So the Presidential campaign is in full swing. I know. It sounds insane. Its way to early. But here we are. Tomorrow night starts the first presidential debate. This is the first chance for 17 members of the Republican party to make their statement.
Right now, Donald Trump leads the pack. Why? I've been reading twitter a lot lately, and what I've found is that people like him because they are sick of DC politics and so is he. But anger makes a bad president. He has many things that he is against, but he isn't for anything.
So what do we need in a President?
#1 Executive experience. We need someone who was a governor. Governors understand how the presidency should work, because they've served as the executive as a state. The problem with President Obama (and by association a Rand Paul, Teddy Cruz, and Hillary Clinton) is that those that come out of the Senate don't know how the Presidency should work. Most of them want to serve as President by proposing and signing laws (i.e. ObamaCare). They don't understand what it means to be Commander in Chief. They don't understand the duties of the President. They just want to propose laws. In truth, they think they want to be Speaker of the House. Therefore, we need a person who has executive experience. That should rule out much of the field right there for reasonable people.
#2 A Conservative. There are several reasons why we lost the last two elections. There was major fraud, unnecessary though it may be. There was racial motivations (many people voted not on the content of his character, but on the color of his skin). But mostly, it was due to the Republican primaries. For some reason, Republican obeyed the liberal media in voting for who the liberal media thought was "electable." In other words, with McCain and Romney, they voted for the most liberal Republicans they can find. It seems that the same is going on this year. Trump is liberal. He donated to Hillary Clinton's last presidential campaign. He's voted for more Democrats than Republicans. He's a liberal. I am honestly convinced that he's running a fake campaign to try to get Hillary elected. But I feel the same with Jeb Bush and Chris Christi and a few others. We need a conservative. Think about it. The most one-sided election of all time (1984, Reagan vs. Mondale) was where we put up a true conservative.
#3 Intimidating. The world is in chaos. Putin is restarting the Cold War. ISIS is rolling over much of the Middle East. Iran has a path to the Nuke. Our border is porous. Again, I hate to compare everything to Reagan, but he ended the Cold War by staring down the USSR and making them blink. Some want to pull back from the world. But as we all know, "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing." Rand Paul believes that if we give Iran a nuke, the MAD policy will keep them in check. Mutually Assured Destruction is not a great policy for those who blow themselves up in order to receive seventy virgins. That's just not good foreign policy. And there is no reason why we are the only country in the world who are not able to secure our borders. And yes, note the "s." I mean Canada too. I would also include in that we need to change our legal immigration policy. We need more immigrants from Mexico, and from China and the Middle East.
#4 Financially sound. President Bush really wasn't financially conservative. True, he ran two wars, but he wasn't that financially good to begin with. Trump declared bankruptcy four times. Our dollars are worth much less today than they used to be. Our debt is insane. President Obama took out more debt than every President before him. We don't need someone who declared bankruptcy. We need someone who doesn't believe in debt.
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Rand Paul
So Rand Paul has made his run official. The Senator from Kentucky is going to run for president. Is he who we want in the White House?
At least he's not Hillary Clinton or Jeb Bush.
But seriously, I want to take a moment to express my thoughts on him.
Pros: He's from Kentucky, not New York or Florida, so he deals with real people. And that's good. Kentucky is a good, solid state with good values. It's a part of the heart of this country.
He's a fiscal conservative, which Washington desperately needs.
He speaks in a way that people can relate to. And for a Washington politician, that's good.
He's done a good job in the Senate. I like him personally and have followed his career since his election.
Cons: First and foremost, let me say what I don't like about Hillary, President Obama, McCain, Teddy Cruz, and Rand Paul. Plus a list of others that haven't thrown in officially yet. They come from Congress. Presidents that come from Congress think that their main job is Chief Legislator, not Commander and Chief. Take President Obama, for example. His signature acts as President are ObamaCare, and going around Congress to do whatever the crap he wants to. But he's been a lousy executive. He doesn't seem to grasp the roll of the three branches. Reality is, President Obama thinks he's the Speaker of the House. That's the same problem so many presidents have had. And that's a big strike against anyone to me, no matter the party.
Second, and this is major, is his foreign policy. He shares his dad's foreign policies. First and foremost in this is that we should just give Iran a nuke. Ron Paul, and so it seems Rand, share the same belief. To understand this, you must understand the 1980s. In that time (and throughout the Cold War), the global policy was MAD. MAD, was truly mad, nuts, crazy. MAD stands for Mutually Assured Destruction. It was the idea that the Soviets and Americans would not launch nukes, because both sides would fire everything, completely killing both.
But will mutually assured destruction restrict people who strap bombs to themselves and blow themselves up really fear being blown up? NO! That's absurd! This is insane!
Third, he's pro-legalization of pot and prostitution. Not exactly something that the country is ready for. He seems to ride both extremes, while alienating the middle. That's not great.
I'm still waiting for Scott Walker.
At least he's not Hillary Clinton or Jeb Bush.
But seriously, I want to take a moment to express my thoughts on him.
Pros: He's from Kentucky, not New York or Florida, so he deals with real people. And that's good. Kentucky is a good, solid state with good values. It's a part of the heart of this country.
He's a fiscal conservative, which Washington desperately needs.
He speaks in a way that people can relate to. And for a Washington politician, that's good.
He's done a good job in the Senate. I like him personally and have followed his career since his election.
Cons: First and foremost, let me say what I don't like about Hillary, President Obama, McCain, Teddy Cruz, and Rand Paul. Plus a list of others that haven't thrown in officially yet. They come from Congress. Presidents that come from Congress think that their main job is Chief Legislator, not Commander and Chief. Take President Obama, for example. His signature acts as President are ObamaCare, and going around Congress to do whatever the crap he wants to. But he's been a lousy executive. He doesn't seem to grasp the roll of the three branches. Reality is, President Obama thinks he's the Speaker of the House. That's the same problem so many presidents have had. And that's a big strike against anyone to me, no matter the party.
Second, and this is major, is his foreign policy. He shares his dad's foreign policies. First and foremost in this is that we should just give Iran a nuke. Ron Paul, and so it seems Rand, share the same belief. To understand this, you must understand the 1980s. In that time (and throughout the Cold War), the global policy was MAD. MAD, was truly mad, nuts, crazy. MAD stands for Mutually Assured Destruction. It was the idea that the Soviets and Americans would not launch nukes, because both sides would fire everything, completely killing both.
But will mutually assured destruction restrict people who strap bombs to themselves and blow themselves up really fear being blown up? NO! That's absurd! This is insane!
Third, he's pro-legalization of pot and prostitution. Not exactly something that the country is ready for. He seems to ride both extremes, while alienating the middle. That's not great.
I'm still waiting for Scott Walker.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Hypocrisy Run Amok
Ok, so I know I've been doing more tweeting then blogging lately, but I can't fit this is 140 characters or less. So here goes.
Liberal hypocrisy has been driving me nuts lately. Let's go with a few examples.
