i dont think i've updated in a while?

nothin much has changed i guess!

we had reallyyyy scary/bad tornado warnings on saturday =\ i was SO scared. i was actually shaking. the sound of the "tornado warning" sirens wailing throughout our streets was something i really didnt wanna hear all night long =( i barely got any sleep, and before we knew it it was time to get up and meet my parents at the colonnade for mother's day lunch!

mother's day was good :) i sent my mommy pretty flowers on friday while she was working and that was a BIG surprise to her. she loved it. yesterday jarred and i met up with my parents, grandma and his mom @ the colonnade restaurant.  after a yr and a half now, our parents finally met his mom! =) who knows when they'll meet his dad since he lives in alabama. =( but anyway, it was nice. we were worried haha b/c my parents can be CRAZY but they behaved so it was all good :)

when we said our goodbyes, jarred and i headed up to lenox mall to walk around and go to the apple store.  we're savin up to buy logic studio so he can start recording his album! we have SO much stuff to do... and we have SO much we need to buy =( ughhh and on top of that, both of my laptops have pretty much crashed. my old old oldd toshiba got horrible viruses on it so i had it restored, which was ok b/c there wasn't anything on it really. just used it for surfing the net and whatever.  my gooooood laptop (well, it's like almost 3 yrs old prob) w/ EVERYTHING on it, won't start up anymore =( i'm pretty sure it's b/c of a software update (b/c i restarted it after updating and it wouldn't work after that), sooooo hopefully the guy i gave it to can fix it.  i'm pretty good at saving all my stuff on CDs, but there's prob 2-3 week's worth of stuff on there that i didn't save (pictures), sooo that kinda sucks. i don't really delete things off my camera tho until i save em to CD, but ehh i might have deleted some =\ so here's hopin' i can get some of my info off that computer in case it crashes completely. i miss my good computers =(

so, i didnt get the job =( they said i didn't have enough "true" marketing experience.  which IS true (they wanted 2-4 yrs and i have about a yr and a half), but GOSHHHHHHHHHHHH. i mean, why can't they freakin count college? lol. our classes were practically lil marketing departments during senior yr. not really, but man... this sucks.

i found out earlier this week and almost cried ;( i was SOO excited at the thought of getting outta my current job and getting closer to home and working for an amazing company. but nope, not anymore! i've applied to a few more jobs there (they seriously post like 50 new ones a day or something) but i'm not expecting to hear anything for a while. it's taken like 2 yrs now to get an interview there so i'm not countin on hearin back from them for a while. what a weird place lol. they take SO long in their hiring process.  the nice HR girl who i was in contact with a lot @ turner sayyyys that she'll contact me if she sees anything that'd be a good fit. i doubt it but it's a nice thought at least. =(

so, here i am... haha.

anyway... i'm so mad @ american idol!! they kicked off carly andddd i kinda dont wanna watch anymore, but i know i will. cant help it. i'm rooting for the girls tho. i cant STAND the guys, haha.  last night we had... 12 or 13 ppl @ our house last night (i swear our house really is a frat house) and they were ALL pissed or shocked carly left and we allllllllllllllllll thought jason was going home. why didnt heeee? blah. but yeah, anyway, last night was fun.  i love how it always kinda feels like we're havin a party @ our place, but we're really not... since 5 of us live there, and since kt's always over, that makes 6 ppl. so when we're all in the same room and drinkin or goin out for dinner as one big happy family it's SO weird! i feel like we're an entourage hahaha. idk it's nice havin a big group of ppl to be w/ all the time tho. i know 6 isnt THAT big but it is to me... it used to just be me and jarred all the time during the week @ our old house, and then on weekends we'd be w/ friends. but now it's like full house during the week and on weekends it's just me and jarred lol nobody's ever home!! so yeah, last night we come home from trivia and finally introduce our friend dbl l to our other roommie ashley who he's never met... and as we're walkin in we can see ashley and all her friends upstairs playin beer pong LOL and he's like, "this is a frat house!!" and we're like, "EVERYONE says that!" so idk, it's just funny to me. omg.. but last night was crazy. at one point we ended up hangin out in the attic (???) and then loner the cat got loose up there and we had to crawl around on the lil planks of wood to find her... w/o falling into the pink stuff everywhere which would prob mean that we'd fall thru the ceiling.. lol. we found her tho! and on top of that everyone was wasted. i'm shocked we didnt fall thru...

