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IS OBAMA SHOWING HIS TRUE COLORS?

Personally, I am troubled by this, I think the government should not be involved in any faith based or religious based anything , period. Another point here is that it would be nice to see charity organizations that are pagan, or alternative based get involved more in the world. I know that neopagan  is a fairly new religion , but I think that it is now in their best interests to start getting more involved in helping their communities, I know alot of them give to other charities that are already functioning in the field , and so their acts of charity goes unnoticed by the mainstream, maybe if they organized their own charity organizations, it would change their image from being so self centered and only concerned about 'I' instead of 'others'. And another point , what in earth is Obama doing? This is why politics stinks in my book because really they are all the same,but different :),in reality.

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Obama Discusses Expansion of Faith-Based Initiatives

Wednesday July 2, 2008
In what's most likely an effort to court the evangelical vote in the upcoming presidential election, candidate Barack Obama told an audience the other day that he hopes to revamp the Faith-Based Initiative program instituted by the Bush administration. In a speech in Zanesville, Ohio, Obama proposed working to make sure that any charity receiving government funding be monitored, ostensibly to keep them from prosetylizing to those who would benefit in their programs, and "to prevent any religion-based discrimination against potential recipients or employees".

While I'm somewhat disappointed to hear him even discuss this -- because I don't think the government has any business getting involved in faith-based anything -- there's a part of me that wonders if maybe restructuring the existing system isn't such a bad idea after all. Obviously, faith-based charities are here to stay, so maybe if they were more strictly regulated, people wouldn't find themselves at the receiving end of a "no food until you hear a sermon" situation.

I've also heard people complain with this logic: "Would a Wiccan charity be embraced as much as a Christian or Catholic charity is?" Well, my response to that is "Start one up and find out." If a Wiccan or Pagan group can present themselves with the level of organization and forethought that some of the charities run by mainstream religious groups have, then by all means, give it a shot.

What do you guys think? Should the government do away with faith-based initiatives completely, or regulate the system so that it's fair for everyone who might be receiving the benefits of those charities?
 
 
   
 

Cities Screw Homeless
This makes no sense to me, and is in fact quite sad.  Cities are cracking down on charities that feed the homeless, adopting rules that restrict food giveaways to certain locations, require charities to get permits or limit the number of free meals they can provide.

I would love to know what the reasoning behind this is, because I can't think of one.
 
 
 

   
Tribute to Truck Drivers- Surrounded by Metal

          
      



My poetrychallenge topic from Friday was: Metal. This is what I was inspired to write.


Surrounded by Metal


Mile after mile blackness rolls out from under
divided only by dashes of white and glimpses of yellow
Pilgrims voyaged, Pioneer wagons rolled like thunder
We look back and think oh what a smart fellow

Christopher Columbus, Daniel Boone just to name two
Who felt in their hearts there was more to be explored
Wood planks, wood wheels carried their crew
Promises of freedom and lands untouched their reward

Holding a microphone and speaking in code
surrounded by 30,000 pounds of metal
carrying to people far and wide the daily load
Where wanderers dust never seems to settle

Truckers love the road and love being home
Such a contrary situation of heart
but alas there is always that sparkling chrome
filled with treasures and a day calling for a fresh start

A child's eyes light up holding their new toy
The man takes his medicine and sleeps pain free
Opening an envelope with good news, she smiles with joy
Groceries piled high, new clothes for school to earn their degree

The fact remains and say what you will
that big machine's heart beats in a secret enclave
Yet passing thru Yourtown, USA takes great skill.

As they roll by, take a moment to throw them a wave

 

dedicated to my husband, a Professional Truck Driver
Dawn 2006
 




 
 
   
 

Jolie's Pity Party

You know I usually dont' comment to much on the celeb's of the world.  Simply because they are ppl like we are and are living their lives.  But Jolie really needs to take a step back and take a freaking chill pill.  I pulled this article off of msn.com .......my opinions and comments are going to be in blue.

 

GENEVA - Angelina Jolie says it is shocking that refugees are being turned into hate figures in rich countries in an attempt to win elections or sell newspapers.

 

Even worse, the Academy Award-winning actress and United Nations goodwill ambassador said, was that people in the West did not seem to care.

 

The gov't didn't make the ppl in these countries "hate" figures.  Organizations who tell citiziens of other countries to support outher country's citizens made them into "hate" figures.  Many ppl, myself included, rather see chartiable dollars that these so called charity organizations donate go to our own homeless, starving, poor, and under privileaged especially since many of the First World Nations just happen to support every fucking country out there.  Is that so wrong?  That we take care of our citizens.  Oh that is right we can't do that!  We are suppose to let our own citizens starve to death out on cold streets and give all our money to ppl overseas and to illegal alliens.  But you know what I rather give the money to the illegal aliens from countries that border our country then to countries that are clear over the ocean from us!

