I was just passing through and wanted to say hey to all of y'all. God is so good!
Thanks, Lori :-)
The kids and I are really praying that we'll be able to see y'all. My son especially is anxious to meet his fellow club members. ;-) And thanks for passing it along.
As far as Grampa's notes being crazy- I can relate. I have often told my daughter that her job will probably be a lot like Christopher Tolkien's was if I pass on before she does. Stories in many different books, research all scattered in with notes from church and Bible college, to do lists mixed with journal entries and partially written letters... I can imagine quite well, from the way his stuff used to be scattered out that his notes were all a jumble, too.
It wouldn't matter to us if we couldn't figure them out- if we could just spend some time going through them, it would be like being near him again. After all, he was rather quiet when he was researching or studying. ;-) We'll bring my son in or call my brother when we need some corny jokes for a break.
If they can be found, as I said, I'd be more than willing to pay for a copy so if uncle or cousin has them, please pass my request along.
Thanks, ladies! You're the BEST!!! And may God BLESS you for it!! :-)
Well, I'd better get back to what I'm supposed to be doing just now.
ttfn
Rose
PS thanks, Aunt J for calling me Rosie, that was so sweet and it meant a lot to me. I'm weird, I know- but it's the little things...
xoxox
PPS
If any of you have Netflix, you can watch the movie online. It's called Jodhaa Akbar and it is a really great movie, made in India & takes place in the 1500s. If I taught humanities in college, I'd assign this movie. It would have fit right in with my last class on the subject. ;-) Just passing it along. And if anyone ever makes a movie from Eddings' Mallorean, the lead actor would be perfect for Kal Zakath.
R
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
A Request of Aunt J and Uncle M
(image of the Louvre from Yahoo! Images, 2009)Hee hee. Since I do not know anyone's email addresses and my FB acct has been shut down b/c of a persistant stalker-type (ick, and shudder), I will make my request here in the BLOG. Cool, hu?
Ok, Aunt J and Uncle M, if y'all have Grampa's old research notes, notebooks, etc, can you please make a copy of them for me and my daughter? We will be happy to pay any expenses it takes, (you just have to let me know how much) I should have enough sometime in the middle of October.
We went out to his grave today and planted some ivy like y'all used to have around the big tree in the front yard. My daughter read Psalm 2, which he requested I read to him several times the last time I saw him in hospital. And we cleaned the stone up where the birds have been at it. I thought Gramma would smile that the birds have been hanging out with Grampa. I had the opportunity to share all I knew about her with someone who thought very highly of Grampa and wanted to know about "his Rose". Lemme tell ya, that blessed me so much! And it blessed the person I was talking with, too.
Anyway, I know we would really appreciate it and would use the materials happily and with all our hearts. We want to make them proud and since we were able to spend so little time with them, this way we can get to know Grampa at least some better.
**
Well, we've been traveling all about on various field trips. We went to one wedding and I got to take the pictures for it :-). I love that look the bride and groom get- they hear the preacher, but only have eyes for eachother- that sweet tenderness that is so the picture of Christ and His bride. He will look at us that way one day! :-) We still haven't made it back to the Wolf Creek Indian Village, but we are really looking forward to going back there to experience all of the seasons on their beautiful trails.
It's been really rainy lately. I'm still waiting for the ground to dry out enough to dig my taters up. Well, the Irish used to do it in October, so maybe I shall as well. :-)
Pray for Mama. She's kinda down lately. She's too precious to feel bad like this.
And, joy of joys! We were able to visit the old church I wrote about (it's where Grampa is resting). And it was truly wonderful! What a blessing that old place is. I'm hoping that Mama and my sister in law will go with me to a gospel singing on Saturday. It ought to be fun.
God help us all to get on the same sheet of music. All His people in harmony: voices and instruments together for His glory with Him leading the symphony and choir. Let us shine a clear, true light for Him in these dark days.
Again I recommend http://www.livingwaters.com for every single Christian. Listen to "Hell's Best Kept Secret". You will not regret it. And God please protect and keep your people Israel, wherever in the world they are.
