Eisenhower had it right all those years ago. Today the military/industrial complex is out biggest economic engine. We export guns, missiles, bombs and planes to the world. We are the world’s army, navy and air force. How terribly, terribly sad. When did we decide to fuel our economy with death?
Fall Fashion
Well, it looks like someone in the family is ready for the coolness of fall. Dig the latest in stylish wear for autumn. Of course, BuddaBubba does not tolerate winter so she needs no winter clothing. She sees no need to go out between fall and spring when she can do everything she needs to on those nice pads her mommy scatters so tastefully throughout the house.
Talking to your kids about pot
As the referendum on legalizing marijuana grows closer, there are many discussions that need to happen about the pros and cons of the issue. But the suggestion that having a discussion with your children about legalized pot is unknown territory puzzles me. I can tell you unequivocally what my parents would have said to me because it would be the same thing they said to me about alcohol. Until I was 21, it was illegal for me to indulge. If I did, then my mother assured me she would send me to Kingdom Come. I wasn’t sure where that was
In case there is any doubt
I spent part of Monday morning babysitting a five year old boy. I may recover by the weekend. Meanwhile, be assured that having children is a task best left to the young and strong. He is an amazing kid. He also has more energy in his pinky finger than this whole house, including parrots and dogs, produces in a month. And I’m pretty sure he does NOT have an x chromosome anywhere in his body.
Why people don’t vote
No secret. Look at the sad choices they have. I can understand the “why bother” attitude, even if I don’t think it’s right.
Things one shouldn’t do
Number 564 – work on your keyboard while eating a breakfast sandwich of egg and jam. Jam jams the keyboard and makes all the letters very, very sticky.
What makes our family in heaven smile
My brother, closest to camera and thankfully healed and out of the hospital and expected to live an immensely longer time just to annoy his daughter, and my cousin Joe… also planning to live a long, long time to annoy his kids.
In heaven, all our aunts and uncles, moms and dads, look at this picture and smile because they know they must have done something right. Going on sixty some years later and still best friends.
Here’s an idea
To all those celebrities whose naked pictures were leaked on the Internet… if you don’t want naked pictures of yourself showing up everywhere, STOP FRIGGIN’ TAKING THEM!
It’s not bad enough we have political ads but…
There it was in the paper – the day after Labor Day – the first ad with the word Christmas in it. Have we really reached the point as a society where we have so little to occupy us that we need to start preparing for the holiday season three months ahead of time?
Speaking of labor…
I was thinking about Labor Day and that got me to thinking about labor which segued off to a woman in labor which brings me to my current topic – women having babies to replace the babies taken away by the state or tribe because they are not capable of providing a child with basic safety, nourishment and support.
For those of you who have never been involved in the field of child protection, the laws that govern it can be pretty weird sometimes. Replacement babies are a classic example. Here’s the way it often goes. If a state social