I don’t usually say this but I really think these were the best memes and video ever!!
Heres a story to think about on your Friday. Hope you like it!
There’s definitely a lot to this wisdom thing. We all have strong sentimental feelings for family, friends and pets that have passed. We hear stories and look for signs of them after they’re gone. Many of us that are left behind here don’t see all the signs of the ones that are gone, even though the signs are all around us. Sometimes I think wisdom is the ability to open our eyes and our minds to recognize things, even things that are unseen. When I was young my skepticism would never allow my mind to see what was not seen but plain as day and I’ve learned wisdom is very wide ranging.
I’ll never forget the day my family and I buried my brother John. It was a freezing cold day in February with 8 inches of snow falling. I never felt such a cold chill than that afternoon at the cemetery. The next morning, I was feeling really down and decided to go for a 4AM walk in the snow with my dogs, this is one of the only things that brings me a little peace. Right when I stepped out three deer came running by, crashing through the crusted snow, stopped and looked right at us. It was so loud in the dead silence of night, I just knew it was my brother John. There are many sayings like seeing a cardinal is a relative that has passed, sometimes you just know.
I’m not really sure how all of these connections happen but this song came into my mind a couple weeks ago. Over the years I had forgotten what this song was even about but after I pulled it up and listened to it, it made me think of you and Jill and the loss of your horse Corbeau. I didn’t get a chance to post it on your excellent homestead essay but here is the song. I don’t know why this song ever came into my mind, I hope it makes sense and a connection with you both, if not maybe for someone else. The song is a story told through a homesteader, it’s about a horse that was lost in a snowstorm and its owner dies trying to find it. They say “if” the horse, Wild Fire, and its owner comes for you, they will take you away from all of the hard times and problems in your life.
The reference to a cardinal is so true; I had a dream about a beautiful red bird that morphed into a person and the person and I "communed" and then he morphed back into that beautiful red bird and flew away. I didn't know who the person was, only that he had a red, buffalo plaid shirt on, and his hair was dark. That was in Oct. and on Xmas Eve. my brother died. I asked his wife if he had a red plaid shirt, and she said "oh yes, he wore it a lot, he had been cold." He visited me two months before he died, but I wasn't allowed to know who it was until after he died. One of many "death" dreams I have had that always check out!
Have always loved this song since I first heard it in the early seventies. Yesterday, winter solstice, my Mom would have turned 100. She passed 25 years ago
I am so sorry that you lost your brother, James. You can be sure that he made his presence known at precisely that moment. Thanks very much for sharing a link for that song. As coincidence would have it, it is snowing where I live. I always think about the critters looking for shelter every time it snows...
Morning, James. Take a nap from your snowplowing. You need it.
I had always been skeptical about faith, God, and the afterlife, up until something that I experienced back in 2015 that changed me forever.
It was April 10, 2015, and I was awakened by a dream about my estranged brother Rick, whom I hadn't had words with for the last 4 years, because of many factors irrelevant to this story. When I sat up in my bed at about 2:30am, my wife rolled over and asked what was wrong. I told her that I was startled by a dream about Rick that made me quite upset. Since Rick and I hadn't spoken for years, and my life went on as usual, I couldn't have known anything about anyone, considering I had nearly zero contact with my family after my mom's passing, and subsequent bogus lawsuits against me, by my family members.
I told my wife that I recall being at Ricks home, he was lying in his hospital bed, in his bedroom, where he was suffering from the cancer that had spread through his body over the last several years of his fight to save his own life. Considering the cancer, and his fight was true, when in the dream, he looked up at me, and then passed away, the dream itself sent an overwhelming, powerful surge of emotions, which at the current moment sitting on my bed, confused me as to why ?
My wife said, "go back to bed, as it was only a dream. You haven't spoken to him in years, and it was probably just on your mind."
I followed her instructions, and we continued on with life, unimpeded.
About a week , or so, went by, and I received a text from my nephew Sean, (who's father -my brother Steve) had sent me this message:
Did you hear that uncle Rick died ?
I replied back, no I hadn't. I knew Rick had cancer, but being estranged from my entire family (other than Sean from time to time), I knew nothing of what was happening to anyone, once my mother passed, and the lawsuits began. I asked Sean when he passed.
Sean replied, it was last week about midnight. I looked at the calendar, and it just so happened to be the same day, or early morning, I woke up to this dream about Rick, April 10, 2015. I felt sick to my stomach, realizing that it was the same day I woke up at 2:30am, discussing the dream I had with my wife. I didn't know what to make of it at the time, but it definitely made an impact on my thoughts of spiritualism, and death. I was never the same after that moment in time, I realized that Rick had come back to say goodbye, thanks, or whatever it was he wanted to say.
