Escaping it?

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I suppose some of you know, perhaps by the lack of postings to the Though Dock, that I have begun my annual vacation. This year could be my longest absence from home, ever.

We left last Tuesday, stopped by Eugene for some last minute fixes to our Wheeled Manor, and headed south late that afternoon. Some might also know that we replaced our smaller and aging unit with a larger and newer one. But with all newly acquired rigs of this complexity, there are bugs to be worked out. And we are getting there.

After a night near Lake Shasta, CA, we headed east from Sacramento about 80 miles to the town of Columbia. It is a historic place founded during the gold rush days of the 1850's. The entire town is now a State park and has been restored to the old days era. Sasparilla was selling better than beer to the tourists (including us) in the local saloons and might even float you back to the Yosemite Sam days. Columbia is a great place to stop if you are ever in the area.

But even in Columbia there is television, and thus Fox News. It was there I learned that the Oregon voters in our area approved a property tax levy, and approved an admitted pot smoking lawyer to run as the Democratic candidate for Attorney General. I guess it shouldn't shock me as 14% of Oregonians have medical marijuana cards, and 57% of Oregonians have no legitimate source of income. The don't pay property taxes, but vote to raise the tax on those that do. Socialism is here folks!

Currently we are holed up in Santa Paula, CA among groves of fruit trees, just inland from the beach. Her we are within an hour's drive to an abundance of friends and family that we plan to share the next two weeks with. And California is also facing voter approved tax increases in their upcoming election rather than cutting waste and services. It is the same story here. Few earn their way and impose taxes on those that have earned it.

There seems to be no escaping it.

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In about a week .........

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Well, if you hate reading this blog, or if you can't help but to send me demeaning e-mails, then I must be doing something right.

Remember when the majority o Americans rallied in support for Obama's campaign promise to fundamentally change America? How sad was that? Now our President has given us the most divided times in America that I can ever remember.

He has divided us by wealth. "It's all about inequality," say the signs at Occupy and May Day rallies. The workless demand that those that earn their way share their success with everyone.

He has divided us by class. "Amnesty for Illegals," chant the left and right coast populations. Open the gates to America to anyone seeking refuge. Pay their medical bills. Educate their children and let them drive without licenses or insurance are the current agenda.

He has divided by race. "Hang him," scream the Blacks over the Trayvon Martin shooting. America swallow up the invalid claims that the shooting was not an issue of sel-defense, but rather a hate crime, intentional murder of an innocent Black teen.

He has divided us by religion. "Build more mosques," is what Obama says. Wherever they want, but remove those crosses standing above our military cemeteries. America was founded on religious theory, but that Christianity is just a theory now.

And he has divided our federal and state governments. "I'll sue you," is what our Attorney General Eric Holder says. Immigration enforcement is "our" job, but we won't do it and I'll take you to court. And Obama says the Supreme Court shouldn't intervene in decisions made by elected officials (especially his). What would have happened if that rationale was used in the Rosa Parks rising?

So, ........In about a week, I'm taking a break from politics while I vacation across America with my family and friends. No, I'm not running. Because good people don't run and hide after speaking the Truth. If you haven't gotten my point by now, then you never will.

Stay tuned for writings about the wonderfulness of Our country, and the happenings of my family and friends. And be alert for I may be visiting you!
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A Nice Guy?

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A Nice Guy?

You know, I do a lot of talking about Ethics, Politics, and such. And some of you are really very stupid and have your head buried in darkness. If you think that I'm referring to you, then I probably am. 

Just the other morning, I was having lunch with a friend when we began talking about President Obama's bid for re-election. Well, we both agreed that would not be in our best interest, but here is the kicker. My friend stated, "I believe he (Obama) is a really nice guy, but he ….." I agreed with the "but he" part. It was the "really nice guy preface" turned my stomach.

And I hear this over and over again, from Republicans and Democrats alike. It seems like that is the prevailing attitude of many, if not most Americans today. And it seems to be even more prevalent in the woman's view.

So, what is it? His looks? He certainly is debonair. Has a charismatic personality, and even some say he sings well. I might even agree with each of those definitions, but does that make him a "nice guy?"

Seems even Mitt Romney has fallen into Obama's web. Like the Devil himself, he will appear to be whatever is appealing to his audience. 
Well, I'm here to tell you that I believe Obama is the Devil, or at least sent to America by the Devil. He is truly evil. 

To see the truth, set aside his charm for the moment and examine his circle of friends and supporters, his actions, his appointees, and his deceptions to the American people. Obama has implanted an atmosphere of corruption throughout his sphere of influence. Not only is Obama corrupt, but so are everyone in his circle.

William Ayer, the leader of the Weather Underground and convicted of conspiring the blow op the Capitol, was a primary contributor to his campaign in 2008. What about his other associates, like his radical preachers, Al Sharpton and the like. His 41 appointees of his cabinet, which were not elected and can not be fired by anyone other than him. People like Eric Holder, who insists on convicting the CIA agents who have prevented another 911 through their interview techniques. You know the guy that is driven to stop all Sates from inacting illegal immigration and voter fraud, all the while turning his head to the Black Panther voter intimidation caught on tape. The same guy that just incited racial tension in America over the Trayvon Martin incident.

And Janet Napolitano's refusal to use profiling in our airport, but insists on searching children, and grandmas in wheel chairs. How about Mr, Chu, the energy czar who doesn't own a car, but encourages oil prices to rise to the European level? Fund General Motors, and appoint their union leaders to a Federal office?

Divide and Conquer. Obama has done more to divide Americans by race and by wealth than anyone this country has ever known. Tax the wealthy to spread their wealth around while the deficit climbs out of control. Make secret deals with the leaders of other communist countries (as caught on tape), yet blast Israel for trying to protect it's people?

No my friend, Obama is not a nice guy. He is truly the Devil.
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These Ugly Ducklings

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Never in my life have I seen such an arrogant, lying, anti-American, racist, Constitution challenging, and socialist moron in my life.

Now, I suppose that many of you think that I am probably referring to President Barack Obama because that shoe might fit him. Actually, I am talking about the President's appointee, Attorney General Eric Holder.

It figured that the AG would pop out of the closet just in time to jump on the band wagon and join the growing hate campaign against George Zimmerman for murdering the innocent little boy, Trayvon Martin.

Holder made my much anticipated appearance before a group of hate mongers during a meeting National Action Network, founded by our very own Al Sharpton and funded by NBC News.

I'm very surprised that our very own President did not show his presence, but I'm sure he was somewhere in the shadows as well, and must have his own hands full trying to explain why gasoline prices have doubled, and trying to promote his new, more fair, tax policy.

Holder hates the American way; the justice system, all the way from the cop on the street, to the United States Supreme Court. His office has sued every state that has enacted immigration reform, voter registration, and questioned brother Obama's health care plan. While at the same time, he has lied to congressional investigators, released too many terrorists to count, and chastised the Justices of the Supreme Court for even considering the constitutionally of the health care law.

He igores the voter intimidation issue and the bounty placed on Zimmerman's death by the Black Panthers, while he demands the execution of Zimmerman.

Holder has shown a flagrant disrespect for America itself. Never in my 33 years of law enforcement have I been so outraged with any leader of America. He disrupts everything America stands for, and he is yet only one of many similar bafoons the President has placed in his cabinet.
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Chasing the Sun

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You know, I'm all for conservation. But within reason, and until now.

In Oregon, trash recycling is optional. But if you chose to recycle, you must follow some instructions first. All recyclable material must first be separated from general household waste. But first, empty bottles, jars, and cans must be rinsed. Clean paper, most cardboard, and the cans and glass are collected by the rubbish company and sold for a profit, which they keep. In other words, we do most of the sorting, spend our own money to rinse the cans and glass, all so that someone can keep the revenue.

Aluminum cans and plastic drink bottles bought in Oregon, can be brought to a can crushing location and redeemed for the deposit paid. However, the cans and bottles must be clean and in good enough condition for a scanner to read the bar code to verify it was purchased in Oregon. That means the ones that are dented, scratched, or otherwise, that can not be scanned, are rejected and the only option is to send them to the landfill. That includes the ones brought into Oregon from another state.

It seems that the recycling program is all about profit. Don't you think?

So, the same holds true for a whole lot of other government funded programs. Like funding for the auto makers to produce electric vehicles. Did you know that for every electric vehicle sold in America, is cost taxpayers spent 240 Thousand dollars in money for research and development, fueling stations, and rebates to those willing to purchase a car? Someone making money at the taxpayer's expense.

The same can be said for government funded medical research. Billions are funneled to those companies to discover treatments, and new drugs. Yet the medical and drug companies reap and retain huge rewards from their discoveries, which the taxpayers paid for.

Such can be also said for green energy such as solar, wind, nuclear, and oil exploration. Solyndra goes broke, we pay the price. Oil companies make huge of profits on oil that we paid them to discover. These grants are all over us and are costing us big. And on top of that, President Obama has refused to allow oil drilling in the areas that we paid the companies to find.