and we SUCKED at trivia last night. so bad that we left before it was over. it was terribleeeeeeeee. anyway, in other news... amanda's visiting at the end of may! YAY! =) then she can just move here ;P hey amanda... there's actually a duplex for rent RIGHT next door to us! hahaha. we thought it was just a normal house, but apparently it's a duplex. move!!! =P

k well i'm leavin.. i think i'm goin home! margaritas & mexican food tonight! woohoo!!! =D

ugh i want this job so bad :( i'm like almost sick lol b/c i cant wait any longer to hear from HR. ahhhhhhhhhh =(

( benefits i desperately NEED and desperately WANT, lol )

please cross your fingers for me! =\

I GOT A 2ND INTERVIEW W/ TURNER!!

i'm so excited :)

it's tuesday... i have to re-do my old and crappy portfolio from college, print out my resume and references and cover letter and letter of recommendation andddddddddddd yep, lots to do! she almost made it for tomorrow (yikes!) but thankfully it's on tuesday, phew.

they just sent me directions to their place and other lil info :) they're gonna have a visitor's pass waiting for me when i get there :) awww, yay!

wish me luck! i REALLY need it =O i'm afraid it's a tough position lol so i'm really stretching here. i think she said the pay scale is in the mid 30s (a yr). so yikes. i feel like i'm more qualified for those jobs that are in the mid 20s haha. so who knows...!

[edit: in case youre wondering, yes, the phone interview went really well! it was only like 15 mins long, lol. and she said i might not hear anything until next week if not later, but uh she called me early this morning to tell me i'm moving on to the next level, crazy! =) i was SO nervous at the beginning of the phone interview... like shaking lol. but then i calmed down after the first couple of questions. i just didnt know what to expect! and i really need a job BAD b/c i definitely need some benefits, ahh, and i def. need a job i enjoy going to every day!]

..........can't i have hair like this?

hahaha i love photoshop.

i tried to make it look as natural as i could... it's hard!!! but yeah, man i wish i could have long purdy hair just outta nowhere!!



lmao i know it looks REALLY weird/fake but if you just look @ it as a whole then it doesnt look that bad... ??? oh well, haha.

ok, so good news... i FINALLY got a response on a job i applied for!!! i'm really nervous about this one, because I honestly don't feel very qualified. =\ but they called me so i'll go with it.  plus, it's with freakin turner broadcasting... you know how happy that makes me?! i've been wanting to work there for the longest time!!!! i applied for jobs @ cartoon network (jobs i was actually very confident in), adult swim, etc... but this one is for turner sports new media. so if i could at least get IN turner then maybe i can move around the company eventually and work for cartoon network or something =)

anyway, so i have a phone interview set for wed. at 1 pm.  i'm so nervous! i've never done a phone interview before. i'm MUCH better at in-person stuff, i guess, and the phone is so awkward to me lol b/c you can't see the other person and you can't tell if they're gonna talk blah blah blah so we might start saying stuff @ the same time and cut each other off... you know what i mean? ah anyway, i'm gonna read up on some phone interview stuff so i can be ready.

but other than that, any of you guys ever done one before and have any advice? =)

here's my job info, btw! i really really hope it goes well. i DESPERATELY need a better job.

Posting Job
Title: Interactive Marketing Communications Coordinator, Marketing - PGA
TimeWarner Division:  Turner Broadcasting
Location: United States - Georgia - Atlanta
Requisition #98498BR
Position Type:  Full Time
Posting Job Description:
Qualifications: Two - four years of relevant marketing experience. (i have almost 2 yrs, eep!) Minimum of one year online marketing experience (definitely have that!). Sports marketing experience preferred (eep!). Agency experience preferred (EEP!); Experience working with ad serving/trafficking systems preferred (uhhh..?!). Bachelors degree in Marketing, Advertising or Communications (check!). Demonstrated ability to manage projects and coordinate marketing campaigns. Strong communication skills, Detail oriented; organizational problem solving; time management skills; ability to work independently; Organized, creative, a quick learner, a team player, willing to take initiative/ be proactive. Proficient Computer Skills- Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word. (got it!)