Since Rick was 800 miles away, I had zero contact with anyone regarding anything in my family, other than Sean telling me of Ricks passing, and somehow I knew that Rick died, that night, I guess there was something more to life than just being here, on this earth, with nothing else but life, death, and empty space. It was that moment in time that I knew that it was no coincidence, but some sort of electrical transference of spirit entity materials from Rick to me that night. Again, I haven't felt the same since, now knowing there is more to life than just here and now.
On a footnote, my nephew's dad, my brother Steve, committed suicide the very same day, around the same time of night, that Rick died, 35 years to the day. I had spent nearly a decade hating my brother Steve taking his life on my 13th birthday, and it was Rick who calmed me down, on one phone call, in the middle of the night, in my mid 20's. Both of them died the very same day, around the same time, which I thought was really strange at the time, and still do.
Today, I know, both of them are waiting up there for me, along side my mom, and all my other passed relatives, friends, in laws, and pets I've had over the years. I do no longer fear death, but look at it as a venture into the next realm of my existence. I guess that's why I'm such a curmudgeon at times, and don't really give a shit about anyone's opinions, other than those I care about, or love.
Peace brother James. Enjoy this Saturday morning, after snowplowing. Give SImba a big hug and kiss, and give the wife a nice head-scratch from the both of us.
T, for some reason I was scrolling through the comments and came across yours. As you know now, the physical divide has no limitations for the Spirit. I have had at least six dreams with assorted friends, clients and family that I have been able to follow up on the validity of the message. The dream life is better than science fiction!
Amazing story T. I think there’s definitely connections that we can’t see. The strange thing to me is the connection to family and good friends. You’d probably say of coarse you family but why? It’s amazing!! When I saw the three dear I thought it was my brother and my parents..
Michael Martin Murphy lived only 10 miles from me for several years. Thanks for the memory.
On the 21st - the solstice, a cardinal came to our window. We don't see them here very often. It was the 2nd anniversary of the death of my cousin who was the last relative older than me. I just realized it was about the same time she died.
Yes. He was friends with a couple whom shared a sailboat I had. I mostly just saw him in town. and would say hello. He had a fairly good sized farm had cattle and, I believe, bred horses. Later he moved to Colorado. My friends visited him there. I 1st heard of him through Hoyt Axton's song "Geronimo's Cadillac" which he wrote when he was still known as Michael Murphy. Sadly, I never saw him in concert.
I have no doubt it was your brother John letting you know he was okay. I've had many experiences that let me know a loved one is near, some human, some beloved pets that have passed. They increase around Christmas time for me. With each incident, my belief that when the body passes, the consciousness remains, that we are immortal spirit, is reinforced and I smile. Thank you for sharing the link to Michael Murphy's song. Years ago I enjoyed his album. Today I have that album on CD.
Wells Fargo Withdraws from Net-Zero Banking Alliance Following Attorney General Paxton’s Review of Financial Institutions Boycotting Energy Companies; Paxton Urges Other Major Institutions to Rescind Unlawful ESG Commitments
This was Paxtons response to a law passed by the Texas Leg. If more state legs passed this kind of law they could let loose their dogs of warfare..their AGs.
Heard Biggs (?) Zwss trying to get him lined up for AG. I'm confident he'd be great.
Also, in pursuit of Credit Unions learned their Assn is soundly against CBDC and have been pursuing the issue with Congress. Ted Cruz? Legislation developed
Memes and humor do make a difference! I talked on the phone to an old friend last night and we laughed about a couple of things at the end of our talk and it felt so good to just crack up. Her cat was the incentive, she hides in the bathroom from her cat when she eats ice cream because the cat goes nuts for a lick. Our cats keep us entertained and the rubbing for the purrs keep us healthy. (I hadn't even watched the cat video yet)
Loved the video! My favorite funny is “ Uninstalling Biden”. It can’t happen soon enough. In our liberal newspaper they informed us that they were installing 34 license plate reading cameras to help the law enforcement. More of big brother. I have been making my Christmas candy. I make it once a year and make up plates for friends and family. I have fudge, carmels, peanut brittle,and toffee made. Yes lots of sugar but everyone looks forward to my Christmas plates. I make up about 30 plates. I also make muddy buddies ( we call it puppy chow” because it looks like dog food , rice krispy treats, and cookies with the Hershey kiss in the middle. It makes me happy to share the yummy treats. Have a great day. Here in Idaho we have the sun shining but very little snow. We need a good blizzard on Monday so we can have a White Christmas.
I guess it is time to write to our mayor. He is a Republican but a yes man. He will tell anybody whatever they want to hear. Maybe I should go to a city council meeting.
Had those here in Texas and leg. killed them. Some cities were really shortening the amber and handing out red light violations like...wait for it...candy. How is that for a segue?
Really laughed, when I saw the drone taking photos...He see's you while your sleeping....All the surveillance going on is absolutely unthinkable. Those who are doing this have nothing better to do than spy!
