TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

This was forwarded to me by my dad, author unknown:

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.

As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts o r air bags.

Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat. We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter an d drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because, WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! s, no Internet or chat rooms........ WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.

Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!

If YOU are one of them. CONGRATULATIONS!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.

While you a re at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!

The quote of the month is by Jay Leno : "With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"

eBay Question That Warmed My Heart

We were cleaning our toy room in our basement that you could not walk through because of all of the toys. Over the years my son had built up an extensive Bionicle collection. So we took a picture and put up for auction on Fee Bay (eBay). Here is the question young Rozwell wrote:

"Enter your question hereHi, we made a bid on this set. I am almost 9 years old and I love Bionicles. I am looking for sets 8531-8536..the nams are Pohatu,Onua,Gali,Tahu,Lewa,and Kopalia. Are any of these in the sets you are selling? Let me knw please, Rozwell"

While cleaning out our basement, it made me sick to my stomach just thinking of how much money we had spent on all of the toys over the years. Salivation Army got one heck of a donation yesterday.

No matter how good my son does on the auction, the question from young Rozwell, made it worth it all. Good Luck Rozwell, I hope you have bid enough and have a chance to win it at the end of the auction.

I Heard Back From My Congressman

Please see the reply:

After reading it, and it looks like he actually read my e-mail, I can not figure out how much he really is in support of our troops or not.

Putting it blunt, when you vote to send troops to war, troops die. Our countries worst fears were realized when we ended up in a door-to-door fighting in the cities. There is no going back. In his letter the 80% of Iraq want us out of Iraq. I can agree to that to an extent. Why don't we seal off all of the boarders and let Iraq do the fighting like we have in Afghanistan?

I really can't tell where my congressman stands trying to read through all of the double talk in this letter. Although he does state that the ad was put up by a liberal organization as a slam ad against him. I’ll give him a bye on that one; no way to prove that it was or was not paid for by him.

As you note no politician is willing to say one word of what we will do about Iran and Syria. Although it is not congresses place, pressure needs to be put on our lame duck Republican President to put his pants back on and line up the B-52's and carpet bomb the Mullahs in Iran back to before the Stone Age.

We also need to fund the building of some brand new B-52's. Maybe some new engines and electronics suite, but that is one of the best aircraft the Air force ever had built for them, that and the A-10. I think they need to build some more new A-10's also. I would love to see a naval version of an A-10. Anything has to be better than the F/A-18, but I cannot see a better attack aircraft than the A-10. Why not a naval version of the A-10 for the navy. They already have one Hoover on an aircraft carrier the S-3.

To The Honorable Fred Upton

To The Honorable Fred Upton

I was very upset to see this ad on WZZM TV 13 at approximately 11:10 PM on Monday 14-May-07. This ad propertied stated that you are against the war on terror and the troops in Iraq. By this you publicly went out against the President. As a stout Republican, your continuance on this stance will cause me to seek a different representative in the next primaries.

I am a very proud veteran and very stout supporter of national defense. Has the President made mistakes in Iraq, too many. Public statements by Congressmen contrary to the Presidents foreign policy are unacceptable when our service men and women are at war. I consider it at the level of treason.

If I wanted a cut and run congressman or woman I would have voted for a Democrat. I believe the rest of your district feels the same way. I voted for a Republican under the expectation of tax cuts and strong national defense.

Sincerely,

A highly disappointed constituent

Character

WOW ........ is this laying it on the line or what?

The lady who wrote this letter is Pam Foster of Pamela Foster and Associates in Atlanta . She's been in business since 1980 doing interior design and home planning. She recently wrote a letter to a family member servingin Iraq ....... Read it!


"Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001?

Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan , across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania ?

Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?

And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet?

Well, I don't. I don't care at all.

I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.

I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia .

I'll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling slashed throat.

I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.

I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.

I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.

In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.

When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college-hazing incident, rest assured that I don't care.

When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank that I don't care.

When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts that I don't care.

And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran" and other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and ---- you guessed it -- I don't care ! ! ! ! !

If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to all your e-mail friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous behavior!

If you don't agree, then by all means click on a link to get out of this page.

Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great country.





I am not ignoring this, I am sharing this with as many that come to this page, but only after I add:

--"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem."

-- Ronald Reagan

I have another quote that I would like to add AND.......

I hope you forward this such as I have.

"If we ever forget that we're One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." also by... Ronald Reagan