The Marketing Coordinator will assist the Turner Sports New Media marketing department develop and execute various marketing campaigns for PGATOUR.com and PGA.com and related partners. This will entail writing creative briefs, coordinating delivery of assets between the creative team and web developers; working with event planning group on various offsite events; and supporting NASCAR.com at Atlanta based events. The coordinator will also assist with the development of presentations for senior management and sales/business development. The coordinator will assist production and budget/invoice tracking. The coordinator will assist with development and implementation of PGATOUR.com email and newsletter campaigns (newsletter! sounds like what i do now). The coordinator will be responsible for scheduling and trafficking ads as well as advertising reporting and tracking. In addition, the coordinator will manage sweepstakes or other promotional efforts.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers.

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ah, sounds fun!! wish me luck!!!

http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html

ohhhhhhh google and their lil jokes! haha. it's crazy the amount of work they put into their jokes.  if you click thru all the links it's pretty crazy how in-depth they go!!! if you go in the FAQs and go to the last one and click around youll find the "april fools" part =)

ANYWAY...

sam is coming tomorrow! yayyyy!!! mr sam was supposed to come thursday but is now coming tomorrow sooo now we can play trivia @ mellow mushroom on wed. andddd on thursday we can eat @ los loros for delish mexican food and margaritas! i havent gotten drunk off their margaritas in a longgg time... i'm excited. then whoooo knows what we're gonna do. all i know is we're gonna have fun! =) it's been FOREVER.

also...

i got an early bday present!!! jarred got me tickets to see jerry seinfeld do stand-up @ the fox theater!!! i cannot WAIT. it's not until may 2nd tho, but still... ahh i'm so excited. we hafta see the 10pm show b/c the 7pm was already sold out, so man... i'm glad we at least get to go. YAY! he's the besttttttttttttttttttt!!! <333 (jarred's the best, not jerry, haha, but jerry's pretty cool too!)

i know most of yall heard about the tornadoes in atlanta, so i just wanted to share a picture that was sent to me.


Look to the tallest skyscraper on the left side of the picture. Just to the right of that building is supposedly the tornado.

it's so crazy all of this happened. i still havent seen any damage at all tho. it's just in areas i don't go to often.  it was scary the night it happened tho... we were just sittin around watchin tv (decided we werent gonna go out that night so we just sat around drinkin lol) and hail started hitting our windows... and we could hear the lil tornado siren thing. now thattt was scary.

the weather has been pretty scary lately. crazyyyy loud thunderstorms and now tornadoes. eep.

i wish i could find more pictures like the one i posted... but i guess there aren't any surfacing yet.  there's a ton of pics of the damage tho.

i did find a video and it shows crazy hail! and crazy skies...


can't really see much tho.

ok idk why i'm tellin this story now, b/c it happened MONTHS ago, but i just thought about it and it made me "lol" here @ work so i thought i'd tell it real quick...

jarred's brother was in town with his 2 daughters, haven & abby, they're both really young, like... haven is 4? and the abby is...3? i dont know.  so allll of us were @ jarred's mom's house hangin out.

well, haven will just CLING to me and jarred when we're around so it was CRAZY. lil abby was tryin to play the piano, haven was wantin to play a million games with us, jarred's brother and his wife were yellin back and forth to each other, blah blah blah... and jarred's mom's dog, bridgett, was barking like CRAZYYY b/c of all the commotion.

finally, everyone got mad b/c of all the noise and jarred's mom was like, "BRIDGETT!!! stop barking before you have an aneurysm!!!" (lol i'm already laughing).

and haven was like, "wha wha what's an.. aneurysmmmmm?"

and everyone kinda ignored her, and she kept asking, "heyyy what's an aneurysmmm!"

and i was like, "it means that bridgett will shoot RAINBOWS out of her mouth if she has one!!"

LOL you should have seen her face, it was hilarious. i mean, it's prob not even that funny, but i have the hardest time telling that story b/c i start laughing SO hard i start crying. i just wish everyone coulda seen her face. she couldnt BELIEVE what i just said, hahahaha. she didn't even say anything back, she just kinda stared at me for a minute lol and then jarred's mom just put bridgett up for a lil while so she could calm down. lmao.

why do people put the letter "s" at the end of every store or restaurant name?

it's not...

krogerS
longhornS
belkS
JC PenneyS

or anything like that! grr. i can't think of anymore, but ohhh i know they're out there! b/c ppl put an "s" at the end of EVERYTHING. haha.

i didn't even realize i was doing it until i started working @ roly poly (back in 2002).  i answered the phone on my first day of work and said, "roly poly's! how may i help you?" and when i got off the phone i was informed that it's not roly poly'S it's simply roly poly. hahaha. it made perfect sense after that! and then i started noticing that EVERYONE says "krogers." lmao.

for the longest time i called longhorn, longhornS. blah. and the only reason i just thought about all of this is b/c we're eating at longhorn tonight to finally use up our giftcard ashley gave me and jarred for christmas.

anyway...

somethin else i was thinkin about recently...

ok, here in america if someone can't speak english very well, they still try to say the basic stuff like yes, thank you, no, please, etc... right? like if a mexican guy went out and ordered some food, he'd try really hard and they'd say "thank you" instead of "gracias" and it wouldn't be weird at ALL.

