Support the Right to Arm Bears (or-don't forget the guns)

Don't get me wrong, I support the 2nd amendment. I think every law abiding citizen has a right to self defense. I think anyone who is not a felon should be allowed to pack heat (I.E. concealed weapon). It just not make sense to me that people feel the need to "blow 900 rounds a minute" or use hollow points.
Which brings me to the song below- great song if you ever get a chance to hear it !


DON'T FORGET THE GUNS

(lyrics by Cheryl Wheeler from her album "Driving Home" ©1993, All Rights Reserved)


Now let's get the kids and pack up the car

Take that vacation we've been waiting for

Drive across this country leave our worries far behind

Sing in four-part harmony to "Sweet Adeline"

'Cause I got these books and maps from triple "A"

We'll visit friends and sites along the way

Bring the bikes and toys and diapers

Pay the neighbor's sons

Call to stop the mail and honey

Don't forget the guns


Now don't forget the guns you know exactly what I mean

Bring the pistols, bring the Uzi and the old AR-15

We don't look for trouble but by golly if we're in it

It's nice to know we're free to blow 900 rounds a minute


We'll head for Chicago, stop for the night

Hope for good weather and hope the kids don't fight

They've never seen Mt. Rushmore and they ought to understand

The kind of men who forged our freedom all across this land


We'll hike up a trail and ride down a stream

Stand by Old Faithful and watch her blow off steam

When we pack picnic lunches that's not all we'll bring along

'Cause we'll be packing .45's case anything goes wrong


Now don't forget the guns you know exactly what I mean

Bring the pistols, bring the Uzi and the old AR-15

We don't look for trouble but by golly if we're in it

It's nice to know we're free to blow 900 rounds a minute


Oh riding along we'll follow the signs

Over the mountains under the pines

Up to Boot Hill where they got what they gave

In the land of the free you've got to be brave

Does God Hates Shrimp?

Gary, here is place you can start commenting, I'll add more posts later. As background for anyone else reading this, a dear old freind of mine & I are moving our discussion of religion and politics to this blog, partly because we have apparently offended a freind of his that doesn't like my views. Whatever. Plus, facebook doesn't lend itself to an indepth discussion. here we go,but I doubt I can keep up.

Right wing christians hate gays because the Bible says there are an abomination. Based on that one word some churchs are working to deny equal rights. But the word abomination us used a lot. Based on the scripture in the picture, logically God hates shrimp and other bottom feeders, so we shouldn't eat them.
Remember the bible has been used to support slavery of blacks, go to war and more recently to stop inter-racial marriage

"Shrimp, crab, lobster, clams, mussels, all these are an abomination before the Lord, just as gays are an abomination. Why stop at protesting gay marriage? Bring all of God's law unto the heathens and the sodomites. We call upon all Christians to join the crusade against Long John Silver's and Red Lobster. Yea, even Popeye's shall be cleansed. The name of Bubba shall be anathema. We must stop the unbelievers from destroying the sanctity of our restaurants."

wwwgodhatesshrimp.com

Obama misses National Prayer Day

Obama is being criticized for not participating in National Prayer day yesterday, May 7, 2009, other than issuing a Presidential Proclamation.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/06/prayer-day-no-show/

One reason might be his administration was not allowed to go by the organizers.
“That's because the event organizers stipulated that the White House representative had to be opposed to abortion rights, according to this source.”
"The administration's representative had to be pro-life," says the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "Nobody else was allowed to go."
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/god-and-country/2009/05/08/source-only-pro-life-white-house-officials-invited-to-prayer-day-event.html

Oh yeah, another reason, public prayer events such as this national prayer day, “meet at the pole to pray day” and other public prayer events are not Biblical, these people remind me of the Pharisees, they only do it to be thought of as righteous and to use it as a hammer on those who won’t do as they do. Just like when the Parisees accussed Jesus of violating the Sabbath.

”But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.”
Matthew 6:6
Kings James Version

myth of republican fiscal responsibility

My last post reminded me of a Doonesbury cartoon I read last year, which through the miracle of the internet I was able to find and post here. You should be able to click on the cartoon to make it big enough to read. If not here are the words:

"Since 1776, the United States has accumulated a national debt of $9 trillion, over half of which was incurred when a Bush was on watch! What a family legacy. If you throw in Reagan, fully 70% of the national debt was created under just three Republican presidents. Whats more, they didn't even try to restrain spending! Out of 19 submitted budgets, only 2 were balanced.

So, here is my question. Where did the myth of GOP fiscal responsibility come from?

Short Memories

I am getting e-mail by people wringing their hands about Obama spedning too much money. I am amazed about what short memories people have.

"The first thing (George Bush II) did when they got in office eight years ago was to eat through the nation's entire supply of seed corn, stored for them by those damn liberals, the Clinton administration. When (George Bush II) handed Bill Clinton the keys to the White House he also handed him a $290 billion deficit.

Eight years later, when Bill Clinton handed the keys to Sonny Bush he hande him a $231 billion budget surplus -- the greatest surplus in U.S. History.

Not only did those damn Clinton liberals manage a budget surplus but were at the same time able to pay down the national debt by a staggering 2.4 trillion.

Within two years the budget surpluses were gone, and the national debt was on it's way back up as the Bushies began borrowing again to make ends meet. By the time they left office they'd add another $5 trillion to the national debt. "

I am still having problems with the "hot link" so you'll have to copy and paste the link below. When I get back from vacation I will try to fix that problem. I just couldn't resist posting.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/139869/how_is_it_that_the_wall_street_journal_editor%27s_have_absolutely_no_memory_of_the_last_8_years/

Frustration

For some reason this blog no longer will allow me to put in a "hot link" so you can click on a site and be magically transported there by a click of a mouse. I have tried everything, so I am giving up.
I was trying to post some serious stuff and and I wanted to give the sites. Instead, I'm going to post something not serious, like me wrestling an alligator a few days ago.
I'll do the serious stuff later.