Through the year in feminine dress

It's been a little over one year now since I switched over to wearing all skirts and dresses. When I first made the change I was planning to go for one week, just to see how it felt. I thought for sure I would revert to jeans again in the coldest weather of the winter. But I got through the first week and I loved it! I kept wearing the skirts and when it got extremely cold in January and February, I found it wasn't really a problem at all. I would wear tights or leggings with my skirts when I was outside for brief periods of time. I don't recall ever spending very long outside when it was that cold anyway, so it wasn't even an issue.

Then in the spring, I thought for sure I would give way during the hottest summer months and trade my jumpers for shorts. Once again, it turned out that I really didn't have a bit of trouble. On the hottest days I tended to stay inside with the air conditioning anyway. I found that a cotton skirt or jumper can be just as cool as shorts.

For me, wearing skirts and dresses has become more than just a preference, although it is that as well. It seems that as our world moves deeper into the 21st century, cultural forces are more and more transforming the masculine into the feminine and the feminine into the masculine, until soon all we'll be left with is a single androgynous gender. Anything distinctly feminine or distinctly masculine is being cast aside in favor of nothing distinctly anything. I take great pleasure in digging my heels into the ground and refusing to budge an inch from my now feminine wardrobe.

Another blessing in feminine dress is the effect it's likely to have on my children. Certainly I hope and pray that I will be able to transfer my love of feminine dress to my daughter. I also pray that this will be one item on my sons' checklists when they begin looking for a wife. I know that's a long time from now, but time flies...

The last thing changing to skirts and dresses has effected is my sense of modesty. I am much more aware now than I used to be, that a female with "everything" covered is not necessarily modest. Jeans and pants, in my opinion, are either so tight that they are immodest, or so loose that they are sloppy and/or masculine-looking. I didn't used to think this was so, but I see it more now that I've adjusted to always wearing skirts.

Over the last week I have had to wear jeans to take food to the dog and chickens because the snow was so deep that my skirt would be soaked by the time I finished. It felt so strange! I was glad to get back inside and change back into "normal" clothes! I really look forward to the new year as I continue in my decision to wear more feminine clothing.

Money for tsunami victims

The news about who is giving how much money to help the tsunami victims is driving me crazy! First there was the U.N. guy (from Europe, of course), who said the rich western nations were "stingy". Then France raised the amount they pledged to give, and bragged that they gave the most. This is perfect material for Ann Coulter's article next week: it involves the U.N. and it involves France.

Of course we all know how "generous" the U.N. is. My guess is that after all the money has been spent rebuilding the areas that have been destroyed and helping those who need help, the U.S. will be the biggest giver by far, even if you figure the numbers as a percentage of GNP. If you take into consideration the money from the government as well as corporate donations (money and gifts-in-kind), and help from U.S.-based humanitarian organizations (e.g. the Red Cross and World Vision), it will be no contest.

The only thing being accomplished by nations bragging about how much their government is giving is this: we're finding out which nations are most communist. Redistribute the wealth, and take credit for being the most compassionate nation, while normal people are taxed to their limits and are not able to give to private humanitarian groups as much as they would like.

Health values of different sugars

From best to worst:
Fresh fruit
Honey, maple syrup, molasses
Fruit juice (fresh is best)
Fructose (not absolutely sure about this one)
"Sugar in the raw" (yes, this is a real product), Sucanat
Dark brown sugar
Light brown sugar
Granulated sugar
Powdered sugar
Saccharin
Sucrose (Splenda)
Aspartame

Links on the tsunami

The stories are begin to roll in about the huge tsunami in Asia last weekend. I know there are a lot, but I found the one about a woman and nine-year-old twin girls (not her daughters) who were saved by a python the length of a telephone pole to be the most bizarre (so far). The commentaries by Hal Lindsay and Peggy Noonan were also very good.

Sugar free again soon?