SOOO... when americans go overseas, yes they do try to learn the basic words, but they STILL say stuff in english--even the basic stuff! i mean, not ALL americans do this of course, but most do. "the stupid american" lol.  it's just SO weird to think about. b/c i remember being in germany and goin out to dinner and some of the kids i was with knew some words in german so they were being polite when ordering and said all the appropriate german words and everything, lol, well... me being a dumb 17 yr old girl who didn't know crap about anything and didn't care, i was all like, "uuuummm i'll have... uhh, this (points to picture) *giggle* THANKS!!" idk, i just feel kinda silly for that now. some waiters think it's cute or funny, but this one was NOT amused.

oh well. it's just interesting that when us americans go overseas we just think that eeevvverrybody knows english so why even bother?

you know how weird it would be if we were @ a restaurant and someone was answering the waiter with, "we!" "merci!" "s'il vous plait!" i mean, it's not THAT crazy, but it's something i NEVER see.

well anyway, i'm hungry! i wanna go homeeee...

once again, our week was a lotta fun and the weekend was kinda boring! haha. not really boring, but we just didn't really do anything.

last week we did trivia again and sucked. =( sad.

last thursday we went to some shows (kinda last minute) at this club/bar whatever called the vinyl. we knew one of the guys in one of the bands so that's why we went. and mannn we're happy we did! it was SO much fun and it was so nice seeing some really talented ppl play. all 3 bands were awesome. i added one of them on myspace! i was already friends with the other band we knew. but yeah, it was SO good.

and that was everyone's first time @ the vinyl... i think? so anyway, josh kept runnin upstairs and comin back with drinks and stuff and kept sayin they were free. so i FINALLY went up there with jarred and HOLY CRAP. there were like these 2 bar areas upstairs where it's obviously used for dancing and stuff and it looked like they were remodeling or something idk but it was pretty much deserted... SO josh and jarred went in one part of the bar and started making drinks LOL with the lil handheld fountain drink thingie and everything!! it was cool. and *i* went into a different section and i was like OMG LOOK AT ALL THOSE LIQOUR BOTTLES. so yeah, i took a huge bottle of jack daniels and hid it in my jacket LOL. i ran over to the boys and they were like, "here! try this drink!!" and i was like, "hey, look what i got!!!" hahaha. everyone was SO excited, lolol. so then josh put the drink up to my mouth so i could take a sip and it ended up getting ALLLL over me, it was gross lol. then jarred and josh took a lil tour of the place and josh found a leather jacket and put it on hahaha.

this is just for me. so i can see how much crap i have to do.

to-do NOW list:
- taxes
- set up recycling (just called, and from what i understand we're getting some bins tomorrow... i hope).
- call cable company to make them finish their job!
- fix our internet
- clean out garage completely
- get rid of our 5 washers and dryers (UGH)
- get house ready for housewarming party in a few weeks
- start building our GYM!
- complete the studio (buy good headphones, soundproof walls, etc.)
- go through all my clothes and give away what i don't need and pack up what i want to keep but not wear! lol
- get blinds for the house
- get slipcovers for the 2 upstairs couches
- job hunt

ongoing/not-so-urgent to-do list:
- job hunt
- hang pretty lights all around the house (on the decks and stuff)
- find a cool rug, lamp, flags and decor for our cooool dining room
- find/make some cool curtains
- spray our old, crappy coffee tables with our chalkboard spray (haha)
- buy some cool cheapo chairs for allllllll our lil tables
- buy some cheapo chairs for the decks
- buy cool wall art
- hang current wall art
- make a lil fenced-in area for ashley's doggy :)

k. just had to get all that out there where i can see it. there's lots more i'm sure. but for now, this will do!

tonight we're goin to last chance thrift store (and it's half-price day! haha) so maaaybe we can find a few things that are on the list.  yesterday we spent hours at this really cool antique store. it was HUGE. but the things we thought were awesome were wayyyy too expensive :( so we didn't buy anything. saddd!

