93 Days Down - 82 Left

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We are home.  You know, back home on the Central Oregon Coast after 93 days of sightseeing, visiting family and friends, and spending some of that time just being together.  What a trip it was!

Now it's back to catching up on the maintenance around the house.  Laundry, mowing, bush trimming, weeding, watering, and preparing the Wheeled Manor for our next grandstand in just a few months from now.  Soon we will be catching up with the loved ones we left here as our lives return to what once was, our normal.

I love being surrounded by green, moderate temperatures, and our abundance of wildlife.  Something we have not seen much of since we left.  Seems wherever we traveled, the heat followed.  Only a mid-western thunder shower, or while passing through a higher elevation, could drop the temperature below 100 degrees.  Now we're back into to 70's.

But, now that we are beck to reality, I have realized it is less than 3 months down the road to the election.  Thanks to all of you for following the Thought Dock while we were away.  I know it was hard because the blogs were so infrequent and off point.  But now, I'm back and I'll be getting the word out on the things that matter most to us....Defeating that clown, that Cheat, that liar, and that Fake, Corrupt President, BO.  Taking down Obama and his Court will be our Number One goal.

So get ready.  Be back soon!!      

Looking East then West

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During our Friends and Family tour, I've seen many sunrises, and just as many sunsets.  We all know the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.  I can surely attest to that as I squint looking east every morning waiting for that first cup of coffee to work it's way into my body.  And just as difficult it is to drive west into that setting sun looking for that next RV Park adventure.  Oh how beautiful and warm our sun is.

But did you know that no matter where you stand on earth, you can never see both a sunrise and sunset at the same time?  Try it.  Get up early and look east until you have the rising sun in your face, then quickly turn snap your neck to the west.   Too late, the sunset is already passed!   No matter how quick you are, you'll never see them both.   It's impossible.

How silly it seems to some of you to even try.  For what?  We all know it to be impossible even before we try.  So why try?

Well, our Lord made it that way.  For me it is a reminder that although I sin every day, I am forgiven with each sunset and begin anew every sunrise.  What I've done the day before is over and can not be done over, but I can only wait until the next day for another chance to make things better.

See it my way.  But with a political spin, we made a mistake electing President B.O. and we need to begin anew when the sunrises on Election Day.  May God Bless America!
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First Holder - Then President B.O.

Well, today is the start of the Fall.  Not the start of the fall season, but the beginning of the fall of the atmosphere of corruption in our government.  Today is the first step is to spank Attorney General, Eric Holder, for lying about the administration's direction of Mexican drug cartel enforcement.  And, with that it will expose President B.O's. need to use his Executive Privilege to cover it all up.  Take 'Em down deep.  Then follow with the ousting of Nancy Pelosi in her nest re-election bid.

On a side note, we are concluding our trip and heading west.  Still 1562 miles to go and maybe a week or two left.  More to see.  More friends to visit.  And more time together.

I know some of you are starving for the Wisdom of the Thought Dock and may have even turned elsewhere for some sort of substitute.  But there is none.  So be patient and I promise to come back even stronger.  And keep coming with the information you find, but can not understand.  I'll digest it for you and break it down with a Thought Dock spin and feed it right back to you in a way that will make sense.

Pray for America!

America's Biggest Mistake

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Last week we finished our our of the Plains States.  Those are the ones that produce America's vast supply of corn and wheat.  Places like Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas.  And we went even deeper during our journey to explore Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.

There it was right before us, the stomping grounds of Obama, Chicago.  The place where he held his first job as a Community Organizer, and the place where he continued his climb to the Presidency from his very own Illinois State Senate seat.

Obama left his mark everywhere.  It was obvious.  Chicago leads our Nation with the murder rate.  Bordered up and abandoned homes, apartments and business were everywhere.  Closed factories, and unfinished construction projects blanketed the area.  Dope dealers and prostitutes roamed most every street outside of the center city.  One news report described a beating wherein a limousine pulled to the curb at the gate of Wrigley Field and six males exited and beat a man to death that was standing on the corner.  Organized crime?  Mafia.  You decide if you can.

Obama's influence was everywhere with one of the nations highest tax rate, unemployment, and failed social programs.  In one well known mega store, I saw a lady cash 4 different welfare checks right in front of me while I waited for the cashier to accept my cash.  The oddest thing was the cashier didn't bat an eye when she presented four different ID's to cash the checks.  Pathetic.

Chicago heavily taxes those that do work.  Sales tax, gasoline tax, and toll roads are all over the place.  In one day of touring the Chicago area we spent over $36 dollars in parking and another $28 in toll charges.  It's no wonder why the cost of living there even outweighs that of New Your City.  And Obama believes even more social programs are the answer.

