Targeting some organization that might be contrary to their political tendencies will not bother them one bit.  If the applicants have to pay a lot of money to lawyers to get their tax-exempt status pushed through, good for them.  If they loose their entire life savings while attempting to set up a tax exempt business to fight the inequalities in the current administration, we do all we can to stymy her and spend more of her capital, then, perhaps she will just go away.

But, eventually, as most crooked politicians and their well-paid investigators delve into personal information on each member associated with the program, they find small inconsistencies they can use to further delay granting the tax exempt status and costing the applicant more money they may not have on hand to carry on against this intrusion into their lives.  The IRS is very good at that part of their job.

For a while there, I thought I was probably only one of a very small group of taxpayers that had actually received an APPOLOGY letter from the IRS.  In fact, I received not just one copy, but two of the same letter, telling me how sorry they were that they credited my correct tax payment check to someone else’s account and then sent me that nasty, poorly written letter stating that I had not paid my taxes on time.  Enclosed was a statement for the original amount, plus a pretty substantial penalty for the IRS not receiving my payment on time.

The only problem with the letter was the fact that I had my cancelled check, it was stamped for deposit to the IRS two days after I sent it in.  I was not too shocked when the IRS informed me in the apology letter that my payment had been credited to someone else’s account and not mine.  My CPA went to bat and later told me he spent more than three hours on the phone with an agent in the IRS before they discovered their mistake.  That’s when I received my two apology letters and later had them framed.

But, his scandal doesn’t hold a candle to the Benghazi attack.  Our troops were left out there, alone, to die, when there were aircraft available to come to their aid before the second attack occurred and killed the two ex-military troops.  But, someone told the relief column to “stand down” and leave our men out there in the cold to die.  The cover-up here is all too obvious.  Three days before the TERRORIST attack, BO went on TV with yet another political speech, declaring that the TERRORISTS were on the run and Ben Laden was dead.  He was dead wrong and because he said that, four other Americans would be dead within less than a week.

When the attack began, the second in command spoke with Hillary Clinton and informed her that this was a TERRORIST attack.  He never said a word about any video producing an instant demonstration at the Consulate.  My questions are many – Where the hell was BO on that first night?  Where was Hillary?  Was she helping BO pack to go to Las Vegas the next morning – what the hell, BO, there are only four Americans being killed – you can’t stay here to see where things go – you MUST make it to that big fund raiser and tell everyone there was NO TERRORIST ATTACK in Benghazi.

While you were packing, did Hillary do the emailing about changing the “talking points” to take out ALL references to Al Quida or terrorists organizations and dream up that stupid video demonstration story for Susan Rice to go out on SIX (count em, SIX TV shows) and LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, LIE, AND LIE so that no one would think these were TERRORIST ATTACKS and upset BO’s apple cart in mid-stream by proving that Al Quida was alive and well and killing four Americans in Libya?

And, why did Hillary and BO make that appearance in the Rose Garden telling everyone the same stupid story that no one believed.  And, if that wasn’t bad enough, there was BO, on the View and Letterman, telling the American Public the attack was because of the stupid video…  And, then, BO goes to the United Nations and lies, lies, lies again – same story – the VIDEO did it.  (Yeah, and my dog ate my homework, BO)…

But, rest assured, BO gave us his best “song and dance -” I will find those responsible and hold them accountable.”

Wait, where did I hear those words so many months ago – oh, yeah, in the Fast and Furious Scandal that still no one has been found to be responsible, and no one has been held accountable.

Lord, take my hand, I heard those blessed words again yesterday by our great leader, BO about the IRS scandal:  “I will find those responsible and hold them accountable.”  Wow, really, BO?  With your previous track record, I doubt it.

Then, there is the third scandal, where BO’s good buddy, Eric Holder, had his troops capture the phone records of a large group of AP reporters.  Then, he “reclused” himself on some ignorant technicality so he wouldn’t be able to testify.

And, once again, we heard the same old refrain from BO:  “I will find those responsible and hold them accountable.”

Sorry, BO, but you don’t have the balls  to do that, nor the inclination to tell the truth.  I sure as hell didn’t vote for you, but by now, I hope those who did are beginning to see you for what you really are – the poorest excuse for an American President we have ever allowed to fill that high office.  Compared to you, Jimmy Carter was a saint.

