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REFLECTIONS
Dog Theology
Over the years our family has included both cats and dogs
that helped us raise our kids, and became our companions.
Our cats seemed willing to allow us the privilege of living with
them. Our dogs seemed grateful for the privilege of living
with us. They taught us the difference between dog theology
and cat theology
It might sound strange, even sacrilegious to a few, but Bob
Sjogren and Gerald Robison have developed whole seminars
and books around "cat and dog theology."
(www.catndogtheology.com). Simply put,
cats say, "You feed me, shelter me and care
for me. I must be god." Dogs say, "You feed
me, shelter me and care for me. You must
be god." If you have ever had a cat and a dog
| you know what I mean. Cat theology is me-
centered. "What can God do for me?" Dog
theology is God centered. "What does God
I want me to do?" Here are a few things I am
_ ___ learning about "dog theology" from Buddy.
Buddy trusts me. Whenever I get in my
—... - truck he jumps in and takes his place, ready
llSieV t0 S°- Tie doesn't know where we are going
or what we are going to do. But he believes
that if I am driving it is okay. I need to be more like that with
God. I always want to know where we are going, when we
are going to get there and what we are going to do once we
arrive. I need to jump in the truck with God and give him
control of my life.
Buddy wants to be with me. He doesn't care if he is at the
lake running, splashing and rolling in the mud, sitting in a
chair next to me on the patio or in my study lying at my feet
while I write. He just wants to be where I am. I need to
spend time with God. What made the early disciples differ-
ent was the fact they had been with Jesus (Acts 4:13).
Buddy follows me. He even follows me from room to room
in the house. Whenever we go for a walk in an open field I let
him off his leash and he runs free. But he keeps an eye on
me. He has developed a radius of his own, about thirty yards
from wherever I am. Within that radius he feels comfortable
exploring smells and marking trees. Occasionally he gets
out of eyesight. But, when I call his name he conies running.
Not real fast, but as fast as he can. After all he is a Corgi. It
reminds me of what Jesus said to His disciples, "Come, follow
me!" "My sheep know my voice."
Buddy waits for me. If I am writing, he lies down, rests
his head on his paws, keeps one eye on me and waits. If we
are walking and I stop, he sits down wi th his tongue hanging
out and waits. If I go to the store, he waits in my truck until
I return. Buddy never complains about waiting on me. He
never gets in a hurry. Maybe I should be more like that with
respect to God and those i love.
Buddy has his own book, Buddy the Floppy Ear Corgi, on
Amazon that tells how he was rescued off the streets and how
he learned to love himself and others just the way God made
them. Since God has rescued me, I can love myself and oth-
ers too, just the way He made us
Buddy the Floppy Ear Corgi is available as an e-book at
www.amazon.com. Email BUI Tinsley at bill@tinsleycenter,
com.
letters to the Ed itor
Dear- Editor,
I was just wondering, that if new Sheriff dept. going to still
lock up and book our city prisoners or does the city need
to build a new police dept. for their prisoners and new jail
because, been talk of this for years because our jail now is
a County jail and city jail combined but, when Sheriff dept.
moves can City police dept. take over a county jail and seem
like for years that the Police and Sheriff dept. been doing their
job on booking prisoners and book work and what else needed.
I got to say this Mr. Brown yes, you showed the city whom the
boss is, I don't agree but, being boss you have that right, to use
your powers in office and to tell us its your way of doing your
job but, to hire someone from out of town, that don't know
nothing of our town or its people, that's not right, well I like to
say that I hope and pray that all works out for Mr. Brian Frieda
our new Chief of Police of S-water, Tex also, Mr. Frieda you
have a well trained staff and with you letting them help is your
greatest gift from them to show you how to be one of us and I
hope you like our town because we have some of the best peo-
ple in this world living and working here yes, we have the best
law enforcement crew of any town and Mr. Kelley its sad to
say goodbye to a fine person that stayed with us over the years,
one hell of a good person, Jim take care and get out and see the
world, as it is and enjoy your re tirement and may all work out
for you. I know that Mr. Brown put you in office and look how
you worked out but let's give Mr. Frieda a chance to work out.
Like the old saying goes, we all need a chance to show what we
can do in office and with others in our job. Chief of Police, Mr.
Frieda welcome to our town of S-water, Tex and may you say
later I live in the best little town in the west, S-water and Nolan
County is my new home. Welcome chief.
Donald Worsham
Sweetwater
P.S. Some will say, this is brown nosing. Get it, Brown.
