Oh Really Mr. Hogg?

Yes, folks, it seems that things haven't changed, and they never will. Our youth today have got the world by the tail, know just how to solve things, are so experienced about how the world works, and they know better than anyone else how to solve problems, that they now feel they can now claim that we adults don't know how to use a f@#king democracy, and that we're more interested in seeing those dollar signs, despite the blood spattered on their faces from those students who were killed in the latest tragedy. That's what the 17 year old survivor of the Parkland High School massacre has said to the country in his latest video posting.

Update: And then, there was his speech at the "March for Life" Saturday, March 24th.

His new found fame as the spokesman for the youth against gun violence has clearly, but sadly, gone to his head. Mr. Hogg, I would guess, most likely doesn't even know how to explain the difference between a representative republic and a democracy, because the public schools of this country haven't even taught a civics course - basic Constitutional concepts in our founding document - since the early '70s when I graduated from high school. I doubt he's ever heard the definition of how democracy works in a simple, but revealing quote; "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner."

This type of situation, where a tragic event is seized by someone who happens to be clever enough to use their skill of a combination of looks - he's a good looking young man - is tech savvy, self-assured and articulate, along with the propaganda his liberal teachers have fed him since elementary school to rise in mere weeks to national attention and following - the media is lapping this up - is precisely what I've been concerned about for years now. 

He has no perspective on being concerned about protecting a family of loved ones from crazy individuals who could accomplish the same task with some other inanimate object - knife, scissors, sword, axe, grenade, bomb, etc. - that causes anyone to bleed; only himself and his peers from those terrible, horrible things that go bang, bang! No, it's got to be the tool, not the person who controls it ,and their distorted mental state. Run with the feelings, not rational, logical thinking. They don't teach critical thinking in school, even college, anymore.

It would be interesting to learn the truth about just how poorly his classmates treated this perpetrator of the massacre while he was a student among them at this school. As an experienced teacher, I can assure you that it most likely wasn't good. Of course, they'd take no responsibility, or admit any participation in, their treatment of him in any unfriendly, uncaring, or bullying way.
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For the sake of comparison, let's look at another situation where loss of life was eminent, but turned out completely different:

"No News Is Good News" BY TIM SCHMIDT - USCCA FOUNDER

"No news is good news." I'm sure you've heard that  one before. The phrase,  possibly adapted from  James I of England, who  purportedly once said, "No  news is better than evil  news," suggests that, without any  information or evidence to the  contrary, we can assume that all is  well.    That must be why the mainstream  media has uttered but a peep about  the latest school shooting out of St.  Mary's County, Maryland.  According to TheMaven.net, "The  school resource officer on duty at  Great  Mills High School engaged the  shooter and stopped the threat"  Tuesday  morning, leaving the 17-year- old gunman dead. St. Mary's County Sheriff Tim  Cameron said that "School Resource  Officer  Deputy First Class Blaine  Gaskill immediately responded and  engaged  the shooter," identified by  authorities as Austin Wyatt Rollins.  Cameron noted that "only seconds —  'less than a  minute' — elapsed  between the time when the first shot  rang out, and when Deputy Gaskill  eliminated the threat to other students  in the hallway." Deputy Gaskill eliminated the threat to  other students in the hallway. "Rollins  killed one student — a 16-year- old  female — and injured a 14-year-  old male before Gaskill was able to  stop the threat.  Jay Weber of The Jay Weber Show noted on Wednesday that this story  isn't getting "nearly the coverage it  deserves or it should" and said he  couldn't even "assume that all listeners  have even heard about this story." He  weighed in on why the media hasn't  jumped to share this news out of  Maryland: "It's an in-your-face  response to the anti-gun ninnies who  say armed guards in schools or trained  staffers carrying in schools don't make  the schools safer. They sure as heck  do. The Maryland story proves it  again."  So no news is good news — except in  the media. In the media, good news,  especially that involving firearms, is NO news, because it doesn't further a  decidedly anti-gun agenda.  Our very own Mark Walters once said  something on his Armed American  Radio show that I wrote down and  saved, and I think it's pretty fitting  here:  "The media controls the narrative …  not only by what they tell us, but —  more importantly — by what they don't.  By what they leave out. By what they  don't want you to know."  Indeed. That being said, here's what  the media doesn't want you to know  about what happened in Maryland (I'm  not sure who the original author of this  list is, but it's too good not to share):  What DIDN'T stop Austin Wyatt  Rollins:   -Maryland's "assault weapons" ban  -Maryland's 10-round magazine limit  -Maryland's universal background  check requirement  -Maryland's law requiring an  exhaustive application process to  obtain a permit to purchase a handgun -Maryland's law prohibiting purchase  of more than one firearm per month  -Maryland's law requiring handgun  registration  -Maryland's law requiring licensing of handgun owners  -Maryland's extremely limited approval  of concealed carry permits  -Maryland's refusal to honor any  concealed carry permit from another  state  -Federal law prohibiting handgun  purchases for people under 21  -Laws against carrying without a  permit  -Gun-free zone laws  -Laws against discharging a firearm in  public -Laws against attempted murder  What DID stop Austin Wyatt Rollins:   -An armed person at the scene who engaged the shooter in less than a  minute

