I'm a "Mack" too... burp...

Friday I was the Mystery Reader at my son's school and in deciding what to read I came back to Dr. Seuss. I find that his books are not only funny but also are filled with lessons. The story that I read was: Yertle the Turtle. Quite a powerful story actually. Unfamiliar with it? Need a refresher? Here's the scoop: Yertle the Turtle is the king of the turtles. He decides that he wants to sit on a throne bigger than just a rock and begins to command the turtles to come and he stacks them. (Even though the turtles don't like it they still come and help) From his vantage point he's decided that he's the king of all he can see. But it's never enough and so keeps adding turtles. Along comes Mack who begins to politely express how painful it is that the king is making these decisions. He's hurting, and yet, the king shouts him down. Time and again Mack warns the king that it's too much and the king decides to add more so that he can build his kingdom to the heavens. When Mack has had enough he lets out a 'burp'. It shakes the tower of turtles and it all collapses. It ends with Yertle the turtle king being king of the mud.

Wow, I thought, as I read it again. How amazing that this story dovetails the political landscape in our country. The people in power (as of this writing it's the Democrats with Obama filling the role of president) are seeking to build their kingdom. The people have tried to politely say, "We've had enough, you can stop now." We're like Mack in the story. We've tried to speak our peace and multiple polls have suggested we are not in favor of the present "Change" that has come upon the USA. Some in my state (NY) would agree with Carl Paladino they they are "Mad as..." well you know. They are 'Macks', the guys at the bottom trying to hold it all together. The little guy whose voice is being ignored and drowned out. (What do you mean you don't want healthcare reform? What do you mean you don't support of repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"?! What do you mean you don't like us treating Israel like a step-child?! What do you mean you don't want to pay more taxes?! What do you mean the Stimulus isn't working?! What do you mean we have to create jobs... we gave extensions for people who are unemployed!)
Across the nation people are, like Mack, ready to "burp". November 2nd is about the little guys saying, "ENOUGH!" It isn't going to be about Independent, Democrat, Republican, Liberal, Conservative... It's going to be about people with common sense voting their "Change and Hope" into office. And if that doesn't work they'll "burp" again. There are those who are seeking to build their kingdom upon the back of "Macks", but like Yertle the Turtle, they will find themselves ruling over the mud.

I'm a "Mack" and I approve of this message. ;)

Look out for that turkey!

If you've been following our march to win the chryslerjimmyadventures.com contest then you've probably noticed that there is a turkey gaining on us! I'm not talking about the cute little girl, I'm talking about the Thanksgiving Turkey behind her!
They picked up 463 votes yesterday. We picked up 373. I figure that if we average 400 (as we have this past week) and they continue to get at least that many votes they will over take us in 7 days. SO... friends, family, co-workers, friends of our friends, cyber voyeurs... WE NEED YOUR VOTE!
We can't make any hollow promises about how your grass will look greener or how whiter your teeth will be, but we can promise to post plenty of pictures here on this blog and send out sincere THANK YOUS to everyone.
I don't know if it will change the world, but I do know that two little boys will look back at this point in their history and be in awe at how they were supported and cheered on!

Thanks again for voting... Vote for caleb and joel

Voting Glitches being fixed...

We've gotten word that even though people are voting they are having a problem with the tabulation being correctly displayed. They assured us that all votes are being counted and by morning on March 21st they should have the glitch fixed.

Thank you everyone for your support! Keep those votes coming!!!

Lonnie

VOTE - VOTE - VOTE

Hey friends, family and people who just want to see what we are doing...

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! We're in the finals of the Chrysler Jimmy Adventures contest. The top 6 vote getters from March 18th to April 22nd get grand prizes!

To vote you need to go to: Vote Chrysler Jimmy Adventures

Once there you have to sign up for an account. Once you have an account you can return each day and vote. Our picture looks like this one. No names are attached to any of the photos, so hopefully our picture will help you find our boys!

Thanks so much for your help!