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State of the Union, raw & uncut, personal observations on social media

2/6/2019

12 hrs ago, from my personal Facebook observations during the State of the Union address by President Trump. 3 parts to this post today, as there were 3 posts last evening. the digits below each section shows the likes, loves, etc of personal friends. these are My observations and mine alone, as they occurred during the President's speech.

State of the Union address Part 1:
Notice how Ms Pelosi and Mr Pence are leaning away from each other....lol
All those Democrat women wearing white..... are they trying to act virginal or something?
Always fascinated to see who applauds and who doesn't, who stands and who doesn't, who looks pleasant and professional or looks sour and disinterested.
Interested to see Mr Sanders actually taking notes as the President speaks.
Loved seeing WWII veterans introduced along with Buzz Aldren, awesome people to be thanked forever for their services!
Sad the white suits and Ms Pelosi can't stand up to applaud all the reforms and improvements for our veterans and the VA healthcare system.
Ms. Pelosi gives a hand of halt to the white suits when she wants them to quiet and a nod when she wants them to respond.....SIGH
Dear heavens, Ms Pelosi is going to chew her lipstick and lips off if she isn't careful.....wow. Wonder if that's her version of photo-bombing.
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State of the Union Address Part 2:
Wow, the white suits quickly discussed whether they should stand up and applaud Mr Trump recognizing women in the work force etc.....ROFLMBO.....and more women in the congress than ever before. Go girls....high five....yee haw. Now they're chanting USA!! LOL
Get that, Mr Trump recognized the historic moments of women being elected. Wow. He hates women alright.....NOT.
Gotta love little Grace Eline, cancer survivor and fundraiser for St. Jude!!
School choice, let's go!
My Mr Schumer looks smug right now as Mr Trump asks congress to pass legislation to eliminate late-term abortion, just after Mr Trump said he's going to ask them to pass legislation to provide for Family Leave for both parents when a baby is born.
Mr Trump vows to have the USA treated fairly that NATO countries pay their fair share.
Mr Trump explaining why he announced that we are withdrawing from the decades old treaty with Russia regarding nuclear disarmament.
We stand with the Venezuelan people who are suffering under the Madero regime -- Glad to see Mr Pence and Ms Pelosi applaud that together.
Mr Trump receiving boos when he denounces socialism, but more applause when he announces we will never be a socialist country!!! Go America, land of the free!!
Cheers by about half the audience regarding recognizing Jerusalem as the true capitol of Israel and moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem!!
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State of the Union Address Part 3:
The President lauds our military members/veterans for their service during the long bloody sieges in the Middle East. Good reminder to Welcome Home those returning from Syria. Excellent point that we must work to create peace in the Middle East.
Nice to see some applauding and standing for those sacrifices -- especially the father of one of the Navy Seals killed in the attack on the USS Cole by terrorists.
I couldn't agree more that the anti-semitism being expressed around must stop. Officer Matson who was shot multiple times at the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and faces yet more surgeries from that shooting (many already).
Nothing Greater than seeing Judah Samet who survived the shooting in Pittsburgh serenaded with "Happy Birthday to You" by the entire room, THAT is American unity!!
Joshua and Herman, one liberated by Americans in WWII, the other one of the American soldiers who liberated Dachow wherein the other was held as a prisoner, seated side-by-side tonight, helping each others' aching bones to stand and sit as they are recognized......If you don't get wet eyes....you need to rethink your moral compass.
Earlier, seeing Matthew Charles recognized as the first prisoner released under the First Step Act. What a marvelous man!!
Alice Johnson, granted clemency by President Trump; extraordinary woman who took a bad situation and made a great life behind bars (as great as life can be when behind bars). Such an honor to be introduced to this woman, even if it's through my television.
As President Trump is saying right now, "One Nation, Under God....."
Wow, did you see a bunch of the white suits dash for the door while the applause for his closing was still ongoing? As a female myself, wonder how many were dashing for the ladies room?? LOL Wonder if Nancy gave them the wave or signal to dash.....
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Government Shutdown

