The Simple Man

Robert Ingersoll.....
."It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense."

The Simple Man
　
Give me a farmer, a self made man
Who toiled for years upon his land
He learned what he could from others and books
But most of his knowledge is what he took
　
He took what he learned from nature
From trial an error, failure and success
He trusted in his God to help him mature
He worked hard to do his best
　
Common sense saved him more than once
It was the pillar of his survival
It taught him about friendship, and some mistrust
Who to embrace, who to see as his rival
　
The thought of one without formal education
Brings questions to competency
But judging from simple man's innovations
I'll take common sense as priority
　
Marian
April 26, 2011

Back On South Street

Back On South Street

It seems that every Easter I go
Back to my memories
When we lived in a big green house
Surrounded by many trees


The previous week of shopping
Brought new clothes and shiney shoes
That we would wear on Sunday
To sit in our church's pews


Every lady and girl child
Wore fine dresses and Easter hats
The men and little boys
Wore suits that were all that


The church was always packed
With everyone from our town
Many we don't see much
Only when holidays come around


Easter baskets wait for us
Inside our big front door
On sunny days we search the yard
Jut like the year before


Brightly colored eggs are scattered
Hidden amid the flowers
Sure some pushing does prevail
As we search for about an hour


Chocolate bunnies and jelly beans
Are passed around to all
Enough to make the little kids
Bounce happily off the wall


As we compare our baskets of treasures
Baked ham is smelling sweet
Along with Yams and all the fixin's
That make this day complete


We sit down at the table
The family is gathered there
As we pray and thank our Savior
We've been taught to be aware


Amid the fancy clothes and gifts
That give this day a lift
It was Jesus and His sacrifice
That has led us to this gift


Marian
April 24, 2011
Easter Sunday

Easter

Easter
　
"All You Need Is Love"
Say the Beatles with such luster
And on this pleasant Easter Day
This is what I have to muster
　
I love my Lord and thank him for
His unselfish sacrifice
And also that I find today
The chocolate is quite nice
　
Marian
April 24, 2011
Easter Sunday

Truth

Truth
Our Savior was the truth
Some had tried to hide
Yet he did arise and prove
Truth could never be swept aside
　
You can hide it from your eyes
Chase it from your mind
Reject it with your words
Convincing some mankind
　
But it always shall survive
Rise up when times are low
Our Savior is the truth
That I truly know
　
Marian
April 24, 2011
Easter Sunday

The Monsters We've Created

QUOTE
The government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights; it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
~Ayn Rand

The Monster We've Created
　
Borne for your protection
Supplied by your direction
Fed by your interjection
But never quite perfection
　
Fed fat then ignored
And left with unbridled power
The government built by you
Grows steadily by the hour
　
With your backs turned
I takes your rights
Restricts your freedom
Call your fights
　
It takes your guns
And leaves you helpless
Steals your money
And leaves you penniless
　
In apathy you lose control
In all the orders they'll soon extol
Like a boulder downhill they continue to roll
Until they ultimately own your soul

　The monster we've created will have their way
Once they've stifled their victims and have they say

　Marian
March 15, 2011

Thoughtful Advancement

Every man is free to rise as far as he is able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which he'll rise.
~Ayn Rand
　
Thoughtful Advancement
　
Climb impetuously the tree of life
With no thought, no plan
Go branch to branch upward and onward
A swiftly advancing man
　
Luck may have it you will reach the top
Pretty much unscathed
For that to happen with many men
I'd be pretty much amazed
　
Thoughtlessly climbing, only looking up
With only versitality
Pitfalls are there to be reakoned
With even mass calamities
　
For the branches of life are sometimes frail
And will snap beneath his weight
And man goes tumbling down again
In his radom thoughtless state
　
Marian
March 15, 2011

My rant for the Ides of March

Our costs of living is continuing to grow out of control. It has been sneaking up on us and people just accept it. Gasoline has risen by nearly 50 cents per gallon this year, groceries are rising weekly penny by penny while people try not to notice. Auto insurance rates are sneaking up along with home insurance (mine went up $200 this year) More and more taxes at every level have been imposed. The nominal amounts add up when heaped one on top of the other. Why can't the schools and towns and cities find ways to live within their means? Because unions are allowed to run rampant over them. We have yet to see the true impact that Obamacare is going to have on us. We shall all have health insurance but at what cost to the hard working Americans footing the bill. Illegals are now our dependents and we are raising their families. Politicians say they are listening and some are trying to stop the madness. Our country is not allowing people to stand on their own two feet and help each other through their own chosen charities. The liberals will not have their entitlement programs cut, conservatives don't seem to be up to the fight and still find themselves exposed to lobbyists. Our President is afraid to take a stand against the terrorists of the world and call a spade a spade. He is also afraid to stand against the evil of the Qudaffis of the world. Sitting back and watching the slaughter of the Libyan people is akin to if we sat back and watched Hiltler slaughter the Jews.
There is some of my rant for today. It goes so much deeper.