Last Minute Christmas Giftbuyers Guide

How many of us have been frantically trying to take care of Christmas gift buying at the last minute for whatever reason and really want to do right by your loved ones?  First of all Christmas is about the ultimate gift we all received and that was the opportunity to join the biggest family on earth and that is the family of God. So in that spirit here are a few ideas that you may not have thought of...

Time.  We all have received from time to time a home made gift ticket of one of those you are entitled to from a loved one or friend.  But think about it.  Today time is a precious and in short supply thing for most people.  Think about what you can do to help someone you know with time.  How about making a favorite one dish meal and gifting it to a harried homemaker or an infirm relative as a holiday gift.  Offering to take a family member's car for an oil change, gas up and tire air fill up at your expense.  Offering to babysit for a couple to have a date night. Be a "Merry Maid" and offer to do vacuuming, floor cleaning, ironing, laundry, window washing etc.  Offer to act as an Uber driver for a house bound relative or friend. 

Comfort and treat gifts.  These are gifts you can often find at your local drug store.  Walgreens and CVS have really embraced their inner Santa and these are great places to find these sorts of things.  Walgreens will be open Christmas day.  Fragrances, spa baskets, slippers, robes, soft throws, electric blankets, small heaters, wines, scented candles and decorative scent dispensers, massagers, decadent gift chocolates etc. *Note drug stores are really fabulous for every gift need including great toys, contents for gift baskets like snacks, Candy and Gift cards.  New pairs of sunglasses, readers, lens cleaner.  How about hair bands, fancy hair clips, hairbrushes etc.  Small appliances, Camera's, burner phones, Air time for phones, Gas cards, As Seen on TV items.  The small personal groomers, Vege processors, etc.

Remember when you were a little kid and you made that ashtray or handprint for someone? Well, how about writing an original song, drawing or painting a beautiful picture, writing a personal poem, writing a story or fairytale?

Here's an idea for a new holiday tale for kids with magic. Tell your kids that you have a interesting story to share.  Tell  your kids that money was really short this year and by the time you got to a store you didn't have much money and you begged the store owner for any candy that he could sell you.  He ended up taking pity on you and decided to  just give you some odds and ends of candy that had come out of busted bags of candy and a few sample boxes of candy because he was closing up.  Show them a few Hersey kisses, a miniature Hershey bar, a sample size box of Whitman's, a tiny candy cane, a couple of M and M s and a few gold wrap coins etc.   Then tell them you were walking down the street pretty sad and spotted a portly man with a white beard wearing a white t shirt and red pants walking what he thought was a small horse carrying an empty red sack and a medium size plastic bag.  As he approached closer you realized that it was a reindeer. The reindeer stopped and did his business on a grassy patch near the sidewalk and the man bent down slipping he big plastic bag over his hand and picked up the rather large deposit left by the reindeer.  Well you had to go over and talk to the man. So you did and opening with what a responsible fellow he was for cleaning up after his reindeer. The man smiled and laughed. "Well, it's a given when you have Reindeer.  The jolly man asked him why he looked so sad and he told him his tale and how he hated to disappoint his kids.  The man was very sympathetic and said "I hate to hear of any child being disappointed on Christmas."  He handed his red bag to you and told you when you get home to take the bag and put the candy in the bag and put it in a dark small closet and then have all the children say his name three times and then take the bag out of the closet and open it up.  I asked him what his name was and he said "Kris Kringle."  I said, "Really?"  And he said,"Yes." so here we go kids.  Put the candy in the bag and place in a small closet.  You have stashed of course an identical bag filled with the following identical items  but in the gigantic size.  After saying the name three times  grab the filled bag and close the closet door.  Hold the bag noting how heavy it is and slowly open the bag and peer in the bag looking shocked and  amazed and slowly pull out the gigantic size candies one at a time.  Ah a Christmas Miracle. The little ones are gonna love it and the older ones will love the wonder of your story.  You can find these giant size candies at drugstores, Target and specialty candy stores.

You see, think love, you will be inspired.  There are all kinds of things you can do to put magic in the season.  Think popcorn amania, Air poppers are back in vogue, dig out the old one or pick one up at a thrift shop or drug store and pick up a bulk bag of popcorn kernels. Sprinkle with different flavors out of your cupboard or frig etc.  Dollar store challenge.  Challenge family and friends to spend only a dollar and compete to see who selects the best gift in a secret Santa.  Decorate small table top trees and bring them to folks in hospitals and nursing homes and shut ins. Get those dollar sample sized candies or treats to leave on the desk of those folks you come in contact with at work just to say you're appreciated and don't sign them.  Tons of stuff.

