I have no idea what scares me the most. However, I have somewhat overcome speaking in public as I spent 7 years teaching electronics for the military. Still, you get me outside electronics and my knees shake.
By the way, anyone who has a fear of heights should be well aware that they will have to manage those fears in the Marines as I did, more than once. I’m not real proud of it. If I hadn’t jumped, they would have pushed me and that’s worse.
Not a fan of even the word religion. I am a Christian. That is to say, I have a relationship with Jesus Christ. Religion is for people who like to follow rituals. Many times, God has scolded the Israelite people for mindlessly following rituals, for being religious while leaving God out of it.
When Jesus set up His church, He left but two rituals, baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Even so, people have made this into a ritual and they leave Jesus out of it. Many of those who go through the ritual have no relation with God. They do not love Jesus nor do they desire to do his his will.
They call themselves religious but they love not his children, but rather kill them before they are born. Some would go so far as to kill them after they are born. They look at God’s children as an inconvenience to be gotten rid of as a wart or something cancerous. However, many show up on Sunday and chant the words without even considering them.
Old Joe calls himself a Catholic, but he has intentionally said and done things that result in the deaths of thousands. Truth be told, I don’t think the man has any relationship with Jesus. He might call himself Catholic but I can’t see any proof of him being a Christian.
Such can be said of many. They have their faith in their church, their religion and or their preacher. When they see Jesus face-to-face, they will realize they should have had their faith in Jesus. Only, it will be too late. Some with have decades to accept Jesus as their Savior. They will have no excuse. There is simply no religion that will save them and it will be too late for any extensions or revisions of their remarks.
As mentioned, I just bought a new computer. With it came a trial license for the latest version of office. The last time I tried it, I hated it. It was slow and lacked features that version 7 had.
So… Just for grins I figured I’d try it now that it has been many years to straiten it all out. Only problem is, that’s not going to happen. Being as I tried it out in 2018, they terminated the trial due to timeout.
No Problem. I have version 7 and it works good. I also have Open Office which is pretty decent. I would actually prefer to use my copy of Word Perfect but when they forced me to upgrade from Windows XP, I lost the ability to use that. I cannot find a copy of Word Perfect that will run on later versions of Windows. Sort of stinks of a monopoly, doesn’t it?
I am realistic. No one to talk to. If there were, they’d listen. If they listened, they’d not change anything for me or those who are as me. I laughed when I saw the timeout message. I might complain, but for what purpose.
No need trying out the current version of Office. By the way, I’m also upset with what they did with me with Outlook. However, I guess I will give them another chance if they want to give me one.
The words ‘and’ and ‘or’ are almost always conjunctions. However, in the sentence “It was and I said not or,” they are both nouns. The one speaking is saying he used the word, ‘and,’ rather than the word ‘or.’
For instance, if I tell a person to move a table and a chair and later realize that one the chair has been moved, I might say I told you to move the table and chair, not the table or chair.
Still, you’re right. It is a dumb sentence that will only like be used as a puzzle.
The above sentence is a little difficult, but it is completely, grammatically correct. You could of course ignore it. On the other hand, you could have some fun with it.
I might mention that a few have figured it out immediately. I would like to say I am among them, but I’m not. My father had to explain it to me 3 times.
It’s helped and it’s caused problems. Mostly, it has caused problems. If only tools, such as hammers, can only be used for good. The problem is, with some, you give them a hammer and everything is a nail.
Unthinkable you say? Impossible? It’s the bastion of communists. Yet from what I have heard, they have started opening their eyes. They are seeing how the dems and the illegal aliens are destroying the state, the schools and, of course, most obvious, the economy. They see their friends head south and the property values follow suit.
Sometimes, when you hit someone over the head enough with the truth, it is bound to penetrate even the thickest skull, figuratively of course.
Regardless, if the dems have to start concerning themselves with the Empire State, at the least they will have to start investing money and time in a place they thought was all sewn up.
Even more, all of the attention given NY might all be in vain. Can you imagine how the dems would feel if Trump carries what used to be the most populace state and the election too…by 20 electors.
Okay. It’s a dream. But I am allowed to dream. Even more, sometimes dreams come true.
