Okay, I've kept my mouth shut long enough, this is CRAZY! If you or that kook you're friends with thinks that we (as a country) would've been in the flush cycle of the toilet more than we are now if the August debt deadline hit you're in for a rude awakening. I like the line Bill O'Reilly mentioned "He (the President) voted present." Yes he did and if it surprised you I'd be willing to bet you DON'T PAY INCOME TAX. Most likely you get an EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) or money from people like my family because you're either not smart enough, ambitious enough or voted for President O'Bama and that sucks for the rest of us. I know it's Bush's fault, and I'm really a closet liberal...NOT! After 2.5 years in the job this economy belongs to the current administration.
Listen what ever happened to actual Capitalism? Whatever happened to the idea of letting the economy heal its self by deregulation and smaller government? Oh wait the terrorists who supported candidates who actually won are now in Washington. You know those same terrorists who want a smaller government with lower taxes and Washington to pass a balanced budget amendment; the Tea Party. If you read my earlier post you know that the FEA is taking a clue from us Party members by trying to understand how a grassroots organization can carry so much power? It's simple, the average American is neither right nor left but votes with their wallets or what is important to them not overall ideology.
Now, and don't faint, in defense of the President, Hannity and others have been asking why he didn't put forth his own plan, well, that's really not his job it's up to the Congress and then for him to say yeah or nay. Now tell me the truth, with Harry Reid ready to table anything remotely objectionable, why would he put his neck into the lion's mouth? Harry is his white knight and this way he's NOT on the record with the election on the horizon.
What we really need is the Tea Party and every other American to really put the hammer down and DEMAND the elected officials CUT the budget, ELIMINATE Regulations and CREATE a smaller government or they will be UNEMPLOYED. We each have a budget to live on so should Washington, it's just that SIMPLE. Oh and if you're wondering, there are some Tea Party members of Congress that will be voting for Tax INCREASES and watch how fast they'll be UNEMPLOYED after the next election.
Here's a thought, if Trump wants in the Presidential race; RUN AS A DEMOCRAT! I'm not the first to mention it but there are other choices...Al Gore (Global Warming is Dead), Jessie Jackson (you know this one), Nancy Pelosi (she wouldn't like the pay cut), and everyone's favorite, wait for it, Hillary Clinton (though she won't, if for no other reason because she doesn't want Bill to be chasing Whitehouse staff again). I'm by far not the first to say this but it's worth speculating and maybe someone out there has enough Testosterone to take the nomination away from O'Bama, what do they have to lose? Socialism DOESN'T WORK just ask Spain, France, Italy and especially Greece.
Doc
Monday, August 8, 2011
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Florida Education-Support Staff-Tallahassee
I had recently had the opportunity to join with other Union Reps at a conference of Education Support Staff in Tampa. It was about information to take back to the members and non-members at our work sites and act as a forum to discuss our concerns, share our stories (both successes and failures) and realize that we are NOT ALONE in our desire for better conditions and pay. Now let me say up front that I have been to a few others and at NO TIME have they ever made me, a Conservative, Republican, Tea Party member feel welcome. This time was DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT and I'm proud that they finally opened their arms to be more inclusive because, though we may be in the minority we can't afford to alienate ANYONE.
Now here's where I get to tick off some of you who may read this, oh well get over it, this is how I see it and if you don't like it put your head back into the sand. The overall appearance and feel of this and events like it that I've participated in are not much different than the Sales Seminars that I once went to when I was in the business world. It was a lot of how to recruit, keep and convince others to join our cause. It had motivational speakers, a rah rah party called "Fun Night" (which I'll discuss in a moment) and the opportunity to network with ideas, stories and concerns.
For those of you who don't know, didn't think about it or just didn't care the term "Support Staff" refers to anyone who is NOT either an actual Teacher or Administrator (in some capacity) or other Supervisor like the Superintendent etc. These people are often Paraprofessionals (a teacher without a degree or the pay that goes with it); Bus Drivers; Secretaries; Cafeteria Workers; Maintenance / Custodial Workers or anyone that supports the day to day school your child attends. If you don't think they're needed think about what would happen if they, not the Administrators or the Teachers didn't show up just ONE DAY.
