Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Whoopie, Your Not Funny
To say that the convicted rapist movie director "didn't rape rape, you know" is not funny. It is in fact not only stupid but detrimental to common civility in our country. (He was convicted of statutory rape.)
Syria- Swing Nation? Skip if under 18.
Do not read if under the age of 18, I'm serious. Don't, this is a very mature post, the first and hopefully the last, but it was just too good to not write about.
I think Syria would be on Iran's side in a war. Some in the news are saying otherwise. Obviously we need to take a rational look at the most recent public issue for Syria. While we are talking about health care, Russia about its alcohol and drug problems, Syria is focusing on something addressed, for the most part, over a hundred years ago.
What is this issue? Follow the link to find out. I will however give some very very very very memorable quotes from this debate raging in Syria:
"Come on guys," he wrote, arguing Syrians "should not be silent about it because of modesty."
Fadal then listed "the problems caused by this abominable practice," among them a loss of focus, physical inactivity, testicular pain, bloody excretions after excessive [performance], and loss of ones ability to control urination.
"Boys are unable to concentrate on their studies and are looking very pale before prematurely ejaculating and losing consciousness in schools. Their balls are blue and sore as hell and when they sneeze or cough they are allegedly pissing in their pants. They are falling on their backs after bleeding to death from their weenies."
"Girls, Lord Have Mercy on us all, are doing this despicable, blinding and atrocious act secretly without the written consent of their male pimp," Fares continued. "They, someone hold me please before I pass out, are losing their virginity to their fingers out of wedlock."
"Let's move ahead, forge our destiny and join forces together in beating our meats and beating around the bushes, to reach an unprecedented Syrian Orgasm
Blogger Yazan Badran, from Latakia, Syria, then started a campaign in favor of (rather than against) moral decay, calling on his readers to listen to heavy metal, smoke joints, eat publicly during Ramadan, drink hard liquor and engage in public sexual experimentation.
"You shall skip school and stay home enjoying the vast porn directory on the Internet," he wrote. "Your plan for the day should include nothing but long sessions of masturbation."
Quotes over, well, wait, there is one more that just can't be left out:
"You see why we're a little disappointed with Obama here in Syria," he added. "We expected him to help, in particular with the rampant problem of masturbation."
Quotes over. I wonder what- No. Just no.
From: http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=26617
I think Syria would be on Iran's side in a war. Some in the news are saying otherwise. Obviously we need to take a rational look at the most recent public issue for Syria. While we are talking about health care, Russia about its alcohol and drug problems, Syria is focusing on something addressed, for the most part, over a hundred years ago.
What is this issue? Follow the link to find out. I will however give some very very very very memorable quotes from this debate raging in Syria:
"Come on guys," he wrote, arguing Syrians "should not be silent about it because of modesty."
Fadal then listed "the problems caused by this abominable practice," among them a loss of focus, physical inactivity, testicular pain, bloody excretions after excessive [performance], and loss of ones ability to control urination.
"Boys are unable to concentrate on their studies and are looking very pale before prematurely ejaculating and losing consciousness in schools. Their balls are blue and sore as hell and when they sneeze or cough they are allegedly pissing in their pants. They are falling on their backs after bleeding to death from their weenies."
"Girls, Lord Have Mercy on us all, are doing this despicable, blinding and atrocious act secretly without the written consent of their male pimp," Fares continued. "They, someone hold me please before I pass out, are losing their virginity to their fingers out of wedlock."
"Let's move ahead, forge our destiny and join forces together in beating our meats and beating around the bushes, to reach an unprecedented Syrian Orgasm
Blogger Yazan Badran, from Latakia, Syria, then started a campaign in favor of (rather than against) moral decay, calling on his readers to listen to heavy metal, smoke joints, eat publicly during Ramadan, drink hard liquor and engage in public sexual experimentation.
"You shall skip school and stay home enjoying the vast porn directory on the Internet," he wrote. "Your plan for the day should include nothing but long sessions of masturbation."
Quotes over, well, wait, there is one more that just can't be left out:
"You see why we're a little disappointed with Obama here in Syria," he added. "We expected him to help, in particular with the rampant problem of masturbation."
Quotes over. I wonder what- No. Just no.
From: http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=26617
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
University of the Stupid
From: http://schoolsmatter.blogspot.com/2009/09/seeking-solidarity-among-k-12-and.html
There is a protest in which a building on the UCSC campus has been taken over by students and faculty in protest of the California budget cuts.
After the blog author mentions the back story and introduces the interview, one of the people he interviews states the start of their movement following the start of the protests:
[S]ome of us walked in uninvited on the large undergraduate lectures of those professors who failed to honor the picket line to make an emergency announcement about the Walkout.
Quote over. Civility is clearly not a guideline of this campaign. While their teachers go on strike, others try to do their jobs and actually teach. Seeing this as unacceptable they disrupt the non-striking professors classes. It goes on to their complaints:
The Community Studies program was gutted; minority student programs were cut back; faculty searches for departments desperate for replacements, such as the History of Consciousness, were cancelled; health-care costs for graduate students were forced up;
Quote over. "History of Consciousness" was canceled, what evils! I'm not sure what Community Studies entails, whether it is a sub-section of biology or a society examination class, I think observing demographics in political science, or the biology in zoology or basic biology covers that topic. How dare health care costs rise with the actual cost of health care! Seriously, these people think everything as a necessity, a right guaranteed to them based on their misinterpretation of the highest law of the land: The Constitution, not the Declaration of Human Rights.
But wait, there is more:
We would like to see a broad social movement against cuts to education and all other state social programs and services.
Quote over. So, despite having a massive shortfall in the California state budget, and a vote by the people saying there should be no increase in taxes, somehow 25% of the shortfall should still not be cut. The logic is non-existent in these people I swear.
But wait, there is still more:
The one-day Walkout and our occupation are only first-steps, the genesis of a year-long or multi-year effort to take back the UC, to rewrite its priorities in the interest of public education and not privatization.
