The View From the Bleachers……….

So sitting on the sidelines, in the nose bleed sections actually, it is hard at times to comprehend not simply what our government has done in the last 5 years but what our citizens have become.  Imagine if you would what would have happened if someone in the government had indeed gone “rogue” and decided to arm insurgents in another country.

Wait a minute, that did happen.  Col. Oliver North went to jail for his role in Iran Contra.  He did what he thought was right and what he thought his superiors including the president would have done if they could.  There were hearings, people called to testify, people lost their jobs and some went to jail.  The president at the time denied involvement but said that it was his responsibility, it happened on his watch, the buck stopped with him.  He was in charge, the responsibility was his and he apologized to the American people for what happened.

Fast forward to the present.  We’ve seen Fast and Furious, Birth certificate-gate, Social Security number-gate, Vacation-gates (multiple times) Golf-gate, Lavish party-gate, Biden Gafftasims, Voter Fraud (and the refusal of the Attorney General to prosecute), Beer Garden diplomacy, disrespect for our allies and bowing to our enemies, Immigration amnesty, the take over of 1/8 of our economy with a law very few want and even less understand.  That doesn’t even get us to Benghazi, AP-gate and now the IRS.

When one takes over the ship of state they become responsible for putting into positions of authority people who will follow and enforce one’s goals and direction while obeying and sustaining the laws of the land.  Apparently this group of teenagers were put into positions where they were ill equipped, ignorant and or guilty of neglect.  They took the money, they simply couldn’t find the time to find out what was going on in their departments.  Some of these “professionals” it seems, went into their offices, went to meetings, went back to their offices and then went home at 2:00 in the afternoon.  They seemed to think their only responsibility was as a place marker.  The face of the new order.  Those who did manage, micro managed until moral was destroyed and people no longer gave a hoot about their job or service to the public.  Of course hiring people who were of the correct persuasion be that ethnicity, age, race or political party exacerbated this debacle.

So now we see that government appointees have been using “secret” government emails to do the business of the government.  How’s that for transparency?  When the Associated Press requested, through the Freedom of Information Act the email accounts of HHS leadership they got a shake down demand.  They would get the information for 1 million dollars. Now in my reality we call that extortion.  Then AP was given 240 emails for political appointees but amazingly none for Sec. Kathy Sebelius.  It seems Kathy has been using several (not one but several) “secret” email addresses to do business for the government.

Why, some might ask is this a problem?  One of the facets of government is that all government business and the paper/electronic data it uses and produces belongs to the government and citizens.  Citizens and government officials can at any time demand an accounting of any organization or department, with the exception of classified information.  That information must meet requirements to be classified as …….well classified.  Government officials using emails to discuss classified information should be removed from office and sent back home to be educated in the risks that 14 year old email users understand.  The record of how government is run should be inviolate and those who are in positions of authority should be held accountable for their egregious lack of understanding of this most basic of principles.  Integrity, that word most people can’t find in the dictionary much less apply to their lives should be the hallmark of civil service but that doesn’t seem to fit into any government entity that is in existence today.

While these scandals and their pursuant issues are amazing to some, what is even more astounding is the publics inability to become enraged by them.  By now we should have Americans marching with torches and pitchforks in the street of every American town.  They should be demanding the impeachment of this president. They should be insisting that those in this administration that have appeared multiple times before Congress under oath, and lied, be charged with perjury, obstruction, and treason.  As a people we should be insistent that our government servants, serve us and and remember it is by our consent that they do so.

No more heinous people at the DMV. No more debauchery at the IRS, no more forcing the people to do what the president and his advisors deem necessary and what the people reject.  No more keeping people in positions to which they are not prepared or capable of.  Bad teachers, fire them.  Incompetent civil service employees, get rid of them.  Treasonous political appointees or elected officials, put them on trial and send them to jail.  No more cadillac health care, no more golden parachutes, no more elevated salaries in the public sector.  The laborer is worth of his hire, but not more worthy than those in the private sector.  We’ll see less people applying for jobs but the ones that do will want to be there for something other than the money.

Of course there is little we can do now except hold our representatives feet to the fire and make sure they understand that if this does not change they’ll be looking for new jobs come next election.  As for the “mouth that roared” and his sycophants we need more people to pay attention, more journalists to throw off the shackles of progressivism and return to the honored role of objective observer, instead of invested propagandists. More than that we need to make every one else aware of why these things are important, why it’s necessary to root out the miscreants and why it might just be essential to impeach a sitting president, vice president and others. Once the rats begin to leave the ship the sailors can begin to mop up the mess, until then there’s just too much rat offal to deal with.

Hang on it’s liable to be a bumpy ride.

School Prayer- I thought they’d settled this already?

Beginning of rant (those easily offended shouldn’t come here anyway) Either way it’s up to you, that’s what “freedom and liberty” are all about”.

Apparently this is to address “the needs of a growing Muslim community”. I’ve got some needs for you. My child needs to celebrate “Christmas” with a manger and the hymns of the season. My child needs to celebrate Easter with it’s focus on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. My child needs there to be prayer in the morning before school starts and before they leave for the day. My child needs prayers before contests, events and before testing as prayer settles the mind and brings peace and harmony to the soul. My child needs an hour off daily to attend a church class that he now has to get up at 5:30 in the morning to attend (when school is in session) to help him to navigate the dangerous path laid before him by those who do not believe as he does. My child needs to not be exposed to pornography masquerading as literature, science fiction instead of scientific theory, libertine behavior disguised as health class and abhorrent, immoral, illegal and uncivilized behavior that is on display by teachers and students alike and called “freedom of expression” while my child is told how and what and when they can “express their freedom”. Either all religion is banned or none are.

” Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Once these issues are addressed then talk to me about the needs of a small, insignificant, ignorant, violent and hateful group of people whose stated goal is to kill me and my child.  The hypocrisy of this is phenomenal.  The shear unadulterated unfairness of it makes the mind reel.  Since when do we extend the rights of the Constitution to just one protected group and since when did Islam become a protected organization.  Their mosques preach treason, they don’t obey US law, they murder their daughters and wives with impunity, they restrict the rights of nearly half of their adherents,  they exspouse the death of any or all of those who believe differently than they do and they resurrect centuries old behaviors by others to excuse their religiously bigoted behavior.

I find it difficult to believe an adherent Muslim can believe in freedom or liberty. These ideals are an anathema to their world view, their religious teaching and their cultural identity. They hold on to their 7th century mores and tenets and expect, nay demand all others adhere or be destroyed.  So says their religious texts.   So either we have a lot of quasi practicing Muslims or people are being at best naive at worst disingenuous, or perhaps deluded.  There are some lines that have to remain inviolate.  This is one.-end of rant.

A Boy Scout Walks into a Bar……..

I’ve never been a fan of the Boy Scouts.  My father was a scout leader when he was young, my  husband was also a scout.  Both of my boys have been scouts and I have been a cub scout leader, thanks to the church to which I go, on multiple occasions.  While I can see some benefit in the organization for boys, especially boys whose fathers are absent or neglectful, I find myself uncomfortable with SOME “devoted” leaders within the program.  They become too involved, too invested, becoming that person who “knows how the program is supposed to work and you’re not doing it right”.   That said there are opportunities for boys to lead, which they get no where else in this society but the one up mans ship and pressure that accompanies these things can be difficult for some boys and parents to swallow.

The one thing that I could never fault the organization on, in the twenty years I’ve been exposed to it, is their insistence in obeying the scout law and oath.

Scout Oath

On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country
and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight.

Scout Law

A Scout is:
Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful,
Friendly, Courteous, Kind,
Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty,
Brave, Clean, Reverent

I copied this from the Boy Scout of America web site so this is their official declaration to the world, as it were. While the goals are laudable, it seems the coursing and cancer that affects our society has finally worked it’s way into this venerated organization.

Yesterday the Boy Scouts of America, modeled after the organization begun by Robert Baden-Powel (1st Baron Baden-Powell) in Britain in 1908, voted to allow openly gay boys to participated in it’s program.  Other changes through the years were developed in order to address the issues of race, a place for younger boys and activities for older boys, which were in line with both the Scout Oath and the Scout law.  Yesterday’s vote however, flies in the face of the words and intention of the scout oath.  I would guess that with in short order a new oath will be unveiled. One more in keeping with the new patina of the scouting program.  Maybe a rainbow patch will be developed to go on the opposite arm of the uniform or right under the American flag.

Please do not get me wrong. I do not hate gays, I do not hate gay boys, I do not hate anyone. I simply believe that if one wants to join an organization one does not join it and expect them to change their paradigm to accommodate the feelings of a small minority.  As a socialist one shouldn’t  join the VFW or American legion and expect them to embrace the ideas of Karl Marx.  If one is an atheist one shouldn’t expect the Knights of Columbus to denounce the Catholic Church.  If one likes and wears animal fur they shouldn’t think that by joining PETA the organization should accept and acknowledge that a good use for minks is a fur stole.

It has been the focus of the Boy Scout organization to mold and shape young men into leaders, to create good citizens who value learning, set goals and participate in the economy, in government, in the military and all other facets of life on the planet.  Boy Scouts have been business leaders, government officials, teachers, generals, religious leaders and so much more.  This has been a great boon to our society and hopefully will continue to be so.  The organization has also been a refuge from the chaos of our ever coarsening culture, but no more.  The Boy Scouts have embraced the “new normal”.  They have thrown away a century of insistence that their members are;

To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight.

They are now no different than any other organization that has knuckled under to Political Correctness. They, as the Mad Hatter said to Alice, ” have lost their muchness.”

So what, you ask?  Why does it matter?  To me I guess the crux of the matter is the forcing of others to either abandon or abdicate their personal beliefs.  Why do I have to change my beliefs to suit those who disagree with me?  I wouldn’t force an atheist to pray or a Muslim to eat pork.  I wouldn’t support a law that makes sagging pants a crime nor would I make it a law that everyone should be allowed to join any group no matter whether they are eligible to join or not.  Seriously, should the Daughters of the American Revolution be forced to accept someone  who doesn’t have any ancestors in the United States? Should Mensa be forced to accept people with an IQ of 50?  Should AARP be forced to accept members in their teens?

My point is that according to the history and stated oath of the Boy Scout organization a scout must be “morally straight” and I don’t mean it as in “straight vs gay” .  I mean straight as in correct, within standards according to religious doctrine.  This organization acknowledges God in it’s oath as well. Will that be the next thing to go?  They say they aren’t going to allow gay leaders. How long before that goes by the wayside? Once a society begins to compromise it’s principles than it is ripe for destruction from within while it’s enemies wait, like slavering beasts to divide the carcass. See Greece, Rome or modern day Britain for examples of this.

The thought of some who accept this new direction for the Scouts will of course be that by bringing in “gay” boys they will be exposing them to boys who don’t feel as they do, which will in turn help guide gay boys to the alternative, especially if they want to fit in.  This of course is patent nonsense.  Bussing was a program that was going to revolutionize inner city life for children. They would be taken from their schools and put into schools with children who were progressing, which in turn would encourage the inner city children to perform better. It looked so good on paper but the opposite occurred. In many situations the schools achievement numbers went down or flattened out.  Why work hard to get ahead if the guy sitting next to you does nothing and still passes.  Children aren’t stupid  (most of the time). Agreeing to accept those into an organization who will not follow the set standards and insist that those standards be changed to suit their agenda never ends well for the organization nor the people they serve.

It won’t end well here either.  History has proven that, but we can’t learn from history.  What do a bunch of dead guys know anyway?

Journalism Just Another Ism……..

Scott Pelley made a speech at Quinnipiac University  in which he said “We are getting big stories wrong over and over again.”

He later went on to say, “Twitter, Facebook and Readit, that’s not journalism. That’s gossip. Journalism was invented as an antidote to gossip.”

Unfortunately for us, Mr Pelley journalists have abdicated their responsibilities to cover a story by presenting the facts of that story.  They have become advocates for organizations, agendas and politicians.  Don’t believe me, let’s  visit a few of the more egregious examples.

Benghazi:  This was a whole pile of bad. From beginning to end, from stem to stern. If this had happened under any other president someone would have been forced to resign and others would have gone to jail.

Vacationgate:  Formerly journalists would have embarrassed those involved into apologizing or at least ceasing and desisting.

Mass Murder Gosnell: No matter what their feeling about abortion, journalists in the 60′s and 70′s would have covered the heck out of this trial.  None of this “it’s just a local trial” nonsense.

Fast and Furious: This would have scuttled any other previous administration.  Those in charge would have been incarcerated.

Birth certificate/Social Security Number issues:  Any other politician would have been forced to explain the irregularities.  They would have been forced to provide actually copies of the forms and if they couldn’t they wouldn’t be candidates long.

Voter fraud:  How many times did people vote to assure this man’s victory.  Past journalist would have been chasing a Pulitzer.  Of course that was when getting one meant you did an awesome job researching and reporting. Now it just means you’ve articulated the administrations talking points succinctly.

So pardon us if we don’t believe you.  Pardon us if we don’t assume that law abiding citizens who’ve never engaged in terroristic activities are behind the latest disaster.  Excuse us if we don’t believe that “some white guy with a gun” is always the shooter or that a “Tea Party Extremist” is to blame.  Since there have not been issues like that at Tea Party/ Conservative  or Libertarian rallies we would point you in the direction of your Occupy Wall Street, Code Pink, Moveon.com, New Black Panther fellow tin foil hat wearing compatriots.

Since you in the media can’t be trusted to be objective, we have to get our news from other places.  Your integrity has been shredded, your lack of honesty highlighted and your agenda posted on the national billboard of the internet.  We are tired of being lied to, being castigated, being manipulated and more than that being insulted.  Most of us know we are not the problem.  We know we do not think or believe what you claim we do and because of that we are suspicious of what you claim others think or believe.  We are insulted that you think we are so stupid, so naive and so ignorant that we can’t figure things out for ourselves. That we have to be spoon fed watered down, spun, barely recognizable facts instead of being given the actual facts and being allowed to decide for ourselves.

But you’re right Mr. Pelley.  Your house is burning down.  But there is no one who cares and even less who would bother to bring a bucket complete with hole.   Good luck with that.

Beating the Benghazi Dead Horse……

Well I watched some of the testimony yesterday.  What I saw was at times riveting and at time bat crap crazy irritating.

Mr. Hicks of course was riveting, as was Mr. Gowdy.  The latter’s substantive questions of the former were the highlight of the day for me.  Mr. Chaffez from Utah was also compelling.  It was obvious that he was frustrated by the lies and CYA moves of those involved within the administration and State Department and that he was tired of having to ask the same questions over and over again as well as dealing with the nonsense from the other side of the aisle.

Mr. Hicks in an obviously emotionally draining testimony answered the questions with a stoic demeanor.  He was interrupted by Democrats who wanted copies of the email, or who wanted to make a point or cast aspersions about his character or his patriotism because he’s willing to call a liar, a liar no matter who it is.  The most appalling comment came from the Representative of the “People’s Democratic Republic of Maryland“, Cummings , who made a ridiculous and obscene statement yesterday during the hearing.  I guess we should tell those whose  ancestors lost their lives frighting for civil rights that, hey, wasn’t a big deal….”death is a part of life.”  How about the families of those killed last year in Chicago or Tryvon Martins family?  How about those affected by the Boston Marathon Bombing?  When does it stop being “a part of life” and become murder. Hey lawyers, new defense,  death is a part of life so you can’t really charge someone with murder, you can just use that statement as your whole defense.  Call it the “Cummings idiocy.”

Then there is the “What difference does it make” and “Benghazi was a long time ago” and ” we won’t learn anything new” cadre of sycophants.  Well we did learn some new things, murder has no statute of limitations and it makes a world of difference to the folks who lost their loved ones as well as those who have to depend on the State Department to keep them out of harms way.  The truth always makes a difference.  Always.

Some interesting things that weren’t addressed yesterday are:

Where is General Ham?  Why was he relieved of command? When?

Where is Rear Admiral Gauoette?  Why has he not be interviews? When was he relieved of command and why?  Exactly.  I want to know exactly what he did.

When senior members of the military are relieved of their commands at the height of a crisis, the American public deserve to know why.  Did they refuse to follow an illegal, unethical, immoral order?  For example did they refuse to stand down when Americans were being tortured and murdered?  Did the ycall into questions the motives of those in authority?  Did they suggest that the administration was covering up behavior that wasn’t above board?  Did they understand that more was going on besides the attack, like perhaps gun running into Syria as long ago as 2012 or before?

These are things the lame scream media was supposed to be reporting on.  This is the kind of story real reporters (Woodward and Bernstein come to mind) used to report on.  Of course today with few exceptions journalists CAN’T do this kind of journalism. They weren’t taught how to really research or report objectively on anything.  They were taught to spin the news, propagandize the news and dismiss anything that didn’t fit the meme. Today news rooms are populated with advocates not journalists, teenagers not adults.

Could someone find the adults in America and ask them to call home?  The tweeners are peeing in the pool, the teenagers have set fire to the couch and the babies are smearing poop on the walls and the crib.  The toddlers and kids are hiding under the sink and the baby sitter has died.

 

 

Of Benghazi and what we’ll reap…………

25 ¶And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Luke 21:25-26

We have arrived, I think.  Of course we probably arrived some time ago but I didn’t want to believe it.  I wanted life to go on as it had.  I wanted my children and grandchildren to able to live and love and grow and achieve as I did before them.  This I’m afraid is not to be.  Americans assured that when they allowed the destroyer access to their country.  They allowed it when they forsook the God that was present at the birth of the nation to be ejected from schools and public buildings.  They allowed it when they made heroes out of bandits and criminals. They allowed it when they cast morality into the gutter and threw common sense in afterward.

Now we know that the current administration not only knew but covered up what they knew.  They left 4 Americans to die.  They refused to access the many assets that were available to them.  They stood by while our embassy was attacked, it’s people murdered and did nothing.  And then they lied.  So the question arises, what else have they lied about?

In other times, in other administrations, in other situations the president would have been impeached over the mess that is Benghazi.  The vice president would have been forced to resign and people would have gone to jail.  This will probably not happen, unless we want a race war because like it or not this is now all about race.  The paradigm has shifted and this is what we have to live with in the future. It is the only thing that has kept this president in office so far.  One can’t disagree with him, that’s racist. One can’t point out obvious problems with his agenda, that’s racist. One can’t suggest that he’s incompetent, inept and dangerous……..you guessed it, racist.  One can’t point out the our large cities with minority mayors are verging on bankruptcy, that is also racist.  One can’t make any improvements because one can’t talk about the real issues and real problems because …..yeah you know.

How is it that barely 12 % of the US population demands half the jobs, 80% of the resources and sucks up 90% of people’s time and energy.  There are special school programs, set asides, lobbyists, government subsidies for schools, for homes, for businesses.  There were roughly 4 times the white workers in government jobs in 2008 than black workers but they are only 12 % of the population, so they are over represented in the public sector by at least 7 times.  We don’t even want to go into a discussion of the mess affirmative action has made out of education but here’s  some facts from ACT to consider. In Michigan they gathered data to show college readiness by race, 64% of white students, 38% of Hispanic students, 71 % of Asian students as opposed to 25% of Black students are considered ready for college in english, the rest of the numbers for Algebra, Biology and Social studies tells a similar story, sadly. Not only are black students not ready for college they are being admitted to college over those who are obviously more competent .  So instead of business leaders, finance professionals, professors and others that should have been turned out of our higher education entities we have people who were only admitted due to their skin tone.

Lest the racist moniker come out now, be well aware that I believe that the person with the best score, the most experience, the better resume get’s the job, the spot in college or the trophy on Dancing with the Stars.  Skin color, ethnicity, political leanings or lifestyle choices shouldn’t be considered. Apparently that is not  the case anymore.

It is because of this disconnect,  I believe, incompetents have taken over the government.  They are making decisions that will eventually, if not stopped, lead disaster. As we’ve seen in Benghazi, the military will do whatever it is that their superiors tell them to do.  Military folks have already had basic human rights removed from them, they can’t share their religion, they will now have their work areas scrutinized for “offensive to women” stuff?  Really?  We have no other more important things to worry about.  No, we’re playing societal roulette with people who use guns.  I would have in the past said that the American soldier would never fire on his fellow citizens, I don’t believe that anymore.  They will shoot whomever the government chooses as a foe.  I should have realized that after Waco but I didn’t or maybe I couldn’t.  I do now.

So yes, I distrust the government, I distrust the administration, I distrust the military and I distrust the police.  The president and the organization that the pilot of the Benghazi drone “can’t mention” don’t have to tap my phone or hack my computer.  I believe there is a tyrannical regime in power in the United States today.  I believe they seek to take away the rights guaranteed to me by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.  No matter how much Shelia Jackson Lee tries to rewrite either document, I have already read both and have committed to memory those rights.  So now there is only one group I trust and that’s my family. And yes we all need more bullets, more guns, torches and pitchforks, we need to be prepared and ever watchful and we need to remember who it is we’re dealing with.

18 Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, ye must watch and pray always lest ye enter into temptation; for Satan desireth to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. 3 Nephi 18:18

I know that this verse is true.  I have seen it often enough in the last 10 years.  This is where we are folks. We’ve been warned. We now get to reap the whirlwind.

You Can’t Make this Stuff Up…….