Apparently some Turkish Muslim is helping the Sanhedrin try to get the Temple built along on the mount with the Mosque. The Muslims are supposed to have a prophecy that their Great Caliph will make himself known from the Jewish Temple. And this well respected Turkish author is trying to show the naysayers that it's necessary to build the temple. Interesting. I do want the Israelis to be able to have their temple again. I do not understand what the problem is- it's their country! Let the "international community" go pound sand.
Well, God bless you, dear readers. And Aunt J and Uncle M, (or Lori- can you pass it along?) thanks ahead of time. And Uncle M- congrats on your great big church!! Praise God!!!! I'm so glad for you, my dear one. Please give Aunt S a big hug from us. The kids still have their beanie babies and still love them. God willing we'll be able to take a trip and see all of y'all. Pray for us because we miss you a great deal. Cool beans- maybe we can see Lori and her adorable young'uns, too- and Beck, and... Oh, Lord- make it possible!!
God is so unbelievably good! May He use us to share the good news with others every day. How can we keep it to ourselves? God bless all of His preachers and faithful ones, and draw back to Himself those who have strayed. In Jesus' Name.
ttfn
:-)
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Not Leaving at Present
(Image sent to me in an email. I have no idea where it is, but it sure is purty!)So, I decided not to drop out of the blog for now. I may start a new one, and Lori- I will let you know for sure if I do, but I'll probably keep this generic one going all the same ;-)
So, it's been really CRAZY days this month. We have run into all sorts of people we haven't seen in absolute years and it's been wonderful. September and May always fly by, but this has been faster than usual. But, back to the undisclosed people we've been running into- it has been amazing to see what the Lord has done in the lives of these people. Please keep praying for Virginia. The people are waking up and finding that they need God and have no idea where to find Him. And some are finding Him anyway, through a tract that someone gave them or a Bible that was given to them. We need good churches planted here, or real, dedicated pastors to fill the empty pulpits (so many of our churches are on a circuit with only one meeting or two a month)- not exactly good ground for seekers. But, God is faithful and all who seek Him will find Him if they search with all their hearts. If I could find Him, anyone can.
We've not gotten on the trail very often so far, there's been a shortage of time. But, we hope to go again soon- it's so beautiful! I'll try to post some pics of it when I get my film developed. (I still can't find my digital camera, but it stinks in quality anyway. Any little movement and it's blurry- no good for me, that.)
About the comeuppance people.
I know the best thing is for them to be saved. Believe me, I do pray for all the badguys to get saved. It's just better. But if they will not let go of their pride long enough to get saved, I pray that their schemes will at least be thwarted. Sometimes they just get to me- I despise people who prey on others and injustice really sticks in my craw (heehee), and I have to comfort myself by remembering that God did promise a payday for all those who do such things. Perhaps this blog was not the place to do said comforting, but hey- maybe they get to y'all sometimes, too. Maybe you needed to know that evil will not always win, it's already lost- just hasn't hit the sentencing date yet. I'll try to keep those types of posts to a minimum (and I really need to stay out of the news as much as is feasible).
Well, I reckon I'd best get back to studying. I still have much to do to finish up my papers for the class I'm in before the next two begin (I have a 3 week overlap, eesh!). God bless His people with protection and grace to make it through as unscathed as possible, and may He draw us all closer to Him and to eachother.
Blessings!!
Monday, September 14, 2009
Nasty little men like you...
(Image from Yahoo! Images, 2009)."Nasty little men like you always get their comeuppance."
"Always?"
"Always."
(From The Mummy)
This is a message for the Christians. You know those folks who like to go on and on about how pious they are while they hunt down all the people that Jesus called blessed in the Sermon on the Mount? Well, Jesus had words for those people. See, they are not content to live their lives, they have this insatiable lust to control and destroy the lives of others. Dickens was good at writing characters like that. Back to Jesus. He said that these oh so righteous people (righteous in their own eyes) would one day stand before Him in judgement. Righteous judgement. Where the judge cannot be bought off or bribed in any way. These "great leaders" will stand before Him demanding entrance to Heaven. Their pride is so immense that they question the Lord's response and are still thinking to pull one over on their Creator. You know what He will say to every last one of them?
"Depart from me, ye worker of iniquity. I know you not."
So, be comforted. That person/people who seem to have nothing better to do than slander others and tear people down; that person who seeks out the meek and poor in spirit to ruin their lives; that person who looks at people like they are playthings to be abused and cast aside- even if in this world they seem to prosper-
ONE DAY THEY WILL GET THEIR COMEUPPANCE.
