Monday, February 19, 2018
The Clinton-Obama Immigration Policies
Just watch... no more needs to be said about the current situation in "the swamp" when it comes to immigration.
Planned Parenthood's Biggest Enemy is Truth
This issue alone has got to be the liberal/leftist's most successful scam on the nation after managing to "gray" the moral standards of our society since time of Margaret Sanger; founder of Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood bills itself as one of “the nation's leading providers of high-quality, affordable health care” and claims that federal defunding of the organization would leave millions of women “without a place to go for needed care.” Do these claims accurately reflect what Planned Parenthood does? Or does it have another reason for being? In this week’s video, Lila Rose, founder and president of Live Action, lays out the differences between the way Planned Parenthood presents itself and the reality.(Text provided by Prager U.)
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Interviewing a Millennial
You may have already seen this video of an older business owner interviewing a millennial aged female - yea, I realize this is most certainly a staged clip for the purpose of making the point while generating some laughs - but I share it because I can totally relate to this type of experience when I was still teaching full time eight years ago and more recently, substituting in a local community high school.
Anyway, watch it. I think you'll see what I'm getting at here.
Anyway, watch it. I think you'll see what I'm getting at here.
Ignoring the Obvious - Part 2
I have deliberately been staying away from watching the aftermath coverage of the Parkland incident. If I didn't, I'd be even more upset and screaming at the screen regularly from the coverage the liberal/socialist media is pushing with its anti-gun agenda.
Please, it's the person controlling the tool, not the tool, which is the issue in a crime, whether it's a rock, bat, club, screwdriver, automobile, etc.; the tool does nothing until handled by the person controlling it. So, for the liberals to focus on firearms as the reason so much killing is happening, I ask... why aren't they as upset at all the automobile accidents which kill people every day? Eliminating guns aren't the solution, just as our "war on drugs" hasn't eliminated addiction to them.
I just checked out a post by Bill O'Reilly covering it to get up to speed on the latest developments. Here's the synopsis on the teaser email about the article:
Killer Had Been Evaluated
A little more than a year ago social workers received an ominous tip about Nikolas Cruz, who is now suspected of mowing down 17 people in Florida on Wednesday. They were warned that Cruz was depressed, had cut himself on both arms, and talked about buying a gun. After visiting the Cruz home, the Florida Department of Children & Families determined that he was receiving adequate mental health care and was "stable enough not to be hospitalized." The facility at which Cruz was being treated added that he "was not at risk to harm himself or others."
In reading this article within his commentary, I discovered that the social workers who were in contact with this young troubled man - I refuse to use his name; he's already getting more than enough name recognition as it is - are most likely feeling pretty nervous right now. If you check the link to the report O'Reilly's provided in the teaser piece above, and read the first few paragraphs in this Miami Herald report, you'll understand why I say that they're most likely feeling nervous.
But, what's even more interesting to me is the two things I saw in the first video within the article. First, was the lawyer representing this young man. She speaks to the real cause of this incident; the mental health and emotionally crippled state this young man was in at the time leading up to his shooting 16 high school classmates and one teacher. Yet, this article also reveals how the prosecuting attorney's office is conflicted about whether to go for the death penalty, or not. Herein lies the ideological conflict, while revealing the disconnect behind the true cause of the crime, for the liberal; the evil intent within the person. Second, she describes this admitted killer as a broken, remorseful, sad person who regrets what he did. My personal conclusion as to why she describes him this way is that she's being careful to not say anything to the press to jeopardize her defense case for him, while feeding the media what they want to hear for its sensationalist value. Remember, the primary motivator for news and entertainment today is to solicit emotional reaction in its audience.
However, after letting the video play to the end and not stopping it, another one began - apparently randomly chosen - that had a woman who, according to the text on the bottom of the screen was the state president of the American Federation of Teachers, ranting about the gun violence in some meeting. What she screams with extreme emotional fervor, was about the loss of lives of these children and the need to eliminate guns. But what strikes me as odd is that there is not the same emotional fervor from liberals in general for those children killed in car crashes as a result of some illegal alien without a license who hit them with the vehicle they were driving. No, instead they come to their defense and argue in favor of the illegal aliens' unfortunate circumstances. Excuse me?
