What's happened to TV? There's nothing decent to watch anymore. Shows are full of foul language and sex.... and people think it's funny!
Television has come a long way, and not for the better. In the "olden days," there were fun, family shows. We had classics like "Andy Griffith Show," "I Love Lucy" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show," where Rob and Laura slept in separate beds. In the '70s, we had "Happy Days," where the raciest language was about two teenagers "necking" in the back of a car. (Mom even thought that was dirty!)
I loved all those old shows. Now, you can't even watch a sit-com without hearing vulgar language and seeing everyone jumping in bed with each other. It's even on TV Land! I tried to watch an episode of "Hot in Cleveland" on TV Land the other day. There was so much trash talk and innuendos, I turned it off. Why do people think that's funny?
Now, it seems that anything is accepted on TV. Most shows must have a gay character to be "politically correct." The shows portray the gay lifestyle as normal.
Even some news programs have a pro-gay bias. I like to watch ABC's "What Would You Do?" The show uses hidden cameras to see how people react to ethical dilemmas. In the past, the show has tackled issues like drunken driving and teen drinking. It's good to see the show encouraging people to act responsibly in those situations. But nearly every week, the show has a scene dealing with a gay couple or a gay teen "coming out." The show casts people who speak out against homosexuality in a negative light but applauds those who support the gay lifestyle.
Then, when you thought TV couldn't get any worse, ABC comes out with a show mocking Christianity. The show's title, "GCB," originally stood for "Good Christian B**ches" but was changed to "Good Christian Belles." I haven't seen the show, and from what I've heard about it, I don't want to see it. But I wonder what would happen if ABC had a show called "Good Muslim B's."
The sad thing is that so many people have bought into TV's ultra-liberal agendas by watching this filth. If people would stop watching these kinds of programs, they couldn't stay on the air. Think about what you're watching. For me, I'll stick with Andy Griffith and Fox News!
Monday, March 26, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Obama Report Cards
I was cleaning out my desk drawers the other day, and I found a folder with some of my old report cards from grade school. I don't know why I've kept them all these years. It was interesting to look at them again. On one side, it has the letter grades for each subject. On the other side of the card, it has checks and minuses for conduct and a place for comments from the teacher. The comments were mostly positive, but there were a few bad ones. We won't talk about those right now.....
So then, I went online, and I was able to find some of Barack Obama's old report cards. (Just play along with me on this, OK?) His report cards revealed some very interesting things about our president. Take a look at what I found:
In the third grade, Obama made a 'F' in Geography.... Well, that explains why he thinks there are 57 states in the U.S. He didn't do too well in Grammar and spelling either. In fifth grade, he misspelled 'Corpsman' as 'corpse-man.' That explains a lot.
Obama has never been good at math. In the fourth grade, he never seemed to have enough lunch money and was always asking his classmates to give their "fair share" of their lunches so he could eat, too. Obama also flunked economics all through high school. No wonder the country is in the economic mess it's in!
Obama's report cards also had some interesting comments from his teachers. His first-grade teacher wrote, "Barack does not play well with others!" Hmmm.... That could explain why refuses to work together with Republican members of Congress. It also may be why he snubbed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited the White House.
Another teacher wrote, "Little Barack has difficulty concentrating on the task at hand and does not stay in his chair." Apparently, he STILL can't! He's always either traipsing around the world on a family vacation or is out on the golf course. Lately, he's been running from one campaign fund-raiser to another. Why can't he stay in the Oval Office and concentrate on running the country? (Wait, that might be a bad idea.)
This shows there's hope for all of us. Even if you had bad grades in school, don't worry. You, too, could become president one day!
So then, I went online, and I was able to find some of Barack Obama's old report cards. (Just play along with me on this, OK?) His report cards revealed some very interesting things about our president. Take a look at what I found:
In the third grade, Obama made a 'F' in Geography.... Well, that explains why he thinks there are 57 states in the U.S. He didn't do too well in Grammar and spelling either. In fifth grade, he misspelled 'Corpsman' as 'corpse-man.' That explains a lot.
Obama has never been good at math. In the fourth grade, he never seemed to have enough lunch money and was always asking his classmates to give their "fair share" of their lunches so he could eat, too. Obama also flunked economics all through high school. No wonder the country is in the economic mess it's in!
Obama's report cards also had some interesting comments from his teachers. His first-grade teacher wrote, "Barack does not play well with others!" Hmmm.... That could explain why refuses to work together with Republican members of Congress. It also may be why he snubbed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited the White House.
Another teacher wrote, "Little Barack has difficulty concentrating on the task at hand and does not stay in his chair." Apparently, he STILL can't! He's always either traipsing around the world on a family vacation or is out on the golf course. Lately, he's been running from one campaign fund-raiser to another. Why can't he stay in the Oval Office and concentrate on running the country? (Wait, that might be a bad idea.)
