I have learned, from an administration official who must remain unnamed, that Ayatollah Barry Obama is planning to change the name of the USA by administrative decree. The new name? The Peoples Democratic Republic of Amerika. Because he so admires the way the DRK, the PRC, and others are progressing so much better than USA, he feels changing the name will more perfectly reflect his views as to how our own country should be managed.
How else can he manipulate the populace into accepting illegal search and seizure, government approved sexual abuse, illegal confinement, and unjustified detainment in public places all in the name of "national security". What crap!
The populace must not permit such indignities. We should boycott the Super Bowl. We should demonstrate our unwillingness to abide by these tactics. We should not attend and we should not watch it on TV. We must show our displeasure by putting an economic vise-grip on those who permit these things, i.e. NFL, Airlines, Railroads, ETC. We should demand that our government stop this nonsense. Instead of harassing people at sporting events, our government should be securing our borders. I can't imagine a sports enthusiast being someone that will cause so much hate. This has gone way too far.
We get scanned when we go to the Airport, scanned again when we arrive at the stadium, scanned again before we can leave Dallas....when will we put a stop to this. Instead of harassing our own citizens we should be looking for intruders. Those who enter into our country illegally. The government should immediately begin profiling. Those who are against it must be ignored.
We, the people, must demand this abuse to stop. I demand that it stop here and now. If you agree with this, please pass this post on to your friends. Let's get it around the internet.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
If we treat our enemies like this.....our friends must be really honored
So King Barry meets President Hu of China, bows down to him and gives him a state dinner. What does he get in return? A Chinese pianist playing anti-American songs. Mr. Hu recognized it at once. King Barry doesn't even know the Chinese are making fun of him. I wonder if he will ever figure out the Chinese will never accept Uncle Sam's America as an equal trading partner.
Let's see...Slick Willie gave China ballistic secrets, and now I understand King Barry is giving away nuclear secrets. The Chinese stole our stealth technology via reverse engineering. Gee, I wonder what our allies think of all this. We don't even give them all this wonderful modern stuff, but we'll give it to our enemies.
This has to stop. Congress must demand the following:
Embargo Chinese goods. Surely we can produce anything they are currently shipping to the United States. Will help our economy and will likely reduce the price of oil because less will be used in ocean transportation. Will reduce pollution because less ocean freight, less truck freight in American harbors, reduce graft of the Longshoremen's Unions. Will reduce transportation costs because unreasonable harbor restrictions and fees are diminished.
Open up America to Oil/Gas exploration and exploitation. The world price of oil will plummet. Reduce taxes and restrictions on small-medium manufacturing and business. Create a culture of growth as a result. Employees will be hired, government tax revenues will be improved.
Treat Venezuela much as President Kennedy did in 1961. Stop the Iranians from placing offensive missiles in Venezuela. The missiles they propose to place there may reach the United States.
I doubt congress and King Barry have the intestinal fortitude to do all this.
Let's see...Slick Willie gave China ballistic secrets, and now I understand King Barry is giving away nuclear secrets. The Chinese stole our stealth technology via reverse engineering. Gee, I wonder what our allies think of all this. We don't even give them all this wonderful modern stuff, but we'll give it to our enemies.
This has to stop. Congress must demand the following:
Embargo Chinese goods. Surely we can produce anything they are currently shipping to the United States. Will help our economy and will likely reduce the price of oil because less will be used in ocean transportation. Will reduce pollution because less ocean freight, less truck freight in American harbors, reduce graft of the Longshoremen's Unions. Will reduce transportation costs because unreasonable harbor restrictions and fees are diminished.
Open up America to Oil/Gas exploration and exploitation. The world price of oil will plummet. Reduce taxes and restrictions on small-medium manufacturing and business. Create a culture of growth as a result. Employees will be hired, government tax revenues will be improved.
Treat Venezuela much as President Kennedy did in 1961. Stop the Iranians from placing offensive missiles in Venezuela. The missiles they propose to place there may reach the United States.
I doubt congress and King Barry have the intestinal fortitude to do all this.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
And now they celebrate death as a political event
Our Nutcase-in-Chief has really lost all semblance of decorum. Why would a world leader go to Tucson to party at the expense of the family of a murdered little girl and a respected Federal Judge? It was more of a political rally than a memorial.
Memorials, in my experience, are spent reviewing the life and times of the deceased. The people attending spend their time offering condolences and assistance to the families. I can't recall ever attending a memorial where a political event replaced the solemnity of the occasion.
Mr. Obama and his cronies were out of line. Hopefully they'll be out of a job in the next election cycle. I can't imagine why anyone would vote for this full-time campaigner and full-time vacationer.
I'm even more disgusted than ever.
