Liberty and Tyranny

We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word many mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men's labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name - liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names - liberty and tyranny.
On the back book cover of Mark R. Levin's new book "Liberty and Tyranny", which I just bought today.

Albert Mohler's top 5

Athanasius of Alexandria, Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther, John
Calvin, Jonathan Edwards
Good reading!

Godless government

A Godless government creates a Godless society, which creates Chaos. We
are close to Chaos now.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/08/obamas-prayer-snub-bring
s-reproach/

Surrender Monkeys

> Well, if this doesn't show the state of collapse in France (and
> growing throughout Europe)....
>
> http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/05/023508.php
>
> Read Mark Styen or Bruce Bawer.
>

Torn Meniscus

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I have a torn meniscus. It's in the knee. My knee has been hurting
something fierce since January. I go to the orthopedic surgeon
tomorrow, and maybe have surgery on it. I hope so soon. Then I'll have
a couple weeks off. I'll be able to hang out with Mary every day, play
guitar, listen to talk radio! :o :| :) When it is all over, I'll be
able, actually be required to work out. I hope the picture turned out.

War-murder and torture, or methods of war?

If President Obama's administration procecutes Prsident Bush's
administration for "torture", could Obama's admin. be procecuted for
murder for shooting pirates?

Easter---Dad made these banners at Brookwood Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio.

What is Easter to you?  Who is Jesus?

We are in trouble

We are in so much trouble. Our president is so weak and as such puts a
weak face on America. So our enemies look at us as wolves look at smart
alec sheep with the shepard asleep. North Korea launched a missile at
us while the photographers are taking pictures of the Celebrity-in-chief
and the misses and the "jounalists" are clucking, "Don't they look
snappy!" Now the defense secretary is scaling back the military like
Carter did (IRAN), and like Clinton did (IRAQ). You know, when Carter
did that in the 70's my dad was laid off for a couple of years. In the
90's during the Clinton admin. I didn't get laid off, but a lot of my
friends did...Now here we are again. But we're all breathlessly
awaiting the new U2 tour.

Happy B-Day Sweet Pea!

Yesterday was our daughter's 20th birthday. I took the day off and her
mother, Melanie and I went out to b-fass at IHOP. :P Our beautiful
daughter is not a teenager any more! Happy Birthday Melanie Lynn
Hoeglund!

USSA

Our march to socialism:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/23/AR200903
2302830_pf.html

Dad's birthday

Dad's birthday was yesterday.  Happy birthday, Dad.  Dear Jesus, take care of Dad till I get there, and take care of me, too.

Brother B

It's my brother's birthday today. Happy birthday Little B! I am having
a fabulous colored pencil sketch of his framed. When I get it I will
take a picture of it and post it here.

Dark Days

Now that we have a take-over of the government, the politicians in charge changing everything they can think of. The huge programs, the whimpy republicans, becoming friends with our enemies such as Hugo Chavez, the Soviets...oops I mean the Russians, the Persians...oops I mean the Iranian government, the homosexuals in the same barracks in boot camp, the high taxes paying for big Washington, DC parties are all mind boggling. The most disturbing, however is abortion. For those of you who are Christian, do you not read the Bible? Do you not care what God has done, creating life? For you who are not Christian, do you not care about human rights? Everytime I drive by Planned Parenthood I get sick. Please, pleae, pleae read Albert Mohler's ongoing articles about this awful subject, "What Makes Abortion Plausible? What Makes Abortion Unthinkable?" :
http://www.albertmohler.com/blog.php

Dad (David Bruce Lapham)

David Bruce Lapham 1923-2008

David Bruce Lapham 1923-2008 The Great Scoutmaster
I love you Dad! I'll see you when I get there, too!

I will post pictures as soon as I find them.

Things so far

These has been a hard couple of years. Besides our debt
problems, we had some unmentionable family problems. Then, Mary's
illness took a lot out of us, physically and emotionally. After she got
better (she still experiences pain in her abdomen) we started to have
serious disagreements with folks in our church of 17 years. We left
that church. There is much pain in our hearts about it. And the whole
issue is unmentionable, too. So, we just have to stuff it, keep it
inside and not tell anyone, just Mary and I keep it to ourselves.
Then our daughter got married to a great guy from a great
family. Since we only had just Melanie, Mary and I are "empty-nesters".
So we are happy yet sad.
Now my dad is dying. And I am trying to balance job, family,
money, and actually weather.
I guess I am asking for prayer. I'm already talking to God. If
you talk to him, too, for me it'll help.
Dad is in Mt. Carmel East in Columbus, Ohio with a deteriorating
heart. He had a blood clot in his leg and carved it all up in 3
operations, which means he was on anestesia for a while which made his
heart worse. It is already only 25% functioning.
I'll try to write more often.

