Ways of Thinking

In 1927, a major unnamed hurricane struck the city of New Orleans. It was actually more powerful than Katrina. The scope of damage was much more severe because this particular hurricane actually hit the city. Katrina missed it by 25 miles.

The interesting difference is the response the government gave in 1927 to those hurricane refugees, compared to the refugees of Katrina, err- I meant "survivors" ---(sorry Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson). How much aid did the government dispense at that time? Zero, nada, not one dime. And you know how much aid the army offered? The only aid from the army came in the form of loaning the city of New Orleans tents and camp stoves. Ironically, later, the army sued the city for reimbursement. So what was the big difference here?

It was the attitude the people had towards the government at that time, compared to the attitude that Katrina's victims have. The 1927 "survivors" expected nothing from the government. 80 years ago, people understood that the government was there to "protect life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Today, Americans expect the government to "provide life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." That's a major difference. And now, a week later, when the government failed on all three levels of local, state, and federal to provide for their needs, Americans were sorely disappointed.

Reverend Jackson and reverend Sharpton spend their opportunities arguing about semantics. “They shouldn't be called refugees, they should be called survivors" Unfortunately, they missed the boat. It was a perfect opportunity to deliver a very basic message to their people.

Fact, if you are poor and uneducated in America, this is what happens.
Fact, if you depend on the government, you will be sorely disappointed.
Fact, if you are poor in America, there is no reason for you to be uneducated. Its free! 12 grades. And if you really apply yourself, there is enough grants and assistance out there for higher education, which will raise you above the poverty level. And no longer will you depend on the government and be disappointed. Its unfortunate that this lesson will be missed by most of the "survivors".

A couple of other points should be brought to light. G. W. has asked the congress for 50 billion dollars worth of aid for the "survivors" and clean up of the city. Interesting isn't it? one million people displaced and out of work in that city, sitting all day in shelters, waiting for the next handout. Of course, the thought never occurred to anyone that just maybe, "hey, we should give all these folks jobs filling sand bags to plug the levees and clearing trees." (Wonder how many of them would want government aid if they had to work for it?)

And finally, they haven't hardly begun the task of picking up dead bodies, and already the finger pointing has started. The congressional hearings and probes will go forever. Millions will be spent on a wasted diatribe of a bipartisan "witch hunting expedition"- all of which will be nonsense. If you're a democrat, you are going to blame the president. If you are a republican, you are going to blame the mayor and the governor. This is another case in point of how the government will once again fail its people, they could have spent the millions educating the poor and misplaced citizens of New Orleans so that they could go out and get a new and better life, instead of wasting it on useless blame investigations.

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature, and has no chance of being free unless made or kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." John Stuart Mill

FWD:

I want to thank all of you who have taken the time and trouble to send me your chain letters over the past two years. Thank you for making me feel safe, secure, blessed, and wealthy.

Because of your concern...

I no longer can drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains........

I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put "Under God" on their cans.........

I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.......

I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day........

I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.......

I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise........

I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don't support our troops.........

I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a stupid number for which I will get the phone bill from hell with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore, and Uzbekistan........

I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.......

I no longer go to bars because someone will drug me and take my kidneys and leave me taking a nap in a bathtub full of ice.......

Thanks to you, I have learned that God only answers my prayers if I forward an email to 7 of my friends and make a wish within 5 minutes......

I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl who has been dying for the past seven years........

I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receivethe $15,000 that Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program........

I will now return the favor. If you don't send this e-mail to at least1200 people in the next 60 seconds, a large bird with diarrhea will fly over your head at 5:00 pm and the fleas of a thousand camels will infestyour armpits. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of a friend of a friend's neighbor's cousin, and he's a lawyer!

THE STUDENT NURSE'S PRAYER

Lord: I know we go through this every day but please give me the knowledge as to why I actually wanted to go to nursing school. Lord, give me the strength to make it through those boring three hour lectures without falling asleep. Lord, please give me the patience to make it through twelve hour clinicals with instructors that can't just give you the right answer and on the same note, give the nurses the ability to remember what it was like to be a student and give us just a little more respect. Lord, give me the endurance to read all the assigned readings and be able to remember it when I am taking a test with four right answers. Lord, give my family and friends the ability to realize I really am on the edge of insanity. Finally, Lord, give me the vision to see that one day I will be a real nurse and I will never have to wear this ugly uniform again.