Are you a collector?  Consider gifting some of your stuff to folks that desire or appreciate the stuff.  Things like toys, trinkets, fan boy stuff.  Antique small items.  There's no better feeling.  Instead of giving dollar bills to kids considered silver dollars or dimes, or American currency that is newer but in less common usage like Sacagawea or Susan B Anthony coins  and two dollar bills etc.

Older but back in vogue clothing, bags and costume jewelry.  Thrift stores, your own closet and the like are great sources for these kinds of things.  This is a great place to put together a dress up trunk for young kids for play pretend opportunities.

 How about a making a bracelet with little personal to the person trinkets on it from a craft store. Or a wallet or pair of moccasins.

The Dollar tree is great for fixins for creating a decorative wreath or arrangement.

 AAA members.  Don't forget AAA travel offices have their own gift shop areas with all kinds of great things.  Pick up  a new map and travel guide for your state to give to a traveler in your circle along with a single membership.

Hospitals have great gift shops and often mark things down at the end of the year.  Some even sell clever gift baskets and items for a new baby.

Certain restaurant chains have gift shops like the popular Cracker Barrel.

The grocery store.  I love to pick up a holiday themed reusable bag and fill with store baked goods, crackers, cheeses, summer sausages, imported specialty cookies like Pims , teas and coffee variety packs, dryed soup bags, Hot chocolate mixes, specialty breads, boxes of Little Debbie specialty holiday cakes (they are delicious),Nonni's Biscotti, Nuts, wine, spreadable cheeses, think goodies. They also sell toys, bags of cotton candy, books, knives etc. 

Speaking of knives so many people I know have the dullest beat up collection of knives in their kitchen.  Consider gifting them an electric knife sharpener or a set of new knives or both. An a electric knife and good cutting board with juice groove for those that like to entertain.

Hardware store and Airports are a great place to get that great gift. International airports often feature mini malls. Get your gal pal her own tool set.  Sometimes you find pink sets that no fellow will borrow.  Office Supply stores always have a gift area.  Consider giving large boxes of good quality pens or multipack scissors, mini sewing kits. New year calendars and monthly planners.(Dollar tree has these things of lessor quality for a dollar and everybody needs them). The public library.  Ours has a wonderful used book store and a art gallery with art for sale. Used book stores and thrift stores are great sources for coffee table books, cook books.  Thrift stores for vintage records, fine china, tea cups, art, and vintage Christmas ornaments.

Think logo items.  Like beverages like Coke, Pepsi and couple that with a holiday package of the products.  Folks love that.

Don't overlook pawnshops.

I hope I have helped you get your brain to brainstorm and remember it's not the size of the gift but the size of your heart.

Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.







 

Pro Choice

The far left press as well some of the conservative press are having a field day with the huge number of conservatives who have stepped forward to run for the office of President.  Why?  I thought folks were all about pro choice? 

I am encouraged to see so many willing to get into the fray and swim thru the piranha waters of the Amazonian ivy league media who view conservatives like Weight Watchers at a Sara Lee sponsored buffet.  We all know that over time many will drop out.  But, with this many folks getting the conservative messages out when the legislative and party GOP are all but silent this can be a good thing.

The Donald preaches economic freedom and restoring the Republic. This is a good message. His foot and mouth disease is a good thing too. People will tune in just to see what goofy thing he says next and in turn listen to the general message.  There is no such thing as bad publicity.  And a broken clock is right twice a day.

We have a cornucopia of candidates with even a gifted Doctor in the house.  Governors and legislators, preachers and businessman all with great track records for hard work and common sense solutions.

Whomever rises to the top of electability I think should announce their running mate immediately and appointments of fellow candidates for positions in the cabinet for their specific expertise.  Be up front early and don't play games.

This election is not about "CHANGE" it's about "RESTORATION OF THE REPUBLIC." It's about reducing this plague of government in the people's lives.  It's about ending programs that cost more and more of our meager paychecks with less and less in return and resulting in destruction of the American way of life.

Talking points should be about what this election is about.   It's about doing away with ALL taxes at the state and federal level except a ten percent state and a ten percent federal sales tax on everything except RX, Food and Fuel. In this way if the country prospers so do the public works.  This is the motivation for the beltway boys much like CEOs salaries are linked with profits.  This guarantees everyone pays some taxes based on their ability to purchase.  Without income, property, and capital gains taxes you will finally own your businesses, your land and profits from savings and investing.

It's about restoring the founder's intent for the Federal government's primary duty.  The only thing the federal government should be in charge of is public defense. The American armed forces coupled with an international service that includes a marriage of FBI and CIA combined.