Quote over. A revolution is what they are talking about. Also, to say they shouldn't move to privatization is very ignorant of them. The school isn't privatizing, the cuts are based on the public sector's budget!
But wait, yes, there is more:
We want to express our thanks for the support across the nation. Why stop at the borders of California? Let's take this effort to escalate to the nation as well! Public universities are being run like corporations all across the U.S. This must be brought to an end.
Quote over. So because corporations operate for a profit, and the public sector is being run to just be balanced, the university system is like a corporation? There is no profit in the state budgets! The state budgets have no money to spend so how this person ever thinks the state could afford it is ridiculous.
You know the phrase:
A broad-based social movement that has the capacity to articulate an alternative collective vision to the narrow, corporatist special-interests that control our budgets and strategic planning will be necessary. Nobody is sure what this will look like yet.
For now, we believe one of the first steps to building such a movement is to show that escalation and occupation is necessary and possible. We hope that groups of students, faculty, and everyday Californians can begin to see themselves, too, as people who can organize, occupy, and escalate to fight back.
Quote over. So while they do not know what the solution is or what it will look like, more protests like their own are certainly going to simply bring the answers forth from the vast collective minds in solidarity of protest about the same thing. They think that if others do the exact same thing they are doing somehow an answer to the problems will appear from their movement, which so far has no solutions.
To the people who want a solid community of one thought which results in the communal efforts to solve a problem by expanding the community, not the openness to ideas, as an approach to providing solutions: open your eyes and look at the big picture. Just because you protest does not mean the legislatures which had budget cuts did not try to solve the problem. Just because you protest and join together with others does not mean the legislatures will magically come up with a solution to appease your anger. It does not work like that. You don't like something, do the constructive American thing and solve it yourself.
There is a protest in which a building on the UCSC campus has been taken over by students and faculty in protest of the California budget cuts.
After the blog author mentions the back story and introduces the interview, one of the people he interviews states the start of their movement following the start of the protests:
[S]ome of us walked in uninvited on the large undergraduate lectures of those professors who failed to honor the picket line to make an emergency announcement about the Walkout.
Quote over. Civility is clearly not a guideline of this campaign. While their teachers go on strike, others try to do their jobs and actually teach. Seeing this as unacceptable they disrupt the non-striking professors classes. It goes on to their complaints:
The Community Studies program was gutted; minority student programs were cut back; faculty searches for departments desperate for replacements, such as the History of Consciousness, were cancelled; health-care costs for graduate students were forced up;
Quote over. "History of Consciousness" was canceled, what evils! I'm not sure what Community Studies entails, whether it is a sub-section of biology or a society examination class, I think observing demographics in political science, or the biology in zoology or basic biology covers that topic. How dare health care costs rise with the actual cost of health care! Seriously, these people think everything as a necessity, a right guaranteed to them based on their misinterpretation of the highest law of the land: The Constitution, not the Declaration of Human Rights.
But wait, there is more:
We would like to see a broad social movement against cuts to education and all other state social programs and services.
Quote over. So, despite having a massive shortfall in the California state budget, and a vote by the people saying there should be no increase in taxes, somehow 25% of the shortfall should still not be cut. The logic is non-existent in these people I swear.
But wait, there is still more:
The one-day Walkout and our occupation are only first-steps, the genesis of a year-long or multi-year effort to take back the UC, to rewrite its priorities in the interest of public education and not privatization.
Quote over. A revolution is what they are talking about. Also, to say they shouldn't move to privatization is very ignorant of them. The school isn't privatizing, the cuts are based on the public sector's budget!
But wait, yes, there is more:
We want to express our thanks for the support across the nation. Why stop at the borders of California? Let's take this effort to escalate to the nation as well! Public universities are being run like corporations all across the U.S. This must be brought to an end.
Quote over. So because corporations operate for a profit, and the public sector is being run to just be balanced, the university system is like a corporation? There is no profit in the state budgets! The state budgets have no money to spend so how this person ever thinks the state could afford it is ridiculous.
You know the phrase:
A broad-based social movement that has the capacity to articulate an alternative collective vision to the narrow, corporatist special-interests that control our budgets and strategic planning will be necessary. Nobody is sure what this will look like yet.
For now, we believe one of the first steps to building such a movement is to show that escalation and occupation is necessary and possible. We hope that groups of students, faculty, and everyday Californians can begin to see themselves, too, as people who can organize, occupy, and escalate to fight back.
Quote over. So while they do not know what the solution is or what it will look like, more protests like their own are certainly going to simply bring the answers forth from the vast collective minds in solidarity of protest about the same thing. They think that if others do the exact same thing they are doing somehow an answer to the problems will appear from their movement, which so far has no solutions.
To the people who want a solid community of one thought which results in the communal efforts to solve a problem by expanding the community, not the openness to ideas, as an approach to providing solutions: open your eyes and look at the big picture. Just because you protest does not mean the legislatures which had budget cuts did not try to solve the problem. Just because you protest and join together with others does not mean the legislatures will magically come up with a solution to appease your anger. It does not work like that. You don't like something, do the constructive American thing and solve it yourself.
We are doomed *really doesn't matter what number*
"This is not an American battle; this is a NATO mission"
-Barack Obama, on Afghanistan.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/30/content_12131915.htm
In the event you hadn't noticed, it is an American battle as long as Americans are in the fight. As long as Americans have shed blood in the conflict it is an American war. Sure, other nations can call it otherwise to their liking, but for us in the U.S. that is what matters: Our troops, our war. End of story. We will win our wars, or that should be our constant commitment. To delegate the most advanced force in the world to an allied structure is fine, but to have that structure, notorious for paper shuffling, command our forces is a disgrace. We lead NATO, not the other way around. We lead the world, not the other way around.
Mr. Obama, lead this nation, instead of following the world.
-Barack Obama, on Afghanistan.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/30/content_12131915.htm
In the event you hadn't noticed, it is an American battle as long as Americans are in the fight. As long as Americans have shed blood in the conflict it is an American war. Sure, other nations can call it otherwise to their liking, but for us in the U.S. that is what matters: Our troops, our war. End of story. We will win our wars, or that should be our constant commitment. To delegate the most advanced force in the world to an allied structure is fine, but to have that structure, notorious for paper shuffling, command our forces is a disgrace. We lead NATO, not the other way around. We lead the world, not the other way around.
