Welcome back Stonekettle Station and Jim Wright

Jim Wright and Stonekettle Station are again with us. I just want to thank him for allowing us to continue to read a most enlightened and enlightening view point.  No, I am not Republican, though I have been known to vote that way. I am a registered Democrat because (hey, I'm in the swamps of Louisiana, here) when I first registered you had to claim your party. I came from a family of conservative Democrats so I said Democrat. Yet, I have voted Republican when I felt they were the right choice. I try to choose based on the greater good for the state. Sometimes that doesn't work out so well.

Stonekettle Station, while I may not agree with everything he says, gives me another viewpoint. A well researched and based also from personal experience side, which I can actually understand. Just a notice that there is profanity and may be NSFW. I still think everything he writes will give you a different look and a lot of food for thought than any sanitized and/or sensationalized news station. He's also funny and that is a bonus.

Love and Light

"War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!"

I grew up during the '50's and came of age during the '60's. I like to think of myself as a flower child - you know, peace and love, and all that. I was against the Viet Nam war--sorry, they called it a police action, but it was a war for my generation. I protested the mandatory draft, the government that instituted it, and the fact that we really had no choice but to go. OK, there were a couple of other choices; stay in college or dodge the draft and leave the country. Earn a degree to avoid it? No problem, good for you. A very few were allowed Conscientious Objector status and that was ok with me, because they went through a lot to earn that status and quite frankly, I cannot kill things myself. Ok, mosquitoes and roaches, yeah, but nothing else, and I can understand that status.

But, leave the United States to dodge the draft? Then you willingly gave up your citizenship and your right to our freedoms that were earned with the blood of those who fought for and believed in them, and the right to return to said freedoms when the fighting was done. I never did agree with the blanket amnesty given to draft dodgers, allowing them to return to freedoms they had refused to defend, with no consequences. I know many will deny, ridicule and hate me for that belief, but that is my choice and their beliefs are not really my problem. I watched my older brother, an Uncle, some cousins and many of my friends go to that war. Some came back to us, some never came home and some did not make it back intact, whether physically or mentally. I may have hated that war but I could never hate the guys who had to go fight it. They went. They fought. They were Americans and patriots, even when they did not understand why they were going or what, exactly, they were fighting for. I now have a nephew and his wife in the Navy defending our freedoms, and I am so very, very proud of them and their willingness to put themselves in the front lines and allow me continued freedom. But I do not like the politicians and warmongers who have put them there, for these people are giving nothing of their lives to send our troops out to fight other countries wars. Yes, I believe we should defend America and American's first. That does make me an Isolationist and I am also aware that is only a small proportion of the public and one not very well liked. But I still have that freedom that so many have fought and died for, to believe that.

Long intro to lead you to a truly awesome writer. There was a song by Edwin Starr and a saying during the Viet Nam war, "War, what is is good for?" The response, of course, is "Absolutely nothing." This concept was explored and explained by Jim Wright in a truly moving post. For the moment http://www.stonekettle.com/ is off-line because of a shameful theft of Jim Wright's work, but the article that is still up should be read. I think he is one hell of a fine writer and the theft needs to be understood from Mr. Wright's point of view. And while you are at it, about a third of the way down the page are legitimate links to the post stolen. It is most definitely worth reading...and from a legitimate site, not a stolen one. I can only hope it touches you as it did me.

love and light,
kathleen

"blinks" really?

I do not look at my Ravelry profile page very often. The last time I looked, I couldn't see my blog (like it has many posts) and somewhere I read that one needs some gadget or other to see it...a feed reader? I resigned myself to never seeing my blog actually in the nice little corner reserved for it. Today? I went to edit something on it (my colour preferences and I just added more to it), and wow! my little blog was up there in its' special corner.

 No, as far as I know, I never added a feed reader but, windows updated the other day and Casey - our Code Monkey and co-founder of the site, and Christine - oharethey, our other coder are always tweaking to make things better. I don't know what caused it to appear, but it is there. My list of posts isn't but, hey, you can click on the piccie of the blog and get here. Good job, however it happened.

I am a Lily     What Flower Are You? "Your artistic expression tends to show up in flamboyant bursts. When you are feeling creative, it consumes your every thought and action. But just as quickly as the muse shows up, it leaves you and you are back to your relatively normal self.

Spacefem will suck you...well, me...in

You were born during a Waxing Crescent moon

This phase occurs right after the New Moon, when we can start to see part of the moon that's illuminated by the sun.

- what it says about you -


You like having a clear vision of the future, and are good at helping people set out plans to accomplish important goals.  Once you're done with a task, you're done with it.  You don't like revisiting or rehashing issues you think are settled.  You're inventive and encourage people around you to be new and different instead of copying from the past.

What phase was the moon at on your birthday?  Find out at Spacefem.com

Oh, good grief

That Rainbow Quiz! I took it one day, and since I am a bit bipolar, I went back another day to try again. Yes, two different results. However, both times it told me I depend on modern technology and might be lost without it. Yeah, right. I kept losing the rainbow when I went to post, never could get it back...numerous times! I had to keep redoing the quiz (hoping I was answering the same way) to get the rainbows back. Modern technology baffles me and that means I might be in real trouble if I am depending on/may be lost without it.

Modern technology has given me a headache.

Another day, another me

Your rainbow is strongly shaded gray and blue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is says about you: You are a tranquil person. You appreciate tradition and wisdom that comes with age. You share hobbies with friends and like trying to fit into their routines. You depend on modern technology and may feel uncomfortable without it.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.