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Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Unity ??
As we watch the news over the hard fought primaries between Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama there has been some very mean rifts. Some, of these rifts have produced some very hard words. But now to the real show! Can the looser, Mrs. Clinton, return a similitude of unity to the D.N.C.??
New York Times:
"The lingering rancor between the sides appears to have intensified at the Democratic convention, with grousing from some Clinton fund-raisers about the way they are being treated by the Obama campaign in terms of hotel rooms, credentials and the like. Tensions were already high, particularly in the wake of revelations that Mr. Obama did not vet Mrs. Clinton or ask her advice on his vice-presidential pick.
Many major Clinton fund-raisers skipped the convention; others are leaving Wednesday, before Mr. Obama’s speech.
More broadly, a consensus appears to have emerged among many major Clinton donors that the Obama campaign did not do enough to enlist their support, according to interviews with more than a half-dozen Clinton fund-raisers.
“I’ve had more contact from the McCain campaign since the nomination than from the Obama campaign,” said Calvin Fayard, a New Orleans lawyer, major Clinton fund-raiser and longtime Democratic donor who is not in Denver this week."
The Christian Science Monitor;
"Clinton speech moves Democrats toward unity, but hasn't clinched it
Her words to the Democratic faithful Tuesday night are a first step, not an end point, toward bringing diehard Clinton fans around to Obama."
Time will give us the answer to my question.
Mervi
New York Times:
"The lingering rancor between the sides appears to have intensified at the Democratic convention, with grousing from some Clinton fund-raisers about the way they are being treated by the Obama campaign in terms of hotel rooms, credentials and the like. Tensions were already high, particularly in the wake of revelations that Mr. Obama did not vet Mrs. Clinton or ask her advice on his vice-presidential pick.
Many major Clinton fund-raisers skipped the convention; others are leaving Wednesday, before Mr. Obama’s speech.
More broadly, a consensus appears to have emerged among many major Clinton donors that the Obama campaign did not do enough to enlist their support, according to interviews with more than a half-dozen Clinton fund-raisers.
“I’ve had more contact from the McCain campaign since the nomination than from the Obama campaign,” said Calvin Fayard, a New Orleans lawyer, major Clinton fund-raiser and longtime Democratic donor who is not in Denver this week."
The Christian Science Monitor;
"Clinton speech moves Democrats toward unity, but hasn't clinched it
Her words to the Democratic faithful Tuesday night are a first step, not an end point, toward bringing diehard Clinton fans around to Obama."
Time will give us the answer to my question.
Mervi
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Where have the old songs gone?
I would like to lift the words form an older song by the late Dottie Rambo, one she penned a long time back, “The good old days have come and gone.” In several blogs there has been mention of songs from here and there, mostly from there, those “Good old days.” STOP no I do not want to go back to cars without an A.C., vinyl on the furniture, and getting ice from an aluminum tray or swamp coolers in our homes. There are many of these, “new fangled things,” which I do like. I do remember being in church in Bakersfield in August with one, yes just one BIG swamp cooler. All Bro. Terry had to do when he preached on hell was turn the cooler off!!
OH I want to see Him Look upon His face, Coming down, down, down the glory of the Lord is coming down, Peace, peace wonderful peace coming down from our Father above, When the redeemed are gathered in and on I go. “The good old days have come and gone,” when it left did it take the songs with it?? I as a delegation of one do miss many of those older songs. PLEASE do not hear me wrong. Many of the newer songs are wonderful, but what I and some others, have been labeled as Pentecostal calisthenics, don’t always seem to fit, agree, be in agreement with the visitation of the spirit!
Once more, just as me, some years back my oldest son, who can sing. Not my words but from those who listen to him have said. He called me one afternoon, “Dad I am having a hard time getting the people to worship when I sing?” Son, what are you singing, oh dad its some of the newer songs, son, forget them. The next time you sing, sing Amazing Grace. I don’t care if they are running around the ceiling fans or praying. He did call me back and his only comment was,” dad got the lesson.” The lesson is, in my never to be humble personal opinion, stick with a good balance of a few of those older songs.
Thank you for your time;
Mervi
OH I want to see Him Look upon His face, Coming down, down, down the glory of the Lord is coming down, Peace, peace wonderful peace coming down from our Father above, When the redeemed are gathered in and on I go. “The good old days have come and gone,” when it left did it take the songs with it?? I as a delegation of one do miss many of those older songs. PLEASE do not hear me wrong. Many of the newer songs are wonderful, but what I and some others, have been labeled as Pentecostal calisthenics, don’t always seem to fit, agree, be in agreement with the visitation of the spirit!