FDA APPROVES MORNING-AFTER PILL FOR SALE OVER-THE-COUNTER…

So, my 17 year old son can’t take allergy medicine to school without a signed note from his doctor. He can’t have it on his person, it must be administered by a nurse.  My daughters when they were  still in school couldn’t take Midol with them to school because it’s a “drug” and must have a note signed, again, by a doctor because we’re all concerned about “the children”.   But girls as young as 15 and opponents of that want the age limit struck completely, can take a pill that will cause them to spontaneously abort any fetus that might have been there but maybe not.

So what happens when this girl, not under a physician care begins to hemorrhage or what happens if she’s allergic to this drug.  No one knows she took it except the people at the pharmacy and will they remember?   Will someone connect the dots when half of them are missing.  This is typical progressive bandaid theology.  Don’t tackle the hard stuff like making it unprofitable, unpleasant and a stigma to have sex indiscriminately.  It’s irresponsible, it’s dangerous and it’s stupid, especially  at an age where they change their minds about what their favorite color is almost hourly (some from one minute to the next) but heaven forbid we should tell the little darlings they can’t do something.

 

Next is without an article because the Lame Scream Press won’t touch this with a 10 ft feather boa.  Say they manage to pass a gay marriage amendment.  There is a real move to “rename” or “rebrand” marriage to fit in with it’s newer, hipper, gayer, image.  Now I don’t have any idea what they’ll call it. I want to know if the participants are going to have to find different titles.  Mother, father were gender specific.  So are there going to be two mothers or two fathers?  If not who’s going to be Daddy?  Is it going to be a permanent thing or are they going to try it on like a new pair of shoes to see how it fits? Maybe it will be a switch out kind of thing. One day one partner is Mom the next day they’re Dad?  How do those outside of the “what ever it’s called” know who’s doing what, are the partners going to wear a name tag, “Hi, I’m Andrew, I am the Dad today”?  Who gets what jobs, who get’s to be the one to tell the girls what it’s like to menstruate or to explain wet dreams to boys?  Men of course know all about menses  and women as well know all there is to know about how boys mature and what their issues and problems are.   A man can teach a daughter everything she needs to know about being a female because he “feels like a woman.”  Since he’s never been a woman how would he know????? Of course he doesn’t know. Being female is a physical state of being, you are born that way, physically. How you feel and what  you make of those feeling is totally a decisions “you” make and make up.  So please forgive me if I have very little faith that this particular social experiment is going to be productive. As with the other experiments  progressives have foisted upon us in the last 100+ years it will destroy more of the societal fabric and we will sink lower into the chaotic abyss.

 

City Councilmen Would Divest Pension Money  From a Potentially Koch-Owned Tribune Co.

You just can’t make this stuff up, seriously.  Here we have a company, Koch, based out of Wichita, Kansas, they have diversified their business so they own a whole host of different kinds of companies.  People flock to work for them.  They treat their employees honestly, they do business with integrity and they partner in the community to actually “help” instead of making publicity so they can market their “brand” (they let their marketing department do that- when they help they actually HELP).  The brothers have a serious Libertarian streak and they promote those who are for capitalism, freedom, liberty and the Constitutional Rights we are all guaranteed.  What they are not is a “Soros” type outfit. They don’t manipulate, they don’t prevaricate and they don’t lie.

So the Tribune Co. is dying.  Newspapers are becoming things of the past. Not because of the internet, not because of cell phones, not because of cable news.  No they’re dying because they have become so entrenched in liberalism that no one believes anyone working at a newspaper today is objective in anything they write about.  Occasionally one might find someone of a independent persuasion at a newspaper doing sports or business reporting but all the other members of the staff (90%) are  Liberal Democrats even if they aren’t  carrying the card.  It is the only thing that explains the silence on the Gosnell trial, the Benghazi whistle blowers and the mess that is Obamacare.  These disaster and more are being ignored by the “Lame Scream Press”.

I knew someone who was Conservative that worked at a newspaper.  The abuse they got made it almost a pleasure after 20+ years to be laid off.  These people are taught by liberal professors, they live in the same area’s, they go to the same events and they truly do not know anyone who has a different opinion then they do.  When you point out that they are biased they become defensive and combative and then the ad hominem attacks start. It’s a waste of time, frankly.  They couldn’t find objectivity if it kissed them on the nosey.

That’s all for now but I’ll be back soon with “Stuff you just can’t make up”.

When Is a Priest not a Priest…..

It sounds like the beginning of a joke or a word problem, but it is neither.  It is a sign of the degeneration of our times.  People think that if they believe in something hard enough, if they say something often enough, if they get enough people to tacitly agree, that thing will be true.  It is an odd thing about truth though, no matter  how you spin it, no matter how you try to hide it, disguise it, manipulate it, truth will surface in all it gory glory.  It may take hundreds of years, it may take wars and rumors of wars, it may take cataclysmic disasters but the truth will remain in the end.

For religious believers we have our faith and the writings of people thousands of years before us on which to base our understanding of  truth.  In all of that writing there is NO evidence of the priesthood being given to women.  Not one.  One might site Judge Deborah who was referred to as a “prophet” and Isaiah’s wife as a “prophetess” but one does not have to hold the priesthood to be the mouth piece of God. All one needs is a willing heart and the lack of any worthy priesthood holders for this to come about.  Over the years though people, without the benefit of the Divine have made and said all sorts of nonsense claiming to be speaking in behalf of the Creator.  The proof of that claim lies in whether what has been said is consistent with Gospel principles and stated covenants and commandments.

While some individuals eschew the roles delineated for them from the beginning it must be noted that in order for the stated plan of the Creator to move forward the roles and duties from that plan must be maintained, for this is essential to the fruition of said plan.  In the beginning God created man (made from available material, not snapped His fingers and voila whatever God desire was there).  It was decided that man should not be alone, and that the plan could not be put into force without another entity to serve as the vessel for the procreated entity.  Woman was then created, not as a servant but as a helpmeet, a partner, a essential part of the Divine order.  As in most successful organizations however one person was the final arbiter, one person made the final decisions, one person held the most responsibility.

Man was given that role.  Woman was to council with man, to provide additional feedback, to temper his decisions and to help guide and direct him to make the correct decisions and both sought input from their Creator.  Man as did  woman, had a direct and intimate role in the “multiplying and replenishing of the Earth” function of the plan.  She would be the one to protect and defend, to keep in her body and later her care the precious seed of mankind.  She was the nurturer, the teacher, the one who guided and directed not just the physical but mental and spiritual progeny that would fill the earth.  It was under her leadership that “man” would grow throughout the world.  In some cases that leadership was benign, in some it was disastrous.  Some children refused to learn from their mothers, some didn’t have mothers due to death or extenuating circumstances.  Some “fathers” usurped the roles of mothers, condemning them to virtual servitude (much as we see in radical tribal entities today).  These men have betrayed their ancient roles and their noble association with priesthood.

At no other time however has there been more pressure on the cornerstone unit of society as there is now.  From the 1960′s on people (men and women) have sought to disparage the role of “mother”. They contend that it is not challenging enough, that it is archaic, that it is deeming and a refuge for the lazy, ignorant and unenlightened. These forces have encouraged women to criticize and belittle other women who chose to take up the ancient role of “mother, caregiver, helpmeet and partner” and castigate their choice.  The women who chose to be mothers are made fun of, debased and reviled by the very people who refuse to understand the importance that a mother holds in maintaining stability of the fabric of our civil society.  As we’ve seen in the present pitting one side against another is an excellent way to destroy both sides.

Thus it is that we now have a woman maintaining that she is an ordained “priest ” in the Catholic Church.  Who ordained this woman?  Was the person a “priest” ordained by someone in authority?  It couldn’t be a Catholic member of clergy because women priests are not found in doctrine there. It is against the Gospel as carried down Jesus Christ to Peter, that the priesthood duties are for males to attend to.  Women have other more important and essential duties to discharge.  Without their willingness to do so there would be no plan to follow and no reason to go on as there would be no progeny to safeguard.  She is therefore not a Catholic “priest” no matter what she claims.

While women disciples were firmly in evidence none of them were priests.  One of the definitions of disciple is;a person who is a pupil or an adherent of the doctrines of another; follower (along with the 12 apostles, the 70 sent forth by Christ to spread his gospel and the followers of Christ at the time). Anyone can be a disciple; young or old, bond or free, male or female. There are no distinctions on who can be a disciple, all one needs to do is follow the admonitions of whoever they choose to follow and huzzah they are disciples.

Women however have a higher calling.  They nurture and teach the next generation. While there are many who derogate that function it has become more and more apparent that what is missing in our societies are those standard bearers, those educators of the very young, those stalwarts who cast off aspirations, delay gratification and abandon ambition to truly sacrifice for the sake of their posterity.  They have taken on their roles, set before the world began, within the plan voted on by every person whose heart has beat en utero or who has ever been born on this planet.  These woman know they were destined for greatness, they will affect  millions by what they do within the walls of their own homes.  Their influence and touch is not relegated to the babies they raise until time for them to be exposed to secular eduction but on even after they are dead and buried.  They will be mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers, ad infinitum to generations unborn.  Their reach will continue until the end of times and on throughout eternity.

The priesthood  too has it’s duties, it’s powers and it’s reach.  While blessed by the Priesthood,  those responsibilities do not concern women.  For good or ill that is not their assigned role.  Of course this makes no claim on individuals who don’t believe in a Divine Being.  Their way lies along different pathways and their reward will be different from those who do believe.  The reward expected by those who wish to make their own way divergent of any religious affiliation will be, as it must, different from those who rely on the “Arm of Jehovah.” This is right and just.

Either one believes in one’s religion with it’s doctrines and creed or one does not.  If one does not it is a function of truth and integrity that one leaves that organization and finds another which will grant one the opportunities they desire from religion.  For either God, who is unchanging, is true within the confines of that doctrine held by religious sects or He is not. If He is, abide by his plan, if He is not it matters not where you go.

It does not change the truth.   Deny, abjure, disown, spurn, circumvent, enjoin, repudiate all one likes, the truth whatever it is, will not be changed or hindered and will in time come to the fore.  For some the doctrine is named Karma, for believes the scripture that comes to mind is Galatians 6:7

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

A Class Act…………

…..as President and now as a former president.   The George Walker Bush Library was dedicated yesterday.  Five of the last 6 presidents were there for the event.  According to a story in the Washington Times, they ran true to form.

Carter talked about Africa for over three minutes.  He had nothing to say about 911 and the war on terror, apparently that didn’t affect him at all. Maybe he was in Africa then?

George W Bush a frail 90 spoke from his wheel chair for 24 seconds and received the biggest laugh of the day when he shook his son’s hand after his speech and said “too long?”

Bill Clinton spoke with his al’shucks good ol’ boy bravado.  He told jokes and was the same irreverent wag we’ve come to know and at least tolerate for as long as we have to listen to him.

Obama came next doing his young, humble, obsequious routine. He then gave a stump speech in support of the push for amnesty.  After the preceding nights festivities at a Democratic fundraiser and his preparation for a speech at Planned Parenthood (which was rescheduled) otherwise know as Abortion Central he could be forgiven for not remembering which speech to give to who. After all he didn’t bring his teleprompter.

But it was of course George W that put the class back into the act, which is something you probably won’t hear unless you look for it.  Some of his quotes:

“In democracy, the purpose of public office is not to fulfill personal ambition. Elected officials must serve a cause greater than themselves. The political winds blow left and right, polls rise and fall, supporters come and go. But in the end, leaders are defined by the convictions they hold.

“As president, I tried to act on these principles every day. It wasn’t always easy and it certainly wasn’t always popular … And when our freedom came under attack, we made the tough decisions required to keep the American people safe

and in conclusion,

“It’s the honor of a lifetime to lead a country as brave and as noble as the United States. Whatever challenges come before us, I will always believe our nation’s best day lie ahead.

 

 

 

His voice broke here but he managed after a pause to say “God bless.”

But the final moment was the one that is as true as is the goodness and integrity of this most maligned of presidents.

Sgt. 1st Class Alvy R. Powell Jr. came to the side of the stage to perform the “Star Spangled Banner.” A big, powerful black man, Mr. Powell belted out the anthem. With the crowd applauding, the sergeant moved along the line of people, shaking hands with all. After greeting W, he turned to go. But the 43rd president put his hand on the sergeant’s arm and said, “Stay,” just as a chaplain stepped forward to give a benediction.

 

So it is with this final act we again see that this man, this good man, this patriot was never the stumbling fool portrayed by the media.  Republican may not have always agreed with him but they knew that he was doing what he thought best for all of America, not for his friends and most certainly not for himself but for all Americans. He was a “public servant” something the others with the exception of his father know absolutely anything about.

 

 

 

The Comment Section ………..

….is the most enlightening part of almost any story. Oh it doesn’t help you to understand the story.  No the comment sections give you insight into why America and by extension the rest of the world is the way it is.  Just today while reading one of the online sites dedicated to news aggregation there was an article about the Boston bombers listening or looking at a website called “inforwars.com”.  The host of the site is Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist par excellence.  The article itself was vague and without real facts except that it was reported by AP, someone involved in the bombings “took an interest” in the website. What exactly does that mean, he was there everyday, multiple times a day, multiple times a week, a month or two or three times in all?  I have clicked on articles and found myself on the Huffington Post which I consider somewhat like stepping in dog feces. So saying one or both of the bomb suspects were fans given that piece of information is like saying Mitt Romney is a fan of president obama because he spoke to him on several occasions.

No, the article wasn’t very thought provoking but the comments, now there was a gold mine just waiting to be stripped.  We have the conspiracy theorists, the sceptics, the trolls and the naive all there in glorious technicolor (that includes language of the blue, purple and black prose).  I’ll give you just a sample with judicious editing because some words just will not appear here ever.  When they do you’ll know it’s time to lock the old girl up and throw away the key.

The theorist:”Would those bull^*)# theories include the existence of the Bilderbergs’ power or do you think it’s just the name of an old hotel in Holland? Are the Bohemian Grove rituals nothing but bull$%#@^ he filmed on a set? Open your eyes! The word “police” has become a verb and Jones points it out.

The unbeliever:”I know! It’s what I’ve been saying too! Also, if you google, ‘tiny alien dogs takeover’ and scroll to the 17th page, you’ll see PROOF that tiny alien dogs are taking over! Total proof!”

The ostrich: “poor deluded Tom….wants to believe the big bag govt is after him. geez” (who apparently can’t spell or use punctuation)

The nasty old battle axe:Poor child, when you find an old man, you might be a lover for a while, but after a couple of years sex is only a 1 year event.. in the winter when it freezes hard. then later on you become his daily diaper changing mommy.. (being a nasty old battleaxe myself I recognize the prose…….I just try to keep it on a higher level than filth)

Mr. Clever:  “jones is a phuqing lunatic who to get laid more often or better meds” (He is so superior to us all. Figuring out how to spell an truly nasty, foul and disgusting word to get past the computers rule against vulgarities.  So clever.  Makes one wonder what other rules he skates around)

There are others of course.  Some better, some worse, some even courser believe it or not.

 So what’s the point?  The point is that these people are representative of the citizenry of this country.  These people for good or ill make up the country. Now it would be true to say that many people don’t comment on news stories on line, but the fact is so many of those who do have such divergent and disparate views makes it apparent that there is nothing short of cataclysm that will bring them together.  We’ve heard all about working together for the good of all. In school they force children to work in teams to create the ability to work with different kinds of people. Most often what we find is that one child does the assignment and the rest of them skate by on his work.  Teachers see it all the time but are hamstrung now to do anything about it given their restrictions and guidelines passed down by our “elitist” Education Cabal.

Unfortunately we have people in leadership positions on the left and on the right who seek to divide Americans from each other.  Some do so by their rhetoric, others do so to remain in power.  Keep the people busy fighting among themselves and they won’t pay attention to the implementation of laws to deprive them of their God given, Constitution guaranteed rights.  Keep them focused on each other and they won’t see the abdication of responsibilities and confiscation of property that will surely bind them to their “betters”.  Blame the people on the other side for government decisions made by those who have no loyalty to their party or platform once they’ve achieved their ends.  Make monsters out of those who disagree, to distort the message and demoralize the average person. All of this works in the favor of those who refuse to acknowledge the laws of the land, including but not limited to the president, his administration, Congress and the federal bureaucracy. 

We have been played ladies and gentlemen buy master manipulators.  We have become what they have desired.  Selfish, insecure, emotion-driven, ill mannered, bores with delusions of relevancy who listen to no one but those they agree with.  We claim anyone who criticizes us “hates” us.  We want government to make life “fair” and “balanced” but refuse to make any effort our selves to create the lives we desire.  We buy lottery tickets, go to the casino, watch reality programs all hoping for a get rich quick miracle.  We live for beer in the fridge and “soft porn” on the TV provided by the movie channels to make our sad and depressing lives survivable.  Is this why our ancestors left their native lands.  How would they look at us today, with disgust most likely. All of their sacrifice, all of their pain, all of their hard work for what? So that you can go home and drink yourself into oblivion watching things you’ll never see or do (in many cases that’s a good thing) in real life. 

We are our own worst enemy.  We stand in our own way and in each others way.  We are the problem.  We are also the solution.  Unfortunately for us there is no longer a 4th estate to point that out.  They have gone over to  the enemy and I do not mean one political side or another. No they have given up their search for truth, their objectivity, their intellectual honesty to those who will use them for their own nefarious schemes.  Too bad for them…….so sad for us.

What difference does it make?

We’ve been asked that question twice in the last year.  First by Hillary Clinton then Secretary of State when she testified about the events preceding and including the Benghzi debacle.  Now from one of the most vociferous mouthpieces of the current administration MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, other wise known to many as the Tingler (for the tingles running up and down his leg every time his messiah speaks).  One wonders if these people work hard at ignoring reality or if they are just blessed to be completely removed from it.

What difference does it make Chrissy?  What difference does the motive have to do with the action?  Well first it speaks to intent, which even without a law degree I know impacts on what the law can charge one with.  Without intent to harm the perpetrator will not normally be charged with 1st degree murder (in this case).  If it were not intended, if for example it was a crime of passion or a belief of intended harm or to save the lives of others, there are many levels of crime one could be charged with, 2nd degree murder, manslaughter or death in self defense.  Second it speaks to whether or not the person acted alone, were they a part of a plot or as in this case a terrorist organization.

Then there is the method of the crime?  Was it done to kill just one person or was it designed to do a lot of damage and kill a lot of people and promote chaos?  Were they planning to deprive Americans of their rights and privileges under the Constitution?  It seems that even if they didn’t plan on that they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.  We had “body armor wearing, true automatic weapon bearing, special units” clearing people out of their houses at gun point (for their own protection).  We had the Mayor and Governor of MA telling people to cower in place.  Then amazingly they find the suspect in a neighborhood, hiding in a garage they’d already searched, lying in a boat waiting for the cover of darkness to get away.  What would have happened to that family once the special unites and their guns went away?  Would the killer break into the home, kill the “Americans” and steal what money, jewelery they had and their car and drive off into the night to be protected and sheltered buy another group of anti-American traitors who have lived off the American dream all the while waiting for a chance to steal our wealth and turn us into just another 3rd world hell hole with slaves who appease, martyrs who refuse to accede and women (who meet both categories).

Why is their motive important? Why is the Tea Party’s motive important, why is the Koch brothers’ motive important, or Ran Paul’s or any other mainstream group on the right? We’re not supposed to look at the motives on the left  or on any group the left feels free to protect.  We are supposed to look at any group who oppose them however.  The Tea Party folks are dangerous we’re told by the Matthews of the left. They’re radicals, they’re deranged, they’re Dangerous.  However which group is it that has attached to it people who have already demonstrated their willingness to bomb, harm, destroy innocent people in order to make their point?  Which party hosts those who think it appropriate to destroy private property, siphon off the profits of those who produce and give them to those who refuse to do so?  Which party is the party that celebrates death, that thinks if someone disagrees with you that the appropriate response is to kill you or to slander you by saying you want to kill them.

Reasonable people don’t act this way.  Reasonable people can discuss even disagree without coming to blows or slander or hyperbole or worse.  We used to be a country of reasonable people until the “feelings” group got into power.  They don’t govern by laws and common sense, they govern by “fairness” and “equality” as long as that equality diminishes their enemies.  It’s like watching Middle Schoolers given any power whatsoever.  Leave the classroom for more than a minute and rival countries will form, they’ll be wars and rumors of wars, alliances will be made and broken, bribery, larceny and anarchy will reign because these people have not yet learned to control themselves. Their world revolves around what they want, what they think, what they “need”.

Some of those in power never left middle school.  They pose and preen and pout.  They are naive but also sly.  Throwing folks under the bus is nothing to these people and they have a single minded focus on “what they want” uninterested in the consequences unintended or intended.  They have the power and they are going to use it to squash those who would stand in their way.  While most actual middle schoolers do not understand the true uses of power the ones in government do know and are willing to do almost anything, some will do anything, to remain in power. If that means destroying the economy of the US, if that means allowing jihadist to create chaos and anarchy, if that means collateral damage, well can’t make an Omelette without braking eggs and those people wouldn’t have fit in with the new order anyway so it’s good they’re gone.  That’s what life is like in your average Middle School.  If you don’t remember you were probably on the side with the power-brokers and their cabal. Welcome then to the Middle School the rest of us endured.

