Just a few weeks ago I watched a video on YouTube of a large gathering of White Feminists cheering, applauding, screeching with pride the fact that they had ended unwanted pregnancies by ripping a fetus from their womb. The American Left not only condones these rallies and celebrations, they want taxpayers to fund such practices. Make no mention of the fact that the unwanted pregnancies of these "educated, progressive, intellectual" females resulted from UNPROTECTED SEX which they so "smartly" engaged in and intend to do so again and again. Ah, the dignity in that. How far the liberated woman has come! As a white educated woman myself, I watched this video and wanted to puke. These idiots have twisted the act of sex into some false expression of power, not love, power and take the perverted logic further by saying the destruction of their own progeny is a wonderful thing. This is beyond pathetic, it is the reality of women's identity hitting rock bottom.
Fast forward to today, May, 2011. Our liberal president made a good call and ordered the elimination of a thoroughly evil human, Osama bin Laden. True, at one time, Osama was an innocent in his mother's womb but he, unlike the babies aborted, got the chance to enact his free will. Sadly, his free will resulted in the deaths of thousands across the globe. This little fact rendered his innocence invalid long ago. Yet when Americans gather together and cheer this monster's demise, the American Left is outraged.
Allow me to get this straight...an organized gathering of educated white women, bellowing with a bullhorn, their pride over the accomplishment of the dissection of their fetus is the type of public display championed by the Left. However, a mixed-race, mix-gendered, spontaneous crowd in Times Square, emoting joy over the death of a mass murdering coward is deemed disgusting, barbaric, VERBOTEN to the evolved sensibilities of the Left.
Oh, I get it now. It's all about tenure! Osama had it, babies, not. Gotta love those unions.
P.S.
Happy Mother's Day to all you backward sorts who actually allowed your body to be used in such a manner!
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Chris Christie Is Not Ready To Be President
Chris Christie is absolutely right. He is not ready to be President of the United States nor will he be ready come 2012. The fact of the matter is, there is not a human being walking the face of the earth who is READY to be the President of the United States, including Barack Obama. The world we find ourselves in is perhaps the most dangerous, threatening, fragile circumstance human beings have ever faced. This is uncharted territory. The skill set needed to navigate it successfully is not clear.
Currently our country is teetering on the edge of a deadly abyss. Judging from the direction our current administration is headed, we will have stepped off the edge and be in full free fall by the year 2012. Christie knows this. Of course he is not ready to lead a country in mid plummet. No human being is or will be.
I liken the role of President of the United States in this era of history to be the same of that as a person with a deadly illness. Who among us is ready to hear the sentence, "you have cancer"? Humans are never ready for trials of this magnitude but some humans have the grit to take on the trials. Some do not. Some actually feed the diseases they are tasked to defeat.
I see Chris Christie as a man with a multitude of grit. I believe if there is anyone who is able to grow wings from that grit and fly US back up to safety, able to restore America's emotional, fiscal and social stability, it is Chris Christie.
True, he, like any human, is not ready for such unknowns. He is, however, able. The only real question that must be answered and the one that so often is the key to the survival of a cancer patient...is he willing? Is Chris Christie willing to battle the cancer? Is Chris Christie willing to be President of the United States of America?
God willing.
Currently our country is teetering on the edge of a deadly abyss. Judging from the direction our current administration is headed, we will have stepped off the edge and be in full free fall by the year 2012. Christie knows this. Of course he is not ready to lead a country in mid plummet. No human being is or will be.
I liken the role of President of the United States in this era of history to be the same of that as a person with a deadly illness. Who among us is ready to hear the sentence, "you have cancer"? Humans are never ready for trials of this magnitude but some humans have the grit to take on the trials. Some do not. Some actually feed the diseases they are tasked to defeat.
I see Chris Christie as a man with a multitude of grit. I believe if there is anyone who is able to grow wings from that grit and fly US back up to safety, able to restore America's emotional, fiscal and social stability, it is Chris Christie.
True, he, like any human, is not ready for such unknowns. He is, however, able. The only real question that must be answered and the one that so often is the key to the survival of a cancer patient...is he willing? Is Chris Christie willing to battle the cancer? Is Chris Christie willing to be President of the United States of America?
