Battlefield Smiles

Muslims in the military

2009-11-07T08:41:00.001-08:00

The above picture is of something I have never seen in the wild. Rattlesnakes will ball up during certain times of the year. I’ve seen rattlers and killed them when they were in my way or too close to my loved ones. If someone was strolling along unaware of danger and tripped and fell into this little depression they would not live very long.

You certainly would not want to pitch a tent next to this group of slitherers. I think there is a parallel in allowing Muslims into our military and pitching a tent next to these snakes. Muslims may be harmless and good citizens but you never know when one or a group of them will bite you.

Our desire is to see all Muslims leave the false god allah and become Christians. Jesus died for them also but they are trapped in a spurious religion. It is better to see enemies get saved by trusting in the Blood of Jesus than to send them to a Christ less eternity.

HTOITA

BABY BIBLE FOOD

2009-10-27T16:43:00.001-07:00

Sarcasm does have its’ place. After looking at this for a while I decided it is a brilliant pictorial of the problem with many churches today. They can only take “Gerber’s Baby Christian Food”.

As a pastor I am truly blessed to have a people that enjoy and revel in good Bible doctrine, and that includes the children. If it is in the Bible, they like it.

I have kin that had to move to other churches because their church drifted in standards, music, and evangelism. The beginning of the problem was when the pastor stopped preaching Bible doctrine and started being tolerant of other sincere beliefs.

The leadership bought into the fallacy of “Our strength is in our diversity” garbage. A good church may have Anglo, Filipino, Mexican, Italian, Amerindian, or Klingon but the strength is in the UNITY of belief. All the rest is entertainment.

Agree? If you disagree and you believe the modern “diversity is strength” mantra please educate me about how the military is stronger, schools are more effective, families are more stable, and churches are made stronger by stressing differences not similarities.

Gerber is such a good product that they are the standard for baby food. Having said this I will expect no lawsuits from the Gerber lawyers, right?

HTOITA

Hope and change

2009-10-23T08:41:00.001-07:00

I wonder if the people who voted for “Change and Hope” feeling like the folks who ordered the above cake. “Yes we want a cake to celebrate the Olympics. Put Olympic rings in quotes in the middle of it please”. After hearing, “uh, yeah man, whatever, I can do that. It’ll be ready tomorrow”, they would be excited.

People who voted for BHO voted for a normal black guy who had courage, intelligence, and character. He is a family man who would end corruption and save the world. What they got was a guy who does not know how many states the USA has, is afraid of anyone who disagrees with him, has made himself a fool in the eyes of our friends and weak in the eyes of our enemies. He worked for the criminal enterprise “Acorn” and appoints perverts and anti-Americans to places of authority.

If we survive his presidency it will be more than we deserve. Americans cannot undo the last election but they can pray. 2 Chronicles 7:14 is still a valid option. At least I need to work on my part of this.

HTOITA

DANGEROUS PLACES AND THOUGHTS

2009-10-21T10:10:00.001-07:00

I do not know this man but I suspect he is a liberal electrician living in Hollywood and working in D.C.

Dangerous places and dangerous brain waves

I have come to the conclusion that there are some places that are too dangerous for humans and some thoughts that cause brain waves that are dangerous. For example:

· Washington DC – There is something there that dissolves the spine. It may be in the water or the air. Courageous and strong conservatives can be sent to DC as Senators or congressmen (These terms includes both genders) and during the next couple of months they forget to stand for truth, justice, and the American Way.

· Hollywood – This has to be a pollutant. In bygone years actors were patriotic and intelligent Americans; (i.e. Audie Murphy, John Wayne, Red Skeleton, and Ann Margaret) but something built up and caused stupidity and treason to become normal character traits. Woopie Goldberg saying drugging and plying a 13 year old girl with booze then raping her and sodomizing her is not “rape, rape” is VERY stupid. Danny Glover standing with a murdering dictators like Castro and Chavez while whining about the USA is treasonous.

· Liberal thought kills brain cells. The brain cells that normally would notice the stupidity of BHO have died. He said he had been in 57 states and too many others things to mention exhibit his dependence upon a handler or alien technology.

