Archive for September, 2008
Kansas City Italian Meatballs
This writer has a friend in the Kansas City Mafia. We have been invited to Thanksgiving Dinner. They are having an ‘Italian Thanksgiving.’ All of the food will be traditional Italian – she won’t give away the family secrets, but she did talk some about their food. She told us to be careful because she […]
30Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Kansas City Italian Meatballs | ContinuedThe Perfect Economic Storm, With No Captain – video
The Perfect Storm. That moment when unique weather patterns come together to create the absolute most havoc. Bush and McCain and their Republican cronies have created that moment in our economy. The storm began with letting up on banking regulations. Then they deregulated investment banks. The idea was that home prices would continue to climb […]
30Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | ContinuedMcCain, a Compulsive Gambler (Song Video)
John McCain is going to Las Vegas, would you give him $100 to gamble on your behalf? There is gambling, and then there is compulsive gambling – very different modes of entertainment. John McCain is a compulsive gambler, the champion of the religious right. Compulsive gambling is destroying America. Down the road in St. Joe […]
30Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on McCain, a Compulsive Gambler (Song Video) | ContinuedThe Titanic USA is Sinking, Passengers Are in Life Boats
Two years ago Barack Obama, a freshman Senator from Illinois launched his bid for the Presidency of the United States. He campaigned on a message of change. Two years ago John McCain launched his bid for the Presidency of the United States. He campaigned on a message of experience. Today, each candidate talks change and […]
30Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | ContinuedCooking For a Crowd: The Potato Bar
I am the Director of Youth Ministries at our church, and at out program we eat together every week. Some weeks have more people than others, of course, but we are getting good at providing meals for semi-large crowds (like 25 – 30 people) with minimal prep and even less of a budget. I wanted […]
29Sep2008 | bryan | 2 comments | ContinuedConspiracy theroies – from simple to complex
Holy Cow! Our system of education must surely be failing. I suppose that mentally ill people with sound knowledge could make irrational judgments. But all Conspiracy Theorists are not mentally ill. So what is this phenomenon of conspiracy that seams to permeate our modern society? Crazy Sprinkler Lady: [wp_youtube]_c6HsiixFS8[/wp_youtube] Irony abounds in the following video […]
29Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | ContinuedRedneck Bait Shop and Bank Loans
Bobby John scratched his beard, pondering. Then he said, “Billy Bob, you sure being quite.” Billy Bob sat behind the counter of the Bait Shop, his usual post when the boys showed up for some palaver. The stool squeaked as Billy Bob leaned on the counter, “We aint been doing so good here at the […]
29Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Redneck Bait Shop and Bank Loans | ContinuedComing to yourself – escaping parental domination
We commented in an earlier post that ‘original sin’ equates with escaping the dysfunction of your family of origin. That includes escaping the domination of parents. Parent are powerful – the most powerful two people a child will ever experience. That is the fundamental triangle of life, Father, Mother, Child. The lens through which we […]
29Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Coming to yourself – escaping parental domination | ContinuedAmerica Should be Led By Grown-Ups
For this writer the words “United States of America” bring a sense of well being. We are proud to be an American. But why, we ask ourselves? Because America means everything that is good about humanity. America means pride, honor, integrity, ingenuity, exploration, curiosity, kindness, dignity, understanding, openness, comfort, fairness, leadership, bravery, courage, humility, beautiful, […]
29Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | ContinuedPelosi Blew This Deal
This is a big deal! America’s financial stability rests on the ability of Congress to put a bi-partisan package together. This package needed to cover necessary principles of protection for taxpayers. These principles were not partisan – they could have reached an agreement But House Speaker Pelosi had to get in front of the cameras […]
29Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 3 comments | ContinuedHypocrisy is a Bridge to Nowhere
Local hypocrites beg Feds for money. That might have been a better headline in a local newspaper. The actual headline is, “Local Officials rallying for funds.” This small Missouri community is very conservative – the joke around town is that we have too many churches and not enough strip joints (127 Churches, one strip joint). […]
29Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Hypocrisy is a Bridge to Nowhere | ContinuedScalloped Potatoes
Preparation 30 minutes. Cooking time 1 hour 45 minutes. Oven 350 F. 1 cup chopped onion 1 clove garlic, chopped (or 1 teaspoon garlic powder) 1 cup grated cheese (Parmesan, Romano, or your choice) 1 stick butter or margarine 1/4 cup all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 teaspoon dried […]
28Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Scalloped Potatoes | ContinuedSo, Rednecks Really Are For Obama
One of my main hopes for this campaign is that it moght be conducted with civility. Vote for who you like, campaign for who you like. and like who you like, but don’t engage in the hostility that is brewing in the dark corners of this debate. Leave it alone, and give us your opinion based on how you feel or how you interpret the issues.