Memorials, in my experience, are spent reviewing the life and times of the deceased. The people attending spend their time offering condolences and assistance to the families. I can't recall ever attending a memorial where a political event replaced the solemnity of the occasion.
Mr. Obama and his cronies were out of line. Hopefully they'll be out of a job in the next election cycle. I can't imagine why anyone would vote for this full-time campaigner and full-time vacationer.
I'm even more disgusted than ever.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
The liberal goons are over the edge again.
I wonder why. Whenever someone of prominence is wounded or killed by a madman the liberals always assume the gun did it. When will they learn that bad people will do bad things whether with a gun, a knife, a pencil, a baseball bat, or whatever is handy. I see that Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy has a gun control bill ready to be presented to the House of Representatives. There go some more of our liberties. For a liberal bunch of fools, these people have removed more liberties from us than ever.
It's interesting that this political outrage isn't obvious when a gangland style hit is affected on an innocent victim near the Mexican Border, It isn't in view when an innocent younster is killed by a wanna-be gangster anywhere in our cities. But let a politician get hurt, and here we go again. I guess you have to be an elitist in order to understand this thinking.
Baseball should be closely controlled because baseball bats are lethal weapons. Only those who can pass a federal background check should be able to buy baseball bats or even baseballs. Just think how many people have been injured by those flying instruments of death.
Automobiles should be banned. More people die each year because of Automobile accidents than die because of gunshots. Therefore Cars/Trucks/SUVs should be banned unless the purchaser can prove that he/she is not a terrorist and will certify that he/she isn't purchasing it for illegal reasons.
So we get more gun controls. Anyone even think that will stop a criminal? It will just remove a line of defense from the innocent, law-abiding citizenry. Criminals will figure out how to buy them, make them, steal them. Heaven forbid that people could actually defend themselves.
This is all absurd. The government needs to GET OUT of our lives. These do-gooders need to get a life. Remember, after all we can do....we are all gonna die sometime. We already have enough laws on the books that are not enforced.
It's interesting that this political outrage isn't obvious when a gangland style hit is affected on an innocent victim near the Mexican Border, It isn't in view when an innocent younster is killed by a wanna-be gangster anywhere in our cities. But let a politician get hurt, and here we go again. I guess you have to be an elitist in order to understand this thinking.
Baseball should be closely controlled because baseball bats are lethal weapons. Only those who can pass a federal background check should be able to buy baseball bats or even baseballs. Just think how many people have been injured by those flying instruments of death.
Automobiles should be banned. More people die each year because of Automobile accidents than die because of gunshots. Therefore Cars/Trucks/SUVs should be banned unless the purchaser can prove that he/she is not a terrorist and will certify that he/she isn't purchasing it for illegal reasons.
So we get more gun controls. Anyone even think that will stop a criminal? It will just remove a line of defense from the innocent, law-abiding citizenry. Criminals will figure out how to buy them, make them, steal them. Heaven forbid that people could actually defend themselves.
This is all absurd. The government needs to GET OUT of our lives. These do-gooders need to get a life. Remember, after all we can do....we are all gonna die sometime. We already have enough laws on the books that are not enforced.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
It's discrimination
So why can I not buy a shirt? Why is it that dress shirts stop at size 17.5 in most stores and rarely get above 18.5 in others. I need 19T-36 shirts. When I do finally find the right neck size, the sleeves are 38 inches. Just because my neck and chest got larger doesn't mean my arms grew to ground length. I just don't get it.
Maybe there is some obscure law somewhere that says no attractive dress shirts may be commercially made over 18.5 inches around the neck because larger neck sizes increases the incidence of heart disease. I say if so the liberals are again into my personal life. I like being large and intimidating. It helped run off more than one pimple infested youngster that wanted to date my daughter. Why can I not dress well at the same time?
I like to dress well. I'm comfortable wearing a dress shirt and tie, but I'm not comfortable wearing a shirt that is too small and a tie that barely descends below my nipples.
I'm fed up with people trying to save me from myself.
Maybe there is some obscure law somewhere that says no attractive dress shirts may be commercially made over 18.5 inches around the neck because larger neck sizes increases the incidence of heart disease. I say if so the liberals are again into my personal life. I like being large and intimidating. It helped run off more than one pimple infested youngster that wanted to date my daughter. Why can I not dress well at the same time?
I like to dress well. I'm comfortable wearing a dress shirt and tie, but I'm not comfortable wearing a shirt that is too small and a tie that barely descends below my nipples.
I'm fed up with people trying to save me from myself.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Proposed New Year resolutions
I propose our political leaders establish the following New Year resolutions:
1. Return government to constitutional limits. Halt foreign aid to those countries that hate us. Money was never a motivator as we can see. Take the checkbook away from the smartest woman in the world, and from big sis. Close the Department of Homeland Insecurity, the Department of UnEducation (and misinformation), the Department of anti-Transportation. Beef up the Department of Defense. Pay soldiers a living wage instead of relegating military families to Food Stamps. As it is, soldiers barely make minimum wage. And for this they get the privilege of being canon fodder for our enemies. Return to the gold standard. Third world money is NOT for us. I'm pretty fed up with trying to pay my bills with monopoly money.