· Liberal thought must kill the brain cells that normally would notice how ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSN seldom report the truth about BHO and NEVER mentioned the good job Bush did keeping us safe after 9-11. Fox also has a liberal bias sometimes but more often tells the truth.

· Thinking like a liberal makes rational thought impossible.

I hope this encourages some like thinking people and infuriates some others.

HTOITA

LESSONS FROM HOLLYWOOD

2009-10-12T18:30:00.000-07:00

The above picture has nothing to do with this blog. The lad pictured is just as full of mischief and spunk as he appears. He calls me Gramma. Someday I may be promoted to Grampa but as for now it’s okay.
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I was married in 1970. In 1971 my TV broke and we did without one for more than a year (newlyweds do not need a TV). My mom gave us one and we saw a change others did not notice. The polluting up of TV happened so gradually that we were amazed we were the only ones to see it. The decision we made was to not raise our children with a TV in the house. We have enjoyed certain movies and now own a Video machine. I have almost zero respect to the great pretenders in Hollywood. The following list is interesting and educational.

Lessons learned from Hollywood

1. It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts: your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one, dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessors.
2. Honest and hard-working policemen are traditionally gunned down three days before their retirement.
3. All beds have special L-shaped sheets that reach the armpit level of a woman, but only the waist level of the man lying beside her.
4. At least one of a pair of identical twins is born evil.
5. Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the communications system of any invading alien society.
6. All grocery bags contain at least one stick of French bread.
7. Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their archenemies using complicated machinery involving fuses, pulley systems, deadly gasses, lasers, and man-eating sharks, which will allow their captives at least a half-hour to escape.
8. You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.
9. A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating, but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.
10. If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long.
11. If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear.
12. Even when driving down a perfectly straight road, it is necessary to turn the steering wheel vigorously from left to right every few moments.
13. All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off, but luckily you'll always blindly choose to cut the right wire.
14. A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.
15. Police departments give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is their total opposite.

HTOITA

PROOFREADING IS A DYING ART

2009-10-07T16:51:00.000-07:00

These pictures have nothing to do with this blog. However they do illustrate a great way to keep children occupied and contained.
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In college one of my professors gave an “F” if there was one misspelling or punctuation error. Some of the following could be fixed with the proper application of punctuation. And some could be fixed with the proper application of common sense.

These headlines slipped through a print media proofreader. As the integrity of the print media declines so does its intelligence.

The headline is in bold and my comment (some sentence fragments) follows beneath.
Humanity can be funny.
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Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
Brilliant deduction Mr. Holmes
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Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Which city? I’ll bet the jails are full
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Miners Refuse to Work after Death
They probably have a good union.
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Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
Other things did not work, maybe this will.
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War Dims Hope for Peace
Someone is a real student of history.
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If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
This person needs to be in congress.
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Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Al Gore may have ghost written this one.
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Enfield (London) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
Written by a brilliant investigative journalist, obviously.
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Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
This must be from a California paper.
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Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
I wonder which law he broke.
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New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
No comment
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Students Make Nutritious Snacks
And they are organic
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Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
In almost every way the public school is dangerous
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Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
How tall are the lawyers?
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Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
A real disaster.
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A break from watching the purposeful killing of the American dream. Having a Christian worldview helps us to keep our sanity (sort of).

HTOITA

ENGLISH IS CONFUSING

2009-10-01T09:32:00.000-07:00

Doing dishes at the Margerison house.
Actually we do not allow this but the picture was too good to pass up.

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I am going to learn Spanish. Really! I am. When I went to college I did not know the difference between a gerund and a gerbil. Now I know a gerbil has a tail and a gerund (improperly placed) can cost you point on a test. But I found the following and thought it too precious not to acknowledge.

Why English is so hard to learn ...

We must polish the Polish furniture.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
The soldier decided to desert in the desert.
This was a good time to present the present.
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
I did not object to the object.
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
The bandage was wound around the wound.
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
They were too close to the door to close it.
The buck does funny things when the does are present.
They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
After a number of injections my jaw got number.
Upon seeing the tear in my clothes I shed a tear.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
I read it once and will read it again
I learned much from this learned treatise.
I was content to note the content of the message.
The Blessed Virgin blessed her. Blessed her richly.
It's a bit wicked to over-trim a short wicked candle.
If he will absent himself we mark him absent.
I incline toward bypassing the incline.