Once more, just as me, some years back my oldest son, who can sing. Not my words but from those who listen to him have said. He called me one afternoon, “Dad I am having a hard time getting the people to worship when I sing?” Son, what are you singing, oh dad its some of the newer songs, son, forget them. The next time you sing, sing Amazing Grace. I don’t care if they are running around the ceiling fans or praying. He did call me back and his only comment was,” dad got the lesson.” The lesson is, in my never to be humble personal opinion, stick with a good balance of a few of those older songs.
Thank you for your time;
Mervi
Monday, August 25, 2008
To all who stop by;
To all who have taken the time to stop and read my writings.Mervi
ps:
I have exceeded 2000 visits to my blog.
Little Rhetoric Riding Hood
I barrowed the following from Mr. Geroge Will;
“Barack Obama has made his economic thinking excruciatingly clear, so it also is clear that his running mate should be Rumpelstiltskin. He spun straw into gold, a skill an Obama administration will need to fulfill its fairy-tale promises.”
Should you be interested in reading Mr. Will’s complete column here is the link.
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/will082408.php3
Have a wonderful day;
Mervi
“Barack Obama has made his economic thinking excruciatingly clear, so it also is clear that his running mate should be Rumpelstiltskin. He spun straw into gold, a skill an Obama administration will need to fulfill its fairy-tale promises.”
Should you be interested in reading Mr. Will’s complete column here is the link.
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/will082408.php3
Have a wonderful day;
Mervi
Obama's Freudian Slip
It was actually pretty funny, not caught by the assembled multitude because they were cheering but it came through loud and clear on TV.Obama had just spent 15 minutes praising Joe Biden to the skies, building him up for the crowd so that when he was introduced, a thunderous roar would be heard.He was doing his usual fine job, telling us what a working class hero Biden is, how he cares about "working Americans" (as if there's any other kind) when he gets to the very end and says:"So let me introduce to you the next president..."And Obama stops just in time before he made the YouTube video of the year by saying "Joe Biden."
Have a great day;
Mervi
Have a great day;
Mervi
Friday, August 22, 2008
How great is our God?
NGC 1275, located 235 million light-years from Earth near the center
of a clump of galaxies known as the Perseus cluster.
The majesty of our God.
The majesty of our God.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Two Tidbits this morning.
Two little tidbits of news and ideas. The first, “Congress sets new records for futility,” is from Lou Dobbs. The second, “Lot’s crime and punishment," is from Walter Williams.
Congress Sets New Record for Futility
The Democrats swept into Congress in 2006 promising reform and improvement on the do-nothing legacy of its predecessor. But the 110th Congress is now on the verge of setting a dubious record. In the past 20 years, no Congress has seen fewer measures become public law. However, the closely divided House and Senate have excelled at legislative back-slapping with close to 2,000 meaningless resolutions, ranging from “American Cowboy Day” to one hailing soil as “an essential national resource.” Just another example of your government at “work.”
Lott's "Crime and Punishment" chapter has a lot of interesting tidbits. It starts off stating a fundamental principle of economics: the higher the cost of something, the less people will do of it. To demonstrate the generality of this principle, Lott says that when the number of referees were increased from two to three in the Atlantic Coast Basketball Conference, fouls fell by 34 percent; fouling became more costly. The American League has more hit batsmen than the National League, but the difference only appeared after 1973 when the American League removed its pitchers from the batting lineup in favor of designated hitters. Not being afraid of being hit themselves, American League pitchers threw more bean balls; bean balls became cheaper. The same principle applies to the U.S. crime rate that fell after the death penalty was reinstated, more prisons were built and concealed-weapon carry laws were enacted. The higher the cost of a crime, the less people will do of it.
Just some points that interested me.
Mervi
Congress Sets New Record for Futility
The Democrats swept into Congress in 2006 promising reform and improvement on the do-nothing legacy of its predecessor. But the 110th Congress is now on the verge of setting a dubious record. In the past 20 years, no Congress has seen fewer measures become public law. However, the closely divided House and Senate have excelled at legislative back-slapping with close to 2,000 meaningless resolutions, ranging from “American Cowboy Day” to one hailing soil as “an essential national resource.” Just another example of your government at “work.”
