Queen's Edge Farm: Mr. Obama's Town Hall Meeting

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Mr. Obama's Town Hall Meeting

It's a tough situation. Personally, I consider myself without representation, and I do not recognize Mr. Obama as my President. I only just now found out about his online meeting this morning. I wish I had stumbled across this earlier, I would have loved to post some questions. After reading some of the questions posted by people in the United States, one of my questions would be "What do you plan to do to make people accountable for the debt they are in, the education they are receiving, and to stop relying on the government to change their lives?

I cannot believe that many posters believe that the government is responsible for alleviating the debt that they entered into willing, or that the government should fund their education, or make it more affordable. Once again, I am harping on personal responsibility here...it's what you make of your self that is important here. Let's move away from this man's socialistic agenda, IT IS NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.

He sure does seem to be very pushy in trying to get the American people to swallow even more of a "stimulus" debt. And President Bush received flack over his economic policies? Mr. Obama is not experienced enough to know how to handle this situation, and I for one don't appreciate his putting us even further in debt in such a short time he has been "in charge". I think he figures the more he talks about his plans, the more the American people will be swayed to "support" his ideas, or maybe he thinks they will get so tired of hearing from him that they will tell him "fine, whatever, just be quiet". It appears in that last few weeks/months that the American people have spoken, and are telling him NO MOREDEBT, but he isn't listening. He reminds me of my kids, how they will keep asking for something with the hopes that one time they will receive the answer they want.

2 comments:

Shelley said...: I agree with you on that matter for sure! These people wanting the government to step in and relieve them of their own consequences are the same who say they don't want the government too involved. Do they not realize that nothing is free - and there is a price and since they are requesting all this it gives the government all that control they didn't want them to have.
I also have never seen a president who seemed to value his own Celebrity so much. Since when do Presidents have time during a crisis to appear on Jay Leno???; March 26, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Amy E said...: LOL! That is way funny...he's not running for office anymore, apparently it's his to mess up as he wants now...and he's off and running, losing popularity with the American people. I think it is hilarious that now the media are now questioning their "golden child" the "great hope for America".

I think the Jay Leno was an obvious ploy to plea to the American people, he's obvious very desperate for people's approval so will use the most childish and unprofessional means to get his way.

So, I say "Dear Mr. Obama - read my lips - DO NOT spend any more money on this fake stimlus plan" signed a concerned American tax payer; March 26, 2009 at 2:56 PM

Grandma's Yummy Cinnamon Rolls

2 pkgs active dry yeast or 5 tsps if using bulk yeast
1/2 cup warm water (not too hot)
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup shortening, butter, margarine
2 tsps salt
2 cups milk, scalded
1 1/2 cups cold water
10 to 12 cups flour (white or whole wheat)

Yield: 4 loaves

Soften yeast in warm water, springkle in a tsp of the sugar
In LARGE mixing bowl blend sugar, shortening, salt and milk until shortening is melted. Add cold water, cool to luke-warm. Stir in yeast. Gradually add flour to form a stiff dough. Knead on floured surface until smooth and satiny, 5 to 10 minutes. Place in greased bowl, turning dough to grease all sides. Cover with foil or damp towel. Let rise in warm place (85 to 90 deg) until light and doubled in volume about two hours. Punch dough down by plunging fist in center. Knead dough for about 5 minutes.

Roll out one fourth of dough to a 16 X 12 inch rectangle. Brush with 2 TBSP of melted butter. Combine 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar, 1/3 cup sugar and 1 1/2 tsp of cinnamon (or more to taste). Sprinkle mixture over dough. Starting with 16 inch side, roll jellyroll fashion. Either cut into 16 1 inch slices or leave as a whole loaf. Place on a greased pan, cover and let rise in warm place until light, about 30 to 45 minutes. Bake at 375 degrees about 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Mix one box 10X sugar with 2 tbsps water. If too stiff, add more water until icing consistency, add a drop of vanilla too. Spread on baked bread while bread is still warm.

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Laundry Soap

Homemade Laundry Soap:
1/3 bar Fels Naptha or other type of soap, as listed above
½ cup washing soda
½ cup borax powder
~You will also need a small washpan or bowl that holds about 2 gallons.

Grate the soap and put it in a sauce pan. Add 6 cups water and heat it until the soap melts. Add the washing soda and the borax and stir until it is dissolved. Remove from heat. Pour 4 cups hot water into the washpan. Now add your soap mixture and stir. Now add 1 gallon plus 6 cups of water and stir. Transfer soap (using a funnel if necessary) into empty plastic laundry holders, milk containers (I use my empty glass milk bottles and old Fab containers) Let the soap sit for about 24 hours and it will gel. You use ½ cup per load.

Wild Mustang Grape Jelly

Wild Mustang Grape Jelly

5 cups grape juice (about 3 1/2 pounds of ripe grapes)1 (1 3/4 ounce) box of sure-jel pectin7 cups sugarBefore getting started it is best to clean the entire kitchen, making sure the sink is empty. Bleach the sink and all utensils used in making jelly (I do this as I sell my grape jelly as part of my homesteading business.)

Wash the canning jars in warm soapy water, and rinse well. Set off to side.

Place a large pan of water on the stove to heat. Once it starts steaming, place lids and rings in the bottom, and 2-3 jars (depending on if you use actual jelly jars or pints) to sterilize.

Next make the grape juice using clean washed grapes (make sure you use rubber gloves when picking or washing wild grapes)To 3 1/2 pounds of clean grapes (6 cups of grapes) add 1 1/2 cups water.Bring to a boil and simmer covered for 10 minutes.Strain and squeeze out all of the juice with cheese cloth (see paragraph below)
I didn't have cheese cloth, so I poured the grape mixture into a large spaghetti strainer with a large pan underneath. I had to stir it around some as the skins and seeds would sink to the bottom, and clog the colander up. Stirring allowed the liquid to drain out. I then used a large metal spoon and squished it some to get more of the juice out.

In a very big pan, put 5 cups of the juice (it’s okay to add no more than ½ cup water to even out amount)Add the fruit pectin to the juice.Mix well.On high heat, bring to a full rolling boil, and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.Stir in sugar all at once, and bring back to a full rolling boil, again boil hard for 1 minute stirring constantly.
Remove jelly from heat, skim off foam
Use a large spoon inserted inside the jar to lift CAREFULLY out of the water. DO NOT TOUCH THE INSIDE OF THE JAR OR THE RIM WITH YOUR HANDS.
Ladle jelly into hot jars, place a lid and ring onto jar (do not tighten yet).
Set jars to the side. After a while you should start hearing “pings” as the jar seals.
When jars are completely cool, tighten rings and store on pantry shelf.**SIDE NOTE: Wild Mustang Grapes are normally ready the end of June, so be prepared. Keep an eye open for vines on the side of the road, or any that friends and family may have growing in their yard. Many people just let them grow and don’t do anything with them, so it shouldn’t be hard to find a good supply. Also, the more you pick off the vine, the more the vine produces new grapes, so you probably won’t EVER run out of grapes to use until the vine dies or you get sick of making jelly. Good luck and feel free to contact me at queensedgefarm@yahoo.com for questions.