 

"It's a scandal, really, in such a rich world, that we are not even finding a way to help feed refugee families properly," Jolie wrote in an op-ed piece released this week in Refugees, a quarterly magazine published by the U.N. refugee agency.

 

I personally think it is a scandal that Jolie can't donate any of her big bucks to the US where she made a lot of her big bucks to let alone to the other countries of her nationality!  She is a rich individual but she is dead set being a marter and good will amasador to other countries.  Does she not know how many people die of weather, starvation, and lack of medical care in the North Americas alone?

 

She said Europeans, who only six decades ago were confronted by 40 million refugees in the aftermath of World War II, have turned their backs on victims of tyrannical regimes. Jolie also criticized Americans and Australians for failing to improve the situation of the many migrants who have died trying to emigrate to their countries.

 

Lets take a look at the refugees of WWII and the refugees she is talking about.  Most if not all the refuggess were from European countries and fought their way off their backs from the tyrannical regimes they endured.  As for migrant workers is Jolie going to compensate all the decendents of every single migrant worker who died, suffered pain, humiliation, and a hard life when nobody helped them to orginally migrate to these countries she is talkinag about.  Again it goes back to many ppl in these countries already supporting the World at large and are getting tired of it when we have our own citizens that we need to take care of but our gov'ts are to busy kissing each other's asses and trying to play super powers and listening to drival coming from the likes of do gooders like Jolie!

 

"We will put Band-Aids over the most gaping wounds because they look a bit ugly," even as UNHCR battles to meet funding requirements for its annual programs helping 20 million people, Jolie said.

 

"Agencies like UNHCR should not really have to struggle to scrape a few tens of millions of dollars together to help rebuild shattered nations — like Angola, Sierra Leone, Liberia and south Sudan," Jolie said. "But we won't pay for a full cure."

 

Why shouldn't these organizations suffer on scrappign up a few tens of millions of dollars?  Middle class and Poor Class citizens in First World Countries struggle on a daily basise trying to feed, clothe, educate, and put shelter over their own heads and their childrens.  Our gov'ts should be telling these so called charitable orgs based in their countries...........we dont' care if you want to help other countries but the majority of your earmarked dollars need to go into helping out our own poor and homeless.  So instead of bitchign about countries that dont' "do anything" maybe Jolie needs to go harrase her acting friends in to coughing up more money on the charities then spending on a day at the spa!

 

Jolie, who has made over 30 missions for the agency since becoming goodwill ambassador in 2001, described her shock over a photo printed in an edition of Refugees earlier this year capturing a couple bathing on a beach while disregarding a black man washed ashore.

 

"They can't see the stark reality lying a few yards further up the beach," she wrote. "We are all — myself included — behaving like the couple sitting under their umbrella on the beach, gazing studiously out to sea."

 

LMMFAO!  Jolie is really not one to talk about the differences of stark reality of this couple ignoring the gentleman bathing in the ocean.  First it was their fucking vacation!  They had every right to ignore someone and enjoy their holiday.  Shit if I had money to go to another country your dayum right I would ignore them also because I deserve a holiday where do gooders like Jolie open her mouth telling me where to put my money.  Lets take a look at what Jolie and Pitt did in Africa.  Basically took over a whole hotel or resort or what ever it was just to live in peace and quite so she could pop out a kid.  Where is your courage at to show the world your a tough titted bitch at Jolie?  Could give birth in one of the local huts like so many of those women do that you think we need to give our money too?  How much do you spend on your OWN children's education for private schools and tuitures while those same nations you champion for most likely only have one room school houses and 20 year old books?  It looks like the pot is calling the kettle black there don't ya think?  I have a suggestion you think that Europeans, US and Austrilian citiziens need to start giving more and more of their money to other countries ...........I suggest you put your kids in public schools like the rest of us and use that tuition you spend out to give to those countires.  I think one year would probably pull a couple of those countries out of debt!

 
 
 

   
Shamefull......... Shamefull

I know I can be down right bitchy, mean, and nasty to ppl when they irritate me.  For the most part I do try to keep my mouth shut, it is difficult especially with lil things but I do.  For the simple main reason my mamma and daddy taught me to.  They also taught me to use my head.

 

This country of ours has gotten down right shamefull.  And it is disgusting.

 

Lets start with Karr.  Now we all know that he was not the one to kill that lil girl, everyone suspected it and DNA evidence proved us right.  But it was proven that he is still a perverted monster who preyed on kids.  And what does our court system in CA do?  They dropp 3 of the 5 charges in a plea deal.  And in this plea deal, Karr gets off with time served and a 3 year probation.  This is just as shamefull as that Judge in NE for letting that kiddie monster off for being to short to handle prision!