2. Turn over government transportation to private industry. Means the President, Vice-President and all the advisers, pundits, and congressional politicians, staff members, etc will fly commercial. Make them all suffer through the same crap they put normal folks through.
3. Provide that government officials, and staffs earn retirement the same way as the rest of us. Through Social Security and not through special retirement funds. Require that they vest the same way as the rest of the country.
4. Cut congressional pay to the average income of their constituents. So a representative of Oklahoma will make what the average employee living in Oklahoma makes. A representative of New York makes what the average New Yorker makes, etc. That way they'll understand better who they represent.
5. Make legislators and the President actually read or hear each word of a bill before a vote can be taken or a bill signed into law.
Betcha these resolutions would improve our country.
1. Return government to constitutional limits. Halt foreign aid to those countries that hate us. Money was never a motivator as we can see. Take the checkbook away from the smartest woman in the world, and from big sis. Close the Department of Homeland Insecurity, the Department of UnEducation (and misinformation), the Department of anti-Transportation. Beef up the Department of Defense. Pay soldiers a living wage instead of relegating military families to Food Stamps. As it is, soldiers barely make minimum wage. And for this they get the privilege of being canon fodder for our enemies. Return to the gold standard. Third world money is NOT for us. I'm pretty fed up with trying to pay my bills with monopoly money.
2. Turn over government transportation to private industry. Means the President, Vice-President and all the advisers, pundits, and congressional politicians, staff members, etc will fly commercial. Make them all suffer through the same crap they put normal folks through.
3. Provide that government officials, and staffs earn retirement the same way as the rest of us. Through Social Security and not through special retirement funds. Require that they vest the same way as the rest of the country.
4. Cut congressional pay to the average income of their constituents. So a representative of Oklahoma will make what the average employee living in Oklahoma makes. A representative of New York makes what the average New Yorker makes, etc. That way they'll understand better who they represent.
5. Make legislators and the President actually read or hear each word of a bill before a vote can be taken or a bill signed into law.
Betcha these resolutions would improve our country.
Friday, December 31, 2010
The New Year is upon us
As 2010 winds down..(for some it already did..but for me it hasn't yet) there are some things to recall. History is preserved so that we may remember the mistakes made and resolve not to repeat them. We should remember the nutty things congress did during this past year and resolve not to permit them to repeat them. Here is a list of things our nation needs to repent of and determine never to do again.
1. ObamaCare. Repeal it, or defund any enforcement.
2. So-called stimulus package. It was a stupid and ineffective way to pump money into the economic system.
3. Current Tax Package......What a load of CRAP. Taxes need to be permanently reduced. Government expenditures need to be severely pared down. Return the government to the limits described by the constitution. Heaven forbid we actually follow our founding documents.
4. The Department of Homeland Security needs to be de-funded. Too much power, too little common sense.
That having been said, inroads were made this year. May we continue to pry the socialistic bureaucratic knuckleheads out of elective and non-elective office and put normal folks into those positions that can actually think for themselves and can remember the protections of the constitution.
May we have a prosperous New Year.
1. ObamaCare. Repeal it, or defund any enforcement.
2. So-called stimulus package. It was a stupid and ineffective way to pump money into the economic system.
3. Current Tax Package......What a load of CRAP. Taxes need to be permanently reduced. Government expenditures need to be severely pared down. Return the government to the limits described by the constitution. Heaven forbid we actually follow our founding documents.
4. The Department of Homeland Security needs to be de-funded. Too much power, too little common sense.
That having been said, inroads were made this year. May we continue to pry the socialistic bureaucratic knuckleheads out of elective and non-elective office and put normal folks into those positions that can actually think for themselves and can remember the protections of the constitution.
May we have a prosperous New Year.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
It gets worse by the day
I read on Drudge today that officials in Florida will violate the 5th amendment by forcing citizens to indict themselves via forced breathalizer tests at check points. And the Department of Injustice is applauding the move. MADD and others are happy it is happening, but I see another infringement of our rights. We are becoming more and more of a police state, and just as oppressive as the Soviet Union of the late 60's. We are asking citizens to spy on their neighbors just as Hitler's thugs did in the 30's and early 40's.
We have to struggle against this incursion of our rights. In my opinion we are becoming less and less free as we permit more and more of this nonsense in the name of "national security" or "personal security". While I don't drink, or smoke.....ever....I believe it is every citizen's responsibility to take care of his own personal security. People are used to limits, but as choices are removed, responsibility is also removed. Now the state must assume responsibility for DUI's and indoor smokers, because there is a law. If the law is broken and the state does nothing, a reasonable lawsuit can be brought against it. Civil responsibility is assumed by the state. Wonderful, isn't it?
