Francie26

This is quite lovely. Enjoy!! http://www.wnd.com/2013/09/america-dazzled-by-jesus-song-on-air/

I am constantly amazed at how smug you people are. So much so that, even if you're right, you're wrong.

I think this sounds extremely hopeful. Adam has always said that the Iraqis had no way to defend themselves while they were under Chapter 7 with the UN because they were not allowed the weaponry to do it. Then they were finally released from Chapter 7, and now they are preparing for their own defense. So what's next? Maliki also spoke of giving citizens lots in or near Baghdad so they could build homes. Doing this allows the government to direct where the houses will be built so they can control the growth areas of the city. This growth also indicates a need for a valuable currency.

Maybe he doesn't answer questions if they are yelled at him. Try getting rid of all caps and see what happens.

Posted Today, 05:24 PM Prepared by the Presidency of the Republic BAGHDAD - Vice President Dr. Khodai announced this morning that he had written a document to be signed by the leaders of all national parties in which they would agree, again, to honor the peaceful coexistence and strengthen the bonds of national unity and the social fabric among them. This appears to me to be a new document designed to get all of these various components of the Iraqi nation to sign onto this document just as a precaution to make sure they are all still on board, still on the same "national" page that they had signed onto before. To that end, it is called a document of "Honor" to remind them that they had put their honor on the line before in signing a document to that effect, and because it's been a while, they now have to sign again as a reminder of what is at risk, their honor. Basically, all it means is that they are agreeing that they still agree with their earlier agreement, if that makes sense. It's just a way to double down on their earlier agreements and to remind them of what they had agreed to in case they had forgotten, or in case they try to weasel out and change their minds again, this time in the time between the earlier signing and now. It's a reminder that they have their honor on the line, and that they remember that and sign this document to show that they do. Remember a few years ago when parts of the newly united Iraqi government kept trying to weasel out of their agreements, and we were told that, until that time, they had always been tribal, not nationalistic in their views , and had been held together by Saddam's army? The Kurds wanted out of Iraq altogether, and the various tribes around Baghdad kept trying to back out of their agreements with the national party. They would happily sign a document to get whatever they wanted, not meaning to honor it at all, and then would find they had to do what they had agreed to do, or the U.S. would come after them. Even then they would keep signing documents and then trying to get out of them the next week. But the one thing they had was their honor. National unity didn't do it for them, and it's still tenuous. But I think that's what this is for, to remind them that they signed on and are expected to keep their word, that they are still part of the nation of Iraq now. They put it in pretty language they respect, calling it a Document of Honor, which it is, but we in the U.S. wouldn't need a document of honor to keep our word. The law would be enough as we are a nation of laws, or were until Obama got into office. (But that's neither here nor there). They are still trying to maintain the fact (fiction?) of also being a united country, a nation founded on the Rule of Law. But just to be sure, it doesn't hurt after all this time to remind them to live up to their word by putting their honor on the line again--you know--just to be sure. It's been a long time since they signed those papers, and one or two of them might try to weasel back out of it again, so they are reminding them of the need to keep their honor by living up to their word to obey the Rule of Law, and the best way to remind them and make sure they are still on board is to ask them to sign on again and to hold their honor at stake to be sure they do it. So that's what I think, although I've been wrong a time or two before in my life, so I can handle it if I'm wrong again. lol P S. The reason I think this is that I have an ex-husband who used to do the same thing--promise me anything to get whatever he wanted, and then back out of our agreement after he got what he wanted. So this just looked familiar to me. lol

Sounds to me like they are trying to dress up some document they will get the Kurds to sign saying "can't we all just get along?"

Kaduku, you are always so much harsher than anyone else talking about the same topic. It feels like the annoyance of having a family member who is on your side for all the wrong reasons. lol

LOL Love the hairdo.

Oops!! Found it. Thank you so much, GrannyGirl. As always, I appreciate your help.

Adam's regular Wednesday morning chat is missing. Or is it me? I can't seem to find it.

It's interesting how he has "moved on," and yet, here he is telling the rest of us how he gave up. I wish him only the best, but I feel a little sorry for him. I am not walking in his shoes, and I, for one, am grateful to have my own mind, my own beliefs, and my own life. I made up my mind about the dinar before I bought it. Since then, I've done continual research on it, and thus far, I've found nothing to change my views, so I am staying the course. I'll leave him the job of locating the free beer.

I just found this, Umbertino. And I want to give you my most generous thank you for being so kind. We go back a way here together, and I will never forget my early times here when you were one of the first people I met who welcomed me and made me feel included. You are a kind man, and I just wanted to be sure you know that I am aware of how good you have been to me. Many blessings, my friend.

As you surely know, I respect you profoundly. I do not, however, stand corrected on my analysis of the Bible as the word of God. I believe strongly what I believe and what I said above after much study, and via the use of the mind God gave me. Thanks for your input, but I still believe what I described above. All I can say is that some people require a little more rigidity than do others, and I am one who does not. LOL I may think you are wrong, but I know you are a sweetie, waterman. lol

A pass-along message to Phoenix and his wife and family: God bless you and keep you in His loving arms. I am so sorry to hear that you are going through a tough time, especially since what Phoenix has already done for our country is more than enough for a man and his wife and family to give. My prayers will continue to include you and your family. Keep the faith. God will hear.

