<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:36:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Personal</category><category>Informative</category><category>Money Making Tip</category><category>Wordless Wednesday</category><category>Proposition 8</category><category>Blogging Tips</category><category>Myth Busting Monday</category><category>Blog Contest</category><category>Funny Junk</category><category>Blog Carnival</category><category>Increase Website Traffic</category><category>Flashback Friday</category><category>Home Improvement</category><category>Games</category><category>Movies</category><category>Poll</category><category>Blog Review</category><category>YouTube</category><category>Political</category><category>Annoucements</category><category>Marketing Strategy</category><category>My Business Venture</category><title>Random Encounters of We</title><description>Random is my niche</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>459</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-8215963578212965166</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-18T09:27:42.798-05:00</atom:updated><title>Website Crash</title><description>Don&#39;t you hate it when you think you have a good thing going and then BOOM you find out it is broken? I thought I had a well oiled machine in one of my websites and so I only check in out it every once in a while. Today when I checked on it, it was totally down! The website is there, but the content was completely missing. So now here I am scrambling to recover that site. Here&#39;s to &quot;that kind of day&quot; which will be my day today! :) Awesome!</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2012/04/website-crash.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-520247909017464014</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-21T20:30:44.561-06:00</atom:updated><title>As quick as it came it&#39;s gone again</title><description>This blog that is! I know I had talked of resurrecting this blog, but instead I have decided to start a new blog with a certain niche. This blog was well... random! I&#39;m ready to be focused and have a topic! So my new blog is called &lt;a href=&quot;http://makingofamom.com/&quot;&gt;Making of a Mom&lt;/a&gt;. I now have two kids, one in school and I&#39;m &lt;a href=&quot;http://makingofamom.com/welcome-to-making-of-a-mom/&quot;&gt;becoming a real mom&lt;/a&gt;! Therefore blogging about mom things seems fitting and interesting!! I hope you will come check out my new blog and stay for a while. I&#39;m sure every once in a while a random post will slip in as well as making money from blogging and all those other good topics discussed here! Thanks for reading and I hope you&#39;ll join my next chapter at &lt;a href=&quot;http://makingofamom.com/&quot;&gt;Making of a Mom&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2012/01/as-quick-as-it-came-its-gone-again.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-5175593161734188482</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-02T15:58:29.380-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Personal</category><title>With a new year, comes resolutions</title><description>This blog used to be hoppin&#39;. I used to have a good time with my husband updating this thing, with awesome facts and funny tidbits, the &quot;the trip&quot; happened. We went to Germany for 16 days and when we came back google had decided that this blog was not as awesome as we had built it up to be and killed it! But as I mentioned in the titled, it is a new year and it is resolution time. I would like to be able to blog again, somewhat anonymously, give my opinions, and hear some of yours. So here we go! Here is to a new year and a new chance at life for Random Encounters of We!!</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2012/01/with-new-year-comes-resolutions.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-8775263479710821908</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-25T10:18:30.995-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Political</category><title>Health Care Blah</title><description>I will admit that I do not know all about the bill, all the details and everything that will come from it. What I have gathered is that there are a couple good aspect of this bill such as young adults who need to be on their parents insurance can stay until they are 26 now (but come of people, grow up, get out of the house and stand on your own two feet!) and that children with pre-existing conditions will now be kicked off their parents insurance. Now I fill like the news was a little misleading with this one because I thought it was for everyone with pre-existing conditions, but just found out a couple days ago it was just children. But mostly this is a nasty, huge bill that threatens to ruin us! Too much money! We can&#39;t afford this. And I really like my insurance, it is a little expensive, but this bill isn&#39;t going to lower the cost. It&#39;s going to get even more expensive. I&#39;m not sure why such a crappy bill was passed. What did the senators, congressmen and Obama administration get out of passing such an awful bill that does more harm that good. Plus we are a democracy of majority, the majority of AMERICANS didn&#39;t want it, therefore it shouldn&#39;t have passed. I don&#39;t think you should sacrifice the happy majority to please an unhappy minority. Blah!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img alt=&quot;Technorati&quot; id=&quot;image329&quot; src=&quot;http://freehogg.wordpress.com/files/2006/04/technorati.gif&quot; /&gt; Technorati tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Health+Care&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Health+Care&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Obama&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Obama&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Politics&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Politics&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2010/03/health-care-blah.