"Shall not perish"

Things are happening!

November 29th is right around the corner. That is the day Melanie will change her name to Hoeglund. The planning is moving at break neck speed.
My creditors are falling in line. Did we get a bonus? Oh, yeah, we got a bonus. But the giant sucking machine is vacuuming the bonus right out of my wallet. It's just paying for the stuff that didn't get paid while I was parading around with a stupid strike sign next to the county morgue. (I actually did strike duty next to the morgue in the middle of the night, 4am to 8am.)
I switched from Verizon to Comcast because it was cheaper. I am going to try to add a video of U2 to the video section here, to the left.
Work on the 787 is ... well I'm not supposed to talk to the press, so I have nothing to say, at least that the press has already said. AAAAAAAhhhhhhhhh!
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As J. Vernon McGee says: May the Lord richly bless you!

Just writing

I just felt the need to write.  I am on the 25 day of the strike.  http://www.iam751.org/  That's my union's web site.  http://www.boeing.com/2008negotiations/  That's my company's website.  The two are acting like gigantic children fighting in a playground.  I wish they could just meet in the middle and we could go back to work.  This should have been done months and months ago.  We go through this every three years and it is tiresome.  I can't wait to retire.  The sooner the better. 

 

I don't think I support the bailout, but I am not that good with economics to know what to do.  I guess there really isn't anything I can do anyway.  The markets should have been able to work it out, but the government and the liberals have so messed it up with regulation that who knows.  When I hear some of these buffoons in Wash. D.C. talk I want to scream.  Voting Republican doesn't always do the trick, you know.  There are a lot of liberals or moderates in the Republican party, too.  (I can't stand moderates.  Can't tell where they are coming from.) 

 

Our daughter's wedding is approaching, and not rapidly.  It is difficult what with being on strike and all, all being not having a lot of money even before the strike.  When the strike is over I will work as much overtime as I can, probably through the Christmas holidays.

 

I am done reading "Prince Caspian".  A few more books and I'll be done with the Chronicles Of Narnia.  The set is for children.  I am expecting C. S. Lewis' other works to be more mature.  I have started in the past Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters, but I never got through them. 

 

Have you ever seen Dr. Zchivago.  I rented it from Netflicks.  So, I am half way through it; the movie is over three hours long. 

 

Sorry I am such a terrible writer.  I started reading a book on writing, so maybe I will improve.  In the meantime, blah, blah, blah.

Sorry. I haven't posted for a while.

Dearest Blog,

I haven't written for a while.  Mainly because I hate to write.  I get antsy and want to go do something more constructive, like play my guitar or my synthesizer in the garage.

I am reading.  The Chronicles of Narnia at this reading.  I am on Prince Caspian.  I decided to read as much C. S. Lewis as I can stand.  Before this I read John LeCarre' The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.  That was after reading Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People. 

Hey, I know how to stir things up a bit and get some replies!  How about that Sarah Palin?  She is right on!  (Now, no despicable comments from the left, OK?  This is a family blog.)  I sure hope the nation opens its collective eyes and turns to the right this election.  If the country doesn't, it will be a different place in a couple of years.  The Chinese are already drilling of our coastline.  And I read today that the Russians have sent a warship to the Caribbean.  Theodore Roosevelt would never have put up with that.  Marriage.  Abortion.  Immigration.  National security.  None of it will be the same.  May the Lord bless this election.

Boeing strike

I am on strike now. And I am looking for temporary employment. I can't wait to retire. What a way to run a business. Both the union (click on the link for updates) and the company are pathetic. I guess I am , too, since I am in both. I haven't picketed yet.

It is amazing to me that people think we are greedy. You know I think I wrote a similar post the last time we were on strike, or maybe this is just dejavue. (Grab temples and shake back and forth screaming "AAAH!" like Capt. Kirk.) Building an airplane from scratch (almost, as in 787) is not anything like any other career. Would you tell your doctor he earns too much because he just pokes at people all day. How about Oprah Winfrew? What does she do but gab all day on TV? And does T. Bone Pickens work 60 hours a week? How about the CEO of Boeing: how hard a job is that? Boeing Management makes a lot of stupid decisions every day! I could do better than that, and believe me I've tried! I just want a good wage reflecting my 26 years in aviation and a 4 year degree. And some guarentee that the company isn't going to send my job overseas. It's good for me to keep my job here, but it is good for business because the suppliers that are being used have extremely poor quality, and we are reworking their products anyway.