a post about nothing

I'm really just writing this as something to do while I wait for mom to take me a couple towns west to go campaigning with C.A. and GlassesAndGrass for C.A.'s dad. I was worried we might be rained out, but now it's coming tonight instead, :-).

true romance (according to buddy)

This was great.

First, though, you need to know the movie he was referencing. Blues Brothers (a truly funny comedy) came out in the 80's. It was originally R rated (for language I think), would probably fit PG-13 rating today, but we have the "edited for TV" version, and we really like it.

Blues Brothers is basically a really long chase, actually, make that four chases. all for the same two guys (the Blues Brothers - Jake and Elwood). One is by the cops, one is led by a group of country Singers that are mad at them, another by the Illinois Nazis (also mad at them) and the fourth is this ex-fiancé of one of the bro's.

She is the topic of the day. She is really mad at Jake and tries a number of different ways of getting rid of him for good (Which they always miraculously live through, it's hilarious), including blowing up their apartment building, using a flame thrower, and shooting them down with a machine gun (She misses them, just to make it more funny).

And here we come to the funny part. Birdie was requesting that we watch a movie that had "romance" in it. She was thinking My Fair Lady, or something. Buddy says, "How about blues brothers?" Birdie says, "That doesn't have romance in it" (Which, btw it doesn't). Greg responds, "Yes it does! It's that girl trying to shoot down the guy 'cause she's mad at him, that's, like, ultimate romantic for a girl!"

So, we see the romantic logic of Buddy.
:-)

Scarecrow and Mrs. King - YESSS!!

Does anyone remember PAX TV when it was a big thing? Sometime in the mid to late 90's? diagnosis murder, animal heroes, and the great and untouchable Touched By An Angel?

Allow me to reach further back into your memory. Does anyone remember the TV show, Scarecrow and Mrs. King? That was in the 80's. It's this great show about a slick spy (code-named Scarecrow - real name Lee Stetson) who unwittingly becomes partenered with a divorced housewife with two kids (Mrs. Amanda King).

It was replayed on PAX in the late 90's, all four seasons, every evening from 3-4. Well, I LOVE Scarecrow and Mrs. King, it's AWESOM! mom and I have talked about finding it on DVD on and off for years, but with no succes in actaully finding it. Well, Wednesday night, me and Mom were out for coffee, and started talking about old TV shows, which naturally led to a discussion about Scarecrow and Mrs. King.

So, we get home and Mom does a search for the show, and actaully finds it!!! We found all four seasons for on sale for only $50 at TVShowmedia, so I bought them! I'm so happy!!!

Knees and Bikes

Some of you know that a litle less than two months ago Dad, Buddy, Birdie and I went on a 39 mile bike ride on the path 'round here. (We headed East 20 miles and then back) If you knew that, then you also know that on mile 1 I made a really stupid mistake (that any 9 year old who's been bikeing more than a year would know not to do) and fell and skaped up my knees really bad. I then rode another 38 miles (during which I aplied anti-bactierial stuff and cleaned it numerous times).

Well, nearly two months later all I have left on my knees are some red spots that haven't aquired their usual color, but they're basically healed.

At the same time, though, for the past two months I've been having more knee pain than usual, and it feels different than it used to. I inspected my knees, and I think my knee caps have actaully moved (I already had off-set knee caps anyways, but they're in different spots now).

Theory: I tore some ligaments or something when I fell, but didn't know it becuause I was in so much pain from the scrapes that I didn't notice that the actual joints were hurting.

So, if you all could please pray that they heal themselves and I don't have to take them to a doc to figuer out what needs done or not done, I'd appriciate it.

Ann Coulter, Thoughts About

Well, I've been hearing (and you may have been too) about Ann Coulters new book, If Democrats Had Any Brains They'd Be Republicans. This provocative title actually tops the title of her last book, How To Talk To A Liberal (If You Must): The World According To Ann Coulter (something I didn't think quite possible).

Is Ann going over the top? Well, I think that what she is saying is true, but she could be a little more genteal about it, I suppose. Is she trying to get attention just for attentions sake? How can one really tell? An since we can't really know, don't we just have to take her for what she produces (books, tv and radio presentations etc.)? If that's so, we've just come back to the first question, has she gone over the top?

I've been struggling with this some lately. Where is the line between "being nice" and "being a RINO" (RINO: Republican In Name Only). Also, (and this is more pertinent to Ann Coulter's writings) where is the line between "being mean" and "telling it like it is"? This is a quandary that my mind has been tangling with for quite some time, and I can't seem to figure it out.

For the record, I have not read Ann Coulter's books, but I am quite familiar through the radio and TV.

On that note, has anyone read any of them, and could anyone recommend one that is especially good?

You'll have to excuse me now; I need to get back to my regularly scheduled "Discussions of certain political and philosophical quandary's with TJO".

something funny about math - is it possible?

