Today is Thursday, June 27, 2013. My stats today: 10 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes on the ball and 46 minutes of walking = 2.5 miles for a June total of 53.5 miles. My weight was 162.4 pounds.
QUOTE from a DJ at an Irish wedding reception: "Would all married men please stand next to the one person who has made your life worth living." - The bartender was nearly crushed to death.
My THOUGHTS today have to do with the Supreme Court and their DOMA decision.
We all know that yesterday the Supreme Court decided DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act of 1996) was ruled unconstitutional and violated equal protection rights. The ruling will allow couples in 13 states and Wash. D.C., where same-sex marriage is legal, to receive federal benefits such as Social Security survivor benefits and certain federal tax deductions. The federal government can no longer deny the equal benefits and protections of its laws to legally married same-sex couple in these 13 states. But the other 37 can do what they want in regard to same-sex couples.
Being a historian I'm always interested in why things happen. The question in my mind was why was DOMA passed in the first place and why did President Clinton sign it into law in 1996. I heard the answer the last night when I heard Barney Frank (the retired gay congressman from Mass.) explain why.
Barney said that 1996 was a presidential election year and Bob Dole was going to run for President on the Republican ticket. As Senate Majority Leader Dole had the idea if he could get DOMA through Congress he would have Clinton and the Democratic Party in a box and it would help him beat Clinton in the general election. Especially if Clinton vetoed it and many of the Democrats voted against it. Well, it turned out that most of the Democrats voted for it and Clinton signed it into law.
Clinton was no dummy and he was a master politician. He knew if he vetoed it that Dole and Republican candidates would use it as "wedge" issue and possibly cause his defeat in the election. Plus, the U.S. was a different country in 1996 than it is today - much less tolerant or understanding of people who are different. As we know Clinton went on to win big. Dole's strategy backfired.
So DOMA was a political move that didn't work. Thank God it only took 17 years to get rid of it.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
Pete BLOG-Day 26,515. Anamosa honors Marshall Yanda.
Today is Monday, June 24, 2013. My stats today: 10 minutes of lifting weights and 45 minutes of walking = 2.5 miles for a June total of 45.6 miles. My weight was 163.2 pounds.
QUOTE from Shaquille O'Neal: "Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do."
My THOUGHTS today are on the Marshall Yanda program that was held yesterday at the Anamosa High School. I went to the High School to see the program honoring Marshall Yanda. Marshall is the most famous and decorated athlete in the history of Anamosa High School. I had Marshall as a student in my seventh grade geography class in 1997-1998.
Marshall was not a terrific student in seventh grade or at any time through high school. But he was a hell of a football player. He started as a sophomore and played three years as an offensive tackle and a defensive tackle. He was looked at by D-1 schools but his grades were not good enough to get accepted. So he took the junior college route by going to Mason City and enrolling at the North Iowa Community College. He went there to play football and not necessarily to get too serious as a student. The first week of practice the football coach asked the 122 players how many wanted to play D-1 football. All 122 raised there hand. Then the coach said that only 1% of you will make it - Marshall was the only one.
After a very successful first year he got his head on straight. D-1 schools were interested in him if he would get serious about bringing his grades up. Marshall decided to get serious. He knew if he could get 17 credits in the summer and in the fall semester he would be eligible to graduate in January and play spring football for any D-1 team that would offer him a scholarship. He started studying, brought his grades up and graduated in January. Then the scholarship offers started coming - from Iowa State, UNI and finally the Hawkeyes. He almost went to Iowa State but Ferentz finally offered on the day Marshall was going to Ames to sign with the Cyclones. His goal in life was to play for the Hawkeyes and play football in Kinnick Stadium. He made it. He graduated from Iowa in 2007 with a degree in economics.
He started two years for the Hawks. Then he got drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the third round of the 2007 draft. The rest is history. He ended up starting midway through his rookie season. He got hurt his second year and spent the year rebuilding his torn ACL. He returned in 2009 and has been starting the last four years. He has been selected as a Pro Bowl player the last 2 years. And he was the starting right guard for the Ravens in their Super Bowl win over San Francisco this past February. Some sports analysts have called Marshall the best guard in the NFL.