 

Next let's hit on how criminals in this country have more rights then non criminals.  Did you know that in some states, that if someone breaks into your house and you defend yourself and your property against them, you can be brought up on charges and face a lawsuite for injuring and such by the burgler?  That is about fucking shamefull!  And how about these fuckers on death row?  They sit there and go it is cruel and unusal punishment and painful to be injected or electricuted.  Well guess what mother fuckers.........your getting what you deserve for causing pain, cruelty, and grief to your vicitims and their families!  You think you deserve a peaceful death after what you all did?  Come on!  We have these orgs that were started with good intentions to help those who were wrongly accused of getting freedom.  The appeal process was started for the same reasons........all before DNA evidence came into play.  And it is dayum shamefull that now the appeal processes can carry on and on with no sign of letting up for proven guilty criminals.  And then you have these orgs that help the fucking criminals and say the vicitims and their family's and the general public should be forgiving and learn to live with the outcome?  Bullshit.

 

And you know what else is down right shamefull!  This world constantly needed verification that someone can do something even if they have years of training to prove just that.  What the hell is wrong with these state licensing boards, now trying to make men and women who braid hair get specialized training and certification.  It is nothing but the gov't's way of extracting more money from ppl who already pay out big bucks for training, licensing, and certification.  Many ppl are tuaght how to braid hair when they are younger and can do it and have had years of practice and others are taught in gasp......Beauty School!  Now certain states want these already taxed money wise ppl to pay out the ass for more training and more licensing and more fines if they dont' conform!  Next thing we know the gov't is going to start making parents get training on how to take care of their own children's hair!  Not to mention how to raise our kids.  Wait the gov't already thinks they can tell us how to raise our kids!

 

Cell phones.  Are they useful and helpful?  Yes.  Are they disruptive and sometimes a hinderence?  Yes.  Are they needed in school settings?  As a parent and as a parent that was extermly active in a variety of things in highschool, jr, and elementry, yes they are needed.  Especially when you have school districts that refuse to let the students use the fucking office phone!  And don't sit there and tell me they don't do that!  I live in a district that outright says, the kids are NOT to use the office phone for any reason.  So if my kids don't show up after school........I have to call the school to find out why or go into the school!  It doesn't matter if they are being held after school or say they got snatched and had to run away from somebody.  Granted for the most part the office staff probably would call if the last thing happened but by gods I as a Parent shouldn't have to fucking check in with the school if my kids are eing held back for some reason.  They should allow that child to call home.

 

Ppl want to say that cell phones are disruptive.  They are.  I fully agree with that, but what is shamefull is these adults that do NOT give these teenagers credit or the respect of carrying one and handling the responsibilty better then MOST adults.  My children when they are old enough ......upper elementry and jr high.......will YES have a cell phone on them at all times.  Why?  We live in the country school is in town.  Starting in upper elementry activites abound.  And I want to know where the good gods fuck my kid is at.  School is there for an education NOT to keep the parents away from their children like so many school districts across this nation are doing!  Plus when you have many older family memebers and you dont' live in teh same state as your family, that is the only way to get a hold of some of your family members.  If something should happen to my parents or my husband's parents or step parents, your dayum skipping that I am calling to talk to my kids and say get your shit for a week or two and I will be in to pick you up.  I am NOT calling that school first especially when they won't let my child call me!  And after everything that has happened in this country and other countries since 9/11 families need to stay connected.  Bombings are happening where so many kids in other countries are sooooooooo scared of going to school because they have no means of getting in contact iwth their parents!  And by gods I will KNOW where my kids are at, at all times!  And if that means they carry a cell phone they will. 

 

These schools are down right shamefull for trying to keep parents away from their jobs as parenting.  Should the phones be taken away if the kids abuse them........yes they should but the schools have no biz telling parents what to buy their childre and how to raise their children nor how to keepin contact with them intoday's world!

 

And lets talk about Pitt and Jolie.  Great they are using their money for charities.  More power to them.  Great Jolie is the UN's Highest ambassorder of blah blah blha...........awesome that Jolie and then Pitt adopted two orphanes and are being good parents.  But you know what...........when will actors, rich fucks, and the do gooders realize OUR country has just as many poor, homeless, on welfare, in shitty living conditions, no insurance and the like and OUR ppl need that money for OUR Citizen based charities just as much if not more then those other countries.

 

Politicians, Do Gooders, and the like of Pitt and Jolie need to realize we need to stay out of other ppl's biz until we clean up our own problems.  My parents always said you have no room to talk if your own back yard isnt' cleaned up!

 
 
   
 

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