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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Larry King: “Black is in…my eight-year-old son wishes he was black.”
This is disgusting. Can you imagine the uproar if Obama's kids said they wished they were white?
Monday, January 19, 2009
Conservative Thoughts, Ideas, Principles...
Conservative Thoughts, Ideas, Principles... | Conservative Oasis: "
* ***Square corners may be pounded round. (I think this is a proverb or something. I love it. I had a child who was a corner. She is a beautiful girl, and better for having had limits set for her.)
* ***You can place a piece of crap in a gold bowl… it is still a piece of crap.
* ***Never wrestle with a pig in its own shit. Whether you win or lose, the pig likes it.
* Atheists profess wisdom in their belief of nothing. I am agnostic. Even so, I prefer the potential of a God, as this gives hope, meaning, and purpose. With the atheist perspective, there is nothing. Therefore, even if there IS no God, at least our belief moves you, or others, to aspire to greater things.
* The older I get, the more wisdom I find, the more I feel I have known too little for too long.
* Nothing provokes anger or violence from an enemy than truth, knowledge, or understanding that you have them in a futile position.
* Liberals support the voting rights of only those that vote for them. We all know the young vote mostly liberal. If babies could vote, Liberals would outlaw abortion tomorrow.
* Truth is Kryptonite to Liberals.
* When you deal in nothing but gray, you really stand nowhere and everywhere at once. It is a position of constant acquiescence.
* I wasn’t a slave owner. You weren’t a slave. I owe you nothing but respect, like anyone else of any color.
* Probably the only redeeming factor of abortion is that it is quite possibly the most excellent example of natural selection one could imagine.
* When dealing with the left, I am often reminded of the affliction ADD. The left votes for something before they vote against it; for the troops, then undermine them with comments about how they are murdering folks in the dead of night, or how their mission or war is a failure or lost, while the battle still rages on… This, I call, the “ADD Patriot”.
* In order to understand the anger of a conservative regarding government waste, all you have to do is watch someone buy a wedding cake with food stamps. And then, when you get angry about it, you are called “insensitive” and “uncaring” by the idiots on the left.
* The best way to become a slave is let the Government, or one of its agencies, solve your problem or take care of you. If they own your program, they own your vote. Then again, I don’t know why any loser like a staunch liberal would object to being on a Government tit, or being a slave.
* It has never made and kind of sense to me that an atheist would put so much energy into fighting a God that they say doesn’t exist. I would think they would treat it much like the Easter Bunny, or Santa Clause. But, alas, we all really know why they DO fight… They fear God. They don’t fear Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.
* I‘m not certain I’m bipartisan. A good idea is a good idea, a bad one is a bad one. I don’t care which party presents it. When it comes to politics, I either like it or hate it. I’m guess I’m politically bipolar."
* ***Square corners may be pounded round. (I think this is a proverb or something. I love it. I had a child who was a corner. She is a beautiful girl, and better for having had limits set for her.)
* ***You can place a piece of crap in a gold bowl… it is still a piece of crap.
* ***Never wrestle with a pig in its own shit. Whether you win or lose, the pig likes it.
* Atheists profess wisdom in their belief of nothing. I am agnostic. Even so, I prefer the potential of a God, as this gives hope, meaning, and purpose. With the atheist perspective, there is nothing. Therefore, even if there IS no God, at least our belief moves you, or others, to aspire to greater things.
* The older I get, the more wisdom I find, the more I feel I have known too little for too long.
* Nothing provokes anger or violence from an enemy than truth, knowledge, or understanding that you have them in a futile position.
* Liberals support the voting rights of only those that vote for them. We all know the young vote mostly liberal. If babies could vote, Liberals would outlaw abortion tomorrow.
* Truth is Kryptonite to Liberals.
* When you deal in nothing but gray, you really stand nowhere and everywhere at once. It is a position of constant acquiescence.
* I wasn’t a slave owner. You weren’t a slave. I owe you nothing but respect, like anyone else of any color.