P.S. If any reader believes I'm "all wrong" when it comes to saying what I have about this incident, think again. What they may not know, is that I lost my next older brother - only 18 months older - to a senseless 17 year old gang member who was pushing crack on the street corner and shot him. While he may be incarcerated a second time for an unrelated crime, he's STILL ALIVE, and my tax dollars are supporting that against my will? That's soft tyranny by government in my book.
P.S. Another blogger's commentary on this topic... a more extensive perspective on the issue.
Please, it's the person controlling the tool, not the tool, which is the issue in a crime, whether it's a rock, bat, club, screwdriver, automobile, etc.; the tool does nothing until handled by the person controlling it. So, for the liberals to focus on firearms as the reason so much killing is happening, I ask... why aren't they as upset at all the automobile accidents which kill people every day? Eliminating guns aren't the solution, just as our "war on drugs" hasn't eliminated addiction to them.
I just checked out a post by Bill O'Reilly covering it to get up to speed on the latest developments. Here's the synopsis on the teaser email about the article:
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Killer Had Been Evaluated
A little more than a year ago social workers received an ominous tip about Nikolas Cruz, who is now suspected of mowing down 17 people in Florida on Wednesday. They were warned that Cruz was depressed, had cut himself on both arms, and talked about buying a gun. After visiting the Cruz home, the Florida Department of Children & Families determined that he was receiving adequate mental health care and was "stable enough not to be hospitalized." The facility at which Cruz was being treated added that he "was not at risk to harm himself or others."
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In reading this article within his commentary, I discovered that the social workers who were in contact with this young troubled man - I refuse to use his name; he's already getting more than enough name recognition as it is - are most likely feeling pretty nervous right now. If you check the link to the report O'Reilly's provided in the teaser piece above, and read the first few paragraphs in this Miami Herald report, you'll understand why I say that they're most likely feeling nervous.
But, what's even more interesting to me is the two things I saw in the first video within the article. First, was the lawyer representing this young man. She speaks to the real cause of this incident; the mental health and emotionally crippled state this young man was in at the time leading up to his shooting 16 high school classmates and one teacher. Yet, this article also reveals how the prosecuting attorney's office is conflicted about whether to go for the death penalty, or not. Herein lies the ideological conflict, while revealing the disconnect behind the true cause of the crime, for the liberal; the evil intent within the person. Second, she describes this admitted killer as a broken, remorseful, sad person who regrets what he did. My personal conclusion as to why she describes him this way is that she's being careful to not say anything to the press to jeopardize her defense case for him, while feeding the media what they want to hear for its sensationalist value. Remember, the primary motivator for news and entertainment today is to solicit emotional reaction in its audience.
However, after letting the video play to the end and not stopping it, another one began - apparently randomly chosen - that had a woman who, according to the text on the bottom of the screen was the state president of the American Federation of Teachers, ranting about the gun violence in some meeting. What she screams with extreme emotional fervor, was about the loss of lives of these children and the need to eliminate guns. But what strikes me as odd is that there is not the same emotional fervor from liberals in general for those children killed in car crashes as a result of some illegal alien without a license who hit them with the vehicle they were driving. No, instead they come to their defense and argue in favor of the illegal aliens' unfortunate circumstances. Excuse me?
P.S. If any reader believes I'm "all wrong" when it comes to saying what I have about this incident, think again. What they may not know, is that I lost my next older brother - only 18 months older - to a senseless 17 year old gang member who was pushing crack on the street corner and shot him. While he may be incarcerated a second time for an unrelated crime, he's STILL ALIVE, and my tax dollars are supporting that against my will? That's soft tyranny by government in my book.
P.S. Another blogger's commentary on this topic... a more extensive perspective on the issue.
