SOTU = MEANINGLESS

CONTENTS

Blatant Self Promotion

Subject Of The Day

Other Stuff

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BLATANT SELF PROMOTION

My book of the week “MAKING MEALS, MANAGING MONEY, AND LIVING LIFE” provides guidance in those three areas for those who need basic information. On-line orders are processed by  http://www.augustinservices.com/   Lindenwould  authors offered are Robert Shelton, Edna Swift  Northerner, and  Linden Swift.

My song of the week “HELP ME BE HOLY” asks for God’s help. The picture shown while the song plays is of a student and myself in Austria.  Listen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0OkSQ1sUss&feature=related

Order the 13 song CD by sending name, address, and your check for $7.00 to Linden Swift, Box 203, Plainfield, IN 46168

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SOTU = MEANINGLESS

This, Linden made the wrong choice last night: he could have happily watched The Shawshank Redemption…well, perhaps happily is the wrong word, as the movie certainly has some less than happy moments. But, no! He chose to watch the State Of The Union message from our “leader”.

He spoke glowingly of the military…a group he has largely disparaged for most of the last three years. He will do everything he can to help business succeed…his approach in this area to date has been flawed. Oil and gas may be okay but green energy is the answer…aaaargh!

Although there was the usual tax the rich mantra, there was no mention of any logical reason to stall the pipeline construction and on and on and on. The frequent applause lessened Linden’s opinion of a Senate that has been unable to pass a budget for 1,000 days. Meaningless!

Mitch Daniels made a much better presentation: “the condition of the country is grave”. “providing government jobs with borrowed money is not the answer” and Medicare and Social Security problems must be addressed. Linden should have watched the movie. 

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Link to a thoughtful Kyle-Anne Shiver piece:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/01/brace_yourself_for_the_anti-mormon_slime_machine.html

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OTHER STUFF

It was mostly a quiet day at home interrupted for a time by one of my least favorite tasks…preparing my 2011 book and CD sales tax report. This tax form is not difficult and, once the records are found, presents little problem. No, the problem arises when I do self-evaluation as to why my sales are miniscule when compared to what they would be with a competent sales oriented manager. My best idea to date is to ask for prayer…we may try that in 2013.

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