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-2715980974940715051</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-25T08:22:09.613-06:00</atom:updated><title>Email Orders</title><description>It has recently come to my attention that most people probably do not have an Etsy account. So in order to reach more people and be as successful as I can be, I would love to invite anyone interested to order an I Spy Bag through my email. If you have seen an I Spy Bag on the store site (thepurseplace.etsy.com) that you would like please email me the description and I can sell it over email. If there isn&#39;t one on the site you like but would still like to order one please email me. I have a lot of really cute fabric that is in the process of becoming an I Spy Bag, they just aren&#39;t finished. I am preparing for this busy holiday shopping weekend and for Cyber Monday. If you would like to specify that the I spy bag is for a girl or boy so the choice of fabric is appropriate that would be great! Please send your email orders to purseplace.etsy at gmail.com (email broken up to discourage spammers) Also, please feel free to tell your friends, family and anyone you think would be interested!</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2009/11/email-orders.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-7967382336181374489</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-02T13:27:58.288-06:00</atom:updated><title>Gay Marriage Vote Looms in Maine; Polls Show It&#39;s Close</title><description>It is time to get out and vote again to defend marriage. This time it is happening in Maine. Stand for Marriage Maine! This is a paragraph taken from one of the articles that sickens me:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/gay_marriage_maine_vote/2009/10/28/278562.html&quot;&gt;Gay Marriage Vote Looms in Maine; Polls Show It&#39;s Close&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;&#39;If they can win in Maine, it would be historic,&#39; warned Marc Mutty, chairman of the Stand for Marriage Maine campaign, in a recent fund-raising letter. &#39;They will use a victory to attempt to convince the media that the mood of the nation has changed and that it is time for America to also abandon the God-created idea of marriage.&#39;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This country is already gone so far out from being a God centered country. This country was founded on God and succeeds only through help from God. As this country and its leaders get further and further from God so shall the success of this nation. If you are from Maine or know people in Maine call them up, go support marriage and show the rest of this country and the world that we still believe and rely on God and His ways! Defend marriage and family!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;fullpost&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2009/11/gay-marriage-vote-looms-in-maine-polls.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-3127454430530541902</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-02T14:00:07.829-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">My Business Venture</category><title>Open for Business</title><description>Hey Friends! I have decided to start a new project. The project is an Etsy store in which I will be selling (hopefully) my bags I have been making. I love to work on the bags. Every night after the kids are in bed I head downstairs. I have been having blast. I have a goal to sell a couple bags every month and bring in a little bit of money to help with bills. The name of our store is &lt;a href=&quot;http://thepurseplace.etsy.com/&quot;&gt;The Purse Place&lt;/a&gt; and can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;http://thepurseplace.etsy.com/&quot;&gt;thepurseplace.etsy.com&lt;/a&gt;. The key to our success is promotion so that&#39;s why I wanted to share with everyone on the blog! The widget in the sidebar will update as we add inventory. Please feel free to tell your friends about it! The bags are really cute, they would make great gifts! Thanks for your support as we step into this new world of entrepreneurship!</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2009/10/open-for-business.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-1711502079395364261</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-17T19:49:34.483-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Informative</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Political</category><title>Defunding ACORN</title><description>Today the house voted to defund ACORN. &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090917/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_acorn&quot;&gt;This is the article from yahoo news&lt;/a&gt;. The article will only be up for a couple days so PLEASE go check it out! I&#39;m so happy that this is one step in ending the corruption in our government, unfortunately the corruption is so huge that another organization like ACORN may open up under a different name, but at least word is spreading! Let&#39;s get this country corruption free and back to being as great as the founding fathers left it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;image329&quot; src=&quot;http://freehogg.wordpress.com/files/2006/04/technorati.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Technorati&quot; /&gt; Technorati tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/ACORN&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ACORN&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/government&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/corruption&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;corruption&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2009/09/defunding-acorn.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-5564911210391030091</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-27T21:48:23.223-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Informative</category><title>Fun With Money</title><description>Have you ever paid for something with cash and the change you received had been written or colored on? Well this very thing happened to us a couple weeks ago but instead of coloring it was a stamp. Stamped on our change was &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wheresgeorge.com&quot;&gt;www.wheresgeorge.com&lt;/a&gt;&quot; Obviously this site was a money tracker. since I am easily entertain I went right home and created a free account. I got all of the dollar bills that I owned and enter them into the system. I can now track where these bill have been and where they go after I am done with them. I think it is pretty fun! Not too many people know about Where&#39;s George so I want to spread the word so more bills can be followed. It&#39;s pretty interesting how far money can travel. Try it out and let me know how it goes!</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2009/08/fun-with-money.