1. If your child makes a mess who would clean it up?
2. Who will hand out supplies to the younger children?
3. Who will answer the phone or make sure your concern is directed accordingly.
4. If the toilet overflows, who will clean it up?
5. When the teacher has to exit the room who will watch and care for them?
Wait, NONE of the above would ever happen because there would be NO BUS DRIVERS to pick them up so all of this FALLS ON YOU!!!
These people, some with advanced degrees, do this EVERYDAY your child is in school and yet YOU, YOUR School Board and Legislators want to treat them like second class citizens. Often times they must work 2 jobs because the County pays them almost minimum wage. So you ask "why" would they do this? Even my wife says "They made that choice." Yes they did and be VERY THANKFUL that they did make that choice. I DARE YOU to just try and do their job and no you wouldn't do it for the pay and lack of benefits they get...at least NOT here in Florida. The FEA, their Union, does their best to make life just a little bit better for them by fighting Tallahassee on a daily basis but most of these people make so little they can't afford the dues to become members. So when it comes to contracts and RESPECT for their contribution to YOUR child's education they are often forgotten or overlooked. They have families and lives also, just like YOU and THEY ALSO PAY TAXES AND VOTE! It is time they are recognized accordingly by YOU!
Okay I got your attention, now there I was sitting back in the seminars and I listened and interjected when and where I could with my take on things from a Conservative point of view. Unlike some of the participants who were also Conservative, I wore it on my chest and dared anyone to confront me. Whether they could or couldn't, many found me to be exactly what they assumed a Tea Party member would be; arrogant and egotistical. Sorry to disappoint them but there were more than just me there and these quiet members are probably their best friends. I just hate being a lemming and I'm not afraid to engage, if I was I wouldn't be doing this blog. Now since I'm on the "engaging" rant let's go back to "Fun Night". Oh boy, skits and songs, not unlike a Pep Rally complete with roasting the enemy team, in this case Gov. Rick Scott, who many in the room voted for but they'd never admit it. I listened for a few moments then walked out, it was INAPPROPRIATE and in POOR TASTE. As I said we can't afford to alienate ANYONE and this did it and so I left, leaving my Song Book behind, darn. The funny part is that I was joined within a few moments by one of my liberal friends who agreed with me. For as much as I dislike President O'Bama, if I was trying to rally "Activists" against him, I certainly wouldn't do it in such a way to belittle those who may have voted for him, but hey, that's just me.
Oh and there's something I liked that came out of this adventure. Someone in either the FEA or the NEA or somewhere came up with the thought to replace "Volunteer" with "Activist" and I find it PERFECT! Someone who knows who came up with this, let everyone else know whose idea this was so they may be thanked. Anyone who is fighting for a cause is an Activist and though they may Volunteer their time they aren't volunteerists (is that even a word)? Another thing that I really liked was the "Inclusion Theme" wanting to make the Conservatives feel welcomed, except for "Fun Night". When I as at earlier events they were hard on or even condesending toward Conservatives but not this trip. I know I said it before but this was really exceptional. They, the Speakers and Organizers, went out of their way to even mention that there were Republicans who voted in our favor and Democrats who didn't; BRAVO!
So, now that I'll come off my soap box, do I think these junkets are important, YES! Times are tough all over but these people do something very special, they take care of YOUR KIDS, stop allowing them to go UNNOTICED, UNAPPRECIATED and especially UNDERPAID...odds are your paperboy makes more money and yet can he write a lesson plan, comfort an autistic child, control 20 or 30 children on a bus or maybe answer the phone, schedule students and call down a teacher all at the same time...CAN YOU! Would you make sure a child has lunch money when you know you may never get it back and yet that same money may have been for an afternoon coffee from 7-11, (they often can't afford Starbucks). Would YOU clean up the vomit or the blood from a child, not your own, as if it were just another day at the office? Would YOU buy classroom materials with money that was supposed to pay a bill just because you're classroom kids needed them? These people do this EVERY DAY, WOULD YOU! Next time you see someone from your school, thank them but more than that write, call and lobby your local and state legislators to stop making budget cuts from those who can least afford it and who do a most important job, they CARE FOR YOUR CHILD!
One last thing, print this and give it to a friend, neighbor, or better yet your School Board and Legislator.
