Merry, Merry Christmas

Wow! I can't believe Christmas is in two days. To me, it seems that this year has zoomed by faster than any other. I still have some shopping to finish up but the brunt of it is done, thank goodness. I pray that people won't be so distracted by "Santa clause" that they lose the entire reason for Christmas. This special day is remembered for Jesus being born on this earth among us and to later save us from our sins. God loves us lowly humans so much that He sent His only son to this earth to die for us. I just pray that everyone will remember that and that they will have a blessed Christmas!! -John 3:16

Just another crazy picture of us girls.

Girl's Night Out

A couple of weeks ago, my friends and I decided to have a girl's night out and have some photo shoots. It didn't end up being all girls, Jared and Chase decided to join in on the fun. We searched in Jena and Rachael's closet for the coolest clothes ever!! We all had a wonderful time. We also decorated cupcakes and sang karaoke. Hopefully soon, we can do it again.

HaPpY ThAnKsGiViNg

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I hope you all stuffed yourselves until you couldn't move. Always remember to give thanks to the Lord for allowing us to live and giving us the choice to be with Him.

Malcolm Gladwell was born in the United Kingdom on September 3, 1963. He was raised in Canada but now is a citizen of New York City, New York. Mr. Gladwell graduated from Toronto's Trinity College in 1984 and began his career at The American Spectator. He is currently a staff writer for the New Yorker. His first book published in 2000, The Tipping Point became an international best-seller.

His article about Lizzie Grubman is quite intriguing. One night she drove her father's Mercedes - Benz S.U.V. and parked it in a fire lane. Later, she backed into 16 people, injuring them. Grubman thought it was in drive when it was really in reverse. She claimed that it was an accident and from Mr. Gladwell's opinion it was. When Ms. Grubman hit the accelerator, she didn't press the break right away, she didn't press the break at all, in fact she pushed on the accelerator even harder. Mr. Gladwell was trying to explain how some people can be diagnosed with "unintended acceleration" or "pedal error". This usually affects short people, old people, women, and people who are unfamiliar with the vehicles. Lizzie Grubman was short, a woman and had only driven her father's car twice. It was concluded that what Ms. Grubman did was indeed an accident and that it was caused by unintended acceleration.

This news article was very interesting to read. Now I know why certain people press the accelerator when they should press the break.

http://realclearpolitics.com/historyfavorsrepublicansin2010.com
Author: Karl Rove

Mr. Rove was born on December 25, 1950 and currently resides in Washington D.C. He was the Deputy Chief of Staff(and later became known as the "architect") for President Bush until he resigned in August 2007. Rove was a political consultant specifically for republican candidates.

Obama seemed to receive a lot more votes from certain ethnic places than any previous democratic candidate in 2004. He got nearly 3.3 million more votes from African-Americans than did John Kerry and most of them were between the ages of 18-29. Over a third who voted republican in 2004 switched sides and voted for Obama. Mr. Obama got 4.6 million more votes from the Hispanic than Kerry did in 2004. Many people didn't even show up to vote. Some who were republican changed parties and voted either independent or democratic. This outstanding victory for Obama might have been more personal than partisan. On the other hand, Republicans gained legislative seats across the region. Now in Tennessee the house and senate have GOP majorities for the first time since the Civil War. In 2010 this could matter because the Census could allocate four congressional districts.

The point Rove is trying to make is that history will favor republicans in two years. Good years follow bad years. For this to happen Republicans need to step up and be offensive and defensive in certain issues. They can't sit back and allow democrats to run over top of them.

Many people are disappointed with the outcome, but now that Obama is going to be our new president, republicans need to stand behind him and if Obama allows, help him through this time of disaster...

Capitalism

"The Rise of Capitalism"

What I got out of this story was that this author was not a big fan of capitalism. He says that everyone is in competition and that most people do not accumulate as much "wealth" as others. Capitalism is not perfect but it is better than socialism or communism where the government controls everything. The point of capitalism is to be competitive with one another and to achieve goals. He also thinks that because he does not wake up rich, it is capitalism's fault. You have to work hard and be motivated to make money and make a life for yourself; that is capitalism.

"One of These Days"

The case with the dentist is that he didn't have a degree but yet he performed operations and also had a crummy office full of spider webs and dead insects. He didn't seem to care for the Mayor who needed to have a wisdom tooth pulled. When the dentist looked at the Mayor's mouth, he told him that he would have to pull his tooth without anesthesia. This frightened the Mayor but he braced himself for the worst. The dentist thought of this procedure as his revenge on the Mayor and everything he has cost him, as well as twenty dead men. After the extracting of the tooth, the dentist gave the Mayor a clean cloth and explained to him how to clean the area, In conclusion, I think that both of these stories were trying to convince the reader that capitalism has failed and the people should do something to stop it. They also seem to be linear because they are telling the readers from beginning to end.