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-8596070781250063807</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-23T13:33:06.955-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Funny Junk</category><title>Yeah, Right!</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdl9wbdJHy1mSKdaPxGXd_LAaGYAh7aAG8i7eLUUCStXavv9jbMfW1qG1EKkw31OqSrSHpm8T743jp2UnqIL8UPCxp4qKy0iDDLA4dE9WHPpgRpebJH93LhxL5Y1Rer3QNSbWMmimmG8/s1600-h/IMG_6652%5B1%5D&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdl9wbdJHy1mSKdaPxGXd_LAaGYAh7aAG8i7eLUUCStXavv9jbMfW1qG1EKkw31OqSrSHpm8T743jp2UnqIL8UPCxp4qKy0iDDLA4dE9WHPpgRpebJH93LhxL5Y1Rer3QNSbWMmimmG8/s400/IMG_6652%5B1%5D&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361725377490472450&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last Friday evening we decided to eat out at an undisclosed fast food restaurant. This is the side of the bag. I think it very, VERY funny the phrase they chose to put on the side of the bag along side the grease that rubbed off the fries. Silly!</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2009/07/yeah-right.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdl9wbdJHy1mSKdaPxGXd_LAaGYAh7aAG8i7eLUUCStXavv9jbMfW1qG1EKkw31OqSrSHpm8T743jp2UnqIL8UPCxp4qKy0iDDLA4dE9WHPpgRpebJH93LhxL5Y1Rer3QNSbWMmimmG8/s72-c/IMG_6652%5B1%5D" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-6436520141315691332</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-14T08:28:13.895-05:00</atom:updated><title>Just Thinking...</title><description>I&#39;d like to stray from my favorite topic (my cute kids) for the moment and talk about something silly, but that still has me all worked up... Jon and Kate plus 8 (at our house it is now referred to as &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:lucida grande;&quot;&gt;Jon &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;OR&lt;/span&gt; Kate plus 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) Anyhoo, I&#39;m sick of these two playing the martyr and saying that everything they are doing it for their kids. PLEASE! Spare me! &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Going on a book tour and leaving your kids with babysitters isn&#39;t what&#39;s best for your kids. Cheating on your wife isn&#39;t best for your kids. Staying on a TV show that is destroying your family because you want to make tons of money isn&#39;t best for your kids. &lt;/span&gt;Why not try some counseling?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m also annoyed and find it humurous at the same time that their egos are so big to think that the paparazzi will also follow them forever. If they were to cancel their show after a season or two people would be like &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:webdings;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;&quot;Jon and Kate who??&quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 51, 0);&quot;&gt;The entertainment world is a fickle world&lt;/span&gt;. Out of sight, out of mind. They are pretend celebrities anyway. Jon not being able to be &quot;Jon [he] has to be Jon and Kate plus 8&quot; wouldn&#39;t always be. they would be forgotten quickly, because TLC would have to replace them with something else. However, now that they are getting divorced the poor kids will inevitably be messed up from this and their fake child stardom and wind up on some version of &quot;where are they now?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m very &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;disappointed that TLC is condoning their awful behavior&lt;/span&gt; by continuing on with the show. When they canceled their marriage they should have canceled the show. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;&quot;  &gt;Shame on you Jon and Kate!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;image329&quot; src=&quot;http://freehogg.wordpress.com/files/2006/04/technorati.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Technorati&quot; /&gt; Technorati tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Jon+Kate+8&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Jon and Kate+8&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Jon+Gosselin&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Jon Gosselin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Kate+Gosselin&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Kate Gosselin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Divorce&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Divorce&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2009/07/just-thinking.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-5022649942558206147</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-05T16:17:53.705-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Informative</category><title>Jewelry Update</title><description>Ok so I posted about that jewelry website where you can get sterling silver  pieces for free (but really with $6.99 for shipping) Well I found one piece that  I thought was pretty unique and I ordered it. It arrived about a week or so  later and it is beautiful! I am now a full fledged supporter of the site and can  say that they will not take your almost seven dollars and run with it! :) Also,  if you don&#39;t have a silver chain the sport your new pendant with you can  purchase one of those for $4. Pretty good deal. I already had a chain so for now  I can&#39;t vouch for those.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to think of myself as a jewelry  wearer, but I&#39;m not. Besides the wedding ring I don&#39;t usually wear jewelry, but  this doesn&#39;t stop me from purchasing it. When I remember I will throw something  on for church or for a party, but as soon as I walk in the door it immediately  comes off. I&#39;m not sure why it bugs me so much, I wish it didn&#39;t. But none the  less, if I find another piece of sterling silver jewelry from that site that I  love, I will purchase!! Take a look and see if there is anything for you!</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2009/06/jewelry-updatei.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-6392569649477714490</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-05T16:14:12.906-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Informative</category><title>Your Money</title><description>I have been hearing a lot on the news lately about how &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);&quot;&gt;MY MONEY&lt;/span&gt; is being spent.  