Satan, according to the Bible, wanted to force us all, against our will, to return to Heavenly Father's kingdom. Jehova's plan was to give us choice and let us earn our way because of those choices. Why do these statists think they know more than God? We must have freedom of choice so as to prove ourselves. We cannot prove ourselves at all without the ability to make conscious decisions to do right or do wrong.
We must put an end to these Marxist/Stalinist procedures. We have to get the government OUT of our daily lives. If we want our country to be great again, we have to let the people do what they do best. Work out their own personal/family plan without interference from bumbling bureaucratic blockheads.
We have to struggle against this incursion of our rights. In my opinion we are becoming less and less free as we permit more and more of this nonsense in the name of "national security" or "personal security". While I don't drink, or smoke.....ever....I believe it is every citizen's responsibility to take care of his own personal security. People are used to limits, but as choices are removed, responsibility is also removed. Now the state must assume responsibility for DUI's and indoor smokers, because there is a law. If the law is broken and the state does nothing, a reasonable lawsuit can be brought against it. Civil responsibility is assumed by the state. Wonderful, isn't it?
Satan, according to the Bible, wanted to force us all, against our will, to return to Heavenly Father's kingdom. Jehova's plan was to give us choice and let us earn our way because of those choices. Why do these statists think they know more than God? We must have freedom of choice so as to prove ourselves. We cannot prove ourselves at all without the ability to make conscious decisions to do right or do wrong.
We must put an end to these Marxist/Stalinist procedures. We have to get the government OUT of our daily lives. If we want our country to be great again, we have to let the people do what they do best. Work out their own personal/family plan without interference from bumbling bureaucratic blockheads.
Monday, December 27, 2010
King Barry's Gestapo agents "protecting" hotels and malls?
I feel us sinking into the pre-WWII Germany. King Barry's minions have begun to expand airport security to include airports and malls. Take a look at www.infowars.com I wonder when/where the encroachment on our freedoms will end. I wonder if there is a country that will help us as the USA helped the German people rid themselves of Hitler. King Barry must not be permitted a 2nd term. Though all this started under the guidance of Dubya, King Barry has expanded this immoral and improper "taking" of our freedoms.
I propose that we pressure our congressional representatives to reign in the brownshirts this administration has instituted. Turn off the money spout so these people cannot enforce their efforts to control the populace. The Department of Homeland Terrorism needs to be disbanded. It was ill conceived and those running it are obsessed with control of the American people.
It is with disbelief that I read a story about a pilot being disciplined for pointing out that flight crews are pawed and their naked bodies viewed, but the ground crews only have to swipe their TWIC cards for access. Anyone in the transportation business knows how easily a TWIC card is obtained, and how easily they are loaned. If a terrorist wanted to blow up an airliner, there is no need to do it from the flight deck or passenger compartments.
OOPS. We are not supposed to be smart enough to figure out the farce the Transportation Services Abusers are affecting. We are not supposed to be informed sufficient to know that we are being herded much as a flock of sheep by a sheep dog. We are not supposed to figure out that our liberties are being removed and our ability to move about the country is being restricted in the name of "fighting terrorism" because we refuse to be sexually attacked by TSA perverts. I wonder when they'll decide that we can't be permitted to enter our own automobiles without being somehow cleared by TSA to do so, because we might be terrorists. After all it hasn't been islamists of middle eastern extraction that has done each and every one of the terrorist acts against the United States. It has obviously been anglo Nuns, old ladies in wheel chairs or infants/toddlers who have done these awful acts.
DISBAND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND INSECURITY.
I propose that we pressure our congressional representatives to reign in the brownshirts this administration has instituted. Turn off the money spout so these people cannot enforce their efforts to control the populace. The Department of Homeland Terrorism needs to be disbanded. It was ill conceived and those running it are obsessed with control of the American people.
It is with disbelief that I read a story about a pilot being disciplined for pointing out that flight crews are pawed and their naked bodies viewed, but the ground crews only have to swipe their TWIC cards for access. Anyone in the transportation business knows how easily a TWIC card is obtained, and how easily they are loaned. If a terrorist wanted to blow up an airliner, there is no need to do it from the flight deck or passenger compartments.
OOPS. We are not supposed to be smart enough to figure out the farce the Transportation Services Abusers are affecting. We are not supposed to be informed sufficient to know that we are being herded much as a flock of sheep by a sheep dog. We are not supposed to figure out that our liberties are being removed and our ability to move about the country is being restricted in the name of "fighting terrorism" because we refuse to be sexually attacked by TSA perverts. I wonder when they'll decide that we can't be permitted to enter our own automobiles without being somehow cleared by TSA to do so, because we might be terrorists. After all it hasn't been islamists of middle eastern extraction that has done each and every one of the terrorist acts against the United States. It has obviously been anglo Nuns, old ladies in wheel chairs or infants/toddlers who have done these awful acts.
