A new national awakening is dawning on the eating of saturated fats!

On the heels of the national news that saturated fats, (long discouraged by many health experts) is not as bad as once thought, I bring you this. Why? Two major studies now have indicated that the original 1960's documents put forth to link saturated fats with heart disease were bogus, to put it mildly.

Thusly and with renewed hope, I now plan to sally forth with a modified version of the Paleo diet!

What if your government is feeding you a load of crap?

Here's the deal. Both mainstream vegans and the Paleo people both agree that processed foods are not particularly good for long term health! And, they are both in agreement that many of the fast food carbohydrate based cookies, crackers and chips are not the best for us to eat either short term or long term. What they do agree on is for everyone to eat m ore fresh vegetables, fruits and some 'unprocessed' fresh meats, poultry and fish. (Just so happens, this is what we ate as a species, for a million years or more before the advent of our agrarian settlement about ten thousand years ago).

To that end, I have put together the following simple 'splash, dice and dash' recipe for a simple and healthy stir fry!

Ingredients:

Low lean to fat, no heart disease or tooth decay!

82 grams beef, cut into small pieces

60 grams bell pepper, cut into strips

60 grams onion, cut into strips

1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

1 tsp oregano

1 tbsp olive oil

Optional additions:

Diced tomatoes

Pineapple chunks

Mushrooms, okra, celery....

whatever, use your imagination!

Directions: Add the oil, heat on medium high, add the rest of the ingredients, cook for about four minutes and serve! Sides can include an egg and toast! Note: I often throw this together in the time it takes to toast the bread!

Obama looks royally on as the US Economy shrinks!

DO NOT PANIC! Obama is all over this!

The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter for the first time in three years as it buckled under the weight of a severe winter, but there are signs activity has since rebounded. Read the entire article at http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy-policy/2014/05/29/chilly-1q-us-economy-contracts-for-first-time-since-11/

My thought: Yes, it was that mean old winter that's caused all our problems. The new Teflon Don otherwise known as Obama maintains that he has done absolutely nothing....and you know what? I can believe that!

The cost of Chili has gone up!

With days and days of overcast weather in the forecast, I thought it might be a good idea to crank out a bowl or two of chili. But, wait! The cost...she's a gone up!

These days I like to make what I'd call 'Fast n Simple' chili. There are just four main ingredients; a pound of hamburger, a can each of petite diced tomatoes and kidney beans and a package of
McCormick Original Chili mix. After browning the hamburger and draining off the grease, everything is combined in a small ceramic-iron pot and then cooked on low for about an hour. Simple!

And, at about a dollar a serving, this still a pretty tasty dish in these troubled times.What did a bowl of red cost a few years ago? I'm not sure, but I can assure you it was a lot less!

Is it becoming more and more Helter Skelter out there? Can you feel it?

Back in November of 1968, the Beatles released a ninth album called 'The Beatles', but which many knew as the White Album. In it was a sound titled Helter Skelter that was made infamous by the crazed antics of a man by the name of Charles Manson. In August of that same year, two sets of murders occurred and it was in the Labianca home that one of the killers mis-wrote the words "Healter [sic] Skelter" on a refrigerator in that home. Fortunately, the vision of social chaos that Charlie Manson envisioned never came to pass.... that was then.

Fast forward a few decades to the here and now and what do we see? Racists and racism is very much alive and well, perhaps even thriving. Muslim extremists, for instance, would love to perform a little bit of Helter Skelter on the Christians among us and, on occasion, they have succeeded. The Media no longer seeks out and reports the truth, they report their version of the truth. Don't like what you hearing on one channel, merely change it to another for a different version of reality. Even our own President has been caught in repeated lies, half truths and deceptions that seem to grow almost daily in number. 'If you like your plan, you can keep your plan period.' Oh really? More White House scandals anyone? We're at 24 and counting!

The truth be told, America is now edging more closer to a major societal breakup, than it has at anytime in our history, in my opinion. Even the horrors of the Civil War may pale in comparison to the road we seem to now be on. After all, a country that loses it's connection with God is a truly lost country. A country that tolerates homosexuality is aberrant. A country that turns its back on its allies is not trustworthy any longer. A country that is run 'on the fly' by a delusional leader (Obama) and a left sided Congress is a country getting ready to fly apart!

Here's a forecast you all - Over the next several months, June thru Sept - the stock market will tank horribly. The Fed will then attempt to increase the printing off more money to offset a capsizing ship of state, something they've already been doing for six years! Stagflation will quickly follow on the heals.... and then my friends....

Conway Twitty - Rainy Night in Georgia!

I always get goosebumps and I think this was taped in Branson, not positive. That video guy, I do think he was a bit shaky, however...

God knows, I'm Mr. Blue...The Fleetwoods!

This song goes out to JE, my first love as a young tow-headed simple boy!

'The reality that separates the child, the boy, the adult and the old man
is the intensity of each individuals physical existence and memory of such, as we each race through our brief time on this earth!

'The child lives for each single moment alone. The boy or girl, envisions moments that are yet to come. The adult coldly calculates meaningless gains.. And, the old man? Well... He ponders the mistakes made by those others!'
My edit - Mar, 2019...

Bee Gees with Too Much Heaven!

Only Barry is left now - still a most magical time!
Outside, the rains fall on the just and the unjust, and in equal fashion. It's just sad to see the real miracles of our time fade away....this post goes out to Joann Roddy, a lady I knew very long ago!