ilovemycountry

I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN

The World Wide Web is wonderful place. Every day I marvel at all the great sites that can be found and enjoyed. So many of them prove that this country is still the greatest on earth. But there are others that glorify hate, abuse and pornography. These sites are dangerous to our society, particularly to our children. God did not bless me with children, but I urge parents to be watchful of your children while they are surfing the net, teach them to be as wary of strangers on the net as they would be on the streets. Teach them to just say no.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
-Abraham Lincoln-

TALK ABOUT HEROES!

On June 2, 1941, Lou Gehrig called me from his office. Mayor LaGuardia had appointed him to the New York City Parole Board to work with and encourage youthful lawbreakers. Gehrig threw himself into the work with everything he had, or had left. He also kept up a lively interest in reasearch into the disease that had driven him out of baseball. It was a note about the latter that prompted his call. "I've got some good news for you," he said. "Looks like the boys in the labs might have come up with a real breakthrough. They've got some new serum that they've tried on 10 of us who have the same problem. And, you know somthing? It seems to be working on 9 out of 10. How about that?" He was elated. I tried not ask the question, but it came out anyway, after a bit. "How about you, Lou?" Lou said, "Well it didn't work on me. But how about that for a average?--9 out of 10! Isn't that great?" I said, yes, it was great. So was he.

From the book "They Rose Above It" by Bob Considine.

If the time should ever come when women are not Christians and houses are not homes, then we shall have lost the chief cornerstones on which civilization rests.
-Andrew D. White-

THE BUILDING CALLED FAITH!

Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.
-Theodore Roosevelt-

ONLY IN AMERICA!

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
~Dolly Parton~

HOW TO TELL IF YOU MIGHT BE A HIGH-TECH REDNECK

If your e-mail address ends in "over.yonder.com".
If you connect to the WWW via a "Down Home Page".
If the bumper sticker on your truck says "My other computer is a laptop".
If your laptop has a sticker saying "Protected by Smith & Wesson".
If you have ever doubled the value of your truck by installing a cellular phone.
If your baseball cap reads "AOL Sucks!" instead of "CAT".
If your computer is worth more than all your cars combined.
If your wife said "either she or the computer had to go", and you still don't miss her.
If you have ever used a AOL CD-ROM as a coaster to set your beer on.
If you ever refer to your computer as "Ole Bessy" or "Darlin".
If your screen saver is a bitmap image of your favorite truck or tractor.
If you start all your e-mails with the words "Howdy ya'll" or "Hey Bubba".