Adrienne's Corner

When Did We Become Such a Nation of Whiners?

*****Within two days, the news carried stories that were guaranteed to set your teeth on edge. They appear to have little to do with each other, as one is about a home foreclosure, and the other is about a Little League field slated for spring construction in Spokane. However, both stories carried a message of what so many of our citizens have become - whiners.

*****Many of you may have seen the interview with the nice Hispanic lady who was "in danger of losing her house". Her job consists of driving a bus and as she said, "the bank made it so easy", so she purchased an 800 thousand dollar home. Yes, you heard me correctly - 800 thousand.

*****The interviewer asked what the house was worth now and her response was "about 675 thousand and she was in danger of losing it all." There must be a major chunk left out of this story because common sense tells me that if she could afford to make payments on a house worth 800 thousand, she could afford to make payments on a house worth 675 thousand. Assuming the payment had not changed, what she was really saying was, "the value of my house decreased and the government needs to step in and do something about it." Sorry honey, life doesn't work like that.

*****Which brings me to the Little League field proposal for the south side of Spokane. It appears the developers, in their usual way, snuck the proposal and paperwork right past the residents of the area where this sports complex is to be built. I don't have a dog in this fight, and really have no idea of how this will affect traffic or the many other things with which residents are showing concern.

*****No, what struck me was the young boy they talked to in an obvious attempt to pull at our heartstrings. This rather chubby boy was whining that the new field was necessary because, "sometimes the fields where they played had grass that was not cut and sand areas that had not been raked." Did the possibility of teams showing up a few minutes early and raking their own field not occur to the parents of this boy? Or how about the fathers getting together and mowing the grass on the weekend? Of course not! They are all waiting for "someone else" to provide what it is they think they are entitled to have.

*****Forgive me for stating the obvious, but that over-weight kid would benefit from a little work before standing in the outfield for an hour or so, and before the team heads out to the after game pizza party. And the bus driver should quit sniveling, pay her "stupid tax", as Dave Ramsey calls it, and move into an apartment she can afford.

*****These are the people who are driving the possibility of a 3.55 trillion dollar budget for this country. This on top of the billions being pumped into special interest projects that will do nothing but expand government to the point of no return. The only way this country will survive beyond the current administration will be by voting these self-serving loons out of office in two years.

Bobby Jindal

*****I was pretty excited to hear that Bobby Jindal was to be doing the "rebuttal" speech after our current President spent 50 minutes saying the same things he's said for a minimum of two years. I must have been the last conservative in the country who had not heard Governor Jindal speak .

*****I was a bit underwhelmed, but shrugged it off as jitters on his part, and figured since no one pays any attention to rebuttal speeches, it was not a big deal. Imagine my surprise when, within minutes of his speech, conservatives lashed out at him, even going so far as to bemoan the "setting" of the speech which just happened to be the Governor's mansion.

*****The next morning, Governor Jindal seemed to quiet the rumbling by his brilliant performance on the Today show. What became apparent to me was that a tele-prompter is not his friend. What we have, then, is a President who is incapable of uttering a complete and coherent sentence without a tele-prompter, and Governor Jindal who would rather rely on his brain. Sure would like to see those two debate.

This will be some of my Lenten reading this year. I have read the first half and it is excellent.

From Patrick Madrid:

*****"As you all know, we're living through some very difficult, even perilous, times. Many people are moving beyond nervous to scared. The next step for some will be a deep discouragement that could lead to a lack of trust in God that He will see us through the troubles and trials ahead. Whether you are tending toward discouragement yourself, or you know someone who is, please take a moment right now and read this free, new Envoy Institute of Belmont Abbey College special report that I've prepared for you called “Don't Be Discouraged.”


I have spoken about this before, and so it came as no surprise to see this today:

Boxer seeks to Ratify U.N. Treaty That May Erode U.S. Rights

Sen. Barbara Boxer is pushing the Obama administration to move forward with ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, a controversial treaty that has never gained much support in the U.S.

Sen. Barbara Boxer is urging the U.S. to ratify a United Nations measure meant to expand the rights of children, a move critics are calling a gross assault on parental rights that could rob the U.S. of sovereignty. read more

from our wonderful Father V. over at Adam's Ale comes the excellent post:

WELL, WELL, WELL, -DEEP SUBJECT

*****"There is an old saying, which I will rephrase aware that they are young readers under the age of 50, that states, “You don’t relieve yourself in your own well.” I would imagine that there are few people who are willing to dispute this. I would take it a step further. I would argue that it should also be a truism that one should not allow others to relieve themselves in your well either for the exact same reason." READ MORE


Now here's a woman who knows how to do Lent the right way....

Belinda decided that plain 'ol fasting and almsgiving was not good enough. Go wish her a speedy recovery