It wasn’t fun then, it’s not fun now.  Too bad we can’t leave our children and grandchildren better.  They deserved better. But hey “free love, peace and rock and roll” are the all important memes of the day……oh yes, I forgot your cup of soul, rap and selfishness.”    My bad.

And yes little Chrissy it does make a difference, intention makes all the difference in the world.

Freeing……….

It is unbelievably freeing to be out of work at this particular time.  Living off the few contracting jobs that can be found, substituting for schools at $7.50 an hour (without an education degree para work is just about all one can get) and off savings makes the health care debate just more noise in the vacuum that is DC.  There is no money in the family budget for health care, especially a plan that may cost more than the mortgage on the house.  What are they going to do, arrest me because I can’t afford to buy health care?  Maybe they’ll foreclose on my house.  That may happen anyway.  So then arrest me, I’ll get three meals a day, a roof and…………wait for it ………….free health care.

Sen.Max Baucus’ (D-Montana) is concerned that the powers that be aren’t explaining the health care plan well enough to the citizens on which it was forced, is somewhat disingenuous at best.  Talk about closing the door after the horse has bolted.   Sir, if you (who voted for it) can’t explain it to your constituents (who didn’t want it and made it clear they didn’t want it) then you, need to find a different job. Something in the extortion/bribery racket perhaps.  Maybe a jail guard if you still maintain you have integrity. They like pushing people around and forcing them to do things they don’t want to do or a teacher,same goes there.  Baucus wants Kathy Sebelius to explain it.  Explain it, she hasn’t even read it.  No one’s read it.  That’s one of the reasons it’s so bloody dangerous.  Once the lawyers get a hold of it no one in the country will be safe.  Except Baucus and Sebelius and their friends.

You see they are exempt. As are the other FOB (friends of barry). It seems that at least 700 companies and a the administration are all exempt. The jury is still out on whether Congress will get a pass, liberals say no-conservatives say yes. It says a lot that the framers of the huge debacle managed to do this:

The new health care law exempts the president from having to participate in it. Leadership and committee staffers in the House and Senate who wrote the bill are exempted as well. A weasel-worded definition of “staff” includes only the members’ personal staff in the new system; the committee staff that drafted the legislation opted themselves out. Because they were more familiar with the contents of the law than anyone in the country, it says a lot that they carved out their own special loophole. Anyway, the law is intended to affect “ordinary Americans,” according to Vice President Joe Biden (who – being a heartbeat away from the presidency – also is not covered), not Washington insiders.

I really love this answer on the cost the law will require from average Americans at Yahoo answers:

It is a 1% of your income, paid at the time you file your taxes. Here is an example of a breakdown for this.
I have a family of four including myself. If I buy family health care it is about $650 a month, multiply that by 12 and you get $7,800. My household brings in $55,000 intaxable income annually. So 1% of that is $550 per person a year, which is $2,200.
$7,800 – $2,200 = $5,600
I can invest the rest in HSAs, which gives me full control over what medical procedures I can get. I don’t have to get anyones permission to get a procedure. I have full control over my life.That fact is that the US goverment is a business, they are out to make money, just like every other business.

(The tip off that this is someone who knows nothing about the issue, is the very last line.  The government is NOT a business, it produces no product or service for pay.  It taxes us to continue to syphon monies to those who it deems deserving. The government raises NO money except by taxation -the taking of money from a group by coercion, blackmail and force for services to others and the providing of bad service to most).

In reality, according to the CBO (Congressional Budget Office):

President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and their allies, are cheerfully citing “ten year” costs of $940,000,000,000.00 — apparently believing this to be a far more palatable figure than $1 trillion.- The Weekly Standard

Among those who will have to pay a mandate penalty, 4.7 million will have incomes below 500 percent of the federal poverty line, according to the CBO, which is projected to be $60,000 for individuals and $123,000 for families of four by 2016. Given that the Supreme Court ruled the mandate was a tax, this would be a direct violation of President Obama’s pledge not to raise taxes on those earning less than $250,000. – Washington Times (read the whole article it’s amazing)

“And despite massive tax hikes and new penalties to pay for the bill, which CBO estimates have risen by another $99 billion compared to their estimates last March … the president’s health spending law will add at least $700 billion to the deficit over its first 10 years. Sadly, it may prove much worse than that.” –  daileycaller.com

And last but by no means least:

Eighty-three percent of American physicians have considered leaving their practices over President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, according to a survey released by the Doctor PatientMedical Association.

Even if doctors do not quit their jobs over the ruling, America will face a shortage of at least 90,000 doctors by 2020. The newly passed health care bill increases the demand for physicians by expanding insurance coverage. This change will exacerbate the current shortage as more Americans live past 65.

By 2025 the shortage will balloon to over 130,000, Len Marquez, the director of government relations at the American Association of Medical Colleges, told The Daily Caller. – Yahoo!News

So now with no reason for lawyers to be trained because there are no jobs for them, we have a doctor shortage.  Here’s a suggestion, make the people who want to be lawyers, doctors.  Allow the same sort of folks who came up with the 2,000+ health care plan have to figure out how to give services to people without enough money to do so. Of course after a one child per family rule (just like China our new benefactors) and the outlawing of care for units (those over 70 who aren’t worth anything to the government-all that Social Security drivel)  there might be some savings realized.  Once you add in the projected savings for the million or so aborted babies and sterilized women (thanks to abortion procedures, forced tubal ligations and vasectomies and other “reproductive health” procedures) the average American family may only be on the hook for a paultry:

Even those making less will have to reach deep into their meager resources to satisfy Obama’s statutory requirement. Families scraping by on only $44,0000 a year will have to pay 7 percent of their income (about $3,000) on insurance. Even those making just $33,000 will have to ante up 4.5 percent of their income (about $1,500) for health insurance. The required payments reach so far down the scale that those who are living at the federal poverty level of $22,000 will have to shell out 2 percent of their totally inadequate incomes ($440) for insurance.

Golly one could go on and on and on and on, the health care mandate sure does.  Here’s the straight scoop.  Health care is broken and it’s bankrupting millions of Americans a year.  It needs to be fixed.  It doesn’t need government supervision.  Look at the Veterans Administration, the IRS, the Education Department just to name a few.  These folks often screw up things that don’t even need to be fixed.  While there are problems with health care Medicare and Medicaid have had decades to fix them for the poor.  They’ve fixed nothing, just exacerbated the problem.  Putting a bandaid on didn’t work, neither will amputating all of the limbs.  There has to be a middle ground but that’s not popular in Washington today because it doesn’t give the government control over 1/6 of the economy.  In reality the government controls so much more than that in regulations, school monies and the military.  The government was never supposed to have such power and the “Constitutional” experts in DC know it.

Powers (according to the Constitution) of the Federal Government:

* Print money
* Regulate interstate (between states) and international trade
* Make treaties and conduct foreign policy
* Declare war
* Provide an army and navy
* Establish post offices
* Make laws necessary and proper to carry out the these powers

No where does it say provide health care, or levy taxes that came later.

It wasn’t until 1913 that the 16th amendment was passed. (allowing the establishment of a taxing system from the federal government) In the preceding years the government acted on the following:

Article I, Section 2, Clause 3:

Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers…^[1]

Article I, Section 8, Clause 1:

The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

Article I, Section 9, Clause 4:

No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

Before 1913 Tariffs/Custom Duties and Excise Taxes funded the federal government.  It did levy taxes to fund wars but after that the taxes went away.

Here’s an interesting fact:

The Socialist Labor Party advocated a graduated income tax in 1887.^[9] The Populist Party ”demand[ed] a graduated income tax” in its 1892 platform.^[10] The Democratic Party, led by William Jennings Bryan, advocated the income tax law passed in 1894,^[11] and proposed an income tax in its 1908 platform.^{[12] (Remember that Bryan also argued for the prosecution in the Scopes Trial. Was he a real progressive or simply someone who needed to control the thoughts and actions of others. Somewhat akin to progressives today)}

So along with slavery, the KKK, and Jim Crow we now have income taxes to thank the Democratic Party for.   Anyone that’s surprised by this is simply NOT paying attention.

What did the Patriots say about the scope of government:

It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense…. They are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in society. Let them look well after their own expense, and they may safely trust private people with theirs.”
– Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations [1776]

“The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States.” .”
– Noah Webster

“They are not to do anything they please to provide for the general welfare…. [G]iving a distinct and independent power to do any act they please which may be good for the Union, would render all the preceding and subsequent enumerations of power completely useless. It would reduce the whole instrument to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be for the good of the United States; and as they sole judges of the good or evil, it would be also a power to do whatever evil they please.”
– Thomas Jefferson

How much smarter they were then are we? Without the media, computers, cell phones, fax machines and nuclear bombs, they knew instinctively what was right because they’d fought what was wrong personally. They, as the president has famously said, “had skin in the game”.  Too bad most Americans don’t understand that. Of course having been taught by coaches (because any idiot can teach History) in Social Studies it’s not at all surprising.

It is simply sad.

Welcome to Wonderland……(don’t forget to bow to the Queen and of course the king)

It’s is interesting to see how people react to tragedy.  Some people get angry, some sad, some are afraid and some check out.  It says a lot about personal integrity, how someone approaches the unpleasant.  Around the country people are trying to make sense of the unfathomable.

Let’s hope the Boston Marathoner is a “white” American-Salon

Really, we want to hope that?  We want to hope that someone with no axe to grind just went out and set a bomb. We want to hope that a sociopath with delusions of relevancy is running around setting off explosive just to see people panic and die.  So much worse to think that a religious fanatic from groups and countries that have already warned us they will kill us (each and every one- including liberals, gays, democrats plus the other hard working and industrious among us, male, female, young, old makes no difference.

And this nonsense that people are being unfairly targeted.  Tell me when was the last time a Muslim “defender” condemned the actions of their “brothers in arms” or who denounced any action no matter how gruesome?  Someone of real authority or stature among the Muslim cabal. Yeah I didn’t think so.

Contemplating chaos in a nation of `soft targets’ (my way)

Oh please let’s give them a map of the best “soft targets” to use.  The left could get rid of a bunch of political opponents.  Just remember that when most of us die and go to heaven it won’t be to a place of endless torment (for the virgin women) it will be to a place of peace and rest. Like Miami beach without gambling.

Actor blames Boston attack on gun culture: 2nd Amendment must go

Now this is the best of all.  Just last week some kid ran around a college campus slicing and dicing his way into popular cultural mythology.  By the time the left is done with him he’ll be a victim not the criminal. So Jay, people use cars to bomb places…….we should ban cars.  People use knives to hurt people………we should ban knives. Kermit Gosnell delivered live babies and cut their spinal columns with a surgical scalpel ……….we should ban scalpels.  People used their hands to kill others …….we should ban hands, people use their brains to scam others and steal their lives………….we should ban brains. Wait a minute you live in Hollywood or at least work there, no wonder you’re confused and illogical, brains have been outlawed there for years.  Dude go back to whatever else you’ve been doing and let the adults take care of the important things, please.  There will be cookies and milk and nap time soon.

This Just In………..

The internet, bloggers, citizen journalists.  Doing the job that the Lame Steam, Drive by, Professional? Journalists can’t or won’t do.

It’s Come To This At CNN.

Battle rages

Disney allows Chinese censors

Years ago I wrote an obituary for the Journalistic profession.  Sometimes I just hate it when I’m right.  This time while I hate it I must admit I’m pretty full of myself.  It’s hard to be a prophet in ones own country.  Not that I aspire to any religious seeing.  It’s just that some time ago I made what might be considered a snarky comment about the local rag.  Someone who works there took exception to my contention that journalists especially the local ones had long ago given up any pretense of objectivity and were firmly in the tank with progressives, liberals and radicals.

She harangued me, claiming that I slandered all of the people working there and who’d worked there. She then brought out the “I once worked with (my family member ) and always considered them, blah, blah, blah, and blah. I finally apologized for offending her and in reality I was sorry. I was sorry I engaged her in what I hoped would be a reasonable debate.  In the end after name calling and hysterical hyperbole (anyone want to guess on which side that was)  I just wanted her off my page and out of my life.  I  have no time for people so incredibly blind that they can not see what the rest of us see.  The way they report the news, the words they use, the stories they choose to tell convict them every single time they do it.

While the local rag has done three stories on Gosnell, the upshot is that to the “professional journalists” this is a local story for someplace far away.  People here are interested in it but don’t stir up the Anti abortion fanatics again.  After all they’re dangerous, and some of them certainly are.  Some people feel it is better they are in jail the rest of their lives if it saves infants from murder.  I believe that one wrong NEVER makes anything right but the fact that the media refuses to report on this story shows that they have abdicated their responsibility to stand as the nightwatchmen in our culture. They have now become part of the problem and a new entity has emerged. To paraphrase Ben Franklin in 1776,

“We’ve spawned a new professon here. Rougher, simpler; more violent, more enterprising; less refined. We’re a new entity. We are the new media.”

We are here.  Deal with it.

I’m Confused

Today I saw an article  titled Illinois mom who left newborn to freeze to death given 50-year sentence.   In this article it reports that a 32 year old woman hid her pregnancy and gave birth alone, disposing of the bloody clothing and leaving the baby alongside the road to freeze to death.  Apparently they found the remains of two other baby girls in the woman’s trunk. The prosecutors dropped 11 other murder charges because she pled guilty to this one murder. All of this happened in 2004 when this woman was 23 years old and she apparently had been pregnant twice before.

I am confused about several things.  If this woman had this baby and left her to die on the road (which is without a doubt a horrific thing to do)  why was she facing 11 or 12 charges. As far as I know you can only murder someone once. Did she have 11 babies that they aren’t reporting on? If that’s the case did she first get pregnant when she was 12 and get pregnant every year there after or did she have multiple births?  Disposing of the remains must have gotten difficult. No wonder she was tripped up.  Now it is a given that I don’t have a clue about how the law works, but it seems to me that you can only kill someone one time. But this is really a periphery issue.

Another odd thing is that in all of the articles I read no one mentioned, why?  What was her motive? Not that she’s not guilty, she admitted it.  But what led her to do this, not once apparently but twice before?  Surely she’s not sane?   Sane people do not act this way. If she’s not sane shouldn’t she be sent somewhere that she can be helped and then sent back to prison.  I see this woman managing to get pregnant in jail (after all that seems to happen quite frequently) and doing something similar while in jail.  Where is the disconnect? Of course she’s from Illinois the home state of our abortion loving first family (don’t get punished with a baby, you know) so I’m not terribly surprised.  That said even pro abortion supporters seem to find this behavior abhorrent, which brings me to the other issue that confuses me.

What really  is the difference between this case and the thousands or hundreds of thousands of babies stabbed in the back of the head by an abortionist while still in the birth canal.  Babies that would have been born alive if only their head had come out faster.  Then again this is Illinois, the same state that tried to pass measures to protect the lives of babies born after botched abortions and where our president sought to block medical aid to said babies. Barak Obama has made his pro abortion sentiments known for years and he sided with abortionists on this piece of legislation in 2001 and again in 2002.  He claims he would have supported the bills if the contained the same language as the federal law, but they were amended to have the same wording, and he still opposed the bills.

Then there is this from the champions of a woman’s right to murder her own infant, Planned Parenthood.  Begun by Margaret Sanger, eugenist and racist this organization champions the right of women to ultimate control over their bodies and apparently any thing the comes out of said body. I looked on the big 4 web sites (CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS) and could find NO articles on the above event.  It was as if Alisa LaPolt Snow the woman in the video, never stood before Florida legislators and told them that she had no information what would happen to a child laying on the abortion table fighting for life.  Apparently that was above her pay grade.  What she did say was;

“We believe that any decision that’s made should be left up to the woman, her family, and the physician,” Snow said, apparently unaware that such an act constitutes murder under most any other circumstances.” (naturalnews.com)

So let me get this straight.  If a woman by herself disposes of an unwanted infant she gets 50 or 60 years in prison.  If a woman allows an abortionist to dispatch said unwanted infant she not only get her abortion paid for, she goes free to be impregnated again, with impunity.   Life is so unbearably complex.  We put people in jail for the murder and abuse of children and we put them in jail a long, long time.  What could be more abusive than the murder of an innocent life.  We have become so schizophrenic in our thinking about abortion that it has lead to this.  Sesame Street famously (long ago now, it’s not politically correct anymore) stated that if it breathes, eats and grows that is how you know, it’s alive.  Infants in the womb who can breath, eat and grow if delivered are alive and when you kill someone that is alive that is murder.

How can we charge someone with double murder who shoots and kills a mother and her unborn child and yet we do, if the infant is not alive?  We must come to a intelligent, cogent, moral decision on this issue, because we are damaging ourselves and untold generations by our willingness to play “God”, in deciding who lives and who dies.  How long before we will be deciding if someones quality of life is appropriate or if they should be dispatched to “ease their suffering” or more likely to ease the suffering or burden of the family or the state?  The slippery slope begun by Roe vs Wade has not yet achieved critical mass but it soon will.

A country can be judged on how it treats it’s most vulnerable members.   What will history say of us?  I’m afraid to even guess.

 

And this is why stereotypes exist……

Today from of all places ABC News, a news story concerning one  ”Brunswick City Commissioner and Mayor Pro Tem James T. Brooks,” who was “arrested for a wilfull obstruction of law enforcement and influence of witness.” It seems the councilman got between the victims family (who a tip claimed had tried to get rid of the murder weapon) and the police officers wanting to talk to them about the tip.  

Now, while ambushing people as they’re coming out of a bail hearing might be in bad taste, it’s not illegal.  The police are trying to ascertain whether in fact the mother and sister of one of the defendants tried to get rid of the gun by throwing it into a pond.  Sounds about the right IQ level for the people most police spend their time dealing with.  In this most horrendous of crimes that a woman, with children of her own, would be complicit in the interference of a murder investigation of a child, an infant boggles the mind.  When would she stop protecting her son?  How many more people would have to die before she’d admit that her son might be responsible?  Does she really believe some stranger just made up a description because all black people look the same to them?

I know there are some conspiracy theorists out there who think this mother shot her own child in the stroller and now seeks to frame two innocent young black men for the crime.  Really.  Really?  That’s how you’re going to play this?  Well why didn’t they shoot the mother?  Probably because the morons didn’t plan to shoot the baby,  probably because they’re stuck on stupid, probably because after the gun went off they panicked and took off, because that’s what cowards do.  They prey on women, children, the old, the sick, the disabled.  And tell me where did these “children” get the gun?  Obviously they didn’t steal it from their fathers.  Do they have fathers? Or are they part of the more than 50% of the black community that was born to unwed mothers?  Do they go to school and if they do, are they engaged in taking advantage of the opportunities to learn and break out of the cycle of welfare, food stamps and poverty?  I don’t know the answers to these questions but I am smart enough to ask them.

While a rush to judgement is human nature, it might behoove both sides to step back, chill out and wait for the investigation to be over and the trial to begin.  It’s easy to paint both sides with the “racist” brush but the more that happens the more diluted the concept becomes until it’s like the word Nazi or Commie or any other invective that has been over used and thus diminished by it’s misuse.  The animals that committed this crime need to be punished for it. More than that they need to be taken off the streets so that they will not be a danger to others.

That is what justice is supposed to do, punish the guilty while at the same time protecting the community.  Instead of assuming that your race, gender, sexuality, religion or whatever is being attacked how about we ignore all but the facts.  An infant was shot, the mother was not, she identified two teenagers. Now the mother and sister on one of these defendants has been implicated in trying to destroy what may be the murder weapon.  This is tragic and sad enough without people adding their own agenda and narrative to the mix.

From either side of the great political schism.  Dead children should not be used as political fodder. Never.

The Elephant in the Living Room Is Now Purple with Pink Polka Dots………

No one is willing to say it.

At least not enough of us are willing to say it.  I understand why.  In the toxic environment we have in this country today no one wants to be the “racist”.  No one wants to be accused of bigotry. No one wants to be offensive. So no one says anything.  The old adage holds true however “All that is needed for evil to flourish is for good men to do (say) nothing.  We have arrived at the line drawn in the sand.  If the “first African American President” had any honor or integrity he like Bill Cosby before him would be all over this like ugly on an ape, like white on rice or any other euphemism you can think of.

Let’s review the last few days shall we:

 

6-Month-Old Chicago Baby Shot 5 Times In Alleged Gang-Related …

Baby shot in face

Man beaten to death in Chicago 

School age children killed in Chicago

There are a few brave souls but they won’t  be allowed to make a difference.

USA Today on Where is the outrage at black on black violence?

Actual real government statistics  which I know people will ignore because why let actual numbers get in the way of a good victimization.

The sad and frightening case of Nkosi Thandiwe who said “I was trying to prove a point that Europeans had colonized the world, and as a result of that, we see a lot of evil today,” he said. “In terms of slavery, it was something that needed to be answered for. I was trying to spread the message of making white people mend.” So he shot three women, killed one, paralysed one and injured another who did nothing to him. Their crime, they were white.

So I’m going to say it.  These people black or white, red or yellow, green or polka dot are animals.  They should not be allowed in a civilized society.  Those who enable them, those who excuse them, those who create them and those who support them should also not be allowed to live in a civilized society.  There are plenty of empty islands in the south Pacific.  Send them there.  Give them a gun and a knife and let them shoot and kill each other until they are extinct.  That is what needs to be done.