Doc
Now here's where I get to tick off some of you who may read this, oh well get over it, this is how I see it and if you don't like it put your head back into the sand. The overall appearance and feel of this and events like it that I've participated in are not much different than the Sales Seminars that I once went to when I was in the business world. It was a lot of how to recruit, keep and convince others to join our cause. It had motivational speakers, a rah rah party called "Fun Night" (which I'll discuss in a moment) and the opportunity to network with ideas, stories and concerns.
For those of you who don't know, didn't think about it or just didn't care the term "Support Staff" refers to anyone who is NOT either an actual Teacher or Administrator (in some capacity) or other Supervisor like the Superintendent etc. These people are often Paraprofessionals (a teacher without a degree or the pay that goes with it); Bus Drivers; Secretaries; Cafeteria Workers; Maintenance / Custodial Workers or anyone that supports the day to day school your child attends. If you don't think they're needed think about what would happen if they, not the Administrators or the Teachers didn't show up just ONE DAY.
1. If your child makes a mess who would clean it up?
2. Who will hand out supplies to the younger children?
3. Who will answer the phone or make sure your concern is directed accordingly.
4. If the toilet overflows, who will clean it up?
5. When the teacher has to exit the room who will watch and care for them?
Wait, NONE of the above would ever happen because there would be NO BUS DRIVERS to pick them up so all of this FALLS ON YOU!!!
These people, some with advanced degrees, do this EVERYDAY your child is in school and yet YOU, YOUR School Board and Legislators want to treat them like second class citizens. Often times they must work 2 jobs because the County pays them almost minimum wage. So you ask "why" would they do this? Even my wife says "They made that choice." Yes they did and be VERY THANKFUL that they did make that choice. I DARE YOU to just try and do their job and no you wouldn't do it for the pay and lack of benefits they get...at least NOT here in Florida. The FEA, their Union, does their best to make life just a little bit better for them by fighting Tallahassee on a daily basis but most of these people make so little they can't afford the dues to become members. So when it comes to contracts and RESPECT for their contribution to YOUR child's education they are often forgotten or overlooked. They have families and lives also, just like YOU and THEY ALSO PAY TAXES AND VOTE! It is time they are recognized accordingly by YOU!
Okay I got your attention, now there I was sitting back in the seminars and I listened and interjected when and where I could with my take on things from a Conservative point of view. Unlike some of the participants who were also Conservative, I wore it on my chest and dared anyone to confront me. Whether they could or couldn't, many found me to be exactly what they assumed a Tea Party member would be; arrogant and egotistical. Sorry to disappoint them but there were more than just me there and these quiet members are probably their best friends. I just hate being a lemming and I'm not afraid to engage, if I was I wouldn't be doing this blog. Now since I'm on the "engaging" rant let's go back to "Fun Night". Oh boy, skits and songs, not unlike a Pep Rally complete with roasting the enemy team, in this case Gov. Rick Scott, who many in the room voted for but they'd never admit it. I listened for a few moments then walked out, it was INAPPROPRIATE and in POOR TASTE. As I said we can't afford to alienate ANYONE and this did it and so I left, leaving my Song Book behind, darn. The funny part is that I was joined within a few moments by one of my liberal friends who agreed with me. For as much as I dislike President O'Bama, if I was trying to rally "Activists" against him, I certainly wouldn't do it in such a way to belittle those who may have voted for him, but hey, that's just me.
Oh and there's something I liked that came out of this adventure. Someone in either the FEA or the NEA or somewhere came up with the thought to replace "Volunteer" with "Activist" and I find it PERFECT! Someone who knows who came up with this, let everyone else know whose idea this was so they may be thanked. Anyone who is fighting for a cause is an Activist and though they may Volunteer their time they aren't volunteerists (is that even a word)? Another thing that I really liked was the "Inclusion Theme" wanting to make the Conservatives feel welcomed, except for "Fun Night". When I as at earlier events they were hard on or even condesending toward Conservatives but not this trip. I know I said it before but this was really exceptional. They, the Speakers and Organizers, went out of their way to even mention that there were Republicans who voted in our favor and Democrats who didn't; BRAVO!
