Thoughts from the porch

                                                Thoughts from the porch

                                                      By: Lisa Morgan

 

Have you ever wondered why people who tout everyone should be open minded are actually themselves air heads? Why is that do you suppose? Maybe the new "buzz" word for the moment is open minded, which is the new term for air head, the more offensively term, for those who won't take the time to think or they have more than one brain fart at at time. Some of these open minded folks aka air heads have perpetual brain farts, which may have resulted in their blinds being blown one too many times. Perhaps it's the brain farts, that have caused the door to have remained open, on their minds leading to the open mind. 

The humorous part is that the open minded people often times are not open minded at all, they simply want everyone around them to be open minded to their thoughts, ideology or whims. Your mother said shut the door for a reason! Just for the record I must also add that brain fart is the more offensively term for senior moment or lapse of judgment or misspoken. Slice it anyway that you like, the meaning is the same....brain fart! The moment when you see the light bulb in some one's brain get switched on usually is the after thought of the brain fart. I'm here to enlighten those who suffer from being too open minded, without actually thinking through thoughts. You know what I mean, just allowing those thoughts to flow in one ear through the brain & out the other ear & never retaining anything. They allow someone else to tell them what to think because it's easier than actually thinking for themselves which requires work. We all know most people nowadays run the opposite direction of work. Work is the dreaded four letter word that is whispered while the new four letter word that is embraced is F#ck! Why is that? People used to be ashamed to say that "F" word & now it's like a badge of honor. What is going on people?

Please save an air head from too much open mindedness. Tell them to shut the door & ponder topics. Help stop brain farts across America! Help the open minded by handing out common sense to go along with that open mind. Common sense is the cure for all brain farts, perpetual open mindedness, misspoken words, lapse of judgment. Senior moments will happen to those well up in years & their cache of common sense should purchase them a well deserved break, for that senior moment.

It is great to being open minded to suggestions, to seeing some one's view, to addressing a situation from a different approach, but to leave the door open to the mind is dayhem foolish. You can't let everything into your brain without having a filter on it! Think of your brain, as your home. You have a door to your home to allow people to enter & exit, to keep things in & things out. Folks in the south have screen doors beyond the doors allow fresh air to flow in & keeping the unwanted pests like flies & mosquitoes out. Likewise with the brain you should have a filter to keep out things that are toxic, dangerous, ignorant or plain foolish from living in your brain. Those are my thoughts from the porch, the place that I ponder my thoughts while sipping on tea, mostly tea. I hope you kept your open mind while reading this blog & that you laughed along the way. Now don't let the door hit you where the good Lord split you! Come back real soon for the next installment.

Thank you for sharing your time with me,

Lisa Morgan

                 Author of Get Beach Slapped a satirical reality check book


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Where is the PHD for Common Sense?

 Common sense is not longer common but a very rare precious commodity in our society. There was a time not so long ago; even in the last forty years when people exhibited common sense on a daily basis rather than once in a lifetime. Shocking I know but quite true I assure you. What happened to wisdom & common sense coexisting with harmony? Now people think that reading books by those without true wisdom, lacking in morals, void of common sense somehow gives you wisdom. Wrong! You simply are well read in liberalism or viewpoints but nothing more. When truth is distorted, wrong is right & people are coddled when they make incredibly stupid decisions then we see that common sense has left the building.

More & more people exit college almost brain dead. It's astounding to see the astronomical bills people incur going to college, after being indoctrinated rather than educated. Beyond that point, these same people were not taught common sense by their parents or grandparents either.  Where did we as humans get so ignorant? Animals know that if you poke a gator it might eat you, well more than likely it will eat you. These same animals know that if they do not watch over their young, then there is a huge probability that their young will not survive to adulthood.




I actually think that people with common sense, should be able to get a PHD in common sense. Common sense unlike book sense is a fleeting commodity in the world today. Common Sense is what parents used to instill in their children. Nowadays not so much. God gave us brains people, so please use them. I suppose the zombies have eaten all of the functioning brains.  Off the top of my head no pun intended I can think of a few examples like maybe you should look both ways when you cross a street, do not text, operate a laptop or call people when you are drunk much less drive. How about watch your children & hold their hands, keep them in your sight & put their needs before your own? Don't marry the same man or woman multiple times because it's just dumb! the dryer can not shrink your clothes 2 sizes simply put away the Doritos & ice cream. Don't provoke a dog, especially one you do not know or there's a good chance you will get bitten & the same goes for playing with snakes. Do not play around lagoons in Florida because gators habitat in most lakes, lagoons & ponds in Florida, it's just a fact. Do not pour lighter fluid on the grill after you have placed your food on the grill, this is really not wise. Common sense people! Do not spend more than you make in income. If you leave a teenager to their own devices with free time, then do not be surprised if they get involved in gangs or get pregnant or get someone pregnant, use drugs or alcohol thereby doing even more stupid things, because they are teenagers. 

