Where are the Mark Twains?

Today is Mark Twain's birthday. For your pleasure, I list some of my favorite Twain quotes. Even among my favorite authors that I admire today, this kind of pithy wisdom and raw common sense is missing. Perhaps there is some truth to his quotes about schooling and education!


'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

Don't let schooling interfere with your education.

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

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Alas, I was wrong...

I didn't think there could ever be a government agency created that could be more abusive, more tyrannical, or more intrusive than Child Protective Services (or DFCS), but then comes along...the TSA. Welcome to the U.S.S.A.

Another Day, Another TSA Screening to Make Your Blood Boil

Romans 13:3

"For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil."

Government is not ordained by God to terrorize honest citizens.

When I'm an Old Lady

When I'm an Old Lady and Live With My Kids

by Joanne Bailey Baxter

When I'm an old lady, I'll live with each kid,

And bring so much happiness... just as they did.
I want to pay back all the joy they've provided,
Returning each deed. Oh, they'll be so excited!

I'll write on the wall with reds, whites and blues,
And bounce on the furniture wearing my shoes.
I'll drink from the carton and then leave it out.
I'll stuff all the toilets and oh, how they'll shout!

When they're on the phone and just out of reach,
I'll get into things like sugar and bleach,
Oh, they'll snap their fingers and then shake their head,
And when that is done I'll hide under the bed!

When they cook dinner and call me to eat,
I'll not eat my green beans or salad or meat.
I'll gag on my okra, spill milk on the table,
And when they get angry I'll run... if I'm able!

I'll sit close to the TV, through the channels I'll click,
I'll cross both my eyes just to see if they stick.
I'll take off my socks and throw one away,
And play in the mud 'til the end of the day!

And later in bed, I'll lay back and sigh,
I'll thank God in prayer and then close my eyes.
My kids will look down with a smile slowly creeping,
And say with a groan. "She's so sweet . when she's sleeping!"

Thanksgiving Fun

Rosebud's Famous Faces

Of Cookie Tins and Catalogs

As I was searching for some candy with which to decorate our gingerbread houses, I ran across some cookies in a tin at the dollar store. I was struck with deja vu so strongly that I could remember just for an instant exactly what it felt like to be 10 years old. You see, years ago (before iPods) my mother gave my sister, my cousin, and me little round cookie tins to play with. Hours on end, we would sit with the Sears and JCPenney catalogs (remember those?) and scissors, making a "pretend family". We would each pick out a husband, however many kids we wanted, what clothes we would like to wear, toys for our kids, appliances, even hair styles, and we would cut them out and store them in our cookie tins. We were quite creative, building this elaborate pretend world that occupied most of our play time. What great times we had!

I love to reminisce about those days, and the more I visited those times in my mind, the more I realized just what a miracle had occured in my life. When we played, I ALWAYS had 5 children (which I have now). I always wanted a Christian husband. I always wanted to love only one man in my whole life. I always wanted to stay at home with my children. I didn't know anything about homeschooling then, but I knew about Daycare. My mother ran a daycare center in our home. I loved those kids and spent so much fun, quality time with them. They loved me because I did all the fun stuff with them. Their moms would come pick them up after a long days' work, take them home for supper, baths, homework, laundry, and the menial tasks of everyday life. When I played pretend, I always included me (as the pretend Mom) doing all the fun stuff with my own kids. In my dreams, my kids thought I was super cool instead of the babysitter! Little did I know then, that God would open the door for homeschooling for me, allowing me to spend abundant time with my children and create tons of memories and traditions that I hope they will take with them forever. When I first held Caleb in my arms, I decided I was going to milk every ounce of fun out of him that I possibly could, and I've tried to live up to that with all my kids.

Seeing how the Lord has brought me full circle from my childhood dreams to my real adult life is overwhelming to me. God is so gracious. He's so kind. And thoughtful. And loving. Praise His Name! He truly does give us the desires of our hearts. When I say that I couldn't have had a better life if I had hand-picked it all myself, I hope you'll know that I literally mean that. The Lord has given me everything I ever desired, much more than I ever deserved.