This shows there's hope for all of us. Even if you had bad grades in school, don't worry. You, too, could become president one day!
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
We CAN Overcome!
When I was young, it seemed like I went to the altar nearly every week to ask forgiveness for something. As a kid, I couldn't wait to grow up. I thought it would be easier to stay out of trouble and avoid sin and temptation. It's not!
Temptations still trip me up. In Genesis, it says, ".... if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."
Recently, in my Bible study, I've read over and over where God says "Be holy for I am holy." It's repeated all throughout the Bible. God wants us to be holy. The problem is we can never be holy on our own. The good news is we don't have to do it on our own. God gives us His grace to lead us into holy living.
The grace of God enables us to conquer sin. His grace alone is sufficient. It's what rescues us from sin when we come to God to be saved, and it's what keeps us out of sin once we've been saved. Simply put, "grace is what saves us, sanctifies us and will ultimately glorify us."
We're not perfect... not as long as we're in this life. Being holy is an ongoing process. We're constantly learning to give up our old life of sin and take on a new nature where we strive to be like God. Holy. He is holy, so we must strive to be like Him.
We do this by reading the Bible and earnestly seeking the Lord in prayer. This gives us "the mind of Christ" (1 Cor. 2:16) and enables us to think differently, which produces a real change in our character.
That's my goal.... to see real change in how I live my life. I want to learn to apply these biblical principles about holiness to my life, instead of just reading about them and spouting them off to others.
We CAN overcome sin! There is total forgiveness with God, and He will set you and me on a path of holy living. Remember, His grace is sufficient!!
Temptations still trip me up. In Genesis, it says, ".... if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."
Recently, in my Bible study, I've read over and over where God says "Be holy for I am holy." It's repeated all throughout the Bible. God wants us to be holy. The problem is we can never be holy on our own. The good news is we don't have to do it on our own. God gives us His grace to lead us into holy living.
The grace of God enables us to conquer sin. His grace alone is sufficient. It's what rescues us from sin when we come to God to be saved, and it's what keeps us out of sin once we've been saved. Simply put, "grace is what saves us, sanctifies us and will ultimately glorify us."
We're not perfect... not as long as we're in this life. Being holy is an ongoing process. We're constantly learning to give up our old life of sin and take on a new nature where we strive to be like God. Holy. He is holy, so we must strive to be like Him.
We do this by reading the Bible and earnestly seeking the Lord in prayer. This gives us "the mind of Christ" (1 Cor. 2:16) and enables us to think differently, which produces a real change in our character.
That's my goal.... to see real change in how I live my life. I want to learn to apply these biblical principles about holiness to my life, instead of just reading about them and spouting them off to others.
We CAN overcome sin! There is total forgiveness with God, and He will set you and me on a path of holy living. Remember, His grace is sufficient!!
Friday, March 9, 2012
In The News
There's been a lot of strange things in the news and, of course, I have a few opinions on them. So here's a quick rundown on some of the top headlines:
* When a high school basketball team in San Antonio won the regional championship, team members got excited and started chanting "USA, USA!!" Now, the team is being accused of racism. It seems the other team, the LOSERS, took offense at the chant because its team is mainly Hispanic. An official with the school district said, "The implication is they are not American citizens." The winning team was forced to apologize for the chant. That's crazy. You should never have to apologize for showing your patriotism, and that's all this was. These kids didn't have time to plot a racist chant. They were caught up in the excitement of winning. I call this a case of sore losers.
* Here's another unbelievable case of stupidity: A woman in Michigan won the lottery but thinks she should still get food stamps. It was a $1 million prize. The woman complained the prize was cut to $700,000 because she took a lump sum. Then, after taxes, she said she ended up with only half a million. Poor thing! She said, "I still don't have any income, so I thought I could keep the food stamps." There's so many people who really need food stamps, and then we have crackpots like this! Wise up, lady!
* How is it that Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke doesn't have money to pay for contraception but has money to jet around the country giving TV interviews? I know.... Maybe she got a loan from that lady on food stamps! I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that she was planted in the middle of the contraception controversy by the Obama administration and is getting paid to spew Obama's talking points.
* The Hypocrite-in-chief was quick to defend Sandra Fluke after Rush Limbaugh called her a 'slut.' Rush crossed the line, but where was Obama when his buddy Bill Maher was calling Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann vile names? Did Obama defend them? I guess he was too busy counting his $1 million campaign donation from Maher.
* It seems Obama will go to any lengths to get re-elected, including throwing Israel under the bus AGAIN. Apparently, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in D.C. last week, Obama offered him a deal: The U.S. will give weapons to Israel if Israel will agree to hold off on an attack on Iran until after 2012.... after the presidential election. I don't think it's possible to wait that long....