God willing.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
A Letter to an Archbishop in Wisconsin
This Sunday, February 27th, my Catholic parish in Virginia added an insert into our Mass Bulletin. It was a copy of a statement put out by a Catholic Archbishop in Wisconsin addressing the Wisconsin Catholic Conference. I do not know if the Archbishop asked to have this statement put into the Mass Bulletins in a parish in Virginia but regardless, we got the memo. It can be read in full here...
http://www.archmil.org/News/StatementRegardingtheRightsofW.htm
After reading the statement twice, probably three times I was motivated to write the following email to the Archbishop.
Dear Archbishop Listecki,
I am contacting you in regards to a letter you wrote which our parish included in this Sunday's bulletin. The letter was referenced as a Statement Regarding the Rights of Workers and the Value of Unions. I read the letter and found myself upset. My first reaction was to disagree that this politically charged topic should be foisted upon parishioners in relation to attending Mass. I was taught that one is to attend Mass for the sole purpose of giving full attention to God, to leave the scenarios of this world which are fleeting, to fully focus on what is eternal. To be greeted with a letter from an Archbishop calling Catholics to defend workers and unions, a topic we are all bombarded with at all hours of the day on television and in print, was an intrusion on God's time, in my opinion. I do not know if you asked for the letter to be put in the bulletin or not, but that is what happened. I found it inappropriate.
I took another breath and read the letter again. Though I completely agree with your final sentiment, "to move beyond divisive words and actions and work together", the insinuation that Wisconsin teachers are in danger of being marginalized or dismissed is misleading. From all that I have read, the terms being promoted by Governor Walker and eventually voted on in the Wisconsin legislature are terms more than 20 states now have in place for their unions. There is nothing being asked of Wisconsin teachers that others haven't been already doing for some time. I will admit, I am not a Wisconsin teacher, I have no connection to that union or any teachers union but I do come from a Catholic family of union roots. My grandfather was an electrician in the Washington, DC area. He came up as a union man and rose through the ranks. He eventually owned the largest Electrical Contracting business in the D.C. area. His union shop did all of the wiring for the White House, the Pentagon, the Capitol, and most Federal Buildings in DC. However, living in Virginia, a right to work state, he, in addition to his union shop, opened a non-union shop as well.
Though he'd always been a union man coming up, the vast difference in how a union vs non-union business operated facilitated a change in his perspective. He realized non-union employees fared better in the long run for the individual employee. The union shops had a monopoly on government work which was lucrative however, the rules and wages (after dues) made the union jobs much less attractive. He related stories of the immense pressure unions would bring upon the members, employing strong arm tactics and asking actions from workers that were less than moral. For a Catholic or any Christian to be asked to do some of these things for the good of the union can really take a toll on a person. He made it clear to all of us in the family that the unions were out for the union bosses not necessarily for the actual individual workers, though that is the unions stated reason to exist. The message I heard growing up was to avoid being a union worker, be an employee in a private business. Employees have their individual dignity and play a much bigger role in their own fate, union workers follow union rules and are at the mercy of the union bosses.
Please understand, I do not see the role of unions as inherently bad. I agree with Pope Benedict's statement which you included in your letter, regarding the importance of solidarity and protection of workers rights that unions provide. In a country like China, North Korea or even India where workers are abused, the role of unions is something we should all work to promote and bring about. What I do not agree with are tactics being employed by American union members such as disseminating the names of Governor Walker's children and their schools with a plan to protest at those schools, using children as the props. I have a hard time supporting the practice of teachers caught on video lying about being sick in order to collect a days wages while they "defend their rights". What about the parents who had to stay home from work to watch their child who could not go to school due to the teachers mass sickness? Did that parent have to lie as well in order not to lose a days wages or did they stay home, choosing not to lie about being sick and instead losing pay for that day? What lessons are we teaching the young through these tactics?
I've seen union members physically assaulting news reporters on live television, threatening a reporter with severe bodily harm simply because the reporter is there from a network the unions are not controlling the message of. I've seen Communist Workers Party banners at the Wisconsin protests standing in solidarity with Wisconsin teachers. Archbishop, I've been to Russia, I've seen what the Communist Party did to that culture, not to mention what Communism did to Catholicism. If the Wisconsin Teachers are finding themselves aligned with Communist Workers, there's a problem there.
