From Sunday, March 8, 2009
I was looking at our pathetic little page here and noticed the last time we put anything on here was in November, we suck! Not a whole lot has happened since then, I am back in school and Kari is working as a Dental assistant. I am still "working" for Horizon Mortgage but if you haven't had your head in a hole you know that my industry is hurting right now, comatose would be a better word. We are still planning on going to BYU-I hopefully this fall so I can finish up my business degree. Kari loves here job and is really good at what she does, a perk of having a wife in the dental business is that I can get work done for free so I get to see her in action.
I have tried to keep a level head about where it seems our country is headed; I wanted to at least give our President a fair chance. Obama has promised big and it seems that those who support him are okay with what he says is his "best". I understand that the task that our President has before him is a great one, but he made promises that he has no way of fulfilling. It seems that he has spent more time backing out of promises than he has spent fixing the problems. I am no economist, but I do not understand how spending 3 trillion dollars will cut our deficit in half. There are economic theories that suggest that spending money can remove a counties debt but I don't grasp the logic.
I also have a problem with the tax policies that are coming out. America is and always has been a country where hard work was rewarded with success. I agree that as citizens we all need to pitch in, but I do not support the new governments Robin Hood approach to taxing. We need to encourage entrepreneurship and investing right now and increasing taxes is not the way to do that. If a man is successful he should have to pay his share, not make up for those that refuse to work. I know I am not the only one that thinks these things are messed up, I could go off on the fact he wants to take away our gun rights, is for socialized medicine, centralized banks, tax us based on how many miles we drive, bail out those that ignorantly got into bad loans, and wants to grow the government so big there will be a tax for taking a poo! What happened to the country we used to know? He has a chance to do good, but I believe that Barack Obama is an evil man that intends to take away our fundamental American rights. I guess it comes down to one question, do we work to sustain the government or is our government supposed to work to sustain us? I believe the founding fathers meant for the latter to be the case. I have to stop, hope this has made a little sense. I am scared for our country, and pray that somehow they can hear the lord’s voice over their own.
Friday, April 10, 2009
The "Happy" People...
From Monday, November 17, 2008
I have been very frustrated for the last couple of weeks. I have bee watching the backlash that followed the passing of proposition 8 in California. I can handle the persecution that my church is getting, I mean its kinda what we do. To top it all off I watched the latest Barbara Walters special "What is a man, what is a woman; The story of the pregnant man". I was disgusted. It pissed me off. Not because of these two people that wanted a family, not even because of the way they went about it, but because of what they were trying to change. For those of you that are not familiar with this story here is some background.
There is a "man"(quotations refer to my sarcastic use of the word) in Oregon that used to be a woman. "He" went through psychological screening and got "his" breasts removed and takes testosterone. "He" can brow a beard. "He" did not have a complete surgical transformation because "his" wife had previously had a hysterectomy and cannot have children and they wanted to have kids. So they decided that "he" would bare their children. They went to many doctors looking for one that would knock "him" up, but could not find one that would do it, they said they were discriminated against. So like everyone else in the world that can't find what they need they looked on the internet. They ordered sperm over the internet, I shit you not. Long story short it worked, "he" went through labor, "he" delivered vaginally.
I guess its that last part that started my frustration. "He delivered vaginally" are words that should never be put together. This is where my frustrations get wore. "He" was allowed to change his birth certificate, it states "he" is a male. How could a birth certificate be changed? Also, on the child's birth certificate "he" wants to be cited as the father. At least Oregon saw the irony and has yet to allow this, instead they are both listed as parent, as is the way they do it for civil unions.
During the show they stated many times a phrase that sent me over the edge. They stated that the words "male" and "female" are social stigmas and that gender does in no way define a person. This pissed me off because I believe that the fact that I am a man is a big part of who I am. I do not believe that these roles, man and woman, are just titles. I defiantly do not believe that they are social stigmas. I do not believe that a woman that decides that she wants to be a man can be a father. We are not blank slates when we are born. We all have a purpose, there is a reason that we are born the way we are. God does not make mistakes.