Breaking Apart the Fabric of America

As a young boy - I was the youngest of four boys in my family - growing up in the late '50s & through the '60s I cherished any and every opportunity to spend time with my father. Time with him was sparse because he encountered difficulties of generating sufficient income to feed, clothe, and house us and almost always seemed to be away from home working. I recall vividly how my next older brother and I had to beg him for weeks to go on a one night camping experience not that far from our home we rented. 

One summer was especially difficult in that we had to endure a drought of funds and resorted to growing a large vegetable garden to survive until he could land a job. I never knew how my mom did it, but I learned there were more ways to prepare zucchini than I ever imagined. After that experience, I never wanted to eat another piece of that vegetable ever again! Despite those circumstances there were still brief moments where I clearly learned of his love for us all, and I admired his efforts to provide for us. It gave me a good foundation by which to raise my own two daughters who have become solid, contributing adults now to our very fragile society.

But the more important, and bigger issue, this life experience taught me was that I was blessed with growing up with a father figure in my life, unlike many of the elementary students I taught later as an adult. My career as a teacher crystallized in my mind just how significant this lack of a father can be in impacting the development of boys. Every year when the parent/teacher conferencing came around the number of families that had a biological father in the home decreased ever so slightly.

Now, recent research has confirmed what I've long suspected and feared; the goal of breaking apart the fabric of the cohesiveness of the American society has been a long, but successful endeavor of those force interested in taking down the American culture in order to conquer it; not by the typical means of warfare, but from within through the gradual blurring of our moral values. I refer my readers to a prior post here on my blog which lists the 45 goals of the communist party in America to understand why I say this.(Which items in this list do you think have contributed to an increase in single parent households?)

What has confirmed my personal suspicions? Recently Tucker Carlson's show has taken on the issue of the impact of fatherless boys in our country. I urge my readers to use the links below to view the series on this topic and determine for yourself just how significant this has been on our culture. For anyone who disputes any of the points made here, fine, you have a right to your own opinion, but you don't have a right to your own facts.

1. Men in America: Part 1
2. Men in America: Part 2
3. Men in America: Part 3 
4. Men in America: Part 4 

Reminder: Want to better understand why our youth of today don't understand why what's going on in the arena of politics is extremely dangerous to their future? Watch this brief interview all the way through with Richard Dryfus. To anyone with half a brain it will make perfect sense.

That's An Understatement!

Upon opening and reading the first two paragraphs of today's - 3/20/18 - email intro. from The Morning Wire, my reaction was essentially a more crude expression to this posts title, which commonly uses a vulgar reference to Sherlock. I'll let you fill in the first two words.

Anyway, here's what it said:

The 2018 legislative session was one of the more productive in recent memory, driven in significant part by the leadership of the Senate Democrats.  As one legislator told me last week, "There was some significant pent up demand there."

This week, we're seeing some of the session tension blow off, while some other tension builds among the King County Democrats.