Enough is enough. I'm done with spending my time and money recycling trash only for someone else to make money. Since it is still optional here, I'm opting out and will let my elected officials and others know about it. I will not support any government funded program that leads to the profit making of someone else rather than being returned to the taxpayers.

I've had enough.
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He has had his chance, and NOW.......

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OBAMA MUST GO!!!

The Supreme Court has suggested that his health care plan is unconstitutional, and he responds by belittling the Justices for not supporting elected leaders. The Constitution is the foundation of America, and Obama does not support it.

Oil prices have doubled since he took office, and he responds by reducing oil drilling in America and rejecting a Canadian proposal to bring cheaper oil to us via pipeline.

Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, announced that he desires American Gas prices to be more in line with Europe's ($9 gallon) to force into conserving fuel, yet he gives his appointee a vote of confidence.

Solyndra has failed absconding with millions of tax payer's dollars, and he responds by funding millions more to other solar companies that will likely fail as well.

Fellow Illinois State Representatives have just been charged with voter fraud in his last Presidential election, yet he supported Eric Holder's decision not to prosecute the Black Panther's involved in voter intimidation.

Eric Holder still desires to prosecute former CIA members for torturing captured terrorists abroad, places NYPD under investigation for aggressively surveillance of terrorists in mosques, lies to Congress about the "Fast & Furious" gun running, yet Obama gives him a vote of confidence.

Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, manages to revise the National Threat Chart, eliminates profiling in airport screenings, and conducts searches of elderly White ladies and children in wheelchairs, yet he praises the work of his appointee.

The President has been video taped making a secret pledge to Russia to eliminate our missile defense system after his re-election when he is no longer would be subject to voter concerns.

And the list could go on and on.... And it does. Obama's failed policies, and arrogance in leading this country into a Marxist style of government, can not be tolerated for another term.

America needs to unite, both Democrats and Republicans alike, to take the steps necessary to prevent his re-election NOW! Obama has fundementally transformed America too much already.
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You Asked For It

Stories about the shooting death of the Black 17 year old, Trayvon Martin, by the Neighborhood Watchman, George Zimmerman, has been flooding the news for the past 2 weeks. And many inquiries have been directed through the Thought Dock portal to me asking for my opinion from a law officer's view. So, since you asked…

First off I'll say that anytime a life is lost is a tragedy, and sometime tragedies can be avoided. Whether or not that was the case in this incident, I will not say, simply because I don't know what exactly happened.

What I do know is that the information reported in the news, especially NBC News, is greatly distorted and designed to incite the public. The reports used photos of Martin taken years before the incident, portraying him as a handsome and innocent adolescent-smiling child dressed in a youth football uniform, when in fact he was a very troubled teenager, suspended from school and wearing a hooded sweatshirt which we all should know is the choice apparel of gang members. While at the same time the photo of Zimmerman made him look as an unkept White supremacist.

I also saw that NBC News published a transcribed statement of Zimmerman's frantic call to the police omitting key points in the conversation implying that Zimmerman was a racist pig and that was the true motive for the shooting.
Seems I've seen this kind of reporting during the Rodney King and OJ trials some years ago.

And noticeably absent from all the hoopla, was our very own racist President. You know, the same one that was so quick to defend his Black buddy extremist when the White police veteran arrested him for resisting arrest. Quiet also, is the racist Eric Holder, who refused to investigate the Black Panther's voter intimidation at the polls during the last Presidential election.

This death is simply a case of self-defense which is supported by Florida's "Stand your Ground" law. And since the self defense issue is based solely on Zimmerman's state of mind at the time of the shooting, it is very hard to prove, since we don't know what was in his head at the moment he acted. What we do know is that Trayvon knocked Zimmerman to the ground and slammed his head into the pavement as he beat him in the face, breaking his nose. All of which are supported by eye witness accounts and Zimmerman's screams through the dropped cell phone while the police operator listened.

I've seen no evidence to support the incident was racially motivated, but that is not what the news services and Black spiritual leaders want us to think. Calls from Black leaders to march and voice your opinions loudly and offering a bounty for Zimmerman by the Black Panthers will only cause these fools to burn their own neighborhoods as they have done so many times before.

So, there you have it.

In the Eye of the de-Holder

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Can you imagine working in a place where the CEO hates the employees and undermines their efforts to produce a successful product? Well, President Obama's appointee, Attorney General Eric Holder is just that CEO.

Soon after his appointment, Holder teamed with Nancy Pelosi and attempted to prosecute CIA agents for using harsh interview techniques, approved by the previous administration, during terrorist interrogations.

Holder then brought Islamic terrorists captured by our military overseas, that were held pending trial at Gitmo, to America to be tried in a civilian court. That decision resulted in the release of hundreds without any trial, and their return to terrorism activity. Some have since been arrested again for terrorism acts abroad.

Eric Holder has stood against American States enacting their own laws to enforce Illegal Immigration, and sued to stop it. He has refused to prosecute those cities that openly harbor Illegal Aliens.

Eric Holder has lied under oath during Senate hearings to determine his knowledge of the Border Patrol's operation that gave thousands of weapons to the Mexican drug cartels and then used to kill our own Border Patrol agents.

Holder has stood in favor of Islamic leaders to build a new mosque nearly on top of the World Trade Center they destroyed.

And just this morning, Holder announced an investigation into the NYPD's policy of monitoring Islamic extremist's activities as they meet in mosques. It has been reported that NYPD has stopped no less than 14 terrorist attacks or plots against Americans since 9/11.

Ultimately President Obama should be held accountable for his many poor selections to his cabinet. I find it amazing the American tried to impeach Bill Clinton for having oral sex with a campaign worker, while Obama list of violations to the Constitution goes unchallenged.

Please be mindful in every election of how your vote affects our entire way of life in America due to the appointments he made.

Dehold Holder.

Education and Indoctrination

In my early times as a youngster, not much was said to us about Marxism, Socialism, or Communism. It was only that these types of governments were bad, or only in 3rd world countries. They were out to takes us over, and therefore, we needed to have a strong army and lots of atomic bombs. Now-a-days thing are a little different in what we teach our kids and talk amongst each other.

In a few weeks a textbook analysis report entitled "Education or Indoctrination?" will be released. Here’s just one example of what will soon appear in the textbooks in Grades 6-12 in all public schools:

When dealing with the 9/11 terrorist attack, the textbooks routinely omit any reference to the fact that the terrorists were Muslims or that they were acting in the cause of Islamic jihad. Imagine textbooks in 1951 teaching about the attack on Pearl Harbor and neglecting to mention that the attack was perpetrated by the Japanese Imperial Navy.

Most recently, I've heard a lot from the media and our educators about how we should tone down our attitude toward socialism because America is not a socialist country. Now retired General Boykin, who planned and successfully directed the troops which led to the movie "Black Hawk Down, has publicly stated his concerns about America's future.

The General's study of Marxism (just one away from socialism) over the years has led him to realize, that each country overtaken by Marxism share the same fundamentals, and these things are being done in America today.

He says they have ALL moved to nationalize major sectors of the economy. And that is exaxtly what our recent "bailouts" were. They have moved to redistribute wealth. Now we have certainly heard that over and over from President Obama. Fidel Castro did the same in 1960 Cuba. Health care is nothing but a redistribution of wealth.

The over takers also strive to discredit their opposition any way they can. The Department of Homeland Security announced that the future threats to America lie mostly upon "Right Wing Christian Groups," "Pro-Life Groups," and "Returning Veterans." Yet, it never mentioned the threat of Islamic extremists? Give me a break! That is discrediting the opposition, the very groups that will stand against socialism.

The over takers impose censorship. Most of our public media, Hollywood, and Educators already support socialism, so there is only a need to stop FOX News, our Pastors, and blogs such as mine. Hate crime legislation is actually targeted at Pastors so that they don't speak against things like Gay relationships, birth control, or about Islam and it's danger to America.

In every Marxist take over, gun ownership had to be controlled. President Obama has publicly said that he will sign the United Nations Small Arm Treaty, which give gives an international authority to govern how we buy, sell, and control our private weapons.

And like Hitler did in Nazi Germany, and they way it is today in Venezuela, the over takes establish an internal force, separate from the military to control the domestic population. If you recall, during Obama's Presidential campaign for years ago, he outlined his plan to establish a National Civilian Security Force that would be as large as the United States Army, and I can assure you that is already being developed today.

America today is following the same paths of other countries that were taken to Marxism.

Very Scary...
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The Seventh Day

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Early in the Bible, it is stated, "So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all his work which he had done." Thus, a seven day week was established. But for over 2000 years we have had contrasting opinions as to whether His day of rest fell on our Saturday or Sunday.

And now as western world calendars show Saturday as the seventh day of the week, we all go about our business, marching along with the rest of the ducks and never questioning why.