Please will someone tell me how the child of the "man", who is a woman, who is a "man" on paper, who gave birth, that is called "daddy", that is "married" to mommy, is supposed to understand any of this. Are my kids going to be forced into a world where this is okay? There are teachers that have begun to teach kindergartners these things. Why should I be told what my family and I have to accept. Marriage is a sacred covenant, a promise that we will get back home together. It was never meant to be the buffet it has become. It is unfortunate it has come to this. The sad thing is there is no real way that either side will back down on this issue, on one side you have beliefs and on the other you have those saying they have a right. When did marriage become a right? My opinion is that marriage is between a man and a woman. Marriage is a sacred thing and those that would destroy it will be destroyed. This whole argument diminishes what I am, and what I want for my family. Yet, those that argue for the other side say that I and those that would fight against them do not have the right to defend our beliefs. This argument is the beginning of the end, the Lord is coming soon and the fight has just begun.
I have been very frustrated for the last couple of weeks. I have bee watching the backlash that followed the passing of proposition 8 in California. I can handle the persecution that my church is getting, I mean its kinda what we do. To top it all off I watched the latest Barbara Walters special "What is a man, what is a woman; The story of the pregnant man". I was disgusted. It pissed me off. Not because of these two people that wanted a family, not even because of the way they went about it, but because of what they were trying to change. For those of you that are not familiar with this story here is some background.
There is a "man"(quotations refer to my sarcastic use of the word) in Oregon that used to be a woman. "He" went through psychological screening and got "his" breasts removed and takes testosterone. "He" can brow a beard. "He" did not have a complete surgical transformation because "his" wife had previously had a hysterectomy and cannot have children and they wanted to have kids. So they decided that "he" would bare their children. They went to many doctors looking for one that would knock "him" up, but could not find one that would do it, they said they were discriminated against. So like everyone else in the world that can't find what they need they looked on the internet. They ordered sperm over the internet, I shit you not. Long story short it worked, "he" went through labor, "he" delivered vaginally.
I guess its that last part that started my frustration. "He delivered vaginally" are words that should never be put together. This is where my frustrations get wore. "He" was allowed to change his birth certificate, it states "he" is a male. How could a birth certificate be changed? Also, on the child's birth certificate "he" wants to be cited as the father. At least Oregon saw the irony and has yet to allow this, instead they are both listed as parent, as is the way they do it for civil unions.
During the show they stated many times a phrase that sent me over the edge. They stated that the words "male" and "female" are social stigmas and that gender does in no way define a person. This pissed me off because I believe that the fact that I am a man is a big part of who I am. I do not believe that these roles, man and woman, are just titles. I defiantly do not believe that they are social stigmas. I do not believe that a woman that decides that she wants to be a man can be a father. We are not blank slates when we are born. We all have a purpose, there is a reason that we are born the way we are. God does not make mistakes.
Please will someone tell me how the child of the "man", who is a woman, who is a "man" on paper, who gave birth, that is called "daddy", that is "married" to mommy, is supposed to understand any of this. Are my kids going to be forced into a world where this is okay? There are teachers that have begun to teach kindergartners these things. Why should I be told what my family and I have to accept. Marriage is a sacred covenant, a promise that we will get back home together. It was never meant to be the buffet it has become. It is unfortunate it has come to this. The sad thing is there is no real way that either side will back down on this issue, on one side you have beliefs and on the other you have those saying they have a right. When did marriage become a right? My opinion is that marriage is between a man and a woman. Marriage is a sacred thing and those that would destroy it will be destroyed. This whole argument diminishes what I am, and what I want for my family. Yet, those that argue for the other side say that I and those that would fight against them do not have the right to defend our beliefs. This argument is the beginning of the end, the Lord is coming soon and the fight has just begun.
