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Ronald Reagan On ObamaCare….


Almost 50 years ago, Ronald Reagan spoke about the evils of government-run health care under the banner of a campaign called Operation Coffee Cup.

Reagan said; "One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine."

Reagan described the movement to impose statism through health care as a "threat" that was "imminent."

Here's what Reagan said:

"The doctor begins to lose freedom.... First you decide that the doctor can have so many patients. They are equally divided among the various doctors by the government. But then doctors aren’t equally divided geographically. So a doctor decides he wants to practice in one town and the government has to say to him, you can't live in that town. They already have enough doctors. You have to go someplace else. And from here it's only a short step to dictating where he will go."

Reagan continued:

"All of us can see what happens once you establish the precedent that the government can determine a man's working place and his working methods, determine his employment. From here it's a short step to all the rest of socialism, to determining his pay. And pretty soon your son won't decide when he's in school, where he will go or what he will do for a living. He will wait for the government to tell him where he will go to work and what he will do."

Reagan closed by telling us the price of not taking action to stop this threat:

"And if you don't do this and if I don't do it, one of these days you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children, and our children's children, what it once was like in America when men were free."

Reagan had a talent for getting to the heart of the matter and his words are as true today as they were back then.

This so-called move to radically change our health care system by putting the federal government in charge has nothing to do with making health care more accessible, more available and more affordable.

It's more about the desire of politicians in Washington to impose greater centralized government control.

We can’t thank you enough for all you have done to defeat ObamaCare thus far. But all Americans must continue to make their voices heard against this government takeover of health care. We must continue to fight, or the result just may be telling our children and grandchildren "what it once was like in America when men were free."

Remember, the vote on the motion to proceed could take place mere hours from now. The time to act is now.



Send your urgent and personalized Faxes to each and every Republican Member of the United States Senate as well as Senators Blanche Lincoln, Joseph Lieberman, Ben Nelson and Mary Landrieu (key Democrat Senators who are sitting on the fence). Or alternately, you can send your urgent and personalized Blast Faxes to all 100 Members of the United States Senate... that's 100 Faxes.

Let them know that the American people will not be fooled or deceived. Let them know that you understand that a vote on the motion to proceed is a vote for ObamaCare… period.

Let's share our family holiday traditions!

I was pondering this morning about the upcoming holiday,Thanksgiving and all the many, many things we have to be thankful for. We of course will have all our family favorite foods: homegrown fresh turkey, homemade cornbread stuffing( with dried cranberries and walnuts), homemade 30 minute whole wheat rolls, mashed potatoes( grown here on the farm), gravy( from scratch), sweet potatoes( store bought), pistachio pudding salad, and a relish tray filled with fresh veggies and picked veggies from our farm. For dessert the family favorites; Apple pie and a Pumpkin pie( and again of course from scratch from farm produce) Some of our other holiday family traditions are; No Christmas music can be played until after Thanksgiving, then that is all we play, we have quite a collection in which we add to each year. We have an Advent story we read each year, this keep our hearts and minds focused on the true meaning of the holiday. December 1st is the beginning of our baking frenzy, making one or two different types of holiday cookies and family favorite candies, everyday up to Christmas Eve. When the kids were young we almost always saved making and decorating the sugar and gingerbread cookies until Dec. 24 th. We also like to have friends over for a Christmas tea and cookies, last year it was hosted at our friends house, so this year it's back to us. We go caroling with a local church group in mid. Dec. The first weekend in Dec. we pick a tree( we do have a artificial one, but prefer fresh) and this year I'd like to add a new tradition, having Jon, Bobbie and our soon to be grandson, Jaymes, meet us to go cut a fresh tree, making an afternoon of it with a picnic style, provided it's not to cold for a picnic lunch. Then possibly decorate the tree together, enjoying hot cider, cocoa, coffee and of course sample some of the already made holiday goodies. We do decorate the house with a few simple handmade decorations, mostly candles and fresh greenery. Another traditional project we did with the kids when they were younger, to make an ornament for each of us, friends and family, this has fallen by the wayside, but with grandchildren I think it will have to make a comeback! During the course of Dec. we also work on finishing up gifts we are making, we buy very few gifts. It more fun to customize a homemade gift than to just buy something from the store, that anyone else could buy. We have our meal and open gifts on Christmas Eve with my folks and our kids. Christmas Day we stay home and enjoy any company that may stop in, grazing on leftovers and goodies. We'd love to hear what your family traditions are,leave a comment and share a few.