Mostly these talks are referring to how tax payers money is getting spent by the  stimulus and such. I am frustrated by these reports because a lot of these  things &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);&quot;&gt;MY MONEY&lt;/span&gt; is  getting spent on are useless (in my opinion of course). On top of this there is  &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;NOTHING&lt;/span&gt; I can do  about this. If I want a say in my money going places I have to vote, well I do  vote, but the people that win are usually corrupt government officials that  don&#39;t have my best interest at heart at all. The biggest corruption of all is  the highest position in the USA, so for the next 4 years we are pretty much  toast with what he does with my hard earned tax payer money. Get ready for an  awful bumpy ride folks!</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2009/06/your-money.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-2462053402602015819</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-06-05T16:08:37.180-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Proposition 8</category><title>California Upholds Gay Marriage Ban!</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-size: 130%;&quot;&gt;Good job California&lt;/span&gt;. Just when I thought you were a big waste of space and a breeding ground for evil you come through and conquer this battle (for now). The article I read about was &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gay_marriage&quot;&gt;here on yahoo news&lt;/a&gt;. I was feeling very nervous for the people of California, but I am so relieved that the Supreme Court realized that regardless of their own opinions, the voters have spoken and they wanted marriage to remain between &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 130%;&quot;&gt;one man and one woman&lt;/span&gt;. Hopefully this move by California will show other states contemplating gay marriage to stop. Although the gay marriage ban holds they also decided to let the 18,000+ gay couples who got married while it was legal to remain married. This makes &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-size: 130%;&quot;&gt;no sense&lt;/span&gt;. If the legal definition in California of marriage is one man and one woman then those marriages are invalid, but whatever. I&#39;ll take the bigger victory. Of course gay rights activists will take up this fight once more and try to get it on the ballot again and again until they get their way. I believe they eventually will get their way, but now &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;goodness has won over evil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and gay marriage is banned!</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2009/06/california-upholds-gay-marriage-ban.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-4599647367444644682</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-27T21:49:47.343-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Personal</category><title>A Colombine Father&#39;s Speech</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I received this in email format. Be it real or fake, the message it provides is still relevant and important and I believe it and want to share it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[THIS IS COPIED FROM A CHAT BOARD]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guess our &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1237825470_0&quot;&gt;national leaders&lt;/span&gt; didn&#39;t expect this, hmm? On Thursday, &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1237825470_1&quot;&gt;Darrell Scott&lt;/span&gt;, the father of &lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: rgb(220, 238, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1237825470_2&quot;&gt;Rachel&lt;br /&gt;Scott&lt;/span&gt;, a victim of the &lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1237825470_3&quot;&gt;Columbine High School&lt;br /&gt;shootings&lt;/span&gt; in &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1237825470_4&quot;&gt;Littleton , Colorado&lt;/span&gt; , was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee&#39;s&lt;br /&gt;subcommittee. What he said to our national leaders during this&lt;br /&gt;special session of Congress was painfully truthful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It&lt;br /&gt;needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every&lt;br /&gt;psychologist, and every so-called expert!&lt;br /&gt;These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful,&lt;br /&gt;penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt that God sent&lt;br /&gt;this man as a voice crying in the wilderness. The following is a&lt;br /&gt;portion of the transcript:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Since the dawn of creation there has been both good &amp;amp;&lt;br /&gt;evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the&lt;br /&gt;seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my&lt;br /&gt;wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven&lt;br /&gt;children who died must not be in vain.&lt;br /&gt;Their blood cries out for answers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The&lt;br /&gt;villain was not the club he used.. Neither was it the NCA, the National Club Association. The true&lt;br /&gt;killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain&#39;s heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be&lt;br /&gt;pointed at groups such as the &lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1237825470_5&quot;&gt;NRA&lt;/span&gt;. I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even&lt;br /&gt;own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA - because I don&#39;t believe that they are&lt;br /&gt;responsible for my daughter&#39;s death. Therefore&lt;br /&gt;I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they&lt;br /&gt;had anything to do with Rachel&#39;s murder I would be their strongest opponent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am here today to declare that Columbine was not&lt;br /&gt;just a tragedy -- it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame&lt;br /&gt;lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the blame lies behind the &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1237825470_6&quot;&gt;pointing&lt;br /&gt;fingers&lt;/span&gt; of the accusers themselves. I wrote a poem&lt;br /&gt;just four nights ago that expresses my feelings&lt;br /&gt;best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your&lt;br /&gt;laws ignore our deepest needs,&lt;br /&gt;Your words are empty&lt;br /&gt;air.