ah, another day
Mood:  incredulous

ok, ok, maybe I grew up and spent to much time in the midwest -- north dakota and minnesota -- but I'm convinced this freakin' country is going totally soft.

we want the government to do everything for us:  cities have to protect us from heat; states have to protect us from storm; the federal government has to protect us from killing ourselves because we CHOOSE not to wear seat belt.

we put our money into the lowest common denominator; our populace is lazy and selfish, and all anyone seems to think about is what they have a right to have.

My grandparent, my parents, nor I ever worried about if the city was going to check on us when the temperature soared to a hundred degrees with hundred percent humidity.  My grandparents were out in the field in hundred degree temperatures.  But now, oh my goodness, we have a national heat crisis because less than a thousand people have died due to heat. 

people have died from heat, snow, wind, rain, water, and fire, time out of hand.  I will die from something and you will die from something and it will be very sad for those around us but please, welcome to reality -- none of us are immortal, we die. 

my question is are you prepared to die?  Do you take personal responsibility for your behavior?  are making every effort to live you life with the resource provided you? 

God calls us to a life of personal responsibility, service to him, and to be prepared to die as well as being prepared to live.  That's what the plan of salvation is all about.  Christ died on a cross at calvary so we wouldn't have to worry about death, dying, or immortality. 

Christ died once for all, and God calls us to believe that Christ was raised from the dead, confess our sins with our mouth, and live in obedience. 

And stop whining.  The government's job is not to protect you from the elements, nor is it to provide you with a job, a car, a computer, and air conditioning.  It's not even their responsibility to provide you with electicity.  Sure it's nice to have but what will you if our economy takes a dive and we revert to an economy like they have in India or Russia or China. 

Get you butt in gear and be accountable for your behavior, stop being so selfish, cut costs, get off the grid, and expect nothing because you got nothing coming and neither do I.

Rock on and keep writing
Darrin F. Coe