#1 "Republicans are traitors." Why? Because they contacted Iran to explain the US Constitution. So the White House says they are traitors for contacting an enemy government. Well, I guess that makes Obama a traitor too then, because he contacted them first. I'm not at all serious about this. President Regan contacted the Kremlin to negotiate peace. The difference is that Regan wanted to reduce nuclear arms, not give them to a nation that has sworn to destroy Israel and the United States. The USSR was collapsing. Iran is seeking to expand.
But that's neither here nor there. Point been, you don't get to call them out for doing what you have done. Especially when you are trying to violate the law to make a treaty without Congress's approval. (By the way, assuming that Mutually Assured Destruction is going to dissuade suicide bombers is lunacy).
#2 "We can't influence another countries' election." We shouldn't. Sure. Give them freedom. Makes sense. Except that Obama said that we were doing this by congress asking Bibi Netanyahu to speak on the dangers of Iran so they could make an informed decision on said treaty. Then the White House, via the State Department, basically embezzled money to fund Bibi's opponent and sent one of the President's campaign advisers to work for him.
Now wait a sec, you criticized Republicans for allowing Bibi to speak, saying that it might influence the election, when you were outright funding and campaigning for his opponent? Who is trying to influence the election?
#3 "The greatest threat to peace." The mainstream media lost their tiny little brains when Netanyahu was elected, and soundly so. They called him personally the greatest threat to peace.
WHAT???!!!!! Has he lobbed rockets into civilian neighborhoods? No, that was Hezbollah. Has he kidnapped and sold girls to be raped? No, that was Boko Haram. Has he burned Muslims alive? No, that was Isis. Has he wholesale slaughtered Christians? No, Isis again. Has he threatened to wipe other nations and other religions from the face of the earth? No, that was Iran. How is Bibi the greatest threat to peace?
Because President Obama believes that Israel is a threat to peace by existing. If Israel and the Republican party would just die, then he could fix everything. Wouldn't that be nice?
Liberal hypocrisy has been driving me nuts lately. Let's go with a few examples.
#1 "Republicans are traitors." Why? Because they contacted Iran to explain the US Constitution. So the White House says they are traitors for contacting an enemy government. Well, I guess that makes Obama a traitor too then, because he contacted them first. I'm not at all serious about this. President Regan contacted the Kremlin to negotiate peace. The difference is that Regan wanted to reduce nuclear arms, not give them to a nation that has sworn to destroy Israel and the United States. The USSR was collapsing. Iran is seeking to expand.
But that's neither here nor there. Point been, you don't get to call them out for doing what you have done. Especially when you are trying to violate the law to make a treaty without Congress's approval. (By the way, assuming that Mutually Assured Destruction is going to dissuade suicide bombers is lunacy).
#2 "We can't influence another countries' election." We shouldn't. Sure. Give them freedom. Makes sense. Except that Obama said that we were doing this by congress asking Bibi Netanyahu to speak on the dangers of Iran so they could make an informed decision on said treaty. Then the White House, via the State Department, basically embezzled money to fund Bibi's opponent and sent one of the President's campaign advisers to work for him.
Now wait a sec, you criticized Republicans for allowing Bibi to speak, saying that it might influence the election, when you were outright funding and campaigning for his opponent? Who is trying to influence the election?
#3 "The greatest threat to peace." The mainstream media lost their tiny little brains when Netanyahu was elected, and soundly so. They called him personally the greatest threat to peace.
WHAT???!!!!! Has he lobbed rockets into civilian neighborhoods? No, that was Hezbollah. Has he kidnapped and sold girls to be raped? No, that was Boko Haram. Has he burned Muslims alive? No, that was Isis. Has he wholesale slaughtered Christians? No, Isis again. Has he threatened to wipe other nations and other religions from the face of the earth? No, that was Iran. How is Bibi the greatest threat to peace?
Because President Obama believes that Israel is a threat to peace by existing. If Israel and the Republican party would just die, then he could fix everything. Wouldn't that be nice?
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
SOTU 2015
So, here's what President Obama said last night.
Yeah, that's it. The only thing he didn't say was "White people suck." I'm not really sure why not.
You know Einstein's definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. President Obama has proved that his policies don't work. Said so in the midterms, also adding that people didn't like the policies. But he is so damned arrogant he doesn't care. He is the "do nothing" president. That's what he set up last night. He is going to do nothing for the next two years.
He'd rather burn the union to the ground than to do anything good or healthy for those he is supposed to be responsible for. His pride is leading us to our fall.
The Union is good, despite my best efforts. So here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to veto anything congress passes, then demand that they work with me.
Divide the Union! Blame the Rich! Let the Terrorists win! Be a pussy on foreign affairs, and a beast to deal with at home! Peace out Bitches!
Yeah, that's it. The only thing he didn't say was "White people suck." I'm not really sure why not.
You know Einstein's definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. President Obama has proved that his policies don't work. Said so in the midterms, also adding that people didn't like the policies. But he is so damned arrogant he doesn't care. He is the "do nothing" president. That's what he set up last night. He is going to do nothing for the next two years.
He'd rather burn the union to the ground than to do anything good or healthy for those he is supposed to be responsible for. His pride is leading us to our fall.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
I told you so
Yesterday, I wrote about how Dems have a racist streak in them as a general party principle.
Today, I write because they decided to back me up.
Sec. of State John Kerry, (who according to IQ test is the dumbest presidential candidate of my lifetime) went out and made anti-Semitic comments. He compared being at war against Muslim extremists to apartheid. South Africa was a completely different situation. In South Africa, white oppressed blacks. In Israel, it is the terrorists doing the oppression of both Palestinian and Israeli. They are seeking to exterminate everyone from the face of the earth, like Americans, white people, Israelis, even other Muslims. Israel can and should defend themselves from terrorists. We should support our allies, not our enemies. But that would be a novel concept in this White House.
A federal judge struck down Wisconsin's voter ID laws, again believe minorities incapable of getting a photo ID. Again, leftists believe minorities are too stupid to get a drivers license or other form of ID. Told you so!
Then Representative Bennie Thomas of Mississippi went further. He went with the pat "Republicans are racist" calling conservative Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom." Thomas, and many of his party, believe that Justice Thomas, Col. Allen West, and others are "traitors to their race" (similar language used by Hitler to motivate white supremacist) for stepping out of party lines. Free thought is outlawed in favor of the willing enslavement to those who historically fought against their rights.
He also said that no president has ever been treated as badly as Obama. Really? W. Bush was regularly burned in effigy. Clinton was impeached. Regan, Kennedy, and Lincoln were shot! Recent polling says that 8% of Americans "believe that ObamaCare is working." EIGHT PERCENT! Opposing ObamaCare doesn't make you racist. It makes you right!
Today, I write because they decided to back me up.
Sec. of State John Kerry, (who according to IQ test is the dumbest presidential candidate of my lifetime) went out and made anti-Semitic comments. He compared being at war against Muslim extremists to apartheid. South Africa was a completely different situation. In South Africa, white oppressed blacks. In Israel, it is the terrorists doing the oppression of both Palestinian and Israeli. They are seeking to exterminate everyone from the face of the earth, like Americans, white people, Israelis, even other Muslims. Israel can and should defend themselves from terrorists. We should support our allies, not our enemies. But that would be a novel concept in this White House.