But, HOLD ON FOLKS – there is one more scandal out there that you probably haven’t heard about.  It has to do with the STCOK act, and BO’s reversal of portions of it to benefit those in his administration.  Here is a little background:

 Overshadowed by the Boston bombings, no one
noticed the Senate passing a bill that Thursday, or the House doing the same on Friday,
and Obama signing the bill Monday indefinitely suspending the filing
requirements for 28,000 Executive Branch employees and congressional staff in
compliance with the STOCK act.  (Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge)
This STOCK act called for congress and senior federal officials to file reports of new transactions in stocks,
bonds, commodities and other securities that exceed $1,000 to the Office of
Governmental Ethics.  This information would then be entered into a publicly
accessible database.  Now, we could track the hogs as they went to the trough
once too often.  It seemed like a great plan – but, then, don’t they
all?

The new bill passed so quietly and
quickly also does away with the searchable database for the public of the
financial reports for Congress, the Vice President, the President, his cabinet
and congressional candidates.  Now, the hogs can run to the trough as often as
they want, and no one will know.  Isn’t the art of corruption and graft as
practiced in Washington, DC a thing of beauty in its simplicity? 

Why FOX NEWS hasn’t been all over this, I don’t know.  But the timing of BO and his buddies was superb, while everyone was searching for the bombers, BO found a way to treat government employees differently than us plain old folks.

Get on this Mister Bill O’Reilly…or Sean Hannity…or Gretta – it needs to be investigated too.

Let’s see if anything happens to any of the above.  There are lots of empty jail cells – the Justice Department let out a bunch of dangerous fellons by mistake the other day.  They must have known there would be a need for a lot of dark, damp places for the scum bags working for this administration, the justice department, state department, and the IRS.  

Go get em Congress – have some balls and hang somebody by theirs.

Vaya con Dios, our friends,  Karl & Carol 

A good friend sent us an email and video about how coconut oil has been proven to reverse some of the symptoms of dementia and Alzheimers, so, after trying everything else, why not?
After searching for quite a while, I found coconut milk, coconut flakes, and coconut oil and started Carol on the same.
Today, I made spaghetti using coconut oil instead of vegetable oil, and it really tastes great! Carol ate a pretty good bowlful, and has been drinking coconut milk at least four times today, plus eating coconut flakes. I hope it helps, and they say after a week or two, you should see big improvement, so keep your fingers crossed and say a few prayers too…
Tonight, we drove over to CC to see the Hooks play again. The game started off with three strikeouts of the first three opponents, and we got a run in the bottom of the first, but a runner was doubled up at first on a fly ball, which ruined a great inning. Things went downhill from there, and the Missions were leading 5-1 when we left in the bottom of the 7th. The wind was up again, but not as bad or as cool as Tuesday, so Carol did really well and I was proud of her. Even though she can’t see the game, she enjoys hearing what happened from me and keeping us with the game.
So, we are home again safely, and Carol is in bed, tired and ready for sleep. I am taking a few minutes to unwind and will join her shortly.
Another muggy day today, a/c working some of the time to cool the house down from 79, an I have it running tonight. I guess summer is really here.
Have figured out a few things on my new cell phone, but the instructions are written for old foggies like me. For example, it says, “enter any new contacts”, but doesn’t tell you how to enter any new contacts. I guess I am supposed to know how in advance, but, I don’t…thanks, Sprint…
At least the guy at the shop moved all the old contacts onto my new phone, and I found out how to delete a few that I know are wrong, so I did get that done. I guess I’ll just keep using the old system, look up the number in a phone book and dial it…that worked for about 65 years of my life, guess it still will.
Got a great email showing how cell phones have taken over the world and made idiots of us all.
There are some great pictures with this one. I wish I knew how to transfer it from my inbox to this blog, but, I don’t…so….
Anyway, good night and sleep well,
Vaya con Dios, our friends,
Karl & Carol

Guess what? BO is going on TV to defend his actions on Benghazi – wonder what lies he will tell this time. He is very good at that.