Mr. Obama, lead this nation, instead of following the world.
Guinea- Conakry Massacre
Whether it is 58, 87, or 157 killed, depending on the source, a massacre of people demanding nothing less than freedom and democracy occurred in Guinea's capital. Instead of sanctioning Honduras, where is the Obama outrage against Guinea's actions? Last year I saw the events taking place in the coup and thought the promises of democratic elections was sound. At the time no massacres were taking place, just awkward military patrols that made everyone confused. (The coup last year came after the death of their 30+ year ruler who himself came to power in a coup.)
Initially, they promised free elections the world could monitor and the coup leader said he would not run. Now he is running and the election is going to occur later than promised. Finally, his soldiers have slaughtered a democracy protest at a soccer stadium. The various methods of killing are numerous, and women were degraded. Where is the call for sanctions and the demand for the rule of law?
The White House still condemns Honduras despite the calls for violence coming not from the interim government, but Zelaya. Yet they chose the side of Chavez in that case. In Iran Obama chose to not interfere. He then chose to obviously interfere in Honduras. So far the path chosen as been silence on Guinea, highlighting the lack of consistency this administration has in support of "freedom". It is clear the United States government no longer is advocating freedom in the world, but is giving a pass to tyranny.
Initially, they promised free elections the world could monitor and the coup leader said he would not run. Now he is running and the election is going to occur later than promised. Finally, his soldiers have slaughtered a democracy protest at a soccer stadium. The various methods of killing are numerous, and women were degraded. Where is the call for sanctions and the demand for the rule of law?
The White House still condemns Honduras despite the calls for violence coming not from the interim government, but Zelaya. Yet they chose the side of Chavez in that case. In Iran Obama chose to not interfere. He then chose to obviously interfere in Honduras. So far the path chosen as been silence on Guinea, highlighting the lack of consistency this administration has in support of "freedom". It is clear the United States government no longer is advocating freedom in the world, but is giving a pass to tyranny.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Honduras Elections
Based on a New York Times op ed, I got some ideas to give perspective on Honduras.
The upcoming elections have been denounced by many nations and said that it will not change their stance on Honduras (which is to return Zelaya to power, which would have him in office longer than he is allowed by the Constitution of Honduras).
If the leaders of Burma said they were going to hold free and fair elections, would we say no simply because they are currently run by a dictatorship?
Let the elections be the voice of the people and respect that voice as you would any other when allowed freely.
Update: I had lost the article in my travels, but I found it again. It was from the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704471504574439090743723958.html
The upcoming elections have been denounced by many nations and said that it will not change their stance on Honduras (which is to return Zelaya to power, which would have him in office longer than he is allowed by the Constitution of Honduras).
If the leaders of Burma said they were going to hold free and fair elections, would we say no simply because they are currently run by a dictatorship?
Let the elections be the voice of the people and respect that voice as you would any other when allowed freely.
Update: I had lost the article in my travels, but I found it again. It was from the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704471504574439090743723958.html
Summary of Thoughts
Iran has a nuclear facility that has been kept secret not only by our government but Iran as well. The United Nations IAEA misses it completely. Unless Iran opens up completely by the end of the year, we will be at war by January, if not sooner.
The Post Office is going to need a bailout. They lost four billion dollars in September.
Earlier in August the Federal Reserve requested that the debt limit be raised, again.
Summary: I told you so.
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The Post Office is going to need a bailout. They lost four billion dollars in September.
Earlier in August the Federal Reserve requested that the debt limit be raised, again.
Summary: I told you so.
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Corruption
Corruption can never be eliminated. However, it can be controlled and brought within the reach of punishment. This is a realization which recognizes the ever persistent fact that humans have emotions. The system which best recognizes that greed is inherent in human behavior will be the system which is best in the world. Capitalism is one of those systems.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
We Are Saved 1
The discussion over civility that has arisen over recent events is a good sign for this country. Not only is "civil behavior" and "civility" commonly being used, but they are not having to place definitions with them. These two things show that this country not only remembers the days of civility, but wants them back in a way that makes us never forget.
What DO Conservatives Fundamentally Believe In?
I have always known colleges are liberally bent, nobody denies this at all. I accept that. However, there is a textbook for my reading/history class ("A People and a Nation")which has no sources and opinions which are lies or don't make sense.
For example, it mentions conservatives in the 1760s supporting the British control of the colonies. This is not possible because "conservative" thought and policy did not begin to form until the 1790s in France. While some ideas can be identified as conservative, remaining with the British Empire was not one of them.
In fact, it is the Founding Fathers, the ones who separated from Britain and formed this nation, which are looked to for the ideas of American conservatism. Wikipedia explains it as: Conservatism refers to various political and social philosophies that support tradition and the status quo.
This is a lie. In the context of a classroom many do not know the difference between worldwide conservatives and U.S. conservatives. In evidence, one person in the classroom said "they are people who want to conserve the environment right?" While conservatives may believe that depending on their stance on the issue, that is not the fundamental core of Conservative beliefs.
I have gone to GOP meetings for the past year regularly in various forms and never has maintaining the status quo come up as a goal. It has always made a focus on a reverse heirarchy, like our Founding Fathers believed in, which started from the bottom up, not top down. Conservatives will enable the individual, then the family, then the community, then the state, then the government to care for their needs. When you have a strong government and a weak populace you have a dictatorship. When you have a strong people and a "weak" government you have a successful Democracy. A government with a division of powers with elected representatives that make the top a gauranteed entity of force you have a Republic. We have a Republic where the Founding Fathers knew that government was a necessary evil, but as little as possible was desired to have a strong populace. Today, the government is growing in power while our population is being weakened by taxes, poor education (involving lies), and a government which takes our ability to work and removes it through various policies which make us reliant upon the government.
