Friday, March 25, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The Masters of War
Well it looks like we're engaging in another war, or excuse me a "Unified Multinational Coalition Response" with Libya. Whatever the politically correct buzzword is today we're doing that in three different Country's now,....four if you count our drone attacks in Pakistan. War is now an everyday part of our life and our children's lives. I have a good friend who brought to my attention the other day that his son who is nine years old has not lived a day in his life that his Country (The United States) was not at War. That really stuck with me. When I was that age I remember the nightly news broadcast's- ABC World News Tonight was the prefered at my house- showed nightly images of the War in Lebannon and the latest dispicable goings on of our mortal enemies the Soviets. But that was worlds away, that wasn't my Country. The movie "Red Dawn" was a rural 12 yearold boys dream, it made me think that I too could defeat the Soviet Empire with a rag tag band of my fellow classmates, and at the end we'd walk up onto a big stage and Princess Leah would place a medal around my neck and ....wait that was a different childhood dream altogether.
The point I guess is that War is not something unique to our society today. War has been around ever since there was enough people to engage in one and it will be around as long as people inhabit Earth. If we ever make it to other planets we'll have Wars there as well. I beleive War is an Evil force and Evil will follow humans where ever we venture. I'm no Biblical scholar, but I can't help but think that this is not the LOVE that Jesus Christ preached about. Lay down your weapons and follow in Christ's way, ....I know I was taught that as a child. What are we teaching our children?
The point I guess is that War is not something unique to our society today. War has been around ever since there was enough people to engage in one and it will be around as long as people inhabit Earth. If we ever make it to other planets we'll have Wars there as well. I beleive War is an Evil force and Evil will follow humans where ever we venture. I'm no Biblical scholar, but I can't help but think that this is not the LOVE that Jesus Christ preached about. Lay down your weapons and follow in Christ's way, ....I know I was taught that as a child. What are we teaching our children?
Friday, March 18, 2011
True Life Observations
32 true life observations
1) Triangular sandwiches taste better than square ones.
2) At the end of every party there is always a girl crying.
3) One of the most awkward things that can happen in a pub is when your pint-to-toilet cycle gets synchronized with a complete stranger.
4) You've never quite sure whether it's ok to eat green crisps.
5) Everyone who grew up in the 80's has entered the digits 55378008 into a calculator.
6) Reading when you're drunk is horrible.
7) Sharpening a pencil with a knife makes you feel really manly.
8) You're never quite sure whether it's against the law or not to have a fire in your back garden.
9) Everyone who has just read no.5 has just typed it into a calculator.
10) Nobody ever dares make cup-a-soup in a bowl.
11) You never know where to look when eating a banana.
12) Its impossible to describe the smell of a wet cat.
13) Prodding a fire with a stick makes you feel manly.
14) Rummaging in an overgrown garden will always turn up a bouncy ball.
15) You always feel a bit scared when stroking horses.
16) Everyone always remembers the day a dog ran into your school.
17) The most embarrassing thing you can do as schoolchild is to call your teacher mum or dad.
18) Every bloke has at some stage while taking a pee flushed half way through and then raced against the flush.
19) Old ladies with mobile phones look wrong!
20) Its impossible to look cool whilst picking up a Frisbee.
21) Driving through a tunnel makes you feel excited.
22) You never ever run out of salt.
23) Old ladies can eat more than you think.
24) You can't respect a man who carries a dog.
25) There's no panic like the panic you momentarily feel when you've got your hand or head stuck in something.
26) No one knows the origins of their metal coat hangers.
27) Despite constant warning, you have never met anybody who has had his or her arm broken by a swan.
28) The most painful household incident is wearing socks and stepping on an upturned plug.
29) People who don't drive slam car doors too hard
30) You've turned into your dad the day you put aside a thin piece of wood specifically to stir paint with.
31) Everyone had an uncle who tried to steal his or her nose.
32) In every plate of chips there is a bad chip.
By Peter Kay
2) At the end of every party there is always a girl crying.
3) One of the most awkward things that can happen in a pub is when your pint-to-toilet cycle gets synchronized with a complete stranger.
4) You've never quite sure whether it's ok to eat green crisps.
5) Everyone who grew up in the 80's has entered the digits 55378008 into a calculator.