* Probably the only redeeming factor of abortion is that it is quite possibly the most excellent example of natural selection one could imagine.
* When dealing with the left, I am often reminded of the affliction ADD. The left votes for something before they vote against it; for the troops, then undermine them with comments about how they are murdering folks in the dead of night, or how their mission or war is a failure or lost, while the battle still rages on… This, I call, the “ADD Patriot”.
* In order to understand the anger of a conservative regarding government waste, all you have to do is watch someone buy a wedding cake with food stamps. And then, when you get angry about it, you are called “insensitive” and “uncaring” by the idiots on the left.
* The best way to become a slave is let the Government, or one of its agencies, solve your problem or take care of you. If they own your program, they own your vote. Then again, I don’t know why any loser like a staunch liberal would object to being on a Government tit, or being a slave.
* It has never made and kind of sense to me that an atheist would put so much energy into fighting a God that they say doesn’t exist. I would think they would treat it much like the Easter Bunny, or Santa Clause. But, alas, we all really know why they DO fight… They fear God. They don’t fear Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny.
* I‘m not certain I’m bipartisan. A good idea is a good idea, a bad one is a bad one. I don’t care which party presents it. When it comes to politics, I either like it or hate it. I’m guess I’m politically bipolar."
Success...
Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views): "From The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.
'If you want to be really successful, and I know you do, then you will have to give up blaming and complaining and take total responsibility for your life -- that means all your results, both your successes and your failures. That is the prerequisite for creating a life of success.' -- P.4-5
'If something doesn't turn out as planned, you will ask yourself, 'How did I create that? What was I thinking? What were my beliefs? What did I say or not say? What did I do or not do to create that result? How did I get the other person to act that way? What do I need to do differently next time to get the result I want?'' -- P.5
'You only have control over three things in your life -- the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take (your behavior). How you use these three things determines everything you experience. If you don't like what you are producing and experiencing, you have to change your responses.' -- P.9
'One of the easiest ways to begin clarifying what you truly want is to make a list of 30 things you want to do, 30 things you want to have, and 30 things you want to be before you die.' -- P.28
'Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.' -- P.37 (Richard Bach)
'20% of America's millionaires never set foot in college, and 21 of the 222 Americans listed as billionaires in 2003 never got their college diplomas; 2 never even finished high school!' -- P.44
'I like Dr. Daniel Amen's 18/40/60 Rule: When you're 18, you worry about what everybody is thinking of you; when you're 40, you don't give a darn what anybody thinks of you; when you're 60, you realize nobody's been thinking about you at all.' -- P.45
'Now, when anything 'bad' happens, I remember that everything that ever happens to me has within it the seeds of something better. I look for the upside rather than the downside. I ask myself, 'Where's the greater benefit in this event?'' -- P.47
'What if you, too, were to greet every interaction in your life with the question 'What's the potential opportunity that this is?'' -- P.48
'To make sure a goal unleashes the power of your subconscious mind...it must be stated in a way that you and anybody else could measure it.' -- P.51
'When Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner asked a roomful of Olympic hopefuls if they had a list of written goals, every one raised their hands. When he asked how many of them had that list with them right that moment, only one person raised their hand. That person was Dan O'Brien. And it was Dan O'Brien who went on to win the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Don't underestimate the power of setting goals and constantly reviewing them.' -- P.55
'I first learned about the power of affirmations when W. Clement Stone challenged me to set a goal so far beyond my current circumstances it would literally astound me if I achieved it.' -- P.79
'You can begin right now to act as if you have achieved any goal you desire, and that outer experience of acting as if it will create the inner experience -- the millionaire mindset, as it were -- that will take you to the actual manifestation of that experience.' -- P.92
