Back after a long dry spell.

It has been a while since I am posted here so I will try to catch up on things that have been going on.

To start with I see it as a sad state of affairs the way this country is being governed and managed. And it starts at the top with or sorry excuse of a President. I fully believe that he has accomplished what he set out to do. That being to fully turn the black community against the whites, and to over run this country with illegal aliens. He has managed to turn the black communities into terrorist camps. And is in the full process of taking this country a part from within.

I am also disappointed in the fact that people no longer try to find to good in others and only look for the bad. And it saddens me to thing that I have even been drawn into this thing over the pass few weeks. It goes against every thing that I believe in.

I know that my grandma and mom must have turned over in their graves when they saw what has happened to this country and world. It all started the day that they took God out of our schools, and in doing so took all standards of good and right and truth out of our country.

So I have made a promise to myself and also to my friends that I will become a stronger supported of my God and I will follow the Good Book and be an up right person more so that I have been. I also promise to at least try to find the brighter things in life. But I had to get the dark side off my mine first. And that is what was said above.

I love my country and I love the Veterans and the soldiers and sailors that defend her. And I support and wish to help improve the care that our Vets get.

And yes God Bless America is important. For when we take God and Jesus' beliefs out of our daily life then we are all in for the hell that follows.

I know a lot do not believe the way I do and that I can not help be I will be trying to change.

My feelings and thinking where it comes to hearing aids

First off hearing aids is not only an important health device but it is also a very important personal device. We should think about out health first foremost. Then we have to be concerned with what we can afford to pay for the aids we need. If you are a Vet then I say try your best to get into the VA system because it will save you a lot of money. Always understand that aids will never give you you full hearing back, it just will not happen, maybe in the future that will figure out how to complete to restore our hearing. Also be welling to get what ever extras you need with your aids to give you the best hearing as possible. And last forget about what others think. I say you should never care about what others think. This is about you and about you being able to enjoy your life to the fullest possible. Yes I know sticker shock is real when it comes to hearing aids, it is also true for any think that has to do with health. Glasses are not cheap nor are they something we can hide unless we go with contacts, but most time contacts are not as good as glasses, and the same is true for hearing aids CIC aids are not as good for most of us as BTE or ITE aids that are larger and can been seen. I do believe in the streamers or connect line extras that go with aids. I have not tried aids that connect directly to the Iphone but I have researched them and I know they consume the battery much faster and also you still have to handle the phone to take a call due to there not being a mic in the aids, maybe that will change in the future. With my streamer I can be completely hands free, and the police in my area will not give me trouble using my phone. The bottom line is that hearing aids are very important if you have a hearing loss bad enough that you need aids. It can mean you can not job so your career could be taken from you. I for one waited to long to get aids and my hearing got to the point that I could not understand speech to the point that it caused me to be a very bad speller and also I made lots of mistakes when dealing with my customers and co-works and even my family and friends.

Please think about this when you know you need aids. And before you up in with both feet do your research and learn as much as you can about hearing aids, the extras and learn as much as you can about your hearing loss. Be will to get what you really need, but understand what you really need and not to much more that you need and never except less than you need.

This needs to be said.

I am going to say something that some are going to hate me for say, but the USA in a lot a ways is at fault for what has happened in the Middle East. Why? Because we have forced our ways and our beliefs on other countries and other religions. We also have Politicians that on thing about themselves and do not care about the ones that vote for them. Why? This country has forgotten all about why this country was built upon and why we battled with England. But over the years this country has forgotten the real reason we are here.

I also have to say that we spend way to much time and money trying to be the worlds ruler and savor and we spend to little time and money taking care of our own. Our Politicians are so worried about having as much power as possible and trying to build as much money for themselves and are not even trying to work for the people that put them there. The ones that we put in congress no longer care enough about us to even protect us. We have a President that is trying to give away this country to a bunch of illegal immigrants even hen most of the people of this country has said they do not want it to happen. But he keeps pushing for it. Also when it comes to the battles that are going on in the Middle East he keeps do as little as possible. He keeps going pushing what he wants and not listening to the people of this country. He also never seems to listen to the Military leaders. He seems to think he is a king and does not have to be accountable to anyone or any thing much less the Constitution of the USA.

The courts of this country has gotten to the point that they could careless about what is right or wrong. I have seen myself that lawyers for both sides of the case will as much as stand up and lie to improve their view and to win the case. Oh they do not out right lie they do it by very smooth legal moves that covers up evidence. Whither you want to believe it are not for the most all of the government in this country is corrupt. That means federal, state, and local government.  

Using the VA for my medical needs

I have been using the VA for medical since 2003, and received my first hearing aids from the VA in I believe October of 2006. The VA has always been great to me, but sometimes the service has been slow. I am now going to the VA clinic in south Austin, Texas and it is a great new clinic with everything you could ask for in one location. Everyone I have talked to, and have seen for services are so wonderful. Yes I know it can take time to get appointments, but that is also so true with going to any doctor here in the Austin area.

If you are a Veteran I recommend you do your best to get into the VA system, even if it is only for a backup of your primary health care.

