26 billion jobs bill by making cuts to food stamps, a federal assistance program currently depended on by nearly 41 million Americans.
Some Democrats are upset and advocacy groups are outraged over the raiding of the food-stamp cupboard to fund a state-aid bailout that some call a gift to teachers and government union workers.
House members convened Tuesday and passed the multibillion-dollar bailout bill for cash-strapped states that provides $10 billion to school districtsto rehire laid-off teachers or ensure that more teachers won't be let go before the new school year begins, keeping more than 160,000 teachers on the job, the Obama administration says.
But the bill also requires that $12 billion be stripped from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, to help fund the new bill, prompting some Democrats to cringe at the notion of cutting back on one necessity to pay for another. The federal assistance program currently helps 41 million Americans.
Arguably one of the most outspoken opponents on the Democratic side is Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, who has blasted the move as “a bitter pill to swallow” but still voted yes.
“I fought very hard for the food assistance money in the Recovery Act, and the fact is that participation in the food stamps program has jumped dramatically with the economic crisis, from 31.1 million persons to 38.2 million just in one year,” DeLauro said in an e-mail sent to FoxNews.com. “But I know that states across the nation and my own state of Connecticut also desperately need these resources to save jobs and avoid Draconian cuts to essential services for low income families.”
The Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday that several state advocacy groups, including the Texas Food BookNetwork and the Houston Food Bank, rallied for House members to strike down the legislation, which passed 247-161 in the House. Three Democrats voted against the measure, while two Republicans voted in support of it.
Democratic rank and file members, including Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, say the cuts won’t take effect until 2014 and will merely return food stamp benefits to pre-stimulus levels.
The Food Research and Action Center said a family of four would see benefits drop about $59 per month starting in 2014.
"While we support the education initiatives (in the bill), we adamantly oppose using food stamps to pay for them," said James Weill, president of the Food Research and Action Center. "The rain on food stamps to pay for other things absolutely has to stop and stop now."
According to U.S. Department of Agriculture figures, the number of people on the food stamp rolls has been growing to record levels for 18 straight months. Nearly $5.5 billion in aid went out to beneficiaries in May alone. The number of May recipients marked a 19 percent increase from a year ago and the USDA projects that next year's enrollment will reach about 43.4 million.
Republicans, meanwhile, vocally opposed the state aid bill. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told Fox News it rewarded "irresponsible states" and their unions.
"It is basically taxpayers from fiscally (responsible) states bailing out fiscally irresponsible states. ... Medicaid funding, teacher funding, the more popular of the public unions, what this is, it's a bailout to prevent states from doing the necessary spending prioritization that they need do," he said.
The Obama administration pushed hard for the $26 billion bill. The White House argued that it is essential to protecting 300,000 teachers and other nonfederal government workers from election-year layoffs and will not add to the national deficit.
"If we do nothing, these educators won't be returning to the classroom this fall, and that won't just deprive them of a paycheck, it will deprive the children and parents who are counting on them to provide a decent education," Obama said in the White House Rose Garden shortly before the bill passed on Tuesday.
"This proposal is fully paid for, in part by closing tax loopholes that encourage corporations that ships American jobs overseas. So it will not add to our deficit," he said. "And the money will only go toward saving the jobs of teachers and other essential professionals...I urge members of both parties to come together and get this done, so that I can sign this bill into law."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Monday, August 09, 2010
Sunday, August 08, 2010
Yes, Jake really did perform at Okeene Music Festival Saturday. Photo by Phillip Moffat! thanks for sharing
this is a sight for sore eyes.... if you were to ask us 6 months ago where we would go to see Jake, it would not have been this event, more like a plot of land in a cemetery with a head stone to remember him by... now 6 months clean and sober.... he is coming back with are roar... and it's one day at a time, but those days are oh so special... Keep it up Jake! one day, one hour... at a time.
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Friday, August 06, 2010
Dinner at Sid's, El Reno last night with Sid cooking our burgers like on the tv show 'Man vs. Food". AWESOME!
One of the best burgers I have had in YEARS!!! simply put, Delicious! and we only had the onion burger and one order of fries.... without his world famous Coney Island Hot Dog with their super chili and relish, which they did fix us a sample of and yelp... it is awesome too. We will be back!
Sid's dad started and owned the place before he did. I think there are about 12 stools and 4 tables and the grill was NEVER empty while we were there and he took time to learn our names, shake our hands, and then do it again calling us by name when we left! We felt like rock stars, haha... never happens in our town of Stillwater. Customers in most eating places in Stillwater are an inconvenience to the staff and the owner or manager hardly ever takes time to do more than say hi and ask if all is ok... Sid took time to learn our names in amongst a packed house and never stopping his fixing of his famous burgers... now that is a business owner who cares about what he does and how he does it, not just the dollars ....
Thank you Sid!
Went to El Reno - OK Vintage Guitars Summer Concert Series - last night to watch Mrs. Moffat's baby boy Jake open for Sarah Jaffee...
What a great show it was. Jake was joined on stage by Kevin "kevmo" Miller of OKC and Poncho Cochran from Dallas and preformed from a set list of well chosen songs and from the sounds of his voice and dynamics of the show... Jake is back, bigger than life! For his Mom and I, we were in heaven. It was a show we thought we might 'never' see. After watching him preform for years, nothing equaled the show last night. He was clean and sober and it was indeed a show by someone who knew their music and loved doing it. And the help he received from KevMo and Poncho was truly wonderful. Poncho, - KevMo, - WOW! The hour flew by! Our son or not, Jake Moffat is back, and he will be a force in the music business for years to come!
Love ya Jake and love and are proud of the man you have become! It's been a long road, and it is one day, or moment at a time, but with God's help, and the support you have, and the choices you are making, you are back and headed only upwards!
Monday, August 02, 2010
this is the real deal, unedited, in it's whole, and explains how this country got into this mess.
and our congress is full of these morons, on both sides of the isle, who forget why they are there - which I believe is to serve US the people in our wishes of keeping our country intact and strong and healthy and preserving our constitution... something most there over the years completely forget about. We don't need anyone there more than two terms.... there is nothing about how important continuity is when idiots like this are there to 'preserve' it... they need to be thrown out, period! Each generation needs a say in what is happening in our country, not being blocked out for many generations by someone who is in the 'line my pockets' business.
'nough about my thoughts, what are yours?
Sunday, August 01, 2010
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