TSA Expansion

There are only three things lacking in the current TSA airport security scheme. Those three things would be a proctologist, a gynecologist and, of course, any meaningful security since TSA has decided to permit known terrorists to pass unmolested. Big Sis says train and bus depots are next. I assume after that it will be gas stations, truck stops and welcome stations at the state borders.
---William Fortner 2010---

Circus

The Democrats do not have a caucus; a faction within a legislative body that pursues its interests through the legislative process. They have a circus; a large public entertainment in an indoor arena, featuring exhibitions of pageantry, performing animals, etc., interspersed throughout with the slapstick antics of clowns.
---William Fortner 2010---

It's The Perqs Stupid.

Nancy Pelosi is fighting so desperately to retain her position of Speaker of the House to maintain her access to the Gulfstream aircraft she uses to commute between Washington and San Francisco because the broom she flew into Washington in 1987 is reported to require three fuel stops. ---William Fortner 2010---

A Million A Day

A million a day to keep Obama out of the country is cheap compared to how much he costs us while he is here.
---William Fortner 2010---

Practicing Politics

In my opinion, lawyers have ruined this country. From those practicing law to those practicing politics, neither appears personally interested in justice nor abiding by the law.
---William Fortner 2010---

Spitting

Relinquishing God-given freedoms willingly or apathetically is spitting in the face of God.
---William Fortner 2010--

Percussive Maintenance

When the new congress convenes, the only "reaching across the aisle" by Republicans I want to see is slapping the socialism out of and some sense into the disloyal opposition.
---William Fortner 2010---

Priorities

I have seen a lot of personal change in the last year. I guess I asked for it. I don't know whether my time is short and the Holy Spirit has a lot to do in that short time or whether there is simply just a lot to do. I used to brag that I was the least of the sheep and one day God showed me that I was what I said I was. That really hurt. I decided I didn't want to be the least of the sheep and asked for help. It sure wasn't long in coming and knocking off the many rough edges hurts every now and then. Ten years ago I might have resented it, but now I welcome it. I know my faults are legion and it mystifies me as to why those that concern me the most aren't resolved first. More often than not, some other thing is dealt with that doesn't bother me so much, but it must bother God. My salty language is a major annoyance and an embarrassment to me, but God apparently has other priorities. If He doesn't do something about that soon I may be forced to quit cussing on my own.
---William Fortner 2010---

A Thought For Today

A thought from a dear friend.

OK. I'd like to offer a thought for the day, if original thinking is allowed.... :-)

"Thank you God, for life!"

Being human we tend to see life as a series of trials and tribulations, difficulties and annoyances, with scattered moments of joy interspersed here and there. Life is really an opportunity of several decades duration to make decisions and then reap the results of those decisions, to choose integrity or dishonesty, faith or cynicism, love or hate or anger, jealousy or acceptance, revenge or forgiveness. From these decisions we grow our souls, no less than we have grown gardens and reaped the fruit. Though we some day shed our bodies, our souls, ripened, move on and live in a place that is ready and suitable for them as harvested.

That's my thought but I think it could apply to more than just a day.

Ken 2010

God Is God

A few days ago, I asked why God had a thousand attendants and ten thousand servants as that seemed a bit much even for God. The still, small voice said, "God is God." Roger that! He can have all He wants. :-) Later, I stumbled across Malichai 3:16-18. I guess it takes a lot of help to keep a record of all the prayers and mere thoughts about God. I am not sure ten thousand are enough, particularly in hard times.
---William Fortner 2010---

Sword Scabbard

I think of this earthly body as a sword scabbard. Over time, the scabbard gets beat up, knocked around, scratched, soiled, weathered and damaged by any number of harmful occurrences, but when the hand that owns the sword, which is the spirit, draws it forth, it is unblemished, shiny and sharp ready to do the work of the Master's hand.
---William Fortner 2010---

Teats and Sand

Considering their glaring failures when tested, the usefulness of the TSA seems to be somewhere between teats on a boar hog and sand in Vaseline.
---William Fortner 2010---