Before I get into the subject matter of this post, let me update you on the 5/7th-ing. We did get back on track this past weekend. Now, I am still in debt to God (talk about your understatements!), but it felt good to get back in line with our promise. More honoring a-coming this weekend. Then it gets tough - I'll address that in another post soon.
Oh - and sorry if I don't blog enough. I tend to do this at work, and we have been plain swamped. My total lack of organization skills doesn't help the situation, too. So if you have some organization skills to impart, I am all ears.
Ok - on to the guts of this. If you don't know, I have my original blog entitled Stupidity At Lightspeed. About what it sounds like - pretty dumb random thoughts and pathetic attempts at humor. Check it out if you like. Anyhow - I was mowing the lawn last night thinking of blog subjects when my mind ventured back onto the uproar about some racial pins and the Obama sockpuppet. Well, as I mulling that over in my mind, something very disturbing came to my mind -many years ago, I supported Bernie Epton. For those that may not recognize the name. Bernie ran for mayor of Chicago in the early 80's. As a Republican, he fell just 40k votes short of winning the mayor seat in one of the most Democratic cities in the US. He lost to the eventual mayor, Harold Washington.
Harold was black while Bernie was white. And as much as I don't want to admit it, I only supported Bernie cuz he was white.
Granted, I was too young at that time to vote, and I didn't even live in Chicago (like that stops Chicago voters), but that was wrong. So wrong of me. I got a couple "Epton for Mayor" stickers and wore them "proudly". As I look back, they were just labels of my ignorance. While I grew up very quickly and stopped seeing colors and started seeing people, I still have to remember that I thought so shallow at a younger age. There are times even today I don't think enough and make hurtful choices. While God forgives me, my decisions hurt those that He loves as well. And reconciling with them isn't so easy.
I have to remember that not only is God at work with me, I need to be at work with Him.
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I'm Brian, from Dave's blog. I had to share this history lesson with you. Thought you would like it, actually you will probably get upset about it. You can email me at brianchase11@yahoo.com with comments.
For those that don't know about history ... Here is a
> condensed version:
>
> Humans originally existed as members of small bands of
> nomadic
> hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains
> during the summer
> and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in
> the winter.
>
> The two most important events in all of history were the
> invention of beer
> and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to
> get man to the
> beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and
> together were
> the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two
> distinct subgroups:
>
> 1. Liberals, and
> 2. Conservatives.
>
> Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was
> the beginning of
> agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were
> invented yet, so
> while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them
> to be
> invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's
> how villages were
> formed.
>
> Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to
> B-B-Q at night
> while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of
> what is known as
> the Conservative movement.
>
> Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting
> learned to live off
> the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's
> and doing the sewing
> fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the
> Liberal movement
>
>
> Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women.
> The rest became
> known as girlie-men. Some noteworthy liberal achievements
> include the
> domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy,
> group hugs, and
> the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide
> the meat and beer
> that conservatives provided.
>
> Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the
> largest, most
> powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are
> symbolized by the
> jackass.
>
> Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but
> most prefer white
> wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like
> their beef well
> done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal
> fare. Another
> interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women
> have higher
> testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers,
> personal injury
> attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group
> therapists are
> liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule
> because it wasn't
> fair to make the pitcher also bat.
>
> Conservatives drink domestic beer, mostly Bud. They eat red
> meat and still
> provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game
> hunters, rodeo cowboys,
> lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical
> doctors, police officers
> corporate executives, athletes, Marines, airline pilots
> and generally
> anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own
> companies hire other
> conservatives who want to work for a living.
>
> Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the
> producers and
> decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe
> Europeans are more
> enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the
> liberals remained in
> Europe when conservatives were coming to America . They
> crept in after the
> Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get
> more for nothing
>
>
> Here ends today's lesson in world history:
>
> It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge
> to angrily
> respond to the above before forwarding it.
>
> A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the
> absolute truth
> of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to
> other true
> believers and to more liberals just to tick them off.
>
> And there you have it. Let your next action reveal your
> true self...
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