Doesn't that look like fun!!!

 

Doesn't that look inviting???

A muppets twist on the Charlie Daniels hit.

 

My sister Kathy posted this on Facebook today, which only adds to the word picture.  LOL

 

That would be my house!!!

Rev. Emily C. Heath is a United Church of Christ minister, and she wrote something that may be useful for our friends across the aisle: A quiz to help them decide if they are being repressed:

1. My religious liberty is at risk because:
A) I am not allowed to go to a religious service of my own choosing.
B) Others are allowed to go to religious services of their own choosing.

2. My religious liberty is at risk because:
A) I am not allowed to marry the person I love legally, even though my religious community blesses my marriage.
B) Some states refuse to enforce my own particular religious beliefs on marriage on those two guys in line down at the courthouse.

3. My religious liberty is at risk because:
A) I am being forced to use birth control.
B) I am unable to force others to not use birth control.

4. My religious liberty is at risk because:
A) I am not allowed to pray privately.
B) I am not allowed to force others to pray the prayers of my faith publicly.

5. My religious liberty is at risk because:
A) Being a member of my faith means that I can be bullied without legal recourse.
B) I am no longer allowed to use my faith to bully gay kids with impunity.

6. My religious liberty is at risk because:
A) I am not allowed to purchase, read or possess religious books or material.
B) Others are allowed to have access books, movies and websites that I do not like.

7. My religious liberty is at risk because:
A) My religious group is not allowed equal protection under the establishment clause.
B) My religious group is not allowed to use public funds, buildings and resources as we would like, for whatever purposes we might like.

8. My religious liberty is at risk because:
A) Another religious group has been declared the official faith of my country.
B) My own religious group is not given status as the official faith of my country.

9. My religious liberty is at risk because:
A) My religious community is not allowed to build a house of worship in my community.
B) A religious community I do not like wants to build a house of worship in my community.

10. My religious liberty is at risk because:
A) I am not allowed to teach my children the creation stories of our faith at home.
B) Public school science classes are teaching science.
Scoring key:

If you answered "A" to any question, then perhaps your religious liberty is indeed at stake. You and your faith group have every right to now advocate for equal protection under the law. But just remember this one little, constitutional, concept: this means you can fight for your equality -- not your superiority.

If you answered "B" to any question, then not only is your religious liberty not at stake, but there is a strong chance that you are oppressing the religious liberties of others. This is the point where I would invite you to refer back to the tenets of your faith, especially the ones about your neighbors.

 

1968

I came across this song, "Soulful Strut" by the group "Young Holt Unlimited", on a blog I visit a lot, and it sent me down memory lane to the summer of 1968.  So much was going on:  the Vietnam War was raging, Robert Kennedy was killed in Los Angeles, Nixon was elected president.

But for me, I was a 16 year old kid with his driver's license and my parent's 1954 Chevy Belair 2 dr.  that looked just like this one.  Same color, with the skirts covering the back wheels. 

My friends Phil and Steve and I would cruise Foothill Blvd. with the widows down and the am radio blasting KHJ, KRLA, and KFWB, and who can forget "Wolfman Jack" howling on the radio at 610 or there 'bouts on the dial from somewhere in Bakersfield.  Gas was 29 cents a gallon and there was a great drive-in burger joint at the corner of Foothill Blvd. and Garey Ave. in Pomona, that had carhops on roller skates.  We all hung out at Mr. Taco at Riverside Dr. and Central Ave. in Chino. 

Carla Taylor was my high school girlfriend and we went to all the football and basketball games, and the dances afterward.  Then we would end up parked in front of her house, behind the hedge, and steam up the windows of that great car. 
 

Music has always been a big part of my life, and I loved both rock and Motown music from that time.  I remember going to dances at the high school cafeteria and dancing the entire two hours.  I would come out of there soaked with sweat. The Trends were a local band from Chino H.S. that played at most of our dances. 

Who can forget the 1968 psychedelic 17 minute masterpiece by the "Iron Butterfly" In A Gadda Davida?  I loved this piece.  My parents had a hifi  (lol) that was on a cart with wheels and I would wheel it into my bedroom and listen to this with headphones on. 

 

Video- The Daily Show: Hope and Change 2 – Bill Clinton’s Math

Video- The Daily Show: Hope and Change 2 – Bill Clinton’s Math

 

This cartoon refers to the speech delivered by President Clinton at the DNC on Wednesday.

Gabby Giffords made an emotional appearance at the DNC tonight and led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.  As you watch this video you can see the emotion on people's faces.  She was accompanied by the U.S. Representative from Florida, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is one of my favorite politicians.  She is the Chair of the Democratic Party and I think we'll see more of her in the future. 

Happy Birthday to Raquel Welch who turns 72 years old today.

I had to go thru dozens and dozens of photos to find just the right ones for my followers. You're welcome. LOL