Author Unknown By Me

Joke about Joe

Joe went to the doctor complaining of a severe headache that he could not shake.
The Doctor examined him and said "I'm sorry son; I'm gonging to have to remove your testicles." "They are pressing against the base of your spine and causing an enormous amount of pressure.
Joe was distraught to say the least. In the end he decided to go ahead with the surgery because he knew he could not go on living with the pain.
As he was walked out of the hospital he was hit with a wave of depression. He didn't even feel like the same person. As he walked on it came to him… this was the perfect time to reinvent himself.
He saw a men's clothing store and thought, "That's what I need - a new suit." He entered the shop and told the salesman, "I'd like a new suit."
The elderly tailor eyed him briefly and said, "Let's see... size 44 long."
Joe laughed, "That's right, how did you know?"
"Been in the business 60 years!" the tailor said.
Joe tried on the suit. It fit perfectly. As Joe admired himself in the mirror, the salesman asked, "How about a new shirt?"
Joe thought for a moment and then said, "Sure."
The salesman eyed Joe and said, "Let's see, 34 sleeve and 16-1/2 neck."
Joe was surprised, "That's right, how did you know?"
"Been in the business 60 years!" Joe tried on the shirt, and it fit perfectly.
Joe walked comfortably around the shop and the salesman asked, "How about some new underwear?"
Joe thought for a second and said, "Sure."
The salesman stepped back, eyed Joe's waist and said, "Let's see...size 36."
Joe laughed "Ah ha! I got you! ! I've worn size 34 since I was 18 years old."
The salesman shook his head, "You can't wear a size 34. A 34 underwear would press your testicles up against the base of your spine and give you one hell of a headache.

Update

Howdy All~

Update 27/July/2005

I'M GOING TO NURSING SCHOOL!!!

I'll be down in Carsacana Texas at Texas A&M at Navarro. They accepted all my credits from BYU-I so it should only take me 2 semesters and one summer term!!! (by the way... Rich... The program is only 2.5 years long)

This is a short update... but it works...

Other then school... work has been going well... and I'm just doing what I do...
Oh yeah... I'm now a CPR and 1st Aid Instructor for the American Heart Assication (that means I teach CPR and 1st Aid to others)

I took 3rd Place in the Tae Kwon Do Spring Nationals for Red Belt 2 weeks ago... added the trophies to my small collection at work...

and that is all for now my fellow blogers!!! chat at ya later

MJ

Update on the cat

This is an update on the cat....
Sebastian had feline leukemia and I had to put him down this morning...

Kind of sad right now... =( Even though I only had him for about 3 days... I guess I get to attached to pets... So, I have decided to adopted 2 kittens from my cousin Richard and his fiance Robin... They have some Siamese kittens that are about 3 weeks old now... So in about 4 weeks I can get them from them... I am hoping to get the male and one of the female kittens... I'll let y'all know soon...

Still loving my new apartment and my new truck!!!

Well that is all that is going on right now in my life... Just getting things done and having some fun...

I am hoping to be going up to Colorado in August to be at my friends (Telicia and Jason's) Sealing... and I'm going to try to pop over to Idaho sometime soon as well to see my friends (Karin and Richard) that just got married too... So we'll see if I get up North sometime soon!!!

Rachel's Great-Grandma just passed away so my brother and sister-in-law are heading up to Utah for the funeral on Thursday... I'll be taking care of their pets and house while they are gone... So if I don't get right back to y'all you will understand why...

Take care and I'll chat at y'all then

Martha

Some Funnies... hehehehe

Some Funnies!!! hehehehehehe got these in an email....

WOMAN'S PERFECT BREAKFAST
She's sitting at the table with her gourmet coffee.
Her son is on the cover of the Wheaties box.
Her daughter is on the cover of Business Week.
Her boyfriend is on the cover of Playgirl.
And her husband is on the back of the milk carton.