'To demonstrate the power of taking action in my seminars, I hold up a $100 bill and ask, 'Who wants this $100 bill?' Invariably, most of the people in the audience will raise their hands. Some will wave their hands vigorously back and forth; some will even shout out 'I want it' or 'I'll take it' or 'Give it to me.' But I just stand there calmly holding out the bill until they get it. Eventually, someone jumps out of her seat, rushes to the front of the room, and takes the bill from my hand.' -- P.99
'No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.' -- P.107 (William Gladstone'
'You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water.' -- P.109 (Rabindranath Tagore)'
'According to John Troup, writing in USA Today, 'The average Olympian trains four hours a day at least 310 days a year for six years before succeeding.'' -- P.132
'Part of paying the price is the willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done. It comes from a declaration that you are going to get it done no matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes, no matter what comes up.' -- P.135
'To get over rejection, you have to realize that rejection is really a myth. It doesn't really exist. It is simply a concept that you hold in your head. Think about it. If you ask Patty to have dinner with you and she says no, you didn't have anyone to eat dinner with before you asked her, and you don't have anyone to eat dinner with after you asked her.' -- P.146
'Persistence and determination along are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.' -- P.174 (Calvin Coolidge)
'If you are going to be successful, you have to start hanging out with the successful people. You need to ask them to share their success strategies with you. Then try them on and see if they fit for you. Experiment with doing what they do, reading what they read, thinking the way they think, and so on. If the new ways of thinking and behaving work, adopt them. If not, drop them, and keep looking and experimenting.' -- P.194
'The most successful people I've met love what they do so much, they would actually do it for free. But they're successful because they've found a way to make a living doing what they love to do. If you're not skilled enough to do the work you'd love to do, make time to educate yourself so you are. Do whatever it takes to prepare -- working part time in your dream job or even volunteering as an intern -- while still maintaining your current job.' -- P.272
'The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they enjoy most.' -- P.279 (Malcolm Forbes)
'Strategic Coach Dan Sullivan once stated that all entrepreneurs are really con artists. They get other people to pay them to practice getting better at what they love to do.' -- P.279
'If you surveyed your life and jotted down those activities that brought you the most success, the most financial gain, the most advancement, and the most enjoyment, you discover about 20% of your activity produces about 80% of your success. This phenomenon is the basis for the Pareto Principle, named after the nineteenth-century economist who discovered 80% of an enterprise's revenue comes from 20% of its customers.' -- P.296
'Make sure to immediately write down any impressions you receive. Intuitive impressions are often subtle and therefore 'evaporate' very quickly, so make sure to capture them in writing as soon as possible. Recent research in neuroscience indicates that an intuitive insight -- or any new idea -- not captured within 37 seconds is likely never to be recalled again. In 7 minutes, it's gone forever. As my buddy Mark Victor Hansen likes to say, 'As soon as you think it, ink it!'' -- P.320
'A recent management study revealed that 46% of employees leaving a company do so because they feel underappreciated; 61% said their bosses don't place much importance on them as people, and 88% said they do not receive acknowledgement for the work they do.' -- P.353
Dan Casstevens, formerly of the Dallas Morning News, tells a story about Frank Szymanski, A Notre Dame center in the 1940s, who had been called in as a witness in a civil suit in South Bend, Indiana.
'Are you on the Notre Dame football team this year?' the judge asked.
'Yes, your honor.'
'What position?'
'Center, your honor.'
'How good a center?'
Szymanski squirmed in his seat, but said firmly: 'Sir, 'I'm the best center Notre Dame ever had.'
Coach Frank Leahy, who was in the courtroom, was surprised. Szymanski had always been modest and unassuming. So when the proceedings were over, he took Szymanski aside and asked why he had made such a statement.
Szymanski blushed.