10/5/2013

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Yep, they did it folks. The House, the Senate, The President. They shutdown sections of the federal government.
I've been watching the mainstream media, from CNN to FOX. I've been watching Facebook comments and links. I've been reading and listening.
Anger, frustration, worry, fear, and a lot of finger-pointing.
So, who is to blame? Here is my take on who is to blame and how much fault do they actually carry?
The President, you bet! He's the top dog and in any business, the buck stops at the top (or should). He gave the actual order to shut it down.
The Senate, of course! It is controlled by the Democratic Party, which seems hell-bent on being against anything the Republican Party proposes.
The House, absolutely! It is controlled by the Republican Party, which seems hell-bent on being against anything the Democratic Party proposes.
The American people? Beyond a shadow of a doubt!! WE, the American People, are to blame for this shutdown. We, by whichever statistical margin you wish to cite, voted these people into office. WE BLEW IT. And, in our society today, we don't want anyone to point that out. We want to blame someone else for every problem and ailment that comes down the pike. It isn't our fault, our actions are a results of someone provoking us, hurting us, etc.....EXCEPT.................... Except what??? That is wrong. We are accountable for our actions and how we react to those around us. WE ARE. Not others.
We voted those disagreeable, arguing, belligerent, stuck-in-their-party-rut, uncompromising, salary-guaranteed, buffoons into office. We believed every word when we voted.
Maybe some of us just believed a good set of lies disguised as pretty promises, wrapped up for us to infer that they were actually working for our healthy well-being, our ability to provide for ourselves, our ability to get others to provide for us. Did you just catch that?
Are we wanting to provide for ourselves or wanting everyone else to take care of us? Did that impact your voting? Who would give you the most??
And now, some are screaming for pity because those who get the entitlements (which, are misnamed, since they are not earned at all, they are, in fact, handouts), may not be receiving them with the government shutdown. But,

WHO voted for people who would just keep handing out?
Who voted for those who would create jobs so we could feed ourselves?
Who voted for a healthcare plan which had not even been read and studied before it was approved?
Who voted to fund those who lay around in families for generations collecting government checks (i.e., taxpayer money) and food stamps, etc.?
Who voted for abortion (i.e. the killing of unborn children)? Who argues when unborn children are murdered by the murdering of their pregnant mothers -- and the file charges against a killer who killed an unborn baby?
Who vetoed an immense project known as the Keystone Pipeline which would have created jobs and used our own natural resources instead of paying for exorbitant foreign oil?
Who voted to keep the minimum wage stagnant?
Who voted for our 'leaders?'

WE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, DID. If you voted for the leaders, you voted for all these things. You and I caused this mess and we are starting to pay dearly for it. We can't blame Canada. We can't blame the European Union or China or Mexico. WE VOTED for these buffoons who, by law, continue to collect their paychecks while our government is shut down. (Granted, some are refusing their checks and some are donating checks during the shutdown to charity, but overall, they will receive their checks and pay tax on them no matter what they do with them, because, by law, they get paid.)
WE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, SHUT DOWN OUR GOVERNMENT. WE VOTED THESE SO-CALLED LEADERS INTO OFFICE - consisting of Democrats, Republicans, and a few others. WE DID THIS.
Quit finger-pointing. Accept responsibility and encourage your representatives, your senators, and your president to start listening.
Don't let skewed surveys, polls, and statistics, along with media-slanted PR pushed ideas taint your intelligent ability to discern what is right, what is wrong, and who has to be impeached, voted out, and recalled. In fact, while you're at it, let the media know we want factual reporting without bias and the personal slants of the reporters. We want stories that stick to the facts and only the facts.
Quit allowing yourselves to be entertained by the press. Their job is to report facts, not entertain.
Our job is to use the brains God gave us. We quit using them a long long time ago and it's time to quit babying ourselves and grow-up.
We caused this mess. We can stop it. It will not happen overnight. Have you ever watched a house that has been subject to a natural disaster? Repairs do not happen overnight and sometimes the building has to be brought down to its bare foundation with new strong timbers placed.