HTOITA

Even so, English should be the official language of the USA!

THANKFUL MY DAUGHTERS ARE MARRIED

2009-09-21T16:26:00.001-07:00

Battlefieldsmiles is taking a break from serious commentary. Probably a brief break though as the death of my country and the assault upon my faith are issues I care about. (sigh)

I may have used this before but it is difficult for me to see it without laughing. My children understand and sympathize with this kid.

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My daughters have married Christian guys that respect them and show them love. Susan and I are thankful for this and enjoy their company.

As a dad I do understand the following application. It is not mine but borrowed and clipped and pasted.

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO DATE MY DAUGHTER
Print out and submit as per instructions at the bottom of the form.

1. Name :__________________________________________________ Date of Birth :_________________
2. Height :___________________________ Weight :_______________________ GPA :________________
3. Social Sec. #_______________________ Drivers license #______________________________________
4. Boy Scout Rank :__________________________
5. Home address :____________________________ City/ State____________________________________
6. Do you have one male and one female parent ? Yes _______ No _______
7. If no, explain :_________________________________________________________________________
8. Number of years parents married :__________________________________________________________
9. Do you own a van ?______ A truck with oversized tires ?______ A water bed ?_______
10. Do you have an earring , nose ring , belly-button ring ?______ A tattoo ?_______
(If yes to any of #9 or #10, Discontinue application and leave premises ...
11. In ten words or less, what does LATE mean to you ?___________________________________________
12. In ten words or less, what does Abstinence mean to you ?______________________________________
13. In ten words or less, what does DON'T TOUCH MY DAUGHTER mean to you ?___________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________
14. Church you attend :_________________________________ How often you attend :_______________
15. When would be the best time to interview your Father, Mother, And Minister ? ___________________
16. What would you want to be IF you grew up ? _______________________________________________

Answer by filling in the blanks. Please answer freely - all answers are confidential
(that I won't tell anyone - ever- I promise).

If I were shot, the last place on my body I would want wounded is in the __________________________

If I were beaten the last bone I would want broken is my ________________________________________
The one thing I hope this application does not ask me about is ___________________________________

When I first meet a girl, the thing I notice about her first is_______________________________________
(Note: If answer begins with T or A, discontinue and leave premises: Keeping your head low and running in
a serpentine fashion is advised. )

I SWEAR THAT THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED ABOVE IS TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE UNDER PENALTY OF: NATIVE AMERICAN ANT TORTURE, ELECTROCUTION,
CHINESE WATER TORTURE, RED HOT POKERS, DEATH, AND DISMEMBERMENT.

Signature (that means your name, moron)______________________________________________________

Thank you for your interest. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for processing. You will be contacted in writing if you are approved. Please do not attempt to call or write. If your application is rejected you will be notified by two gentlemen wearing white coats and carrying a violin case.

APPLICANT'S RIGHT THUMB PRINT IN BLOOD

HTOITA

Ugly green statue

2009-08-19T08:11:00.000-07:00

I like the small town of Cloverdale, CA. The people have mostly been friendly (Some of the arch-liberals really hate me). It is a pleasant place to raise kids. The summers get a little hot but the ambiance of a small town atmosphere more than makes up for it.

The plaza in the midst of town is very functional and there are lots of community activities. The local artist like to place sculptures there. The artwork is interesting. Because of one of the statues I placed the following letter in the paper (The folks at the Cloverdale Reveille are pretty cool people).

BEWARE OF UGLY GREEN STATUE - RATED PG

Dear Editor;

The town of Cloverdale has been my home for twenty years. I realize that I am in the minority, a Christian and a Bible believer. This said I have wondered why Cloverdale has such an inconsistent attitude toward offending people in a minority position.

The lovely plaza in the center of town is decorated often by interesting art pieces. You can rest assured that there will NEVER be anything placed there that would offend an atheist or sensitive non-Christian. That is not true, however, of art that offends people like me.

Placing a Buddha in a prominent place for several months puzzled me. A cross or anything Christian would never be included in the plaza. Now an ugly naked green statue of a woman mooning the road where it cannot be missed seems a bit over the top even for anti-Christian liberals.