DISBAND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND INSECURITY.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
JumboJim's Christmas Message
Merry Christmas everyone. I'm enjoying the perfect Christmas. I enjoyed giving needed gifts to those I love instead of mindless games, trinkets, or items never to be used.
I know that God lives and that He is interested in our well being. I know that He sent His son to be born on this world, to grow and to be sacrificed in order that ALL of His sons and daughters have the opportunity to return to His realm providing they will obey His son's commandments.
I know that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, Mary, in Bethlehem. I know that he suffered the atonement so that we may repent of our sins and become clean and worthy to enter into Eternal Life. I know that Jesus was crucified in order to conquer death and establish the ordinance of resurrection so that ALL mankind may also experience resurrection, even those who do not believe in Him. I know that Jesus was resurrected and left this world in the same manner in which he will return to it. I know that Jesus Christ will return to this world in Eternal Glory to claim it as His kingdom. I know that many of us will be disappointed at his coming. I know He is the Savior of the world. Princess and I love him and we are appreciative of the things God does in our behalf.
I'll return to the rant tomorrow.
I know that God lives and that He is interested in our well being. I know that He sent His son to be born on this world, to grow and to be sacrificed in order that ALL of His sons and daughters have the opportunity to return to His realm providing they will obey His son's commandments.
I know that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, Mary, in Bethlehem. I know that he suffered the atonement so that we may repent of our sins and become clean and worthy to enter into Eternal Life. I know that Jesus was crucified in order to conquer death and establish the ordinance of resurrection so that ALL mankind may also experience resurrection, even those who do not believe in Him. I know that Jesus was resurrected and left this world in the same manner in which he will return to it. I know that Jesus Christ will return to this world in Eternal Glory to claim it as His kingdom. I know that many of us will be disappointed at his coming. I know He is the Savior of the world. Princess and I love him and we are appreciative of the things God does in our behalf.
I'll return to the rant tomorrow.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
What a way to end a year
Let's see. Don't ask, Don't tell; Obama Care; Start; Tax Bill; Internet Neutrality. I'm not sure which is worse, but I AM sure each of them heads Uncle Sam's America down a slippery slope from which we may never recover.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: So we become the 2nd class military that some of the Scandinavian countries have. Pervaded with the decadence of LGBT soldiers. I am ashamed that our politicians are such milk toast excuses for statesmen. Whatever happened to real manhood? It seems like the feminization of America began in the 80's during the time of the ERA push. I wonder why the fad is now to become what we are not. Men want to be women-ear rings, long hair and all. Women want to become men-crew cut hair-do, tattoos, and all. Children are confused what is normal because of what they see through mass media. I KNOW God is not pleased with all this. It is decadent, it is immoral, it is wrong, and it needs to be resisted.
Obama Care: Since when is it right that the government can demand it's citizens to purchase a product, wanted or not? I wonder how many legislators own stock in insurance companies. I wonder how many legislators promised a vote based on donations to their campaigns, whether overtly or covertly. I do know that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. As a result of this misguided corrupt act, our insurance premiums are going UP instead of the promised down. I pay 20% more for a lower class of insurance because of this boondoggle. When will our legislators understand that we send them to Washington to represent us, but not to rape us.
START: So now we have to degrade our national defense because the Russians say so? What about our other potential enemies, i.e. Iran, Venezuela, China, and others. I guess we can't defend ourselves against our enemies because it might offend them? After all we are all about appeasement, even if it kills us.
Obama's Tax Bill: Why should the Government tax a fellow's income at some outrageous rate, and then tax it again simply because he loses his life? It makes me think each individual, who has a little money, should incorporate. Therefore the money becomes family corporation money and nobody's personal money. Less taxes, more freedom to use it. I wonder why more people don't use that avenue.
Internet Neutrality: So the Red Diapered Doper Babies (as Savage lovingly calls these leftist elitists) think because a company wants to actually make a profit, they should make rules preventing just that.
I go back to my previous rants. Abolish the Federal anti-Communication Commission, Abolish the Federal anti-Aviation Administration, Abolish the Department of anti-Transportation, the Department of Offensive Education, the so-called Environmental Protection Agency (all they really protect is their own positions with junk science, using uneducated "scientists", spending unearthly amounts of money in the process).