For me, regardless of what the calendar says, Sunday has always been my day of rest. It has always been that way. Sunday was the time to share with God, family and friends. It was the day to go to church, take a drive, or to share a picnic with those you love. It was a time to take a nap, play a game, and drink your last beer so you would be ready to start the work week Monday morning.

There were no gas stations, dime stores or car lots open for business. Dinner was served early and friends just dropped by for a visit. We couldn't wait to watch the Sunday Night Movie or watch the Ed Sullivan Show as a family before going to bed.

The Day of Rest is different today. 24 hour restaurants, Costco, and casinos are packed. Freeways are clogged. Lawn moweres scream, and air compressors pollute the tranquility. Super Bowls and airports disturb the peace.

Still, Sundays are special to me. I love Sundays even more than ever. But my kind of Sundays seem to be odd there days.
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Ashes... Ashes...

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It has long been said that socialism works very well until the time that you have spent all of someone else's money.

Greece has fallen. Their 3 1/2 day work week, retirement ages in the 40's, government control of banks, oil companies, and utilities have led to 23% unemployment. People are people selling their wedding bands to buy food as they burn the businesses that employed and riot agaist the goverment that supported them.

Rent controls, extreme taxation on business, socialized medicine, high crime rates, loss of tourism, and poverty have devastated the country in just ten years. It must have been good while it lasted, but now....?

You know, I'm not a wizard and I don't think many of you are either, but it doesn't take much to see that America is not far behind. And it won't take 10 years for us to go down if we continue on this path of spending.

Our President is our worst since the Peanut Farmer. He continues to create more and more socialized ideas. He is set to increase taxes on business and the most wealthy (who actually own the businesses) in lieu of reducing government spending is in essence, instead, taxing us all.

Whatever tax increase business gets, simply will be only be passed onto us. Raise the cost of doing business, increasing property and income taxes, will only lead to rising rents and wages. It is the cost of doing business. You should know how the federal mandate on using corn in our gasoline has effected our fuel bills.

America is not on the right track and is being led further astray by our current government. America must cut it's spending... Not increase taxation.

It's Coming to America. Actually it is here already as the Occupy movement grows. Sing:

Ring around the rosy,
Pocket full of posies,
Ashes. Ashes,
We all fall down!

Learn the words. Sound off against our President or start singing now!
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Ignoring the Evil

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What is wrong with us? Why is it so hard for us anymore to recognize evil and deal with it appropriately? It surely wasn't like this just a few years ago.

A case in point: Two years ago in Utah, Mr. Powell reported his wife missing. He told the police he went camping with his two young children and returned home only to find his wife had apparently left him for another man. The police found no evidence at the place he said, which was in near sub-zero temperatures. His wife's mother and friends told the police that she had frequently complained to them about abuse from her husband. Extensive searches, both by the police and the local community failed to locate the wife. Mr. Powell refused to cooperate any further with the police and moved out of state. The police refused to call Powell a suspect, but instead named his as a "Person of Interest."

Two years later, the police discovered videos of the wife taken by Powell's father apparently without her consent, but still refuse to make an arrest. Two days ago, the court that had given temporary custody of the children to Powell's in-laws ordered that they allow a visitation of the children at Powell's house. During the visitation, Powell killed both his kids with a hatchet before setting his house on fire and killing himself, yet the cops still refer to him as a "Person of Interest."

Perhaps you have heard about this case. If not, like most everyone else in this country, you have already ignored the evil staring you in the face.

Powell should have arrested the moment police couldn't confirm his first story and hearing about the allegations of spousal abuse. You see, the police don't need to be able to prove a case in court to make an arrest. They simply need to believe that a crime occurred and that the suspect committed that crime. It's for the jury to decide the guilt or innocence. And had that been done, two innocent children would not have been added to Powell's murder list.

This is but one of many instances like this that I could refer to. I only chose this one because it should be fresh on your minds.
Evil lurks everywhere in today's world, but to turn your head or shade your eyes to it is evil in itself. It is for this reason that Evil continues to spread its roots all around the world. To stop evil, we must recognize it and put it down at first notice.
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Very Scary

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The following is reprinted from a blooger, Professor Joseph Olsen, Hamline University, School of Law, St. Paul, MN.:

In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh , had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior:

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship."

"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:

From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage.

Olsen points out some interesting facts concerning the last Presidential election:

Number of States won by: Obama: 19 McCain: 29
Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000 McCain:
2,427,000 Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million McCain: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Obama: 13.2 McCain: 2.1

Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory McCain won wasmostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country. Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low incometenements and living off various forms of government welfare...

Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the"complacency and apathy"
phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy,with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegal's - and they vote - then we can say goodbye to theUSA in fewer than five years.

Of course we are not a democracy, we are a Constitutional Republic . Someone should point this out to Obama. Of course we know he and too many others pay little attention to The Constitution.

There couldn't be more at stake than on Nov 2012.
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Thinking: This'll be the Day that I Die

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It was Summer 1975, when the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) was at war with America, inside America. In addition to planting bombs under police cars in Los Angeles, these homegrown terrorists had killed several innocent people while robbing banks to finance their effort. Their actions were much the same as the President Obama's good friend and the then leader of the Weather Underground Group, Bill Ayers (who since served prison time for trying to blow up a federal building),

Anyway, a group of fellow officers had surrounded 5 members of the SLA inside a house in Watts and were involved in a nasty shootout against men armed with automatic rifles. As I headed toward the officers cry for help, It was then that I thought for the first time in my life, "Will this be the day that I die?" I feared death then.

Within a few months, while patrolling at night in downtown Los Angeles, I spotted a man trying to climb through an alley window into a ground level apartment residence. As I approached, he suddenly drew a 45-caliber pistol and aimed it at my face. I could clearly see his finger flexing as he tried to pull the trigger. And I wondered again whether it would be the last day of my life. I feared death then.

I followed an orange glow in the midnight sky to a house on fire only to find an old lady trapped inside. Amid small explosions, intense heat, and heavy smoke, I thought once again, "Will this be the day that I die?" I feared death then too.

Incidents like these occurred often in the world’s busiest police precinct during those turbulent times that I served in. Far more times that I want to relive in the stories I could tell.

But you know, I don’t fear death any more. It’s not that I’ll go looking for it, but more that I have prepared myself for it. I know that the only reason I’m still alive is because of God’s Grace. And I know that some day He will call again, and then I will live in a place without fear forever and ever.
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Marooned in the Middle-Fifty

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While travelling through Junction City this past weekend we saw a man rocking out to the music of his own tune as he walked the road facing traffic. Dancing, waving, flailing his arms to the passing traffic, some of which responded with toots from their car's horn.

A mile or so down the street was another person dressed as Captain America, shield and all, sitting on the curb. I'm sure you've seen many other versions of these freaks yourself. So, why do people act like this?

Long ago, as a son born into a relatively poor, and then-minority family, I was taught to stay out of the "Lime Light." To be successful, I knew it was beneficial to be within the hump of the Bell Curve. To dress and behave like the majority of the other people I ran with. To not be the fastest, the smartest, the best. And likewise, not be caught in the rear of the pack.

The "Middle-Fifty" they called it back then. And to be able to adjust to a new Middle Fifty where ever my father's military career took us. And so, it is there where I remain today, and will likely always be.

Not because I am not the best, or the brightest, or the fastest. And likewise, not because I might be at the start of the Bell Curve with the worst, or the dumbest, or the slowest. But if I were there, you'd never know it because I'll blend in to be just like you, wherever you are.

You see, I don't bring attention to myself. Unlike the "It's all about me" attitude that too many of us have. Like the Captain America dude, or the freak rocking out to his own tune (or perhaps cartoon), it is not all about me. But it is for that very reason that people love to spotlight themselves.

It takes an entire team to complete a pass for a touchdown, not just the quarterback who throws the pass and then bows and prays to God, thanking Him for his talent. It requires an entire army to win a war, not just the heroic actions of some soldiers, or the leadership a general. But it is these people that spotlight themselves.

The Michael Jacksons, the Lady Gagas, and the Madonnas all conduct themselves using all about me attitudes. Casey Anthony recently talked all about her new I-pad, a new hairdoo and glasses, but never mentioned the loss of her child. It was all about her.

And the list could go on and on if you can see things clearly.

But you know, each one of us has an important place in life and in America. Our President, the future President, and not even Nancy Pelosi can pull us out of the mess this country is in. It takes all of us. All of you. Everyone to make a change. So do your part whether you chose to be in the spotlight or not.

For me, I'm forever marooned in the Middle-Fifty, just doing my part and trying to make some sense for those whom are nonsense.
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Doing the Laundry

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Well, let me first wish all of my Followers a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Most of you know, and most others have figured out that I've been away for the Holidays. Yes, just spending time with the family, friends, and with God as it is intended to be.

But for me, the wonder of Christmas never really goes away. The Thoughts, the Faith, and the Truth seems to never go away although the Season has ended. The sounds of "Joy to the World" just keep bouncing around in my head throughout the year.