Yesterday Anamosa honored Marshall Yanda. The guest speaker was Kirk Ferentz, coach of the Hawkeyes. Coach Ferentz talked about how hard a worker Marshall was and he should be an inspiration for all young athletes. Darel Schepanski, the sports editor of the Anamosa Journal- Eureka, talked and presented Marshall with a plaque that designated the high school weight room will forever be known as THE MARSHALL YANDA WEIGHT ROOM.
Then his high school coach, Dan Kiley, spoke and surprised Marshall. He told Marshall that after his last high school game, he took Marshall's #77 jersey, stuck it in his classroom closet because he was certain Marshall was going to make a name for himself in D-1 football someplace. So coach Kiley held up a framed, glass enclosed #77 jersey and told Marhall that his number #77 will be retired and no other Anamosa football player will ever wear #77 again. What a wonderful honor for Marshall.
Marshall talked and thanked everybody for coming. He told how he had gotten his act together his second year in Mason City and how plain old hard work is what changed his life and made him what he is today.
I talked to Marshall and had my picture taken with him. He remembered my class from seventh grade and called me Mr. Bungum. I thought that was pretty neat and so respectful. Marshall is one wonderful man - so down-to-earth. He posed for pictures with anyone who wanted one and signed autographs for an hour or two after the ceremony. To me, Marshall is the epitome of a hardworking Iowa farm boy who made it big but has never forgotten his roots. His Dad and Mom were farmers north of Anamosa where they raise corn, soybeans, hay and raise hogs and have dairy cattle. Marshall goes and still helps his Dad on the farm when he is has the time.
By the way, Marshall is a multi-millionaire - two years ago he signed a seven year 32 million dollar contract with the Ravens. You'd never know he was a millionaire by talking to him or by the way he acts. When he signed that contract he told Schepanski in a newspaper interview that this is not going to change me - I'm still Marshall Yanda - an Iowa farm boy.
QUOTE from Shaquille O'Neal: "Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do."
My THOUGHTS today are on the Marshall Yanda program that was held yesterday at the Anamosa High School. I went to the High School to see the program honoring Marshall Yanda. Marshall is the most famous and decorated athlete in the history of Anamosa High School. I had Marshall as a student in my seventh grade geography class in 1997-1998.
Marshall was not a terrific student in seventh grade or at any time through high school. But he was a hell of a football player. He started as a sophomore and played three years as an offensive tackle and a defensive tackle. He was looked at by D-1 schools but his grades were not good enough to get accepted. So he took the junior college route by going to Mason City and enrolling at the North Iowa Community College. He went there to play football and not necessarily to get too serious as a student. The first week of practice the football coach asked the 122 players how many wanted to play D-1 football. All 122 raised there hand. Then the coach said that only 1% of you will make it - Marshall was the only one.
After a very successful first year he got his head on straight. D-1 schools were interested in him if he would get serious about bringing his grades up. Marshall decided to get serious. He knew if he could get 17 credits in the summer and in the fall semester he would be eligible to graduate in January and play spring football for any D-1 team that would offer him a scholarship. He started studying, brought his grades up and graduated in January. Then the scholarship offers started coming - from Iowa State, UNI and finally the Hawkeyes. He almost went to Iowa State but Ferentz finally offered on the day Marshall was going to Ames to sign with the Cyclones. His goal in life was to play for the Hawkeyes and play football in Kinnick Stadium. He made it. He graduated from Iowa in 2007 with a degree in economics.
He started two years for the Hawks. Then he got drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the third round of the 2007 draft. The rest is history. He ended up starting midway through his rookie season. He got hurt his second year and spent the year rebuilding his torn ACL. He returned in 2009 and has been starting the last four years. He has been selected as a Pro Bowl player the last 2 years. And he was the starting right guard for the Ravens in their Super Bowl win over San Francisco this past February. Some sports analysts have called Marshall the best guard in the NFL.
