Morning all, sorry, had to be gone for a few days. Purchasing managers jobs are never done. The great thing about tolerance is that I can choose when, where and what to be tolerant of. I thank my God that he has given me a wonderful mind, that I control and that I use to make decisions. Please don't even attempt to push tolerance down my throat, you will awaken a sleeping giant. I worked at a midwestern university where I refused to take "Multi-cultural Relationship Awareness" classes and was called some of the most in-tolerant names you can imagine. What a crock, multi-culturalism... I have lived, fought, played with, drank, laughed and cried with men from almost every race and ethnicity (what a nice word) that America has to offer. I learned how to be tolerant of others before tolerance was shoved down the throats of Americans. You know what tolerance is, it is being able to control your emotions through times of interacting with people you just want to throw into the dumpster. Freedom to me is having the ability to decide what is right, and best for MY family. It means allowing the government to have a bit of a deeper presence in my life, if it will protect my family, my neighbors and most importantly, my country. It is being able to call or write my representatives and tell them exactly how I feel without fear of reprisal. Most importantly, to me, it is being able to worship whenever, wherever and however I want, without fear of my door being busted down by the "religious police". We live in the greatest nation that has ever, since the beginning of humanity, been. I hear people say that we are not tolerant of those less fortunate than us. I feel for those who suffer needlessly, but if you truly look at the suffering in the world, it has been caused, primarily by governmental entities, to include our own. Our job as human beings is to love our brothers and sisters around the world. That does not mean that I have to like what they do, and especially like what they stand for but to be willing to stand up for the rights of every citizen of this world. See, I have tolerance for everyone, as long as they believe what I do. Freedom is being allowed to get onto the internet and being allowed to spout out, without worrying who is seeing it. That is why communism failed so miserably, everyone was equal in the eyes of everyone else. Thank God that we live in a country that has rich and poor, sick and healthy, Christian and Muslim, sane and insane. Be thankful for what has been given each of us, the ability to live in America, and all the freedom's that are associated with that pleasure. Not everything in this world is free, never will be, but at least I live in a place where I can decide for myself. (Lookout.... I just fell off my soap box.)