Common sense prevents many human mishaps. Do not walk while texting as you could walk into a manhole, in front of a bus or into a pissed off guy who has just found out through a text that his best friend is seeing his wife. The point is common sense can save us humans a lot of trouble in the future. Now where can I go to get that PHD in Common Sense? 

Thank you for joining me!

~ Lisa Morgan

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Game Changers in America

written by Lisa Morgan                                                                                    3/3/2016

Do we have a game changer here? The GOP Republicans might pull Romney out of the magician's hat & The Liberal Dems might pull Biden out of the court jester's hat; meanwhile the American citizens are screaming WTH? Exactly why have we been force fed political campaign commercials for over a year if when we are in the homestretch of the election year, the establishment of both parties freaks out as Hillary Clinton is looking at facing jail time or being disqualified & rightly so for her email debacle (She knew exactly what she was doing when she purposely broke the law); Bernie Sanders a self confessed socialist wants to empty all the pockets of the American taxpayers to redistribute the money as the government sees fit; Donald Trump a bombastic no holds barred tycoon promises to fix what Obama has ripped apart; meanwhile Ted Cruz is saying similar promises as Trump but Trump has painted him as a liar; Marco Rubio has become "Heckler of the Year" surpassing Trump in insults. The establishment of both parties does not like that their "intended choice" of candidates either was spit out by the American voters or might not meet the qualifications or various reasons; therefore they now signal foul on the playing field. The Dems & GOP both may change the rules of the game in midstream to justify their goals of having their intended choice become nominee, not the "Will of the People" or the American Citizens who vote.

The fact that the two political parties have decided that "We the People" will be force fed the nominee they want regardless smacks of tyranny. It is "We the People" of American Citizens that decide the outcome, just as "We the People" are protected by the Constitution, a document that as the late Justice Scalia correctly pointed out, the Constitution is Not a living document, meaning it does not change as we change, it is to be set as it was created at the time it was written. Case in point if you play a ball game you have rules that do not change as the game progresses, or you would have chaos & a ball game that had a predetermined outcome based off of the ever changing rules, so should the Constitution be the same & Not a ever changing living document.

How funny would it be if "We the People" got behind a ticket of Trump/Cruz & Hillary/Bernie despite what the two established parties wanted? We are on a roller coaster ride from hell as it is anyways, so why not ride it on out at this point. What choice do we have? We can stand up to the political system that is obviously broken & Demand that government officials who Serve "We the People" & Not the other way around, that they be held accountable for their actions by charging them when they break laws & convicting them, as they should be regardless of party affiliation. Politicians, government employees are Not Above the law & in fact should be held to a higher standard, thus "We the People" should Demand that all those form the Senate, Congress, IRS, DOJ, EPA, Secretary of State, President of the United States & all others be held accountable for their actions & where they spend OUR Taxpayer Dollars!

It's time America spit out the BS we have been force fed for decades & feed on fresh truth for a change. Truth is not always what you want to hear but it will point you in the right direction whereby you are not misled. Maybe it's time America had a reality check. We can not keep giving away Our Tax Dollars to people who Hate us & want us Dead! We can Not keep allowing illegals to enter our borders giving away our jobs & threatening the security of Our Citizens. We need to coalesce around our nominee on either side to ensure that the established powers that be do not destroy this country any further. There is only so much money that your family can give away before your bank account is empty & you are starving, same goes for the Taxpayer Dollars that fund our Country. Wise up America, quit being brainwashed and have your own thoughts with clarity.

Why would you allow a criminal in your neighborhood to keep breaking the laws & stealing? You would demand justice through having them arrested & tried in the court system, well the same goes for government officials from the top down. They are stealing Our Taxpayer Dollars! They have no problem confiscating your bank accounts, your home or land & all possessions while they act as mobsters. They pit us against each other in race wars, class war fare to deflect from what they the politicians are actually doing like magicians do, so that you do not catch their deception. They the governmental system made of politicians & government employees act as court jesters who laugh at us & mock us "We the People". We should throw our hats off & say listen to us or we will all stay home & not work, we will shut down the country as we demand you listen to us. Then we say,"Now that we have your attention things are going to change around here & you the politicians will be the ones hoping for change."
I have just started the "Beach Slapped" party to give the politicians a good slap! I wonder if I can still run for President? Maybe this is a game changer? LOL!

Thank you for taking your time to join me,
Lisa Morgan

www.getbeachslapped.com
Author of the satirical reality check book Get Beach Slapped 

The story does not end when one leaves the stage

    

                           written by Lisa Morgan                                               2/21/2016

 

 

The sands of time will never erase the impression you have made upon my soul. ~ Lisa Morgan

It was laid upon my heart today to write this blog post. I'm not sure why. What matters is that it will hopefully touch one person out there with a heavy heart or a hardened heart.

There is always that day in your life when someone close to your heart & soul passes away from this life leaving you asking why. Why is that person dead? Why is the world still turning? Why are people laughing? Can't everyone see the anguish you're feeling, the heart wrenching agony of a love lost or a friend lost? Why is the world not stopping as I mourn? It does not seem fair.

