May each reader interpret as they see fit.
I don't know you Jo Ann, but I appreciate your taking time to educate me. I don't accept Snopes as an authoritarian arbitrator of the internet as you obviously do. George Soros, the billionaire leftist backs Snopes and that is enough to destroy their 'objective' approach to anything. Nonetheless, I will add your message and this reply to my SamKat blog and also forward it to my email audience.
The speech was a great thing to read if only by a right-leaning person like myself. I believe we are both Americans who want the best for our great country. At least I hope for that!
Sam
From: Jo Ann Aeh
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 10:01
To: Sam Kegley
Subject: High School Principal Speech
I thought you might find the following article from snopes.Com interesting:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/principal.asp
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Fear of the Lord ... Dr. Jeff Gordon Xenos Cafe'
I have meant to write this all week, but procrastination has always been a vice of mine, among a few others.
Sunday the Cafe' congregation of Xenos listened to just one more excellent teaching session by Dr. Jeff Gordon. The sermon was on Proverbs, Chapter one. The first verse goes like- Fear of the Lord is the beginning of all knowledge and wisdom. Dr. Gordon told us that the 'Fear of
the lord' was repeated eighteen times in the book of Proverbs. In the teaching, Dr. Gordon read from several other verses with similar remarks.
Far be it for this layman to attempt to explain of all of this excellent sermon in a few words on this blog, but I must try to. Fear implies 'being afraid of ', but more importantly other things like 'awe', 'wonder', 'deep respect' and such.
I sometimes pray at an 'altar' at the head of our stairs with Awe to the Highest!
But I also pray regularly as I lay down to sleep and I am so distraught that, in my prayers, my mind slips into 'reverie' in which I think of so many other things. I don't feel that I show sufficient 'awe' of the Lord in doing this. I slip back into the prayer asking God's forgiveness for my reverie. I know He understands and He forgives.
The Creator of the Universe deserves all of the respect we humans can muster at all times.
How awesome is it that Jesus proclaimed that the greatest of His commandments were to: Love the Lord your God with all of your heart, mind, and soul, and to love your neighbor as yourself. That kind of expressing of 'love to all' requires a lot of strength.
"How Great Thou Art" rings in song from the worshippers of this Almighty God! I expect it to be wonderfully so in the hereafter.
Sam
Sunday the Cafe' congregation of Xenos listened to just one more excellent teaching session by Dr. Jeff Gordon. The sermon was on Proverbs, Chapter one. The first verse goes like- Fear of the Lord is the beginning of all knowledge and wisdom. Dr. Gordon told us that the 'Fear of
the lord' was repeated eighteen times in the book of Proverbs. In the teaching, Dr. Gordon read from several other verses with similar remarks.
Far be it for this layman to attempt to explain of all of this excellent sermon in a few words on this blog, but I must try to. Fear implies 'being afraid of ', but more importantly other things like 'awe', 'wonder', 'deep respect' and such.
I sometimes pray at an 'altar' at the head of our stairs with Awe to the Highest!
But I also pray regularly as I lay down to sleep and I am so distraught that, in my prayers, my mind slips into 'reverie' in which I think of so many other things. I don't feel that I show sufficient 'awe' of the Lord in doing this. I slip back into the prayer asking God's forgiveness for my reverie. I know He understands and He forgives.
The Creator of the Universe deserves all of the respect we humans can muster at all times.
How awesome is it that Jesus proclaimed that the greatest of His commandments were to: Love the Lord your God with all of your heart, mind, and soul, and to love your neighbor as yourself. That kind of expressing of 'love to all' requires a lot of strength.
"How Great Thou Art" rings in song from the worshippers of this Almighty God! I expect it to be wonderfully so in the hereafter.
Sam
You're the one ... Thanks Clay Vice!
You don't know how right you are on this one, Clay. I am not a golfer and I do order a sandwich first, but otherwise ...