this past weekend was fun! the weather was GREAT! my parents, jarred and i went to m'ville for alumni day or whatever. it was cool seein a couple of my professors again :) m'ville has changed a lot and the school seems so different, but it was pretty much the same ol' town. i took jarred around after my parents left and showed him where i used to live and stuff. we wanted to go play with the doggies at petland but it was CLOSED! i mean, that's great and all in a way b/c i hate petstores lol but i really really wanted to play with some puppies. oh well =(

but other than that the weekend was very relaxed. it was nice :) i'm so happy we got to shop around yesterday. we even went to guitar center to get jarred some stuff with the giftcard i got him! :)

butttt i guess that's all for now. i got lotsa stuff to do...

so we finally have cable, but only in 2 rooms downstairs, lol.  apparently we can't put it in the downstairs living room b/c it's like all concrete or something in the walls, so we're gonna hafta run a cable from mine and jarred's room to the living room. no biggie! but still, it's like GOSHHHHHHHHHH why can't it just work outttttt normallllyyyyy, lol.

and the poor ppl upstairs dont have it yet b/c of more problems... so they had to reschedule b/c the cable guys were at the house from like 4-8pm, so yeah, it was time for them to go lol.

but anyway, we've been soo busyy! we finally got josh all moved in, so that's good. and the downstairs living room is cooooool now that we got the 3rd couch down there. we love the layout! it looks really good. the upstairs living room is comin along nicely too! i cant believe we have 6 couches, haha.

this is kinda silly, but i had to write about it. some of you might be interested!

at work a few weeks ago, a freelance designer came in and showed us some really really cute projects she made. one of them had owls on them. which yes, owl stuff is cute blah blah blah. but, to myself i was like, "umm... sorry guys but we kinda missed the whole owl craze... but i guess ppl are still into them?" (i mean, i still think owl stuff is cute) and then a co-worker was like, "WOW and this is GREAT b/c owls are SO IN right now." and i was like, "what?! that was like over a year ago!" (i'm just sitting at my desk and i'm overhearing all of this going on).

so then today i get on our company's myspace page and start reading some of the blogs our friends wrote. one of the blogs i love to read is by Jennifer Perkins of naughty secretary club (http://www.naughtysecretaryclub.com/shop/). she makes everything handmade and she's awesome, haha. i love her products!  well anyway, in december she wrote a blog on how the "owl trend is on it's way out and the octopus is on its way in" ... and how she keeps overhearing that the seahorse is going to be the next "cute animal trend," which now that i think about it, YES, the seahorse DOES sound really cute! lol. and now i want a seahorse necklace or something, haha. the octopus seems kinda weird... but she posted a picture of an octopus necklace and i have to say, it was pretty cute. so whatever! i think i like the seahorse better. obviously it seems like sea-life is going to be a big deal soon? i can see that.

but anyway, so i'm prob gonna fwd that blog to my boss to show her what the new trends are. and i just think it's hilarious how everyone is soooo freakin behind on all the trends here. we reallyyyy need a market research TEAM who just sits around allllll day scoping out all the latest stuff. i used to get to do that all the time, and it was a ton of fun, but it's like we've lost sight of that.

unfortunately that's a big problem here at my work. we put out GREAT products, but sometimes it's too late (and i'm only talkin about products that are more trend/time-sensitive, not talkin about paints and generic stuff). we have this product that came out... a 1.5 yrs ago? called denimolition. it's this stuff you put on denim, leave it there and throw the denim w/ the crap on it into the washing machine and when it comes out you have ripped jeans (it works pretty well). when i heard that it was "in the works" i was like MAN! that's awesome! too bad it didn't come out like... 3 or 4 yrs ago when destroyed denim was all the rage. so it FINALLYY came out and the sales were TERRIBLE. they wouldnt have been able to keep them in stock yrs ago!

but that's how it's been with SO many "trendy" products here.  it's so frustrating to me.  when ppl come up to me here and are like, "hey, here's our packaging for this new product. what do you think? is it easy to understand? does it catch your eye? blah blah" to myself i'm like, "man... that's a cool idea. but ugh... that whole trend is sooo over. o well."

but whatever, anyway. i guess i'm just gonna start doing more market research anyway and start sending it along. but the way things work around here, we make stuff YEARS in advance. so yes, ppl working on designs right now are making stuff that are in RIGHT NOW, so when it hits stores in a couple of yrs it's like the trend is still there... but it's not hot anymore. it's always going out when we're going in. that's a biggg problem.