Never saw Mog before; thank you. The Biden administration legacy is a national travesty. It's trove of accountability is too voluminous to pursue, though I would like to see some for Foul Chi. All good, but my vote is for George Stillmakingupalotoflies. Gratifying there was some accountability found with he / ABC / Disney. Thank you for dedicating some band width to the wrongful injection of toxins into our youth / future.
The cartoon showing a caricature of Joe Biden is my favorite. Government doesn't turn a profit, but the mafia does. There was a ventriloquist who had a dummy that looked like Joe in the cartoon. Anybody got a video of his act. Hilarious. About 25 years ago. Don't know his name.
It is a known fact that the members of the US Congress and the State Legislatures do not read, evaluate or debate any of the particulars of the Legislation they vote on. They cannot read or debate the issues because the Bills approach 2000 pages each. And there are one hundred new bills for them to vote on every day they are in session.
During the 1992 Presidential campaign, Ross Perot called attention to this insanity with a diplomatic observation that "a general lack of accountability among elected officials and those in the bureaucracy was the one specific reason that the people in America suffered".
Mr. Perot then suggested that the best and perhaps only way to make government officials accountable was to include the citizens in the decision-making process - every hour, every day.
He went on to note that this can easily be done with computers and called the proposed mechanism
THE ELECTRONIC TOWNHALL.
With this computer program every interested citizen can indicate whether or not they agree or disagree with every line item of every law, policy and program on the books or that was being advanced. It can be used at every level of government and in every jurisdiction.
To prevent chaos the basic law, our Constitution and Bill of Rights would be exempt from review.
Mr. Perot speculated that the Founding Fathers would probably have done the same had the technology been available. He referred to it as the Fourth Branch of government; The Citizens Branch / The Electronic Townhall.
If the government is truly of the people, by the people and for the people then what better way is there to perfect every section of the various laws and policies that do effect each and every one of us every single day?
It would not be difficult to expect at least 500 thousand qualified citizens, per congressional district, to read four pages of law or proposed law and get their Ratify or Annual input every day the congress is in session. The results could be aggregated, made known and we would all be better off.
The program would even allow a citizen to go back and change their vote as they matured. And when a super majority is reached the law/proposed law is either ratified or annulled by immediate recognition of the enforcement mechanisms.
With tens of millions of laws and tens of thousands of taxes there is plenty of work to be done.
According to Mr. Perot, this, the harnessed experience and the combined intelligence of hundreds of thousands or even millions of citizens focused like a laser light on the real issues, will, as surely as night follows the day, perfect every law in our country and eventually it will right every wrong.
Mr. Perot publicly announced his intention to give the fourth branch of government to the people in America if he was elected President.
But this attempt to empower our humanity was so far removed from the business-as-usual-two-party-system that the talking heads and trolls yelled out that Mr. Perot was trying to destroy our Constitution, our government and our way of life.
The ELECTONIC TOWNHALL was denounced as unworkable.
How would the poor participate?
How would fraud be prevented?
What about those who do not know how to use a computer?
In a final act of desperation, the control freaks claimed that letting the average citizen to pass judgment on the individual pieces of public law would lead to chaos and pandemonium.
But we all know the truth: only the concerned will bother to participate.
The media was so intensely negative towards the ELECTRONIC TOWNHALL that Mr. Perot was forced to stop talking about it, but he never withdrew it from his platform.
It’s now been thirty-two years since the proposal.
No other person of national reputation or significant influence has picked up the idea. BUT the big two political parties regularly stage "townhall meetings" where they talk of "reform" and "returning power to the people" and try to link themselves to the empowering part of the idea without adding to its manifestation.
And still we suffer in the hopeless loop of: "candidates with a sense of morality and respect for the Constitution who understand true brotherhood, justice and democracy and who will do the right thing for us each and every time, trust me".
While we cannot make light of sincere individuals who get into public office, we must acknowledge the fact that regardless of who has been elected to public office the problems in our government get more complicated and our people continue to suffer.
Could we possibly admit that our national situation, now being made global, is far too complicated for the President and the 535 elected members of the legislature to manage in our best interests?
You, the person reading this know some of the things we need.
Your friends, our fellow countrymen have their solutions too.
The only way to organize the workable ideas is to create a device that will enable all of us to simultaneously contribute our best thinking and most benevolent experience towards solving our most complicated problems.
That device is THE ELECTRONIC TOWNHALL and the place to begin is with our existing laws.
How long should a legally arrived, non-working, elderly immigrant have to wait before the taxpayers of the host country start paying them social security?
According to Ross Perot, this is the only way forward.
