Freedom Creates Happiness

Here I go again. I am talking about freedom......again. It is so important to have freedom. Freedom opens doors. It allows for invention, innovation, improvement, new experiences and good times. It allows business to thrive and for people to pursue their aspirations. Freedom creates happiness. Charles Alan Murray stated it pretty clearly. "We believe that human happiness requires freedom and that freedom requires limited government." (Charles Alan Murray)

Happiness, Freedom, Peace of Mind

I am totally convinced that selfishness deprives one of being a happy person. To be able to do something for someone else that brings them happiness, freedom and peace of mind is a reward in itself. The following quote reflects this point of view. "There is a mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life: happiness, freedom, and peace of mind are always attained by giving them to someone else." Peyton Conway March (1864-1955) US Army General of WWI

Welcome 2014

It is going to be a great year. Just you wait. It will be a great year if we make it a great year. "Stand up for right, join in the fight, be a soldier for righteousness." Have a good time. Work hard and smart. Study. Pray. Get some exercise. Have some fun. Be good to your family. If it is obvious to you that you need to burn a bridge, go ahead and burn it. If it is obvious to you that you need to rebuild or build a bridge, go ahead and do it. Talk to people. Share the good news. Don't keep it to yourself. Don't be afraid of anyone. Tell them about the hope that dwells inside of you. Have a good time. Celebrate! It is party time! So.....where is the party? In your heart man, in your heart!

SUHI...CIF CHAMPS!

The Sweetwater Red Devil Varsity football team did it. They actually did it. They won CIF! They beat Monte Vista High School 7 to 0 for the Division 4 CIF Championship at Mesa College Stadium on December 7, 2013. What a game it was!

Rest In Peace.....Rudy Hernandez

He was a hero of the Korean War, a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. The son of migrant farm workers who could not find a job, joined the Army at the age of 17. He became a paratrooper. He was a member of Company G of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team. His unit was attacked by artillery about 2 a.m. on May 31, 1951. Hernandez, single-handedly carried out a bayonet assault on the enemy. Although severely wounded, he fixed his bayonet to his damaged, useless rifle, threw six grenades at the North Koreans, then charged out of his foxhole, shouting, "Here I come!" Hernandez stabbed six enemy soldiers to death with his bayonet. His one-man assault caused the North Koreans to retreat and allowed his Army unit time to regroup and launch a counterattack. He was injured all over his body from grenades, bullets and artillery shrapnel. He collapsed on the battlefield. His body was found the next morning, bloody and muddy, surrounded by the corpses of the enemy troops he had killed. He had bayonet wounds in his back and through his lower lip. He had lost most of his front teeth. He appeared to be lifeless there on the ground. Then a medic noticed some movement in his hands. He was evacuated. He did not regain consciousness for a month. He was presented the Medal of Honor by President Harry Truman in the White House Rose Garden on April 12, 1952. I, personally do not take Corporal Hernandez' actions lightly. He is a true war hero. He is among the valiant. He passed away 7 days ago, in Fayetteville, NC. He was 82. Rest in peace, Rudy. (most of the above information was taken from a Washington Post article written by Matt Schudel. It later appeared in the Union Tribune San Diego)

Yes......People Disagree

People disagree all the time. Am I obligated to agree with every lifestyle? No. However, I refuse to be unkind. I refuse to call people rude names. Some people are wordsmiths. Some people have high level formal educations with advanced degrees, however, they tend to explode if someone refuses to agree with them. They demonstrate an arrogance that screams out: "How dare you disagree with me, don't you know that I am sophisticated and you are not? Don't you know that I am educated and you are not? Don't you know that the time has come to be tolerant?" (except I don't need to be tolerant, only you need to be)

"Family Planning" Is An Oxymoron

Family planning is a "buzz term" for abortion. "Family planning" is not really about family planning. It is about ending the lives of the unborn. Due to the fact that killing babies is detestable and grotesque business, it is not in the best interests of those providing this "service" to be honest about what they are doing. The term "family planning" does not even reach the label of being a euphemism, because at least a euphemism has a similarity. Abortion is family destruction, not family planning. This is why "family planning" is an oxymoron. Is not a baby born into a family? How can it be born into a family if it is not even given a chance to be born.