The truth is it is not fair but your mama always told you life was not fair or she should have told you that anyway. The reason the world keeps turning, the reason people continue to laugh, marriages take place, first kisses happen, the birds sing, women go into labor with the newest arrivals to this Earth is quite simple, so simple in fact, that while you grieve it makes no sense.

Life goes on after each life passes away because it must be that way. God is no respecter of persons; meaning no one is more important than the other. Whether you are a king or a pauper, a rock star or homeless person, from America, Africa, Saudi Arabia, China, Israel or anyplace in between. no one is greater than the next to God, for we are all equal in his eyes. if everything stopped for one then it would mean that life was more important than the next life or the previous life. The only time the skies went pitch black in the mid afternoon without the sun was when Jesus Christ died on the cross at Calvary. The earth moaned at what had taken place as the Son of God was crucified, after the people prayed for a savior & God sent his only begotten Son to the world, they rejected him. They were foretold centuries earlier how his birth would take place & of the holiness but the people were of the world, so they refused to see Jesus as the Christ. When you are of the world or emerged in the ways of the world, then you can not see what is right in front of your face because you have the sight of the world & not the sight of grace.
When you have the sight of grace or you walk with God, having accepted his Son Jesus or Yeshua (in the Hebrew language, there is no "J" sound in the Hebrew language, Ye-shoo-ah) then you see things with more clarity, as your spiritual eyes, ears along with your physical eyes & ears are opened; whereby you see the ways of the world for what they actually are which is not of God.

I said all that to state the obvious, no one among us, before us or after us will cause the world to stop, except Jesus/Yeshua. No one is greater than the next, we are all children of God our creator. We all have the exact same opportunity to love God, to honor him, to serve him, to accept his Son Jesus/Yeshua as our savior, as God loves us all the same. We will all be judged based on our deeds. You see the world must go on, children will continue to laugh, people will still fall in love, babies will enter into the world screaming to declare they have arrived. It is just as it should be. The lovers kissing, the puppies playing, birds singing, babies cooing & children laughing are to bring hope to the grieving soul, with the knowledge that life will go on with promise. The laughter, singing, sunshine, rain & yes the screams of a new born babe entering into the world are here to bring joy to the grieving soul.

Grieve for the ones who you have lost. They will not be coming back to you in this lifetime thus you are saddened as you should be but rejoice after that knowing that one day you will again see them in heaven. After the pain subsides, one day you will smile again as you hear laughter, you will laugh as your soul heals, you will most certainly never forget those that have made a lasting impression upon your soul; this is as it should be. There is a time for everything. I say this to all who are saddened, "This too shall pass." You will find you soul shine again just wait for it.

Thank you for taking your time to join me,
Lisa Morgan
Go to my web page www.getbeachslapped.com 

Author of the satirical reality check book Get Beach Slapped.
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Videos, Lies & Fugly Pantsuits!

                            

                     12/21/15                                                           written by: Lisa Morgan

                                                  Photo credit Jim Cole Associated Press

 Hillary Clinton seems to have been sporting a huge fashion faux pas at the last Democratic debate of 2015. The haute couture pantsuit appeared to be a faint attempt at making a frayed burlap potato sack be acceptable en vogue fashion; in actuality it appeared that Hillary was wanting middle class Americans & lower middle class Americans believe that she was barely out of the realm of poverty, as she would have the world believe. She touted how she & Bill were virtually broke when they left the White House in 2001. We all know that nothing could be farther from the truth, unless you also include the lies about the video ISIL or ISIS was supposedly using featuring Donald Trump speaking out against Islam & Muslims, now that was as we learned a huge whopper of a lie.

It would seem that Hillary Clinton has issues with lying or telling the entire truth, but she did learn from the best liar of all former President Bill Clinton, who famously pronounced before the free world that in his own words, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman!", which in fact is a lie & a mighty enormous lie I might add because Monica Lewinsky aka that woman told us the truth. The Clinton logic on lying is easily surmised by another infamous Bill Clinton quote,"Exactly what is the definition of "is"?" I'm not quite sure who influenced whom more in the Clinton family, maybe it was tit for tat, who knows & at this point, "What difference does it really make!!" is a famous Hillary Clinton line that comes to mind, her preposterous statement before Congress referring to the Benghazi attacks on 9/11/12, where four brave Americans lost their lives in a 13 hour stand off with radical terrorists in Libya.

As it would turn out former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told her daughter after the attacks on 9/11/12, when the Benghazi embassy was under attack, that it was terrorists that attacked & lives were lost, then she went on to ask about sconces she had ordered, as if loss of lives at our American embassy in Benghazi was equivalent to wall lighting sconces. Really Hillary? Hillary Clinton the very next day told Americans & the entire world that an internet video was responsible for the attacks on the embassy in Libya. The same embassy were just hours before the attacks a representative from Turkey had dinner with the late ambassador Chris Stevens, this fact has been swept under the proverbial magic carpet & yet Hillary Clinton says, "At this point what difference does it really make?" Mrs. Clinton is makes hell of a lot of difference to millions of Americans.

