My Beautiful Mother, may she rest in peace
June 15, 1926 - June 2, 2010

She loved this song and said it fit her to a tee
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I've had a Wonderful Life By Carroll Roberson

I've had a Wonderful Life, The Lord's been so good to me,
I've had a wonderful life, if tomorrow I never see,
If I had no more, blessings in store, I'd never ask or wonder why,
If I die today I could honestly say, I've had a wonderful life.

I've had some good times and I've seen the bad,
but thanks to Jesus my hearts not sad, I'm happy today,
even though I have some regrets, there's one thing I'll never forget,
Jesus stood by my side all of the way

I've had a wonderful life, the Lords been so good to me,
I've had a wonderful life, if tomorrow I never see
If I had no more blessings in store, I'd never ask or wonder why,
If I died today I could honestly say, I've had a wonderful life,

If I had no more blessings in store, I'd never ask or wonder why,
If I died today I could honestly say, I've had a wonderful life,
I've had a wonderful life, yes, I've had a wonderful life


Song

In case anyone wondered where I disappeared to: It's been a long couple of weeks with Mom being air lifted to Indianapolis Methodist Hospital, then her passing, then a wonderful celebration of her life at the funeral. She loved this song and said it was exactly how her life was. She was a woman of strong faith and I could only hope to be half as strong as she was. I hope people say the things about me when I am gone, she was dearly loved and thought of as a very kind and considerate person. She will be missed by all
RIP

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907

The year is 1907, one hundred and 3+ years ago.

READ PRINT UNDER PICTURE!

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.

'In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.'

Theodore Roosevelt 1907

Every American citizen needs to read this!

THIS IS MY COUNTRY!

THIS IS MY COUNTRY!

And, because I make
This statement
DOES NOT
Mean I'm against immigration!!!
YOU ARE WELCOME HERE,
IN MY COUNTRY!
Welcome!
To come through legally:

1. Get a sponsor!
2. Get a place to lay your head!
3. Get a job!
4. Live By OUR Rules!
5. Pay YOUR Taxes!
And
6. Learn the LANGUAGE like immigrants
have in the past!!!
AND
7. Please don't demand that we hand over our lifetime
savings of Social Security Funds to you.
This goes for Puerto Rico also.

If you don't agree with this
Then
YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!

When will AMERICANS STOP giving away
THEIR RIGHTS???
We've gone so far the other way...
bent over backwards not to offend anyone.
But it seems no one cares about the
AMERICAN CITIZEN
that's being offended!


WAKE UP America !!!

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Could it be that Congress shut the door on their HealthCare Insurance?

Could it be Congress wiped out their health care insurance? Haven't fully researched this but it appears that by legal interpretation Congress may have a problem. Read on. Would this be justice or what?

Legislate in haste, repent at leisure Looks like Congress is having one of those "Holy S---!" moments; it appears they have royally screwed up their own health insurance - for all 535 members of Congress and untold congressional employees. In a hurry, they forgot to get it right and wrote it all wrong; now it's the law.

Now Congress is in the same boat they built for the rest of America … without a clue what the new health care reform will mean to them. The beauty of their dilemma is pure poetic justice to some - they have written a law requiring that they move into a system that doesn't yet exist.

How could that be? Simple, a scaled-down provision of Republican Senator Grassley's “Health Reform Accountability Act” - the one requiring all congress members and their employees, with the exception of Senate committee and leadership staffs, to get their health insurance through the same health insurance exchanges where the general public would get theirs was left in the bill, unopposed, and was signed into law by President Obama.

It appears that the poorly written law is so mangled that “It is unclear whether members of Congress and Congressional staff who are currently participating in F.E.H.B.P. may be able to retain this coverage,” the research service said in an 8,100-word memorandum."

Some are concerned, and rightly so, that as written, the bill can be interpreted to mean that the moment the bill went into law - their own insurance that they know and love - was wiped out.

It's a long stretch to 2014, when health care exchanges go into effect and the law (as written) voids their insurance without providing a alternative. Whatever are they to do in the meantime?

Of course that was never their intent, their intent may have been to scrap the amendment altogether - or to revisit and firm up exactly how, when, and by whom all of this was to be handled but, oops they forgot! Unfortunately, they were in rush to pass the bill and never looked back.