Either you are willing to live within the rules of society or you are invited and then escorted somewhere they either like murders or they don’t give a flying fig. Here we should care. Instead of fighting over school choice, gun control and abortion, instead of worrying about Syria, Pakistan and Libya we should be finding and expunging the violent animals that infest our cities and communities. Those that prey on the young and the elderly and the naive.  Those that refuse to play by civilized rules and those who flaunt the law (yes I’m referring to illegal aliens who will never be law abiding citizens because there will always be some law that doesn’t apply to them-like driving drunk).  It is past time we took our country back and if that means every person wears a gun and knows how to hit the center of a target consistently then that is what we’ll have to do.  Either you want to live in a free country, with the opportunity to progress according to the effort you expend or you don’t.  If you don’t it’s time for you to go, on a permanent basis. Go find another jungle to hunt in.  Or one to be hunted in.  Such is the result of animalistic behavior.

We’re done with dog eat dog. We’d kind of like it to be do unto others as you’d have them do unto you.  Yes I know, that’s to Judeo Christian of me. I must be a bigot.

 

Crowder VS. Judd

So now Steven Crowder is being targeted for his dismissing of Ashley Judd as a serious candidate for the Senate.

Here’s Stevens take on the kerfuffle:

As you know, Ashley Judd has recently been heard equating both mining and purchasing Apple Products to “rape.” So my commentary at CPAC on her stupid, and insensitive comparisons was exactly this
“This just in, Ashley Judd just tweeted that purchasing apple products is akin to rape… from her iPhone”
I followed it up with “Rape? Really, now she knows what my mind felt like after Divine Secrets of YaYaSisterhood”

This convention started on March 14, 2013.  Ashley Judd made her famous remark in an article, which is  titled “Costs of Convenience”, on her website in 2010.

This is what she wrote:

“AppIe is known for the clean lines of their products, the alluring simplicity of their designs. Dare I….go so far….as to suggest…this signature cleanness is stained by the shit and urine of raped women’s leaking fistulas?

I dream of the day when Apple and other electronics companies fully commit to Tracing, Audting, and Certifying the minerals they use in their products, and rape minerals are successfully excluded from the marketplace.”

Seems to me that once Ashley opened that bag of worms she should have been expecting someone to call her on it.  That’s how they play in the big league Ash………you and your fans are going to have to get a thicker skin.  After all Gov. Palin and her family were called all sorts of names and had death threats hurled at them on TV, radio and the internet.  They even had a stalker move in next door to try to get embarrassing or intimate photos of any one of them.  Y’all might take a look at this site for some of the more colorful comments directed at the former governor and her family, even baby Trig was not left out.  Bill Maher and his vulgar female body part comment aside most of the heinous comments came from “sistas”.   So do not be surprised Ash.

What I’m surprised at is that no one on either side of the aisle has brought up Ms. Judd’s flirtation with exhibitionism. I realize that taking ones clothes off for money is not longer frowned on as immoral, maybe that is why the moral ambiguity of political life does not seem daunting to this B list actress. The left would like us to believe that the willingness of someone to take off their clothes for money has nothing to do with their fitness for a position of authority. I maintain however that someones inability to make good decisions that will not come back to bite them is one of the things we need in a congressperson.  Obviously she doesn’t have enough sense to stay properly clothed, why would we expect her to make good decisions that will affect the lives of thousands or millions of people, many of whom actually have some kind of moral compass that tells them that slutting around in front of a camera no matter how much money you make or how self absorbed you are, is not in their best interest nor is it in the best interest of the country.

Another little aside.  When Sharia law begins to seriously encroach on all aspects of American life, women like Ms. Judd are going to be the first before the headman’s axe.  Not wishing, just extrapolating. Women who flaunt themselves, who strut around on screen naked or half naked are going to be stoned, and not in the fun way,  just like they do in Tehran.  If they’re in the government, that’s even better. A much more efficient and high profile example.  So if I were you Ash, and I’m saying this one sista to another, I’d find someone with real experience, someone who’s smarter than pet rock to run for Senate.  Someone perhaps that gives more thought to the people they will represent than you do to what kind of underwear you will or won’t wear to the next big premiere or award ceremony.

Of course that would be if you were interested in public service not publicity.  And we all know that “any publicity is good publicity.  Right?

An amazing and pleasant surprise brought to you by God.

Now I must say at the outset that I am not a Catholic.  I am a member of a different sect of Christianity.  We have much in common with Catholics. We believe in God the Eternal Father and in His Son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Spirit (Ghost).  We believe in Baptism, Conformation, the Last Supper and the partaking of the Sacrament.  We believe in Bishops (although we differ in their responsibilities) prayer and in doing good to all men.  While we disagree on how many of the Ordinances of the Gospel are done, we both believe they are essential to mans terrestrial happiness and his eternal progression.  We have fought side by side on many social issues and worked side by side in disasters and we have prayed side by side at many dangerous and frightening times.

It was with great excitement and interest that I watched as a new Spiritual leader was chose in Rome.  There was all the pomp and circumstance one would expect in the situation.  As a student of history it was amazing to see and vicariously participate in a ceremony that has been occurring for centuries.  While the pageantry was awesome it was the outcome that was so spectacular.

From all accounts the new Pope Francis I is an amazing man.  Humble, hardworking, compassionate and dare I say humane.  This as Peggy Noonan wrote in her latest opinion piece is something we as a people are not quite accustomed to.  She points out we are accustomed to the snake oil salesman, the arrogant athlete, the entertainer and the polished political operative.  Very few places can we find the “public servant”.  Someone uninterested in leveraging their good works into a “deal”.  We are encompassed about by reality that isn’t real, TV shows that purport to be the unvarnished account are indeed scripted for the ultimate emotional impact.  Politicians who will say anything to get in office and then do nothing or worse do the bidding of those who have the most cash to redistribute. Worse yet is the wholesale exploitation of the poor, the disabled and the mentally ill by government and entertainment alike to advance everything from new drugs to gun control.

We as a people, went from expecting our leaders to actually lead us to expecting them to entitle us.  We ask not what we can do for each other but what somebody is going to do for us.  We have become so self absorbed, self centered and self obsessed that when confronted by a man who seems to think of others more often then himself, many just can not comprehend it.  They will in the near future begin to look for things that will tear this man down, look for the flaws that we all have, look for reasons to denigrate and abuse this humble “Vicar of Christ”.  I sincerely doubt they will find many.  Francis I seems to be the type of Christian that understands the adage “hate the sin, love the sinner” and that religion is not a vehicle to promote the agenda of society, but a respite from the vicissitudes of life, a calm harbor in the stormy see of humanity.  This humble Christlike man will make mistakes, will stumble and maybe even fall but because he understands that the Atonement is available to all will be able to pick himself up and continue on with the work he has been tasked with.

In the church to which I belong we too have a humble, compassionate, hardworking, humane leader.  He travels the world assessing and learning about the needs of his flock and then returns and sets about making decisions to assist local leaders to help not only members of the church but all people willing to accept that help.  I am sure in the coming months the President of the LDS church will seek an audience with the new pope as have other presidents over the years.  I think both men will find they have much more in common then they have differences.  Both want to build that brotherhood of which Francis spoke, both encourage care for the poor, indigent, unborn and elderly.  Both act on the belief that marriage is a sacred ordinance ordained by God,  and that the family is essential to the continued success of civilization.

God bless both of these good men and help us to support and sustain them as they attempt to bring some civility to what has become an increasing uncivil society.

Finally…..a lucid moment.

God bless Lech Walesa.  In a speech the other day he commented:

“They have to know that they are a minority and must adjust to smaller things. And not rise to the greatest heights, the greatest hours, the greatest provocations, spoiling things for the others and taking (what they want) from the majority,” he told the private broadcaster TVN during a discussion of gay rights. “I don’t agree to this and I will never agree to it.”

“A minority should not impose itself on the majority,” Walesa said.

Finally, someone in politics had the guts to say it.  Homosexuals are in the minority.  While the media and gay activists would have and do have the public hornswoggled into thinking they make up 30-40% of the population in the US, they in fact make up only about 4%.  In other countries, those of predominately Catholic, Jewish or Muslim faiths, they are a much smaller percentage.  They can not, they should not, nor will they be able to, without government coercion or force, impose their lifestyle choices on the majority or force the acceptance of the same.

Putting aside the moral component for the moment, the outrage that greeted this remark, which by the way probably resonated with much of Polands Catholic citizenry, is almost laughable.  Stating fact apparently has now become “hate speech”.  There is no hate in this remark.  Walesa stated facts.

1. They are a minority.(and not the only one in either Poland or any other country including the US)

2. They must adjust to smaller things…..spoiling things for others and taking what they want from the majority. (Including insisting that those of a different moral framework accept and condone behavior that is considered abhorrent to them.  In the situation gays in Poland find themselves it will be difficult to be elected to political office and other high profile professions.  People usually won’t vote for someone whose personal life they find immoral or inconsistent with their core values)

3. He doesn’t agree. (I’m not up on Polish constitutional law but not agreeing with someone does not constitute “hate speech”.  It is a indicator of free speech and liberty however.  I don’t agree with most politicians today but so far I’m allowed to disagree without being on a list or becoming a pariah. Since when are we not allowed to say what we think?  Oh, that’s right we can say what we think as long as no one is offended.  Get prepared for a whole lot of silence because I can guarantee you that something you say every day is going to offend someone.  I personally am offended everyday by posts on my facebook page put there by people I consider friends and family.  My staunch defense of the Constitution and my unending focus on the presidents ineptness, incompetence and downright stupidity offend people daily and might just offend someone reading this post right now.  There is no guarantee we will not be offended, we either choose to be offended or we do not.)

4.”A minority should not impose itself on the majority”. (This is the most intelligent thing I’ve heard in the last several decades.  Ronald Reagan would have said the same exact thing. What if the minority of people that are Mormon decided everyone should live according to their beliefs. No drinking, no smoking, no doing drugs, no extra marital or pre marital sex, honest dealings with your fellow men, ie no cheating on your taxes.  A renewed focus on real education, actual service to your fellow man, belief in Apostles, Prophets, Seers and Revelators.  Paying an honest tithe, 10% of your gross income. Being subject to the laws and ordinances of the government under which you live. No pornography, no violent movies or video games-R or NC17 rated entertainment, no foul videos or songs, no half naked people strutting around on stage for the prurient amusement of the deviate. How many of the majority would want to give up beer in the fridge, Grand Theft Auto on the box and porn on the TV? While it might be healthier, safer and more comfortable to live that way, we all have the right to live as well or as ill as we wish.  That’s what a representative democracy is all about. )

We as human beings have to decide what we are willing to tolerate. I’m not referring to people’s beliefs and lifestyle choices here.  People have a God given right to live in a manner that pleases them as long as they do not try to force those beliefs either by force or coercion on others and as long as they live within the confines of the laws of the land in which they live.  That is why this country was founded.  The fact that a majority of people do not believe as you do does not give them the right to harm you nor does it give you the right to insist they validate your beliefs, nor does it preclude them from having and giving an opinion on those beliefs.

If I chose to be offended by every person who’s savaged the LDS religion, it’s people, it’s doctrine or it’s very existence I’d spend all of my time offended and never go anywhere or talk to anyone.  People have a right to believe whatever nonsense they choose about any subject or people or event or activity.  To label honest opinion as “hate speech” and insist that all of someone’s life work be dismissed because they disagree with a shrieking, bawling, pre-adolensent acting minority no matter what their permutation is reprehensible, contemptible and scurrilous.

If I went to the Middle East where women are confined behind a cotton prison I should be prepared to accept that fate.  The fact that I refuse to do so will probably mean that I won’t ever see that area of the world and I accept that.  The idea people in the Middle East consider the US and West to be the Great Satan makes me sad but I’m not about to force them to like us by bribery or force.  If they are a threat to me and mine I will fight them but as long as they stay on their side of the playground we will get along fine.

All of this should be common sense but today there is nothing so uncommon as common sense. For those who don’t believe in the end of the world good luck with that. We are quickly approaching critical mass. Of course that’s just my opinion- don’t be offended. (practice, practice, practice)

The Lord Bless You and Keep You…..

I went to the funeral of a good friend today. She was only 4 years older than I am.  She was a good person, someone who tried her best to leave the world a better place than she found it.  She did her best to practice her beliefs and be a good example of what a Christian should be.  She was a mom, wife, grandma, sister niece and friend to many.  She will be sorely missed.

As I listened to the talks and musical numbers I began to see a pattern emerging and began to ponder the implications.  I began to ask myself what I believe.

I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the literal Messiah and Savior of this world.

I believe in God the Eternal Father who has a body of flesh and bones (as does the Savior Jesus Christ)

I believe in the Holy Ghost, the comforter and protector.

I believe that man will be judged for his own sins, not for anyone else’s

I believe in the scriptures (Bible, Book of Mormons and Pearl of Great Price and Doctrine and Covenants)

I believe that a prophet walks the earth today and his name is Thomas S Monson-President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

I believe that you will learn more from reading the scriptures and going to church than in any other educational experience you will ever have.

I believe that God has restored the church that was on the earth at the time of Jesus.

I believer that God lives, Jesus is the Christ and I am a child of God.

(if this offends you I apologize but I refuse to go another day without stating my beliefs, or testimony because you never know how many days you have left)

In the name of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

You sir are an Ox and a Moron….

Today on my drive home I heard a snippet on the news that made me want to get out of my car and start beating every liberal I could find.   What you might ask filled me so full of ire, what would throw me into such a apoplectic fit?

To some it may seem ridiculous to get so upset about this.  To others they may wonder at my dedication to knowledge.  I am however sick to death of seeing bandaids on every social ill when what is truly needed is major surgery.  I am tired of society ignoring the elephant in the living room.

It seems the president (and yes I know that’s supposed to be Capitalized but until someone in the office can act like an adult deserving of respect, I will be using the small p, same goes for democrat, republican, liberal, conservative …….) is going on the road with his new meme, auditioned at the State of the Union (which is not strong, but does suck strongly).  Apparently, the king of incompetence, thinks that children spend too much time in their homes.  It is now strongly recommended (by someone who doesn’t even bother to spend vacation time with his own children) that pre-school be universal.  Really?  And that’s going to help how exactly.

Well children that go to preschool do better in school, of course.  They do math better, read better, and are more independent.  What a pile of nonsense. I raised 6 strong independent producers. They all work, even if they stay home and do day care so they can be with their own children.  I have been in and around schools for the last 27 years.  It is my observation that the children who do well are the ones that come from traditional backgrounds.  They have a mother and father in the home.  Someone stays home with these children, sacrificing career goals, educational goal and monetary rewards.  They drive car’s into the ground, they live in modest homes in small towns, they don’t go out to dinner often, they pack lunches for themselves and their children. These folks grow gardens, volunteer at schools take part time jobs so that one of them is home when the kids are home.

Think about it for a minute, this man (and I use the term loosely) wants to take 4 year olds away from their parents, shove them into school with 300-400 kids who are all bigger then they are.  Some of these kids still nap in the afternoon and even if they don’t they are cranky, irritable and down right unhappy most of the afternoon.  They are ripe for abuse by older children because they really don’t know how to take care of themselves.  Children this age are sometimes incredibly shy which will not be cured by shoving them into a classroom with 10-15 other children who feel the same why.  What then are they supposed to do when they need a hug, when the world is not aligned and all they want is their mommy.  I guess those feelings can wait until they get home.  So you have children going home and spending the entire evening trying to wind down from their frustrating, irritating, very bad day.

Here’s my problem with all of that.  Children spend 9 hrs. a day in school, going to school, coming home from school. They’re in school in our area from the second week of August to the last week in May and have 6 weeks of summer vacation.  If you figure 20 days a month for 9 1/2 months (not counting the vacations and days off) that means children are in school for 190+ days a year.  There are only 365 days in a year this means they are away from their parents for about 1/4th of the year. Nine hours a day means they are spending 1/3 of their  actual day, more than 3/4 of their awake time in the company of someone the parent can’t even choose.  At least in daycare parents have the opportunity to choose the provider, at school you just get whoever is assigned to you.  They could be the best teacher in the world or they could be the worst, it’s just the luck of the draw.

My point.  It’s bad enough our 5 year olds are having to grow up too fast.  They are exposed to people and ideologies that they are not prepared for not because parents aren’t doing their jobs but because they aren’t emotionally, physically or intellectually ready to deal with what they’re exposed to.

If the president wants to take children out of bad homes, out of abusive homes, out of chaotic homes then he needs to make that case.  As for my grandchildren and their parents before them, they don’t need to be protected from their parents.  They need to be home with their mother or father more than they need to start school early.  They have 13 years to be indoctrinated by the state.  They need that extra year for their parents to be able to teach them right from wrong and good from bad.

It is apparent that in many districts mendacity, misinformation, political correctness and treason have taken the place of the Golden Rule.  Can’t we wait a year before teaching our children to “Do unto others before they do it unto you” or “ask not what you can do for somebody else, ask what the government is going to do for you?”

Or maybe we need more people who are totally disconnected from everyone.  That is what happens when you institutionalize people.  It’s doesn’t make them more accepting, it just drives them more introverted, especially when their emotional needs are not met.

So yeah, we don’t have enough perspective mass murderers and agents of destruction.  I’m surprise no one has brought up this question.  If schools are so very important to the social landscape why is it that mass shooting have increased along the same line as the length of time students spend away from home ?

Yeah, that elephant’s getting bigger and smellier  everyday.

Slippery slope with more ice forming everyday.

This just in from the freedom watchers and protectors at NBC news.  You remember these guys.  Those of the faked videos of late. You remember the Trayvon Martin video, the Mitt Romney video, the Sandy Hook Heckling video.  These are the professional journalists who feel it is perfectly alright to slander innocent people in the name of politics, those who know what’s best for not only the country but it’s individual citizens as well.  The very people who should have protected the nation from the criminals that now infest the highest political positions in the country.  Those tasked with not only the vetting but the exposing of those who seek to harm and the”fundamental” change of our nation, those who seek to dismantle the Constitution and set up an empire right here in our own borders.  Yes these members of the 4th estate, these bastions of liberty who abdicated their responsibility and were seduced by their own bigotry and ideology. Now they’ve decided that a line in the sand was crossed, now they’ve decided absolute power is corrupting absolutely or………………..

Ever heard of the boy who cried wolf.  This is like the inverse of that tale.  Instead of crying wolf these “boys” told everyone it’s was all good.  Nothing to see here.  The savior had come and we would now all be healed, as in the new commercial from Jeep, we as a country will be made whole. Instead we’re farther apart than we’ve ever been, not even before the Civil War were people so polarized.  We have been pitted one against the other, black against white, hispanic against everyone else, rich against poor, old against young.  This administration and their water carriers have Balkanized the country so that they can follow through on their leaders plan to “fundamentally change” America, and they have done so with the help of a naive and clueless media.  The progressive liberal establishment has played their journalist enablers like a violin, and the journalist not only let them they Rosined up the bow for them.  It’s been a virtuoso performance. Only now when there might really be something important, something inherently dangerous, do we dare believe the turncoats of media?  Do we have any faith left that these people will tell the truth this time or is it just more of the same entrapment journalism.  Are they putting out doctored stories to inflame those who stand against the tide of fetid progressive oligarchy, to convince those on the fence that the people still trying to sound the alarm are in fact radicals?  That these people can not be trusted, especially not with the reigns of government. After all the radicals who are against the government as it stands now,  want to make everyone own a gun, have a choice about where to send kids to school, punish women who sleep around with unwanted babies, take away grandma’s health care, starve poor children and kill American Citizens without due process…………wait a minute.  That last item the “killing American citizens” is what the administration is seeking to legalize. That can’t be right, but NBC swears it is.  So now we’re supposed to believe them, they’ve lied so many times that now one doesn’t know what to believe which is all good for the powers that be.  If they can marginalize even more those patriots who still believe in the principles under which this country was founded they can solidify their hold over the rest of the country and put in to place their plan to build an empire under their favorite son.  He who should never have been “king”.  He who should have been vetted 20 years ago and proven the liar that we all know today.

So what brought about this spurt of prose this morning? This story  from NBC news.  It seems that the esteemed head of the Justice Department Eric Holder has decided that killing American citizens throughout the world with drone strikes is perfectly legal, whether the Justice Department can prove imminent threat or not.  Well you may opine, what else should be done?  These are members of terrorist organizations protected and surrounded by hosts of civilians so that they can not be extracted or taken out without a great deal of collateral damage.   Just because they’re not an imminent threat does not mean they are not actively plotting the destruction of the US and the murder of it’s citizens. It would seem that if one gives aid and comfort to the enemy that they have committed treason and are there for no longer citizens but combatants and are therefore no longer protected under US law. It would also seem that if one is a member of an organization who’s stated goal is to kill Americans and take over the country these actions would be enough to render the targeted individuals protections null and void.  While our laws protect citizens they are not necessarily able to protect those who’s stated goal is the annihilation of it’s peoples and government. This would seem to be a policy that most Americans could get on board with.