I can only conclude that Bible believing conservative type Christians are not worthies of consideration. If the situation were reversed you can rest assure that the ACLU would file suit to cause Cloverdale to remove the offending sculpture.

Most of the time I do not mind being made fun of and ridiculed but in this case there has been a gross error in judgement.

After this letter I have had people speak to me about the statue. One lady said her 7-year-old asked her, “Mommy why is that lady going poo?” I have also been told I have no sense of humor and I am mean spirited and evil because of the cruel and harsh letter in the paper.

There are several things I have learned (relearned) from this experience:

The liberals who run the display really do not care what a minority conservative Christians feel.
The goal of the art is to push the envelope, ridicule the Christian, desensitize the children, and remove all barriers.
If you object to anything a liberal does you are an evil person deserving obscurity.

I am glad God does not agree with them. His Book places us exactly where we ought to be. He is right when everyone disagrees with Him.

Now I am going to go work on that missing sense of humor.

HTOITA

ENGLISH SHOULD BE THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE FOR THE USA

2009-08-03T16:21:00.000-07:00

This picture has nothing to do with this blog. The Cases are back. I enjoy watching the critters playing in the yard. This is obviously a budding construction supervisor, (riding).

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Theodore Roosevelt on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN

"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Theodore Roosevelt 1907

This Roosevelt was a Republican back when the Republican Party was a party of principle. The Democrats were the slavery party during the Civil War, against integration all during the 1900s, and are the anti-American party now.

HTOITA

DOCTORS ARE MORE DANGEROUS THAN GUNS

2009-07-22T12:32:00.000-07:00

These pictures have nothing to do with this blog. The one on top is a partial picture of Dan and Robin's family. Micah is missing his brother Elijah Lincoln. The one on the bottom is Dan a looooong time ago.
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I sent the following to the local paper:

"I know you cannot print this but I bet if you did you would increase your readership. And possibly get sued from a left wing loon."

The number of physicians in the United States is 700,000.
Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year is 120,000.
Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171. (US Dept. of Health &Human Services)

Then think about this:

The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000 (yes, eighty-million!).
The number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups) is 1,500.
The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188.

Statistically, doctors are about 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.

FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS A DOCTOR.

Alert your friends to this threat. We must ban doctors before this gets out of hand. As a public health measure we have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear that the shock could cause people to seek medical attention.

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The facts are true! The irony and sarcasm is intentional to show the ridiculousness of those who would take guns away from all Americans. The only country that is ‘better off’ where the citizens don’t own guns is a totalitarian regime. Our forefathers had good reason for making it a constitutional right for the citizens to own guns. If they didn’t, we wouldn’t be a free nation known as the USA today.

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From me:

I had a doctor ask me if I had any guns in the house. I asked him if he had any sharp knives in his house. He asked why I would ask such a thing. I said, "You asked a personal question that is none of your business so I thought I would return the favor."

He said, "But guns are dangerous".

I repeated the above statistics to him and he dropped the subject. Other than being a liberal narrow-minded nut he was a nice guy.

HTOITA

LIBERALS ARE HYPOCRITES

2009-07-08T15:14:00.000-07:00

This picture has nothing to do with this blog. Ruth was sitting on the lawn and the wood chewing dog did not want to be alone. Two cute girls.

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LIBERALS ARE HYPOCRITES

I borrowed this from www.freerepublic.com and I hope they don’t mind.

LIBERALS ARE HYPOCRITES

What If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current on their income taxes, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to “Cinco de Cuatro” in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the Fifth of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

If George W. Bush had misspelled the word advice would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potato as “proof” of what a dunce he is?

If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on “Earth Day”, would you have concluded he’s a hypocrite?

If George W. Bush’s administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually “get” what happened on 9-11?

If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how he is inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans, would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?

If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?

LIBERALS ARE HYPOCRITES

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 10 weeks -- so you'll have three years and nine-and-a-half months to come up with an answer.

LIBERALS ARE HYPOCRITES

So are Christians sometimes but the difference is that WE TRY NOT TO BE. Liberals think they are the epitome of ethics and consistency. I guess that makes some of them ignorant also.

God loves them too. Tell a liberal about Jesus. If they get saved and grow in Christ they will become more like Jesus and God is a conservative.