Rained last night, and it has been a very humid day today, in fact we have the AC on right now.
We decided to go over to CC and buy a new cell phone, as mine died over the weekend, so we did, and sat in Sprint for an hour waiting to be waited on – eight stations with computers, only two people working, lots of customers – doesn’t make sense, but, the guy who finally did wait on us was very nice and got me a phone in a few minutes, so we were able to beat a little of the 5 pm traffic to run down to the WAB on the bay to eat supper. Afterward, we went to the Hooks baseball game, where they promptly fell apart and lost 11-5. We left in the middle of the game, after the opponents were leading 11-2. The wind was blowing fairly hard, and this upset Carol, who has a tough time with wind, so she was happy to depart.
Today has been a regular day, washing, ironing, and taking life easy. My feet are still hurting, although it seems to take a little longer each day before I have to take aspirin to relieve the pain. I’ll be glad, if and when, this is over. I need to find out where Walmart has one of those feet machines to check out which cushioning I might need. Anything will be great.
I don’t really know where the last few days have gone. I got a few more pages done on my latest novel, but still have lots to do.
Atop all the scandals in the BO administration, no one is talking about his reversal of the STOCK law, so that his buddies in his admin can deal in stocks based on inside info without reporting such action.
I wish someone would check into that too. Check it out by searching for STOCK law and his reversal order on line. You will be amazed that the news people haven’t picked up on this.
I guess he and his advisors are making up more stories we are supposed to believe based on his prior performance(?)… He is late getting to the podium. It would be nice if he would just say, “I tried to pull a fast one, got caught and am resigning.”
Isn’t it funny that when he was addressing those college grads that he told them to have faith in big government? God help us!
We got to another game tomorrow evening, hope the Hooks win. Take care, order some of my novels on Kindle and enjoy.
Vaya con Dios, our friends,
Karl & Carol

We decided to take a night off from watching TV and head over to WAB field to watch our first Hooks game of the season. They were 20-14 going in, and when we left at the bottom of the 8th, they were leading 9-2. Good game, and a nice time with Paul and Glenda, who went along on short notice.

To all mothers tomorrow – Happy Mother’s Day – hope you get some roses and your hubby or kiddos take you out to eat and give you the day off from the frying pan. Where would we be without mothers?

I am getting worried about the male species though – it seems they are digressing back into the stone age and their brains are getting smaller, or something is wrong with our education system. First, they didn’t know how to wear a baseball cap, then they became too lazy to tie their shoes or know how to wear their pants so their underwear didn’t show. Now, it seems they are too lazy to shave or bathe. Some of the “beauties” on TV or in ads look like cavemen without the animal skins – but, those are probably next. Fashion except for dark, black clothes or wrinkled everything is in vogue, I guess. Either that or Mama never taught her little boys how to iron or wash their clothes. No guys, blue doesn’t really go with brown, and as far as music is concerned, just because it’s loud doesn’t make it good! Then, there are those body piercings – especially the big holes in the ear lobes -is this the picture of your “dream man” ladies?

Someday we will discover leaders among the population, not followers. Just because some “star” of some stupid TV series looks like crap doesn’t mean you have to follow his lead.

But, anyway, I’m from a generation that took some pride in themselves and knew what looks “sharp” and impressed the ladies, Neatness does count, with the girls, and with any future boss. If you think I’d hire someone who looked like the ones I described in this blog entry, think again.

But, it’s late and I am happy the Hooks won – great game, baseball, a team effort with everyone pulling together to win – not individual glory hounds like actors or actresses in Hollywood or on TV.

The military is another great organization, no matter which branch you choose, and, you soon separate the men from the boys and the leaders from the followers. Again, a team effort, no room for individualism. We love all of our brothers and sisters in the brotherhood of war.

Won’t be long until we honor those heroes who went before us to serve their country with no thought of what it would cost them. Freedom was the goal, and should always be the goal. BO talks a lot about what Big Government or “Big Brother” can do for you, but don’t be fooled. Smaller government is the key to a growing economy and a strong national defense.

My only hope is that we can find a true conservative to run in 2016 who is able to convince the American public that we can no longer pay all those fat cats riding the government gravy train in Washington, DC. We need to reduce the number of agencies, not be adding more every month. Get behind the Republicans and pray they can take over the house and senate by a large margin in 2016, blocking any plans BO has to ruin our nation and turn it into a socialistic third party country. Repel Obamacare and replace it with a sensible, understandable plan that assists not only the patient, but the health providers, hospitals and doctors as well.

