Walk Tall and Carry a Big Stick

    I think Hu, who is 67, wow, photographic memory to boot, is doing the above. I have to commend anyone who makes it to 67, American or Chinese. No sign of Alzeimers, bet the Doctors want to know what he’s been eating. And ‘Walk Tall’, well 1 of 2 Super Powers, so he qualifies for that title. Now for the Big Stick. Ah that’s the key to his 3 days here in America. He seeks Legitimacy(they want a voice on the International Scene), Importance(they want to have more recognition because of their financial abilities)  &  Honor(they want to be included in the Power Play Scenario and they want to be given their proper due and not snubbed socially, and only a World Power can extend this to them)without which, you are really nothing but a ‘bother’ on the World Scene.
    Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said China should allow its currency to gain value and then what? Why we would be solvent for a change. I think not. We still have a big debt to pay no matter how much interest is charged, we still owe the dog gone debt. You gonna put it in the dog house and pretend it is not gonna affect what is happening inside the White House. I don’t care if you take it down and stick it in the dump we still owe it............
    I will say this. We can do this without insulting one’s intelligence. We can do this without attempting to undermine another Country’s Dogma. We can settle our financial problems without whining to the Chinese that they need to raise the value of their money. Surely we can find another solution to a problem that does not entail, telling another Country what to do with their Money. You do realize that Money is a very touchy subject, if you don’t think so, take it away from your wife.....you will find out just what you are made of and what she thinks of you.
   
    Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized the country's human rights record, raising the case of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. She may have a point here, I’M ALL FOR PEACE if it’s not faux.
    But as for human rights. What in the world do we do with our dissenters. We don’t like them any better than the Chinese do. Why, how could anybody criticize  the Obama Administration. That is close to what?/Why I was reading just the other day, when a man did the same thing about ‘birthing’ rights of the man, he ended up in prison. For what reason I don’t care. He still was incarcerated for his opinion. Come on. Clean up your own house before you go and clean up your neighbors.

    Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned the U.S. would step up military investment to counter China's increasing military strength;
    Now this little statement is really funny to me. We are gonna step up military investment. What in the world is Gates talking about. The warning don’t fly! What in the world does investment mean. More money for the military, more health benefits for the military, more housing and education benefits for the military. More men and women in the military. Where are you gonna get um from, the illegal immigrant pool?
    Also as for Military buildup, how are we gonna build up our military to match the Chinese when we can barely fight the Country we are now involved in. Unless of course you are interested in putting all these unemployed people to work in the Military.
    I really don’t think we should be trying to match our military with China’s. They have not fought two Countries like we have. Get real. Their Military just looks good, on paper and on the tv. They have not been hardened like ours which has been though the mill, so we would probably come out smelling like a rose on this one. Besides Obama ‘Walks Tall’ if you haven’t noticed, and carries Nukes, so why worry about sizes now.

    Now what happened to these people’s common sense? Gates, Clinton and Geithner, Let’s hope nobody lets them close to Hu. He ain’t here to solve problems. If he wanted to do that he woulda stayed home. They are personable people with large personalities, let um be that.
    It’s obvious he ain’t here to audition for DWTS.
    What do you think he’s here for. Well, they made asses out of themselves in South Korea by not talking to each other, STANDING STIFFLY, TALKING ONLY TO THEIR OWN REPORTERS, so he is here to set the record straight. He is here to talk to Obama. So keep all the bad stuff in your purse or billfold and LET THE MAN TALK. LET THE MAN TALK!
    THIS GUYS THE LEADER OF A MASSIVE COUNTRY AND THAT OUGHT TO COMMAND SOME KIND OF RESPECT, FROM OUR SECRETARY’S AND OUR PRESIDENT. OUR PRESIDENT AIN’T SO STUPID!. HE’S DONE FIGURED IT OUT FOR HIMSELF. HE IS PUTTING ON HIS COATTAIL ISN’T HE. I FIGURE HE’D RATHER WEAR A PAIR OF JEANS, BUT HEY THIS MEETING DEMANDS A DIFFERENT DEMEANOR THAN OUR USUAL COMPLAIN AND WHINE, WHINE AND COMPLAIN. THIS COUNTRY IS DOING GOOD. WHO TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THEY WERE NOT DOING GOOD. IT’S ALL A MATTER OF TIME. WE ARE NOT INFERIOR TO CHINA. SO WHY ACT LIKE IT. BRING OUT THE CELEBRATION..... BRING OUT THE CHAMPAGNE. THIS IS A FANTASTIC FEAT. WE ARE NOT IN THE DEFEAT MODE. WE ARE IN THE FEAT MODE.

