We are all Americans.
Wait....
We all live in the same country.
Wait.....
We all live on the same planet.
Wait.......
Even THAT is questionable. I am sure there is someone out there that will want to argue that point too....
And now Rocky Raccoon he fell back in his room
only to find Gideon's bible
Gideon checked out and he left it no doubt
To help with good Rocky's revival
Ah, oh yeah, yeah
The Beatles
You know.....I saw where hotels are replacing the Gideon's Bible that they used to have in every room.
According to their web site, the Gideons put out 56 million Bibles a year, or about 107 per minute. Pretty impressive actually.
I don't care if they replace Bibles in hotel rooms and other public places. If a person wants to travel , and they want to read a bible, there should be no problem in bringing one with.
And the fact that it is a public hotel room is probably, at least in this day and age, not the politically correct thing to do. Otherwise, maybe the hotel should be required to place other religious books as well. And why stop there? Car mechanics would probably like to have Popular Mechanics, Women might want Glamour Magazine, and hunters might want Popular Hunter or whatever.
It's sad to see old and relatively harmless traditions die. But time marches on. This particular tradition had goodwill. That should count for something. But of course, all that is lost in individual agendas now. I understand, and even agree to some extent, although kinda wish there was a little more tolerance involved coming from all sides.
The thing that tells the story though is what they are going to replace the Bibles with. To me , it is par for the course we are headed down. It seems as if, in all sorts of ways we are headed down the same funnel. Kinda like a freshly flushed swirling toilet. Doesn't matter if we talk about the latest show on the tube, the music we are exposed to, the commercials, the newest Halloween costumes for little girls.....it doesn't matter where we look, it is all going down the same drain.
Our morals are being assaulted to the point, we are forgetting them. Our sense of self worth is going numb, and so is our ability to tell right from wrong. Over time we are becoming obsessed with two common denominators.
One is "Self".....and a lack of tolerance.
It is all about the individual.....my right to this and my right to that.....who cares what anybody else feels.
The other is sex. And the lack of any self discipline. Or self respect.
Slowly we swirl, like turds in a flushing commode. Headed down the same drain.
The hotels are replacing the Gideon's Bible with condoms.And why not? I mean, they are passing them out to middle school children, why not provide hotel guests with the same service? Soon, those children will be adults, traveling and staying in those rooms, and they will know how to use those things already. How handy! And they will know all about why they should use them.
But they will lack something in their character that keeps society from self destructing. It's called discipline of self..... respect of self, and of others. Respect for the "gift" we call Life. It is a gift you know.
Even if I was a Muslim or a Jew, I would rather know my hosts have some sort of decent character, as demonstrated by having a "Good Book" in the drawer, rather than a package of rubbers. Or even no book at all.
But condoms? Why not a dessert tray or something? A map? A guitar?
Oh yeah! A guitar in every room across America...no...across the universe! Yeah! Now there is an idea!
Oh but wait.....drummers would be upset.....crap.....thought I had it figured out there for a sec...
Oh well......have have a nice ride......see ya when we get to where ever it is we are going....looks kinda dark down there.....*gulp*
Stay Tuned
I do.
Tunes
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Philosopher8659
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Nov 19 @ 2:04PM
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So, what would be your method of fixing the plumbing? Let me sit at your feet a bit and rest.
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theblessedone
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Nov 19 @ 2:15PM
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I have many thoughts on the subject of this blog, but the only comment I'll leave is...
excellent blog.
*grabs the seat and holds on, not wanting to go down ANY drain*
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misschoos
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Nov 19 @ 2:23PM
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SallyF
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Nov 19 @ 2:25PM
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Your blog reminded me of my only attempt at theft. As a young child, on a road trip with my family, I slipped a Gideon Bible into my suitcase. A few weeks later, there was a knock on the door of our home----way out in the country---and two Gideons were standing there wanting to proselytize. I was only 8 or 9, but my parents backed off and left me to handle the questions. One can only imagine what that scenario would look like if it were condoms taken from a room :-)
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babydoll1970
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Nov 19 @ 2:28PM
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Well Tunes, blog after blog yu still amaze me... I usually like things to stay as they are but in this case---- not putting a Bible in every hotel room is not a big deal. If someone is gonna sit in a hotel room and read a Bible, more than likely they are gona have theirs with them. And you can't have everything everyone wants all the time.. The condoms however, I am torn.. Yes, we as a society have lost some self respect and morals. That is just fact.. However, handing out condoms to everyone does not seem right. Especially in jr highs. I know it happens now a days but that just seems like aiding and abeting sex at younger ages if you ask me.. However, when you think about how relaxed some are about sex, I can't help but wonder if it is really all that bad of an idea. There is alot of shit floating around out there and penicillin doesn't cure it all...