HTOITA

JACKSON'S BRAINLESS FUNERAL

2009-07-06T11:33:00.000-07:00

This picture has nothing to do with this blog. This is a pretty teenager I found in my cluttered kitchen reading her Bible one morning. Some teens are cool. Hannah is one of them.

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About Michael Jackson's death

I feel very bad about this. He had a horrible life. The poor guy went from being a nice looking black kid to a sort of weird looking white man. He had as friends, sycophants who only cared for his money. He was reared in the JFW cult. He was on the outs with his family. He was close to Hollywood losers and lefties. He was a man who helped corrupt the youth of the country and he was allowed to do so by spineless adults who knew better but were afraid of speaking.

The absolute worse thing is his eternal destiny. A lost man separated from God forever in a place prepared for the devil and his angels.

I found the following headline:
“Michael Jackson to be buried without his brain.” The police are analyzing it for evidence of a crime. The first thought in my mind was that he lived his life without the proper use of his brain it is only appropriate to be buried without his brain.

It is also ironic that the American public is being distracted from the destruction King Obama is doing to the country by his funeral. This is also a brainless activity.

HTOITA

Boxer Ma'am, arrogant and ignorant

2009-06-24T16:54:00.001-07:00

This picture has nothing to do with this blog. Our hard working guys building a brick wall. It is a little brick wall but will look good when finished. All that experience and good looks too. When I was a teen I did not know how to do anything.

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The wacko left hates the military. Eureka and Arcata of Humbolt County, CA just lost their bid to keep recruiters away from minors. In Humbolt County CA they teach pot smoking, welfare collecting, and America hating. The elite snobs have always hated the military.

This is not new.

While we have Senators correcting Generals and Congresscritters who use the military as servants we also have a president that has zero concern for military life. He has soldiers reading Miranda rights to terrorist Taliban combatants.

This is not new. Rudyard Kipling wrote the following in the late 1800s. Many poets have called the British soldier Tommy Adkins. Sort of like Joe here in the USA.

Tommy

I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.

I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.

Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.

We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind.

You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

Note from the redneck preacher. In this poem he is obviously talking about root-beer.

HTOITA

Chickens and childish fans of BHO

2009-06-12T17:10:00.000-07:00

These pictures are of the main people in my life. Terri-hocky, Ruffles, Pepper, Lasha, and of course Susan. Lasha is eating her one meal of the day. Her diet consists mostly of various amounts of raw chicken necks and backs, ground turkey, ground beef, and occasionally organ meats. All of this served raw and she really loves it.

When we feed her and there are kids present, they enjoy watching her from a safe distance. She removes the largest raw piece and places it on the floor or dirt. I think she prefers the grit. If I feed her in the kitchen it involves (if I do it) reminding her to lick the floor afterwards. If my wife does it the floor will be mopped because she is irrational about Lasha’s tongue. That explains why Lasha is eating outside.

As soon as Lasha started eating, the chickens tried to see what she was eating. We felt that warm live chicken necks pecking at Lasha’s dish might be a little difficult on her self-control. Susan is trying to keep the feathered idiots away from the “teeth of death”.

After we finished laughing and taking the pictures I thought of how Barak Hussein Obama’s loving fan club (the media, homosexuals, Hollywood leftist, naïve simpletons, and people ignorant of history) are trying to help usher in a promised utopia. If that were to happen the media would be severely restricted, homosexuals would be executed, Hollywood leftist would only be allowed certain projects, and others would be programmed to obey.

The chickens had to be kept away from the dog. Conservatives are trying to keep our culture away from the abyss of a liberal utopia.

There is a parallel

HTOITA

Rubic cube solution

2009-05-29T15:57:00.000-07:00

I am a peaceful person. I do not condone violence. As I looked at this logical answer to the Rubic's cube I thought there was a political comment somewhere but I could not quite put my finger on it.

THE BALLAD OF BESSIE'S BOIL

2009-05-20T08:22:00.000-07:00

This picture has nothing to do with this blog. I think it wonderfully symbolizes what is happening to the economy and moral fiber of our country by BHO and the libs in office. In my opinion it is being done intentionally.

The next picture also has nothing to do with this blog. Just another sleeping dog/kid picture. The kid is Ruth. The picture is cute

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This was Ronald Reagan’s favorite poem. It is not Shelly, Dickinson, Shakespeare, or Yeats but it is funny if you read it with an English accent.