All these tactics and alliances are straight from the playbook my grandfather talked about regarding the D.C. Electricians Union. The similarities of what Electrician Union workers were asked to do in bargaining situations were very similar to what I see happening in Wisconsin. This is beyond troubling. We as Christians support the right of these unions to associate, organize and bargain their wages (all of which would continue under Governor Walker's plan) but to use the moral concept of unions to then employ tactics that are amoral does not fly. Hiding behind a moral right while committing moral wrongs is not a cause I will ever support. As for the stance against, collective bargaining, that falls into the same logic for Anti-Trust laws. Collective bargaining, especially for civil servant jobs, is wrong on a multitude of levels. Collective bargaining enables unions to hold an entire segment of society hostage unless demands are met. This is not fair nor just tactics for the common good, in my opinion.
I appreciate the fact that you are there in the midst. You know the Wisconsin union members probably by name and hear their side clearest of all. I am glad workers have an advocate such as you. However, since your letter asks us all to evaluate the lawmakers proposal in terms of its impact on the common good, I too would first want to have the facts and figures regarding the amount of money the Wisconsin Teachers Union has given to lawmakers, specifically which lawmakers. I would like to know the terms of Wisconsin teachers current pension plans and be able to compare them to union pension plans in states that have gotten their fiscal house in better order. I would like to see the test scores of Wisconsin students and be able to compare them to states that may not provide as lucrative pension packages to their teachers. I would hope better pension packages equates to higher test scores. If this is not the case, then pension packages need to be reduced to sane levels. I would like to know if the Wisconsin Teachers Union has a rule stating tenure trumps performance where layoffs are concerned. I would hope that a teacher who is new but has performed well for the students is kept over an older teacher whose performance is lacking. If the children are the priority, seniority/tenure should not be the deciding factor when layoffs occur. I need to know this point and more. Do public sector union members make more than private sector? Civil union members have more job security, more benefits but if they get higher wages than private sector, this is an enormous problem. This is where the political money really comes into play. The tax paying public should not be in a position of making lower wages than the public sector. This is a relationship doomed to fail.
Franklin Roosevelt warned that civil servant jobs should never be unionized but apparently we have not heeded this wise warning. Do people understand why Franklin Roosevelt said this? Do the teachers in our schools bother to educate our youth about this in our History and Civics courses? It certainly wasn't because Roosevelt was anti-union. The big picture has been lost. Reality is catching up. What was fundable before, like all ponzi schemes, is not fundable now. All of the facts must be laid out if I, or anyone else is to truly, honestly, effectively evaluate the situation as you ask.
Thank you for taking the time to read my perspective and concerns. I hold on to the final words of your letter, that we will be able "to move beyond divisive words and actions and work together..."
Respectfully,
Parishioner in Virginia
I AM EAGERLY AWAITING THE ARCHBISHOP'S RESPONSE
http://www.archmil.org/News/StatementRegardingtheRightsofW.htm
After reading the statement twice, probably three times I was motivated to write the following email to the Archbishop.
Dear Archbishop Listecki,
I am contacting you in regards to a letter you wrote which our parish included in this Sunday's bulletin. The letter was referenced as a Statement Regarding the Rights of Workers and the Value of Unions. I read the letter and found myself upset. My first reaction was to disagree that this politically charged topic should be foisted upon parishioners in relation to attending Mass. I was taught that one is to attend Mass for the sole purpose of giving full attention to God, to leave the scenarios of this world which are fleeting, to fully focus on what is eternal. To be greeted with a letter from an Archbishop calling Catholics to defend workers and unions, a topic we are all bombarded with at all hours of the day on television and in print, was an intrusion on God's time, in my opinion. I do not know if you asked for the letter to be put in the bulletin or not, but that is what happened. I found it inappropriate.
I took another breath and read the letter again. Though I completely agree with your final sentiment, "to move beyond divisive words and actions and work together", the insinuation that Wisconsin teachers are in danger of being marginalized or dismissed is misleading. From all that I have read, the terms being promoted by Governor Walker and eventually voted on in the Wisconsin legislature are terms more than 20 states now have in place for their unions. There is nothing being asked of Wisconsin teachers that others haven't been already doing for some time. I will admit, I am not a Wisconsin teacher, I have no connection to that union or any teachers union but I do come from a Catholic family of union roots. My grandfather was an electrician in the Washington, DC area. He came up as a union man and rose through the ranks. He eventually owned the largest Electrical Contracting business in the D.C. area. His union shop did all of the wiring for the White House, the Pentagon, the Capitol, and most Federal Buildings in DC. However, living in Virginia, a right to work state, he, in addition to his union shop, opened a non-union shop as well.
