What's on your mind?

Where are the lightening bugs this summer, Steve? Aren't they usually everywhere by now? I don't think I've seen any this summer.

Good observation. They should have been out in force by now. I thought it might have just been our part of the space-time continuum but apparently not.

It has been noticed three years ago in other parts of the country and the environment seem to be the best answer. Not global warming, but pollution, human "progress" and pesticides.

In some locations they think they are starting to see an increase again, so lets hope for the best. I have fond memories of them as a child, although I can't say I was the best steward of the environment (or them)back then.

I collected my fair share.

Here is a site that discusses them in more depth. I have not had a chance to peruse it but it looks good. By the way, they are know by another name in other places. http://www.firefly.org/

We have a few lightening bugs, but not many. Last year the kids spent every night out catching them - but this year maybe once a week.

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Here's a question, and I hope it doesn't start any fights but, do you think the US will end up like Greece and other countries within the next year or so??

Don't be disappointed if they do not get lively discussion right away. Folks have seen the blog area quiet down and we need to get them involved again.

I appreciate your thoughts and if you know some folks who should be commenting, WAKE THEM UP!

PrpleHze, on the lighter side, I do the speed limit on 231 just to get mean looks form others who want to drive faster. That doesn't bother me, because I don't need the traffic ticket, increase in my car insurance nor anything else associated with a fine.

I thought the deal was to decrease the speed limit only in front of the Hospital. It's almost 50 MPH from Bell Buckle hwy (82) all the way to the first red light.

I l@@k for the troopers to start pulling people over and fining them in a week or two. They usually give people a couple weeks to adjust then all hell breaks loose on fines for Speeding, DUI, Texting, Seat Belts and suspended or revoked Licenses.

And now if it is in affect this summer, they may take your cell phone if you have it on the front seat by you. Not sure where that is going yet?

I do the speed limit, since I was pulled over last week or so for doing 65 because I didn't notice that the speed limit had changed. All I got was a warning, thankfully.

As for the US becoming a Bankrupt Third World Country - I couldn't agree more. The only way we are going to survive is to cut some of the entitlement programs. People have relied on this country to provide them with everything for way too long. As I grew up learning and I have taught my children: If you can pay for it with cash; you don't need it. This country pays out more than it gets in revenue thanks to freeloaders and abusers on food stamps, receiving SSI checks and so on. The abuse of the system has gone on and no one seems to care to stop it. I understand that there are many people who need help, BUT if you are able to work - you have transportation, able to communicate, and move in any way - then you can work and do not need SSI. There are people who get SSI checks because they are overweight, released from prison, junkies, etc. These are people who do not need to be taking our tax money and wasting it.

I am not a christian, but I agree that it seems that the US does not care to stop any form of terrorist such as the Muslims/Islamic. I believe in freedom to practice whatever religion you want. BUT if it harms one or many, then it should no longer be protected. I remember watching Glenn Beck months ago and he was laying out the background of Obama and stated that some of the people that Obama surrounds himself with are wanting the One World Ruler and the first agenda is to crash every money market and build it over. Connecting everyone with the same denomination of money and putting everyone on a level playing field. Then the Ruler of the World could save everyone basically. Everyday I see them becoming a possible reality. With Greece, Portugal, Italy and the US failing, what is to come?

Don't even get me started on the change of speed limit on 231. 50 mph? Give me a break! I never saw that coming...pretty soon, all the way to Murfreesboro. What a speed trap! Ack!

I don't understand it Steve, There are many things to blog about. The Times Gazette blogging rules must be too strict.

Here's one to get people all hot and bothered!

BABY MUTILATION:

Everyone wants to stop abortions in this country but they aren't saying anything about the doctors who are giving pregnant women anti-depressant drugs that cause birth defects in new born babies.

Who is worse, doctors who kill babies before they are born or your family Health care provider who mutilates the fetus inside the mother's womb with anti-depressants, for the sake of energizing or psychic energizing the mother's brain?

Should we go after all those health care providers also?

Maybe we should open up "Planned Psychic Energizing for the Women of America to help them deal with Child Birth Defeat Pregnancies and the Doctor who Mutilated their Child" Clinics?

Let's see, that would be the "PPEWOA2HDWCBDP/DWMC" Clinic.