It's about reestablishing states responsibilities instead of having assorted duties thrust upon them by the Federal government.   State governments should only be in charge of is police, fire and parks and recreation centers. Operation of utilities, roads, signage, waste water and drainage, trash pick up and disposal among other government job works should be privatized on bid. Competition drives costs down and makes the people into job creators instead of dependents. 

When a church gets so big it finds it hard to operate they often break into smaller satellite neighborhood churches. This smaller churches are more manageable  and cheaper to run.  Smaller church congregations participate more when they know if something needs done they have to step up to the plate.

It's about getting the governments out of the education business and allowing parents to choose the appropriate private education pathway .  This makes parents participate because it costs them directly.  No parent wants a dependent grown child living at home with no prospects.  Parents will be compelled to participate in education and child rearing at birth thru young adulthood.  No longer will they expect the state to train up their child.  And frankly none of us should. 

I am reminded of stories about incredibly poor parents living in the streets of Mumbai whose main goal is to assist their children in gaining a good education.  Their dream is to have the next generation better than the last.  Their children share this dream and work hard with their parents and teachers.

Public schools as they are currently designed are simply warehouses bound by antiquated protocols that no longer apply and they are too unwieldy to make even minor adjustments.  One size does not fit all.  We need to care about our children enough to educate them in the best way possible and equip them for the world that is left behind.

And finally it's about Freedom.  REAL FREEDOM.  Whenever a people are enslaved to their leaders thru excessive and progressive taxation we are no more free than the serfs working the land of a King. We are managed thru FEAR.  It's time to grow a pair and fight for REAL FREEDOM.  A government job should no longer be the most secure job in the country.

So folks the more the merrier on the podium the first few months of the debate season.  The more voices the better.  Don't fret, a clear choice always filters thru and quite frankly the Democrat alternative is far more scary because all they offer is more of the same failed government policies we have been suffering thru for far too long.  The best conservatives offer is the focused will for Resurrection and Restoration of the Republic.

I Was a Police Office

Sent to me by my veteran friend Joe,

I WAS A POLICE OFFICER

 

I WAS A POLICE OFFICER

Today, I will not answer the radio call that your boyfriend has come home drunk and is beating you again.

                                   

Today, I will not answer the radio call that your 16 year old daughter, who is very responsible, is four hours late coming home from school.

                                   

Today, I will not answer the radio call that your store has been robbed or your house has been burglarized.

                                   

Today, I will not stop a drunk driver from killing someone. I will not catch a rapist or a murderer or a car thief.

                                   

Today, I will not answer the radio call that a man has a gun or tried to abduct a child or that someone has been stabbed or has been in a terrible accident.

                                   

Today, I will not save your child that you locked in a car or the child you were too busy to watch who went outside and fell into the swimming pool, but that I revived.

                                   

No, today I will not do that.

                                   

Why?

                                   

Today, I was suspended from duty for doing my job, because the media, a lawyer who formally represented terrorists and is the US attorney general and a mayor who ran on an anti-police agenda, who are all advised by a drug dealer, liar and income       tax cheat. AND, all who know nothing about Policing, have vilified my profession.

                                   

Because ----

                                   

Today, I was killed by a drunk driver while I was helping push a disabled car off the highway.

                                   

Today, I was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop to simply tell someone that they had a taillight out.

                                   

Today, I was killed in a traffic accident rushing to help a citizen.

                                   

Today, I was shot and killed serving a warrant on a known drug dealer.

                                   

Today, I was killed by a man when I came by to do a welfare check because his family was too busy.

                                   

Today, I was killed trying to stop a bank robbery or a grocery store robbery.

                                   

Today I was killed doing my job.                                      
A chaplain and an officer will go to a house and tell a mom and dad or a wife or husband or a child that their son or daughter or husband or wife or father or mother won't be coming home today.
The flags at many police stations were flown at half-mast today but most people won't know why.
There will be a funeral and my fellow officers will come, a twenty-one-gun salute will be given, and taps and bagpipes will be played as I am laid to rest.

                                   

My name will be put on a plaque, on a wall, in a building, in a city somewhere.

                                   

A folded flag will be placed on a mantel or a bookcase in a home somewhere and a family will mourn.

                                   

There will be no cries for justice.

There will be no riots in the streets.

There will be no officers marching, screaming 'no justice, no peace.'

No citizens will scream that something must be done.

No windows will be smashed, no cars burned, no stones thrown, no names called.

Only someone crying themselves to sleep tonight will be the only sign that I was cared about.