Though he'd always been a union man coming up, the vast difference in how a union vs non-union business operated facilitated a change in his perspective. He realized non-union employees fared better in the long run for the individual employee. The union shops had a monopoly on government work which was lucrative however, the rules and wages (after dues) made the union jobs much less attractive. He related stories of the immense pressure unions would bring upon the members, employing strong arm tactics and asking actions from workers that were less than moral. For a Catholic or any Christian to be asked to do some of these things for the good of the union can really take a toll on a person. He made it clear to all of us in the family that the unions were out for the union bosses not necessarily for the actual individual workers, though that is the unions stated reason to exist. The message I heard growing up was to avoid being a union worker, be an employee in a private business. Employees have their individual dignity and play a much bigger role in their own fate, union workers follow union rules and are at the mercy of the union bosses.
Please understand, I do not see the role of unions as inherently bad. I agree with Pope Benedict's statement which you included in your letter, regarding the importance of solidarity and protection of workers rights that unions provide. In a country like China, North Korea or even India where workers are abused, the role of unions is something we should all work to promote and bring about. What I do not agree with are tactics being employed by American union members such as disseminating the names of Governor Walker's children and their schools with a plan to protest at those schools, using children as the props. I have a hard time supporting the practice of teachers caught on video lying about being sick in order to collect a days wages while they "defend their rights". What about the parents who had to stay home from work to watch their child who could not go to school due to the teachers mass sickness? Did that parent have to lie as well in order not to lose a days wages or did they stay home, choosing not to lie about being sick and instead losing pay for that day? What lessons are we teaching the young through these tactics?
I've seen union members physically assaulting news reporters on live television, threatening a reporter with severe bodily harm simply because the reporter is there from a network the unions are not controlling the message of. I've seen Communist Workers Party banners at the Wisconsin protests standing in solidarity with Wisconsin teachers. Archbishop, I've been to Russia, I've seen what the Communist Party did to that culture, not to mention what Communism did to Catholicism. If the Wisconsin Teachers are finding themselves aligned with Communist Workers, there's a problem there.
All these tactics and alliances are straight from the playbook my grandfather talked about regarding the D.C. Electricians Union. The similarities of what Electrician Union workers were asked to do in bargaining situations were very similar to what I see happening in Wisconsin. This is beyond troubling. We as Christians support the right of these unions to associate, organize and bargain their wages (all of which would continue under Governor Walker's plan) but to use the moral concept of unions to then employ tactics that are amoral does not fly. Hiding behind a moral right while committing moral wrongs is not a cause I will ever support. As for the stance against, collective bargaining, that falls into the same logic for Anti-Trust laws. Collective bargaining, especially for civil servant jobs, is wrong on a multitude of levels. Collective bargaining enables unions to hold an entire segment of society hostage unless demands are met. This is not fair nor just tactics for the common good, in my opinion.
I appreciate the fact that you are there in the midst. You know the Wisconsin union members probably by name and hear their side clearest of all. I am glad workers have an advocate such as you. However, since your letter asks us all to evaluate the lawmakers proposal in terms of its impact on the common good, I too would first want to have the facts and figures regarding the amount of money the Wisconsin Teachers Union has given to lawmakers, specifically which lawmakers. I would like to know the terms of Wisconsin teachers current pension plans and be able to compare them to union pension plans in states that have gotten their fiscal house in better order. I would like to see the test scores of Wisconsin students and be able to compare them to states that may not provide as lucrative pension packages to their teachers. I would hope better pension packages equates to higher test scores. If this is not the case, then pension packages need to be reduced to sane levels. I would like to know if the Wisconsin Teachers Union has a rule stating tenure trumps performance where layoffs are concerned. I would hope that a teacher who is new but has performed well for the students is kept over an older teacher whose performance is lacking. If the children are the priority, seniority/tenure should not be the deciding factor when layoffs occur. I need to know this point and more. Do public sector union members make more than private sector? Civil union members have more job security, more benefits but if they get higher wages than private sector, this is an enormous problem. This is where the political money really comes into play. The tax paying public should not be in a position of making lower wages than the public sector. This is a relationship doomed to fail.
Franklin Roosevelt warned that civil servant jobs should never be unionized but apparently we have not heeded this wise warning. Do people understand why Franklin Roosevelt said this? Do the teachers in our schools bother to educate our youth about this in our History and Civics courses? It certainly wasn't because Roosevelt was anti-union. The big picture has been lost. Reality is catching up. What was fundable before, like all ponzi schemes, is not fundable now. All of the facts must be laid out if I, or anyone else is to truly, honestly, effectively evaluate the situation as you ask.