What does my belief in the Bible and God mean to me?

The message in the Bible is that we should do what is right for everyone in the world. We should love our neighbor as we love ourselves. What does that really mean? It means that we should treat others as we want the to treat us. It also means that we should be truthful, and not lie. And by not lying we should not cheat others. We should not be sleeping around. I also believe that marriage is the joining of a man and a woman as it is written in the Bible.

Now let me say this there was a time in my life that I believed that being gay was a choice and not something with in our nature, but now I do believe that some of use are created different in sexual respects. I believe that some how our brains and genes are miss wired so that we have no choice.

But I still due to my training and my belief in the Bible believe that marriage is the joining of a man and women, and until I hear differently from a higher being much higher than any human, I will never change my mind on it.

I believe that the most important things in live is that we love our neighbor as we love ourselves, and that we do not lie, and we do not cheat anyone. But I guess I am troubled about my belief that we should never say things just to be politically correct, why because being politically correct to our politicians means lying to us. Being truthful sometimes meaning saying things that will hurt feels, but if it is truly the truth then it is not lying and there for import to being truthful.

Then there are the ones that say there cannot be a God because there is so much suffering in the world. To that all I can say is that what does not kill us makes us stronger. And when we have hard times we have a chance to learn from it and to become wiser and stronger in character. Also God gave us brains so we could think for ourselves, which means we make our on choices. But if we read the Bible and believe in the word then we will make the correct choices.

What is my beliefs in the Church. Church is two sided sword. We are told that we are much stronger in our beliefs when we are in groups of like believers, but then we have the issue of Church making its own rules that in lots of cases do not follow the Bible and the rules of God. And a lot of organized Churches pick and choice what books and verses of the Bible that they choice to follow and in lots of cases force upon the followers. I also believe that there are some very important books of the Bible that have been left out due to someone deciding that they believe that they books are unimportant due to it going against their beliefs.

 So what I will be doing is believing in a Higher power, much higher than any human. I also believe in the rules of life, do not lie, and love our neighbors. And most of all treat others as we want them to treat us.  

I have a few things on my mind at this time.

First of all it has now been 4 months with my new aids and my brain and my aids have had time to learn my hearing environment and I am no longer changing the programs on my aids as much and for the most part I am only using my default program. I do use the TV connect to watch TV and I use the Bluetooth connection to use the cell phone and also the house phone. And when I taking about it I use the music program when I am listening to music. When I am exercising (mainly walking) I use the streamer to stream music to my aids but if I am at the house I use my Bose headphones with my music program.

I still have lots of issues spelling words, I was taught to sound out words so I could spell them, well that no longer works for me due to the fact that my hearing is not the same and words no long sound the way they should so my spelling is very bad.

I have now started going to the VA for my health care, and I have seen a Dietitian, I need to lose some weight and have not been able to on my own so I have gotten a base line calorie burn information and a diet plan. I am increasing my protein and lowering my carbs. It seems to be working I am down a pound this week and I only went to the Dietitian on Monday.  I now weigh 235 and I am hoping to get down to about 205 to 210.

I am thinking about something to do and I have several things on my list, one is to set up a blog to maybe help others my age. I am also hoping to figure out a way to help VETs in my area. I also have to get my butt moving more and walk and ride my bike if I am going to lose the weight.

Folks I believe we need a big change in this Country.

If you follow the Liberal way of thinking now downs (by the way I do not) then it is not politically correct to say what you really think and believe in. The liberals believe that you should never say anything to upset them but it is only to put down any Conservative for our believes.

As for as me I was raised on the farm and my granddad and my dad were Democrats and was so upset with me after in went in the Navy then came home due to my Conservative believes. As for as I am concerned I am neither Democrat nor Republican, I am some where in between. I have some very liberal believes and some very conservative believes. Therefore I am do not vote in any of the primaries because I do not wish to be labeled. The only way I would vote in any of the primaries is if I could vote in each of them to give my feelings on who I like on both sides. The I would vote for the person that I really wanted on election day or in some cases voting early.

But really and truly our two party system is totally broken and the two parties needed to be thrown to the dogs, and we need to be able to have a popular vote, and at the same time we need to throw out the electoral college and go with the popular vote. We also need to stop all of the damn buying of our elected officials by putting all of the lobbyist out of business. Boy wouldn't that prevent some of these politicians from getting rich. Because you know as well as I do that there is no way that can get rich on what they get for government pay. Even if they are not corrupt when they go in to congress they are before long and you know as well as I do that is the only reason they stay in congress as long as they do is because they are being paid off by the lobbyist, and that is where they get rich. And it seems that we all look the other way. I guess that I am so old now that I could give a damn about hurting someones feelings, but I believe in saying what I think.

I do not know about you but I want someone to run this country that says what he really thinks, and does what is needed for the people of this country. Which means that person does not mind stepping on toes. And while I am at it we have to stop sending our hard earned money to other countries that do not give a damn about the USA other than the money they get from us.

Folks I believe we need a big change in this Country.