Matt, I miss you.

It still is taking time for it to sink in that you are gone, but I have not forgot your life and how much joy you brought to God, Me, and others.

Thanks for the friendship and the laughs.  The fun and meaningful drives to and from EMU.  Great fun family gatherings.  Thanks for the many stories that intrigued me, and for your honesty and care, for me and others.

We will do our best to keep the Garber legacy of big smiles, warm hearts and strong opinions rocking along in this journey of life.

Thanks Again, Your Cousin,

Josiah Garber

My political views in a nutshell.

This comic by Kevin Tuma about sums it up.

The Missing Hope Inside Obama’s Foreign Policy

The false hope in Obama is already giving way to the reality of his policies and actions.  Already Obama has ordered the bombings in Pakistan, killing many civilians.  Is this the change many hoped for?  Or perhaps the change most people are waiting for is the reduction (not complete withdrawal) of troops in Iraq.  Or the coming addition of 20,000 – 30,000 new troops into Afghanistan.  Or perhaps you are excited about the coming change in Obamas plan for our military:  more defense spending and expanding our military by nearly 100,000 Army & Marines. Perhaps, Obama’s hawkish cabinet and appointment of Bush’s secretary of Defense is your hope for change.

To me hope for change in light of these policies, seems asinine, or at least to be rather cleverly deceived.  It looks to me as though Obama will continue the foreign policy of Bush, but perhaps few will realize it.  We can only hope that our violent and unjust foreign policy will come to an end, be it by the education of our people and the electoral process or through the financial destruction brought upon ourselves by continuous empire building and war.

As for me,  I’ll leave my hope out of the Obama presidency.  I hope he and his new administration surprises me, but I refuse to be so blindly following a president that it takes 7-8 years to realize that he is not working for the people.

“Let there not be blind faith in government, or let tyranny and injustice rule.”

Me and My Beautiful Wife

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Today we celebrate my grandma’s 70th Birthday!  She is great!  I am blessed to have her as a grandma.  Looking forward to enjoying this year with you Grandma!

Obama

Obama has promised some great changes, and some not so great.  Here’s an article I found interesting.

I hope for the best.  The most hopeful thing about Obama that I have found so far is that he is keeping his contact to the outside world.  I think it is very dangerous to be surrounded only by advisors and handlers.  Perhaps some of his friends could keep him in the know about what is really going on around him.

Howdy. :-) Welcome to my new blog.

This will serve as  a continuation of my old blog.  Excited to have more control than I did with Blogger.  Hope you enjoy my thoughts and opinions.