The True Meaning of Christmas

Merry Christmas! May the blessings of the season be granted to you and your family.

Elaine

Presidential Popularity Graph

This image says it all. It is a graph showing how Barack Obama's popularity rating has gone from a high of 69% to it's present day low of only 44%. And, it continues to drop. The more he pushes his Socialist agenda, the faster his popularity dwindles away. Mr. Obama! The citizens of the USA do not want your Socialist agenda. This country has fought Socialism for a very long time. We didn't want it then and we sure as heck don't want it now! Please sir, CEASE and DESIST!

What is it with politicians? Why do they feel that they KNOW better than those they are supposed to represent? We neither need nor want government to be our keeper. We want government to represent us, the people. We are their employer. We do nto answer to them, they are supposed to answer to us.

What is it that they do not understand about 56% of the American populace OPPOSES the proposed government health care plan?

What is it that they do not understand about 70% of American voters BELIEVES that the country is headed in the WRONG direction?

What is it that they do not understand about 66% of Americans favor LESS GOVERNMENT and LOWER TAXES?

Why are they spending, spending & spending even more? Why are they passing TRILLION dollar budgets, especially when the money isn't there? What is it with these people?????

Brrrrr......

Brrrrr..... Yesterday, we had the coldest day on record here at the Summerhill house since we moved here in 1993. Yesterday, for the very first time, temperatures in the early morning, i.e., 6am, were sub zero! Yeppers.... you heard me right.... SUB ZERO! Yesterday at 6:30 am, it was -10 degrees F. Today, if Weatherunderground is correct, it is much warmer at 14 F. Still brrrrr..... I wonder if this is what it's like in the winter in Alaska?

Funny thing about greyhounds....

Greyhounds are supposed to have short hair and no excess body fat. Many, if not all, greyhound owners put their dogs in coats and blankets when the weather turns cold. So, here it is steadily getting colder over the past week to reach yesterday's record low temp of -10 F with 6" of snow on the ground. Being a good owner, I put polar fleece blankets on the dogs and turn them out for the day. All day long, I'm worried over the hounds because it is absolutely bitter cold. I'm worried they'll have frostbite. I'm worried that they'll be frozen and dead. I'm just very worried about them being out in the cold! NOTE: By 5pm it warmed up to 23 F.

Anyway, I get home from work at around 5pm. I hear dogs barking in the yard. **Good! They're alive!** I dash into the house, open the glass slider to the back and, lo & behold, in come three, naked hounds. Naked? Yep, all three had gotten their blankets off and were very happily running around the back yard in low 20 degree temps. So much for trying to keep them toasty warm. So much for them being poor choices for a cold weather climate. Go figure... One would think the way these guys were acting that they were borzoi! I'm just wondering how long these guys were out in the back yard naked?