Thank you for taking the time to read my perspective and concerns. I hold on to the final words of your letter, that we will be able "to move beyond divisive words and actions and work together..."
Respectfully,
Parishioner in Virginia
I AM EAGERLY AWAITING THE ARCHBISHOP'S RESPONSE
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Getting All Christie Eyed, I Always Cry At Weddings And Funerals
Will Chris Christie step up and do the right thing? Dear Lord, I hope so!
I know Christie keeps saying he is not going to run in 2012, that it's not the time for him, that he's working to fix New Jersey first, blah, blah, blah. These rationales in times of stability for an up and coming political leader would be valid but time is not on Christie's side. More importantly, time is not on America's side much less New Jersey's.
Christie said himself that "leadership is not about waiting." So why would he wait to lead his country back from the brink of disaster when he knows he has a needed plan to implement now? He continues to fall back on, "you have to feel it in your heart and mind that you're ready."
Governor Christie, may I have a word in private with you?... Chris, dude, you're sounding like a groom getting cold feet. You are ready! If you want a New Jersey to exist that you would even recognize in the next 10 years, you better snap out of it and be the man. Remember, leadership is not about waiting.
Comb your hair, straighten your bow tie and get the hell out there to the alter where you belong. America is standing at the end of the aisle waiting to walk toward you (and she ain't getting any younger).
Chris, we all heard you. There is no other way to interpret it. Your latest speech was an out and out sincere proposal to America. A long engagement is no longer an option for the old gal and you know it.
I'm a crier, I admit it. But it could well be up to Chris Christie whether my tears are those of joy for a wedding or tears of sorrow at our country's funeral. Do the right thing, Christie. America has picked out the dress she wants to wear for you and I assure you, it's not a black one.
I know Christie keeps saying he is not going to run in 2012, that it's not the time for him, that he's working to fix New Jersey first, blah, blah, blah. These rationales in times of stability for an up and coming political leader would be valid but time is not on Christie's side. More importantly, time is not on America's side much less New Jersey's.
Christie said himself that "leadership is not about waiting." So why would he wait to lead his country back from the brink of disaster when he knows he has a needed plan to implement now? He continues to fall back on, "you have to feel it in your heart and mind that you're ready."
Governor Christie, may I have a word in private with you?... Chris, dude, you're sounding like a groom getting cold feet. You are ready! If you want a New Jersey to exist that you would even recognize in the next 10 years, you better snap out of it and be the man. Remember, leadership is not about waiting.
Comb your hair, straighten your bow tie and get the hell out there to the alter where you belong. America is standing at the end of the aisle waiting to walk toward you (and she ain't getting any younger).
Chris, we all heard you. There is no other way to interpret it. Your latest speech was an out and out sincere proposal to America. A long engagement is no longer an option for the old gal and you know it.
I'm a crier, I admit it. But it could well be up to Chris Christie whether my tears are those of joy for a wedding or tears of sorrow at our country's funeral. Do the right thing, Christie. America has picked out the dress she wants to wear for you and I assure you, it's not a black one.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Public Education Schools Me On The Art Of The Shakedown
All of my children are in Catholic schools which is my choice. I am not happy that the government uses my local and state tax dollars to fund public government-engineered education but that is the current law and so, my husband and I elect to pay extra to send our children to a school with discipline, structure, and the open discussion of God.
Recently I went to see my daughter play basketball against a local public high school team. This was on a week night, not a particularly special game, but one thing was different than any of the games I'd attended this season. For the first time I was charged ADMISSION to see a JV Girls high school game with the proceeds going to support this PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Not only did I have to pay admission but so did my other daughter who came to cheer on her sister. There was no student rate for her since she didn't attend public school (though I certainly pay taxes for her to). So now I'm in deep for two admission fees to a JV Girls basketball game. My daughter is a good player, but are you kidding me? Though $10 is not going to keep me from feeding my children this week, it's the principle behind all of this.
To add another objection to this issue, for a public school parent who may well be financially strapped, this admission fee is conceivably hindering their ability to support their child. And the public schools wonder why they have parental participation issues? This is liberal hypocrisy at work, my friends.
