It is good to greet one and all on this Friday, October 9, 2009. I do hope you are well. Here in our area we are expecting a big bad weather front beginning around noon. We could be in for a very bumpy ride for a few hours as the sweltering summer time temps collide with much cooler air. Sweltering is not an exaggeration. Yesterday morning I checked the local reporting station and it had us at 81 with a feels like of 88. That was before daybreak! By 6 p.m. today we are supposed to be in the low sixties with some fifties forecasted for tomorrow. My eldest son and I were visiting about this last night. He loves the cooler weather like I do but over the years he has developed the same skepticism about those who do the weather predictions. We forget they are actually sales people who need you to stay tuned and have a reason to keep watching. By teasing this weather event or another, they do their thing but never have to be held accountable for anything they said. That's when my feels like nearly blows a gasket.Does it seem like the hype over the swine (pig) (H1N1) flu is a little over the top? In Great Britain they claim one particular drug company is trading in fear mongering while ch
arging $10 for the vaccine which cost them $1.60 to produce. Here in the states I read that some 40% of parents are on the fence about whether to have their children given the shot. I also saw where they are expecting a production level of somewhere near 300 million doses, therefore, we do know there is a whopping amount of money involved. This administration is certainly pushing it for all it's worth and we've been conditioned over time to be manipulated by coordinated drives designed to get us to do what they want us to do. Since us old folks who do not have a special condition are in the low priority group, I suppose we have a little more time to evaluate the situation. And, that's exactly what we should do! Read, study, listen, and do our very best to make an informed decision, because whether it's forecasting the weather or trying to stir up demand for a vaccine, we need to always look for the profit motive involved.
arging $10 for the vaccine which cost them $1.60 to produce. Here in the states I read that some 40% of parents are on the fence about whether to have their children given the shot. I also saw where they are expecting a production level of somewhere near 300 million doses, therefore, we do know there is a whopping amount of money involved. This administration is certainly pushing it for all it's worth and we've been conditioned over time to be manipulated by coordinated drives designed to get us to do what they want us to do. Since us old folks who do not have a special condition are in the low priority group, I suppose we have a little more time to evaluate the situation. And, that's exactly what we should do! Read, study, listen, and do our very best to make an informed decision, because whether it's forecasting the weather or trying to stir up demand for a vaccine, we need to always look for the profit motive involved.I'm not saying we should live in a morose state of distrust to the extent that it causes us to be downcast and disagreeable all the time. I've met people like that and they are not very pleasant to be around. I'm talking about doing our best to get the facts. Asking questions. Getting advice from a variety of sources. I heard last week about a Church that may end up having to sell their building and property because a supposed friend of the Pastor had included some questionable terms buried in their original loan papers. This loan was arranged by a man thought to be a trustworthy friend but this potentially devastating outcome could easily have been avoided had the Church
leadership sought outside review and counsel regarding the transaction they signed. I've been there and done similar things myself, more than once. It was President Reagan who said about the treaty with the Russians: "We will trust but verify their compliance." My first choice is typically to believe what people tell me and to consider them to be honest until proven otherwise. However, when it comes to our government, advertisers, and sadly, our modern press, we need to look before we leap, and my advice is to lean heavily on the verification activity! Okay, that's enough gloom and doom to usher in our Saturday and Lord's Day Sunday. But it just might give us all something to think about. May God bless you all. Amen. ...More later.
leadership sought outside review and counsel regarding the transaction they signed. I've been there and done similar things myself, more than once. It was President Reagan who said about the treaty with the Russians: "We will trust but verify their compliance." My first choice is typically to believe what people tell me and to consider them to be honest until proven otherwise. However, when it comes to our government, advertisers, and sadly, our modern press, we need to look before we leap, and my advice is to lean heavily on the verification activity! Okay, that's enough gloom and doom to usher in our Saturday and Lord's Day Sunday. But it just might give us all something to think about. May God bless you all. Amen. ...More later.
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