So, now that I'll come off my soap box, do I think these junkets are important, YES! Times are tough all over but these people do something very special, they take care of YOUR KIDS, stop allowing them to go UNNOTICED, UNAPPRECIATED and especially UNDERPAID...odds are your paperboy makes more money and yet can he write a lesson plan, comfort an autistic child, control 20 or 30 children on a bus or maybe answer the phone, schedule students and call down a teacher all at the same time...CAN YOU! Would you make sure a child has lunch money when you know you may never get it back and yet that same money may have been for an afternoon coffee from 7-11, (they often can't afford Starbucks). Would YOU clean up the vomit or the blood from a child, not your own, as if it were just another day at the office? Would YOU buy classroom materials with money that was supposed to pay a bill just because you're classroom kids needed them? These people do this EVERY DAY, WOULD YOU! Next time you see someone from your school, thank them but more than that write, call and lobby your local and state legislators to stop making budget cuts from those who can least afford it and who do a most important job, they CARE FOR YOUR CHILD!
One last thing, print this and give it to a friend, neighbor, or better yet your School Board and Legislator.
Doc
Thursday, July 21, 2011
NASA - SHUTTLE REMEMBERED
So it's over, the Space Shuttle now goes down in the history books. We all have our memories of the shuttle and what it meant to us as a Nation and I am no exception. So lets take a walk down memory lane.
I was very young when I heard about the "Race to Space" and JFK talking about a Man going to the Moon. We all thought it was science fiction because that's what was in the comic books and in the movies at the time; though the Russians has just launched Sputnik. We had Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers to fuel our imagination but now here was our President saying we were going to explore the stars.
Then I watched John Glen outside of his capsule which wasn't more than a ballistic missile with a place for humans in the nose. But with television we also got to see when the 3 parachutes opened and it landed in the Pacific Ocean, WOW!
I was watching Star Trek on our RCA XL100 the only neighborhood color TV and I wondered what was next. I didn't have long to wait as we landed Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface and a Princeton Professor by the name of O'Neil calling for a space station and the L5 Society saying "L5 in 99"; (L5 or Lunar 5 is the spot between the Earth and the Moon best suited for a space station...I think the current one is about there right now.
There were movies like "2001 A Space Odyssey" and something on the drawing board called the Space Shuttle. I was fascinated and so I joined the Navy as an Aerospace Medical Technition and was trained in the same facility where research went on to explore the effects of outerspace on the human body. Soon NASA rolled out the very first Shuttle and used it as a test vehicle; it's name, "Enterprise", how appropriate.
Soon shuttle flights were common and they got little press coverage. We as a nation were thrilled with something called "ISS" the International Space Station and the Shuttle was the workhorse to supply it.
I was fortunate enough while doing my Reserve time at Cecil Field Physiology Unit to tag along on a behind the scenes tour of NASA Operations to include an up close view of 2 of the Shuttles, the Assembly Facility, the research area for the up-coming Mars Mission and talk with the people involved. The tour was right after the Challenger disaster and the Flight Surgeon, who was our guide, explained the changes in safety protocols that had come out of it since the days of Gemini, Apollo and now the Shuttle. Yes, we had many set backs and I got to see the pad where the Gemini Astronauts perished in a ball of fire and pieces of the wreckage from Challenger that they were still looking over. I held in my hand the ceramic tiles that cost so very much and had caused so many headaches both on the ground and in space for the shuttle crews.
Still, it surprises me when Senator Nelson a former Astronaut, that NASA is now on hold and the only place we can dream is either from other countries like France and Russia or in the movies. Our current President and obviously Senator Nelson feel NASA and the dreams of little boys and girls wanting to be Astronauts means nothing for our future. Someone needs to explain that to me, didn't they watch the movie "October Sky"? I guess not. For those of us who have memories of all of the short-lived NASA experience, we will continue to dream.
Doc
I was very young when I heard about the "Race to Space" and JFK talking about a Man going to the Moon. We all thought it was science fiction because that's what was in the comic books and in the movies at the time; though the Russians has just launched Sputnik. We had Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers to fuel our imagination but now here was our President saying we were going to explore the stars.
Then I watched John Glen outside of his capsule which wasn't more than a ballistic missile with a place for humans in the nose. But with television we also got to see when the 3 parachutes opened and it landed in the Pacific Ocean, WOW!
I was watching Star Trek on our RCA XL100 the only neighborhood color TV and I wondered what was next. I didn't have long to wait as we landed Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface and a Princeton Professor by the name of O'Neil calling for a space station and the L5 Society saying "L5 in 99"; (L5 or Lunar 5 is the spot between the Earth and the Moon best suited for a space station...I think the current one is about there right now.