Exactly, Yota. There's no such thing as a "UN expert" on any topic/subject at all. If there were, they would be looking at the middle east and at a religion that encourages people to kill each other like human beings are just worthless trash.

Doug Giles says, "I don't register my first amendment rights, and I won't register my second amendment rights either." And may I add to that, "Send the UN back to wherever they came from. They don't belong in our American business."

LOL ChopperMike. I understand your frustration. I am a retired English Prof., and when I see such things, my fingers always itch for the feel of a red pen. lol But you have to learn to let it go. The world doesn't function on good grammar or punctuation, no matter how much we may yearn for it. If my experiences is any indication, you'll never quite get that itch scratched, so you just have to get used to it. lol As you said, "No disrespect. Just sayin'."

He cracked me up too. I laughed out loud when I read it. lol

And it really makes sense to announce to the world what he is going to do, or what he won't do. But then, he lies so much that I guess it really doesn't much matter what he tells them.

With Maliki hanging onto power, with no action from the Central Bank, and with my own life in a little turmoil, I am beginning to think my best bet is to get my dinar situation in the best order possible, and then forget about it, wait to hear from Adam, check in here every now and then, and get busier in my own life than I have been for quite a while, all without considering the dinar question every day. I have been waking up every day wondering if this is the day, even though I would have surely gotten a phone call from Adam if things had changed. I need to reclaim that energy and do something that could generate income for me for several years even if I never see a profit from my dinar. It's called "getting on with your life," and it can't happen too soon for mine. Old habits are hard to break, however, so I will probably duck in often, but I won't stay as long as I have done in the past, and I will have lots of other things planned for my days, my life. I am old enough that I cannot see a value in "waiting to live." So I am living now, today, this very minute, as we speak, and with or without dinar, because "Ole' Time is stiil A-flyin', and same flower that blooms today, tomorrow may be dy'in," to sort-of quote the poet, but don't ask which one as I can't think of his name right now. But as they (The immortal unknown, orphan pronoun, "they") say, Time waits for no man," and at my age, I have noticed that time doesn't wait for woman either. lol So for what it's worth, I am moving to Florida. Move over OleSarge's gals. Here I come. I have doctor's appointments throughout October. They want to check me out pretty thoroughly since I supposedly had cancer last year, and I will give them one last chance to poke and prod, and then it's on to fun and living a sparkling life. So there ya' go. That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it. And by the way, has anyone heard from Smee? I haven't seen her here in quite a while, and she had been going through some health issues. I hope she is doing well.

And at least two glasses of white wine daily. It's good for you, too. lol

My favorite thing in the fall is when I feel that always-surprising first breath of cool, crisp autumn air entering my nostrils. It swirls around in my head, awakens me to the coming change in seasons, and puts all my senses on high alert. I love it--every year, it's always the same, but always a new surprise.

I, too, have an inquiring mind, and I, too, believe God's word is infallible. But I also believe fallible man can make mistakes in writing it down, in transposing it into our language from another, even in deciding exactly what is included and what may just be the jabbering of some old superstitious guy from 3500 B.C. or so. You can choose to believe whatever you want as infallible, but I can also have beliefs just as valid as yours, and given the numbers of huge ancient sites being found so often these days, what you believe is infallible may be entirely fallible next week. I believe God and His Son are infallible, but beyond that, we live in a physical world, and even with the prodigious amounts of information that I read about ancient discoveries and ancient beliefs, I still never ground myself in what someone else says. And my faith in God, although somewhat different, is just as valid as yours. So if you want to discuss the great beauty and mystery of these ancient sites, I'm on. But I will not argue belief with you. Of course, you are entitled to believe what you choose, but then, God made me, too, and He gave me that same right. I hope you will respect that in the future. That is the only way anything either of us can contribute to a conversation can have meaning. Thanks much. Fran Oops. Sorry for the double post. Or triple. lol

Sorry. I did take it seriously, and I don't find that funny. I must be slipping seriously since I retired. lol Patty B, I am doing extra well. I have no more health issues, just the slip-ups of getting older.

I feel sad to think of so many people whose very lives will be either terribly mutilated or lost just to keep a former dentist in power. In the full awareness that life isn't fair, it still seems that nations could find ways to avoid so many deaths, although that is most likely the ultimate purpose of war. Yet, what does it achieve? Who is really helped by all this destruction, all this pain? It's true that there are times when a just nation must go to war against an unjust one, but it seems like the weapons of war keep getting more and more powerful and lethal, while the pains and injuries continue to magnify. Those pains and injuries are not just worse; they are many multiples of "worse." I'm sure I seem naïve, but still, I yearn for a peaceful world. However, with the recent exposure of so many Black on White crimes in America, heretofore kept from us by a blustering, one-sided president and a silent mainstream media, it seems we can't have peace even in our own country and among our own neighbors, our own citizens. Even in what was once the safest country in the world, our streets are no longer safe. Some of our children grow up and needlessly, laughingly, without a purpose, kill people who, in another lifetime, would come over and share barbeque with us in the back yard. Our president sides with the killers, and much of our media still refuse to report these stories. Where is our sense of rightness and goodness and decency? Where is our growing, seething anger? Where is our outrage? Where is our beloved America? And Oh, God! What have we done to our children? What are we still doing to our children?