Comments on: National Security Mom http://onehappydog.us/2009/01/national-security-mom/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:57:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: vw bug http://onehappydog.us/2009/01/national-security-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-6740 vw bug Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:35:52 +0000 http://onehappydog.us/?p=3285#comment-6740 We have two winners. I sent out the information this morning! Congrats you two! We have two winners. I sent out the information this morning! Congrats you two!

]]> By: Rave http://onehappydog.us/2009/01/national-security-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-6738 Rave Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:07:07 +0000 http://onehappydog.us/?p=3285#comment-6738 I would be interested to see what the author thinks the Mayflower journey was for to begin with...it was not to escape religious persecution. It was a business venture by several English businessmen wanting to increase their ability to make money....needing several people to do it, they incorporated people from Holland (Leiden Separstists, the original pilgrims) onto the Mayflower along with those English who chose to search out a new life and who could not finance a ship on their own. The businessmen needed a 'colony' to work and expand their venture. Religious persecution was such a small part of the voyage. The 'Mayflower Compact' was because the ship originally landed where they had no legal right to land. So I guess you could say that National Security was involved after all...haha Okay- so I took that totally out of it's minor context....but still- sometimes it irritates me when people think the Mayflower was all about fleeing religous persecution when it was not. I would be interested to see what the author thinks the Mayflower journey was for to begin with…it was not to escape religious persecution. It was a business venture by several English businessmen wanting to increase their ability to make money….needing several people to do it, they incorporated people from Holland (Leiden Separstists, the original pilgrims) onto the Mayflower along with those English who chose to search out a new life and who could not finance a ship on their own. The businessmen needed a ‘colony’ to work and expand their venture.

Religious persecution was such a small part of the voyage. The ‘Mayflower Compact’ was because the ship originally landed where they had no legal right to land.

So I guess you could say that National Security was involved after all…haha

Okay- so I took that totally out of it’s minor context….but still- sometimes it irritates me when people think the Mayflower was all about fleeing religous persecution when it was not.

]]> By: diamond dave http://onehappydog.us/2009/01/national-security-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-6737 diamond dave Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:28:14 +0000 http://onehappydog.us/?p=3285#comment-6737 Something I would add as far as parenting goes is that loving our kids isn't always about hugs and kisses and snuggles and warm fuzzy puppies. Sometimes love is about making decisions in our kids' best interests and pointing them in the right direction for their own good, even when they may not understand why and resent us for it. And sometimes love is about letting them loose to succeed and fail on their own, so they will learn on their own that life is not fair and they need to master themselves before they can take on the world. Something I would add as far as parenting goes is that loving our kids isn’t always about hugs and kisses and snuggles and warm fuzzy puppies. Sometimes love is about making decisions in our kids’ best interests and pointing them in the right direction for their own good, even when they may not understand why and resent us for it. And sometimes love is about letting them loose to succeed and fail on their own, so they will learn on their own that life is not fair and they need to master themselves before they can take on the world.

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