Mother from Pat Richards Whitehead e-mail

Subject: Mother
> >
> > This is a truly BEAUTIFUL.
> >
> > Please read this at a slow pace, digesting every word
> and in leisure...do
> > not hurry....this is a treasure...
> >
> > For those lucky to still be blessed with your Mom,
> this is beautiful. For
> > those of us who aren't, this is even more beautiful.
> For those who are moms,
> > you'll love this.
> >
> >
> > The young mother set her foot on the path of life.
> > 'Is this the long way?' she asked. And the guide
> said: 'Yes, and the way is
> > hard.
> > And you will be old before you reach the end of it.
> But the end will be
> > better than the beginning.'
> >
> >
> > But the young mother was happy, and she would not
> believe that anything
> > could be better than these years. So she played with
> her children, and
> > gathered flowers for them along the way, and bathed
> them in the clear
> > streams; and the sun shone on them, and the young
> Mother cried, 'Nothing
> > will ever be lovelier than this.'
> >
> >
> > Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was
> dark, and the children
> > shook with fear and cold, and the mother drew them
> close and covered them
> > with her mantle, and the children said, 'Mother, we
> are not afraid, for you
> > are near, and no harm can come.'
> >
> >
> > And the morning came, and there was a hill ahead, and
> the children climbed
> > and grew weary, and the mother was weary.
> > But at all times she said to the children,' A little
> patience and we are
> > there.'
> > < STRONG>So the children climbed, and when they
> reached the top they said,
> > 'Mother, we would not have done it without you.'
> >
> > And the mother, when she lay down at night looked up
> at the stars and said,
> > 'This is a better day than the last, for my children
> have learned fortitude
> > in the face of hardness. Yesterday I gave them
> courage.
> > Today, I've given them strength.'
> >
> > And the next day came strange clouds which darkened
> the earth, clouds of war
> > and hate and evil, and the children groped and
> stumbled, and the mother
> > said: 'Look up. Lift your eyes to the light.
> > 'And the children looked and saw above the clouds an
> everlasting glory, and
> > it guided them beyond the darkness. And that night the
> Mother said, 'This is
> > the best day of all, for I have shown my children
> God.'
> >
> >
> > And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and
> the years, and the
> > mother grew old and she was little and bent.
> > But her children were tall and strong, and walked with
> courage. And when
> > the way was rough, they lifted her, for she was as
> light as a feather; and
> > at last they came to a hill, and beyond they could see
> a shining road and
> > golden gates flung wide. And mother said, 'I have
> reached the end of my
> > journey. And now I know the end is better than the
> beginning, for my
> > children can walk alone, and their children after
> them.'
> >
> >
> > And the children said, 'You will always walk with us,
> Mother, even when you
> > have gone through the gates.'
> > And they stood and watched her as she went on alone,
> and the gates closed
> > after her. And they said: 'We cannot see her but
> she is with us still. A
> > Mother like ours is more than a memory. She is a
> living presence.......'
> >
> >
> > Your Mother is always with you.... She's the whisper
> of the leaves as you
> > walk down the street; she's the smell of bleach in
> your freshly laundered
> > socks; she's the cool hand on your brow when you're
> not well. Your Mother
> > lives inside your laughter. And she's crystallized in
> every tear drop.
> > She's the place you came from, your first home; and
> she's the map you follow
> > with every step you take. She's your first love and
> your first heartbreak,
> > and nothing on earth can separate you.
> > Not time, not space... not even death!< /B>
> >
> >
> > If you still have Her near, then Cherish and Adore
> Her, For once she's gone,
> > there's no going back!
> >
> > If she has passed, then never forget her, For when you
> have passed, she will
> > be the first waiting for you.
> >
> > PASS THIS ON TO ALL THE MOTHERS & CHILDREN YOU
> KNOW.
> > MAY WE NEVER TAKE OUR MOTHERS FOR GRANTED...
> >
> > Pass it on to the men...because they have
> mothers, too.

A Truthful Sign- Pat Richards Whitehead

Subject: A Truthful Sign





A smile is a sign of joy.
A hug is a sign of love.
A laugh is a sign of happiness.
And a friend like me???
Heck .....,
that's just a sign of good taste!!

Dr. Ralph and his friend and the oil developments

This is from my good Kentucky friend, Ralph and his Montana friend, Darrell. This should not be botched by our elite elected people.


