I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

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Newest members oF NRA!

Alyson

Good morning

Thankyou for the smile I now have. I would really love to see a blue bird liek that Blue.

Where is Athena?

Thought I was over the pnuemonia but feeling yuk again today and we have 6 guests for dinner tonight -DH thought it was about time we saw some friends!!!

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IllinoisLady

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suzieq60

The party was a success!!! But now we're exhausted. Little Nicholas, got so many gorgeous presents - luckily not any guns.

SIL seemed a bit better today thank goodness.

Enjoying the cooler weather down here.

Enjoyful

My boy, ridden by the trainer:

Anonymous

Ooooohhh...E - he is SO SO SO HANDSOME....regal, elegant - I wanna feed him a carrot and get a nuzzle

pupmom

E, he's simply gorgeous! 

alexandria58

E - beautiful!!  Can't wait to see him in person.

bluedahlia

Majestic!

IllinoisLady

Ditto -- nothing to add.  ((((( Samson )))))

Suzie...glad you are enjoying your party time....and very glad Nickolas ( sorry if I spelled that wrong ) didn't get any guns.  Maybe since my kids are grown up so long ago.....I had no idea that any 5 yr. old was subject ot being allowed a 'real' gun.  Great waste of childhood if you ask me.

Jackie

saying hi to Athena and sending as much healing energy as I can.

IllinoisLady

Bren-2007

Crazy-E ... Sampson is gorgeous.  Can't wait to meet him in person.  Looking forward to a nuzzle from Bindi too.

Blue ... Hope you're feeling better today ... know how much you want to cuddle Phillip.

Sunnyflowers and IL-Lady ... I'm with you guys ... I don't think it is ever appropriate for children to have loaded weapons.  I went shooting with a friend of mine in Iowa a few years ago, and he let his 8 year-old son run around like crazy firing a .22 handgun.  I was terrified.  The kid was not paying attention and dad did not give him any lessons in gunmanship.  I had to jump in and at least put the safety on the handgun.

Having a good day today ... hoping for more work to come in.  And I wish the sun would come out.  It's been a dismal start to May so far.

hugs,

Bren

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River_Rat

Blue, that is beautiful! I was feeling a little frazzled and it had a very calming effect.

IllinoisLady

Sunflowers will clap at this one:

and they work really well!!!!!

Jackie

bluedahlia

RR. It had the same effect on me! 

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Mitt Romney's Advice for Recent Female Grads: "Have a Quiver Full of Kids"

Don't expect wealth and power, Romney warned the women of the Southern Virginia University's graduating class. Just get married and make lots of babies!

May 3, 2013  |  

 

This week, Mitt Romney delivered an interesting commencement speech to the (very Mormon populated) Southern Virginia University's graduating class. Sharing his secrets for "abundant living," Romney urged the new grads to go out, get married, and procreate like crazy.

'Get married,' he said, and “Have a quiver full of kids if you can.” 

Also, hurry.  Staying single until your thirties could be a big mistake. A quiver full of kids aren't born over night. 

“Some people could marry but choose to take more time, they say, for themselves. Others plan to wait until they’re well into their 30s or 40s until they think about getting married,” he said, “They’re going to miss so much of living, I’m afraid.”

Girls, forget about establishing a career before you get married or have children. Why spend your body's prime child-bearing years working, when you could be breast-feeding on a much smaller salary? 

As Romney reminds the class of Southern Virginia University, wealth is not guaranteed. Not everybod knows how to cut corners, exploit workers, and watch the profits rise. Even fewer are born into the power necessary to accumulate wealth in America. Anybody biologically capable, however, can make a quiver full of babies.

“I don’t think God cares whether you get rich,” he warned the crowd. “I don’t think he hopes that your business will make a huge profit. I know a lot of religious people who think God will intervene to make their investments grow. Or he’ll get them a promotion. To make their business a success. But life on this earth is about learning to live in a place where God does not make everything work out for good people.”

BUT. If you find a mate and procreate, you're all good! “Every one of you here today as a graduate can live an abundant life,” he told the students. “Every single one of you. You will not all be rich and famous and powerful, but each of you can live an eminently successful, rewarding, abundant life.”

Romney, on the other hand, will remain rich and famous and powerful. But not everybody can do that. So just shut up and get pregnant, already. 

River_Rat

Blue, that one not so much! (the graduation piece)

Jackie, I need to follow that advice, would prevent lots of face palming.

Does anybody know Athena in real life? I wish there was somebody that could check in with her.

QuinnCat

Is that graduation speech from The Onion?  Seriously - "wealth is not guaranteed. Not everybod knows how to cut corners, exploit workers, and watch the profits rise. "  Ok, yeah, he was the one that coined the 47%.

E- I just watched the Kentucky Derby and realized for the 100th time how beautiful horses are. Ofcourse, I know nothing of this world...for all I know, horse racing is bad for horses.  Since there's money involved, probably is bad for horses.  You have a beautiful boy.

Athena - you may have left BCO, you have not left our hearts.  I hope you are reading and know how much we miss you.  We need you!! xxo

River_Rat

Kam, that part was editorial comment - it wasn't in the speech.

bluedahlia

WTF"S a "quiver"?

Chickadee

Quiver is what you do when you have a passel of kids and no money to pay the bills. Well I think I'd be shaking in my boots more than quivering.

QuinnCat

It's another odd word in Mitt's vocabulary, or should I say quiver?   Like "self-deportation."

RR - thanks. I guess the quotes should have clued me in.