Happy Birthday to the King!

Today is Elvis Aaron Presley's 75th birthday!

WOW!

Apparently they will let anyone fly on a plane now-a-days!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2dvujUlR_o&feature=player_embedded

It is bad enough to be in the same Wal-Mart with someone like this but a small metal tube screaming thru the sky at a high rate of speed...TOO MUCH!

Merry New Year!!!!!!!!!!!

May 2010 be a prosperous year for you and yours!

Advice for 2010 and beyond...

- They don't pay off on effort...they pay off on results.
- No one ever choked swallowing his or her own pride.
- Don't just mark time; use time to make your mark.
- People don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
- The best way to be somebody is just to be yourself.
- It is not a question of who is right, but what is right.
- The differnce between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing it exactly right.
- Many people hear... but few people listen.
- There is no free tuition in the school of experience.
- The person who has no goal does not fear failure.
- The best way to get even is to forget.  (Personally very hard to do)
- It is better to forgive and forget than resent and remember.  (Again very hard to do)
- Make decisions with your heart and you will end up with heart disease.
- People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be...not what you nag them to be.
- You can win more friends with your ears than with your mouth.
- When you kill a little time, you may be murdering opportunity.
- Education is an investment and never an expense.
- It's never right to do wrong, and it's never wrong to do right.
- A smile is more important than anything else you wear.  (Again...)
- Gratitude shouldn't be an occational incident but a continuous attitude.
- Those who have to most to say usually say it with the fewest words.
- If you don't learn from your mistakes, there is no sense in making them.
- People wrapped up in themselves make pretty small packages.
- When is the last time you did something for the first time?

- Harvey Mackay - Tulsa World - Sunday, December 27, 2009

Merry CHRISTmas!!!!!

Merry CHRISTmas from my family to yours!  Remember the reason for the season!

Pearl Harbor Day!

Today is the 68th Anniversary of Japans attack on Peral Harbor.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Enjoy some lighthearted entertainment!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY&feature=player_embedded

Remember that we all have a lot to be thankful for!

Veterans, THANK YOU!

President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day to be observed in the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, in 1919 on the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I.

Later to be change to Veterans Day, by Congress, on November 8th 1954.

This is the LAND of the FREE, because of the BRAVE!

Interesting Quote!

"What we're living through now is why the Revolution was fought and the Constitution was written: to limit the powers of a tyrannical government."

- Rush Limbaugh -

The Dumbest Thing I Have Seen This Week!.....So Far!

Bumper sticker on the back of a "Dumb Car" (smart car) : 


"I own a dog and I vote!"


Oh Yeah!  Well, I own a pencil and I vote...every...once...in...a...while.

Sweden more American than America?

Swedens government anounced on Saturday that it will cut taxes to stimulate their job market.  As part of a four part cut in taxes.  When the forth part comes into effect in 2010, 99 percent of full-time employees will have had their taxes reduced by 1,000 kronor ( about $144.00) per month.

"The coalition government has agreed on reforms for jobs and entrepreneurialism that will increase employment in the long term.  It has to be more profitable to work and more companies should be able to hire employees," the government said

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.a3018ceef6a0590e0fe87c97c608ebdc.4b1&show_article=1

The U.S. government needs to would follow the lead of the Swedish government and cut taxes to stimulte our economy. 

I fear no one is listening!

What exactly is my job?

While working at the cafeteria, one of my two part time jobs, last week, I had the joy of breaking up yet another fight bewteen a couple of male students. In the process I took two punches to the face and jammed one finger.  After breaking up the fight, I escorted the to boys to the office and went back to my "real" job, helping one of the cashiers take cash and watch for students trying not to pay for lunch.  A few days go by and I read a bus driver friends blog and a question came to my mind as well as his.  What exactly is my job?  Is it my job to pick up and deliver student to and from school?  Is it my job to take money and watch for thieves in the lunch line? Or is it my job to intervene in the lives of the students who ride my bus?  Is it my job to teach manners and respect to these childern?  Is it my job to prevent students from hurting one another or others around them?  Are any or all of these my job?  In a word, yes.  I did not hire on to make sure my bus riders are happy, but it is rewarding to make a child having a rough day to smile or maybe even feel better about the day they have had.  I did not hire on at the cafeteria to be punched in the face, but I can not stand by and let two student hurt themselves or other students around them, while the other Mid-High staff refuse to intervene.  I try to down play my role as a "warden" at the Mid-High lunch room,  but after each fight I break up the word gets out really fast and the stories and rumors about me have been pretty humorous.  I have to say that working with kids of all ages has been completely different than I ever imagined.  So as many of you out there know, especailly when working with kids, your job you hire on for may not have anything to do with what is your actual job.

The Eighth Anniversary!

Today marks the eighth anniversary of the islamic terrorist attack on the United States of America. 

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER FORGET!

I fear no one remembers!

The true story of Labor Day!

In Pullman, Illinois, a company town that employed and housed workers to build posh railway cars, times had gotten tough.  In response, George Pullman cut jobs and wages in 1893.  Thousands of workers walked off their jobs in protest, demanding higher saleries and lower rent.  Other unions joined in refusing to work on the Pullman cars, turning a small town fracas into a national fury. 

With railcars backing up and riots worrying train execs, President Grover Cleveland stepped in.  He declared the strike illegal and sent 12,000 troops to break the strike.  Brutal protest and bloodshed followed.  The strke was broken, along with the spirit of the workers.  To reach out to the Labor Unions, Congress rushed the national holiday into law.  The bad will resulted in President Cleveland losing re-election.  But the national holiday remained.

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92981?fp=1

Mackey Moral:

"The person who asks may feel like a fool for five minutes, but the person who does not ask remains a fool forever."

- Harvey Mackey, Tulsa World, Sunday, September 6th, 2009 -