Historic Christmas

On Christmas Day, 1776, George Washington and the Continental Army attacked a British force that was composed primarily of fierce Hessian mercenaries after crossing the Delaware River in freezing conditions, catching the enemy unawares and winning a major engagement for the first time!
Their present that day was the victory and supplies they needed badly.
Today, men stand guard for us to protect that freedom (our son is on duty at this moment) and as we are grateful to our Savior for the salvation and freedom he has brought us as a gift to us, let us be thankful for those who maintain our security in this world, be they military, firemen, police, etc.

Let us pray also that General Washington is not spinning in his grave as we squander our freedoms and liberties to vote ourselves the riches of others to enrich ourselves with Obamaphones, Obamamoney and a welfare state.

A Christmas Story

1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. ² (This was the first census that took place while^[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) ³ And everyone went to their own town to register.

⁴ So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. ⁵ He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. ⁶ While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, ⁷ and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

⁸ And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. ⁹ An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. ¹⁰ But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. ¹¹ Today in the town of David a Saviorhas been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. ¹² This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

¹³ Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

¹⁴ “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
    and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

¹⁵ When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

¹⁶ So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. ¹⁷ When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, ¹⁸ and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. ¹⁹ But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. ²⁰ The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Gun Nuts

The gun nuts are the ones who go nuts about guns:
Ohhh Noooo! It's a gun! What will we do?
Oh my! Oh my! Make it go away!
That's a nut.
Reminds me of people afraid to get on a plane.

Let's ban plane ownership. Planes kill people.

9/11 was done with a plane now that I think about it

Ad Nauseum

So there's this nut case who takes a gun onto the premises and shoots over 20 innocent people.
The carnage is terrible and it shakes us that these people couldn't arm and defend themselves.
Especially since they were all highly trained military personnel on an Army Base, Ft Hood.

The president makes a pronouncement on it after giving a "shout out" to one of his supporters.
And then drops it.
And the madman killer has yet to be tried for his act of "workplace violence", which is what the president has his Justice Department charge this muslim terrorist with.

Now, a couple years later, a nut case takes a gun onto the premises and shoots over 20 innocent people.
The carnage is terrible and it shakes us that these people were killed in such a horrible event.

The president feigns tears on national television, tells us no one feels worse about this than he does (not even the parents?), and wants to start a national discussion on gun control.
One in which he does all the talking, and none of the listening.

And somehow, the people who disagree with him are weird?

OK Maybe I'm a Gun Nut After All

On the radio again.

Talking about guns and our rights.

Disappointing

Listening to some "conservative" commentators, I hear some of the accommodations they are willing to make.
We can tax the really rich, it won't matter much.
We can restrict the capacity of weapons, you only need so many bullets to kill Bambi.

I say, if we're willing to restrict rights, let's restrict the number of words commentators can utter.
If they can't say it in fewer, then it probably doesn't need to be said.

Restrict the size of kitchen knife drawers.
Who needs all those knives for one meal?

Restrict the size of quivers.
Who needs to launch more than three arrows, and why?

Reduce the number of legislators.
Why can't we get along with only one dictator?

Gun Control

Now suppose there was a malignant spiritual being who opposed the freedom of man and could, one way or another, influence the unhinged to do something.
Might he not influence this unhinged person to do something despicable with weaponry to cause the populace to disarm itself?
Of course, the unhinged would have to kill himself as a cover up.

No, I guess that’s a bit far-fetched.
I wonder what really happened.

Radio Time

I think I  made some good points here.
Your mileage may vary.

A Day That Will Live In Infamy

I posted much of this before at my previous blog.
You may have missed it, so It's easy (lazy) enough to cut and paste.

The following is excerpted from a letter I transcribed for my friend Nate Weiser to a high school class that had asked him to relate his Pearl Harbor experience on Dec 7th, 1941.

Nate had a degree in education with a sports career and had worked his way through college in the depression.
His military career was somewhat unique in that he was both at Pearl and Normandy.

His commander at Pearl had given him permission to forgo mess duties as he pursued radio courses at the local college in Honolulu.
The mess sergeant saw Nate as a slacker for that. When the dishes rattled in the following story, he came out roaring at Nate for dropping them.