To give you an idea of how obscene and shiftless this scam is, one of the mothers from my daughter's team showed up to the public school game with less than TWO MINUTES left to play. She was coming from work and knew she wasn't going to see much, if any of the game but wanted to be there to pick her daughter up so her daughter wouldn't have to return to our school on the team bus. Would you believe the public school wanted to still charge this mother full admission price with less than two minutes to go in the game?
The Catholic high school that my children attend have games going on in their gym all nights of the week and weekends but never, not once, not even during Catholic schools week has admission been charged. Our school is certainly far from being flush with cash yet gouging a parent who wants to see their child play just does not seem right.
What exactly are we getting for our tax dollars? In a time when public schools are getting more funding than they ever have, they resort to parasitic tactics rather than doing what the rest of us do, live within our means. What exactly are these public schools doing with the gobs of money they receive? The gym that I paid $10 to sit in was filthy, and the restrooms could only be described as the Black Hole of Calcutta.
When are we all going to wake up and realize our government is committing grand larceny on We The People? The test score standings in our public schools are horrendous but we pay more. The ideology that is spoon fed to our youth in these institutions borders on intellectual perversion and we pay more. Not all but in far too many of the public schools, students are in physical danger on a daily basis with metal detectors and guards walking the halls, yet we pay more to enable these sorts of environments to continue?
Government has NO BUSINESS in the education of our youth. They've had their chance for several decades. The product they provide simply sucks. We pay more and get less. What is the government's solution? For selfish citizens to give more money to the very people who have mucked this up in the first place? Come on!
Americans, we must take back our schools. When a public school with steady streams of public funds sees fit to charge parents admission to an ordinary sporting event while a privately funded financially lean school doesn't, something stinks in Denmark and it's not the gym socks.
Recently I went to see my daughter play basketball against a local public high school team. This was on a week night, not a particularly special game, but one thing was different than any of the games I'd attended this season. For the first time I was charged ADMISSION to see a JV Girls high school game with the proceeds going to support this PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Not only did I have to pay admission but so did my other daughter who came to cheer on her sister. There was no student rate for her since she didn't attend public school (though I certainly pay taxes for her to). So now I'm in deep for two admission fees to a JV Girls basketball game. My daughter is a good player, but are you kidding me? Though $10 is not going to keep me from feeding my children this week, it's the principle behind all of this.
To add another objection to this issue, for a public school parent who may well be financially strapped, this admission fee is conceivably hindering their ability to support their child. And the public schools wonder why they have parental participation issues? This is liberal hypocrisy at work, my friends.
To give you an idea of how obscene and shiftless this scam is, one of the mothers from my daughter's team showed up to the public school game with less than TWO MINUTES left to play. She was coming from work and knew she wasn't going to see much, if any of the game but wanted to be there to pick her daughter up so her daughter wouldn't have to return to our school on the team bus. Would you believe the public school wanted to still charge this mother full admission price with less than two minutes to go in the game?
The Catholic high school that my children attend have games going on in their gym all nights of the week and weekends but never, not once, not even during Catholic schools week has admission been charged. Our school is certainly far from being flush with cash yet gouging a parent who wants to see their child play just does not seem right.
What exactly are we getting for our tax dollars? In a time when public schools are getting more funding than they ever have, they resort to parasitic tactics rather than doing what the rest of us do, live within our means. What exactly are these public schools doing with the gobs of money they receive? The gym that I paid $10 to sit in was filthy, and the restrooms could only be described as the Black Hole of Calcutta.
When are we all going to wake up and realize our government is committing grand larceny on We The People? The test score standings in our public schools are horrendous but we pay more. The ideology that is spoon fed to our youth in these institutions borders on intellectual perversion and we pay more. Not all but in far too many of the public schools, students are in physical danger on a daily basis with metal detectors and guards walking the halls, yet we pay more to enable these sorts of environments to continue?
Government has NO BUSINESS in the education of our youth. They've had their chance for several decades. The product they provide simply sucks. We pay more and get less. What is the government's solution? For selfish citizens to give more money to the very people who have mucked this up in the first place? Come on!
Americans, we must take back our schools. When a public school with steady streams of public funds sees fit to charge parents admission to an ordinary sporting event while a privately funded financially lean school doesn't, something stinks in Denmark and it's not the gym socks.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
What's In A Name?
Following my recent posting entertaining the idea of Donald Trump as America's next president, I had an interesting conversation with my mother. I had not gotten her take on "The Donald" before my post but was pleased that her sense of him was the same as mine.
