WILL THE 1st AMENDMENT SURVIVE?

Will the 1st Amendment survive? we have counted on it for almost 250 years... Last I understood, the only rule against that was yelling in a crowd room... FIRE FIRE.. everything else is given a free range.. Use to say.. stick and stones will break your bones... but words will never hurt me.. as time goes by.. I lose more and more faith in the human race.. and maybe that is why God took Jesus home.... he saw that the human race doesn't care.. more and more.. people are using weapons to talk instead of words.. Sad state of affairs. I live in a family of gun owners.. (not raised but live among family who hunt) Our Vietnam vet was talking about the 2nd amendment and defending it.. I told him and my husband, it won't be gun owners per say.. it will be those who can't have a conversation.. it was going to be those who shoot first.. that was going to take the guns away from the hunters... and those who are in their homes, defending their families.. and if they take guns away.. it will still happen.. because then only the evil will have guns... do I have the answer.. nope and especial in this day and age.. kindness still lives.. those who respect others and their views.. still live... but one has to wonder for how long... with evil having the media working for them.

Both comedian and the press release person.. made remarks days and hours before... the White House Press dinner.. They state their words were not of how it was taken... neither had malice in their intent... just life took the words and upset people... life does that to all of us at one time or another...

 

EARTH DAY

 56 YEARS AGO... the first EARTH DAY...  how do I know this?  because I had my last sweet kid on that day..    she says that makes her older or as old as dirt...    So we get to celebrate EARTH DAY and Happy Birthday sweet kid...

The weather is starting to get nice..  although tomorrow is a promise of pour down ran..   well, I guess the earth needs that... it has been droughts all across our nation...    So I have been doing maintence yard work... I have one bush, though.  I just can't get a handle on it.. It is about 4 feet high..  has tiny yellow flowers that bloom at the end of May to the end of summer...  which is its saving grace..  as the rest of the time, it looks like a dead bush..    I went out two days ago... to see if I could trim it.. maybe have it in a shape of a ball..  But it is so full of dead branches that I was trying to get lobbed off.. and the rest has tiny green leaves..  As I got done and step back to see my work..  I thought.... OH MY GOD, IT LOOKS LIKE ME WHEN I CUT MY BANGS... lol.   which is not a good look..  So this morning I went back out to see if I could correct it and pick up all the cut branches..   Still not good..   so got the weed whacker and cut the 18 inches of grass around the bottom.....  it isn't much better, but a little bit cleaner at the bottom.. So going to have to wait for Ken to see if he can do it better. 

So I am heading outside while it is still nice..  Promise of thunderstorm at 8pm... I am going to work on what we call the Memorial garden.. there is some yard art and some small bushes in there..  from times we lost some one.   We have a huge... I do mean a huge Burning bush in the front yard.. that some one gave us when Ken's mom pass..  that was about 24 years ago..  it needs to be trimmed as well..  and the memorial garden needs to be weeded.. EVERY YEAR..  I lay down papers and on top of that wood chips and mulch...   and every year those dang weeds make it thru..  only good part of this..  while there are about 100 weeds.. they pull up fairly easy, because of the previous years stuff...  and i can do it on my hands and knees. which I have found at 86 is easier than standing and pulling.. 

So enjoy the day..  even pulling weeds is worthy and ALMOST enjoyable in the sun and only a slight breeze..   

I am back... lol.. AND can you explain to me.. how this is happening?

Doing better...  about 90% better...   Starting to get some of the yard work done...   brain is working better... well at least up to par for an 86 year old broad...  lol...   I still have the pain off and on in my elbow area....  but the cold/flu or what ever the hell that was...   is gone.....   THANK GOD FOR THAT. 

So guess that means I should get busy...  and the weather is better so ..... yard work..  but came in and figure I was done for the day....   it was only 11am..  oh, well,  at least I got a lot done..   tied up rose branches..    lopped off dead branches on roses and some of the other plants..     there is yard art, I got to go thru.. and get rid of it...  I have glued and repaint them enough...   GONE GONE it will be.. 

So how is this Spring doing for you all?  Hopefully giving you cheer after the winter...  and definitely need it with all this insanity of the government...  it just blows my mind daily...   everything.. and I do mean everything... that I knew to be true...  about the laws of how this government has served us for all most 250 years..  has been thrown in the trash... I keep praying to God to help this poor government that is going more and more indebt...  and it isn't for the citizens who pay for it...   And Congress... what the hell?  I have NEVER  EVER seen such a worthless bunch... more than ever in history...  and since when does the House Speaker get to run the show...   NONE OF US.... well, maybe the state he comes from did..  but NONE OF.US VOTED THIS GUY IN....  and the rest of the bunch don't seem to have enough of a back bone..  to get rid of him...    I am pretty sure that Congress has got rid of other speakers for less than this little mouse, who does anything Trump says...  WHY ARE THINGS STILL HAPPEN , WHEN CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT IS SHUT DOWN..   and yet...  the things the American citizen's  needs can't be   voted on..     EXPLAIN  that to me..     Trump demands more money for the war... how can that happen when Congress is shut down?

Someone want to explain that to me?     And his wanted and getting angry at NATO for not stepping up to help..  He started this mess.....     he did not tell NATO what he had planned..   HE DID NOT TELL NATO.... I  am bombing Iran tomorrow.....   NATO found just like the rest of us..   AFTER THE FACT..  so why should they help at all....     I thought that was started to help nations... IF SOMEONE ATTACKED THEM.  NOT FOR US TO GO ATTACK OTHERS..    but I could be wrong..   Does someone want to explain that to me..