 Why does Hillary Clinton blatantly lie & use videos as her scape goat? Does she not realize that it is 2015, albeit the tail end of 2015, nonetheless it is the "Cast Iron Age of the Internet", whatever is put out there will stick to it if it's hot enough & will never come off of the internet. Gone are the "Teflon Don" days when Slick Willy could divert the world's attention from his affairs by sending troops overseas to deflect from his indiscretions. Everyone knows that Bill Clinton is a known adulterer, with many women who have repeatedly said over the last thirty years that he either groped them, had affairs with him or that he molested them. Hillary lies about videos & Bill lies about women, which are known facts. We find out that just today ISIL or ISIS is not using videos of Donald Trump for recruiting purposes, but are using videos of President Barack Obama & former President Bill Clinton as recruiting tools.

For the record Hillary has a problem with lying or as the PC police like to say "telling the truth in it's entirety" & that is in fact the definition of lying,; when you do not tell the entire truth. Progressives, liberals & many Democrats seem to be under the impression that if they twist definitions that somehow wrong will become right & right will become wrong. The foundations for socialism start with just that very foundation of distorting truth or to lie. Remember when Hillary lied about taking gunfire that brings to mind the Brian Williams School of Ethical Lying!

Well Mrs. Hillary Clinton I will not lie to you when I say that Haute Couture frayed burlap potato sack that you no doubt paid between $2,500- $5,000 for, is in fact the frumpiest, most fugly pantsuit you have ever worn & mam you have worn some real doozies. See there telling the truth comes quite easy, somehow when Donald Trump tells the truth progressives, liberals, socialists & some die hard Democrats feel threatened by the truth, which causes them to coil like serpents. When they strike out with twisted truths or lies, they actually think that no one will call them out on these lies, but alas the American people have had enough of lies,lies about our safety, lies about Benghazi, lies about Hillary Clinton's emails, lies about videos & lies about fugly pantsuits. Well I just through in the part about lies over the fugly pantsuits because someone has obviously been lying to Hillary if she is still purchasing these horrendous two piece mu-mus.
Do everyone a favor Hillary Clinton stop lying & try something new like telling the truth because at this point Mrs. Clinton what difference does it really make? It could in fact make all the difference.


Thank you for taking your time to join me,
Lisa Morgan



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PC has died & calling BS has begun after Jihad hit San Bernadino!

12/3/2015                                                                   written by: Lisa Morgan

