Howdy all! You know, being a grandfather is so much fun. You get to play with the greatest toy God has ever given you. And then pass them off when they mess their pants! And sometimes it’s fun to take care of that as well. You know, when the little darling is giving mama a terrible time on the changing pad, kicking and screaming while mama tries to clean. Then Grandpa gets his turn, and the little darling is so gentle and loving and playful. And the best part is, I get to tell mama “See! This isn’t so hard!” Next time though, I will just have to remember to duck.
Any h--- INCOMING!!!!,..
A gentle answer deflects anger, but harsh words make tempers flare. ~ Proverbs 15:1
The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Taylor, 1816
Why does the ‘race card’ exist? Any guesses? I have one. It’s because those who use it have no valuable response otherwise. And the more correct the point, the louder and angrier the race card gets tossed around. I have not heard or witnessed a single successful usage of the race card in winning a debate. So, why is it so successful at winning over the public? Habit. I heard once that if you do something for at least 70 times, it will be become a habit. Using the race card becomes habit. Hearing the race card becomes habit; so much so that it is more a comfort to hear than the truth. Isn’t that sad? And the worst part, the races card is almost always delivered with anger. Example, the economy. The President wants to collect more taxes for the entitlements promised to those in need as well as those in want. More the latter I would think. Jefferson commented about spending here. Swindling futurity on a grand scale. We hear that today in other forms, such as spending our grandchildren’s future away. But those who spend it, on both sides of the aisle don’t care one iota. Now, that makes us all mad right? RIGHT?? Sure it does. Those on the GOP side state how raising taxes ineffective at restoring the economy. Those on the respond that the right hates Obama and everything he does because he is black. (???) How they make that correlation is beyond me. But those who are used to hearing the race card seemingly accept the response like Pavlov’s dogs.
Yelling at the federally elected employees has no affect. So, what does? Simple; cast a silent, peaceful, cordial, courteous, even jovial vote for someone else. These employees of ours still believe the old political game is going strong. They don’t even know how wrong they are. But we don’t have to yell at them. We don’t have to use vitriol. We especially don’t have to use the race card. Just punch out a chad, mark a box, click a link and “Voice a choice”. It’s that simple, that peaceful and that effective. We don’t need to flare up any temper, theirs or ours. Just vote.
Take care, God bless,
AND STAND WITH ISRAEL!!!
Tom Kiley
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