Lott's "Crime and Punishment" chapter has a lot of interesting tidbits. It starts off stating a fundamental principle of economics: the higher the cost of something, the less people will do of it. To demonstrate the generality of this principle, Lott says that when the number of referees were increased from two to three in the Atlantic Coast Basketball Conference, fouls fell by 34 percent; fouling became more costly. The American League has more hit batsmen than the National League, but the difference only appeared after 1973 when the American League removed its pitchers from the batting lineup in favor of designated hitters. Not being afraid of being hit themselves, American League pitchers threw more bean balls; bean balls became cheaper. The same principle applies to the U.S. crime rate that fell after the death penalty was reinstated, more prisons were built and concealed-weapon carry laws were enacted. The higher the cost of a crime, the less people will do of it.
Just some points that interested me.
Mervi
Monday, August 18, 2008
"Patterns of Black Excellence"
Have a few minutes?
Take the time to read this column by Walter Williams.
I found it very informative.
Patterns of Black Excellence
http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2008/08/13/patterns_of_black_excellence
Mervi
Take the time to read this column by Walter Williams.
I found it very informative.
Patterns of Black Excellence
http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2008/08/13/patterns_of_black_excellence
Mervi
Money = (?) Election (?)
I saw this quote this morning and it set my mind to whirling and grinding. Is Mr. Dobbs implying that those who give or better said contribute, to a given political campaign are those who receive preferential treatment? Who ever wins the White House race will be FRIST obligated to those or perhaps the one who gave / contributed the most money?
“Sure, the candidates are talking about providing economic relief to the struggling middle class. But they’re spending their actual time and resources seeking endorsements—and most importantly, cash—from corporate CEOs and the ultra-rich, who are able to give the maximum legal contributions. Of course, no one gives away big money without expecting something in return. And whoever wins in November, it’ll be those big corporate donors who are fist in line for favors, while ordinary Americans continue to struggle for basic necessities.”
Mr. Dobbs web site from which I copied the above, http://loudobbs.tv.cnn.com/
Where then dose or will this leave we who are those who were not able to amass enough Thomas Jeffersons or Benjamin Franklins to appeal to the winner?
Where will the needs of those who fail to contribute in the proper amount come in the natural flow of government?
Has our form of government become the best money can by?
Yes!! In my opinion we, as a country do need a change. However, I am not skilled enough to have the proper or correct information or smarts to design the change we need.
Thank you for allowing me to voice my thoughts.
Mervi
“Sure, the candidates are talking about providing economic relief to the struggling middle class. But they’re spending their actual time and resources seeking endorsements—and most importantly, cash—from corporate CEOs and the ultra-rich, who are able to give the maximum legal contributions. Of course, no one gives away big money without expecting something in return. And whoever wins in November, it’ll be those big corporate donors who are fist in line for favors, while ordinary Americans continue to struggle for basic necessities.”
Mr. Dobbs web site from which I copied the above, http://loudobbs.tv.cnn.com/
Where then dose or will this leave we who are those who were not able to amass enough Thomas Jeffersons or Benjamin Franklins to appeal to the winner?
Where will the needs of those who fail to contribute in the proper amount come in the natural flow of government?
Has our form of government become the best money can by?
Yes!! In my opinion we, as a country do need a change. However, I am not skilled enough to have the proper or correct information or smarts to design the change we need.
Thank you for allowing me to voice my thoughts.
Mervi
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Here we go again !
Here we go once more!!
Politics and the direct involvement of a religious leader bring more questions to me than answers. Everyone, who will take the time to think, knows both men will be prepped to the situations.
The following was lifted form http://media.nationalreview.com/ this morning ( 08/16/08 11:36 am)
Will Rick Warren Mention Rev. Wright? [Tim Graham]
Rick Warren will interview both of the presidential candidates for an hour apiece on Saturday on CNN. (RedState reports it's another event from the liberal-leaning group Faith in Public Life, which also sponsored a CNN forum for Obama and Hillary Clinton in April.) At the last forum, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham did oh-so-sensitively ask Obama about Reverend Wright: "You have spoken about how your former pastor in Chicago, ... Jeremiah Wright was critical in helping bring you to Christianity and is like part of your family. Can you tell us how he helped bring you closer to God?"
You guess is as good or better than mine.
Mervi
Politics and the direct involvement of a religious leader bring more questions to me than answers. Everyone, who will take the time to think, knows both men will be prepped to the situations.
