Deck of Cards

Deck of Cards


It was quiet that day, the guns and the mortars, and land mines for some reason hadn't been heard.


The young soldier knew it was Sunday, the holiest day of the week.


As he was sitting there, he got out an old deck of cards and laid them out across his bunk.


Just then an army sergeant came in and said, 'Why aren't you with the rest of the platoon?'


The soldier replied, 'I thought I would stay behind and spend some time with the Lord.'


The sergeant said, 'Looks to me like you're going to play cards.'


The soldier said, 'No, sir . You see, since we are not allowed to have Bibles or other spiritual books in this country,


I've decided to talk to the Lord by studying this deck of cards.'


The sergeant asked in disbelief, 'How will you do that?'


'You see the Ace, Sergeant? It reminds me that there is only one God.


The Two represents the two parts of the Bible, Old and New Testaments


The Three represents the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.


The Four stands for the Four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John .


The Five is for the five virgins there were ten but only five of them were glorified.


The Six is for the six days it took God to create the Heavens and Earth.


The Seven is for the day God rested after making His Creation.


The Eight is for the family of Noah and his wife, their three sons and their wives -- the eight people God spared from the flood that de stroyed the Earth.


The Nine is for the lepers that Jesus cleansed of leprosy He cleansed ten, but nine never thanked Him.


The Ten represents the Ten Commandments that God handed down to Moses on tablets made of stone.


The Jack is a reminder of Satan, one of God's first angels, but he got kicked out of heaven for his sly and wicked ways and is now the joker of eternal hell.


The Queen stands for the Virgin Mary.


The King stands for Jesus, for he is the King of all kings.


When I count the dots on all the cards, I come up with 365 total, one for every day of the year.


There are a total of 52 cards in a deck; each is a week - 52 weeks in a year.


The four suits represent the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.


Each suit has thirteen cards -- there are exactly thirteen weeks in a quarter.


So when I want to talk to God and thank Him, I just pull out this old deck of cards and they remind me of all that I have to be thankful for.'


The sergeant just stood there. After a minute, with tears in his eyes and pain in his heart, he said, 'Soldier, can I borrow that deck of cards?'

Heros,.. Hogans Heros

This is from the link emmbedded in the title, Wikipedia,.. got to watching this show once again and decided to check on all the stars,.. all dead other than the players named: Colonel Rodney Crittendon (Bernard Fox), Corporal Peter Newkirk (British actor Richard Dawson), Marya (Nita Talbot)(the Russian Spy Dar..ling)and Hogans real in life wife Hilda (Sigrid Valdis, 1966 to 1971).

"The theme music for Hogan's Heroes was composed by Jerry Fielding, the drums being played by Bob Crane. The title of the theme music is "March" or "Hogan's Heroes March." There are lyrics[3] to the title music. While they were never sung in the show, they were performed on an album titled "Hogan's Heroes Sing The Best of World War II". On the album, the performed lyrics are as follows:" stated by Wikipedia

Heroes, heroes, husky men of war,
Sons of all the heroes, of the war before.
We're all heroes up to our ear o's,
You ask the questions,
We make suggestions,
That's what we're heroes for.

All good heroes love a good, big fight,
Open up the bomb bays, brighten up the night.
We earn laurels solving your quarrels,
You throw the roses,
We punch the noses,
That's what we're heroes for.

What's a hero do?
We're never gonna tell ya
Cause we wish we knew.
That's why we heroes are so few.
We've got a slogan,
From Colonel Hogan,
And Colonel Hogan's a hero too.

Never flinch, boys, never be afraid,
Heroes are not born, boys, heroes all are made.
Ask not why, boys, never say die, boys,
Answer the call, remember we'll all be heroes forever more.

"I"

I was thinking about the financial crisis and the 'Bull Shit' stimulus proposal which is as Rush Limbaugh stated and named as just 'pork-u-lous'. I understand it's the realty,..er,.. reality (what a difference an 'I' makes, and isn't that how we went broke cause the 'I' was missing,.. er being held unresponsible, unaccountable and asking for a 'bailout') we are going to be burdened by the miss deads of prior generations and administrations.

But the idea that we stick our children, grandchildren and greater grand children with the bill for what we could easily do without and correct on our own is a statement of who our "New Leader" really is.

It's time I think that 'we the people' let him know he's okay taking it easy, finding his way being the new 'leader of the free world', and that nothing is free other than the air we breathe, (until he taxes it),.. oh Al Gore is already showing him how....

I understand as a union carpenter that the apprenticeship progam takes four years training and work experience prior to become adept, adapt, enept or inept,... comfortable at your trade and being capable as 'journeyman carpenter', therfore, Baby bear Barack, will be ready next time the liberals vote him in,.. 'I' hope.

Happy New Year, (or) 'How ignat 'r' ya'

Its here, and for all the blessed and cursed,.. awe shit,.. for all the good and bad in the world, somehow people think a different result will occur from the same old shit,.. called an election by media, knowledge without facts and 'newspeak'

Yeah, that is it,.. my new job is more of the same, pay rate is close though less, and yet I believe I'll achive a different result and increased enjoyment,.. have to think like that cause 'depression hurts'! To quote a co-worker, "How ignat 'r' ya?",.. kind of sums the new year up.

For all the hoopla and election freenzy, same raw deal again. Don't like the result of the election in some cold heartless state up north, heck with the vote, sue the people in the courts and contest the results untill everyone is so fed up with you they "Give you" the office, just to place you in indifference with a federal handout called a paycheck. Yep, sums up the value of the election,.. just another puppet.

I've got to say I'm okay with Obama, no more than that, I'm sure he'll do fine, the powers that picked Bush 1 & 2, Clinton and even Jimmy Carter, picked and placed this puppet and ,... I'm glad he beat my guy,.. cause just thinking of McCain and Palin there in the white house, fightin' with the puppet master like the Kennedy of old,.. gives me the heebie jeebies,.. what was I thinkin'?

I can see it now, McCain would be 'crossing the aisle' with a fully reformist cabinet, a war hero for homie-land security, Clinton for secratary of state,.. oh,.. and then Liberman for some God Fearing post like Chief of Staff,.. or just as kitchen help,.. and then he'd like to see closer ties with Vietnam or some such nonsense.

AND Palin!!! Mercy, imagine the Christmas Holiday,.. the 'New Grandchild',.. or how about that wardrobe,..

..and assisting the poor would revert to "Our Christian Charity", better known as a "Federal Tax Deduction",.. and just like our being a 'Concerned and giving' country, most lie about the size of the "Charity Ammount", just look at the receipts for donated clothing and 'used' furniture.

How much for that 'Obama 08 T shirt'?

Ahhhhhh, one more cup of joe and I think I'll relax and actually watch the television before bed,..