For anyone who knows my mother, she has been, is, and will always be a person who shoots from the hip. 99.999% of the time I've found her instincts about people to be dead on (at times, to my dismay).
She had thought through the Donald Trump notion to the point of already picking his perfect running mate, that being Col. Allen West, Florida's new Republican Congressman from the 22nd district. My mom made the case why West would be the ultimate compliment to Trump with West's stellar military service and calm, easy confidence that only a first rate military man is graced with. The gravitas of this combination would be overwhelming.
The more I thought of this ticket, the more I too believed in it's brilliance. A Donald Trump/Allen West ticket would reduce an Obama/Biden ticket to little more than Tweedles Dee&Dumber. The final selling point for me came when I looked up the meaning of both men's names. Having a brother named "Donald" I was aware of it meaning "great chief". The word "trump" in the dictionary had several variances of meanings all denoting a win with a trump along with one definition stating trump being a dependable and exemplary person. So far, so good.
Upon looking up the name "Allen", it too was promising with the simple but poetic meaning of "ROCK". "West" seemed obvious with it's directional relation to America being the epitome of all things "west" however a certain definition amongst the directional citings jumped out at me. The definition stated "west" as meaning the noncommunist countries of Europe and America. I suppose I always assumed that when the term "west" is used but the fact "noncommunist" is specifically used has greater weight in this "progressive" climate of "change" more than ever. Further down, "west" also relates to the liturgies of or relating to the Roman Catholic or Protestant segment of Christianity. Coincidence? That's for Republicans to pick and America to decide.
If there's truth in a name, and Republicans choose two men to run in 2012, one who is a GREAT dependable CHIEF capable of winning over any card played matched with a ROCK that exemplifies all things noncommunist, the Republicans will take the White House and America will take a huge sigh of relief as she is released from the shackles of progressive bondage and restored to being the country where men live the bold ideals of self-responsibility and self-determination once again.
For anyone who knows my mother, she has been, is, and will always be a person who shoots from the hip. 99.999% of the time I've found her instincts about people to be dead on (at times, to my dismay).
She had thought through the Donald Trump notion to the point of already picking his perfect running mate, that being Col. Allen West, Florida's new Republican Congressman from the 22nd district. My mom made the case why West would be the ultimate compliment to Trump with West's stellar military service and calm, easy confidence that only a first rate military man is graced with. The gravitas of this combination would be overwhelming.
The more I thought of this ticket, the more I too believed in it's brilliance. A Donald Trump/Allen West ticket would reduce an Obama/Biden ticket to little more than Tweedles Dee&Dumber. The final selling point for me came when I looked up the meaning of both men's names. Having a brother named "Donald" I was aware of it meaning "great chief". The word "trump" in the dictionary had several variances of meanings all denoting a win with a trump along with one definition stating trump being a dependable and exemplary person. So far, so good.
Upon looking up the name "Allen", it too was promising with the simple but poetic meaning of "ROCK". "West" seemed obvious with it's directional relation to America being the epitome of all things "west" however a certain definition amongst the directional citings jumped out at me. The definition stated "west" as meaning the noncommunist countries of Europe and America. I suppose I always assumed that when the term "west" is used but the fact "noncommunist" is specifically used has greater weight in this "progressive" climate of "change" more than ever. Further down, "west" also relates to the liturgies of or relating to the Roman Catholic or Protestant segment of Christianity. Coincidence? That's for Republicans to pick and America to decide.
If there's truth in a name, and Republicans choose two men to run in 2012, one who is a GREAT dependable CHIEF capable of winning over any card played matched with a ROCK that exemplifies all things noncommunist, the Republicans will take the White House and America will take a huge sigh of relief as she is released from the shackles of progressive bondage and restored to being the country where men live the bold ideals of self-responsibility and self-determination once again.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Why America Should Consider Playing the TRUMP Card
Donald Trump spoke at CPAC this week and made a splash. That's not a surprise. Trump wouldn't do anything unless it was going to make headlines. Three years ago, I would have scoffed at the thought of Donald Trump being considered elected to any office, much less President. But in the last two years so many unthinkables have happened in America, the notion of a President Trump seems almost mundane.
Never did I think America would be laughed at. Hated, sure but never laughed at. The world is playing us for fools and all we seem to be doing is begging for more abuse. Our current leadership is taking us down a path that could permanently eradicate the American ideals of individual's rights and liberties.
