The Day Obama Care Died.

I sure hope this works, if not, at least I tried.

My mom sent me this clip and I found it absolutely hilarious. ENJOY!

The Day Obama Care Died

Respecting Military

We watched a movie last night called, 'Taking Chance'. It was a very moving film. I highly recommend it. It is about a Marine who volunteers to escort a fallen Marine's remains back home to his family in Wyoming. The respect and the honor showed to this Marine's remains is very moving. The fact that people put things on hold to show respect to a fallen Marine, who gave his life to protect ours, is something that leaves me overcome with emotion. After watching this film, I laid in bed, trying to go to sleep, but the thoughts running through my mind would not allow me to. As some may know, I've contemplated the idea of joining the service, most likely with the Air Force. I want to do something for my nation that I love so dearly. But the men who have paved the way before have left some very big shoes to fill. Part of the reason I want to join is to pay back all the men and women who have given so much, many their lives, to let me live in this land of Freedom. These are the real heros of the US. Those who gave all and feared nothing. The men who still live today, with the battle scares and the memories. Many would do it all again if they were asked to. I want to show them my respect and my honor. Heaven knows they are worthy of it. I can never show enough gratitude to these men and women, but I want them to know that I indeed am grateful for their sacrifices. Thank You so very much. I owe you my life.

Creative Writing: Holiness Unto the Lord

Temple

The House of the Lord

A warm flame burns inside me

When I think of those pioneers

Who built on faith and determination

My Ancestors

Temple

The House of the Lord

A place of peace and rest

Of gratitude and grace

Of safety and love

Temple

The House of the Lord

The purity of the white color

The holy silence

Temple

The House of the Lord

None can fathom

A Lord who created the galaxies

I call Him Father

Temple

The House of the Lord

Saving ordinances

That conquers Sin and Death

Temple

The House of the Lord

Holiness unto the Lord

Creative Writing: Wonderful Winter

Glistening, White Snow Sparkling in the Sun

Sweet Scent of Pine Fills the Air

Ice Crunching Beneath My Boots

Leaving Divots in the Snow

Clod Crisp Breeze on the back of My Neck

Cool Winter Air in My Face

The Peacefulness of Winter

Creative Writing: The Man in the Rain

He stands on the old ladder

High in the air

His torn, red flannel shirt

Soaked from the pounding rain

Hammer in hand

Ready to strike the stubborn nail

The rain pelting him

Beating down like angry hawks

Makes the ladder slick

He wipes his brow

And swings again

The hammer comes crashing down onto the nail.

Finally, it gives up and dives into the shingle

His family watches anxiously from the house below

Through the bay window he built

Thankful the leak is fixed

Creative Writing: Why Am I Doing This Again (Theme for English B)

Remind Me Why I’m Doing This

I went home and wrote

I let the page come out of me

I did as I was told

Though it doesn’t seem too good

Mom had me go to the store with her

She had me drive the van

It was the first time I drove in awhile

And it felt great

We got home and I cleaned the van

Wheelbarrows full of junk

From plywood to trash

That was a lot of stuff

I’m now sitting here typing this poem

And wondering why this power cord won’t light

It’s charging but not lighting

Why?

And I’m tired

It’s only six o’clock

Why am I so tired?

Let’s get this done quick

So I can go to bed

My brothers are growling at me and each other

I might growl too if I don’t get some sleep

Mom’s threatening to send them to bed

I’ll gladly go in their place

My eyes feel heavy

I can barley keep them open

Good thing I’m at the table

And not out on the road

Things aren’t as difficult as they might seem

Like driving a van, cleaning my room

Staying awake or getting some sleep

Or typing this poem for English B

Creative Writing: My Little Piece of Heaven

My Piece of Heaven

I climb through the window

And out on the porch roof

I lay on the shingles

Nice and warm by the sun

I hear the highway below me

But it’s just a whisper

I watch the clouds past

And play charades with them

A hog truck dives past

But I don’t notice the smell

The sunlight shimmers

Off the pond across the street

I close my eyes

Breathing in the warm air

Nothing will bother me

Up here with the clouds

Soon I’ll have to come down

And chase little kids

Mow the yard

And clean up the garage

But I won’t worry about that yet

This time is mine

My Piece of Heaven

Creative Writing: Brett's Insane Life

Brett’s Insane Life

Brett

Considerate, Rude, Smart, Stupid

Brother of a zoo full (ten to be exact)

Who loves writing, music

Trains, Music

Food and music

Did I mention he loves music?

Who feels that America is great,

But needs to get her head on straight

That people don’t use common sense

Instead, They watch T.V.

Who needs the right to express himself?

In anyway he wants to

A family to love him

And a truck

Who gives plenty of thought

To life, religion, and family

To things in general

Who fears where our nation is headed

Where he will go for college

And what he will do with his life

Who would like to see his sister in Utah

A politician that cares about the people they serve

And himself as a father someday

Who is a resident of Washington

(Others say Waterloo, Dysart or Dubuque)

Plants (Half Frisbie)

Creative Writing: Young Railroader

Young Railroader

“Daddy, what’s this thing?” I ask.