'I hated to do it, Coach,' he said, 'But, after all, I was under oath.' -- P.358
'The first principle the money lender teaches Arkad is: 'A part of all you earn must be yours to keep.' He goes on to explain that by putting aside at least 10% of his earnings -- and making that money inaccessible for expenses -- Arkad would see this amount build over time, and, in turn, start earning money on its own. Over an even longer time, it would grow into a lot, because of the power of compound interest.' -- P.399
'Most of life is on-the-job training. Some of the most important things can only be learned in the process of doing them. You do something and you get feedback -- about what works and what doesn't. If you don't do anything for fear of doing it wrong, poorly, or badly, you never get any feedback, and therefore you never get to improve.' -- P.426"
'If you want to be really successful, and I know you do, then you will have to give up blaming and complaining and take total responsibility for your life -- that means all your results, both your successes and your failures. That is the prerequisite for creating a life of success.' -- P.4-5
'If something doesn't turn out as planned, you will ask yourself, 'How did I create that? What was I thinking? What were my beliefs? What did I say or not say? What did I do or not do to create that result? How did I get the other person to act that way? What do I need to do differently next time to get the result I want?'' -- P.5
'You only have control over three things in your life -- the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take (your behavior). How you use these three things determines everything you experience. If you don't like what you are producing and experiencing, you have to change your responses.' -- P.9
'One of the easiest ways to begin clarifying what you truly want is to make a list of 30 things you want to do, 30 things you want to have, and 30 things you want to be before you die.' -- P.28
'Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.' -- P.37 (Richard Bach)
'20% of America's millionaires never set foot in college, and 21 of the 222 Americans listed as billionaires in 2003 never got their college diplomas; 2 never even finished high school!' -- P.44
'I like Dr. Daniel Amen's 18/40/60 Rule: When you're 18, you worry about what everybody is thinking of you; when you're 40, you don't give a darn what anybody thinks of you; when you're 60, you realize nobody's been thinking about you at all.' -- P.45
'Now, when anything 'bad' happens, I remember that everything that ever happens to me has within it the seeds of something better. I look for the upside rather than the downside. I ask myself, 'Where's the greater benefit in this event?'' -- P.47
'What if you, too, were to greet every interaction in your life with the question 'What's the potential opportunity that this is?'' -- P.48
'To make sure a goal unleashes the power of your subconscious mind...it must be stated in a way that you and anybody else could measure it.' -- P.51
'When Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner asked a roomful of Olympic hopefuls if they had a list of written goals, every one raised their hands. When he asked how many of them had that list with them right that moment, only one person raised their hand. That person was Dan O'Brien. And it was Dan O'Brien who went on to win the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Don't underestimate the power of setting goals and constantly reviewing them.' -- P.55
'I first learned about the power of affirmations when W. Clement Stone challenged me to set a goal so far beyond my current circumstances it would literally astound me if I achieved it.' -- P.79
'You can begin right now to act as if you have achieved any goal you desire, and that outer experience of acting as if it will create the inner experience -- the millionaire mindset, as it were -- that will take you to the actual manifestation of that experience.' -- P.92
'To demonstrate the power of taking action in my seminars, I hold up a $100 bill and ask, 'Who wants this $100 bill?' Invariably, most of the people in the audience will raise their hands. Some will wave their hands vigorously back and forth; some will even shout out 'I want it' or 'I'll take it' or 'Give it to me.' But I just stand there calmly holding out the bill until they get it. Eventually, someone jumps out of her seat, rushes to the front of the room, and takes the bill from my hand.' -- P.99
'No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.' -- P.107 (William Gladstone'
'You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water.' -- P.109 (Rabindranath Tagore)'
'According to John Troup, writing in USA Today, 'The average Olympian trains four hours a day at least 310 days a year for six years before succeeding.'' -- P.132
'Part of paying the price is the willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done. It comes from a declaration that you are going to get it done no matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes, no matter what comes up.' -- P.135