America made it's mistake 4 years ago by hoping that the Bozo would bring change.  Well, he did.  He appointed his friends like the Evil Holder, continued our never seen before deficit, raised our taxes, and funneled money through bailouts to his Union and other big supporters, some of which filed bankruptcy right after receiving our gifts.  Is this what America is to be?

We don't need another Mistake.  Get rid of Obama, his corrupt policies, his lies, and his blatant arrogance to our Constitution, and his racist views during our next election.  And don't forget to oust all of his other crooked friends.  Let them all go to countries that allow corruption.
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Me - You - Us - Them - Him

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It's not as important about what people say about you while you are in their presence, but what they say about you after you leave.

Yesterday, we took time out by ourselves and watched the Eddie Murphy movie "1000 Words."  Now, I'm not much of a fan of any Funny Guy, preferring a more serious or factual subject, but I watched the guy anyway.  The movie, as I interpreted it, was not so much a comedy as I expected, but more of a touchy-feely matter which hit home with me.

And, along those lines is what I'm all about.  You know, Ethics, Honesty, Trust, Love, Truth, Patriotism, and all the other things I so often write about.

During our vacation, we have visited with so friends, family, and neighbors while meeting new people along the way.  And many conversations began by someone stating, "The last time I saw you . . . "  Well, I guess those shared memories really were about "Those Days."   And sometimes we even plan what we will do during our next visit, not ever thinking if the next visit will really materialize.

I guess I'm growing older and perhaps that is why I'm thinking in this manner.  This past year so many of our friends have passed for one reason or another, and I'm sure that more will follow.  Until now, I never really thought the last time I saw someone, that it really would be the "Last Time."  

It's not so much that I want to have made a good impression on them, or that I want anyone to admire me.  But more that those I've seen for the real "Last Time" understand that I love and care for them just as He does for me.  And even if I get to see them again before either I, or they pass, they should know that I care about them and expect nothing in return.

For me, you, us, them, and Him are forever.

Obama-Holder - Birds of a Feather

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A few weeks ago, our United States Attorney General, Eric Holder, was found to be in Contempt of Congress.  What a surprise!

Birds of a feather flock together.  President Obama has an established history of flocking with crooks,  Bill Ayers, a convicted terrorist of the 1970's is but one of those known crooks that is associated with the Obama administrations.  Other fill his cabinet.

Eric Holder, like a fox guarding the pen, like Obama, refuses to work within confines of our government, and Obama exerts his executive privileges to protect him.  Surprising?  Shouldn't be.  It's what he has done since the Ignorants elected him.  With-holding his birth certificate in the interest of National Security?  The President should have been brought down on that issue alone.

Now, in Contempt of Congress for lying, Holder will not be prosecuted because the rules state he is the prosecutor and can not be forced to try himself.  Obama continues to express confidence in Holder.  Why?  Because Obama is a crook too, right out of Chicago.

America should be shames to have leaders such as these.  But we continue to deflect theses issues away to corrupt politics in other countries.

We are no better than the politics of China, North Korea, or Russia.
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Real Facts about Romney

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Thanks RM for contributing this:

Mitt Romney, After going to both Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School simultaneously, passed the Michigan bar, but never worked as an attorney.  

 

As a venture-capitalist, Romney's first major business deal involved investing in a start-up office supply company with one store in Massachusetts that sold office supplies. That company, called Staples, now has over 2,000 stores and employs over 90,000 people.  

 

Romney or his company Bain Capital (using what became known as the "Bain Way") would go on to perform the same kinds of business miracles again and again, with companies like Domino's, Sealy, Brookstone, Weather Channel, Burger King, Warner Music Group, Dollarama, Home Depot Supply, and many others.  

 

Got your calculators handy? Let's recap.  

 

Volunteer campaign worker for his dad's gubernatorial campaign 1 year.

 

Unpaid intern in Governor's office 8 years.  

 

Mormon missionary in Paris 2 years.  

 

Unpaid bishop and stake president for his church 10 years.  

 

No salary as president of the Olympics 3 years.  Romney's  original contract stated that he would accept no compensation, unless the Olympics made a profit. When the organizing committee posted a surplus of nearly  $100 million after the games, he accepted  $922,980 in total salary, as well as $476,000 in severance pay. Romney gave that severance pay and his salary to charity. Romney and his wife  Ann also donated  $1 million to the organizing committee during his tenure. .....dick

 

No salary as MA governor 4 years.  

 

That's a grand total of 28 years of unpaid service to his country, his community and his church.  Why?  Because that's the kind of man Mitt Romney is!  