Get people off welfare – if they won’t accept a job offered to them, cancel their welfare. Weed out the corruption involved with food stamps or credit cards. Limit the amount each recipient can spend per month and round off the bill to the nearest dollar, giving no change to be spent on cigarettes or liquor. Police the small markets that offer to accept food stamps or cards to see how much food they actually sell compared to what they report to whoever is checking their facility.

Seal up our borders. Stop and search every car – so what is they are lined up for miles – let them wait until their car and the passengers are thoroughly checked over by a drug-sniffing canine. X-ray the entire contents of every truck entering the USA. Find the drugs and destroy them, and the vehicles and put the occupants in jail in Mexico. It’s simple, BO, if you will just allow us to do it instead of putting up road blocks to justice and control of our borders.

We have such dedicated personnel in our border patrol units, who are not tempted to join the drug gangs and allow drugs to flow into the USA. Give them more power to apprehend, search, and shoot drug dealers. Killing a drug dealer saves lives, and his business is a dirty one, filled with misery and death. Why not give him back what he deals in? Shoot him full of his own drugs and send him back home as a message.

If I had my way, there would be a “disappearance” team roaming the streets, picking up everyone who deals in drugs. After questioning these people for more information on their suppliers, they would simply “disappear”, never to be see again, and their suppliers would soon join them in dark, deep holes in the desert. Would anyone really miss them?

I have the same solution to the stupid car chases in CA and other states.
Simply have the patrol car pull up alongside the vehicle with the idiot inside, roll down the window, lay their shotgun on the window ledge and blow the sucker away. The idiot is putting the lives of hundreds of innocent people in jeopardy and therefore is guilty of attempting manslaughter, if not murder. Go, kill him and maybe one or two more a couple days later, and see how many more crazy chases you have on the open highways when word gets out about how you deal with these crazies. Believed me, positive reaction to their negative reaction will earn you brownie points with every driver on the road. Go get ‘em, Roy Rogers…

But, it’s late, was past Carol’s bedtime, and I am tired. We’ve had three beautiful day sin a row, with a nice thunderstorm in the middle of last night – up to shut down my computers, then back to bed to hear the rain fall on the roof – very nice. Sprinklers will stay off for another month, and it was drizzling when we stopped for the CCC at WAB on the way home tonight.

We stopped by the Nursing home close to our place and talked to a lady about possibly moving Carol there if things don’t improve shortly, but discovered there is a time limit to the patient’s stay – 100 days at the most, and she would have to spend some time in a hospital first to be eligible…don’t think that is going to work, plus the cost between $6,500 to $8,000 a month is a bit much. I now think I’m going to try a little harder to find one or two women who will babysit Carol while I go fishing once a week, or just go somewhere and write or possibly hold a book signing to sell some of my novels. I need to make the IRS happy about my sales this year, and so far haven’t sold much.

So, we’ll have to check on that too.
But, for tonight,
Vaya con Dios, our friends, and GO HOOKS!

Karl & Carol

As predicted, the liberal Democrats circled their burning wagons around BO, attempting to protect their leader(?) from any harm – after all, he knew the terrorists were on the run, he said so three days earlier, while taking credit for killing Ben Laden. Funny isn’t it, BO was in the situation room and the oval office while the Navy Seals were actually doing the killing of the worst terrorist on our list of many who hate America. It was a great photo op that would display BO’s “hands-on” approach to capturing or offing our worst enemy. But, it is also strange that on the night of the Benghazi attack, (bad planning on the terrorists part), BO was in a hurry to pack for an early departure to make another rousing campaign speech somewhere and couldn’t be bothered with such a minor thing as an attack that he said couldn’t happen.
You can almost see the fear in his eyes as he conferred deep within the bowels of the Whitehouse with his most trusted Secretary of State, good old Hillary. Hell, she’s so slippery she managed to slide right out of some really tight places and situations during her years in public service(?)… She can come up with a brilliant idea to spin those tricky talking points that contain all those nasty old words – like terrorists, and attack, mortars being loped into the Annex with canny accuracy, taking out two more Americans, and the lack of support by anyone, especially the State Department supposedly run by Hillary. But, she can’t mention BO’s name or hers. Blame, if there is any, should fall on some lowly Colonel who will fall on his sword for this outstanding man filling the position of his Commander in Chief.