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: So we become the 2nd class military that some of the Scandinavian countries have. Pervaded with the decadence of LGBT soldiers. I am ashamed that our politicians are such milk toast excuses for statesmen. Whatever happened to real manhood? It seems like the feminization of America began in the 80's during the time of the ERA push. I wonder why the fad is now to become what we are not. Men want to be women-ear rings, long hair and all. Women want to become men-crew cut hair-do, tattoos, and all. Children are confused what is normal because of what they see through mass media. I KNOW God is not pleased with all this. It is decadent, it is immoral, it is wrong, and it needs to be resisted.
Obama Care: Since when is it right that the government can demand it's citizens to purchase a product, wanted or not? I wonder how many legislators own stock in insurance companies. I wonder how many legislators promised a vote based on donations to their campaigns, whether overtly or covertly. I do know that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. As a result of this misguided corrupt act, our insurance premiums are going UP instead of the promised down. I pay 20% more for a lower class of insurance because of this boondoggle. When will our legislators understand that we send them to Washington to represent us, but not to rape us.
START: So now we have to degrade our national defense because the Russians say so? What about our other potential enemies, i.e. Iran, Venezuela, China, and others. I guess we can't defend ourselves against our enemies because it might offend them? After all we are all about appeasement, even if it kills us.
Obama's Tax Bill: Why should the Government tax a fellow's income at some outrageous rate, and then tax it again simply because he loses his life? It makes me think each individual, who has a little money, should incorporate. Therefore the money becomes family corporation money and nobody's personal money. Less taxes, more freedom to use it. I wonder why more people don't use that avenue.
Internet Neutrality: So the Red Diapered Doper Babies (as Savage lovingly calls these leftist elitists) think because a company wants to actually make a profit, they should make rules preventing just that.
I go back to my previous rants. Abolish the Federal anti-Communication Commission, Abolish the Federal anti-Aviation Administration, Abolish the Department of anti-Transportation, the Department of Offensive Education, the so-called Environmental Protection Agency (all they really protect is their own positions with junk science, using uneducated "scientists", spending unearthly amounts of money in the process).
Saturday, December 18, 2010
History, Education and Professionalism
I remember years ago, when I was a child, my father was a school teacher. In those days teachers were respected for their wisdom, education, and opinion. They were pillars of society to whom the community looked for guidance. As a result of this respect my father was appointed Town Magistrate.
In my not so humble opinion my father deserved the respect that he was given. He demanded excellence in his classroom and he got it. He exuded confidence. He was respected because he was respectable. He dressed as one of respect should dress. When he was in the classroom he always wore dress clothing. When he met with students and parents, he wore clothing that reflected his professionalism and his demeanor was always respectful to them. People in our town looked up to my father, as I also did. Teachers of that day all acted and dressed similarly. The women teachers wore dress clothing, whether pants suits or dresses, they were always dressed for success.
Fast forward 50 years......I've been observing todays "professional" teachers. These days it is pretty hard to tell the sloppy teen aged students from the sloppy adult teachers. In fact, a few days ago I saw a teacher at one of the local schools who was wearing worn and torn jeans and a t-shirt. Perhaps I am a little old fashioned, but I find it very difficult to respect a teacher who has so little respect for his profession that he or she cannot dress professionally. I find it hard to feel like those teachers, who ask us to respect them, are really very interested in their chosen line of work. At the same time they are verbally demanding respect, they are asking for disrespect by the manor in which they speak, dress, and act. Though their intentions may be proper, their outward appearance does not ask for respect.
This lack of professionalism has pervaded business as well as education. Could you have imagined, 50 years ago, the president of any company coming to work in filthy clothing? Surely things can happen that clothing gets dirty at work, but I find it very hard to take a man or woman seriously who does not take his or her own position seriously. In my opinion, professional people should dress, act, and work as professionals and not as common laborers.
Even truck drivers, heavy machine operators, plumbers and other professionals of yesteryear used to be clean shaven, groomed, and dressed professionally. These days most of them look like unshaven dirty homeless beggars wearing rags.
What happened over the last 50 years to degenerate so far? No wonder our civilization is crumbling.
In my not so humble opinion my father deserved the respect that he was given. He demanded excellence in his classroom and he got it. He exuded confidence. He was respected because he was respectable. He dressed as one of respect should dress. When he was in the classroom he always wore dress clothing. When he met with students and parents, he wore clothing that reflected his professionalism and his demeanor was always respectful to them. People in our town looked up to my father, as I also did. Teachers of that day all acted and dressed similarly. The women teachers wore dress clothing, whether pants suits or dresses, they were always dressed for success.
Fast forward 50 years......I've been observing todays "professional" teachers. These days it is pretty hard to tell the sloppy teen aged students from the sloppy adult teachers. In fact, a few days ago I saw a teacher at one of the local schools who was wearing worn and torn jeans and a t-shirt. Perhaps I am a little old fashioned, but I find it very difficult to respect a teacher who has so little respect for his profession that he or she cannot dress professionally. I find it hard to feel like those teachers, who ask us to respect them, are really very interested in their chosen line of work. At the same time they are verbally demanding respect, they are asking for disrespect by the manor in which they speak, dress, and act. Though their intentions may be proper, their outward appearance does not ask for respect.