----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Hovermale
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:07 PM
Subject: OIL (not a joke)


I hope Darrell doesn’t mind me forwarding his response regarding this extremely large oil reserve. We need an energy program that eliminates foreign oil while we develop other sources.

Regards,

Ralph



To: Ralph Hovermale
Subject: RE: OIL (not a joke)



Ralph, the oil is there and they are drilling for it. That is why North
Dakota has such a low unemployment rate. They have recently found
another large find that is below the bakken field. They have yet to
determine how large it may be. This combined with the natural gas
fields they have found in shale will certainly help our country. All
these are somewhat expensive to develop, but are there to help.
You might want to check out a small company called Synfuels International on the web. They have developed a method to convert
natural gas directly to gasoline or diesel and are building their first
plant in Texas. This potentially could open up significant reserves of
liquid fuels from natural gas around the world.

Darrel



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From: rhovermale@columbus.rr.com
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:35:16 -0400

Subject: OIL (not a joke)

An old friend, Darrell Coverdale, who is a native of Montana told me a couple years ago that it is true that the oil is there. There is, however, an extremely high cost associated with getting it out.



Has anything changed, Darrell?



Regards,

Ralph





OIL (not a joke)

The U. S. Geological Service issued a report in April ('08) that only scientists and oil men knew was coming, but man was it big. It was a revised report ( hadn't been updated since '95) on how much oil was in this area of the western 2/3 of North Dakota ; western South Dakota ; and extreme eastern Montana ..... check THIS out:

The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska 's Prudhoe Bay , and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign oil. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates it at 503 billion barrels.. Even if just 10% of the oil is recoverable... at $107 a barrel, we're looking at a resource base worth more than $5.3 trillion.

'When I first briefed legislators on this, you could practically see their jaws hit the floor. They had no idea.' says Terry Johnson, the Montana Legislature's financial analyst.

'This sizable find is now the highest-producing onshore oil field found in the past 56 years.' reports, The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. It's a formation known as the Williston Basin , but is more commonly referred to as the 'Bakken.' And it stretches from Northern Montana, through North Dakota and into Canada . For years, U. S. oil exploration has been considered a dead end. Even the 'Big Oil' companies gave up searching for major oil wells decades ago. However, a recent technological breakthrough has opened up the Bakken's massive reserves.... and we now have access of up to 500 billion barrels. And because this is light, sweet oil, those billions of barrels will cost Americans just $16 PER BARREL!

That's enough crude to fully fuel the American economy for2041 years straight.

2. And if THAT didn't throw you on the floor, then this next one should - because it's from TWO YEARS AGO!

U. S. Oil Discovery- Largest Reserve in the World!
Stansberry Report Online - 4/20/2006


Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world. It is more than 2 TRILLION barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction. In three and a half years of high oil prices none has been extracted. With this motherload of oil why are we still fighting over off-shore drilling?

They reported this stunning news: We have more oil inside our borders, than all the other proven reserves on earth. Here are the official estimates:

- 8-times as much oil as Saudi Arabia
- 18-times as much oil as Iraq
- 21-times as much oil as Kuwait
- 22-times as much oil as Iran
- 500-times as much oil as Yemen
- and it's all right here in the Western United States .

HOW can this BE? HOW can we NOT BE extracting this? Because the environmentalists and others have blocked all efforts to help America become independent of foreign oil! Again, we are letting a small group of people dictate our lives and our economy.......WHY?

James Bartis, lead researcher with the study says we've got more oil in this very compact area than the entir e Middle East -more than 2 TRILLION barrels untapped. That's more than all the proven oil reserves of crude oil in the world today, reports The Denver Post.

Don't think 'OPEC' will drop its price - even with this find? Think again! It's all about the competitive marketplace, - it has to. Think OPEC just might be funding the environmentalists?
Got your attention/ire up yet? Hope so! Now, while you're thinking about it .... and hopefully P.O'd, do this:

3. Pass this along. If you don't take a little time to do this, then you should stifle yourself the next time you want to complain about gas prices .. because by doing NOTHING, you've forfeited your right to complain.
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Now I just wonder what would happen in this country if every one of you sent this to every one in your address book.
By the way...this is all true. Check it out at the link below!!!
GOOGLE it or follow this link. It will blow your mind.
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1911



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