A federal judge struck down Wisconsin's voter ID laws, again believe minorities incapable of getting a photo ID. Again, leftists believe minorities are too stupid to get a drivers license or other form of ID. Told you so!
Then Representative Bennie Thomas of Mississippi went further. He went with the pat "Republicans are racist" calling conservative Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom." Thomas, and many of his party, believe that Justice Thomas, Col. Allen West, and others are "traitors to their race" (similar language used by Hitler to motivate white supremacist) for stepping out of party lines. Free thought is outlawed in favor of the willing enslavement to those who historically fought against their rights.
He also said that no president has ever been treated as badly as Obama. Really? W. Bush was regularly burned in effigy. Clinton was impeached. Regan, Kennedy, and Lincoln were shot! Recent polling says that 8% of Americans "believe that ObamaCare is working." EIGHT PERCENT! Opposing ObamaCare doesn't make you racist. It makes you right!
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Captain America for President
*** Warning! Contains Spoilers!***
You've been warned.
Ok, so yesterday I posted my review for Captain America: The Winter Solider. Well worth reading. Today, I'm going more for the message of Captain America.
Cap learns in the beginning of the movie that Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., commissioned three new helicarriers. Only these three were linked to satellites. These satellites took up information on everyone on the planet, things like spending records and who they talked to. They tracked google searches, text messages, and GPS locations. In doing so, they were able to compile information on everyone, like who they voted for, or whether or not they would lead people.
Kinda sound familiar, doesn't it? Not so fictitious, is it?
Then you have this conversation.
Fury- "We're going to start a lot of threats before they even happen."
Cap- "I thought the punishment usually came after the crime."
Cap ends up having to go on the run, hunted be the government, because he wouldn't help them propagate this kind of behavior. They declare him an enemy, and everyone is hunting him with the intent to kill.
I bet the IRS audited him for being a patriot too.
As it turns out, many of the leaders where secret working for Hydra, who was seeking to bring order to the world. People, they decided, couldn't be trusted with freedom. So they decided to push the world to chaos so that they could create order. They did things like ruined the economy, instituted socialist Health Care, and allowed terrorists to roam free, calling it things like "workplace violence" instead of terrorism.
Apparently Obama, Reid, and Pelosi are members of Hydra.
Remember those helicarriers? They were sent after people, not terrorists, but those view as true enemies of Hyrda, proponents of liberty. So they were going to do drone strikes on anyone that might become a leader of people that had values other than their own.
Remember when Obama said that conservatives, not terrorists where the greatest threat to America? Hail Hydra.
In the end, Captain America was willing to risk and even end his life in defense of freedom. And he called on others to do the same. "The cost of liberty is high, but it's a price I'm willing to pay."
Captain America is a conservative (this is something from the comics, especially seen in the Marvel Civil War). He believes in conservative values like freedom and choice. As opposed to so-called liberals, who believe in the government and have a war on liberty.
How long until Hydra comes knocking at your door? Will you fall in lock step, or pay the price?
Hail Hydra, or fight with Captain America. I know what I'd rather do.
You've been warned.
Ok, so yesterday I posted my review for Captain America: The Winter Solider. Well worth reading. Today, I'm going more for the message of Captain America.
Cap learns in the beginning of the movie that Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., commissioned three new helicarriers. Only these three were linked to satellites. These satellites took up information on everyone on the planet, things like spending records and who they talked to. They tracked google searches, text messages, and GPS locations. In doing so, they were able to compile information on everyone, like who they voted for, or whether or not they would lead people.
Kinda sound familiar, doesn't it? Not so fictitious, is it?
Then you have this conversation.
Fury- "We're going to start a lot of threats before they even happen."
Cap- "I thought the punishment usually came after the crime."
Cap ends up having to go on the run, hunted be the government, because he wouldn't help them propagate this kind of behavior. They declare him an enemy, and everyone is hunting him with the intent to kill.
I bet the IRS audited him for being a patriot too.
As it turns out, many of the leaders where secret working for Hydra, who was seeking to bring order to the world. People, they decided, couldn't be trusted with freedom. So they decided to push the world to chaos so that they could create order. They did things like ruined the economy, instituted socialist Health Care, and allowed terrorists to roam free, calling it things like "workplace violence" instead of terrorism.
Apparently Obama, Reid, and Pelosi are members of Hydra.
Remember those helicarriers? They were sent after people, not terrorists, but those view as true enemies of Hyrda, proponents of liberty. So they were going to do drone strikes on anyone that might become a leader of people that had values other than their own.
Remember when Obama said that conservatives, not terrorists where the greatest threat to America? Hail Hydra.
In the end, Captain America was willing to risk and even end his life in defense of freedom. And he called on others to do the same. "The cost of liberty is high, but it's a price I'm willing to pay."
Captain America is a conservative (this is something from the comics, especially seen in the Marvel Civil War). He believes in conservative values like freedom and choice. As opposed to so-called liberals, who believe in the government and have a war on liberty.
How long until Hydra comes knocking at your door? Will you fall in lock step, or pay the price?
Hail Hydra, or fight with Captain America. I know what I'd rather do.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Obama's April Fools Joke
Did you hear this one yesterday? Obama came out and said that ObamaCare is working! Ha ha! That's a good one!
After all, you can keep your doctor, your insurance plan, and your premiums have gone down, right? He also said they didn't make a hard sell, which is why then spent millions on commercials and endorsements!
Oh Obama, such a jokester. I guess Putin was right about that. I mean, the way Biden was laughing, it must be a joke, right?
No? He was serious?
Because I'm paying 4 times the monthly premium I paid before, and my insurance isn't as good. More people lost their insurance than got new insurance under ObamaCare. People have less options, higher cost, lost their doctors.
They say if you repeat a lie often enough and loud enough, it will eventually be accepted as fact.
Guess they haven't said it enough yet.
After all, you can keep your doctor, your insurance plan, and your premiums have gone down, right? He also said they didn't make a hard sell, which is why then spent millions on commercials and endorsements!
Oh Obama, such a jokester. I guess Putin was right about that. I mean, the way Biden was laughing, it must be a joke, right?
No? He was serious?
Because I'm paying 4 times the monthly premium I paid before, and my insurance isn't as good. More people lost their insurance than got new insurance under ObamaCare. People have less options, higher cost, lost their doctors.
They say if you repeat a lie often enough and loud enough, it will eventually be accepted as fact.
Guess they haven't said it enough yet.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Obama vs. Putin
Yesterday, Putin re-drew the map of Europe, declaring part of Ukraine as their own country. Very similar to what Germany did as they started to expand.
To combat this, Obama announced his NCAA bracket picks.
That will show them.
To combat this, Obama announced his NCAA bracket picks.
That will show them.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
ObamaCare: A personal testimony
So the CBO report has been highly debated. Are people losing jobs, or are they walking away from extra jobs because they don't need them?
Well, my mother was nearly canned for insurance purposes. They ended up negotiating to drop full time employees to ensuring the employee only, not their family. Since my mom is both a widow and an empty-nester, this allowed her to stay. Her friend Brenda was not so fortunate. This 60 year old woman is now working the graveyard shift at Amazon.com's shipping center, doing hard manual labor in 10-12 hour shifts just for insurance coverage. Where's her promised "freedom"?