WOMEN'S REVENGE
"Cash, check or charge?" I asked, after folding items the woman wished to purchase. As she fumbled for her wallet I noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse. "So, do you always carry your TV remote?" I asked. "No," she replied, " but my husband refused to come shopping with me, and I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him legally."

UNDERSTANDING WOMEN
(A MAN'S PERSPECTIVE)
I know I'm not going to understand women. I'll never understand how you can take boiling hot wax, pour it onto your upper thigh, rip the hair out by the root, and still be afraid of a spider.

MARRIAGE SEMINAR
While attending a Marriage Seminar dealing with communication, Tom and his wife Grace listened to the instructor, "It is essential that husbands and wives know each other's likes and dislikes." He addressed the man, "Can you name your wife's favorite flower?" Tom leaned over, touched his wife's arm gently and whispered, "It's Pillsbury, isn't it?

CIGARETTES AND TAMPONS
A man walks into a pharmacy and wanders up and down the aisles.
The sales girl notices him and asks him if she can help him. He answers that he is looking for a box of tampons for his wife. She directs him down the correct aisle. A few minutes later, he deposits a huge bag of cotton balls and a ball of string on the counter.
She says, confused, "Sir, I thought you were looking for some tampons for your wife? He answers, " You see, it's like this, yesterday, I sent my wife to the store to get me a carton of cigarettes, and she came back with a tin of tobacco and some rolling papers; cause it's sooo-ooo--oo-ooo much cheaper. So, I figure if I have to roll my own... so does she.
(I figure this guy is the one on the milk carton! )

WIFE VS. HUSBAND
A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede their position. As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs, the husband asked sarcastically, "Relatives of yours?"
"Yep," the wife replied, "in-laws."

W O R D S
A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day... 30,000 to a man's 15,000. The wife replied, "The reason has to be because we have to repeat everything to men... The husband then turned to his wife and asked, "What?"

CREATION
A man said to his wife one day, "I don't know how you can be so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time." The wife responded, "Allow me to explain. God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me; God made me stupid so I would be attracted to you!

WHO DOES WHAT
A man and his wife were having an argument about who should brew the coffee each morning.
The wife said, "You should do it, because you get up first, and then we don't have to wait as long to get our coffee."
The husband said, " You are in charge of cooking around here and you should do it, because that is your job, and I can just wait for my coffee."
Wife replies, "No, you should do it, and besides, it is in the Bible that the man should do the coffee."
Husband replies, "I can't believe that, show me."
So she fetched the Bible, and opened the New Testament and showed him at the top of several pages, that it indeed says.........."HEBREWS"

THE SILENT TREATMENT
A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day, he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper, "Please wake me at 5:00 AM." He left it where he knew she would find it. The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and see why his wife hadn't wakened him, when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. The paper said, "It is 5:00 AM. Wake up."
Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests.

New Ward

Howdy Y'All!!!
Just wanted to let everyone know how I am doing...
Doing well here in Dallas, Texas... Loving my apartment and my new truck!!! I'm due for my first oil change here soon...
My apartment is coming together nicely... My living room is in all Asian style... And I haven't really done much with motifs for the rest of my home yet...

Oh, I just rescued a cat yesterday... The family was moving back to Scotland and they couldn't take him with them... His name is Sebastian and he is a Russian Blue... Looks very nice!!! But, I have leather couchs and he has claws... But not after tomorrow!!! He is going to the vet for all his shots and to be declawed!!!
I will try to post a picture of him later...

Work is going well... And having a blast shooting as ever!!!

OH... BTW...
With my move to Dallas... I am now in a NEW Ward and a NEW Stake!!! I'm kind of excited to be going to my new ward... Should be a lot of fun... ALL new people to get to know and start hanging out with... Kind of like going back to a college ward after the summer break...

Anywho... I will let y'all go for now...
Chat at you later
Martha

Did You Know??

DID YOU KNOW?
As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the U.S. Supreme Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the world's law givers and each one is facing one in the middle who is facing forward with a full frontal view... It is Moses and he is holding the Ten Commandments!

DID YOU KNOW?
As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door.

DID YOU KNOW?
As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall,right above where the Supreme Court judges sit,a display of the Ten Commandments!

DID YOU KNOW?
There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in Washington, D.C.