I'm getting myself "psyched up" to banish sugar from my diet again. It's been...interesting the last two weeks. I really haven't limited sugar at all over that time, and I was able to tell a big difference in the way I felt. I felt much more tired, and just BLAH. But it sure tasted GREAT! To give myself a "kick in the pants" (skirt?), so to speak, I found this article on 124 Ways Sugar Can Ruin Your Health. Sounds encouraging, doesn't it? Here are a few ways sugar can ruin your health, for your edification:

"In addition to throwing off the body's homeostasis, excess sugar may result in a number of other significant consequences. The following is a listing of some of sugar's metabolic consequences from a variety of medical journals and other scientific publications."
1. Sugar can suppress the immune system
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection (infectious diseases)
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose
7. Sugar reduces high density lipoproteins
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency
9. Sugar leads to cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostate, and rectum
10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose
11. Sugar causes copper deficiency
12. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium

On another subject, regarding reason number 9: I corrected the rather embarrassing vocabulary faux pas of using the word "prostrate" when what is really meant is "prostate". Don't let this happen to you! "Prostrate" is the word we use as in "let angels prostrate fall". "Prostate" is the OTHER MEANING. Thank you. I get rather uncomfortable when I giggle after I am told that someone we know has prostrate cancer. It's not that I don't understand the gravity of the situation.

Nine things I learned from my mother

(In no particular order)
1. People are more important than things.
2. Always look for the best in others' motives.
3. Enthusiasm for new projects
4. There's a value in spontaneity.
5. A love for the Church
6. On children: the more the merrier
7. Extend grace
8. Love for Jesus
9. The pleasure of a good book

God in the Ordinary

"If God only made His presence known in the momentous, how barren our lives would be of grace-filled windows to the sacred.

Instead, there are snowfalls and rain showers, waking and sleeping, as we live a succession of ordinary days. Into our ordinary world we are given this hidden God, one who comes to us as a baby born amid hay and barnyard smells to a nondescript couple on an ordinary night. Into the ordinary, came the extraordinary. The birth of a Savior. And our lives will never be the same."

-Debra Klingsporn
"Soul Searching"

First day of winter

As cold as it gets in the winter, at least it is comforting to know that the days will now be getting longer again!

Laundry Reform

My previous "laundry theory" was that if I did one or two loads a weekday of laundry, I wouldn't have too much laundry to do on any one day, and that it would spread the work out and make it not seem like it's as much to do.

However, it has become obvious recently that this is not working out very well, as I feel like I am CONSTANTLY doing laundry. So I am switching to a laundry day scheduled approximately every 4 days. I'm hoping to stretch that 4 days out so that eventually it's only once a week. But right now I do about 3-4 loads every 4 days, and it's much better!

For one thing, it saves time putting clothes away, because I only have to do it once in while instead of every day. Also, most times the clothes DIDN'T get put away every day, so they stayed for a while on the countertop where I stack clothes as I fold them. It just added to the "clutter decor". Also, I read in a penny-pincher (Miserly Moms, maybe?) book that you can save a few pennies a load (if you use a dryer, which I do - I know true penny-pinchers would never use a dryer, even in winter) by changing dryer loads immediately after each one is done, because then the dryer keeps a little bit of the heat. I know this is splitting hairs, but hey! Even a few pennies a load could add up over a few years!

But the most important part is that I get 3 blissful days at a time of laundry-free existence! Ah, simple pleasures... ;-)

Social Security

One of the issues our president is dealing with in his second term is bound to have something to do with reforming and/or privatizing Social Security. Here's Dr. Jack Wheeler's idea that would also help the cause of private property: the federal government can sell the land that it owns and use the proceeds to pay for the transition time it takes to get to a fully privatized social security system. Is there a problem with this solution that I'm not seeing? It sounds like a great idea!

According to Wheeler: "The federal government owns one-third of the United States. One-third or 650 million acres, 86 percent of the entire state of Nevada, 70 percent of Utah, 65 percent of Idaho, on and on. Subtract jewels like Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon and many other places of national heritage that everyone wants kept public, and you still have a half-billion acres that could be … yes, sold. Sold, becoming private property, to pay for the privatization of Social Security."

How 'bout it?

An Unusual Post

This post is unusual because I am typing it on a Sunday morning. Normally we would be in church right now, but my husband and I decided the kids and I should stay home today due to the cold weather. Since he's working today (again!), it would just be the four of us driving to church. It's too cold! The wind chills today are supposed to be below zero. We just hope that our chickens and ducks make it through this winter without freezing. They're just not very smart about staying inside their little shelters when it's this cold out.