Saturday, February 17, 2018
2/17 Townhall in the Twenty-Seventh
Learning what the newly Democrat Party controlled legislature - with a single seat majority as of the election last fall - is attempting to do to tax payers if they have their way with imposing even more taxes, I decided to attend the single town hall meeting at the Evergreen Extension campus this year for the 27th legislative district in which I live. It wasn't my first, and it may not be my last. But, based on what I learned from attending it, I felt it would be insightful to share for my interested readers.
Before heading there this morning, I gathered together some information from my sources. Here's a list of questions I compiled, in hopes of asking and hearing their answers:
The first topic she invited speakers to was the ongoing battle between the City of Tacoma and City of Ruston over the area of land being developed in Point Ruston's new commercial center near Point Defiance Zoo and park. After about an hour, and several very emotionally frustrated resident's of Ruston remarks, the topic of the under construction LNG plant in the tide-flats of the Port of Tacoma near the Northeast bluffs turned into a shouting match by RedLine advocates for demanding construction be shut down now. Sen. Darneille remarked that there were no city council, or Port of Tacoma Board members present, one of the speakers for RedLine shot back out of turn that she was formerly on the city council. Sen. Darneille said, "You no longer have power. You only hold the power while in the position." How interesting. With some more terse responses to the shouter's disruptive behavior by two of the three legislators at front, discussion was able to continue in an organized and civil manner.
After a few more topics were addressed, I was called on to speak as the only person regarding the topic of taxes. (How interesting among predominantly liberals in the audience.) After posing my statement of facts and question to Rep. Jinkins, her response was that out of that surplus of revenue, two-thirds of it was required by law to go into the "rainy day fund". So, with the remaining third would be stretched thin to provided tax relief for the lower-income families, and when it came to the capital gains income tax, she claimed that Jeff Bazos and Bill Gates would be the focus of collecting those funds which these millionaires were happy to pay. These funds, I thought I heard her say, were intended to be used to provide tax relief in offsetting the ST3 tax on property. Huh? [Update: The Seattle Times, on Monday following this post, published the following article detailing what the Democrats budget proposal does with this windfall revenue.]
Granted, how she explained this may not be accurate, or I possibly may have not correctly recalled what she was intending to explain, but this is how it came across. Anyway, my personal suspicion as to why I was not called to ask about government transparency was that Darneille was all too aware of what I wanted to ask her about, having most likely read the Times article earlier and didn't want to have it brought up there.
Once the town hall session was ended, I went directly up to Rep. Fey who was still sitting at the front table on the dias. After sharing my issue with him in a more brief format, he informed me that Mayor Victoria Woodards was now on the Sound Transit Board, and took down my contact information after asking me if I wished to have someone from Sound Transit contact me about it. While I doubt this will lead to any significant outcome, I invite the opportunity to keep this issue "in their face", as I have working friend at Safeco Field who has initiated this issue with the upper management there at the Mariners organization, asking them to be a liaison for their employees to help resolve the transportation issue. As seems to always be the initial case with such things, management has communicated that they have some suggested solutions regarding it. However, it is the friend's concern that they are not clearly understanding the point of our contact them. He feels they may believe we've written them about our transportation problems because we want them to solve the issue, when in actuality, we are only asking them to arrange a dialog for resolving it directly with Sound Transit.
In summary, this day's experience has revealed to me that the elected officials live in a "bubble" of bureaucracy and details, while the tax payer they claim they're representing is suffering from the outcomes of their perceived solutions in the form of more laws and regulations.
Before heading there this morning, I gathered together some information from my sources. Here's a list of questions I compiled, in hopes of asking and hearing their answers:
- To Sen. Jeannie Darneille: On 2/12/18, the Seattle Times published an article titled, "State Democrats on the Wrong Side of Open-records Fight" with the opening remark stating, "Since regaining control of Washington's Legislature last fall, Democrats seem bent on defining themselves as the party that opposes transparency and open government." My question to the Senator is... Why have you claimed that you are "...concerned about protecting voters from identity theft, when [her] amendment to Senate Bill 6353 renders the otherwise noble effort to expand automatic voter-registration unacceptable?" as was stated in the article? Would you please explain this contradiction, Senator?