Climate Change according to POTUS Obama is a worse threat than ISIS or radical Islamist terrorism or radical Muslims. One day after the San Bernadino mass shootings what does Obama now say? I'm sure his narrative & that of the left wing establishment of progressives will be workplace violence. My problem with this is....(rolling out a list that looks to be a mile long)...for starters this mass killing was conveniently targeted at a soft target where there would be a group of people without guns on the premises. Secondary the fact that the couple Farook & Malik had been making bombs & going directly from an Al Qaeda playbook to make bombs attached to remote controlled cars throws out the workplace violence theory. The neighbor had seen people going in & out of the garage late at night for weeks after several packages were arriving. The neighbor was afraid of the PC police labeling her a racist or bigot therefore she did not alert the authorities as she thought to do.
Hold it right there! The PC or political correctness was the driving force in a person not contacting the authorities with suspicious activities by a neighbor. I'll "play" the IDIOT Liberal for a moment aka devils advocate. The known killers Farook & Malik could have been secret Santas making toys in their garage, ordering parts from Amazon to build remote control cars that they would give to small children, take to a holiday Christmas party or bring to a neighborhood block party for a group of families with small children to play with, even possibly they were making remote control devices, toys for the refugees coming into America. We all know that the widows & orphans that POTUS Obama wants to bring into America would need toys & remote control devices to occupy their time while attempting to adjust from their Muslim culture to American life...right?!
Screeeeech.....stop the play acting right now! All of those thinking this is a dress rehearsal for life please reengage your brains. Real people lost their lives yesterday on Dec. 2, 2015, after Farook & Malik two Muslims that were Radical Muslims murdered 14 innocent people & wounded 17 others of whom at least 2 are critically wounded at this time. Farook & Malik took advantage of a holiday party/meeting to begin their rampage but it was not intended to end there as the cache of bombs, bomb making materials & arsenal of weapons & ammunition indicated. Enough with the PC morons who have set agendas to keep Americans dazed & confused, as they want us to believe they are seeking to make America a utopia with out guns, violence from hateful speech, without people offending anyone by stating race, religion, gender or salary. No these leftist progressives who guise themselves as Democrats or democratic socialists want to fundamentally remake America. Obama said it repeatedly as did his sidekicks Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi , Harry Reid & the list goes on.
Obama is the one who gave timelines on retreating in the middle east, moved into areas to destabilize them then pulling out, who stood by while Assad mass murdered his own people, while Christians were beheaded, children were beheaded, hung from trees & POTUS Obama did nothing. The Muslims have mass migrated or marched across Europe with intentions of taking over not integrating into society there. Rapes, murders are up over 100% & upwards by Muslims against Europeans in order to strike fear. The Muslim influx that has overwhelmed Europe is headed for America, make no mistake about that fact either. POTUS Obama has not defended the constitution nor protected Americans but he has destabilized the middle east, watched as the Muslim refugees left in a mass exodus to predominately Christian countries where they have committed thousands of crimes against the citizens of those European countries. Exactly how has Obama protected us by not closing our borders, by deporting Christians so sought asylum & importing Muslims who despise Christians & Westerners? What has POTUS Obama done to make this country safer from terrorist, as the POTUS & many Democrats push for illegals to get amnesty, have no ID's to vote, as illegals are given free health care, overloading our educational systems that seek to appease & embrace the Muslim faith but demonize Christian faith? America was founded on Judeo/ Christian values which are evident in our constitution & all around us Not on Muslim principles. We have the 2nd amendment to protect American citizens by allowing them to bear arms to protect themselves from the obvious threat of terrorism otherwise we become hostages like European countries like France where citizens can not bear arms & the public at large are sitting ducks for terrorist who seek to mow down human lives like clearing wheat fields. Make no mistake the Christians, Hindus & Buddists are Not committing acts of terrorism! It is the Muslims who are waging Jihad on the world & yes they hate westerners & Americans.
We as American citizens must stand up for our country for our way of life even if our President & many of those in political power holding office will not. We must speak out, vote out the liberals, demand that our President listen to American Citizens, I said Americans citizens not illegals. We need to forget PC & wake up from this nightmare of liberal progressive that seeks to choke the life out of freedom, liberty & happiness in America. We as Americans must not allow the leftists to continue to divide us along racial lines, to keep the divisive speech & throwing of race cards in our faces, as they seek to brainwash us into believing that all cops want to do is murder blacks, that all Muslims are good people that Christians and conservatives are radical, that words offending are worse than climate change & climate changing of the seasons is worse than radical Islam or ISIS or ISIL or whatever you choose to call murderous Muslims. I do not think the naturally occurring four seasons are beheading people, mass killing people with assault rifles, driving bomb laden vehicles into shopping areas around the world. No radical Muslims are doing those things, those are facts!
The POTUS probably will tell us next that climate change is our worst enemy facing us, thus seasonal change brings fashion changes & fashion is our enemy therefore we must all dress alike as good little socialists, we must wear Hillary Clinton pant suits or Michelle Obama sheath dresses. We would give up our individuality for the government to even the playing field. You wouldn't want that in a sports field for the football teams to pick & choose players in the football game to even the playing field? No that would be absurd but somehow saying everyone must give more money to the government for them to give away as they see fit to those not working is somehow acceptable. I call BS! this is all BS & Americans must stop the PC madness & not be afraid to call BS! I personally have declared this is where PC died & the era of calling BS has begun!
My prayers go out to all the families affected by yesterdays senseless acts of terrorism & to all those who lives have been affected by terrorism. My hope during this holiday season is that people would ope their eyes & ears to seeing the truth & to calling out the liars in our government who have protected Muslims, illegals over protecting American citizens.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! Happy Holidaze & PC be damned! God Bless America!

Thank you for taking your time to join me,
Lisa Morgan

(author of the book Get beach Slapped) www.getbeachslapped.com

I had a Farmhouse in America (spoken in Meryl Streep's voice)...A Funny farm!

I'm seriously considering purchasing a farmhouse. I thought I'd never move again. "Never say never for that is exactly what you will do" is my mother's motto and yes my mother is once again correct, as always. I am on a quest to find the perfect or imperfect farmhouse to acquire before I retire. Hmmmm.... kind of catchy don't you think? I will be blogging throughout the process which I'm sure there will have many ups and downs, as all home buying experiences usually possess. Oddly enough I feel like I'm coming home in my soul and yes I suppose I am coming back home. Who said you can never go back home? Oh yes that would have been my dearly departed Dad many, many moons ago when I was in my early twenties.

Actually a farmhouse anywhere in the south would suit me. Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, South or North Carolina maybe Florida or Louisiana. Texas is not out of the running. The idea of having acreage with fruit trees, a garden, a view, a flowing creek appeals to the down to earth side of me. Getting back to my country girl roots is something that I would not have envisioned a decade ago. My how things change! It reminds me of what my mama has always said, "Be careful what you say you won't do, for it's exactly what you will end up doing, if you're not careful." Funny how God's plans for our lives will supersede our plotted out distorted version of paradise. Sometimes that dirt road looks mighty appealing especially when walking another step on pavement seem impractical.

I've always wanted to give my homestead a name. A name that reflects who my husband & I are so I think the farmhouse will be christened "Solitude". My husband's name is Sol, so the name Solitude would announce to the world that "Sol" & "Tude" reside here.