What the Democrats call "job lock" we once called "having a steady job."
I've recently become employed once more. But I took a pay cut of 1/4th, and have to provide my own insurance. My good friend John Thompson is sending me a monthly check to cover that for the next year. That's a big relief.
That said, my insurance cost before Obamacare was $65 per month. Now it is $237.16. And since they regulate the market, I was not able to find private insurance any cheaper, because Obama tells the companies what they will pay and what they will cover, as well as who your doctor will be. It's a government HMO. Thanks for that.
Another thing that changed in the law is that now, I have to have maternity coverage. You know, in case I give birth. Now, if I knocked a girl up, she has to have her own coverage. This won't roll over to her. Nope. This is in case I give birth. I also have to have pediatric dental coverage. You know, to cover the dental care for kids that I don't have. And I am required by Federal Law to purchase this.
Now here's the fun part. When I went to get private health insurance, I was required to buy this separately. But when I tried to do this, I was asked for my child's name and Social Security number, which I can't provide because I don't have a kid. So it is ILLEGAL for my to buy what I am LEGALLY REQUIRED to buy.
All that was done so that I was federally required to buy directly from HealthCare.gov.
So much for my freedom. Thanks President Obama.
Well, my mother was nearly canned for insurance purposes. They ended up negotiating to drop full time employees to ensuring the employee only, not their family. Since my mom is both a widow and an empty-nester, this allowed her to stay. Her friend Brenda was not so fortunate. This 60 year old woman is now working the graveyard shift at Amazon.com's shipping center, doing hard manual labor in 10-12 hour shifts just for insurance coverage. Where's her promised "freedom"?
What the Democrats call "job lock" we once called "having a steady job."
I've recently become employed once more. But I took a pay cut of 1/4th, and have to provide my own insurance. My good friend John Thompson is sending me a monthly check to cover that for the next year. That's a big relief.
That said, my insurance cost before Obamacare was $65 per month. Now it is $237.16. And since they regulate the market, I was not able to find private insurance any cheaper, because Obama tells the companies what they will pay and what they will cover, as well as who your doctor will be. It's a government HMO. Thanks for that.
Another thing that changed in the law is that now, I have to have maternity coverage. You know, in case I give birth. Now, if I knocked a girl up, she has to have her own coverage. This won't roll over to her. Nope. This is in case I give birth. I also have to have pediatric dental coverage. You know, to cover the dental care for kids that I don't have. And I am required by Federal Law to purchase this.
Now here's the fun part. When I went to get private health insurance, I was required to buy this separately. But when I tried to do this, I was asked for my child's name and Social Security number, which I can't provide because I don't have a kid. So it is ILLEGAL for my to buy what I am LEGALLY REQUIRED to buy.
All that was done so that I was federally required to buy directly from HealthCare.gov.
So much for my freedom. Thanks President Obama.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Syria
Let's look past rhetoric to some truth.
Truth #1: You should judge people by their words. Senator Obama would impeach President Obama for attacking Syria. Eating crow doesn't quite cover it.
Truth #2: For once there is bipartisan support for something in Washington. It's amazing how many in Congress think we should do something in Syria, despite surveys that say EIGHT-SEVEN PERCENT of American oppose action in Syria. This shows just how disconnected Washington is from the American people. We've got to kick these guys out and start over.
Truth #3: The international community won't back the play because of reports that say that groups within the rebels, actually Al Queda terrorsts and affiliates, took the weapons and killed their own people to force our involvement. Putin publicly said so, and the Obama administration responded "That's stupid." No facts, of course, just that they don't like the report.
Truth #4: Sun Tzu (the guy who LITERALLY wrote the manual on conducting warfare, called "The Art of War"), thinks this is a bad idea. He said that the loser attacks, and then determines the terms of victory. The winner decides terms of victory, then attacks. We have no objects, and innocent people will die by us dropping random bombs, then we may spark retaliation again Israel and other allies in the region, not to mention our own embassies. Oh wait. Obama's fine with those being attacked.
4b: Sun Tzu also said the deception and surprise were keys to success. We have neither. If we were going to do something, we should have done it first. It's easier to get forgiveness than permission, especially if the world thinks you are as weak as Obama.
Truth #5: We can't hope to win. The President of Syria is evil, but he's holding a greater evil at bay, just like Egypt and Libya. Hopefully we learned out lesson. If Al Queda wins in Syria, we lose, big time. If we go in and accomplish nothing, we've just ticked off the entire world for nothing. If we help the Syrian President, then we've added to the more than one hundred thousand deaths there already. Let's learn from history, and just keep our noses clean and mind our own business.
Truth #1: You should judge people by their words. Senator Obama would impeach President Obama for attacking Syria. Eating crow doesn't quite cover it.
Truth #2: For once there is bipartisan support for something in Washington. It's amazing how many in Congress think we should do something in Syria, despite surveys that say EIGHT-SEVEN PERCENT of American oppose action in Syria. This shows just how disconnected Washington is from the American people. We've got to kick these guys out and start over.
Truth #3: The international community won't back the play because of reports that say that groups within the rebels, actually Al Queda terrorsts and affiliates, took the weapons and killed their own people to force our involvement. Putin publicly said so, and the Obama administration responded "That's stupid." No facts, of course, just that they don't like the report.
Truth #4: Sun Tzu (the guy who LITERALLY wrote the manual on conducting warfare, called "The Art of War"), thinks this is a bad idea. He said that the loser attacks, and then determines the terms of victory. The winner decides terms of victory, then attacks. We have no objects, and innocent people will die by us dropping random bombs, then we may spark retaliation again Israel and other allies in the region, not to mention our own embassies. Oh wait. Obama's fine with those being attacked.
4b: Sun Tzu also said the deception and surprise were keys to success. We have neither. If we were going to do something, we should have done it first. It's easier to get forgiveness than permission, especially if the world thinks you are as weak as Obama.
Truth #5: We can't hope to win. The President of Syria is evil, but he's holding a greater evil at bay, just like Egypt and Libya. Hopefully we learned out lesson. If Al Queda wins in Syria, we lose, big time. If we go in and accomplish nothing, we've just ticked off the entire world for nothing. If we help the Syrian President, then we've added to the more than one hundred thousand deaths there already. Let's learn from history, and just keep our noses clean and mind our own business.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
I Have a Dream 50th
What is the dream? The Dream is that we realize the truth found in Scripture and stated simply by our founding fathers: that all men are created equal.
Created by who? MLK said it was "God Almighty." That's the thing. This isn't about what the government who gave us freedom. It was God. In fact, Dueteronomy warns us that governments oppress people. And they still do.
MLK's dream was for racial justice. This still doesn't happen. Whites are "evil rich people." Blacks are "dangerous criminals." Everyone else is here illegally. Yes, prejudice is everywhere.
