Christmas thank you list

1. I am thankful to be alive even though the world is in a mess and I pee too much.




2. I am thankful I pee too much; it could be the opposite.




3. I am thankful for family and friends, even though I can count them all on both hands.




4. I am thankful for two feet because I have room for ten more friends.




5. I am thankful for having enough to eat, even though my diet is restricted to fiber.




6. I am thankful for restaurants so I can sneak out and pig out.




7. I am thankful for a daughter who makes me homemade mac and cheese for the times I can’t make it to McDonald’s.




8. I am thankful for a half-assed good brain that somehow still works after years of non-use.




9. I am thankful for a body that still functions fairly well in spite of years of abuse.





10. I am thankful for a wife who somehow loves me enough to put up with me day in and day out. Nights don’t count; I am a sound sleeper.




11. I am thankful for enough money to get by on. We all need to live within our means in any case.




12. I am thankful for a roof over our heads, even though I know we need new shingles and I will have to install them myself. I’m too old for this shit, but I’ll “get ‘er done” – somehow.




13. I am thankful for the opportunity to have written and published two novels, to be working on the third, and still have enough time to keep up with Twitter, Facebook, a Website and a blog.







14. I am thankful for technology, because without it our planet would have no hope, and there is no way I am going write anything long hand, let alone a novel.




15. I am thankful for the young people of the world. They are smart and ready to stand up for the things that are right about the world and willing to dissent to make things better.




16. I am thankful for the peacekeepers for protecting freedom, dignity, and the right to pursue happiness.




17. I am thankful for what hair I have left, mainly because I can’t afford a hair transplant and wifey won’t let me have one anyway.




18. I am thankful for what time I have left on the planet, even though some wish I would leave post haste.




19. I am thankful that even though Keith Richards and I are the same age, he looks like…well, Keith Richards.




20. Lastly, I am thankful for a life that, in spite of its dramatic ups and downs, I have arrived at a place where I smile a lot, wish everyone well, and truly care about all life on our planet.




I’m just saying,

Mittster

Remember Me

My brother, Walt, sent this to me and I would like to share with those who have not seen it.

All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!

This film was made by a 15 year old girl. It is the hottest thing on the internet and on Fox News today.

Lizzie Palmer who put this YouTube program together, is 15 years old.

There have been over 3,000,000 hits as of this morning.

Watch all of it.......and, pass it on!!

Click on the title of this blog to see it....

Write on,

Mittster

How About a Piece of Peace?

Enough is enough already; let’s get out of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq before we lose anymore young lives and bankrupt our country and our allies’ countries to boot. No wonder every time we announce that we are pulling out and letting local police keep the peace, something blows up and people die. The enemy or their governments, or both, want us to stay so we can spend yet even more young lives and money. We got the bad guys, now it's time to get the hell out!

I am as right-wing as they come, but there is something to be said about re-grouping closer to home and letting some countries take care of their own problems for a change. We all know it is really about oil, but if the truth be known, we would learn that there is enough of the ugly stuff in oil shale to last a hundred years right in our own backyard. Besides, the American people need to be taken care of first with jobs and a future. Screw the terrorists of any country. Make America strong again and the rest will fall in place.

I know, you think I am an idealist. That term is used to describe left-wing Democrats to get you to vote Republican. What I am is sick and tired of is watching our country go down the tubes due to unemployment, deficit spending and welfare programs for people here illegally. While we are spending billions of future dollars overseas for lost causes, people here are suffering. Middle and lower income folks are dying on the vine trying to carry the weight of all the government spending. Get off my back, damn it, and let me breathe!

There, I have said it, and it felt good. Of course, the weight is still pushing me underground, but at least I am going down kicking ass and taking names. Lord, please let me live long enough to vote someone in as president of the U.S.A. who will reign in our out-of-control government spending. Ronald Regan, please come back and help us kick some booty!

I’m just screaming,

Mittster