Why Was America's Revolution Different?

This latest video from PragerU explains it nicely... for me to say more would do it injustice.

Defining Tolerance

This latest PragerU video does a good job of explaining this issue in today's "language redefinition" culture.

My Opinion on the Failure of Education Today

This poster was on the wall in the hall of a school I worked at only a year ago. 
Taken w/ my iphone.

I could go into the data and link to articles which support the fact that the quality of our public education has declined over the last several years, but I would be willing to wager that any reader would understand the validity and accuracy of such an assertion. As a retired educator, such assertions are from experience and understanding from the changes witnessed over time.

So, what is it that I think has contributed to this decline?

There are many factors which may be playing into this issue, but I'm going to focus on just one issue which has become obvious to me recently that I would like to share.

Let me ask a question or two. What media industry outspends education 10 to 1? (Hint: There's a profit in it for this industry.)

Advertising outspends education in brain research because they use the understanding to more effectively connect - usually on an emotional level - with the viewer watching the ad to make a product "stick" in their mind and recall it when out shopping.

Education? It's still training its teachers in elementary classrooms to use little "sing-song" mnemonics to memorize something, if that! I know from Common Core curriculum in teaching mathematics to fourth graders, the process of learning the multiplication tables is considered a waste of time; as one specific example.

Here's another question... What has been replaced by technology, causing it to gradually disappear, or fade away, in our modern culture?

If you guessed stories, or more accurately, story telling, you're correct!

Why are stories being read aloud, or spoken, significant to the developing brains of children? Through the audible mode of listening, children use their imagination to contrive images in their minds. Today, our youth are saturated with visual stimuli along with the audible, and the child doesn't have to create any imaginary imagery in the minds to go with it; it's all done for them.

Here's another question I have which I believe relates to mental laziness. Why do today's children give up on working out difficulties?

Brain research has revealed that developing brains in children grow through having to make an effort at understanding something and being able to articulate, or demonstrate the concept learned.

I can't tell you how many times my students were giving up at learning something new. However, when they were told that their brains were having a difficult time with it because their synapses and dendrites - the components of the brain's memory network - which were created during the process of learning something, it took a greater effort to hang in there over time for our brain to make the connections. 

Knowing this, they gradually began to realize that, if they were going to get smarter, and better marks on whatever they going to be assessed on, they shouldn't give up, but press on with determination and effort; knowing that it would eventually pay off for them.

Rather than training today's teachers to understand this and utilize it in their instruction, they are focusing on how to save the planet from a mythical threat of carbon pollution, or loss of forests, or being a social justice warrior. This has become more prevalent than most of us realize.

I believe if there's one thing that would help combat our culture's march toward bringing up future generations of mislead and compliant generations to not learn to think for themselves, it would be reading aloud to them from an early age. Why? Because while raising our two daughters from infancy, we read aloud to both of them until they didn't want us to. Yet, both of them started Kindergarten possessing an independent reading ability at a 3rd grade proficiency level. Talk about a head start!

They also grew up as intelligent, thinkers who understood the need to question and cross-check things before accepting them as gospel by the media advertising and news that worked daily at brainwashing them.

I grant that there are many other factors not touched on in this post, but it still is a huge one.

Are We Unaware of What's Really Happening?

For the past four years, ever since Hillary lost the election to Pres. Trump, we've occasionally heard the phrase "The Resistance" mentioned; either by the Media (D), or prominent liberals and fascists.

In previous posts here on my blog, I've written about my personal suspicions of communists, left over from the now defunct Soviet Union which collapsed in the early '90s infiltrating our country and taking up occupancy in the DNC where they knew progressivism would readily embrace their socialist policies.

Well, here's further proof from another source - this time a former FBI agent - who's written a book about it. The following is a summary from G. Edward Griffin's site about an interview with the author on Tucker Carlson's show:

Terrie Turchie is a former FBI Deputy Assistant Director and the author of In Their Own Words, a book about the Democratic party’s push for Communist America. He says that Democrats are using the words, actions and policies from communist China, Cuba and Russia to change attitude[s] of Americans about our system. He showed that the Weather Underground’s strategy of using racism to divide America is nearly word for word what radical Democrats are using today when they push socialism. He says that the US is on the verge of incremental communism, without understanding what is happening.

 For those interested in viewing the interview, here's the link to it.

Need further evidence? Check out this article! If this doesn't raise hairs on the back of your neck, then I question why you're reading my blog.

Why the West Won

For the past few centuries, Western Civilization has dominated the world both culturally and economically. Why? Some point to imperialism, slavery, and colonial wars. But those sins are common to all empires throughout history. What separates the West from the rest? Stanford historian Niall Ferguson has the answer in this highly informative video.

BTW... Did you happen to notice what major factor which was the major "killer app" behind the rise of Western Civilization?

The Non-crime, Crime or Impeachment - Part 2: The Swamp Thickens

Mueller's investigation begins with the realization that no evidence exists to actually prosecute the president with impeachment.

What to do? Let's look at the campaign team members of Trump's team, because the DNC operative, Chalupa, has gone to Ukraine and produced this "black ledger" which supposedly reveals that Manafort was paid big bucks by Ukrainian oligarchs. He must have been paid off by Putin's lackeys.

Muller's team successfully prosecutes Manafort on process crimes - lying about some minor details - and the "black ledger" allegations, and sentences him for years to solitary confinement in prison.

Fantastic! See Trump haters? We got our "pound of flesh" with this guy from Trump's campaign team. But wait, there's more!