&lt;br /&gt;You&#39;ve stripped away our heritage,&lt;br /&gt;You&#39;ve outlawed simple&lt;br /&gt;prayer.&lt;br /&gt;Now gunshots fill our classrooms,&lt;br /&gt;And precious&lt;br /&gt;children die.&lt;br /&gt;You seek for answers everywhere,&lt;br /&gt;And ask the&lt;br /&gt;question &quot;Why?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;You regulate restrictive laws,&lt;br /&gt;Through&lt;br /&gt;legislative creed.&lt;br /&gt;And yet you fail to understand,&lt;br /&gt;That God is&lt;br /&gt;what we need!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot; Men and women are three-part beings. We all consist of body, mind, and spirit. When we refuse to&lt;br /&gt;acknowledge a third part of our make-up,&lt;br /&gt;we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in and wreak havoc. Spiritual&lt;br /&gt;presences were present within our educational&lt;br /&gt;systems for most of our nation&#39;s history. Many of our major colleges began as &lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1237825470_7&quot;&gt;theological&lt;br /&gt;seminaries&lt;/span&gt;. This is a historical fact. What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor&lt;br /&gt;God, and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as terrible as&lt;br /&gt;Columbine&#39;s tragedy occurs -- politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They&lt;br /&gt;immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and&lt;br /&gt;private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws. Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped&lt;br /&gt;by metal detectors. No amount of &lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1237825470_8&quot;&gt;gun laws&lt;/span&gt; can stop someone who spends months planning this type of&lt;br /&gt;massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts.&lt;br /&gt;&quot;As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before&lt;br /&gt;his very eyes, he did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that&lt;br /&gt;right!&lt;br /&gt;I challenge every young person in America , and around the world, to realize that on April 20, 1999,&lt;br /&gt;at &lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1237825470_9&quot;&gt;Columbine High School prayer&lt;/span&gt; was brought back to our schools. Do not let the many prayers offered&lt;br /&gt;by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for&lt;br /&gt;legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him. To those of you who would&lt;br /&gt;point your finger at the NRA -- I give to you a sincere challenge. Dare to examine your own heart&lt;br /&gt;before casting the first stone!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My daughter&#39;s death will not be in vain! The&lt;br /&gt;young people of this country will not allow that to&lt;br /&gt;happen!&quot;</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2009/03/colombime-fathers-speech.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-8704946041515725312</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-19T10:13:23.306-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Informative</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Personal</category><title>Free* Jewelery Site</title><description>This morning a yahoo news article was about tips on getting things for free. I read through the article not very impressed with anything. Most of the sites were like freecycle where you just trade with other people or give stuff away for free because you hope to find someone that has something you want for free. Then towards the bottom of this article it mentioned the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stefanieandjason.blogspot.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.silverjewelryclub.com/aff_process.aspx?affid=7128%22%3EFree%20Sterling%20Silver%20with%20real%20Gemstones,%20no%20catch,%20no%20gimmicks,%20no%20obligation%3C/a%3E&quot;&gt;Silver Jewelery Club&lt;/a&gt;. When you go to this website they have 4 pieces of silver jewelery up with a timer on it and you can order these pieces for free. Now free really means you pay $6.99 for shipping, but besides that you don&#39;t pay for the actual piece of jewelery. The reason they are basically giving these pieces away is to spread the word about this site and the club because they are new. I think it is a great promotion. I put up a ticket on my side bar that will flash current pieces they are selling if you are interested you can click on that banner and it will take you there, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://stefanieandjason.blogspot.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.silverjewelryclub.com/aff_process.aspx?affid=7128%22%3EFree%20Sterling%20Silver%20with%20real%20Gemstones,%20no%20catch,%20no%20gimmicks,%20no%20obligation%3C/a%3E&quot;&gt;click on the link&lt;/a&gt; in this post to visit their site. I&#39;m pretty excited! I&#39;m going to pick a favorite piece and order it and I&#39;ll let you know how it all goes!! Enjoy!</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2009/03/free-jewelery-site.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-4751274132305052322</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-17T11:34:35.055-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Personal</category><title>Happy St. Patrick&#39;s Day</title><description>Happy St. Patrick&#39;s Day everyone! I&#39;m not sure the purpose of this holiday and there isn&#39;t much to do to celebrate but it is fun to have a holiday, big or not. My husband went off to work today forgetting what day it was so a few minutes later he comes walking in our room again. It took me by surprise. I asked him what he was doing home, and he was like I can&#39;t not be wearing green today! He has always been one to celebrate to the max every holiday no matter how small. I thought it was pretty funny. Hopefully you all remember to wear green and avoid getting a little pinch for someone!