I would really like the blog posts to be more consistent, but then again my life isn\u2019t super consistent so I will probably ramble on and find some other medium in which to be more consistent.<\/p>\n
Charles and I went over to home teach the Turners.\u00a0 I really enjoyed the discussion and hoped they didn\u2019t think I talked too much.\u00a0 Gabby and Ben are very intelligent, At first we spoke with Gabby about home schooling.\u00a0 She was explaining some of the reasons to home school your kids.\u00a0 I have believed home school can be very effective with kids, as long as the parents are committed and organized.\u00a0 While I think all kids could benefit from home schooling.\u00a0 I don\u2019t believe all parents are prepared or capable.\u00a0 I don\u2019t believe I and Amanda are prepared or capable.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 if we were forced into the situation I think we could handle it.\u00a0 My problem is I\u2019m too lazy, and unorganized.\u00a0 I think Lazy is the worst trait a home schooling parent can have.\u00a0 Amanda is not lazy but I do believe she would be very stressed that she wasn\u2019t doing a good job.\u00a0 And once again It\u2019s me being lazy not wanting to have to deal with that.<\/p>\n
One of the discussion topics focused on the fact that schools all too often have become a day-care for the double income family and that the schools are teaching the kids unproven theories in class.\u00a0 On was global warming.\u00a0 Just because Al Gore says it\u2019s a problem and a bunch of scientist think it\u2019s a problem.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t make it a problem.\u00a0 A bunch of educated people used to think the world was flat.\u00a0 Lord Kelvin one of the worlds great scientists of the time said air travel would never be commercially viable and people would continue to waste their lives in the pursuit of flight.\u00a0 He was quoted in an interview saying that, only one year before the Wright Brothers took their first flight.(If you want the reference to the news paper interview) I can get that.<\/p>\n
I brought up my opinion about global warming.\u00a0 I believe we are pretty arrogant to believe something man has created really has the ability to affect the weather.\u00a0 Just like someone saying they have a weather machine.\u00a0 However I do believe the human race is having an effect on the weather.\u00a0 Not because of the Carbon Dioxide, but because of the moral decay is causing God to use natural disasters to get people\u2019s attention.\u00a0 While this belief is going to get a huge scoff from the non believes, to the faithful it makes sense.\u00a0 This led to a discussion on the current financial situation.<\/p>\n
First on the whole world financial crisis: Charles and I discussed with the Turners some of the reasons.\u00a0 Ben Turner is an actuary, which means he figures out much a company should plan to spend on insurance.\u00a0 He also has a degree in Economics.\u00a0 I have been watching the stock market for 15 years. I watch the stock market, like others watch an follow sports.\u00a0 I am a casual observer, but count myself informed. Like I\u2019ve written before I am not an expert and only follow a couple of companies closely enough to make intelligent decisions about their stock.\u00a0 So I have my theories.\u00a0\u00a0 I learned some thing from\u00a0 Ben that I had not known before. The guy running the Federal Reserve during the depression actually caused the problem by squeezing money supply so tight the economy choked. Currently the Fed had loosen up the money supply like never before.\u00a0 Many other countries are doing the same.\u00a0 Ben also explained this could lead to 10 to 15% inflation in 3 to 5 years.\u00a0 Or it could be a really slow recovery.\u00a0 Or the Economy could collapse or Fall apart, which I am not sure exactly what that would entail. Ben explained that\u2019s the text book answer to the problem.\u00a0 I tried to put the religious spin on it.\u00a0 I believe the smart money guys are right about what is going on.\u00a0 I also believe this is part of the cycle, showed in the Book of Mormon,\u00a0 Humility leads to blessings, blessings lead to wealth, Wealth leads to Pride, Pride leads to cutting off of blessings. Cutting off of blessings lead to Wars, natural disasters, famine,\u00a0 plagues and poverty.\u00a0 All of this leads to Humility and we have come full circle.\u00a0 This cycle is making itself manifest with the current situation in the world economy.\u00a0 Ben acknowledged that could be a reason for the situation.<\/p>\n
For me the conversation with the Turners was very invigorating.\u00a0\u00a0 I know I was more of a benefactor from the interaction, then they were.\u00a0\u00a0 I would like to thank them for that.<\/p>\n
That is for sure my biggest blog entry ever.\u00a0 I guess that what you get from being place in a pretty confined space at 35000 feet.<\/p>\n
Happy New Year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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