When you love some animals and not others and chit, chat news

Okay, it's been a bit since the last blog. There is a good reason for that, really! I just don't have anything exciting to add to what has already been published on all the other wonderful blogs out here in blogger land.

We've actually be just relaxing and taking some recoup time. We did end up taking Mo back to the vet and getting the abscess lanced, so it would drain better. Which it has been doing, along with a daily flushing of a mixture of 3Tbsp. non iodized salt to a gallon of warm water with enough Providone Iodine added to look like a weak tea. This is then drawn up into a 60cc syringe and then pushed out into the wound as quickly as possible to give it the best flushing effect. It's been working and the swelling has gone down quite a bit.

When bringing Mo home from the vet we noticed a tree down along the bottom fence line and one ready to come down, thanks to a beaver. Yesterday, thankfully Cortney noticed, yet another tree down and this time it was laying on the fence. We quickly moved the cows to the back pasture, so there weren't any chances of them getting out where the fence was pushed down by the fallen tree. Thankfully the tree was small enough it just stretched the wires, not breaking any, although it did pull one post in a good amount. This weekend Mike will have to push the post back into place, brace it and tamp it in good again, then re -tighten the loosened wires. Today I'll be going to the local town fur trader to see if they can help us by getting a trapper interested in coming down and looking at our problem. Besides the beaver we also have a fox, who is now stalking poultry.
These are a few of the neighbors free range chickens, in our yard foraging, we don't mind. Guess what the fox has been seen in the middle of the day stealing one or two of their chickens, pretty sly or so this fox thinks. It seems that all the wildlife is becoming very well acclimated to being in residential areas. We have seen deer( of course by the droves), raccoon, skunk, beaver, fox, grizzly cub, black bear cub( neighbors got a picture), a young bull moose, hawks, Bald and Golden Eagles, owls and Red Headed Buzzards, ducks( many varieties), Canada geese, Swans, Pelicans, Whooping cranes, Blue Heron, Sand Hill Cranes and multitudes of various breeds of birds, to many to mention. I've also heard tell, that just a few miles as the crow flies, to the East of our place there have been wolves sighted. We do also have coyotes, although we've not seen them, we hear them and in winter they get bold and come in closer and closer. We not only hear them but many of the feral cats begin to disappear as well. Speaking of cats......
here is Callie recouping from the wee... few hours she braved the cold to hunt mice, now she's in her toasty, warm,cozy spot behind the wood stove.
Casino enjoying his new comfy, cushy new bed. Tuffy sleeps in his crate, it's his choice, and Mike took pity and bought him a dog pillow to place inside the crate for a softer bed than just an old blanket. Well.... you wouldn't think animals would get hurt feeling but Casino did. He pouted around for several days and even went in and tried to steal Tuffy's bed. Mike of course ordered a dog pillow for Casino, even though he already has a fake lambskin bed now! When Mike brought the new dog pillow in the house it was so...... funny he was whining, smiling and wiggling all over he just knew it was for him. Now he's a happy pillow dog! You ought to hear him moan when he finally gets laid down, it's like he's saying," Ahhhh, this is the life!" Mike says all the time and I agree, " There isn't an animals on this place that isn't spoiled plum rotten." The truth of the matter is that the animals and there needs come well before our own and isn't that the way it should be?

May your day be blessed.