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About jimbet01

I am 75 years old and am retired from telecommunications where I worked in the maintenance of telephone switching equipment (13 years) and engineering of the wiring and space utilization of telephone central office power, switching and transmission equipment (23 years). I enjoy cooking and eating, digital photography, casino gambling, and talking with people (well, most people). I am a politically left-leaning moderate, a social liberal and I write blogs just to get things off my mind and down on paper. I like to discuss politics, religion, and started this blog page to meet new people and to get new ideas and inputs.

After 75 years of success and failure, I thought I had figured out how Life works. Man was I wrong.

In the 75 years that I have walked the earth, I have met people who liked me and those who did not.  Nothing new here.  I learned that not everyone will like you.  Some folks will dislike you even before … Continue reading

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Time For A Fact Check

Hello again! I am back after taking time off to come to grips with changes that have greatly impacted my life in the last two and a half years. The first was the sudden, unexpected death of my best friend … Continue reading

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The Iraq War – America’s Crime Against Humanity Must Not Go Unpunished.

Let’s remember a few things about the invasion of Iraq before we let Bush, Cheney and the Republicans off the hook. First, it wasn’t faulty intelligence that got us into Iraq, it was lies concocted by prez and vice. Second; … Continue reading

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What Happens When We Die?

This is a short blog.  I simply would like you to describe what happens when you die. I’ll kick it off. My name is Jim Bettag.  I have been alive for 69 years, 6 months, give or take.  I believe … Continue reading

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A Man, His Son and Their Pet Dove

Originally posted on me, myself & aye, yii, yii:
I would like to ask all of Christianity to take a moment and reflect on just what it is that you believe to be god. When I was a child attending Catholic elementary and…

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SEASON’S GREETINGS AND A WISH FOR ALL OF US

I hope that we as representatives of the human race can replace our need to judge others with an attempt to understand our differences, because those differences are only cosmetic when you get right to it.  We are the same … Continue reading

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A Man, His Son and Their Pet Dove

I would like to ask all of Christianity to take a moment and reflect on just what it is that you believe to be god. When I was a child attending Catholic elementary and high school, the nuns and priests taught me that … Continue reading

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

This is the one day of the year where love for a special person is the main event, highlighted with expensive greeting cards, flowers by the dozens, overindulgent heart shaped boxes of candy and exquisite pieces of jewelry that express … Continue reading

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Bible Is NOT The Word Of God.

Lately, I find my mind wandering repeatedly down a path questioning what life is about or if it is about any specific thing at all.  When I look at the myriad of peoples and lifestyles that exist I cannot see … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas 2011

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy Holidays. Did I cover all the bases? No, not quite. Festivus for the Rest of Us. This one day we are closer to world peace than at any other time of the year. Too bad, … Continue reading

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