    CHINA IS NOT HERE TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS, GET REAL!
   

Video Dedication!

    This is dedicated to Lisa Goodman Collins, Vicki Lahocky and Wendyl Lee Goodman. Your Dad, Wendyl Lee Goodman loved to sing, we would go visit and sing with him. He played the guitar.

     Just wanted your kids(his grand kids)to know, he had a beautiful voice, was a wonderful Christian and that his Sister Sandra loves Music as much as he did and has written over 200 Songs herself. I love to howl! It is his Heritage, Music! It runs in the Family. Granny loved Music too.

This was where I was going to upload a video, but changed my mind. I just thought since he sang, you all would like to watch a Music Video, by his Sister.
Plus this was far too humorous to keep to ones self. I didn’t realize I had this kind of effect
  
 I am singing “Pass me not O gentle Savior,”And my back up Singer is none other than Tiva(I think she really loves it too) ps. I realized, I do not have the 'rights' to sing this song, so I cannot upload this video.

To bad/so sad, it is really funny/poignant/but if I ever get the chance I will sing one of my own songs. I do have the right to upload that..............And if I ever see you all in person, I will play Mama's Video for you!

Now for a bit of introspection and opinions:   
    As for why the Lord took him so early, I don’t know the answer to that one, except for the fact that you and all the grand kids turned out to be wonderful Christian people(Loving, Kind, Generous, and Non-judgmental!) “I am impressed!”

     Struggles produce character, not perfection. Not a one of you all, are shallow people.......And I have learned not to ask the Lord why? I only ask him, what do you want me to do next?
  
He is Sovereign and says, “I shall do all of my good pleasure.”
    Praise the Lord, He is Sovereign, we might make a mess out of things, He never will. Every action He takes is for His reason and frankly He does not owe me an explanation, cause He wants me to Trust Him.
    It’s easy to Trust a man that does exactly what you want him too. It’s hard to Trust a man that does not do what you want Him to do. And anyone who tells you that it ain’t so, you just tell them, 

YES, IT IS! CAUSE I HAD TO DO IT!!!

Why Is a Man Quiet?

Because he’s hit a brick wall. Can’t go forward, can’t go backwards, can’t move anyway possible. Maybe he’s even thinking, he might need some outside, sort of help, some intervention, a change of pace, from what it is, that has him bound and down and downright depressed, till he can’t see straight or think straight.
    Then he thinks. Something’s gotta give! So he acts out in some way or other, to get attention. Well, sounds good on paper, who can really discern the mind of another, unless iron sharpens iron. But remember, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO THINK WITH YOUR MOUTH OPEN. So he withdraws. BUT DURING ALL OF THIS, HE’S STILL, THINKING, QUIETLY, & REMAINING QUIET UNTIL HE BLOWS, CAUSE PEOPLE DON’T LIKE IT WHEN YOU TALK OR WRITE WHAT IS FOREIGN TO THEM. BESIDES THEY SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO TALKERS, CONDEMNATION IN ONE FORM OR OTHER JUST BECAUSE ONE ESPOUSES A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW. Lets not get silly and stop all forms of  verbal communication because of a misplaced word or two, I don't know too many people who can sign.

You know, I got this pet peeve, about Freedom of Speech. I think you need to talk it out. COUNTRY’S, PEOPLE, MARRIAGES, CHILDREN, NEIGHBORS, ETC. WHEN PEOPLE JUST QUIT TALKING THERE AIN’T NEVER ANY HOPE OF RECONCILIATION. YOU’VE ALREADY THROWN IN THE TOWEL. GIVE UP!

But that gives no one a right to fight it out or argue it out especially in front of the little people. Talk is all right.  if you can do it without screaming and arguing and fighting about it. You are a pitiable beast at best, if that's all you can do is fight another, then stand up and pretend your important. Best case scenerio, Love one another like we are supposed to do, Country's, People, Marriages, Children. Neighbors, etc.