And, so, the talking points begin flying back and forth. First there is a rather lengthy one that tells most of the truth, but again, it has all those bad words contained within. These must be simple and the blame is to fall on the “spontaneous demonstration to a YouTube Video about Islam” that never happened in Tripoli and anywhere near the Consulate in Benghazi or the annex. Finally, after being stripped of anything worthwhile the shortened and “scrubbed” version of what really happened was given to Susan Rice, and being a good Democrat and liberal, she fell on her sword to show her dying devotion to BO.
So, Susan Rice told the lies, over and over, on five different liberal TV talk shows the next Sunday. Never once was the word “Terrorists” or “attack” used together in any of her falsehoods or downright lies to the American public and the listening world.
Of course, as would be expected, the liberal Democrat listeners swallowed her bait, hook, line and sinker. After all, BO was up for re-election – he couldn’t be wrong about the terrorists being on the run. If this terrorist attack was seen as a terrorist attack by the American public, BO’s statements of three days prior would now be false and he would have egg on his face. Egg on your face doesn’t play out well with the voting public, and BO needed a second term to complete his complete destruction of the current popular American life style. He must lead us down the path to Socialism, where big government is our big brother, who takes care of our every need, night and day, and decides everything for us: Where we work, what our pay will be, who will work and who will sit home making more babies and still be on welfare. Private enterprise will be abolished, the wealthy will be taxed nearly 90% of their accumulated money, unions will run every shop and factory, and individual freedoms, especially the right to carry arms will be abolished.
All of this was on the line the night of the Benghazi attack, and if you think BO and Hillary were going to let anything interfere with their well-laid plans for the next 12 years, (4 more for BO, then 8 for Hillary), you are sadly mistaken. And, so, the cover-up began and continues to this day. Hillary did not really testify about here role before congress – most Republicans ran scared from her and asked no damning questions like: where the hell were you on Sep 11, 2012? Meanwhile, she was constantly praised with long-winded speeches by her Democratic base.
Today at the hearings, there were a few smoking embers blown on those blackened coals in Benghazi to light up a small fire and perhaps get the big bonfire lit in the near future to display the entire matter from beginning to end, put everyone in their place, tell exactly what they did, (or did not do), at who’s orders.
Nixon was impeached for a much lesser charge for malfeasance in office, but no one was murdered in that little incident titled “Watergate”.

Here, we have four brave, dedicated men serving our country to the best of their ability, resting assured that those men and women above them will indeed “have their back”, protect them from harm and bring them home to their families safely, not in a coffin covered with an American flag. At least that’s what they were told and believed. But now we see how one man’s ambition and one woman’s politics and both lying to protect the other, changed and weakened that long-standing policy. Now, no one assigned in a foreign country feels safe. If you are the Commander in Chief and you and your Secretary of State are willing to throw four Americans under the bus to further your political careers, we now know we cannot and must not trust big government anymore.
I hear the hounds yapping at your trail, BO, and they also have your scent, Hillary. The dam is about to burst, and we hope it sweeps you both out of office, along with many, many of your cohorts.  Take your Czars with you – we have honest, hard-working women and men in America.

There are still many of us who believe in the statement: God Bless America!  Too bad you two aren’t among them…

Until more is forthcoming,
Vaya con Dios, our friends,
Karl & Carol

I am sure by now you have heard about the three young girls turned women who were kidnapped and held in a house in Cleveland, OH for ten years by three brothers (and who knows who else?). It took a lot of courage for Amanda to break free and call the police. Thank God for the good neighbor who answered her screams.
There will probably be a very lengthy trial, where lawyers will try to make it look like it was the fault of the girls instead of these animals – but, hopefully, when it is over, those responsible will be sentenced and put away.
My solution is very easy – don’t give them any special protection in prison, just put them in with the general population – the worse the better – and let nature take its course. Maybe then these animals will know what the girls suffered.
Let’s see what happens.

Another beautiful day, with visits to our doctor, who gave Carol a referral to a neurologist in CC. I still haven’t heard from the doctor about seeing me for my shoulders, which have improved quite a bit in the past couple months, but they say one of these days I will… again, let’s see.

