Posted on 06/07/2006 4:29:28 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail!
Good morning!!
Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of our Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!!
Life was so much simpler...
When you didn't have long-distance choices. You simply picked up the phone and if you got a dial tone, you dialed. If you didn't, you either got the phone fixed, or you asked the other party on the line if they would be finished soon. It wasn't urgent to get the phone line right now, and everyone understood if it took you awhile to return their call.
Now...
You have call waiting, call forwarding, repeat call, do not call, choice of carriers. Who do you call when something breaks? Depends--local, maybe it's your phone company. It could even be your cable company. And with the phone companies, yes plural, willing to park your phone messages for retrieval, no one understands why you didn't return their call--or, for that matter, why you weren't there to take it in the first place.
Life was so much simpler...
When you brought home the TV, plugged it in, futzed with the rabbit ears or plugged it into a flat lead going to an outside antenna, and you got a picture. If there was no picture, you got the set repaired, and everyone understood that you may not get to watch your favorite program.
Now...
TVs aren't even called TVs anymore. They are "monitors". You don't plug in just one wire anymore, you, if you're like what goes on in my house, are plugging in a vitural array of dozens, nay, hundreds of wires. You have choices as to how the sound comes out, how the picture goes in, where the picture goes--does it go in the big view, or the little box on the screen, who sends your picture, and how the picture is sent. Is the picture sent over the air, the old traditional way, or over a cable, or down from a satellite 23,400 miles up there? Now when you don't get a picture--who do you call? The TV repair folks (if you can find any)? Cable company? Satellite company? Then there's TIVO--so now you can time delay your programs and noone understands why you can't watch your favorite program anymore.
How about computing? There was the venerable slide rule--yeah, ok, what's that. My point exactly. But nothing broke, required no programmming, just worked. You did your calcalatuions, and you got your answer. Everyone understood when someone said it would take a couple of days "to figure it out".
Now...
You've got Windows, MAC, XP, 2000, Excel, Word, blah, blah, blah. You have internet, intranet, extranet, and quite probably outernet if you look hard enough. You're lucky if your fancy computational device can stay "up" long enough to complete the required reports, and everyone believes things can be done at the push of a button. Presto, out comes thea answer. Three seconds--what took you so long. And, again, if something breaks, who do you call? Computer repair, network repair, cable company, phone company, satellite company? Aw, what the heck, call them all--get put on their "do not call" lists.
Oh, and coffee. That just used to be put your coffee in the percolator, or run down to your local store and suffer through the results. It still woke you up in the morning.
Now...
You have decaf, flavored blends, Starbucks, boutique coffee shops. It's tough anymore to walk into a place and ask for a "cup of coffee." You're faced with "what kind?" And let's not even go to "what happens if my expresso machine breaks?"
Let's move on to politics.
Then...
You had one party that favored big government, who believed that answers to all of life's problems lay in the response from the central authority. That party also believed that everyone should pay for this and that if there was any money left over--well, that should go into the kitty as well. After all, this party knew best, all we had to do was pay attention to their edicts and missives, and all would be well.
Now...
It's nice to know that there really are some things that don't change.
This November, vote for that other party, the GOP.
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
..and we all know Laz here at FR...
..I think there are some people who are truly this way.....they think way beyond the box...and speak accordingly.
I have to go to a quiet, serene place for a while after being in her company...
..she thinks faster than anyone I know....and she's bold with her words and can be extremely audacious...(audacious is my favorite word lately)...
..I think she wants to provoke...I think she lives to provoke...
..I think that applies to Ann Coulter too....
...these folk are real....they live, breathe, think like this.
Now whether anyone can tone them down....I don't know.
Yes, her words can be turned against her....and the libs will be sure to do this.
sigh...not everyone in life is programmed quiet, lowkey, or whatever.
You and I gear toward lowkey....I know....that's our makeup....that's where we're comfortable and the way we're made and I'm completely OK with this :)--This is my comfort zone.
But we need the provocateurs too, Kay....at some level.
But do you know what else?
The provocateurs need us too!!!
Hey, people who have just found out they're going to have a grandbaby nearby in a matter of months can't be melancholy so SNAP OUT OF IT ... NOW! That's an order, Sir! ;-)
"I am sending out a prayer request regarding Kevin's transplant status.
Our niece has finished ALL the tests and the results are in front of Dr. Kendrick at the UW Medical Center as I type. She will go over all the tests and make a decision if our niece is a good canidate to donate a kidney to Kevin.
Please pray for this doctor and the huge decision that is before her. We also ask you to pray for our niece Megan and for Kevin as they receive the decision.
I will keep you all posted... thank you for your love and support. Vicky" __________________________________________________
Prayers for sure, Bev!
Some days are just melancholy I'm finding as I get older. I found out this morning a friend in CT died; she was just a few years older than I am. In the last two years she lost her mom and her husband so she'll be with them now.
But I had lots of laughs with some freepers at lunch so that was great. Have a good night everybody.
Prayers on the way.
Oh Man. What I wouldn't give for some laughs with FReepers over lunch.
Exactly.
Prayers for Kevin and Megan.
It appears it will be a slow news day.../s
*snicker*
Good morning.
Is Zarqawi still dead this morning?
>>Is Zarqawi still dead this morning?
???
It's on AOL's front page and on the other side..........
Oops---I see it in the WSJ
The Iraqi government and its U.S.-led backers scored two major victories Thursday, killing the highest-profile insurgent in the country, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, on the same day Parliament approved new defense and interior ministers, crucial appointments that complete the government's cabinet line-up nearly six months after it was elected.
Flanked by U.S. officials, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Mr. Zarqawi was killed in a joint U.S. and Iraqi raid in the town of Baquba, north of Baghdad, along with seven of his aides. Mr. Zarqawi, a Jordanian whose brutal methods and knack for publicity have made him the face of the Iraqi insurgency, had long been the top target of the U.S.-backed Iraqi government.
I've been monitoring the live thread and it appears he didn't die immmediately.
>>and it appears he didn't die immmediately
But now he's with the virgins.
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