# 1. Who gets to vote in the: general election?
a. citizens only - Yes No
b. natural born citizens only - Yes No
c. natural born citizens with four natural born grandparents - Yes No
d. naturalized citizens (legal immigrants) - Yes No
e. legal immigrants not yet naturalized - Yes No
f. anyone with a drivers license – Yes - No
# 2. Ages of Voter
g. minimum18 years
h. minimum 21 years
i. minimum 25 years
j. minimum 30 years
k. minimum 33 years
l. minimum 35 years
# 3. Sex of Voter
a. Male – Yes - No
b. Female – Yes - No
c. Non – Binanry - Yes - No
d. Transgender - Yes - No
# 4. Competence of Voter
e. property owners net value over $50,000 - Yes - No
f. property owners net value over $250,000 - Yes - No
g. tax exempt persons – Yes - No
h. those receiving welfare / food stamps – Yes - No
i. those with unpaid child support obligations - Yes - No
j. those receiving WIC – Yes - No
k. those receiving Section 8 – Yes - No
l. those working for government bureaucracies – Yes - No
m. those that will pay a $5000 poll tax - Yes - No
n. those that have paid a minimum of $5000 per year of tax for their combined jurisdictions in excess of any received via SS, Medicare, Medicaid, ATFWDC - Yes - No
# 5. Genetic presence of Voter
a. Male without children – Yes - No
b. Male with children – Yes - No
c. Male with children plural vote – Yes - No
d. Female without children – Yes - No
e. Female with children – Yes - No
f. Female with children plural vote – Yes - No
g. Only married males with children, never divorced can vote. – Yes - No
# 6. Who should be trusted with the responsibility and power of public
office?
a. Only those authorized to vote in the general election - Yes No
b. Male without children – Yes - No
c. Male with children – Yes - No
d. Female without children – Yes - No
e. Female with children – Yes - No
f. Only married males with children, never divorced can hold public office – Yes - No
I was a young Mother when he ran, in my thirties. I had never voted before, I was not interested in politics. But when Ross Perot threw his hat into the ring, I was all in. I thought a businessman would be the best President, finally America caught on.
Quite worrying that over 70 million voted for more of the same this year?
Clowns. If they only knew how they looked to us. A complete Gong Show. And the “threat” to shut the gummit down? Please, don’t throw me into that briar patch.
Ah, too many good one's!!! So glad to see others realized it's Obamacare not the CEOs of insurance companies. I've been posting that to sneers and jeers.
I don’t usually say this but I really think these were the best memes and video ever!!
Heres a story to think about on your Friday. Hope you like it!
There’s definitely a lot to this wisdom thing. We all have strong sentimental feelings for family, friends and pets that have passed. We hear stories and look for signs of them after they’re gone. Many of us that are left behind here don’t see all the signs of the ones that are gone, even though the signs are all around us. Sometimes I think wisdom is the ability to open our eyes and our minds to recognize things, even things that are unseen. When I was young my skepticism would never allow my mind to see what was not seen but plain as day and I’ve learned wisdom is very wide ranging.
I’ll never forget the day my family and I buried my brother John. It was a freezing cold day in February with 8 inches of snow falling. I never felt such a cold chill than that afternoon at the cemetery. The next morning, I was feeling really down and decided to go for a 4AM walk in the snow with my dogs, this is one of the only things that brings me a little peace. Right when I stepped out three deer came running by, crashing through the crusted snow, stopped and looked right at us. It was so loud in the dead silence of night, I just knew it was my brother John. There are many sayings like seeing a cardinal is a relative that has passed, sometimes you just know.
I’m not really sure how all of these connections happen but this song came into my mind a couple weeks ago. Over the years I had forgotten what this song was even about but after I pulled it up and listened to it, it made me think of you and Jill and the loss of your horse Corbeau. I didn’t get a chance to post it on your excellent homestead essay but here is the song. I don’t know why this song ever came into my mind, I hope it makes sense and a connection with you both, if not maybe for someone else. The song is a story told through a homesteader, it’s about a horse that was lost in a snowstorm and its owner dies trying to find it. They say “if” the horse, Wild Fire, and its owner comes for you, they will take you away from all of the hard times and problems in your life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2YWqPhiftc
The reference to a cardinal is so true; I had a dream about a beautiful red bird that morphed into a person and the person and I "communed" and then he morphed back into that beautiful red bird and flew away. I didn't know who the person was, only that he had a red, buffalo plaid shirt on, and his hair was dark. That was in Oct. and on Xmas Eve. my brother died. I asked his wife if he had a red plaid shirt, and she said "oh yes, he wore it a lot, he had been cold." He visited me two months before he died, but I wasn't allowed to know who it was until after he died. One of many "death" dreams I have had that always check out!
My wife seems to have very similar dreams. I always worry someone dying after particular dreams she has
That's why I wasn't allowed to know until after he died. Spirit protects us from messing with the flow, many times.