Yesterday Anamosa honored Marshall Yanda. The guest speaker was Kirk Ferentz, coach of the Hawkeyes. Coach Ferentz talked about how hard a worker Marshall was and he should be an inspiration for all young athletes. Darel Schepanski, the sports editor of the Anamosa Journal- Eureka, talked and presented Marshall with a plaque that designated the high school weight room will forever be known as THE MARSHALL YANDA WEIGHT ROOM.
Then his high school coach, Dan Kiley, spoke and surprised Marshall. He told Marshall that after his last high school game, he took Marshall's #77 jersey, stuck it in his classroom closet because he was certain Marshall was going to make a name for himself in D-1 football someplace. So coach Kiley held up a framed, glass enclosed #77 jersey and told Marhall that his number #77 will be retired and no other Anamosa football player will ever wear #77 again. What a wonderful honor for Marshall.
Marshall talked and thanked everybody for coming. He told how he had gotten his act together his second year in Mason City and how plain old hard work is what changed his life and made him what he is today.
I talked to Marshall and had my picture taken with him. He remembered my class from seventh grade and called me Mr. Bungum. I thought that was pretty neat and so respectful. Marshall is one wonderful man - so down-to-earth. He posed for pictures with anyone who wanted one and signed autographs for an hour or two after the ceremony. To me, Marshall is the epitome of a hardworking Iowa farm boy who made it big but has never forgotten his roots. His Dad and Mom were farmers north of Anamosa where they raise corn, soybeans, hay and raise hogs and have dairy cattle. Marshall goes and still helps his Dad on the farm when he is has the time.
By the way, Marshall is a multi-millionaire - two years ago he signed a seven year 32 million dollar contract with the Ravens. You'd never know he was a millionaire by talking to him or by the way he acts. When he signed that contract he told Schepanski in a newspaper interview that this is not going to change me - I'm still Marshall Yanda - an Iowa farm boy.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Pete's BLOG-Day 26,513. Final comments on sister Jan's 80th birthday party.
Today is Sunday, June 23, 2013. No stats today. My weight was 162.8 pounds.
QUOTE from Jim Morrison: "That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what she/he really is."
My THOUGHTS today are about sister Jan's 80th birthday party.
I told a few more memories I had of Jan. In 1951 her boyfriend Don was in the U.S. Force. He would write letters frequently and one night after supper I had saw a letter from Don laying on the kitchen. So I grabbed, opened it up and started to read it out loud. The first paragraph was filled with words like honey, dearest, sweetheart, etc. As I was reading Jan started chasing me around the supper table trying to catch me and take the letter away - but I just kept reading. Mom was listening and she was laughing her head off and didn't even make me stop. The second paragraph wasn't nearly as interesting as the first so I handed the letter to Jan. The result of that episode is that Jan did not leave any more of her love letters laying around where I, or anybody else, could get their hands on them.
Another good memory of Jan is that she was a pretty good piano player. She would play all the latest songs and I would sit by her and sing along. Some of the songs I remember her playing from the early 1950s were: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Now is the Hour; Galway Bay; Deep Purple. Every time I hear those songs on Lawrence Welk
or Guy Lombardo I comment to Ruth Ann that Jan used to play that one on the piano in 1949-1951.
And one more memory I told Jan was about a patient in the Rest Home named Bill Abbey. Bill was confined to his room so Jan would deliver his food tray to him. One night she brought him his tray and Bill was sitting on the edge of his bed trimming his toenails with his jack knife. Bill wanted to show his appreciation to Jan. He had a slab of cheese on his nightstand so he asked Jan if she would like a slab of cheese. She said yes so Bill takes his toenail cutting knife and cuts off a piece of cheese and hands it to her. She accepts and thanks Bill for his thoughtfulness. Needless to say it went in the nearest garbage can. That story is good for a laugh every time I tell it.
