Funniest Movie Line Ever

My friend Kendra sent me this link and I thought it was rather amusing so enjoy!

Freedom Friday 04.03.09

Welcome to Freedom Friday where we discuss the founding principles of America.

Today's principle is: If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.

“I deem one of the essential principles of our government… equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political.” Thomas Jefferson

It seems like these days there are exceptions for everything. If you are rich enough, powerful enough or smart enough then you can get away with just about anything. If you have the right political connections or if you are 'too big to fail' then you get a pass.

Justice no longer exists in our society. Everything is relative. There is no absolute truth anymore. When did truth become a moving target?

John Adams said about our nation, "They define a republic to be a government of laws, and not of men." How far we have strayed.

I know the AIG bonuses are terribly unpopular. However, they were part of a legally binding contracts. Congress has NO RIGHT to break those contracts regardless of public sentiment. You could argue that the contracts should not have been agreed upon; that's a different argument. The TRUTH is the contracts were knowingly, willingly and legally entered into and must be honored.

Tim "TurboTax" Geithner is another great example. He knowingly signed documents acknowledging that his income was taxable and yet deliberately chose to omit it from his tax returns. If you or I did that we would go to jail for tax evasion. However, Congress and our President would have us believe that Mr. Geithner is so smart and the economy is so bad that we NEED him so we'll just have to overlook the fact that he cheated on his taxes and PUT HIM IN CHARGE OF THE IRS AND ENFORCING THE TAX CODE.

Let's get back to standing firm for truth and justice regardless of whether or not it makes us popular. Let's do the right thing.

I Don't Know Why I Feel Compelled to Share This

Our family has a weird thing that we do.

Each member of our family has a cartoon voice that we use to have conversations with each other on behalf of our pets.

For example, when I come in the house I'll see Tess, the Sheltie, and I'll say "Hey, Tess!" and Hayley or Caitlin will respond in a high-pitched baby voice "Hey, Momma! I'm glad you're home!" as though Tess was answering my greeting.

But that's not the weird thing I'm talking about.

We give each of our pets theme songs.

Huh?!

Each pet has a distinctive personality or characteristic. When listening to the radio, if we hear a line in a song that reminds us of that characteristic we'll say "That's _____ song!" Fill in the blank with the pet's name.

I'll give you some examples.

Max, the Jersey Wooley rabbit, may he rest in peace, looked like a Brillo pad. So, do you remember the line in "Cha-Cha Slide" that goes "Fonky...fonky...fonky?" Max's hair was fonky and therefore, "Cha-Cha Slide" became his song.

Shelby, the Sheltie, may she rest in peace, had Alzheimers and pretty much had to be carried everywhere there towards the end. But when we picked her up she always looked confused like she thought she was levitating so her song became "I Believe I Can Fly."

Maddie, the German Shepherd, is a Type-A, anal-retentive type. She loves to fetch but refuses to give the thrown item back. She will stand just out of reach. So her song is "Can't Touch This."

So, imagine my concern when we were in the car one day and Britney Spears' song "Womanizer" came on and both my girls squealed...

"That's Daddy's song!!!"

Beg your pardon?

You'll be relieved to know, as I was, that "Womanizer" is Daddy's song because he likes to make fun of Britney's synthesized, electronic voice.

Inspiring

I used to call myself a political junkie. But I've realized it was never really about the political parties...it's about principles. I guess you'd call me a principles junkie. Constitution junkie? Founding fathers junkie? I don't know...still working on that.

Here's a little video that I found really inspiring and beautiful.



Enjoy it on this blessed Sunday! I'll be returning from my undisclosed location today and I'll share the Sullivan family adventure with you this week.

Oh, and a shout out to my friend Alison for telling me how to embed videos!

Freedom Friday 03.27.09

Welcome to Freedom Friday where we discuss the founding principles of our great nation!

Today's principle is:

The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.

“It is in the love of one’s family only that heartfelt happiness is known. By a law of our nature, we cannot be happy without the endearing connections of a family.”- Thomas Jefferson

In 1996, Hillary Clinton wrote the book It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us in which she presented her vision for the children of America. She focused on the impact individuals and groups outside the family have, for better or worse, on a child's well-being, and advocated for a society which meets all of a child's needs. At the time I remember thinking that the title made me feel good. After all, who wouldn't want a nurturing and loving society to help raise their children?

And then I had kids.

And I saw society through the eyes of a mother.

And I do. not. want. them. raising. my. kids.

And then my kids started to school in the public school system.

And I realized that, like it or not, they were trying to raise my kids for me.

I make sure that I know what my kids are learning. I read their textbooks and sometimes we have to have the discussion that while they have to know certain things for testing purposes this is what we actually believe to be the truth. They understand this and it brings me great joy when they come home and tell me "Mom, my teacher said so and so but I know the Bible says... or I know you taught me... or my book says such and such but..." It does a Momma's heart good for her kids to think for themselves! "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6

My kids are MY God-given responsibility and even though society, culture and the government want me to believe I need their help in raising them I consider it an honor and a blessing to "...bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord." Ephesians 6:4