This book that also says "There was no definition of civil rights in America before the Civil War." Three things off the top of my head: Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights. This book is biased, and so much so that I am going to go through page by page and bring truth to the class.
For example, it mentions conservatives in the 1760s supporting the British control of the colonies. This is not possible because "conservative" thought and policy did not begin to form until the 1790s in France. While some ideas can be identified as conservative, remaining with the British Empire was not one of them.
In fact, it is the Founding Fathers, the ones who separated from Britain and formed this nation, which are looked to for the ideas of American conservatism. Wikipedia explains it as: Conservatism refers to various political and social philosophies that support tradition and the status quo.
This is a lie. In the context of a classroom many do not know the difference between worldwide conservatives and U.S. conservatives. In evidence, one person in the classroom said "they are people who want to conserve the environment right?" While conservatives may believe that depending on their stance on the issue, that is not the fundamental core of Conservative beliefs.
I have gone to GOP meetings for the past year regularly in various forms and never has maintaining the status quo come up as a goal. It has always made a focus on a reverse heirarchy, like our Founding Fathers believed in, which started from the bottom up, not top down. Conservatives will enable the individual, then the family, then the community, then the state, then the government to care for their needs. When you have a strong government and a weak populace you have a dictatorship. When you have a strong people and a "weak" government you have a successful Democracy. A government with a division of powers with elected representatives that make the top a gauranteed entity of force you have a Republic. We have a Republic where the Founding Fathers knew that government was a necessary evil, but as little as possible was desired to have a strong populace. Today, the government is growing in power while our population is being weakened by taxes, poor education (involving lies), and a government which takes our ability to work and removes it through various policies which make us reliant upon the government.
This book that also says "There was no definition of civil rights in America before the Civil War." Three things off the top of my head: Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights. This book is biased, and so much so that I am going to go through page by page and bring truth to the class.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
This one is up to you...
Look up the latest data on Social Security. Find the info, its out there, just google it. We are yet again, maybe this time enough to wake some of you up, screwed.
My Response to The President at the United Nations
I am writing this as I read through President Obama's speech. I recommend you read the transcript or watch his speech before reading my response. I have sent the following to the White House, and prefaced it with a request that this be promoted by Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. Here it is:
To use a global forum as a place in which to apologize for your predecessors is a terrible display of bias without recognition for our efforts of the past. To present your efforts as the first and only committed movement for global betterment since the times of FDR is selfish and detrimental to our image in the world.
I believe that the hopes of any child will always enrich our world, never impoverish it. There is only innocence in a child's hope that has ideals for betterment, and it is only removed when the reality of corruption takes hold. The hopes of a child never impoverish our world, the removal of those hopes does. To not make this distinction is a philosophical failure of you to present an understanding of the human peoples for whom you claim to speak of.
Again, to present the focus on your actions as the only effort for which our commitment to the global community can be judged is disrespectful to the efforts of maintaining peace in the world after our efforts in founding the U.N.
To claim that you prohibited torture by the United States is a lie. You signed a bill confirming the rights granted to prisoners within the Constitution, nothing more.
No war is responsibly started and thus can never be responsibly fought, controlled, or ended.
As a nation with immense wealth and various measurements of higher quality than the rest of the world our leadership role should never be diminished for the inclusion of all nations for solutions which could involve the very dictators which wish to see our nation's freedom crumble.
The alignment of nations rooted in the Cold War are various and involve NATO, the European Union, the WTO, and to say we should move away from these alliances is a betrayal of the cooperative and beneficial relationships we have with other nations of the world.
To demand that Israel surrender control of areas acquired in wars against Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria and abandon the territory of Israel to 1947 boundaries, including their capital, the Holy City of Jerusalem, amounts to a biased approach to resolving the conflict in the Middle East.
In placing the United States support of democracy worldwide as a negative influence is an insult to all the nations which have waved American flags with their own to honor the joy they have at our support of their freedom. From Japan to Kosovo, supporting Democracy has been the most effective foreign policy goal of the past seventy years. To present a negative for our support of Democracy in such a paradox on the global stage is perhaps one of the most dangerous mistakes you made in your speech.
Mr. President, I demand an honest discussion of the issues I raise, and expect you to hold yourself to my level as individuals in this global community and respond to my statements.
To use a global forum as a place in which to apologize for your predecessors is a terrible display of bias without recognition for our efforts of the past. To present your efforts as the first and only committed movement for global betterment since the times of FDR is selfish and detrimental to our image in the world.
I believe that the hopes of any child will always enrich our world, never impoverish it. There is only innocence in a child's hope that has ideals for betterment, and it is only removed when the reality of corruption takes hold. The hopes of a child never impoverish our world, the removal of those hopes does. To not make this distinction is a philosophical failure of you to present an understanding of the human peoples for whom you claim to speak of.
Again, to present the focus on your actions as the only effort for which our commitment to the global community can be judged is disrespectful to the efforts of maintaining peace in the world after our efforts in founding the U.N.
To claim that you prohibited torture by the United States is a lie. You signed a bill confirming the rights granted to prisoners within the Constitution, nothing more.
No war is responsibly started and thus can never be responsibly fought, controlled, or ended.
As a nation with immense wealth and various measurements of higher quality than the rest of the world our leadership role should never be diminished for the inclusion of all nations for solutions which could involve the very dictators which wish to see our nation's freedom crumble.
The alignment of nations rooted in the Cold War are various and involve NATO, the European Union, the WTO, and to say we should move away from these alliances is a betrayal of the cooperative and beneficial relationships we have with other nations of the world.
To demand that Israel surrender control of areas acquired in wars against Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria and abandon the territory of Israel to 1947 boundaries, including their capital, the Holy City of Jerusalem, amounts to a biased approach to resolving the conflict in the Middle East.
In placing the United States support of democracy worldwide as a negative influence is an insult to all the nations which have waved American flags with their own to honor the joy they have at our support of their freedom. From Japan to Kosovo, supporting Democracy has been the most effective foreign policy goal of the past seventy years. To present a negative for our support of Democracy in such a paradox on the global stage is perhaps one of the most dangerous mistakes you made in your speech.