Sorry I got cut off replying to you. After my wife’s dream which was a week or two ago that nurse I mentioned died, so sad.
She comes down from Yellow Mountain
On a dark, flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
On a cold Nebraska night
Oh, they say she died one winter
When there came a killing frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down its stall
In a blizzard he was lost
She ran calling Wildfire [x3]
By the dark of the moon I planted
But there came an early snow
There's been a hoot-owl howling by my window now
For six nights in a row
She's coming for me, I know
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go
We'll be riding Wildfire [x3]
On Wildfire we're gonna ride
Gonna leave sodbustin' behind
Get these hard times right on out of our minds
Riding Wildfire
Isn’t it a great song Red!!
Have always loved this song since I first heard it in the early seventies. Yesterday, winter solstice, my Mom would have turned 100. She passed 25 years ago
Reminds me of South Coast by the Kingston Trio
A tear jerker for such. Thanks for the memory.
I am so sorry that you lost your brother, James. You can be sure that he made his presence known at precisely that moment. Thanks very much for sharing a link for that song. As coincidence would have it, it is snowing where I live. I always think about the critters looking for shelter every time it snows...
We are getting snow around Boston also. Thanks Debra!
Did a Fort Snelling Vet ceremony on a shivering unforgettable coldest winter day .
Even the guns misfired on a 21 gun salute.
Great song. Memories. So sorry you lost your brother. God Bless you always James 🙏🏻🇺🇸
Thanks Teresa!! It is a great song. Back in the day it was a bit mellow for me but fits right in today. God Bless you as well and your family Teresa….
Thank you for your insight and the song. I have not heard that song in years. It brings some happy memories for me.
Merry Christmas James, to you and all who love you and you love.
Thank You Deanna, it’s funny for me I have to listen to this song several times. It’s kind of addictive. Merry Christmas to you and your family!!
Have to say I remember it. Not sure if it's the same artist. Among my favs in the day.
I believe it was in the top 100 1975
I was thinking of you also Jean with this song!
Morning, James. Take a nap from your snowplowing. You need it.
I had always been skeptical about faith, God, and the afterlife, up until something that I experienced back in 2015 that changed me forever.
It was April 10, 2015, and I was awakened by a dream about my estranged brother Rick, whom I hadn't had words with for the last 4 years, because of many factors irrelevant to this story. When I sat up in my bed at about 2:30am, my wife rolled over and asked what was wrong. I told her that I was startled by a dream about Rick that made me quite upset. Since Rick and I hadn't spoken for years, and my life went on as usual, I couldn't have known anything about anyone, considering I had nearly zero contact with my family after my mom's passing, and subsequent bogus lawsuits against me, by my family members.
I told my wife that I recall being at Ricks home, he was lying in his hospital bed, in his bedroom, where he was suffering from the cancer that had spread through his body over the last several years of his fight to save his own life. Considering the cancer, and his fight was true, when in the dream, he looked up at me, and then passed away, the dream itself sent an overwhelming, powerful surge of emotions, which at the current moment sitting on my bed, confused me as to why ?
My wife said, "go back to bed, as it was only a dream. You haven't spoken to him in years, and it was probably just on your mind."
I followed her instructions, and we continued on with life, unimpeded.
About a week , or so, went by, and I received a text from my nephew Sean, (who's father -my brother Steve) had sent me this message:
Did you hear that uncle Rick died ?
I replied back, no I hadn't. I knew Rick had cancer, but being estranged from my entire family (other than Sean from time to time), I knew nothing of what was happening to anyone, once my mother passed, and the lawsuits began. I asked Sean when he passed.
Sean replied, it was last week about midnight. I looked at the calendar, and it just so happened to be the same day, or early morning, I woke up to this dream about Rick, April 10, 2015. I felt sick to my stomach, realizing that it was the same day I woke up at 2:30am, discussing the dream I had with my wife. I didn't know what to make of it at the time, but it definitely made an impact on my thoughts of spiritualism, and death. I was never the same after that moment in time, I realized that Rick had come back to say goodbye, thanks, or whatever it was he wanted to say.
Since Rick was 800 miles away, I had zero contact with anyone regarding anything in my family, other than Sean telling me of Ricks passing, and somehow I knew that Rick died, that night, I guess there was something more to life than just being here, on this earth, with nothing else but life, death, and empty space. It was that moment in time that I knew that it was no coincidence, but some sort of electrical transference of spirit entity materials from Rick to me that night. Again, I haven't felt the same since, now knowing there is more to life than just here and now.
On a footnote, my nephew's dad, my brother Steve, committed suicide the very same day, around the same time of night, that Rick died, 35 years to the day. I had spent nearly a decade hating my brother Steve taking his life on my 13th birthday, and it was Rick who calmed me down, on one phone call, in the middle of the night, in my mid 20's. Both of them died the very same day, around the same time, which I thought was really strange at the time, and still do.
