A fellow parishioner decided when her kids were very young that they needed to learn charity. She taught them to give something to every person who asked. Each time that they were approached by the disabled vet outside the drug store, the homeless man on the street, the uniformed woman from the food-providing agency, the Salvation Army man with the Christmas kettle—anyone asking for help or for their aid in helping others—they would give a little something. I asked, “What if the person’s a fake or will spend the dollar on alcohol or drugs?” Her answer was another question: “What if they really do spend it on food for themselves or their family?” This woman was teaching her children an important fact. That is, it’s our job to be charitable; it’s God’s job to decide who He sends our way and why.
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Grab Those Drugs
[I’m posting my “Sensible Saturday” on Friday to give you a heads-up. Tomorrow is an important day, but you have only a few hours to participate. It’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, when you can get rid of your unused prescription drugs in a safe, healthy way. Here’s the DRA’s blurb:]
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day will be October 27, 2018 [tomorrow] from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. National Take-Back Day is a safe, convenient, and responsible way to dispose of unused or expired prescription drugs.
The Drug Enforcement Administration first launched its “Take-Back” day more than six years ago and since then has collected more than 8.1 million pounds of prescription drugs from the public.
Check out DEA’s Take Back Day website for information and to find collection sites near you.
[Read about it, then just say YES and DO IT!!!!!]
Dump those Drugs Tomorrow
Stop accumulating those drugs! There are Drug Take-Back Days throughout the year, but tomorrow, from 10:00 to 2:00, is National Drug Take-Back Day–a good day to take care of this important chore. Gather all your left-over prescriptions, those drugs that you don’t need, and ones that are outdated. Take them to a near-by collection site to be disposed of properly. Type in your zip code HERE to find a site near you.
Medications don’t have to be in their original containers. Also, you just drop them off–no questions about who you are or where you got them.
This cleans out your medicine cabinet, safeguards young children in your family, and prevents the drugs from polluting the earth and poisoning wildlife, which happens when drugs are flushed down the toilet or tossed into the garbage (landfill).
Today, put a Post It on your medicine cabinet so you remember to do this tomorrow. Don’t forget: the take-back event runs only from 10 A.M to 2 P.M.
Just Say “Yes” to Drugs
[I’m posting my “Sensible Saturday” on Friday night to give you a heads-up. Tomorrow is an important day, but you have only a few hours to participate. It’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, when you can get rid of your unused prescription drugs in a safe, healthy way. Here’s the DRA’s blurb:]
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day will be October 28, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. National Take-Back Day is a safe, convenient, and responsible way to dispose of unused or expired prescription drugs.
The Drug Enforcement Administration first launched its “Take-Back” day more than six years ago and since then has collected more than 8.1 million pounds of prescription drugs from the public.
Check out DEA’s Take Back Day website for information and to find collection sites near you.
[Read about it, then just say YES and DO IT!!!!!]
Be Happier–Burn Your Newspaper
News is bad for us, it seems. It’s toxic to our bodies, causes us to make mistakes, inhibits our thinking, acts like a drug, kills our creativity, and does much more damage to us. This is according to The Guardian. Read “News is Bad for You,” which gives an interesting perspective on the news. Then you may just want to burn–or at least cancel–your newspaper.
CA, Immigration, Violent Crime, and People who will Save Us
I don’t like outsiders coming into California and telling me what’s wrong with my state, especially when they haven’t done their homework. I’m galled by Donald Trump’s telling us how bad the violent crime is in California and attributing it to our immigrants.
According to the CATO Institute’s Immigration and Crime–What the Research Says, “Between years 2000 and 2005, California cities with large inflows of recent immigrants tended have lower violent crimes rates [emphasis mine] and the findings are statistically significant. During the same time period, there is no statistically significant relationship between immigration and property crime.”
The American Immigration Council says this in The Criminalization of Immigration in the United States: “For more than a century, innumerable studies have confirmed two simple yet powerful truths about the relationship between immigration and crime: immigrants are less likely to commit serious crimes or be behind bars than the native-born, and high rates of immigration are associated with lower rates of violent crime and property crime [emphasis mine]. This holds true for both legal immigrants and the unauthorized, regardless of their country of origin or level of education.”
CNN reported in Immigrants and Crime–Crunching the Numbers that “numerous studies going back more than a century have shown that immigrants—regardless of nationality or legal status—are less likely than the native population to commit violent crimes or to be incarcerated. A new report from the Immigration Policy Center notes that while the illegal immigrant population in the U.S. more than tripled between 1990 and 2013 to more than 11.2 million, ‘FBI data indicate that the violent crime rate declined 48%—which included falling rates of aggravated assault, robbery, rape, and murder. Likewise, the property crime rate fell 41%, including declining rates of motor vehicle theft, larceny/robbery, and burglary.’”
A GAO (U.S. Government Accountability Office) report shows an increase in immigrants arrested, but for immigration violations, traffic violations, and drugs, not for violent crimes. “Based on our random sample, GAO estimates that the criminal aliens had an average of 7 arrests, 65 percent were arrested at least once for an immigration offense, and about 50 percent were arrested at least once for a drug offense. Immigration, drugs, and traffic violations accounted for about 50 percent of arrest offenses. About 90 percent of the criminal aliens sentenced in federal court in fiscal year 2009 (the most recently available data) were convicted of immigration and drug-related offenses.”
I did my own bit of homework, all by myself. Trump and others like him have teams of people to do it for them. But they don’t care about the truth; they care only about sound-bites and riling us up against each other so they can jump in and say, “Trust me. I’ll save you.”
Go away and leave California alone. We don’t need your type of “saving”!
Get Rid of those Drugs Today!
Stop accumulating those drugs! There are Drug Take-Back Days throughout the year, but today is the DEA’s Prescription Drug Take-Back Day–a good day to take care of this important chore. Gather all your left-over prescriptions, those drugs that you don’t need, and ones that are outdated. Take them to a near-by collection site to be disposed of properly. Call your local police department to find a location or ask at your favorite pharmacy.
Medications don’t have to be in their original containers. Also, you just drop them off–no questions about who you are or where you got them.
This cleans out your medicine cabinet, safeguards young children in your family, and prevents the drugs from polluting the earth and poisoning wildlife, which happens when drugs are flushed down the toilet or tossed into the garbage (landfill).
Do this as soon as you read this, so you don’t forget.
Hoarding Drugs
Stop accumulating those drugs! There are National Drug Take-Back Days throughout the year, but today is as good as any day to take care of this important chore. Gather all your left-over prescriptions, drugs that you don’t need, and ones that are outdated. Take them to a near-by collection site to be disposed of properly. Call your local police department to find a location or ask at your favorite pharmacy.
Medications don’t have to be in their original containers. Also, you just drop them off–no questions about who you are or where you got them.
This cleans out your medicine cabinet, safeguards young children in your family, and prevents the drugs from polluting the earth and poisoning wuildlife, which happens when drugs are flushed down the toilet or tossed into the garbage.
Do this as soon as you read this, so you don’t forget.