ah but anyway, just thought i'd... vent a lil or whatever. TGI-freakin-F.

man do i miss last week! all last week i was so excited about valentine's day b/c of the dinner haha. and now it's over :(

so vday this yr was great! i wasn't even all into it or anything, but then i went out and got jarred a lil somethin (gift card to guitar center) and thennn ended up goin to walgreen's and got a hannah montana gift bag LOL and filled it with lil goodies like gummie bears, spiderman chocolates, cute cards... etc. i couldn't WAIT to see him, lol. soo i get home and give him the lil goodies, then we get ready and go to steak n ale, mmmmmmm :) they had a lil vday special goin on, it was deliciousss! :) caesar salad, cheesy garlic bread, filet mignon, baked potato, lobster tail (didnt really eat that tho), and french silk pie!

after that we went to best buy to look @ some TVs. we realllly want a flat screen for the living room, so we're kinda shoppin around. then we felt too full to function, so we went home. jarred told me that my vday gift was gonna arrive the next day. i wasnt even expecting anything b/c dinner was enough! but he wanted to surprise me anyway :) so then i was realllllllly anxious to see what it was! lol.

soo i was home all day friday and the lil UPS guy came and dropped off my package.. i couldnt wait for jarred so i opened it! lol. he got me rosetta stone software for russian! YAY! i've gotten him so excited about learning it too. he spent WAY too much money, but we're pretty excited. so me, jarred and josh are gonna try and learn russian now, haha. i can't wait. buttt i hafta wait a lil bit b/c idk what computer to put it on. youre only allowed to put it on 1 computer, so i gotta make the right choice! lol. and if i'm gettin a mac soon then idk if i should just wait and put it on that or what... hmm. i just wanna hurry up and do it tho!

so yea, vday was great. :) then we came home and sat around havin a few drinks with katie and josh.. that was fun! we sat around talkin for hoursss... it was the first really good talk we've all had together, lol. idk, it was just really nice :)

this week has been soooo stressful. but hey, it's wednesday and things are already lookin great from here on out, so i'm pretty happy right now :)

it's just amazing how fast everything has been moving! i think just last week we signed the lease to our new house. we got our keys sunday morning, made copies, and ashley moved a few things in. she moved in the REST of her stuff on monday night. while she was moving josh got to fiiiinnallly see the house, lol. and he LOVES it, yay! :) everyone's all giddy and happy and cant wait to finally LIVE there.

but man, this week has been so hectic. if we were just moving, that'd be great.

but noooo... this week is early voting here in GA, so we wanted to do it now b/c next tuesday on the actual voting day jarred has to work late and through lunch so he wasn't sure if he'd get to vote. so yay, last night we both got to go together and vote at around 6:30 (polls closed at 7). i was really happy we didn't have to get up early or somethin and even more happier that we got to go together :) it was my first time voting on an electronic machine, lol. it was a diebold machine too... blah.

so after we voted last night we went to some hot dog place called skips near our new house. my dad and ashley's dad were RAVING about that place, lol, and i was in a crazy mood for a hot dog, so it sounded like a perfect idea. it was alright, lol. the hot dog actually tasted over-cooked or something, haha, but man.. it'll be a great cheap place to go when we're hungry one night :) they had a lotta stuff... it's just a good junk food place.

long article + jarred's lil response @ the bottom

WHY ARE RON PAUL'S SUPPORTERS SO ANGRY?
By Pastor Chuck Baldwin
January 29, 2008
NewsWithViews.com

When Glenn Beck interviewed Congressman Ron Paul a few weeks ago, he said that he had received death threats from people purporting to be Ron Paul supporters. I have heard other journalists make similar accusations against Congressman Paul's supporters. Of course, I have no way of knowing whether any of this is true or not. And neither does anyone else.
My own experience has been that Congressman Paul's supporters have always demonstrated grace, patience, and courtesy. I have met and worked alongside Ron Paul supporters in at least four states, and I have never personally witnessed any of the anger and bitterness of which they are accused.

Not that Ron Paul's supporters do not have reason to be angry. They most certainly do. In fact, all of us should be angry.
Ron Paul's supporters have been subjected to the most overt and outlandish brand of humiliation and censorship ever seen in modern politics. The cable news Republican Presidential debates have been jokes. For every one question (and usually a stupid, irrelevant question at that) asked of Dr. Paul, the other participants will get three or four. Maybe more. Even though Ron Paul has received more money, more votes, and more delegates than Rudy Giuliani, the press continues to ignore Mr. Paul while showering Giuliani with coverage.

In addition, Ron Paul's own party continues to treat him and his supporters as second-class citizens--or perhaps even as aliens from a different planet. They are subjected to insults of every type. Not to mention enduring every conceivable method to censure or remove Dr. Paul from the political process. He has been denied access to platforms, excluded from debates, removed from GOP Presidential lists, etc., ad infinitum, ad nauseam.

I say again: if anyone has a right to be angry, it is Ron Paul supporters. But perhaps the greater question is, Why are not all of us angry? No, I do not mean in a cruel or unkind way, but where is our outrage for what the ruling elite are doing to our country?

We should all be angry at the way politicians lie to us, deceive us, and manipulate us. We should all be angry at the way both major parties have completely ignored and trampled constitutional government.
Are we so gullible that we cannot see when a politician says one thing to one group of people and a totally opposite thing to another group of people? Are we so naïve that we cannot tell when a politician changes his beliefs simply in order to garner votes?

Come on folks, let's get real: do you really expect John McCain to abandon his efforts to grant amnesty to illegal aliens? Do you really expect Mitt Romney to be a champion for the unborn? Do you really expect Mike Huckabee to suddenly be the champion for limited government spending? Do you really expect Rudy Giuliani to keep his pants zipped?

Have the American people become so numbed to truth and reality that we cannot distinguish the genuine from the phony--even when it stands right in front of us? Perhaps so. However, if the American people had any of the character and resolve of our forebears, we would be steaming mad about what our political and business leaders have done to our country.

Yes, we should be angry at the way our government has repeatedly lied to us about the economy, about sending our jobs and manufacturing industries overseas, about Iraq, and about EVERYTHING! Yes, dear friends, they lie to us about everything. It has gotten to the point that, frankly, I believe NOTHING the government tells us. They have proven themselves to be totally disingenuous and downright duplicitous. And, frankly, I'm angry about it.
In addition, I can even understand whatever anger and exasperation Ron Paul's supporters feel regarding my fellow evangelical believers. Today's Christians--and especially our pastors--have become little more than toadies for the establishment elite. They apparently have never read our U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, or Bill of Rights. They are seemingly oblivious to our great American history and heritage. They seem to lack the most elementary understanding of even the most basic American principles.

For example, it makes absolutely no sense that Christian pastors would embrace the sudden pro-life candidacy of Mitt Romney and reject the proven, twenty-year pro-life record of Ron Paul. It makes no sense that evangelical Christians would embrace the pro-illegal amnesty, pro-McCain/Feingold, pro-No-Child-Left-Behind, pro-gun control John McCain and reject the proven, twenty-year no-amnesty, pro-freedom, anti-No-Child-Left-Behind, pro-Second Amendment record of Ron Paul. It makes absolutely no sense that Christians would fall for Mr. Big Government himself, Mike Huckabee, and reject the champion of limited government, Ron Paul.

Beyond that, how is it that pastors and evangelicals cannot see through the GOP's complicity in helping to establish a Luciferian New World Order? How can they be so blind and dumb regarding the global machinations of the Council on Foreign Relations? How can they not understand and reject the philosophy emanating from the Trilateral Commission and Bilderburgers?
Ask the average pastor and Christian about the CFR, the Trilateralists, or the Bilderburgers and they just stare into space. They are absolutely clueless. Ask them about the burgeoning NAFTA superhighway, North American Union, or Amero and they look stupefied. Again, they are absolutely clueless. And, yes, I am angry about it. I am saddened and angered at the lack of knowledge, perception, and discernment demonstrated by my Christian brethren.

I believe with all my heart that if the pastors and Christian people of America would come off their high horse and start supporting the principles of liberty, the U.S. Constitution, and limited government, not only would there be a rebirth of freedom in America, there would be a spiritual revival as well.
As it is, freedom-loving people cannot see past the ignorance, elitism, and partisan phoniness of modern Christians in order that they might see Christ. The Scripture plainly says, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." (II Corinthians 3:17)

When America's Colonial preachers and Christian people fought for liberty and independence, God gave us two Great Awakenings. I believe another Great Revival would come to America, if our Christians and pastors would stand on their hind legs and once again fight for liberty and independence. And, yes, I am also angry that they will not do that either.

