CBS DIDN’T STOP HIM …THIS IS GREAT!
Good for him!!!
Surprised CBS let him get away with this even though he’s right! Right on, Andy Rooney !
Andy Rooney said on ‘60 Minutes’ a few weeks back:
I don’t think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the Un ited Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens…Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.
Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.
I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, which is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING, MARTHA BURKE ?
I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion.
I have the right ‘NOT’ to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off.
When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling; it is the Law of Probability.
I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English!
My father and grandfather didn’t die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.
I think the police should have every right to shoot you if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can’t understand the word ‘freeze’ or ’stop’ in English, see the above lines.
I don’t think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business.
We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations.
I don’t hate the rich; I don’t pity the poor. I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn’t stop you from watching them.
I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that’s better, and put your name on the building.
It doesn’t take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say ‘NO!’
I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don’t pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don’t want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries!
I am sick of ‘Political Correctness.’ I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa ; so how can they be ‘African-Americans’? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don’t go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe . I am proud to be from America and nowhere else.
And if you don’t like my point of view, tough …
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
Yeah, I know. It’s been a little while since I’ve sat down to share any thought s about anything. So sorry for that. Planning a wedding is a busy thing as I know most of you know and I’m only 29 days out so the hectic time has been on us for some time now. However, I realized that due to a new book I read, I do have some things I would like to mention and share with you guys.
Now to start with, I know that I should have spent more time thinking about this topic because it was heavily covered in my college degree which was Social Sciences with a Sociology Concentration. It’s one of those situations where you know it but you don’t realize you know it and then something happens and triggers it in your mind. Now to get to the point…
We had our first round of showers for our wedding this past weekend and got a lot of great gifts and spent time with our amazing friends and families. One gift to me stuck out in particular and that was a gift, a very thoughtful gift, from my sister. I was told it was a gift specifically for me and it was a book called “The Centurion Principle”. It was written by a man named Neil Kennedy and if you’ve ever wanted to read something that could change your thinking literally overnight, this is the book. Now ladies, this book isn’t for you but I would love to still have your input and thoughts on what the book discusses.
The Centurion Principle starts off with a great introduction to some of the observations about our world and American society that, along with God’s leadership, led this man to write this book. He has observed how in our world and society today, Authority and Power are misunderstood and often confused. It mentions that we are in treacherous times in our world dealing with Terrorism, Economical downfall, corrupt politicians, and the list goes on.
The books main theme is trying to encourage the male gender to be “men” again. Our world is in need of strong and faithful men, real fathers, real leaders and real spiritual leaders. It encourages men to look at the purposes that God laid out for us in His plan and to try to get back to that. It deals with how to be real leaders and his concept of being a “servant leader” can change your life and the lives of those around you overnight people. The concept of leading others by serving is an amazing concept and best off all, it’s been around for hundreds of years but not many people try to live up to this model of leadership. Look at our politicians right now. They have the perfect opportunity to be “servant leaders”. But, look at how they lead this country and where it’s going.
The book uses a great example of this Centurion who seeks out Jesus because he needs his help. I encourage you to read this story and you can find it in Matthew 8:5–13. It tells this story of a noble Centurion who humbles himself before his Lord…on behalf of his ailing servant. What a powerful picture guys. Please read this story and also, go to www.fivestarman.com and download the free PDF version of the book and read it. It is so powerful and it’s a quick easy read.
One of the most pertinent set of ideas in the book is how our world and specifically American society have tried to de-masculanize men. How through music, magazines, books, movies and TV, our society has made buffoons of men and made them look like imbeciles while trying to get them to be more metro-sexual. The problems that this causes affect us from work to our homes and from our churches to the raising and socializing of our children.
Now, the important thing here is that we have to realize that there are concepts that are in direct opposition to each other between the biblical idea of what a man is supposed to be and the way that God constructed him to our modern era. It’s important to find where you get your sense of what a man is supposed to be.
I encourage anyone, women too, to read this book. The insights that it gives are absolutely right in front of our faces and I truly believe that this book can get Americans’ marriages, sense of parenting, work relationships, church leadership and many other facets of our society back on track. I feel it’s a great book for men of any age, any relationship status, any job situation, any church leadership position or just anyone who wants to be more of the Godly MAN that we were created to be. I hope you try it out and please let me know what you think.
So, I’m on this thing about life right now. I guess a good reason for it is that my life is going through so many changes myself and that makes me think about things in my own experience a good bit. Not that I’m complaining about the changes whatsoever. The changes in my life lately and the ones that are on the near horizon are welcome changes that I can’t wait to have made complete.