What about a barn? I could sit in the loft of the barn after a day of working in the garden & I could chronicle the events of the day from sunrise to sunset. Can't you just see me doing an old school version of reality TV, where you read what is happening with the occasional snapshot, to give you the visual. There would be no list of all the meals or snacks ingested because in reality who cares!? The chronicles would be about the ups & downs of farm life. The moments of laughter, intensity or excitement when the garden or fruit tress spring forth their bounty from the earth. Yes moments of gratitude, harmony mingled with dirty jeans & un-manicured nails & salon free days. I'm up for the challenge! Let the games begin.....that sounds like I'm an Olympiad, which is absurd. Let the best of the rest of my life begin!

I can see myself sipping tea from the back porch of the elusive back porch, target shooting at a series of tin cans lined up across the property as my hubby picks up the cans & re-positions them on top of old wooden wine barrels. He would ask me if I'd like a refill of tea & what my dinner menu consisted of as he walks through the screen door to start the laundry. The dogs are all holding their dinner bowls while the cats are sleeping on the porch swing. The catfish are jumping, old paddle wheels pumping and something is off. Did my hubby just refill my tea glass & ask me what I wanted for dinner as he went to do laundry? Wait I must have dozed off for a moment! Well a girl can dream can't she? Call that moment reality checked!

The quest to find my farmhouse in America has begun. I sit here typing gazing out my office window watching the blue jays chasing squirrels around the trees. The dragonflies are zipping to & fro while the butterflies are fluttering as butterflies do. My cats are stalking the elusive dragonflies. The dogs are basking lazily in the afternoon sun ignoring the curious squirrels scampering around the trees. The birds have spotted the seeds I tossed out for them. I love the way nature knows exactly what it is to be doing, while humanity seems somehow stumped by our need to control life & everything around us. Humanity wants to "fix" what God has created or to "enhance" God's creations. We fail miserably, create chaos & call ourselves successful masters of the universe, as if we are playing some gigantic video game in a virtual world. I think that the birds, squirrels, cats, dogs, butterflies, bees & butterflies have more sense than most humans. Maybe what I need to do is get back to nature, learn to relax, put my hands in the dirt, kick off my shoes & tune out the noise. God provides for all of his creations. I have faith that it will all turn out the way that it should.
My foot has fallen asleep which is code for me to leave this desk chair to venture outside. I hear a glass of green tea calling my name.

I'm quite sure there will be a book written about this journey. Maybe I'll call it "Down on the Funny Farm"? You can purchase my last book Get Beach Slapped online at bookstores & ebook sites or go to my webpage for links.

Thank you for taking your time to join me,
Lisa Morgan 

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Life is More Precious than Diamonds

 10/16/2015                                                                               written by: Lisa Morgan


Life is multifaceted like a diamond, but Life is more precious than any gemstone. Life is fragile like a dandelion and yet we are careless with it. When you smile or laugh…pause & let that moment sink into your memory. Life is good. Life is not always easy nor should it be. If life were always perfect, rosy, sunny & fair then how would we appreciate it, not having been down, troubled, without or in need? When you are troubled be glad that tomorrow will be better & you now have the knowledge you need to appreciate the good times just over the horizon. We all have bad moments, remember to make the most of those moments that shine brighter than any diamond.

Shiny baubles & glittering apparel are just body adornment but the true way to shine is through laughter & smiles which result in soul shine. Just like the song by sung by the Allman Brothers band says,"soul shine is better than moonshine, better than sunshine, damn sure better than rain." Though I may occasionally adorn myself with a little glitter trust me none of it is more valuable than laughter with friends or family.

I have a good friend who is the type of friend everyone should have. Michelle would rather have flowers in her hair than diamonds around her neck. Friends who see the beauty in life, appreciate God's creations & take you at face value, rather than valuing the materialistic possessions in life
are priceless.

Anyone who laughs, smiles & glows with joy from within is very rich indeed, for no amount of wealth can make you happy & give you soul shine. I wonder if the banks accept soul shine?
Thank you for taking your time to join me,
Lisa Morgan

                                 

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#AllLivesMatter or Do They? You can't have it both ways unless you're a Democratic Socialist!

Oct 16, 2015                                                                                        written by: Lisa Morgan

It was quite appalling to say the very least that the #Dems at the Democratic debate could not bring themselves to say #AllLivesMatter, instead they pandered for votes vocalizing one by one #BackLivesMatter. The Democratic party has become even too left for most of the lefties & not far enough for the socialists who taught them as Progressives, which I'm sure even the left wing insurance owned Progressive company would be offended by being lumped into the same name game as Democratic Socialists. Yes Democrats or maybe just Bernie Sanders, has found a way to PC about socialism; let's call it Democratic Socialism & it will sound more acceptable & American.
Think again Mr. Socialism or Democratic Socialist!