Sam
One day I had lunch with some friends. Jim , a short, balding golfer type about 80 years old, came along with them---all in all, a pleasant bunch.
When the menus were presented, we ordered salads, sandwiches, and soups, except for Jim who said, "Ice Cream, please. Two scoops, chocolate.
I wasn't sure my ears heard right, and the others were aghast. "Along with heated apple pie," Jim added, completely unabashed.
We tried to act quite nonchalant, as if people did this all the time.. But when our orders were brought out, I didn't enjoy mine.
I couldn't take my eyes off Jim as his pie a-la-mode went down. The other guys couldn't believe it. They ate their lunches silently and grinned.
The next time I went out to eat, I called and invited Jim . I lunched on white meat tuna. He ordered a parfait.
I smiled. He asked if he amused me
I answered, "Yes, you do, but also you confuse me.
How come you order rich desserts, while I feel I must be sensible? He laughed and said "I'm tasting all that is Possible.
I try to eat the food I need, and do the things I should. But life's so short, my friend, I hate missing out on something good.
This year I realized how old I was. (He grinned) I haven't been this old before."
"So, before I die, I've got to try those things that for years I had ignored.
I haven't smelled all the flowers yet. There are too many trout streams I haven't fished. There's more fudge sundaes to wolf down and kites to be flown overhead.
There are too many golf courses I haven't played. I've not laughed at all the jokes. I've missed a lot of sporting events and potato chips and cokes.
I want to wade again in water and feel ocean spray on my face. I want to sit in a country church once more and thank God for His grace.
I want peanut butter every day spread on my morning toast. I want un-timed long distance calls to the folks I love the most.
I haven't cried at all the movies yet, or walked in the morning rain. I need to feel wind on my face. I want to be in love again.
So, if I choose to have dessert, instead of having dinner, then should I die before night fall, I'd say I died a winner, because I missed out on nothing. I filled my heart's desire. I had that final chocolate mousse before my life expired.."
With that, I called the waitress over.. "I've changed my mind, " I said. "I want what he is having, only add some more whipped cream!"
This is my gift to you - We need an annual Friends Day! If you get this twice, then you have more than one friend. Live well, love much & laugh often - Be happy.
SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS including me if I'm lucky enough to be counted among them.
Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we like and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM SINGS!
Sam
One day I had lunch with some friends. Jim , a short, balding golfer type about 80 years old, came along with them---all in all, a pleasant bunch.
When the menus were presented, we ordered salads, sandwiches, and soups, except for Jim who said, "Ice Cream, please. Two scoops, chocolate.
I wasn't sure my ears heard right, and the others were aghast. "Along with heated apple pie," Jim added, completely unabashed.
We tried to act quite nonchalant, as if people did this all the time.. But when our orders were brought out, I didn't enjoy mine.
I couldn't take my eyes off Jim as his pie a-la-mode went down. The other guys couldn't believe it. They ate their lunches silently and grinned.
The next time I went out to eat, I called and invited Jim . I lunched on white meat tuna. He ordered a parfait.
I smiled. He asked if he amused me
I answered, "Yes, you do, but also you confuse me.
How come you order rich desserts, while I feel I must be sensible? He laughed and said "I'm tasting all that is Possible.
I try to eat the food I need, and do the things I should. But life's so short, my friend, I hate missing out on something good.
This year I realized how old I was. (He grinned) I haven't been this old before."
"So, before I die, I've got to try those things that for years I had ignored.
I haven't smelled all the flowers yet. There are too many trout streams I haven't fished. There's more fudge sundaes to wolf down and kites to be flown overhead.
There are too many golf courses I haven't played. I've not laughed at all the jokes. I've missed a lot of sporting events and potato chips and cokes.
I want to wade again in water and feel ocean spray on my face. I want to sit in a country church once more and thank God for His grace.
I want peanut butter every day spread on my morning toast. I want un-timed long distance calls to the folks I love the most.
