Posted on 30/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe
Fifty five years is a long time to be married to the same partner, and today, Peggy and I helped celebrate such an honor. It is a tradition at St. Anthony’s for married couples to renew their marriage vows on milestone anniversaries. I am sure this tradition is universal across the world in churches of all denominations. [...]
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Posted on 27/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe
Happy Thanksgiving! Today, I give thanks for the following gifts: I thank the Lord for allowing me to wake up. I thank the Lord for the precious gift of time. I thank the Lord for allowing me to be born in the USA. I thank the Lord for three wonderful kids, and seven wonderful grandchildren. I [...]
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Posted on 26/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe
A couple of weeks ago my grandson Joey, son-in-law Jeff, and I had a terrific day building pinewood derby cars. Joey is a Cub Scout, and his Pinewood Derby was coming up. The Cub Master had a special “Outlaw” event for Dad’s and grandfathers. Unlike Joey’s event, the Outlaw race had no rules. Of course, [...]
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Posted on 26/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe
Today, I saw another interesting news bit. This time it was a map of the US showing the states that are asking for a bailout. Of course, my home state of Illinois is up there with its hand out too. We have good company though; New York, Ohio, California, Arizona, and a few others. All [...]
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Posted on 21/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe
This morning I watched Joe “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher being interviewed on Fox News. I am infuriated at the treatment this man has received and continues to receive. His privacy has been violated to the ‘nth degree, but no one seems to care. Why? Because the liberals believe that “the end justifies the means.” I’ve heard that [...]
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Posted on 18/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe
Sorry for the delay in writing new posts. I have been trying to catch up on my “other” projects. My Lions work has suffered through the pre-election days, and now I must put it in gear to give the Lions their due. I find it useful at this time of the year to reflect and prepare [...]
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Posted on 12/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe
I am almost over the election. I haven’t blogged because the need to do so dried up when BO won. This week, however, I have to speak my piece on the latest of Uncle Sam’s idiotic moves. Why do we want to bail out GM? This car company has consistently thrown poor quality, and reliability [...]
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Posted on 03/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe
The state of Illinois sits on enough coal to provide one hundred percent of the power needed by the entire country for two hundred and fifty years. Given the right incentives to clean the smoke from coal, we could make a huge dent in reducing our dependency on foreign oil. Illinois is the state from [...]
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Posted on 03/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe
We have a very simple choice ahead of us tomorrow. We vote for one of two philosophies. First we have to decide if we want Uncle Sam, or Uncle Obama to take care of us from cradle to grave. If we do, we are admitting we are unable to do so for ourselves. The second choice leaves [...]
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Posted on 02/11/2008 by Grumpa Joe
In the summer before Barack Obama enterred Harvard he spent time visiting his relatives in Kenya. He had to reunite his soul with his black family. During that visit he and his sister Auma went on a safari. BO writes very eloquently about the journey to see wld animals is Kenya’s National Park. His driver, [...]
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