I leave today’s blessing in George Washington Carver’s hands
After all he said it best…
so in Mr. Carver’s words:
May we all blessed to understand
“How far we go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.”
I know I’ve used this George Washington Carver quote before…
but I believe we can’t hear these words enough…
especially when we look our on a world
where, for so many, times are tough…
Eventually when these words might find their way into our hearts
we’ll see everyone as our sister and our brother
and we’ll look out on a world
where we all take care of one another
How far you go in life depends on being tender with the young
Compassionate with the aged
Sympathetic with the striving
And tolerant with the weak
because someday in your life you will have been all of these
peanut
tasty times
in breads, coffee and cakes
hundreds of uses for this crop
I thank God for George Washington Carver
he invented peanut butter
a peanut connoisseur
Georgia farmer
peanut
George Washington Duck got his name from his patriotic mother.
She dressed him in red, white, and blue, just like his brother.
He was given a cherry tree and a hatchet when he turned ten.
“Look at me Mama!” He yelled with a happy grin.
Chopping down a cherry tree is more work than he thought.
Because this was a young healthy sapling, not a bit of rot.
His mama gave him a chain saw, and he was in his glory.
Of course, it completely changed the age-old story.
Powdered wig was musty
Curls petrified and crusty
Mothballs smell much better
Especially in August weather.
George put it on his head anyway
Not wanting to disappoint his mother today
Rode on the float and waved to the crowd
Showing out with a hoppy dance, proudly and loud
That’s George Washington! His parents yelled.
Knowing full well that he always excelled.
Helicopter Mom and Motorcycle dad.
Still they raised a truly wonderful lad.
God or Science, the skeptics say,
Science is God, no need to pray.
Through it, we can all knowledge gain,
No need for God’s help to explain.
This fallacy of idle minds
creates a false dichotomy.
Without God’s ken science is blind,
yields speculations of all kinds.
A humble man, with brilliant mind
A scientist and world-renowned.
Yet every day he knelt and prayed,
God, “please reveal secrets to me.”
His lab he nicknamed God’s workshop
For this was where he felt Him near.
Revealing uses hundreds fold,
Of nuts that served as food for pigs.
He had a chance to become rich
By patenting his inventions.
He chose instead to open source
That all who wish could benefit.
Yet not alone among his peers
Of scientists, who took believed,
In God the divine creator,
Of Nature, their laboratory.
Santos fooled the folks as he spoke
George thinks mashing facts is a joke
This N.Y. House dope
Needs his mouth rinsed with soap
His diaper-rash words make me choke
Author's note: Why did voters in NY district #3 elect a bold-faced liar to Congress? Mr. Santos may have some kind of illness. Be that as it may, if a candidate freely lies, fools the voters, and receives no condemnation from his party's cohorts, it suggests the following:
It's not about where the ship of state sails, but rather who resides on the top deck. If the hull leaks, we can all go down, so even top-deck denizens ought to be careful about who does what.
Peanut butter
on waffles
on pancakes
on crackers
Thank you George Washington Carver!
Peanut butter
on a spoon
as a snack, quick and tasty.
Peanut butter
on bread
on graham crackers
on biscuits
Thank you George Washington Carver!
Peanut butter
with Miracle Whip
and Lettuce as a sandwich.
Peanut butter pie
Peanut butter brownies
Peanut butter just being peanut butter.
Thank you George Washington Carver!
Birth Date of George Washington
After contemplating and you are situating
Must keep in mind things may be mating
Not be a fool and remember golden rule
Is be on best behavior while in school.
On most occasions opposites will attract
Records are made to be broken and cracked
Things bounce back and forth and are resonating
Confine to straight line and easy is equating.
Then in triangle there is always 180 degrees
And if below thirty-two may start to freeze
When you are bored and looking for a thrill
You might start looking for a reciprocal.
Square root of three is birth date of Washington
Which is 1.732 and then you will be done
If square root you place each other upon
Number is obviously none other than one.
I do remember my old mathematical tool
That I am sure was my good old slide rule
And if you don't want to create a distortion
Be sure to use correct ration and proportion.
James Thesarious Hilarious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
I found some pithy quotes attributed to the Father of our Nation,
And thought I'd share some with you to further your education.
I've read his "Farewell To The Troops" but this stuff I'd never heard.
Sounds like he lifted them from The Proverbs as written in The Word!
I must maintain my reputation for rhyme and meter if you will permit,
So forgive me for using poetic license in paraphrasing George a bit.
"Refrain from booze which is the source of many problems big and small;
It'll give you headaches and trembling hands and you'll achieve no work at all!"
"Far superior is an army of asses led by a prudent and ferocious lion,
Than an army of lions led by an ass!" (And for sure he wasn't lyin'!)
"I maintain that a sensible woman can never by happy with a fool,
Especially if the man she weds is as stubborn as an army mule!"
"No long distance can keep anxious lovers long asunder,
Unless they find another and that could cause a serious blunder!"
These are just a few mots that George in his wisdom did bequeath.
It can be said that truer words were never spoken through falser teeth!
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) 2014 All Rights Reserved
"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your reputation!"
This sage advice was offered by George Washington, the father of our nation!
'Tis but one of many wise adages to us he did bequeath.
Can be said that truer words were never spoken through falser teeth!
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) All Rights Reserved
"Mr. President," I asked him,
"How do you think we've done
With this country that you left us
When your worthy race was run?"
"I'm amazed", he said, "at progress
In two hundred years and plus.
In many ways not the nation
You inherited from us.
I'm proud you've tried so hard to keep
The Constitution strong
And that history's proved we founders were
More often right than wrong".
I sighed and said, "We've failed sometimes."
He answered, "That is true,
But you have picked up the pieces
And kept on battling through.
If brave men don the mantle
And hold their standards high,
Then we signers will, in all truth say,
'It was worth the do or die'."
"Mr. President, we thank you
For this heritage we prize
And we hope that each new leader finds
Approval in your eyes."
"If he takes his charge with dignity,
Swears to give his very best,
You must give him time to prove himself
And pray that he is blest
With understanding of what's gone before
And insight in what's to be,
He'll bring honor to this nation,
Your sweet 'Land of Liberty'."
If George Washington Should Rise from the Dead
By Elton Camp
If George Washington should come to life again,
I rather wonder if he’d scream and his head spin
From what historians say, it would certainly seem
The country he founded strayed far from his dream
Entangelments with foreign nations he warned about
He’d have to be astonished at how that one turned out
The Constitution with its words so simple and clear
Has been interpreted into something else he’d fear
And his honored head he would most surely shake
And think a public debt so huge has to be a mistake
That States marriage between two men would endorse
Would be so far beyond his wildest dreams of course
But there might be much that George would think great
But for it to come in a later poem, that idea please wait
Or maybe some writer would like to pick up that theme
And tell us how developments fulfilled George’s dream
Not Alexander, not Caesar, not Napoleon
None of the warring butchers
Can measure up to him
Who could have been but didn't want to be a king
Who didn't allow himself to be a god
Who running far ahead of all humankind
Grabbed the future
And brought it back
Like an ordinary apple
To put on the table of a new nation
George Washington was the first President that we had.
When we see his picture on the one dollar bill, it makes us glad.
He refused to be a king and he was our President twice.
He was one of our best Presidents and that was pretty nice.
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