I haven't cried at all the movies yet, or walked in the morning rain. I need to feel wind on my face. I want to be in love again.
So, if I choose to have dessert, instead of having dinner, then should I die before night fall, I'd say I died a winner, because I missed out on nothing. I filled my heart's desire. I had that final chocolate mousse before my life expired.."
With that, I called the waitress over.. "I've changed my mind, " I said. "I want what he is having, only add some more whipped cream!"
This is my gift to you - We need an annual Friends Day! If you get this twice, then you have more than one friend. Live well, love much & laugh often - Be happy.
SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS including me if I'm lucky enough to be counted among them.
Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we like and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM SINGS!
Pics from "You Know You Are From Portsmouth IF"
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1812425250335&set=o.215323841852332&type=1&mid=4#!/media/set/?set=o.215323841852332&type=1
I hope this posts successfully. Frank Hunter (PHS 55), whom I call Portsmouth's Illustrious Illuminator 'photoshopped' the Roy Rogers' Esplanade sign atop the National Bank and the old Lyric and Kodak building in downtown Portsmouth Ohio. You must visit the site in some way, find the 'back to album' to click on, and enjoy true Portsmouth nostalgia.
SamKat aka Sam Kegley
I hope this posts successfully. Frank Hunter (PHS 55), whom I call Portsmouth's Illustrious Illuminator 'photoshopped' the Roy Rogers' Esplanade sign atop the National Bank and the old Lyric and Kodak building in downtown Portsmouth Ohio. You must visit the site in some way, find the 'back to album' to click on, and enjoy true Portsmouth nostalgia.
SamKat aka Sam Kegley
High School Principal's speech ... Thanks Doug Brooke!
We watched high school principal Dennis Prager of Colorado, along with Sara Palin and Tom Brokaw on TV a couple of weeks ago....what a dynamic, down to earth speaker. Even though Palin and Brokaw were also guest speakers they did little but nod and agree with him.. This is the guy that should be running for President in 2012!
A Speech Every American High School Principal Should Give.
By Dennis Prager.
To the students and faculty of our high school:
I am your new principal, and honored to be so. There is no greater calling than to teach young people..
I would like to apprise you of some important changes coming to our school. I am making these changes because I am convinced that most of the ideas that have dominated public education in America have worked against you, against your teachers and against our country.
First, this school will no longer honor race or ethnicity. I could not care less if your racial makeup is black, brown, red, yellow or white. I could not care less if your origins are African, Latin American, Asian or European, or if your ancestors arrived here on the Mayflower or on slave ships. The only identity I care about, the only one this school will recognize, is your individual identity -- your character, your scholarship, your humanity. And the only national identity this school will care about is American.
This is an American public school, and American public schools were created to make better Americans. If you wish to affirm an ethnic, racial or religious identity through school, you will have to go elsewhere. We will end all ethnicity, race and non-American
nationality-based celebrations. They undermine the motto of America , one of its three central values -- e pluribus Unum, "from many, one."
And this school will be guided by America 's values. This includes all after-school clubs. I will not authorize clubs that divide students
based on any identities. This includes race, language, religion, sexual orientation or whatever else may become in vogue in a
society divided by political correctness.
Your clubs will be based on interests and passions, not blood, ethnic, racial or other physically defined ties.. Those clubs just cultivate narcissism -- an unhealthy preoccupation with the self -- while the purpose of education is to get you to think beyond yourself. So we will have clubs that transport you to the wonders and glories of art, music, astronomy, languages you do not already speak, carpentry and more. If the only extracurricular activities you can imagine being interested in are those based on ethnic, racial or sexual identity, that means that little outside of yourself really interests you.
Second, I am uninterested in whether English is your native language. My only interest in terms of language is that you leave this school speaking and writing English as fluently as possible. The English language has united America 's citizens for over 200 years, and it will unite us at this school. It is one of the indispensable reasons this country of immigrants has always come to be one country. And if you leave this school without excellent English language skills, I would be remiss in my duty to ensure that you will be prepared to successfully compete in the American job market. We will learn other languages here -- it is deplorable that most Americans only speak English --but if you want classes taught in your native language rather than in English, this is not your school.