When we moved into Mississippi we moved into the Solid South and we knew it. It was a time that politicians around here did not admit to being Republican. And, by the way, there were very few Republicans, if they admitted it or not.
Virtually, almost literally, all public officials were Democrats. I would like to take credit for the rapid change but I think it was more a matter of timing.
In a matter of just a few years, it seemed the Solid South went from solid Democrat to solid Republican. One thing I found odd about that is that the Democrats that were holding office became the Republicans holding office. The terms changed but the people remained the same.
It caused me concerns but I simply did not know what to make of it. The same people I was opposing became the politicians for which I was voting. I’m not sure how that happened, to this day.
So I am now voting for people who were really Republicans that were in disguise or I am now voting for Democrats who are now in disguise.
I think a lot of that was going on all over the country. It was an enormous upheaval. The end of it all is that we now have a bunch of Democrats who are pretending to be Republicans. They simply did not want to give up the power base they built so they donned the sheepskin and pretended to be what they aren’t.
So it is we have what appears to be a solid Republican south, but in truth, it just ain’t that solid. There are many red states with representatives voting with the blue states. That’s just not working out well at all.
The original idea behind the electoral college is that the vast populace of the country is not smart enough to directly vote for a president.
When I first learned this, I was in the 8th grade. Hooey, I thought. That makes not one bit of sense. My first thought was that we should do away with it and vote for the president direct.
I know better now. Only, the word smart is the wrong one. Better to use the term informed intelligence. Think about it. Who really knows the qualifications of those seeking the office. I used to think I do, but I don’t really.
We select the leader of our country by listening to a few speeches, reading a few newspapers and listening to a few news stories.
The speeches are written by people we never see. The news is written by biased reporters who frequently leave important points out. The same can be said about TV and radio but worse in that there is so little of it. The average half hour news program has less than 5 to 10 minutes of hard news. Maybe, it’s two or three minutes on the candidates.
Worse, most people don’t watch that little bit. It would appear many of the voters made their choice based on social media. Most of social media is full of false information.
Those who wrote the Constitution had it right. Most of us lack the knowledge. Many lack the desire to gain the knowledge. We are too busy living to be bothered by it. Yet, some of us, based on what little we know go to the polls and make one of the most important decisions we will make for 4 years. We will not only determine our own future, but also the future of of grandchildren. Invariably we will vote for people who will make decisions based on tomorrow’s news stories.
Better, we go back to the original electoral college. We vote for good honest people who can take the time to learn who the candidates are. They understand just what is really at stake. What they don’t know they take the time to learn.
Then the bunch of them meet for a week or two and decide on a president.
I have put this idea forward many times before and it seldom is received with agreement. Yet, when I ask the simple question, who is smart enough to select a president, I seldom receive an answer, leastways not a smart one.
I generally receive 2 or 3 calls a year wanting me to take a survey. Many years ago I jumped at the chance to let my opinion be known. Then, I guess about 20 years ago, I decided to put a stop to that.
I have three reasons. Now let me see. How is it that you spell neusance? (It took me 3 times before the spell checker accepted it) As I said, they call me 2 or 3 times a year and always at a bad time.
Secondly, they love to put words in my mouth. That is to say, they word their questions in such a way so that they get the answers they want instead of what I think.
Finally, sometimes they expect a yes no reply when yes or no is not accurate. The best example is the question asked me, are you in favor of immigration?
It was a stupid question and the woman who wrote the survey knew it. I found out three days later that I was not the only one upset with the question. Yet she made it clear that she thought it was a good question. It told me a lot more about her than what she found out about me. It was obvious she wanted me to say something I was totally against, regardless of which way I replied.
It is an advantage of my blog. Anyone who wants to know what I think need only read my my posts. I pretty well put it out there for all to read on just about all subjects.
As for the immigration thing: Anyone going through all the laws and doing it legally should be welcomed as long as they are willing to put their former flag aside and completely give their allegiance to their new country, as in their vow. If they spend 4 years in any military branch, it should be almost automatic. Finally, and certainly, they need to follow our laws, not the laws and or customs from whence they came. Those who don’t like our laws can return to their native country at any time.
Personally, I think coming into this country illegally should be a felony and those who break that law should be punished before they are returned. A year or two of that and illegal immigration would greatly be reduced.
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