Tonight I pray, dearest Lord, that you will protect your people from the evil in this world. That you will cause all the evil schemes of the enemies of your people to backfire and be exposed. I pray that you will catch them in the snares they have laid and pits they have dug for your people. There is so much trouble in the world right now, please be a refuge to your people in these times of trouble. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
ttfn
This may be Farewell
Well, I really, really hate to do this. But it might just be farewell. I may begin a new blog somewhere else in the blogosphere. (Oh, the pic is courtesy of Project Gutenberg, 2009). I wish I had this piece of music!
Anyway, while I'm undecided, I won't take it offline. I reckon I need to pray about it a bit more.
In the meanwhile, I wish all of our readers well. God can. Never forget that.
j
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
One of Reagan's Speeches
This one is all his. Courtesy of Glen Beck's site. It's a great one from Former President Ronald Reagan. Have a great day, y'all. ;-)
REAGAN: Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American people would never vote for socialism. But he said under the name of liberalism the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program.
There are many ways in which our government has invaded the precincts of private citizens, the method of earning a living. But at the moment I'd like to talk about another way because this trip is with us and at the moment is more imminent. One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It’s very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project. Most people are a little reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people who possibly can't afford it.
Now, the American people, if you put it to them about socialized medicine and gave them a chance to choose, would unhesitatingly vote against it. We had an example of this. Under the Truman administration it was proposed that we have a compulsory health insurance program for all people in the United States, and, of course, the American people unhesitatingly rejected this.
So with the American people on record as not wanting socialized medicine, Congressman Ferrand said, if we can only break through and get our foot inside the door, they can we can expand the program after that.
Well, let's see what the socialists themselves had to say about it.
They say once the Ferrand bill is passed, this nation will be provided with a mechanism for socialized medicine capable of indefinite expansion in every direction until it includes the entire population. Well, we can't say we haven't been warned.
James Madison in 1788, speaking to the Virginia Convention said: “Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
Now in our country under our free enterprise system, we have seen medicine reach the greatest heights that it has in any country in the world. Today, the relationship between patient and doctor in this country is something to be envied any place. The privacy, the care that is given to a person, the right to chose a doctor, the right to go from one doctor to the other.
But let’s also look from the other side, at the freedom the doctor loses. A doctor would be reluctant to say this. Well, like you, I am only a patient, so I can say it in his behalf. The doctor begins to lose freedoms; it’s like telling a lie, and one leads to another. First you decide that the doctor can have so many patients. They are equally divided among the various doctors by the government.
But then the doctors aren’t equally divided geographically, so a doctor decides he wants to practice in one town and the government has to say to him you can’t live in that town, they already have enough doctors. You have to go someplace else. And from here it is only a short step to dictating where he will go.
This is a freedom that I wonder whether any of us have the right to take from any human being.
In this country of ours, took place the greatest revolution that has ever taken place in world’s history. The only true revolution. Every other revolution simply exchanged one set of rulers for another.
But here for the first time in all the thousands of years of man’s relation to man, a little group of the men, the founding fathers for the first time – established the idea that you and I had within ourselves the God given right and ability to determine our own destiny. This freedom was built into our government with safeguards.
We talk democracy today. And strangely we let democracy begin to assume the aspect of majority rule is all that is needed. Well, majority rule is a fine aspect of democracy, provided there are guarantees written in to our government concerning the rights of the individual and of the minorities.
What can we do about this? Well, you and I can do a great deal. We can say right now that we want no further encroachment on these individual liberties and freedoms and that you demand the continuation of our traditional free enterprise system.
You and I can do this. The only way we can do it is by writing to our congressmen, even if we believe that he's on our side to begin with, write to strengthen his hand. Write those letters now. Call your friends and tell them to write. If you don't, this program, I promise you, will pass just as surely as the sun will come up tomorrow.
And behind it will come other federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have known it in this country... until one day as Norman Thomas said, we will awake to find that we have socialism. And if you don't do this and if I don't do it, one of these days you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it once was like in America when men were free.
REAGAN: Now back in 1927 an American socialist, Norman Thomas, six times candidate for president on the Socialist Party ticket, said the American people would never vote for socialism. But he said under the name of liberalism the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program.