BESSIE’S BOIL

Says I to my Missis: "Ba goom, lass! you've something I see, on your mind."
Says she: "You are right, Sam, I've something. It 'appens it's on me be'ind.
A Boil as 'ud make Job jealous. It 'urts me no end when I sit."
Says I: "Go to 'ospittel, Missis. They might 'ave to coot it a bit."
Says she: "I just 'ate to be showin' the part of me person it's at."
Says I: "Don't be fussy; them doctors see sights more 'orrid than that."

So Misses goes off togged up tasty, and there at the 'ospittel door
They tells 'er to see the 'ouse Doctor, 'oose office is Room Thirty-four.
So she 'unts up and down till she finds it, and knocks and a voice says: "Come in,"
And there is a 'andsome young feller, in white from 'is 'eels to 'is chin.
"I've got a big boil," says my Missis. "It 'urts me for fair when I sit,
And Sam (that's me 'usband) 'as asked me to ask you to coot it a bit."
Then blushin' she plucks up her courage, and bravely she shows 'im the place,
And 'e gives it a proper inspection, wi' a 'eap o' surprise on 'is face.
Then 'e says wi' an accent o' Scotland: "Whit ye hae is a bile, Ah can feel,
But ye'd better consult the heid Dockter; they caw him Professor O'Niel.
He's special for biles and carbuncles. Ye'll find him in Room Sixty-three.
No charge, Ma'am. It's been a rare pleasure. Jist tell him ye're comin' from me."

So Misses she thanks 'im politely, and 'unts up and down as before,
Till she comes to a big 'andsome room with "Professor O'Neil" on the door.
Then once more she plucks up her courage, and knocks, and a voice says: "All right."
So she enters, and sees a fat feller wi' whiskers, all togged up in white.
"I've got a big boil," says my Missis, "and if ye will kindly permit,
I'd like for to 'ave you inspect it; it 'urts me like all when I sit."
So blushin' as red as a beet-root she 'astens to show 'im the spot,
And 'e says wi' a look o' amazement: "Sure, Ma'am, it must hurt ye a lot."
Then 'e puts on 'is specs to regard it, and finally says wi' a frown:
"I'll bet it's as sore as the divvle, especially whin ye sit down.
I think it's a case for the Surgeon; ye'd better consult Doctor Hoyle.
I've no hisitation in sayin' yer boil is a hill of a boil."

So Misses she thanks 'im for sayin' her boil is a hill of a boil,
And 'unts all around till she comes on a door that is marked: "Doctor Hoyle."
But by now she 'as fair got the wind up, and trembles in every limb;
But she thinks: "After all, 'e's a Doctor. Ah moosn't be bashful wi' 'im."
She's made o' good stuff is the Missis, so she knocks and a voice says: "Oos there?"
"It's me," says ma Bessie, an' enters a room which is spacious and bare.
And a wise-lookin' old feller greets 'er, and 'e too is togged up in white.
"It's the room where they coot ye," thinks Bessie; and shakes like a jelly wi' fright.
"Ah got a big boil," begins Missis, "and if ye are sure you don't mind,
I'd like ye to see it a moment. It 'urts me, because it's be'ind."
So thinkin' she'd best get it over, she 'astens to show 'im the place,
And 'e stares at 'er kindo surprised like, an' gets very red in the face.
But 'e looks at it most conscientious, from every angle of view,
Then 'e says wi' a shrug o' 'is shoulders: "Pore Lydy, I'm sorry for you.
It wants to be cut, but you should 'ave a medical bloke to do that.
Sye, why don't yer go to the 'orsespittel, where all the Doctors is at?
Ye see, Ma'am, this part o' the buildin' is closed on account o' repairs;
Us fellers is only the pynters, a-pyntin' the 'alls and the stairs."

Robert W. Service

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ROBERT SERVICE

2009-05-10T10:02:00.000-07:00

This picture has nothing to do with this blog. It is a fine example of a homeschool. Not only are the kids not being taught evil things that CA kids are routinely taught. They get to learn how to read and write and they learn about history and HIS story. These things are not a priority for CA teachers (with a few exceptions) to stress.