Or it could be called the "Health Care Provider/Mutilation Center of America" for short.

What am I talking about? They already have a name for it. It's called Doctor's Office.

Okay, here is another one!

Everyone may or may not know about this one, but could bring a couple responses.

When you go to your health care provider your information will be entered into your Health care Provider's computer. If not right now, it will be in the very near future.

All doctors are learning about a new way of keeping Patient's medical history online, so any doctor or hospital or clinic can access this information no matter where you are visiting or admitted.

The thing is it will also contain all your other history and information you have been trying to protect at all costs.

Example, any government agency would be able to access your medical history anytime they wanted to so no more Doctor Patient confidentiality.

It would also allow any doctor, nurse, intern, receptionist or a friend of a receptionist to get access to your private medical and personal information history.

The only person who would not be able to access this information would be the spouse, unless they had a friend who had access to a medical computer with this new Patient History/Record Keeping program.

This could prove to be worse than the FBI Wire Tapping.

We have no privacy anymore.

How does everyone feel about the notion of the government being able to take your child away if they are overweight?

I think that this is something that seriously scares me because this is just another way that the government is trying to take over our lives. There are some children who are obese and it is no fault of their own. But there are children who are obese because the parents do not understand that children can not eat all of the American fast-food without cruel results. And parents no longer go outside and exercise or play with their children. Now, everyone stays inside stuck to the TV or video games or cell phones. My children and I eat out once every 3-4 months. And they play outside, depending on the weather, at least everyday. Not counting their exercising that I require during our homeschool.

Every other commercial on TV is for some kind of junk food - McDonald's, Snickers, Burger King, Skittles. No wonder the American people are hooked on fast food and junk food - it's thrown in our faces every minute of the day.

It IS a form of denying us our rights, but some parents just don't understand the principles of a couple wanting to enjoy a quiet Romantic dinner without these kids pushing against the back of their chair or screaming and crying while they are trying to enjoy their meal.

I raised 6 kids and we didn't go to nice restaurants or movie theaters unless we had a baby sitter. Of course when we were on the road traveling we stopped at fast food places to keep from annoying people with our children.

I only wished other families could do the same.

We had drive-in-theaters back then, so that made it a little different. People could park somewhere else besides next to us.

A lot of parents today have no control over their kids and make others suffer for their ignorance.

To protect the rights of diners, shoppers and etc, the States have to pass laws for their protection.

They passed laws forbidding the people who smoke from smoking in public places, even the bars, for the safety of the other people.

Now if we can just get the State to keep the drunks home and off the streets and in public places where they start fights and kill people and don't even know it.

If people would just use their head for something besides plugging holes in the ground or in their backside, they could prevent gov from taking our rights away.

The nonsmokers wanted the laws to prevent smokers from ruining their evenings, so now it's their turn and they have to give up their rights or bringing their kids out to dinner or theaters and who knows what else. Who will be next?

When you signed your name on your Marriage License, you gave the State jurisdiction over you, your spouse and your children to do whatever they want to.

You unknowingly signed a contract with the State making them a third member of your marriage and your family. You can't get a divorce without their say so and conditions. It's whatever the State demands, not what YOU want. You don't own your children, the State does.

Now I am not saying all children are rude and annoying, but I do know how even the best child can get carried away at the least expected moment.

This is a good example of how our system works. If enough people complain to the right people, the Legislators do listen and will pass laws.

In most cases though, it benefits the State jurisdiction more than your rights. They do not mind removing all the rights you want to complain about because it then gives the State those rights.

10th Amendment

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

When the people wish to give their rights away to the States because then are unhappy with other people, they lose their rights also and the Constitution no longer prohibits the States from denying you your newly lost right to Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness.

I will say one thing for you PrpleHze, you seem to be a very Unique person from what I can read.

Here is something to think about.

The law of our land is Common Law. It is the Supreme law or Constitutional law. All laws in the United States must be enacted in compliance with the Constitution.

If you were born in any of the 50 states and not on a Federal land in that state, like a military base or National park and your parents are not 14th Amendment citizens - you can rescind your signature on any legal document that you did not sign willfully knowing full well what the circumstances were and the consequences were at the time you signed that document.

i.e. You did not know the State had any control over your marriage because of you signing that marriage license.

