Put it in the Garage

Ahhh, the garage. It's a great place to store stuff you don't want in your house anymore, but can't bear to give to Goodwill or just completely trash. There's still some emotional connection and you can't quite banish it from your life. On the other hand, you're pretty sure you don't want it in your house anymore. Maybe it's old, doesn't fit your style now, or it's too darn big for the living room. Maybe you're just tired of it.

By putting it out of your day to day sight, maybe you'll come to miss it and want it back? Maybe you'll see it in a new light and find another use for it? Surely you would regret tossing it. So there it sits. Gathering dust. And blocking your path to the work bench, the bicycle, and the ladder. You can't get to the "good" stuff, because of the junk. You look at it and continually ask yourself, "What am I going to do with that?" You have guilt. You feel pressured. You decide not to decide and go back in the house, closing the door behind you.

But eventually, a funny thing starts to happen. It begins to bother you as you maneuver past it. It's taking up too much room. It's dusty. It looks really old and worn out. It doesn't fit in your life anymore. You bang your big toe on it as you squeeze by and that's the moment it looses its power over you. You no longer feel attached to the darn thing, you want it out and you want it out now. You can release it and never look back. It feels good.

The garage serves as a transitional area not only for the physical item, but for your emotional attachment to it as well.  I think we need a garage for old, worn out relationships.  You know, the friendship you once enjoyed but no longer has a place in your life. They've changed, you've changed - whatever the cause. Some distancing is required to see it in its proper light and that distancing allows you to let it go. Feels good to clean out that garage rather than hanging onto relationships that don't work. Getting rid of the clutter in your life allows you to get to and enjoy the "good" stuff.

Happy De-Cluttering!

Paranoid? Who Me?

 Is George Orwell's 1984 here? Just saying...


1984  Thought crime - you will be punished for thinking bad thoughts against Big Brother
2009  Hate crime laws - you will be punished for what you were thinking when committing a crime

1984 Everyone works for the goverment
2009 1 in 5 Americans work for some level of government*

1984 Surveillance cameras are everywhere, including one's residence
2009  Cameras at traffic lights, highways, airports, convenience stores, banks, offices, schools, and don't forget the satellites. The average Londoner is photographed 300 times each day.

1984 Big Brother controls all media
2009 MSNBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, NPR

1984 Government operated in complete secrecy
2009 California State Legislature voting record log was deleted 77 times

1984 Big Brother made policy changes in the middle of the night; people awoke to a new  reality
2009 With government takeover of GM, Obama suspended law and superseded GM corporate bond holder's positions, forever changing the financial playing field.

1984 Government indoctrinates children from a young age, abolishing parental influence
2009 The Constitution is not taught in high school; Traditional Constitutional law is not taught in law school;  California has declared a Harvey Milk Day (a known pedophile) for school children, Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" is shown to high school freshmen; and diversity is education's highest goal.

Just saying...



*www.realclearpolitics.com/.../the_public_trough_is_bigger_th.html -

Obama Care Vs. O'Mama Care

#1
Obama: Everyone deserves free healthcare
O'Mama: No one owes you a thing.

#2
Obama: This is America; it's your right.
O'Mama: Rights come with responsibilities.

#3
Obama: Listen to me, I'm the President.
O'Mama: The world doesn't revolve around you, little missy.

#4
Obama: Republicans are lying.
O'Mama: Don't whine if you don't get your way.

#5
Obama: If you misrepresent the plan, we will call you out.
O'Mama: Always tell the truth.

#6
Obama: It won't add one cent to the deficit.
O'Mama: There's no such thing as a free lunch.

#7
Obama: The government knows best.
O'Mama: Stand on your own two feet.

Michigan Tell Moms that Big Brother Knows Best

Have you seen this story? A Michigan stay-at-home mom helps several of her employed friends by letting their children come to her house in the mornings for about an hour to wait for the school bus.  Shortly after this school year began,  she received a letter from the Michigan Department of Human Services warning her that she was violating a law regarding unlicensed day care centers.

In effect, the Big Brother will decide (for you stupid parents) where your children should wait for the school bus. Where will government intrusion into our lives, and especially parental rights, end?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_re_us/us_baby_sitter_backlash_mich

Forget Nuke Proliferation - What About Blog Proliferation?

Everyone's got a blog these days, including me, but is anyone reading them? It's a writer's worst nightmare. Some years ago, I attended a poetry writing class.  One of the classroom sources was a quote from an aspiring poet that went something like this: I'm afraid in my dying moments, I'll grab the shirt of anyone nearby and, with my last breath, beg him to read my poetry.

That's sort of how I feel about my blog. No followers. No comments. Heck, I can't even get my own husband or sons to read my blog. I guess they've heard my know-it-all answers and long-winded pontifications for long enough, they don't need to read about it, too.

But truthfully, it's okay. This blog is just a repository for all those voices in my head. Once I put it in writing, I feel better. Usually.

Link to Orange Country Register Letter to the Editor

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/obama-tax-going-2575562-sept-don#

Going to bat for Obama
After reading Dena Bunis' Letter from Washington ["Obama opposition takes an ugly turn," Sept. 20], I couldn't figure out if it was an op-ed, a manners lesson, an advertisement for the Democratic National Committee or a letter to the editor. Bunis cites three examples of "ugly" behavior that concerns her: Obama being called a socialist, a sign at the Washington, D.C., Tea Party that caricatured Obama, and Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst of "You lie." While I agree with her on the last one, the first two have been suffered by many previous presidents on both sides of the aisle. Why should Obama be spared the wrath of citizens?
It seems to concern her that Republicans have motivated political involvement from "people who may otherwise not get involved in political discourse." So, let me get this straight – if I haven't been involved in politics before, then, that somehow diminishes my voice to protest now?
Springing to Obama's defense, she asserts, "The GOP has done its best to tie Obama to ACORN." Really? I'm pretty sure Obama has tied himself to ACORN, and the records are plentiful.
Finally, she discredits critics of the current administration because they don't get their news from "reliable" sources like she did back during the Vietnam War. You know, those extremely fair and neutral Big Three TV networks and well-known liberal newspapers? Maybe someone should tell her Al Gore invented this thing called the Internet, and it's 2009.

Where's My Calculator?

Obama's proposed healthcare plan is estimated to cost $900 billion in an effort to cover the estimated 29 million uninsured. Let's see now, $900 billion divided by 29 million equals.....$31 million per uninsured person? What?