Barb’s Blog » Archive for January 2010
Retro
Retro is fun. I like looking back to easier times; good times spent with family and remembering songs and the way things looked back then…. What a pleasant experience it has been to work for a new client, Paul & Kathy Hittle of Severn Gas Pumps. Going to their house and workstation was like time travel. They restore old gas pumps, even as old as the 1900’s, all the way up to the 1960’s. They also … Read entire article »
The Cost of Illegal Immigration
Lisa sent this to me. Mind you, I am all for legal immigration, but this surely makes you think. 1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments. Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77 2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens. Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html 3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens. Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html 4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English! Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.0.html 5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies. Verify at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.01.html 6. $3 Million Dollars a … Read entire article »
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Snow Day
Today a few inches of promised snow will have turned into 8 by tonight. So today turned into an “update the look of my blog day.” While I passed the time doing that, (and in between falling and driving in the snow), I took photos of a few of the birds coming to the feeder in the cold. … Read entire article »
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State of The Union
Last night’s speech… the words disconnect and delusional came to mind at the time. Today, even ABC felt that Obama didn’t get his facts straight. (Does he ever?) Point number one. “Foreign companies to spend without limit in our elections.” The president has assailed the Supreme Court’s decision on campaign financing, and tonight said, “The Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign companies — to spend without limit in our elections. Well I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, and worse, by foreign entities.” According to Atlas Shrugs: This from the first president in history to flout election campaign laws and receive millions from foreign countries (including Gaza), blockbusting stories that broke at Atlas all during the campaign. When You … Read entire article »
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Do YOU Know What is in the Health Care Bill?
In the video are a few key points of the bill that might surprise (and upset) you. Copy of the Health Care Bill HERE (PDF Format) … Read entire article »
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Silas, Cardinal, and the Puzzle
Almost everyday, I lift Silas up to my window and we watch the cardinal as he perches on the fence by the house. He gets very excited and shouts, “Red bird, red bird!” So, he was very delighted to see for my mom’s winter project, a jigsaw puzzle of a cardinal. … Read entire article »
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Boys and Chairs
I love it when children take everyday objects and let their imaginations transform them into something else. In the boys case today chairs were a train or a bus or something fun. They sure made it fun. … Read entire article »
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Climategate
According to PrisonPlanet… Global warming is heading to the same dustbin of history as Y2K, SARS and swine flu – another manufactured scare peddled primarily to make vast profits for corrupt elitists at the expense of the general public. The entire fraud is collapsing under the weight of its own lies as new revelations of IPCC deception and bias emerge on an almost daily basis… The first major blow came when the IPCC had to admit that their 2007 forecast that the Himalayan Glaciers would disappear by 2035 was completely wrong. The absurd claim was first made by a little-known Indian scientist in an interview for an online magazine, invoked by the World Wildlife Fund, and then copied into the 2007 IPCC report with no investigation as to its accuracy. It then … Read entire article »
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Obama’s Big Chill
The announcement that President Obama will freeze non-military discretionary spending for three years has the liberal caucus in a tizzy. And why not? No less than four times during the presidential debates did President Obama actively campaign against an across the board spending freeze. Is Obama borrowing from McCain now? … Read entire article »
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Dollars and Denmark
This year, when you’re filing your tax forms, and perhaps writing that check to your government, you might want to consider (besides all the other foolish expenses) the cost of our officials recent trip to Copenhagen. From CBS NEWS Congress Went to Denmark, You Got the Bill (TRIPS TO COPENHAGEN COST OVER $1,000,000...) For 15 Democratic and 6 Republican Congressmen, food and rooms for two nights cost $4,406 tax dollars each. That’s $2,200 a day – more than … Read entire article »
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Cry Translator
Hungry Annoyed Tired Stressed Bored A list of things that can make a baby cry. Iphone now claims it can translate those cries for you. A team led by Dr Antonio Portugal Ramírez, a Spanish pediatrician, devised a program to analyse the sound through the phone’s mic, and display the translation. The £17.99 app, called the Cry Translator, was launched first in the US. The makers claim 96 per cent accuracy. But parenting experts believe it could make people rely on technology, not instinct … Read entire article »
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7 Ways to Survive the Jobless Recovery
In spite of the government telling us the recession is over, I am hearing of layoffs, pay cuts, and people not able to find jobs yet. I was very interested in the headline I recently found, 7 Ways to Survive the Jobless Recovery. Here are some snippets: 1. Don‘t wait for lost jobs to return. Chances are they won’t. In prior recessions, many job losses were temporary, and laid-off workers were often called back. But this time there’s a lot more going on than just a recession. 2. Don‘t count on big companies. They’ve gone to a lot of trouble to cut costs and weed out workers, which is the main reason corporate profits have held up reasonably well (and the stock market has enjoyed a historic rally). For the most part, big companies … Read entire article »