I've found that things do not always come clean in the laundry as some say. Like that rebounding Christmas music in my head that never seems to go away, the decisions that we make today will never simply go away but have long lasting effects well into the future.

Now, that could be a good thing, but all too often it is not, which is the subject of this post.

President Obama's decisions in particular. His decisions in his appointees to the courts will be there a life time. His appointees to key federal offices will be there a career time. His policies will have a generation's length of impact. And you know, I can't even think of a single thing that he has done that I think was appropriate. And every day, every hour he does even more to destroy the American ways which our country was built upon.

In the course of just two days (yesterday and today), he sidesteps Congress and appoints three of his biggest union chromies to the Federal Labor Board, a payback for their support and funding in his campaign. He created a new summer jobs program for low income youths, and another program giving immigrants job prefernces over others. It is just another of his ways to spread the wealth, even in so much as to non-Americans.

These policies will never come clean in the wash, even after he is replaced. And he needs to be replaced ...... soon. There is no telling how much more damage he can cause in thie next year.

I'm Back!!
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The Snake Pit

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I’ve said in many previous posts that if you know nothing else about a person, then judge him for whom his friends are. In not so many ways, if you run with snakes, then you are a snake.

It seems a very long time since the name "Obama" first came to attention for the most of us. We asked, "Who was this tall, dark, handsome man," who was making so many promises that seemed too good to be true? Few, including me, knew him but most of you failed to look at the most telling point: Who does he run with?

A Chicago Senator was my first clue. Chicago, a place where snakes are born. Chicago, a place renown for corruption, the Mafia, and union heavies, where several of it’s past leaders are in prison, and at least one more is on his way now.
And while in Chicago as a Neighborhood organizer, Obama meets up with a snake named William (Bill) Ayres. Ayers, a top fund raiser for Obama’s Presidential bid, who was the leader of the radical Weather Underground group and was also convicted and sentenced years ago in a plot to blow up federal government buildings. Ayers, a convicted Chicago slum lord sold Obama some real estate well below fair market value and hosted a fund raising dinner at his home, but Obama denied knowing him.

And there were questions about where this Obama guy was born, and how did he ever get enough money to attend an infamous east coast college, and the fact that he refused to disclose his birth certificate or financial records.

And even more concerns about Obama began to surface after his election.

Then came a snake named Rod Blagojevich who Obama passed on his Senate seat to, and then in turn tried to sell it to another snake.

And it is his political appointees like Holder, Napolitano, and many more. Every one of them were Obama fundraisers and snakes in their own like. Holder lies about his involvement in Operations Fast and Furious. And our Homeland Security Chief can only revise the color coding at airport security. What an asset she is.

So then it was Solyndra, also great snake friends of Obama, who ran off with billions of tax payer dollars leading the way for a snake called Jon Corzine who now has done the same. Corzine, an ousted New Jersey Govener, was also a top fund raiser for Obama as recently as 6 months ago, now has announced he doesn’t know where 1.2 Billion doolars of our money went although he was the CEO of MF Global when it failed. How nice it was of him not to ask for severance pay when he was fired! Hey, does anyone know what the "MF" in MF Global stood for?

And the list could go on. So, you decide. Is Obama a snake? I've decided and if you can't figure out my stance by who I run with, I'll tell you. You Bet He is!
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National Christmas Tree Week

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Let's celebrate!!

Did you know that for the first time ever in the history of America, we have set aside the first week in December to remember Christmas trees! Yes, our United States Senator from Oregon, second year Democrat, Jeff Merkly, introduced the resolution naming that time as National Christmas Tree Week, and it was unamimously passed by the entire Senate!

So, mark your calendar. We have only four more days to party. Merkley says it will honor the joy that Christmas trees bring to families everywhere each December. Go figure.

Well they are made in America (well mostly in Oregon), but will our festivities that Merkley created for us create any new jobs? Will it give peace to the millions of us that are unemployed? Will our 401K stock values return to the 2005 level> Could it effect the housing market, or make the environmentalists at ease? Maybe it will counter Global Warming.

Starting Thursday, the first full week in December will be designated as National Christmas Tree Week.

Jeff Merkley is a Bozo, and so are the rest of the clowns in the Senate that wasted our money on such a worthless issue. It is not like he is new trying to get some face time. He's been in the Oregon legaslature for four terms. But, I guess, at least the Senate accomplished something this year. After all, the've done nothing to address the real issues of America, like our growing debt.

Well anyway, as I was getting a refill at our local discount gas station, I mentioned to the attendant about it being National Christmas Tree Week and I was about to celebrate. He responded by saying he thought it was a great idea because we need more holidays, especially paid ones.

I replied, "Dude, you got to be sh-t--g me!" He got a strange look on his face as if he wanted to make me think that he was actually thinking, but I knew that was not possible.

As a side note, our 9th grandchild was born this past December 1, and she was as beatiful as any Christmas Tree I've seen. And that is cause to celebrate!
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Opening Day

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Do you realize that on Opening Day of the 2011 NFL Football season every team was tied for first place? Think about that!

The same holds true for other sports races as well. And no matter what the odds makers say, the final season's results for each team is governed by the performance of the individual team through out the season. But every team must also perform in ordered to be judged for that final standing.

Just as in a sports competition, we all are born into first place in this world. Clean, pure, and without sin. But to keep it we must perform to live our lives as it is intended. Every day, until our final day. Judgement.

There comes a time when one has to stand up. Stand up for something. Stand up and be noticed. Otherwise you are just passing through this world by living in the shadows. And that won't cut it.

The good news is that if we err in taking a stance, we can be forgiven. But just to aimlessly wander through life as if it were without meaning or purpose, is for me, unimaginable. And that is how I see many in this world.

So, stand up. Let me see you. Even if we disagree.

I once was a Democrat....

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...Until I became a cop and saw first hand what liberal socialists were doing in Los Angeles.

In the early 70's, I saw vagrancy and public drunkenness laws stricken from the books, resulting in increases of the homeless population throughout the City.

And I saw the authority of the local cop stripped away from enforcing Illegal Alien immigration, resulting in an ever increasing flow of illegals into the City overwhelming our courts, hospitals, and welfare services.

...Until in the 1980's I saw marijuana laws reduced to an infraction, and court ordered "Diversion" programs given to major narcotic distributors, resulting in an increase of gang violence over turf, and more drug overdoses.

And I saw 10% of our police force deployed into the public schools to teach "Just Say No!" under the Dare program, which failed to lower any drug use.

And I saw California Supreme Court Judge Rose Byrd's ruling that the insertion of a pistol barrel into a rape victim's vagina did not constitute force or fear or great bodily injury, which resulted in the reduction of a prison term to the convict.

... Until in the 90's, I saw Mayor Tom Bradley publicly call his people to rise up and voice their opinion in protest of the court exoneration of cops accused of excessive force during the Rodney King arrest, which resulting in 10 days of rioting and parts of his City being burned to the ground.

And I saw our police force out gunned by bandits with body armor and fully automatic assault rifles during the North Hollywood bank robbery, which resulted in the cops being trained to fire semi-automatic pistols they then had to purchase on their own.

... Until at the turn of the century, I saw Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa impose racial profiling restrictions on the police, which resulted in the officers turning their attention to Whites committing traffic violations, which resulted in minority criminals having near free will through out the City.

And all of these policies were set into place by the liberal democrats, which has resulted in where we are at today.

And, that is why I am a conservative!
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The Baby Boomer's Nightmare

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I had a dream.

I was startled to find myself with a group of art club members assembled at a local tea shop while they were discussing the benefits of fiber in their diet.

Suddenly their conversation became jubilant when one mother raved about how proud she was of her son. Seems the son graduated from college some ten years ago and has been living at home with her ever since. Unwilling to look for employment, he would shut himself in his bedroom where he would play video games, seldom change his clothes, or shower. Many days he would never leave his room and expected that his food and drink be brought to his room.

As the mother continued her story, she realized that many others at the tea shop gathering had sons and daughters like her own. They all shared the same misery of their adult children (sometimes including their own children) living at home, consuming the parents groceries, and never contributing anything to anyone.

Their jubilancy grew as some of the art club members announced that thier children finally left home, taking nothing more than a backpack full of groceries and their bicycle, before heading off to join the local Occupy movement. Suddenly they were about to stand on their own two feet, just like President Obama and Nacy Pelosi encouraged them to do.

So proud were the mothers of the children that they quickly changed the locks on the doors!

So suddenly I awoke realizing that those worthless scumbags were now my problem.
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Islamophobia?

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There are several organized efforts by people across Europe, and more recently here in America to counter Islam. These groups claim that the teachings of Islam are incompatable with Western societies are are in fact out to take over the world. In America, they stand against any immigration into the country from Muslim countries, deporting those that are already here, stopping the construction of any new mosques, forbidding Sharia law, and holding those that violate our laws accountable.

The liberals in our government, most news media, and most of the entertaiment industry have labled these people as bigots, racists, and extremists. But are they?