The first sentence's opening phrase, correctly interpreted actually means; "The 2018 legislative session nearly got us Democrats the opportunity to get a state income tax passed, but the public's opposition to it was too strong." The last phrase of that first sentence correctly interpreted actually says; "... driven by the Senate Democrats' lust for sucking the people's life blood out of them." And, if there was any kind of "pent up demand", it came from their desire to have someone like Shama Sawant become their leader and enforce greater control over every tax payer's livelihood, because more is never enough for them.

Now, with the legislative session over, the King County Democrats are becoming all the more frustrated that Gov. Inslee's carbon tax failed to become law this session and are beginning to attack one another for the way their plans are turning out for the City Council passing a "head tax" and the reaction people of Seattle are giving them for funding government funded heroin dens.

... because they want power back!

Laura Ingraham gives a good synopsis of what's gone in with the Democrats during the first 18 months of the Trump administration and contrasts it with what they engaged in during the Obama administration.

You'll be saying to yourself, "Yea... Wow, I forgot about all that stuff!"

What Does Ultimate Bureaucracy Look Like?

Watch this great video from Prager U with Nigel Farage of the U.K. explain it. It's more than you can imagine!

And the liberal/socialists want the U.S. to do the same over here with Canada & Mexico!

Speaking Truth to Power

James sets the record straight on what Project Veritas' goal is.

There are few brave souls today like James O'Keefe and his Project Veritas.

I had this 30minute video of Jame being interviewed about his latest book, "American Pravda" on C-SPAN and he is asked by the moderator to explain what the purpose of his organization is about. He also fields and responds to questions from callers; C-SPAN's standard format for its guests. What he explains is a breath of fresh air when it comes to the massively lopsided bias of the mainstream media today.

Any time anyone challenges the establishment which is only interested in maintaining the deception of the public by perpetuating the lies they tell, they're going experience a lot of push back and character assassination.

I urge you to take the time to watch this fascinating segment to gain a more accurate understanding and insight into why he's done what he has, and still is; speaking truth to power which tends to be corrupt.

Future Projections Not That Rosy

For a Baby Boomer like myself, the financial news isn't promising.

As I transition from working my backside off for decades I want to be able to rest assured that I'm going to be able to enjoy my sunset years. 

 

Yes, I've invested. Yes, I have a pension. But certain indicators project a not-so-rosy outlook down the financial road, it makes me highly concerned that not all of what I expect from my "nest egg" may not be there when I need it. Being what Rush Limbaugh calls a citizen of "Realville", I remember all too well how both my wife and I lost one-third of our investments in the 2007/08 recession after the housing market collapsed.

I know - some of you are saying "What rock have you been living under, buddy?" You're probably saying this because of the phenomenal rise in stock market volume and earnings. Yes, I admit this has been great for the economy, but that is only a temporary thing; it never lasts forever! And, yes, Trump's reduction of federal regulations which has handcuffed businesses in the past has played a role in this as well.

But as the saying goes, "What goes up, must come down." Here's why I say that: demographic projections. People are the engine of the economy and we can't ignore this fact.

What am I getting at? Well, here's an example: one financial analyst’s predictions over many decades which argue that he's got something to his thesis. Who is this person? You may have heard of him because of the books he's written on that thesis; Harry Dent. (‘Ive provided this general link to allow my reader to make the decision as to whether, or not, his take on demographics has merit.) Personally, I don't understand why anyone would discount his work because it seems to be grounded on sound factual theory and precedence.

One point I find interesting in this outlook is the real estate market. (I must note here that this factor is applied to the nation as a whole. There are regions where it will not apply.) Right now "Baby Boomers" who own houses are beginning to sell them at a rate that may soon outpace the younger generations who want to buy them. If there are fewer younger people who are buying houses for sale by a larger age group, then naturally the housing market will suffer a depression to some degree. Just how bad that will be is more difficult to predict.

I'm not trying to be the proverbial "Debbie Downer", but given the current pension debt condition of many states today - I'll let the reader do their own research on this topic – I conclude that things are not looking as rosy as our media sources want us to believe. I'm always reminded of something I learned years ago; those in authority don't always want the public to know just how bad things really are, in order to avoid pubic panicking and creating an out of control situation, in hopes that their policies will somehow work them out of that fiscal hole in which they've found themselves.

What's the average Joe to do?