- To Rep. Jake Fey: As a seasonal employee at Safeco Field in Seattle, I have repeatedly encountered unreliable service for the 594 Express line I rely on when boarding at the Tacoma Dome Station stop. All too often one of two circumstances occur; one, the bus arriving from Lakewood is completely full, requiring me to make a decision of standing in the center isle all the way into Seattle, or to gamble waiting for the next scheduled bus to not be the same - if it actually shows up, which also has happened at times. And two, jumping with a few others into a vehicle, wanting to get to Safeco Field in time to clock in, by taking the commuter lane into Seattle. With a Sound Transit Supervisor present only a few times in two years, a "back up" bus was provided only twice out of more than a dozen instances when this occurred. Last summer the News Tribune of Tacoma published an article in July about the impact of the I-5 repaving of the northbound lanes which forced four lanes down to one, resulting in delays in getting to work on time. The article also pointed out Sound Transit's disinterest in making any accommodations for riders being provided alternative, or additional lines to address the situation. Sound Transit refused any changes and told riders to use the existing schedules. My question to Rep. Fey is... Since you recently were on the Sound Transit Board, could you provide me with an answer to why, and how, Sound Transit can demonstrate such disregard for it rider's needs in using their buses and commuter train - The Sounder - when it's now been established, via the State Senate's hearings on ST3 being voted through in the last election, that it had not only lied to the voter about the tax impact on them, but also to the legislators as well, and not be dealing with any consequences? I find it ironic that Pierce County voters did NOT pass the initiative like the other two counties did.
- To Rep. Jinkins: The legislature just learned, and it has been reported in the news, that tax revenues are up 15.4% in this two-year budget cycle compared to the last one. From that huge figure, they're expected to grow 9.1% in the next cycle, followed by 7.6% growth in the following biennium. Question to Rep. Jinkins: How can Democrats justify ANY tax increases; especially one like the capital gains income tax bill which is scheduled for a committee hearing soon?
The first topic she invited speakers to was the ongoing battle between the City of Tacoma and City of Ruston over the area of land being developed in Point Ruston's new commercial center near Point Defiance Zoo and park. After about an hour, and several very emotionally frustrated resident's of Ruston remarks, the topic of the under construction LNG plant in the tide-flats of the Port of Tacoma near the Northeast bluffs turned into a shouting match by RedLine advocates for demanding construction be shut down now. Sen. Darneille remarked that there were no city council, or Port of Tacoma Board members present, one of the speakers for RedLine shot back out of turn that she was formerly on the city council. Sen. Darneille said, "You no longer have power. You only hold the power while in the position." How interesting. With some more terse responses to the shouter's disruptive behavior by two of the three legislators at front, discussion was able to continue in an organized and civil manner.
After a few more topics were addressed, I was called on to speak as the only person regarding the topic of taxes. (How interesting among predominantly liberals in the audience.) After posing my statement of facts and question to Rep. Jinkins, her response was that out of that surplus of revenue, two-thirds of it was required by law to go into the "rainy day fund". So, with the remaining third would be stretched thin to provided tax relief for the lower-income families, and when it came to the capital gains income tax, she claimed that Jeff Bazos and Bill Gates would be the focus of collecting those funds which these millionaires were happy to pay. These funds, I thought I heard her say, were intended to be used to provide tax relief in offsetting the ST3 tax on property. Huh? [Update: The Seattle Times, on Monday following this post, published the following article detailing what the Democrats budget proposal does with this windfall revenue.]
Granted, how she explained this may not be accurate, or I possibly may have not correctly recalled what she was intending to explain, but this is how it came across. Anyway, my personal suspicion as to why I was not called to ask about government transparency was that Darneille was all too aware of what I wanted to ask her about, having most likely read the Times article earlier and didn't want to have it brought up there.