ROBERT SERVICE, a favorite poet of Ronald Reagan and myself, is not known for his Christian themes. Imagine my surprise when I found the following:

A Rusty Nail

I ran a nail into my hand,
The wound was hard to heal;
So bitter was the pain to stand
I thought how it would feel,
To have spikes thrust through hands and feet,
Impaled by hammer beat.

Then hoisted on a cross of oak
Against the sullen sky,
With all about the jeering folk
Who joyed to see me die;
Die hardly in insensate heat,
With bleeding hands and feet.

Yet was it not that day of Fate,
Of cruelty insane,
Climaxing centuries of hate
That woke our souls to pain!
And are we not the living seed
Of those who did the deed!

Of course, with thankful heart I know
We are not fiends as then;
And in a thousand years or so
We may be gentle men.
But it has cost a poisoned hand,
And pain beyond a cry,
To make me strangely understand
A Cross against the sky

I do not agree with his conclusion. I believe we are just as wicked if not more. If Jesus were to come today, as He did back then, he would be killed again. Of course the next time He arrives it will be at the end of the Tribulation with an army of saints behind Him and the obvious power of God.

EVEN SO COME QUICKLY LORD JESUS

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JESUS BELIEVES IN THE RAPTURE

2009-05-03T16:47:00.000-07:00

This picture is a good illustration for the political situation in the USA.

Last Wednesday the 1st amendment died. In the future the 2nd amendment may do the same. As Christian Americans we will have to fight for our rights against the enemy. But we need to consider
that the end result is settled in Heaven.

We have lost nothing permanent, nothing eternal, nothing of substance; we still have faith, the Bible, our family, and the church. AND just around the corner in time we have the blessing of the Son of God coming for us.

1 Thessalonians 4:13 to 5:11

1 Thessalonians 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
1Thessalonians 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

HTOITA

ANSWERED PRAYER 4

2009-04-20T09:21:00.000-07:00

This picture has nothing to do with this blog. It is however a pretty cool picture of three grandkids. They are a blessing to watch as they grow. As grand-parent-ness blossoms the trials of parent-ness fade. These kids love the LORD, are intelligent, attractive, fun, and generally keep their parents on their toes at all times. Their dad is the pastor of the Gospel Light Baptist Church in Fort Bragg, CA. Pray for him.

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This answered prayer is neither as dramatic nor as obvious as the previous ones.

I drove an armored car in Southern CA. The job was busy, at time exciting, and interesting. There were two men per truck. One drove and the other “hopped” or got out and retrieved the money. The driver watched out for the hopper and tried to cover all areas of danger within sight of the truck. Usually at noon they would switch jobs.

Because of the hazardous nature of the job we learned to trust the other person and depend upon them. There was one guy that I was paired with a couple of times per month. I did not like him. He irritated me by breathing. He was selfish, shallow, crass, profane, without morals, and had bad breath and body odor. I did not like him.

God began to convict me of my borderline hatred of “Jack”. Finally I asked the Lord to help me learn not to hate him.

The very next day as I arrived at the barn to load the truck and leave for my route I found “Jack” had been made my permanent partner. The boss said, “The idea came to me last night to change the shifts around.”

I learned to like this guy and we even became friends (sort of). It was a few weeks before I realized that God had answered my prayer.

God does have a sense of humor.

HTOITA

2009-04-16T16:55:00.000-07:00

This picture has nothing to do with this blog but shows 3 of our ladies during a work day at the church. That is tea my wife is drinking. Looks rather daring though.

The following is a good explanation of the BHO stimulus plan:

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House.

One is from Chicago ,
another is from Tennessee ,
the third is from Minnesota .

All three go with a White House official to examine the fence.

The Minnesota contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crewand $100 profit for me."
The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me."
The Chicago contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers, "$2,700."

The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"

The Chicago contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence."

HTOITA

VENTING RANT

2009-03-31T08:11:00.000-07:00

One of my boys accused Susan and I of spoiling the dog. Susan came back with a good retort. "We are not training the dog to be an eternal soul." I was walking by the office and captured this moment of canine benevolence. I think she actually likes the kids. If they are in another room she will go be next to them. Weird huh?