In other news, we enjoyed our big family Christmas bash yesterday at my sister's house. She and her family were wonderful hosts, and we all had a great time. The food was about 1/3 normal food, 2/3 sweets, so...hurrah for Christmas! :-) The gift-giving session was fun - watching the kids is priceless. Our kids' favorite gifts so far: transformers, a pink rocking horse, shopping cart, National Geographic 3-D picture viewer, paint mixer, and more! My husband especially liked a certain winter hat, which he promptly found use for this morning when he went out to take care of the dog, ducks, and chickens before leaving for work. I don't think a single thoughtless gift was given yesterday. You know, the kind you buy just to have something to give someone because you have to. Thank you, family!

I felt proud of all of our kids because they seemed to have a good handle on being patient, waiting until it was time to open presents. A few of them asked when it would be time, but I don't recall any of them getting really obnoxious about it.

I especially enjoyed the moments spent in the kitchen talking and laughing with my brothers and sister. A rare moment of sibling camaraderie. Merry Christmas!

And you thought milk was good for you!

Here's an article on the added chemicals (hormones, antibiotics) injected into cows that show up in the milk that we buy at the store. We're having a hard time figuring out how much milk our children should drink. On one hand, we've all been brought up to believe that milk is good for children to drink. To an extent, I think this is true. It has vitamins and minerals in it that kids need. On the other hand, milk is so full of hormones and antibiotics, not to mention the pasteurization and homogenization that effects the health benefits of the milk. My husband and I don't drink milk any more. I use it occasionally when I cook (sometimes I use powdered milk instead). But we are also tending to give our kids less milk than we used to. They still have a full cup in the morning, and the youngest one gets a little more than the others, but we are cutting back. If we could find a good source of raw milk, maybe we would try that. I don't know what the chances are of getting sick due to the milk not being pasteurized, but I would guess it is probably pretty small. Right now we buy whole vitamin D milk, which is homogenized. That's another process that harms the milk's original nutritional value. But we get that because the 2% and skim milk is processed in a way that makes the antibiotics and hormones in the milk more concentrated. You can't win, either way, I guess. But I think it is important to do the best you can with the information you have, and try to eat as healthfully as you can. That's just taking care of your "temple". I realize exercise is as important as what you eat, and I don't do a very good job of that. Unless you count taking care of children as an aerobic activity, which sometimes it is. A little bit of change at a time!

Notice I haven't mentioned sugar in while. This is the season of sugar "lost causes". Wait until the New Year to ask us how we're doing on our sugar intake. :-)

Put this on my list...

of top 10 least favorite things to do: wrapping Christmas presents with 3 children ages 5 and under. At least I did get a lot of help. ;-)

Note to self:

Marker stains on expensive oak furniture can be removed with toothpaste and a toothbrush.

My Pet Peeve

I love to wear winter clothes in the winter (sweaters, long sleeves, boots, etc.), but I hate having to deal with incredibly warm temperatures in public places when I'm dressed for the weather. I realize that people have different ideas about room temperature and thermostats, but when I walk into a room in December and it's warmer than about 72 degrees, I ROAST! I feel like I should have dressed in summer clothes. So either I freeze outside and feel comfortable inside (in summer clothes), or I'm comfortable outside and roast inside (winter clothes). Right now, I'm wearing a turtleneck and sweater vest, and I'm fine. It's about 66 degrees in our house. Doesn't it make sense to set the thermostat to the lowest temperature you can be comfortable in during the winter, and in the summer you set it at the highest temperature you can be comfortable in? Then we dress to accomodate the weather and the temperatures. This is pretty basic economic common sense, isn't it? ARGGGH!

