Dear Paul,

It is concerning who the next US President will be.
At the same time - although I am worried - I'm
hoping that the American people will have the sense
to choose as their leader a man that will not disgrace
their country. The entire world is depending on their
decision at the ballot box.

Oh come off it Foxy.

After Obama, & then Biden, they could elect the drovers dog, & be less ashamed. Hell they even returned Obama after he proved himself to be anti USA.

Dear Hassie,

America is somewhat of a concern isn't it?

My husband tells me that there's a program on SBS
this evening (Chanel 3) at 8.30 pm " Lies, Politics,
and Democracy." It finishes at 10.35 pm, it's
about the profound mounting threat to American Democracy.

Might be worth a look.

I watched the program on SBS last night.

It was frightening.

Hi Foxy,

Was having a discussion with Padre Pete a few weeks back, I consider him as a bloke in his 70's a Christian, after all he is a priest, and a true liberal with his values and outlook. He made the bold statement during our discussion that; "Although there are many Christians in America, America is not a Christian country". I naturally enquired; "Why do you say that?", he gave his reasons, and I must agree that from a true Christian perspective, America is not a Christian country.

I rock'ed up Xmas Eve at 6pm for the 'Nativity Service' the wife was a Shepard, with a cardboard sheep. Unlike previous years where it has been rather staid in presentation, with traditional carols etc. This being Petes, first and probably only year of doing the Nativity thing here, it was different from the usual to say the least. It opened with an Aussie Xmas carol, that's different for starters. Peter sort of took to the traditional, and tore away the superfluous shallow material, and gave a true meaning to the whole event, not the fairy tale we are used to, but the true meaning. I liked it when he introduced the 4 Wise Men, as Peter said who knows how many 'Wise Men' there were, the Bible doesn't say, even their existence is not important, what is important is what 'Wise Men' and their gifts represent, an he went on to explain.

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I loved the baby Jesus, a girl about 9 years old, with her real parents playing Mary and Joseph, some new folks to the Church from Africa, bit different. After the service I said to Peter, "Well, that was different, but I liked it." He said; "Do you think people got something from it".....I said; "Some, but for some it might have gone over their head a little, but there was 'Silent Knight' and 'Away In A Manger' etc that would have made them happy. Peter said; "I didn't want to leave out the traditional carols, people and the children like them, but I wanted to put the true meaning of Jesus's birth out there"...."You did" I replied.