The 100 Eclectics – stars OR stripes

Now how many of you thought this would be about a religious topic? True up now, true up.

No, this marks the 100^th entry I would have served up on this blog. And still no one reads and that’s okay. My time may yet come.

So let’s go.

All is not lost. It’s just headed that way.
Why is everyone so jealous and mean-spirited these days?
Why are the rich demonized UNLESS they are also famous?
The time will come when tomorrow does not follow today.
Silence is golden unless it is merely silver.
Kids are the last, best hope of this earth.
Video games are paralyzing this generation.
Why still believe? Because the alternative is not an option.
Where did simple manners go?
When did white folk lose their own culture?
Why is illegal immigration never discussed in terms of its illegality?
When is enough really enough?
I must have missed the announcement giving parents time off from doing real parenting.
I think the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States are the best two documents ever created by man. Ever. Anyone who wants to change them: can you give me an example of what you want to change them to?
When and where did socialism ever succeed without devouring itself in the end?
What is it about capitalism that scares so many of you, the hard work involved?
Owning an easy path to success simply means that you get the easy and you more than likely get owned.
So I guess it’s true that bringing up a child with mom and dad at home isn’t really better than the other options. Guess I missed the memo with the irrefutable data on that one as well.
When did Islam become the untouchable national religion?
Also, why do people hate Christians so much? You would think the Jews would have sympathy given their history but I guess they are glad for the company and also hoping to move up from last place.
Is all this social media a good thing?
Just give in- it’s the democratic way.
I am very interested in living long enough to see where all this goes- restriction on free speech; freedom from religion; the legalization of illegal immigration; the control of the states by the Feds; the right of the Feds to know everything about you and be able to acquire information and then ultimately prosecute you (think that won’t happen?) without due process; the acceleration of social justice and entitlements over national defense; the fear to call a man a criminal because of the color of the skin or the basis of the religion; widespread same-sex and other types of marriage (think that won’t happen?); growing control of our schools by the unions and corresponding control of our children by the schools; legalization of marijuana and other drugs (think that won’t happen?); easy and instant access to porn and worse; the rewriting of the Constitution to what the liberal progressives really want; the continuing and purposeful destruction of our economy and international standing. Much more. I hope to be dead before I see most of it but I fear I will not be and I no longer know exactly what to tell my kids to expect or to do.
I am still looking for music with a good message. Much rarer these days in case you plan to look for yourself.
Wonder what the old school civil rights leaders, those who fought with their very lives for equal rights and the elimination of segregation, would say if they were alive today and saw all the self-imposed segregation that has been put in place so willingly and with such purpose.
The best states are run by Republican governors. I think there is a clue there somewhere.
Who studies history anymore?
The national media should be ashamed; very ashamed. Not only are they complicit, in the end they are guilty as hell.
I hear that the government thinks they can do something right.
Can Michigan annex Chicago from Illinois so we can get our state back?
When will Obama announce he is running in 2016?
Happiness is indeed fleeting and I am losing a step every year.
There are no more role models I guess.
There is nothing that you do that the government cannot control if you just simply let it do so.
That country founded by those stodgy old slave-owning (by the way, they all didn’t own slaves in case you care to check, and many were vehemently opposed to it in case you care to check)white guys is not nearly as good as the one founded by the _____________________(please fill in the blank).
Why do you think the government is making it so easy for you to do nothing except vote for them?
What do you think will happen on the day that your vote is no longer needed?
Slaves in the past were so much stronger and smarter- they knew they were owned and they most justifiably despised it. They patiently and sometimes not so patiently tried to do something about it. In the end they succeeded, all over the world.
Spoon fed on MSNBC, CNN and the New York Times. Perfect outlets to tell you what you already know and to make you sign up for what you already believe.
So the U.S. sucks in terms of our international standing on education and we respond by setting national standards (lowest common denominator) and pressing for more power for the unions (which will of course help our kids).
Smiles are infectious but growing more rare these days.
Carly Simon lyric: “I’ll never learn to be me first, by myself.” If that was the goal then mission accomplished!
Taxes solve everything but how do you tax a nation where no one works?
We want to be like Europe. Great goal.
It’s below zero out there and the squirrels are still working the trees for berries and nuts. Good to know there is still a solid and healthy work ethic afoot in the country.
As everyone watches the national and federal issues the locals are getting a lot done whether you like it or agree with it or not.
Beware the ides of March.
Sometimes my retrievers seem smarter than some folks I know. They sure are a damn sight more friendly.
Why is it when the Republicans do not roll over they are accused of being obstructionists? Isn’t one of the benefits of having two parties checks and balances? Else it is an oligarchy. Oh, maybe that’s what they want..
I rest at 50 and will return.
The early bird no longer gets the worm- they have been regulated.
Read a good book that wasn’t written any time in the last 40 years.
Write a book with Christian values, no violence, no sex, and good kids from a dual-gendered parentship and then try to get it published.
Protest a movie or song whose content or creator you disagree with- rent an old DVD instead or just take a walk.
Hug your kids and tell them you are trying your best and then go and do just that.
Forgive someone for something that’s hard to forgive.
Vote. Prepare yourself with the necessary knowledge and then vote in every single election.