We "free people" enjoy a mandate for health insurance whether we need it, want it, can afford it. TSA employees now legally grope honest citizens at will. Black panthers harass people at polling stations with no consequences and border guards are jailed for roughing up a drug smuggling illegal thug. A prohibition on one type of light bulb goes into effect while a toxic, dangerous, mercury laden green variety gets forced into American homes. Of course, technically you still have a choice...candles. It's good to be free.
To undo all of the damage Obama and the socialist agenda of the last 50 years has done to our country, we need a person of vast experience and zero reason to be a politician. Enter stage right, Donald Trump.
Though I don't think Trump is a staunch conservative across the board, he is fiscally. This is key since there is one aspect that needs to be addressed now or better, yesterday. As Clinton said, "It's the economy, stupid!" As opposed to Obama's more modern liberal, social justice cry of, "It's the stupid economy!"
Trump knows what to do to resuscitate this gasping free market. He would put us back in control of the China trade relationship by taxing Chinese goods until they fairly regulated their currency. He'd open up our country's natural oil and gas reserves causing an instant job boom as well as putting OPEC on notice. He would keep taxes low and ease corporate regulations allowing profits to rise and jobs created.
But not all is perfect regarding the Donald.
There are a few things that bug me about Trump:
His cotton candy comb-over
His brash egotistical manner
His insistence that he is always right
Here's what I like about Trump:
His cotton candy comb-over... because he doesn't give a damn, he likes it, so what
His brash egotistical manner... because he backs it up with real accomplishments
His insistence that he is always right...and because of it he will not bend to China, Iran, Korea or any other dictator scum
Several things about Donald Trump are an absolute given. Donald Trump will not let anything he's associated with financially fail. He is shrewd, worldly, and determined. If he is elected President he would never bow to another leader or apologize for America's ways. He would bring glory back to these United States. Trump will tell us the hard truths of what has to be done without concern about being re-elected.
Donald Trump does not have my vote yet but he's made me consider it, cotton candy comb-over and all. Besides, he's really the only possible candidate who could legitimately turn to Barack Obama and say, "You're fired."
By the way, Trump is right. Ron Paul could never get elected.
Never did I think America would be laughed at. Hated, sure but never laughed at. The world is playing us for fools and all we seem to be doing is begging for more abuse. Our current leadership is taking us down a path that could permanently eradicate the American ideals of individual's rights and liberties.
We "free people" enjoy a mandate for health insurance whether we need it, want it, can afford it. TSA employees now legally grope honest citizens at will. Black panthers harass people at polling stations with no consequences and border guards are jailed for roughing up a drug smuggling illegal thug. A prohibition on one type of light bulb goes into effect while a toxic, dangerous, mercury laden green variety gets forced into American homes. Of course, technically you still have a choice...candles. It's good to be free.
To undo all of the damage Obama and the socialist agenda of the last 50 years has done to our country, we need a person of vast experience and zero reason to be a politician. Enter stage right, Donald Trump.
Though I don't think Trump is a staunch conservative across the board, he is fiscally. This is key since there is one aspect that needs to be addressed now or better, yesterday. As Clinton said, "It's the economy, stupid!" As opposed to Obama's more modern liberal, social justice cry of, "It's the stupid economy!"
Trump knows what to do to resuscitate this gasping free market. He would put us back in control of the China trade relationship by taxing Chinese goods until they fairly regulated their currency. He'd open up our country's natural oil and gas reserves causing an instant job boom as well as putting OPEC on notice. He would keep taxes low and ease corporate regulations allowing profits to rise and jobs created.
But not all is perfect regarding the Donald.
There are a few things that bug me about Trump:
His cotton candy comb-over
His brash egotistical manner
His insistence that he is always right
Here's what I like about Trump:
His cotton candy comb-over... because he doesn't give a damn, he likes it, so what
His brash egotistical manner... because he backs it up with real accomplishments
His insistence that he is always right...and because of it he will not bend to China, Iran, Korea or any other dictator scum
Several things about Donald Trump are an absolute given. Donald Trump will not let anything he's associated with financially fail. He is shrewd, worldly, and determined. If he is elected President he would never bow to another leader or apologize for America's ways. He would bring glory back to these United States. Trump will tell us the hard truths of what has to be done without concern about being re-elected.
Donald Trump does not have my vote yet but he's made me consider it, cotton candy comb-over and all. Besides, he's really the only possible candidate who could legitimately turn to Barack Obama and say, "You're fired."
By the way, Trump is right. Ron Paul could never get elected.
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