Some pictures are worth a thousand words, but not these…
(pics compliments of sherwin)
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An economics professor at Texas Tech said he had never failed a single student before but had, once, failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said ok, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism. All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.
After the first test the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. But, as the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too; so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around the average was an F. The scores never increased as bickering, blame, name calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.
All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great; but when government takes all the reward away; no one will try or want to succeed. Could not be any simpler than that. “A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul .” – Maynard
(Thanks to Erik Armstrong for this article)
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My first vlog since i moved in the barracks, thanks to a friend for letting me use his WiFi. I find that both songs really sums up the month of April for me. Just when you think things are getting dim, that’s when God picks you up and helps you see things through. He’s really opened my eyes through the tough moments. I may not physically see God, but it’s hard not to feel His presence along the way. And now that i think about it, He’s been doing that all my life…
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Now that i’m staying in the barracks with no cable, internet, and a decent signal on my phone (which I blame the concrete walls for), i’m beginning to wonder how we ever survived without those things before. Good thing they have an internet cafe on the base, i just wished they could stay open past 8 though. I almost rented a movie from Redbox earlier today, until i remembered my bulky and heavy TV is in storage. Jinky, if i’m not answering my phone, that means i’m in my room… maybe i should switch to Verizon, except all them guys won’t fit in my room. Well, gotta end this now since they’re closing the place. It’s almost eight…
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1. I’ll turn 45 years of age with a clean bill of health. My physical assessment showed low cholesterol and sugar levels, with a better than average eyesight of 20/15. Swelling in the shoulder tendons due to impingement has subsided with more mobility and flexibility. After a root canal, one dental implant, two fillings, and one crown… the other (second) dental implant was placed today with no complications. I now have a full set of teeth (again).
2. TJ graduates from college after two quick years. Time flies when he’s having fun, but it’s great to see him mature into an independent thinker. I’m looking forward to watching all the movies they made in school, then we’re watching the new Wolverine movie. And then we celebrate Mother’s day with the best wife and mother only God could give.
3. It’s official… I don’t have to leave the country for a combat zone. The extra money would have been great, but staying close to home this close to retirement is far more better. I’ve already moved out of my apartment so now I have to move into the barracks. As it turns out, the money i’m saving on rent would be close to the money I would have made overseas. Only God could have designed things to turn out this way.
Just a month ago I had borderline cholesterol and sugar levels together with a really painful shoulder, and I was being slated to leave the country before TJ’s graduation. Then today, in just one day, all three blessing became possible. God is good…
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
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Don’t know about you, but i’ve never seen Chris smiling this much in a picture…
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Are you still struggling to make ends meet? Well, at least you can take pride in knowing that your taxpayer dollars has helped fund the Murtha Airport through the stimulus bill. The Airport is named after Democratic Representative John Murtha from Pennsylvania. He’s actually managed to lobby over 200 million dollars of our taxes into his airport, which only runs three flights, period. Even the manager of the airport says it’s empty after all three flights are done. I wonder if busier airports in bigger cities could have better use for that stimulus money.
Oh by the way, Senate Democrats are planning to scrap Obama’s tax rebate by next year because our budget simply can’t sustain it… (especially with the amount of money we need to help Murtha airport keep those three flights going. Talk about pork-barrel spending). Ughh, i’m going to be sick, and it’s not from the recent swine flu…
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Apparently it’s harder these days to keep your marriage intact. More and more people are getting divorced, remarried, and then divorced again. Some people even make a career of it. Well, worry no more… or at least that’s what the proponents of “fixed-term marriage” say. Yep, it’s a fixed-term marital contract renewable every 5-10 years! Whew, at that rate you could have 6 to 10 partners by the time you reach 75 years of age. Then sooner or later we’d all be related. Australia and Germany are seriously thinking about introducing it in their countries. No more expensive divorces, right? Some say it takes away the stress and pressure of marriage, but others say it actually adds to it and even creates deceit between partners.
Well, what do you think?
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Just sharing something I got in the (E)mail today…..
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn’t get tested for diabetes…
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads. As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes. Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And, we weren’t overweight.
WHY?
Because we were always outside playing….that’s why! We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD’s, no surround-sound or CD’s, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms. WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them! We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them. Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.
If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good. While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave and lucky their parents were. Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn’t it?
(Quote by Jay Leno):
‘With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?’
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