...How Sweet the Sound...: Happy Boondoggle Day!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Happy Boondoggle Day!

Saturday was Valentine's Day, Monday was President's Day, and today is Boondoggle Day!

Boondoggle Day is usually only celebrated every 4 years; however, it is occasionally skipped. It began during the administration of the late, great, President Franklin "Government is the Answer to All Your Problems" Roosevelt. This year, it will be observed by the peculiar act of robbing a nation of cash-strapped people of $787 billion, in order to make them un-cash-strapped! .....a Washington miracle! We ignorant masses love free money, Uncle Sam! Thank you! In 2012, won't you just give each of us our own money printing press?

So, Happy Boondoggle Day! I think I'll celebrate this year by reading the Constitution to my children as we Homeschool, eating all 3 meals off styrofoam plates, and I may even load up the kids in Jason's gas-guzzling Bronco and go for a spin! How will you celebrate?

1 comment:

Melanie said...: Pick us up on the way. Josh will be done chopping down trees for fire wood soon. Jessie has to go out and feed our slaughter calf so it will be all the fatter for us to eat.

Where do you find this stuff??? : ); 2/17/2009 10:39 AM

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Why do I homeschool?

I love the company and fellowship it allows
I've learned more since I graduated than I ever learned in school. If I can just pass on a love of learning and a good work ethic, they'll be fit for whatever the Lord has in store for them
At 7 hours per day (conservative estimate), for 180 days per year, that's 1,260 hours per year, times 13 years, equals 16,380 hours of their childhood that would be spent under government supervision. The Bible says, "Children obey your parents [NOT UNCLE SAM] in the Lord." God gave them to me, not the U.S. government. How can I expect them to embrace my ideals and my faith, when I let someone else hold a position of respect and authority over them for 16,380 hours of their childhood?
"Mama, who is Mar-tin Lu-ther King, J R?"
I can never forget how my own faith was shaken by teachers whom I greatly respected
Age segregation is something foreign. Playmates come in all ages and sizes, boys or girls, and some of my children's best friends are adults.
It is so much fun!
My children pity the fools and scoffers who believe evolution
We study real history, not the revised politically correct version
FIELD TRIPS!
My kids don't even know what a "nerd" is, and believe me, they would be labeled "nerds" in public school. Nor does either of them know a curse word, and they think a dirty joke has something to do with passing gas.
I don't have to wonder if some pervert is having his/her way with my babies while I'm not there to protect them
I can control my children's environment, keeping their hearts and minds pure for the work of the Lord
NOTE TO OTHER HOMESCHOOL PARENTS: All of the above reasons are completely NULL and VOID if you give your child a laptop or computer and hours of private, unsupervised access to the internet. He or she would be better off in public school.