Susan is one of those rare gems of a friend,
She is a diamond in the rough, from beginning to end.
She is the emerald in the eye of the beholder,
She warms your heart, when it's gotten colder.
She is the ruby, the color of a true heart,
Our prayers and love, will never impart.

Susan, much love and prayers go out to you my dear dear friend. I hope you the best and may God bless you with an angel by your side.

You are the new dawn that brings light unto these pages...and the many smiles you have enhanced with your beautiful words. Beautiful as always my dear.

Aren't us dads wonderful...well most of us anyways. I know your dad loves you the way I love my daughters as well. I would do anything for them and will till my dying day. Good write and keep posting.

That was beautiful my dear...nicely written.

That was sweet seena..it reminded me of the song..Pennies From Heaven. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you all for your wonderful comments...Gianni...I'm not one that is an arguer or debater when it comes to religion, I just go with what I know from the Bible and in the beginning we all spoke one language, but when it came in the time of Nimrod and the Tower of Babel that he so wanted to build, that he thought he could be better than God, then God proved him wrong and destroyed it, sending people in all directions speaking in different languages, but yet, we are all His people and we are all His world. Regardless of where we started.

Let me make sure I clarified this right..It is just an opinionated poetic form poem. But all in all, what I was getting at, bring our troops home, for they are not the criminals. Let them train the deviants that would go over there and let them find Osama. The Iraqi's don't care who we are, whether we are black, white or whatever, they will do their best to kill us, no matter whether we are marines or death row inmates. It would save the tax payers lots of money by saving on meals for them while they sit and ponder if they will get an appeal or while they are waiting on the needle. And I have gone into deeper thought about this as well...before they go over there, we implant them with a chip, and that chip won't allow them back into the states because of a device in the chip that will blow if we see one on radar coming into the states. I know we have the technology.

Zanne and Artistic....prayers and respect to you and your sons for fighting for the cause and/or need, but what cause is it? Bush just decided he was going to put an all out man hunt on Osama and be done with it. Have we found him yet? How many men and women have died for that one Assama? And like I have said, it is just my opinion and yes, it may seem like the Dirty Dozen from years ago, and yes, it was a movie, but this is reality and it may work. Only one way to find out is to try it and see. Think of the money and lives we'd save. Shoot, the inmates wouldn't even have to go over there dressed as Marines or the Army...let them go in daily wear and blend in with the crowd. Those terrorists don't have any remorse for the ones they killed, so why would the inmates?

And Marc, you are right as well..if your state condones the death penalty...why waste time...go ahead and do away with them the next day. That in itself would save money. Treat them like they do the animals in an animal shelter. They don't have any say so on when they live or die, and they get put to sleep the next day when the decision is made.

Ok, I'm through...just opinionating...and ranting...because I'm tired of seeing lives killed at expense of one sorry arse man.

But Nessa, who does the viagra benefit...for it's all men prisons. Not co-ed...lol.

You are so kind Tazzy...thanks

Well we are Tazzy. Us taxpayers are paying for them to eat well, medical bills, for their exercise equipment, tv's and all of it, just so they can sit there while waiting on their time to die. It's a shame we have to pay the Government for all that when we could be using that money to send them to war and bring home our men to train them and let them go in their place.

Thank you Mandy sweetie...

And they should do it again today. I can see Oddball steering the tank now.

Thank you Tazzy, Mandy and seena...yes, you were right, it was instilled or driven by the hands of God and inspired as well by the Bible itself. Thank you for your wonderful comments.

Thank you Mandy and seena...glad you liked it. Hugs for you both.

Very nicely done seena. You must have come up with the idea at the same time I did. Read my post.

One World, Under God

It is said, we are one nation, under God
But that, I don't believe,
For we are a world, unto Him
In which we need to please.
For God doesn't just protect a nation
He watches all mankind,
He helps those that are weak
And those that may be blind.

For we are a brotherhood amongst many
Children are we all,
No matter what language we speak
We're all His, when He comes to call.
God is the keeper of our nation
But also to many,
For He made this great world
Of the land of plenty.

So when you sing, America the Beautiful
Or the Star Spangled Banner,
Remember who brought us those things
With His great manner.
But Louis Armstrong sung it best with
Oh What A Wonderful World,
Upon the many nations
With their flags, they unfurled.

Just a summation in poetic form, that I think would help solve the war problem over in Iran or Iraq. Just my opinion of course.

I Have An Idea
(That Just Might Work)

I have come up with an idea
That just might work,
Bring our troops home
So no more will get hurt.
Our prisons are over run
With death row inmates and the like,
How about train them
And put them to war to fight.

Give them the promise
That if they survive,
Nothing will be misconstrued
Or contrived.
Their life will be reprieved
If they chose to do so,
It will save the taxpayers money
If we let them go.

We are, as taxpayers
Paying for their meals they eat,
We are the ones
Going down in defeat.
Why let them sit in a cell
When they could be used elsewhere,
For the ones that they killed
They didn't show any care.

I know killing isn't right
But if we have to go to war,
Why not use the ones in jail
And let them settle the score?
No more paying of medical bills
Or supplying them with meals,
Let them serve a purpose
If they agree to the deals.

I believe that also
It will influence others that see,
If they commit a crime
Then war is where they'll be.
This is my own opinion
So how do you feel?
Do you think it will work
If we give them a deal?

That was beautiful Mandy. Our children will always remain the light of our eyes. Nicely written.

That was truly beautiful Tabby. Loved it.

Nicely written pondering Kristi. One of the hardest questions to answer.