The following was lifted form http://media.nationalreview.com/ this morning ( 08/16/08 11:36 am)
Will Rick Warren Mention Rev. Wright? [Tim Graham]
Rick Warren will interview both of the presidential candidates for an hour apiece on Saturday on CNN. (RedState reports it's another event from the liberal-leaning group Faith in Public Life, which also sponsored a CNN forum for Obama and Hillary Clinton in April.) At the last forum, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham did oh-so-sensitively ask Obama about Reverend Wright: "You have spoken about how your former pastor in Chicago, ... Jeremiah Wright was critical in helping bring you to Christianity and is like part of your family. Can you tell us how he helped bring you closer to God?"
You guess is as good or better than mine.
Mervi
Friday, August 15, 2008
Problem Or Issue (???)
Give me just a few moments to check my tie and glasses. OK, now I shall ascend to the top of my “soap box” this morning. OK! My footing is set on I shall begin.
I, personal, and my wife had a conversation this morning as we were dressing. Is there or are we the witness to an effort to bring more sterilization of our language? We, my wife and I, are a little older couple had some questions about a term that has and is still becoming a replacement another term, within the English language. The term that is being replaced is almost never heard any more. Why? What is wrong with the term?
You’ve got a problem! You have an issue!
He is a drunkard! He is a social drinker!
They are committing adultery! They are having an affair!
The following definitions are retrieved from <"http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary<.
ISSUES
6 a: a matter that is in dispute between two or more parties b (1): a vital or unsettled matter (2): concern, problem c: the point at which an unsettled matter is ready for a decision
PROBLEM
2 a: an intricate unsettled question b: a source of perplexity, distress, or vexation c: difficulty in understanding or accepting
So when we say, I have a problem, we say, I have a, “source of perplexity, distress, or vexation.” Should we choose to use the word issue, do we mean, a dispute, an unsettled matter? I find that the best for, me personally, I have a source of distress or vexation in me. Are we trying to make ourselves as well as others around us sound a little better that we are? Or do we try to make it sound so much better and kinder to me when I say, “I have an issue.” Come on now lets be a little more honest with ourselves? I have nothing against being kind to me, but what has happened to being a little more honest with self? Is there an effort afoot to try for me to make me not sound quite as bad as I am?
As my wife and I talked this morning part of my mind kept asking, “Mervi is this just an age thing. Am I really starting to show my age? Dose the questioning of these new terms or re-fabricated terms show my age?” Yes, going through or enduring higher level education does press for these new terms and yes I do use them. However, I am starting to revert.
A drunk is still a drunk.
Adultery is still adultery.
A problem is still a problem.
I have stepped down from my soap box.
Mervi
I, personal, and my wife had a conversation this morning as we were dressing. Is there or are we the witness to an effort to bring more sterilization of our language? We, my wife and I, are a little older couple had some questions about a term that has and is still becoming a replacement another term, within the English language. The term that is being replaced is almost never heard any more. Why? What is wrong with the term?
You’ve got a problem! You have an issue!
He is a drunkard! He is a social drinker!
They are committing adultery! They are having an affair!
The following definitions are retrieved from <"http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary<.
ISSUES
6 a: a matter that is in dispute between two or more parties b (1): a vital or unsettled matter
PROBLEM
2 a: an intricate unsettled question b: a source of perplexity, distress, or vexation c: difficulty in understanding or accepting
So when we say, I have a problem, we say, I have a, “source of perplexity, distress, or vexation.” Should we choose to use the word issue, do we mean, a dispute, an unsettled matter? I find that the best for, me personally, I have a source of distress or vexation in me. Are we trying to make ourselves as well as others around us sound a little better that we are? Or do we try to make it sound so much better and kinder to me when I say, “I have an issue.” Come on now lets be a little more honest with ourselves? I have nothing against being kind to me, but what has happened to being a little more honest with self? Is there an effort afoot to try for me to make me not sound quite as bad as I am?
As my wife and I talked this morning part of my mind kept asking, “Mervi is this just an age thing. Am I really starting to show my age? Dose the questioning of these new terms or re-fabricated terms show my age?” Yes, going through or enduring higher level education does press for these new terms and yes I do use them. However, I am starting to revert.
A drunk is still a drunk.
Adultery is still adultery.
A problem is still a problem.
I have stepped down from my soap box.
Mervi
Health care and the associated cost!
Here is a very interesting and thought provoking article by Cal Thomas, in my opinion it is worth reading.
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/thomas073108.php3
Mervi
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/thomas073108.php3
Now, where do you stand?
Where do we as a nations want to stand?
Mervi
Thursday, August 14, 2008
"Life is like a mountain rail road"
“Life is like a mountain Rail Road, spanning rivers deep and wide . . . . help us make the run successful from the cradle to the grave.”
Sorry, but this is all I can remember of the old Gospel song. The song may be old but the words and meanings are so very true today. This thing we call life is so very unpredictable, you can never really know what is coming at you next or from where it came.
About seventy miles from where I live, my deceased wife’s mother is coming into the evening station. She has lived a wonderful life, endured the death of her daughter then the death of her husband. I chose to use the word ENDURED because many times there are things in life that all you can do is endure them. Having had in my option, during this short span of time, during which I am living. There has come into my life, my share of ordeals which I just endured. There are times and situations that come into or from this thing call life that the best way, maybe not the only way, but the best at that moment is just to endure, then go forward.
As I close my thought today. Many years ago in a Youth Conference the speaker’s wife was asked to speak one afternoon. I shall never forget her text and thought. As Jesus was being crucified they offered Him vinegar and mingled with gall (Matt. 27: 34) when he tasted it He refused it. This mixture was a common form of numbing agent to be of some help with the pain and death of crucifixion. Jesus refused it because He, Jesus, wanted to feel the sharp edge of life as it left Him.
So in many times and places I just do the best I am able to ENDURE, to bear up under, to tolerate and to carry on until I reach the depot at the top of this mountain.
Mervi
Sorry, but this is all I can remember of the old Gospel song. The song may be old but the words and meanings are so very true today. This thing we call life is so very unpredictable, you can never really know what is coming at you next or from where it came.
About seventy miles from where I live, my deceased wife’s mother is coming into the evening station. She has lived a wonderful life, endured the death of her daughter then the death of her husband. I chose to use the word ENDURED because many times there are things in life that all you can do is endure them. Having had in my option, during this short span of time, during which I am living. There has come into my life, my share of ordeals which I just endured. There are times and situations that come into or from this thing call life that the best way, maybe not the only way, but the best at that moment is just to endure, then go forward.
As I close my thought today. Many years ago in a Youth Conference the speaker’s wife was asked to speak one afternoon. I shall never forget her text and thought. As Jesus was being crucified they offered Him vinegar and mingled with gall (Matt. 27: 34) when he tasted it He refused it. This mixture was a common form of numbing agent to be of some help with the pain and death of crucifixion. Jesus refused it because He, Jesus, wanted to feel the sharp edge of life as it left Him.
So in many times and places I just do the best I am able to ENDURE, to bear up under, to tolerate and to carry on until I reach the depot at the top of this mountain.
Mervi
Monday, August 11, 2008
Decisions, Decisions
I have read several blogs this morning, “Order my steps,” and “Which way Lord.” These have caused me to spend or invest some time into thinking about my path of life. At this point in time there is no real desire for a pulpit ministry. But to be able to sit and help others work through some of the many and varied problems of life, I know that the term issues is common right now but a problem is a problem.
More years over my shoulder, than I care to remember I listened as a man preached on finding the will of God. I shall never forget his main point, “You will find the will of God by doing, being busy in His kingdom and working for Him. His will, will just open to you.” So as I am pondering what to do next, I am doing the best I am able to stay busy for and in HIS kingdom.
A second point that I have used many times in my short life originates from Bro. Job, Job 23:10, “But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Jesus knows me, Mervi, and the way and or things I try to do. If I keep HIM foremost in my life, thoughts, desires and remain in His love and mercy. Then He will allow me to be as gold in His kingdom.
The next part of the equation is that during camp meeting a young man allowed me to see a dream he has. Then for Mervi, to step back and see where I could become a part of his dream, if I take the next step in my education. So Mervi needs to make a decision and then move forward.
Life is just one decision and then another decision only to be followed by another decision.
Mervi
More years over my shoulder, than I care to remember I listened as a man preached on finding the will of God. I shall never forget his main point, “You will find the will of God by doing, being busy in His kingdom and working for Him. His will, will just open to you.” So as I am pondering what to do next, I am doing the best I am able to stay busy for and in HIS kingdom.
