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out of place, out of time
searcher5
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How many of you feel this way? I don't mean the typically Shirly McClaine response, like " I was King Arthur in another life" , but in reference to morals & values instead.
Homosexual relationships are being pushed off on us as normal. People are promoted and given preference because of race, while others are discriminated against because of race, and yet, the very ones that are largely discriminated against are labelled as being racist for noticing it. Vulgar language is accepted. The way women are treated, and the comments that they are frequently subjected to are atrocious. Lewd behavior is accepted as norm. Some of the messages put on t-shirts and vehicles would have landed you in jail many years ago. Whenever I say something or step in to put a stop to any of it, I am viewed as being a troublemaker.
Religious groups are just as bad. Because I don't have a Jesus fish on my truck, or know the words to all the songs in the book, because I don't frequent the "House of God" and have been known to pull a cork, I am some kind of heathen. But these are the same people who stand by and allow themselves to be discriminated against without protest, who put up with vulgar & lewd behavior instead of confronting it. The Bible says "The Meek shall inherit the Earth" They'll have to have it given to them, as they sure don't have the stones to take it.
Just blowing off steam, I guess. I feel like a dinosaur.
Proud member of the NRA
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.
Abraham Lincoln
If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith.
Albert Einstein
Homosexual relationships are being pushed off on us as normal. People are promoted and given preference because of race, while others are discriminated against because of race, and yet, the very ones that are largely discriminated against are labelled as being racist for noticing it. Vulgar language is accepted. The way women are treated, and the comments that they are frequently subjected to are atrocious. Lewd behavior is accepted as norm. Some of the messages put on t-shirts and vehicles would have landed you in jail many years ago. Whenever I say something or step in to put a stop to any of it, I am viewed as being a troublemaker.
Religious groups are just as bad. Because I don't have a Jesus fish on my truck, or know the words to all the songs in the book, because I don't frequent the "House of God" and have been known to pull a cork, I am some kind of heathen. But these are the same people who stand by and allow themselves to be discriminated against without protest, who put up with vulgar & lewd behavior instead of confronting it. The Bible says "The Meek shall inherit the Earth" They'll have to have it given to them, as they sure don't have the stones to take it.
Just blowing off steam, I guess. I feel like a dinosaur.
Proud member of the NRA
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.
Abraham Lincoln
If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith.
Albert Einstein
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I Miss The World I Grew Up In!
If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
But, this time and this place is what I've got to deal with, so I will. On my terms as much as possible. I'm really trying to find out a way to make my life and the life of my family more simple and "purer" and, for me at least, that means rural living and lots of time spent together.
I can (and 99% of the time do) do without the TV, the radio, interaction with popular culture. I don't advocate being a seperationist, just drawing and maintaining clear boundaries for yourself and those your responsible for. Keeps me sane.
To whom much is given, much is expected.
He Dog
Greg
Former
USMC
ANGLICO
and He Dog said it well.
I've got an old photo around here somewhere,
me and four buddies in front of "The Snack Shop",
our teenage hangout.
We're dressed alike,
Levi's, no belts, Levi jackets over white T's.
Under the jackets the sleeves were rolled up
to hold our Lucky Strikes!
Dad hated that dress style,
thought going without a belt was sinful!
He wore khakis and white dress shirts.
Compare then to now!!![:D]
Yes, there are excellent exceptions. But I'm talking about the general run, the trend. While Socrates deplored this a long time ago, it's another society now. And it's time to teach and reinforce positive values that benefit society, not "me first," or "It's ok if you can get away with it."
We live in an increasingly isolated world, where an individual can live through the computer. It's concievable that one could live indoors constantly, provided money keeps coming into their account.
We need to look outward and to teach our children the same.
How you doin'!
Not sure when, but I try to be ready for it.
God Bless America and...
NEVER Forget WACO
NEVER, EVER Forget 911
I do.
The gene pool needs chlorine.
Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems