“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.” Mark Twain

Hello friends, neighbors, and any who may have fallen on your keyboard and somehow hit a bunch of keys causing you to land on today's episode. It's Monday, November 12, 2012, and I bring greetings to one and all. We live in a world where the trillion dollar number is bantered about like it really isn't that big of a deal. Here a trillion, there a trillion, and pretty soon we begin to lose contact with just how big that number is. One scientist calculated an example this way: If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion! Maybe that's why the folks in Washington are taking so long to deal with the budgetary issues that plague our nation. We also are constantly being told that we have an obesity problem here in our country. It's little wonder when you think about how that licking one postage stamp takes 1/3 of a calorie. Obviously, there's not that many of us licking postage stamps anymore. And, just in case you are interested in having your plate and eating it too, there is a company in Taiwan that makes edible plates out of wheat. Are you tired yet? Me too.

The other day I was tooling on down one of those Texas Farm-to-Market roads. I was behind an older fellow and it was pretty clear that he was more suited for farm than market. The speed limit was 55 MPH but he was talking on his cell phone, waving his free hand, and weaving here and there as he punctuated his conversation. All of that at about 40 MPH and oblivious to the world. It was, after all, from his way of looking at it, his road. He finally did one of those slow slanted left turns. You know the kind that take at least 40 seconds to complete. He was at the feed store. I enjoy going down roadways like that one. The fields are vast. I did see a number of trailers loaded down with round bales of hay. A. J. Foyt, the famous race car driver, has a huge spread out that way. People like that farmer fellow are not so much impressed with folks like me who just rolled off the interstate where everyone was doing 75-80. Not impressed at all. It shows. There were no places to pass so I didn't have much choice but to be the first in line of the convoy he had gathered behind him. Forced me to slow down a little myself. I paid a little more attention to those fields, some cattle grazing, and those big tractors being serviced for their next duty cycle. I suppose oblivious is not such a bad way to make your way on down the road of life.

I know many folks who are still licking their wounds from this most recent electoral defeat. One of the things we do not want to do is to overestimate this loss. The map represents the votes cast in last week's election. The Red reflects Republicans, conservatives, and those independents who added their voices and their votes for a change in Washington. The Blue reflects areas won by the Democrats. The Blue won with an estimated 68 million, while the Red put forth an estimated 65 million. Therefore, I say look at that map and think. Don't let anyone tell you that this amount of Red doesn't matter. The mainstream media has pronounced conservatism as being out of touch with America's vision on social issues and essentially it is now a thing of the past. Some have even said it is dead. Not everything done under the name of the Republican Party is right, but, for those issues that are grounded in the truth based on what we know God's word to teach, well, folks, we need to continue to persevere, regardless of election outcomes. Why? Because we do not answer to the New York Times, the so called media elites, network television, or others who seek to impose their version of morality. Instead, we answer to the Creator Himself as to our conduct in the life He has provided to us. That's why! Will we become an ever shrinking minority as we do continue to stand? We most likely will, but, what's that got to do with thus says the Word of the Lord? I've said all of that to say this: Don't be discouraged because I have some really great news. I read the back of the Book and we, along with all of God's people, we win! Amen.       .....More later.