This is Why We Need Out

So, students at the University of Kabul in Afghanistan held a rally on Wednesday( May 22,2013) to protest a possible bill to outlaw the marriage of child-brides, and wife beating....They are saying that it was their "God given right" to marry kids and beat the hell out of their wives....Really?....Really... These are supposedly the educated class in the nation...what does the peasant think?  "We weren't going to obey the law anyway, so what me worry? "

Bring the US troops home....Now......Do not pass go, do not collect $200.....Let them grow their poppies for heroin production.....Just next time we can link terrorism to you, we'll be back not to "win hearts and minds" but to just tear shit up and leave...

I Wonder????

So, if this IRS scandal, this AP/Fox News Scandal, this Benghazi scandal all get out of control and they point at the White House, I wonder what the Executive Office will do to either control it or what event will occur to take our minds off " What did the President know, and when did he know it?"

Will the United States of America wind up in a war bigger than what we have now? Will their be some sort of a domestic problem( food shortage, domestic attack, revolution)  that we'll all panic over here in America? Just what will it be? Benghazi, IRS, Media scandal will be the least of our worries.

I hope I am wrong, but time will tell.

Cokes/ BHS Graduation pt II

I have been off coke and sweet tea for about a month now. Have lost weight and feel sort of better. ( Back is still hurting like mad, but what's new there?)

I have got to wondering, maybe all this talk against corn syrup is real? I had thought about switching to either Mexican sodas or Dublin Dr Pepper, but I have been off coke long enough now, I think I may have kicked the habit.

I know that a lot of people are upset at the amount of GMO corn being used now in pretty much everything. Hell, it has me looking for GMO products now...

I just checked the mail. Received my second invitation to graduation. I "gotta" go....If you see me, come by and shake my hand, hug my neck, I am pretty sure I'll be glad to see you....

Well, I Guess I am Going to Buna Graduation

I just checked the mail. I received an invitation to the Buna HS Graduation. I was gauging whether or not to go. Well, the invitation means I sort of need to to go. This is the last group of kids ( small group) I will have taught.

The next question is this, should I make a low key appearance, come in late, slip out early, or should I be brazen and sit with the faculty, as some sort of "Instructor Emeritus?" ( Even though I know Buna doesn't give two shits about former employees....it's a job, just like any other job., even though at times there is an emotional aspect to it.)

I look forward to it, and at the same time dread it.

Who knows, maybe I'll be asked to leave?

Drinking Pee

At one time everyone watched MTV. It was nothing but music videos. It pretty much killed shows like American Bandstand and The Midnight Special.

MTV has hit a new low. They have nothing but shows on in an attempt to shock us, including this one in which a girl drinks her own piss. 

Basic cable knows they have to keep an audience, so they'll do anything to keep us watching. Soon we'll hear the "F" word on a regular basis. Next, cable will have naked people. I make this prediction, in your life, it'll be a common thing to turn on MTV or F/X or TNT and people will be having actual sex....I cringe to think what HBO or Showtime will be doing....

IRS Official to Invoke the Fifth Amend.

Lois Lerner who is in charge of the IRS division which is in charge of the tax exempt division is planning on taking the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution when she testifies before the US House Committee investigating the scandal.

I am wondering if she will make a deal with Congress and possible prosecutors, and in return "roll-over" on a higher-up who ordered the IRS investigations on more conservative groups.....I wonder if she is waiting on a "sweetheart deal" from the White House to keep her mouth shut?

Here are some news items on the IRS situation:

- Texas Sen. John Cornyn has created a hotline for Texas groups who believe they have been targeted by the IRS.

- The Washington Post has a timeline on the IRS investigation. 

- IRS worker buys 100s of personal items from Amazon.com using her government credit card. 

- CBS reporter who investigated the White House and Justice Dept. believes her computer was hacked. 

I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see the committee tomorrow.

Straight to Hell?

This is one of the afternoons you wonder about.....Been listening to Hank III and his album " Straight to Hell." 

I remember the discussions during seminary in Dr St Anmant's Church History class in which we would discuss St Augustine and his quote. "Fac me bonum, deus meus, sed noli modo."  " Make me good God, just not yet." ( Confessions) 

(BTW: When I was at the seminary, we still learned some Latin, find a damn Baptist seminary that does that now.....but that's another blog.) 

I know there is now a TV Show that borrowed this quote, but it's days like this I know exactly what St Augustine was talking about...