                                   

I was a police officer

The New Generation of Legislator

 

Here in Florida one of the Republican Parties longest active Legislator Bill Young passed away.  His 40 plus years of public service was lauded.  His personal bio was told of how he had dropped out of high school to support his Mum and later joined the National Guard.  It told of how he became successful selling insurance and how he had left his three children and wife of 36 years to marry his much younger DC assistant.

It told of his actions of bringing billions of dollars in earmarks to his state and how he had a heart for the veterans and supported our troops and fought for them. Quite a history and legacy for an 82 year old legislator that died in the saddle.  In other words he was a common man, not a lawyer with an ivy league background. A regular Joe with the usual faults and strengths.


Today our struggle to preserve the Republic will require  more of our representatives. A dramatically different legislator with dramatically different goals and means of doing the people's business. Today's candidate may have to be willing to move fast and strike hard within a term limit.  Instead of procuring earmarks, today's legislator is called upon to reduce the size of government and fight to keep tax dollars in the back pocket of the taxpayer.  Today's lawmaker will be required to go thru the laws and change or strike down laws that make no sense and are antiquated.  He or she will need to fight to reduce the size and scope of Bills for new laws to one sheet understandable to the common man.  And most importantly they will need to have the combination of a common man with a higher than average intelligence and a strength of will and character that will not budge.

Conservatives will need to be like legions of infantry ready to step up and defend as brothers and sisters fall in the battle and run for offices that may fall vacant.  It may not be for 40 years and it may only be for the length of a term but folks must be willing to make the sacrifice in order to move our government back to the vision of the founders and away from the recreation of British rule steeped in socialism and communism.

If one worries constantly of being re elected they will not make the bold moves necessary for effecting massive reversals of this train wreck of enslaving Americans to a tyrannical rule.

40 year career legislators are less like public servants and more like very expensive Welfare recipients.  Who wants to lose their gravy train of life long salaries and medical care?

Our founding fathers were risk takers willing to lose it all to give every citizen the opportunity for advancement  without the hindrances of a ruling class and strangling taxation that supported the ruling class.  Many of our founding fathers lost everything so you and I could be free to shape our destiny.

We need good men and women willing to be risk takers to run for office.  We need the rank and file of GOP career politicians to support them rather than use them like scapegoats to garner a few votes from tea party and libertarian groups come election time. 

If you are not willing to risk it all to save the Republic and our freedom for future generations to come you do not deserve to hold office. 

I believe that the American people are fully capable of supporting themselves,their families and communities.  Facts bear this out as reports from the financial world state that Americans are cutting up their credit cards,downsizing their expenses and moving from debt to savings.  As Jesus said the poor will always be with you.  But, the majority of folks are more then capable of taking care of themselves and blessing those that can not thru charities and churches.  Remember how Churches, Libraries and Parks were all established by successful business men and women of the community?

When  you enslave a people they no longer have the interest or motivation to work.  That is why Russia and China failed.  Their embrace of capitalism has been their pathway to economic successes.

It is time now before it's too late to elect men and women dedicated to restoring the Republic at all costs.  It is time for the GOP to stop worrying about reelection and more about saving the country.  We need to teach the communists that have permeated our government that we are willing to fight to the death to preserve our freedoms and reduce this massive disease that is the bloated government.  And we need to show them that if they take down one of us another is waiting in the wings to take their place and carry on the fight.  In other words there is another fighter  just like me willing to go toe to toe with you. 

We need to stop making our local, state and federal governments into the largest employers and start making the people the largest employers.  People often talk about evil corporations.  How about evil governments?  How would you like your paycheck or savings dependant on a few millionaire legislators. The Social Security recipient's, government workers and military have found out in this last shut down.  The communists and socialists controlling our government think nothing of those they employ or support, only the money grab that is obamacare and their agenda to enslave us is important to them and their thirst for control and power. 

Our government was never meant to be run by an elite committee of self important career politicians and lawyers.  It was meant to be a representative short term mixture of citizens from all walks of life. It was meant to be filled with those that would represent their communities for a short time and then go back to their lives.  The best leaders are the reluctant ones.  The ones that do not feel worthy.  If you are currently out of work run for office.  That will be your selling point.  I guarantee if you put your whole self into it you will win.  And once you have held office honorably employers will beat a path to your door.  If you are retired, don't sit on the couch consider seating in all those unoccupied seats you see on CSPAN.  I say if they can't bother to be in their seat every day they should telecommute. 