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this kid jarred works with sent this to him. i know it's long, but it's a quick read.

lol and jarred's response was:

"I'm pretty angry about some things, but I try to keep Ron Paul's name out of it when I send my death threats lol

oh and it's Bilderbergers, with an E, not a U. it's the name of a hotel they meet at, not a new Wendy's special. but oh well"

he's a cutiepie. a funny cutiepie!

so i guess we found a place to rent, lol. cuttin' it pretty close... but o well. i can't believe we're gonna be movin out next friday =O i'm nervous... lol.

i'm sad that i'll be leaving the first house i ever moved to. i paid for it most of the way all by myself... that's pretty big! lol. spent a yr there... it flew by. for months i lived with no living room furniture, haha. it was a lotta fun, i really am gonna miss the place. on top of that, that was the first house jarred and i ever lived @ together! aw i'm gettin teary eyed :(

the location at the house i'm in now was so good.. and we found many great places to eat at and hangout at. i'm gonna miss that convenience. and jarred and i had JUST found this soooooooooooo amazing mediterranean restaurant right down the street. but o well... we'll still be close enough to it.

we're movin closer to downtown decatur. that's where jarred works, so he could actually bike to work, LOL. i'm a lil further from the interstate :( but i really need to start gettin my butt outta bed earlier so i can actually get to work on time =\ it's pretty bad.

things have been SO stressful lately. i cannot WAIT to move. i'm gonna miss our house SOOO much, but i'm looking forward to new memories. the house we're moving to (unless we get screwed again) is huge. it has 2 living rooms, 5 bedrooms, 4 full bathrooms (i know!), a dining room, kitchen w/ new appliances (stainless steel even!), a back deck, front deck, 2 car garage separate from the house, etc. and it's soooooooo close to the downtown area. some ppl walk to downtown... i think i'll pass. lol. it's a lil too far for me, but i could bike there.

the only downside to this house is it's kinda on a main road, but NOTHING like the road i'm on now. it's also down a slight hill. andddd the parking is gonna be a disaster with 5 cars, lol. not lookin fwd to that. butttt i think we have it figured out. b/c jarred and jeremy can park @ their work in a parking deck for free, haha, and can carpool to work together. so they can swap off and on with that? idk. it's gonna be interesting to see how we'll do it. there's a big enough parking area in the backyard, it's just gonna suck when someone has to get out and they're all the way in the back. and i'm the WORST parker EVER. =( so i'm gonna suck.

but anyway, i'm excited bout who we're livin with! jeremy and jarred have been BFFs forever, yay :) and josh is cool and ashley and i have known each other forever, haha. so it'll be fun :) it's gonna be a packed house, but i dont even think we'll notice.

in the garage we're gonna use half of it for workout space (josh has a punching bag and speed bag) and we're gonna put a weight bench in there. the other half can be used for a car if we wanna use it... and jeremy likes to work on cars so he can do it in there if he wants. we wanna put a bball goal out there in the backyard too b/c it has a GREAT area to play bball... but w/ our whole car situation that's gonna be VERY tricky, lol. but i'm gonna see if we can park on the street on the roads next to us... b/c i'll just do that so i dont have to deal with parkin @ the house, lol.

but anyway, i'm so happy we have a new place... hopefully. tomorrow we're supposed to meet with the landlord to give him our deposit and sign the lease. he really wants to rent it to us, but there are other ppl who want it really bad =\ so i'm nervous!

another bad thing about the house is there are NO cable connections or phone line thingies ANYWHERE. can you believe that?? there's a wire thing or w/e in the attic (it's pretty cool, the attic has stairs leading up to it, so we dont hafta pull down a door thing, lol) and he said that we can just get the cable company to install it in some of the rooms... but man that's gonna cost some $$! and since the house is pretty much new b/c they remodeled it there arent any phone lines (b/c "ppl dont use them anymore" but we wanted to this time!) and NO BLINDS. there are blinds in the bathroom, but they never put them in the rooms. i didnt even notice that!! he said we can put them in there and he'd reimburse us, but still! that sucks... i just want him to do everything, lol. why should we??

ugh but other than that it'll be neato. and jarred will FINALLY be able to build an actual recording studio, so that's exciiiiting :) YAYYY

well, that's my news!

and last but not least, RIP Heath Ledger =( so young... and the new batman movie looks AWESOME. i cant wait to see it. it'll be weird/sad seein him in it tho, but so far it looks like he does an amazing job in the movie.