Different Times

I recieved an email with the following opinion. I know I can be as full of crap as anyone else. I know that. But this made me think though, something I do not do enough of probably. lol
The trouble with this email is that I believe the opinion expressed is correct. I do not like Bush or any of those other "leaders" of democracy, but one thing I do believe is that we are in a war, one that cannot be ignored or stopped, or should be stopped. The enemy wants us dead or following mohammad. That is it plain and simple. It is not just a war with terrorists, it is a war with with islam, which I view in the same class as scientology, mormanism, ............ They are dangerous to everyone else though. I just do not like the way it is being done.

Author unknown.
President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism. But the mistake was not his decision to go to war in Iraq. Bush's mistake came in his belief that this country is the same one his father fought for in WWII. It is not. Back then, they had just come out of a vicious depression. The country was steeled by the hardship of that depression, but they still believed fervently in this country. They knew that the people had elected their leaders,so it was the people's duty to back those leaders. Therefore, when the war broke out the people came together, rallied behind, and stuck with their leaders, whether they had voted for them or not or whether the war was going badly or not. And war was just as distasteful and the anguish just as great then as it is today. Often there were more casualties in one day in WWII than we have had in the entire Iraq war. But that did not matter. The people stuck with the President because it was their patriotic duty. Americans put aside their differences in WWII and worked together to win that war. Everyone from every strata of society, from young to old pitched in. Small children pulled little wagons around to gather scrap metal for the war effort. Grade school students saved their pennies to buy stamps for war bonds to help the effort. Men who were too old or medically 4F lied about their age or condition trying their best to join the military. Women doubled their work to keep things going at home. Harsh rationing of everything from gasoline to soap, to butter was imposed, yet there was very little complaining. You never heard prominent people on the radio belittling the President. Interestingly enough in those days there were no fat cat actors and entertainers who ran off to visit and fawn over dictators of hostile countries and complain to them about our President. Instead, they made upbeat films and entertained our troops to help the troops' morale. And a bunch even enlisted. And imagine this: Teachers in schools actually started the day off with a pledge of allegiance, and with prayers for our country and our troops! Back then, no newspaper would have dared point out certain weak spots in our cities where bombs could be set off to cause the maximum damage. No newspaper would have dared complain about what we were doing to catch spies. A newspaper would have been laughed out of existence if it had complained that German or Japanese soldiers were being "tortured" by being forced to wear women's underwear, or subjected to interrogation by a woman, or being scared by a dog or did not have air conditioning. There were a lot of things different back then. We were not subjected to a constant bombardment of pornography, perversion and promiscuity in movies or on radio. We did not have legions of crack heads, dope pushers and armed gangs roaming our streets. No, President Bush did not make a mistake in his handling of terrorism. He made the mistake of believing that we still had the courage and fortitude of our fathers. He believed that this was still the country that our fathers fought so dearly to preserve. It is not the same country. It is now a cross between Sodom and Gomorra and the land of Oz. We even have the wicked witch of the west as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives. We did unite for a short while after 9/11, but our attitude changed when we found out that defending our country would require some sacrifices. We are in great danger. The terrorist are fanatic Muslims. They believe that it is okay, even their duty, to kill anyone who will not convert to Islam. It has been estimated that about one third or over three hundred million Muslims are sympathetic to the terrorists cause...Hitler and Tojo combined did not have nearly that many potential recruits.We either win it - or lose it - and you ain't gonna like losing.