Mr. President, I demand an honest discussion of the issues I raise, and expect you to hold yourself to my level as individuals in this global community and respond to my statements.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Freedom of Speech?
Keep in the back of your mind a very simple question: For who does freedom of speech apply?
Alright, Senator Baucus, according to the New York Times, has taken a Humana Inc. letter to their members, which stated that his bill's $123 billion cut to Medicare is going to hinder care for seniors, as a, well, here is the quote:
Mr. Baucus took it as a declaration of war. He complained to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal health-care agency, which on Friday duly ordered Humana to cease and desist. CMS claimed the mailer was "misleading and confusing" and told the company it has opened an official probe as to whether the mailer violated laws about how the insurers that manage Advantage plans are allowed to communicate with their customers, as well as other federal statutes.
Article quote over. If by now your common sense doesn't tell you why this has struck me as odd, I'll guide you a little further:
"it has opened an official probe as to whether the mailer violated laws about how the insurers are allowed to communicate with their customers"
So there are laws about how a company can communicate with its customers? Does this law LEGALIZE only certain forms of communication, like store front displays? Does it regulate those displays to be reasonable, fair, unoffensive? Where are these laws? Who passed the laws? Why has nobody asked these questions, found the answers, and made a Constitutional challenge?
Now, remember that question: For who does freedom of speech apply?
It is without doubt that it applies to us, citizens, people within the United States. We as citizens have the right to form companies, or join unions. However, does our freedom of speech extend to those companies and unions?
It does for unions. I can name at least four precedents off the top of my head where union speech was protected regardless of controversy. However, laws, according to Baucus, exist to dictate how a company may use its freedom of speech. Two possibilities come up: not only Baucus but CMS, a government agency, has lied about these laws or: unions are protected, companies are not. The first one is very likely, and the second one leads to yet another question: why are unions protected by freedom of speech but companies are not?
However lets look at the full scope: one company against the health care gets threats and investigated and the rule is expanded to all Advantage providers. What about those other companies supporting the plan and sending out messages? Will they be charged with the communication violations?
I will do something I have only done in regards to the international alliance so far and make a prediction: We will not see the news reports about the Humana investigation when it starts. If charged, Humana will be the primary example of government intimidation and you will see market opposition to the government's proposals disappear. When the "elite" they constantly claim is the only source of opposition is gone, we will see individuals, based on wealth and then by audience, become targets and be silenced.
When we allow companies to be given double standards to unions and other companies when it comes to freedom of speech, we also allow it to be applied to individuals. Companies are an economic art, a form of expression of skills in management, product creation. When art projects such as the infamous "Jesus in a jar of urine" display are funded by the government and protected by freedom of speech, we must allow the arts in business to be protected as well. A message sent by a company is a message sent by an individual or groups of individuals. If the message of a union represents its members, the message of a company must also be protected as it represents its owners.
We must challenge these "laws" which violate our Constitution, the highest law of the land.
Alright, Senator Baucus, according to the New York Times, has taken a Humana Inc. letter to their members, which stated that his bill's $123 billion cut to Medicare is going to hinder care for seniors, as a, well, here is the quote:
Mr. Baucus took it as a declaration of war. He complained to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal health-care agency, which on Friday duly ordered Humana to cease and desist. CMS claimed the mailer was "misleading and confusing" and told the company it has opened an official probe as to whether the mailer violated laws about how the insurers that manage Advantage plans are allowed to communicate with their customers, as well as other federal statutes.
Article quote over. If by now your common sense doesn't tell you why this has struck me as odd, I'll guide you a little further:
"it has opened an official probe as to whether the mailer violated laws about how the insurers are allowed to communicate with their customers"
So there are laws about how a company can communicate with its customers? Does this law LEGALIZE only certain forms of communication, like store front displays? Does it regulate those displays to be reasonable, fair, unoffensive? Where are these laws? Who passed the laws? Why has nobody asked these questions, found the answers, and made a Constitutional challenge?
Now, remember that question: For who does freedom of speech apply?
It is without doubt that it applies to us, citizens, people within the United States. We as citizens have the right to form companies, or join unions. However, does our freedom of speech extend to those companies and unions?
It does for unions. I can name at least four precedents off the top of my head where union speech was protected regardless of controversy. However, laws, according to Baucus, exist to dictate how a company may use its freedom of speech. Two possibilities come up: not only Baucus but CMS, a government agency, has lied about these laws or: unions are protected, companies are not. The first one is very likely, and the second one leads to yet another question: why are unions protected by freedom of speech but companies are not?
However lets look at the full scope: one company against the health care gets threats and investigated and the rule is expanded to all Advantage providers. What about those other companies supporting the plan and sending out messages? Will they be charged with the communication violations?
I will do something I have only done in regards to the international alliance so far and make a prediction: We will not see the news reports about the Humana investigation when it starts. If charged, Humana will be the primary example of government intimidation and you will see market opposition to the government's proposals disappear. When the "elite" they constantly claim is the only source of opposition is gone, we will see individuals, based on wealth and then by audience, become targets and be silenced.
When we allow companies to be given double standards to unions and other companies when it comes to freedom of speech, we also allow it to be applied to individuals. Companies are an economic art, a form of expression of skills in management, product creation. When art projects such as the infamous "Jesus in a jar of urine" display are funded by the government and protected by freedom of speech, we must allow the arts in business to be protected as well. A message sent by a company is a message sent by an individual or groups of individuals. If the message of a union represents its members, the message of a company must also be protected as it represents its owners.
We must challenge these "laws" which violate our Constitution, the highest law of the land.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Honduras Proven Legal
I have been saying it for months based on a very simple review of the Honduran Constitution. Our government which initially responded with declaring a coup, has now come to its senses. In a report found here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204518504574423570828980800.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
The report states the following:
Now a report filed at the Library of Congress by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) provides what the administration has not offered, a serious legal review of the facts. "Available sources indicate that the judicial and legislative branches applied constitutional and statutory law in the case against President Zelaya in a manner that was judged by the Honduran authorities from both branches of the government to be in accordance with the Honduran legal system," writes CRS senior foreign law specialist Norma C. Gutierrez in her report.
