Just because bad things are coming and bad things exist in the world, should we dwell upon them? I find such personalities insufferable and bad company. But perhaps I'm a big fat sinner to desire to spend time in the presense of intelligent optimists who seem to have realworld solutions...
(please excuse the false dichotomy, if you detect one)
--Ray
-- Edited by rayb at 09:58, 2007-06-06
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I'm not slow; I'm special. (Don't take it personally, everyone finds me offensive. Yet somehow I manage to live with myself.)
I don't like hanging around negative folks or pessimists. They always reminded me of that weenie in the Aliens movie who kept say, "Game over man, game over. We're all gonna die." I prefer to fight and have hope and faith in victory and the goodness of most folks to do the right thing.
I definitely think that we should have a lot of hope. The only way to get through the problems in the world today is to have hope that the Lord is on our side and we will win. A defeatist attitude means that you are helping your enemy accomplish his goal for you. Before tackling any problem, we need to believe that the Lord will help us and that ultimately we will win.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
When I think things are going bad and all is doom and gloom I like to think of the British during WWII who endured the Blitz and daily fear of defeat and subjugation to Nazi Germany. I remember the words of Churchill and how they never gave up. Their lot was much darker than ours today and yet they fought on and had hope for a brighter and better tomorrow.
Just because bad things are coming and bad things exist in the world, should we dwell upon them? I find such personalities insufferable and bad company. But perhaps I'm a big fat sinner to desire to spend time in the presense of intelligent optimists who seem to have realworld solutions...
(please excuse the false dichotomy, if you detect one)
I think Pres. Hinckley is a good example. More than any other living person, he probably comprehends the evil and atrocities with which Satan and his followers ravage the world. And yet, Pres. Hinckley unfailingly exhibits hope and joy.
The Lord commands us to be of good cheer. The Lord commands us to fear not. But I don't think ignorance is the Lord's recommended way to get there--I think it's faith.
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I grew up in Washington state and am a fan of the sports teams. Sports teams in Seattle have traditionally performed poorly and collapsed in big games. My dad has 33 more years of disappointment than I do, which has translated into an overwhelming pessimism while watching Seattle sports and has made watching games with him excruciating. I want to have a little bit of hope, even if history says otherwise.
This is an odd part of his personality, because he is otherwise an optimistic and pleasant person.
I think the world's collective goose is already well cooked, but I still plant my cherry trees.
There is always going to be some pessimism, melancholy, heck I am sure Pres. Hinkley gets it when looking at the state of affairs in the world, but we have a brighter hope. I can't imagine how I would feel if I did not have a knowledge of a brighter day to come, and after this life.
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Lo, there I see my mother, my sisters, my brothers Lo, there I see the line of my people back to the beginning Lo, they call to me, they bid me take my place among them In the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live...forever
John 14: 27 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
I like this verse because I think we get trapped into thinking the Lord's peace is the same as the world's peace. We'll be happy once the terrorists are gone... We'll be happy when there's no war... That's just not the deal.
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Life is tough but it's tougher if you're stupid. -John Wayne
First the bad news. Revelations 13:1-10 tells of a period of 1/2 hour ( 21 years I reckon) during which there will be 2 monumental dictatorships. The first one is identified by a beast that "rises out of the sea". I have heard both Hartman Recktor and W. Cleon Skousen suggest that was probably the North Atlantic Treaty, which sound right to me. That was the organization that fought WW2, then developed into the United Nations, which is now gradually taking over more and more power, the new world order. So Im watching the new world order very carefully. I believe that was what President Benson was warning us about in the October 1988 Conference. These are all conclusions on my part, but they fit. So Im watching the new world order. Will it fulfill Johns prophecy? He says it will gradually accumulate power to the point where it dominates the whole world. According to John it will "make war with the saints" and "overcome them" with power "over all kindreds, tongues, and nations", until it is wiped out. So it probably will get worse for a while.
Then the good news. As the scriptures and prophets tell us, great things are right up there in the offing.
Come on, ray! This is good stuff! Can you imagine how things will go if the Church as we know it ceases to exist? Doesn't that just get the mental juices flowing?? Pass the lil' smokies, wouldja?
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Life is tough but it's tougher if you're stupid. -John Wayne
Lime jello with shredded carrots is not true, and I am free of it!
Sorry, jello with anything in it is (other than the mid-layer filling in ribbon salad) is an abomination before just about anyone with a bit of swivilized taste.
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
Jello with stuff on it is one thing. Jello with stuff incorporated into it's matrix is just not natural. More of that RS toddler emotional trauma stuff I guess.
We here in the east eat jello properly, not with all that nasty stuff all y'alls out west put in it.
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
Or that one salad with jello, cottage cheese, cheddar cheese, whipped cream, various and sundry??
(Although my favorite thing to do with Jello is make slush...jello, koolaid, water, pineapple juice mixed and frozen...add 7up and stick in blender. Mmmm.)