Once the town hall session was ended, I went directly up to Rep. Fey who was still sitting at the front table on the dias. After sharing my issue with him in a more brief format, he informed me that Mayor Victoria Woodards was now on the Sound Transit Board, and took down my contact information after asking me if I wished to have someone from Sound Transit contact me about it. While I doubt this will lead to any significant outcome, I invite the opportunity to keep this issue "in their face", as I have working friend at Safeco Field who has initiated this issue with the upper management there at the Mariners organization, asking them to be a liaison for their employees to help resolve the transportation issue. As seems to always be the initial case with such things, management has communicated that they have some suggested solutions regarding it. However, it is the friend's concern that they are not clearly understanding the point of our contact them. He feels they may believe we've written them about our transportation problems because we want them to solve the issue, when in actuality, we are only asking them to arrange a dialog for resolving it directly with Sound Transit.
In summary, this day's experience has revealed to me that the elected officials live in a "bubble" of bureaucracy and details, while the tax payer they claim they're representing is suffering from the outcomes of their perceived solutions in the form of more laws and regulations.
Friday, February 16, 2018
Democratic Party or Communist Manifesto?
It's clear that some of the individuals being challenged are actually shocked at what they learn. They seem to be realizing just how similar the two are.
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And Now, for a Discovery Announcement
~ The densest element in the known Universe has finally been found.
Pelosium:
A major research institution has just announced the discovery of the densest element yet known to science. The new element has been named Pelosium.
Pelosium has one neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 223 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 311.
These particles are held together by dark forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.
The chemical symbol for Pelosium is: PU
Pelosium's mass actually increases over time, as morons randomly interact with various elements in the atmosphere and become assistant deputy neutrons within the Pelosium molecule, leading to the formation of
isodopes.
This characteristic of moron-promotion leads some scientists to believe that Pelosium is formed whenever morons reach a certain quantity in voting concentration.
Ignoring the Obvious
With the mass killing tragedy which occurred earlier this week in Parkland, Florida, the issue of our modern society's inability, or unwillingness to deal with its uglier problem of mental health are at the forefront in the media today.
While many are quick to react and assign blame on a political lack of will to enact some legislation which would only deal with the tool - firearms - being used by the person committing the crime, these "people control" measures are extremely short-sighted. It doesn't deal with the root issue. Its seems that only a few commentators on television demonstrate a more adept understanding at what are the true and more relevant underlying causes for these tragedies.
Anyone who's been walking and breathing since the Columbine shooting is all too aware of the common thread of a mental health issue contributing to each circumstance from then, to now. As a former public school teacher, I dealt with first hand, this issue in my classroom, on occasion. That experience has revealed to me that there has been an increase in several factors leading to younger generations having mental health problems.
To me there are many contributing factors which have, and are, influencing the manifestations of such individuals who commit these heinous acts. Sure, there have always been "nut jobs" amongst society, but the more recent series of school shooting incidences are what this post is focusing on.
First and foremost, as I've remarked in many different prior posts on this blog, is the negative impact on the family unit over the last several decades. I can't tell you how many more students who came through both mine and my wife's classrooms over our 30 plus year careers, have been from a single parent family where, for a wide variety of reasons, the father was and still is, not present in the home.
If I bothered researching it, I wouldn't be surprised at all to learn what studies have revealed about how this one factor negatively impacts a child's personal self-worth and how they deal with others. I believe the absence of a father figure's influence on a child is massive significant. Then too, there is the issue of the two parents, working together as a support "team" to provide boundaries and moral guidance for the child as he/she is being raised. That, too often, is absent in a single parent home. How do I know? It became blatantly apparent from the conduct and behavior of some students in my classes, as well as my interaction with the single parent during conferencing discussions about the child's learning, or lack of it.
Second, which is another issue I've addressed in other prior posts here, is the advent of digital technology into our daily lives. The Internet, cell phones, video games, pornography, sexual deviancy, the desensitizing of violence... the list goes on and on. We've all encountered these issues in some personal way; it's so pervasive today.
Third, the liberal notion which was implemented during the middle of my teaching career; gun free zones! The day the school district put up the sign at the entrance to my school's parking lot was the day I knew instantly that my students and my colleagues were in grave danger. If being in a workplace where one was unable to defend themselves from an armed attack, then my risk of survival just increased immensely. That truth has been born out all too much over the decades since then. It hasn't prevented loss of life as the concept behind the signs claim to make.