What we've been listening to

-Jim Weiss, storyteller (Greathall Productions): A Christmas Carol (Dickens), Gift of the Magi (O. Henry), and Dick Spindler's Christmas (Bret Harte)
-Wee Sing Christmas
-Michael W. Smith, Christmas
-Celtic Christmas Celebrations
-Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
-The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir Live...This is Your House
-Handel's Messiah
-A Swingin' Christmas...1940's Style
-The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Light of the World

Our "Schedule"

I'm using the term "schedule" loosely here, but for your entertainment, here's our schedule from the past 3 weeks (since Thanksgiving):
10:00 - Mommy wakes up
10:15 - Boys wake up
10:30-11:30 - Breakfast, morning tv, computer news
12:00 (noon) - Daughter wakes up
12:30 - Clean up, get dressed
1:30 - Devotions, Bible
2:00-3:00 - Ran out of time for school. Lunch? (Is it still called lunch when you eat this late?)
3:00 - Mommy cleans up (kitchen, laundry)
3:45 - Mommy starts dinner
4:30 - Daughter starts nap
4:45 - Read with sons
5:20 - Quiet time (quiet is a relative term, here); Mommy takes a nap, maybe
6:30 - Mommy finishes dinner
7:00 - Daughter wakes up from nap; we eat dinner
8:00-10:30 - Mommy cleans up, does laundry, etc.
8:00-12:00 (midnight) - Children play
12:00 - We see Daddy; Daddy eats dinner, falls asleep on couch
12:30 - Daughter goes to bed
1:00 - Sons go to bed
1:15 - Mommy collapses

Fun with the English language

I copied this from our NWS forecast for today:

NOW
LONG PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ____________ THROUGH
11 AM. SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT, AROUND ONE TENTH OF
AN INCH, WITH SOME ISOLATED AREAS RECEIVING AROUND THREE TENTHS OF AN
INCH. CONDITIONS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS, SO IF YOU ARE DRIVING,
USE EXTRA CAUTIONS.

MEGR

TODAY
BLUSTERY. FLURRIES LIKELY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
SNOW SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES SLOWLY STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING INTO
THE UPPER 20S. WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH.
CHANCE OF SNOW 40 PERCENT.

OK, three things:
1. Who measures snowfall in tenths of inches?
2. Use extra "cautions"?
3. How exactly do you get temperatures that are "slowly steady"?

Wabbit Season

I have never heard my older son laugh as hard as he has laughed over the last few days. We borrowed a set of Looney Tunes cartoons from the library this week. They are now educated in the area of several "culturally relevant" cartoon quotes, such as "You're deth-picable", and "Wabbit Season". The scene that gets the most laughs is when Elmer Fudd shoots at Daffy for the 10th time and Daffy's head is upside down. Son #1 laughed so hard he had a cough attack. When a cartoon would come on that I remembered seeing as a kid, I would tell my kids that this was a classic. I think my favorites are the ones where Elmer is hunting wabbits and Daffy gets involved in the hunt. And Bugs says, "You stay out of this. He doesn't have to shoot you now." And Daffy says, "Hm. Pronoun trouble." I'm cracking myself up just thinking about it.

I've told my husband that our children are living, breathing anachronisms. They don't have a clue what their peers are watching on tv, or what toys they're playing with (other than their friends at church, maybe). But they do know about Popeye, Superman, Bugs Bunny, and Felix the Cat. They know about Bonanza and I Love Lucy (although we don't watch these much). They think that Don Knotts is hilarious. The only video games they've played here at home have been a few old Atari games (we've gotten that out a couple of times). I don't suppose this will last forever, and I can't make a sweeping generalization that more recent television and video games are always bad, but it sure is fun doing things this way. I'm enjoying it, and I think they are, too!

Family Nutrition 101

This is a link to an article I read last night on nutrition that is just excellent. It covers a lot of factual material, but in a "reader-friendly" form. It's very basic information, but important if you haven't studied nutrition much.

We have cut out all of the hydrogenated or partially-hydrogenated fats from our diets. This wasn't too hard. You just have to watch food labels carefully. No more Tyson Chicken Nuggets for lunch. No marger-een, only butter. Of course, who knows what you're getting when you eat out. We love the tortillas at Don Pablos, but suspect that they may contain shortening. Hope not!

We've also done well on the sugar department, although we're not 100% sugar-free. We came home from a Christmas party the other night loaded with Hershey's Kisses and other chocolates. They've been sitting on our kitchen countertop since Monday now (3 days), and so far I have had a total of 6.

I'm not cooking totally with whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour right now. I have done a few more things with a higher amount of whole wheat flour than before, but we could use some improvement in this area. Also, my husband prefers Japanese rice (which is white), so we eat that rather than brown rice.

