True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. -- George Washington
Today was a day that I wish could be copied everyday...weatherwise. It was just warm enough that the sun felt good. but not too warm where you might start a slight sheen of sweat if you were out watching a baseball game or outside kickin around. yet, it was cool enough to to be comfortable with pants and a polo shirt on...with an ever so slight....ever so slight ting of chill.... you could stand in the shade and not get cold. you could stand in the sun and not get hot.
Jessica was asking me the other night about what i thought about this and that in regards to religion, theology, etc. Our conversation did get me to thinking... I was "raised in the church" and went to church virtually every sunday growing up. I have a very thorough knowledge of the Bible, as least from the Black Southern Baptist point of view, and I have a pretty good grasp of things from other Protestant and Catholic points of view. I kinda have a working knowledge of the Isman/Muslim thing, but have never really delved into it too deeply. But I never developed into an overly religious person. Oh, i can recite the familiar scriptures...I can sing all the old spirituals and pretty much know the sermon formula down pat. But I never really got into it. I think i beleive that there is a God. I think that i view the Bible as something written by the priviledged types a long time ago as something to keep the masses in line. I also think the Bible, as a whole, is a document that sets guidlines and a moral foundation that is something to live by. Are all the stories now relevant? No.. is it open to interpretation...i think so. Whoever wrote the Ten Commandments..be it God, or some shrewed dudes in robes and sandals had a pretty good grasp of what is right and wrong...and to think the thousands of years later...they still stand. pretty slick, i think.
But i dont think i will ever be the "Go to Church Every Sunday" type. I do want the twins to have that sort of foundation, however. The trick is getting up and getting to a place that is right for them, and for jessica and me. Perhaps one day we'll find some place.
This immigration thing is...well... i dont know what the illegals immigrants are thinking. Oh wait, i know exactly what they are thinking...."If I have to become a citizen, I have to pay taxes. if i have to pay taxes, then i wont have all that extra cash to pay for a car, or a house...or to send back to Mexico." ..."so...lets march in the streets...lets wave the mexican flag...(arent you tryin to stay here? dont you might wanna think about waving the American flag?) LETS PROTEST HAVING TO ACTUALLY BE LEGAL LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. How dare they make us actually be citizens, despite the fact that THEY have to pay for our infrastructure while we are here, our entertainment, our schools for our children, our health care. we got a good thing going.We need to protest before they take all the freebies away."
All i know is this...sure would be nice if i got my full paycheck eeverytime, yet could still use everything taxes pay for.
the #29 is creeping up the standings...9th in points...of course, i just jinxed him. He will finish 34th next week.
people keep asking me where it is I work these days. Well, lets just say that I have a job. It pays me well. It is in a field that I am experienced in.
What would you think if I sang out of tune,
would you stand up and walk out on me?
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
and I'll try not to sing out of key.
ah...yes...Joe Cocker
2 comments:
You know, the thing about the paychecks and taxes and all that is that many people have fake papers to begin with and pay all the social security and payroll taxes in the world but (and this is just heresay, I haven't looked into it) they can't (or at least don't think they can) sign up for welfare or subsidized houseing or any of the other fine services available to people here legally. So they are paying into a multitude of programs that they can't take advantage of.
Of course, there are plenty of under the table jobs to which none of this applies...
well...they COULD take advantage of those services if they did what millions of other people did, and become citizens.... then they wouldnt be at the mercy of employers who pay them less because they can get away with it. I have very little sympathy for them if they refuse to mke an effort to become legal. not doing so, in most cases, seems to me to be a bltant attempt to get out of being accountable.
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