This is where the push comes to shove.  This administration has been so corrupt, so disingenuous, so dare I say, criminal that few of their detractors are going to believe them when they say that this  ”will never happen here”.  It will never happen that military citizens will be asked to use drones against those in their own country?  Who could be targeted here? Well there are the drug dealers, the flesh merchants and human trafficers, the anarchists (wait most of them are in government now). What about states that refuse to allow federal gun “grabbers” or churches that preach against the mandates of the federal government concerning health care? How about average citizens who dare to call out those in authority who misuse and twist the law until it no longer resembles the original intent of the founders?  Then there are the organizations such as the Tea Party, American Family Association, Citizen United and the list goes on?  Maybe a strike on that hotbed of conservative indoctrination the conservative college like Franciscan College in Steubenville, Brigham Young University in Provo or Southern Methodist University in Dallas? After all they are a direct threat to the current ideology being propagandized in primary and secondary government schools throughout the country. Surely these private conservative universities must be plotting against the good of the people? After all they disagree with and wish to go back to a time when this country was a nation of laws, that criminals were prosecuted for things like voter intimidation and allowing foreign criminals to walk away with hundreds of guns or allowing federal agents to be murdered at the border due to a lack of support or assisting in the murder of Americans overseas by disarming embassy personnel.  Finally what about any community city or town that decides that the government is too overbearing, too intrusive, too tyrannical?  Do they get a visit from the drone patrol?  All neat and tidy, no government resources destroyed only “units” and “collateral damage” on the enemy side.  How long before we the people become the “enemies of the state” and are targeted for destruction or re-education?

Not as long as one would have thought thanks to Holder and Obama’s “secret” memo.  Or is this just another ploy to paint detractors as “fringe ” elements and “kooks”?  This administration has lied so often that most people don’t know who to trust but as for me and my house we will not trust this group of ne’re do wells.  Not as far as we can throw our car, which we soon won’t be able to drive thanks to the energy policies of the administration.  No car, no job, no job, no money, no money, welfare and foodstamps and then the government has us all.  Think about it or not.  It’s cresting the horizon and coming to a community near you.

Good luck and God speed, you’re going to need it.

 

Scouting?

From their very own web page

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.

Scout Oath

On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country
and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight.

Scout Law

A Scout is:
Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful,
Friendly, Courteous, Kind,
Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty,
Brave, Clean, Reverent

With the exception of some Episcopalians most churches do not sanction homosexuality. The fact that in multiple places in the sacred writings of most religions there is prohibition against homosexuality should I guess be discounted one wonders. Why were  ancient people were so set against the practice, if one discounts the “God” references. Some might suggest fear of anything that is different but if that were the case we’d still be living in mud huts, grubbing for food and grunting, so that’s not the answer.  Maybe the ancients were just bigots.  Of course that doesn’t explain the assimilation of conquered peoples or of those who simply immigrated to new places.  Of course there is the old idea that the writers and storytellers were the ones making policies and decisions but that doesn’t happen in the real world or at least it didn’t affect the average Joe then. Most folks couldn’t read anyway and many lived on the fringe of civilization.

It is entirely possible that ancient peoples understood that in order for the species to survive it has to procreate.  That’s right they needed “birthers” a slang word used in the Gay community to describe heterosexuals to ensure that society survived.  Of course today medical science has been able to circumvent the natural order of things and build babies in test tubes as well as provide opportunities to infertile couples to have their own children.  All of this is good news for those who seek to have families but are medically unable to, including homosexual partnerships.  Putting aside the religious prohibition the cultural implications are disturbing.  How can one raise a functioning, morally straight individual if one is unable to provide such an example.  Bending and breaking the laws of nature will bring about unintended consequences as we say in the AIDS epidemic.  Did gays cause it ? No. Was it a curse from God? No.  Did bad behavior (ie multiple partners, unsafe habits and an unwillingness to accept consequences) cause the disease to spread from Africa (where it originated) through out the entire planet?  Absolutely.  Were gays the only ones with that kind of behavior? No again but they were the first large group to be affected and it could have been stopped in it’s tracks but it wasn’t.

If the Scouts decide to compromise  here it is only fair to take out the ban on women leaders and girls in scouting.  Thus making it a social club not an organization to grow responsible, reasoning, mature men and therefore is no different from any other “social/political” organization including NABLA.  How very sad that something that has served the nation for over a century, providing leadership, service and undaunted self sacrifice will be turned into just another group with it’s hand out for more of the nations dwindling resources.  More and more people will pull their sons from the program and contrary to political thinkers these boys will not be replaced by “gay” youths and girls.  Better that the Scout should close their doors than become so much less than what they are.  Mr Baden Powell is most probably disgusted with the whole thing.  It’s good he’s not here to see it.

 

So more Random…

OBAMA’S GOT A GUN! The four scariest words in the English language today!  In another story obama’s encouraged to “shoot like a girl”. This of course comes from fans of ex-governor Palin, who did not shoot like a girl at all. Then of course that WH tells people not to photoshop the picture. Have they met the American people, do they realized that nearly half of them dislike this guy with a wild passion?  Of course those who are pro gun folks are going to mock this guy, he makes Ru Paul look masculine and he’s henpecked to boot.

 

OBAMA: WE NEED MORE NEW TAXES… Of course we do, like that has ever worked.  Then again I think obama and his entire administration slept through American history class because somewhere along the line someone had to have not been a liberal, tin foil hat wearing, hippy dippy, make love not war maroon. Seriously.

 

Second-Term Crackdown on School Lunches… As someone who has lately spent time in  school lunchrooms I can testify, there is not enough lunch for kids who are hungry and there is a lot of food being tossed in trashcans because for one thing children only have 20 minutes to eat and I don’t know too many children that aren’t hungry after yogurt, an apple, a waffle in a plastic bag, a bag of baby carrots and milk.  That’s not lunch, it’s several snacks cobbled together.

 

 

POOF: Another 170,000 jobs disappeared in January… Oh and dirty little secret people like moi, who have lost their unemployment aren’t counted anywhere.  We’re the folks who are unemployed but do not qualify for services.  So in reality the 7.9 is more like 11% or more.

 

 

Rev Jackson calls for Homeland to patrol Chicago… Hey Jessie baby, that’s YOUR guy running things in Chicago.  He promised when he enacted even more gun control laws that Chicago would be safe from gun crime.  So he disarmed average citizens and allowed open season to be declared on them by the mob and the gangs.  You want to stop violence in Chicago, arm every property holder, every voter, every business owner and hold the police accountable for every botched arrest.  Of course you could always ask Seal Team Six to take over. That would solve a lot of problems, gangs, mobs, drug dealer and crooked cops.

 

 

REID BACKS MENENDEZ OVER UNDERAGE HOOKER CHARGES… I’m beginning to wonder if Harry Reid looks at the scandals in DC and decides which is the most airtight and then wades on in, on the other side.  It is barely possible this man did not do what they said he did.  He may not have frequented “underaged” prostitutes, or did not know they were underage but it is barely believable that he didn’t go to the Dominican Republic and consort with “ladies of the evening”.  Can you see Reid defending a Republican in this manner? No,he’d insist on their firing or censure or what ever he could get the Senate to do.  Why is this man always on the Wrong side of every issue?

 

STUDY: 22 Military Vets Commit Suicide Every Day…Could that possibly be because they’ve given their all for their country and their country is imploding thanks to the moron in the WH.  I’d personally think about committing suicide if I were in the military and thought they were going to foist Hagel on us.  If he is confirmed the suicide rate will go down because the numbers of military will be less and they be killed in action more.  The man is useless.

 

7 STABBED IN RANDOM ATTACK IN VANCOUVER… Ban knives.  Butcher knives, hunting knives, pen knives, butter knives.  Don’t forget letter openers and chisels.

 

Postal Service says it’s immune from local traffic laws… Ah yes the Post Office, something like purgatory only with really unpleasant people and health care (which you won’t need there anyway). They should start to hire illegals, they don’t think the laws apply to them either.

 

‘BURKA BABIES’: Cleric says infant girls must be veiled to stop rapes… I wonder if that extends to baby goats?  Seriously if your community is so depraved that it’s male members are raping infants it’s time to castrate them all and put them under house arrest.

Seriously folks you can’t make this stuff up.  If a science fiction fantasy writer wrote about this stuff in a book it would be panned and no one would buy it and Sci-fy folks are considered over the top and not quite sane by “normal folk”.

The Elephant in the Living Room

So today in my afternoon commute a talk show host was bemoaning the gun control controversy.  He was stating and not for the first time that we don’t have a gun problem we have a crime problem……and he was right.  Look at all the serious problems we have in this country from gun crime to abortion to bank bailouts to overspending to gangs to treason.  We have taken faults and indiscretion to criminal heights.  Greed, selfishness, avarice and sloth have transfered from things we should avoid to things that many aspire to.

The elephant in the living room though is something very few people want to talk about.  They don’t even want to think about it.  We may have a crime problem but more than that we have a responsibility problem.  That’s right.  Where is the parent at home to teach children the difference between right and wrong.  In some cases the parent is working two jobs just to keep themselves above water. In some cases the parents can’t give up ” the good life”, can’t sacrifice a new car, or a destination vacation, or clothes at Black and White, or dinner at a fancy restaurant or the latest game system.  In other cases there are parents home but they’re too strung out, too drunk, or too lazy to care for their children.

Children are sent to school hungry, not because there is no food in the house but because if the child doesn’t feed themselves no one else will feed them.  These same children don’t understand the difference between right and wrong either because no one ever taught them. Other children, those who’ve been daycared since birth most of the time live in a dog eat dog arena.  They have to be hard, if they aren’t the other children will pick on them, so they become either bullies or hardened.

I understand that not everyone’s home life is paradise. I would dare say most homelife is not paradise.  But image a country where children are cared for by one of the parents.  That’s right one, not the mom all the time.  Dads can stay home as well.  Children “NEED” caring parents, they need consistency and they need someone, a guardian they know they can trust.  They need a parent who is there for more than the hour before they go to bed. They need to see sacrifice, love, genuine caring.  Teachers, most of them are compassionate people but they are not parents.  They will never be able to give a child what they need from their parent.

That is the elephant in the living room. We have children having children, we have people having babies because they thought it would be “fun”.  We have people having children to cash in on more assistance.  We have one parent homes where children never see a loving mature relationship.  They can’t model what they never see and don’t get me started on the disgraceful, offensive and outrageous depictions of families in the movies and on TV. If I really thought that the “Modern Family” looked like that I think I’d run off a cliff.   We have children coming home to passed out parents, empty houses and worse because there are NO responsible people in their lives.  We need to take a good long look in the mirror and decide if we really want to do what’s best for “the children” and start talking about the appalling state of the family in the black community, about the white communities willingness to allow other people to raise THEIR children and other equally unfortunate problems that confront all members of society.

Maybe we should take a leaf out of the Asian communities book of family.  Most of them live, work and play together. There is usually one parent in the home, even if one works days and the other nights and while there are Asian gangs there doesn’t seem to be as much violence and collateral damage as in other ethnic communities.   It is something to think about.

Besides if we could get the economy to the point where only one person had to work, image all the good that could be done in schools and communities around the country.  Parent volunteers in school could help keep our children safe.  Neighbors could look out for neighbors because there’d be more folks home during the day.  Less cars on the road, less fossil fuels (a green advantage for our tin foil hat wearing fellow citizens), less money spent on  non essentials, parents and children who know each other instead of being strangers who live in the same house, less children running the roads getting in trouble because no one knows where they are and what they’re doing.

The fact is that children need parents, they need structure, guidance and consistency.  They also need consequences.  But they don’t get those from parents who are too tired, too busy, too fractured and too strung out to see that those consequences are enforced or who can help when help is needed.  What are we really willing to do “for the children” or is it all “sound and fury, signifying nothing?”

“crickets chirpping”……………..yeah pretty much what I thought.

(Blank) offends me………

Driving home today I listened to the Jason Lewis radio show.  I usually listen to the local classical station but “All Things Considered” was on and I don’t listen to that…….it offends me. Why? Because “all things” are not considered, if they were the people who report the “news” and their listeners would have to actually think about their hypocrisy, their blanket intolerance and their unwillingness to accept that reality is NOT rainbows, moonbeams and unicorns (doing what they do naturally-If you been here before you know about my apparent fixation with unicorn dung….. which is very good manure if you’re going to plant magic beans for a bean stalk but not so good for grown an economy).

Mr Lewis was reporting on the latest round of Tyranny in the  US.  Seems that someone is offended by Volkswagon’s new super-bowl commercial where a white guy from Michigan channels a Jamaican bobbsledder encouraging people to “drive happy”.  Apparently a white guy pretending to be a black guy is just like blackface, but a black guy pretending to be a white guy (see Eddie Murphy in Trading Places) is flat out hysterical .  Oh and apparently Taco Bells in trouble too for making fun of vegetables.  I wonder if vegetables have a political action committee or union to mount the protests and speak for them?

All of this got me to thinking, pondering actually, about the right not to be offended.  Funny thing, in the 45 credit hours of upper division history classes I had to take for my degree I don’t remember anything in the Constitution or Declaration of Independence, the Magna Carta or the Hammurabi Code, the Hyppocratic oath or the Bible that declared that one had the right not be offended.  While we are encouraged not to deal unkindly with others there is no law or commandment that prevents offense.  How could that be enforced? What one man finds offensive is simply comedy or drama to someone else.

So this got be to thinking about the things that offend me.  (Now I’m sure someone is going to offended by this list but truthfully with all the things I have to be tolerant about I’ve got to say that I simply don’t care if you’re offended.)  I didn’t make you come here you can leave anytime and not come back ever.  That children is the glory of choice, freedom and liberty, something some people in this country can’t seem to wrap their minds around.

Now, what really does offend me.  It’s an extensive list so I’ll just hit the high points.

Tyranny:  This offends me in any way, shape, color or form.  Blanket intolerance, parental over reach, busy bodies, government power grabs, spousal abuse(physical and mental), liberal litmus tests, the rewriting of history to include 21st century sensibilities are just the tip of this iceberg.

Hypocrisy: While all of us have some hypocrisy the over the top attitudes of those in the “adventure movie/dramas” genre who had the gall to decry violence in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting make be want to retch.  How dare they scold legal gun owners who use their weapons for hunting and protection while they and their “peeps” waste thousands of rounds of ammunition just to “get the shot” and even then they don’t get it right.  People whose constant mantra of ” it’s for the children or we have to protect the children” also offend me because without a doubt they are the same people pushing for greater access to abortion and contraception for younger and younger children,  gay marriage and adoption, after all nothing shows how to be a good man like two mommies.  Then there are the TV shows and movies that heap carnage all over the world. I guess they expect only the well adjusted to come to their slasher films.  If that were the case most of Hollyweird would be empty and TV would physically become the vast wasteland that they actually are intellectually, morally and emotionally.

Immorality:  I am tired of seeing on TV (before I can switch channel) in the movies (and trailers for movies) I wouldn’t want my worst enemy to see and in books ( Gray apparently being the color of pornography) half naked women/men prancing around pretending that sex is just a physical response, much like sneezing or coughing.  I’m tired of being assaulted by sexual innuendo, awful writing and poor stories.  I’m tired of their being no one in said media that one could consider a hero or the good guy. In the rush to promote equality, we have lowered the bar so that we are all mediocre. Mendacity.

Filthy language: Guess what my God had nothing to do with whatever you just said “Oh God” about. He is not going to damn someone just because you said so.  Also don’t use F*^as a punctuation mark, it makes you sound stupid and childish  if you’re a man or woman, and cheap and uneducated if you’re a woman. Guess what,  I try very hard to never say that word and the other foul and disgusting curse words that I hear everyday so hearing it is OFFENSIVE.  Also do not tell me the personal specifics of you’re reproductive operations.  I really don’t want to hear about your abortion, sterilization or hysterectomy or prostate exam.  I also don’ t want to hear (in the vegetable aisle at WalMart ) about you’re latest one night stand or you’re cheating heart.

Stupidity offends me. Not ignorance mind you, stupidity.  Sometimes you just don’t know something, which can be fixed.  The idea of doing something patently stupid to get back at someone is asinine in the extreme.  Cigarettes will kill you, that’s not opinion, that’s fact.  Maybe not tomorrow, but sooner or later.  Guns don’t jump off the table and hurt people and people who have no real experience should not be hired to run anything especially not a country and you don’t pick a running mate based on whether or not he’s expendable .  Presidential insurance.  So sad.

Public officials who lie to me offend me.  Don’t bother to lie, just tell me what I need to know and don’t try to take away my rights as a citizen and as a child of God.  I’m offended by men who walk around like they have a load in their britches.  For Pete’s sake grow up and pull  up your pants, and young women you aren’t off the hook either. As my mom used to say ” What street corner are you going for?” Stop dressing like a hooker and maybe someone will take you seriously.

Feminists offend me.  I lay the destruction of our civilization at the door of rabid feminists. They lied to women by telling them that being a wife and mother wasn’t enriching enough, wasn’t good enough, wasn’t challenging enough.  They also claimed women could “have it all”.   Guess what there is NO job as challenging as being a mother, not one. Selfless service, thankless jobs, horrible hours and NO actual pay doesn’t sound like any job I’d like to take but the benefits are eternal and the experience is celestial.  The idea perpetrated by feminists that women and men are the same boggles the mind. For people who are supposedly so brilliant their stupidity is almost criminal.  Men and women are NOT the same, physically, emotionally or intellectually. Saying women and men are the same is like saying a lion has four paws, fur and teeth, and so does a meerkat they must be the same. I dare say the meerkat wouldn’t consider himself the same as the lion or vise versa.  Should women have choices and opportunities, absolutely, as long as they can do the job. As the mother of daughters I would like them to have the opportunity to do whatever it is they are capable of doing.  Capable being the operative word.

I am offended by a lot things. As I said this is just the tip of the iceberg. It seems to me that if I have to be tolerant of everyone else’s foibles they should either have to be tolerant to mine or stop being offensive.

Yeah and coming soon, pigs will fly (first class).

So Randon…………..

I’ve done this before. There are just too many juicy things to write about that I can’t decide which one to focus on so I’m going to spotlight a couple of the most interesting, unbelievable and downright outrageous.

‘I GO SHOOTING ALL THE TIME’  I don’t believe this.  He may shoot his mouth off, he may shoot the messenger, he may shoot pool but this man has never shot a gun in his life unless it was at a photo opt.  He’d wet his pants if he had to actually use a weapon to protect himself.  The lies just get bigger and bigger and more unbelievable.

Government Officials Can Still Own Assault Weapons Under Feinstein Bill… Somebody tell me this is a surprise.  We peons don’t need to be protected that’s what the government is for.  Why have a gun when you can wait 20 minutes for the police to arrive at the school with a gunman inside?  Seriously the 2nd amendment is for our protection from a government run amuck, not hunting.

O blames FOXNEWS and Limbaugh… This guys been in power for 4 years, 2 of them with a demoncratic  majority in both the House and Senate and hasn’t passed a budget in 4 years.  Fox News and Rush Limbaugh are more powerful than the United States government? If that was the case sir, you’d have been out of office in November and on your way back to your homeland (Kenya) where you belong.

LAND OF LINCOLN downgraded… Rated ‘worst’ state in country…  Anyone surprised here? Chicago had the strictest gun control laws in the country and the highest murder rate at 523 murders last year alone.  What with the mob, the welfare queens, food stamp thieves and general moonbattery I’m surprised they manage hang on to any kind of existence at all.

CBSNEWS Runs Segment: ‘Let’s Give Up On The Constitution’…  It’s way passed time to encourage all those journalists to move on to a new country.  They don’t like it here maybe they should move to I don’t know Iran perhaps( Journalists arrested in raids on newspapers…) It sounds like the perfect place for them.

Wave of violence as Compton changes… Latino gang intimidating blacks into leaving… Gee now that it’s happening to the black community we should swoop in and do something?  My parents experienced the same kind of thing in Baltimore in the 1950′s. I guess back them it just wasn’t that big a deal, oh right they weren’t hispanic or black so I guess it didn’t happen.

NYT: Biggest Carbon Sin is ‘Air Travel’… Good let’s ban air travel.  Obama, politicians, movie stars, jet setters all have to stay home or drive by car.  No more travel to Europe except by boat and only those with sails.  Should keep the propaganda purveyors from spewing their vomitis fantasies throughout the world and keep them  closer to where they have to live.  I like it.

A NEW REPUBLIC… Sorry we like our old republic Senator Palpatine. Sorry I forgot Emperor.  Go somewhere else and start your empire and take your droids with  you.

Man threatens Liberty Bell… I guess he threatened to blow it up with explosives he didn’t have.  Of course he might have broken it…..wait a minute………… it’s already broken. Never mind.

Pledges Crackdown on ‘Irresponsible Behavior’… So obama’s going to resign?  Oh he meant other peoples irresponsible behavior not the behavior that has kept the economy from growing or people from getting jobs or important things like that.  No he meant behavior by a insignificant number of, dare I say unbalanced people.  Maybe he should focus on ways for people to get help with their emotional problems instead of giving them an aspirin and sending them home as they plan to do on Obama care. As the country slides into decline we will see more of this and we can lay all of that at the door of the progressive, narcissistic, incompetent nimrod in the White House and the coven of sycophants he has surrounded himself with.

It’s late and I’ve had my fun. Hope it was fun you y’all as well.

 

“Suffer the little children……………

I’m sorry.  I should have seen it. My only defense is that I’ve been sick with the flu/upper resp. stuff that’s going around, since before Christmas.  It’s made me somewhat dull intellectually. It takes a while before the B-B goes into the hole whether from lack of sleep or medicine or lethargy, I’m not sure.

