The Messiah controls the banks, insurance and car companies. He is working now on giving Unions a tax break on insurance while the rest of his slaves are soon to be taxed on this benifit. Have you heard the latest, he wants under the energy bill to be able to send the Green Police to your house to check for compliance with energy updates such as those goofy looking lightbulbs and insulation and you will not be allowed to sell your house until they meet his standards. Of course if you are out of work and have no money and will be selling your house he neglects to mention how you will be able to update your house in order to sell it. Also houses on foreclosure would need another loan granted to them to default on in order to update them. I can just see it now, putting 20,000 dollars worth of windows in a 50,000 dollar house in order to sell it. A piece of junk with nice windows. We of course through cap and trade will force most businesses to locate overseas which will mean more loss of jobs. The German economy is really on the up-swing, 5% instead of our 10% unemployment rate which is the highest we have seen in one heck of a lot of years. Germany lowered their taxes which helped to spur the economy, Obama still believes raising them will do it. I wish him all the success. I love soups of all kinds and the soup line will soon be coming to a community near you. He is even trying to do away with the President being only able to serve 8 years. Oh God! help us all. Blogging on the misadventures of this idiot (oops, Messiah) could be a full time job. The last six months shows only that he doesn’t have a full-time job.

He wants to give Constitutional rights to the terrorists while he is taking away ours.

Hey, another stimulus plan is coming. That’s the answer, throw more money at it. You gotta love it…..

Today we celebrate Independence Day. How many of you still know it by that name and what it stands for?

Try to remember what this day stands for, think of those who stood in the face of death and fought for this the greatest nation on earth. Those patriots died for the freedoms we enjoy today. There are very few patriots left that are willing to do the same. Think of those patriots as other TEA parties are being held and remember also those in power who are trying to destroy our freedoms and Independence. There is a lot of unrest in this country and I foresee no letup for quite some time. 

I have a letter that was sent from a Jewish Organization to the Messiah. They have been where we are now before and it is a long read but well worth your time. It will be e-mailed to those who request it via my e-mail address.

For many years I have heard the disenchanted youth (those in their 40’s) speak harshly about the medicare program. Oh yes, all of us have heard or voiced opinions about how the medicare program and social security has been robbed of their sustaining funds by the government for other projects. They speak about how those programs will not be there when they retire.

Well this is my message to the youth of America. The new socialized medical program will be the same thing only worse. If the government can’t sustain medicare and social security how do you expect them to pay for their latest idea. I will give you a hint, make your kids pay for it.

Welfare is now at its highest since the 1990’s. How is that going to continue to be funded? Hint, make your kids pay for it.

My take on the whole matter is they will both be there in one form or another because we will just up the welfare roles to take care of the matter and the younger generation can pick up the tab.  Pretty easy to figure that out. Soon you will get a whole two months worth of your yearly paycheck, the rest will go to taxes and you will be on welfare.

We have some people across the street on welfare. They have a lawn service come in 3 times a week to edge their sidewalks and driveway and mow their lawn. I edge my walks once every 5 years and I have to talk my wife into mowing our yard. What I am saying is work at McDonalds and go on welfare, you will live a lot better in the future.

Soon socialized medicine will put regular insurance out of business because they cannot compete with a insurance plan funded by taxpayers. After that happens the government can dictate when and what procedures they will pay for. It don’t know if it bothers you or not but I am bothered greatly by big brother having access to my health records and also telling me I am too old to get a knee replacement. Did you ever wonder what the Canadians are going to do when we have socialized medicine just like them. Where will they go to get the medical help they now seek in the U.S. because of the Canadian socialized plan.

My grandchildren are going to have a lot to pay for when they enter the working world. 5 Trillion debt and growing daily. It is beyond comprehension.

I can proudly say, “Don’t blame me, Keep the Change!” If there only would have been someone to vote for maybe we would have had a chance.

I have berated the Messiahs socialistic policies. I have tried to educate the masses and I have been labeled as a terrorist by the homeland security secretary Napalitano because I believe in the Constitution of the United States. What more can I do?

Please pay attention here. I want to be sent to Bermuda, placed on government assistance and live a life of leisure in the islands of enchantment. I could never afford such a retirement plan but some of the refugees from Gitmo have been handed it on a silver platter. And to top it off we give the island 200 million dollars to allow them this lap of luxury.

What more can I do? I am trying to figure out how I can afford a life of leisure in Arkansas where I would have to give up my teeth for the good of the community but it is a small price to pay. In the meantime the prisoners of Gitmo are sent to Bermuda.

