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Welcome to my blog http://www.skegley.blogspot.com/ . CAVEAT LECTOR- Let the reader beware. This is a Christian Conservative blog. It is not meant to offend anyone. Please feel free to ignore this blog, but also feel free to browse and comment on my posts! You may also scroll down to respond to any post.

For Christian American readers of this blog:


I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them.
We want to be a kinder and gentler people without slavery or condescension to any.

The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!


A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:

"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."

Thanks Jack!

I must admit that I do not check authenticity of my posts. If anyone can tell me of a non-biased arbitrator, I will attempt to do so more regularly. I know of no such arbitrator for the internet.











Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Pop Quiz ... excellent professor , kinda like Mars Fontana who taught "Corrosion Principles at OSU ... Thx Sarah R and Friends!

You have many exceptional friends, Sarah DuPuy Rapp.  Your older cousin, Henrietta, was such an exceptional math teacher at PHS.  T. J. is exceptional as you certainly are.  Jack Playmate, the old Trojan lineman,  thought a lot of Keith Booker, who played on Portsmouth basketball teams.

Portsmouth is the cultural center of our universe.  Thx for the good emails, Sarah!


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Soros, Bets against ... Thx Marge R!

I found this interesting and thought you would too: 
Soros Increases Bet Against the S&P 500 | Fox Business
 

League of Power Poll Results - "Is Donald Trump Suited to be Our Next President?"

Tuesday, May 17.

 
Is Donald Trump Suited to Be Our Next President?

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Yes - 83.8% (207,811 votes)
No - 16.2% (47,920 votes)

Very Likely - 58.8% (168,714 votes)
Somewhat likely - 31.8% (83,334 votes)
Somewhat unlikely - 6.5% (17,522 votes)
No chance of winning the nomination - 2.7% (7,762 votes)
Donald Trump - 61.5% (163,606 votes)
Jeb Bush - 1.5% (3,276 votes)
Ben Carson - 8.3% (18,357 votes)
Chris Christie - 1.2% (2,118 votes)
Ted Cruz - 17.7% (47,776 votes)
Carly Fiorina - 1.8% (4,006 votes)
John Kasich - 1% (7,062 votes)
Rand Paul - 1% (2,411 votes)
Mike Huckabee - 1.3% (2,803 votes)
Marco Rubio - 3.3% (9,501 votes)
Other - 1.2% (3,725 votes)

Donald Trump - 66% (178,266 votes)
Jeb Bush - 1.1% (2,394 votes
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Ben Carson - 6.2% (12,770 votes)
Marco Rubio - 2.9% (5,356 votes)
Carly Fiorina - 5.3% (14,718 votes)
Ted Cruz - 13.2% (39,135 votes)
John Kasich - 0.7% (4,693 votes)
Chris Christie - 0.6% (1,136 votes)
Mike Huckabee - 0.3% (712 votes)
Rand Paul - 0.5% (1,046 votes)
None. There isn’t a republican candidate who can take down Hillary Clinton - 2.4% (7,431 votes)
Other - 0.6% (1,910 votes)
 

Origins of common Phrases ... Thx T.J. D and sister, Sarah R!

A SHOT OF
WHISKEY
In the old west a .45 cartridge for a six-gun cost 12
cents,  so did a glass of whiskey. If a cowhand was low on cash he
would often give the  bartender a cartridge in exchange for a drink.
This became known as a "shot" of  whiskey.

THE WHOLE NINE
YARDS
American fighter planes in WW2 had machine guns that were
fed  by a belt of cartridges. The average plane held belts that were
27 feet (9  yards) long. If the pilot used up all his ammo he was
said to have given it the  whole nine yards.

BUYING THE
FARM
This is synonymous with dying. During WW1 soldiers were
given  life insurance policies worth $5,000. This was about the price
of an average  farm so if you died you "bought the farm" for your
survivors.

IRON CLAD CONTRACT
This came about from the ironclad
ships of the Civil War. It  meant something so strong it could not be
broken.

PASSING THE BUCK / THE BUCK STOPS HERE
Most men in the
early west carried a jack knife made by the  Buck knife company. When
playing poker it as common to place one of these Buck  knives in
front of the dealer so that everyone knew who he was. When it was
time  for a new dealer the deck of cards and the knife were given to
the new dealer.  If this person didn't want to deal he would "pass
the buck" to the next player.  If that player accepted then "the buck
stopped there".

RIFF RAFF
The Mississippi River was the main way
of traveling from north  to south. Riverboats carried passengers and
freight but they were expensive so  most people used rafts.
Everything had the right of way over rafts which were  considered
cheap. The steering oar on the rafts was called a "riff" and this 
transposed into riff-raff, meaning low class.

COBWEB
The Old
English word for "spider" was "cob"

SHIP STATE ROOMS
Traveling by steamboat was considered the height of comfort.  Passenger cabins
on the boats were not numbered. Instead they were named after 
states. To this day cabins on ships are called staterooms.

SLEEP TIGHT
Early beds were made with a wooden frame. Ropes were tied 
across the frame in a criss-cross pattern. A straw mattress was then put
on top  of the ropes. Over time the ropes stretched, causing the bed
to sag. The owner  would then tighten the ropes to get a better
night's sleep.

SHOWBOAT
These were floating theaters built on a
barge that was pushed  by a steamboat. These played small town along
the Mississippi River. Unlike the  boat shown in the movie "Showboat"
these did not have an engine. They were gaudy  and attention grabbing
which is why we say someone who is being the life of the  party is
"showboating".

OVER A BARREL
In the days before CPR a drowning
victim would be placed face  down over a barrel and the barrel would
be rolled back and forth in a effort to empty the lungs of water. It was
rarely effective. If you are over a barrel you  are in deep
trouble.

