Saturday, November 16, 2024

It's The Most Wonderful Time...

 
...of the year...
that is too often trivialized.

Sandwiched between Halloween and Christmas, Thanksgiving gets treated like a speed bump on the Holidays Highway.

It’s been reduced to a game bird with cranberry sauce ("Turkey Day"), some family conflict, maybe a parade on TV and a football game or two, then on to what really matters:


...worshipping at the altar of retail.

A crime, really, since it's God's explicit will we be thankful:


That's a command, not a suggestion that we muster up some ethereal warm fuzzies.

A half hearted "thanks" in private or public prayer won't cut it; we need also to do something - share a meal, donate time, give $$'s.

This year, especially - when darkness has been beaten back and our descent into totalitarianism has been stayed - we should prioritize being truly thankful to God for His manifold blessings.


Join with all of God's people and make this year a sincere and thoughtful celebration of thanks to God in heaven.



Why is this man smiling?


Because he's welcoming Hitler, a fascist dictator, a threat to democracy to the White House.



Does that make sense to you?

gotta love Stan Laurel

It does if you remember this fundamental truth:

Democrats are liars.

They screamed at rallies and from the presidential bully pulpit that Donald Trump is Hitler, that he's a fascist, that he's a threat to democracy, and if elected he will throw his political enemies in jail and there will never be another free election in this country!

Even Queen Ozempic...

Oprah only charged Kamala a million $$'s to show up and fearmonger...such a deal

...railed from the stage that electing Trump would mean you may <never cast another ballot> again!

When one of their unhinged followers believed their tripe and came within a hair's breadth of assassinating Trump...


...did they apologize, dial down the hateful rhetoric and call for a sane return to reasoned debate of the issues?


Get serious. 

They knew their slanderous lies were dangerous but they were desperate to scare people into voting for them, since their record in office is atrocious.

Who in their right mind would vote for inflation, higher energy prices, never ending foreign wars, illegal immigration, rampant crime and censorship?

As it turns out - other than democrats - no one.

The people of this country - those with functioning brains - elected Donald Trump as president in a landslide:



So now Biden, who screamed that Trump will be the death of democracy, is smiling broadly and welcoming him to the White House.

You'd think they would be embarrassed at having their hypocrisy on global display, but like the emperor with no clothes...

 
...they're arrogant fools who possess neither conscience nor shame.

Remember this moment.

Never forget it.

Let it guide all of your future voting decisions.

If you do that, America will be fine.



I know you've been despairing ever since the golf course I frequent closed for the season...

she looks familiar for some reason...

...worried you'd have to wait until Spring for another HGU.

Well fear not, faithful reader...I haven't quit golfing, just focused my play on Ryan's Hickory Golf Course:



Though the signage has been stored away...

teeing off on the par 3 #5
 
...along with all the flags...

my 1 putt for par.  the greenskeeper must have the day off.

...it's still a blast swinging my pre-1900 hickories.

I just use wiffle golf balls from the tees and regular ones on the greens.

In spite of a few rough spots here and there...

the terminus of my tee shot on #9.  as Ted Ray opined in his day, "stymied by a monarch of the forest".

...I play them where they lie and enjoy the round...

my 1 putt for par on #9 to win the match

...win or lose.

What will I do when the snow flies?


Jump off that bridge when we get there, I guess.



Ok, hustle up for a brisk perambulation as we 23 Skidoo:

Larry's hunting up north...can you spot the partridge?


nature's camouflage


moonlight on the lake


mirror water


why marriages fail


not her fault; she only had a billion $$'s to spend, and all her millionaire celeb friends don't endorse for free you know...


my beautiful 1960's Philco record player has developed a turntable problem, just in time for Christmas 😭


thankfully it's Captain Weltron to the rescue while I get Phil repaired.  Christmas (music) is saved!




I've used this meme before...


...because it's such an accurate picture of the year end holiday scramble.

Our mad dash from Halloween to New Year's, while exhilarating, is often crammed with obligations social and financial, accompanied by crescendoing stress.

That makes it the perfect time for this reminder from God's Word:


peace out, mcm fans...

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