 

And in 2011 Mitt Romney gave over $4 million to charity, almost 19% of his income....Obama gave 1%  

 

Joe Biden gave $300 or .0013%  

 

This is real character vs....well you know what!  

 

Romney may not be the best representative the Republicans could have selected.  At least I know what religion he is, and that he won't desecrate the flag, bow down to foreign powers, or squander my money on vacations.  I know he has the ability to turn this financial debacle that the "Spending President" has gotten us into.  We didn't know that when Obama said he'd give us change, he meant nickels and dimes, and he would get the big bucks.  We won’t like all the things necessary to recover from this debt, but someone with Romney’s background can do it.  

 

But, on the minus side, He never was a "Community Organizer", never took drugs or smoked pot.  Never got drunk. Did not associate with communists or terrorists. Nor did he attend a church whose pastor called for God to damn the US. 

The Heat is On

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Well, I guess some of you know that we've been travelling throughout the western half of America this summer.  We're visiting family and friends, touring national parks, and seeing the sights along the path.  

And things are going swell, but it has been really hot, record setting hot most of the time.  It all began as we left SoCal and it has been heating up as we went on.  Our route took us from the beaches of San Diego, into the Colorado River Valley and through the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forrest before climbing grades into the Phoenix area.  Then though through the plateau and into Albuquerque before north into the Denver area just in time to be amid the huge fires between Colorado Springs and Loveland.

Those terrible fires choked our every breath and they destroyed nearly 1000 homes throughout Colorado and New Mexico.  Temperatures well over 100 degrees, afternoon winds and ultra-low humidity kept things going, seemingly forever.  Event periodic afternoon thunderstorms couldn't break the spell.

But visiting the family was wonderful, and historical things happened.  Our oldest grand daughter obtained her driving permit, a six year old was a fury on the two wheeler we got her a year ago, our four year old grand son rode his bike for the first time without training wheels, while his sister got a new pink bike with training wheels, handle bar tassels wheels and a basket, and the youngest learned to sit up right before our eyes.  A zoo visit, camping, swimming and fishing made fond memories that will last a lifetime.

Then across the cornfields east through America's heartland, Nebraska and Iowa, then America's troubled land of Illinois where Obama began his trauma, and over to Indiana.
Now we are sweltering in humidity, with record heat into the 100's.  Lots more to do here and there before returning west in a week or two.

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Four kids and a Dog

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What great parents we must be!  And even greater grandparents we are.  To spend this portion of our travels to babysit while our kids are off to celebrate their anniversary in Las Vegas.  So we got the kids, a 4-month old, a 2 year old, a four year old, a 7 year old, and a 100 pound English Bulldog, for four days all to ourselves.

It's great.  But boy have times changed.  They seem to have everything.  The 4 month old has more toys than I ever had during my entire lifetime.  And the other kids have even more.  Yet each one of them seemed to get bored after a bit and can't seem to find anything to do.

Cabinets are filled with an abundance of books, paints, crayons, and movies.  Their bedrooms are piled with dolls, drums, Legos, and portable video games.  And the garage has no room for the family car because it protects the bikes, skateboards, and motorized sports cars.

A far cry from the way I grew up.  With a tin can which we kicked to and from school every day until it would no longer roll, or a single piece of paper that I drew on for days before folding it into a jet wing airplane.  A found tennis ball and an old broomstick were all I needed to host a stickball game in the field across the street.  And baseball cards pinned to slap the spokes of the bicycle I shared with my brother.  I was always busy, and never at a loss for what to do.

I would have thought that child raising would be much easier than it was when I did it before.  The technology today doesn't help much.  Securing everyone into some high tech car seat that I can barely figure out before trekking over to the park.  The variety of foods available, each with health warnings pasted all over the wrappings.  A selection of shoes and clothes that would dwarf my own closet makes a choice of what to wear so much more difficult, both for the parent and child.

Theme parks, fast food restaurants, entertainment centers and such filled these kids activities regularly.  You've got to be well organized, and have sufficient cash reserves to preserve this lifestyle.

Sure is fun though.  But is it really better than the way it was?
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Obama Trauma - Country Divided

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For me, the pain keeps on growing.

The pain of our government, and in particular, pRESIDENT oBAMA.  My gosh, look at what he has done.  How he has divided our Country.  By race.  By class.  By education.  By religion.  By state.  By city.

One against the other.  The riots in our streets pit neighbor against neighbor.  The occupiers pit the "Give it to Me" against the wealthy.  Spread the wealth.  Everyone is entitled to everything, working or not.  The taxpayers against the tax users.  Business forced to provide benefits they can no afford.  Heath care, welfare, environmental extremists.  And Michelle regulating the size of sodas sold by Mickey D's, and controlling food menus in the schools.