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How to Live Happily on 75 Percent Less
The “change” in the economy has touched nearly all of us and recently I read an article how some are coping with it. It tells the story of a lady who was laid off from her job, and took another one with a serious cut in income, and prestige. Nine months after getting laid off, Catherine Goerz once again became part of the rush-hour commute—in a way she’d never anticipated. To pick up extra cash, Goerz took a temporary job handing out fliers touting the benefits of public transportation in the San Francisco subway system. Occasionally she’d bump into people she knew from her former job as a creative producer for a Bay Area communications company. “They’re in their corporate clothes,” she recalls, “and I’m in this silly T-shirt and hat. ‘Cathy, is … Read entire article »
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Security
Usually Silas is a tiny fireball, charging through the house, hardly still a moment. It’s sweet every once in awhile to see him calm, doing what calms him the most; clutching his blanket (he must have the torn edge), his pillow of many colors, and his nuk. He’s a sweetie pie. … Read entire article »
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Silas and New Glasses
After noticing Silas has a sensitivity to sun, I splurged and got him a pair of sunglasses! … Read entire article »
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The Invisible Woman
Hope to every taken-for-granted woman in today’s world. … Read entire article »
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Transparent
Obama promised at least 8 times to the American people that he will have health care negotiations in public on C-Span. He has not followed up on that promise. In fact the only thing that is transparent here is that he never intended to keep that promise; Back room secret negotiations locking Republicans out, signing bills that congress can’t even read, and millions and million dollars spent to give dissenting politicians to their states in trade for their vote for this so called health care bill are the ONLY things that are transparent. At least for those who are aware of the truth. … Read entire article »
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THR3E
“Indeed,” Dr. Francis Said. “Can a man step beyond evil’s reach? I think not. Not in this lifetime.” “Then all men are condemned to a lifetime of evil,” Kevin said. “I lifetime struggle with evil, not a life of evil,” Dr. Francis clarified. Currently reading, Ted Dekker’s “Three” Three Dekker delivers another page-turner with this psychological Christian thriller about Kevin Parson, a 28-year-old seminary student who suddenly becomes the target of an evil nemesis . . . [A]n almost perfect … Read entire article »
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Detroit in Ruins
A picture of what happens when democrats are in charge. … Read entire article »
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Marriage Penalty
From the Wall Street Journal Some married couples would pay thousands of dollars more for the same health insurance coverage as unmarried people living together, under the health insurance overhaul plan pending in Congress.The built-in “marriage penalty” in both House and Senate healthcare bills has received scant attention. But for scores of low-income and middle-income couples, it could mean a hike of $2,000 or more in annual insurance premiums the moment they say “I do.” For an unmarried couple with income of $25,000 each, combined premiums would be capped at $3,076 per year, under the House bill. If the couple gets married, with a combined income of $50,000, their annual premium cap jumps to $5,160 — a “penalty” of $2,084. Does this seem fair to you? … Read entire article »
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Homemade Playdough
Miranda made some play-dough for Silas and he enjoyed it so much! Want the recipe? Add coloring to the following: Cooked Playdough (flour and salt) 3 cups flour 1.5 cups salt 6 tsp cream of tarter 3 tbsp oil 3 cups water Dissolve salt in the water. Pour all ingredients into a large pot. Stir constantly over medium heat until a ball forms by pulling away from the sides. Knead the dough mixture until the texture matches playdough … Read entire article »
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Faith is Required
Christmas is a wonderful time of year, but I find myself each year, getting off course from all my normal duties. I spend the day after New Years in a heap of fatigue and collapse. I have hardly rested at all when I start to do things to catch up with what I should have been doing the past month or so. One of those duties is finishing up the sermon’s page at my church. … Read entire article »
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Digital Art with Apophysis
Over the Christmas break I got some time to play with the digital art program Apophysis. My favorite creation is below, the rest you can find HERE … Read entire article »
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Freckles
So sweet a story… An elderly woman and her little grandson, whose face was sprinkled with bright freckles, spent the day at the zoo. Lots of children were waiting in line to get their cheeks painted by a local artist who was decorating them with tiger paws. “You’ve got so many freckles, there’s no place to paint!” a girl in the line said to the little fella. Embarrassed, the little boy dropped his head. His grandmother knelt down next to him. “I love your freckles. When I was a little girl I always wanted freckles, she said, while tracing her finger across the child’s cheek. “Freckles are beautiful!” The boy looked up, “Really?” “Of course,” said the grandmother. “Why, just name me one thing that’s prettier … Read entire article »
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