This lack of professionalism has pervaded business as well as education. Could you have imagined, 50 years ago, the president of any company coming to work in filthy clothing? Surely things can happen that clothing gets dirty at work, but I find it very hard to take a man or woman seriously who does not take his or her own position seriously. In my opinion, professional people should dress, act, and work as professionals and not as common laborers.
Even truck drivers, heavy machine operators, plumbers and other professionals of yesteryear used to be clean shaven, groomed, and dressed professionally. These days most of them look like unshaven dirty homeless beggars wearing rags.
What happened over the last 50 years to degenerate so far? No wonder our civilization is crumbling.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
When is enough enough?
I thought I had heard all the drivel the liberal appeasers could spew. However I read something today that set my hair on fire and blood shooting out of my eyeballs.
When do we stop catering to one piece of 4th century civilization and begin exercising some sense? I read an article today about a man in Switzerland who was convicted of a crime because he offended muslims when he began to YODEL while mowing his lawn. He was on his own property mowing his own lawn with his own lawnmower, enjoying the weather and his life and began to yodel. The neighbors were incensed because it sounded to them like he was making fun of their religion. I am offended that society caters to this segment of our civilization. I am offended that I must be terrorized by this. I am offended that I must be so careful to not offend that I cannot even express myself at all for fear of prosecution.
It seems to me that these muslims offend and offend and offend, but it is deemed proper because they only offend Christians, Buddists and others. After all, only muslims are proper people. Everyone else is cannon fodder and not worthy to live. I learned a term, when I worked on the railroad, that properly describes this thinking. Bull manure!! I believe that many muslims are good hard working solid citizens, but the vast majority are terrorists, either actively or passively. They make us nervous because we "might offend" them and cause them to kill us all.
My opinion is this. Let them. God permits bad people to do bad things so that they may eternally indict themselves. Bad people will be bad no matter what. Let them send themselves to lodge with Lucifer if that is what they want. It won't change the rest of us. Why should we subject ourselves to all of this nonsense.
We should maintain our liberties and if it offends others...shame on them. One of my very good friends said this: "Offend me once, shame on you. Offend me twice, shame on me." I don't intentionally offend anyone, but I also laugh at the jokes that target me. It's funny...why should I be offended instead of laugh. I'm not that sour.
When do we stop catering to one piece of 4th century civilization and begin exercising some sense? I read an article today about a man in Switzerland who was convicted of a crime because he offended muslims when he began to YODEL while mowing his lawn. He was on his own property mowing his own lawn with his own lawnmower, enjoying the weather and his life and began to yodel. The neighbors were incensed because it sounded to them like he was making fun of their religion. I am offended that society caters to this segment of our civilization. I am offended that I must be terrorized by this. I am offended that I must be so careful to not offend that I cannot even express myself at all for fear of prosecution.
It seems to me that these muslims offend and offend and offend, but it is deemed proper because they only offend Christians, Buddists and others. After all, only muslims are proper people. Everyone else is cannon fodder and not worthy to live. I learned a term, when I worked on the railroad, that properly describes this thinking. Bull manure!! I believe that many muslims are good hard working solid citizens, but the vast majority are terrorists, either actively or passively. They make us nervous because we "might offend" them and cause them to kill us all.
My opinion is this. Let them. God permits bad people to do bad things so that they may eternally indict themselves. Bad people will be bad no matter what. Let them send themselves to lodge with Lucifer if that is what they want. It won't change the rest of us. Why should we subject ourselves to all of this nonsense.
We should maintain our liberties and if it offends others...shame on them. One of my very good friends said this: "Offend me once, shame on you. Offend me twice, shame on me." I don't intentionally offend anyone, but I also laugh at the jokes that target me. It's funny...why should I be offended instead of laugh. I'm not that sour.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Queen Michelle Obama doesn't trust US?
Of all the unmitigated gall! Queen Michelle Obama doesn't trust parents to make sure their children are getting proper nutrition. So as a result she pressured King Barry to press forward the "School Meal" act that was signed into law today. King Barry said he did it because he doesn't like to sleep on the couch. That seems to me to be an appropriate reason to put billions of dollars we don't have into a program we don't need or even want. I'm having visions of the story "1984".
I wonder when the government will require us to send our children to "raising centers" because we cannot be trusted to teach our children right from wrong.
Where are the Christian Evangelists on this one? Why have we not heard from the Amerikan Civil Liberties Union? Why are they not championing the rights of the individuals and families to make decisions for themselves? I don't get it.