Does anyone wonder why socialists are the most anti-social people around? Well it could have something to do with them wanting to put their hand into your wallet & donate or redistribute your hard earned money to someone else who spends their days on the couch watching reality TV, instead of joining reality & working for a damn living. Socialism has worked so well for communist China, just ask the Chinese; oh right you can't because most of them do not have access to the internet or cell phones because of socialism/communism. You see if you are far too quick to place your hand in someone's pocket then you are either
A: reaching for their wallet/money or B: you are wanting to play pocket pool, which I'm sure the later would be fine with Bill Clinton but you better not touch his millions made from giving speeches while Hillary was Secretary of State. Hillary is fine as are most Progressives & Socialist with giving away Your Money, just Not Their Money! Have you ever noticed Socialist countries do not have a dictator who has his wealth distributed, no the Dictator is always far wealthier than the average Joe or Jill, unlike Joe or Jill Biden who would have you believe they are one of you. That's a typical political maneuver politicians flaunt to attempt to convince you that they are a n average Joe or Jill working paycheck to paycheck as many Americans are these days. Don't tell me you are still astonished by the fact that dictators run socialists & communist countries! Do you think Putin has redistributed his wealth? Give your brain a rest.

When Putin looks more like a Capitalist than anyone on the Democratic ticket for President of the United States, then Houston we have a problem! When #Hillary calls for Capitalism to be reigned in; it's time to get a history lesson. When was the last time you read the constitution or the Bill of Rights? Do you know the founding principles of this country & what made this country great?

Freedom is what this country was founded upon & Capitalism is what allowed anyone, regardless of social status, to build a better life for themselves & their families. Do not let the Progressives/Socialists of the New Democratic Party deceive you with their rhetoric about this country, be informed. Look at other countries where a woman can not leave home without a scarf covering her head or face & Hillary Clinton along with Carly Fiorina are both successfully in the race to potentially become the first female president of the United States of America. Hillary bashes America & Fiorina touts the excellence of American freedoms & capitalism at it's finest. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to see Washington is in dire need an infusion of Common Sense & Not dollars & cents; they have taken enough tax payer dollars to as Obama said "fundamentally rebuild America". Okay Mr. President where is the your progress report is an "F" for Failure! You have managed to divide the country as much as the 1960's if not more, raise unemployment to levels equal to the 1920's, convince some people that police officers are terrorist while systematically refusing to call Islamic radicals terrorists. The President has led the march to defend criminals & vilify police officers as he honors thugs, radicals & criminals by attending their funerals, requesting their presence at the White House, all the while he snubs police officers gunned down while on duty or off at the hands of thugs. Mr. President why didn't you attend the funerals of slain Black, White, Hispanic or Asian police officers but you attended the funeral of Michael Brown.

Apparently it takes a brain surgeon to balance a budget in Washington & thank God we have one running for the Presidency in 2016, Dr. Ben Carson. We also have a bizarre love hate relationship with a billionaire reality TV star who is seeking the office & maybe you have heard of him...Donald Trump. Let's get this straight we have a card carrying socialist who honeymooned in the Soviet Union & his name is Bernie Sanders. Mr. Sanders appears to be an angry revolutionary from the 60's who is caught in a time warp who just happens to resemble the mad scientist from the movie "Back to the Future". He should have gone to live in Venezuela next door to Chavez after he returned from his honeymoon.We have the former First Lady, Ex Secretary of State, who might get indicted for her private email server lest we forget her flippant attitude over her cope-ability in the Benghazi deaths of 4  Americans on 9/11 & she also declared she is in favor of socialism. Do not confuse Hillary with her husband former President Bill Clinton, she only uses the Clinton name when it serves to surge her poll numbers, otherwise she is simply Hillary, she is a woman of her own making. Those are the two on the far left Dem side & the other three were a snore fest, so onward to those on the right side the Republicans. Well this is beginning to sound like a screenplay for a lampoon movie rather than a list of Presidential candidates, just keep reading.

We have the two top tier front runners, neither of which are career politicians, one is a retired neurosurgeon & one is a widely successfully businessman. I previously mentioned Mr. Ben Carson & Mr. Donald Trump or The Donald, who share the long list of presidential candidate's list with former CEO Carly Fiorina, Senator Marco Rubio, Governor Jindal, Senator Cruz, former Governor Huckabee, Senator Rand Paul, Senator Santorum,  former Governor Bush not to be confused with his brother or his dad, both former Presidents, so he goes by Jeb, like Cher but far less energized according to Mr. Trump. The list just goes on & on. You must conceded this list is impressive & entertaining at the same time. This list of Republicans is far more varied than the Democratic selections & these people actually make sense. They actually answer questions versus the Democrats who skirt question with silence followed by being inconspicuously absent.
Why should it even be a matter of discussion to say #AllLivesMatter? The straight forward in your face truth is #AllLivesMatter period. No amount politically correct BS will change that fact. As we know most, but not all Dems are #prochoice & not #prolife. You see to truly say All Lives Matter, then you must agree to be Pro Life, right!? No sidestepping political flip flopping needed on this? Either Planned Parenthood selling aborted fetal parts is appalling or it isn't?! Either you agree All Lives Matter or you just pick & choose. If you pick & choose what lives matter & what lives are dispensable, while you have wine over a dinner conversation pertaining to planned abortion, then aren't you somewhat like a terrorist who seeks out to destroy the lives that are deemed by the terrorist to be dispensable? What did I offend some of you reading this? Good, maybe you should be offended but not by me by a political climate that thinks Globally Warming or their new buzz words of "Climate Change" or more of a threat to America that radical terrorist. Maybe you should be offended by the Dems going as far left as to stand at a Democratic debate declaring they are socialists! Maybe just maybe you should be offended that you are so easily offended & you do not have the backbone to take back your country from Socialists who have been parading as Democrats.