C- FORCE
E
Is sugar toxic? Part 2
Chuck
Norris
Q: Chuck, I saw the
recent "60 Minutes" seg-
ment about how exces-
sive sugar consumption
is toxic. It was particu-
larly troubling
to hear how it
can contribute
to some can-
cers. I feel this
evidence needs
to be re-high-
lighted for the
American public.
Would you mind
doing so in your
"C-Force" col-
umn? — Celeste
J., Florida
A: Last week, I
began to report
on Dr. Sanjay Gupta's
investigative report on
"60 Minutes" that sugar
in excess can be toxic
and has been linked to
obesity, Type 2 diabetes,
hypertension and heart
disease. Gupta's segment
has trended in top health
news since its broadcast.
The fact that sugar can
be toxic is supported by
the research of many
people, including that of
Dr. Robert Lustig, a lead -
ing expert in childhood
obesity and pediatric
hormone disorders at the
University of California,
San Francisco School
of Medicine, as well as
Dr. Kimber Stanhope,
a nutritional biolo-
gist at the University of
California, Davis.
I finished by noting
how Stanhope's research
shows that too many sug-
ar-based treats overload
the liver with fructose,
converting some into fat
that goes into the blood-
stream and helps pro-
duce the dangerous LDL,
which clogs blood vessels.
(Unlike glucose, which is
metabolized by every cell
in the body, fructose pri-
marily is metabolized by
the liver.)
To add insult to injury,
GUEST COLUMN
Dr. Lewis Cantley, a pro-
fessor at Harvard Medical
School and the head of
the Cancer Center at Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, said on
"60 Minutes"
that when we eat
or drink sugar, it
spikes the hor-
mone insulin,
which can serve
as a stimulus for
certain cancers.
Cantley
explained: "What
we're beginning
to learn is that
insulin can cause
adverse effects
in the various
tissues. And of particu-
lar concern is cancer.
Why? Nearly a third of
some common cancers
— including breast and
colon cancers — have
something called insulin
receptors on their sur-
face. Insulin binds to
these receptors and sig-
nals the tumor to start
consuming glucose,"
hence fueling its energy
and growth.
That's the bad news.
The good news is that
Lustig reported that 75
percent of sugar-based
diseases are preventable
if we simply cut down on
consuming so many sug-
ary foods and beverages.
Though all sugar sub-
stitutes and artificial
sweeteners aren't creat-
ed equal, either, my wife,
Gena, and I prefer ste-
via to sugar if our bodies
crave a little sweetness.
It does not take much
stevia to create a sweet
taste in your beverages.
And it also can be used
in baked goods if a recipe
calls for sugar.
Stevia is a natu-
ral sweetener that is
derived from an herb
native to South America.
According to the Mayo
Clinic, the leaf of the ste-
via plant is composed
of elements that give it
sweetness. The Food and
Drug Administration
has declared that cer-
tain highly refined stevia
preparations are "gener-
ally recognized as safe."
But remember that
though sugar substitutes
may partially help with
weight management
and maintaining health,
they are no magic bullet
in themselves, accord-
ing to the Mayo Clinic.
You still can gain weight
from sugar-free foods,
depending upon what
else is in them. In the
end, as with so many
consumptives, modera-
tion is always the key,
and so is self-control.
Of course, overcom-
ing the craving for
sugar is much easier
said than done. Dr. Eric
Stice, a neuroscientist
at the Oregon Research
Institute, used func-
tional MRI scanners to
monitor brains on sugar.
His conclusion? "Sugar
activates our brain in a
special way that's very
reminiscent of ... drugs
like cocaine."
Wow! All the more
reason to kick the sugar
habit, or, should I say,
addiction!
With obesity, heart
disease and diabetes
increasing at epidemic
rates in our country, it's
critical that we take a
hard look at our diets
and how various popu-
lar foods and beverages
affect our bodies, for bet-
ter and worse, and fight
to abstain from those
that are harmful.
And let's remem-
ber this: Sugar is not
our body's only culprit
and enemy. As a Yahoo
health column added
this past week, "Sugar is
Toxic, but so is Red Meat,
Salt, Refined Grains."
And that claim has been
backed up:
—HealthDay News
highlights that "eating
a lot of red meat may
shorten your life."
-"High-salt diets cause
150,000 premature
deaths in the U.S. each
year," the University
of Maryland Medical
Center found.
—White bread, white
rice and similar foods
made up of refined grains
can lead to the formation
of fat tissue, which in
turn has been implicat-
ed in the development
of Type 2 diabetes and
cardiovascular disease,
Tufts University warns.
Friends, the bottom
line is that if you master
your diet, you will make
great advances in mas-
tering the power of dis-
eases over your body.