The pRESIDENT"S top cabinet member, Eric Holder, lies to Congress and is now in contempt.  Another aide appointee arrested for hit and run in Los Angeles add to the growing list of failures.  oBAMMA cARE and immigration concerns pit State against State, City against City, and most of us against the increase control of us by the Federal Government.

And country against country around the world.  Alienating our allies, and creating more tension world-wide than we have ever seen.

How we could have even considered oBAMA for the pRESIDENCY in the first place.  One who has a self admitted hatred foe Whites, a flagrant disrespect the military he leads.  His refusal to properly salute our Flag or openly recite the our Pledge of Allegiance, turns my stomach.  The crooks and terrorists he ran with in his younger years are now his cabinet members.  Union crooks fund his every move.

Makes me puke.

Lord, I pray that you will restore our once great Christian country to what it once was.
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I Don't Like the Obammas

I don't like the Obamas

I found this commentary by Mychal Massie, Chairman of Project 21-The National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives.  I thought you would appreciate his thoughts as I did.  I condensed parts of it for this post.

"I was asked: “I have to ask, why do you hate the Obama’s?

I’ve made no secret of my contempt for the Obamas. I don’t like them because they are committed to the fundamental change of my/our country into what can only be regarded as a Communist state.

I condemn them because they are the worst kind of racialists, they are elitist Leninists with contempt for traditional America. They display disrespect for the sanctity of the office he holds, and for those who are willing to admit same Michelle Obama’s raw contempt for white America is transpicuous.

I don’t like them because they comport themselves as emperor and empress. I expect, no I demand respect for the Office of President and a love of our country and her citizenry from the leader entrusted with the governance of same. President and Mrs. Reagan displayed an unparalleled love for the country and her people. The Reagans made Americans feel good about themselves and about what we could accomplish. Could you envision President Reagan instructing his Justice Department to act like jack-booted thugs?

Presidents are politicians and all politicians are known and pretty much expected to manipulate the truth, if not outright lie, but even using that low standard, the Obama’s have taken lies, dishonesty, deceit, mendacity, subterfuge and obfuscation to new depths. They are verbally abusive to the citizenry and they display an animus for civility.

I do not like them, because they both display bigotry overtly, as in the case of Harvard Professor Louis Gates, when he accused the Cambridge Police of acting stupidly, and her code speak pursuant to now being able too be proud of America. I view that statement and that mindset as an insult to those who died to provide a country where a Kenyan, his illegal alien relatives, and his alleged progeny, could come and not only live freely, but rise to the highest, most powerful, position in the world. Michelle Obama is free to hate and disparage whites, because Americans of every description paid with their blood to ensure her right to do same.

I have a saying, that “the only reason a person hides things, is because they have something to hide.” No president in history has spent over a million dollars to keep his records and his past sealed. And what the two of them have shared has been proved to be lies. He lied about when and how they met, he lied about his mother’s death and problems with insurance, Michelle lied to a crowd pursuant to nearly $500,000 bank stocks they inherited from his family. He has lied about his father’s military service, about the civil rights movement, ad nauseum

He lied to the world about the Supreme Court in a State of the Union address. He berated and publicly insulted a sitting Congressman. He has surrounded himself with the most rabidly, radical, socialist academicians today. He has fought for abortion procedures and opposed rulings that protected women and children, that even Planned Parenthood did not seek to support. He is openly hostile to business and aggressively hostile to Israel.

His wife treats being the First Lady, as her personal American Express Black Card (arguably the most prestigious credit card in the world). I condemn them because, as people are suffering, losing their homes, their jobs, their retirements, he and his family are arrogantly showing off their life of entitlement – as he goes about creating and fomenting class warfare.

I don’t like them, and I neither apologize nor retreat from my public condemnation of them and of his policies. We should condemn them for the disrespect they show our people, for his willful and unconstitutional actions pursuant to obeying the Constitutional parameters he is bound by, and his willful disregard for Congressional authority.

Dislike for them has nothing to do with the color of their skin, it has everything to do with their behavior, attitudes, and policies. And I have open scorn for their playing the race.

Never in my life, inside or outside of politics, have I witnessed such dishonesty in a political leader. He is the most mendacious political figure I have ever witnessed. Even by the low standards of his presidential predecessors, his narcissistic, contumacious arrogance is unequalled. Using Obama as the bar, Nero would have to be elevated to sainthood.

