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Saying for the Day:

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all. ~William Temple

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The Days Wrap UP :

I just finished the certificates for the winners of my last two contests. They and the prizes should be mailed out on Monday. That is pretty good for a procrastinator like me. I also made some slight changes to the logo.Then I made some potato bread ( garlic and potato bread actually) . It tasted great. My son called last night because I had the wrong date on the blog and he thought I hadn't blogged so I must be sick. He and his family are in Washington DC. Betty cleaned the living room carpet. She borrowed some kind of special steam cleaner from Pennie. Now I am going to visit some links then get a breathing treatment.
GBYA

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The Political Truth

( According to the Net)

Because I am retired and therefore have the time, I have involved myself in the study of the American political system as revealed by the internet. This is, as you would expect from me, an exhaustive study. I have read hundreds of political blogs. I have read all the political e-mail forwarded to me. Now I am ready with my first conclusions.
The American political system consists of three distinct groups, liberals, conservatives, and changlings. Each has distinct characteristics.

Liberals

(As seen by conservative blogs)

1. Are close to communists.
2. Always give aid and comfort to our enemies.
3. Are soft on crime.
4. Would like every woman to have at least one abortion.
5. Want big government with lots of laws.
6. Hate business
7. Want to tax more so the government can spend more
8. Hate the constitution
9. Want to treat illegal aliens like royalty
10. Are amoral
11. Want people to have the right to use drugs
12. Are anti military
13. Are in favor of all religions except Christian
14. Lie
15. Would take away our God given right to have a gun or two
16. Want free speech as long as it agrees with them
17. All Democrats are liberals

Conservatives
( As seen by liberal blogs)

1. Hate the poor
2. Have no compassion
3. Are at heart fascists
4. Would limit health care to the rich
5. Want small government with few laws
6. Want business to regulate itself
7. Cause large government deficits
8. Hate the constitution
9. Want the right to torture people
10. Talk morality but do immoral things
11. Pretend to be Christian to get votes
12. Are always leading us into war
13. Would jail all drug users
14. Lie
15. Would have everybody carry a gun to solve the crime problem
16. Want free speech as long as it agrees with them
17. All Republicans are conservatives

Changlings
( As seen by Conservative and Liberal Blogs)

1. Are not very smart
2. Vote their gut and not their brain
3. Are easily swayed by the evil ones
4. Wouldn’t know the truth if it kicked them in the backside
5. Are the largest group of voters
6. Change allegiance from election to election
7. Only care about themselves
8. Live in fear that is exploited by the other side
9. Believe in but never read the Constitution
10. Drink a lot but are anti drugs
11. Love the flag
12. Would vote for any great quarterback running for office
13. Want lower taxes
14. Believe in morality
15. Likes to hunt with a gun
16. Couldn’t care less about free speech

These are the preliminary findings of my research.
Would Conservative and Liberal blogs lie?

News from Pigeon Falls

-The little town in my basement where the trains still run, dragons fly, and life is back to normal.
Fred Varna wants to be paid more for weeping the town street during August. He says that with all the visitors because of Pigeon Days the amount of liter increases dramatically. Fred sweeps every night that there is no festival and in the mornings after a festival. He has given the Town Council an ultimatum. They can either pay him double for August or he quits.
The Town Council met and debated the issue. Their first inclination was to let him quit. But then Mrs. Trumble reminded them that nobody else wants the job even at double his pay. They could let him go and then the street would fill up with litter . That would be followed by mice and rats in the street. Not the image they want for Pigeon Falls Days. So the Council gave in and raised his pay.
The Methodist ladies group voted not to meet until the Bishop comes. By then Mrs. Smith says she will have found that place in the Bible that says change is bad. At least some good is coming out of the squabble Mrs. Smith is reading her Bible.
Our whale continues to appear and disappear in the Lake of the Loons. Since it comes every day at about the same time it is now a regular part of the Pigeon Days tour. The tour includes seeing the whale, going to the museum and seeing the White Rabbit, and if everything goes right the dragons in the evening.
Kivi&Maki are selling t-shirts with I took the Tour on the Front and a whale , rabbit, and dragon on the back. That should be a conversation starter in the tourists home town. Of course, no one will believe that the tourist really saw those things alive. It must be that Pigeon Falls is sort of Disneyland North.

Our two sets of twins are doing fine.