Now there’s been a song written about, ‘gettin on the fightin side of me,’ When your running down my Country, etc.....now I understand Songs, man, I've written over 200 Songs, I'm a Song Writer myself. So don't think I don't understand where your coming from. I'm not out to get Song Writers, but one has to be careful, the tunes they teach others to Sing. Songs are powerful tools! My 7 year old Granddaughter Abby loves to Sing my Songs. Why you ask? Because most of them are Gospel and about God. And she Loves God. Some are just Silly Songs that are fun to Sing. But that is Ok. She Loves to dance to my Mango Song and so does her 2 year old Sister, Elle! But it's Moralistic so that is OK. Besides I will say this quite honestly, I would rather they Sing Songs from my CD's that I made, than Sing that Fighting Song, any ole time. And mine ain't playing over the airways. Just the air that surrounds them in Austin, Texas.

    But you know, ‘I think I’m wise enough to know, that a talking man ain’t where the danger lies.’ I say, ‘LET UM all TALK.’ Maybe they will say something that will help someone, somewhere, sometime or maybe even help me. Criticism is ok. It clears the air. Praise all the time, ruins a person. And agreeing with someone all the time is downright, ridiculous. We ain’t Robots. ‘WHO IS IT THAT IS SO BOLD THAT THEY THINK, THEY ARE ALWAYS RIGHT?.’ 

Why even Facebook is built on the principle of people talking, saying what they want to say. Look how big it has become.  It has become an outlet for millions of people and made a billionaire out of it’s inventor for it is a social network that preys upon the need to talk.. YES, IT LET THE PEOPLE TALK. Even the quiet ones.

IT IS NOT THE TALKERS, THAT NEED WATCHING. IT IS THE NON-TALKERS. THE QUIET ONES. SO NEXT TIME YOU SONG WRITERS WANT TO TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SOMETHING, THINK UPON THIS. It is the quiet ones that are planning our downfall. They chatter quietly amongst themselves. The ones you don’t see, or don’t hear about. That is how it is, in a war-torn country far away or here. The invisible is far bigger than the visible. And they are all around us. When do they blow like a Volcano? Or tremble like an earthquake? And when do they do massive damage? When they are good and ready, and we fight stupid false wars on fronts that resemble a recording studio.

    SURE YOU CAN FIGHT A MAN THAT TELLS YOU, WHAT HE THINKS, BUT IS THAT WISE? OR IS IT, JUST THAT YOU LIKE A GOOD FIGHT? CAUSE IT’S A TURN ON, AND YOU CAN TELL EVERYONE YOU MEET, JUST HOW ROTTEN ANOTHER HUMAN BEING HAS BECOME TO YOU, and what you did as a vigilante to clean the slate. You’ll teach them a thing or two. Have you really taught them anything other than, that you are no better a man than they are.  They are called, Politically Correct, of course, EQUI-PEOPLE, YOU BEING EQUAL TO THEM. WHAT’S THE FUN IN THAT? Controlling your Anger is far better than even taking a city NOW THAT WILL PUT STARS N YOUR CROWN and put you a notch above most. Besides, think this through! Why waste a good fight on the ‘talky tots alone, why not fight the ‘quiet tots’ as well? They’re the real ones who are out to get you.....sounds to me like your 'fightin' the wrong war.

FIGHTING AIN’T WHERE IT’S AT. NEVER HAS BEEN, NEVER WILL BE. A PEACEMAKER INHERITS THE EARTH. I never said, there ain’t a time for war, and a time for fighters, but one ought not let war be their THEME SONG. Even a marriage is salvageable, given there are some good times and nobody sings about the bad all the time. But remember, ONE AH SHIT(it's not a cuss word, it's a biological function), WIPES OUT TEN ATTA BOYS  WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR PARTNER, SO YOU'LL NEVER WIN, may as well learn to get along and every body will be happier.........But talkers ought to be able to talk, without hate enshrouding them at every angle. And so should the quiet ones!

SO LET THE QUIET MAN, TALK also! WITHOUT FEAR OF RETRIBUTION. MAYBE HE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY, TO YOU, AFTER ALL. FOR GOODNESS SAKES, LISTEN TO ALL THE QUIETNESS AROUND THIS COUNTRY. THAT IS DOWNRIGHT SPOOKY.  Do we even know that something is going on. WE NEED A LEADER WHO CAN LISTEN TO THE QUIET MAN, AS WELL AS, LISTEN TO THE TALKER.

WE NEED WISDOM GOVERNING OUR COUNTRY. GOT ANY?

I DON’T WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR STANDING UP FOR MY COUNTRY, AS MUCH AS, FOR KEEPING IT PEACEABLE, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
I wanna be known as a PEACEMAKER!