Becky Ellisor » Ethics and Philosophy

December 2010

Becky Ellisor — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:00:10 +0000

One of the worst months I’ve had in a long , long time… Mary, my mother in law, died on the third of the month, early in the morning. I have never seen anyone so ready for passing over. I didn’t think she was able to move any longer when I asked her forgiveness for not being the perfect caregiver. She managed to to hold out her hand and take mine. She smiled and tried to talk but couldn’t. She was happy and I knew she forgave me.

Everyone should spend some time with a dying person. Nothing teaches compassion as well or gives one such peace about their own death. It was the third time I have been with a loved one when they died. I would not trade the experience for anything. That doesn’t mean I would not want to see them alive again, it just means there is some peace and joy in being with them when they go.

The rest of the month went downhill from there. My dog was run over on New Year’s Day and died instantly. Everything that happened in between was hard and difficult to get my head wrapped around. No need to pass it all on to you, except that a cousin of mine, Bill Yeager passed away, also. I will miss his presence at family get togethers.

My time is my own now and I look forward to continuing the fight to make life better for all of us. That is why we are here, in case you never thought about it.

Book defending Pedophilia

Becky Ellisor — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:48:25 +0000

Every child in the world deserves the right to grow up as all children should: innocent.

Ted Sorenson

Becky Ellisor — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:57:53 +0000

I am sorry to see that Ted Sorenson has died. He was a great writer because he left us some of the best quotes in history for stirring the people up to good things. We need more men like him. The Kennedy years were so inspiring. Who is going to give us this again? Or can such a person only come from prosperity? The times they are a-killin us. Speak up and vote in honor of those times when most Americans had ethics and compassion.

Dr. Phil speaks out

Becky Ellisor — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:58:41 +0000

I think I like Dr. Phil better as a Psychologist looking at the crazies in the Political-Psychological spectrum better than I do him dealing with the individual problems of everyday people. We need someone to point out the crazies in the world. What a good way to educate people about extremists and perhaps how to teach our children to recognize extremely antisocial and criminal ideas.

see: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/29/dr-phil-slams-arkansas-official-for-non-apology-apology/?hpt=T2

Don’t give up now

Becky Ellisor — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:36:41 +0000

You must vote if you want to see our economy improve.

If you decide to not bother then we will be right back in the same place we were two years ago. It took a lot longer than two years to get us into the mess we are in and giving up after just two years is really insane. Do it again so we can continue to improve.

New favorite quotation re:Miners in Chile

Becky Ellisor — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:49:46 +0000

33 hardworking men trapped in a mine for maybe four months and hardly any room and no sanitation brings to mind for me a quotation from Elvis Presley. I was reminded of it the other day on someone’s blog but I forgot who (Sorry to that blogger.)

“Adversity is sometimes hard on a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.”

– Elvis Presley

Local Democrats prepare for Senate District Conventions

Becky Ellisor — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:13:41 +0000

Some of the finest people I know attend these gatherings and have for many years. I won’t mention any names but they are the salt of the earth. Actually most of the people who stay long term involved in Democratic Politics are good people who care about their neighbors. They care enough to vote and help others to vote. More people should join us. I can’t and won’t say any thing bad about Republicans because they are most often nice people, too. They just haven’t had the fun we have: helping our neighbors.

The price Election Judges pay for free elections…

Becky Ellisor — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:45:59 +0000

Worked 18 hours yesterday, with a payrate of 14 hours at 8.50 an hour paid by the County of Harris for my services as an Election Judge in the Democratic Primary. The Democratic Party pays the County back, as do the Republicans. What I really got was the honor of serving my country. I always swear to myself that this election will be the last time, I serve. But like having a baby, the pain is gone at the finish and look what you have: an election that you know was conducted properly and fairly without any fear of cheating while the ballots were in your possession.

It is a damn small price to pay for free elections.

Why is abortion an issue?

Becky Ellisor — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:43:49 +0000

One in three women will have an abortion in their lifetime and the rest should support their decisions. It is their right as a human being to decide what happens to their body, not ours or anyone elses.

I just loved this quote I ran across

Becky Ellisor — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:58:03 +0000

So I am going to add it to my quotes page. It is a quote by George Washington our first president, who in addition was a leader among the Constitutional writers and who led the Revolution against the English. He was a great strategist and warrior. Yet this quote tells us what kind of man he really was… a great one.
(see quotes page)