I got the imagery of Obama  surrounded by children.  The same kind of imagery used by Stalin, Hitler, Mao Se Tung, Castro and other despots. It was not surprising to anyone who has watched this most narcissistic of presidents. No the imagery I forgot was Jesus in Jerusalem when His disciples tried to keep the children from bothering him. Several accounts of this can be found in Matthew 19:14, Luke 18:16, Mark 10:14.  It was such an important doctrinal teaching that it was repeated three separate times by three different authors.  Even erstwhile christians (small c, the Christmas, Easter types of Christians) know about this event.   I quote from Mark which has the most to say about it:

 13 ¶And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.

14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.

Yes, I totally overlooked that.  Mostly because I don’t see much in common between Jesus and Mr. Obama.  I have never seen him as a messiah, here to cure our ills and bring us to the “Promised Land”.  I can’t get passed the total lack of empathy, the coldness, the aloofness, the detachment, the palatable indifference shown by him except of course during the campaign or when he wants something.

No I missed the imagery and what it was meant to convey because I’m not a shallow thinker.  I look for the deeper meaning in the things people, especially people in high places, people who are supposedly better than I, do and say.  The fact is that Mr Obama as a Senator 4 times, at least, tried to limit restrictions on ” Partial birth abortions”.

Indeed from Wikipedia (not the most Conservative of sources):

In the Illinois state legislature, Obama opposed the Induced Infant Liability Act^[6](1) and repeatedly voted against requirements and restrictions intended to stop what opponents label “born alive” abortions.^{[7][8](2) (3)} Obama said his opposition was because of technical language he felt might have “interfered with a woman’s right to choose” and said Illinois law already required medical care in such situations.^[8][9](4)(5)

Obama voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, saying “On an issue like partial birth abortion, I strongly believe that the state can properly restrict late-term abortions. I have said so repeatedly. All I’ve said is we should have a provision to protect the health of the mother, and many of the bills that came before me didn’t have that.”^[10](6) Obama voted against a bill that would have made it a federal crime for anyone other than a parent to accompany a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion.^[11](7) Obama has, however, expressed support of bans on some late-term abortions, provided they include exemptions for the mental and physical health of the mother.^[12](8)

There are few cases where a baby already born alive is going to compromise the life of the mother.  No this is a despicable act, this is in fact  murder, whether the head is still in the birth canal or not.  I’ve heard of many things laid at Christ’s door but never that.  As a matter of fact Jesus also said in Mark 18 in answer to the question of who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, that except one be as a little child they shall not enter there in. It also states:

5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me

6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

So you see the dichotomy in this imagery.  Mr Obama can’t be the protector of our children when he supports the right of women to abort through the birth process and a needle to the back of the skull, a living human being, a child, then choose to wrap around him as a cloak our children while he extolls, the virtues of “saving” them through gun control.  If he had his way many of those children would not be alive to have their pictures taken with him. How many of them have been, through situation, a “punishment” for their parents?  The unexpected, the unplanned, the inconvenient event. No, those parents chose life for their child contrary to Mr Obama’ s stated policies. This is just one of the reasons why his manipulation of children to advance his radical agenda offends me.  The continued support bordering on the fanatical of people who refuse to admit his policies are destructive to the fabric of the country, self serving and egotistical as well as narcissistic in the extreme also offends me.

Then again anyone; religious, government leader or celebrity, who equates themselves with God offends me. Apparently I’m easily offended.

Who knew?

(references to the Wikipedia article. Please note MSNBC, Washington Post, Barak Obama on Abortion and USA Today, none of which could in any reality I know of, be classified as either conservative or independent in their slant.

The numbers of the references changed when I copied it over and resisted changing on the page so I added them to the quote above-thank you wordpress. Sorry for any confusion but a computer expert I am not.)

1. ^ Weisman, Jonathan (August 20, 2008). “Candidates’ Abortion Views Not So Simple”. Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
2. ^ Status of SB1662
3. ^ ^a b Obama faces new criticism on abortion, MSNBC, August 20, 2008
4. ^ http://www.ilga.gov/senate/transcripts/strans92/ST033001.pdf
5. ^ ^a b OnTheIssues.org Barack Obama on Abortion
6. ^ “Barack Obama on abortion”. USA Today. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
7. ^ Barack Obama on the Issues: Abortion
8. ^ Safe, Legal, and Boring | Can Obama take the politics out of abortion?

Control……

Well push has finally come to shove.  Our great leader, our wise omniscient overlord has finally gotten what he’s been after for 6 long years.  He has a reason, he believes to disarm the citizenry.  Obama has been after this since well before the election.  It’s not clear whether his motivation is benign or cancerous but it is clear that he has been planning this for years.  Fast and furious didn’t get him there.  Eric Holders incompetence didn’t make this happen. No, all it took was a boy with mental illness to push this debate over the top and into the land of alternate reality.  A reality where guns jump off the table or out of the gun safe and into the hands of mentally unstable people.

In the last several incidences the movie theater, the last several college shootings and yes the shooting in CT, the tragedy was precipitated by someone who should have been locked up.  They were a danger to themselves and society.  They did not buy their guns from reputable dealers, they either stole them or got them  illegally.  They could have used a knife or a bomb they learned how to make on the Internet.  The reason they were out and about can be laid at the door of the compassionate, alternate reality president Jimma’ Carter.  You remember Jimma’ right?  He’s the guy who runs around the world blaming every problem, every issue, every wrong thing ever done to anyone at America’s door.  He is the creator of the “Blame America World Tour.” I’d like to blame that on Obama but the truth is the truth. We are to Carter the “Great Satan”. If it had been closer to the Iranian Hostage Crisis I’d suggest “Stockholm Syndrome”.  He seems to have fallen in love with his abusers. Do we blame the people who have produced the tragedy? No. We blame the tool they used to do it.  Liberal thinking at it’s best.  They love to personalize and humanize all sorts of objects giving them “feelings” and human behavior.  Several generations have been fed the Disney pablum of animals with human emotions.  They’re animals not humans and while your dog seems to love you, stop feeding him and see how long he goes without attempting to eat you.

Why you might ask does our “Great Leader” want to disarm the populace?  Why does the idea of people with AR-15 bother him so?  For the same reason an armed citizenry bothered Mao, Lenin, Stalin, Castro, Chavez and Hitler.  When one is poised on the edge of the greatest power grab since, well ever, one must make sure the populace doesn’t have the means to fight back.  One also wants to make sure that the army, which is made up of good people, doesn’t have to make the decision between the elected officials and their fellow citizens.  It is questionable whether or not members of the armed forces would fire upon fellow citizens.  If however he can confiscate enough weapons from the legal owners only the police, military and criminals will have guns.  He will be declaring open season on America.  People will not be able to protect themselves against the government and it’s parasites.

Mario Cuomo governor of New York is having a hysterical fit. Of course he is, does anyone really know how many disturbed people are running around New York city? Legal or illegal? Armed or not armed yet? That someone hasn’t blown up any number of places, people or things is amazing.  I would humbly suggest to the governor that Chicago has the most restrictive gun laws in the country,and last year they had 523 murders.  Banning guns only made sure that the criminals were the only ones packing and the police won’t respond to calls in certain areas of the city without a task force and heavy duty weaponry.  So we should turn the whole country into a gulag where the citizen get screwed on a daily basis by anyone with enough money or clout or criminality to purchase a firearm, illegally of course.  When guns are banned only criminals will have guns should be the new poster for travel to Chicago.  Quite the reputation for the “home” of the president.

Maybe just maybe we should address the problems, the causes of the tragedies.  Mental illness seems to be a running theme in these atrocities.  A mother who couldn’t commit her child, a person already spotlighted for his dangerous behavior and in therapy. Governor Cuomo is right about one thing no one needs 10 bullets to kill a deer. If you practice it should only take one shot to take down game. People aren’t afraid of bears governor,they’re afraid of fellow citizens.  They’re afraid of predators of the two legged variety.  They’re afraid of an overreaching, out of control government.  They’re afraid of illegals and ex-cons let out because of prison over crowding.  They’re afraid of people who seek to strip from us the rights and privileges guaranteed to us under the Constitution written by a people who knew up close and personal what kind of excesses an all powerful, distant and uncaring government can foist upon an unarmed populace.

So while America burns, Obama fiddles. He and his surrogates make impassioned pleas for sanity.  They paint the gun owner as someone one step from cracking up or acting out or killing us all in our beds.  It of course is the same song and dance they trot out every elections.  Republicans want to push grandma over a cliff, they want to starve children, they hate the poor, or this minority or that minority.  Scare tactics and misdirections so you won’t focus on their other hand.  Enough people apparently believe them because the WORST president in the history of the country was reelected. A man that if his skin were of a lighter hue would have been impeached or imprisoned already. A man who seeks to gut the constitution, enslave the citizens all in favor of his radical agenda and comrades.

It is odd that people who so dislike our system of government don’t move to places where the government is more to their liking.  Of course they wouldn’t be in positions of authority there.  They wouldn’t be able to grab the power from those in charge. Those kinds of governments would just have them removed, whether to another country or to a dirt nap is up for grabs. Here’s an interesting statistic; there are total of  2,221,502 individuals in the military, according to Wikipedia.  There are over 38,000,000 hunters as well. That doesn’t include those who have weapons just to have them or who have them for personal protection.  Sounds like a lot more folks are becoming gun owners as I write this. AR’s are flying off the shelves and ammunition is becoming scarce.  Here’s a clue.  Most sane gun owners have been stockpiling ammo for years.  They have seen where the country is going and want to be survivors after the troubles are over.

We don’t buy AR’s to protect us against animals Mr. Cuomo. We buy them to protect ourselves, our families and our property against the animals you and the nanny state have created. The animals that think it’s “fair” to take from those who produce and give to those who do not produce.  Who think that all they have to do is say “I want” and it becomes theirs.  The people who breed indiscriminately, rob, cheat and steal all in the name of “compensation” “fairness” and ” our turn”.  If you want to stop the violence you should start by figuring out why minorities are multiple times more likely to be raised in a single parent home or in a home where they are not fed or clothed appropriately. Where no one has held a full time job in generations, where having a new car is more important than feeding or clothing your children.  A home where the mother was not underage at the time of she gave birth to her first child and the father is not an adult who has committed statutory rape .  A home where children are encouraged to go to school, learn and grow so that they can make good choices.  A home where there are two sane, sober, parents making the hard choices that become the examples to their children of hard work, sacrifice and real love, not the coupling one sees on television and especially in the movies. A home with a mother and a father working in tandem to raise children to become  productive, sane and free of addiction (to drugs, to sex and to any thing that will hurt them and dull their opportunity to progress).

Maybe we should focus on the cause of the disease instead of suturing the cut on our finger, instead of operating on the body politic to remove the cancer that has been growing for multiple generation. Maybe we should stop making it impossible for one parent to remain at home and actually parent.  Maybe the government should stop spending money it won’t have for centuries and go back to paying as we go.  Maybe we should stop being out of touch, greedy and afraid.  Maybe we should look at the problems facing us today and stop trying to distract and shift blame onto someone or especially some inanimate object that needs someone to operate it.  Perhaps the government should pare down expenses and turn many of these problems back to the states.  But you see Obama and Co. can’t do that because this isn’t about legality or safety . This is about power and control, who has it, who wants it and what are they going to do to get it and keep it.  Obama’s next step after an unarmed citizenry is to throw out the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution and make himself president for life.  After all while 8 years may be long enough  to make the sweeping reforms he’s promised, it’s not enough time to “fundamentally change America”………………into the fascist, socialist utopia he promised, with those who produce producing and those who take taking. What could be more compassionate, more fair and more just?

Don’t forget your heard it  here first.

Wanted:

……Adults, to lead, direct, contain and return government to it’s original boundaries.  This is what “we the people” should be advertising for.  We’ve had all sorts of leaders the good, the bad and the ugly in the history of the United States. We have never however, had a such a huge group of “Peter Pan/ Tinkerbells” in charge of important things like Justice, Immigration, Security, Military, Education and the executive branch.  Seriously the shear amount of tantrums, back biting and revenge taking reminds one of Junior High School with Kindergarten rolled in for good measure. I’ve observed two year olds with brighter moral compasses then these pretend adults.

Apparently the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader exchanged verbal insults at the White House the other day.  Mr Boehner apparently sunk to a new low in Congressional communications spurred on by Mr Reids typically insulting, insolent and down right offensive jabs and barbs.  One the Speaker needs to grow up and learn that it doesn’t matter what someone says about you, yo’ mama, your job, your taste, or your political party no matter how impotent.  Second Mr. Reid needs to stop being the nerdy, smarmy, smart mouthed, self righteous, 98 lb weakling who spends his time picking at other people’s scabs.

Seriously could we get some people in government who don’t act like kindergarteners who don’t have a clue how the real world works?  Could we get some people who have run businesses, who paid taxes, written checks and who understand that government CAN NOT keep spending billions even trillions of dollars more than we take in each year?

When we’re not hobbled by the kindergarteners we’re faced with the pre-teens.  Those politicians who are so wrapped up in their own ideologies that they can’t see or believe that most people don’t agree with them. Most people don’t think like them and most people can’t live like they do.  The angst that these people experience when “we the people” don’t agree with them is almost comical.  If it wasn’t so serious it would be funny but there is nothing funny about the inability to understand and acknowledge real facts. The numbers don’t lie and that brings us to the most troubling part of this analogy, the two year olds.

The two year olds are the voters who refuse to accept reality. They see it, they can’t help but see it.  They simply won’t accept it.  They categorically ignore the facts, they disbelieve the experts unless said experts agree with them,  they kill the messenger.  They continue to play with their legos, their dollies, their Matchbox cars to the exclusion of all else.  When bad things happen they blame everyone else but themselves and then throw a temper tantrum until someone gives them what they want.  They call people names and when the do get their way they make sure to make their enemies pay to the last mite. Even then they’re not satisfied until their offender is completely destroyed.  There is no reasoning with a two year old.  They have no tolerance for any other point of view then their own.  There is no open minded philosophy here. There is simply do what I want NOW, and if you’ve seen or read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl you will remember that it never ends well. Veruca Salt was a very bad nut.

So it would be great if we could find some folks who are willing to Cowboy/girl up.  People who are not interested in making a career out of politics. People who are not trying to find some cushy job with golden parachute benefits, like retirement after one tour of duty and an exemption to Obamacare as well as raises no matter what the economy is doing.  Someone willing to tell the American people to stop throwing a tantrum and sit down before they get spanked.  Someone to remind us that we are adults and thus responsible to not simply ourselves but to generations unborn.  After all the culture of terminating life in the womb  and getting rid of the units (people over 70) won’t be able to kill all of the future generations.

Not that they won’t try, because you know anything that’s inconvenient must be gotten rid of. We can’t have our sons and daughters “punished by a baby”.  (Don’t want your sons punished- teach them to keep “it” in their pants, don’t want daughters punished- teach them to keep their legs crossed. That is the ONLY way to keep from procreating and even Planned Parenthood /Murder Incorporated should know that but then again see the paragraph on Pre Teens. That explains so much).

The New Crisis……Mental Illness

In the last couple of months there has seemed to be a preponderance of events focusing on violence perpetrated by those who are mentally ill.  It could be postulated that anyone who murders groups of people, innocents, children, those in service to the community and the elderly are ipso facto mentally deranged.  That they are also morally bankrupt goes without saying.

So where will the blame come to rest.  On a society that has steadily disintegrated into a boiling, churning mass of egos, offenses and victimhood?  On a government so intrusive as to be incestuous? On a justice system that is deaf, dumb and blind to the eternal consequences of the abdication of it’s responsibilities?  On a school system fractured from within and assaulted from without?  On a political system that promotes incompetence, ineptness and ignorance over anything remotely successful?

In reality the basic bedrock of our problem, the core of our illness, the site of our cancerous tumor is the deplorable condition of the American Family.

This once great, noble and essential organization has become a catch all for any group of people united by whatever nebulous ties they choose to attach themselves to.  Mothers and fathers have become passe.  Grandmothers and Grandfathers are lost in a crowd of step-this and step-that.  There are half brothers, step sisters, partners, companions, common law this or that.  Most people never even see cousins in their life times.  Families that used to live in the same city now no longer even live in the same area of the country.  There is no real support system, no one knows anyone else well enough to tell when they are going off the rail, and in reality everyone is so focused on their own issues and ambitions that even if someone told them, they wouldn’t pay any attention.

Of course one of the major issues in the destruction of the family is the feminist falsehood ” you can have it all”.  Of course you can’t have it all.  Only an idiot would believe that.  Something will have to give and for the past 50 years at least that thing has been the family.  Why are our children not doing as well in school? Because there are very few responsible parents at home to make sure children DO their homework, that they are doing it correctly and that they are turning it in at school and if they don’t that there are consequences that can be enforced.  Our children are being brought up by strangers who have no vested interest in their success and are mainly interested in a paycheck.  On the other side people who work in daycare can often be heard to complain about children who come unprepared for the day, no breakfast, in pajamas, with dirty diapers and unwashed.  Teachers deal with the same issues.  Children who obviously got themselves to school or the bus without coats, gloves, sometimes socks and shoes in the coldest weather.

Parents are under fire as well. In this economy both are having to work sometimes multiple jobs just to make ends meet. Of course the fact that they “need” a new car, or smart phone, or computer or TV or what ever the newest thing is doesn’t help. These parents are exhausted beyond measure physically, intellectually and emotionally thanks in no small part to workplaces that are a sources of stress and contention with environments like ” The Office” the norm instead of simply fodder for inane situation comedies. Bosses are arbitrary, vindictive and mercurial and jobs are either stressfully complicated or insanely boring. We have lost our way, becoming less humane and much more animalistic. The abdication of morality has brought us to the brink of annihilation and we are heading over the cliff like the lemmings we’ve become.

So instead of making life better, instead of inclusion, instead of acceptance we  have become alienated, isolated and self absorbed.  We spend our time alone on the computer or on the phone.  Next time you are in a gathering look around and see how many people are on their I Pods, cell phones, I Pads or the like.  How many people have a plug in their ear all the time.  How many people actually enjoy interacting with those around them?  This should tell you why we have people cracking under the strain.  It doesn’t really take a village to raise a healthy child. It may help but it is essential to have a functioning family in order to produce productive, mentally stable citizens.  To many this is an offensive stand but it doesn’t make it any less true.

Families are the cornerstone on which civilizations are built.  We have massive cracks in our foundation and if we don’t look to our own families we may not have civilization to save.

Absurdities……….

I have some questions for the cosmos.

1. Since when is Tim Tebow the only football player to go down on one knee in acknowledgement of his success coming from above? There are hundreds of sportsmen and women who in some way publicly show appreciation for the entity who they believe blessed them with the talent and abilities that they were able to call upon to succeed at their endeavor.

I grew up watching football and I know of what I speak.  No one commented on this behavior. No one was offended because someone believed differently then they did.  No one cast aspersion at least publicly against someone’s right to believe whatever they chose.

Since when did we became a nation of emotional basket cases, reduced to whining and carping at every little perceived slight?  Could it be that there are those among us who fell guilty about their lack of morality?  Who know they should believe in something but refuse to do so due to an unwillingness to admit that there is something greater and more powerful then themselves? Could it be in their heart of hearts they know that a Supreme Being exists but they are unwilling to change their destructive behavior out of hubris or pride?   Could it be like children, they want what they want and no one is going to get in their way?

I don’t really know and I’m not sure how much I care.  My belief system has so little to do with the people of this world as to not even be in the same phylum.  The one thing that may keep me out of heaven is the almost total disgust and derision I view the human species with.  Individual people I love/like, people as a group are “dumb panicky animals” as Agent K in Men in Black famously said, interested only in satisfying whatever animal urge is working on them at the time. Don’t believe me, head on out to Wal Mart this evening about 7 pm and see for yourself.

2. David Patreous was forced to resign from leading the CIA over an illicit affair?  Since when is morality a prerequisite for a government job?  Since when was having an affair cause for dismissal?

Oh and apparently the woman involved is not going to be charged.  Not charged, for what?  Illegal use of email?  Bad decisions? Immorality? Seriously we have 4 dead Americans from Benghazi and nobody’s going to suffer for that except the families and friends of the deceased.  The United States Justice Department has thrown out the rule of law and now only acts on whatever it is that “the Emperor” has decided is important.  The protection of certain minority groups is more important than the protection of the majority of it’s citizens and now no one is willing or interested in protecting the United States from enemies foreign and domestic.

John F Kennedy was a serial philanderer as was his brother Teddy who was also a murderer.  Bill Clinton was a predator who took advantage of the vulnerable and naive.  John Kerry was proved a liar and a cheat.  Barney Frank was incompetent and little Chucky Schummer was shown to be all three. And those are just the most egregious examples, there are hundreds nay thousands of examples on both sides of the political chasm and in all communities and ethnicities of this kind of abhorrent behavior.  While Dr Seuss may have believed a person is a person no matter how small, the smallness of a persons character has a direct correlation to their humanity or lack there of.

The blanket hypocrisy rolling forth from Mt Obama and it’s  high priests and sycophants is phenomenal.  Makes ancient Greek mythology look like a veritable cornucopia of upstanding and moral giants by comparison.

3. Tomorrow the world is supposed to end 12-21-12 according to the Mayans.  Where are the nay sayers, where are the eco-nazies, the leftist head scratchers?  Why aren’t they planning a going out of business sale or some other such nonsense? Do they in their hubris not understand the possibilities, after all of the publicity, the many TV shows which show this  as a backdrop? I don’t know but I can tell you this, when my Father calls me home I’m going to be ready to leave. It is only my belief in an after life that keeps me here at all.