“That’s a switch.”

“What’s it do?”

“It lets the train move from on track to another.”

“Why would a train need to do that?”

“The different tracks go to different places.”

“Oh,” I say. “Where’s this track go to?”

“That goes to the round house.”

“I don’t see a round house.”

“I haven’t built it yet.”

I still don’t get it, but Daddy doesn’t seem to like me asking questions. I’ll be quiet. What if I go exploring? Daddy’s got lots of train things in here. I’ll go find a train.

I go on to find a train. I walk around the train room. Uh-oh, I can’t see the top anymore. Hey look, there’s a stool. I’ll stand on it. There, now I can see. There’s still no train. I see buildings.

I’m bored. I’ll go to my room to play. I walk up the stairs to my room. I empty out my strawberry toy box. Hey look, I found my trains. Here’s Thomas, and Percy, and James, and Toby, and I can’t remember this one’s name, and Gordon. I’ve got an idea. I’ll take these down to the train room. Daddy’ll be happy I know where a train goes. They go on the tracks.

I pick up my trains. Uh-oh. I drop some. I pick them up and they drop again. I’ll have to take one down. I’ll take Percy. No, I’ll take James. No, I’ll take Thomas. I can’t remember this one’s name, so I’ll leave him here. I’ll take Gordon. He’s big and strong. Just like Daddy’s trains.

I run down the stairs with Gordon and set him on the tracks. He’s pulling a really fast passenger train. But I don’t have any coaches. Here’s some of Daddy’s coaches. I open the boxes and put the coaches behind Gordon.

Daddy comes around the corner and sees what I’m doing. Daddy’s not so happy. Maybe Gordon doesn’t belong on Daddy’s tracks.

Creative Writing: I Am A Van

For this assignment we were supposed to take something that we were not and write a poem pretending we were the item. I chose our van.

I am a van

A 15-passenger van

I’m a Chevy of course

Little children climb in and out of me

Constantly

With little respect for me

My door is broken

My window tied shut

But I’m well loved by the older children

And the adults

They start me up

I whine at first but finally give in

The mother’s pleading get under my skin

I’m quite reliable really

I haul kids around all day

I’m used as a truck

To haul things away

People watch out for me when I’m on the road

I can’t fit on the smaller streets

Like at Sunset Park

I’m used all day

But it’s ok

I’m often sadden

To see all my friends at home in the driveway

Just sit there and rust

Can’t run, Can’t start

Miss Saturn missing a fender

And her brother without a clutch

My brother with no life at all

And Mr. Box Truck with wiring problems

I’ve spent my time there

Not running as well

But the family fixed me

They need me too much

But my friends are left behind

To rust or get towed away

I’ve seen pickups and panel trucks go

Where to I do not know

I hope the don’t do that to me

They wont though

They need me too much

I’m used everyday

While my friends all rust away

I feel guilty that I can still here

The father says “Someday they will run”

But they never do

He’s never here

I sit in this drive with nothing to do

But talk to my friends

And bring back the news

“I went to Wal-Mart today”

I tell all of them

They haven’t been there

They don’t know what it’s like

“It’s not much really

Just sit in a lot and wait for the groceries”

It's Been A While

Sorry I haven't posted in so long. I guess I just hadn't done it for a while.

I'm taking a writing class in school and decided that I could post some of my better work on here for everyone else to read. I don't have any work here right now, but I will post some soon. I have some pretty good stuff, but it's all at school, I'm at home.

Let Me Explain...

I don't think many people understand the stimulus package idea. They think that this can jump start our economy. In reality, it will only make matters worse. The government is going to pump money into the economy, that they do not have! How can they possibly to this? The only way is to print more money and not have anything to back it up with and make the value of the dollar plummet, or to borrow money from other nations and be in debt to them, because we can't pay it back. If I have two marbles, how could I possibly give you four? I can't. The government can't either. 

Patriotic Pictures

Is This A Sign Of Things Worse To Come?

The media is doing a good job of down playing this, we can't let anything against our "Messiah", Obama. Apparently, after Obama won the election, a lot of people were celebrating on the white house lawn. O.K., that makes sense, I would have done that if I could have gotten over there if my chose candidate had won. but they raised the hammer and sickle. The flag of Soviet Russia was flown at The White House!!! The emblem of socialism was flying at the head of our nation!!! That's a little disturbing to me. It would seem to me that now that Obama is elected, he's true beliefs will no show. I hope that I am wrong, but I don't believe that I am. It would seem to me that the flying of the Soviet flag at The White House, is only the very beginning of a four-year-long nightmare that we are now in. 

What Good Will It Do Them?