There were movies like "2001 A Space Odyssey" and something on the drawing board called the Space Shuttle. I was fascinated and so I joined the Navy as an Aerospace Medical Technition and was trained in the same facility where research went on to explore the effects of outerspace on the human body. Soon NASA rolled out the very first Shuttle and used it as a test vehicle; it's name, "Enterprise", how appropriate.
Soon shuttle flights were common and they got little press coverage. We as a nation were thrilled with something called "ISS" the International Space Station and the Shuttle was the workhorse to supply it.
I was fortunate enough while doing my Reserve time at Cecil Field Physiology Unit to tag along on a behind the scenes tour of NASA Operations to include an up close view of 2 of the Shuttles, the Assembly Facility, the research area for the up-coming Mars Mission and talk with the people involved. The tour was right after the Challenger disaster and the Flight Surgeon, who was our guide, explained the changes in safety protocols that had come out of it since the days of Gemini, Apollo and now the Shuttle. Yes, we had many set backs and I got to see the pad where the Gemini Astronauts perished in a ball of fire and pieces of the wreckage from Challenger that they were still looking over. I held in my hand the ceramic tiles that cost so very much and had caused so many headaches both on the ground and in space for the shuttle crews.
Still, it surprises me when Senator Nelson a former Astronaut, that NASA is now on hold and the only place we can dream is either from other countries like France and Russia or in the movies. Our current President and obviously Senator Nelson feel NASA and the dreams of little boys and girls wanting to be Astronauts means nothing for our future. Someone needs to explain that to me, didn't they watch the movie "October Sky"? I guess not. For those of us who have memories of all of the short-lived NASA experience, we will continue to dream.
Doc
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Debt Ceiling & Government Spending
Okay, if I'm an alcoholic and I keep escalating how much I drink until I run out of money suppose I cut back on my eating so I can spend more on alcohol. That makes sense right? Wait, I'll stop my son's allowance therefore I can spend that on more alcohol. Oh I just got a raise at work but I've already just boosted my money allotment but hey now I can get more.
That's where we are with the Debt Ceiling. Though we make cuts we will still spend more on whatever, just like an alcoholic or drug addict would do. Though we cut in other areas the spending continues if we raise the limit. Suppose we I didn't get the pay raise? The cuts I've made would limit me and make me prioritize where I spend the money I'm now saving. President O'Bama says we "may not have it in the budget" to pay the military and elderly. Wait a moment, wasn't the Social Security money supposed to be in a "lock box"? Oh, no, as of LBJ's administration it's now part of the General Fund and we now have Illegal Aliens that collect from Social Security; explain to me why? Next instead of cutting back on things like entitlements, though they also need to be modified, how about the screwy things that get funded. Here's a few I've heard about over the course of the last few months...look them up and please verify the dollar figure.
$1,000,000.00 A study on the penis size of homosexual men.
$4,000,000.00 2 women wanted to teach men in Africa how to use condoms.
$750,000.00 A study by a University of Oklahoma student who is looking at
Grandparents and their relationship with their Grandchildren.
And the list goes on and on go ahead and Google them. I have several websites that I look at each day and they're loaded with these things. Hey how about a High Speed train that would go from Orlando to Tampa in the same amount of time as you can drive it...yeah it seems it never ends and yet we want to allow the President to spend more? Are you out of your mind. Didn't we vote new members in because we've HAD ENOUGH of this crap? Maybe I missed the point when we become Greece with a total breakdown of all services and our country goes bankrupt because they forget that we only have a finite amount of money in the world and our pockets. Somebody explain this to me, PLEASE! As I said in an earlier post, Sarkozy is taking France kicking and screaming into a Market Economy and away from Socialism. When those who drain the economy rather than contributing to it outnumber the producers we're doomed...oh wait they already do! STOP THIS MADNESS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Marco Rubio is right, "we don't need more taxes we need more Tax Payers." Spread out the tax burden and cut this "garbage" spending. Have a "means test" for those collecting government checks and NO Illegal Aliens. They're ILLEGAL and therefor have NO rights and contribute NOTHING. Maybe they should return to their former country since they send so much back and I see flags flying from those countries not our flag. And I'm NOT talking about the Germans or the Norwegians when I'm talking about illegals. That's a whole new set of issues and I'll address it in another post.
So call, write or somehow get in touch with those knuckleheads in Washington DC (not the Washington State) and tell them ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Doc
That's where we are with the Debt Ceiling. Though we make cuts we will still spend more on whatever, just like an alcoholic or drug addict would do. Though we cut in other areas the spending continues if we raise the limit. Suppose we I didn't get the pay raise? The cuts I've made would limit me and make me prioritize where I spend the money I'm now saving. President O'Bama says we "may not have it in the budget" to pay the military and elderly. Wait a moment, wasn't the Social Security money supposed to be in a "lock box"? Oh, no, as of LBJ's administration it's now part of the General Fund and we now have Illegal Aliens that collect from Social Security; explain to me why? Next instead of cutting back on things like entitlements, though they also need to be modified, how about the screwy things that get funded. Here's a few I've heard about over the course of the last few months...look them up and please verify the dollar figure.
$1,000,000.00 A study on the penis size of homosexual men.
$4,000,000.00 2 women wanted to teach men in Africa how to use condoms.
$750,000.00 A study by a University of Oklahoma student who is looking at
Grandparents and their relationship with their Grandchildren.
And the list goes on and on go ahead and Google them. I have several websites that I look at each day and they're loaded with these things. Hey how about a High Speed train that would go from Orlando to Tampa in the same amount of time as you can drive it...yeah it seems it never ends and yet we want to allow the President to spend more? Are you out of your mind. Didn't we vote new members in because we've HAD ENOUGH of this crap? Maybe I missed the point when we become Greece with a total breakdown of all services and our country goes bankrupt because they forget that we only have a finite amount of money in the world and our pockets. Somebody explain this to me, PLEASE! As I said in an earlier post, Sarkozy is taking France kicking and screaming into a Market Economy and away from Socialism. When those who drain the economy rather than contributing to it outnumber the producers we're doomed...oh wait they already do! STOP THIS MADNESS! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Marco Rubio is right, "we don't need more taxes we need more Tax Payers." Spread out the tax burden and cut this "garbage" spending. Have a "means test" for those collecting government checks and NO Illegal Aliens. They're ILLEGAL and therefor have NO rights and contribute NOTHING. Maybe they should return to their former country since they send so much back and I see flags flying from those countries not our flag. And I'm NOT talking about the Germans or the Norwegians when I'm talking about illegals. That's a whole new set of issues and I'll address it in another post.
So call, write or somehow get in touch with those knuckleheads in Washington DC (not the Washington State) and tell them ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Doc
Monday, June 27, 2011
Who Cares?
This could be entitled Rants and Raves but that title has be long overdone so I ask again; "Who Cares?"
First off Libya and I ask "Who Cares?" and why exactly are we there? Several years ago we showed Madman Khadafi that we could get at him when we took out his son and other members of his family so he's kept a low profile. There was no love for the Taliband in Libya but now there's potential for them to gain a foothold in Libya and get this, with our help; oh the irony of it all. Somebody needs to explain to me exactly why we are dealing with the Madman and his Civil War.
Next, Mitt Romney's thorn under his saddle Michele Bachmann. The Tea Party's golden child and seemingly and possibly actually more right than Romney, which isn't exactly hard to do; didn't Romney say he believed in Global Warming? Okay, she's getting the hype in the polls and she is Conservative but I said it before and I'll say it again; so this is what a beauty contestant does after she looses or gets too old. As a member of the Tea Party and self-proclaimed political junky, I just don't find ANYTHING Presidential about her. Of course I'm the one who said O'Bama didn't have a chance against Hillary.
Then there's Pawlenty, I know who? You remember the guy who wouldn't take Romney to task during the New Hampshire Republican Debate. Yes he's incredibly qualified to be President and he does has the look of a President...confident, regal and yet there's something about him that just doesn't sit well. He trails in the polls and no amount of morning news shows can seem to help him with that; I caught him on the Today Show and I'm still unimpressed.
Lastly I have a few brief thoughts to throw out to all of you and see what actually sticks in your minds. Why doesn't Herman Cain get more media time...he's not a politician and that's suppose to be a good thing. He actually ran a successful business and now he's trying to run the country; why not?
