BIG government

Gerald Ford said , " A governement big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have. "

Mark Steyn add to that "starting with your sense of self reliance."

" The future , as Steyn shows, belongs to the fecund and the confident. And the Islamists are both, while the West -wedded to multiculturalism that undercuts its own confidence, a WELFARE STATE that nudges it toward sloth and self-indulgence, and a childlessness that consigns it to oblivion-is looking ever more like the ruins of a civilization." front flap

from Mark Steyn's book America Alone.

Strange places to power nap

When you run full speed ahead all day, this is what "empty" can look like.

View Demographic Winter at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church on January 27th, 2009

http://demographicwinter.com/

"Of all of the causes we have in the world today, many of which particularly capture the time and space of the media and academia, it is singularly peculiar that the disintegration of an institution as important as the human family should want for attention. Perhaps it is because the family is made up of individual people, and we have become a society obsessed with a focus on the self Be that as it may, we have ignored this institution to our great detriment. "

Pray for our President

If you have any doubt that unrestricted abortion should not be a part of the Obamanation legacy, start your research here, where you will learn the truth about Norma (Jane) Roe. Then, take a look at the many organizations who are ready and willing to help anyone struggling when faced with an "unplanned" pregnancy. Christians know that all babies are "planned" - by GOD. Then find out who Margaret Sanger is. Will FOCA funding go to support her ideology? Does Obama understand the irony in that? Watch this compelling video.

monkey on a motorcycle

"A monkey on a motorcycyle?! THAT's not true!" says Eamon. He's never seen an episode of Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp!

Family Love Fest

When the hugs started going around I had to get the camera to document...this might not happen again for a while! :)

Ordinary Time

Now that we are back in Ordinary Time, I am posting a picture story of our Christmas Season. Despite our trials and losses during the Advent Season, this is one of the most Joyous Advent and Christmas seasons yet! I suppose it has something to do with Momma's decision to shrug off the Grinch and place myself in a position of Trustful Surrender.