</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2009/03/happy-st-patricks-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-45863810154178738</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-17T11:31:56.777-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Personal</category><title>Abstinence is VERY Realistic</title><description>Not too many exciting things happen in Kansas very often so frequently on our nightly news there are celebrity updates or high profile people stories. Recently they aired clips from Bristol Palin&#39;s interview in which she is supposedly an advocate for abstinence yet told the interviewer that abstinence is unrealistic. Well newsflash Bristol: Abstinence is very realistic and should be expected. Obviously I feel this way because of my religious views but far beyond that I think it is sick that everyone automatically gives up on the idea of abstinence without a true effort of promoting it. There is hope for young women living in this Sodom and Gommorah world to remain virgins until marriage. If a daughter is taught love for herself and womanhood, virtue, integrity, that she is a child of God, and nurtured by a mother and father I think abstinence is very likely. Often children rise to the expectations placed upon them. If your daughter knows that abstinence is expected until marriage, I think there will be an effort to achieve that. Now kids can make their choices and some will choose a different course than we would like, but with a lifetime of conversation, nurturing, explaining and loving it is possible to make it to marriage pure. Bristol Palin is definitely no role model for this home. I also fully expect to try my best to raise my children to know that abstinence before marriage is clearly the better choice and expected of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;image329&quot; src=&quot;http://freehogg.wordpress.com/files/2006/04/technorati.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Technorati&quot; /&gt; Technorati tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Bristol+Palin&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Bristol Palin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Abstinence&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Abstinence&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Sex&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Sex&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Children&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Children&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Marriage&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Marriage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2009/03/abstinence-is-very-realistic.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-3012089288348338460</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-24T15:24:27.865-06:00</atom:updated><title>Tracking Santa</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-NWxXpNYx-RTniaVOMRi_o2YBNjWvl-IsyUYKCs9pSm6aje4oYo1zhoDSPB6DXDeO_oyuLkvRxmbVt5RFi1ejPeMBgn4wNkfCDoqJaFO5LvMgCjLGYtaZVW8gZgs-LEqsk_ETkTMHiIp/s1600-h/santa.bmp&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-NWxXpNYx-RTniaVOMRi_o2YBNjWvl-IsyUYKCs9pSm6aje4oYo1zhoDSPB6DXDeO_oyuLkvRxmbVt5RFi1ejPeMBgn4wNkfCDoqJaFO5LvMgCjLGYtaZVW8gZgs-LEqsk_ETkTMHiIp/s320/santa.bmp&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283469813024048946&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well even though it is still daylight here for us in America, many kids around the world are sleeping, waiting for Santa to come. Santa has been a busy little bee already today. You can &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.html&quot;&gt;track Santa&lt;/a&gt; at a fun website. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.html&quot;&gt;Click on my link&lt;/a&gt; and it&#39;ll take you there. Remember, you better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout I&#39;m telling you why, Santa Clause is coming to town TONIGHT!</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2008/12/tracking-santa.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-NWxXpNYx-RTniaVOMRi_o2YBNjWvl-IsyUYKCs9pSm6aje4oYo1zhoDSPB6DXDeO_oyuLkvRxmbVt5RFi1ejPeMBgn4wNkfCDoqJaFO5LvMgCjLGYtaZVW8gZgs-LEqsk_ETkTMHiIp/s72-c/santa.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-5612741674031194417</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-24T09:17:11.869-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Personal</category><title>Great Sanitation Workers</title><description>This morning was trash day in my neighborhood. My daughter always points out the sound of the garbage truck as she eats her breakfast and I always go to a window to watch it do its work around our cul-de-sac. Today when I got to the window I noticed that a trash bag had fallen out of the garbage can he had just emptied into the truck. I was curious as to what he would do about this. There was also some other pieces of trash that had spilled on the ground. Now in California on trash day it wasn&#39;t unusual to have some garbage flying around the streets in the wind because the trash man had lost a couple pieces and hadn&#39;t bothered to pick it up. Here in Kansas, people seem to be more friendly and responsible of their actions. As I watched him, he jumped out of his truck and threw the bag in the truck. He then proceeded to pick up all the other trash around the area that had fallen out of the can and threw it all in the truck. Now, he knows that his job isn&#39;t glorious. Luckily the truck does most of the dirty work, but I really appreciated this sanitation worker who took the time to get out of the truck and pick up the trasah he spilled to help keep my street looking nice and clean!</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2008/11/great-sanitation-workers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-5349356165953439785</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-12T17:36:12.624-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Personal</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Proposition 8</category><title>Facts about Proposition 8 and LDS supporters</title><description>&lt;ol style=&quot;margin-top: 0in;&quot; type=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1226529751_36&quot;&gt;Mormons&lt;/span&gt; make up less than 2% of the population of California .  There are approximately 800,000 LDS out of a total population of approximately 34 million.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol style=&quot;margin-top: 0in;&quot; start=&quot;2&quot; type=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt;Mormon voters were less than 5% of the yes vote.  If one estimates that 250,000 LDS are registered voters (the rest being children), then LDS voters made up 4.6% of the Yes vote and 2.4% of the total Proposition 8 vote.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol style=&quot;margin-top: 0in;&quot; start=&quot;3&quot; type=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt;The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) donated no money to the Yes on 8 campaign.   