Do the facts matter? Fat chance. The administration is standing by its "coup" charge and 10 days ago, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went so far as to sanction the country's independent judiciary. The U.S. won't say why, but its clear the court's sin is rejecting a U.S.-backed proposal to restore Mr. Zelaya to power.
Report over. You know why they won't change their stance? They have a stubborn need to appeal to Hugo Chavez; because after the "declaration of war" Hugo claims we have against him with our bases in Colombia we can't support the regime in Honduras because of some small realities as that too was a direct response to the Bolivarian process of Constitutional rewrites to empower dictators.
So why would we support a position just to be in line with Chavez and Castro when the facts directly contradict the thinking? I do not know.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204518504574423570828980800.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
The report states the following:
Now a report filed at the Library of Congress by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) provides what the administration has not offered, a serious legal review of the facts. "Available sources indicate that the judicial and legislative branches applied constitutional and statutory law in the case against President Zelaya in a manner that was judged by the Honduran authorities from both branches of the government to be in accordance with the Honduran legal system," writes CRS senior foreign law specialist Norma C. Gutierrez in her report.
Do the facts matter? Fat chance. The administration is standing by its "coup" charge and 10 days ago, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went so far as to sanction the country's independent judiciary. The U.S. won't say why, but its clear the court's sin is rejecting a U.S.-backed proposal to restore Mr. Zelaya to power.
Report over. You know why they won't change their stance? They have a stubborn need to appeal to Hugo Chavez; because after the "declaration of war" Hugo claims we have against him with our bases in Colombia we can't support the regime in Honduras because of some small realities as that too was a direct response to the Bolivarian process of Constitutional rewrites to empower dictators.
So why would we support a position just to be in line with Chavez and Castro when the facts directly contradict the thinking? I do not know.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Selling A Bill
If you are in the executive office, whether it be a mayor, governor, or even president, you can not sell a bill based on its specifics. Why? Because you are letting the legislature write the bill. Lets use an example.
You want to get health care passed, so how do you sell it to the American public? You can't sell the specifics because people will get bored and you also don't know the specifics, the bill isn't written by you. So what do you do? You sell its merits instead.
You connect the bill to a better America. Instead of going through subsection c of the fourth proposal for a bill from a fifth committee, you sell your vision of an America without high costs and exemptions for pre-existing conditions. Often you tell horror stories of the current system to connect the bad with the current, and the good with the future. Don't slip up and lie about the horror stories though, or you'll lose your support and never gain it back.
Sometimes when a bill seems certain to be the one coming to your desk, you can sell some general improvements that are very shiny, say, a health insurance exchange. Something bad in the specifics? You can try to sell the bad, but you'll lose more support. So what do you do? Connect it to the very shiny improvement and make the public connect the bad as an acceptable side effect of the good. Don't promote the bad too much, or you'll be lying again. And never, ever deny saying something when it is recorded on video tape or you'll lose more points.
You can slip up and correct yourself on any one of these, but never correct one and you won't sell the bill. If you have all but one making you lose support and never change that one thing, you'll never sell the bill.
This all of course only applies if your the standard generic politician. From the current health care issue, to the Iraq War, to the Mogadishu "Black Hawk Down" Incident when you are a standard politician you need to sell its merits and focus on the merits because the details are not going to sell. Sometimes you can sell it even with the bad, but you'll never have an easy time doing anything else ever again.
So what do you do to avoid this struggle of the standard politician? You could slow down and get something done right, such as the Reagan Tax Cuts, which took a year to write and pass. However, the careful monitoring of a bill to make sure it reaches that perfect blend of good details and good merits can take time. If you need something fast for an emergency or want to get things done quickly just to say you did it, what can you do? Break the cycle.
Allow the legislature to do the regular stuff, but take the time yourself to draft a bill on your own that is short, to the point, has the merits, and gets the job you need done quickly. Then, make the bill public, let the legislature look it over and see if they'll pass it. If you wrote a good bill, you'll have no trouble at all.
Now I know you're thinking that can't be done. However, anyone can write a bill, and any senator or representative can bring it to vote. As evidence, it already has.
Now you know the slow and steady approach by Reagan, but the fast and quick approach was taken by FDR. The bill that gave the government massive powers to remove us from the Great Depression? Eight pages written by the Roosevelt administration. Imagine, eight pages. We have thousand page bills for TARP, health care, the budget and on and on and on and we still have massive problems.
So if you want to break the Washington cycle, either take it slow and let the legislature make baby steps to get something done right, or do it yourself and let them run with it.
You want to get health care passed, so how do you sell it to the American public? You can't sell the specifics because people will get bored and you also don't know the specifics, the bill isn't written by you. So what do you do? You sell its merits instead.
You connect the bill to a better America. Instead of going through subsection c of the fourth proposal for a bill from a fifth committee, you sell your vision of an America without high costs and exemptions for pre-existing conditions. Often you tell horror stories of the current system to connect the bad with the current, and the good with the future. Don't slip up and lie about the horror stories though, or you'll lose your support and never gain it back.
Sometimes when a bill seems certain to be the one coming to your desk, you can sell some general improvements that are very shiny, say, a health insurance exchange. Something bad in the specifics? You can try to sell the bad, but you'll lose more support. So what do you do? Connect it to the very shiny improvement and make the public connect the bad as an acceptable side effect of the good. Don't promote the bad too much, or you'll be lying again. And never, ever deny saying something when it is recorded on video tape or you'll lose more points.
You can slip up and correct yourself on any one of these, but never correct one and you won't sell the bill. If you have all but one making you lose support and never change that one thing, you'll never sell the bill.
This all of course only applies if your the standard generic politician. From the current health care issue, to the Iraq War, to the Mogadishu "Black Hawk Down" Incident when you are a standard politician you need to sell its merits and focus on the merits because the details are not going to sell. Sometimes you can sell it even with the bad, but you'll never have an easy time doing anything else ever again.