Isn't it odd that those of us that stand against Nazis, bigamists, and white supemists are generally not called racists. So what's the difference here? Aren't the KKK or Nazis evil?

Islam is evil by American standards. The women have no rights, and like their children, they are beaten or mudered by the men who have the Allah given right to disicpline them in the name of Islam. In fact, the doctrine of Islam permits those followers who violate Islamic law to be killed. Compare that to the rules of Nazis or the KKK.

Islam is a very well organized group which is spreading it's influence around the world and is growing at an alarming rate. Like many other religions, the local practicers contribute money, which is then funnelled to the top leaders, who then set the direction of the religion, like acts of terrorism. Therfore, any person that practices their faith support the effors of their leaders simply by funding their cause. And the cause of Islam is to erradicate the Infidels (which you are unless you are Muslim).

Although I do not support the Catholic, Mormon, Jehova Witnesses, or Christian Scientists, and many other religious doctrines, I don't consider any one of these to be a personal threat to my safety or way of life. You see, none of them are strapping on bombs as they muder innocent people. None have ever committted mass murders like the one of 9/11, Fort Hood, or the downing of Flight 103.

OK, I admit it. I fear Islam. I fear every Muslim. I am Islamophobic. And, therefore, I stand against it. All of it. So call me a bigot or a racist, but I'll stand against anyone who threatens the American way of life, just as I stand against the Nazis or KKK.
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40 Years of Sex Education

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It seems it all began on the liberal Left Coast in the 70's. You know, with the rise of liberal, socialistic, Democrat leaders like Pelosi, Weinstein, Brown, and friends. I'm talking about government mandated, teacher supported, curriculums in our schools.

You see, it was the educators who believed that parents couldn't manage their children, so they were given the power to take over. And today, they still complain that parents aren't any more responsible.

Look at where we are today because of all these governmental mandates. Venereal Diseases, the advent of AIDS, unwed mothers galore, and birthrates for teenage children, have climbed to historic levels.

What once was exotic, taboo, and immoral sex acts are becoming the common place for elementary school children. Oral, anal, or assisted masturbation isn't even considered sex by most kids, but only a casual contact between friends. Kids, as young as 12 exchange oral sex (and I'm not talking about kissing as I knew it) and think nothing of it. Birth control is now free at the schools; something parents can no longer control. Kids are given immunizations to ward off sexually transmitted cancers. No love. No commitment. No worry. The State pays the costs.

Government mandated classes in schools introducing Gay and Lesbian lifestyles preach tolerance, yet teaching Christianity is forbidden. Drug education is no better with more addicts in today's society than ever before. Drop out rates have climbed in the primary education system, and graduates from college often produces nothing more than non-working, video game addicted, entitlement dependent idiots who just stay at home, make babies, and consume the groceries.

And most teachers are still blame parenting. Get real teach! Parents no longer have much of a say in a child's development. It has been all about what the teacher and government wanted for our kids for the past 4 decades, and they still are demanding more and more. Government has taken control of our kids, and they are being indoctrinated just as much as the children of China and North Korea.

Oh. When will we ever learn?
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Reviewing Two

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Hey, lets review two prior posts from this blog. The first, from just a few weeks ago, and the second from over two years ago (June 2009).


End of the Line: This post was attached to a poll. It was an interesting story (to me) that I thought would generatate some thought. It did not. But that's OK. Actually the reason for this blog is mostly a way for me to express myself, mostly to myself it seems. So, I'll just go on about it by myself.

It was a brief story about an ABC News report where a mother and her child were asked to exit a public transit bus because the kid was screaming and was a distraction to the driver. Remember?

Well, there are just a few things I'd like to point out. First, only ABC (at least that's the only place I saw it reported) aired the incident. ABC made the incident into a race issue and implied that the pair were only asked to get off the bus because they were Hispanic. ABC placed a video clip in their coverage that did not include sound, making it impossible to hear what exactly was said or how loud the baby was. ABC also included a printed transcript of the conversations between the driver and her dispatch. The bus company cited confidentiality issues of the driver when giving a statement to ABC, but they released the communications transcript to ABC. Where was the confidentiality of the driver then?

ABC did not mention the fact that other bus passengers were also complaining about the kid, but did interview two passengers that sided with the mother. ABC did not report that the mother left the bus voluntarily and was picked up 12 minutes later by the next bus and after the kid calmed down. ABC implied the mother was kicked off in a desolate, dark, and unsafe area.
ABC advertises "Fast, Fair, and Accurate" reporting of the news. This was anything but.

Please look at the source of the news before forming your opinions. Look deeply, and ask youself about the motives of the report regardless of where it comes from.

Who killed Michael Jackson?: Now here is a post that did generate some excitement, and I think the most comments to any of my posts. I must have hit a soft spot.

Michael is back in the news. This time with the trial of his doctor who is being accused of negligence in the death.

Why are we spending our resources for this trial? Regardless of how that final dose of drugs were administered, the bottom dollar is that Michael was in control of his own life and killed himself. He used hard drugs for many years before his heart stopped and created the means himself to get and use anything he wanted. It's not that I support that idiot doctor of Michael, but I don't think he should be imprisoned. Do we really file murder charges against the drug dealer every time someone fixes too hot of a load for himself? This case is nothing different.
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Rythm

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It was with that 60's era song, "Listen to the rythm of the falling rain" that began my infactuation with rythm. Everything in life has a rythm and by understanding rythm is to better understand life.

In hearing the rythm of "pitter-patter" of the rain drops, one can often predict when the next clash of thunder or bolt of lightning will come. Listening to the rythm of a Woodpecker's peck can reveal the type of tree he his boring. From the rythm of my Harley Davidson's engine, I know whether I'm going up or down a hill and at what speed. The churning of clothes in a dryer will reveal when they are about finished. From the rythm of the waves at the beach, I know whether the tide is running out, or when a new storm is brewing in the north.

The cry of a baby, or the voice of a man, often reveals whether he is lying, or whether a diaper needs changing. The rythm of a cracking fire or the gattling of a machine gun reaveals the ammo or fuel supply. The rythym of a heart reveals one's health.

Understanding rythm is but the beginning, for it is recognizing the change in rythms that is important. And that is what many of us can't see. And that is why we are where we are.

Keep vacuuming when the motor is at a high whine, means something is plugged up and your carpet will remain dirty. Ignoring the missfire of your Harley engine will leave you stranded and out gas. Failing to recognize a high heart pulse can lead to a flatline.

Hear the rythm of everything around you and keep alert for the changes as they begin. Recognize the changes and react. The rythm of America is changing. Can you hear it? Our econmy is sputtering. Wall Street is sounding alarms. Our polititions are arguing. Our people are protesting in the streets. Our safety is constantly threatened from all sides. Hurricanes, earthquakes, heavy snow and flooding. Listen to it.

Like the turbulance during the 60's, America is crying out again. Don't look away. See it! Don't ignore or tolerate it. Stop it! Failing to act will force us to return.

Listen to the rythm of a falling America.
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End of the Line

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Ok, I know just how much you guys like opinion polls, so I put one just to the left. Vote in the poll, or comment to let the Followers know what you think.

The following is from a TV News story of an incident that happened outside Portland, Oregon. I don't think it has gone national yet, but by the time you get this, it probably will. It's really controversial. Here is what the news reported:

Last Thursday evening, at about 8pm, a young mother was riding a city bus with her child, which I think was just shy of two years old. According to the bus driver, the child began crying and that crying soon elevated into screams, which bothered not only the driver, but the other passengers.

The bus driver reportedly asked the mother to quiet the child over the PA system, but when she was unable to do so, the driver stopped the bus. The driver asked the mother again to control her child, but she was unable. The driver then asked the mother to exit the bus because she could not operate it safely with all of the commotion. The mother and child promptly exited and later filed a complaint.

The bus driver has subsequently been removed from her position and will be disciplined by her employer.

Here is a link to a video bus cameras. The video has no sound included. It appears that the mother was Hispanic and because she spoke no English. It could also be presumed that she is an Illegal Alien

You decide. I'll give you my opinion after the poll closes.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=bus+crying+baby&mid=6CAC76E863AD142174D56CAC76E863AD142174D5&view=detail&FORM=VIRE1

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Bobbing for Apples

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Look how far we've come these past few decades. Such a fear of passing germs now days. Pretty sad I say, well at least for the most part.

Seems like it all started with the advent of toilet seat covers (butt gaskets). Even though every doctor I ever saw swore that you could not catch a disease by merely sittin on a toilet after someone else, the fear prevailed and it soon became state law most everywhere.

Soon to follow were bans on bare feet, shirts, and cigarette smoking in grocery stores, yet laws prohibiting urinating in public and spitting on the sidewalk were abolished in California. With the discovery of AIDS, things got far worse. We wore gloves and masks, and mouth to mouth CPR was abolished. Let them die where they fall. Don't risk contaminating yourself to save a life in an emergency.