So if tomorrow it should all go to pot I want my loved ones to know that “I will love you forever” and thats how all that needs said about that.

Why does God allow evil? A response.

It’s been more than a month since I wrote the preceding post and I was truly not intending to ever blog again.  I have felt for quite some time that the hubris of thinking my thoughts and opinions would make a rat’s haunch of difference had finally fallen like the turkeys on WKRP’s Thanksgiving episode.  I still think that but occasionally I come across something so blindingly ridiculous, so morally bankrupt, so without any reasonable reality that I just can’t stand not to make a comment. So here it is for what it’s worth.

Why does God allow evil? | Fox News Video

So why does God “allow” evil?  Well for starters why should God give a rat’s haunch what happens to human beings.  They have thrown Him out of their schools, their town halls, the federal government, parks, cemeteries, community centers, homes and in some cases churches.  They take His name in vain almost every second, they damn people in His name, they spit on His commandments, they abuse His followers and they commit atrocities in His name without His authority.  They have proven over and over again that God is only necessary when something awful happens, then we turn to Him, then He’s supposed to forget all the abuse and hate humans have thrown at Him. He’s supposed to overlook the total disregard and disgust He’s been held in.  God is supposed to forgive us just because we are in trouble.

It doesn’t work like that, but trying to educate people whose only thought is “what’s in it for me”, is insane (doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome).  They don’t want to know God, they don’t want to follow God, they don’t want to understand God.  It’s too much trouble, it’s too hard, it’s too restrictive, it’s too boring.  I can bet you that the folks who lost loved one’s today would give a lot to spend some boring time with those they won’t see again in this life.

Of course there will be another round of “guns are evil” led by the criminal head of the justice department and his enabler.  The fact is that you can’t legislate crazy.  You can provide security for schools so that someone on site is registered and trained to carry a weapon.  These nutcases and crazy people strike at schools precisely because they’re certain the children and teachers are sitting ducks.  Guns aren’t allowed on the property so there is zero risk to them.  They can perpetuate any atrocity they chose because it will take at least 5 min. to get the first responders on scene. If on the other hand these nutjobs were taken out before the first shot was fired that might make them think twice about attacking something we Americans are supposedly passionate about protecting.  As I have always told my children “talk is cheap”.  Once guns are banned the law abiding citizen will have NO protection. Criminals may as well put up open season posters with your wife, sister, younger brother, mother, father, children’s pictures on them.

As Charlton Heston famously said, “you can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead fingers.”  I have NO confidence in the federal government, and very little confidence in law enforcement.  The justice department is a farce and the Attorney General is a joke.  We stopped being a nation of laws when we surrendered to the “cult of celebrity” which brought us President Bengahizi and Uncle JoJo the dog faced idiot. But  I draw the line at blaming God for our current issues.  We made them ourselves, we need to own that.

The End.

This will be the last blog for ……………….I don’t know, ever most probably.  I don’t intend to worry about the rest of you or the country again.  When that Chi-coms come by to take possession, don’t forget to turn out the lights and close the door.

This my friends is the end.  It was a nice run.  It was a good experiment but every good thing must come to an end.  The United States of America died today November 6, 2012, 236 years from it’s inception.  During that time her people overcame great odds, invented amazing things and flew higher and faster than anyone ever believed, but that is all in the past.  There is NO future. We  have come to the end of this last hope of mankind.

All that is left now is the slavery and tyranny of the progressive busybodies and their secular humanistic hedonism.  The rest of you may be willing to go down cheerfully to hell with the rest of the mindless, slavering, gibbering idiots that follow the anti-christ and his court jester but not I.  I will live out what is left of my life staying as far away from anything to do with the government federal or state that I can.  They can try to make me buy their health insurance but since I’m out of work and not planning now to get a job they’ll have to kill me to make me see a doctor. Once our money runs out I’ll starve to death before I take one dollar of their blood money.  They can kiss my lily white butt.  They can haul me off to jail and try to feed me by force but I will never submit.

The government for the last 4 years has become the enemy of freedom, liberty and righteousness.   It can go straight to it’s just reward and take every traitor that participated in it’s demise with it.  I’m sure I’ll see them there. Revenge is bitter  however it will cool the flames at least for me.  I’ll be suffering but they will be suffering as well.  Sometimes thats all the satisfaction one can expect.

(Oh and should you government goons stop by, make sure you’ve warrants in hand. Warrant, you know Holder that’s the thing you have to have to enter someone’s house…………wait what am I saying.  That was when this was a country that believed in laws.  Sorry my bad)

No matter what….

……happens in this election there is a health concern that is affecting a great deal of the country.  The focus of this nastiness is on the most vunerable among us.  It’s worse than smoking, worse that drugs, worse the sugary soft drinks and candy. What you might ask is this awful toxic substance that is being fed to our young people,  especially minorities. To be fair it’s not a substance as much as an attitude.  We are also supposed to be on guard for child abuse, endangerment, bullying.  We have to take over what kids eat, because their parents aren’t smart enough to feed them.  We have to teach them about sex because WE know they’re going to have at 9 years old no matter what they’ve been taught in the home.  We also are supposed to watch out for racism, sexism and any other ism except communism and socialism, those are peachy keen.

So if we’re so concerned about 36 oz drinks, french fries and names children call each other on the play ground like doody head, chicken legs and curly top why are not concerned about this. This man and other practitioners  of the same genre make money off the objectification of women, they expose children to vile and vulgar language and practices.  They elevate racism, bullying and sexism and hold them out as things to be emulated instead of thing to be avoided and dismissed.  They make money off the backs of those least able to protect themselves. Lest you think this is just a Jay Z  issue let’s list a few more of the worst offenders.

Kanye West: Perfect ?itch

”I only came for the ?itches and the drinks (Say What), ?itches and the drinks” Trey Songz T.I: ’2 Reasons (I really not sure which is the artist name and which the album)

‘B-tch you wasn’t with me shooting in the gym  Rick Ross

Ice Cube: ‘A ?itch Is A ?itch.’
I could go on but why bother.  This unfortunately is the just the tip of the iceberg and it doesn’t concern just Rap but they are the most egregious panderers of it.  According to a study done by Rand says;

Exposure to lots of sexually degrading music “gives them (children and teenagers) a specific message about sex,” said the lead author, Steven Martino, a researcher for Rand, in Pittsburgh. Boys learn they should be relentless in pursuit of women, and girls learn to view themselves as sex objects, he said. “We think that really lowers kids’ inhibitions and makes them less thoughtful” about sexual decisions and may influence them to make decisions they regret, he said.

The study, based on telephone interviews with 1,461 participants aged 12 to 17, appears in the August issue of Pediatrics, being released Monday.

It also points out that music alone is not the only influence but I dare say that parents that encourage or allow their children access to filthy and violent lyrics also allow them to see the same kind of images as well as model the same kind of behavior.

Now if your goal is to create sociopath you would be well on your way.  If you goal is to raise children with some chance of  having a decent life, experiencing some success and achieving their potential I would think you’d be running as far away as you could to protect your young ones from this kind of anti-human garbage.  Having the president of the United States stand on the stage and smile while someone disgraces themselves, their race and their gender seems to be an invitation to disaster.  Of course children are a convenient excuse to trot out “hope” and “change” but very little in the black community has changed and hope is in short supply.  The black middle class is disappearing along with the jobs that put them there.  If anyone is being sent back to the plantation,  the race baiters, the “free stuff” promisers and the filth and foul snake oil salesmen that are leading the children down to their own personal hells with silken cords.

It would be wonderful if we could all be Americans without hyphens but since we can’t I guess I’ll be an Anti-Rap crap American.  I know my  worth as a human being, a woman and an American.  Take your vile, nasty, disgusting mouth and spew your vomitus vitriol to someone who has no self-worth. You should be able to identify them easily.

Just ask them to tell you about their ?itches.

Allow me to remind you…………….

of the policies of this president contrary to this.

ObamaCare which will force employers, Christians ones specifically to buy health care coverage for their employees that contain regulations that are against religious belief.  Contraception, abortion and procedures are not within the doctrine of many Evangelical religions.

“Clinging to their god and guns”  Why would any religious person want to vote for someone who dismisses God as cavalierly as that.

The Obama’s do not practice Christmas traditions: While this is their PERSONAL choice,  he went so far as to talk about not displaying a manger scene at the non religious Christmas they’d planned. In the end public opinion won and the manger was displayed but even agnostics and atheists acknowledge the reason for the season is the belief in the birth of Jesus Christ.

Several months after becoming president he had Georgetown officials cover  any religious symbols that might make it into a picture of  ”the great one”.

Obama quotes Jefferson: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, endowed with certain inalienable rights . . .” at  the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 33rd Annual Awards in 2009. Jefferson did not say this, he said….”that they are endowed by their Creator”……..that’s quite the liberty.

He is also the poster person for the Democratic party which took God out of their platform and voted three times against having Him reinstated.

Obama was the first president in history to welcome atheists to the White House.  The group Secular Coalition for America,  is an umbrella organization for some of the most virulent anti-christian groups in the nation.

He also supported the building of a mosque at Ground Zero. Apparently not all religions are seen as enemies of the United States.  Apparently our friends are the ones shouting “Death to America”?

There is no “war” on Christians, there is a jihad however. It may have come from the Middle East but it is being fought in the halls of Congress and championed by the president of this country.  If he’s a Christian his not a very good one, if he’s a muslim he’s doing a bang up job trying to destroy our centuries old tradition of religious freedom.

These are just a few of the facts, there are more.  Don’t just take this at face value.  Research it for yourself.

I double dog dare you.

 

Update:

Some more  interesting facts.

2009 executive order to allow taxpayer money to fund non governmental organizations that do abortions outside the country.

2009 says he intends to eliminate the conscience protections for medical workers in federally funded hospitals.

2009 defunds all abstinence only programs.

2011 Walter Reed Hospital declared that no religious items where to be given away on the property.  The public out cry was so bad they immediately rescinded it. (but no such response from the president)

The more one digs, they dirtier “the emperor” gets.  What a surprise.

We’ve arrived …………… I suppose.

Well I guess as a country we’ve arrived.  Arrived where you may ask?  Why at the place President Obama and his coven have been leading us.  With silken leads and honeyed words and rainbow crapping  unicorns we have now become a third world country.

International observers have been tasked with insuring our elections are above board.   Apparently since 2002 we need other people to make sure our election processes are fair.  If I were election officials in a state in this union I would give the observers a free ticket back to where they came from, and it would be for one hour from the time I gave it to them.  This is extremely offensive to me as an American and as a citizen of the state of Kansas.

I would like to publicly thank the states of Iowa and Texas for standing up to this example of global nannyism.  What does the UN know about free elections?  Most of the countries and the UN itself is known far and wide for it’s corruption, graft and criminality.  It’s one of the main reason the UN fits so wonderfully well into New York City.  They all understand each other there.  As for the rest of the country;

“My office met with two delegation representatives last week to discuss Iowa’s election process, and it was explained to them that they are not permitted at the polls,” Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz said in a statement. “Iowa law is very specific about who is permitted at polling places, and there is no exception for members of this group.”

Apparently the observers have had similar problems in the past. In 2008 they were turned away from polling stations in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Ohio and Texas and also had difficulties in counties in Colorado, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Virgina, the report said.
“It’s a pretty simple answer: The U.S., as a participating state and founding member of the OSCE, has made certain commitments to allow international observers,” he said. “That said, our observers aren’t there to interfere.”- Politico

Welcome my friends to Agenda 21.  I know, I know they promised it would never actually come to our shores but they lied.  Mind the black helicopters now.

What a horrendous, hysterical and horrific surprise.

Sucking the life our of Halloween and other holidays…….

What is it about the Obama’s and their ilk that makes people dislike them so?  Even when they are on the correct side of the issue they manage to anger the majority of the people involved.  Is it their arrogance, their offensive attitudes, their know it all demeanor or is it simply the fact that people don’t want to be told what to do all the time.  They have mothers and fathers, most of them are mothers and fathers and they don’t take kindly to people  sticking their noses into everyones business.

How much candy someone’s kid eats is none of their business.  What their child eats for lunch or doesn’t eat for  lunch again, no one’s business except for the family. If the child is not being fed that is one thing.  If the child refuses to eat the lunch prepared for them, is quite another.  I have had several children who did not like eating at school.  They didn’t like cold lunches, they didn’t like school lunches.  As a matter of fact truth be told going to high school made several of them sick.  They hated the drama, the stress, the chaos and the noise.  They hated not being able to find a seat at lunch and having to sit on the floor.  They hated being around people who had the morals of alley cats (kids and adults) but more than that they hated being a part of the “them” in  the ” us against them” meme.

So before another lib sucks the life and fun out of yet another holiday, may I suggest that Mrs. Obama worry about her own children, and her own keister. If they want to put limits on how much someone can weight to get welfare that’s for the Congress.  Maybe the Obama’s could worry about the fact that all they have to do to create contention is to appear to favor a cause and the contention starts. Too bad the great uniter couldn’t have found some way to unify the country other than to come together against him, his wife and his puppet masters.

Don’t donate to the Red Cross unless it’s money………according to Pres. Barak Hussein Obama

“The Red Cross knows what it’s doing.  They will make sure that we get the resources to those families as swiftly as possible. ”  So where are they getting these resources from?  Why from donations of course.  Apparently the donating of food for those in need is no longer acceptable.  Or is it that because it was Gov. Romney and the new media was paying attention to him that Obama, always insecure had to find another way to take a stab at him.   Gov. Romney has been doing this kind of charity work most of his life.  He was a boy scout, has had 5 boy scouts.  They do food donation pick up every year.  Gov Romney has a lifetime of charity work under his belt.  Pres Obama doesn’t even know the meaning of the word charity.  Here’s a tip, it doesn’t mean to take money from the government and give it to the Red Cross.

Unfortunately for Gov. Romney he can’t help like he would probably like to because of the circus that follows him everywhere.  In his position I might tell the press that if they want to continue to follow me around they’d better get some work boots and gloves because everyone was going to be doing some heavy lifting.  The LDS community believes that “Charity is the pure love of Christ”.  They stand always ready to help local officials and organizations with food, clothing, shelter and yes with donations. In this case members throughout the country stand ready not to help just Mormons but all those in need.

Obama is using finally doing his day job.  There are people who think he should be feted for that.  Many others think it’s too little, entirely too late.  Where was he after the last Hurricane when it took him days to find the time to tour the destruction?  Where was he when foreign leaders wanted to meet with him, oh yes on the View.  Where was he when people were dying in Libya, oh yes on his way to Vegas.  So now less than 7 days before the election he looks “presidental”.  Seems to me he should have thought about putting on his President costume in 2008.   We could have used an actual “president” instead of the poser we’ve been living with for the past three plus years.

Mitt……and the average American

Over and over I have heard (before the debates) that Mitt Romney is just a rich suit.  That he’s an elitist.  That he doesn’t understand real problems.  That he can’t possibly know what problems the average American faces.  That he doesn’t  understand single mothers, fathers, broken families, families with drug, alcohol or other problems. I haven’t been able to wrap my mind around this because I’m coming at it from a LDS (Mormon) perspective.  So allow me  in my ineffectual way to offer a look into why I am confused at this portrayal of a man who spent several years as a Bishop and then as a Stake President  in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

The LDS (Mormon) church has no paid local clergy.  Bishops, Stake Presidents and other local leaders receive no pay, stipend or monetary support for their service.  Each Ward (congregation) has upwards of 300 members, usually a third of which are under the age of 18.  The Bishop is the ecclesastical leader, who has two councilors.  They are responsible for the running of the ward and supervise the other organizations within the unit.  The Bishop is also responsible for the Priest Quorum (boys ages 16-18) as he is the president of that quorum assisted by two assistants who are members of that quorum.  The Bishop along with his councilors sees to the needs of the congregation assisted by both Home and Visiting Teachers.  These members are assigned to look out for and visit members of the ward monthly and bring to the bishop any needs, spiritual or temporal, that he needs to address.

Bishops council with members of the ward on all sorts of issues.  Most are spiritually based but many bleed over into other areas, financial, moral, to name just a few.  Budgeting, job hunting, addiction, family problems, behavior issues all are subjects a bishop must address. Most wards do not have just wealthy people in them, but even if they did wealth is no barrier to the problems affecting our society.  Disobedience to commandments brings upon people secular as well as spiritual  consequences.  Bishops of wards deal with differing  socio-economic levels but similar problems.

As a Stake President, who is the leader of groups of Wards (congregations) in an area, one would fulfill the same kinds of roles.  While a Stake President doesn’t deal as often with individuals, he is responsible to help train and lead Bishops with the help of councilors and a 12 member body called the High Council.  He makes decisions for the good of his Stake and calls leaders to positions within the stake by inspiration.  These men and women are not called because they gave a lot of money to the church, or because they are business leaders.  Members do not aspire to callings, one cannot ‘”run” or “campaign” to any calling.  Most members when called to positions of authority are humbled that the Lord would give them the opportunity to serve their brothers and sisters  and most are somewhat concerned about whether or not they can do a good job. Mormons believe that Jesus Christ is at the head of the church and so he is in effect their boss as well as their brother. (if He’s the Son of God and we’re God’s children that makes him our brother) They love him and want to do what he’s asked them to do and do it well.

I have been a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for over around 35 years.  I have lived in Florida, New York, Maryland, Utah, Michigan, Kansas and the Republic of the Philippines.  I know what Mormons believe and how their organizations function and have held leadership positions in every organization in which I was eligible.  I know what I’m talking about because I live it every day and have for 35 years.  So that is why I’m confused at this portrayal of Mitt Romney as someone divorced from the average American.  More than any president in the last 20 years he is uniquely qualified to know about the problems of all  Americans, and uniquely qualified to lead this country from the brink of disaster to solvency.  Because if he can’t we are well and truly finished as a country as a people and as a world.

Be afraid, be very afraid.

I’ve just returned from taking my child to school this morning.  On my way back I tuned into a local radio program here in my little corner of heaven.  The host, a local conservative, was talking  to a nurse who works in geriatric long term care.  She was educating the host about some of the changes in Medicare because of Obamacare, none of them for the better.

She maintained that the changes have caused a drop in the quality of care especially to the elderly.  There is so much paper work that now has to be done that patient care is suffering.   Dr. offices are having to hire extra transcriptionists instead of health care professionals due to all the extra paperwork.  Then there’s the issue of who gets treatment and whether or not Dr.s are going to be able to factor in “spunk” when deciding if someone gets treatment. After all “spunk’ can’t be put on a bureaucrats actuary table.

Oh and here’s something that should shiver your timbers.  This past summer one part of Obama care already went into effect.  If your heart should stop beating for any reason, EMS can perform 20 min of CPR.  If you don’t have a pulse by then they  CAN NOT transport you to the hospital.  If you are in the emergency room it’s the same procedure.  They will not do anything else for you. As I understand it not shock treatment, no IV’s, no needle to the chest.  (I’m not a medical person so I don’t know all the names for what they do but I took  first aid classes-years ago so I know they do more than just CPR) You are dead.

As bad as all this  is the worst thing it seems is the dehumanizing effect of this “landmark” legislation.  People are no longer people, they are relegated to numbers on a spreadsheet.  The lady who spoke on radio today works with Alzsheimers patients.  The government wants a second opinion on their diagnosis’ .  This means these patients have to be transported by the institution or families (out of their “safe environment” which is very bad for peoples suffering from the disease) to another facility.  It may take weeks and months to get them back to where they were.   Then there are the added costs. The people who have to travel with the patient, the added time back in their “homes’ it takes to help them become reacclimated.  These are elderly people who don’t know who they are, don’t know where they are and like the movie Fifty First Dates sometimes start over every day from scratch.  What they need is consistency, not chaos.

But as many of us have said for the last 3 years, Obamacare is not about quality care, it’s not about people and it’s never been about patients.  It’s all about money and power.  The power to decide who deserves to live and who deserves to die.  I don’t want some government employee deciding whether I can have an operation or not.  Like the government workers responsible for making the decisions on security in Benghazi they may decide that they have too much to do to read my file or look at my case or they’re too busy talking about who was kicked off Survivor to pay attention to my medical problem.  After all it’s not like they’ll have to be on Obamacare.  They’re some of the exceptions, along with Congress and the President.  If it’s such a good deal all of them should have to sign up, and be seen first.  I’d vote for that.

President’s Gun Debacle

From the president who gave us “Fast and Furious”, we have “Ignorant and Counterfeit”.   Forty Five percent of Americans claim they own guns. That’s approximately 90 million people. These are legal gun owners. They buy their guns at gun shops, large retailers (Wal Mart, Cabelas, Gander Mountain), on line and from each other.  In the vast majority of cases these are trackable transactions. Unlike guns owned by those who commit crimes.  Those are usually not purchased anywhere that can be traced, and their owners don’t identify themselves as “gun owners”.  They don’t want to be identified in any way shape of form, because they’re criminals whether they’ve committed a felony or not.  It’s only a matter of time.

Why is it that 45 percent of Americans, roughly 90 million folks now own a weapon, in fact many own several? Could it be that Americans have less faith in their government? Could it be that many are afraid of their neighbors, or law enforcement?  Could it be that many believe that they are targets because of their skin color, their religious beliefs, their political ideology?  Could it be that especially with the current administration people believe that the powers that be seek to disarm the populace in order to force on them egregious and unfair policies?  Could it be that many who have learned from history are determined not to repeat it?

