Life is hard, really hard at times. I often wonder how some people deal with all the heartache and pain and trials they go through. I know people who have lost children, spouses, have terrible diseases, lost jobs, the list goes on and on. I am grateful for my life. It isn't easy by any stretch of the imagination, but I am glad I have my life. I am grateful for the power of prayer. I have felt my Father in Heaven's warmth and comfort as I have fallen to my knees and prayed to him. I was recently betrayed by someone I considered a friend. He took advantage of me and my trusting nature. I have been on my knees praying often for help in dealing with him and his behavior. I don't know how I would get through my trials without prayer. If you don't pray start and you will be amazed at how much it will help you.
That is all
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Whitney Houston
What is it about some celebrities that draws so much attention when they die? For instatnce Whitney Houston. For many years now I hadn't heard much about her other than the terrible stuff on the cover of the tabloids which may or may not be true. I am always curious why one persons death attracts more media attention than another? Just a question if you have any thoughts on this matter, please comment.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Socialism will it work?
I was on Facebook the other day and I ran across this story. It seems that a professor (I found out he was teaching at Texas Tech from Snopes.com) had an interesting experiment with his class. The story follows.
"An economics professor at a local college said that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class.
That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich - a great equaliser.
To counter this, the professor said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan".
All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.
After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.
The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.
As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little, studied even less and those who had previously studied hard, decided they wanted a free ride. So they too studied little.
The second test average was a D!
No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.
The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.
All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.
Couldn't be any simpler than that."
I thought this was a great example of how socialism would fail miserably. But as I read some of the posts on Snopes.com I discovered that many of the posts said that the professor didn't understand what Socialism was. I decided that perhaps I didn't understand what socialism is either. I went to Wikipedia.com and looked it up. As it turns out there are several different ideas all called socialism. From my reading and my understanding I do believe that this professor was right with regard to what socialism means under some definitions and wrong under others. All that aside the principle learned from this experiment is a valid strong argument against a socialist type society, wherein all work, and all profit or product produced from that work is divided equally among the entire population. "You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."
Much the same as you cannot legislate morality, you cannot have people give their best and strive to achieve more and more if there is no reward. If I had a job as a door greeter at Walmart, (nothing against that job) and I had all the same perks and benefits and money as a Neurosurgeon, who spent 8 years in college and medical school plus a seven year residency for a grand total of 15 years after high school, why on earth would I be a slave to an education for an additional 15 years? Bragging rights? That is a little too far fetched in my opinion. In a nutshell, socialism cant work because human nature is to be lazy, and to want something for nothing. Many overcome that tendency but many do not. Until you can change the true nature of the human being you wont be able to pull off socialism of any type. I am sure many will disagree with me and that is just fine. It makes this country I live in a fantastic place to live because I can express my opinion and so can you.
That is all
"An economics professor at a local college said that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class.
That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich - a great equaliser.
To counter this, the professor said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan".
All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.
After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.
The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.
As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little, studied even less and those who had previously studied hard, decided they wanted a free ride. So they too studied little.
The second test average was a D!
No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.
The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.
All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.
Couldn't be any simpler than that."
I thought this was a great example of how socialism would fail miserably. But as I read some of the posts on Snopes.com I discovered that many of the posts said that the professor didn't understand what Socialism was. I decided that perhaps I didn't understand what socialism is either. I went to Wikipedia.com and looked it up. As it turns out there are several different ideas all called socialism. From my reading and my understanding I do believe that this professor was right with regard to what socialism means under some definitions and wrong under others. All that aside the principle learned from this experiment is a valid strong argument against a socialist type society, wherein all work, and all profit or product produced from that work is divided equally among the entire population. "You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."
Much the same as you cannot legislate morality, you cannot have people give their best and strive to achieve more and more if there is no reward. If I had a job as a door greeter at Walmart, (nothing against that job) and I had all the same perks and benefits and money as a Neurosurgeon, who spent 8 years in college and medical school plus a seven year residency for a grand total of 15 years after high school, why on earth would I be a slave to an education for an additional 15 years? Bragging rights? That is a little too far fetched in my opinion. In a nutshell, socialism cant work because human nature is to be lazy, and to want something for nothing. Many overcome that tendency but many do not. Until you can change the true nature of the human being you wont be able to pull off socialism of any type. I am sure many will disagree with me and that is just fine. It makes this country I live in a fantastic place to live because I can express my opinion and so can you.
That is all
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Fighting the Turd.
I have a daughter who is a one of the biggest sweet hearts I know. She is also "champion of the picked on". She will always stand up for other kids who are being teased or riddiculed even if it's behind their back. Because she is a sweet heart and a very sensitive girl she gets her feeling hurt easily, which makes it difficult for her when she stands up for other kids. Last night I picked her up from the sport she plays, and she came out of the building crying. She was very upset. I asked her what had happened and she told me a story full of injustice and drama. The story in a nutshell is this, she stood up for a friend of hers who is on the team, and the girl who was saying mean things about her friend then started being "mean" to my daughter. This is a very common theme by the way. I am frustrated because many of the problems she has she brings on herself by defending other kids. I dont want to tell her to stop defending others because I think that is a good trait to have, but at the same time when she does she ends up in a bad mood or in tears. In a moment of inspriation it occured to me that I can use her experience to teach her an important lesson in life. I called it fighting the turd.
One issue she had yesterday was this other girl "cut" in front of my daughter in a line they were in. My daughter of course started it up with this girl. So I told her that her decision to fight about, (not a physical fight) or argue about it was hers to make, and that I wasn't going to tell her what to do. But I did tell her that if she wanted to take on this girl, who we referred to as the "TURD", she needed to expect to get some poop on her. In other words she cant expect to stand up for others or herself with out a backlash. I have found that in life we need to pick our battles. We need to decide if it is worth it to fight the bullys and protect the innocent. I happen to like the fact that she stands up for others, and tries to help those in need. But many times that isn't the the popular way to go, especially on the grade school playground. I could see the light come on in her eyes. It was the first time I have really felt like she understood and agreed with what I had said. I think that I have helped her understand that if you are going to stand up for what is right instead of being a sheep in the crowd, someone will always disagree with you, and that is ok.
That is all
One issue she had yesterday was this other girl "cut" in front of my daughter in a line they were in. My daughter of course started it up with this girl. So I told her that her decision to fight about, (not a physical fight) or argue about it was hers to make, and that I wasn't going to tell her what to do. But I did tell her that if she wanted to take on this girl, who we referred to as the "TURD", she needed to expect to get some poop on her. In other words she cant expect to stand up for others or herself with out a backlash. I have found that in life we need to pick our battles. We need to decide if it is worth it to fight the bullys and protect the innocent. I happen to like the fact that she stands up for others, and tries to help those in need. But many times that isn't the the popular way to go, especially on the grade school playground. I could see the light come on in her eyes. It was the first time I have really felt like she understood and agreed with what I had said. I think that I have helped her understand that if you are going to stand up for what is right instead of being a sheep in the crowd, someone will always disagree with you, and that is ok.
That is all
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