I also thanked Jan for the love and care she gave to Mom while in the Martin Luther Nursing Home in the middle to late 1980s and early 1990s. She was the one of us 9 kids who got the brundt of caring for Mom in the last 10 years of her life. She deserved a big thank you from all of us kids.
QUOTE from Jim Morrison: "That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what she/he really is."
My THOUGHTS today are about sister Jan's 80th birthday party.
I told a few more memories I had of Jan. In 1951 her boyfriend Don was in the U.S. Force. He would write letters frequently and one night after supper I had saw a letter from Don laying on the kitchen. So I grabbed, opened it up and started to read it out loud. The first paragraph was filled with words like honey, dearest, sweetheart, etc. As I was reading Jan started chasing me around the supper table trying to catch me and take the letter away - but I just kept reading. Mom was listening and she was laughing her head off and didn't even make me stop. The second paragraph wasn't nearly as interesting as the first so I handed the letter to Jan. The result of that episode is that Jan did not leave any more of her love letters laying around where I, or anybody else, could get their hands on them.
Another good memory of Jan is that she was a pretty good piano player. She would play all the latest songs and I would sit by her and sing along. Some of the songs I remember her playing from the early 1950s were: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Now is the Hour; Galway Bay; Deep Purple. Every time I hear those songs on Lawrence Welk
or Guy Lombardo I comment to Ruth Ann that Jan used to play that one on the piano in 1949-1951.
And one more memory I told Jan was about a patient in the Rest Home named Bill Abbey. Bill was confined to his room so Jan would deliver his food tray to him. One night she brought him his tray and Bill was sitting on the edge of his bed trimming his toenails with his jack knife. Bill wanted to show his appreciation to Jan. He had a slab of cheese on his nightstand so he asked Jan if she would like a slab of cheese. She said yes so Bill takes his toenail cutting knife and cuts off a piece of cheese and hands it to her. She accepts and thanks Bill for his thoughtfulness. Needless to say it went in the nearest garbage can. That story is good for a laugh every time I tell it.
I also thanked Jan for the love and care she gave to Mom while in the Martin Luther Nursing Home in the middle to late 1980s and early 1990s. She was the one of us 9 kids who got the brundt of caring for Mom in the last 10 years of her life. She deserved a big thank you from all of us kids.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Pete BLOG-Day 26,513. More comments about sister Jan's 80th birthday party.
Today is Saturday, June 22, 2013. My stats today: 37 minutes of walking = 2.0 miles for a June total of 43.1 miles. My weight was 161.8 pounds.
QUOTE from Margaret Mitchell: "Life is under no obligation to give us what we expect."
My THOUGHTS today are on some more of my memories about sister Jan from my days of youth. Here are a couplel I shared.
- Jan was the first of my 4 older siblings in which I have any real memories in my pre-teen years. I didn't start school until 1946. By that time brother Paul had graduated in 1945, sister Betty in 1946. Brother Don graduated in 1949 but he didn't stay at home as he worked for a farmer and lived there - as a result I didn't get to know Don real well.
Jan was 7 years older than me so she is the first of the those first 4 kids that I got to know and have some memories of. I told Jan that my first real memory of her was when she escorted me to school in my first week of school in 1946. I think I cried everyday that first week and she agreed - I did cry everyday when she left the room. Jan would have been in 8th grade that year.
Then I told about one day when she was babysitting with Mark, John and me. I was 8 and she and boyfriend Don Blattie were in the backyard laying on a blanket and doing some sweet talking. I proceeded to pester them by running around their blanket and generally making a nuisance of myself. Finally Don reaches in his pocket and pulls out a 50 cent piece and tells me to take Mark and John to Erdman's grocery store downtown and treat ourselves to a pop and a candy bar. I was so excited to have a 50 piece as I had never had anything bigger than a quarter. Anyway, I took Mark and John to the store and they got some privacy. I told Jan that I was in high school before I figured out why Don gave me that 50 cent piece.