DID YOU KNOW?
James Madison, the fourth president, known as "The Father of Our Constitution" made the following statement: "We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."

DID YOU KNOW?
Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Father of our country said:"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ".

DID YOU KNOW?
Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777.

DID YOU KNOW?
Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the established orthodox churches in the colonies.

DID YOU KNOW?
Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would over step their authority and instead of interpreting the law would begin making law .An oligarchy the rule of few over many.

DID YOU KNOW?The very first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said:
"Americans should select and prefer Christians as their rulers."How, then, have we gotten to the point that everything we have done for 220 years in this country is now suddenly wrong and unconstitutional?Lets put it around the world and let the world see and remember what this great country was built on. Chamber, US House of Representatives.

I was asked to send this on if I agreed or delete if I didn't.
Now it is your turn...It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore, it is very hard to understand why there is such a mess about having the Ten Commandments on display or "In God We Trust" on our money and having God in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the other 14% to
Sit Down and SHUT UP!!!
If you agree, pass this on!!!

I'M MOVING

HOWDY ALL!!!
SORRY FOR THE GROUP EMAIL... JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I AM MOVING TO AN APARTMENT IN DALLAS... AND MY GARLAND ADDRESS WILL NO LONGER BE VALID... MY PARENTS ARE SELLING THE OLD HOUSE THAT I WAS LIVING IN (JUST FINISHED HELPING REPAINT IT, YEAH!!!!!) SO I AM MOVING TO A NEW PLACE...
MY NEW ADDRESS IS:
MARTHA J. MANNEWITZ
9600 GOLF LAKES TRAIL #1185
DALLAS, TX 75231-5018 (changed the post+4)
(not sure about the postfour... but i will check and if it is wrong i will let y'all know)

ALSO I WILL NOT HAVE MUCH ACCESS TO THE INTERNET FOR ABOUT A WEEK... COMCAST IS GOING TO HAVE TO RELAY CABLES FOR THE APARTMENT, AS THE OLD ONES HAVE CORRODED... THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS UNTIL NEXT MONDAY...16TH OF MAY 2005... AFTER THAT I SHOULD HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AGAIN... SO IF YOU EMAIL ME AND I DON'T ANSWER, IT IS JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT YET... I WILL CHECK MY EMAIL FROM THE STORE FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THE WEEK... BUT I CAN'T SAY WHAT DAYS I WILL... SO IF YOU NEED TO REACH ME, PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL... CELL NUMBER IS STILL THE SAME... I DON'T HAVE A HOME NUMBER YET... COMCAST DOESN'T PROVIDE DIGITAL PHONE SERVICE THERE... I WILL HAVE TO FIND A NEW PHONE COMPANY... I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN I GET A NEW PHONE... ALSO IF YOU WANT TO COME AND VISIT ME, MY HOME WILL BE OPEN FOR GUESTS AFTER WEDNESDAY... (THAT IS WHEN MY COUCH WILL ARRIVE AND I WILL BE ABLE TO ORGANIZE EVERYTHING)... I WILL BE HAVING A HOUSE WARMING PARTY AFTER I GET EVERYTHING SET UP... MOST LIKELY ON A SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH... Should be the last Sunday in June at the latest...
I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT DATE AFTER I GET SETTLED
LOTS O' LOVE FROM TEXAS
MARTHA

Easter

Howdy all... Easter went well down here in Texas...

My friends Karin Kliebe and Richard Mallard are getting married on April 8th in Nauvoo, IL... Wish I could be there for them, but that is in the middle of my Finals in school... and unfortunately my teachers here aren't as understanding as they were up at BYU-Idaho... They won't let me move my tests so that I could go...

I will write again later... I'm at work right now...

Lots o'love
MJ

NEW TRUCK

I GOT A NEW TRUCK!!!!!!!!!
IT IS: CHEVY 1500 CREW CAB... 4x4... DARK METALLIC BLUE... MED GREY LEATHER INTERIOR... IT ONLY HAS 57 MILES ON IT RIGHT NOW!!!! ONSTAR... XM RADIO... GETTING NURF BARS PUT ON IT TOMORROW... 3.42 REAR AXEL RATIO... LOCKING DIFFERENTIAL...
I'LL SEND PICTURES LATER!!!!