There are many ways in which our government has invaded the precincts of private citizens, the method of earning a living. But at the moment I'd like to talk about another way because this trip is with us and at the moment is more imminent. One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It’s very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project. Most people are a little reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people who possibly can't afford it.
Now, the American people, if you put it to them about socialized medicine and gave them a chance to choose, would unhesitatingly vote against it. We had an example of this. Under the Truman administration it was proposed that we have a compulsory health insurance program for all people in the United States, and, of course, the American people unhesitatingly rejected this.
So with the American people on record as not wanting socialized medicine, Congressman Ferrand said, if we can only break through and get our foot inside the door, they can we can expand the program after that.
Well, let's see what the socialists themselves had to say about it.
They say once the Ferrand bill is passed, this nation will be provided with a mechanism for socialized medicine capable of indefinite expansion in every direction until it includes the entire population. Well, we can't say we haven't been warned.
James Madison in 1788, speaking to the Virginia Convention said: “Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
Now in our country under our free enterprise system, we have seen medicine reach the greatest heights that it has in any country in the world. Today, the relationship between patient and doctor in this country is something to be envied any place. The privacy, the care that is given to a person, the right to chose a doctor, the right to go from one doctor to the other.
But let’s also look from the other side, at the freedom the doctor loses. A doctor would be reluctant to say this. Well, like you, I am only a patient, so I can say it in his behalf. The doctor begins to lose freedoms; it’s like telling a lie, and one leads to another. First you decide that the doctor can have so many patients. They are equally divided among the various doctors by the government.
But then the doctors aren’t equally divided geographically, so a doctor decides he wants to practice in one town and the government has to say to him you can’t live in that town, they already have enough doctors. You have to go someplace else. And from here it is only a short step to dictating where he will go.
This is a freedom that I wonder whether any of us have the right to take from any human being.
In this country of ours, took place the greatest revolution that has ever taken place in world’s history. The only true revolution. Every other revolution simply exchanged one set of rulers for another.
But here for the first time in all the thousands of years of man’s relation to man, a little group of the men, the founding fathers for the first time – established the idea that you and I had within ourselves the God given right and ability to determine our own destiny. This freedom was built into our government with safeguards.
We talk democracy today. And strangely we let democracy begin to assume the aspect of majority rule is all that is needed. Well, majority rule is a fine aspect of democracy, provided there are guarantees written in to our government concerning the rights of the individual and of the minorities.
What can we do about this? Well, you and I can do a great deal. We can say right now that we want no further encroachment on these individual liberties and freedoms and that you demand the continuation of our traditional free enterprise system.
You and I can do this. The only way we can do it is by writing to our congressmen, even if we believe that he's on our side to begin with, write to strengthen his hand. Write those letters now. Call your friends and tell them to write. If you don't, this program, I promise you, will pass just as surely as the sun will come up tomorrow.
And behind it will come other federal programs that will invade every area of freedom as we have known it in this country... until one day as Norman Thomas said, we will awake to find that we have socialism. And if you don't do this and if I don't do it, one of these days you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it once was like in America when men were free.
Just a real quick suggestion
(Picture is Delauney's Plague of Rome courtesy of the ARC)
Ok, I seriously think that when Australians, British, New Zealanders, etc. do movies and shows that they should keep their accents! I mean really, I noticed that in one of the Beowulf movies that the folks were all talking like they were from the Middle Atlantic region of the US- um, that accent didn't exist back then. Also in fantasy it really wrecks the illusion of long ago and far away to hear everyone talking like they're from Delaware. Guys, we like different accents. What's this all about? Is there some nerd in the entertainment industry dictating that one, tired accent for all the world? Can you imagine how lame Zorro would have been had Banderas spoken like he was from Pennslyvania?
Why does everyone have to sound like they bought the same cloned accent from the local Walmart? Is it some weird conspiracy to make Pennsylvanians and Southern Californians feel unity? Individuality, dialects, accents- they are wonderful things! Can you imagine Gimli talking like he was from South Jersey? Or Gandalf from Upstate NY?
