Not A Good Week

My son had part of his thumb cut off in a construction accident, my wife's Dad died and I went by ambulance to the hospital in Monday morning, February 21, at 4 am. I got out Wednesday.  It could have been worse.

My cousin, Heath is coming over from Arkansas tomorrow to help with the livestock.

You Are Important

Four things you can't recover:

The stone.........after the throw. The word.........after it's said..

The occasion.........after it's missed. The time..........after it's gone.


Knock, Knock I knocked at heaven's door this morning. God asked me....'My child, what can I do for you?' And I said, 'Father, please protect and bless the person reading this message.' God smiled and answered...'Request granted'.

If you believe, send this to seven people and the one who sent it to you. By doing this, you have succeeded in praying for eight people today. 'Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of Battle .'
THIS IS PRETTY NEAT.

(note: The un-named Professor Jim is one of many people you will come to enjoy at Hot Springs Village. Rent a room,a townhouse, a home or buy one. Check us out; I happen to think we live in a wonderful place. H. R. Goodman, Jr.)

National Debt, Thanks A Lot Washington, D.C.

Do you really know which U.S. president or political party has piled on to our national debt? My conservative pals say it's the Democrats, but guess what?n It's the Republicans and the Democrats. Over the last 30 years, George H. W. Bush added the most in one term, 12.2% while Democrat Bill Clinton lowered it 9.8%.
It looks like Obama wants to beat every one and is estimates to add 31.6%. Is it any wonder why we don't trust anyone in Washington, D.C. to make decisions we have to make with our family finances?
Notes: (Source: Whitehouse FY 2011 Budget
* In the United States, the federal budget is proposed by the President, then possibly modified by the House and Senate before approval or veto by the President.
* By tenure, the largest increases in gross debt relative to GDP, to date, occurred under George H.W. Bush (+11.2%), George W. Bush (+11.9%), and Ronald Reagan (+18.5%).
Public debt
It is important to note the difference between the fiscal terms gross debt and public debt. In brief, the public debt is the gross debt less intra-governmental obligations such as the money that the government owes to the two Social Security Trust Funds, the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program and the Social Security Disability Insurance program.[3]

The figure beside shows the trend in public debt with the background colored by the party controlling the executive.

Guard Dog for Rent

Guard Dog for Rent

will work for food

Complies will all village regulations

Will not bark

Will not bite

Will not leave your area

Free of Charge, works for the following food items

Breakfast: 14 sausages (22 if links)

2 boxes assorted donuts (12 count box)

Lunch: 4 hamburgers w/mustard, catchup & pickles

6 cheese burgers w/ extra cheese

8 boxes fries (super sized)

Dinner: 4 pizzas w/ pepperoni, sausage, olives & extra cheese

2 steaks /must 48 be oz. prime cut w/ bone

please note: renter must have pooper scooper with box /24 count of 40 gal. Trash bags

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February Cold and Rain

February already... The Tea Party had a convention in Nashville last weekend, hence the picture of Sarah Palin. The media seems to be negative towards her so she's got to be a good egg in my book.
Mother-in now is in the Village, that's nice. Bryan and friend are visiting, that's nice.
The weather has been rain, overcast and gloom. I can't wait for Spring. Sunday school today and I've taking Mom-in.

I read what the Associated Press (Ass-pee) wrote about Sarah Palin at the tea party and the story was to news what a drum is to a sailboat.

Arkansas Rock-hounds

Rock-hounds? I thought they were the Razorbacks. Oh Luke, you need more training if you want to become an Arkansas Jedi.

In addition to having the only diamond park in the U. S., Arkansas is famous for crystal mines.

The crystal area starts southwest and Little Rock and runs through Hot Springs Village to Oklahoma. We have a number of rock shops near the village and quartz mines on the west side along highway 7.

It's a rock-hounds paradise. You can buy beautiful rocks at almost any price near the village, from 25 cents to thousands of dollars.

I bought a few boxes of cleaned and treated quartz from a near-by shop for only $77 to give as present to my friends back in the flat lands. Each rock or rock formation has a story and will make a nice conversation piece for my pals.

Or for $10 you can go to the mines and get your own. You'll have to do some work and ruin some clothes in the clay, but it's an adventure for you or the family. Where else can you have the adventure of a lifetime for only $10. Want to know more? Try clicking one of these links http://rockhoundingar.com/quartz.html http://www.arkansas.com/things-to-do/crystal-hunting/ http://www.bluemooncrystals.com

http://www.quartzcrystals.net/arkansas.htm http://www.colemanquartz.com/

Closet Conservatives or Libs

I was at a gathering, well I guess it was a party in Little Rock early this week and I noticed groups of people disappearing from the room for a half hour or so.
Now there were all these big city liberal folks who say they watch CNN or one of the networks and hate Fox News. I stay out of political discussions and news with that group.
I followed a bunch to see where the action and there they were in a little room about the size of a walk-in closet, packed like sardines watching Bill O'Reilly on none other than Fox. They all looked at me red-faced when I opened the door because they know I had ti pass third grade on my way to my masters and must suspect I'm not a far-left Osama Commie type guy.
Sure as heck, I read in the Hot Springs Sentinel that their cable has the most viewers.
Say good-bye to far-left wacko's, Americans are too smart for their chicken crap far left propaganda under the guise of news.