Bermuda is an island that I will probably never be able to justify the expense of a two week visit and these terrorists are handed it on a silver platter. Does anybody see what I am saying here?

Please send me a copy of the Koran, I am ready to serve and enjoy the islands. Nobody ever promised me 40 virgins, bring them on. No wonder they don’t have a recruiting problem.

Your insurance benefits will soon be taxed but not mine. Union members will be exempt which also includes teachers, auto workers and us government workers. I sit on the right hand of the Messiah. He loves my vote and will keep it no matter what the cost to you.

I offer my sincerest thanks for your vote.

The three networks are well known for their love affair with the messiah. No matter what the man says it is hailed as a significant change in the lives of the public who have nothing to lose and everything to benefit by his wisdom.

There was recently a new conference between the reporters of the three networks and Fox News. The Messiah managed to silence the Fox News reporter and move on to the other reporters which should have made the rest of the interview a breeze. Not quite the response the Messiah expected. Even the networks are starting to question his policies.

His personal rating is high, only surpassed by G. W. Bush. The old man for those not in the know. So he is popular for his personality. Nobody questioned his ability to speak with the use of a teleprompter or dance. But questions on his policies he tried to double talk his way out of because his popularity on these items are in the sewer.

Times they are a’changing. Maybe soon we will see more honest reporting on the issues instead of the white wash we have been accustomed to. One can only hope.

Now they are talking of government mandated savings programs. Won’t  life be so much simpler when the Messiah controls every aspect of your life. I know I am sure looking forward to it no matter what the cost. Maybe he should grow a big black mustache and look more like his predecessors with the same ideas. The stimulus plan creating jobs reminds me of the old saying I heard somewhere before, “Arbeit macht frei”

As for myself, I am 100% behind his plans for alternative energy. The rest of his ideas, not so much. But I do have a way to make up for your losses in the stock market. Bet a Bamabacker that we will have another stimulus package. Easy money, for sure, it seems to be the answer to every problem. Throw our money at it.

Here’s the latest, there will be a debate on the health plan but only those for it will be allowed to debate it. That was decided by ABC (The All Barrack Channel) news.

Iran and the U.S both have had recent elections and the citizens of both countries have begun to express their dissatisfaction with the result. Is there a parallel to be explored and compared here.

Both have leaders that have controlled or are attempting to control all aspects of their lives.

Both control private business and banking industries and both control health care and and/or the insurance industry.

The citizens in Iran are revolting to show a protest to the control over their lives. A few of them have given their lives in this pursuit and yet the others continue to press on even with the threat of bodily harm or imprisonment looming over their heads.

The citizens of the U.S. at one time did the same thing with the outcome being the Constitution of the United States. Then jump ahead to the Tea Party protests that have occurred and are still going on. You are aware of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights I am sure. Well maybe not. The next generation will not be aware of it as it is slowly being eroded by our government leaders as they stack the Supreme Court. Our forefathers gave their lives for this simple piece of paper that is supposed to govern our lives without government intervention. Will this generation have patriots willing to do the same?

If the current leader of Iran meets his demise by the hand of the people there will be a revolt unsurpassed in the history of their country.

If the current leader of our country meets his demise by the hand of the people there will be also a revolt unsurpassed in this country as they try to blame it all on race instead of policy.

I apologize for making you nervous or maybe even causing you to crack a smile, stick your heads back in the sand. It’s just the ramblings of an old man.

I am in the process of changing Internet providers because of a equipment malfunction. I was thinking of changing anyway and this offered me an excuse to do so. A notification was sent out to all of my contacts in my contact list. I am now in the process of changing e-mail change notification to all of the forums I belong to. I don’t know why the government can’t do this for me as I am sure they are keeping track of me anyway.

We removed 6 trees from the yard and had the stumps removed. I spent a day in bed after that project. They did not finish the job and quit early. Two days later they had not returned and the monsoon season started. After a couple weeks and a few phone calls they returned to finish the job of filling the holes with black dirt. Now we have raked out all the areas and planted lawn seed. One area has been blessed with less than prime dirt because I got mad at them not showing up and started to finish the job myself. I don’t know what I had to gain because I had prepaid them. Karla made me landscape two other areas in the meantime to keep me from going out and wringing their necks.

We signed up with the new Internet provider. I have my credit reports locked to guard against identity theft. I called the credit bureaus to allow them to have access to my records. The internet company was unable to access my credit records. I feel safer now knowing that if they can’t get in them with approval I am sure nobody else can get into them without approval. That situation is settled and by the end of the month I should have a new tv provider, Internet provider, and phone company although my phone number will remain the same.