I first noticed this trend in the 90s with Hercules and Zena (I know..) This was supposed to be ancient Greece, the actors were from Australia or New Zealand, yet they spoke like they were from my uncle's neighborhood in South Jersey. Old British sounding accents would have been so much better. Again with the LOTR references, going by this theory, would the orcs sound like they were from the Bronx or would they be southerners (since they were bad-guys and kinda stupid- the acceptable American stereotypes)? Hiss.
The Legend of the Seeker- another absolutely GREAT show- but only the bad guy shows his accent. The show would just seem more at home with the British rather than the Mid-Atlantic accents. It's medieval times, for pity's sake! There was no Pennsylvania back then!
I remember reading a BLOG a year or so ago- a British one. This person was fussing about the same thing- that over there it seemed like there was only the London accent in shows and movies. We've been told to "celebrate our diversity" but it seems the only one taking this seriously is the Disney Channel. And with them it's the "Pass the Plate" and the other one with the kids and their parents during commercial breaks- all their shows have the same tired accent, too, except maybe Hannah Montana (no comment).
And hearing people of color sound like white guys from Dover, Del. is just disturbing. Am I just weird? (don't answer that) I just can't figure out why anyone would want everyone to sound exactly the same. A common language is nice and easy to follow, but people are not so stupid to not be able to figure out what "mate" and "y'all" mean. Or to be able to figure out a different pronunciation- if so, they just really need to get out more.
And if we are going to create a clone accent that everyone must needs speak like, could it not be London's? It sounds so much classier than the flat, bland American Northeast (and California, apparently).
Along these same lines, since when was Colorado pronounced with a yucky short a instead of the ah? Ditto for Nevada. And while I'm at it, I think that the East Indians sound much nicer when the Brits have taught them English, the M-A American sounds wrong with them somehow. And speaking of Indians, first, I will say that I wrote my congresspeople about not passing any bills that would hurt them, since well, duh- all that National Forest land that nobody can access, ought to be theirs, not the UN's. And also, things really ought to be made right with them, not breaking treaties by the US Gov again. But, how did these Native Americans from out West end up speaking like they were from Delaware? Did the gov insist that as well as speaking English that they had to speak it like they were from the Mid-Atlantic?
Again, I'll say, things need to be made right with the Native Americans, or Indians (as the ones I've met here prefer to be called). The Aussies did it with the Aboriginals, they put it to a vote and 90% od the people voted to make it right. We ought to do the same, really. Give them back their tribal lands, since NOBODY's on them anyway!!! How lame is it to keep it from them and just let it be waste?
If there is something that needs to be righted that was wrong, make it right. We did reparations for slavery, but the Amerindians are still being treated like the skeleton in the closet, the shameful secret that nobody wants to talk about or admit. Seriously, maybe if we write our congresspeople, it would happen. Then they wouldn't have to be on reservations or running casinos. It's gone on too long- did you know that even in the 1960s the Indians were being run off their land? That they were denied their traditions (and I ain't talkin 'bout peyote) and were not allowed to speak their language? How retarded is that? And they were actually being sterilized! Is this America or Red China? Well... now, there's a question these days. But, anyway, whether wrongs were done on whatever side of whatever issues, those folks who did the wrongs are long in the ground (except for the more recent issues of cultural prejudice), so let's just make things right and be a great nation once again.
If in our personal lives we need to make something right, we really should. It starts at home. And finally, if you have an accent, speak with it! There's nothing to be ashamed of. They preached diversity to us in the media for years, let's give it to 'em! Speak proudly. Break those pesky stereotypes. (All Itallians are not in the Mob, nor are all Russian men). And, yes, even you flat, nasal mid-atlantic-ers. Let's just be who we are and enjoy the uniqueness of our world and her cultures. Let's just say no to being clones!!! No need to feel threatened by an accent, is there? C'mon, now- really.
God Save America :-)
Rose
Ok, I seriously think that when Australians, British, New Zealanders, etc. do movies and shows that they should keep their accents! I mean really, I noticed that in one of the Beowulf movies that the folks were all talking like they were from the Middle Atlantic region of the US- um, that accent didn't exist back then. Also in fantasy it really wrecks the illusion of long ago and far away to hear everyone talking like they're from Delaware. Guys, we like different accents. What's this all about? Is there some nerd in the entertainment industry dictating that one, tired accent for all the world? Can you imagine how lame Zorro would have been had Banderas spoken like he was from Pennslyvania?