I guess lately, I’ve been trying to focus on perspective a lot in my life. CHOOSING what eyes I look at situations through. CHOOSING how to interpret what I see, and CHOOSING my response to that interpretation. I’ve been pondering a lot about PERSPECTIVE and AWARENESS lately and thought I would share my thoughts with you guys to see if it would help anyone out there. I am always looking for ways to improve any area of my life and these are two areas that I know can help anyone. It’s free, doesn’t take a whole lot of effort but can help anyone at anytime I believe.
Let’s talk about these two words briefly…AWARENESS and PERSPECTIVE. These are two very important words that folks should not take too lightly. Awareness is simply that. It’s someone’s ability to realize and recognize aspects of their life that are around them. It’s a person’s ability to see these contributing factors to your life and to see how they exist around you. If someone you know cusses you out one afternoon over something stupid, most people’s reaction would be to get angry and immediately get hurt. But, are you aware to circumstances in his life that could effect his mentality. Maybe he just lost everything in the stock market, a death in his family occurred, he’s having marital problems, etc. There are two major parts of awareness as I see it that are the most important. One is that we have to make efforts to be aware until it becomes second nature and even then we have to hone our abilities from time to time. The second aspect of awareness is the toughest…we have to make the acknowledgement to ourselves and others that no matter how hard we try, we may never be ‘FULLY’ aware. We will probably know everything that’s happening around us, but we should try.
The ability to change one’s perspective is a beautiful skill to have in one’s life through good times and bad. It allows for greater hope, comfort, fortitude, character, forgiveness, understanding and the list goes on. It allows someone to truly change their life, habits, hopes, and future. In any situation, the ability to control our perspective of that situation can totally change the outcome. We must strive to always gain a proper perspective. My question to you is, do you CHOOSE to look at the glass as half full or half empty? What perspective do you take to it? It’s your CHOICE!
What is gained by negativity? Now don’t get me wrong and say that we shouldn’t take a real-world perspective to problems and sometimes err on the side of caution. I’m just saying that when “bad” things are PERCEIVED to have taken place in our lives, let’s be aware of the real situations. Albert Einstein said, “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” I believe this to be true. Let’s change our perspectives on our lives and make an effort to be positive, be aware of our own responsibilities and of the circumstances in our lives, then change our perspective to take a positive attitude to even the bad times in our lives.
In closing I have two quotes for you that I feel are brilliant and that should be applied to our own forms of thinking. Arthur Schopenhaur wrote. “Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.” (Be aware that your level of awareness and perspectives aren’t the only possibilities and you can choose which you take…open those eyes a little.)
And from the brilliant Henry Miller… “The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.”
So, this is not a soapbox. This is not a “I know what’s right” blog. This isn’t anything of that sort. Today, I feel like encouraging people and I feel like I wanna try to brighten some people’s day, so here it goes.
I’ve heard a lot of people around me talking lately about situations and being sort of negative about them. I have heard a lot of pessimism in their perspectives on life and I wanna try to help people change that perspective to something more positive.
When we look at the world we live in now, we all have things that could easily be taken as a good reason to be sad, depressed, downtrodden, melancholy…choose your word. We all have struggles and “trials and tribulations” that we deal with. So, I feel it’s more than fair to just call that one of those “facts of life”. They’re going to happen to everyone, all the time right? So, as a groundwork, let’s just say we have to accept these situations. The question after acceptance takes place is this: What do I do to make it better? How do I deal with it and here’s some thoughts I’ve had on that lately.
1. Take a look at your level of responsibility in that situation. What part of that situation are YOU responsible for? Be honest here. It’s internal so don’t worry about being ashamed or embarassed. This is for you to analyze the problem and you alone. If you can objectively and honestly realize your part of the problem and your level of responsibility in creating this issue in your life, then you know where to start fixing it. CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOR FIRST BEFORE YOU EXPECT OTHERS TO DO ANYTHING.
2. Make a list of all the Positives that you can think of in your life. Then, make a list of all the Negatives in your life and put the Positives list off to the side. Take the Negatives list and get a marker ready. You have 2 categories for this list. A “I can change this situation” and a “I can’t do anything about this” category. Again, be honest here and go down the list and mark off EVERY item that is in your “I can’t do anything about this” category. Why? Because you can’t change it and no matter what you do, it won’t change so don’t waste your energy. This leaves you with a list of items that you wish were better that YOU CAN FIX…and this takes us to number 3.
