86%

THIS ONE IS A SENDER     

This is by a daughter of a murdered couple in Raytown, MO, who had a 
Bible and Bookstore on 63rd street.

She says: When I had to testify at the murder trial of my parents a 
Week ago, I was asked to raise my right hand ... The bailiff started 
Out "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but 
The truth?"

I stood there and waited but she said nothing She said "Do you?"

I was so stunned I blurted out "What happened to "so help me God?"

She came back with "Do you?"

I replied yes, but I was perplexed.

Then the judge said. "You can say that if you want to."

I stopped, raised my right hand, and finished with: "So help me God!"

I told my son and daughter that when it came time for them to testify, they should do the same.

I don't know what can be done about it, but it's time for us to step up  and DO something.

NBC this morning had a poll on this question. They had the highest  number of responses that they have ever had for one of their polls,  and the percentage was the same as this: 

86% to keep the words,  14% against...

That is a pretty 'commanding' public response.

I was asked to send this on if I agreed ....

Or delete if I didn't.

Now it is your turn. It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God.

Therefore, I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a 
Mess about having  "In God We Trust"  on our money and having God in 
The Pledge of Allegiance.

Why is America-- our nation -- catering to this 14%?      Yes, why??  

If you agree, pass this on, if not, simply delete ....

In God We Trust If You Choose To Delete 
Perhaps Then You Are Part Of The Problem

Me? I'm Passing It On. 
It seems to get worse daily.

AGREE OR DELETE 
(although I pray that you will forward this...)  

Our Generation

No matter what our kids
And the new generation think about us,

WE ARE AWESOME !!!    
OUR Lives are LIVING PROOF !!!    


To Those of Us Born        
1925 - 1970           :    

At the end
Of this email is a quote of the month by Jay Leno. If you don't read anything else,
Please        
Read what he
Said.    


Very well stated,
Mr. Leno.    
~~~~~~~~~    
TO ALL THE
KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE    
1930s, '40s, '50s,
'60s and '70s!!


First, we survived
Being born to mothers who may have smoked and/or drank    
While they were
Pregnant.    


They took aspirin,
Ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.    


Then, after that
Trauma, we were    
Put to sleep
On our tummies    
In baby cribs
Covered    
With bright colored
Lead-based paints.    


We had no
Childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets,    
And, when we
Rode our bikes,    
We had baseball
Caps,    
Not helmets, on
Our heads.    




As infants and
Children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts,
No air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes..    




Riding in the
Back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.    


We drank water
From the garden hose and not from a bottle.    




We shared one
Soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.    




We ate cupcakes,
White bread, real butter, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And we weren't overweight.
WHY?    


Because we were
Always outside playing...that's why!    


We would leave
Home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights
Came on.    
No one was
Able to reach us all day.    
--And, we were
OKAY.    




We would spend
Hours building    
Our go-carts out
Of scraps    
And then ride
Them down the hill,    
Only to find
Out we forgot the brakes.. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned
To solve the problem..    




We did not
Have Play Stations, Nintendo’s and X-boxes. There were    
No video games,
No 150 channels on cable,    
No video movies
Or DVDs,    
No surround-sound or
CDs,    
No cell phones,    
No personal computers,    
No Internet and
No chat rooms.    




WE HAD FRIENDS    
And we went
Outside and found them!    


We fell out
Of trees, got cut,    
Broke bones and
Teeth,    
And there were
No lawsuits    
From those accidents.

  

We would get
Spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand,
And no one would call child services to report abuse.    



We ate worms,
And mud pies    
Made from dirt,
And    
The worms did
Not live in us forever.    

  

We were given
BB guns for our 10th birthdays, 22 rifles for our 12th, rode horses, made up games with sticks and tennis balls, and

-although we were
Told it would happen- we did not put out very many eyes.    


We rode bikes
Or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just
Walked in and talked to them.    




Little League had
Tryouts    
And not everyone
Made the team.    
Those who didn't
Had to learn    
To deal with
Disappointment.    


Imagine that!!        




The idea of a parent bailing
Us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!




These generations have
Produced some of the best           risk-takers,    
Problem solvers, and
Inventors ever.    


The past 50
To 85 years have seen an explosion of innovation and new ideas..    


We had freedom,
Failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.    




If YOU are
One of those born    
Between 1925-1970   , CONGRATULATIONS!        


You might want
To share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids before the lawyers
and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.    


While you are
at it, forward it to your kids, so they will know how brave and lucky their parents
were.    


Kind of makes
you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it ?    
~~~~~~~    
The quote of
the month
by    
Jay Leno:    