A little at a time! It's a constant process, I suppose. Probably there is no one who feels they have "arrived" at completely nutritionally-sound cookery. And I'm sure there are probably people who think we're crazy! But just remember that it's not just aimless, arbitrary RULES for people who tend towards legalism. There is a valid purpose to all this. See the article I linked above. The author put it so well!

New Things

I bought a grapefruit last week. I don't eat them very often, but once in a while I'm in the mood for a little grapefruit. My boys saw it with the other fruit and wanted to try it. They'd never had grapefruit before. I tried to explain to them that they're a little bit like an orange, but MORE SOUR. I really stressed the MORE SOUR part. But they really wanted to try it. So I finally cut it in half and gave them each a few sections. They didn't like it (I knew they wouldn't), but I stopped myself before I said "I told you so". Don't I want them to try food they've never had before? Why discourage that "we want to try it!" attitude? I almost blew it there.

We went shopping yesterday, and Son #1 wanted to try pumpernickel bread because Barney likes pumpernickel bread (yes, I let my kids watch Barney). So I bought some, and all three kids LOVE it (with a little butter, of course). My husband came home from work last night wanting to know what was up with the pumpernickel bread. Unfortunately, he doesn't like it. I guess that just leaves more for the rest of us. haha.

Another recent new thing in our culinary repertoire are pomegranates. Our boys loved these also, but we found that it is too much work and too much mess. Of course our #3 was too young to try them. I doubt we'll be getting more any time soon.

I just thank the Lord for blessing us with children who will willingly try unfamiliar foods. I don't know if they are just naturally that way, or if we what we have done with them has cultivated that trait in them. Maybe a little of both. But I do know it's uncommon in children of their ages, so I'm appreciative either way!

Yes, Virginia, there really are conservative colleges

Young America’s Foundation Recommends Top Ten Conservative Colleges

Somebody should do a study

Here's the article I read about computers in education: Study: PCs make kids dumber. Read it, and tell me if you can make ANY SENSE AT ALL out of this study. Let me try to recap: using computers frequently at school makes you dumber. Using them at home makes you smarter. The more computers you have at home, the worse you do in math. Students who use computers at home have higher test scores. The students who are smartest are the ones who use the computer at school between a few times a year and several times a month. Kids with no computers in their school do worse than the ones that do have computers at school. How about a study on researchers who use computers to study kids who use computers???

More interesting articles

I've been reading a lot of articles lately on News With Views. I especially like the Devvy Kidd articles. She has an article today on WorldNetDaily about abolishing the Department of Education that was very good. I forgot to save the link to post here (sorry). It's strange to see the Republicans that used to favor getting rid of the Department of Education now supporting it and even giving them more money every year. I have found that now both major parties are pretty similar when it comes to education. They both want more money for it (although where that money actually is, I don't think anyone knows). There are slight differences in their views of "school choice", but they are still essentially the same, in my opinion.

The most recent News With Views article I read is TSA STRIP SEARCHES - BUREAUCRACY RUN AMOK. This is a very disturbing article for anyone who plans to do any flying in the near future, especially women and children. I suppose people who fly regularly (not me!) already know this stuff, but I didn't. I don't understand why the airline companies are not howling about this, considering that it is preventing people from buying plane tickets. It's absolutely ridiculous!

Here's the review...

of a book I would like to read (if I can find it): Home Alone America

Merry Christmas!

You've got to sympathize with this guy. He wrote an article about how the greeting "Happy Holidays" is replacing "Merry Christmas" in businesses, schools, stores, and about every other public place. We went to the zoo a few weeks ago to see their light display. There was not a "Merry Christmas" anywhere. It was all "Happy Holidays". No references to any specific holiday, just generic winter scenes, animals, and trees in lights. I did see one church in lights! My husband's workplace has a "winter" party (it used to be a Christmas party). This is just another one of those "to take note of" cultural shifts that we are dealing with in our lives. I didn't used to think much about whether I wished people a "Merry Christmas" or a "Happy Holidays" (I think I have mostly only said "Merry Christmas"), but I guess I'll be more deliberate about saying "Merry Christmas". Just one more (easy!) thing we can do to perhaps influence the people around us for righteousness.

Merry Christmas!