Then a problem with my mother’s finances comes in the mail and needs my immediate attention. I have settled on a course of action in this matter and it should be taken care of in a few days.

Now I figure it is time to relax but I receive an e-mail from Bram. In my last letter to him I made a few mistakes in my Netherland language usage. He wrote to give me the proper way to use verbs depending on gender and 1st, 2nd and 3rd person. I am striving to get all this done and I am finally finished with the making of all reservations.

I will work it in and get it all done. Bram is an excellent teacher as his knowlege of the English language is exceptional and he can guide me along the right path. His help is greatly appreciated. I will be more proficient in the language of the Netherlands than the U.S. pretty soon. Most people would say that is a improvement as I speak “Minnesotan.”

We bought a new tv and as soon as the delivery man left I had everything screwed up on it so I had to spend a little time with getting that to work again. We only buy a tv once every 23 years so things have changed a little.

Then I notice that I fell behind in my posts. I have 3 saved drafts but none of them are appropriate to publish right now but they will be showing up shortly. In about a month Bram will be here, the 100th reunion will be held and we will head out on our trip. After that I will take a nap, the 3rd one in 65 years.

This quote is from a 2nd amendment website:

“… In just 3 months Americans bought enough guns to outfit the entire Chinese and Indian army’s combined.” …

“You also bought 1,529,635,000 rounds of ammunition in just the month of December 2008. …”

Today was the day the local gun show came to town. I always attend but I haven’t bought anything from a gun show in over 15 years so it is more of a gathering of like minded individuals than anything else. Usually as you walk among the different displays and browse over things that you may or may not have an interest in, you catch pieces of conversations between the attendees. Usually they are discussing their latest hunting trip or one they plan to take in the future. They mention things like “I had a rifle just like that one when I was 14 years old and my dad took me squirrel hunting, Dad and the rifle are both but a memory now.” yes, those were good times and memories for these people.

What you don’t hear is conversations saying “I remember the year I got hold of my brothers Ritalin and got high as a kite and shot up a school.” Those people are nut jobs not indicative of gun owners and we despise them as much as you do if not more.

Of course our head of Homeland Security would have you believe the latter. She recently stated that terrorists consist of pro-life people, former military members and gun owners. That is me on all counts, 3 out of 3 ain’t bad, and that is what most of the gun owners I have met up with in my life believe in so I guess according to her the gun show was a meeting of terrorists. I have to admit the atmosphere was not like former gun shows. People were expressing openly their disgust at the current administration and their upcoming attack on the Constitution. Our President was nominated gun salesman of the year. Ammunition prices (if the ammunition was to be had) was 150% higher than before  B.O. (Barrack Obama). Firearms that I had sold for $35.00 and $350 dollars previously were on display at $850 and $1250.

Surprisingly the gun show which in previous years usually had about 50 attendees at a time in the show now had over 300 to 350 people in a shopping frenzy despite the high prices. Tensions were high and you could feel the chill in the air as honest people were confronted with the fact that this was perhaps soon to be a thing of the past. Friendships destroyed and comraderie lost as the current freedom destroyers seek to further curb our simple pleasure of shooting at a few tin cans at a shooting range.

There were comments about Texas and the growing number of states that have stated they would push for secession from the union, Montana discussing producing firearms stamped made in Montana and not shipped out of state to avoid Federal control and many other subjects that gun owners are more aware of than the “other people.” I am contemplating one more move before I am done moving around and these things will have an impact on that decision as I wait for these laws to be addressed.

I am 65 years old, pro-life, have served my country honorably in the military and I am a gun owner. I have had one speeding ticket in my life and I deserved it, no argument with authority on that matter. I have never committed a crime in my life. I even had a top secret clearance in the military. If I am the profile of a terrorist, please have the head of homeland security explain to me and others at the gun show why we don’t like terrorists. Oh, that’s right, she refused to apologize for her statement listing like minded individuals such as me as terrorists.

Honorable veteran: She would trust you more if you ran away to Canada.

Pro-Life: She would rather you pitched babies out of a pickup with a pitchfork at 90 miles per hour.

Pro-Gun: Well, I guess her and her kind hate those who believe in the Constitution.

Some things confuse me so.