Third, because I regard learning as a sacred endeavor, everything in this school will reflect learning's elevated status. This means, among other things, that you and your teachers will dress accordingly.. Many people in our society dress more formally for Hollywood events than for church or school. These people have their priorities backward. Therefore, there will be a formal dress code at this school.
Fourth, no obscene language will be tolerated anywhere on this school's property -- whether in class, in the hallways or at athletic events. If you can't speak without using the f-word, you can't speak. By obscene language I mean the words banned by the Federal Communications Commission, plus epithets such as "Nigger," even when used by one black student to address another black, or "bitch," even when addressed by a girl to a girlfriend. It is my intent that by the time you leave this school, you will be among the few your age to instinctively distinguish between the elevated and the degraded, the holy and the obscene.
Fifth, we will end all self-esteem programs. In this school, self-esteem will be attained in only one way -- the way people attained it until decided otherwise a generation ago -- by earning it. One immediate consequence is that there will be one valedictorian, not eight.
Sixth, and last, I am reorienting the school toward academics and away from politics and propaganda. No more time will be devoted to scaring you about smoking and caffeine, or terrifying you about sexual harassment or global warming. No more semesters will be devoted to condom wearing and teaching you to regard sexual relations as only or primarily a health issue. There will be no more attempts to convince you that you are a victim because you are not white, or not male, or not heterosexual or not Christian. We will have failed if any one of you graduates this school and does not consider him or herself inordinately lucky -- to be alive and to be an American.
Now, please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of our country. As many of you do not know the words, your teachers will hand them out to you.
Pass this along if you agree. . . . If not delete.
A Speech Every American High School Principal Should Give.
By Dennis Prager.
To the students and faculty of our high school:
I am your new principal, and honored to be so. There is no greater calling than to teach young people..
I would like to apprise you of some important changes coming to our school. I am making these changes because I am convinced that most of the ideas that have dominated public education in America have worked against you, against your teachers and against our country.
First, this school will no longer honor race or ethnicity. I could not care less if your racial makeup is black, brown, red, yellow or white. I could not care less if your origins are African, Latin American, Asian or European, or if your ancestors arrived here on the Mayflower or on slave ships. The only identity I care about, the only one this school will recognize, is your individual identity -- your character, your scholarship, your humanity. And the only national identity this school will care about is American.
This is an American public school, and American public schools were created to make better Americans. If you wish to affirm an ethnic, racial or religious identity through school, you will have to go elsewhere. We will end all ethnicity, race and non-American
nationality-based celebrations. They undermine the motto of America , one of its three central values -- e pluribus Unum, "from many, one."
And this school will be guided by America 's values. This includes all after-school clubs. I will not authorize clubs that divide students
based on any identities. This includes race, language, religion, sexual orientation or whatever else may become in vogue in a
society divided by political correctness.
Your clubs will be based on interests and passions, not blood, ethnic, racial or other physically defined ties.. Those clubs just cultivate narcissism -- an unhealthy preoccupation with the self -- while the purpose of education is to get you to think beyond yourself. So we will have clubs that transport you to the wonders and glories of art, music, astronomy, languages you do not already speak, carpentry and more. If the only extracurricular activities you can imagine being interested in are those based on ethnic, racial or sexual identity, that means that little outside of yourself really interests you.
Second, I am uninterested in whether English is your native language. My only interest in terms of language is that you leave this school speaking and writing English as fluently as possible. The English language has united America 's citizens for over 200 years, and it will unite us at this school. It is one of the indispensable reasons this country of immigrants has always come to be one country. And if you leave this school without excellent English language skills, I would be remiss in my duty to ensure that you will be prepared to successfully compete in the American job market. We will learn other languages here -- it is deplorable that most Americans only speak English --but if you want classes taught in your native language rather than in English, this is not your school.