I’m going to sign off early and see if I can’t get a few words down on paper for the novel I am working on – Master Sergeants Two. It’s been a while and I should be trying harder.
So, for tonight,
Vaya con Dios, our friends,
Karl & Carol

Wednesday, with the help of three people who hopefully cannot be intimidated by BO’s staff, we might learn some particulars about just who knew what and when they knew it about the Benghazi attack.
We all know there was a cover-up to keep BO from looking like the incompetent fool he is after giving that rousing speech a few days before about how the terrorists were on the run. They knew the truth about how they let those four heroes die instead of coming to their assistance. To do so would have made the radical Muslim terrorists a viable threat to the USA, and embarrass BO in his run for re-election – in fact, if the truth was known, he might lose, and they couldn’t afford that. So, let the Ambassador and three others die – who would care? Now, 8 months later, it seems perhaps they were right – over half of the American public doesn’t seem to care about what happened. And spokesman Carney says, “That was a long time ago,” and dismisses any questions as irrelevant…
The Democrats will join ranks and praise those who come forward to testify and give long speeches to use up the time, while asking nothing, to further protect BO and Hillary.
We can only hope someone on the Republican side will have enough guts to cut to the chase and say, “I am not here to give a speech, but I am here to get to the facts, and ask questions – When was BO notified? What was his reaction? (Besides packing for the campaign trail the next day). When was Hillary notified? What did she do? (Little if anything but protect BO’s rear-end).
But, we will have to wait and see what transpires. If it is anything like DC has been over the past four years plus, God help us. If we let our president and his Secretary of State get away with assisting in the murder of four Americans, what is next?
I hope there are enough true-blooded Americans out there who will stand up and demand answers. Eight months of delays is enough.

Vaya con Dios, our friends,
Karl & Carol

Today was probably the most beautiful day we’ve had this year, and we’ve had a lot of nice ones, but this beat them all. Bright sunshine all day, light breezes out of the south, and just a great day.
We took advantage by driving over to the new Tulle bike and hike trail that runs from a parking lot near Walmart to close to the post office – I think it’s about 4 miles long – all concrete, about six feet wide, running through deep woods so you can see and enjoy nature and maybe see some critters.
We didn’t walk the entire distance, but did walk enough so that we were both feeling tired when we turned around and walked back to the van. They only had one resting area with a nice bench, and I am wondering how someone goes about purchasing one for another place along the trail. I’d like to have one with Carol’s name on it.
She had a good day again today and I think she is realizing that I am all that stands between being here at home or going to a nursing home. She really listened today and did what I asked. I only hope it continues.
We had a fast trip to Magnolia – left here about 7:30 a.m. and got there about 11:30. They had just started on the jumbo shrimp when we got there and the caterer was right behind us in the driveway with the BBQ, which was really good. We had a good time and I think Austin won’t have to worry about spending money for a while, with all the cash he got as presents. He will be off to AZ in August – I think he and Kris will probably drive our and leave the car there and Kris will fly home so the kids both have transportation.
We left about 3:30 and decided to drive home, as traffic was extremely light and I made good time. On the way up, we got behind a big 18 wheeler on the last very curvy road, and I thought my foot would fall off, not being able to use the cruise control.
I guess I’m getting spoiled in that area. I remember driving clear across the country on the way to Hawaii, in our little Maverick, with no cruise control (I don’t think they had invented it then), and how my foot hurt so much then.
Kris arrived about a half-hour after we got there, and he really looks good, trim and healthy. He works way too many hours, but may get a little relief now that he found a new exec. We hope so.
So, we are back home safely and enjoying the weather as I mentioned above. We hope you folks up north get some relief from the rain and cold weather soon.
But, for tonight,
Vaya con Dios, our friends,
Karl & Carol

