Land of the Free, home of the brave.........to my friend Nancy....you might want to play the Star Spangled Banner and My Country Tis of Thee at the tea room.   No telling how much longer you will able to before these songs are banned or replaced.  The people that we have elected to office have taken a giant leap towards Socialism..is  Dictatorship or Communism far behind?
This healthcare bill is a step towards socialized medicine.  Unlimited pay out?  No claims denied?  Forcing businesses to offer insurance to all employees?  Remember when insurance was a plus or an extra benefit offered?  Does the government think the insurance premiums aren't going to go through the roof with this?  What this country needs is LESS government.
The insurance companies have gone wild; auto and health.  Frivolous lawsuits have fueled the insurance companys ability to gouge everyone.  The discount healthcare cards are also a big waste of money for people looking for a break in the high cost of medical care.  I found out that procedures are cheaper if you tell the doctor/hospital that it is private pay instead of presenting one of those stupid cards.
Has anyone stopped to wonder why we find it necessary to punish rich people for living the American Dream?  Why are they responsible for funding medicare and social security?  Why should the percentage they are charged be different than what everyone else is charged?
We all stood by as they removed prayer and the pledge from our schools.  We stood by as they removed prayer from our sporting events.  We stood by when government gave themselves huge raises and removed themselves from the Social Security pool.  We stood by when we were warned that terrorists would attack us at home (before 911).  We stood by as illegal immigrants marched to Washington, demanding rights and waving foreign flags.  Is that what America has become....the country that "stood by"?

Come election day....will you just stand by?  We need some people with common sense in office....too bad they have too much common sense to run.

I leave you with the 4th verse of the Star- Spangled Banner: "O thus be it ever, when freeman shall stand, between their loved home, and the war's desolation; blest with victory and peace, may the heaven rescued land, praise the power that hath made, and preserves us a Nation!  Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto: In God, is our trust; And the Star-spangled Banner, in triumph shall wave, O'er the lad of the free, and the home of the brave"

Opening for Gretchen Wilson (then Dodge Arena)....couple years back.....Nothing better than hearing him sing.

Time Flys

Time Flys.....on Tuesday my son will be 29!!  Where did it all go?  Soccer, T-ball, Coach Pitch, kindergarten, grade school, jr. high, high school college....trials, troubles, good times and bad, girl friends, new love, lost love,one country band then another, moving out, girl friend, live in, new baby daughter, fiance', step father, son.  Thank you God for letting me be here to share, witness, teach, learn and love this amazing young man.  I hope you let me stay to see his family grow and age.