Nate and his two friends had been on a date the night before with some nurses.
He was stationed at Pearl in the Army Air Force and he was in radio.

My two friends and I were going to visit a friend later in the day who was in the Navy, and in Pearl Harbor for a short stay. We were in the Mess Hall around 7:50am Sunday morning. We were waiting in line for our Super Sunday Breakfast before we would go to see our friend when around 8:00am, give or take a few minutes, we heard a large noise that shook the building, and all the stacks of dishes that were on the table fell to the floor. The Mess Sergeant came out and was cussing everyone out. Right then, the second bomb fell and the table plus the food went crashing to the floor. I ran to the door and saw the Japanese Insignia on the aircraft and said to Don and Merrill, "Why are the Japanese planes here? This could be war!"
The planes were strafing all over the area. We were going to hide under the warehouse building next to the Mess Hall, but "Indian Joe", a WW1 veteran told us to get going and try to go to the Residential Area, and go in between the buildings so we wouldn't get hit. We saw the Number 1 hangar on the runway in flames. Half of it was full of ammunition (rumor had it that we were going to Wake Island in a very short time). They hit that hangar first, they knew what was in it. The planes on the ramp were tail to tail, all they did was strafe down the line and get two planes at a time. The reason they were tail to tail was so every Saturday morning the post could march in front of the commander before we had the weekend free. It was a miserable sight to see with us running for our lives. The planes flew so low that you could see some of the pilots red scarves and goggles. That sight I will never forget.
We finally got to the Residential Area and I went into one of the homes near Schofield Barracks. A sergeant lived there and had a couple of children. He told us to stay for a while and then go back to our base for instructions. It was thought that the Japanese might land and try to take the island over. The sergeant would get his company and go up into the mountains, and if the Japanese did invade, he told his wife what to do. We went back to the barracks, and each one of us got a .45 and a belt full of ammo. The second wave of planes was not as great as the first, but that evening it started to rain. The captain called us in his portable quarters and gave us a box about 8' long, 6" wide and 4 or 5" high. He told us that in case of emergency, this would be our only communications between our squadron and Honolulu, so guard it with all our might. It was a transmitter and receiver, all in one! We were to be sure to let him know where we were at all times. We decided to head toward the mountain, but not too far from the runway, near the captain, and hid in case of invasion, but where the planes would not strafe us. Little did we realize that the water off the mountain (it being a very rainy night) would fill our foxhole. We had a very uncomfortable couple of nights. We were very happy to learn after a couple of days that there would be no invasion by the Japanese. All islands were in blackout nights from here on in. By 1943 I was a Staff Sergeant and I and two other Sgts were sent back to the States to go to OCS. (Nate was to be an officer but declined. Also, his two friends died in the attack). After one and a half months, I asked to be sent back to the Air Force.
I was then assigned to Jefferson Barracks in St.. Louis. From there I was assigned to Richmond, Va with the 365th Fighter Bomber Group, 386th Squadron . I was a Tech Sgt and communication chief for P-47 Thunderbolts in the 9th Air Force. We got an all expenses paid tour of Europe.

Nate got the Bronze Star in Europe. it was an award for an idea he had for aircraft radio that allowed them to turn around and get back in the fight quicker in the event of radio failure.
His friends from the night before didn't make it through Dec 7th.

He celebrated his 96th birthday Dec 5th, 2012.
In case you don't know, I'm proud to call him my friend.

Christmas Movies

Well, every Christmas Season, there are certain movies to watch.

So far we've watched  Scrooge (A Christmas Carol) with Alastair Sim, a classic.
Then Christmas with a Capital C with Brad Stine. Great movie!
Tonight we watched The Long Kiss Goodnight. It's a Christmas Movie. Sure.
Next up: White Christmas.
Then It's a Wonderful Life.
Probably Scrooged after that. Bill Murray's take on A Christmas Carol. Hilarious.
Holiday Inn might make it in the mix. Some people think that it is the greatest Christmas movie ever.
Miracle on 34th Street is past due.
Any suggestions?

Fairness

Jamie Foxx Gives Honor and Praise to Barack Obama (GOD) on the BET Soul Train Awards 12'.



Has it come to this?
Act 12:21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
Act 12:22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
Act 12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

I'm waiting for the worms.
It's only fair.
We're all about fairness.