I'm running out of time right now so will add a couple more tomorrow.
QUOTE from Margaret Mitchell: "Life is under no obligation to give us what we expect."
My THOUGHTS today are on some more of my memories about sister Jan from my days of youth. Here are a couplel I shared.
- Jan was the first of my 4 older siblings in which I have any real memories in my pre-teen years. I didn't start school until 1946. By that time brother Paul had graduated in 1945, sister Betty in 1946. Brother Don graduated in 1949 but he didn't stay at home as he worked for a farmer and lived there - as a result I didn't get to know Don real well.
Jan was 7 years older than me so she is the first of the those first 4 kids that I got to know and have some memories of. I told Jan that my first real memory of her was when she escorted me to school in my first week of school in 1946. I think I cried everyday that first week and she agreed - I did cry everyday when she left the room. Jan would have been in 8th grade that year.
Then I told about one day when she was babysitting with Mark, John and me. I was 8 and she and boyfriend Don Blattie were in the backyard laying on a blanket and doing some sweet talking. I proceeded to pester them by running around their blanket and generally making a nuisance of myself. Finally Don reaches in his pocket and pulls out a 50 cent piece and tells me to take Mark and John to Erdman's grocery store downtown and treat ourselves to a pop and a candy bar. I was so excited to have a 50 piece as I had never had anything bigger than a quarter. Anyway, I took Mark and John to the store and they got some privacy. I told Jan that I was in high school before I figured out why Don gave me that 50 cent piece.
I'm running out of time right now so will add a couple more tomorrow.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Pete's BLOG-Day 26,512. Sister Jan's 80th Borthday Party.
Today is Friday, June 21, 2013. My stats today: 10 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes of lifting weights and 46 minutes of walking = 2.5 miles for a June total of 41.1 miles. My weight was 162.2 pounds.
QUOTE from Pete Bungum: "It has been proven that it is good for the psyche to take a break from a daily routine. That is exactly what I've done the last 12 days. I'm ready to do some blogging again."
My THOUGHTS today have to do with the wonderful time I had at my sister Jan's 80th Birthday Party last Saturday in Bloomington, MN.
I drove to Bloomington by myself last Saturday. (Ruth Ann had had an unfortunate fall several days before and injured her sternum and connecting ribs - she was still in pain so she stayed home.) There are 6 of us 10 kids still kicking and we were all there plus many nieces and nephews. And many of Jan and husband Don's friends were in attendance also.
Jan gave a nice talk about her birth and upbringing in the Hayfield and Oslo area in Dodge County, MN. from 1933 to 1951. She said she was born at home, in a house with no electricity, no running water and no indoor plumbing. She also had done research on what the cost of food and other goods cost then plus the average yearly income of working people. She wanted to know if anybody knew who was president and vice-president in June, 1933. Somebody yelled out FDR but the vice-president was a little tougher - I scored an extra credit point when I gave the correct answer of John Nance Garner. She ended by saying that she had lived through so many changes in her life that it was hard to believe. Her talk was really enjoyable.
I talked second - I had some memories written down that I shared. I started out by mentioning that this gathering wouldn't be happening today if it wasn't for a baby boy born in 1899 and baby girl born in 1904. The boy was named Gustav Norman Bungum and the girl was named Elsie Charlotte Throndson. They were born on farms about 4-5 miles apart in Dodge County, grew up going to the same church, started dating in the 1920s and got married in May of 1926. Their first baby arrived in March of 1927 - they named him Paul. From then on the baby parade was on - from November of 1928 to April of 1946 they had 9 more babies. Betty in November of 1928, Don in September of 1931, Jan in June of 1933, Jim in July of 1934, Chuck in July of 1936. Me in November of 1940, John in December of 1942, Karen in May of 1944, and Mark on April 1, 1946. So everybody in attendance at the party was there because of a couple named Norman and Elsie.
Tomorrow I'll write about some of the experiences I had with Jan in my childhood.
