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A Time For...
By Mona Lease

Hi, all! I've been reading, from various sources, about the insurance problems. And, it's curious to me - we are all saying the same thing. There are people who have said that they had a "near death experience." They survived and are going to spend this "new lease on life" doing worthwhile things - in some cases this has to do with advocating for the upholding of our constitutional rights - again the right to buy or not buy insurance. Much blood was shed to give us that freedom.

People have been told (in Darke County) that as of January 1, 2014 - they would only be working 28 hours a week - full time hours - so to speak. They are really cutting full time down to all part time. This way, as part time status - the company does not have to pay their insurance premiums. I read somewhere that there is a time for everything - "...a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them...a time to keep and a time to throw away...a time to tear and a time to mend...a time to be silent and a time to speak...a time to love and a time to hate..."

Today - December 7th, is the anniversary of Pearl Harbor...December 7, 1941. It was after that attack - the next day the way I understand it - that the US entered WWII...per F.D. Roosevelt - US President. And that got us somewhere we did not want to be, in the end. Now - here is the curious thing to me - history says the US (Pearl Harbor) was bombed - to keep us out of the war - or more exactly - to keep us out of what Japan wanted to destroy in SE Asia - territories of the United Kingdom, Netherlands, and the US. Instead of keeping us out - we got off our laurels and got involved...evidently all the ships and such that were destroyed at Pearl Harbor was not enough to deter us from letting Japan know we would not take this. And, I'm sure many were afraid and many did not want to "get involved."

But - I ask myself - is this whole "Obamacare" and the blatant side-stepping of our Constitution - which is in force as I write this - and gives me my blood bought right as a US citizen (naturally born) to have a voice in print - Is this what you might call a "Personal Pearl Harbor?" Pearl Harbor was ill-prepared, at best, to fend off an attack. And, I wonder - Is now the time to throw away? Or maybe it's the time to stop being silent?

"....Can you hear me? Can you hear me calling you? ...Teach the children quietly, for someday sons and daughters will rise up and fight where we stood still. Don't believe the state and everything they tell you..." - Excerpt from "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) Mike+The Mechanics 1985.

And to those of you who lost loved ones - family or friends - during WWII - I am sorry. And to the Vets of WWII who are still with us - Thank you for your service.

Remember the kiddies and our service people. Take good care of the furry and feathered ones out there. Be safe and healthy. See ya next time. Ever Toodles!! MONA