It is a fact that dictators move to disarm their populace in order to put themselves firmly in power.  Hitler did it, Stalin did it, Castro did it, many of the tin plated megalomaniacs over the centuries have done so.  In order to “keep everyone safe” many dictators have put into place regulations/laws that infringe on a persons right to defend themselves, their families and their property. As Benjamin Franklin opined, “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”( Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759).

Now if you were the president would this not bother you? Wouldn’t you seek to dispel the notions that “we have nothing to fear” but our own government?  After all it was just these kinds of sentiments that spawned a revolution that shook the entire world.  Wouldn’t you think that those in government would be more concerned with the undercurrent of distrust than promoting it?

Not if you understand the group think mentality of those in power today.  They don’t believe these numbers. The numbers are inflated they say.  Real Americans (the ones who vote for them) don’t really believe the government is out to get them.  The interesting thing is that it isn’t the radical that own guns, it isn’t the anarchist that seeks to retain their liberties, it isn’t the liberal who is afraid of it’s own government, it isn’t the non-producer, the non-maker, the no tax payer that doesn’t trust those in charge of protecting our freedom and liberty.

Apparently the enemy of the state is those who actually produce things, those who make the economy grow, those who pay taxes, who start businesses, who create jobs, who strengthen infrastructure, who create families and descendants.   It is those people who are the problem.  Well those problems have decided to draw a line in the sand.  They have decided that no one is going to take any more away from them.  So all those threatening violence over this election had best get their affairs in order.  Law abiding citizens don’t go looking for trouble but when it comes knocking at the door they are more than willing to handle it directly, because they know now that they don’t have anyone else to turn to.  Like in Bengazhi there won’t be any Calvary coming to the rescue.  Not for them.

The Politics of Racism

I remember the election of 2008.  We were entering a post racial world, or that’s what we were told.  This president and his administration were going to usher in a new, kinder, gentler race dialogue.  We were going to be able to unite behind this our first African-American president.  Since Obama was in actuality bi racial this added to the mythology that he was uniquely American and therefore uniquely qualified to head this diverse country.

Instead what we’ve had is a steady diet of racism.  It seems the administration and their apologists have sought to enforce and spotlight every negative stereotype possible in their single minded quest for ultimate power.  They have been willing to abandon and dismantle all of the gains in civil rights our society has made in the last 50 or so years.  They had willing handmaidens from the left and from the right.   People who have been working behind the scenes to divide us have gained not just a foothold in popular culture but have set up base camp and  are perpetuating their poison within the administration themselves.

Now there is new threat although it’s  not really new.  We are to be held hostage, to give up our essential rights to free and honest elections by a group of thugs and miscreants.  If their guy doesn’t win they’re going to make us pay.  Of course the fact that their guy happens to be the same color as they, has no bearing on why they support him.  The fact that this man is the most incompetent, inexperienced, least capable of doing the job, which he has proven in the last three + years, should be cast aside.  We should vote for him because we’re afraid of the consequences.  We should in fact stay home and not vote if we don’t vote for him.  We can’t disagree with policies, ideas or ideology because if we do we are inherently racist.

Louis Farakhan has spoken in Charlotte NC about the need for blacks to resort to violence to keep the electorate “from keeping American White”.  Louis Farakhand the man who described New York City as “hymetown.  The man who helped bring us Tawna Brawley, a man who has called for the extinction of Israel and the Jews, He has suggested that his followers riot if the current resident of 1400 Pennsylvania Ave. is not returned to the throne.

Now I know that math is sometimes difficult for people to grasp.  I realize that people are not taught history and civics as they should be. (thanks in large part to an educational establishment run by left wing ideologues and former flower children who have a hate hate relationship with our Democratic Republic).  People who when it fits their designs are willing to discard our liberties, freedoms and laws to further their secular, socialist, communist agenda.  The numbers though do not lie.  There are roughly 12 % of the US population that claim to be African American.  Nearly 1 in 3 black men will be in prison at any one time and that does not even begin to count women.  After committing a felony one’s right to vote is restricted. So the actual number of those in this demographic is actually smaller.  We hear from Farahkan and others race dividers that if we don’t return the worst president in the history of the country to the White House they will “pistol whip” white people, they will riot in the streets, destroy our cities, kill our families and reign in horror upon the Earth.  Why again do we want anyone who promotes this kind of divisive doctrine who’s best is not on the good of all, only on the elevation of some to match their inflated opinions of themselves?  We’ve gone from people seeking to be equal to people being elevated over their fellow citizens.

We cannot go back in time to fix the mistakes of the past.  We can only acknowledge where we are and move forward to create the life we dream of.  That dream is being destroyed by a group of people who’s idea of public service is that the public is there as a piggy bank, some of the public, the actual producers, the job creators that is.  Instead of job creation by the private sector which is sustainable we have a rise in government employment, which sadly isn’t . Instead of coming together we are being driven apart.  We are being demonized by unscrupulous charlatans on both sides of the racial chasm, with an ever widening gulf between us.

It is time fellow citizens, black, white, red, green, blue, yellow or orange to come together, to put off hyphenated modifiers and become Americans.  We need to ask not what is good for us, but what is good for our families, friends and neighbors.  It is time to show race baiters that this is a “dog that won’t hunt.”  Now before the shooting starts we need to make it perfectly clear we will make quite sure that should there be violence,  it will never happen again.

We are not black or white, hispanic or european. We are Americans.

 

The Sad Truth………

So the Vice Presidential debate is over.  Did I watch it? No I didn’t.  I hate it when people lie to my face.  I am tired after a century, of having people lie right to my face.  They know it’s a lie, they know I know it’s a lie and yet there they go, lying like there’s no tomorrow.  This group in Washington has no moral compass, no common sense and no grasp of reality.  They lie even when telling the truth will do them more good.

Of course their apologists will say (shriek, let’s be honest) “When did they ever lie”.  Well;

1. This will be the most transparent administration.  Please, don’t insult my intelligence by even trying to defend this.

2. Jobs will be our first priority.  After taking over 1/6 of the economy, after bailing out auto companies who should have been forced to restructure, after over regulating people out of work, after spending trillions of dollars on bailouts that went oversees or into the unions pockets, after spending even more trillions of dollars on a stimulus that stimulated the bank accounts of the “friends of Barry and friends of Joe and Nancy and Chucky, Chris and Barney”.  After siding with our enemies, throwing our allies under the bus and managing to set back race relations about 40 years.

3. Green jobs that never materialized and that are going away faster than ice in the Mohave.

4. Supporting the military:  I guess that’s why the Fort Hood shooting is “workplace violence” instead of a terror attack (which of course it was) but handing out Purple Hearts to people who actually put their lives on the line for their brothers and sister in arms doesn’t have as much cachet as it used to. Then there is the fact that FOB (friend of Barry) Valerie Jarrett a glorified admin assistant gets a security detail of 6 Marines while the ambassador in Benghazi had one security person who ran at the first sign of trouble.  Vienna got Chevy Volts and a one hundred thousand dollar battery station and Benghazi got what again, oh yeah, they got what they had taken away.

5. The Justice Department or should I say the Injustice department.  These folks can’t seem to arrest illegal aliens, drug dealers, gun runners, vote suppressors or tax cheats but they can sure put whistle blowers in jail, especially when they blow the whistle on some FOB.

6. Vacations, golf games, date nights and fund raisers:  Since the economy is so bad my family and I didn’t take a vacation and we haven’t for years.  We don’t go out on dates often and as for giving money to charities or political events, it is to laugh.  Good to know the first family can spend some of that hard earned cash we worked so hard for.  Wouldn’t want them to have to cut back like the rest of us.

 

7. The Labor numbers: The math just doesn’t add up and then there are the millions of Americans out of work. They know there aren’t many real full time decent paying jobs.  There’s plenty of fast food part time jobs but not a lot of feed your family types of jobs. Someone is cooking the books and unfortunately for the administration we’ve caught them at this before.

There’s more, there’s pages more but you get my drift.

Years ago I told my children the story of ” The Boy Who Cried Wolf”.  Apparently no one in this administration was ever told that story or if they were they obviously didn’t understand it.  Here’s the gist.  A shepherd was given the job to look out for the flock and told if the wolves come yell and we’ll come to help.  He wanted to test this and so he called the villagers and they came running.  The boy thought it was so funny he did it over and over again.  Eventually they townspeople stopped coming and the boy and the sheep were killed by the wolves.

The moral to the story is don’t lie, the applicable lesson for today is that if you lie often enough eventually even when you tell the truth no one will believe you.  This is where folks are today.  They don’t believe those in charge because they’ve spent so much time lying to us that we believe nothing they say. Eventually they will need us to believe them and we won’t. As with the debacle in Benghazy most people know the administration lied and some are finally waking up to the thought, “if they lied about this what else have they lied about.”

The answer is everything.  I have no doubt Joe Biden believes what he says and believes he’s fighting the good fight.  The sad thing is that he’s an embarrassment to his party and his state. He like Susan Rice, Jay Carne and the rest of the people Obama’s sent out to carry water have lost any credibility they might have once had, they have prostituted themselves on the altar of Obamanation.

Somewhere, some village is missing it’s idiot. Hopefully in January Joe will be able to go back and pick up his hat and tambourine and fit right back in.  Barry may have a harder time but Hawaii’s an interesting place.  At least they won’t have to worry about vacations.

Wrong? False?

Thanks to the impeached president Bill Clinton we have a different concept of language.  Clinton informed us that  we have to first understand and decide on what the meaning of a word is before we can decide on the guilt or innocence of a perpetrator.  You remember “it all depends on what the meaning of the word is, is.”

Today we have Debbie Wasserman Schultz. First you’d think someone with the name Debbie would at her age go for either the shorter Deb or the more formal Deborah, just to appear a little less immature, screechy and whiny. Second, since when did the term “wrong” not denote that something was false?

wrong

[rawng, rong]

adjective

1.not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a

wrong deed.

2. deviating from truth or fact; erroneous: a wrong answer.

3. not correct in action, judgment, opinion, method, etc., as a

person; in error: You are wrong to blame him.

4. not proper or usual; not in accordance with requirements

or recommended practice: the wrong way to hold a golf club.

5. out of order; awry; amiss: Something is wrong with the machine.

How by all that’s Holy, does any thinking educated adult come to the conclusion that something that is wrong is not false?  I guess the same way that someone maintaining that the sky is orange can agree that the sky is apricot,  bittersweet,  cantaloupe,  carrot,  coral,  peach, red-yellow,  salmon,  tangerine,  titian. But lets cut to the chase shall we.

 

President Obama and his administration LIED.  They told a falsehood. They knew from almost the beginning that the intelligence community thought the attack was premeditated.  From threats, from previous attacks, from intelligence gathered in the months and weeks before.  Security personnel have the unfortunate duty to be whistle blowers against the federal government, putting at risk their lives and their careers (because the DOJ can’t seem to prosecute illegal aliens, black panthers, gun runners, drug dealers or tax evaders but they can and do put whistle blowers in jail, especially those who point up mistakes made by “his majesty and the court”).

 

Not only did they LIE but they sent other people out to lie for them.  These folks stood before reporters, cameras, and TV audiences and told them bald faced falsehoods to try to deflect blame.  There is only one person responsible for the disaster that was Libya.  It is the person who refused to do his job, the person who was too busy being on the View, or raising money in Vegas or playing golf or whatever other time waster he could think up.  The buck as Pres. Reagan famously said “stops here”.  Reagan had that sentiment sitting on his desk in the Oval Office.  The president is responsible for his administration.  From the press secretary, to the Secretary to the United Nations. No wonder the rest of the world /UN thinks we’re a bunch of moronic nimrods. With people like Susan Rice involved they can be assured we won’t tell the truth and are too stupid or lazy or arrogant to make up a plausible lie.

 

I would suggest that the people of Florida find something approaching a backbone and replace this incompetent, mean spirited partisan hack but I know that’s not to be.  For some reason Jewish voters seem to think that if it looks like a duck, no matter how it talks, what it says and who it supports, it must be a duck.  The rest of us understand the wolf in sheep’s clothing idea but apparently the idea that one would sell out one’s constituency is foreign to them. Naive in the extreme.

 

The time has come to retire the mistake of 2008.  While Gov. Romney is not perfect he is at least competent. He has run a successful business, governed successfully a state and saved the Olympics from certain disaster.  Juxtapose that with a community organizer, law professor whose knowledge of the constitution verges on the irresponsible.  Hopefully Ms Schultz will return to the swamp where scary things dwell and leave the rest of us to live in peace but that like the ability of the administration to tell the truth seems unlikely.

Grim or Grimm?

The State Department, run by her royal highness Hilary Clinton, has just entered the realm of fairy tales.  They are expecting us to believe that “they” never said that an offensive film about Islam led to the embassy attack in Libya.  ABC otherwise know as the official mouthpiece of the Democratic Party is reporting that:

Though the timeline of events outlined on the call was similar to the last official account of the incident, which was given on Sept. 12, some stark differences and new details were revealed.

Nowhere in this article does it say that officials at the Department ever said or didn’t say anything about the film.  This is all pretty academic because whether they said anything or not, the administration said plenty. They trotted out Ms Rice on the following Sunday morning to carry water for the administrations party line and State didn’t say a thing about it.  Their tacit agreement makes them culpable.  True they may not have committed the crime but they are at least guilty of aiding and abetting as well as being accessories to the lie after the fact.

Though some administration officials had initially said that the attack grew out of protests over an anti-Muslim film, the senior State Department official told reporters today that “nothing was out of the ordinary” on the night of the attack.

We have from the BBC:

It is believed the protest was held over a US-produced film that is said to be insulting to the Prophet Muhammad.

“Some have sought to justify this vicious behaviour as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet,” she (Sec of State Clinton)  said in a statement.

“The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind.”

From Reuters:

Gunmen attacked U.S. consulate offices in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday, and fought with security forces in protest against a U.S. film they say is blasphemous, a security official said.

Again from ABC news:

“Our current best assessment, based on the information that we have at present, is that, in fact, what this began as, it was a spontaneous – not a premeditated – response to what had transpired in Cairo,” Rice told me this morning on “This Week.”

“In Cairo, as you know, a few hours earlier, there was a violent protest that was undertaken in reaction to this very offensive video that was disseminated,” Rice said, referring to protests in Egypt Tuesday over a film that depicts the Prophet Muhammad as a fraud. Protesters in Cairo breached the walls of the U.S. Embassy, tearing apart an American flag.

“We believe that folks in Benghazi, a small number of people came to the embassy to – or to the consulate, rather, to replicate the sort of challenge that was posed in Cairo,” Rice said. “And then as that unfolded, it seems to have been hijacked, let us say, by some individual clusters of extremists who came with heavier weapons… And it then evolved from there.”

Their current best assessment? Did she mean the best assessment from those who were not in the intelligence community because it’s pretty clear they knew the attack was premeditated? Maybe she meant the best assessment of people not on the ground in their own countries like:

Rice’s account directly contradicts that of Libyan President Mohamed Yousef El-Magariaf, who said this weekend that he had “no doubt” the attack was pre-planned by individuals from outside Libya.

“It was planned, definitely, it was planned by foreigners, by people who entered the country a few months ago, and they were planning this criminal act since their arrival,” Magariaf told CBS News.

At any time in the weeks following the attack the State Department could have distanced themselves from this whole debacle.  They could have but they didn’t.  If this had all gone away they probably would never have issued the new statement. If it were the only the questions of who knew what, when, there might be a way for State to save face but unfortunately for them it isn’t.  Questions include;

Why were there no Marines present to protect the consulate or the main embassy in Tripoli?

Why are Marines posted to embassies and then not issued the weapons needed to do their jobs?

Why were the security requests from the Ambassador ignored?

Then there is the standard administration reply to any perceived screw-up, “We didn’t do it, it was the other guy”.

“Elements of the intelligence community apparently told the administration within hours of the attack that militants connected with al Qaeda were involved, yet Ambassador Rice claims her comments five days later reflected the ‘best’ and ‘current’ assessment of the intelligence community. Either the Obama administration is misleading Congress and the American people, or it is blaming the entire failure on the intelligence community,” the senators (McCain, Ayotte, Johnson and Graham who accused Rice and the administration of jumping the gun) said in a joint response to Rice’s letter today.

“Ambassador Rice claims the administration launched a ‘comprehensive’ effort to determine what happened in Benghazi, but the administration failed to secure the scene of the terrorist attack for three weeks — allowing evidence and sensitive information to be compromised and destroyed. From beginning to end, the administration’s behavior in the wake of the attack indicates a breathtaking level of incompetence and suggests an intent to deliberately mislead Congress and the American people.”

To put it all into perspective is this report from Fox News:

The Obama administration used that explanation for more than a week after assailants killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. Most notably, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said in several TV interviews five days after the attack that it appeared to be “spontaneous” violence spinning out of protests of the film.

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland backed up Rice’s statements in a press briefing a day later: “I would simply say that … the comments that Ambassador Rice made accurately reflect our government’s initial assessment.”

and from the same article;

And White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, as late as a week after the attack, said that based on initial information, “we saw no evidence to back up claims by others that this was a preplanned or premeditated attack.”

Carney then went on to suggest again the violence was related to the film: “Based on the information that we have now, it was — there was a reaction to the video — there was protests in Cairo, then followed by protests elsewhere, including Benghazi, and that was what led to the original unrest.”

Apparently there was a disconnect between what the administration was saying publicly and what intelligence folks were thinking from the beginning. The fact that the president didn’t seem to think it necessary to attend briefings on the situation for the week leading up to the attack shows just how much care and emphasis was put on reports from the ground.

Apparently there were disagreements about the levels of security appropriate to the 9-11 anniversary.  Someday maybe the adults will be able to wrest control from the 5th graders and make decisions based on real world intelligence instead of petty office politics.  But not under this president, not with these players and not in this sandbox.  They will continue to lie, cheat, prevaricate and dissemble.  Nothing is ever their fault, nothing is ever wrong, and nothing is ever based in reality.  They couldn’t find reality with a sherpa, 10 St. Bernards, a Tom-tom, the International Space station and Google Maps. They really are the most incompetent, inept, inane group of ne’re do wells to ever disgrace the shores of the Potomac, and that’s really saying something.

 

 

Comment: Mitt’s Character, and Presidential Virtue

I wrote this in response to a comment on this article at pjmedia but it wouldn’t let me post. I thought I’d put it here because, well it just needed to be said and I’m the one who wanted to say it.

Golly, I hate to be the one to burst you little bubble of revisionist history but someone has to take on the dirty jobs.
1. The name of the church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I figure a church that worships the Savior should be named after Him, not someone or something else.
2. The First Article of Faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) is We believe in God the Eternal Father, in His Son JESUS CHRIST and in the Holy Ghost.
The Third Article of faith: We believe that through the Atonement of CHRIST, all mankind will be saved by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
The Fourth Article of Faith: We believe that the first principles and ordinance of the Gospel are Faith in the Lord JESUS CHRIST; second Repentance; third Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins, fourth Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.  (baptism; just like was done to the Savior by John the Baptist, being buried under the water and then brought out again, symbolizing rebirth, Laying on of hands; as was done in the scriptures as well in multiple places).

The Nicean Creed
Formed in result of a break of the Christian Church from within after Constantine’s defeat of the Emperor Licinius in 323 AD. Debate between the bishop Alexander and the pastor Arius concerning the origins of the Eternal Father threatened to destroy the Atheist Constantine’s hard won unified world.  Three hundred bishops gathered from around the world. (many are listed by the historian Eusebius a long with their country of origin)The majority of these bishops, many of whom had suffered for their faith, denounced Arian teaching as alien from the belief of the church.

They interrogated Arius and found that he had new interpretations to the scriptures that they tried to use to condemn him with and finally argued that his view had to be wrong because it was new.  It seems that the heavens were well and truly closed to these bishops and the revelation (the rock on which Christ founded his church) was no longer available to bishops or priests, much less everyday man.  They also wrote that “the catholic church believes” to show their judgements was in line with Apostolic times to bring it more in line with the writings of early Christians, not declaring any actual new word from God.

According to Eusebuis of Caesarea, Constantine (then a pagan who wouldn’t be baptized until on his death bed) played an important role at Nicea. It was he who performed the role of mediator. Of course he did, he had everything to gain from a united religion in a secular way of thinking.   To me the most important question was where was the Bishop of Rome at this point?  If he was there why did he not head this conference? Was he not God’s representative here on the earth?  The answer of course was that revelation had no place in the new church.  They did not look to God to tell them what to do. They looked to the past and decided that was good enough. New was the enemy of the church which is why the Reformation had to occur.  There could be no restoration without reform.

So thank you very much but I think I’ll continue to believe that God hears and answers prayers directly.  That He speaks to His children through personal revelation.  That while we are to teach, learn and listen to the doctrines of ancient and Apostolic writers we also need to listen and learn from Apostles today,as well as pray and receive a personal witness of Gods plan for our lives.  I’ll take that guy over the one who sticks his finger in the air to see what everybody else thinks before making a decision every time,no matter his religious affiliation. As long as he has a creed that believes in liberty, freedom and the right of men to choose their own destiny which trumps coercion, force and manipulation no matter how benevolent.