Kellogg's Korner

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I am a reading man, have been as long as I can remember. Recently, in the last year, our oldest daughter started reading full books on her own. Reading is a great thing, especially for kids. It gives them a change to use their imaginations. My personal feeling is that much of the toys and games of today stifle the imagination. Many of them take away the thinking and problem solving aspect of playing. This is creating a generation of people that can’t think for themselves or thing outside the box. It makes for easily manipulated people.

I have seen three movies that were advertized recently which were originally kids books. The movies where Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, How To Train Your Dragon. These books were originally written for 8 – 12 year olds. These movies give kids an option to do things the easy way. One one ever succeeds in th world doing things the easy way.

In the past year eight other kids books have been made into movies. Many of these movies have been good movies, especially for people of the age that the books were written for. The problem is, in my opinion, that given the option kids will wait for the movie to come out instead of ever reading. This takes away the ability for form the picture and characters themselves. It also takes way an learning opportunity. When my child is reading they are often presented with words that they may not be introduced to in a scholastic environment. Reading books in the place of watching to movie build a child’s vocabularies and a fashion that can not be achieved without such activities.

I have come to a disision that if a movie is made from a kids book and my daughter wants to see it, she will first have to read the book. May of you may think this will destroy the movie experience. This may be true, I know that I often like to book more than the movie. If that is the case I will be presenting my child with the better of the two experiences. That and it is less expensive to buy a book that they may end up not liking than going to a movie that is not enjoyable.

Take the time to see if there is a book that you next kids movie is based on and have them read it. If they are not old enough to read themselves, read it to them as a bed time story. You may find that there are many other good books by the same author that may never make it to film. Just think about what you and your kids may be missing by just going to see the movie.

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Snopes.com Check

This one has some truth to it, but without names it can not all be verified as true. This originated in 1999.

NBA versus NFL or what? U gotta love this…..

GUESS WHICH ONE…….

Even if you aren’t a sports fan this is very interesting!

36 have been accused of spousal abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
19 have been accused of writing bad checks
117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
3 have done time for assault
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges

8 have been arrested for shoplifting
21 currently are defendants in lawsuits,
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year

Can you guess which organization this is?
NBA Or NFL?

Give up yet?
Scroll down,

Neither, it’s the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group of Idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line.

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Today we tried something new for us, Stir-fry. This was a little more expensive than most of our meals due to the fact that we used top-round for the steak. This was a good meal , one even Angel said she liked (even though she did not eat all her beef).

One change that we make here was replacing the rice with potatoes.  I am sure this is excellent with the rice, but we forgot to pick some up when we were at the store.  A definite 4 star meal, cook your family up some of this. It is worth the effort.

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Doctors Urging for a Safer, Choke-Free Hot Dog

I finally got around to reading the news last night and came across and article that I has to just laugh at. They want the federal government to force food manufacturers to add a choking warning to food. Foods mentions in the article are, candy, gum, hot dogs, apples, and other non-food items. The numbers they give do not reach the numbers I would thing necessary to move any organization to actions to change the labeling on food. Only 100 children a year are killed by choking, and those are children 14 years and younger. Lets get real here, Smoking had to kill 5 million people a year to get its warning pushed through.

Lets think about this fo a second. Why are they topping the numbers at age 14, when not check on how many people of all ages choking kills each year? Is there some magic that happens at age 14 that suddenly makes us immune to the choking hazard in food? Then again why are they looking as such a large age rang? Toy choking hazards are warning for 3 years and younger most of the time.

The suggested fix for this food choking hazard it to cut the food into pea sized bits for our children, apparently yo include those up to age 14. In reality food is a choking hazard through your entire life. There is no point where you will suddenly never choke again.

You also ned to look at the fact that people choke on Stake, hamburgers, pizza, anything that you take a bit out of. Why label the individual foods? why not just post a big sign outside the supermarket telling people that they could choke on any food item that is consumded that is larger than a pea.

lets get real here, I am not going to cut my children’s food into pea-sized chuncks for the rest of the time they live with me. instead we will eat as a family, as things should be, and I will see if they choke on food and save them if I need to.

No matter whether there is a warning on food products or not, they will pose a choking hazard for our entire lives. If we force our government to mandate that common knowledge should be listed on food labels it will do nothing but raise our taxes to pay for the effort needed to save 100 children out of 4 million born each year. The number just don’t add up in my book.

One of my problems is that so many people want the government to tell them every little thing. Are we so stupid that we need the government to tell us that we can choke on things that go down our throats? Lets get real here, everyone knows you can choke on food, we don’t need to be told this. Also, if you are still cutting up the food for your teenager you might want to take them in and get them checked out.

Stop wasting our tax money trying to get common knowledge added to labels and grow your own brain. Think for yourself and most things will just make sence. Coffee is served hot and can burn you, people can choke on food, and shooting a man with a gun can kill them. We don’t need laws to tell us this. Learn how to use a gun and teach you children about them, don’t spill your coffee in your lap, and chew your food before you swallow.

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As many of you Know I am an active member of the U.S. Army reserves. I have been since my ETS from Active Army. My first year in the reserves was a bit bumpy, but I found a Unit here in Columbus that I think will work out for me. As of October 2009 I am a member of the 412th Civil Afears Battalion, Whitehall, Ohio. I have been officially attending Battle Assemblies with tem for five months now. So far I feel that this is agreat Unit.

