There were so many good news stories this week, I decided to share them first.
Good News
Truly Heartwarming Kindness
Kindergarten Teacher Battling Cancer Receives Life-Changing Surprise After Act Of Kindness
Mississippi Man Surprised With A Brand-New Truck After Community Rallies Behind Him
Brothers In Houston Spend Their Days Off Making Strangers’ Lives Brighter
A Lightning Strike Took Everything — But A Stranger Gave It Back
‘How Lucky Can I Be?’: One Small Act Leads To Big Love For 96-Year-Old Veteran
And even right here in Mobile Alabama
Construction Worker Jumps Into Bay To Save Driver After Crash
More Good News. Jeny and I had the privilege of attending the birthday party of a 100-year-old man on Saturday. The party was a great celebration of the life of a man dedicated to faith, family and friendships. His witness shone through the over 200 people who attended his celebration.
I can confidently say it was the first time I have ever had a personal interaction with a 100-year-old person. My father’s mother lived to be 99 but I cannot remember anyone being 100.
He is good friend and an amazing person. He was on an ammunition supply ship in WWII. He is possibly the last living person to have personally observed the flag being planted on Iwo Jima. He did tax work and accounting until last year. He regularly baked pecan pies and gave them away. He is still active in church.
I got to thinking about the changes since 1925.
I know in 1925 my parents had hand- pumped well-water and an outhouse. There were no modern televisions, computers, cell phones or internet.
I googled and a few of the inventions since 1925 are scotch tape, aerosol can, jet engine, traffic lights, tape recorder, photocopying, ball point pen, Teflon, helicopter, aqualung, penicillin, kidney dialysis, atomic bomb, Velcro, cake mix, microwave ovens,Tupperware and much more.
Professional football had just begun. Pro basketball, hockey, soccer and other sports had not started. Women had just been given the right to vote; segregation was legal.
1925 Ford
1925 Chevrolet
Much has changed in 100 years, but the battles of human nature remain.
I encourage everyone to reflect on the following two statements.
Please note they are quotes and not bias media interpretations.
- As shown in the following quote, the administration is working to cleanse the Smithsonian of what they perceive of as divisive information—”This initiative aims to ensure alignment with the President’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions,” senior associate staff secretary Lindsey Halligan, Domestic Policy Council Director Vince Haley and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought wrote in the letter.
2. At the same time, the administration is working to restore Confederate history and Secretary Hegseth publicly said he would go to war to defend it.
“We recognize our history,” Hegseth told Fox News host Will Cain on Thursday. “We don’t erase it. We don’t follow the woke lemmings off the cliff that want to tear down statues. … We’re proud of our history.”
Hegseth was defending the decision to restore a Confederate monument in Arlington National Cemetery.
Shortly after rebuking those who want to remove Confederate symbols, Hegseth made it clear that he is willing to do whatever it takes to defeat his opposition. “Our job is to ensure our enemies know exactly what we will do to them if they threaten us up to and including total war,” he said.
Hegseth Threatens Another Civil War to Defend ‘Proud’ Confederate History
Removing references to “divisive or partisan narratives” while restoring Confederate monuments as part of our “proud history” is troubling to me.
This and That
More Hegseth. People are free to believe what they want but I do not support several of the policies supported by Hegseth’s church.
Hegseth reposts video on social media featuring pastors saying women shouldn’t be allowed to vote
Honest Elections. President Trump taking advice from Putin on how to have an honest election does not make sense to me given my understanding of Russian elections.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-16/how-russian-election-is-rigged-for-vladimir-putin/103595508
Machines can be programmed to cheat. However, in my opinion, there are fewer opportunities to successfully cheat with a machine than opportunities for humans to successfully cheat. If necessary, to have a hand re-count of machine ballots is the best method to me.
Peace
Jerry
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