Never fool yourself into believing that it cannot happen here. It sure as hell can. Again, I keep saying it- read your history.
“Turn on, tune in, and drop out.” Guess you win Mr. Leary.
When did those who protested authority become the authority that no one is allowed to protest?
Reefer don’t lead to other drugs. Nope, can’t say I have ever seen that happen.
Do I trust the far right pundits? Not completely but it is a good bit easier to scoop a pile off the lawn then to strain it from a cesspool.
I said that I did not like the offensive lyrics of a particular rap song and black man who was nearby said that I was a racist. Before I could respond another black man said that he agreed with me and the first black man said that he was just being white. I asked which was worse and he told me they were basically one and the same.
It is always the darkest just before the dawn but I still don’t hear the sun waking up.
If the reason for legalizing the many millions of people here in this country is to provide workers for jobs Americans will not do or to provide additional workers to fulfill a seasonal need or to provide another layer of diversity then, if these are key needs, why didn’t we pursue some sort of system a long time ago that would allow us to address these needs or fulfill these needs in a more organized and legal fashion? Could it be that these are just convenient excuses to seek to help justify the violation of the law?
Have we ever had a more despicable Senate majority leader or a more lawless Attorney General?
Have we ever had a weaker Senate minority leader or House majority leader?
You’ve just been voted head coach for the Dems in the upcoming debate on the “History of the United States with a special emphasis on the Constitution.” You have one minute left to make your final draft selection and you have to pick one of the following: Nancy Pelosi, Sheila Jackson Lee, Barbara Boxer, or Maxine Waters. Quick, who do you pick?
I like rock & roll, R & B, classical, jazz, blues and some country. What does that make me?
I want everyone who wants to be successful to have the opportunity to be successful but not be given too much of a free ride to get there. What does that make me?
Why is the U.S really lagging the world so much when it comes to the quality of our education? It sure ain’t due to a lack of bread but they would have you think so.
I will continue to teach my kids to respect all people and all creatures great and small but I will also teach them that they need not take crap from anyone and that includes being made to feel guilty for things they had no part in. Got that?
I was born and raised a Catholic but am one no more. Given the platform for abortion, birth control, and gay marriage why do so many vote Democratic? You are all just convenient Catholics and you are all hypocrites and you all know it.
Why am I condemned for being somewhat successful (so far)?
Hey Dems- is there a point when there is too much debt?
Someone has to explain to me how the finances of a country, of a government, are so unlike those of an individual. In the latter case when you owe you have to pay and when you cannot pay you are held to account. Isn’t that the way countries are supposed to work as well? Oh, yeah, just the ones that plan to live long and prosper.
Will anyone live to see the Cubs win the World Series?
Why is going to school and getting a good education that you can use to take you to places you never dreamed of such a terrible thing? And I ain’t even talking about college here.
Why is learning in school considered by some black people to be a white thing?
Why is it that race now enters so much of our conversation? I know that several of my points here touch on it but, hey, I didn’t start it and I’ll be damned if I’ll sit back and let someone control the conversation without the opportunity to respond.
Are we all just Americans or just when it is convenient to be so?
Is it sometimes convenient to not be so?
Why does no one seem to be able to work together anymore?
When did people in this country get so darn stupid?
There doesn’t seem to be much to stop the Russian state from rising again. Certainly not the power elite presently in Washington.
I need to decide how and when to get out of the great state of Illinois. Even Lincoln wouldn’t claim this as his land any longer- he’d prefer Indiana or Kentucky from whence he came.
How many actual Tea Party members do you know and are any of them actually racist? Can you provide any proof?
When I hear “blah blah blah” I know someone is getting what little information they care to share from MSNBC, CNN, the NY Times, the Huffington Post or a similar outlet.
Greatness is fast departing our once-great country. We have been told by the man in Washington that we are not an exceptional people. What are we then?
Why is going to college considered to be a right? It isn’t for everyone but everyone else seems to think it is. What we wind up with is a tremendous amount of student loan debt coupled to either a bunch of dropouts or a bunch of non-working hangers-on without a valuable degree anywhere in sight.
Kids cannot learn if parents will not teach.
Parents cannot teach what they do not know.
Teachers will only teach what is sanctioned or so it seems.
What we call poverty today is nowhere near what we called it years ago. Why did the criteria change?
What happens when the money runs out kiddies?
Global warming? Please. Just follow the money, as always. You insult my minor scientific knowledge when you tell me the science is in and the debate is over. What debate? Please.
Tomorrow can indeed be a brighter day. Hopefully a warmer one as well. We’re freezing here amidst all that warming.
If the science fails you and your initiative then just change the name and blame absolutely everything on something other than what it likely is. Einstein could not even figure out that science but he wasn’t as smart as someone like Al Gore I guess.
Too much in life passes by too quickly. Before we know it the moment and the day are gone. Slow it down as best you can and take time to see and smell those roses.
(Darn Microsoft Word for this indent that I can’t figure out how to fix). I have already wasted too many precious moments in my life and as my life grows shorter I am making a pledge to not waste much more. Make every moment you can really count for something. Stand and fight when you need to. Get educated, wise up. Wise up and then rise up if you care at all about our future.

That’s it. I don’t plan to revise any of this, just publish it. This marks my 100^th entry on this blog. Can you say you have produced 100 entries in just over 3 months and have you ever done a list with 100 things on it? Until today I could not say that I had done either but now I can. “Well that’s the way I always heard it should be…”

O happy day.