Saturday, January 4, 2020

Celebrating Solveig's 60 years.



My gosh, you made it. 60 years !
And without all that many beers?
Enduring is endearing. I guess it must be so.
Fiercely counting blessings is the way to go.
A social butterfly and a hermit,
That’s quite a pair.
How do they not get into one another’s hair?

Those five kids are something to shout about
Four mitt und von mittout
They have brought the entire extended family joy, yes, so much.
Knee slapping full throated laughter and such.
So we celebrate you both this special day
You stuck it out. Wow! What more is there to say?





There are those who are SHOCKED that Republicans support a president who proposes tariffs.  "Republicans have always been free traders!"  Are you blind?  Are you deaf?  It is not free trade if your partners are not free traders.  If Canada imposes 200 per cent tariffs on US goods and we impose none, that is not free trade.

The earth is yours. Glory in it.

        Pseudo-science has, over the years, plagued us with doomsday fads. In the sixties those who bought into the Drake Formula believed that there were thousands of star systems in the Milky way system that could sustain life and they lived in fear of confrontations with extra-terrestrials.  In the seventies we faced the “Nuclear Winter.”  They convicted us that if we did not change our ways, we would face a new ice age.  In the eighties we were convinced us that over population would destroy the earth.  At one point scientists had convinced us that a nuclear blast would lower the temperature of the earth by 40 degrees and make the entire planet inhabitable. 
      Now that we understand our earth and our solar system better, we understand that habitable plants would be extremely rare.  The fear of an ice age has turned into a fear of global warming, and when that didn’t happen, into fear of disastrous climate change. 
     Within a year after the Nagasaki and Hiroshima blasts, the soil was producing melons. Months after the great oil spill off of the coast of Alaska, the waters were pristine and flourishing with life. 
       Bjørn Lomborg’s The Skeptical Environmentalist  destroyed the environmentalists theories in 2001 and was ostracized by the scientific community. 
        Michael Crichten lectured scientists at Caltech about the climate change fiasco in 2003 calling it a “well-orchestrated media campaign,” false science pernicious garbage.  “In science consensus is irrelevant. The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus. There is no such thing as consensus science. If it’s consensus, it isn’t science. If it’s science, it isn’t consensus. Period.” 
     Any thinking man knows that Skepticism is the soul of science.  However, the greenies are relentless, convinced that they can save the earth.  No more gasoline, no more coal, no more air travel, no more cars.  No more mining. They, of course, will not deprive themselves of those luxuries, inflicting us with their bogus views on cell phones while flying across the Atlantic in order to hike the Alps in their Gore Gear.  How long would they survive in a cave without what man hath wrought.     
    They love the earth and its pristine beauty and curse modern man for abusing this perfect planet.  We have not destroyed our creator’s work.  We are making it habitable as God intended us to do.  Yes, He created a perfect world, but he cursed it because of Adam’s sin, and He demanded that we subdue it.  Every plant and every animal was created for our enjoyment and our benefit. We are instructed to mine the earth of all its precious gifts.    
     Pseudo-science attempts to cripple the world.  We had almost eliminated malaria until the pseudo scientists spread the myth that it was causing cancer.  Real science has now proven that it does not, but malaria still takes millions of lives every year, mostly out of Africa, so guess it doesn’t matter.
       Man has managed the fallen world and made massive improvements. We overcome threats with human ingenuity.  Unscrupulous elitists blame the plight of the poor on our propensity to destroy the earth, but who is harmed most by lack of energy?  The poor.  The rich have the wherewithal to escape the problems they create.
            The earth is not fragile.  Evolutionists don’t understand that because they buy into the theory that this majestic universe was created by random chance.  The balance could be easily destroyed.  No.  This amazing world was made for man, and it cannot be destroyed until He decides.  Until we’re ready.  Einstein mourned at his death because he regretted that he hadn’t been able to identify the power that holds everything together.  Scientists recently discovered that is the numberless swarms of gluons and quarks and antiquarks.  That’s what God told Job in earliest written book of the Bible
       Don’t give into the pernicious garbage of pseudo-science.  This earth was created for us to subdue and use. Enjoy it.  It’s all for you.  Everything.   

Monday, April 1, 2019

It is a crisis, Mr. Grijalva. Do you care?

 

It is a crisis, Mr. Grijalva. Do you care?

       Border patrol officials have begun releasing families into Yuma, perhaps 5 busloads a day. Yuma Mayor Doug Nicholls addressed about the impact of these releases during Thursday's news conference. The major is asking nonprofit groups in the Yuma area to "create a plan of action for a humanitarian response. However, "the full capacity of the (nonprofit groups) in Yuma cannot address the full volume of migrants."
       At one time BP dealt with as many as 2,000,000 illegals a year whereas today they are dealing with only 1,000,000. However, back in the day 95% of the illegals were from Mexico, and with our repatriation agreement, they could process illegals in 4 hours and send them back. 
Today 95% of the illegals are from countries other than Mexico, counties with whom we do not have a repatriation agreement, and it takes months to get the paperwork done.
       In the meantime, the 9th court has made it impossible to hold illegals for more than 20 days. 
Being apprised of that fact by the coyotes, they cross the border and immediately search for a border patrol person so that they can be processed and cared for for the 20 days, everything provided for, from food and diapers to AAA healthcare. After their grueling time in the gentle care of our BP, they gleefully disappear into the population never to be seen again. We have a 5 to 7 year backlog in processing problems. 
       And the Cartels are roaring with hysterical laughter, using our $100 bills to roll their tobacco. This ruling is a true bonanza for them. They are raking in $64 Billion a year. $30 Billion from human trafficking, and another $34 billion for drug smuggling. 
       The real powers that be want nothing more than to destroy the freest, happiest, richest least racist, most generous country on earth and our politicians are smugly playing their part.
We may not win this battle, but shame on us for not fighting it every day. Visit the graves of our heroes and remember they gave all for America and freedom and be reminded of your debt. 
Get on the horn. We must force the government to take action DO THEIR JOB.
Oops. That kind of morphed into a tirade.

Wednesday, April 6, 2016


My Grandmother Anna Kongslie imigrated to the United States from Norway.  Her youngest son served in the army during WWII.  After Alfred died, I found this letter among his papers.

Our Dear Boy

               And so you are across the waters.  I was getting somewhat suspicious.  We thought that maybe you were just on a maneuver and were unable to get mail thro.  Am glad you are safe.  We still don't know where you are of course, but it is a consolation to me to think of what you said once when you were small, maybe about 8 years old.  You did not exactly like to go up alone in the dark.  Still you did not just think you should be afraid.  But you were getting sleepy and I said, “I will go with you if you want me to.  Not that there is anything to be afraid of.  But I will go along anyway because it would be fun.”

 “Yes,” you said, “if you will.  But there is nothing to be afraid of because God is here when it is dark, too.  Isn't it kind of funny to think, Mamma, that God is so big and so great He is all over the world at one time and sees everything at once. Still He is so small that He can get into this house even when all the doors are closed.  Now He sees them that are downstairs, He sees them that went to choir practice, and He is here and sees you and me, even now when there is only our heads sticking out.”


 We sometimes come to places where we find as there is only our heads sticking out, but still He sees us.  Yes, Al, we shall put our trust in God and everything will come out just fine.  We have an anchor that keeps the soul, steadfast and sure while the billows roar. Fastened to the Rock that can not move.  Grounded firm and safe in our Saviors love.  It's been such a consolation to me to remember this, and I wanted to remind you, as I knew you would feel the same.