Our renewed agenda for our legislators should be using telecommuting.  Turning the buildings into museums and making legislators do their business in their district offices.  I say do away with specialty committees who dictate what bills and budgets to present with only 20 and 30 year career politicians in control.  Who is to say they are the experts and this often gives single parties absolute control over the general public will.  It is also  just another hurdle that bogs down and slows government operations.  Consider if a large business were run by several committees.  It would fail to be able to deal swiftly with the changing tides of business decisions.   Much of the way legislative operations run stands in opposition of equal representation and speedy operation and should be abolished. 

We need those that can make sharp and common sense decisions swiftly and simply like a fighter pilot and less like a cruise ship captain steering the Titanic.  The iceberg is in view and several folks have radioed you of the disaster and you refuse to see it or admit your ship is vulnerable.

The office of President needs to be reduced back to it's less than dictator authority that began in Woodrow Wilson's time.  Executive orders need to be eliminated.  Veto power needs to be eliminated.  Presidents should not be able to appoint Czars or Supreme Court Justices.  And Supreme Court Judges should have  two year terms.  Our IRS system should be dismantled and a flat 10 percent federal sales tax should be established with the appropriate exemptions like RX , food and fuel. Any increase would have a time limit,a purpose and come to a public vote. The dollar should be back on the gold standard and the Federal Reserve Board should be eliminated.

Social Security should be put in a lock box to eliminate the general fund robbery since LBJ and phased out similar to the Chilean model.  We need to closely examine this diseased way of doing things that has continued to enlarge and complicate the peoples business and placed our government in a role of oppressor instead of protector against  foreign and domestic invaders.

You know the country is in trouble when even the Mexicans no longer want to come here to pick fruit.  They are the canary in the coal mine.

Fruit in America is rotting on the tree for lack of pickers. Our government is rotting on the vine because of lack of the willingness of the people to run for office and save this dying Republic.  It's that bad folks.

It will take a new breed of people from all walks of life to bring this country and our government back to the vision that our Founders sacrificed so much for many years ago.  If we are to go on as the greatest country in the world it will take the will and actions of all those reluctant leaders to  run for office at the local,state and federal levels and take up old glory and run to the battle at hand braving the bullets and the bombs showing our enemies that we are still there as the enemies press forward. 

As you sit thinking about your past life and how blessed you are to live in this country imagine if you will what it could have been like if you had not been.living in this country.   Isn't that alone worthy of your care and concern and participation?  Evil flourishes when good men do nothing.  Let us fill the halls of the legislatures and the White House and the Governors homes with those that are there not for personal ambition or power but are there because they want to protect those freedoms they have been so well blessed by and want to preserve for those that come after.  And let the political parties know you want these people to run by sending your dollars earmarked to support people and not the party.

This is not high school folks where you can let the perpetual joiners who get off on power and glory continually run the student councils, yearbook and clubs.  It's time to get involved and not depend on the quarterbacks and cheerleaders  to run our lives and make our decisions.  It's time to let the average kids, the smokers at the fence, the AV nerds, the shy girls that sat by themselves in the lunch rooms to step up and get involved.  Have you ever wondered by these folks can't get out of their own way in government.  It's filled with dumbed down ivy league college elites that never held a real job, never run a business and they are incapable of thinking outside the box and they are terrified to ruin their gravy train.  People who live and work in the real world outside of the cloistered world of the beltway have learned how to think outside the box to survive and they are not afraid of taking risks and have learned that common sense is the best kind of sense. America needs to restore regular Americans to government to restore true representation. The agenda should be freedom and not enslavement. 

I recall the story behind the creation of our national anthem. Since 7 A.M. of the previous day more than 1,800 bombs, cannonballs, and the new Congreve rockets had lit the sky and shattered the peaceful harbor. From the deck of his sloop behind the enemy fleet, the young Baltimore attorney breathed a sigh of relief. The flag was still there!
Upon discussing the previous night with survivors of the great battle, he learned just how much keeping the flag flying had meant to the soldiers.

The flag itself was hit many times and had holes in it. In addition, several times through the night a cannon ball had hit the flag pole. It was hit enough times that the pole was actually leaning and in danger of toppling over. Brave men rushed to the pole to help prop it up with their bodies and arms. When one man holding the flagpole up was shot, another was ready to take his place. This is how they kept the flag flying all night!  (A lowered flag means surrender.)  Thrilled by the sight of the flag and the knowledge that the fort had not fallen, Key took a letter from his pocket, and began to write some verses on the back of it. Later, after the British fleet had withdrawn, Key checked into a Baltimore hotel, and completed his poem on the defense of Fort Mc Henry. He then sent it to a printer for duplication on handbills, and within a few days the poem was put to the music of an old English song. Both the new song and the flag became known as "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Will you be willing to keep our flag waving like those brave souls?