You were tricked into giving the State jurisdiction over your marriage and your children.

"Waivers of Constitutional Rights, not only must be voluntary, they must be knowingly intelligent acts, done with sufficient awareness of the relevant circumstances and consequences." Brady v. U.S. 397 U.S. 742 at 748 (1970)

Another solution is to have a Common Law Marriage. That way the State has nothing to do with it because you don't sign any legal papers making the State a third party. Your marriage is your marriage and is between you, your spouse and God.

God recognizes a Common Law Marriage because he gave you Inalienable Rights to do whatever you want to without government interference as long as you don't injure anyone or violate their God given Rights.

As for regulations requiring couples to attend classes if they have children goes... I think it is good for the children, but also have to say it is government interference and unconstitutional, but it must be fought in a court to win your right back.

If you rescind your signature on your marriage license, you are no longer married, but the State may be able to ward the children over to the other parent who didn't rescind his signature.

When you rescind your signature on your marriage license you are no longer married, however your signature on your drivers license or bank account or some other account has secretly assigned you a STRAWMAN that the courts can use to connect you with their defacto laws giving them jurisdiction over you in any case they want to bring against you.

Once we get ourselves weaved into the system by signing our name to something, it is too complicated to get out of it without cutting ALL ties. Our Government is very Tricky and Sneaky.

So long EPA!

Rather than spiraling into a global warming meltdown, we may be heading into the next ice age.

The U.S. National Solar Observatory, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and astrophysicists across the planet report that the nearly all-time low sunspot activity may result in a sustained cooling period on Earth.

Read more: http://visiontoamerica.org/2795/ice-age-...

I like the scroll thingy. All this "computering" and my eyes get pretty tired.

My last word on the couponing is this. There are secrets to using coupons and not everyone is going to know them. Coupons can and will save you money if you use them but you can get some things free or almost free if you know the secrets and have the time to put into it.

My last trip was half and half.

I went to CVS to buy a razor that would cost $5.99 but I would get an extra bucks reward for $5. making the razor only cost $.99.

I was then going to buy a Bic razor which sold for $5.99 which would have been free if they had one. They were all gone on the second day of the sale. So I left with a $5 extra bucks reward receipt and a $.99 razor.

I then went to Walgreens and purchased 4 jars of Skippy Peanut Butter 16.3 oz. on sell for 2 for $4 or $2 each. I used 4 $.75 coupons and paid only $1.25 for each jar. What all the other stores were selling one jar for I got 4 jars for app. the same price or $5 for all 4 jars plus tax of course.

Then I went to Walmarts. At walmarts I bought a All You Magazine with a 10% off coupon for just $1.88 plus tax and I also was going to buy 4 bottles of Dawn Dishwashing liquid (14 oz) selling for $.97 each. I had 4 coupons for $.50 off. That would have made each bottle only $.47. Walmart, the super store in Shelbyville only had two bottles. So I walked out with only two bottle which cost em $.47 instead of 4 which was the limit.

How did the super store run out when there was a limit of 4 bottle per visit?

I did not go back kroger to check out their price, but if they sold the same size bottle of Dawn, it could have been free if Kroger doubled the $.50 coupon.

And last I stopped at the Dollar General on the highway. I used 5 $4 off coupons for airwick Ultra starter kit which cost $4 each. Needless to say all 5 were absolutely FREE. I only paid the tax. I also bought 4 bags of Bugles. I had $.50 coupons and the bugles were on sale for $1.00. This time I walked out of the store with 4 bags of Bugles and 5 Air Wick Ultra starter kits and paid only $2 plus tax, a total savings of $22.00.

As I said earlier, if the stores will keep their shelves stocked with items they are having sales on, they could make money and we could save money.

Extreme Couponing like the show doesn't work that way. They had special deals and privileges during the showing of the TLC show. Those privileges don't exist today in the stores and the stores are putting limits on items and raising their prices during the sales.

You can save money and you can get some thing for free but most of the free things are not what you want or need, You have to consider your out of pocket expense when buying something and when do you get it back.

To each it's own!

The End

I am not sure the local folks have much to do about the speed. They can request but the State makes the decision.

We made a request in Bell Buckle some years back and the State over-reacted. It took a while to get that modified.