Never shake hands. Give them an elbow bump instead. Don't touch door knobs, water spigots, and toilet flushers in public places. Sneeze into your armpit. Wear gloves at the ATM, yet use a public phone without concern?

Pretty sad that this has become what we are. No more using the same towel to blindfold a kid's eyes to play Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Who would even think about dunking you head into a water tank where ten others bobbed for apples just before you.

Yet even with all these precautions in place it seems we have more and more biological scares. The bird flu, the pig virus, and food contaminations seem everywhere! A new one several times a year. Can't even fart under the blankets any more without risking a beating from my wife.

Gosh darn it...
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In the Scheme of Things

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There sure has been a lot of talk around town lately about Ponzi schemes. Rick Perry has been blasted about referring to Social Security as one. Seems the very word "Ponzi" raises a brow.

Typically, most folk think about investment opportunities when they hear the word "Ponzi." And that is because those schemes are what make the news. Poor, greedy people, looking for that fast buck are quick to give their money to some one in exchange for unrealistic returns, not realizing that those returns are being paid by new investors luring into the scheme by the very ones that got in early enough. And those last "in" are the losers. That's bad.

But you know, America is one giant Ponzi scheme in itself, and most people can't see it. Social Security pays benefits to retired people from funds collected from those still working, not from the contributions of the retirees as some people think.

Insurance companies, whether health, home, or auto, pay claims to losers from the premiums paid by the others. But nobody calls them Ponzi schemes. Giant multi-level marketing businesses lure unsuspecting, greedy people, on the promise of making big profits in sales. All they really have to due is to recruit new people in to buy their "Starter Packets."

Casinos pay their winners from the losses of the losers. But just as insurance companies and everyone else, the casinos keep far more as profits for themselves. A Ponzi scheme?

For years now, our government has been luring people into the stock market with the creations of the many IRA, 401, and College Savings plans. More and more money is collected and placed into the stock market or banks controlled by long term rules to protect the financial industries. Stocks and interest rates soar, not because the companies or banks are solid, but merely because of the new money coming into play. And when things pop, the newest ones in become the last ones out and thus are the losers.

So, are Ponzi schemes bad? I'm sure at least some of you have benefitted by one some time or another, but never even realized it. Only when someone is a loser does on call foul. No one compains about pulling a winning crank on a slot, but when one looses his quarter, it'd crying time. No one complains about getting a health insurance settlement, but only cries foul about his premiums. Nor does one complain about getting in on a multi-level sales scheme and making a huge profit, but surely whines when he buys in only to find the market is already saturated.

Capitalism is what has driven America for 200 years, and good or bad, Ponzi schemes are everywhere whether you care to admit it or not.

So, get over it. But remember, you've got to know when to hold 'em and know when to fold them. Not that I always have, but..
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Walk like an Egyptian (Better yet, a Greek)

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Just as in Greece, our lazy and spoiled rotten population just don't understand. The money has run out. The rich will remain rich and the American poor have never been so well off.

They are marching on Wall Street. One young socialist was interviewed on the news. She was complaining that she couldn't pay back her 100k student loan, therefore it should be forgiven. Apparently her 100 Grand education didn't help her intelligence much. Aside from being stupid, she actually believes that she is entitled to a free college education.

We've been feeding the ducks for far too long now. The more these idiots get, the more they demand. Just like the idiots in Greece. Burn their cities. Assault the cops. Shut down government (the very one that has been feeding them) 40% unemployment. Most retire at age 53. No wonder their world has fallen apart, and many more of the European socialists countries will soon follow.

Wake up folks. Quit feeding these ducks.
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American History 101

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-- For those that don't know American history ... Here is a condensed version:

In the beginning, North America was populated by small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deerin the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter. The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer.

These were the foundations of modern civilization and together, were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups: Liberals and conservatives.

Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum canwere invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to BBQ at nightwhile they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement...

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly BBQ'sand doing the sewing,fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. They became known as girlie-men. Some note worthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs,and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that the conservatives provided.

Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass for obvious reasons.

Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare.. Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men.

Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer,mostly Bud or Miller. They eat red meatand still provide for their women. Conservatives are big game hunters, rodeo cowboys,lumberjacks,construction workers,firemen, medical doctors, police officers, engineers, corporate executives, athletes, members of the military, airline pilots and generally anyone who works productively.

Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living. Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production.

Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America. They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history: ... I'm going to have another beer.
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Thanks DD. I couldn't have said it any better.
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Who is He?

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He has doubled our National Debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year.

He criticized a State Law that he admitted he never even read. He joined Mexico and sued Arizona force it continue to allow Illegal Immigration.

He put 87,000 workers out of work by arbitrarily placing a moratorium on offshore oil drilling on companies that have one of the best safety records of any industry because one foreign company (BP) had an accident.

He gave a an IPod containing videos of his speeches as a gift to the Queen of Englandn and he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia.

He filled his Cabinet and circle of Advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current on their Income Taxes.

He commented about the significance of "Cinco de Cuatro" to a Mexican ambassador instead of addressing "Cinco de Mayo." (I wonder where his teleprompter was?)

He approved Air Force One followed by a jet fighter to fly low over Manhattan for a photo shoot only to cause panic to of millions of people.

He appointed 32 Czars that report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America.

He's done all these things in 28 months -- and you have less than 19 months to come up with an answer.
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The Long Walk

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Let me begin by saying that this post does not refer to anyone in particular. But more importantly, it does not pertain to anyone that has had a real game changing incident to their way of life. I'm talking about perhaps a significant loss of income, a medical emergency, an earthquake, flood, or a huricane.

It does however refer to many people just like me. The average, everyday kind of guy. The kind of guy that pays his taxes, makes his loan obligations and generally is an honest dude. Most of the people I run with and see everywhere fit into this catagory.

Now, supposing this average kind of guy lived near Los Angeles or Las Vegas, had an average, everyday kind of job (perhaps in the public sector), and has been knocking down 80k for the past 5 years. So this average kind of guy, bought a home in 2005 for what he believed was a steal at 400k. He put little or no money down, and between him and his spouse made the $1800 mortgage payment without much of a struggle.

Nothing changed with this average guy during the next five years. He liked his home. He had the same job (although he agreed to accept 1 furlough day a month), his family was healthy, and he had a retirement building to take care of his needs later in life. Except..... the housing market turned sour and his home was worth 20% less that what he had paid.

So, after hearing a story on the news, this average kind of guy asks the bank to reduce his loan amount and cover his investment loss. Of course they refuse and he asks the government to do the same, and it too refuses. So..... following the advice of that mortgage expert he saw on television, he stops making his mortgage payment and banks the payments he had been making, and then dares the bank to come and get the house after he had banked nearly a year's worth of payments that were owed to the bank. Probably just about enough savings to buy another home.

You know, nothing had changed in his life since he walked out on his obligation. He still had his job, was making the mortgage, was fixing up the place, and really liked living there. But what made this average kind of guy to walk? In doing so, he lost his honor, his trust, and his ethics. He became a thief, and actually stole from many other people like me. But does that evenmatter to anyone except me anymore?

People like me lost their investment CD's, their stock values, and were left holding the bag. And their investments were also down 20%. No one bailed them out, and for me there is no where to walk even if I threw my ethics in the toilet right next to that average kind of guy.

You know, I don't feel sorry for this average kind of guy. Actually I pitty him. He was convinced to compromise his pride and walk, leaving someone else to pay his tab. And this downward spiral will continue as even our government is encouraging many more to just walk away.

All I can do is hope that the walk for him is very long and hard for those kind of guys.
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Roll me Over

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It seems that day was so very long ago. That day when I was thumbing through the pages of Mom's Bible. The day I first saw that dried out and flattened Four-Leaf Clover that she kept between the pages. And it was just recently that I came across it again where she had kept it so very long ago.

It was the first time that I had ever seen one, and I've seen only a few since. So, I risked getting spanked for snooping in her stuff, but I had to ask her about the find. She explained that Four Leaf Clovers hung out amid the rest of clovers in most any field. They were special, and filled with luck, but were very hard to find.

I looked for what seemed like hours that day, alone in a clover field in the park. Each time, I would grab the plant only to realize it had but three leaves. Over and over again. Only ones with 3 leaves could I find as my disapointment grew and grew. With tears in my eyes, I returned home only to be coddled in Mom's arms.

Together we returned to that clover field, and within what seemed like moments, she had found 3 or 4 of them. So many, so quickly, in fact that I believed she actually planted them herself. And then she pointed one out to me for me to pick. How lucky I was! Immediately, I felt the rush, just as she had explained would come. And ever so suddenly, she jumped on me, and together we laughed as she sung, "Roll me over in the clover, roll me over ,lay me down and do it again!"

I learned that day, that Four Leaf Clovers are more prevailent that what one might seem. They blend in with their surroundings so well that they seem hard to find. And if you look so hard for them, you just might not find any even though they are staring you in the face.