So what do you do to avoid this struggle of the standard politician? You could slow down and get something done right, such as the Reagan Tax Cuts, which took a year to write and pass. However, the careful monitoring of a bill to make sure it reaches that perfect blend of good details and good merits can take time. If you need something fast for an emergency or want to get things done quickly just to say you did it, what can you do? Break the cycle.
Allow the legislature to do the regular stuff, but take the time yourself to draft a bill on your own that is short, to the point, has the merits, and gets the job you need done quickly. Then, make the bill public, let the legislature look it over and see if they'll pass it. If you wrote a good bill, you'll have no trouble at all.
Now I know you're thinking that can't be done. However, anyone can write a bill, and any senator or representative can bring it to vote. As evidence, it already has.
Now you know the slow and steady approach by Reagan, but the fast and quick approach was taken by FDR. The bill that gave the government massive powers to remove us from the Great Depression? Eight pages written by the Roosevelt administration. Imagine, eight pages. We have thousand page bills for TARP, health care, the budget and on and on and on and we still have massive problems.
So if you want to break the Washington cycle, either take it slow and let the legislature make baby steps to get something done right, or do it yourself and let them run with it.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Venezuela now officially recognizes these two nations. Abkhazia and South Ossetia are, as stated by officials in both secessionist regions, willing to join Russia. With Russia having troops in their borders, citizens of the two regions considered Russian citizens, and the leaders saying they would be willing to merge with Russia, are they really independant?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/10/content_12030863.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/10/content_12030863.htm
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Mr. Anonymous
How about you stand by your statements and use your name when you comment. In fact, lets have a debate, and actually debate. You can choose any topic you want, post first, or second, and lets have more than one post. Come on, I dare you. Or are you still afraid to stand and defend your own statements?
Obama Pulls Missile Shield Deal From Poland
I've seen an alliance forming against the United States. This is a very big way our country has now encouraged this global alliance against us. As my blog is failing to reach sane minds and I face the same trolling Mr. Anonymous on my blog, I have only one thing to say unless encouraged otherwise: I QUIT.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Message to Jimmy Carter
If your reading this blog Mr. President, stick to Habitat for Humanity and keep your mouth shut because we like you better when your doing something constructive, instead of dividing this country.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Poll Rigger: Matt Jacobson
I like politics when they are conducted to present the best candidate. However, polls simply judge who people support.
Yet, despite this, leading a poll is a big deal for some. Matt Jacobson sent out an e-mail which urged his supporters to vote on The Maine View gubernatorial poll located here:
http://themaineview.wordpress.com/maine2010primaries/
As of my last check, despite leading his herd to the poll, he is still behind in the numbers by at least 100.
The e-mail is as follows:
The Maine View has a poll up for who you would choose in each primary of Maine’s gubernatorial election.
http://themaineview.wordpress.com/maine2010primaries/
Please go and vote – and pass it around to your friends and family. We know Matt is the best candidate – let’s make sure that others know as well!
E-mail over. Matt Jacobson has lost any and all support he had from me. To place this in the context of the extreme times we live in, if he is fine with rigging a poll how much further is the steps to rig a vote?
If you disagree that this is an attempt to rig the results of a poll meant for people who visit The Maine View blog, please let me know what you think.
Yet, despite this, leading a poll is a big deal for some. Matt Jacobson sent out an e-mail which urged his supporters to vote on The Maine View gubernatorial poll located here:
http://themaineview.wordpress.com/maine2010primaries/
As of my last check, despite leading his herd to the poll, he is still behind in the numbers by at least 100.
The e-mail is as follows:
The Maine View has a poll up for who you would choose in each primary of Maine’s gubernatorial election.
http://themaineview.wordpress.com/maine2010primaries/
Please go and vote – and pass it around to your friends and family. We know Matt is the best candidate – let’s make sure that others know as well!
E-mail over. Matt Jacobson has lost any and all support he had from me. To place this in the context of the extreme times we live in, if he is fine with rigging a poll how much further is the steps to rig a vote?
If you disagree that this is an attempt to rig the results of a poll meant for people who visit The Maine View blog, please let me know what you think.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
My 9/12 Project
Alright, so today I took it upon myself to do a little project of my own. I went to a pro-health care anti-war protest, and a Tea Party.
First, the anti-war pro-health care rally covered several topics with its signs and songs:
Respect our Constitution - Do not torture people or spy on our citizens.
Leave Afghanistan - I was talking to a Vietnam veteran who was against the war in Afghanistan who said we should just leave Afghanistan like we left Vietnam.
Sir, 2 million people were slaughtered by the North Vietnamese when we left Vietnam. I hope you do not wish this fate upon the Iraqi people.
Fund health care, affordable housing, instead of the military in order to give us real security - Common sense alert. Without the military a few guys, notably the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, we would be royally screwed. That, and any nation that would like a slice of our country would have not only an open border to invade across, but no resistance once they did. If they wish for money for health care and the military, with waste overall removed, they sound very similar to the Tea Party protest.
At the Tea Party, the core themes were:
Spend less overall to tax less overall - We can buy our own cars, we don't need a government stimulus check given to us from our own taxes to pay for it, just for you to not take it from us in taxes in the first place.
Respect our Constitution - Do not spy on our citizens, do not expand government beyond its original purpose, and have every person in the administration face a congressional hearing to be appointed.
This was the core of the Tea Party.
You see, the liberal Americans and conservative Americans are divided by where government's role in charity is. Liberals want the government to tell us to feed those in need and control the mechanisms through which that happens. Conservatives believe it is our responsibility as neighbors, Americans, and believers in God to feed those in need and to do so as individuals, friends, and families, not government workers.
First, the anti-war pro-health care rally covered several topics with its signs and songs:
Respect our Constitution - Do not torture people or spy on our citizens.
Leave Afghanistan - I was talking to a Vietnam veteran who was against the war in Afghanistan who said we should just leave Afghanistan like we left Vietnam.
Sir, 2 million people were slaughtered by the North Vietnamese when we left Vietnam. I hope you do not wish this fate upon the Iraqi people.