If you know me very much at all you probably know that I really don't like math of all sorts. (actaully, what little chemistry I've been introduced to is quite interesting, but that's beside the point) Well, this semester i'm techinically taking two math "classes". one at home and Consumer Mathmatics with Mrs. D (and three other girls, all of us friends with, um, Mrs. President [not madame president, Mrs. president, ie Funkysocks]).

Well, I thought that there was nothing funny whatsoever about math, until I found the pic's below. The story is I was looking for a new pic for my gtalk status thing. i wanted something interesting, so I typed in "funny" searching images. Well, about two pages in I found these, and being a math enthusiast (ina twisted way) I popped them up big and started laughing like you wouldn't believe!

Sooo... hope they make you laugh as much as they did me!




It's sort of hard to read the second one, so I'll transcribe:

Question: Explain the shape of the graph.

Answer:
"Its curvy, with a higher bit at the end and a rather aesthetically pleasing slope downwards towards a pretty flat strait bit. The actaul graph itself consists of 2 strait lines meeting at the lower left hand corner of the graph and moving away at a 90 degree angle. Each line has an arrow head on the end."

I like lyrics, so what?

What if I am flooding you peoples reading material with lyrics? well, I know some find it boring, but it is a large part of my languege (Blogger needs a spell check). I've spent the morning spinning vinal (playing records for those of you who don't ever do that) and this is Dad and I's favorite Petra tune. I found out that Jars of Clay also did this song, but I won't vouch for it 'cause I don't think anyone could do it as well as Petra (petra ROCKS [no pun intended]).


Petra Lyrics

Rose Colored Stained Glass Windows Lyrics


Another sleepy Sunday, safe within the walls
Outside a dying world in desperation calls
But no-one hears the cries, or knows what they're about
The doors are locked within, or is it from, without...

Looking through rose colored stained glass windows
Never allowing the world to come in
Seeing no evil and feeling no pain
Making the light as it comes from within, so dim...

*instrumental*

Out on the doorstep lay the masses in decay
Ignore them long enough, maybe they'll go away
When you have so much you think, you have so much to lose
You think you have no lack, when you're really destitute

Looking through rose colored stained glass windows - stained glass windows!
Never allowing the world to come in - they won't lemmie come in!
Seeing no evil and feeling no pain - no feel, no pain!
Making the light as it comes from within, so dim - the light's so dim!
- so dim - the light's so dim!

*instrumental*

Looking through rose colored stained glass windows
Never allowing the world to come in
Seeing no evil and feeling no pain
Making the light as it comes from within, so dim, so dim!

*instrumental*

Some great lyrics

So, here's some lyrics that I heard the other day, and loved. Found them hilarious myself. I have been wanting to put these up ever since, so enjoy:


Well a hard headed woman,
a soft hearted man
been the cause of trouble
ever since the world began.
Oh yeah, ever since the world began
a hard headed woman been
a thorn in the side of man.

Now Adam told to Eve,
"Listen here to me,
don't you let me catch you
messin' round that apple tree."
Oh yeah, ever since the world began
a hard headed woman been
a thorn in the side of man.

Now Samson told Delilah
loud and clear,
"Keep your cotton pickin' fingers
out my curly hair."
Oh yeah, ever since the world began
a hard headed woman been
a thorn in the side of man.

I heard about a king
who was doin' swell
till he started playing
with that evil Jezebel.
Oh yeah, ever since the world began
a hard headed woman been a thorn in the side of man.

I got a woman,
a head like a rock.
If she ever went away
I'd cry around the clock.
Oh yeah, ever since the world began
a hard headed woman been
a thorn in the side of man.

The book recomendations...

... that I promised oh so long ago. (just for the record, I didn't really recover from the hives until about a week ago, and I've been pretty busy since then)

Top of the list favorite!! - you'll have to read the rest of the list first, na-na-na

Forbid Them Not by Dr. Farris
I loved this book. It had a great representation of the politics and the courts on the issue of childs rights etc, but also had a funny and yes even a romance side to it. would not recomend to those under maybe 14 or so as it touches some more adult issues in the court case part. (have mom read it or something)

John Ploughman's Talk by C.H. Spurgeon
A book of antecdotes and discussions on a wide aray of topics generally dealing with those touching Christian life and general vices (i.e. idleness, "men with two faces", debt, etc.). It is convicting and absolutely HILARIOUS at the same time. A good read.

The Last Jihad, The Last Days, The Ezekeil Option, The Copper Scroll by Rosenberg
don't read them if you couldn't handle Assasins in the Left Behind Series. The contain violence up to that level, and in one case a bit beyond. Still, VERY good, pageturners and thought provoking.

and, my FAVORITE! That Printer of Udel's.
WOW what a great book. And if you don't trust me, It was Reagans fav book too.

GTG!

FedFri Gary Bauer End Of Day 10-10-07

Yeah, so it's thursday, but I won't have time to do this tomorow, so here it is.

From: Gary L. Bauer, Chairman
Campaign for Working Families

Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2007



The Contrast

The Republican MSNBC debate yesterday was dedicated first and foremost to a
discussion of economic issues. I don’t know about you, but as I watched,
one thing became very evident to me: When it comes to taxes on family
investors and businesses, any of these GOP candidates is far superior to
Hillary Clinton or any of the other main Democrat contenders.