Until and unless we as a nation have sufficient leadership - and I believe, based on his remarks following the Parkland, Florida tragedy. we currently do - and resolve to address the actual contributing factors I've cited above, our nation will continue to have recurrences of such mindless savagery to our youth and their families. This is why, I believe, Trump's agenda of "Making America Great Again" is so critical to supporting.
I count my blessings and am grateful that, during the time when our two daughters were going through high school nothing happened where they went. I can't imagine the grief the families of those who've lost their children in these events since Columbine have to deal with for the rest of their lives. For me, this is where religious faith has its place in working through such overwhelming grief at losing one's child. Just consider Congressman Steve Scalis's experience with being shot on the softball field last spring.
Just as I finish writing this post, reports have come in from news sources that a local community college has gone into lock down after reports from the campus that a shooter has fired shots.
While many are quick to react and assign blame on a political lack of will to enact some legislation which would only deal with the tool - firearms - being used by the person committing the crime, these "people control" measures are extremely short-sighted. It doesn't deal with the root issue. Its seems that only a few commentators on television demonstrate a more adept understanding at what are the true and more relevant underlying causes for these tragedies.
Anyone who's been walking and breathing since the Columbine shooting is all too aware of the common thread of a mental health issue contributing to each circumstance from then, to now. As a former public school teacher, I dealt with first hand, this issue in my classroom, on occasion. That experience has revealed to me that there has been an increase in several factors leading to younger generations having mental health problems.
To me there are many contributing factors which have, and are, influencing the manifestations of such individuals who commit these heinous acts. Sure, there have always been "nut jobs" amongst society, but the more recent series of school shooting incidences are what this post is focusing on.
First and foremost, as I've remarked in many different prior posts on this blog, is the negative impact on the family unit over the last several decades. I can't tell you how many more students who came through both mine and my wife's classrooms over our 30 plus year careers, have been from a single parent family where, for a wide variety of reasons, the father was and still is, not present in the home.
If I bothered researching it, I wouldn't be surprised at all to learn what studies have revealed about how this one factor negatively impacts a child's personal self-worth and how they deal with others. I believe the absence of a father figure's influence on a child is massive significant. Then too, there is the issue of the two parents, working together as a support "team" to provide boundaries and moral guidance for the child as he/she is being raised. That, too often, is absent in a single parent home. How do I know? It became blatantly apparent from the conduct and behavior of some students in my classes, as well as my interaction with the single parent during conferencing discussions about the child's learning, or lack of it.
Second, which is another issue I've addressed in other prior posts here, is the advent of digital technology into our daily lives. The Internet, cell phones, video games, pornography, sexual deviancy, the desensitizing of violence... the list goes on and on. We've all encountered these issues in some personal way; it's so pervasive today.
Third, the liberal notion which was implemented during the middle of my teaching career; gun free zones! The day the school district put up the sign at the entrance to my school's parking lot was the day I knew instantly that my students and my colleagues were in grave danger. If being in a workplace where one was unable to defend themselves from an armed attack, then my risk of survival just increased immensely. That truth has been born out all too much over the decades since then. It hasn't prevented loss of life as the concept behind the signs claim to make.
Until and unless we as a nation have sufficient leadership - and I believe, based on his remarks following the Parkland, Florida tragedy. we currently do - and resolve to address the actual contributing factors I've cited above, our nation will continue to have recurrences of such mindless savagery to our youth and their families. This is why, I believe, Trump's agenda of "Making America Great Again" is so critical to supporting.
I count my blessings and am grateful that, during the time when our two daughters were going through high school nothing happened where they went. I can't imagine the grief the families of those who've lost their children in these events since Columbine have to deal with for the rest of their lives. For me, this is where religious faith has its place in working through such overwhelming grief at losing one's child. Just consider Congressman Steve Scalis's experience with being shot on the softball field last spring.
Just as I finish writing this post, reports have come in from news sources that a local community college has gone into lock down after reports from the campus that a shooter has fired shots.
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