Here's a stupid criminals story...

Police: Dealers Report Stolen Marijuana To Authorities. Apparently, a couple of pot dealers had their house broken into, and their pot was stolen. They reported it to the police, and the police came to the house to file a report and found all kinds of drug paraphernalia.

Taxes

Here's a huge problem: Property taxes rising nationwide. In my opinion, property tax issues are failing at the ballot because it is the only tax that people can really control. It's also one of the only taxes that local governments can control (I suppose they have some sales tax, too), so that's why these issues are always on the ballot. But people vote them down because they pay so much tax already in income and sales taxes. If the federal gov't would cut their spending on entitlement programs and frivolous spending, not to mention cutting unnecessary departments (like Dept. of Education, National Endowment for the Arts), think of all the money we wouldn't have to pay in taxes! Then maybe local gov'ts would have an easier time raising income taxes for local services like fire and police protection. We are basically being forced to pay for abstract sculpture and morally offensive artwork instead of adequately funding the local fire department. Property taxes also, are not really fair to everyone. Renters don't pay any, and people on fixed incomes (retirees, mainly) pay more than they should have to. Income and sales taxes are more fair. But that's just my opinion...

Here's an idea...

About what to do about the Muslim terrorists. How about it, Barbra? Would the human shields volunteer for this one?

Cold #2?

Last night I felt more exhausted than I have ever felt in my life. My husband has a full-blown cold now, and even though I don't have it yet, that exhaustion makes me think maybe I'll get it soon. Hope not. So far son #1 and daughter #1 have signs they may get it soon, too.

We also had a "children whining and crying night" last night. Enough said there.

So today I slept in until 9:30. Because sleeping in is what homeschool IS REALLY ALL ABOUT. Haha.

So far this fall, we've each had the flu once and a cold once. If I remember correctly, this is pretty similar to last year, except last year our first cold was mid-November (this year: mid-October), and we didn't get the flu until January. Last year we got our 2nd cold around this time (beginning of Dec.). I've been dreading the cold and flu season all year (since the last one ended!), and it is certainly upon us. Yuck! I hope that maybe someday (is it asking too much?), we'll be able to make it all the way through the holiday season before we get sick (it WOULD be too much to ask to not ever have any colds at all, I suppose).

In Case You're Interested...

Here's another article about the mess in public (and private) liberal arts colleges and universities.

What Would Jesus Eat?

Here's an interesting article on diet: People Encouraged To Eat Like Jesus: 'The Maker's Diet' Author Says Natural Living Is Righteous Living. Here's a sample menu from this "biblical" diet (you could call it "What Would Jesus Eat"):

* Breakfast: A goat-cheese omelet with onion and pepper and avocado slices on the side.
* Lunch: An "Oriental Red Meat Salad" made with steak or lamb.
* Dinner: Coconut-milk soup, broiled halibut and a side salad.

Rubin (the diet guy)said the sample menu also allows for an evening snack of goat's milk yogurt with honey and blueberries.

Sounds nutso, doesn't it? I just don't know that I could get used to goat's milk, cheese, and yogurt. I've tried a little bit of it before, and didn't like it. But I think the author of this article is right about a lot of things: mainly that we should eat more natural foods and less processed foods. We try to make a few changes at a time in our family. My latest effort (as you probably have guessed) has been in cutting more sugar from our diets (which takes herculean strength to even attempt). We used to have to have something with sugar in it EVERY DAY.

I have read that shellfish and pork are also not fit foods for human consumption (also mentioned in this article), which I agree with in theory. They are scavengers, and will (and do) eat anything, which can contaminate what we eat. But I'm not sure I could totally give up shrimp and bacon.

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Unendow the Arts

I just read an article that cracked me up: "A plea to unendow the arts", by Burt Prelutsky. I'm not posting the link, because he used a few words that I wouldn't use in polite conversation, but if you HAVE to read it, you could probably look it up on Google or WorldNetDaily (where I read it). He put into words (in a much more humorous way than I ever could), why it's a stupid idea to publicly "endow the arts". I wonder how much money the federal government allocates to the National Endowment for the Arts? I'm not for censorship, mind you. I'm just against welfare for artists, most of whom simply need to GET A REAL JOB!