QUOTE from Pete Bungum: "It has been proven that it is good for the psyche to take a break from a daily routine. That is exactly what I've done the last 12 days. I'm ready to do some blogging again."
My THOUGHTS today have to do with the wonderful time I had at my sister Jan's 80th Birthday Party last Saturday in Bloomington, MN.
I drove to Bloomington by myself last Saturday. (Ruth Ann had had an unfortunate fall several days before and injured her sternum and connecting ribs - she was still in pain so she stayed home.) There are 6 of us 10 kids still kicking and we were all there plus many nieces and nephews. And many of Jan and husband Don's friends were in attendance also.
Jan gave a nice talk about her birth and upbringing in the Hayfield and Oslo area in Dodge County, MN. from 1933 to 1951. She said she was born at home, in a house with no electricity, no running water and no indoor plumbing. She also had done research on what the cost of food and other goods cost then plus the average yearly income of working people. She wanted to know if anybody knew who was president and vice-president in June, 1933. Somebody yelled out FDR but the vice-president was a little tougher - I scored an extra credit point when I gave the correct answer of John Nance Garner. She ended by saying that she had lived through so many changes in her life that it was hard to believe. Her talk was really enjoyable.
I talked second - I had some memories written down that I shared. I started out by mentioning that this gathering wouldn't be happening today if it wasn't for a baby boy born in 1899 and baby girl born in 1904. The boy was named Gustav Norman Bungum and the girl was named Elsie Charlotte Throndson. They were born on farms about 4-5 miles apart in Dodge County, grew up going to the same church, started dating in the 1920s and got married in May of 1926. Their first baby arrived in March of 1927 - they named him Paul. From then on the baby parade was on - from November of 1928 to April of 1946 they had 9 more babies. Betty in November of 1928, Don in September of 1931, Jan in June of 1933, Jim in July of 1934, Chuck in July of 1936. Me in November of 1940, John in December of 1942, Karen in May of 1944, and Mark on April 1, 1946. So everybody in attendance at the party was there because of a couple named Norman and Elsie.
Tomorrow I'll write about some of the experiences I had with Jan in my childhood.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Pete's BLOG-Day 26,501. Final words about Michelle "Hypocrite" Bachmann
Today is Sunday. June 9, 2013. No exercise today. My weight was 161.4 pounds.
QUOTE from Stephen R. Covey: "Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication."
My THOUGHTS today are my final words about the HYPOCRITE -"Michelle Baby."
In my opinion the Jesus I believe in doesn't really approve of hypocrites. Therefore, I've concluded "Michelle Baby" is in real trouble with the Lord. She has expressed her deep opposition to handouts and socialism of any kind. Michelle, I now want you to please explain how you could do the following:
-You took $250,000 in federal subsidies for your family farm.
-You took $150,000 for your husband's "pray away the gay" therapy clinic.
-And you aggressively pursued stimulus and EPA funds for your Congressional district.
As author Daniel Kurtzman said: "If hypocrisy could be measured in kilowatts, Michelle Bachmann could light up an entire amusement park."
One of my thoughts was how could intelligent Minnesotans vote this lady into office. But then I thought of Congressman Steve King from western Iowa - I guess he is Iowa's answer to Minnesota's Bachmann. Some of the words I would to describe these two are: right-wing nuts, fact-loathing, reality-denying, uninformed, heartless, health-care denying, hatemongers, ignorant, Christianity-bastardizing, history-revising, fearmongers, McCarthyites, and lobotomized buffoons.
You can probably surmise I don't really care for Michelle or Steve.
QUOTE from Stephen R. Covey: "Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication."
My THOUGHTS today are my final words about the HYPOCRITE -"Michelle Baby."
In my opinion the Jesus I believe in doesn't really approve of hypocrites. Therefore, I've concluded "Michelle Baby" is in real trouble with the Lord. She has expressed her deep opposition to handouts and socialism of any kind. Michelle, I now want you to please explain how you could do the following:
-You took $250,000 in federal subsidies for your family farm.
