Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Something is wrong here

I'm having a hard time understanding what is happening in this country.

Take a look for yourself:

  • You can have pornography on TV or the internet, but you can't have the Nativity scene in a public park.
  • There are no criminals anymore, we now call them sick people.
  • We use a human fetus for medical research, but it's wrong to use an animal.
  • If we lie to Congress, it's a felony, but if Congress lies to us, it's just politics.
  • If we dislike a black person, we're labeled as a racist, but if a black person dislikes a white person, it's their 1st Amendment right.
  • The government spends millions to rehabilitate criminals, but does almost nothing for the victims.
  • In public schools, homosexuality is OK, but you had better not use the word God in the process.
  • Abortions are OK, but executing a mass murderer is wrong.
  • Communism and socialism are gone, they're now called progressives.
  • We can' closed our border with Mexico, but we do an excellent job of protecting the 38th parallel in Korea.
  • Your labeled a "terrorist" if you protest President Obama's policies, but if you burned an American flag or George Bush in effigy, it was your 1st Amendment right.
  • We take money from those who work hard for it and give it to those who don't want to work.
  • We have freedom of speech, but only if we are being politically correct.
  • We support the Constitution, but only when it supports our personal ideology.
  • The land of opportunity has now become the land of hand-outs.
What has happened to the land of the free and home of the brave?

Friday, December 7, 2012

Losing a Dear Friend . .

For me, December 7 is a very sad day. Yes, we're honoring the lives lost during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. But for me, I lost a very good friend last night.

Ron Brown, a very kind and gentle soul, died last night. A veteran of the Vietnam war, Ron was my personal and business insurance agent. He and I served on the "A" Team at the Arlington Chamber of Commerce and we were in the same Leads Group at the Chamber, too. In fact, we had lunch together yesterday.

Probably the nicest person I have ever met in my life, I will miss Ron in my day to day activities but will cherish his memory forever. Rest well, my friend.