Today, I know, both of them are waiting up there for me, along side my mom, and all my other passed relatives, friends, in laws, and pets I've had over the years. I do no longer fear death, but look at it as a venture into the next realm of my existence. I guess that's why I'm such a curmudgeon at times, and don't really give a shit about anyone's opinions, other than those I care about, or love.
Peace brother James. Enjoy this Saturday morning, after snowplowing. Give SImba a big hug and kiss, and give the wife a nice head-scratch from the both of us.
T, for some reason I was scrolling through the comments and came across yours. As you know now, the physical divide has no limitations for the Spirit. I have had at least six dreams with assorted friends, clients and family that I have been able to follow up on the validity of the message. The dream life is better than science fiction!
Amen to that.
Merry Christmas to you, and your family, DD. Wishing you nothing but wonderful experiences throughout.
Thanks for the personal wishes, I am cooking up the best lasagna today, even tho Jesus wasn't Italian! Peace to you and your family too.
Amazing story T. I think there’s definitely connections that we can’t see. The strange thing to me is the connection to family and good friends. You’d probably say of coarse you family but why? It’s amazing!! When I saw the three dear I thought it was my brother and my parents..
I love that song! Also, my mother loved cardinals. Now when one lands near my window it makes me think of her. A touching message.
It really is a great song. I think the same with the cardinals. There’s a family that we feed all season. They’re great to see!
Thats really Beautiful Mate. Thank you.
We (wife and 2 cats) sat and watched all the issues of Water Rats and I'd swear our cats were trying out "g'day mates" on us.
Michael Martin Murphy lived only 10 miles from me for several years. Thanks for the memory.
On the 21st - the solstice, a cardinal came to our window. We don't see them here very often. It was the 2nd anniversary of the death of my cousin who was the last relative older than me. I just realized it was about the same time she died.
There’s something to all of these connections. I’m beginning to think many come with age.
It is said we are seven handshakes for everyone in the world.
Robbie I had read and heard he was somewhat of a rancher, is that right?
Yes. He was friends with a couple whom shared a sailboat I had. I mostly just saw him in town. and would say hello. He had a fairly good sized farm had cattle and, I believe, bred horses. Later he moved to Colorado. My friends visited him there. I 1st heard of him through Hoyt Axton's song "Geronimo's Cadillac" which he wrote when he was still known as Michael Murphy. Sadly, I never saw him in concert.
I have no doubt it was your brother John letting you know he was okay. I've had many experiences that let me know a loved one is near, some human, some beloved pets that have passed. They increase around Christmas time for me. With each incident, my belief that when the body passes, the consciousness remains, that we are immortal spirit, is reinforced and I smile. Thank you for sharing the link to Michael Murphy's song. Years ago I enjoyed his album. Today I have that album on CD.
Not sure why I was thinking of the line Wild Fire and i looked it up. Funny how sometimes things just connect together. Merry Christmas Dianne!!
Merry Christmas James!!!
"Do you fear what I fear?" said the PsyOp to the little lambs.
nice
The cat Mog either was Home Alone or freaking out over the Haitians' Eating the Pets.
Have trouble picking a fav. Loved the video cat but the uninstalling biden is priceless.
Dr. Nash are you able to click on the song I posted? It come up on email but not when I pull it up from Dr. Malones post.
It comes up on my Malone post. Rather dramatic song!
Thank you Dr. Nash!!
Your welcome Tex
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Just for general interest
Wells Fargo Withdraws from Net-Zero Banking Alliance Following Attorney General Paxton’s Review of Financial Institutions Boycotting Energy Companies; Paxton Urges Other Major Institutions to Rescind Unlawful ESG Commitments
This was Paxtons response to a law passed by the Texas Leg. If more state legs passed this kind of law they could let loose their dogs of warfare..their AGs.
Paxton is great and brave. And God blessed Texas. Such a beautiful state with kind people. I miss it every day.
Interesting!
Heard Biggs (?) Zwss trying to get him lined up for AG. I'm confident he'd be great.
Also, in pursuit of Credit Unions learned their Assn is soundly against CBDC and have been pursuing the issue with Congress. Ted Cruz? Legislation developed
I think it is notable that things can be funny and sad all at the same time.
Memes and humor do make a difference! I talked on the phone to an old friend last night and we laughed about a couple of things at the end of our talk and it felt so good to just crack up. Her cat was the incentive, she hides in the bathroom from her cat when she eats ice cream because the cat goes nuts for a lick. Our cats keep us entertained and the rubbing for the purrs keep us healthy. (I hadn't even watched the cat video yet)
yep, our cats go nuts for ice cream too.
They sit in front of us and look up as we eat it watching TV on the couch.
We HAVE to give them the final licks.