A second point that I have used many times in my short life originates from Bro. Job, Job 23:10, “But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Jesus knows me, Mervi, and the way and or things I try to do. If I keep HIM foremost in my life, thoughts, desires and remain in His love and mercy. Then He will allow me to be as gold in His kingdom.
The next part of the equation is that during camp meeting a young man allowed me to see a dream he has. Then for Mervi, to step back and see where I could become a part of his dream, if I take the next step in my education. So Mervi needs to make a decision and then move forward.
Life is just one decision and then another decision only to be followed by another decision.
Mervi
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Thuresday morning of Camp-meeting.
Here I sit at an infamous Starbucks ingesting my drug of choice. I have read several blogs this morning about the camp-meeting. Some of the thoughts and concerns of others that I must or I do feel a closeness to some of the questions that have been raised.
I have been so challenged by the teaching / preaching of both Bro. Davies and Bro. Jones the well within has been stirred and a new flow has begun. That deep moving, which comes from deep within my life, that heartrending which will bring about a REAL change within my perspective of this thing we call life?
My heart is moved within me, as I look about and see the many who have chosen to be or do something other than be with us at camp! My spirit has been grieved deep within me, as I see those who have made a choice to go in some other direction. Is or are the directions, these my friends, have chosen right or wrong? This is a question that only my Lord can answer. I hope that we, my friends that have chosen a different direction, that we can still be friends and enjoy one another?
Mervi
I have been so challenged by the teaching / preaching of both Bro. Davies and Bro. Jones the well within has been stirred and a new flow has begun. That deep moving, which comes from deep within my life, that heartrending which will bring about a REAL change within my perspective of this thing we call life?
My heart is moved within me, as I look about and see the many who have chosen to be or do something other than be with us at camp! My spirit has been grieved deep within me, as I see those who have made a choice to go in some other direction. Is or are the directions, these my friends, have chosen right or wrong? This is a question that only my Lord can answer. I hope that we, my friends that have chosen a different direction, that we can still be friends and enjoy one another?
Mervi
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Camp Meeting (2)
Yesterday morning, as I was walking around the camp meeting grounds, I stopped and watched thought the fog of time and memory. Where a small stage now stands there was a tent trailer, a man and his wife, two small boys. In the evening, before camp had started, there would be ball games, horse shoes, kick ball and lots of laughing and eating. Those who stayed in trailers had lots of excitement, when someone either turned on their A C or hot rollers only to blow a fuse, no one had electricity. The fog moved back in and then back out and there was the same group, the boys are now in their teen years and no longer riding the pedal power three wheelers but now on bikes and sometimes stopping to talk with some girls. There came the fog moved in once more, the stage is there, much better power and water hookups, larger trailers and more of them, the size of the camp meeting has so increased.
Would I like to go back to those days gone by? Some times yes, then sometimes no.
Mervi
Would I like to go back to those days gone by? Some times yes, then sometimes no.
Mervi
Saturday, August 2, 2008
You could hear a pin drop!
When in England, at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush.He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men & women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.
'You could have heard a pin drop.
There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French & American. During a break, one French engineer came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?'A Boeing engineer stood up replying quietly: 'Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered & can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day & they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims & injured to & from their flight deck.We have eleven such ships; how many of these ships does France have?
'You could have heard a pin drop.
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian & French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies & Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.
'You could have heard a pin drop.
THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on. 'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted he had been to France previously. Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.'The American said, ''The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it. 'Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France!' The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to.
'You could have heard a pin drop.
I browed this, with permission, from Kevin Hopper's blog.
Mervi
'You could have heard a pin drop.
There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French & American. During a break, one French engineer came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?'A Boeing engineer stood up replying quietly: 'Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered & can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day & they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims & injured to & from their flight deck.We have eleven such ships; how many of these ships does France have?
'You could have heard a pin drop.
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian & French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies & Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.
'You could have heard a pin drop.
THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on. 'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted he had been to France previously. Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.'The American said, ''The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it. 'Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France!' The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to.
'You could have heard a pin drop.
I browed this, with permission, from Kevin Hopper's blog.
Mervi
Campmeeting
"Going to pull my trailer to the old camp grounds, going to that devil one more round.
An't no hidden place down here."
Some of the those my age or beyond will know this old song.
We are at the camp grounds and enjoying the different weather than the central valley.
Mervi
An't no hidden place down here."
Some of the those my age or beyond will know this old song.
We are at the camp grounds and enjoying the different weather than the central valley.
Mervi
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