Bernie Sanders wants to raise the tax rates to 90% leaving you with only a whopping 10% of your paycheck, while he redistributes your money to those less fortunate. Hillary Clinton wants to Give Free Tuition to All illegal immigrants, meaning Anyone who can make it here to America & walk across the border or those Obama has brought in on plane, train or buses at American expense (Yes it has happened, look it up); gets Free College Education. Alas all of us poor saps who were born in America who can not afford to go to college without working two jobs & spending 15 years after college in debt to pay for it, no we won't be "Entitled" to Free Tuition, only the Illegals get that Freebie from the Dems. How many of you want to present the Federal Government with your bill or your children's bill for college & say "Pay This!?" I thought so! If illegals are going to be given Free Tuition but American citizens aren't entitled to Free Tuition but instead we are entitled to pay the bill for the illegals' free tuition, then aren't we as American citizens being discriminated against? I call BS on this because it definitely smells very foul. All Americans should be offended by by this waste of tax dollars & by the discrimination against American citizens of all races.
Where do you think Tax payer Dollars come from...the government...duh?! Wrong! The tax payer dollars come from tax payers meaning you! Yes you every time you pay sales tax, tax on anything such as property taxes, income taxes etc. Now when you see that your money is being squandered Not just some money you thought that the government printed each time they needed to pay a bill; are you really so quick to dismiss the Spending of this Democratic administration led by President Obama, as just an unbalanced budget? Are you willing to say All Lives Matter, except those of the Ambassador to Libya & 3 other brave Americans? Why don't their lives matter? They do just ask their family & friends. Are you willing to say All Lives Matter except those of unborn fetuses; fetuses that we know have functioning brains when they are aborted? Mr. Obama wants No term limit on abortions & No medical care for them when they are born breathing at 5, 6, 7, 8 months, remember no term limits.

Are you willing to say All Lives Matter, but turn a blind eye to police officers risking their lives to keep you safe from crime? Do All Lives Matter to you or do only #BlackLivesMatter? If you say only #BlackLivesMatter as the Dems did in the debate stage, then you must concede that black on black crime is by far the largest proponent in the equation. Obama does Not yell from the White House steps that Chicago, Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, LA & many inner cities should stop the gang violence, stop the black on black genocide. No instead our President Mr. Obama seeks to further divide this country through whatever means necessary, race, job, religion with no qualms. Joe Biden smirks as he & President Obama look down upon America with disdain for all our forefathers endured, fought for & achieved to make America the Greatest country on the face of the planet Earth.

Do not believe me read about this for yourself. Seek out various news outlets, posts by bloggers, just get yourself informed. Know about the backgrounds of the candidates, hold them accountable for their words & actions. Think to yourself if you or your child had committed the action or said what the people have said & done, then would your feet be held to the fire? Would society hold you or your family member accountable for a crime or a loss of life? The IRS officials holding the highest offices in the IRS broke laws, should they be held accountable? The IRS would have No qualms about holding any of us accountable? Just ask Wesley Snipes, Willie Nelson or any of the other hundreds of thousands of people who have been harassed by the IRS.

It's time we as Americans hold Washington accountable! It's time we hold those wanting to hold the highest office in the land accountable. Ask Mr. Obama to be accountable for his unbalanced budgets & frivolous spending of our tax dollars. It's time we as Americans say enough is enough & we take back our rights as Americans. Americans act like Americans, have a backbone like your forefathers. If you have ever served in the military,  had a family member who served or knew someone who served in the military, they have backbone. Grow a spine & stand up for yourself, stand up for America & say No More to the Progressives & the Socialist! America has protected us & we are Now going to Protect America!
God Bless this Great Nation of America! Maybe I should run for the office of the President of the United States? I knew I'd have you laughing by the time this rant was over! Wise up America, do not let politicians fool you with rhetoric.

A society is judged on how they treated each other, how they treated their poor, elderly, children (including the unborn) & their weak, but also on how weak they were in judgements, both in & out of the courtroom or the voting booth. You see your actions have consequences & all of our actions consequently will write our history.

Thank you for taking your time to read this rant,
Lisa Morgan

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