We have learned a great "cat call". Ding a spoon against an empty bowl-- they show up like Rover, every time.
We had a boxer who went nuts over the stuff. Used to have a code word...hi sling...but he caught onto that pretty quickly.
Loved the video! My favorite funny is “ Uninstalling Biden”. It can’t happen soon enough. In our liberal newspaper they informed us that they were installing 34 license plate reading cameras to help the law enforcement. More of big brother. I have been making my Christmas candy. I make it once a year and make up plates for friends and family. I have fudge, carmels, peanut brittle,and toffee made. Yes lots of sugar but everyone looks forward to my Christmas plates. I make up about 30 plates. I also make muddy buddies ( we call it puppy chow” because it looks like dog food , rice krispy treats, and cookies with the Hershey kiss in the middle. It makes me happy to share the yummy treats. Have a great day. Here in Idaho we have the sun shining but very little snow. We need a good blizzard on Monday so we can have a White Christmas.
I guess it is time to write to our mayor. He is a Republican but a yes man. He will tell anybody whatever they want to hear. Maybe I should go to a city council meeting.
Had those here in Texas and leg. killed them. Some cities were really shortening the amber and handing out red light violations like...wait for it...candy. How is that for a segue?
Mel you’re welcome at my campfire anytime!🥂🐸 MC & HNY
Really laughed, when I saw the drone taking photos...He see's you while your sleeping....All the surveillance going on is absolutely unthinkable. Those who are doing this have nothing better to do than spy!
Right...ya' gotta laugh...
Never saw Mog before; thank you. The Biden administration legacy is a national travesty. It's trove of accountability is too voluminous to pursue, though I would like to see some for Foul Chi. All good, but my vote is for George Stillmakingupalotoflies. Gratifying there was some accountability found with he / ABC / Disney. Thank you for dedicating some band width to the wrongful injection of toxins into our youth / future.
The cartoon showing a caricature of Joe Biden is my favorite. Government doesn't turn a profit, but the mafia does. There was a ventriloquist who had a dummy that looked like Joe in the cartoon. Anybody got a video of his act. Hilarious. About 25 years ago. Don't know his name.
Best Wishes for all this Holiday season!
Jeff Dunham-- not THAT long ago though!
Here ya' go:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AagXnEy6Hwc
Great!
Here's the full thing, posted recently, but it was performed in 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pJZVWoPEOI
Walter, Biden looks like him!!
Great Friday selections. A+
Very very soon ......No more meat left on the Biden bones.
Ah - the 'Mog's Calamity Christmas' advert ... no 'diversity' ... what difference nearly ten years make, sadly.
It is a known fact that the members of the US Congress and the State Legislatures do not read, evaluate or debate any of the particulars of the Legislation they vote on. They cannot read or debate the issues because the Bills approach 2000 pages each. And there are one hundred new bills for them to vote on every day they are in session.
During the 1992 Presidential campaign, Ross Perot called attention to this insanity with a diplomatic observation that "a general lack of accountability among elected officials and those in the bureaucracy was the one specific reason that the people in America suffered".
Mr. Perot then suggested that the best and perhaps only way to make government officials accountable was to include the citizens in the decision-making process - every hour, every day.
He went on to note that this can easily be done with computers and called the proposed mechanism
THE ELECTRONIC TOWNHALL.
With this computer program every interested citizen can indicate whether or not they agree or disagree with every line item of every law, policy and program on the books or that was being advanced. It can be used at every level of government and in every jurisdiction.
To prevent chaos the basic law, our Constitution and Bill of Rights would be exempt from review.
Mr. Perot speculated that the Founding Fathers would probably have done the same had the technology been available. He referred to it as the Fourth Branch of government; The Citizens Branch / The Electronic Townhall.
If the government is truly of the people, by the people and for the people then what better way is there to perfect every section of the various laws and policies that do effect each and every one of us every single day?
It would not be difficult to expect at least 500 thousand qualified citizens, per congressional district, to read four pages of law or proposed law and get their Ratify or Annual input every day the congress is in session. The results could be aggregated, made known and we would all be better off.
The program would even allow a citizen to go back and change their vote as they matured. And when a super majority is reached the law/proposed law is either ratified or annulled by immediate recognition of the enforcement mechanisms.
With tens of millions of laws and tens of thousands of taxes there is plenty of work to be done.
According to Mr. Perot, this, the harnessed experience and the combined intelligence of hundreds of thousands or even millions of citizens focused like a laser light on the real issues, will, as surely as night follows the day, perfect every law in our country and eventually it will right every wrong.
Mr. Perot publicly announced his intention to give the fourth branch of government to the people in America if he was elected President.
But this attempt to empower our humanity was so far removed from the business-as-usual-two-party-system that the talking heads and trolls yelled out that Mr. Perot was trying to destroy our Constitution, our government and our way of life.
