A Few Of FR's Finest....Every Day....12-10-03....Donaeus - The Exclusive Inquisition

dansangel; Donaeus | 12-10-03 | dansangel; Donaeus

[dansangel]

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It has been a while, my dedicated fans. After bundles of fan mail pleading with me to return with another Inquisition, I decided to cancel my extended stay on the Riviera and travel, instead, to that quagmire of conservatism, Texas. Lars was ever-so-kind enough to pile my luggage into the aging H2 (I keep asking Billie for an upgrade and she has the nerve to keep telling me that a 2-year-old H2 simply is not old enough for the scrap-heap), and off we went, into the sunset, to the home state of President (shudder) Whatsisname. There, I was to catch up with the infamous Donaeus.



Sit back, relax and enjoy my latest conquest my dear, loyal and patient fans, as I present to you:

Donaeus - The Exclusive Inquisition

dansangel: Please give my readership some juicy, er, uh, some pertinent facts about your background.

Donaeus: I was born a patriot and the signs showed early. At age four, I was singing the "Star-Bangled Lantern," but I can remember knowing the power and majesty of our National Anthem even before I could repeat or understand the words. I felt pride surging through me so strongly I thought my heart would burst.

Ain't she sweet? Donaeus as a child.

dansangel: Sounds like a medical condition, if you ask me.

Donaeus: The song does the same thing to me today. The only real difference between then and now, are my eyes fill with tears because I fully grasp the sacrifices made to ensure our Star-Spangled Banner yet waves.

dansangel: I am ever so sure that there's medication you can take for that, dear. Now, to get back on track, some info, please, on your background.

Donaeus: Growing up I was a tomboy and dreamed of taking out across the country with the likes of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. My two best friends were my twin cousins, Jathen and Jarren, the closest I ever got to Tom and Huck.



We had plenty of adventures of our own though none of them legendary! The three of us loved guns and knives, knives being our favorite because we had real ones. We were very tough with our one inch blade pocketknives, don'tcha know!

dansangel: Regular juvenile delinquents, from the sounds of it.

Donaeus: I was always a little bit jealous of Jathen and Jarren because their dad is a hunter so they got to go to the woods and shoot real guns long before I did. I consoled myself with my grandfather's slingshots and the knowledge that one day I'd have a gun of my own.



I begged my Mother for years to let me have a BB gun but her answer was always no and back then Dad agreed. However, I was not to be deterred from target practice and was able to convince her I needed a bow and arrow set. I was rewarded by Dad with a very nice recurve bow set on my twelfth birthday. I loved that bow so much I would have slept with it but my younger sister would have none of that! As much as I enjoyed my bow, the longing for a BB gun had not gone away.



My wait finally ended when I was old enough to purchase a CO2 powered BB pistol that I took, along with my bow and arrows, on treks about the large property my parents rented. A .22 rifle I purchased at a flea market was my first real firearm. It is a fairly light arm even though it has a solid wooden stock and easy to operate which makes it a lot of fun to shoot. I'm happy shooting targets but would like to try hunting sometime.

Donaeus as a young girl, as an adult and a photo of her beloved bluebonnets.

dansangel: You know, you're starting to worry me. You're obviously a Neanderthal gun-nut. You are not going to tell me in the same breath that you are a [shudder] conservative, are you?

Donaeus: I've only voted for a Democrat once in my life and it was a very special circumstance. It was for the local school board election and the incumbent Republican, who was an in-name-only, had such a botched record we all wanted him gone.



Mr. Plochkey (sp?), the Democratic challenger, was far more conservative than the sitting Republican so I had no qualms about voting for him. He ran as a Democrat because running as a Republican would have let the fence-sitters and undecideds throw the election back to the incumbent. Everyone wanted change and it had to be someone with a decisively different message than one we'd been getting. Mr. Plochkey won handily and did an excellent job for our school district.

dansangel: Score one for our side! Thank goodness you at one time had the intelligence to vote Democratic. I'm so relieved - there's hope for you yet!

Donaeus: I've always had a certain interest in politics and government because it has a direct impact on all our lives. My Father has researched and followed political trends for decades so I must have gotten the genes.



I was raised in a very conservative, Christian home as were all of my immediate and extended family members. The only Democrats in the family that I know of were on my Dad's side of the family, his parents and a few very aged great-aunts and uncles.

dansangel: Ha! See? It's about time I had a "live" one! Democrats in the family - who could ask for anything more?

Donaeus: I think they followed that philosophy primarily due to their limited education, not their lack of intelligence, and the hardships of raising a family during the Depression. I really don't believe they could understand the real outcome or intention of welfare because both of them were insistent on instilling their children and grandchildren with a sense of personal responsibility and a strong work ethic.

dansangel: I feel you slipping away from the liberal, righteous side and stepping over into the wild side of knuckle-dragging, right-wing whackos….

