Let's All Pray This Will Be True...

This story has been going around the Internet quite a bit. It's great and I really hope I can go to the White House in 2009 and hear this.

One sunny day in 2009, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue , where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton."

The Marine replied, "Sir, Mrs. Clinton is not the President and doesn't reside here."

The old man said, "Okay," and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton".

The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mrs. Clinton is not the President and doesn't reside here." The man thanked him and again walked away .

The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton."

The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mrs. Clinton. I've told you already several times that Mrs. Clinton is not the President and doesn't reside here. Don't you understand?"

The old man smiled as he replied, "Oh, I understand you fine, I just love hearing your answer!"

The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir."

Names in the News

Welcome the latest link on the side bar. It has the names of people in the news and a list of current and former world leaders.

Political Resumes?

algore Wins Academy Award

How about algore? "An Inconvenient Truth" has won an Academy Award. algore says It’s all about the environment. Can anybody think of anything better for the environment than an event that features 2,000 stretch limousines?

How many scientist don't believe that global warming is man made? Go to the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine for the answer.

A Trip to the Doctor

Here's a repeat post from long ago. Although it's written hyperbolically it hits home with all of us. There are few things worse than going to a doctor.

I remember a visit to the doctor's office a while back. Something happened to my back during a weekend with Wifewoman that caused me to look like Quasimodo and feel worse. I called the doctor and made an appointment. The appointment writer downer gave orders to arrive 30 minutes early to fill out paperwork.

Upon arrival I approached a window where the beast was housed. She (it looked female) handed over scads of forms to fill out and at least 5,000 questions to answer in the brief span of 30 minutes. Little did I know that it would be plenty of time.

With the help of Wifewoman we completed everything and I returned it to the beast. She told me to sit down and wait and she'd call when the doctor was ready to see me.

See Don. See Don Wait. Wait, wait, wait.

45 minutes elapsed since feeding the beast 35 pounds of paper and the ink from 3 boxes of Bic pens. Unacceptable, I thought. I approached the window that seemingly provided protection for infirmed humans and told her that the appointment was for 10:15 am and it was 11:00 am. I was informed that the doctor was usually this late and it wasn't a problem. I told her I didn't care about what was 'usually' and that it was a problem. We had words... lots of words...

I waited... and waited...

FINALLY my name was called and we were ushered into the examination room. After a few minutes the door opened. In walked this girl dressed incredibly sloppy with a huge lab coat. Why do they dress like that? This nurse, or tech, started asking the same questions I spent all that time answering 30 minutes before the appointment. I reluctantly answered them. She scribbled on a sheet of paper attached to a clipboard in large illegible balloon letters and left. I guessed that I'd be seeing the doctor next.

WRONG!

In walks this guy that could be mistaken for a doctor...

"Who are you?" I asked.
"I'm the PA"
"Huh?"
"The PA. Physicians Assistant."
"Where's the doctor?"

He started playing doctor and proceeded asking the same 5,000 questions...

"I answered those already. They're on the chart".

He kept asking THEN proceeded to poke and prod my body. I couldn't stand it. Lastly, he scribbled on a pad using illegible hieroglyphics only he could interpret and left.

So far over 45 minutes had been spent in the exam room and no doctor had been sighted.

I WANT TO SEE THE DOCTOR!

When the overbooked and time challenged M.D. finally made his glorious appearance he picked up the chart and began asking the same questions the nurse and PA had previously asked.

DOESN'T ANYBODY LOOK AT THE FORMS I SPENT HALF THE MORNING FILLING OUT?

After asking questions He proceeded to poke and prod my body. Occasionally he'd grunt something in Latin (I think) and ask stupid questions like,

"Does that hurt?"
"Of course it hurts. You just poked me."

The doctors examination, writing of the prescription, and asking the if I had any questions took almost 10 minutes. Why was I there for 2 hours if he was only going to spend 10 minutes?

Seriously, I don't know about you but we pay insurance to see a doctor, NOT a P.A. It gripes me to spend money on something and not get what I paid for, i.e. a doctor and not some wannabe play doctor.

From now on I'm making it a point to tell the receptionist that I will not be seen by the pa. If the doctor won't see me I'll go elsewhere. I'm paying for a doctor and I expect to see a doctor.

Great Quotes

Here are some outstanding quotes from people with brains.

Apparently the only people who are supposed to be responsible are the taxpayers — and they are increasingly made responsible for other people's irresponsibility. Thomas Sowell

The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. Ronald Reagan

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive. Wm F. Buckley

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' Ronald Reagan

The Green Bay Packers are Shocked

Hillary Clinton Analogy - (Mrs. Brett Favre)

Today, a shocking announcement by the Green Bay Packers...

Their starting quarterback this Sunday will be Mrs. Brett Favre. The fans in Green Bay were shocked when this announcement was made, but Mrs. Favre assured the fans that she can do just as good, if not better, than her husband Brett Favre has been doing.

"Hey, I know this game," Mrs. Favre said confidently, "I live with Brett. I have taken several road trips on the team plane. I've gone to the pregame meal. I know a lot of the Packers. I've even played and tossed the football around with them in our back yard. I know what a slot right 60-Prevent-Slot-Hook-And-Go is and I know how to avoid a corner blitz."

The people of Green Bay were polled and 50% of Packers fans are excited, motivated, looking forward to the big game.

All right, you think that's ridiculous? Let me reread this.

In a shocking announcement today, Mrs. Hillary Clinton (wife of the impeached president Bill Clinton) announced that she is running for president of the United States. The reason she believes she is a good candidate is because she knows Bill Clinton, has lived with him and was on a lot of trips to China and around the world. She says she has really cared about kids for 35 years. She's fought and she stood up for kids. She's tried to fix (read socialize) health care and knows that fifty percent of the American people are dumb enough to say, "That's good enough for us."

gag... cough...

America is ready for a strong woman president, but she ain't the one.

Don

Suspend the Constitution once and
elect Margaret Thatcher for President

God's Word

Have you ever thought about how little, if any, of the Bible people memorize ? They memorize about as much as they witness, which is as little as possible.

Here's a good reason to memorize Scripture...

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Ps 119: 9, 11.

Having 200 verses memorized is a lot yet it isn't even 10% of His Word. Here are some interesting facts about the Bible.

• There are 66 chapters in the Biblical Canon
• 31, 031 verses
• 23,145 are in the OT
• 7,958 are in the NT
• It was writtein over a 1500 year span (from 1400 B.C to A.D. 100)
• It was written by over 40 authors from many walks of life (i.e. - kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, poets, statesmen, scholars)
• in different places (i.e. - wilderness, dungeon, palaces)
• at different times (i.e. - war, peace)
• in different moods (i.e. - heights of joy, depths of despair)
• on three continents (Asia, Africa, and Europe)
• in three languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek)

Every verse we know can be used to witness or improve our lives. The best sermons we can learn are by simply knowing God's Word. That means memorizing Scripture. What else do we need? God knows better that us and HIS Word will not return void.

If there's a resolution I'd suggest to somebody it would be to learn a verse or passage from God's Word every month. It's not hard and the rewards will be incredible.

A friend once asked, "Why can't it be Spiritual ?" Knowing God's Word is a great place to start.

Happy New Year !

It's going to be a great year !

Do you make resolutions ? I don't. Not that there's anything wrong with them. It's something I don't do. What resolutions have you made?

Post them on the comments.