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Kandykammy
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Nov 19 @ 2:33PM
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I thought you knew. Some hotels replaecd the Bible with sex kits. That is the truth.
After Katrina, the people were stealing the Bibles from the hotels down here. They had lost theirs in the storms and they needed one.
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Kandykammy
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Nov 19 @ 2:42PM
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Accor Hotels decided to replace the Gideon Bibles with "intimacy kits." For Accor, providing travelers with sexual paraphernalia is more important than the Bible. Accor Hotels owns several chains including: Motel 6, Sofitel, Pullman, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Ibis, All Seasons, Etap, Formule 1. While these chains are mostly located in Europe, Accor is expanding to many U.S. markets.
This info came from AmericanFamily Associates.
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fightnfire29
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Nov 19 @ 3:34PM
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Hummm...Guitars...condoms....huh, I'd say guitars!!!!
A smart Monk once told me that guitars are they way to go...less hassle,no suprises in the months to come...well u know the rest of the story!! 
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oceanlover734
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Nov 19 @ 4:09PM
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Interesting blog and I to see it as sad if bibles are no longer in the room but condoms are. Yes people can bring their own but thats not the point. Wonder how many people have come to know God because of picking up a bible in a motel? If but only one......yet I believe more it is good. We as people for the most part now though have seared our conscience to what is right in front of us. I to am guilty so not judging.
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RVerwolf
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Nov 19 @ 4:10PM
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Good Blog, sir!...as usual!
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iam7545
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Nov 19 @ 5:24PM
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condoms 
Gotta be kidding?
How do they know what size? 
I bet that very few people ever stole Gideons Bible - and that the condoms will disappear as fast as the soap.
TOO FUNNY -
He tunes - you ever write for Andy Rooney?
Great Blog! 
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sciurusniger
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Nov 19 @ 6:05PM
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While the presence (or not) of Gideon's Bible in hotel or motel rooms means nothing to me one way or another, I don't think I can wrap my brain cell around the idea of seeing a condom there instead. It's been hard enough losing the thrill of breaking the seal on the toilet seat.
Imagine you are a family travelling with young children. Little Johnny runs into your room and starts opening all the drawers.
"Hey, Mom! Hey, Dad! What's this?" he exclaims as he raises his little fist, clutching that package of condoms.
"Lemme see it!" his little sister wails, as she tries in vain to pry it out of her brother's hand.
"No, it's MINE! I found it first," Johnny yells at her. And jumping to his feet, he promptly heads out the door and runs down the hallway.
It's going to make some family vacations rather interesting, methinks....
Good blog!
~*~
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ragtopcookie
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Nov 19 @ 7:13PM
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i was the scout master for my sons wolf pack.....too young to be cub scouts.....so we didnt get to do all the fun things that the older boys got to do....but one thing we did do...was earn all of our badges....and ill never forget the one....our togetherness badge..... we all have to do one thing together.....as a group.....so i taught them the words to rocky raccon.....we sang it before and after every meeting.....well one boy was home in his bath tub and his father was out in the hall listening to him sing it.....guess it just cracked him up so much he asked him where he had learned it...and he told him of our badge we had earned and that the song was my idea.....so i got a call from his dad..and he was still laughing his head off.....cookie
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notgoinganywhere
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Nov 22 @ 3:48AM
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Well, I think condoms would be preferable to Bibles… I have never checked into a hotel room and said to myself, “hey, I need to read the Bible now”. I think they are only there, in the top drawer, for the suicidal tenant… Mostly, I am in a hotel room with a horny drummer or guitar player and usually, they are married… No need for a Bible to know the outcome of that.
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