Individual members of the Church were encouraged to support the Yes on 8 efforts and, exercising their constitutional right to free speech, donated whatever they felt like donating.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol style=&quot;margin-top: 0in;&quot; start=&quot;4&quot; type=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt;The No on 8 campaign raised more money than the Yes on 8 campaign.  Unofficial estimates put No on 8 at $38 million and Yes on 8 at $32 million, making it the most expensive non-presidential election in the country.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol style=&quot;margin-top: 0in;&quot; start=&quot;5&quot; type=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt;Advertising messages for the Yes on 8 campaign are based on case law and real-life situations.  The No on 8 supporters have insisted that the Yes on 8 messaging is based on lies. Every Yes on 8 claim is supported.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol style=&quot;margin-top: 0in;&quot; start=&quot;6&quot; type=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt;The majority of our friends and neighbors voted Yes on 8.   &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1226529751_37&quot;&gt;Los Angeles County&lt;/span&gt; voted in favor of Yes on 8.   &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1226529751_38&quot;&gt;Ventura County&lt;/span&gt; voted in favor of Yes on 8.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol style=&quot;margin-top: 0in;&quot; start=&quot;7&quot; type=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt;African Americans overwhelmingly supported Yes on 8.  Exit polls show that 70% of Black voters chose Yes on 8.  This was interesting because the majority of these voters voted for &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1226529751_39&quot;&gt;President-elect&lt;/span&gt; Obama.  No on 8 supporters had assumed that Obama voters would vote No on 8.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol style=&quot;margin-top: 0in;&quot; start=&quot;8&quot; type=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt;The majority of Latino voters voted Yes on 8.  Exit polls show that the majority of Latinos supported Yes on 8 and cited religious beliefs (assumed to be primarily Catholic).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol style=&quot;margin-top: 0in;&quot; start=&quot;9&quot; type=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt;The Yes on 8 coalition was a broad spectrum of religious organizations.   Catholics, Evangelicals, Protestants, Orthodox Jews, Muslims – all supported Yes on 8.  It is estimated that there are 10 million Catholics and 10 million Protestants in &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1226529751_40&quot;&gt;California&lt;/span&gt; .  Mormons were a tiny fraction of the population represented by Yes on 8 coalition members.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol style=&quot;margin-top: 0in;&quot; start=&quot;10&quot; type=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt;Not all Mormons voted in favor of Proposition 8.  Our faith accords that each person be allowed to choose for him or her self.  Church leaders have asked members to treat other members with &quot;civility, respect and love,&quot; despite their differing views. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol style=&quot;margin-top: 0in;&quot; start=&quot;11&quot; type=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt;The Church did not violate the principal of &lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1226529751_41&quot;&gt;separation of church and state&lt;/span&gt;.  This principle is derived from the &lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1226529751_42&quot;&gt;First Amendment to the United States Constitution&lt;/span&gt;, which reads, &quot;Congress shall make no law respecting an &lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1226529751_43&quot;&gt;establishment of religion&lt;/span&gt;, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . .&quot; The phrase &quot;separation of church and state&quot;, which does not appear in the &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1226529751_44&quot;&gt;Constitution&lt;/span&gt; itself, is generally traced to an 1802 letter by &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1226529751_45&quot;&gt;Thomas Jefferson&lt;/span&gt;, although it has since been quoted in several opinions handed down by the United States Supreme Court in recent years. The &lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1226529751_46&quot;&gt;LDS Church&lt;/span&gt; is under no obligation to refrain from participating in the political process, to the extent permitted by law.  U.S. &lt;span style=&quot;border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;&quot; class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1226529751_47&quot;&gt;election law&lt;/span&gt; is very clear that Churches may not endorse candidates, but may support issues.  The Church as always been very careful on this  matter and occasionally (not often) chooses to support causes that it feels to be of a moral nature.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 0.25in;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol style=&quot;margin-top: 0in;&quot; start=&quot;12&quot; type=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Calibri;font-size:12;&quot;  &gt;Supporters of Proposition 8 did exactly what the Constitution provides for all citizens:  they exercised their &lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1226529751_48&quot;&gt;First Amendment rights&lt;/span&gt; to speak out on an issue that concerned them, make contributions to a cause that they support, and then vote in the regular electoral process.  For the most part, this seems to have been done in an open, fair, and civil way.  Opponents of 8 have accused supporters of being bigots, liars, and worse.  The fact is, we simply did what Americans do – we spoke up, we campaigned, and we voted.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;It is sick that people are now protesting at places of worship for this church. It shows the lack of respect and tolerance they have towards people different from them.  It also shows the level of their character. These people are despicable.  