As anyone who has read this blog lately would know, there have been protests against prop-8 outside of Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and some of the protesters have not been to peaceful. Let me first clarify this one thing before I go on. I don't care if they protest, let them. They have that right as U.S. Citizens, but I don't agree with blocking people from their house of worship, and beating them. What did the church do to them. Al the church did was join a coalition of churches that supported prop-8, and all the money put into this, was donations by the church members for the plane tickets. Other then that, the church did nothing that I know about. So why are they targeting the church, beating people who want to worship, posting signs on temple fences, wanting to tax us, threatening to burn the temples, and threatening to kill our prophet? Of all the churches that joined, we alone are being attacked. What are they possibly going to get from this? It wont change the outcome of Prop-8. If they are looking for political reform, they're got Obama in the presidency. That's want they wanted, isn't it? So why are they doing this? I personally think that they are angry because Prop-8 passed, and they wanted someone to take it out on. So why take it out on us? I have another theory for that. I believe that Satan is putting it in their hearts to attack us, because the other churches don't pose a threat to him. 

Protests in front of the Temple

Why are they doing this? We didn't do a thing to them.

My Beliefs: Gay Rights

Today, pro-gay protesters in front of the temple in L.A. and are now planing one on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. They are pushing for gay rights, rights that they already have. They can have hospital visits and all of those things. Why are they doing all of these protests and threatening the church because of it.

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!!!

Supporters of same-sex marriage are aiming their wrath at the Mormon church, which raised $20 million of the overall $75 million that was spent to promote the California initiative.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also encouraged its members to volunteer their time for the campaign.



A group of protestors plans to rally Friday in front of the headquarters of the Mormon church in Salt Lake City. Protestors demonstrated Thursday outside a Mormon temple in Los Angeles. About 1,000 gay-marriage supporters waved signs and brought afternoon trafficto a halt.

Church News Room

Allegations of bigotry or persecution made against the Church were and are simply wrong. The Church’s opposition to same-sex marriage neither constitutes nor condones any kind of hostility toward gays and lesbians. Even more, the Church does not object to rights for same-sex couples regarding hospitalization and medical care, fair housing and employment rights, or probate rights, so long as these do not infringe on the integrity of the traditional family or the constitutional rights of churches.

Some, however, have mistakenly asserted that churches should not ever be involved in politics when moral issues are involved. In fact, churches and religious organizations are well within their constitutional rights to speak out and be engaged in the many moral and ethical problems facing society. While the Church does not endorse candidates or platforms, it does reserve the right to speak out on important issues.

What Has Our World Come To??!!

I got these off of my mom's blog. Here are the clips that I thought were the most importent. For the whole thing, read "Can Anyone Explain This To Me?" on my mom's blog at http://www.frisbiesrus.blogspot.com

Gay marriage activists in California refuse to accept the passage of Prop. 8, the traditional marriage initiative.

They’ve marched in Los Angeles. They’re targeting the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City. And they’re threatening to burn down churches and hunt down people of faith who supported the ballot measure:

Decisions by voters in Florida, Arizona and California to join residents of 27 other states with constitutional protections for traditional marriage have prompted threats of violence against Christians and their churches.

“Burn their f—ing churches to the ground, and then tax the charred timbers,” wrote “World O Jeff” on the JoeMyGod blogspot today within hours of California officials declaring Proposition 8 had been approved by a margin of 52 percent to 48 percent. Confirmation on voter approval of amendments in Florida and Arizona came earlier.

The demonstration began outside the L.A. Mormon temple where marchers protested the church's support of Prop. 8. The measure won 52 percent support Tuesday for its definition of marriage as a heterosexual union.

LOS ANGELES -- More than 2,000 people protesting California's new ban on same-sex marriage marched through Westside Los Angeles streets Thursday, snarling afternoon rush-hour traffic as hundreds of police officers monitored the situation.

Two people were arrested after a confrontation between the crowd and an occupant of a pickup truck that had a banner supporting Proposition 8, the ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage. Seven arrests occurred during Los Angeles-area street marches late Wednesday.

Some spectators cheered from apartment balconies; one person threw eggs at the marchers.

The demonstration began at a Mormon temple complex in Westwood where marchers protested the church's support of Proposition 8, which won 52 percent support Tuesday for its definition of marriage as a heterosexual union. Same-sex marriage had only been allowed in California for a matter of months since a state Supreme Court decision earlier this year.

Organizers said another protest is planned for this weekend in Silver Lake's Sunset Junction area.

Thursday's march initially focused on the Mormon temple because same-sex rights advocates claim the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spent millions to air deceptive advertisements in support of Proposition 8, and the church should lose its tax-exempt status.

"No one's religious beliefs should be used to deny fundamental rights to others," said Lorri L. Jean, chief executive officer of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center. "Our civil rights are inalienable.

The California Supreme Court recently ruled that same-sex marriage was legal in California. Recognizing the importance of marriage to society, the Church accepted an invitation to participate in ProtectMarriage, a coalition of churches, organizations, and individuals sponsoring a November ballot measure, Proposition 8, that would amend the California state constitution to ensure that only a marriage between a man and a woman would be legally recognized. (Information about the coalition can be found at http://www.protectmarriage.com/).