We've got this other dude named Roger Stone who's got a tattoo of Pres. Nixon on his back, so he must be guilt of doing something illegal, so we'll sick our finest "bull-dog" prosecutor team of lawyers, drag him in too and get him prosecuted on process crimes too.

Hey CNN, we've got a great scoop for you! Show up quietly in front of this Stone dude's house at the crack of dawn and wait for our FBI SWAT team with an army of AR-15s, bazookas, mini-tanks and other cool stuff so you can have your cameras capture the moment we bust down his front door and arrest this crook.

What's that? They proved that Manafort's "black ledger" thingy was a complete fabrication by the Ukrainian oligarch guy? Ahh... small potatoes, there's nothing to worry about with that. Forget it, so will the public. Minor detail!

We got this dude, Stone, for witness tampering! What? He did? You mean the witness he allegedly intimidated gave a statement saying he never felt intimidated by Stone and knew he was just joking around with him? Don't worry, we confused him enough to get him to trip up on his answers after we interrogated him for hours on end and we got him on a process crime too. We can get him sentenced for lying to us over minor details, even if we have to ask the GOP in Congress for information.

When the prosecutor team comes before the judge, we hear them say, "Your honor, we are pleased that you're an Obama appointed judge ruling on this case. We're going to let the A.G. Barr know that we're going to recommend something less than a nine year sentencing for this seventy year old man who's lost all of his assets defending himself in this case. But since he's a Trump campaign lackey, we'll give him time, you can be sure!"

When A.G. Barr learns that these three prosecutors actually recommend to the judge in a later hearing a sentence of nine years, the A.G. looks into this conflict and calls them on the carpet for saying one thing, then doing another. So, the pundits in the Media (D) and some in Congress get all huffy about Pres. Trump Tweeting remarks about Stone's sentence, as though Pres. Obama never engaged in such things, right?

The three prosecutors then resign in protest from the case before the sentencing is actually declared by the judge. Oh my lord! People, look how this A.G. is interfering with our court case! And the president is Tweeting about it too! Oh my lord! He's obviously defending his buddy the president!

In steps Cong. Swalwell (D) CA, who announces, "Well, it's clear that this president is obstructing justice, it looks like we can't discount the possibility that he should be impeached for this!" (Of course, we all know how hands off Pres. Obama was during his administration.) On a hot mic, Swalwell's caught off camera saying, "Hey Steve, be sure to get in touch with the gang of those four radical leftists to pressure the Speaker again on calling for another impeachment inquiry! Okay?"

What? Did you say the foreperson of the Stone jury was outed as a biased liberal against Stone? Aw, come on! That can't be! Really? Really!

What a perfect setup! Given all the fake whistleblower garbage we've learned that went on to frame our sitting president over a phone call asking the Ukraine president to help our country investigate corruption in his country, which  only resulted in an acquittal, does this not smell like the same swamp gas we've been dealing with just last month? 

So, do you think the nation's going to put up with another Pelosi, Nadler, Schiff, Swalwell impeachment circus in the House for another six to eight months leading right up to the election date in early November?

Sure! It's just what the Media (D) ordered for boosting their ratings again! Yea! Now we get to rake him over the coals again!

Folks, this all a scam! Everybody knows something, and everyone involved has got something to hide. If you could see a web graphic of who they are, you'd be amazed!

The Modus Operandi of the Socialist

It's not surprising to me that many of the political pundits on both sides of the isle are beginning to express concern about Bernie Sanders doing well in New Hampshire.

The Democrats have been doing their best to convince their people to go with Quid-Pro-Joe, or Fauxcahontas Warren, but Sanders currently is surging and they don't know what to do. They know that if Sanders does well, it will damage the Democratic Party for decades to come because of his policies for "free stuff" which won't wash with the moderates.

My personal feeling about it is that they're knee-jerking to the outcome of a state primary that's next to his home state of Vermont, and once primaries move south and west for Super Tuesday, the shift will occur and results will move away from Sanders to reveal a new leader.

We here in the Puget Sound Region of Western Washington have been dealing with another full-blown socialist of our own; Kshama Sawant on the Seattle City Council. So, we're familiar with how they usually operate. In fact, it seems the general sentiment is beginning to turn on her. 

We're now seeing more clearly that they have their own way of deal with confrontation against their policies which are getting growing push-back. Before I reveal exactly what that way is, let me provide you with an example to see if the reader can detect it themselves, (Courtesy of ShiftWA.org):

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant admitted her office violated city ethics regulations and Seattle election laws when her office used government resources (i.e., taxpayer funds) to promote a ballot measure.  Despite admitting guilt, Sawant spewed some serious ignorance in a prepared statement: “I’m disappointed to see this complaint filed against my office and our movement. It’s shameful that while big business has license to run amok trying to bully or buy politicians … working people have to follow the most onerous of restrictions.”  It is interesting to see the wealthy Sawant categorize herself as a “working” person, all while pretending that her desire to impose a vengeful tax on Seattle employers is not a perfect example of “bullying.” Additionally, the “restrictions” she ignored are not “onerous” at all – how hard is it to understand that you can’t spend taxpayer funds on your personal political projects? (Seattle Times)

Did you catch it? No show of remorse, display of repentance for violation of law. 

Instead, go on the offensive and brow beat the opposition and blame it as though she and her movement is in the right, and they are bullies. It's not her fault for the fact that her kind have promoted and enacted regulations which make workers deal with the "most onerous of restrictions." Oh no! It's not the socialist's fault, it's those horrible capitalists! Yet, as the last half of the statement points out, the hypocrisy of her own remarks validate the old adage, "Actions speak louder than words." and that the socialist believes that they ARE above the law.