Our national debt. Who to blame

As I was sitting at Duncan Donuts enjoying a Caremel Hot Shot Coffe w/ skim milk and an everything Bagel w/cream cheese, I hear a familiar agrument between 4 men over the national debt. "President Bush got us into debt & now everyone expects Obama to get us out over night." "Well Obama got us further into debt." The argument continue to grow.

Lets say that you own a bussiness. You have guy #1 managing the money. Bussiness is doing good & guy #1 has an easy job. Suddenly bussiness is slowing down as guy #1 is quiting. You hire guy #2 who is dealing with your slow business. He tells you to lower pricess to get more customers wich works but bussiness is still slow. He has you borrow money to invest in the bussiness even though you are not making money. You are in debt. Man #2 quites. Now you hire man #3. Your bussiness is in debt. He has you barrow lots of money to try to change your bussiness. He has trippled your debt in 2 years & still no income. How long do you let him continue?

The Oklahoma Tomcat
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Amarillo, TX

Greetings in the name of our Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ. How are you doing? I am sitting in Amarillo, TX. I got here Sunday and switched trailers with another driver. Come to find out though that the trailer I got from the other driver had marker lights that don't work. So I am stuck here trying to get it fixed. I can't go anywhere til it is fixed.

It seems Micah is not making progress with his theropy. We feel that the people doing the theropy isn't doing a good job so Paula is going to talk to other parents who have autistic children in our area to get recomendations on good theropists. We want a theropist that wants to help us help micah grow to be as independant as possible. I know that this is Gods will & therefor we must take action to make sure he has to tools to accomplish this. Paula has been doing a lot of canning. Sounds like I will have plenty of food to take onto the road with me the next time I go out. I can't wait. Eating good healthy food on the road is expensive.

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Dallas, TX

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. How is everyone doing? I pray that everyone finds this blog in good health & spirits. Things are going good out here on the road. I am now out of training and in a temporary truck. It is a 2010 International TranStar daycab. I will be dispatched with a load to Albuquerque, NM and then trade trucks with another driver who needs a daycab. He will give me his truck that has a sleeper. Currently I sit in Dallas, TX waiting on a dispatch.

Burn a Qur'an???

Some disturbing news has been brought to my attention that I feel I must write about. It appears  that some churches wiill be burning the Qur'an this Saturday. Now, I will say that these people have every right to burn the Qur'an. But, is it what God wants us to do?


I always say that burning anther y book or symbol, in itself, doesn't bother me. It is just a book or symbol. What bothers me is that these burnings are done in hate. God wants us to show love to ALL PEOPLE. Even to those that show hate.

Texas Beer Joint Sues Church

I loved this so felt that I should share it on here.

Texas Beer Joint Sues Church

In Mt. Vernon , Texas , Drummond's Bar began construction on expansion of their building to increase their business.

In response, the local Baptist church started a campaign to block the bar from expanding with petitions and prayers. Work progressed right up until the week before the grand reopening when lightning struck the bar and it burned to the ground.

After the bar burning to the ground by a lightning strike the church folks were rather smug in their outlook, bragging about “the power of prayer”, until the bar owner sued the church on the grounds that the church "was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building, either through direct or indirect actions or means".

In its reply to the court, the church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the building's demise.

The judge read through the plaintiff's complaint and the defendant's reply and at the opening hearing he commented, "I don't know how I'm going to decide this, but it appears from the paperwork that we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that now does not."

The Last Week of Training

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. How is everyone doing? I pray that you all find this blog in good health and spirits. Everything is going smoothly and as planned out here on the road. We had some good runs this past week. The week started out slow but then our dispatcher took my trainer out of his normal Houston to Laredo run. We ran to Port Allen, LA, Concord, NC, and Newton, NC. I really enjoyed driving outside of Texas. Not only was I able to see more and get out of the routine I was getting into, but I was able to drive more hours. Remember, I have to drive 140 hours before I can get out of training and get into my own truck. I forgot to check how many more hours I need before leaving the truck yesterday. But if all goes well, this should be my last week in the training truck.

I am now back at the Americas Best Value Inn in Laredo, TX. I checked in yesterday afternoon. I took a shower, had some pizza, talked to my wife and then slept. I slept good. Today I plan to do laundry and relax. I will probably get some swimming in.

Things seem to be going pretty good at the house. Abigail seems to be testing Paula now that I am not home. But Paula seems to be handling it pretty good. She talked to one of the women on A Trucker's Wife to talk about this rebellious stage that Abigail seems to be in. Last week Paula and the kids went up to Claremore, OK to visit some friends. Well, the plan didn't go as planned. Micah ended up with a 102 deg temperature and Paula ended up taking him to the hospital. Our friends ended up meeting her their and watched Abigail while she took care of Micah. Even though things didn't go as planned, it still sounded like they had a good time. Micah is doing good now. Speaking of Micah, he is making good progress with therapy. He was able to tell Paula that he wanted a raisin using sign language. They even got Abigail involved, which I love. Looks like I will have to brush up on my sign language skills.

Well, the nights are getting colder in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. Looks like one thing I must do when I get home is to get the wood stacked on the porch and the stoves and chimney cleaned out. Another thing we have planned is to take the 88 Oldsmobile to the shop so it can get fixed while I am on the road next time. We have chosen to get that car fixed first because it is completely down and my wife will need a vehicle while I am out. The van does still run so she will have that while the car is being fixed. When we have the car fixed then we will take either the van or the Ford Ranger to get fixed. Another reason for getting the car fixed first is because the car will do better on the roads in the winter time. I am leaning towards having the Ford Ranger fixed and waiting to have the van fixed since the van may not be needed in the winter. Not sure yet.

Well, I will go ahead and close for now. Take care and God Bless.

Love,
The Oklahoma Tomcat
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108.25 hrs to go

Good morning. I will have been with my trainer for 1 week as of tomarrow. So far it has been slow going since my trainer just shuttles loads from Houston to Laredo. But it is going good. I do have a good trainer. As of now I have to drive 108.25 hrs before I am out of the training.

Things are going good at the house. Paula has been busy teaching and schooling Micah and Abigail. Sounds like sooner start has turned out to be a deal in helping us with Micah so we are looking at other options without government help. To tell you the truth, I am not surprised. Can never depend on government.

Love,
The Oklahoma Tomcat
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