Someone has said, "The more I know of men, the more I like my dog." I would change that to politicians or ACLU lawyers and then it would work for me.

My reflections on the Obamanation of America has changed my righteous anger from the enemy of America, (the liberal left) to the ignorant populace who believes:

* Guns cause crime
* It is American guns causing the Mexican drug war
* You are safer unarmed in case a bad guy tries to hurt you or rob you
* It is more dangerous for a school kid to hear something about the God of the Bible than hear an address given by a pedophile
* Rush Limbaugh is a hate monger and Joe Biden is a genius
* Abortion is a sacred constitutional right
* Socialism is not a bad idea
* Etc.

THANK GOD for a Christian worldview. Knowing the depravity of man and the future of the world and the sovereignty of GOD help me to survive.

HTOITA

ANSWERED PRAYER 3

2009-03-23T17:03:00.001-07:00

This picture has nothing to do with this blog. This is a Grandkid, David. He likes to sit there and see what he can grab off my desk. He is fun and really likes grandpa.

At the risk of boring my family I thought of adding another item to the ANSWERED PRAYER blogs. Please allow me to set the situation.

I was a newly married guy and we were childless still. That means we had not been hitched for a year yet. I was also a newly saved man and was rejoicing in no longer having doubts and fears of my eternal destiny. My bride and I were discovering the wonder of prayer and faith.

My job was a cook at a Greek Restaurant. I also was attending a junior college. We lived 20 miles away from the college and 5 miles away from the restaurant. I was driving a 1958 Chevy and had a eighth tank of gas. As far as I know my gauge was working accurately.

It was on a Monday that I realized my dilemma. I had to travel to college twice and to my job thrice before I could pick up a paycheck. A trip to school took a ¼ tank of gas.

My prayer was something like this. “Lord I am going to run out of gas. I have to go to school and to work and can buy no gas. Thank you for this car. I will not complain and will be grateful for any mile you allow me to go. If you wish, I would ask you to help me get exactly as far as I need to go. I really would like not to run out of gas but leave that in your hands.” Actually I don’t remember the words but do remember my attitude because it was new to me.

By the time I got to school my gas gauge read a quarter tank. When I got home it read a quarter tank. For the rest of the week it read a quarter tank. I got my check, cashed it and ran out of gas coasting into a gas station. I filled my tank, I think gas was 40 cents per gallon.

This was a precious answer to prayer and taught me several things. God is trustworthy and can answer prayer. God wants me to accept His answers. I am in good hands in those nail pierced hands.

HTOITA

PRETTY DRESS & KID

2009-03-15T09:01:00.000-07:00

I love the smile.
I do not think stores sell dresses this nice.
My office is really a mess. That hand grenade hanging on the file is not live. Don't all pastor's have something like that in their office?

It has been a while since my last blog. I will share more of GOD’S goodness to us with you later but I wanted to post these pictures of something my Sarah mentioned on her blog (link on right).

HTOITA

ANSWERED PRAYER 2B

2009-02-23T17:26:00.000-08:00

This is a continuation of the previous blog. After we left Santa Maria with a newly rebuilt engine (I left the extra parts with my brother-in-law). We traveled South to my mother’s place in the San Bernardino Mountains. We were 15 minutes away from a narrow bunch of turns on a mountain road.

The time was way after dark and there were few cars but I remember a very big truck next to us when the steering wheel felt loose. I turned the wheel to the right and the car shot off the road.

There happened to be an off-ramp there. We were pretty happy about that off-ramp. I looked under the car and found a good excuse for never allowing me to work on a car again. The tie rod whatchamacallit was hanging down from the goodeo. I had put the castle nut on but did not put a cotter pin through the hole in the bolt.

This was one of those very simple things Jim (see previous blog) allowed me to do. It was something even I could do. oops!

It was dark; we were on an unlit part of the freeway. The only lights were from the occasional car and truck. It was so obvious God had placed us on that off ramp I thought that maybe God would help me find that nut. I walked a ¼ of a mile up the road and I remember thinking “it was around here that it must have fallen off. I placed my hand on the ground and was surprised to find the nut under my hand. I don’t think I hit the ground very much on the way back to the car.

I put those parts together to remind me of this story. Sort of like the 12 stones next to the River Jordan.

HTOITA