Let me conclude with this simple message.  In order for our Republic to be restored we need to recruit and encourage everyday people into taking office who are willing to serve short term to make big bold decisions to reduce government in our lives, reduce taxes and spending and have faith in their fellow Americans that they are more than capable of taking care of themselves.  For our Republic to survive we need this new generation of legislator and it will take each and everyone of us to make it happen.

Chinese Food That's Not Healthy

This just in from my intrepid coorespondent Cous Sissy

DO NOT EAT TILAPIA
Greetings and Salutations...

I read several articles on Google about this, and even one that was defending the eating of tilapia said to avoid the fish that came from China . Also, I had just
returned home from buying Publix & Albertson's 4-day special of 4 bags of frozen tilapia for the price of one. Sure enough, on the top of the bags, it read "farm raised", and on the bottom in small print it said, " China ".

I recently saw a Food inspector on TV... He said he had lived overseas and he had seen the filthy conditions their foods are raised and processed in.

It is enough to make you throw up. Some foreign workers have to wear masks as they work in these places, because the food is so rotten and filthy, it makes them want to throw up. Many of their Fish on Fish Farms are fed Raw sewage daily. He said he has seen so much filth throughout their food growing and processing that he would "never" eat any of it. They raise this filth , put some food coloring and some flavorings on it, then they ship it to the USA for YOU to consume and feed to YOUR families. They have no Food & Safety Inspectors. They ship it to you to buy and poison your families and friends. Imported food we eat and the junk we buy

Green Giant frozen vegetables are from China , and so are most of Europe 's Best.
Arctic Gardens are Okay. So is Birdseye.

Never buy the grocery store garlic unless it is clearly marked from USA or Canada , the other stuff is grown in people poop (even worse than chicken poop). China is the largest producer of garlic in the world U.S. is next.

Buy only local honey, much honey is shipped in huge containers from China and re-packed here.

Cold-FX is grown and packed in China and is full of fecal bacteria. Doesn't work anyway, big scam. If the country of origin is not clearly marked beware. If produce, ask an employee.

Watch out for packages which state "prepared for", "packed by" or "imported by". I don't understand the lack of mandatory labeling, especially the produce. The country of origin should be clearly shown on the item in the store. I go to the local farmers' markets in season and keep a wary eye open the rest of the year.

Please read this very carefully, and read to the very bottom. It's important for all of us.

How is it possible to ship food from China cheaper than having it produced in the U.S. or Canada ?

FOR EXAMPLE
THE "OUR FAMILY" BRAND OF MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN 'FROM
CHINA '. SO, FOR A FEW MORE CENTS, BUY THE LIBERTY BRAND. GOLD BRAND OR THE DOLE IS FROM CALIFORNIA Beware, Costco sells canned peaches and pears in a plastic jar that come from China .

ALL "HIGH LINER" AND MOST OTHER FROZEN FISH PRODUCTS COME FROM CHINA OR INDONESIA . THE PACKAGE MAY SAY "PACIFIC SALMON" ON THE FRONT, BUT LOOK FOR THE SMALL PRINT. MOST OF THESE PRODUCTS COME FROM FISH FARMS IN THE ORIENT WHERE THERE ARE NO REGULATIONS ON WHAT IS FED TO THESE FISH.

Recently The Montreal Gazette had an article by the Canadian Government on how Chinese feed the fish: They suspend chicken wire crates over the fish ponds, and the fish feed on chicken s--t. If you search the Internet about what the Chinese feed their fish, you'll be alarmed; e.g., growth hormones, expired anti-biotic from humans. Never buy any type of fish or shellfish that comes from these countries:
Vietnam ,
China ,
Philippines .

Check this out personally. I did. Steinfeld's Pickles are made in India - just as bad!

Another example is in canned mushrooms. No-Name brand came from Indonesia .

Also check those little fruit cups. They used to be made in Canada in the Niagara region until about 2 years ago. They are now packaged in China !

While the Chinese export inferior and even toxic products, dangerous toys, and goods to be sold in North American markets, the media wrings its hands!

Yet, 70% of North Americans believe that the trading privileges afforded to the Chinese should be suspended!

Well, duh! Why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges?

SIMPLY DO IT YOURSELF, CANADA AND THE U.S.

Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says 'Made in China ' or 'PRC' (and that now includes Hong Kong ), simply choose another product, or none at all. You will be amazed at how dependent you are on Chinese products, and you will be equally amazed at what you can do without.

