Over the last few weeks, a drama has played out on the Arts and Entertainment (A&E) channel’s decision to “suspend” Phil Robertson from his own show, Duck Dynasty. Seems Phil stated his beliefs according to his Christian teachings regarding same-sex couples, which sent the left into a tailspin of shock and disbelief. This is the same network that was trying to get the Robertson family to quit praying in Jesus’ name on the show – both kerfuffles resulted in the show continuing, with the resulting exposure and free advertising doing nothing but driving up the fan base numbers. And proving to those of us who watch for these things that the basic beliefs of this country are still there, just obscured behind the smoke and mirrors of a very vocal minority that seems to have a large corporation that happens to control the news on their side.

There was another flare-up, this time on the abortion front, and this time in Market Square in San Francisco. According to the SFGate, pro-choice groups feel that banners that state “Abortion Hurts Women” is “hate speech” – in spite of medical proof that abortion does and can results in harm and death in some cases. Of course, the child is never considered to have feelings or is factored into the “Harm” portion by the pro-choice groups.

Medical facts and Christian teachings are apparently not part of the left’s continuing mantra of “diversity and inclusion” since these two areas conflict with so many things the left believes.

To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, “It’s not that the left leaning liberals are wrong, it’s just that they believe so many things that are false.”

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So – ya’ll know about or are aware of the stereotype where the kid(s) wake up the parents at ohdarkthirty to start the unwrapping of Christmas gifts? And how every year, the hapless parents warn and cajole the kid(s) to stay in bed a little longer, and let the parents get a little more sleep?

Yeah – not in this house. The Most Beautiful Woman in the World and I are chronically sleep deprived, it seems. Never can get enough sleep. I usually get up around 0430 to get dressed and go to work; that time includes feeding the dogs – a habit they can’t seem to break on the days when I don’t need to be up that early. TMBWitW gets up at 0600 to start her day, to include wrestling our daughter, MEG, out of bed and into school clothes. Seems MEG has picked up a mix of our traits – she loves to read late into the nights (which I did as a child, nowadays I don’t read nearly as much as I used to) and she loves to sleep (like her mommy). Bad mix, by the way.

We usually have activities crammed into our evenings, also – meaning that we don’t get to bed in time to get anywhere near the eight hours of recommended sleep, never mind enough sleep. Yes, this means we (ok, mostly I) am kind of cranky during the day. Again, bad mix.

That brings us to Christmas Morning and that stereotype I mentioned earlier. Here I am, up since about 0630 (the dogs let me sleep in a little bit), the paper has been read, and the rest of the house – is silent. TMBWitW’s alarm has gone off, but I haven’t heard anything else. She wanted to get up and make fresh cookies to hand out at the service this morning. MEG’s room is quiet as a library. Now that they have eaten, the dogs have decided that it’s nap time.

So, to my liberal family and friends – Please accept with no obligation, implied or explicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2014, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere). Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.

Have they left? Good. To my conservative family and friends – Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

(the Christmas greeting was gleefully borrowed from my friend, Texas Fred)

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“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.”

George Washington (1790)
Founder’s Quote Daily

May this post find you in good health, with God’s blessings, and a calm finish to this year, while you also have a healthy and happy outlook towards the New Year.

And with that, I close another year of blogging. Sorry it’s been scarce. I’ll RESOLVE to do better next year.

Hey, speaking of resolutions – remember these resolutions from this year?

I feel I have lived more for God and less for me. If you don’t think so, please let me know how you perceive how I’ve lived this last year, compared to previous years. I want to improve.

I have, for the most part, given up soda. Except for the occasional drink. I am down from 228 to 210ish. I still have a ways to go.

I posted a picture or three of places I have gone where it has been posted they do not allow weapons (in particular, they do not allow revolvers with a red circle around them and a slash through them. it’s ok, my semi-automatic is not a revolver, and there are no red geometric shapes anywhere near it). I refrained from posting pictures that could land me in federal prison. Yes, I am currently carrying concealed as I sit here in my house typing this post. Can you guarantee my safety in my own house? I can and do guarantee the safety of my wife and daughter whenever I am with them.

Apparently, there was a phony on the stage at the Mandela funeral.

See him? He’s standing just to the left of the fake sign-language interpreter.

You thought I was gonna dig on Obama(THHO) directly, didn’t you?

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Humorist Frank J. Fleming: “The actual name of the legislation is not Obamacare, but the Affordable Care Act, named in the same playful manner as how the bald stooge is called ‘Curly.’ Not to imply that Obamacare is as capable or helpful as any of the three stooges.”

The Patriot Post

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