MLK also said "Don't blame our white brothers." As he pointed out, many white people where there marching with them. Racism isn't a White issue, or a Black issue. It's a sin issue. That's right, sin. God said in Christ there is no difference between race or gender. We're all equal in sin, and made equal again if we accept God's grace and repent of those sins. We need freedom that is found in Christ Jesus. This includes Americans and non-Americans, rich and poor.
Today we are still fighting these battles. Democrats keep people locked in ghettos and in chains of government dependence. Republicans ignore people. Both parties act their way because all they care about is taking power, and not about the people that they step on to get that party.
Some say "We're doing better. We have a black president." We're doing better. But that's not why. MLK wanted people judged by content of character, not race. Voting for someone because he's black is the same as not voting for him because he's black. The fact that race is noticed is still racist. I've made no secret that I agree with little that Obama does, but those disagreements are philophical, not race. Being a minister, baptizing whites, blacks, hispanics, you just celebrate because they're people that matter to God.
I have a dream where all people realize God's love and treat each other just as that: people.
Created by who? MLK said it was "God Almighty." That's the thing. This isn't about what the government who gave us freedom. It was God. In fact, Dueteronomy warns us that governments oppress people. And they still do.
MLK's dream was for racial justice. This still doesn't happen. Whites are "evil rich people." Blacks are "dangerous criminals." Everyone else is here illegally. Yes, prejudice is everywhere.
MLK also said "Don't blame our white brothers." As he pointed out, many white people where there marching with them. Racism isn't a White issue, or a Black issue. It's a sin issue. That's right, sin. God said in Christ there is no difference between race or gender. We're all equal in sin, and made equal again if we accept God's grace and repent of those sins. We need freedom that is found in Christ Jesus. This includes Americans and non-Americans, rich and poor.
Today we are still fighting these battles. Democrats keep people locked in ghettos and in chains of government dependence. Republicans ignore people. Both parties act their way because all they care about is taking power, and not about the people that they step on to get that party.
Some say "We're doing better. We have a black president." We're doing better. But that's not why. MLK wanted people judged by content of character, not race. Voting for someone because he's black is the same as not voting for him because he's black. The fact that race is noticed is still racist. I've made no secret that I agree with little that Obama does, but those disagreements are philophical, not race. Being a minister, baptizing whites, blacks, hispanics, you just celebrate because they're people that matter to God.
I have a dream where all people realize God's love and treat each other just as that: people.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Equality?
Our nation took another step away from freedom in the name of tolerance. The Supreme Court said that states had no ability to define marriage. Gay marriage is now ok.
Here's the problem. The Federal Government doesn't issue marriage liscences. Marriage is 100% a state issue. I know. I've performed weddings in four states.
This is just one more case of the liberals in Washington stripping away our rights, especially the first amendment. This isn't equality. In truth, in everything that is right, the government should recognize "civil unions" for hetero or homo. Marriage should be left where it started, in the church, ordained by God.
Here's the problem. The Federal Government doesn't issue marriage liscences. Marriage is 100% a state issue. I know. I've performed weddings in four states.
This is just one more case of the liberals in Washington stripping away our rights, especially the first amendment. This isn't equality. In truth, in everything that is right, the government should recognize "civil unions" for hetero or homo. Marriage should be left where it started, in the church, ordained by God.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Enemy of the State?
So... our country seems to have some trouble lately. With Fort Hood shootings, Sandyhook Elementary, the Boston bombings, we are under attack. There are nearly regular shootings by the mentally unstable and attacks by terrorists.
Yet, our government seems to be confused as to who the enemies of our nation are. The State Department went after our dead ambassador. The DOJ went after the media. The IRS went after conservatives. The NSA is going after everyone.
This, for some reason, is surprising. I don't know why. They've been doing it for years. We knew they were doing it. There's a movie called "Enemy of the State" staring Gene Hackman, John Voit, and Will Smith. We're living it. Political opponents are enemies, while people trying to kill us must be our victims.
That said, if you're asking me is this Snowden or whatever his name is is a hero for leaking, my answer is no. If he thought he was being brave and doing the right thing, he wouldn't have run away. He would have stood in public and taken the consequences. That's the difference between standing for a conviction and just being a turd.
In the mean time, our nation's leaders need to learn the difference between our friends and our enemies. The IRS did this political bullying because Obama has created a culture of corruption and favoritism. He's McCarthyism and Nixon all rolled in one, and no one cares. It's really sad.
Yet, our government seems to be confused as to who the enemies of our nation are. The State Department went after our dead ambassador. The DOJ went after the media. The IRS went after conservatives. The NSA is going after everyone.
This, for some reason, is surprising. I don't know why. They've been doing it for years. We knew they were doing it. There's a movie called "Enemy of the State" staring Gene Hackman, John Voit, and Will Smith. We're living it. Political opponents are enemies, while people trying to kill us must be our victims.
That said, if you're asking me is this Snowden or whatever his name is is a hero for leaking, my answer is no. If he thought he was being brave and doing the right thing, he wouldn't have run away. He would have stood in public and taken the consequences. That's the difference between standing for a conviction and just being a turd.
In the mean time, our nation's leaders need to learn the difference between our friends and our enemies. The IRS did this political bullying because Obama has created a culture of corruption and favoritism. He's McCarthyism and Nixon all rolled in one, and no one cares. It's really sad.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
ObamaCare hits home
I hate to say "I told you so." Especially when it's bad. But I told you ObamaCare sucks. It destroys jobs.
My mom just found out yesterday (Monday) that she has a difficult decision. She can either have Health Insurance, or a job. That's right. Because Obama's regulations, my mother's insurance has skyrocketed. The school that she works for is voting Thursday to get rid of insurance for the teacher's aides. She's been at that job for 27 years, and has been told she either has to retire before the vote on Thursday, or she has to go without insurance, knowing that she can't afford ObamaCare, which she is required by law to have.
That's right. She has just entered government enforced poverty. She either can have insurance or an income. Her thought is she might be able to get an income, but she absolutely cannot get insurance. So she has to leave a job which she loves to afford health insurance.
And she's not the only one effected. Other aides that were hired after a certain date are not only losing their insurance, but also their hours. Since ObamaCare not requires employers to provide insurance for those who have more than 30 hours, and companies still can't afford to provide benefits, then not only do these people not have insurance, but have less income. That's what happens when idiot politicians like Obama and Pelosi who have never held a real job or done anything in real life make decisions for the rest of the country. They had excellent intentions, but reality is simply different. The road to hell, and national poverty, is paved with good intentions.
My mom just found out yesterday (Monday) that she has a difficult decision. She can either have Health Insurance, or a job. That's right. Because Obama's regulations, my mother's insurance has skyrocketed. The school that she works for is voting Thursday to get rid of insurance for the teacher's aides. She's been at that job for 27 years, and has been told she either has to retire before the vote on Thursday, or she has to go without insurance, knowing that she can't afford ObamaCare, which she is required by law to have.
That's right. She has just entered government enforced poverty. She either can have insurance or an income. Her thought is she might be able to get an income, but she absolutely cannot get insurance. So she has to leave a job which she loves to afford health insurance.