From left: A Henry Moore sculpture in downtown Dallas, a Martial Arts display, also in Dallas and a Victorian home in Chinquapin Point.

Donaeus: In 2000, I became keenly interested in doing something, anything, to stop abortion and overturn Roe v. Wade.

dansangel: Wait until I get a hold of Billie….I came back from the Riviera for this?

Donaeus: I don't remember the exact event that caused me to seek out pro-life groups on the internet but the staggering numbers of young, unwed mothers and the murder of abortion clinic doctors weighed heavily on my mind. Abortion is one of the most despicable acts devised by man and as much as I want the practice ended, I do not in any way advocate individuals or groups who carry out violence against abortion providers.



Those responsible for the deaths of unborn children deserve to meet with justice, but it must be dispensed by a judge and jury. Vigilantes acting outside the law are a greater threat to our safety and security than the men and women the vigilantes seek to stop.

Gulls as seen from the ferry to Galveston.

dansangel: There you have it, my loyal and loving fans. Another hard-hitting Inquisition from yours truly. Until I am off to who-knows-where to deliver another gutsy grilling, Ta-Ta for now and have a Merry Christmas, er uh, I mean, "Season's Greetings."

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[dansangel]

Welcome Finest FRiends! Come join us in welcoming Donaeus to the spotlight as she comes through her Inquisition with dansangel - ace, bleeding-heart, liberal journalist - with flying colors!

[.45MAN]

Well another one gets grilled. Welcome donaeus to FR's Finast
Good Morning all....

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Angel.

[dansangel]

Good Morning (((((.45MAN))))))

Got to go *rush* to get ready for w-o-r-k arrrrrgggghhh!

Hugs and (((((((*Smoochies*))))))

[dansangel]

Love your new fly-by (((((Aeronaut)))))))

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Wednesday !

Hey, Donaeus ! Enjoy your day in the spotlight !

[dansangel]

(((((((((Meekie))))))))

Great graphic - love the Texas state and hat. Has Billie seen this one? :-)

[nicmarlo]

Mornin' meekie : )

[GailA]

Good Morning FRiends and congrats Donaeus on being FR's FInest today.

Coffee's on

[The Mayor]

The Lord has made known His salvation; His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the nations. —Psalm 98:2

To find joy at Christmas, look to Jesus.

[The Mayor]

December 10, 2003

Joy To The World!

Read: Psalm 98

The Lord has made known His salvation; His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the nations. —Psalm 98:2

Bible In One Year: 1 Timothy 4-6

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While walking home from a church service in Southampton, England, 20-year-old Isaac Watts told his father that the metrical psalms sung at their services lacked the dignity and beauty that should characterize hymns used in worship. His father encouraged him to try to create something better. So in the year 1694, Isaac Watts began writing hymns, and eventually put the book of Psalms into rhyming meter for worship.

Watts took the prophetic references to the coming Messiah in the Psalms and expressed them in their New Testament fulfillment. His hymns proclaimed that Jesus Christ is Savior and Lord. When Watts came to Psalm 98, he wrote:

Joy to the world! The Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing.
Joy to the earth! The Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy.

This hymn has become a favorite of the Christmas season. It calls us to acknowledge Christ as Savior and King, and to open our hearts to His rule of love and grace.

The psalmist wrote, "Oh, sing to the Lord a new song!" (98:1). Isaac Watts did just that in his proclamation that Christ has come, and we can rejoice in Him. —David McCasland

To find joy at Christmas, look to Jesus.

[dansangel]

(((((((Gail))))))))

Long time no see!

Please give Rocky the requisite tummy-rub from me! :-)

[dansangel]

To find joy at Christmas, look to Jesus.

Amen!

Thank you ((((((Rus))))))) for sharing Scripture and the history of "Joy To The World."

"Jesus is the reason for the season." We *must* not lose sight of that.

[The Mayor]

"Jesus is the reason for the season." We *must* not lose sight of that.

Keep repeating that, if someone says happy holidays I say "NO, it's Merry Christmas".

[The Mayor]

Sunrise over Grand Island, New York

[dansangel]

if someone says happy holidays I say "NO, it's Merry Christmas".

I will *only* send cards that say "Merry Christmas" or "Blessed Christmas" and have a religious theme.

"Happy Holidays" and "Season's Greetings" is absurd. I despise what the politically correct, mindless, drooling left has done to us.

[dansangel]

Beautiful. How can anyone look at that and say, "there is no God?"

[Donaeus]

Good morning to all my fans, oops I mean friends! LOL Thank you Dansangel for putting me through the Inquisition, it was a lot of fun. You did an excellent job putting this together, especially the layout which is not too girly. ;)

[FreeTheHostages]