Now looking forward, full of panic, and a scrambling effort to "fix" what may end up being decided in court. The courts are inclined to judge a law as it is written, not by what the author intended to write. How do you even explain this to a judge? Dare they try to plead it is unfair to execute a law conceived in haste, poorly composed, legally illiterate, and signed into law - unread? We all know a few states who would like to try precisely that.

What a mess their insurance is in now; and these are the same buffoons who wrote ours – “trust us” they said. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Obama - what a triumph of leadership!

If you are so inclined, read the report here and *wink* weep

http://www.freedomfoundationofminnesota.com/content/documents/CRSmemo.pdf?utm_source=Internet+Mail+Manager+Export&utm_campaign=f176d2fd47-AA%3A++Health+Care+Bill+Loophole+for+MN+Cong.+Staff&utm_medium=email

"Yes, WE NOTICED"

This was written by Sherry Hackett, Buddy Hackett's widow.

"WE NOTICED"
President Obama:

Today I read of your administrations' plan to re-define September
11 as a National Service Day. Sir, it's time we had a talk.
During your campaign, Americans watched as you made mockery
of our tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the
Pledge of Allegiance was spoken. You, out of four people on the
stage, were the only one not honoring our tradition.
YES, "We noticed."

During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that
you intended to visit all 57 states. We all know that Islam,
not America has 57 states.
YES, "We noticed."

When Candidate John McCain leaned over at Ground Zero and
gently placed a flower on the memorial, while you
nonchalantly tossed your flower onto the pile without
leaning over.
YES, "We noticed."

A joint effort at honoring 9/11 victims at Boston.com
Every time you apologized to other countries for America's
position on an issue we have wondered why you don't share
our pride in this great country.. When you have heard
foreign leaders berate our country and our beliefs, you
have not defended us. In fact, you insulted the British
Crown beyond belief.
YES, "We noticed."

When your pastor of 20 years, "God-damned America " and
said that 9/11 was " America 's chickens coming home to
roost" and you denied having heard recriminations of that
nature, we wondered how that could be. You later
disassociated yourself from that church and Pastor Wright
because it was politically expedient to do so.
YES, "We noticed."

When you announced that you would transform America, we
wondered why. With all her faults, America is the
greatest country on earth. Sir, KEEP THIS IN MIND, "if
not for America and the people who built her, you
wouldn't be sitting in the White House now." Prior to
your election to the highest office in this Country, you
were a senator from Illinois and from what we can glean
from the records available, not a very remarkable one.
YES, "We noticed."

All through your campaign and even now, you have surrounded
yourself with individuals who are basically unqualified for
the positions for which you appointed them. Worse than that,
the majority of them are people who, like you, bear no
special allegiance, respect, or affection for this country
and her traditions.
YES, "We noticed."

You are 14 months into your term and every morning millions
of Americans wake up to a new horror heaped on us by you.
You seek to saddle working Americans with a health
care/insurance reform package that, along with cap and
trade, will bankrupt this nation.
YES, "We noticed."

We seek, by protesting, to let our representatives know that
we are not in favor of these crippling expenditures and we are
labeled "un-American", "racist", "mob". We wonder how we are
supposed to let you know how frustrated we are. You have
attempted to make our protests seem isolated and insignificant.
Until your appointment, Americans had the right to speak out.
YES, "We noticed."

On September 11, 2001 there were no Republicans or Democrats,
only Americans. And we all grieved together and helped each
other in whatever way we could. The attack on 9/11 was carried
out because we are Americans.
And YES, "We noticed."

There were many of us who prayed that as a black president you
could help unite this nation. In six months you have done more
to destroy this nation than the attack on 9/11. You have failed us.
YES, "We noticed."

September 11 is a day of remembrance for all Americans. You
propose to make 9/11 a "National Service Day". While we know
that you don't share our reverence for 9/11, we pray that
history will report your proposal as what it is, a disgrace.
YES, "We noticed."

You have made a mockery of our Constitution and the office that
you hold. You have embarrassed and slighted us in foreign visits
and policy.
YES, "We noticed."

We have noticed all these things. We will deal with you. When
Americans come together again, it will be to remove you from office.
Take notice.