And she's not the only one effected. Other aides that were hired after a certain date are not only losing their insurance, but also their hours. Since ObamaCare not requires employers to provide insurance for those who have more than 30 hours, and companies still can't afford to provide benefits, then not only do these people not have insurance, but have less income. That's what happens when idiot politicians like Obama and Pelosi who have never held a real job or done anything in real life make decisions for the rest of the country. They had excellent intentions, but reality is simply different. The road to hell, and national poverty, is paved with good intentions.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Leave us Alone
So there’s been a lot going on lately that I want to just say “Leave me alone.” There has been way too many people trying to get into my business.
For example, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is running ads in eight states, not New York, advocating people to call their Congressional Representatives and Senators to get them to pass gun control. Dude, you are the mayor of New York not the United States. You have gun control where you live. What I do, what those that represent me on a federal level do, is our business, not yours. Leave me alone. (I would also be remiss to fail to mention that the commercial featured some of the worst gun safety ever seen.)
Then former funny man Jim Carey released a video against guns, claiming Charlton Heston didn’t go to heaven because he liked guns. Didn’t mention that Heston was one of the early civil rights advocates in Hollywood, you know, before it was cool. The video also featured Ghandi, who once said one of the worst things England did to India was to deny them the right to bear arms. Think about this: Carey is famous for talking from his butt, literally, and for trying to make it illegal for me to vaccinate my kids, despite the fact that more people died from the mumps last year than guns. Hmm… Here’s an idea Jim, why don’t you try to get a career again, and keep your talking rear out of my business. Leave me alone.
Reverend Lyon of St. John’s Episcopal Church said that as a Christian, I have to be racist, pushing “blacks back to the back of the bus.” I hate to tell you, you idiotic psychopath, but it was DEMOCRAT governors that turned the fire hoses on people protesting for civil rights. Who were those protestors? CHRISTIANS!!! Even Dr. King was a Reverend. So stop trying to rewrite history and stop trying to tell me what I’m supposed to believe. Leave me alone.
A Princeton Alumnus sent a letter to all female students telling them that they needed to get married before they graduated. (In that letter, she also said that blue collar people are stupid. For one, some of the smartest people you’ll ever meet are blue collar. You want the guy who fixes you car to be smart. One of the smartest people you’ll meet is a construction worker, who needs to decided how many braces go into your ceiling and at what angles to keep your roof from collapsing when you get three feet of snow.) What is it any of your business when they marry, or who? Leave them alone.
Personally, I believe in freedom. I don’t want the government to tell me to buy Health Insurance, let alone require it after making it more expensive for me to do so. I don’t want overregulation for the sake of giving some government paper-pusher something to do. I’m an American. I want to be left alone, to seek to live my own life.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Debt talk
So, recently there's been some talk about the debt. On one of the cable news shows, an Obama supporter came out to speak on the deficit. He said, "the deficit is not out of control. We just cut it back from one trillion to eight hundred billion. So we're fine."
Let's look at this logically. Last year I made about 35k. Now just imagine for a second if I spent $100,000 more than I made, and put it all on a credit card getting 20% interest, compounded monthly. Would you say I have a debt problem, spending 3 times over and above my income? Of course you would. Now if I cut it back to $80,000, would you say it's under control? Of course not. You would say that I have a MAJOR spending issue.
President Obama followed this up with another statement. He said that $17 trillion is not a problem. It won't be until we his $30 trillion in debt that we have a problem (which the way they spend our money sounds like a goal more than a limit). Again, using the same example as above, if I was make $35k and was $1,700,000 in debt, would you say that I don't have a problem until I reach $3 million in debt? No, you'd say I was in debt now.
Here's the think. This is also a moral issue. In Proverbs, the Bible says "The borrow is slave to the lender." We're a slave to China. We already see it as we're forced to bend the them in the UN and in other international issues. We're a slave, so we have to do what they want.
Another reason this is a problem is because it is out of control, nearly unrecoverable. Cyprus found out their debt is unrecoverable, so their solution is to close the banks and just take money from people's savings account. Forget being responsible, just steal it. This is a problem, and if we don't do something to fix our spending issues, we're going to become desperate as a nation and they will find a way to steal from us too.
Let's look at this logically. Last year I made about 35k. Now just imagine for a second if I spent $100,000 more than I made, and put it all on a credit card getting 20% interest, compounded monthly. Would you say I have a debt problem, spending 3 times over and above my income? Of course you would. Now if I cut it back to $80,000, would you say it's under control? Of course not. You would say that I have a MAJOR spending issue.
President Obama followed this up with another statement. He said that $17 trillion is not a problem. It won't be until we his $30 trillion in debt that we have a problem (which the way they spend our money sounds like a goal more than a limit). Again, using the same example as above, if I was make $35k and was $1,700,000 in debt, would you say that I don't have a problem until I reach $3 million in debt? No, you'd say I was in debt now.
Here's the think. This is also a moral issue. In Proverbs, the Bible says "The borrow is slave to the lender." We're a slave to China. We already see it as we're forced to bend the them in the UN and in other international issues. We're a slave, so we have to do what they want.
Another reason this is a problem is because it is out of control, nearly unrecoverable. Cyprus found out their debt is unrecoverable, so their solution is to close the banks and just take money from people's savings account. Forget being responsible, just steal it. This is a problem, and if we don't do something to fix our spending issues, we're going to become desperate as a nation and they will find a way to steal from us too.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Fake cuts
So I'm so sick of hearing about these fake cuts. Obama makes it sound like we are making huge cuts in the budget. He closed the White House. He's made cuts to the military. He's made it sound like we made drastic cuts.
Only, we didn't. We're still spending more than last year. The only reason to close the White House is because he doesn't like people. We are beneath him. But it's not his house. It's ours. We just loan it to him.
The thing it that Obama is a wonderful campaigner, but that's all he knows how to do. He's trying to make things bad, just so he can blame the Republicans in the 2014 election. Well, instead of blaming others for your mistakes, man up and do something about it. Stop ruining our country for political points. We're sick of it.
Only, we didn't. We're still spending more than last year. The only reason to close the White House is because he doesn't like people. We are beneath him. But it's not his house. It's ours. We just loan it to him.
The thing it that Obama is a wonderful campaigner, but that's all he knows how to do. He's trying to make things bad, just so he can blame the Republicans in the 2014 election. Well, instead of blaming others for your mistakes, man up and do something about it. Stop ruining our country for political points. We're sick of it.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Sequestration explanation
Ok, so the talk on the news is sequestration. I just have to say, I'm so tired of Washington playing politics with people's lives. The newest proposals are cut farming subsidies (because, you know, higher food prices don't hurt lower income people at all), cutting air transit (I guess theoretically this would mean less TSA employees and traffic controllers. Again, this only hurts lower income people because it doesn't matter if you have your own plane), and raising taxes on the middle class. President Obama want to hurt people, because he's spent time on a smear campaign, trying to blame the Republicans for this, which was his idea. He even said in 2011 that he would veto any attempt to circumvent sequestration. He wants this to be painful, because what's bad for us, he can blame on his opponents and gain political power. That's why he's become a do-nothing-President.