THINK ABOUT THIS:

If 200 million North Americans refuse to buy just $20 each of Chinese goods, that's a billion dollar trade imbalance resolved in our favor... fast! The downside? Some Canadian/American businesses will feel a temporary pinch from having foreign stockpiles of inventory.

Just one month of trading losses will hit the Chinese for 8% of their North American exports. Then they will at least have to ask themselves if the benefits of their arrogance and lawlessness are worth it.

START NOW and don't stop.

Send this to everybody you know. Let's show them that we are intelligent, and NOBODY can take us for granted.

 

 

Why Repubs are the Heros in the Obamacare Fight

Let me state up front that Obama care is unconstitutional.  Obama knows this,his handlers and co conspirators know this and they are mad as hell that the American people know this and that the majority of Americans don't want this to continue.  Finally the Conservatives voted into office are using their authority to stop this illegal money grab that has nothing to do with reducing health care costs and everything to do with government control of our lives.  That is why they are heroes.  The media and the Dem PR machine will pull out all stops to scare the American people with the threat of shut down and paint the Repubs as evil and heartless.

It has been known for years the simple small changes that can be instituted to insure reduced health care costs.  Tax deduction increases for medical expenses.  Reduction of years of exclusivity on maintenance drugs for major diseases.  Allowing interstate insurance purchasing.  Ala Carte insurance policies.  Etc. 

Facts Obama does not want you to know.  Seniors who made a lot of money currently pay higher premiums for their insurance policies that are based on income they made.  Now they will seek out the subsidized and sign up for in in the Medicare sign up window.  These additional parties will be one of many who will be clogging up the phone lines with the government and come Oct 1 their system will crash.

Average monthly health care payments will be at least equal to a car payment.  Parents, more of your adult children may be moving back in with you because many can't afford a car payment size bill and rent.  And they may find their entry level job cut to part time because businesses will not be able to afford health care for these new workers.  Not to mention that many more people may be riding the already overburden bus system.  And your employer may choose to discontinue your company health insurance because of the increased costs and just pay the fine which may be cheaper or they may pass along the increased cost to you because of the new requirements due to Obama care for those private insurance companies.

And if you think overall costs out of pocket and quality of health care will improve think again.  Ask many older doctors why they are choosing early retirement.  Ask why hospitals can't get enough nurses who do the bulk of the patient care to apply for the openings with out hefty monetary bonuses..Examine failing and costly Universal Health care England, France, Canada  and the state of Mass. . Countries with these programs have been bankrupted by their systems and increased wait time for needed procedures even in the case of an emergency result in needless amputations and even death.

The profit aspect of health care is exactly what has created our cutting edge medical prowess in America.  Sure there are small changes that need to be made.  But their is no reason other than political vulture greed for more power and control of the American people to continue with this fiasco that Dem's signed on without reading.  You can not tell me payoffs and threats were not made by the Obama Administration to push that mess through. 

As with anything the handlers of Obama have him try to sell to the American People it always involves promising the taxpayer and supporter of the government more pie in the sky while slipping their hand in your paycheck.  The result is always a return of less for your money and a creation of another means to control you.

Case in point.  The "Government Shutdown" threat that could result in civil servants with the military and military and seniors not getting their checks.  Bull.  the legislature has a mandate and obligation to make good on these have to pay bills.  They vote in a temporary specific bill to make sure their obligation are met.  They can do this now and are required to do this now by existing law.  Dems and Obama prefer you to think otherwise. 

Fighting against this pack of lies and standing up for the American people takes courage and faith for these representatives because they can be more likely defeated in the next election. The Dem machine will pull out all stops to steal and manipulate the next elections because they don't like to lose their strangle hold on the American peoples pocket book. Repubs also know if they lose reelection all of America will lose hold of their control of their pocket book and their lives. Karl Marx stated that America would be overthrown thru the economy not by arms.  The Dems have been long since infiltrated with Communists.  Their agenda has been slowly implemented like turning the boil up on a frog in a pot. It's time to jump out the pot people or we are going to die as a country of freedom and opportunity.  A government shut down would be a good thing.  Believe me.

We have two agendas fighting in our government.  Not two  parties.  One to give the money back to the American people so that they can afford to take care of themselves and their families in peace and freedom.  And the other that wants to recreate the British socialist state in which all incentive to work is gone and the people are dependant and controlled like cattle for the slaughter for the small minority of wealthy government officials and the select old world wealthy families.  These folks can't stand poor and middle class American success stories because it means they can no longer rule over us.  It means the elite is dead.

What can you do?  Learn about the failure of universal health care in other countries and the state of Mass.  Spread the word.  Support your local Repub who is fighting for you and tell your friends.  In America we celebrate our heroes.  Lets do it now.

