I’ve been lucky enough to enjoy a dull day outside; everything along the back fence has returned to the wild so I’m sorting it out. Over cast skies mean I don’t bake… or fry. Though I’m still unacceptably wobbly from 2 weeks of the nastiest cold evah. Heck, I’m still sick! I read that the effects of a cold shouldn’t last past 10 days. ORLY? The guy who gave this to Mike? His case lasted a month. If you hear someone coughing: run, don’t walk, to the nearest exit. This is the plague.
Yep, I know Newt lost Florida. Santorum split the conservatives. All those Romney voters evidently want to hand obama four more years.
I’ve been told that I misunderstood, but Mitt’s statement that he’s not concerned for the very poor, because they have a safety net, is troubling. I don’t care how you parse it, tell me that’s not what he ‘meant’. Whatever. Maybe Mormons don’t have things like Catholic Charities, but almost every Catholic I’ve ever known sees the poor as their concern. It has to do with “the least of these”.
31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Matthew 25:31-46
A safety net. Guess that’s why there are so many former job-holding, tax-paying, law-abiding, people out on the street these days. And the ‘doubled-up’ population is soaring:
The “doubled up” population (people who live with friends, family or other nonrelatives for economic reasons) increased by 13 percent from 6 million in 2009 to 6.8 million in 2010. The doubled up population increased by more than 50 percent from 2005 to 2010.
Whereas Newt invited the poor, along with all other groups to “join us”, Mitt’s unconcerned. It feels wrong.
Ah, the corn. Late last night I brought a bag of frozen corn into bed for Mike to counter the effects of Bree’s hard head against his elbow. Then I went to sleep. I’d been up for awhile this morning when I poked my head back in to the still dark room and asked “Is the corn still in the room?”
As so many things do, it seemed a little too silly and I laughed…
1. February 2012 at 5:41 pm
1. February 2012 at 5:46 pm
2. February 2012 at 7:12 am
Did Bree eat them?
The minute I saw Romney’s comment I said, “And here comes another 4 years of Obama.”
2. February 2012 at 7:22 am
No, Mike had gotten up in the middle of the night and put them back in the freezer. Poor man’s therapy; we’ll have to use it again! LOL!
That’s exactly what I thought as well… sigh….
2. February 2012 at 7:47 pm
Funny, I had a bag of frozen peas over the incision on my head for a while. It also went back in the fridge. Later it will be part of a tuna casserole. Now THAT’S comfort food!
3. February 2012 at 7:11 am
We generally don’t eat the bags of corn used for joint relief, but it could be done… they usually split before I get around to it is all…