Let me be clear. We need cuts. We need to reduce government spending by 10%, instead of cutting the increase by 2.4%. We are hemorrhaging money. So what's the plan here? Eliminate waste? Prosecute corruption, like embezzlement? Reduce bloated salaries for unproductive workers? Nope. Their plan is to play politics.
Let's not go after fraud. Let's make it more expensive to eat. Let's not take on special interests. Let's make travel prohibitive. Let's not fire some worthless people. No, give those people a bonus for finding ways to steal our money. I'm so sick of this garbage. They're too busy playing partisan chicken (as in, "I'll bet they'll swerve first.") to realize that they are destroying people, making it harder for the average family to just exist.
I for one, am sick of it.
Let me be clear. We need cuts. We need to reduce government spending by 10%, instead of cutting the increase by 2.4%. We are hemorrhaging money. So what's the plan here? Eliminate waste? Prosecute corruption, like embezzlement? Reduce bloated salaries for unproductive workers? Nope. Their plan is to play politics.
Let's not go after fraud. Let's make it more expensive to eat. Let's not take on special interests. Let's make travel prohibitive. Let's not fire some worthless people. No, give those people a bonus for finding ways to steal our money. I'm so sick of this garbage. They're too busy playing partisan chicken (as in, "I'll bet they'll swerve first.") to realize that they are destroying people, making it harder for the average family to just exist.
I for one, am sick of it.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Stop Digging-The Problems
There's an old saying. When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. You cannot get out of the hole by digging out the bottom. That just puts you deeper into a hole.
We are in a sixteen trillion dollar hole. That's a sixteen with TWELVE ZEROS behind it. It's an addiction to spending. When we have a trillion dollar deficit each year, not including interest on the debt, we have a problem. Yet the infamously hypocritical and stupid Nancy Pelosi said that people are lying when they say we have a spending problem.
So I guess GSA execs spending tax dollars on clowns, gambling, and alcohol isn't a problem. Hundreds of thousands of dollars spent to make an aquatic treadmill for shrimp (yes, I said shrimp) to run on so we can see what it looks like isn't a problem. Paying bloated salaries to members of congress who don't even read the bills they pass isn't a problem.
According to a survey done over the weekend, 83% of Americans say we have a spending problem. The 17% that don't must all work for the government. We have record waste and fraud each year, and Nancy Pelosi has the gall to say that we don't have a problem.
President Obama will admit roughly that we have a problem. His problem is he thinks the solution is to dig faster. Spend money on bridges. Spend money on special interests. Spend more money. He calls it a stimulus.
Only we've tried that. Over. And over. And over. Bush tried it, and Obama called it stupid. Then Obama walked into office and said "Hey you know that thing that didn't work? Let's try that." That's INSANE!!! Einstein said "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." Congrats to both Democrats and Republicans. You are insane. He's even said that he's going to raise the tax on gasoline to give us more spending. Because, you know, paying more for gasoline really helps low income people like you and me.
On another note: the minimum wage. I am big on social justice. I want to help the poor. But I'm also a pragmatist. That means I do things that work. Raising the minimum wage sounds good, in theory. That's why we raised it $2.00 a few years ago. That's why he wants to raise it $2.00 again.
The problem is it doesn't work. Yes, you bring home more money (unless you work for tips. Or on commission. Or on a salary. Pretty much, it screws most people because we aren't hourly like the unions.). But that tank of gas costs $2 more. That trip to McDonalds with your family? $2 more. Everything from food to gas to utilities goes up, more than you raise did. Plus, businesses don't hire as many workers. That's just what we need right now, higher prices and less jobs. Again, I love the idea behind the higher minimum wage, but in practicality it hurts those you are trying to help. Ideals don't pay the rent here in the real world. What actually works is if those few dollars we do bring home go further, but that involves reducing the debt. Short term pain equals long term solutions, just like it does in personal finance. But that's never going to happen, because those that work in Washington won't deign themselves to step foot in the real world.
We are in a sixteen trillion dollar hole. That's a sixteen with TWELVE ZEROS behind it. It's an addiction to spending. When we have a trillion dollar deficit each year, not including interest on the debt, we have a problem. Yet the infamously hypocritical and stupid Nancy Pelosi said that people are lying when they say we have a spending problem.
So I guess GSA execs spending tax dollars on clowns, gambling, and alcohol isn't a problem. Hundreds of thousands of dollars spent to make an aquatic treadmill for shrimp (yes, I said shrimp) to run on so we can see what it looks like isn't a problem. Paying bloated salaries to members of congress who don't even read the bills they pass isn't a problem.
According to a survey done over the weekend, 83% of Americans say we have a spending problem. The 17% that don't must all work for the government. We have record waste and fraud each year, and Nancy Pelosi has the gall to say that we don't have a problem.
President Obama will admit roughly that we have a problem. His problem is he thinks the solution is to dig faster. Spend money on bridges. Spend money on special interests. Spend more money. He calls it a stimulus.
Only we've tried that. Over. And over. And over. Bush tried it, and Obama called it stupid. Then Obama walked into office and said "Hey you know that thing that didn't work? Let's try that." That's INSANE!!! Einstein said "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." Congrats to both Democrats and Republicans. You are insane. He's even said that he's going to raise the tax on gasoline to give us more spending. Because, you know, paying more for gasoline really helps low income people like you and me.
On another note: the minimum wage. I am big on social justice. I want to help the poor. But I'm also a pragmatist. That means I do things that work. Raising the minimum wage sounds good, in theory. That's why we raised it $2.00 a few years ago. That's why he wants to raise it $2.00 again.
The problem is it doesn't work. Yes, you bring home more money (unless you work for tips. Or on commission. Or on a salary. Pretty much, it screws most people because we aren't hourly like the unions.). But that tank of gas costs $2 more. That trip to McDonalds with your family? $2 more. Everything from food to gas to utilities goes up, more than you raise did. Plus, businesses don't hire as many workers. That's just what we need right now, higher prices and less jobs. Again, I love the idea behind the higher minimum wage, but in practicality it hurts those you are trying to help. Ideals don't pay the rent here in the real world. What actually works is if those few dollars we do bring home go further, but that involves reducing the debt. Short term pain equals long term solutions, just like it does in personal finance. But that's never going to happen, because those that work in Washington won't deign themselves to step foot in the real world.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Political Points
Allow me to make a few bullet points about current issues.
Why does it matter?
Hillary Clinton said during a recent congressional hearing "Four people are dead... What does it matter [who did it and why]? We need to figure out what happened to keep it from happening again."
She answered her own question. She took some unfair flack from the "What does it matter?" comment. In context, it wasn't as bad as some tried to make it seem. She wasn't saying that the four dead didn't matter, only that the false information linking it to a youtube video didn't matter. The fact that they refused requests to provide more security didn't matter. The fact that there was a CIA report and a separate military report saying that they were ordered to stand down didn't matter.
That said, she did answer her own question. Why those things matter is because if it could have been stopped but wasn't because it was politically inconvenient matters. The fact that it was deemed too dangerous to send in the FBI to investigate while the New York Times walked through the facility matters. If there was neglegence on behalf of whoever and it lead to four dead it is the same as pulling the trigger. It is murder. And even ignoring that, you can't fix a problem you don't know about. So covering up the problem doesn't help.