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From Wednesday, September 24, 2008
My wife is extremely busy with with work and has very little time at the end of the day to get on here and write. So for the time being I will fill in the gaps and keep this thing going. We are in a little bit of a transitional phase right now. Kari and I have been married for 1 year 9 months now and we have always had a plan. (This is the part where the screen goes wavy and the transition to the past happens.) We lived in St. George Utah when we were first married. I had a job at a steel fabrication making less than the kids that sell chikletts in Tijuana. We both needed to finish school and since I fell through the cracks as far as residency goes in Utah and fell through the cracks for federal aid because I had a job, (needless to say I'm still a little bitter) we decided to move back to WA here Kari had residency and was accepted to a dental assisting program. She graduated from that program in June. During this time I have been working for a mortgage broker here in Chehalis. Bless my wife for putting up with that because it has been a rough year in the mortgage business, but somehow we have made it and have been able to close enough deals to remain floating, we have been blessed.
So now the next phase of the plan, I have about 1.5 years left of school and I am convinced more than ever that it is nearly impossible to get ahead in life without a degree. There are those that make it but it is a fight the whole way, I have experienced that fight for the last 8 years of my life and it is not fun. We are trying to get into BYU-I, I know, me at BYU, I get it, ha ha. These schools simply cannot be beat when it comes to bang for your buck. So it looks like we will be moving to Rexburg Idaho for the winter semester. We are excited to move on. We have some family and friends there which makes it that much more appealing. So that's about it for now. Good times.
My wife is extremely busy with with work and has very little time at the end of the day to get on here and write. So for the time being I will fill in the gaps and keep this thing going. We are in a little bit of a transitional phase right now. Kari and I have been married for 1 year 9 months now and we have always had a plan. (This is the part where the screen goes wavy and the transition to the past happens.) We lived in St. George Utah when we were first married. I had a job at a steel fabrication making less than the kids that sell chikletts in Tijuana. We both needed to finish school and since I fell through the cracks as far as residency goes in Utah and fell through the cracks for federal aid because I had a job, (needless to say I'm still a little bitter) we decided to move back to WA here Kari had residency and was accepted to a dental assisting program. She graduated from that program in June. During this time I have been working for a mortgage broker here in Chehalis. Bless my wife for putting up with that because it has been a rough year in the mortgage business, but somehow we have made it and have been able to close enough deals to remain floating, we have been blessed.
So now the next phase of the plan, I have about 1.5 years left of school and I am convinced more than ever that it is nearly impossible to get ahead in life without a degree. There are those that make it but it is a fight the whole way, I have experienced that fight for the last 8 years of my life and it is not fun. We are trying to get into BYU-I, I know, me at BYU, I get it, ha ha. These schools simply cannot be beat when it comes to bang for your buck. So it looks like we will be moving to Rexburg Idaho for the winter semester. We are excited to move on. We have some family and friends there which makes it that much more appealing. So that's about it for now. Good times.
First time caller long time listener...
A few weeks ago Kari was talking to my sister and during this conversation it was decided that we needed to jump on the blog bandwagon. I am guilty of the occasional glance at family and friends sites but never felt the need to sit and write one myself. Oh how far I have come. Traditionally I am the guy that sits in the background stating that the idea of blogging is homosexual. Keeping in mind Darwin's theory, and the fact my wife really likes the idea, here I am. (By the way Darwin's theory is severely flawed, where are the man apes?) The funny thing is we have had this thing for almost a month now and have done nothing with it. Kari is extremely busy as a dental assistant and my lack of desire have played key roles in the delayed grand opening of our lives.
This little dilly is to serve as the introduction/jump off point for our blog life. I suspect that you may find the occasional little gem of knowledge left by me on here. Some would say that most of what I speak is truth, they are in part correct. I suppose that those of you that know me already understand that what I share is of great worth, but is up to you to apply them. I will leave the traditional up to Kari. So with no further prolixity I introduce to you The Family Sorensen.
This little dilly is to serve as the introduction/jump off point for our blog life. I suspect that you may find the occasional little gem of knowledge left by me on here. Some would say that most of what I speak is truth, they are in part correct. I suppose that those of you that know me already understand that what I share is of great worth, but is up to you to apply them. I will leave the traditional up to Kari. So with no further prolixity I introduce to you The Family Sorensen.
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