Oh, my gosh, my mom would pack her jell-o so full of stuff-- cream cheese, slivered almonds, 6 kinds of fruit, more cheese, you might find a little marble-sized amount of jell-o once every 3 or 4 bites!
Jell-o slush?? Hmm... sounds like a potential drink for the little ones with birthdays in the summer! What kind of Jell-o, or does it really matter?
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We use cherry. It works best if you match the slush and koolaid flavors, but it would probably work with other types. (I wouldn't go blue raspberry or something weird with the pineapple juice, but ymmv...) Hang on, I'll look up my recipe...
You been sitting there waiting all this time? Well, lessee...
4 c. sugar 11 c. water, divided 1- 3oz. package of Jell-o 2 packages Kool-aid juice from 2 lemons (Hahaha, like you're gonna use real lemons - about 1/3 c.) 46 oz. pineapple juice (It comes in a big can, or you can mix up frozen) 1 quart ginger ale or 7up (I use the whole 2 liters, but YMMV)
Boil sugar with 4 cups water. Remove from heat and add Jell-o and Kool-aid. Stir until disolved. Add lemon and pineapple juice with remaining 7 cups water. Freeze (in something you can chisel stuff out of). Just before serving, chop up and add soda. Whip with an electric mixer or a blender.
How often at night when the heavens are bright With the light of the glittering stars... Have I stood there amazed and asked as I gazed If their glory exceeds that of ours...
Home, home on the range... Where the deer and the antelope play... Where seldom is heard A discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day...
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The stars at night - are big and bright Deep in the heart of texas. The prairie sky - is wide and high Deep in the heart of texas. The sage in bloom - is like perfume Deep in the heart of texas. Reminds me of - the one I love Deep in the heart of texas. The cowboys cry - ki-yip-pie-yi Deep in the heart of texas. The rabbits rush - around the brush Deep in the heart of texas. The coyotes wail - along the trail Deep in the heart of texas. The doggies bawl - and bawl and bawl Deep in the heart of texas.
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Out in the West Texas town of El Paso I fell in love with a Mexican girl Nighttime would find me in Rosa's cantina Music would play and Felina would whirl
Blacker than night were the eyes of Felina Wicked and evil while casting a spell My love was deep for this Mexican maiden I was in love, but in vain I could tell
One night a wild young cowboy came in Wild as the West Texas wind Dashing and daring, a drink he was sharing With wicked Felina, the girl that I loved
So in anger I challenged his right for the love of this maiden Down went his hand for the gun that he wore My challenge was answered in less than a heartbeat The handsome young stranger lay dead on the floor
Just for a moment I stood there In silence Shocked by the foul evil deed I had done Many thoughts raced through my mind as I stood there I had but one chance and that was to run
Out through the back door of Rosa's I ran Out where the horses were tied I caught a good one, it looked like it could run Up on its back and away I did ride Just as fast as I could from the West Texas town of El Paso Out to the badlands of New Mexico
Back in El Paso my life would be worthless Everything's gone; in life nothing is left It's been so long since I've seen the young maiden My love is stronger than my fear of death
I saddled up and away I did go Riding alone in the dark Maybe tomorrow a bullet will find me Tonight nothing's worse than this pain in my heart And at last here I am on the hill overlooking El Paso I can see Rosa's Cantina below My love is strong and it pushes me onward Down off the hill to Felina I go
It's a great song. I like it because it sounds like a good cowboy song and it tells a story that's interesting. I always thought that he could do better than the wicked Felina.
My parents luuuuuuved that song and my mom would holler out this harmony in the car... 8-track tapes way back when... I always thought the guy himself died! Wait a minute- lemme read those words again...
Okay, I've had the story wrong all the way until this very moment. He killed another guy and now he's going BACK for the stripper??? I mean, the whirler? Wow, this guy's got it bad. Marty Robbins
I may request that this is played at my funeral--
An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw A-plowing through the ragged sky and up the cloudy draw
Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky For he saw the Riders coming hard and he heard their mournful cry
Yippie yi Ohhhhh Yippie yi yaaaaay Ghost Riders in the sky
Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat He's riding hard to catch that herd, but he ain't caught 'em yet 'Cause they've got to ride forever on that range up in the sky On horses snorting fire As they ride on hear their cry
As the riders loped on by him he heard one call his name If you want to save your soul from Hell a-riding on our range Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride Trying to catch the Devil's herd, across these endless skies
Yippie yi Ohhhhh Yippie yi Yaaaaay
Ghost Riders in the sky Ghost Riders in the sky Ghost Riders in the sky
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Life is tough but it's tougher if you're stupid. -John Wayne
No it didn't... things just changed to talking about things that were as bad as hell... jello with shredded stuff in it.
Now, the singing of the western cowboy type songs is just a way of dealing with pessimism... and nasty corrupted jello molds by RS cookbooks and the women who create them...
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