* A showdown between Israel and Iran is inevitable. Officials are speculating that the attack could occur as early as this spring. This is very serious. More and more on the news, we're hearing about wars and rumors of wars. Now where have I heard that phrase before? If you want to find out what's about to happen, just check your Bible. It's all right there.
* When a high school basketball team in San Antonio won the regional championship, team members got excited and started chanting "USA, USA!!" Now, the team is being accused of racism. It seems the other team, the LOSERS, took offense at the chant because its team is mainly Hispanic. An official with the school district said, "The implication is they are not American citizens." The winning team was forced to apologize for the chant. That's crazy. You should never have to apologize for showing your patriotism, and that's all this was. These kids didn't have time to plot a racist chant. They were caught up in the excitement of winning. I call this a case of sore losers.
* Here's another unbelievable case of stupidity: A woman in Michigan won the lottery but thinks she should still get food stamps. It was a $1 million prize. The woman complained the prize was cut to $700,000 because she took a lump sum. Then, after taxes, she said she ended up with only half a million. Poor thing! She said, "I still don't have any income, so I thought I could keep the food stamps." There's so many people who really need food stamps, and then we have crackpots like this! Wise up, lady!
* How is it that Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke doesn't have money to pay for contraception but has money to jet around the country giving TV interviews? I know.... Maybe she got a loan from that lady on food stamps! I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that she was planted in the middle of the contraception controversy by the Obama administration and is getting paid to spew Obama's talking points.
* The Hypocrite-in-chief was quick to defend Sandra Fluke after Rush Limbaugh called her a 'slut.' Rush crossed the line, but where was Obama when his buddy Bill Maher was calling Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann vile names? Did Obama defend them? I guess he was too busy counting his $1 million campaign donation from Maher.
* It seems Obama will go to any lengths to get re-elected, including throwing Israel under the bus AGAIN. Apparently, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in D.C. last week, Obama offered him a deal: The U.S. will give weapons to Israel if Israel will agree to hold off on an attack on Iran until after 2012.... after the presidential election. I don't think it's possible to wait that long....
* A showdown between Israel and Iran is inevitable. Officials are speculating that the attack could occur as early as this spring. This is very serious. More and more on the news, we're hearing about wars and rumors of wars. Now where have I heard that phrase before? If you want to find out what's about to happen, just check your Bible. It's all right there.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Super Tuesday is not so Super
I'm feeling a little left out today. It's Super Tuesday, but Texas voters aren't heading to the polls today like they usually do on Super Tuesday. Texas' primary has been pushed back to possibly May because of the redistricting fight in the state. By then, Mitt Romney is likely to be the "hair apparent" in the race (and not just because he has great hair).
The Texas primary, which once was seen as the biggest prize of Super Tuesday and a possible kingmaker in the race, now will become more of an afterthought.
I'm disappointed. I think Texas voters would turn out for Rick Santorum and give him a better shot at winning the nomination.
If it goes like the TV analysts have predicted, Newt Gingrich will win in the South, Santorum will win a few states, and Romney will take the rest. But the political analysts have missed it before. I think I have a better track record!
The race has been unpredictable from the start. I hope that's the case again today. I'd love to see Rick Santorum sweep all 10 states in today's Super Tuesday races. Since my man Rick Perry isn't in the race any more, I'm pulling for Santorum. I pray that he becomes our next president.
I bet that scares some of my liberal friends to death! Almost as much as the thought of Obama being re-elected scares me.
So since Texas won't be voting today, I'll be gathered around the TV with my pizza and red solo cup to watch the exciting results. I'm sure all of you will too. Right? It is, after all, the super bowl of the election season!
The Texas primary, which once was seen as the biggest prize of Super Tuesday and a possible kingmaker in the race, now will become more of an afterthought.
I'm disappointed. I think Texas voters would turn out for Rick Santorum and give him a better shot at winning the nomination.
If it goes like the TV analysts have predicted, Newt Gingrich will win in the South, Santorum will win a few states, and Romney will take the rest. But the political analysts have missed it before. I think I have a better track record!
The race has been unpredictable from the start. I hope that's the case again today. I'd love to see Rick Santorum sweep all 10 states in today's Super Tuesday races. Since my man Rick Perry isn't in the race any more, I'm pulling for Santorum. I pray that he becomes our next president.
I bet that scares some of my liberal friends to death! Almost as much as the thought of Obama being re-elected scares me.
So since Texas won't be voting today, I'll be gathered around the TV with my pizza and red solo cup to watch the exciting results. I'm sure all of you will too. Right? It is, after all, the super bowl of the election season!
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