09.10.09
Please Remember Daniel Pearl and Others
While some seek justice for the Gitmo detainees, please remember Daniel Pearl and the other Americans who were tortured, dismembered and strung on the bridge in Baghdad!
While there are people spreading pictures of CIA agents to Al Qaeda members to see who tortured their people, remember that there are people who are fighting for their lives to keep you safe!
Choose sides, please!
09.04.09
Have You Heard About the Christmas Tree Shop?
My husband and I were out and about one Saturday afternoon when we passed a large strip of stores and I noticed a store called the “Christmas Tree Shop“.
At the time, it was hovering around 90 degrees and we had a good old time laughing about how ironic it was, not having any idea what the Christmas Tree Shop was all about! Had I known what the store was all about, I wouldn’t have been cracking jokes!
I would have been cracking my wallet because I would have made John pull in so that I could shop!!
I ventured in on another day’s outing and guess what? The Christmas Tree Shop is by far my favorite store ever! It’s a combination of things you’d find in JoAnne Fabrics, AC Moore, Wal-Mart and other department stores at Dollar Store prices!! Everything from soup to nuts, full dish sets to school supplies…at a FRACTION of regular prices! And the quality is no different than you’d find at the higher-priced stores!
The first time that I ventured in, I was with my husband which was a huge no-no! He just doesn’t get why I need beautifully made baskets that cost 1/10th of what you find them in other stores! He doesn’t understand why I’m excited to see Rubbermaid products that I cannot find in other stores with prices that are outrageously low!
A person could do all of their Christmas shopping for a fraction of what you would normally spend and no one would be the wiser because the quality of the products are higher-end department store quality!
I really hope that you’ll give it a chance…
Check out their website and see if one is near you!
I was walking out of the store the other day and overheard a girl saying to her friend, “why would I want to buy a Christmas tree in August?“ Boy, was she in for a surprise!!
Have fun & be safe! Don’t leave your purse in your cart…please!!
09.03.09
Why All the Swine Flu Hub-bub?
Have you heard about the Swine Flu? Our government tried to rename it to the H1N1 Virus, but it’s the same thing regardless of what name this administration decides to call it.
It seems as if this flu is the beginning of the end of civilization, but the CDC states that it is really no different than the typical seasonal flu other than that the Swine Flu seems to go after young people rather than being an equal opportunity virus!
Is it really all that it is blown up to be or is this a ploy to help push the President’s Health Care Reform?
Nothing will change most of our minds about the government’s intention of taking over our lives, but and ideological person such as Obama might stop at nothing to see that their goals are met! Odd that Obama went to Mexico when it’s flu season was at it’s height and the next thing we know, all we hear about is swine flu! Suspicious? I think so!
Obama has also been known to have relations with pharmaceutical companies. Is this a way to boost their income?
Or maybe this is just another souped-up story to keep us from paying attention to the things this administration is doing while we’re not looking!!
I know that the flu is bad business! I am even one of the people who falls into the high-risk category! But that does not cloud my judgment! I won’t be standing in line for the rushed vaccine that will hopefully NOT be forced upon us all! (It’s been done before!)
He stands in front of the country and gives them cart-blanch to stay home from work and tells their bosses not to question this! Really? Like there’s not millions of people who will take advantage of that? And those same people may have the right to sue their employer because the Prez told them to stay home! WTH!
I think that the real flu we’re suffering from is the Obama Flu!
P.S. Last winter, my family made it through cold and flu season without any over-the-counter cold/flu medications. We felt fine and had no major incidents! It makes ya wonder…have we been programmed by pharmaceutical companies that we cannot live without the rows and rows of medications? I’m willing to try it again this winter. It saves tons of money and we’re not a family of groggy-heads!
Peace
08.29.09
Your Dog is as Smart as a 2-year old, and as Curious!
Recently, there was a report on Live Science about how our canine companions are actually as smart as a two year old. I wasn’t surprised, but I would have rated my dogs higher!
Anyway…that article urged me to remind everyone that your dog is as smart as a two year old, and as curious! Cats and ferrets are curious by nature!
We all go through hoops to make sure that our homes are toddler-proof, but do we give the same consideration to our dogs and cats and other pets that roam around the home?
Do you make sure that your paper shredder is off?
Do you make sure that electric cords are tucked under chairs or other objects to keep the dog from mistaking it for licorice?