"With hurricanes, tornados,
fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the
country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist
attacks, are we sure this is a good time to have taken the Lord's prayer out of the schools?"
For those that
think that God is not in control...go ahead and delete this.        

For my brainy friends

If you're not familiar with the work of Steven Wright, he's the famous Erudite (comic) scientist who once said: "I woke up one morning, and all of my stuff had been stolen and replaced by exact duplicates. His mind sees things differently than most of us do. . .. Here are some of his gems: 1 - I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize. 2 - Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back. 3 - Half the people you know are below average. 4 - 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name. 5 - 82.73% of all statistics are made up on the spot.  6 - A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. 7 - A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. 8 - If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain. 9 - All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. 10 - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. 11 - I almost had a psychic girlfriend, But she left me before we met. 12 - OK, so what's the speed of dark? 13 - How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink? 14 - If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. 15 - Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. 16 - When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. 17 - Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. 18 - Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now. 19 - I intend to live forever... So far, so good. 20 - If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? 21 - Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. 22 - What happens if you get scared half to death twice? 23 - My mechanic told me, I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder. 24 - Why do psychics have to ask you for your name. 25 - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. 26 - A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. 27 - Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. 28 - The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread. 29 - To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. 30 - The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. 31 - The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up. 32 - The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it. 33 - Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. 34 - If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you. And the all-time favorite - 35 - If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?

Like Father, Like Son

Nice cigar!

They do look alike.

When Clint Eastwood’s Son Asked for a Role in American Sniper, He Told Him What Any Good Dad Would

http://www.ijreview.com/2015/06/349144-clint-eastwoods-son-didnt-get-free-ride-stardom-hes-thankful/?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=morning-newsletter&utm_medium=owned

Honey, Whiskey & the Grasshopper

As you know, St. John lived on locusts and honey while preaching in the desert.

So, you should celebrate his birthday today with:

Honey-flavored whiskey

And

The Grasshopper

2 oz. cream

¾ oz. green crème de menthe

1 oz. light crème de cacao

Pour all into a shaker filled with ice and shake 40 times.

Strain into a cocktail glass.

How To Keep Witches Away

It is customary to gather St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) on today’s Feast of St. John’s Birthday - June 24.  

”Wort” is from Old English wyrt (German Würze), which means “plant”, but is used mostly in compounds.  Since ancient times “singent’s wort” was known to relieve melancholy or depression, as does borage… which every garden should have.  It would be hung above doors, windows and sacred images (hence the hyper-icum ”above image”) to keep witches and evil spirit away.  Burning those witches might have something to do with its effectiveness as well, now that I think about it.

Oh! And eat some snails.  It is a Roman custom to eat snails on the Feast of John the Baptist.

Night on Bald Mountain

Do you remember these scary images from your youth?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Oa3f-WFps

Mussorgsky's (1839-81) Night on Bald Mountain was actually titled St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain.

St. John’s Night, or St. John’s Eve, is the night before the Feast of St. John which happens to fall around the summer solstice. Eastern Europeans have long celebrated it with a mixture of pagan trick-or-treat traditions and religious observances and bonfires.

The first version appeared in 1867 and was revised around 1872 and again in 1880. In this last version he added a hauntingly beautiful quiet ending in which a church bell announces the dawn and daybreak chases away the evil spirit.

Night on Bald Mountain has remained an audience favorite ever since its appearance in Walt Disney’s landmark movie, Fantasia.

June 23:  Happy Midsummer’s Eve!   Happy St. John’s Eve!   Happy St. John’s Night!

June 24:  Happy Saint John’s Birth Day!   Happy St. John’s Feast Day!