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While we celebrate Valentines day..
I just though we could
also celebrate Freedom! Enjoy.. from ThemasterOfTheUniverse and Pet and da Brats!
Happy Valentines Day to all!!!!!!!!!!
God Bless America, and each one of you!

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Just a workin’ man without a job
It got shipped off to China via Washington, D.C.
And I know I’m nothin’ special, there are plenty more like me
Just the same
I thought I knew the rules of the game

I stood up for this country that I love
I came back from the desert to a wife and kids to feed
I’m not sayin’ Uncle Sam should give me what I need
My offer stands
I’ll pull my weight you give me half a chance

I went up to a congressman and said to him “you know
Our government is letting people down”
He said he’d need a lot of help to buck the status-quo
I said there was a bunch of us around

I’m a Born Again American, conceived in Liberty
My Bible and the Bill of Rights, my creed’s equality
I’m a Born Again American, my country ‘tis of me
And everyone who shares the dream from sea to shining sea

My brother’s welding chassis at the plant
He’s earning what our granddad did in 1948
While CEOs count bonuses behind the castle gates
How can they see
When all they care about’s the do re mi

It’s getting where there’s nowhere left to turn
Not since the crash of twenty-nine have things been so unfair
So many of our citizens are living in despair
The time has come
To reaffirm that hope’s not just for some

The promise of America’s surrendering to greed
The rule is just look out for number one
But brace yourself ‘cause some of us have sown a different seed
A harvest of the spirit has begun

I’m a Born Again American conceived in liberty
My Bible is my Bill Of Rights
My creed’s equality
A Born Again American, my country ‘tis of me
And everyone who shares the dream from sea to shining sea

It’s clear my country’s soul is on the line
She’s hungering for something that she lost along the way
The principle the framers called upon us to obey
That in this land
The people’s will must have the upper hand

I felt the calling once before and took a sacred vow
And faithful to that vow I have remained
I hear the calling once again, my country needs me now
And to her cause I have been re-ordained

I’m a Born Again American conceived in liberty
My Bible and the Bill Of Rights, all people living free
A Born Again American, my country ‘tis of me
And everyone who shares the dream
From sea to shining sea
And everyone who shares the dream
From sea to shining sea
A M E R I C A

Sometimes miracles happen and we don’t know it.

I saw my primary care physician two weeks ago on Tuesday; he
Was shocked when I walked into his office,
I had been in the wheelchair for months before this.
He came around to the front and said, thank you Lord,
And gave me a hug and a big smile.

He had been reading my Labs from the previous Monday and he said he just
could not freakin believe them they were so good!
He said based on this last Mondays results being as good, he would
Recommend holding off on the surgery for 30 days, and then have a repeat
MRI to see if the abscesses in my spine had shrunk.
He would call on Tuesday or Thursday, (he is off on Wednesday) so of
course he called Thursday afternoon, the only time I left the house when I had
run to the post office to mail a package. He didn’t return my call.

So I walked in to my infectious disease doctor’s office, (hugs standing
are much better than when sitting in a wheelchair!) Hugs from the
girls and a grin from Dr.M.
He said I talked with Dr S. (that’s my primary care doctor)
yesterday, then I talked to Dr.L, he’s my ortho surgeon, then I
talked to Dr. H, he’s the vascular surgeon, that’s the guts
and veins doctor.
And I said so what’s the deal? My stomach hurt, I was so nervous!

He asked me who drove me, and I said I did…It’s the first time I’d
ever driven myself to his office, usually my caregiver drove.

He smiled, nodded and dropped a pen on the floor and said pick it up and bring it to me, so I stood up, (without using a walker for support) and walked over, bent
down and picked it up. I walked over and handed it to him.
If he had said “sit, stay” I’d had to thunk him one…

He said based on your labs and what I am seeing is
directly the intervention of a higher power. Because we as Doctors can
only do so much.

Then he paused and looked directly at me then said ”I have scheduled a MRI on December 6th, at 10am if the abscesses have shrunk, we will do a second MRI in 90 days, if they haven’t reduced then surgery will be rescheduled.

I will continue on the IV meds at home 6 hours a day, every
day, God willing. My friends will continue to ask God for healing.

So Thank you to those of you who are offering prayers, purrs, scritches,
Reiki, please continue!! Pet of course is hoping that the healing Miracle happens and the infection goes away…………..

A special thank you to Bonnie and Chey, and to Robyn and the Hotties!!!!!!!!
The Bengal Brats are sending Happy Caturday scritches, hugs, and big thank you’s to everyone at the Cat Blogosphere!!

Hua Huiqi, a Christian considered a “religious dissident” was arrested on Sunday on his way to a church service at Kuanjie Protestant Church, an officially sanctioned church, where President Bush and his family felt perfectly safe to worship.

Mr.Hua Huiqi escaped from police custody. He now fears for his safety. His mother has been imprisoned, his land seized, his brother also arrested but released.

Meanwhile President Bush and his family enjoyed the service where a children’s choir sang “Amazing Grace” in English and Chinese.
I couldn’t help but wonder if President Bush was as saddened by this as I was, or if he even knows the history of this heart wrenching song.

For those of you who don’t know, the song amazing grace was written by John Newton a British slaver who had come to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. He left the sea and became a teacher of The Word Of God.

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me,
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come.
‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

A tad bit more than a small contradiction between China’s claims of religious freedom and the reality lived by Chinese citizens.

Qin Gang, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, continues to insist Chinese citizens have complete religious freedom.
Slavery comes in many forms.

Yes China, you can be proud of the religious freedom you offer to your citizens.