Debate?
President Obama said recently that we could have a reasonable debate if people would stop disagreeing with him. I hate to tell you, but a debate it where people present two opposing viewpoints and defend them to each other. In other words, you can't have a debate without people arguing with you!
Higher taxes do not mean higher revenue.
Seems simple, right. Raise the tax rate and you raise more money. Fair share, and all that. California has the highest rate of personal income and corporate taxes. To alieve their financial problem, they're raising taxes again. This means more revenue right? Wrong. Higher taxes means more people are moving their businesses to where taxes are less. In Texas, more people paying in means much more revenue than higher taxes would bring. It's exponential growth. It's even simple multiplication. Go back to high school and do some math.
Semi-automatics aren't what you think.
There is a push to ban semi-automatics. This is because people don't know what they are. Semi-automatic means that if you pull the trigger once, it sends one bullet (as opposed to revolvers, where you have to click the hammer back before you pull the trigger). People are confusing semi-automatic with sub-machine gun. A sub-machine gun is where you hold the trigger and it empties the clip.
Assault weapons aren't what you think.
Assault weapons aren't sub-machine guns. The fact is, assault weapons don't include automatic weapons. They include specialty weapons. For example, a sub-machine gun is legal, but a sub-machine gun with a scope isn't. A shotgun is legal, but a shotgun with a pistol grip isn't. This is the same thing as the illegality of switch-blade knives. Switch-blades aren't more dangerous than any other knife. They aren't easier to conceal. They just look scary. So assault weapons are scary looking guns.
Assault weapons bans don't stop Newtown.
No assault weapons were used at Sandyhook. The guy used two pistols. The proposed weapons ban doesn't stop that massacre.
The reason for the Second Amendment.
For right or wrong, whether you agree or not, our founding fathers put in the second amendment to defend the rest. Freedom and security are opposites. The point of the Bill or Rights, and that one in particular, is that government can easily take away the rights of the people. Guns allow the people to defend themselves. This is exactly what the Arab Spring was about. People were throwing rocks while being shot at. Dictators, whether solo or parlamentary, can easily arrise. The founding fathers didn't want that, so they guarenteed us the right to defend ourselves from all threats, whether personal (like a break in) or national (like a rogue government or invading enemy).
Weapons bans don't work.
I know. You've already got your mind made up about this one, but hear me out. One of the fathers of the Sandyhook victims put it well today. He said that by doing what he did, the madman was already breaking the law. Adding a new law for them to break doesn't matter nearly as much as enforcement of current laws.
By the way, I can't believe I have to explain this but I do. The City of Chicago, the President's home base, has the strictest gun laws. They also have the highest gun crime. And their violent gun crime went up 18% last year, the only major city in the US to see an increase. And Mayor Immanuel needs to butt out. As soon as the massacre happened, he came out and said he was against putting armed police officers in each school. In the mean time, he sends his kids to a private school with armed guards. If he believed what he was selling, he'd send his kids to public school with yours. He should smell what he's shovelling and leave the rest of us alone. Because basically what he's saying is that he doesn't care about protecting your kids, because you are poor.
Why does it matter?
Hillary Clinton said during a recent congressional hearing "Four people are dead... What does it matter [who did it and why]? We need to figure out what happened to keep it from happening again."
She answered her own question. She took some unfair flack from the "What does it matter?" comment. In context, it wasn't as bad as some tried to make it seem. She wasn't saying that the four dead didn't matter, only that the false information linking it to a youtube video didn't matter. The fact that they refused requests to provide more security didn't matter. The fact that there was a CIA report and a separate military report saying that they were ordered to stand down didn't matter.
That said, she did answer her own question. Why those things matter is because if it could have been stopped but wasn't because it was politically inconvenient matters. The fact that it was deemed too dangerous to send in the FBI to investigate while the New York Times walked through the facility matters. If there was neglegence on behalf of whoever and it lead to four dead it is the same as pulling the trigger. It is murder. And even ignoring that, you can't fix a problem you don't know about. So covering up the problem doesn't help.
Debate?
President Obama said recently that we could have a reasonable debate if people would stop disagreeing with him. I hate to tell you, but a debate it where people present two opposing viewpoints and defend them to each other. In other words, you can't have a debate without people arguing with you!
Higher taxes do not mean higher revenue.
Seems simple, right. Raise the tax rate and you raise more money. Fair share, and all that. California has the highest rate of personal income and corporate taxes. To alieve their financial problem, they're raising taxes again. This means more revenue right? Wrong. Higher taxes means more people are moving their businesses to where taxes are less. In Texas, more people paying in means much more revenue than higher taxes would bring. It's exponential growth. It's even simple multiplication. Go back to high school and do some math.
Semi-automatics aren't what you think.
There is a push to ban semi-automatics. This is because people don't know what they are. Semi-automatic means that if you pull the trigger once, it sends one bullet (as opposed to revolvers, where you have to click the hammer back before you pull the trigger). People are confusing semi-automatic with sub-machine gun. A sub-machine gun is where you hold the trigger and it empties the clip.
Assault weapons aren't what you think.
Assault weapons aren't sub-machine guns. The fact is, assault weapons don't include automatic weapons. They include specialty weapons. For example, a sub-machine gun is legal, but a sub-machine gun with a scope isn't. A shotgun is legal, but a shotgun with a pistol grip isn't. This is the same thing as the illegality of switch-blade knives. Switch-blades aren't more dangerous than any other knife. They aren't easier to conceal. They just look scary. So assault weapons are scary looking guns.
Assault weapons bans don't stop Newtown.
No assault weapons were used at Sandyhook. The guy used two pistols. The proposed weapons ban doesn't stop that massacre.
The reason for the Second Amendment.
For right or wrong, whether you agree or not, our founding fathers put in the second amendment to defend the rest. Freedom and security are opposites. The point of the Bill or Rights, and that one in particular, is that government can easily take away the rights of the people. Guns allow the people to defend themselves. This is exactly what the Arab Spring was about. People were throwing rocks while being shot at. Dictators, whether solo or parlamentary, can easily arrise. The founding fathers didn't want that, so they guarenteed us the right to defend ourselves from all threats, whether personal (like a break in) or national (like a rogue government or invading enemy).
Weapons bans don't work.
I know. You've already got your mind made up about this one, but hear me out. One of the fathers of the Sandyhook victims put it well today. He said that by doing what he did, the madman was already breaking the law. Adding a new law for them to break doesn't matter nearly as much as enforcement of current laws.
By the way, I can't believe I have to explain this but I do. The City of Chicago, the President's home base, has the strictest gun laws. They also have the highest gun crime. And their violent gun crime went up 18% last year, the only major city in the US to see an increase. And Mayor Immanuel needs to butt out. As soon as the massacre happened, he came out and said he was against putting armed police officers in each school. In the mean time, he sends his kids to a private school with armed guards. If he believed what he was selling, he'd send his kids to public school with yours. He should smell what he's shovelling and leave the rest of us alone. Because basically what he's saying is that he doesn't care about protecting your kids, because you are poor.
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