Such is life. Life is good. It is filled with pleasures. It is all around us, even in the gloomiest of days. But sometimes we over look all the pleasures God has given us and seem only to dwell on the other crap.

Roll me over Mom. I wish we could do that again.
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The whole Truth, and nothing but the Truth.

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According to Senator Doug Whitsett, R-Oregon, a number of economic records have been established during the first 32 months of the Obama administration.

Federal spending has surpassed twenty five percent of Gross Domestic Product for the first time since World War II. Historically, the spending rate has be in the area of 18% according government publishings. It is clearly not sustainable.

The sum of that federal debt has now reached more than two thirds of our Gross Domestic Product for the first time since the end of World War II. It will soon reach one hundred percent of GDP if our congressional leaders fail to curtail our current spending practices where forty cents of every dollar spent is borrowed money.

The number of United States taxpayers that actually pay income taxes now stands at forty nine percent. For the first time in the modern era less than half of American tax payers are contributing to income tax revenue, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation.

The recent downgrade of the quality of United States sovereign debt by Standard and Poor’s was the first lowering of that rating in the history of our nation.

The part of the United States workforce that is actively employed is the lowest since 1983. Only about fifty eight percent of the eligible workforce is currently employed, according the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Home ownership in the United States has plummeted to less than sixty percent. That is the lowest percentage of home owners since 1965, according to the United States Census.

And the most damning record achieved by the current administration is the number of persons depending on their government for sustenance. Forty seven percent of those who live in the United States are receiving one or more federal benefit payments. That astounding dependency record is the highest in American history.

The administration has enacted myriad policies and invested trillions of dollars into the economy. The failed policies include $825 million in stimulus spending, cash for clunkers and the multibillion dollar bailouts of General Motors and Chrysler.

The impending economic effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will soon be visited upon us. ObamaCare will result in government takeover of nearly one third of our national economy, virtually eliminate medical choice, enforce myriad new rules and regulations, and levy multiple new taxes to further throttle our national economy.

President Obama’s recent speech before Congress appears to guarantee more of the same. He promises to spend another $450 billion of mostly borrowed money on programs that are largely destined to fail or that have already failed. This massive cash infusion is to be paid for by as yet unidentified future spending reductions and increased taxes on the rich.

The President appears to believe that government is the solution to every problem. I believe that government is usually the cause of the problem.


We are in trouble!
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From Anguish to Anger

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Everywhere I went today, I saw people in anguish. Anguish in Church. On the television. Friends at breakfast, and at the dock. Anguished over the remembrance of September 11, 2001. For ten years now, most everyone has been in anguish. Except Muslims.

Anguished over the loss of life. Our fallen first responders. Innocent people. Fallen children, grandchildren, daughters, sons, nieces, nephews, cousins and aunts. Fallen fathers whose children never had a chance to meet them. Mothers, sisters, brothers, preachers, and teachers. Even someone bearing my name. So many people. So much anguish.

The anguish was apparent everywhere I went, but there was something notably missing from those that I watched today. Anger! Anger like I've had for many years now. I guess it is different for many. Longer for some to get, and never for others.

I am very angry. Angry about the followers of Islam. Muslims whom have no reverence for anyone that has a different way of life from theirs. Islam supports the murder of anyone who does not accept their God. You know. The Infidels. Is that you? Aren't you one of them?

Why did I not see any anger today? Is no one angry that the Muslims killed their loved ones? Is no one angry that the Muslims highjacked four fully loaded airplanes of innocent people and drove them into our symbols of freedom? Is no one angry that the Muslims murdered nearly 3000 innocent people in a single attack on America? Isn't anyone angry that Cyndi Lauper botched our National Anthem during a 911 memorial service. Or perhaps she did it on purpiose. Isn't anyone angry that President Obama has bowed before Muslim leaders and apologized for America's arrogance? Am I the only one that is angry?

My anger with Islam began nearly 20 years ago. Long before 9/11. It began when the Muslims blew up the World Trade Center the first time in 1993. By the Grace of God, they failed. But they were determined ever more to continue with their reign of terror. Then it was an American embassy. Then it was the USS Cole. And there were so many others in between, in other Christian Nations, that saw little news worthiness here.

Uh oh. Did I infer that the terrorists attacked against American were, and are, attacks on Christianity? You bet I did. It is and it was. It is Islam. All of Islam. Every Muslim. It is part of their Kuran. Destroy Chritianity at all costs.

So why are you not angry? Do you cover your ears? Your eyes? Turn your head perhaps? Forgive them? Tolerate them? Embrace them believing they then won't hurt you? You are fools if you do.

Beware. Whatever path, whatever means, whatever way you choose to accept these practices will haunt you in the years to come. Because they will get you. Your wife. Your children and your neighbor.

Yes, I am angry. Very angry. And aside from me being angry with Islam, I am angry with those that tolerate it. Is that you? I hope not. So get angry and never forget.

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Obama: America's Savior

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The following Letter to the Editor, Aspen Colorado Times, was written by Mr. Gary Hubbel, well before last night's Obama address to the Congress. An interesting perspective:

Barack Obama is the best thing that has happened to America in the last 100 years. Truly, he is the savior of America 's future. Despite the fact that he has some of the lowest approval ratings among recent presidents, history will see Barack Obama as the source of America 's resurrection.

Barack Obama has plunged the country into levels of debt that we could not have previously imagined; his efforts to nationalize health care have been met with fierce resistance nationwide; TARP bailouts and stimulus spending have shown little positive effect on the national economy; unemployment is unacceptably high and looks to remain that way for most of a decade; legacy entitlement programs have ballooned to unsustainable levels, and there is a seething anger in the populace.

That's why Barack Obama is such a good thing for America. Here's why. Obama is the symbol of a creeping liberalism that has infected our society like a cancer for the last 100 years. Just as Hitler is the face of fascism, Obama will go down in history as the face of unchecked liberalism.

The cancer metastasized to the point where it could no longer be ignored. Average Americans who have quietly gone about their lives, earning a paycheck, contributing to their favorite charities, going to high school football games on Friday night, spending their weekends at the beach or on hunting trips - they've gotten off the fence. They've woken up.

There is a level of political activism in this country that we haven't seen since the American Revolution, and Barack Obama has been the catalyst that has sparked a restructuring of the American political and social consciousness. Think of the crap we've slowly learned to tolerate over the past 50 years as liberalism sought to re-structure the America that was the symbol of freedom and liberty to all the people of the world. Immigration laws were ignored on the basis of compassion. Welfare policies encouraged irresponsibility, the fracturing of families, and a cycle of generations of dependency. Debt was regarded as a tonic to lubricate the economy. Our children left school having been taught that they are exceptional and special, while great numbers of them cannot perform basic functions of mathematics and literacy.

Legislators decided that people could not be trusted to defend their own homes, and stripped citizens of their rights to own firearms. Productive members of society have been penalized with a heavy burden of taxes in order to support legions of do-nothings who loll around, reveling in their addictions, obesity, indolence, ignorance and "disabilities." Criminals have been arrested and re-arrested, coddled and set free to pillage the citizenry yet again. Lawyers routinely extort fortunes from doctors, contractors and business people with dubious torts.

We slowly learned to tolerate these outrages, shaking our heads in disbelief, and we went on with our lives. But Barack Obama has ripped the lid off a seething cauldron of dissatisfaction and unrest. A former Communist is given a paid government position in the White House as an advisor to the president. Auto companies are taken over by the government, and the auto workers' union - whose contracts are completely insupportable in any economic sense - is rewarded with a stake in the company.

Government bails out Wall Street investment bankers and insurance companies, who pay their executives outrageous bonuses as thanks for the public support. Terrorists are read their Miranda rights and given free lawyers. And, despite overwhelming public disapproval, Barack Obama has pushed forward with a health care plan that would re-structure one-sixth of the American economy.

Literally millions of Americans have had enough. They're organizing, they're studying the Constitution and the Federalist Papers, they're reading history and case law, they're showing up at rallies and meetings, and a slew of conservative candidates are throwing their hats into the ring. Is there a revolution brewing?

Yes, in the sense that there is a keen awareness that our priorities and sensibilities must be radically re-structured. Will it be a violent revolution? No. It will be done through the interpretation of the original document that has guided us for 220 "FANTASTIC" years--- the Constitution.

Just as the pendulum swung to embrace political correctness and liberalism, there will be a backlash, a complete repudiation of a hundred years of nonsense. A hundred years from now, history will perceive the year 2010 as the time when America got back on the right track. And for that, we can thank Barack Hussein Obama.
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Paper, Pencils, Fish and Chips

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Yesterday, we made a short trip south along the Central Oregon Coast to a harbor city much like the one where we live. We stopped for lunch at a floating fish market in the marina. The waiter informed us that his fish and chips were prepared from only the finest cod from Chile, so that was what we ordered. As we waited for our meal, I looked over the waters and realized about 80% of the slips were vacant, not because everyone was out fishing, but because there was no fishing to be had. What once was a bustling fishing community 20 years ago, was now little more than a ghost town because of the over regulating of the industry by our government, and an invitation to foreign countries to provide our food staples.