The ELECTONIC TOWNHALL was denounced as unworkable.
How would the poor participate?
How would fraud be prevented?
What about those who do not know how to use a computer?
In a final act of desperation, the control freaks claimed that letting the average citizen to pass judgment on the individual pieces of public law would lead to chaos and pandemonium.
But we all know the truth: only the concerned will bother to participate.
The media was so intensely negative towards the ELECTRONIC TOWNHALL that Mr. Perot was forced to stop talking about it, but he never withdrew it from his platform.
It’s now been thirty-two years since the proposal.
No other person of national reputation or significant influence has picked up the idea. BUT the big two political parties regularly stage "townhall meetings" where they talk of "reform" and "returning power to the people" and try to link themselves to the empowering part of the idea without adding to its manifestation.
And still we suffer in the hopeless loop of: "candidates with a sense of morality and respect for the Constitution who understand true brotherhood, justice and democracy and who will do the right thing for us each and every time, trust me".
While we cannot make light of sincere individuals who get into public office, we must acknowledge the fact that regardless of who has been elected to public office the problems in our government get more complicated and our people continue to suffer.
Could we possibly admit that our national situation, now being made global, is far too complicated for the President and the 535 elected members of the legislature to manage in our best interests?
You, the person reading this know some of the things we need.
Your friends, our fellow countrymen have their solutions too.
The only way to organize the workable ideas is to create a device that will enable all of us to simultaneously contribute our best thinking and most benevolent experience towards solving our most complicated problems.
That device is THE ELECTRONIC TOWNHALL and the place to begin is with our existing laws.
How long should a legally arrived, non-working, elderly immigrant have to wait before the taxpayers of the host country start paying them social security?
According to Ross Perot, this is the only way forward.
# 1. Who gets to vote in the: general election?
a. citizens only - Yes No
b. natural born citizens only - Yes No
c. natural born citizens with four natural born grandparents - Yes No
d. naturalized citizens (legal immigrants) - Yes No
e. legal immigrants not yet naturalized - Yes No
f. anyone with a drivers license – Yes - No
# 2. Ages of Voter
g. minimum18 years
h. minimum 21 years
i. minimum 25 years
j. minimum 30 years
k. minimum 33 years
l. minimum 35 years
# 3. Sex of Voter
a. Male – Yes - No
b. Female – Yes - No
c. Non – Binanry - Yes - No
d. Transgender - Yes - No
# 4. Competence of Voter
e. property owners net value over $50,000 - Yes - No
f. property owners net value over $250,000 - Yes - No
g. tax exempt persons – Yes - No
h. those receiving welfare / food stamps – Yes - No
i. those with unpaid child support obligations - Yes - No
j. those receiving WIC – Yes - No
k. those receiving Section 8 – Yes - No
l. those working for government bureaucracies – Yes - No
m. those that will pay a $5000 poll tax - Yes - No
n. those that have paid a minimum of $5000 per year of tax for their combined jurisdictions in excess of any received via SS, Medicare, Medicaid, ATFWDC - Yes - No
# 5. Genetic presence of Voter
a. Male without children – Yes - No
b. Male with children – Yes - No
c. Male with children plural vote – Yes - No
d. Female without children – Yes - No
e. Female with children – Yes - No
f. Female with children plural vote – Yes - No
g. Only married males with children, never divorced can vote. – Yes - No
# 6. Who should be trusted with the responsibility and power of public
office?
a. Only those authorized to vote in the general election - Yes No
b. Male without children – Yes - No
c. Male with children – Yes - No
d. Female without children – Yes - No
e. Female with children – Yes - No
f. Only married males with children, never divorced can hold public office – Yes - No
g. Depends on the office - Yes - No
h. minimum18 years - Yes - No
i. minimum 21 years - Yes - No
j. minimum 25 years - Yes - No
k. minimum 30 years - Yes - No
l. minimum 33 years - Yes - No
m. minimum 35 years - Yes - No
I was a young Mother when he ran, in my thirties. I had never voted before, I was not interested in politics. But when Ross Perot threw his hat into the ring, I was all in. I thought a businessman would be the best President, finally America caught on.
Quite worrying that over 70 million voted for more of the same this year?
What???? No snarky memes this time? What gives, Drs. Malone?
(Just kidding. I hope the Biden Uninstall and America Reboot is successful in 2025! We sure need it.)
Merry Christmas to the entire Malone family — human, plant, animal and everything in between. Thanks for the laughs.
Clowns. If they only knew how they looked to us. A complete Gong Show. And the “threat” to shut the gummit down? Please, don’t throw me into that briar patch.
Ah, too many good one's!!! So glad to see others realized it's Obamacare not the CEOs of insurance companies. I've been posting that to sneers and jeers.
Both/and.