It would take most of this daily report to list all the proposed new taxes
that the Democrat candidates have proposed in their debates and that
Democrat members of Congress have actually introduced in the last six
months. But here’s a short list:

Do you think gasoline is too expensive? The liberals want to add on a new
federal levy that will take it up another 50 cents per gallon. Are you
self-employed? The Left wants to lift the tax ceiling so you will pay 15%
in Social Security taxes on all your self-employment income. Do you get
dividends from stocks or have you got capital gains? Democrats want to
repeal the Bush tax cuts that have spurred 48 straight months of job
growth.

The Republican candidates last night talked about optimism, hope,
investment, and entrepreneurship. The Democrats, led by Hillary, emphasize
failure and negativity. And to top it all off, they play the class warfare
card by attacking every successful U.S. industry and any American who has
achieved economic success.

2008 will be a tough year. But I remain convinced that if we keep the
coalition together of social issue conservatives, economic conservatives
and foreign policy conservatives, we can win!



Iran’s Hitler Speaks; Is The West Listening?

It may surprise you to know that “Jerusalem Day” is celebrated in Iran.
It’s a big day with lots of speeches and parades, but it’s not what you
think. The Islamic radicals created the day in 1979 as a way of showing
Muslim solidarity with the Palestinian “resistance” and to express the
Muslim hope that Jerusalem would one day be “liberated” from the Jews.

Iran’s “president,” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, used last week’s “Jerusalem Day”
event to once again lash out against Israel and America. At a rally in
Tehran last week, Ahmadinejad whipped the crowd into a frenzy with an anti-
Semitic tirade reminiscent of a Nazi rally at Nuremberg. To give you a
glimpse of the scene, just consider this report from Reuters:

“Tens of thousands marched in a rally to mark the day, including soldiers,
students and clerics. Black-clad women with small children clutching
balloons emblazoned ‘Death to Israel’ were among those flocking the streets
of central Tehran. ‘Death to America, Death to Israel,’ chanted the
marchers, many carrying portraits of Khomeini and his successor Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.”

Here are some excerpts of Ahmadinejad’s rant:

“The Palestinian people are standing firm. The Iranian people and other
peoples will not stop until all of Palestinian territory is liberated.
They [world powers] should not think that the Iranian nation and other
nations in the region will take off their hands off the throat of the
Zionists and their supporters. …

“But the Iranian nation has a question and as long as there is no clear and
reasonable response to this question, it will remain. They have made the
Holocaust sacred and do not allow anyone to ask questions. Under the
pretext of the Holocaust they are allowed to commit whatever crime they
like. Europeans cannot tolerate the Zionists in their region and country,
but they want to impose them on the people of the region... Give these vast
lands of Canada and Alaska to them to create a country for themselves.”

Ahmadinejad also added, “The creation, continued existence and unlimited
(Western) support for this regime is an insult to human dignity. The
occupation of Palestine is not limited to one land. The Zionist issue is
now a global issue.”

Our next president will very likely have to confront this madman and his
pursuit of nuclear weapons. Barack Obama thinks he can reason with him and
has pledged to meet with Mahmoud in the first year of his presidency.
Regardless, any Democrat would be hamstrung by the radical leftwing fringe
and groups like MoveOn.org. What about the Republicans? That topic was
also brought up in last night’s debate.

Now, I know there are a number of you intrigued by Ron Paul. Please
rethink your position! Here’s what he said yesterday about dealing with
Iran:

CHRIS MATTHEWS: “Okay. Same question -- deadline, gentlemen, it’s so
important. Congressman Paul, do you believe the president needs
authorization of Congress to attack strategic targets in Iran, nuclear
facilities?”

REP. PAUL: “Absolutely. … You’re not allowed to go to war without a
declaration of war. Now, as far as fleeting enemies go, yes, if there’s an
imminent attack on us, we’d never had that happen in 220 years. The
thought that the Iranians could pose an imminent attack on the United
States is preposterous. There’s no way.”

Has the man heard of Pearl Harbor? If he’s not a fan of “ancient history,”
where was he just six years ago, on the morning of 9/11?

We’re living in an age where terrorists have turned airplanes into weapons
of mass destruction. Madmen, hiding anywhere in the world -- say in
Pyongyang, Damascus, or Tehran for example -- with the right technology can
obliterate an American city in a matter of minutes. Paul seems completely
oblivious to this reality.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Whatever attributes some
perceive, Ron Paul is clueless about the threat facing this country.
Isolationism and appeasement didn’t keep us out of World War I, allowed
Hitler to conquer most of Europe and North Africa and gave him a free hand
to murder six million Jews, and won’t prevent Islamofascists from attacking
us in the future. They have declared war on Israel, on America and Western
Civilization. We need a president who understand that fact and who is
committed to our victory in the war against Islamofascism.




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