BARGE IN
Heavy freight was moved along the Mississippi
in large barges pushed by steamboats. These were hard to control and would
sometimes swing into piers or other boats. People would say they "barged
in".

HOGWASH
Steamboats carried both people and animals. Since
pigs smelled  so bad they would be washed before being put on board.
The mud and other filth  that was washed off was considered useless
"hog wash".

CURFEW
The word "curfew" comes from the French
phrase "couvre-feu",  which means "cover the fire". It was used to
describe the time of blowing out  all lamps and candles. It was later
adopted into Middle English as "curfeu",  which later became the
modern "curfew". In the early American colonies homes had  no real
fireplaces so a fire was built in the center of the room. In order
to  make sure a fire did not get out of control during the night it
was required  that, by an agreed upon time, all fires would be
covered with a clay pot  called-a "curfew".

BARRELS OF OIL
When the first oil wells were drilled they had made no 
provision for storing the liquid so they used water barrels. That is why,
to  this day, we speak of barrels of oil rather than gallons. One
barrel of oil is 42 gallons as opposed to a 55 gallon “drum”.

HOT OFF THE PRESS
As the paper goes through the rotary printing press
friction  causes it to heat up. Therefore, if you grab the paper
right off the press it's  hot. The expression means to get immediate
information.



SamKat's tumor in kidney is benign - Wait and watch

Happy note from Dr. David Brown-  Tumor in right kidney is benign.  Wait and watch.  In the meantime, I have no difficulties of the kind that stopped my kidney and bowel functioning a month ago.  To all who believe in prayer, as Jeanie and I certainly do, Thanks for yours!  

This life is short anyway, but I believe Christ has made our path as Christians to a much longer and even more pleasant life in Heaven.  Thank you God for your plans.  I want to be a Christian soldier, not just the sinning human that I am.

Thanks for all who have expressed their concerns!

Sam Kegley & Jeanie (my constant editor) Waitmand Watch 

English grammar lesson ... originally from William and Mary H ... thx Marge F!

English Grammar Lesson



Time for a clear, serious grammar lesson...
 
No English dictionary has been able to adequately explain the difference between these two words.  In a recent linguistic competition held in London and attended by, supposedly, the best in the world, Samdar Balgobin, a Guyanese man, was the clear winner with a standing ovation which lasted over 5 minutes. 
 
The final question was: How do you explain the difference between COMPLETE and FINISHED in a way that is easy to understand? Some people say there is no difference between COMPLETE and FINISHED. 

Here is his astute answer: 
 
When you marry the right woman, you are COMPLETE. When you marry the wrong woman, you are FINISHED.  And when the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are COMPLETELY FINISHED!!! 
 
He won a trip around the world and a case of 25 year old Scotch!

Origin of left and right ... Thx Marge R and friends!

Origin of Left & Right...

I have often wondered why it is that Conservatives are called the "right"  and Liberals are called the "left".

By chance I stumbled upon this verse in the Bible:   Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV) - "The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." 
Thus sayeth the Lord.   Amen.

It surely can't get any simpler than that.

Spelling Lesson :
The last four letters in American..........  I Can
The last four letters in Republican........ I Can
The last four letters in  Democrats......... Rats

End of lesson !  ....Test to follow on November 6, 2016 . 

Remember,  November 2016is to be set aside as rodent removal month. 

Please share this Bible Lesson with all your  friends and email buddies to help achieve that goal!

Chelsea's rich husband - ill-gotten but so? Thx Marge R!






He is Edward “Ed” Mezvinsky, born January 17, 1937. Then you’ll probably say, “Who is Ed Mezvinsky?”

Well, he is a former Democrat congressman who represented Iowa’s 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms, from 1973 to 1977.
 
He sat on the House Judiciary Committee that decided the fate of Richard Nixon.
 
He was outspoken saying that Nixon was a crook and a disgrace to politics and the nation and should be impeached.
 
He and the Clintons were friends and very politically intertwined for many years.
 
Ed Mezvinsky had an affair with NBC News reporter Marjorie Sue Margolies and later married her after his wife divorced him.
 
In 1993, Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, then a freshman Democrat in Congress, cast the deciding vote that got President Bill Clinton’s controversial tax package through the House of Representatives.
 
In March 2001, Mezvinsky was indicted and later pleaded guilty to 31 of 69 counts of bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud.
 
Ed Mezvinsky embezzled more than $10 million dollars from people via both a Ponzi scheme and the notorious Nigerian e-mail scams.
 
He was found guilty and sentenced to 80 months in federal prison.
 
After serving less than five years in federal prison, he was released in April 2008 and remains on federal probation.
 
To this day, he still owes $9.4 million in restitution to his victims.
 
About now you are saying, “So what!”
 
Well, this is Marc and Chelsea Mezvinsky.
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That’s right; Ed Mezvinsky is Chelsea Clinton’s father-in law.
 
Now Marc and Chelsea are in their early thirties and purchased a 10.5 million dollar NYC apartment (after being married in George Soros’ mansion).
 
Has anyone heard mention of any of this in any of the media?
 
If this guy was Jenna or Barbara Bush’s, or better yet, Sarah Palin’s daughter’s father-in- law, the news would be an everyday headline and every detail would be reported over and over.
 
And yet they say there are no double standards in political reporting.
 
And people are already talking about 'Hillarious' as our next President!
 
And then there is possibly Chelsea for president in our future!

Chelsea Clinton earned $600,000 a year when working for NBC and now works for the Clinton Foundation and sits on many boards.
 
The cycle never ends!
 
Lying and corruption seem to make some candidates more popular.
 
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. ~~ Thomas Jefferson
 
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
~ ~Abraham Lincoln


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