The Snake Pit

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I’ve said in many previous posts that if you know nothing else about a person, then judge him for whom his friends are. In not so many ways, if you run with snakes, then you are a snake.

It seems a very long time since the name "Obama" first came to attention for the most of us. We asked, "Who was this tall, dark, handsome man," who was making so many promises that seemed too good to be true? Few, including me, knew him but most of you failed to look at the most telling point: Who does he run with?

A Chicago Senator was my first clue. Chicago, a place where snakes are born. Chicago, a place renown for corruption, the Mafia, and union heavies, where several of it’s past leaders are in prison, and at least one more is on his way now.
And while in Chicago as a Neighborhood organizer, Obama meets up with a snake named William (Bill) Ayres. Ayers, a top fund raiser for Obama’s Presidential bid, who was the leader of the radical Weather Underground group and was also convicted and sentenced years ago in a plot to blow up federal government buildings. Ayers, a convicted Chicago slum lord sold Obama some real estate well below fair market value and hosted a fund raising dinner at his home, but Obama denied knowing him.

And there were questions about where this Obama guy was born, and how did he ever get enough money to attend an infamous east coast college, and the fact that he refused to disclose his birth certificate or financial records.

And even more concerns about Obama began to surface after his election.

Then came a snake named Rod Blagojevich who Obama passed on his Senate seat to, and then in turn tried to sell it to another snake.

And it is his political appointees like Holder, Napolitano, and many more. Every one of them were Obama fundraisers and snakes in their own like. Holder lies about his involvement in Operations Fast and Furious. And our Homeland Security Chief can only revise the color coding at airport security. What an asset she is.

So then it was Solyndra, also great snake friends of Obama, who ran off with billions of tax payer dollars leading the way for a snake called Jon Corzine who now has done the same. Corzine, an ousted New Jersey Govener, was also a top fund raiser for Obama as recently as 6 months ago, now has announced he doesn’t know where 1.2 Billion doolars of our money went although he was the CEO of MF Global when it failed. How nice it was of him not to ask for severance pay when he was fired! Hey, does anyone know what the "MF" in MF Global stood for?

And the list could go on. So, you decide. Is Obama a snake? I've decided and if you can't figure out my stance by who I run with, I'll tell you. You Bet He is!
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National Christmas Tree Week

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Let's celebrate!!

Did you know that for the first time ever in the history of America, we have set aside the first week in December to remember Christmas trees! Yes, our United States Senator from Oregon, second year Democrat, Jeff Merkly, introduced the resolution naming that time as National Christmas Tree Week, and it was unamimously passed by the entire Senate!

So, mark your calendar. We have only four more days to party. Merkley says it will honor the joy that Christmas trees bring to families everywhere each December. Go figure.

Well they are made in America (well mostly in Oregon), but will our festivities that Merkley created for us create any new jobs? Will it give peace to the millions of us that are unemployed? Will our 401K stock values return to the 2005 level> Could it effect the housing market, or make the environmentalists at ease? Maybe it will counter Global Warming.

Starting Thursday, the first full week in December will be designated as National Christmas Tree Week.

Jeff Merkley is a Bozo, and so are the rest of the clowns in the Senate that wasted our money on such a worthless issue. It is not like he is new trying to get some face time. He's been in the Oregon legaslature for four terms. But, I guess, at least the Senate accomplished something this year. After all, the've done nothing to address the real issues of America, like our growing debt.

Well anyway, as I was getting a refill at our local discount gas station, I mentioned to the attendant about it being National Christmas Tree Week and I was about to celebrate. He responded by saying he thought it was a great idea because we need more holidays, especially paid ones.

I replied, "Dude, you got to be sh-t--g me!" He got a strange look on his face as if he wanted to make me think that he was actually thinking, but I knew that was not possible.

As a side note, our 9th grandchild was born this past December 1, and she was as beatiful as any Christmas Tree I've seen. And that is cause to celebrate!
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Opening Day

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Do you realize that on Opening Day of the 2011 NFL Football season every team was tied for first place? Think about that!

The same holds true for other sports races as well. And no matter what the odds makers say, the final season's results for each team is governed by the performance of the individual team through out the season. But every team must also perform in ordered to be judged for that final standing.

Just as in a sports competition, we all are born into first place in this world. Clean, pure, and without sin. But to keep it we must perform to live our lives as it is intended. Every day, until our final day. Judgement.

There comes a time when one has to stand up. Stand up for something. Stand up and be noticed. Otherwise you are just passing through this world by living in the shadows. And that won't cut it.

The good news is that if we err in taking a stance, we can be forgiven. But just to aimlessly wander through life as if it were without meaning or purpose, is for me, unimaginable. And that is how I see many in this world.

So, stand up. Let me see you. Even if we disagree.