Morality in America

The recent moral decline of performer Miley Cyrus and other young performers like her causes me much heart ache not only for them, but also for those other impressionable young girls that are their devoted fans.  This need for extremely young girls between the ages of 13 and 24 to behave in sexually suggestive  manners is disturbing.  I mourn for the pure innocence that young girls and women have no chance of retaining.  The children and the young adults of this world are all to soon dryed up haggered looking 50 year olds at 28.  Bitter, distrustful, jaded and hopeless many choose drugs and liquour for escape followed by suicide. 

Miley looking for her father's love in all the wrong places, putting her trust in weak jaded people has fallen off a cliff that many have gone before.

Morality is more than doing good things, it's about doing the right thing.  And what is wrong and what is right?  In today's world it's whatever you think it is.  But thoughts based on feelings are built on shakey ground.  If we based our behavior on the outcome rather than the immediate moment of pleasure we'd might make entirely different decisions.

Back in the days of old their was a great King named Solomon.  He was the Anthony Robbins of his time.  Successful and extremely wealthy his kindom was happy, healthy and well taken care of by god far better than any other kingdom of the day.  The great kings from surrounding countries and lands would kneel at his feet to listen to his wisdom.  The knowledge that he held came directly from God.  Wisdom was all he prayed for as a young man and God honoring his unselfish request granted his prayer.  He followed all of Gods instructions for a successful life for the most part. However, he failed to follow his instruction in a couple of areas.  One, he married outside his culture and his faith and allowed those wives to  build shrines and worship in error.  Second, he spoiled his children and did not teach them the joy of hard work, responsibility for their people and appreciation of their blessings from God.  Even the wisest man of his time who did good things made poor choices based on feelings rather than God's wisdom.  He knew what was right and what was wrong.

All the secrets of how to make right decisions are contained in the words of God to the Hebrews and later the teachings of Jesus God as a man.  And he left us his spirit to further aid us in doing what is right so that we could not be corrupted by false teaching or feelings.

Morality in America has been in moral decline for decades and is ever rapidly increasing.  We have forgotten what is right and wrong.  We have driven God the author of truth from our homes, our government and our hearts to follow after our own selfish endeavors. Many do not even feel any sense of conviction in their hearts for repentance anymore when they live in wrong behavior.  It is as if the cricket of our heart has died. 

We have become a selfish society and is it any wonder why God has removed his hand of blessings and protection over it's governments and people.  We have all become phoney panhandlers on the street with hand outstretched when we are more than able to be self supporting and a blessing to our world.  Americans voted in a phoney president to carry on this agenda of moral decline. He continues to engineer a dependent decadent society with the appearance of a man who does good things.  But one only needs to study the fruits of his actions to see that he is not a good man who knows right from wrong.  He thumbs his nose at the rule of law such as the constitution and acts as if he above the law.

In the ancient world the Hebrews, God's chosen people fell into error just as we have.  They no longer followed his teachings, did not keep the day of rest he had created for man,  lost his teachings contained in the book dictated to Moses as well as the stone tablets with the 10 Godly rules for living.  God removed his hand of protection for a time.  The Hebrews fell into decay economically, in health, crops etc.  They had come to cheat each other and not care about each other.  God told them he would not even listen to their prayers even as they prayed with tears streaming down their faces.  He told them when they cheated each other it was as if they were cheating him.  Soon from their suffering in their moral decline they turned back to God's instructions and located the book and the tablets and reestablished doing those things that God had told them that were right and good. The Lord God then returned his blessings and protections to his repentant  chosen people.

Peace, love, patience,kindness, plenty etc can not be legislated or come with feelings or redistributed.  It comes with reestablishing a connection and a relationship with the one who created all of us.  He knows how we run best and longest.  When we change our inner man thru Christ our world will be blessed.  You want to redirect your children confess your errors and tell them to use you as a cautionary tale not an instruction guide or an excuse to repeat history life. Set a good example by your repentance and be a parent that teaches right from wrong in word and deed.   Show them right from wrong and use the words of God to show them the way.  For the Christ is without spot or blemish.  He is the lamb.  His words are the compass for our hearts and not our feelings for they are selfish and can be deceived

We have lost our moral compass and our knowledge of right and wrong.  And we have reaped the rotten fruit of our actions. Morality in American can be renewed if only we would get rid of our self defeating guilt of the evil one, the accuser and be convicted by the lamb to renew and revive our love and obedience to his words of love and instruction.  That is where our hope lies. That will be our saving grace that heals the morality in America.