In 1916, a minister and outspoken advocate for liberty, William J. H. Boetcker, published a pamphlet entitled The Ten Cannots . “You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot further the brotherhood of [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 31, 2008
I thought this was interesting
I got this in an email and enjoyed the simplicity
Our Tax System Explained: Bar Stool Economics
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the [...]
October 30, 2008
Immediate Thoughts
Outside my window. . .the dry leaves are blowing around.
I am thinking. . .I need to get up and take a nice, hot shower.
From the learning room. . .not a lot right now, it’s night time.
I am thankful for. . .hot fudge to put on my icecream. Hey, don’t judge me. We all have our [...]
October 30, 2008
Go Joe! Go Tito!
I like Joe the plumber. I think he is a real “everyday” guy. Along with Joe we now have a new “everyday” guy in town. Tito the builder. He is a hispanic man and he has bravely stood up and spoke his mind. From what I understand he started out as a janitor and now [...]
October 29, 2008
It is no fun being sick
I woke up this morning–well at least I had my eyes open. Barely. It was around 7am. It was still pitch black in the bedroom except for the green glow from the digital clock. I could barely breathe as my nosed was totally stuffed up. My head hurt and I was cold. I love the [...]
October 28, 2008
In His Own Words…
I know that many of my blogs have been political lately but, being only a week away from the presidential election I am not thinking of much else.
I want you to read an excerpt from Barak Obama’s book, DREAMS FROM MY FATHER:A STORY OF RACE AND INHERITANCE. Barack Obama talks of his time at Occidental [...]
October 27, 2008
Go Megyn!
Megyn from FOX news sure doesn’t take any guff off anyone. An Obama spokesman, Bill Burton, was on this afternoon attempting to defend his candidate–defending Obama from Obama’s own words. A taped interview with Obama (from a local radio station–NPR Chicago) in 2001 was recently released. This radio interview was of Obama himself stating his [...]
October 23, 2008
A Modern Day Tale
This is a story that was written by another bloggy friend (everfaith.wordpress.com) Take time to read it…
Following is a modern day fairy tale.
Once upon a time, an ordinary everyday woman named Ms. Rouge decided to open a bakery. You see, she was gifted in the art of making beautiful, delicious pies….chocolate ones, strawberry ones, coconut [...]
October 23, 2008
Visiting In Texas
Scott and I and the kids are visiting family in Texas this week. (Part of the reason I haven’t been blogging the past few days.) Now when you think of Texas what do you think of? Dallas, Austin, Houston? Texas Longhorns? The Alamo? Don’t mess with Texas? Yeah, me too. Texas is all that and [...]
October 18, 2008
Um…I think I’m lost.
Yesterday I took the kids to a corn maze. Oakes Farm has a huge corn maze each year. We’ve gone the past 3 years so now it has become sort of a tradition. There are two regular mazes and one scary “Trail of Doom” maze. Bradley wanted to go on that one, but I did [...]