'To get over rejection, you have to realize that rejection is really a myth. It doesn't really exist. It is simply a concept that you hold in your head. Think about it. If you ask Patty to have dinner with you and she says no, you didn't have anyone to eat dinner with before you asked her, and you don't have anyone to eat dinner with after you asked her.' -- P.146
'Persistence and determination along are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.' -- P.174 (Calvin Coolidge)
'If you are going to be successful, you have to start hanging out with the successful people. You need to ask them to share their success strategies with you. Then try them on and see if they fit for you. Experiment with doing what they do, reading what they read, thinking the way they think, and so on. If the new ways of thinking and behaving work, adopt them. If not, drop them, and keep looking and experimenting.' -- P.194
'The most successful people I've met love what they do so much, they would actually do it for free. But they're successful because they've found a way to make a living doing what they love to do. If you're not skilled enough to do the work you'd love to do, make time to educate yourself so you are. Do whatever it takes to prepare -- working part time in your dream job or even volunteering as an intern -- while still maintaining your current job.' -- P.272
'The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they enjoy most.' -- P.279 (Malcolm Forbes)
'Strategic Coach Dan Sullivan once stated that all entrepreneurs are really con artists. They get other people to pay them to practice getting better at what they love to do.' -- P.279
'If you surveyed your life and jotted down those activities that brought you the most success, the most financial gain, the most advancement, and the most enjoyment, you discover about 20% of your activity produces about 80% of your success. This phenomenon is the basis for the Pareto Principle, named after the nineteenth-century economist who discovered 80% of an enterprise's revenue comes from 20% of its customers.' -- P.296
'Make sure to immediately write down any impressions you receive. Intuitive impressions are often subtle and therefore 'evaporate' very quickly, so make sure to capture them in writing as soon as possible. Recent research in neuroscience indicates that an intuitive insight -- or any new idea -- not captured within 37 seconds is likely never to be recalled again. In 7 minutes, it's gone forever. As my buddy Mark Victor Hansen likes to say, 'As soon as you think it, ink it!'' -- P.320
'A recent management study revealed that 46% of employees leaving a company do so because they feel underappreciated; 61% said their bosses don't place much importance on them as people, and 88% said they do not receive acknowledgement for the work they do.' -- P.353
Dan Casstevens, formerly of the Dallas Morning News, tells a story about Frank Szymanski, A Notre Dame center in the 1940s, who had been called in as a witness in a civil suit in South Bend, Indiana.
'Are you on the Notre Dame football team this year?' the judge asked.
'Yes, your honor.'
'What position?'
'Center, your honor.'
'How good a center?'
Szymanski squirmed in his seat, but said firmly: 'Sir, 'I'm the best center Notre Dame ever had.'
Coach Frank Leahy, who was in the courtroom, was surprised. Szymanski had always been modest and unassuming. So when the proceedings were over, he took Szymanski aside and asked why he had made such a statement.
Szymanski blushed.
'I hated to do it, Coach,' he said, 'But, after all, I was under oath.' -- P.358
'The first principle the money lender teaches Arkad is: 'A part of all you earn must be yours to keep.' He goes on to explain that by putting aside at least 10% of his earnings -- and making that money inaccessible for expenses -- Arkad would see this amount build over time, and, in turn, start earning money on its own. Over an even longer time, it would grow into a lot, because of the power of compound interest.' -- P.399
'Most of life is on-the-job training. Some of the most important things can only be learned in the process of doing them. You do something and you get feedback -- about what works and what doesn't. If you don't do anything for fear of doing it wrong, poorly, or badly, you never get any feedback, and therefore you never get to improve.' -- P.426"
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Journalists Being Shut Out by Obama
Sorry to take so much time off - business calls... But is this really a surprise? When you worship a mortal as slavishly as the press has done for the past 18 months, is it not to be expected that 'DaOne'(yes, one word and sounding like the Chicago cry 'Da' Bears') would start to take advantage?
Friday, January 09, 2009
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Hunting For "Sustainable Protein"
A unique argument in support of hunting - sustaining a source of protein!
Friday, January 02, 2009
Sarah & Travis & 'Little Bug'
Coming in August. This is one proud Father! Congrats kids, we love you!
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