What is Trump doing right now? Is he just sitting back and yawning like the rest of us waiting like a viper ready to attack at just the right moment?
When will we find out if the former Hottie from Alaska is going to get into the race? Oh for those of you who aren't as shallow as myself, I'm talking about Sarah Palin.
And what exactly did the release of the oil from the Strategic Reserves do for us...as expected, NOTHING.
Doc
First off Libya and I ask "Who Cares?" and why exactly are we there? Several years ago we showed Madman Khadafi that we could get at him when we took out his son and other members of his family so he's kept a low profile. There was no love for the Taliband in Libya but now there's potential for them to gain a foothold in Libya and get this, with our help; oh the irony of it all. Somebody needs to explain to me exactly why we are dealing with the Madman and his Civil War.
Next, Mitt Romney's thorn under his saddle Michele Bachmann. The Tea Party's golden child and seemingly and possibly actually more right than Romney, which isn't exactly hard to do; didn't Romney say he believed in Global Warming? Okay, she's getting the hype in the polls and she is Conservative but I said it before and I'll say it again; so this is what a beauty contestant does after she looses or gets too old. As a member of the Tea Party and self-proclaimed political junky, I just don't find ANYTHING Presidential about her. Of course I'm the one who said O'Bama didn't have a chance against Hillary.
Then there's Pawlenty, I know who? You remember the guy who wouldn't take Romney to task during the New Hampshire Republican Debate. Yes he's incredibly qualified to be President and he does has the look of a President...confident, regal and yet there's something about him that just doesn't sit well. He trails in the polls and no amount of morning news shows can seem to help him with that; I caught him on the Today Show and I'm still unimpressed.
Lastly I have a few brief thoughts to throw out to all of you and see what actually sticks in your minds. Why doesn't Herman Cain get more media time...he's not a politician and that's suppose to be a good thing. He actually ran a successful business and now he's trying to run the country; why not?
What is Trump doing right now? Is he just sitting back and yawning like the rest of us waiting like a viper ready to attack at just the right moment?
When will we find out if the former Hottie from Alaska is going to get into the race? Oh for those of you who aren't as shallow as myself, I'm talking about Sarah Palin.
And what exactly did the release of the oil from the Strategic Reserves do for us...as expected, NOTHING.
Doc
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Guns and the ATF
Andrew Traver who is being touted by Newsmax as President O'Bama's choice to head up the ATF is being blocked, thankfully, by the NRA. He is the current head of the Chicago office of the ATF is by all accounts ANTI-GUN. According to the Newsmax report he was involved with the "pro-gun control International Chiefs of Police" and is a "favorite of the gun-control lobby". Just what we need another Czar, only this one who is in a real position of power, who has Socialism as his mandate.
For those of you who think guns need to be ripped from honest, law-abiding citizens think about this one. If I'm a criminal, yes I know some of you think I am anyway, and I want your money or your life there are other ways than a gun to get it from you. I have to wonder how many people are currently acosted by claw hammers or knives or whatever is handy. Some time ago there was a report that a man killed his entire family by taking a hammer to each of their heads while they slept. Yet we don't ask people to register their hammers or lock them up. Get this and yes I know you've heard it before; Guns Don't Kill People, People Do! If EVERY gun manufacturer goes out of business criminals will find something else to use but maybe more brutal. Owning a gun comes with responsibility, just like a car...oh yeah cars kill people also, and using it to kill is a choice. But that means we have to hold the individual responsible for their action which we don't do anymore.
Am I member of the NRA? NO! But I do support many of the ideas they put forward, their right and when they are wrong I let them know. They are the only group out there trying to keep your Right to Bare Arms a reality going against our current President and his minions. Where's Charlton Heston when we need him.
Doc
For those of you who think guns need to be ripped from honest, law-abiding citizens think about this one. If I'm a criminal, yes I know some of you think I am anyway, and I want your money or your life there are other ways than a gun to get it from you. I have to wonder how many people are currently acosted by claw hammers or knives or whatever is handy. Some time ago there was a report that a man killed his entire family by taking a hammer to each of their heads while they slept. Yet we don't ask people to register their hammers or lock them up. Get this and yes I know you've heard it before; Guns Don't Kill People, People Do! If EVERY gun manufacturer goes out of business criminals will find something else to use but maybe more brutal. Owning a gun comes with responsibility, just like a car...oh yeah cars kill people also, and using it to kill is a choice. But that means we have to hold the individual responsible for their action which we don't do anymore.
