Posted on 01/01/2022 1:44:52 AM PST by weston
Hello sweet friend. I’m here in Johnson City till either Tuesday or Wednesday are you available either day ? if possible we could just meet quickly for a bite to eat or if you have a sofa I could come spend the night with you and we could have more time together. I will need to get back to North Carolina but a lot depends on the ice and snow where my son lives there is literally no plowing or salting and my sons driveway if you can call that is a nightmare without snow and ice. I’m enjoying my time with friend Alta (yes unusual name) She was in my Sunday school n small group in OK. Retired librarian. Twice widowed. Have appreciated time together which neither of us had in OK
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I’ll find out tomorrow
Thanks exit. You can’t be down when you’re dancing!
Hellow, every body! I am fine. I hope you are the same. Love, Jemian.
P.S. Wish you were here.
lysie! Thank you for the breakfast, and I see there’s some for the early risers and another round for the rest of us! Back to bed for me - the windows are covered with snow, so it’s been blowing all night. Looks like a fair bit out there.....beautiful, if you don’t have to go out in it.
Twice is nice.
I’m traveling in to the big city tomorrow. Big city = Jayapura. It will take about an hour and half to go just that short distance and then I will be reporting to the Office of Immigration. I am a little confused as to why. We’ve been told it is for me to get my new visa. But, I am a “pengikut” which means a wife following her husband. I have that visa. I plan on NOT working. So, why do I need a separate visa? I might find out tomorrow.
Good morning, lysie!
Thank you for a delicious breakfast.
How is the weather treating you?
Good morning , Judy. We got about 5 more inches.
Good morning , Jem. Safe travels.
Yes Martin, Black Lives Do Matter
Townhall.com ^ | January 17, 2022 | Terry Paulson
On this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, it’s impossible not to appreciate how black Americans have made a tremendous contribution to America. Yes, indeed, black lives matter. Watching Martin peacefully march for equal rights while being spit on, attacked, jailed, and eventually assassinated was hard to watch, but even more important to remember. His Christian faith and his leadership skills were put into action in a way that we honor this day.
King’s “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial creates as stirring a vision for America today as it did in August of 1963. His words still sound a hopeful challenge: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
He wanted all races to be appreciated for contributing to our America’s amazing racial mosaic. No one race belonged on a pedestal. No citizen deserved being hated for the color of his skin. Yes, Martin opened doors for millions of black Americans. But it took men and women over the decades since to go through that door to use their character, drive, and gifts to succeed. They did it in spite of America’s racial past and lingering pockets of racism. Their contributions are numerous and ever growing.
Although I never voted for President Barrack Obama, when he was elected President of the United States, I recognized that it was a proud moment in American history. Even black parents could now say to their children-”Someday, you too could grow up to be President!” Yes, he destroyed the myth that millions of white American voters would never look beyond the color of a candidate’s skin. No doubt, Martin Luther King, Jr. shed a tear while smiling down from heaven that day. Yes, becoming America’s first black President did matter in a powerful way.
Black Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has also made a difference. Some believe that she could have run for President and won. Through it all, Condoleezza Rice never allowed herself to entertain even a hint of victim thinking. She took advantage of every hard-earned opportunity this great country provided her: “It was my mother and father, who, despite the fact that I was growing up in Jim Crow Alabama, always had me convinced that I could be President of the United States. They always taught me to just look past the obstacles. Either blast through them, or assume they’re not in your way.... Growing up where I did in Alabama probably gave me a healthier respect for how far we’ve come. I don’t carry anger about that period of time. I think it made me, and people like me, stronger. I just refuse not to be optimistic. You only have one life. And if you spend your entire life seeing obstacles and seeing clouds and assuming everybody’s out to get you, then I think you’re just likely to waste your life, and I’m just not going to do that.”
You’d think on this Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday we’d be far enough along as a free society to be able to celebrate the progress made and the amazing success of so many black Americans. Unfortunately, the anger in America today has rekindled a growing and unwelcome racial divide. There are shouts of “white privilege” and even demands for reparations for white racism. Such heated rhetoric and demands on the basis of race risk fueling new racism in blacks and whites. It risks doing damage to our society that could take decades to overcome.
Are we to throw out our visions of a color-blind society? Do character and civility no longer matter? Does working to earn one’s own American Dream no longer extend to all? Are race and identity-politics the only thing that matter? Of course not! You have friends and colleagues of other races whose skin color means nothing because you know them by name. You love and deeply appreciate your relationship.
Never forget that fueling racial animus is dangerous. Confucius wisely warned, “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” Getting even on either side of a racial divide can never be the answer.
Dr. Ben Carson, noted black surgeon and President Trump’s Secretary of Housing and Development, was saddened by the growing racial hatred and radical calls for defunding the police: “For a young black man, the most likely cause of death is homicide. ... How about we just remove the police for 24 hours. Can you imagine the chaos that would ensue? The vast majority of police are very good people. ...If you hire a plumber and he does a bad job, do you say all plumbers are bad? Let’s go out and kill them? ... In cases where police are doing things that are inappropriate, I think we ought to investigate those promptly and justice should be swift.” Defunding law enforcement is not the answer, but are there answers?
Carson added, “Instead of people pointing fingers at each other and just creating strife, what we need to be talking about is how do we solve problems in the black community.” He said that African Americans need to return to “family and faith, ... the values and principles that got black people through slavery and segregation and Jim Crowism.”
Read more.......
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2022/01/17/yes-martin-black-lives-do-matter-n2601899
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4030209/posts
Good morning , Gran. Got about 5 more inches.
I thought maybe you had lost your electricity, glad to see you posting.
Waiting for others to check in that live back where the storm rages.
Safe travels, Jem, and I hope everything works out well for you with the government.
Other than that, is everything good?
Good morning, everyone!
Well, the “snowmageddon” prediction was a bust here in my part of GA 😂 but we did get a dusting. Some ice on the roads, but we still have power. I’m glad because hubby is still at the hospital with my FIL.
Good morning. Happy to hear prediction was a bust.
Good morning, LilFarmer!
Glad you didn’t have that terrible of a storm that was much hyped by the LSM.
I THOUGHT Y’ALL WERE GONNA DIE!!!! LOL
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