Why does everyone have to sound like they bought the same cloned accent from the local Walmart? Is it some weird conspiracy to make Pennsylvanians and Southern Californians feel unity? Individuality, dialects, accents- they are wonderful things! Can you imagine Gimli talking like he was from South Jersey? Or Gandalf from Upstate NY?
I first noticed this trend in the 90s with Hercules and Zena (I know..) This was supposed to be ancient Greece, the actors were from Australia or New Zealand, yet they spoke like they were from my uncle's neighborhood in South Jersey. Old British sounding accents would have been so much better. Again with the LOTR references, going by this theory, would the orcs sound like they were from the Bronx or would they be southerners (since they were bad-guys and kinda stupid- the acceptable American stereotypes)? Hiss.
The Legend of the Seeker- another absolutely GREAT show- but only the bad guy shows his accent. The show would just seem more at home with the British rather than the Mid-Atlantic accents. It's medieval times, for pity's sake! There was no Pennsylvania back then!
I remember reading a BLOG a year or so ago- a British one. This person was fussing about the same thing- that over there it seemed like there was only the London accent in shows and movies. We've been told to "celebrate our diversity" but it seems the only one taking this seriously is the Disney Channel. And with them it's the "Pass the Plate" and the other one with the kids and their parents during commercial breaks- all their shows have the same tired accent, too, except maybe Hannah Montana (no comment).
And hearing people of color sound like white guys from Dover, Del. is just disturbing. Am I just weird? (don't answer that) I just can't figure out why anyone would want everyone to sound exactly the same. A common language is nice and easy to follow, but people are not so stupid to not be able to figure out what "mate" and "y'all" mean. Or to be able to figure out a different pronunciation- if so, they just really need to get out more.
And if we are going to create a clone accent that everyone must needs speak like, could it not be London's? It sounds so much classier than the flat, bland American Northeast (and California, apparently).
Along these same lines, since when was Colorado pronounced with a yucky short a instead of the ah? Ditto for Nevada. And while I'm at it, I think that the East Indians sound much nicer when the Brits have taught them English, the M-A American sounds wrong with them somehow. And speaking of Indians, first, I will say that I wrote my congresspeople about not passing any bills that would hurt them, since well, duh- all that National Forest land that nobody can access, ought to be theirs, not the UN's. And also, things really ought to be made right with them, not breaking treaties by the US Gov again. But, how did these Native Americans from out West end up speaking like they were from Delaware? Did the gov insist that as well as speaking English that they had to speak it like they were from the Mid-Atlantic?
Again, I'll say, things need to be made right with the Native Americans, or Indians (as the ones I've met here prefer to be called). The Aussies did it with the Aboriginals, they put it to a vote and 90% od the people voted to make it right. We ought to do the same, really. Give them back their tribal lands, since NOBODY's on them anyway!!! How lame is it to keep it from them and just let it be waste?
If there is something that needs to be righted that was wrong, make it right. We did reparations for slavery, but the Amerindians are still being treated like the skeleton in the closet, the shameful secret that nobody wants to talk about or admit. Seriously, maybe if we write our congresspeople, it would happen. Then they wouldn't have to be on reservations or running casinos. It's gone on too long- did you know that even in the 1960s the Indians were being run off their land? That they were denied their traditions (and I ain't talkin 'bout peyote) and were not allowed to speak their language? How retarded is that? And they were actually being sterilized! Is this America or Red China? Well... now, there's a question these days. But, anyway, whether wrongs were done on whatever side of whatever issues, those folks who did the wrongs are long in the ground (except for the more recent issues of cultural prejudice), so let's just make things right and be a great nation once again.
If in our personal lives we need to make something right, we really should. It starts at home. And finally, if you have an accent, speak with it! There's nothing to be ashamed of. They preached diversity to us in the media for years, let's give it to 'em! Speak proudly. Break those pesky stereotypes. (All Itallians are not in the Mob, nor are all Russian men). And, yes, even you flat, nasal mid-atlantic-ers. Let's just be who we are and enjoy the uniqueness of our world and her cultures. Let's just say no to being clones!!! No need to feel threatened by an accent, is there? C'mon, now- really.
God Save America :-)
Rose
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