Am I member of the NRA? NO! But I do support many of the ideas they put forward, their right and when they are wrong I let them know. They are the only group out there trying to keep your Right to Bare Arms a reality going against our current President and his minions. Where's Charlton Heston when we need him.
Doc
Coal
I recently commented on Politico about the useage of coal in this country as an alternative to other energy sources. In Politico they talked about Jay Rockefeller (D) WV wanting more money invested in coal production and looking at "Clean Coal" and that is great, we should invest, in my never to be bias opinion. The US has roughly 27% of the World Coal Reserves according the CIA-Factbook and the USGS. Now that's not to say many other countries don't have coal, many do, in fact coal makes up 29% of Australian exports and Russia has reserves of it and many other resources but getting at it in eastern Siberia is another story. We have a similar problem with getting at one of the 2 basic types of coal, Anthracite. Anthracite (hard coal) is harder than it's cousin Bitumious (soft coal) and is usually mined by tunneling whereas Bituminous which is often strip-mined. Anthracite is close to being considered "Clean Coal" (though there isn't really any such thing as clean coal) since it burns hotter and little is wasted compared to Bituminous. The trouble with Anthracite is that it is so very hard so when miners are creating the "Gangway" or main tunnel, they often encounter gas or worse, water. The mountains of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York are loaded with gas and underground rivers. When I was a teenager there was a major mine accident when a mine was flooded and only one miner survived by crawling up an air shaft.
As a child whose father spent 36 years of his life underground mining Anthracite in Central Pennsylvania I know a little bit about the topic. I know what it is to live with family members with "Black Lung" (coal dust that enters the lung tissue) and grow up playing in the coal dirt. I lived in the county where the Molly Miguires took on the mine bosses and were subsequently hung for their desire to create a better life through a Union. My father swore he'd never follow his father into the mines but when his brothers were off fighting in WWII and my Grandfather took ill he had no other choice. He did however make it so that none of us, his sons, would ever have to do the same.
President O'Bama has seen to it to make "Coal" a "Dirty Word", pun intended. Yet coal is one of our nation's biggest assets. Wyoming is the largest producer of coal in the US and some of the World's largest coal mining facilities are in the western states of the U.S., according to the ETA (Energy Information Administration). Japan is the World's largest improter of Coal and 2nd only to the US in oil imports as they have no natural resources to power their economy. How many jobs, that we so urgently need right now, is the President going to eliminate? And what will that do to our Trade Deficit? Oh, it's dirty and it's not a "Green" energy source. I'm sorry wasn't the idea behind the creation of the DOE (Department of Energy) to make us Energy Independent? I guess somebody should inform President O'Bama.
Senator Rockefeller, thank you for standing up for your constituents and helping to make us Energy Independant with the help of COAL!
Doc
As a child whose father spent 36 years of his life underground mining Anthracite in Central Pennsylvania I know a little bit about the topic. I know what it is to live with family members with "Black Lung" (coal dust that enters the lung tissue) and grow up playing in the coal dirt. I lived in the county where the Molly Miguires took on the mine bosses and were subsequently hung for their desire to create a better life through a Union. My father swore he'd never follow his father into the mines but when his brothers were off fighting in WWII and my Grandfather took ill he had no other choice. He did however make it so that none of us, his sons, would ever have to do the same.
President O'Bama has seen to it to make "Coal" a "Dirty Word", pun intended. Yet coal is one of our nation's biggest assets. Wyoming is the largest producer of coal in the US and some of the World's largest coal mining facilities are in the western states of the U.S., according to the ETA (Energy Information Administration). Japan is the World's largest improter of Coal and 2nd only to the US in oil imports as they have no natural resources to power their economy. How many jobs, that we so urgently need right now, is the President going to eliminate? And what will that do to our Trade Deficit? Oh, it's dirty and it's not a "Green" energy source. I'm sorry wasn't the idea behind the creation of the DOE (Department of Energy) to make us Energy Independent? I guess somebody should inform President O'Bama.
Senator Rockefeller, thank you for standing up for your constituents and helping to make us Energy Independant with the help of COAL!
Doc
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