For a more holistic
medical approach, Gena
and I recommend Sierra
Integrative Medical
Center (http://www.
Sierralntegrative.com),
in Reno, Nev. The peo-
ple there are pioneers
in integrative medicine.
They blend the best of
conventional medicine
with the best alternative
therapies.
Write to Chuck Norris
(info@creators.com)
with your questions
about health and fitness.
Follow Chuck Norris
through his official
social media sites, on
Twitter @chucknorris
and Facebook's "Official
Chuck Norris Page." He
blogs at http://chuc-
knorrisnews.bio g spot,
com. To find out more
about Chuck Norris and
read features by other
Creators Syndicate writ-
ers and cartoonists, visit
the Creators Syndicate
Web page at www.cre-
ators.com.
Feminists limit women s choices
Not since Hillary
Clinton's infamous
remark during the 1992
presidential campaign —
"I suppose I could have
stayed home and baked
cookies and had teas" —
has a prominent
Democratic
woman so
insulted full-
time homemak-
ers. Speaking
on CNN
Wednesday,
Democratic
strategist Hilary
Rosen said that
Ann Romneyhas
"never worked a
day in her life"
and, therefore,
can'tunderstand
the struggles of
most women.
Rather than apologize
for sticking her thumb
in the eyes of millions
of American homemak-
ers, Rosen doubled down
when critics responded.
"This isn't about whether
Ann Romney or I or other
women of some means
can afford to make a
choice to stay home and
raise kids," she said. Talk
about a "war on women";
this sounds like a war
on work-at-home moms.
In Rosen's view, they're
either lazy or privileged.
Nothing about Rosen's
comments surprises me.
I know her slightly — we
are both frequent panel-
ists on PBS' all-female
public affairs program,
"To the Contrary" — and
she's a perfectly nice
woman. But she's also a
hard-core feminist — and
that's the problem.
Feminism as ideol-
ogy eschews individual
choice. Women must fit
a certain mold; if they
don't, they're either
deemed in need of hav-
ing their consciousness
raised or dismissed as
llnda
Chavez
frivolous ninnies.
Ann Romney, who
raised fives sons, has
defended herself against
Rosen's accusation by
saying Rosen should have
come to her "house when
those five boys
were causing so
much trouble.
It wasn't so
easy." Frankly,
Romney would
be better off
not dignifying
Rosen's attack
by responding.
Anyone who
has spent a day
caring for a tod-
dler — much less
trying to handle
five boys at one
time — knows
that motherhood is hard,
full-time work. The
fact that many mothers
choose to work outside
the home, as I did, does
not mean that those who
choose to stay at home
are taking the easy way
out.
Nor is it true, as
Rosen and other femi-
nists assert, that most
mothers "have to work."
Certainly, most single
mothers must work to
support themselves and
their children, which is
why their labor force
participation rates are
higher than those of mar-
ried mothers, 75 percent
compared with 69 per-
cent. But many married
women work primar-
ily because they want to.
There's nothing wrong
with that, so why pretend
it is out of necessity?
When you factor in
the actual costs of work-
ing outside the home, it
might not make great
economic sense for a
mother of young chil-
dren to work. Out of her
wages, she must pay for
child care, transporta-
tion, a work wardrobe
and work lunches, plus
the extra cost of conve-
nience foods or eating
out when she doesn't
have time to prepare
family meals, not to men-
tion higher family taxes.
Those expenses add up
and, for some lower-
income women, might
outweigh the financial
benefit of the extra pay-
check.
Even if working out-
side the home is not
born out of necessity or
particularly remunera-
tive, many women still
would choose to do so
because they find it per-
sonally rewarding. And
our economy has ben-
efited greatly by having
so many more produc-
tive workers added to
the labor force. Almost
no one today argues that
women shouldn't have
the right to seek employ-
ment outside the home.
The same can't be said
about attitudes toward
women who choose to
work at being moth-
ers and homemakers.
For the Hilary Rosens
of the world, these
women are fair game to
be sneered at, insulted,
demeaned and belittled.
Their achievements rais-
ing children and being
supportive wives, good
housekeepers and com-
munity volunteers are
dismissed.
Feminists believe
that the only legitimate
role models for young
girls are women whose
lives mirror their own.
Feminists don't want to
expand choices available
to young women so much
as they want to limit
the options to feminist-
approved categories, and
full-time homemaker
clearly isn't on the list.
Linda Chavez is the
author of "An Unlikely
Conservative: The
Transformation of an
Ex-Liberal." To find
out more about Linda
Chavez, visit the Creators
Syndicate Web page at
www.creators.com.
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