27Sep2008 | bryan | 3 comments | ContinuedWas McCain Right About Iraq?
John McCain has been wrong on social justice, on business regulations, and on tax breaks for Big Oil. But probably the most egregious error has been on foreign policy, on military action, and most specifically on Iraq. It could be more tolerable if McCain had not taken his eye off the prize – the capture […]
27Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | ContinuedWho Won The Debate, 9-26-2008
This writer watched closely. We felt that each candidate accomplished what they needed for this particular evening. Obama showed he could stand on the stage of foreign policy with McCain. After a tumultuous week of zig zagging McCain needed to show himself in command of his faculties. Here are some reviews done by other media […]
27Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | ContinuedMcCain’s Problematic Use of ‘Naive’
John McCain likes to refer to Barack Obama as being naive, always in the context of foreign policy. McCain says Obama is naive about Iraq, about Russia, about terrorists. But McCain should be careful with this word. John McCain has championed deregulation for rich bankers and Big Oil – with the belief that these folks […]
27Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on McCain’s Problematic Use of ‘Naive’ | ContinuedObama, McCain Debate, Video and summary 9-26-2008
Tonight is an important event in the 2008 Presidential election. The debate on national security between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain will help voters understand their choices. These are very different men. They have very different ideas about National Security. Both are patriotic – both are ambitious. The Fireside Post will be posting […]
26Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Obama, McCain Debate, Video and summary 9-26-2008 | ContinuedSubliminal Bush
In a previous post here on The Fireside, we mentioned the press conference with the President where he discussed WWIII in the context of Iran. I thought it might be beneficial to see the clip for ourselves: [wp_youtube]94LtRZ3urWY&feature=related[/wp_youtube] “I take the threat of Iran with a nuclear weapon very seriously.” I guess that would account […]
26Sep2008 | bryan | 6 comments | ContinuedRedneck War Debate
We called the television station down the road in St. Joe to ask about the debate. We wanted to know what they was gonna ask those fellas, McCain and Obama. They tode us that they is not asking any questions. Someone in one of the big cities gets to ask the questions. Well, we had […]
26Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Redneck War Debate | ContinuedAmerica has lost Economic Authority
The past century saw American dominance in the world foreign policy and Economic Markets. Pearl Harbor awakened a ‘sleeping giant.’ The rise of Communism in the Far East and the spread of Socialism in Europe and other geographic areas saw an advancing economic influence of free market capitalism. In the span of eight short years […]
25Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on America has lost Economic Authority | ContinuedObama on The Economy
He is right on – it is time to get our economy back on track. This is really not rocket science – without speed limits people speed recklessly through our neighborhoods. Without Law (regulations) people will do just about anything. If this is about faith the try this “Trust God, but lock your car.” Did […]
25Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | ContinuedBush Sends FEMA to Wall Street
thousand mobile homes are being resurrected from the old cotton fields down home. Bush has ordered the National Guard to fill 85,000,000 sand bags. Proclaiming on National Television Bush declares, “Everybody do something, it it doesn’t work we can surge later.”
25Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Bush Sends FEMA to Wall Street | ContinuedUnited Way – agency corruption
This writer is a big supporter of the concept of United Way – with skepticism for the actual practice. The concept is simple – there are many social service agencies in all communities that compete for the limited local dollars available. The idea of the United Way was to eliminate all of the individual fund […]
25Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 14 comments | ContinuedObama Responds to McCain Campaign Suspension
(Editor Note: The picture with this post looks like Obama is waving goodbye. That is a coincidence). 3:40 PM CST: The opening comment, “There is much blame to go around but we are now here. We have to act quickly but we have to get it right… I reached out to Senator McCain because many […]
24Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | ContinuedColdingham Pork Loin (stuffed with cheese)…
In November of 1998 we lived with nine of my fellow sailors in a large, colonial style brick house near a man made lake in Virginia Beach, VA. The house was at the end of a cul-de-sac called Coldingham Court. Thanksgiving came along, and my friend Mike and I decided to host a Thanksgiving dinner, […]
24Sep2008 | bryan | Comments Off on Coldingham Pork Loin (stuffed with cheese)… | ContinuedMcCain to Suspend Presidential Campaign
2:00 PM: John McCain wants to suspend his campaign for President in order to return to Washington to work on the economic Crisis. McCain wants to postpone the Presidential debate scheduled for Friday, September 26, 2008. That debate was to focus on national security. What is McCain trying to do? Is he trying to show […]
24Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on McCain to Suspend Presidential Campaign | ContinuedDebt, Spending, and Social Justice
We admire the determination of people who do not have debt. The Congress and Administration should be so wise. As a young parent we ventured into the world of credit cards. The result was that our children lived in virtual poverty. We had a good job and made good money – but the debt […]
24Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 3 comments | ContinuedThe Wall Street Bailout is Personal – KISS
This is personal. This disaster on Wall Street and in the halls of Washington. Most of us have no idea what our Government leaders are talking about. Most of us don’t understand why every man woman and child in America has to put up something like $2,500 to bailout a rich Wall Street Banker. But […]
24Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 6 comments | ContinuedI am a house-husband, not a space man
I am a house husband. I think that there is still some social barrier within me that creates a stigma around staying at home with the kids. I create my own stigma, I guess, I still feel a little weird when telling people what I do. Its a lot like telling them that I am […]
24Sep2008 | bryan | 6 comments | ContinuedBrigham Young, Jim Jones, Rush Limbaugh
There is evidence throughout history that desperate people will follow just about anybody. Generally the numbers do not reflect the majority. Generally the numbers are quite small in proportion to the whole. That was the case with the Mormon cult, it was the case with the Jim Jones cult, and it is the truth with […]
24Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | ContinuedSlacker Uprising – Michael Moore
The devil is in the house. Michael Moore has created a new documentary encouraging all slackers to get out and vote. Moore traveled to 62 cities in battle ground states and chronicled his journey and his audience response. This man is gifted – that is not to say correct – but he is gifted. By […]
24Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | ContinuedRonald Reagan and Ron Paul on Government
These are the oversimplified ideas of orators hoping to get elected. Ronald Reagan on Big Government: Ron Paul on Big Government:
23Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Ronald Reagan and Ron Paul on Government | ContinuedBeing a House-Husband
I am a house-husband. That is, I stay at home with the kids and my wife works full time. We are a non-traditional family, I guess, and it suits me fine most of the time. I get the impression, though, that the pats on the back that I get from people are not always genuine. […]
22Sep2008 | bryan | 2 comments | ContinuedRedneck Loan Sharks
We was run out of the general store cause we talk too much politics. So we is now hanging out at the Bait Shop. It’s good cause they expect us to lie. Bobby Joe: Where is Hank these days, ain’t seen him around much?” Bobby John: He decided to start a bank. Bobby Joe: How’d […]
22Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Redneck Loan Sharks | ContinuedHerm Edwards – Flaws of Cronyism
Good Old Boys, buddies, cronies, buds – terms of endearment. Harry Truman had a bunch of cronies. He gave some of them jobs in the White House. Not important jobs, just a paycheck to hang around and play poker at night. The important jobs of Vice President, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense were […]
22Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 4 comments | ContinuedCommander in Chief – Role of a Citizen
The Constitution of the United State of America vests the power of Commander in Chief with the Executive – The President. This feels clear to this writer that the intent was for a citizen, elected by the people, to act as Commander of the military. There was purpose in this intent. Here is a quote […]
22Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | ContinuedForecast Project Earth
Dr. Gerald Durley is a preacher – but he is extraordinary – at 67 years old he has been on the front of most of the important cultural movements in his lifetime. Dr Durley is a visionary who has started his Congregation Conservation effort. Listen to this wonderful man.The Washington Post has a video section […]
22Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Forecast Project Earth | ContinuedThe Iraq Surge Has Not Worked!