Third, because I regard learning as a sacred endeavor, everything in this school will reflect learning's elevated status. This means, among other things, that you and your teachers will dress accordingly.. Many people in our society dress more formally for Hollywood events than for church or school. These people have their priorities backward. Therefore, there will be a formal dress code at this school.
Fourth, no obscene language will be tolerated anywhere on this school's property -- whether in class, in the hallways or at athletic events. If you can't speak without using the f-word, you can't speak. By obscene language I mean the words banned by the Federal Communications Commission, plus epithets such as "Nigger," even when used by one black student to address another black, or "bitch," even when addressed by a girl to a girlfriend. It is my intent that by the time you leave this school, you will be among the few your age to instinctively distinguish between the elevated and the degraded, the holy and the obscene.
Fifth, we will end all self-esteem programs. In this school, self-esteem will be attained in only one way -- the way people attained it until decided otherwise a generation ago -- by earning it. One immediate consequence is that there will be one valedictorian, not eight.
Sixth, and last, I am reorienting the school toward academics and away from politics and propaganda. No more time will be devoted to scaring you about smoking and caffeine, or terrifying you about sexual harassment or global warming. No more semesters will be devoted to condom wearing and teaching you to regard sexual relations as only or primarily a health issue. There will be no more attempts to convince you that you are a victim because you are not white, or not male, or not heterosexual or not Christian. We will have failed if any one of you graduates this school and does not consider him or herself inordinately lucky -- to be alive and to be an American.
Now, please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of our country. As many of you do not know the words, your teachers will hand them out to you.
Pass this along if you agree. . . . If not delete.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Quote by a Navy Seal ... thanks Dr. Hovermale!
A Reporter
Describing an interview she recently had with a Navy SEAL. After discussing all the countries he had been sent to, she asked if they had to learn several languages.
His reply:
"Oh no ma'am, we don't go there to talk."
Describing an interview she recently had with a Navy SEAL. After discussing all the countries he had been sent to, she asked if they had to learn several languages.
His reply:
"Oh no ma'am, we don't go there to talk."
Can of worms sermon & Maxine ,,, Thanks Lyle Shover!
Subject: Can of Worms
From: susan.burgardt@gmail.com
To:
4 Worms In Church
Four worms and a lesson to be learned!!!!
A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon.
Four worms were placed into four separate jars.
The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.
The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke.
The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup.
The fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil.
At the conclusion of the sermon, the Minister reported the following results:
The first worm in alcohol ... Dead .
The second worm in cigarette smoke ... Dead .
Third worm in chocolate syrup ... Dead .
Fourth worm in good clean soil ... Alive.
So the Minister asked the congregation, "What did you learn from this demonstration?"
Maxine was sitting in the back, quickly raised her hand and said,
"As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won't have worms!"
That pretty much ended the service!
Today is International Disturbed People's Day.
Please send an encouraging message to a disturbed friend... Just as I've done.
"Hang in there sunshine, you're special!"
From: susan.burgardt@gmail.com
To:
4 Worms In Church
Four worms and a lesson to be learned!!!!
A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon.
Four worms were placed into four separate jars.
The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.
The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke.
The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup.
The fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil.
At the conclusion of the sermon, the Minister reported the following results:
The first worm in alcohol ... Dead .
The second worm in cigarette smoke ... Dead .
Third worm in chocolate syrup ... Dead .
Fourth worm in good clean soil ... Alive.
So the Minister asked the congregation, "What did you learn from this demonstration?"
Maxine was sitting in the back, quickly raised her hand and said,
"As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won't have worms!"
That pretty much ended the service!
Today is International Disturbed People's Day.
Please send an encouraging message to a disturbed friend... Just as I've done.
"Hang in there sunshine, you're special!"
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