-You took $150,000 for your husband's "pray away the gay" therapy clinic.
-And you aggressively pursued stimulus and EPA funds for your Congressional district.
As author Daniel Kurtzman said: "If hypocrisy could be measured in kilowatts, Michelle Bachmann could light up an entire amusement park."
One of my thoughts was how could intelligent Minnesotans vote this lady into office. But then I thought of Congressman Steve King from western Iowa - I guess he is Iowa's answer to Minnesota's Bachmann. Some of the words I would to describe these two are: right-wing nuts, fact-loathing, reality-denying, uninformed, heartless, health-care denying, hatemongers, ignorant, Christianity-bastardizing, history-revising, fearmongers, McCarthyites, and lobotomized buffoons.
You can probably surmise I don't really care for Michelle or Steve.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Pete's BLOG-Day 26,4999. A couple more idiotic statements from Michlee Bachmann
Today is Friday, June 7, 2013. My stats today: 10 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes lifting weights and 37 minutes of walking = 2.0 miles for a June total of 14.7 miles. My weight was 161.8 pounds.
QUOTE from Diane Keaton: "Trust is where the real power of love comes from."
My THOUGHTS today are still on "Michelle Baby" Bachmann. Here are two more goodies from her campaign for president in 2011 and 2012.
This one was Michelle talking in Florida in 2011 that the East Coast earthquake and hurricane were messages from God.
"I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake, we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending."
Here is another one from 2011. "Literally, if we took away the minimum wage - if conceivably it was gone - we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level."
Isn't she a brilliant woman? No wonder the voters in Minnesota's 5th district elected her to five terms in the U.S. Congress!!!!!!!!!!!
QUOTE from Diane Keaton: "Trust is where the real power of love comes from."
My THOUGHTS today are still on "Michelle Baby" Bachmann. Here are two more goodies from her campaign for president in 2011 and 2012.
This one was Michelle talking in Florida in 2011 that the East Coast earthquake and hurricane were messages from God.
"I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake, we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending."
Here is another one from 2011. "Literally, if we took away the minimum wage - if conceivably it was gone - we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level."
Isn't she a brilliant woman? No wonder the voters in Minnesota's 5th district elected her to five terms in the U.S. Congress!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Pete's bLOG-Day 26,498. Another moronic quote from Michelle Bachmann
Today is Thursday, June 6, 2013. (This was D-Day in 1944) My stats today: 10 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes on the ball and 55 minutes of walking = 3.0 miles for a June total of 12.7 miles. My weight was 161.6 pounds.
QUOTE from HEADLINES Conservatives would love to see:
"Education Secretary Sarah Palin Updates Textbooks to Include How Jesus Killed Dinosaurs for Trying to Take Guns from Cavemen."
My THOUGHTS today are another famous statement from Michelle Bachmann.
In 2011 she said: "I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out: are they pro-America or anti-America?"
It appears she was calling for a new era of Joe McCarthy from the 1950s.
QUOTE from HEADLINES Conservatives would love to see:
"Education Secretary Sarah Palin Updates Textbooks to Include How Jesus Killed Dinosaurs for Trying to Take Guns from Cavemen."
My THOUGHTS today are another famous statement from Michelle Bachmann.
In 2011 she said: "I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out: are they pro-America or anti-America?"
It appears she was calling for a new era of Joe McCarthy from the 1950s.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Pete's BLOG-Day 26,297. More moronic quotes from "Michelle Baby"
Today is Wednesday, June 5, 2013. me stats today: 10 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes of lifting weights and 56 minutes of walking = 3.0 miles for a June total of 9.7 miles. My weight was 162.6 pounds.
QUOTE from Stephen Colbert: " Newt Gingrich is so pro-marriage, he can't stop doing it. He is so morally upright, that he's only had sex after he was married. Just not always to the woman he was married to."
