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So what.
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Causing considerable consternation
to many fine folk since 1957
Pepper and me ... Seattle 1962
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Insist on yourself; never imitate.
Your own gift you can present
every moment
with the cumulative force
of a whole life’s cultivation;
but of the adopted talent of another
you have only an extemporaneous
half possession.
That which each can do best,
none but his Maker can teach him.
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Also capturing outrageous beauty left and right with my Nikon D7000 blissfully married to my Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D AF prime glass. Don't be jeal.
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Dying is a wild night
and a new road.
Emily Dickinson
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When I am gone
Please remember me
As a heartfelt laugh,
As a tenderness.
Hold fast to the image of me
When my soul was on fire,
The light of love shining
Through my eyes.
Remember me when I was singing
And seemed to know my way.
Remember always
When we were together
And time stood still.
Remember most not what I did,
Or who I was;
Oh please remember me
For what I always desired to be:
A smile on the face of God.
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Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.
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Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I BELIEVED, AND THEREFORE HAVE I SPOKEN; we also believe, and therefore speak;
Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
II Corinthians 4
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On the mountains and in the valleys,
By the banks of the crystal stream,
He wandered whose eyes grew heavy
With the grandeur of his dream.
The seer whose grave none knoweth,
The leader who rent the sea,
The lover of men who, smiling,
Walked safe on Galilee --
All dreamed their dreams and whispered
To the weary and worn and sad
Of a vision that passeth knowledge.
They said to the world: "Be glad!
"Be glad for the words we utter,
Be glad for the dreams we dream;
Be glad, for the shadows fleeing
Shall let God's sunlight beam."
But the dreams and the dreamers vanish,
The world with its cares grows old;
The night, with the stars that gem it,
Is passing fair, but cold.
What light in the heavens shining
Shall the eye of the dreamer see?
Was the glory of old a phantom,
The wraith of a mockery?
Oh, man, with your soul that crieth
In gloom for a guiding gleam,
To you are the voices speaking
Of those who dream their dream.
If their vision be false and fleeting,
If its glory delude their sight --
Ah, well, 'tis a dream shall brighten
The long, dark hours of night.
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Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it, have never known it again.
~ Ronald Reagan
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Monday, August 24, 2009 at 10:44PM This cartoon was supposedly made 50 years ago. Given the current debate raging in America, it is eerily prescient. Basically it's all you ever wanted to know about a free market society but were afraid to ask. Look closely because if Barack Obama gets his way, American capitalism (and the freedoms that go along with it) will soon be a thing of the past.
Reader Comments (4)
Yeah! Send that Democratic beaurocrat back to the White House where he belongs! LOL!
Those Americans had their own little "town hall" there at the end.
Hi Jennifer,
The irony I saw in that cartoon was that is was produced by Harding College. I work in a very liberal college, and I am constantly frustrated by the faculty and staff. While I pretty much mind my own business, occasionally, someone will learn from another that I am Republican and offer me a sneering remark. As recently as two weeks ago, a woman I work with read my blog and came to me and said "Oh, you're a Republican? I thought I liked you..." then she laughed. I replied "Let me guess, you're intolerant?" She did not like that. I stopped getting into debates long ago, but the health care issue is one I am the most riled up about. This is being crammed down our throats, and now that Ted Kennedy has passed, they are changing the name of the bill to memorialize him and to guilt everyone into voting for it. Liberals used to sneak their ideology and policies on us, now we are being forced to eat their ideas whole, and we are being called stupid and racist for disagreeing.
The "Cash for Clunkers" program was so poorly inefficient that the computers crashed and an extension had to be given to dealers to get their applications in. Imagine waiting for a heart transplant with the government deciding if you need one?
I hated it when folks absolutely demonized George Bush 43. He was called everything from stupid to Hitler and I thought this was a really bad example for my children. I feared Obama being elected, and when he was, I tried to make my children recognize the historic aspects of his presidency and to cherry pick certain things he does to show them that while I disagree with much of what he is doing and almost all of his policies, I can still respect the office of the president.
I see protesters waving signs near the mall by my house often enough where it is no longer a spectacle. Yet, when the tea parties were being held across the country, there were healthy turnouts for these events in my town and in nearby public venues. Two weeks ago there was a large health care protest of the upcoming socialized medicine bill that we are about to have forced down our throats.
The only way this vocal, and public antipathy can be effective is during the mid-term elections. I vote in every, single election. I am urging others to vote this next time around, and I plan to send money to my local Republican congressman even though he is not in my district.
This cartoon is indeed prescient, and the debates about health care and taxes are only the tip of the iceberg as the plans that democrats have for this country are scary. I'm sorry for the long answer. Thanks for posting this cartoon. -Mike.
@ Audrey ... yeah! Our republic at work!
@ Mike ... I couldn't agree with you more were I to be dipped in concentrated agreement syrup. You speak eloquently about these ULTRA-important issues facing Americans in what I consider to be very dark days. I too vote in every single election. It is my prayer that in 2010, this awful tide will begin to turn. We're going to need a lot of faith in God and a lot of strength of character to face the liberals who would take America down that awful road to Socialism. GOD BLESS AMERICA! Oh, and ... don't ever apologize for a long answer. We at IHATH love long answers! It proves people are passionate about the subject matter!
Some of those admonitions are worth keeping, some not so much. But I do like your 'be sweet!' It has a nice, gentle ring to it.
It sounds old-fashioned, too. Aaah, nostalgia!