3. Don’t complain if you can’t do anything and more importantly…if you can but are too lazy to make an effort to. It’s just negative energy and nobody wants to listen. Take the items on your “I can change this situation” list and start doing it. No excuses. As a good friend of mine says as his Motto: “Make it happen. Don’t tell me what you can’t do but tell me what you can do”. As Yoda said, “There is no try. Only DO!” Take that list of things you can change and CHANGE THEM OR SHUT UP WHINING ABOUT THEM BECAUSE IT’S YOUR OWN FAULT THEY’RE NOT GETTING ANY BETTER.
4. Wake up everyday with your two lists. Take the negatives that can be changed. Pick one and decide what you’re going to do THAT day (one day at a time) to make it better…THEN DO IT. Also, take your Positives list and realize all the good you have in your life. Love, friends, family, job, health, a God that loves you, etc. are all reasons to be happy about your life. So some things suck. So what. Change them or let it go. Don’t fill your life with negative energy for no reason.
5. Do things you enjoy with people you enjoy. One of the greatest feelings in the world is knowing that through failures and good times, we are loved by others. Surround yourself with people who love you and wanna help you. If you have friends that know you’re struggling and don’t wanna try to help you make your life better…i would question those friendships. Put yourself around people who in your worst times will do these things: make you laugh, love you, be there no matter what, don’t expect anything from you or expect a certain behavior out of you, believe in you, and won’t let you give up on yourself or the situation.
6. Take stock of your life. Look at what you have and what you don’t have. It’s like organizing a room or something. Sometimes things get hectic and cluttered in our minds and emotions and we can’t see some of the things that are buried in that old closet. Ever clean our a room and find some treasures you had forgotten about? We can do the same with our emotions and our minds. Find that old hobby. Rekindle a love with someone. Get rid of the junk in your life and FOCUS ON THE GOOD THINGS.
7. Be the friend that you want others to be. I’m blessed with a group of friends that I have witnessed some great things out of. When someone in the group moves, the group goes into action. When there’s a death in the family, we jump into action. Wanna cookout? You’ll always have company if you want it. Put yourself around the friends that will be as unselfish with their lives AS YOU DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU ARE. Don’t be selfish then expect everyone to be there for you when you need it. Be the friend you expect and want others to be.
I hope some of this helps. Really it’s meant as a source of encouragement (maybe a little tough love in there) for you and I hope that you will try it. It’s worked for me and I know it can for you. Don’t wait for things to happen and for changes to take place in your life…MAKE…IT…HAPPEN! IT’S YOUR LIFE SO BE PROACTIVE AND MAKE THESE CHANGES TAKE PLACE. NOBODY ELSE HAS THAT RESPONSIBILITY BUT YOU!
2 things you can always control: Awareness and Perception which both control Perspective! And pray a little too…you’d be amazed at what God wants to do for you and in you!
An Auburn, Tennessee and a Alabama student were all having lunch together on a bridge outside Birmingham. The Auburn student opens his lunch box and says, “A hotdog again! if i have to eat one more hotdog i’m going to jump off this bridge!”
The Tennessee student then opens his lunch box and exclaims, “Salad again! if i have to eat salad one more time i’m going to jump too!”
Lastly the Bama student opens his lunchbox and complains, “Peanut butter and jelly! if i get peanut butter and jelly one more time i’m going to end it all too!”
The next day the Auburn student finds another hotdog and jumps… the Tennessee student got salad again and threw himself off the bridge too… finally the Bama student finds peanut butter and jelly again and jumps to his demise as well.
Later when the three mothers were grieving the Auburn mother cries, “If i had only known he didn’t like hotdogs,” and the Tennessee mother cried, “I thought salad was good for him.” The Bama mother then exclaimed, “I don’t understand… he fixed his own lunch!”
Courtesy of Aimee Williams
We The People….. Of The United States
“We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines….
We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are so confused by the Bill of Rights that they require a Bill of NON-Rights.”
ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.
ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone — not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc.; but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.
ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful, do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.
ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes.
ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we’re just not interested in public health care.
ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don’t be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.
ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don’t be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won’t have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure.
ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful.
ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.
ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don’t care where you are from, English is our language. Learn it or go back to wherever you came from! (lastly….) NOW..
ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country’s history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief in one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, and if you are uncomfortable with it, TOUGH!!!!
If you agree, share this with a friend. No, you don’t have to, and nothing tragic will befall you if you don’t. I just think it’s about time common sense is allowed to flourish. Sensible people of the United States speak out because if you do not, who will?
Reagan Denson’s Contributor Page – Associated Content.
Hey Guys, this is some stuff I have on Associated Content about Credit Repair and Debts. If you know anyone who needs it, let ‘em know.
NRA-ILA :: 23 State Attorneys General To Attorney General Holder: “No Semi-Auto Ban” .
Some states are sticking up for our rights…good to see huh?