We need to go back to our constitution and read it daily and start to live what we say we believe in. Here is the full transcript: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html .
Pledge Allegiance to Your Flag, not your leaders. ""I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Read the history of our Pledge through the years at this link: http://www.ushistory.org/documents/pledge.htm .
Remind yourself daily of the words coming from our Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" You may read the full text here: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html .

To quote Woody Guthrie's song, "This land is your land, this land is my land." WE, who come from so many different ethnic backgrounds, need to work for our fellow man as well as ourselves.
Our constitution guarantees each of us life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It does not promise us utopia; it allows each individual to pursue whatever his or happiness goal is. It allows us our lives and our liberty. That is tantamount to granting us the ability to work and provide for ourselves, it does not say giving it all to those who don't want to work. It seems today that some (many) in our society find their pursuit of happiness to be pushing for laws so that those who do work will provide for those who do not. I do not believe that is what our hard-working founders had in mind; they did not create a welfare state. They created the best governing system the world has ever seen. Today we are on the verge of destroying even the principles upon which this system was founded.
If you love where you live, if you love your country, if you love yourself, this is going to take a lot of hard work by ALL of us. WE CAN FIX OUR COUNTRY.

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Abortion and Birth Control

10/25/2012

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The following is derived from from my morning comments on Facebook. I read so many things about Women's Rights. I am a woman. I have rights. I am a human. I have rights. I am a Christian. I have rights. I am middle-aged. I have rights. Having rights does not mean I am entitled to having things handed to me on a silver platter at someone else's cost.

All this talk of government-funded birth control.......makes me think. Why should the government pay for a what is an individual responsibility?
It isn't medical care, it is a luxury for those who want to have sex without responsibility.
Who remembers China enforcing the one-child-per-family rule to curb population growth? You know, forced abortions, punishing those who did have more than one child, government-funded birth control.......
If this keeps up, soon we women won't have a choice over bodies, the government will have more control.....all under the guise of "liberated" women who want control of their bodies!!!
The women of this country need to get a grip on reality.
Fetuses are living human beings from the moment two cells join and multiply, scientific fact. Fetuses are not tumors to be removed. Each of us was once a fetus. Fetuses are not constipation for which you need a laxative. They are living human beings in a growing maturing state.
Sex is an enjoyable act (except in such cases as rape and incest). Sex can lead to creation of a fetus. Birth control is available if one wants to prevent conceiving. Men AND women are responsible for creating that fetus, both parties should be responsible in whether or not they wish to create a fetus. IF neither party is responsible and has sex without birth control in place and conceives a child/fetus, then they are responsible for it's care and welfare. Killing a child outside the uterus is not acceptable, nor is it acceptable in utero.
The government has no place in my sex life or anyone else's. Expecting the government to pay for acts I choose is morally wrong. If one chooses to enjoy sex, that is awesome. If one expects the government (or me, through my tax dollars) to pay for their luxury of birth control, that is morally wrong.
Sex is the individual's choice. Birth control is the individual's choice. Murder is also a choice. Murder (aka abortion of a living human being in this discussion) is not healthcare. It destroys the health of the child. It goes against the doctor's hypocratic oath of doing no harm.
If a woman does not want the government taking away her right to abortion, how can she possibly want the government to pay for her birth control. Faulty faulty logic.
Sadly, any woman who is convinced she has a right to abortion is seriously misguided. Her child has a right to life the conceiving parents have given it. The woman loses her right to chose when she has sex and conceives. She, and the father, have a moral commitment to that child. IF they cannot honor that commitment, give the born child to someone who desperately wants a child.
Killing is killing no matter how you look at it. Treating a fetus as if it were a cancer to be removed is still killing. When one has cancer, one seeks a doctor to kill the cancer cells. There is an awful lot of society and media supported killing going on in this country.
Asking the government to pay for birth control as a preventive measure to the killing is equally wrong. Individuals need to take up responsibility for their own actions. Women and men alike.