Understandably the churches are afraid to enter into this conflict for fear of losing their tax exempt status, for surely King Barry would sick the IRS onto them if they stepped out of line. I wonder what happened to the "unalienable rights" promised by the Constitution of the United States. That of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I don't recall a right to happiness, but only a right to pursue it. How dare Queen Michelle supersede parental rights and responsibilities.
I wonder when the government will require us to send our children to "raising centers" because we cannot be trusted to teach our children right from wrong.
Where are the Christian Evangelists on this one? Why have we not heard from the Amerikan Civil Liberties Union? Why are they not championing the rights of the individuals and families to make decisions for themselves? I don't get it.
Understandably the churches are afraid to enter into this conflict for fear of losing their tax exempt status, for surely King Barry would sick the IRS onto them if they stepped out of line. I wonder what happened to the "unalienable rights" promised by the Constitution of the United States. That of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I don't recall a right to happiness, but only a right to pursue it. How dare Queen Michelle supersede parental rights and responsibilities.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
The counterfeit Christmas
I've noticed, over the past few years, that Christmas has become counterfeit. Before you blow up on me, hear me out.
It seems to me that we (collectively) spend, spend, spend, decorate, decorate, decorate, to "show the Christmas spirit" when what we really do is establish our pride. Suddenly we have to have more lights in our yard and on our house than the neighbors. We have to have more yard displays than our neighbors because they'll try to have more than we had last year. We have to line our roofs, windows, sidewalks, fences and property lines with lights, luminarias, wreaths, trees, etc, because it shows how much we celebrate Christmas. We have to have a tree that will barely fit in the house and then cover it with balls, chains, icicles, lights, and trinkets so that when people come to our house they'll be properly impressed. We pile mounds of presents under the tree, for which we have spent unearthly amounts of money, so our children can go to school and impress their friends by proudly pronouncing what wonderfully expensive wares they received.
The children's schools are pleased to present X-mas as a winter holiday celebrating Santa Clause and the gifts he brings. The schools NEVER mention Christmas as the miracle of Jesus' birth. They mention, only in passing in a song, the wise men who came to honor the King. Our homes rarely even note the existence of Jesus Christ, much less the miracle of His birth.
Why do we not spend more time worshipping He who created this world and who paid for our collective sins? Why do we not celebrate His birth quietly as He would rather? We should be visiting our friends and neighbors with a message of faith, hope and charity. We should offer the poor, needy and helpless that which we can give. We should be attentive to our churches as He would want us to do. We should tell the stories of Jesus to our children.
I don't mean to infer that we should not give gifts during the Christmas season, but could we give what is needed to those who need instead of giving needless articles to those who will not appreciate them? Personally I have enough neck ties to last me past my death. I am giving gifts for my friends, family, and neighbors for which I have determined a need. I hope I don't offend anyone as a result.
I reserve the right to give my sweetheart a gift that it pleases me to give. I don't need to wait for Christmas to give it to her, but I am because it is traditional.
It seems to me that we (collectively) spend, spend, spend, decorate, decorate, decorate, to "show the Christmas spirit" when what we really do is establish our pride. Suddenly we have to have more lights in our yard and on our house than the neighbors. We have to have more yard displays than our neighbors because they'll try to have more than we had last year. We have to line our roofs, windows, sidewalks, fences and property lines with lights, luminarias, wreaths, trees, etc, because it shows how much we celebrate Christmas. We have to have a tree that will barely fit in the house and then cover it with balls, chains, icicles, lights, and trinkets so that when people come to our house they'll be properly impressed. We pile mounds of presents under the tree, for which we have spent unearthly amounts of money, so our children can go to school and impress their friends by proudly pronouncing what wonderfully expensive wares they received.
The children's schools are pleased to present X-mas as a winter holiday celebrating Santa Clause and the gifts he brings. The schools NEVER mention Christmas as the miracle of Jesus' birth. They mention, only in passing in a song, the wise men who came to honor the King. Our homes rarely even note the existence of Jesus Christ, much less the miracle of His birth.
Why do we not spend more time worshipping He who created this world and who paid for our collective sins? Why do we not celebrate His birth quietly as He would rather? We should be visiting our friends and neighbors with a message of faith, hope and charity. We should offer the poor, needy and helpless that which we can give. We should be attentive to our churches as He would want us to do. We should tell the stories of Jesus to our children.
I don't mean to infer that we should not give gifts during the Christmas season, but could we give what is needed to those who need instead of giving needless articles to those who will not appreciate them? Personally I have enough neck ties to last me past my death. I am giving gifts for my friends, family, and neighbors for which I have determined a need. I hope I don't offend anyone as a result.
I reserve the right to give my sweetheart a gift that it pleases me to give. I don't need to wait for Christmas to give it to her, but I am because it is traditional.
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