Happy Thanksgiving!

:-)

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Random Act of Culture

This is so awesome!

On Saturday, October 30, 2010, the Opera Company of Philadelphia brought together over 650 choristers from 28 participating organizations to perform one of the Knight Foundation's "Random Acts of Culture" at Macy's in Center City Philadelphia. Accompanied by the Wanamaker Organ - the world's largest pipe organ - the OCP Chorus and throngs of singers from the community infiltrated the store as shoppers, and burst into a pop-up rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's "Messiah" at 12 noon, to the delight of surprised shoppers. This event is one of 1,000 "Random Acts of Culture" to be funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation over the next three years. The initiative transports the classical arts out of the concert halls and opera houses and into our communities to enrich our everyday lives. To learn more about this program and view more events, visit www.randomactsofculture.org.

More of the Same

This article goes right along with what I was talking about in my previous post about the oligarchy of rule by judges. The fact that they so often find themselves defending murderers, homos, and pedophiles ought to tell us something of their moral condition.

Judge in Pedophile Ruling Has Curious Past

The Exceptions Clause

I'm still rejoicing over last week's elections. I still get a thrill every time I think about Nancy Pelosi handing over that big gavel and stepping down from her position. I was thrilled about Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and the state governorships and legislatures that went Republican. However, there were two little reported results last Tuesday that really gave me hope. First, was the historic removal of 3 activist judges who tried to force gay marriage against the wishes of the people. The second was the state constitutional amendment passed in Oklahoma that forbids judges in Oklahoma to consider international or Sharia Law in making their decisions. And, boy, was I disgusted this morning to see that yet another activist judge has blocked this amendment that was passed by the people.

It really won't matter what kind of Congress we elect if this oligarchy of rule by the judges (who are not supposed to make laws, only interpret them!) is allowed to stand. There IS a Constitutional remedy for this, and it looks like it is going to have to be considered. The solution is called The Exceptions Clause. In the video below, David Barton explains how it works (fast forward to 6:50 to begin the exception clause discussion).



The shadow government that is methodically being put in place and subverting our Constitution will be the undoing of our nation, and there won't be anything Congress can do about it if they don't exercise their Constitutional checks and balances NOW. This shadow government consists of czars, beaurocracy with unchecked powers (such as DFACS), corrupt secretaries of state, activist judges, Obama's civilian army that answers to him (not a proper chain of command) and has not taken an oath to the Constitution. Add this to the demoralization of our military (who better to turn on its own citizens than perverted reprobates who have no conscience left?) and progressives like George Soros, who has spent $45 million to change the way state judges are seated, from elected to appointed positions. Um....and that's just the domestic shadow government! That doesn't count NAFTA, CAFTA, climate treaties and other possible treaties like the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child that relinquish our wealth and our sovereignty to people who haven't even discovered deodorant yet!

I'm glad the Tea Party won big last week. Now it's time to get serious about defending our Republic before it's too late!

Cutest Firewood Stackers Around!

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"Poor Coon!"

I SAID she was NOT going coon hunting! But I guess I'm eating my words! The whole time I was trying to take her picture, she was saying, "Poor coon, Mama. Poor coon!"

More Kitty Love

The kittens have grown up, but that hasn't stopped Rosebud from hauling them around and riding them! If cats could talk, ..........

Line up, sheeple!

It's that time of year again....flu shots for everybody! No matter your age, health condition, or medical history, and no matter what is contained in the ingredients, "they" insist that you need it. ("They" would be the Pharmacy Industry that gets rich off fear mongering and getting you to take medicines that cause you to need more of their medicines....um....there might be a conflict of interest there!)

"Thimerasol-containing vaccines are considered hazardous waste and can't be thrown into a garbage can, poured down a sink or flushed down a toilet because of the mercury—they're considered environmentally toxic....... Why would anyone.....want to be injected with a substance that is too toxic to dispose of down a drain?"

Click here to read the entire article by Dr. Mercola called "New Proof That This Common Medical Treatment is Unnecessary and Ineffective". Please do your homework before jumping on the bandwagon!