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Babies, Children, Grown-ups

3/20/2012

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Babies: Those tiny little creatures we love to coo to, love to hold and snuggle, love to spoil.
Children: The inbetween baby and grown-up stages of same creatures. They have learned to say "no," to sass, to think.
Grown-ups: The enlarged version of children - many times portraying themselves a mature, but, in reality, still behaving as children who have not learned all they should have during their formative years.

Wherefrom do babies come? The stork? Under a cabbage leaf in the garden? From Mama's tummy? How in the heck did Mama get a baby inside her? Does she eat children? How did Daddy put a baby in Mama's tummy?
There's a lot to be said about babies and where they come from, isn't there?
And then there are those who want to argue about when life actually begins. I've seen a couple picture on Facebook recently of fetuses (the technical term for the unborn baby) at 12 weeks gestation held in the palm of someone's hand. Sure look like babies to me.
About Day 21 in the embryo/fetus' development the heart is beating. Organs, details etc have been developing from the moment of conception. The brain is is devloping. And yet, people say this tiny creature is not alive. Hmmm.....Must one be able to survive outside the womb to be considered a living organism? What about anaerobic infections that survive without air? They get treated with special classes of antiobiotics to KILL THEM. So, if you think about it, other things are alive inside the human body and we kill them off. Having the protective shell of the human does not mean you do not have life.

Now, I know there are horrific situations that yield pregnancy. Horrific: rape, incest, abuse. Drug-induced stupidity. Oh wait, that doesn't count. Getting high, getting laid, and getting pregnant doesn't count as horrific. That just counts as not thinking.
I'm talking about horrific: violent acts, sinister acts which end in pregnancy.

Thankfully, I have not been a victim of rape or incest yielding pregnancy.

I am a woman. And, I can tell you, being female, I wouldn't want someone incapable of pregnancy (i.e., a man) telling me what I could do after becoming a victim of violence. Hopefully, I could carry that child to term and let it go to a family which would not have that victimized predjudice towards that young being. BUT, I don't know how I would feel. I have not walked in those shoes.
I was the victim of a stalker who went to jail for a short time -- technically harrassment charges because of his mental challenges and intent is hard to prove in Pennsylvania. I do know I lived in constant fear, sheer terror, lost weight, couldn't sleep, changed my entire life to keep him away from me. I was terrified of any reminder of him for a very long time. I cannot fathom if he had raped me and impregnated me, what my thoughts would have been.

I can honestly say I am Pro-Life, for all ages, all creatures. I also know that sometimes horrific choices have to be made when it comes to life. A military leader has to make the choice to send soldiers into combat facing possible and likely death. Insects must be eliminated if humans are to have food to eat. That said, if that unborn child would have an horrific life by being born, is the more Christian thing to let it go early? I believe that is between the mother, the baby, whoever assists in the abortion, and God. God will welcome the murdered child. The woman will have to live with her choice for the rest of her life, wondering what would have become of that child had she let it live. The "doctor" (sworn to protect and preserve life) must live with the failure to his oath. And, in the end God will judge each one, there's no getting around that. Judgement day will come. Not by fellow man, but by God alone.

If I were to run for public office, some migth say that I cannot be on both sides of the fence. I tell you I can. As a stepmother who would have loved to have given birth to a child or children, but never knew how much I could love children I did not bear until I became that stepmother and would give my life to protect them. I believe in adoption and step-parenting. I believe in loving children.

I believe that when there is violence no man or woman can rule over the mother and baby as they ponder the baby's existence. I believe there should be a support network to help the mama weigh the options. Sadly, in today's global world, those networks have fallen aside in lieu of those who try to pretend there simply is no life until birth.

So, there you have it. A tough topic no matter the day. Just had to say something. No doubt, I will revisit this subject again.
My prayers to all who miss a child this day.

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