Do you make sure that your curtain pull-cords are pulled to prevent hanging/choking?
Do you make sure that foods that are dangerous to dogs are well out of the way? (raisins, etc.)
Do you make sure that all cleaners and chemicals are put away?
You should!
08.26.09
What Does John Travolta and Larry the Cable Guy Have In Common?
They both said, “Get ‘er done” famously!
When you hear that catch phrase, you think of Larry the Cable Guy, right? Me too!
But, I was watching “Carrie” this past weekend and I noticed that when John Travolta’s character, Billy Nolan and the boys are getting ready to bash a pig over the head and the lightening was flashing, and the thunder and rain! And as one of the guys starts to back out, Billy Nolan says, “get ‘er done” before going in and doing the dirty work himself!
Not “get her done” but “get ‘er done“! Neat, huh?
08.25.09
What Obama’s NOT Reading On the Beach
I just ran across an article in Inside Politics Daily about what Barack Obama will be reading on his vacation at Martha’s Vineyard! “Barack Obama’s Beach Reading List”
Five different books were listed, but what is missing is the all-encompassing health care bill that he’s shoving down our throats! Although, it seems that he will have little time to read anyway, what with all the golfing he’s doing!
Golfing, which is not a family thing but more a way to get away from them for some people, seems to be what the Prez likes to do the most! He even does it while all hell is breaking loose at the White House when he’s not on vacation!
This guy’s got balls and they’re not on the course!
He’s been in office for 6 months and has managed to do more damage than any other President, and he needs a vacation!?
The rest of the government is on “vacation”, trying to survive the tidal wave that greets them in their home states that the Prez put into action before he left, so why should Obama hang around?
But, this guy who wants the health care bill to pass so badly…hmm, has he even read the bill? Instead he’s reading books such as, “Lush Life” and “Hot, Flat and Crowded”!
Couldn’t this time be spent better by reading the bill? No?
Maybe then he could stop accusing us all of telling lies when we state what is in the bill? He kind of looks like an idiot when he’s disputing something that’s written in black and white!
He seems to feel so strongly about health care, but he doesn’t know crap about it!
And sure, everyone deserves a vacation, but how many of us can’t afford one? And each and every one of us who pays taxes are footing the bill for this guy’s charismatic “I’m a Great Guy” tour!
Wouldn’t it be nice if in order to vote, you have to prove that you pay taxes? That way, people might pay more attention to who they’re putting into office!
I’d say, “lesson learned” but I know better…
Is he listening to us?
It looks like he’s listening to us.
But, he doesn’t act like he’s listening to us!
Who the hell is he listening to?
Do you think he hears the people he works for?
No? Me neither!
What does Obama hear when he does this to his ear?
08.22.09
Caylee Anthony Had An Alibi? Seriously?
#08049710
Casey Anthony’s defense team is claiming that because Calee’s body was found while Casey was in jail, and therefore she could not have possibly been the murderer!
READ STORY HERE
Seriously?
Because the area was “searched” before with no remains found, and then later the body showed up while Casey was in jail is NOT an alibi! It’s proof that there was someone else involved if anything!
Besides, reports say that the area where Caylee was found was flooded when they tried to search it, and that it was only after Casey was in jail that the area exposed it’s contents!
Could Casey Anthony’s defense team, in an effort to save her, throw her brother or someone else who was possibly involved under the bus? I honestly wouldn’t put it past Casey, having learned what I have about her through her own representation!
Mark Nejeme, the attorney for Tim Miller of Equusearch was arguing in court for the names of the volunteers NOT to be released to the public since it could deter future volunteers.
George Anthony stormed into Nejeme’s press conference on Thursday the 20th because Nejeme was about to show photos of the area where Caylee’s body was found that prove that the area was so over-grown and swampy that someone could have been standing right near the body and not have been able to find it.
Not until the water dissipated, which…you guessed it!
The water receded after Casey was jailed!
Are these people [Casey's defense team] just trying to waste money or something? There’s no way they’re going to win this and all that it’s doing is prolonging the real case! Genius! I have always felt that her brother Lee is involved! Maybe she will selfishly find a way to bring down the whole family!
Oh wait…she’s already done that!
Also, the article from the Orlando Sentinel says, and I quote,
“George Anthony, whom Baez has asked not to visit his daughter at the Orange County Jail, mouthed “I love you” to Casey as he walked away from the stand.