I think Philadelphia should change their catchy little theme to city of no baby love. How could this guy and his gang of goons and ghouls go around snipping the spines of living, breathing babies for 31 years without being noticed? Someone in the health department must have been receiving BIG payoffs under the bloody abortion table to keep the inspector away. Did you know that when the FBI finally raided his bloody house of horrors looking for the selling of illegal drugs, the Philadelphia Board of Health accompanied them, which was the first visit they had made to the “clinic” in FIFTEEN years! Think of the real number of babies who perished there under the scissors of this supposed doctor Gosnell, who wasn’t licensed to perform the type of operations he did on a regular basis, day after day, (or night after night) – the very late term abortions were performed by Gosnell and his wife, alone late on Sunday night, when all the other assistants were not present. God only knows what happened there.
And to think they kept the bodies of those babies in plastic bags, shoe boxes, water jars and other containers in a freezer of a refrigerator, where the staff kept their lunches cool. What type of a person does that?? No, I take that back, they are not persons, they are animals, jackals, wolves and rabid dogs to do what they did.
The jury got the case on Wednesday, and here it is, Friday, and still no verdict. Hey, jurors, what the hell can you be thinking other than “get the injections ready, this one really deserves the best you have”. Need someone to administer the drugs? Here I am – no I’m not a doctor either, but what the hell, that didn’t stop him – sure won’t stop me from offing him so slowly he’ll have time to ask forgiveness for each and every baby he slaughtered so carelessly.
I saw two signs in different demonstrations on TV today – both caught my attention. The first said, “Thank God Mary was pro-choice!” I had to agree. The second rationalized rather crudely that “Abortion is a woman’s right!”
Well, I think a woman’s real right if she doesn’t want to become pregnant, is either to keep her pants on tight, or, if that’s not reasonable, use protection during, and take birth control pills on a regular basis.
The exception I have to the second sign is: One you have produced him, doesn’t the baby have rights? Or since the soon-to-be-mother doesn’t want him/her, aren’t there people waiting in line to adopt unwanted children?
Doesn’t the mother look bad years later, wondering what the child she killed might have been and what he/she might have accomplished? How do we know they aren’t killing off a future President, or a Doctor who might come up with a cure for AIDS or Cancer?
I was once told by two of my aunts that my mother wanted to abort me because she was an only child and wanted my sister to be an only child; but, my father stood tall and said, “NO”. And, here I am, almost 77 years old, with two wonderful children who have made their mark in this world and served their country well, as have I and Carol, and now five grandchildren to carry on our legacy, all of who are doing well, either in college, the military, or working at a good-paying job and contributing to America. All of them wouldn’t be here if I had been aborted – think about that. Neither would our two great-grandchildren, who we hope will grow up and become caring citizens on a greater nation.

On a personal side note, I managed to write what I and many others consider eight great novels for public enjoyment. They have sold well, and people have enjoyed them across this great country. In the end, they may not do well enough to become movies, but they have great potential for that genre and we have high hopes. These books would not have been written, let alone published if I wasn’t here.

I save the life of a SSgt in Iceland be dragging him off his burning bed and out of the barracks he had set afire by carelessly smoking in bed. If I hadn’t been there, he might have died. I’ll bet if he knew the circumstances, he would thank my father sincerely.

So, you see, abortion not only affects just a woman and her boyfriend/husband or their friends who might think a baby at “this time of your life” would ruin your career. Hell, Jocko, careers come and go – a child is a gift from God that doesn’t need to wind up soaked in blood, lying in a trash can in Doctor Gosnell’s butcher shop, or any other one just like it. They didn’t ask to pay with their lives for your “late night loving”. All they want is love in return and a chance to make it in America, land of the free and the brave. Who the hell are you to deny them that right? Just because you and your girl friend got hot and bothered one night, forgot about protection, or she was too stupid or young to be on the birth control pill, and along came Junior or Sis, doesn’t give you the right to terminate their lives and what may lie ahead for them in the next 100 years.

Believe me, Gosnell’s is just the tip of a LARGE iceberg out there about to be hit by the Titanic. Go get ‘em guys and hang them from the nearest lamppost. It couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of ghouls.

