I remember my Mom and Dad taking us to a musical dinner theater production of Oklahoma when we were kids (remember Uncle T and Aunt Robi). When they sang the theme song Oklahoma the words were something like… Okkklahoma, where the wind comes rushing down the plains…… and I guess whoever wrote the song knew what they were talking about. How devastating yesterdays storms were and they’re supposed to get more today which will be true if they get our weather which is pretty much expected. Thankfully Aunt Myrna is ok as the misses saw her on Facebook this morning.
Here its like a hospital. My knee is getting better but I’m still sore, the misses neck hurts, although she doesn’t really complain, the oldest was nauseous and his head hurt at school so he came home and the youngest guy had a headache in the morning that kept him home. We’re taking him in tomorrow for a check up including blood work as he’s been hurting for a while.
I have PT this morning at 11 but before have to jump on a c call with the misses and some e commerce firm out of New York. She’s pretty busy every day doing this and that.
The boys kind of cleaned their rooms yesterday and the youngest guy slept for 3 or 4 hours during the middle of the day. I think after 2 consecutive sleep overs, he was worn out from the weekend.
The grass is green as we had a pretty good rainstorm in the afternoon (which is not good for Oklahoma today) and then the sun came out.
Not much else going on but again, after watching the tragedy in Oklahoma, hopefully you appreciate life more. Try to do something nice for someone today, including yourself. Make plans to do something this summer that you always wanted to do but never did, try some new kind of food, read a book you never got around to, take up a new hobby, it’s never too late (Uncle T is taking piano lessons!), let those petty things go and most of all, tell those you love, you love them. Ok, there’s your spirtual lesson for the day. Remember when todays gone, its gone!
Here’s a thought for the day….
47% of our Congress members are millionaires. The craziest part is, they tend to get richer in office. And, that is no coincidence. They get richer in many unsavory ways.
One way is by using private information they obtain in office to make trades in the stock market. And, although they’re not supposed to do that, it’s pretty obvious that they do… Right before the stock market crashed in 2008, many of them invested in instruments that went up in value because the market went down.
…Then, there are earmarks, where Congress people secure federal money, as in your tax dollars, for projects that will benefit them directly. Take Nancy Pelosi. she owns an office building in San Francisco. She secured about $900 million in federal earmarks to build a light rail system that would, surprisingly, stop right by her own building. Once the project is completed, the value of her building could skyrocket 150%.
… Then there’s the revolving door, where members of Congress agree to do the bidding of lobbyists and corporations while they’re in office. In exchange, they get big fat salaries at jobs when they get out of Congress.
79% of members  of Congress who have left office since 1998 have gone to work as lobbyists.
The bottom line is, Americans, almost half of your Congress people are millionaires and many of them got that rich by using their powers in office.
Do you really think they’re there to represent you? Or to gain wealth for themselves?
Take care and God Bless.