My THOUGHTS today are on another idiotic moronic statement by Michelle Bachmann.
In 2011 "Michelle Baby' was interviewed by the media after she launched her presidential campaign in Waterloo, Iowa, where she grew up. Her statement was: "Well, what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too.
The facts are: "Michelle Baby" got her John Waynes mixed up. John Wayne, the famous movie actor, was born in Winterset, Iowa, three hours away. The John Wayne who hailed from Waterloo was John Wayne Gacy, the notorious serial killer.
(By the way, Ruth Ann knew John Wayne Gacy. When she worked at the Reformatory from 1969 to 1972 Gacy worked in the Reformatory kitchen and served her at noon lunch. Believe it or not her impression of him was that he was a NICE GUY. I guess looks and first impressions can be deceiving.)
QUOTE from Stephen Colbert: " Newt Gingrich is so pro-marriage, he can't stop doing it. He is so morally upright, that he's only had sex after he was married. Just not always to the woman he was married to."
My THOUGHTS today are on another idiotic moronic statement by Michelle Bachmann.
In 2011 "Michelle Baby' was interviewed by the media after she launched her presidential campaign in Waterloo, Iowa, where she grew up. Her statement was: "Well, what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too.
The facts are: "Michelle Baby" got her John Waynes mixed up. John Wayne, the famous movie actor, was born in Winterset, Iowa, three hours away. The John Wayne who hailed from Waterloo was John Wayne Gacy, the notorious serial killer.
(By the way, Ruth Ann knew John Wayne Gacy. When she worked at the Reformatory from 1969 to 1972 Gacy worked in the Reformatory kitchen and served her at noon lunch. Believe it or not her impression of him was that he was a NICE GUY. I guess looks and first impressions can be deceiving.)
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Pete's BLOG-Day 26,496. It's Michelle Bachmann today.
Today is Tuesday, June 4, 2013. My stats today: 10minutes of yoga, 10 minutes on the ball and 37 minutes of walking = 2.0 miles for a May total of 6.7 miles. My weight was 162.2 pounds.
QUOTE from Guideposts magazine. "Shine, even when you least feel like it. You just might brighten someone's day."
My THOUGHTS today are on the retirement of Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann from Minnesota's 5th district. There have been lots of idiots who have served in the U.S. House of Representatives but "Michelle Baby" ranks near the top (definitely in the top 5.) I've done some research on this woman and I'll use some of her own words to prove my point on what an idiot and hypocrite she is.
- In January of 2011 she was speaking at an Iowan's for Tax Relief event. Michelle said: "But we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the U.S. And I think it is high time that we recognize the contribution of our forbearers who worked tirelessly-men like John Quincy Adams, who would not rest until slavery was extinguished in the country."
The facts are: The Founding fathers did not work tirelessly to end slavery but in fact enshrined it in the Constitution. Moreover, John Quincy Adams, who was eight when the Declaration of Independence was signed, was not one of the Founding Fathers.
(There will be more about "Michelle Baby" in my upcoming posts)
QUOTE from Guideposts magazine. "Shine, even when you least feel like it. You just might brighten someone's day."
My THOUGHTS today are on the retirement of Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann from Minnesota's 5th district. There have been lots of idiots who have served in the U.S. House of Representatives but "Michelle Baby" ranks near the top (definitely in the top 5.) I've done some research on this woman and I'll use some of her own words to prove my point on what an idiot and hypocrite she is.
- In January of 2011 she was speaking at an Iowan's for Tax Relief event. Michelle said: "But we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the U.S. And I think it is high time that we recognize the contribution of our forbearers who worked tirelessly-men like John Quincy Adams, who would not rest until slavery was extinguished in the country."
The facts are: The Founding fathers did not work tirelessly to end slavery but in fact enshrined it in the Constitution. Moreover, John Quincy Adams, who was eight when the Declaration of Independence was signed, was not one of the Founding Fathers.
(There will be more about "Michelle Baby" in my upcoming posts)
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