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Happy Tuesday everyone and yes its a day to give thanks.  Sure, guess what we survived the blizzard of 2010. Yes we are going to get some more snow today and Wednesday.  But we have the East coast toughness to get through this.

How many days till spring you ask?

Countdown to Spring (click here)

So other than that here are my top 3 things to be grateful for in my life.

1.  My Attitude.   Yes I give thanks to my parents for this.  Oh they had some faults but they taught me so many things about not giving in or giving up.

That a smile will always start your day off with the right tone.  I thank God for giving me that lesson learned.

2.  My  desire to read and learn new things.  Yes much of my time not on Gather and Facebook I listen and read about getting stronger and better in the area of joy, positive attitudes, mental toughness.  Do I still have faults and flaws in this area?  You bet but each day and each new thing that I learn I place that into a new habit.

3.  My  faith in God.  Yes I believe with all my heart that we are created not cast down by a monkey. I believe in the power of God to empower us to do the right thing.  I believe in the free will that we all have.  That God does not cause or create tragedy but he allows us to know what is right and wrong through the Bible, his written word.  So many people ask why and how could Katrina happen, or war, or floods and famine.  They happen many times out of our own disregard for nature, laws of cause and effect.  We learn many times that one person a mad man can create so much havoc.  We all need to be watchful and mindful of what we can do to create greatness and good in our life.  We have that power we just need to unleash it.

So those are mine.  What our yours?

Have a great day today and I hope you stop by and visit the new home page for Make ME Smile Online. It's new, fresh and let me know your thoughts on it.

Till next time......Share that smile and share that gratitude.

www make me smile online dot com

Current View

I have an Ego, rather large;

It seems to think that

That I’m in charge.

My mind can make me quite small, too;

Depending on my current view.

My mind and Body

Aren’t the same;

That’s why God gave them

Different names.

I like to separate the two,

Then mix them with my current view.

Did God decide what

Words would say;

Or did Man jump in

And join the fray?

A passion of love or just

Apple to Zoo;

A curse or a blessing;

In whose current view?

I guess it’s up to me to think,

My Ego says it’s true;

So I decide what’s

Good or bad

Based on my current view.

Greg Wright

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PUTTIN’ ON THE DOG

(Streaker’s Niagara Falls New Years)

photos and banter by Robert B.

I guess one can only procrastinate so long.  I reckon it’s time to post up our New Year’s Eve, all compliments of our wonderful friend Ms. Beverly Shultz.  Putting on the Ritz; Streaker Style!

Dinner was served in the revolving Skylon Tower, nearly 720 feet above the falls.  Ms. Beverly had the lobster tail and I enjoyed the chicken cordon-bleu with scalloped potatoes.  Streaker had coffee and donuts with Mr. Richard (our driver).

I hope all of your doggies got to celebrate too.

God Bless,

Thanks for coming along.............

~

Here in this segment Maddow and crew do not want to bash or destroy the Tea Party too hard but instead are aiming to uproot and destroy the roots of it to make it easier to mold into their (the establishments) agenda.

Ron Paul and The Constitution are obviously at the root of the T.E.A. Party,  and still stand in the way.

More thoughts on what is happening in the Tea Party Movement and how everyone is attempting to manipulate it's impact.  Continued attacks are meant to mislead the uninformed bystanders of the T.E.A. Party's basic ideals and beliefs.

Ron Paul's more recent statements that having a movement that's discontent with the government is great

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Maddow: Is The Tea Party Movement Trying To Get Rid Of Ron Paul?

February 08, 2010 MSNBC Rachel Maddow

http://www.youtube.com/wa...

Ron Paul Interview on the Tea Party Movement

In this SHOCK POLL, it was reported 44% said they would take Bush back, and now this?  guess someone was REALLY serious! *grin*

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'Miss Me Yet?' Billboard With Photo Of Bush Is Real; Not An Internet Trick(click here)

Who paid for it? (Courtesy of Minnesota Public Radio )

By Mark Memmott

Internet chatter had led to speculation that it might be an urban myth -- nothing more than clever digital trickery spreading via the Web.

But our friend Bob Collins at Minnesota Public Radio assures us he's seen it with his own eyes:

There is a billboard along I-35 near Wyoming, Minn., with a huge photo of former president George W. Bush and this question: "Miss Me Yet?"

The death of Melanie Shouse, tireless health care advocate and MoveOn member leader, is a visceral reminder that we can't afford to delay real reform any longer. Can you send a message to Congress today? Tell them you stand with Melanie: It's time to put real people ahead of political calculations, and pass health care reform. Send a message to Congress

Dear MoveOn member, 

As politicians fret about the political risks of health care reform instead of fixing our broken system, people are dying.

And last week, that reality hit home. Melanie Shouse, a MoveOn Council leader in St. Louis, passed away from breast cancer while still fighting her insurance company for chemotherapy coverage. 

There is a serious cost to inaction on health care—people's lives. It's time to remind Washington that delay has real consequences for real people.

Can you send a message to Congress today? Tell them you're standing with Melanie: It's time for Washington to put real people ahead of political calculations.

http://pol.moveon.org/stand/?id=18862-8711679-xZDhvNx&t=2

Thousands of us sharing Melanie's story will be a visceral reminder to Congress that America can't afford to wait for reform.

Melanie was a true fighter. Even after her treatments began, she came to every single MoveOn health care rally, working steadfastly to help fix a system that, as she put it, leaves "millions of us in a state of perpetual fear and insecurity."¹

Now it's up to us to continue the fight. Big Insurance and other opponents have spent millions this past year to stop real reform²—and they're not going to let up. So we've got to remind Congress that what voters want, and need, is for them to finish comprehensive reform, now.

Can you send a message to Congress today? Tell them that you stand with Melanie, and the thousands like her, who simply cannot wait for real reform any longer. It's time they finish health care—too many real people are suffering with each delay. Get started by clicking the link below:

http://pol.moveon.org/stand/?id=18862-8711679-xZDhvNx&t=3

Thank you for all you do.

–Kat, Michael, Eli, Ilyse, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Obama says he won't give up on Melanie Shouse's dream of health care reform," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 6, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=86398&id=18862-8711679-xZDhvNx&t=4

2. "Health Insurance Industry Contributed Millions To Covert Anti-Reform Ad Campaign," Think Progress, January 12, 2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=86424&id=18862-8711679-xZDhvNx&t=5