On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked America. America launched a military assault – The Mission – find and either kill or capture the murderous terrorists. But the George Bush administration did a shell game with the American people, distracting everyone from the defined mission. As a result – The terrorist leaders have not been punished. […]
22Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on The Iraq Surge Has Not Worked! | ContinuedSongs of the Great Depression
These are some very nice videos posted on youtube about the Great Depression. Well at least we got some good music out of the national sadness. Get ready for another renaissance in music. Woody Guthrie sang about the hard times in America. “This Land Was Made For You and Me” has become a folk classic […]
22Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Songs of the Great Depression | ContinuedResurrecting Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot is one of the most polite and graceful of all Folk Legends. He is quiet and unassuming. We are grateful to have lived in his lifetime. His music and his life deserve a resurrection. From Parade Magazine Personality Parade: In 2002, Lightfoot suffered a ruptured aortic aneurysm, similar to the condition that killed […]
21Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Resurrecting Gordon Lightfoot | ContinuedKansas City Spaghetti Sauce
We are going to Kansas City today to watch the NFL Chiefs fight for the dignity of Herm Edwards. There will be a gang of folks gathering together, the Chiefs are just an excuse to eat all things Italian. My favorite is the Italian Spaghetti Sauce. (Is that an oxymoron?) Herm may have cost the […]
21Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | ContinuedMcCain/Palin – Unstable/Unable
This is the week that was. John McCain could not have had a harder time. Every day, and sometimes twice a day, McCain changed his position and philosophy on the economy. At times he sounded like he might be in early stages of oldtimers disease. John McCain, that once bold and brave warrior, has been […]
21Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 5 comments | ContinuedMcCain’s Criminal Closed Thinking
There is a booklet in the State Prison System which is used in the drug and alcohol treatment programs. The association with drugs and alcohol is faulty – but the idea is this: What types of “Closed Thinking” leads to criminal behavior? In light of the criminal behavior on Wall Street we should ask these […]
20Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Real McCain – The Keating Five
John McCain has desperately floundered this week to adopt a meaningful policy to deal with the economy. He changes his position two or three times every day. As if this were not enough to violate our trust, his entire history is one of catering to exactly the sort of people who have crashed Wall Street. […]
20Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on The Real McCain – The Keating Five | ContinuedWall Street – Thunder Road
Do you remember Robert Mitchum in Thunder Road. He reminds us of the CEO’s of Exxon, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, etc. “The Law they never got him cause the devil got him first,” sort of thing. The Thunder Road movie was about moonshiners of the early 1950’s. Their daring driving gave birth to […]
19Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Wall Street – Thunder Road | ContinuedMcCain gets really NASTY!
Check out his new ad. Three black men doing bad things followed by an elderly white woman. What a cheap and nasty campaign ad. Let’s elect McCain and Palin, we can set Civil Rights and the Women’s movement back fifty years in one shot. The Republican Party is the Lynching Party – bring your own […]
19Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | ContinuedTotal Loss of Control
Inspired by Bill Cosby – he is making a big toot about the irresponsibility of his fellow black people. Rather than lump a race into the same bucket – we should probably consider behavior rather than color. We have some literature that is not of our making. This literature has been copied and copied again. […]
18Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 5 comments | ContinuedWall Street Terrorizes America
Osama Bin Laden, who remains free, launched four planes at American’s financial and military structure on September 11, 2001. Bush reacted and has weakened our military. The Republicans reacted and eliminated regulations on Mortgage Banks and Investment Banks. Then the American Terrorists took over. The Stock Market has dropped more this week than at any […]
18Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | ContinuedTony Soprano is Running Wall Street
The Bush Administration has made Wall Street an offer they can’t refuse. Suck the life out of the company, siphoning money from the investing middle class, then we will tax the middle class to bail you out. The movies have had great material with organized crime. The rage began with The Godfather, continued with Goodfellas, […]
17Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Tony Soprano is Running Wall Street | Continued