{"id":1131,"date":"2011-05-26T16:55:18","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T16:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voteforjoe.com\/wheresjoe\/?p=604"},"modified":"2011-05-26T16:55:18","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T16:55:18","slug":"south-korean-elderly-a-round-lake-down-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=1131","title":{"rendered":"South Korean elderly, a ’round’ lake, Down Syndrome…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Florida Panhandle Tour<\/em> \u00a0 continued: \u00a0 In Crestview, Florida, we met with Rosa Garrett from South Korea. \u00a0 She married an American service man and came to the states some 25 years ago. \u00a0 Of the contrasts between countries, she said what she found most striking was the difference (overall) between how elderly were treated in her country and how they are treated here. \u00a0 For instance, in her country (until just recently) there was no such thing as: nursing homes. \u00a0 “Families take care of their own there,” she said. \u00a0 Also, how elderly are addressed in South Korea is much more respectful as well, Rosa continued… \u00a0 There has, indeed, been a significant decline in respect for the elderly among the last few generations in America. \u00a0 What’s more, I once told a newspaper in Champaign, Illinois, that the elderly in America are being pushed farther and farther to the margins in their retirment travels, assisted living facilities, nursing homes… \u00a0 A wave of euthanasia for elderly seems to loom on the horizon as well — if more isn’t done to intervene… \u00a0 We also recently stopped in DeFuniak, Springs, Florida where we stopped at Lake DeFuniak. \u00a0 It is one of only two know perfectly round spring-fed lakes in the world (the other is in Switzerland). \u00a0 The lake is one mile in circumference and over 60 feet deep. \u00a0 There are a lot of theories about the shape, including a meteor strike. \u00a0 Adjacent to the lake is the Walton-DeFuniak Library, purported to be one of the oldest libraries in the country… \u00a0 While in DeFuniak Springs, we also met with Beth and Patrick \u00a0 Stanley. \u00a0 Patrick, 31, has Down Syndrome and still lives with his mom, Beth. \u00a0 Patrick is an accomplished artist who has shown in a number of Florida gallaries and has designed a series of greeting cards. \u00a0 Beth is very active in the National Down Syndrome Congress<\/strong> and is a strong advocate for “Life.” \u00a0 She said so often when a couple finds out the baby in the womb has Down Syndrome, they’ll abort — and tremendously miss out on the “gift” God has in store for them. \u00a0 She said despite Patrick’s various physical problems (asthma, orthopedic issues, and so on…) he has been an “absolute joy.” \u00a0 Beth lobbies, hard, for more inclusion of Down Syndrome children in mainstream schools. \u00a0 As these children are a gift to their parents, they too can be a tremendous gift to their classmates, said Beth, if only the classmates would slow down to include these children — \u00a0on every level… \u00a0 \u00a0So some of these Down Syndrome children are \u00a0currently being aborted. \u00a0 It’s not hard to envision a time in this country, like with the elderly, that children with what we deem as “disabilities” will be tragically euthanized too… \u00a0 \u00a0 Last night our family attended a Wednesday night prayer service at the Independent Baptist Church in Crestview, Florida. \u00a0 The pastor said he saw the recent, highly-scary tornado activity in this country as part of “God’s judgement” for a nation going morally astray. \u00a0 Given that we’ve now crossed the 50 million abortion mark in America, euthanasia looms like a tsunami here, sex and \u00a0violence pervade the media (and our cities), etc., etc., etc., … the pastor’s corollary may well be apt. \u00a0 Note:<\/strong> \u00a0 While \u00a0in Defuniak Springs, we attended Mass at St. Margaret’s. \u00a0 In the back was a display that included a jar of water with clean water and a jar with quite murky water. \u00a0 The display, sponsored by the Council of Catholic Women, \u00a0was to bring attention to the fact that one-sixth of the the world’s people don’t have access to clean drinking water. \u00a0 Several years ago, during a campaign stop in Wisconsin, we met with an environmental science professor from the University of Wisconsin. \u00a0 He said there was so much more the U.S. could do to bring more safe drinking water to the Third World. \u00a0 And our administration would work over time trying to do just that. \u00a0 Note 2<\/strong>: \u00a0 I talked with Barbara Warburton, who lives in Destin, Florida. \u00a0 \u00a0She has been featured recently in a number of Florida newspapers per: her stance on the television show Family Guy<\/em>. \u00a0 She said shows like this are leading to the “destruction of morality.” \u00a0 Through the Parents Television Council<\/strong>, Warburton and thousands of others filed a formal indecency complaint with the Federal Communications Commission to protest the program. \u00a0 Oh, one other thing: \u00a0 Mrs. Warburton’s son Patrick — is the voice for one of the animated \u00a0characters in the show. \u00a0 Talk about sticking to your principles. \u00a0 Note 3:<\/strong> \u00a0 While in Florida, I talked to two high school classes in the country of Nicaraugua, via the magic of Skype. \u00a0 It was a bi-lingual class. \u00a0 Note 4: \u00a0<\/strong> A man approached me in a parking lot in McDonald’s. \u00a0 He pointed to the: \u00a0 Find us on Facebook signage we have on one side of the camper. \u00a0 He then smiled and exclaimed: \u00a0 “Facebook, You Tube… stick<\/em> \u00a0 it to the big man!”<\/strong> \u00a0 He then gave me \u00a0a thumbs up and walked on. \u00a0 Note 5:<\/strong> \u00a0 While at the Sunset King Lake RV Resort in Defuniak Springs, I got in a conversation with a couple from Indiana who grew tremendously excited about our campaign because I was, indeed, an “average Joe.” \u00a0 The husband is an airplane mechanic and said it was about time there was a common man in D.C. \u00a0 He was getting fed up with a lot of the big money and partisanship. \u00a0 I said to consider us and as a campaign promise, when I got to D.C., I’d change (there’s that “change” word) the Statue of Liberty to: a Hoosier. \u00a0 As soon as anyone figures out exactly what a Hoosier is. \u00a0 They 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Our Florida Panhandle Tour \u00a0 continued: \u00a0 In Crestview, Florida, we met with Rosa Garrett from South Korea. \u00a0 She married an American service man and came to the states some 25 years ago. \u00a0 Of the contrasts between countries, …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}