Oprah bama

It looks like oprah has decided to try to help osama obama get elected. Excuse me. Barak obama., or something like that. I guess she figures that her popularity,. money, and opinion will sway a lot of voters. I hope Americans are smarter than that. I have read articles that obamas' father was a follower of islam. I have read a lot of those. I have also read where he denies it, but I still do not know who is right. Wouldn't it be ironic if all of a sudden our president announced he was a follower of mohammed? (May he rot in hell).
Since I do not follow mohammed or believe in any of his teachings, ( I have read a lot of them over the last few years), then I do not have a problem making fun of him. I have seen some really good pictures also, lol. I have also seen many pictures of Christ and were very unflattering and some that were out and out abusive. However, I am not going to threaten everyone on the planet because of it. All I know for sure is that one group is wrong and one is right. If you believe in God, then one group will end up in Hell. Simple. I just believe they are wrong. Besides, my wife will not let me have more than one, and I have never thought of marrying a 9 year old girl. Of course, I guess that works out well if you want to be the boss in your family. You marry them young, raise them to believe that you are the final authority. Hmmmm, what a concept! That is where I went wrong!
I see that bin laden (may he rot in hell) has announced that one way for peace is for the United States to convert to islam. ROFL The idiot still does not understand who we are. Idiots are dangerous also though. We have our own share in this country. If I halfway understand their point of view, they are required by their quran to convert us or kill us. In case you are wondering, I refuse to capitalize islam, quran, mohhamad, osama bin laden or any of those. But that is just me.

Carribean Cruise

Over my whole life my vacatins have consisted of a weekend camping trip or visiting relatives or something like that. Even when I lived in Germany my sightseeing 3was over weekends.
However, my wife changed that. Somehow, she socked away the money for a carribean cruise without me knowing it. She had to tell me finally about it in order to take vacation time.
It really was great.The first two days were just traveling. We spent these two days swimming and eating and drinking. The only reason we stopped was to sleep. On the third morning I woke up and realized the ship was not moving. We had docked in Montego Bay, Jamaica. So we got ready and yes we ate again, lol. Then went ashore to see Jamaica. We had a blast. We took a tour to Rose Hall. It is an estate where the lady that used to live there killed all her husbands, before her last lover, a slave, killed her. It was really cool.
We had a tour guide was trying to teach us Jamaican slang while we traveled. Yeah Mon. We spent a lot of time shopping and sightseeing and picture taking. We saw LOTS of gorgeous women in bikinis and thongs. Jeanette pointed out a few guys were hot too, lol. I did see a lot of people that should never put on a thong or a speedo, it burns your eyes out. LOL, there was one guy that walked by wearing a speedo. He looked like he was a model. You know, the six pack abs, solid leg and arm muscle….. LOL I think jeanette was drooling, but she wont admit it.
That night after dinner we just kind of crashed. During the night we sailed to the Grand Cayman Islands. We had a problem here. The only way off the ship was by a tender. Jeanette could not climb down to it and we could not get her wheel chair down there either. We decided to skip this one and we spent the day relaxing and swimming and of course eating. By the next morning we were in Cozumel. That is a small Mexican island. We got off there just fine. The water was so clear we could see the bottom of the bay and fish, but they were 50 or 60 feet deep. We did a lot of sightseeing in Cozumel and shopping. I liked it best. We went to the hard rock café, we bought souvenirs and we just wandered around on our own. There is a lot to see there. Jeanette got some good deals.
Then it was Friday night and we started cruising back to Galveston. On Sunday morning we got back to the U.S. lucky as Hell, cruising in between the hurricanes.
We took about 400 pictures and had a really great time. Jeanette had never been out of the country before. It was all new to her, lol.
That was our anniversary, belated honeymoon, and vacation.
Before our cruise, I had made a promise to stop smoking. So, when we left on the cruise I did not have any smokes. It was a good thing that they had so much food and things to do. I am doing pretty well still, but I would kill for a smoke, lol. One thing I did notice yesterday besides coughing up all that crap out of my lungs, I can do a lot more without being out of breath. I had no idea it had gotten that bad. I have been enjoying that the last two days working outside. Now that I really see a difference, maybe it will help me. I told Jeanette though, that if I ever get diagnosed with cancer or anything that is going to do me in, then she might as well stop at the tobacco store and let me buy some smokes lol.