Say Anything Blog

Choice is a beautiful word.  In life we have many choices.  How/where to educate our children.  What/who to vote for.  Where to shop/live. 

But without the choice of life, one will never make another choice.  Ever.

It is too bad that the far left believes that choice should include death of a want to be child, then says that you can not choice where to send your kid to school.  Sense of irony..???

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They don’t think that we are smart enough to choose for ourselves.

Gman ( o)==:::

No Shoulder Shrugs.  A lie left unchallenged soon becomes the truth.

One Big Ass Mistake, America

Did any of you here have a party line phone as a child? I remember there was no other choice. I remember when my first husband and I were dating, it would cost us $200-300 a mo. to talk to each other. Now it’s like $39.99 to yap all night long, every night. I lived in a rural area growing up, I’m 42, and we had the big three t.v. stations and PBS. I was 20 before I ever watched cable. My kids think this is a riot. Especially when I describe the old biddies on the party line like an episode out of Andy Griffin.

A bit off topic, but I’d have chosen to replace one of the youngsters with Gov Palin for my calendar. Plenty of other good choices, though.

Did any of you here have a party line phone as a child? I remember there was no other choice

OMG Di- we had that too- no secret was safe on the phone. 8 or 9 other households could lift the receiver up ever-so-slightly and rubberneck any conversation. My Mom and her family had an advantage there. If they heard that barely perceptible click on the line, they would switch to speaking Icelandic, shutting everyone else out.

As to the utility of Tivoing programs, one even better feature is the ability to fast-forward through the commercials. That may offset any gains broadcast networks may see otherwise.

Peace and Love from the People’s Republic of Nord Akota!

Good ol Boy,

That’s too funny! Unfortunately the only language spoken in my family was redneck, and everyone else spoke that, too. I remember picking up the phone and listening in on all the ladies gossiping in the community. My mother wouldn’t listen in, scolded me when she caught me, but was always secretly interested in what I told her. I kinda miss those times.

Hulu and similar websites seem to be a good compromise.  You can watch any show, any time, (until they expire) and even thought your are “forced” to watch commercials, they are so short that you don’t even bother getting up.

It’s a great way to catch up on my favorite shows while traveling so I can spend time with the family when I get home.

The best way to learn a language you were not privy to as your first language is to have your Dad and his brother speak it on the phone when they don’t want you to know what they are saying.

Ich can sprech deutsch Now, for just that very reason.

My Dad and his family were 3rd generation away from Germany, but spoke German preferentially at home, and being 2nd youngest of 11 children, Dad had to learn English before going to school.

They Chose to speak their ‘native’ language at home, but knew that to succeed, they needed to integrate, and speak English.

Of interest though, my Dad did get some cabinet jobs, just because he could speak German.  Some of the older folks in Central MN would preferentially do business with people from the old country, and knowing the language was your in.

No government mandates, just people picking where they want to put there money.

Ain’t this a great country.

Gman ( o)==:::

No Shoulder Shrugs.  A lie left unchallenged soon becomes the truth.

One Big Ass Mistake, America

Cool history, GMan, I am always impressed when people come to this country and work hard to learn the language. It isn’t easy, you have to want to. My family came from Poland. I had family at Daushau. How they ended up in the deep South, I don’t even know. My cousin did a big geneology trace years ago, I should ask him, I guess.I’ve never really thought about it, but that must have been a helluva culture shock.

I visited Dachau once in 1983.  Wow what a life changing experience.  There were 67 people in our group and not a dry eye.

It should be a goal for every parent of every kid to get them to these sights like Dachau etc…, Pearl Harbor and now the site of the twin towers to give them some historical perspective.

It would help everyone to understand the role of evil in our world, the necessity of defending freedom, and cost involved in standing up for it.

When the liberal peacenik wacko’s start spewing about how we shouldn’t have gone into Iraq, we need to send them there to see why we fight evil wherever we find it.

We fight for freedom, free markets and the ability for those peaceniks to spew their garbage, but it sure would be an eye opener for them.

While we were in Europe, before the wall came down, we found out first hand what communism was like.  We stayed for several days in Leibzig, and East Berlin.  We got to mingle with the natives and get their perspective of what it was like to live behind the Iron Curtain. 

Many of them didn’t believe us when we told them we didn’t have to wait on a list for 10 years to get a car, that we could travel anywhere in the world without getting permission from the Government, that we made our own money, for our trip by doing fund raisers from people who had enough money to buy food, and clothing, and good equipment. 

This is where my perspective on free trade and freedom of choice comes from.  I have seen the rest of the world and how messed up it can be.

So when I get home from a trip abroad, I kiss the ground that I walk on, because, for all our faults as a nation, we are still the most productive, and freest people on the planet.

FOR NOW.

Gman ( o)==:::

No Shoulder Shrugs.  A lie left unchallenged soon becomes the truth.

One Big Ass Mistake, America

Obviously, the gubbermint censors haven’t got hol;d of this yet. When they do, the news viewing will be broken up between the big 3 teleprompter readers. For a limited time, you can choose which one you wish to watch—After the limited time offer, you will be assigned to your station.

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I have had TIVO since it came out. Wouldn’t be without a hard disc DVR. They are trying to make them go away, hollywood says it’s about stealing content. I say it’s about ignoring advertisers. If need be, I will build my own.

Wow, great post, Gman. Thanks. I would love to go and see the camps, I have read so much about them. One day I went online and listened to a whole list of survivor stories. To hear them explaining things in their own words was so moving. I haven’t ever been in that area, since I was a baby and my dad was in the Army. I have some friends that work for me in China that are always amazed when I tell them how things are here. Little things we take for granted, seem so huge when they quiz me about them. I am one of those flag waving proud to be an American people. I have never cared of other people thought I was dorky by being so up on our country, the older I get and the more people I meet around the country, the prouder I am.