When we lived at the lake Karla had a Schwinn bicycle that she had since she was about 15 years old. Good old husband John decided a nice gift would be a brand new bicycle. Well things just don’t go that simply in our household. The new super duper bicycle had a bar that was just a inch on so higher than the old one and Karla could not get her leg in and over to the other side. Fast forward to the present date and we are now living at our newer home in Worthington. Dear old husband John gets rid of the bike she could not ride and buys her another new bike taking into consideration that this gal is vertically challenged. You guessed it. The new bike has sat in the garage for 5 years now and has been ridden once since she can not get her leg into the area needed to ride the bike. Frustrated old husband John to the rescue. Karla is brought from store  to store to find the perfect bike no matter what expense is looming ahead Thoughtful ol husband John is willing to come to the fore front of the problem and get this poor lass on a bike. We have tried so many bikes that Almost defeated ol husband John has now started looking for a new wife. Even the little mountain bikes that have the small wheels are too much for Karla. If she can throw her leg over the seat her forehead is being pummeled by her knees as she rides because if she raises the seat she can no longer get her leg over the seat into position. We have entered into the final stage. Divorce looms prominently in our plans for the future. There is no answer, no solution that we have not investigated to its fullest. We either divorce so I can get a wife with longer legs or I put her down. Believe me both options have been considered especially since school is now out and my next choice in a wife just graduated.  Taking a back road from Sioux Falls to visit my mother in the nursing home we notice a farmer that has a pile of bikes sitting by the road for sale. Worn out old husband John pulls into the farmers yard mainly because it costs quite a bit to put a wife down. I worked with veterinarians and even with the discount it gets fairly expensive. There it sits in all its glory, a bicycle from the past. Easily over 50 years old and it shows its age. Drooping fenders greet us as we approach this relic of the past. We survey this beast and look at each other fondly. We figure we can throw the fenders away as the newer bikes don’t have such items. It does have one new tire on it and he has another new tire in the shed but that is an extra. The bike is priced as much as it originally sold for in 1955 but as we both stand in amazement as my dear wife slips her leg between the bars and places her fanny upon the seat. She rides away as the farmer and I stand in amazement. A miracle has happened before our eyes. We pay the price which could not be negotiated and load the rusty miracle machine into the back of the pickup and head for home. Upon arrival at home I take the seat off of a brand new bike that she cannot ride and place it upon the old relic of the past. In a few days a new tire and maybe a quick coat of paint and removal of the fenders and my wife will ride away like a happy child. The money spent in the past is but a memory and my wife is sitting on a 50 dollar bike riding away into the sunset. When does progress cease to be progress? I really do miss my new wife though.

I received a note from Bram a few days ago and he listed the blog address of a woman who joined the Fraternal Order of Paters in February. She was on the search for a picture of her great grandmother who had the name of Pater. She has family history back to the 1800’s. In genealogy this is called a “starting point.” She has traced her family back to Poland and has heard rumor that from there the family is presumed to be from England. Who knows where it will lead her on her quest. I gave her a couple hints in an e-mail to her that I hope will be of some help but her best resource will be the Genealogy source in Holland. They have many years of research work already done and are more than willing to help members. I wish her the best of luck.

There are Paters in many countries and she stated that it is a common name in England but so far so has not found a family connection. You may not be related to others with this name but there is a common bond that is priceless. This is a short quote from her letter to me.

“I will look forward to reading about your family reunion! We can call ourselves distant cousins by virtue of sharing the name alone, so I will be there in spirit at least.”

Do not overlook family rumors as a source of information as you never know where they will lead upon research.

There was the rumor of a rich widow that left money to future family members. (The rumor had a basis in fact and is recorded and the search is still on for the funds but the family is not ours. The rumor and the truth have so many points in common after all these years.)

Some rumors have been heard over the years as pertaining to other Paters in the United States but upon research they were found to involve our family not the proverbial “other Paters.” In other words, we were the naughty ones. But even in that case a love of family served a prominent place in the outcome of the sentencing for the crime. No longer rumored but recorded history due to genealogy research. 

There also exists the rumor that a priest (the rumored source of the name Pater) impregnated a nun and left the child on the hospital steps. This was passed down from family members from reliable sources but the sources name does not ever appeared on family roles. This was supposed to have happened when the Catholic Church split up into Lutherans and Catholics. (This rumor still has some questions involved with it but no recorded proof. The first Pater recorded by us was in the 1550’s and the church split up in 1553. I wouldn’t put it past us screwing up a church or two on our way through history.)

Many of these rumors will be continued on by family members and through the years will once again be accepted as gospel but it is the role of the genealogist to research and find the truth. It is a role that serves to preserve the history of the family and separate fact from fiction.

Our own family tree has records back to the 1500’s or as the genealogists say “A starting point!”