This weekend the 412th went to Ft. Knox for Weapons Qualification. All of the Unit that has not been activated arrived early Friday morning. I showed up a bit earlier than most, due to the fact I had just gotten off night shift at 06:00.

The first big part of any qualification is weapons draw. Each soldier goes to the arms room and signs out their assigned weapon. each soldier is assined their own weapon so that any sight adjustments made for that person will be presuved from one qualification to the next. Weapons draw did not go as smoothly as pland, due to personal issues for other soldiers there was only one person authorized to sign out weapons. We were able to sign out all our weapons prior to the bus arrival, so it did not delay are departure for Ft. Knox.

We loaded on to buses by company. Due to weather conditions all the airborne troops were not able to make a jump into Ft. Knox, so they had to load on the bus. This made for full busses. This was not an issue due to that fact that most of us were going to sleep on the way to Ft. Knox anyway.

On the way out we tried to start a Movie for those that did not plan on sleeping (got to love charter buses), but their was no sound. After trying another DVD I check the cables, which were not connected properly. Once that was fixed the trip when smoothly, almost.

About 30 mile from Ft. Knox our bus ran out of gas. apparently we had a new driver. He did not know if the tank was filled before he left, and had forgotten the charger for the radio the company uses to call maintenance. about half hour later (and one attempt to get fuel from a local gas station) the second bus returned to pick us up. We managed to arrive just in time to make it into the Chow Hall before it closed.

And that was the end of the First day.

The Next day was the QUalification rang. This was the second time I have used a Combat Optics sight on an M16-A2. YOu may remember my first, I did not think highly of it. This time I was able to finally zero the sight correctly, which made all the difference. I was able to QUalify with 30/40. The only time I had an issue was in the pron-unsupported firing position. I think I have found a way to improve that position next time I qualify.

The qualification rang took most of the day. The endo f the day was taken by classes required by the DoD.The day was over for us after the classes we complete. Sunday was just the return trip. Over all it was a good BAttle Assembly. Unit cohesion and team building is excellent within 412 CA BN. We also qualified 100% of all firing soldiers at this rang.

After being to the rang I have thought about teaching the girls about firearms, what they are and how to use them. I feel that one of the biggest problems with children and firearms is that they are not tought about them. Many children( mostly boys) are given toy gons and ever see the use of a real weapon.

With this in mind I want to take the time to let the girls know how dangerous real weapons are, and hopefully instill in them a respect and knowledge of how to use them properly, either for hunting or self defence.

The right to bare arms if one of our constitutional right, and I feel that our nations children are not educated enough about weapons, which is why they may accidently hurt or kill others when they “Play” with firearms. Teach them early an they will know how to properly use a weapon, neglect this teaching and you may regret it in the future. If they know the respect and fear due to a real weapon, they will know what to do if they have a friend that does no know, and it may save their life.

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I got this one from my family also. As I do with all items Like this I did some fact checking. I don’t like Mr. Obama either, but so far there is not proof or grounds for the Birthers who want to question his claim to eligibility by birth. This is full of misleading and blatantly false information. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/occidental.asp. Here is a link to http://amfoi.wordpress.com/ The organization the “released” the documents.

Sorry Guys, we may not like him, we may not have voted him in, we may even regret voting him in, But legally he has every right to be there. The Birth Certificates are real and these documents are fake. If you don’t like what he is doing to our country, don’t vote for him in 2012. Also, remember that he is still at the mercy of congress when all is said and done.

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Finally, some documents…

Thought you would be interested in this….

Only in America !

Indonesia, Left to Right: Lolo Soetoro, Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro, baby Maya Soetoro, and 9 year old Barry Soetoro.

This registration document, made available on Jan. 24, 2007, by the Fransiskus Assisi school in Jakarta, Indonesia, shows the registration of Barack Obama under the name Barry Soetoro made by his stepfather, Lolo Soetoro.

Name: Barry Soetoro
Religion: Islam
Nationality: Indonesian

How did this little INDONESIAN Muslim child – Barry Soetoro, (A.K.A. Barack Obama) – get around the issue of nationality to become President of the United States of America ?

In a move certain to fuel the debate over Obama’s qualifications for the presidency, the group “Americans for Freedom of Information” has released copies of President Obama’s college transcripts from Occidental College .

The transcript indicates that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro, received financial aid as a foreign student from Indonesia while an undergraduate at the school. The transcript was released by Occidental College in compliance with a court order in a suit brought by the group in the Superior Court of California. The transcript shows that Obama (Soetoro) applied for financial aid and was awarded a fellowship for foreign students from the Fulbright Foundation Scholarship program. To qualify for this scholarship, a student must claim foreign citizenship.

This document provides the smoking gun that many of Obama’s detractors have been seeking - that he is NOT a natural-born citizen of the United States – necessary to be President of these United State s. Along with the evidence that he was first born in Kenya , here we see that there is no record of him ever applying for US citizenship.

Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation has released the results of their investigation of Obama’s campaign spending. This study estimates that Obama has spent upwards of $950,000 in campaign funds in the past year with eleven law firms in 12 states for legal resources to block disclosure of any of his personal records.

Mr. Kreep indicated that the investigation is still on-going but that the final report will be provided to the U.S. attorney general, Eric Holder.

Mr. Holder has refused comment on this matter.

LET OTHER FOLKS KNOW THIS NEWS – THE MEDIA WON’T!

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