You see, I am neither pro choice, nor for abortion, and I think the supreme court got their priorities screwed up by not considering the rights of the baby in Roe v Wade. I wonder if those judges ever wondered what would have happened to them if their mothers had decided their careers were more important than carrying them to full term, and asking on the responsibility and raising them to be all they became was just too harsh at that time in their lives, and they aborted that child who now sits on the high court?
I don’t know if the story my aunts told me is true – I sort of hope not, but, regardless, I think my father for being a “stand-up” dude and accepting what God had given him in me. I made his life hell a few times, but he taught me to be a man, how to build one hell of a good house, and to stand up and be counted when it mattered. I think if he could come back and see what Carol and I and our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren have accomplished so far, and how rosy the outlook is for their future, he would be proud of his decision. But, who am I kidding, he always was proud of me and mine.
I still remember calling him two days before he died – we had a good conversation as always. He was going to begin a new business venture the next week. He had no idea he wouldn’t fulfill that idea, nor did I. We were close, but seldom said, “I love you” when we parted on the phone, and this time, again, we didn’t.
Something told me, “Call him back and tell him you love him.” But, I didn’t. Two days later, he died in his sleep. I always regretted not making that second short call. Don’t do the same – always tell your loved ones that they are loved when you part – in company or on the phone. You never know if you’ll ever get the chance again. I know.

But, that’s enough for you to chew on for tonight. Today was a funny day, started off cool and windy, stayed breezy, but warmed up nicely. I took the van to a local car wash to see how good a job they did, and was pleased, but still had to get out afterward and dry it off with towels to get rid of any waterspots, which I hate to see on cars. If you aren’t going to wipe the water off, why wash it?? Anyway, it came out great.

We are going to try to drive to Magnolia, TX tomorrow, about a 4 hour drive, and with my left leg still giving me fits, we may have to stop every hour to let me walk around some. My right foot seems to be healed up. Pray for the left one. I also think we’ll stay at a Holiday Inn Express at Wharton about 1/2 of the way back and then have an easy drive back home on Sunday.

Got some great pictures of our grandson, and my namesake, Austin Karl Hoepfner, taken for his graduation. He is a handsome dude k- (gets his good looks from his dad, who got his from me….) He will be attending AZ Univ in Tucson with his sister, Lauren, who is one grade ahead of him. They both got all inclusive scholarships and a couple supplemental ones too to help with the expenses, which Kris is happy about.

Will tell you all about the party when we get home.
Hope you have nice weather tomorrow, no matter where you may roam…

Vaya con Dios, our friends,
Karl & Carol

The news has reported that there are 50,000 Muslims here on “student” visas, but 15,000 of them are NOT attending any form of higher education. Where are they? The FBI and of course Janet Napolitano and Eric Holder have no idea. Out planning terrorist attacks perhaps? Or are they just arming themselves for the great jihad? It boggles your mind that that many “students” can avoid detection and remain in the USA.
But, with our borders so porous, thanks to BO’s policies or lack thereof, nothing surprises me anymore.

Now we have an investigation of the investigation of Benghazi – I’ll bet that goes a long ways, or takes a long, long, long time to reach a conclusion, if any.

Seattle is a bed of potheads – you can tell that by the May Day “celebration” they held. And there is another wildfire in California – is there any good news to report?

But, life goes on. Carol got a clean bill of health for her eyes from our eye doctor, but she thinks there may be a problem between Carol’s eyes and her brain, so we will be heading into Corpus shortly to see a Neurologist to see if he can do anything about this development, if that’s what it is.

And, I think I’ve finally got to the root of the pain in my heels. A bad pair of tennis shoes from Walmart – you buy cheap, you get cheap! I found an old pair of tennis shoes from TARGET that I wore for years, and when I put them on, it was a world of difference. So, I went to Beall’s and found a pricy pair of tennis shoes that seemed to fit as well. Now, I am wearing my old ones until my heels heal, and then will switch over to the new ones. The Walmart ones are in the trash. My right foot feels almost healed, but my left is still aching. You live and learn. More BenGay tonight and more resting of the feet tomorrow.

One more thing – is it just me, or have you also noticed how stupid some of the advertisements are on TV? I can’t believe someone pays good money for them. I hate the ones for PC Matic – and some of those gadgets they offer on others are so pitiful. The “reality” shows have some of the most ugly, fat, stupid people in them, and now I think it has spilled over into the commercials. I am so glad someone invented the “mute” button. Now, if only they would make a control to shut the commercials off automatically and then turn on again when they are finished. I know it’s a dream, but keep hoping…

Enough for today – it has turned very breezy and chilly tonight – wind out of the north. But, it was still up in the 80s today and no snow – wish I could say the same for you winter Texans in Minnesota…
But, take heart, summer can’t be but a few months away….LOL

Vaya con Dios, our friends,
Karl & Carol