After the hearing, Casey’s mother Cindy Anthony said she grew emotional when she saw Anthony’s reaction to her father.
“She hasn’t seen her dad for a very long time. It was very emotional and very touching.” Cindy Anthony said.”
Why has her dad been asked not to visit her? WTH!! That seems strange to me!
I’m not sure if the October court date has been moved. I think it has since the article say “next year” when referring to court dates…if someone knows, hip me up!
Hey Caylee…
We haven’t forgotten you!
We never will!
08.21.09
What To Do with those Leftover School Supplies
Another school year is about to start or has already for some,
and many parents have already gone out and bought the coolest stuff that they could find to send their little ones back in style!
That is..the parents that can afford it! With more and more people out of work, it’s getting harder to make ends meet, let alone get little Suzie the hippest stuff that you can find! And the kicker that at the end of the school year, Suzie’s parents will most likely find most of those items stashed in her room somewhere! They’ll get put away and forgotten about, and another year passes and they do the same thing! It’s a vicious cycle!
<I speak from experience
>
I went through my storage and found a bunch of really cool stuff that Christie never used! And, many charities that take care of disadvantaged youth really need those school supplies!
Especially these days!
Coincidentally, I ran across an article in the Burlington County Times about how the Catholic Charities of Trenton, New Jersey are struggling to keep up with the rising demand for help, as more and more parents are laid-off.
From the article: [paraphrased]
On Wednesday, Catholic Charities put out a final appeal for donations for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Its annual school supply drive has experienced a “severe drop” in donations, organizers said.
The nonprofit organization has 250 children signed up to receive backpacks with age-appropriate supplies, but has donations for only about 65 bags…
To donate a backpack or school supplies, call Boyd at 856-764-6945, ext. 119, or Bonnie Jordan at ext. 128. To make an online donation, visit Catholic Charities’ Web site, NJ GIVES.
I’m sure that there is a collection where you live if you look.
If you’ve got a hand to lend, do it while you’ve got it.
You may need it too someday!
“Every day we meet residents who previously donated to our agency but due to a recent layoff are now in need of our services.” Linda Boyd, development coordinator for Emergency and Community Services on Burlington Avenue.
Let there be peace on earth,
and let it begin with me & you.
08.20.09
They’re Letting All of the Bad Guys Go!
In a day and age where I feel less and less secure every day,
now I hear that not only are they releasing Squeaky Fromme
from prison, but they are also releasing the man responsible for the Lockerbie bombing, too!
California threatens to release thousands of prisoners as their deficit looms around Ethiopian levels, and they’re not alone! Philadelphia, Chicago and other major cities are literally shutting down for a day or so to level out costs!
Crime is rising to an all-time high…or low, depending on how you look at it. Criminals no longer have any “code” and will literally steal candy from babies! And they’re not your typical teenage desperado anymore! We’ve seen on the news, there are grown men who apologize because they have to do what they *think* they have to do in order to feed their family. It’s no longer just drug-addicts…it’s life-addicts trying to stay alive!
I’d tell them to get a job, but there are so few of them around and those businesses that are alive are shaking in their boots as our government is being run by an bunch of elementary school children and everyone’s future is shaky!
And, believe it or not, yesterday some lady had the gall to leave her purse in her cart while she walked to the opposite end of the aisle in Wal-Mart? I thought I was gonna lose my mind! She’d be the first one, assumingly in my imaginative head, to cry out a prejudistic comment about how the neighborhood has gone to shit! Enabler!!
It seems to me, without the time to really do the deep research needed to confirm this, but it seems to me that there must be something written in the prophecies about this! A man comes into office under false pretenses and through his actions the evil of the world is released from it’s gated confines to demolish the good of the earth! <ooo sounds scary!>
Maybe there is someone out there in the world wide web knows?
You know…I have one relative from my birth family alive, and he is serving time in the prison system! <I know!> I still would not want criminals released because we are so broke that we cannot house them! YES! It pisses me off beyond belief that the men and women in prison get better treatment than many Americans, but then again…prison life is about as close to hell as any religious or other imaginative book suggests!
And…Unfortunately, some deserve to die there.
Manson ‘Family Member’ Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme Released From Prison
Fox News ~ Don’t Hate Them Because They Report the Truth, Be Thankful for the Knowledge…
and the Wardrobe!
Peace
Love
Smiles
Strength