As we ate, a group of ducks formed near our dockside table. Someone tossed a few french fries to them, and after a bit, they had their fill and left. I thought, although they looked like ducks, they weren't realyy ducks any more. They have been so acustomed to being fed, that they have lost their survival skills, and will no longer make any effort to support themselves. And, their offspring will be taught to do the same. Much the same has happened to good Americans, spoiled by the entitlements offered bu our government.

On the return trip home, we passed several lumber mills, paper, and plywood processing plants. All were closed. No one worked there any more, which has been the case for the past 20 years. All were closed due to the over regulation of the forrest industry by our government following demands from the far left ecologists. What once was a booming industry, pumping out paper, pencils, and construction lumber, is no more. The 34 cent two-by-four of the 1980 era is now nearly $3.00 and imported from abroad.

Now, I am sure many of you have seen the impact of government over regulation in the areas where you live. Perhaps you've seen the abandoned wheat fields, cotton farms, and mineral mines across America that have been replaced by government subsidised programs. The farmers have become like the ducks in the harbor, and the rest of us are paying for it.

Hundreds of thousands of jobs could be returned to America if the government releases it's grip on over regulation. Jobs in oild drilling. Jobs in the lumber, farming and fishing industries. And the thousands of other jobs that would be created from the trickle down effect. Boat builders, heavy equiptment operators, machine manufacturers, fish processing, and transportation.

America could be America again when our paper and pencils are affordable to every child that wants to attend school. Iron ore would be mined here and made into steel locally. Our food would be grown in America, and exported like it once was. 2x4's would be produced here making homes more affordable, and I could get a decent Pacific Halibut fish and chip dinner.

Enjoy your Labor Day, but think about labor.
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Back to the usual

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Yes, we are back. Back at the Central Oregon Coast. Back to the usual (for me that is). Away from the unusual. But you know, although I like the unusual, I really like the usual best.

The vast Great Plains where I could see for miles ahead of me as I drove along what must have been some of America's straightest roads was unusual for me. I prefer the winding roads of the Oregon coast where beyond each turn, or over the next hill, is a new view to enjoy.

Unusual were the herds of bufalo and antelope scattered along the open, brown fields for hundreds of miles. I prefer the green, rolling hills here with flocks of Mallards and Canadian geese, a deer, or an ocassional elk. Or an Eagle soaring above, a Great Blue Heron lurking in the marsh, and knowing the river is full of Salmon heading upstream. That is what usual has become for to me.

Not a day under ninety, but many into the 100 degree was fine for maximizing my tan, but the daily afternoon thunder storms ruined many a barbecue. Winds raced across the flatlands taking anything not tied down and ruining any chance of fuel economy in the Wheeled Manor. I prefer the ocassional ocean breeze, and the moderate temperatures of the Pacific. I'll buy that tan if need be.

I stood in awe before the majesty of the Rocky Mountains, but the Cascades are every bit as pretty, although only a third the height.

Only one thing can not be found on the Central Coast of Oregon, and nothing can be substituted for it. We have no family here. No children of ours, with their children. What a wonderful thing it was. Watching one grand daughter emerge into a teenager, while knowing that another will soon be born. A first day of school for one, and a second birthday party for another. Time shared fishing with one, while riding a bicycle with another. Fixing things that only Grandpa-D can fix. And giving advice which everyone thinks is old fashioned and out dated.

So, there are things that are unusual that I can only hope someday become more usual.
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This article was sent by an avid Follower of the thought Dock. Although it was reported in the news a few months ago, it still raises a valid point. Thanks BK!
Reporting live, just outside of Reno, Nevada.

Michael Richards, better known as Kramer, from TVs Seinfeld does make a good point. This was his defense speech in court after making racial comments in his comedy act. He makes some very interesting points.

There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, etc. And then there are just Americans.

You pass me on the street and sneer in my direction. You call me 'White boy,' 'Cracker,' 'Honkey,' 'Whitey,' 'Caveman'... And that's OK... But when I call you, Nigger, Kike, Towel head, Sand-nigger, Camel Jockey, Beaner, Gook, or Chink .. You call me a racist.

You say that whites commit a lot of violence against you. So why are the ghettos the most dangerous places to live?

You have the United Negro College Fund. You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Black History Month. You have Cesar Chavez Day. You have Yom Hashoah. You have Ma'uled Al-Nabi. You have the NAACP. You have BET....

If we had WET (White Entertainment Television), we'd be racists. If we had a White Pride Day, you would call us racists. If we had White History Month, we'd be racists. If we had any organization for only whites to 'advance' OUR lives, we'd be racists.

We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, and then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce. Wonder who pays for that?

A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American pageant, but any color can be in the Miss America pageant. If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships... You know we'd be racists.

There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US. Yet if there were 'White colleges', that would be a racist college. In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your race and rights. If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists.

You are proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and you're not afraid to announce it. But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists.

You rob us, car jack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug dealer running from the law and posing a threat to society, you call him a racist.

I am proud...... But you call me a racist. Why is it that only whites can be racists??

Let's ALL be proud of who we are! We are Americans!

Do you ever wonder?

You know, I've been to Mount Rushmore before, but this time it was different. This time I couldn't help but wonder what those that built this monument would think of America today.

So much thought was placed into the selection of the faces to be carved. And so many men worked so hard, for so long, with primative tools to preserve their tribute in granite. Some died during thier struggle, and I doubt whether any are still alive, but I'd love to have a chat with them if I could.

I'm sure that I'd learn that they came from all walks of life. But were there any ACLU activists, Gays, Muslims, Hippies, or anti-war protestors? I'm sure plenty were Cowboys, American Indians, Chineese, and European imiigants. But were there any Mexicans, or Illegal Aliens?

And I'd ask those workers, who in our government today, would be worthy of being imortalized on that granite mountain? Could it be President Obama, or perhaps Nancy Pelosi? I'm sure that both of them would think that they deserve it.

And what would they think about Eric Holder's crusade to prosecute our CIA and FBI heros for their agressive interview techniques? How would they feel about California's courts mandating teachings about Gay history, while surpressing any suggestion about God in our schools? Would they ever have believed that Florida would support Sharia law in their courts? And what would they think about that over half of able Americans neither work or pay taxes, but instead are freeloading on government entitlements?

I can only imagine.

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What a . . . .

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America. I call it "My World" because, although I have lived abroad, it is the only world I truly love and care about. And so, as we are nearing the end of our visiting time with our Cloradoian families, I listened to a very unknown singer provided for us as a courtesy of our campground.

He closed his concert with a Louis Armstrong favorite. And as he sang "What a Wonderful World, I listened, truly for the first time, closely to the words the song as it ponded home so many wonderful thoughts from this trip.

I see trees of green. Red roses too. I see them bllom. For me and for you. And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I saw those trees and roses in Washington State. And I knew it was My World, but I'll share it with you!

I see skies of blue. Clouds of white. Bright blessed days. Dark sacred nights. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.

I saw those skies of blue, backed by clouds of white, s I pondered at the marvel of Mount Rushmore. And Iknew that was My World, but I'll share it with you!

The colors of a rainbow. So pretty in the sky. Are also on the faces of people passing by. I see friends skaking hands, saying, "How do you do". They're really saying, ......."I Love you."

I saw the rainbows after the thunder storms in Colorado. And I shook those hands of my family and friends in South Dakota. And I really was saying, "I love you!" It is My World, but I'll share it with you!

I hear babies cry. I watch them grow. They'll learn much more than I'll ever know. And, I think to myself what a wonderful world.

And I watched my little grandchildren cry as they grow. And I know someday how smart they will become. It is My World, but I'll share it with you!

God truly has given me His wonderful world!
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The brink of

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Now, I don't think this Country is on the brink of disaster. I think it is already in disaster.

It thinks and acts like a third world country. Our leaders are corrupted and led by greed. Every man for himself.

What have we let be done to America? Over half of us pay no income taxes, while our leaders look to find more ways to tax those that do. The Congress' last minute agreement to raise the debt ceiling and cut the budget was a joke. A circus charade easily seen through by those that pay attention, and the credit downgrade should be no surprise to anyone.

And our President ignored the downgrade as if it was not worth mentioning. The first time ever of America and he doesn't care to respond? That's probably because his experience as a community organizer and his 3-years of experience holding a Senate seat in the most corrupt state in America, didn't prepare him for it. He simply is overwhelmed, and his top advisors are as ignorant as himself!

So, for me I moved from the Republican party to Independence. I'll contribute to neither party, but vote for the candidate I feel best regarless of affiliation. That's what I recommend my Followers all do. We have got to get rid of partismship, as it is dividing this Country everyday even further.

Boehner sucks, but Pelosi is worse. I'll vote for neither when their time comes. And if you are dumb enough to re-elect Obama, then that is what you deserve!
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