Busy week!

Well, there's lots going on, so lets get to it!

The Senate votes today on whether they should debate their version of the health care bill. Republicans vow to filibuster, but the Dumocrats have the 60 votes they need to bring it to a vote if they vote in lock-step (like they do on everything else!), so don't be surprised if it comes to debate, passes, and goes to conference.

The Dumocrats just don't get it; we don't WANT nationalized health care! It doesn't work anywhere it's been tried! In fact, the several states that have similar plans in place already are going broke faster than the rest of the states and SURELY wish they could go back (but we all know that once you've opened this can of worms a la Social Security, Medicare, etc., it's next to impossible to put that lid on again!), but it's too late.

Dumocrats just don't learn the lessons of history!

Did Socialism work in the Soviet Union or in Eastern Europe? Has it been a huge success in Korea, Viet Nam, or any other country you can name? Oh, and don't get off on China! They adopted (very successfully I might add!) Capitalism a long time ago. The difference there, of course, is that they have a HUGE, VERY CHEAP labor pool upon which to build their brand of Capitalism and that is exactly why they have been so successful in world markets!

In short, please pray with me that a few Dumocrats actually LISTEN to their constituents and vote NOT to proceed instead of voting "aye."

Write it down: if this bill passes, it's the absolute beginning of the end of this Republic.

Then there's this; my kids are coming for our Thanksgiving celebration today! Woo-hoo! I'm really proud of all of them! They're all making positive steps toward a long and happy life! It should be a lot of fun!

Finally, my 7th graders went to BHI to play the Bears on Wednesday. Now, everyone (I guess) has that rival that they can never seem to get past. BHI has been ours. I've coached at PVI for 6 years and I've never had a team that's beat them. They get superior athletes year in and year out and they have very good coaches who have them prepared to play and prepared for whatever we throw at them. As I said, we haven't beat them in six years and who knows how long it'd been before that.

Well, that all changed on Wednesday! We beat BHI to start our season (34-30) and now we're tied for first place in the district! The boys played their hearts out! Naturally, being the first game of the season, we didn't execute our offense all that well, but our defense was outstanding and BHI was never really able to get going against us! What a hoot!

Oh well, that's enough for now! Pray with me that socialized health care in this country does NOT happen. We can't afford it and, as bad as I feel for those who don't have health care for whatever reason, sinking the ship to make sure everyone is in the same water just doesn't make any sense!