They talk about being Christian and loving your neighbor and that&#39;s why we should have voted no on 8, but they sure don&#39;t practice what they preach. It&#39;s funny that they are holding up signs in protest that say stop the hate, when they themselves are in the process of practicing that same hate on a church. What hypocrites. If they do believe in Christianity then it is safe to say they will be held accountable for these actions one day. Good luck with that!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;image329&quot; src=&quot;http://freehogg.wordpress.com/files/2006/04/technorati.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Technorati&quot; /&gt; Technorati tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Proposition+8&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Proposition 8&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Prop+8+Protests&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Prop 8 Protests&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/LDS+Church&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;LDS Church&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Marriage&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Marriage&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Church&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Church&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2008/11/facts-about-proposition-8-and-lds.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-3193374998598091133</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-05T14:26:51.925-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Personal</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Proposition 8</category><title>Congratulations and Well Done!</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaft0c_DdhBdLvfkJc5oGolAdR1ZDtr1g61ezGDvbwCpfvd6_aAvdHEcv3VKBBmqVaSYFTKjxUq9UHCt0auVBC9vlacqYj27SdFRtcPq927ANbfKU8D6M7iWqj8cogeh88swJR4e_pKo/s1600-h/Prop+8+Final.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 381px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaft0c_DdhBdLvfkJc5oGolAdR1ZDtr1g61ezGDvbwCpfvd6_aAvdHEcv3VKBBmqVaSYFTKjxUq9UHCt0auVBC9vlacqYj27SdFRtcPq927ANbfKU8D6M7iWqj8cogeh88swJR4e_pKo/s400/Prop+8+Final.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265270637956759618&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to first say good job to Arizona and Florida for successfully passing a ban on gay marriage in their states. I think this was Arizona&#39;s second attempt at it so I&#39;m glad it succeeded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good job California for standing up for what you believe and having your voices be heard. I updated this map all night long and felt confident for most of the night. The 52% win was a little close, but a win is a win. I know this is all about population but it makes my heart happy to see that most of the acreage of California supports traditional marriage.  I&#39;m glad that the county I come from also passed Prop. 8 with a resounding YES! I hope that we may all be able to live with respect for each other and others beliefs. I&#39;m sure the fight isn&#39;t over, but for now we may live in peace and enjoy the God ordained definition of marriage. I wish nothing but the best for those that are struggling to accept this law. I hope the opposition can understand that we also were just fighting for what we believe in, and luckily this time the majority sided with us. Congratulations California!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;image329&quot; src=&quot;http://freehogg.wordpress.com/files/2006/04/technorati.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Technorati&quot; /&gt; Technorati tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/California&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;California&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Proposition+8+results&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Proposition  8 results&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Marriage&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Marriage&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Family&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Family&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://randomencountersofwe.blogspot.com/2008/11/congratulations-and-well-done.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (RandomEncounters)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaft0c_DdhBdLvfkJc5oGolAdR1ZDtr1g61ezGDvbwCpfvd6_aAvdHEcv3VKBBmqVaSYFTKjxUq9UHCt0auVBC9vlacqYj27SdFRtcPq927ANbfKU8D6M7iWqj8cogeh88swJR4e_pKo/s72-c/Prop+8+Final.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842515017113257864.post-5428140509322446568</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-04T09:51:27.487-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Personal</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Proposition 8</category><title>Today is the Day</title><description>Today is the Day!!! Happy Voting Day! Be sure and get out to vote so that you know, no matter how the day ends,  you at least had your voice and your opinion heard! Then you will know you tried your best to get what you want to happen in this country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And of course one last plug from me about Proposition 8! Vote YES on Prop. 8. It is important to keep the traditional family as the basic, fundamental unit of society. If prop. 8 fails then homosexuality will be taught in schools. Our children will be indoctrinated with this garbage so that in later years all these gay liberalists will have the votes to pass their agendas which will surely throw this country in the toilet.  It is important we teach in our homes to be respectful of all people, but that marriage is between one man and one woman, and nothing else is equal to that. That is how it has been for thousands of years and how it should continue. This may be the most important issue you vote on in your lifetime, so make the right choice, and make it count. Our children need you. Yes on Proposition 8.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don&#39;t let the opposition intimidate you into believing their case.  They are really good at preaching tolerance, yet not so good at practicing it. If they weren&#39;t so scared of losing this battle they wouldn&#39;t be keying cars, destroying and stealing signs, beating people up and all the other awful things they are doing. They, in fact, are scared. They know they are preaching lies on their side of the campaign. They know the Yes on 8 side is strong, and not backing down. Be strong. Don&#39;t be intimidated. 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