6) Reading when you're drunk is horrible.
7) Sharpening a pencil with a knife makes you feel really manly.
8) You're never quite sure whether it's against the law or not to have a fire in your back garden.
9) Everyone who has just read no.5 has just typed it into a calculator.
10) Nobody ever dares make cup-a-soup in a bowl.
11) You never know where to look when eating a banana.
12) Its impossible to describe the smell of a wet cat.
13) Prodding a fire with a stick makes you feel manly.
14) Rummaging in an overgrown garden will always turn up a bouncy ball.
15) You always feel a bit scared when stroking horses.
16) Everyone always remembers the day a dog ran into your school.
17) The most embarrassing thing you can do as schoolchild is to call your teacher mum or dad.
18) Every bloke has at some stage while taking a pee flushed half way through and then raced against the flush.
19) Old ladies with mobile phones look wrong!
20) Its impossible to look cool whilst picking up a Frisbee.
21) Driving through a tunnel makes you feel excited.
22) You never ever run out of salt.
23) Old ladies can eat more than you think.
24) You can't respect a man who carries a dog.
25) There's no panic like the panic you momentarily feel when you've got your hand or head stuck in something.
26) No one knows the origins of their metal coat hangers.
27) Despite constant warning, you have never met anybody who has had his or her arm broken by a swan.
28) The most painful household incident is wearing socks and stepping on an upturned plug.
29) People who don't drive slam car doors too hard
30) You've turned into your dad the day you put aside a thin piece of wood specifically to stir paint with.
31) Everyone had an uncle who tried to steal his or her nose.
32) In every plate of chips there is a bad chip.
By Peter Kay
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
The Path Less Taken
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life.
A friend and I went to eat lunch today, he took me to this "new" little 50's style diner located in an old renovated full service gas station. It was decorated with the stereotypical 50's decor, chrome plated just about every metal surface in the joint and it had a Wurlitzer jukebox playing bubble gum doo whop songs, which were being piped into it through a satellite feed. Not quite true 1950's style but hey it's 21st century after all. As we both scanned the scenery from our opposing vantage points he casually stated that if he could live in any American period it would be the 1950's. Before even thinking about it I replied, "the 1950's, the last innocent decade of America". We pondered that statement for a bit. Was it really? It sounded good, but was it true? I don't think anyone would call the 60's innocent, what, with a Presidential Assassination, Vietnam and those hippies and all. The 70's, still Vietnam and Watergate. The 80's, this starts my acknowledgment of the World outside my immediate surroundings, so let's see; Iran-Contra scandal, "The War on Drugs", being bombarded every night on the news with scenes of War from Beirut, and last but not least the start of the AIDS epidemic. The 90's, the First Gulf War, the continuing "War on Drugs", being bombarded every night on the news with scenes of political scandals (yes Monica that includes you), and the ongoing AIDS epidemic. Well surely the 2000's would be a little more innocent, right? Well we kicked off the century-2000- with a slug fest and cussing match of Presidential election (remember the hanging chads), September 11 2001, Afghan War, Iraq War, the broadcast execution by hanging of Saddam Hussein on YouTube, being bombarded every night on the news with scenes of War and terrorism and natural disasters from Afghanistan, Iraq, Georgia, Somalia, Egypt, Libya, Pakistan, Indonesia, Haiti, Chile, China, Japan, India, Mexico, New Orleans, Bahrain and .....well, you get the point, just throw a dart. Oh yeah and the AIDS epidemic not mention other pandemics; Swine Flu, Avian Flu, Mad Cow disease, West Nile Fever, etc, etc.
The 1950's may have been the last "innocent" American Decade we've seen, but that wasn't my decade and who's to say it'll be the last one we have. Innocence is a perspective, a state of mind. I really don't think they where that innocent, sheltered and naive yes, but boys will always be boys and girls will always be girls. Politicians will always be politicians and poverty and injustice will always be just that. I heard Bill Maher say one time, for every person that longs for the "Good 'ol Days" you can find a person who the "Good 'ol Days" weren't that good to. America and the World are definitely a different place than they were 60 years ago. I wouldn't say better or worse, I don't know I wasn't there, just different. But I for one choose to walk the narrow path through the narrow gate.
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