Many in America wanted to be proud when the first person of color was elected president, but instead, they have been witness to a congenital liar, a woman who has been ashamed of America her entire life, failed policies, intimidation and a commonality hitherto not witnessed in political leaders.

He and his wife view their life at our expense as an entitlement – while America’s people go homeless, hungry and unemployed.”

Hail Mary

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Well, we have now made the trip to the Colorado Springs area to visit even more family.  Actually though, one of this family was in fact the same one that we shipped back from CA after he broke his arm.  The only difference is that he didn't get to go to Legoland, and that he now wears an Oregon Duck green colored cast on his left arm.

We toured the Painted Desert, the Petrified Forest, and a WWII Aircraft museum while we made the trek.  The weather was blistering hot (105+) most every day, but our slow pace made the trip relaxing.

Speaking about the weather, I often get anxious about the weather on the Central Oregon Coast with the rain so often.  But so far, we've had nothing but high winds along the way.  And typical for this neighborhood, afternoon thunder showers.

But not so typical, were the two hail storms we got caught in.  The first in Trinidad, CO, and just after we arrived in the Springs area, another.  The second was very violent and drove golf ball sized stones into us causing significant damage to our tow vehicle that we were driving at the time.   So fierce in nature we couln't see and were forced to pull off the highway in the open plains area.  Perhaps you've seen the news where the hail buried cars that tried to cross a gulch.  The accumulated hail was nearly THREE feet deep.  A historical record.

Just our luck.
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A Clean Break

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While holed up in Santa Paula, CA., our 7 year old grandson arrived by air, shipped non-stop by his parents in Colorado.  What a thrill it was for us!  He was to join our journey from SoCal back to his home.  We planned to see the sights along the way, exploring America from the ground up.  And so it began.

First stop, Simi Valley, CA where we met his younger cousins for lunch, then off to Travel Town in Griffith Park, Los Angeles.  Travel Town hosts a slew of retired steam locomotives, wooden horse drawn wagons, and      various exhibits of the way America was.  The way it used to be.  The way many of us used to remember it, and the way we now need to teach our children, and their children, and to the many others whom have come to American since Her great era ended.  This America, sadly for me, no longer exists.

So anyway, as we were about to begin our lessons in history, our grandson from Colorado, fell and broke both of his forearm.  And our plan changed.  Following arrival of a Park Ranger who constructed a splint from items in his medical backpack, a quick response team from the LA City Fire Department, a rescue ambulance, and a ride to the emergency room, we planned to continue on with our trip across America, starting with Lego Land near San Diego.

But as our luck went, that was not to happen.  Not yet anyway.  Not this year even, but on a Sumday soon, we hope.  Due to the nature of the bone break,it was necessary to ship the little guy home for followup medical treatment.  So after his mother flew in to take over, he boarded a return flight home.

And so it went  And so it will continue on some other day.
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Is this really the United States of America?

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In between the sometimes hectic schedule of visiting our many friends and family in SoCal, I do find moments of time to check out FOX News. And sometimes, what I hear and see on the news is heart wrenching to say the least.

I was disturbed to learn that the USS Iowa which served as a lead battleship throughout WWII, and into the 21st. Century had recently been decommissioned for the last time. The Flagship of our very proud Pacific Fleet was donated to a group in San Fancisco who wanted to berth her beneath the Golden Gate Bridge.

The San Francisco City Council publicly rejected the offer stating the Ship is a symbol of war and San Franciscans denounce all wars. The council also decried that the US Navy is hatred toward Gays because a gay sailor was wrongly accused of causing an explosion in the gun turret of the ship killing a group of soldiers.

Other flagrant acts of disrespect toward the America I know, like giving amnesty and voting rights in local elections to illegal aliens and advocating the Occupy movement is similar to other California cities like Los Angeles and Sacramento where illegal aliens without driver's licenses or insurance are permitted to drive without fear of being arrested. Now, in the San Fernando Valley suburb of LA, nearly 80% of all injury accidents are hit and run. Most blame the illegals without licenses.

Now shouldn't the Battleship Iowa be a symbol of peace, not war since it libererated many of the people now living in San Francisco from terrible torments of war that began in their own countries? And shouldn't those violating driving laws be held equally accountable under the law for their actions? Why do the law abiders have to shoulder the burden of insuring themselves against the uninsured illegals?

News videos of the Occupy movement attacking our police in Chicago during the NATO discussions? Barack Obama encouraged this and has yet to denounce these commies some say are led by the infamous Communist Bill Ayers which I frequently talk about.

Oh how my mind spins with disbelief and shame when I hear these reports. This is truly NOT the United States of America any longer.
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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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