God bless, Cpl. Joshua Boston of the US Marine Corps!

I think it is hypocritical of anyone denouncing exactly what they, themselves, possess. This marine sure spoke for a lot of people when he sent this letter to Dianne Feinstein. She carries a concealed weapon and has a licence to do so. Why does she deserve what she would like to take away from others?

The following letter, written by U.S. Marine Joshua Boston and headlined “No ma’am.,” was posted in the CNN iReport on Dec. 27 with the included note from the producer and photo. It has struck a nerve with many and is being circulated around social media venues like Twitter and Facebook.

Senator Dianne Feinstein,
I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not believe it is the government’s right to know what I own. Nor do I think it prudent to tell you what I own so that it may be taken from me by a group of people who enjoy armed protection yet decry me having the same a crime.

You ma’am have overstepped a line that is not your domain. I am a Marine Corps Veteran of 8 years, and I will not have some woman who proclaims the evil of an inanimate object, yet carries one, tell me I may not have one.

I am not your subject. I am the man who keeps you free. I am not your servant. I am the person whom you serve. I am not your peasant. I am the flesh and blood of America.

I am the man who fought for my country. I am the man who learned. I am an American. You will not tell me that I must register my semi-automatic AR-15 because of the actions of some evil man.

I will not be disarmed to suit the fear that has been established by the media and your misinformation campaign against the American public.

We, the people, deserve better than you.

Respectfully Submitted,
Joshua Boston
Cpl, United States Marine Corps
2004-2012


Read more: http://conservativebyte.com/2013/01/no-maam-letter-from-us-marine-to-dianne-feinstein-goes-viral/#ixzz2GyAHdnSh

Ten Big 'Killers' in the United States

 Interesting to note that while the noise in government these days is to ban guns because they are supposedly a major cause of death and injury in the United States, actual statistics seem to indicate an entirely different story.

Tobacco Use

529,000

Medical Errors

155,000

Unintentional Injuries

118,00

Alcohol Abuse

107,400

Motor Vehicle Accidents

34,435

Unintentional Poisoning

31,750

Drug Abuse

25,500

Unintentional Falls

24,790

*Non-Firearm Homicides

16,790

Firearm Homicides

11,490

*According to the FBI, the #1 weapon used in violent crimes . . . is a baseball bat.

Given the thinking/reasoning about proposed legislation regarding gun control, shouldn't baseball bats be considered, too? Also heard that a lot of baseball bats are sold in the UK which has strict gun control. They play that much baseball there? We don't need a nanny state. No matter what gets banned, people intent on evil will find a way.

Cookie Baking in Comic Form?

 My daughter seems to have encompassed my slight baking addiction in her recent comic. She has grown to be an expert at catching mood and expression in her comics so no one is ever quite safe from her pens, markers, and computer.

Mastered Crackers!

 Time on my hands and half a bag of flax seeds looking for a place in life . . . I was back into my new cookbook for cooking wheat free and discovered this very easy cracker that only has ground flax seeds, some sesame seeds, Parmesan cheese, oil, egg, and water. Super simple with not too much clean up as you roll the dough out between two sheets of parchment paper. I 'improved' the recipe with a sprinkle or coarse salt over the top before baking. Another idea would be to run the pizza cutter through the dough before baking to make it easier to break into pieces. About that one, obviously missing cracker on the left? I don't know anything about it . . .!

Baking wheat-less bread - my first loaf!

Although I hadn't yet received my order for the required flours needed for this recipe, I did have the whole ingredients on hand so ground them up in my super blender. The flour wasn't exactly right but close enough.

It smelled amazing while it was baking and even though my loaf pan was a bit too big, it still rose nicely and I have a teen son anxiously waiting to slather some butter on it and try it out.

Very productive afternoon researching gluten-free recipes for some of our favorite foods. Found some great ones and will post them or their links after I give them a try.

Christmas isn't over!

 I love our neighbor across the street from us. He doesn't follow the modern norm of putting up Christmas decorations the minute the leftover Thanksgiving turkey is put away. No, he decorates his yard and home a day or two before Christmas and they stay up until the Feast of the Three Kings or there about. It is so sad that all of December is spent celebrating Christmas and just when the Octave of Christmas begins, so many people end it and the Valentine cards show up in the stores and people start planning for that.

Christmas begins the day Jesus was born and how much we and our children would miss if that was it as far as it went. There is so much more than just the Bethlehem scene to consider. What about the murder of the Holy Innocents? Herod's worry about a possible claim to his earthly throne? The Three Kings, their meeting with Herod, and their vision about not returning to Herod after their visit with Jesus and His family? Too many parts of an important history are left out.

To me, the saddest part of Christmas is all the trees dumped by the curb for trash pick up before the end of Christmas Day. Mothers sigh with relief that all this fuss is done for another year. Holiday visitors have long gone. All many have is leftover Christmas treats and forgotten reasons for the season. If Christmas lasted as long as our frantic shopping for it, we'd certainly be a happier people.

Happy New Year!

Well, 2013 has successfully dawned and I have neither broken nor started my resolution for this year yet. I will claim to be ahead of the game at this point!

The last couple of weeks got us all off schedule and I'm looking forward to resuming my projects and having a generally predictable time plan. I know, we make our plans but God makes it happen . . . or not. I'm sort of learning to be flexible!

Although I did pretty well on making Christmas gifts ahead of time in 2012, I'm starting even earlier so I don't sit there the night before Christmas and hurriedly finish up quilting and crocheting projects.

Lots of prayer required to see us through the coming year. While the government unsuccessfully deals with massive monatery math problems, we will see our taxes rise and the onset of obamacare hit our paychecks. More cost and less care as the math never has worked on that agenda.

We are praying for a change in the economy as two of my three college graduates still haven't found work. One of my children has to live and work in another country in order to even have a job.

We are trying to keep an optimistic view point but are cutting back on spending and making do. I wonder when the politicians will realize that when taxes go up, buying tends to go down which, basically, leaves things pretty much the same with no real improvement.

Anyway, we are starting the New Year, dressed in our Sunday best and attending Mass. No matter what the outcome of the year, God has blessed us with a new year to try and make better.