Fund health care, affordable housing, instead of the military in order to give us real security - Common sense alert. Without the military a few guys, notably the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, we would be royally screwed. That, and any nation that would like a slice of our country would have not only an open border to invade across, but no resistance once they did. If they wish for money for health care and the military, with waste overall removed, they sound very similar to the Tea Party protest.
At the Tea Party, the core themes were:
Spend less overall to tax less overall - We can buy our own cars, we don't need a government stimulus check given to us from our own taxes to pay for it, just for you to not take it from us in taxes in the first place.
Respect our Constitution - Do not spy on our citizens, do not expand government beyond its original purpose, and have every person in the administration face a congressional hearing to be appointed.
This was the core of the Tea Party.
You see, the liberal Americans and conservative Americans are divided by where government's role in charity is. Liberals want the government to tell us to feed those in need and control the mechanisms through which that happens. Conservatives believe it is our responsibility as neighbors, Americans, and believers in God to feed those in need and to do so as individuals, friends, and families, not government workers.
Friday, September 11, 2009
9/11 Prayer
This is the anniversary of the attacks on 9/11. Prayer may not be your way and to be honest it isn't mine either. However, every 9/11 I always say a prayer, once a year and different every year. Foolish I know, but I do. So if prayer is your way, this message may appeal to you.
On 9/11 my uncle Wilfred, a priest, was going to fly to California. The flight he was going to be on was overbooked, and he gave up his seat for someone else to go on that flight. That plane hit one of the Twin Towers.
Life is like that isn't it? Sometimes we just luck out. Kindness led my uncle to not be on that plane. Perhaps if we were all kinder to each other we would all luck out.
God bless America.
Amen
On 9/11 my uncle Wilfred, a priest, was going to fly to California. The flight he was going to be on was overbooked, and he gave up his seat for someone else to go on that flight. That plane hit one of the Twin Towers.
Life is like that isn't it? Sometimes we just luck out. Kindness led my uncle to not be on that plane. Perhaps if we were all kinder to each other we would all luck out.
God bless America.
Amen
March Tomorrow
Grass roots- the common or ordinary people, esp. as contrasted with the leadership or elite of a political party, social organization.
In other words, a genuine movement by people not directed by an organization or political party.
So lets fast forward to tomorrow, where a "Walk for Real Security" will be taking place downtown by the Progressives from UMaine. Lets examine their message:
We need folks who are willing to act as peacekeepers on Saturday in case hecklers show up. Let us know if you can arrive at Davenport Park around 11:45 to meet with Larry Dansinger who will coordinate the peacekeeping team. We will have handouts about dealing with hecklers available. We will also have signs for people to carry.
The walk is being organized by area peace & justice groups to demonstrate there is a visible and vital grassroots movement calling for policies and priorities focused on meeting human needs.
Message condensation over. Lets translate:
We need folks who are willing to act as peacekeepers on Saturday in case hecklers show up. We will have handouts about dealing with hecklers available. We will also have signs for people to carry.
Translation over. It seems translation is not necessary, only common sense. Think of this when considering what grass roots is, now lets translate again:
The walk is being organized by area peace & justice groups to demonstrate there is a visible and vital grassroots movement calling for policies and priorities focused on meeting human needs.
Translation over. It seems again common sense is only necessary. If the walk is being organized by peace and justice groups, does this not instantly destroy the "grass roots" description? See, I'm a grass roots person. I write this blog of my own power, and I am going to go down there to ask them questions of my own will. I am not "organized" into marching for anyone.
Yes, you read correctly, I will be attending to ask questions. I want to have a discussion with them, and what better time than a three mile walk on a beautiful Saturday? I will bring an audio recorder which I hope will not be drowned out by the traffic.
See, this blog has a purpose. It is to inform people. This march is also to inform people, but marches occur every day in D.C. but they are never heard. This, I believe, will have the same result. Which is why I am going to ask first about why a march, and secondly what their beliefs are. Their "peacekeepers" will hopefully not charge me with their blue helmets. That was a joke. You know: HAHA HEHE. Critic.
In other words, a genuine movement by people not directed by an organization or political party.
So lets fast forward to tomorrow, where a "Walk for Real Security" will be taking place downtown by the Progressives from UMaine. Lets examine their message:
We need folks who are willing to act as peacekeepers on Saturday in case hecklers show up. Let us know if you can arrive at Davenport Park around 11:45 to meet with Larry Dansinger who will coordinate the peacekeeping team. We will have handouts about dealing with hecklers available. We will also have signs for people to carry.
The walk is being organized by area peace & justice groups to demonstrate there is a visible and vital grassroots movement calling for policies and priorities focused on meeting human needs.
Message condensation over. Lets translate:
We need folks who are willing to act as peacekeepers on Saturday in case hecklers show up. We will have handouts about dealing with hecklers available. We will also have signs for people to carry.
Translation over. It seems translation is not necessary, only common sense. Think of this when considering what grass roots is, now lets translate again:
The walk is being organized by area peace & justice groups to demonstrate there is a visible and vital grassroots movement calling for policies and priorities focused on meeting human needs.
Translation over. It seems again common sense is only necessary. If the walk is being organized by peace and justice groups, does this not instantly destroy the "grass roots" description? See, I'm a grass roots person. I write this blog of my own power, and I am going to go down there to ask them questions of my own will. I am not "organized" into marching for anyone.
Yes, you read correctly, I will be attending to ask questions. I want to have a discussion with them, and what better time than a three mile walk on a beautiful Saturday? I will bring an audio recorder which I hope will not be drowned out by the traffic.
See, this blog has a purpose. It is to inform people. This march is also to inform people, but marches occur every day in D.C. but they are never heard. This, I believe, will have the same result. Which is why I am going to ask first about why a march, and secondly what their beliefs are. Their "peacekeepers" will hopefully not charge me with their blue helmets. That was a joke. You know: HAHA HEHE. Critic.
Monday, September 7, 2009
We Are Doomed 53-100
For all the people who think Glenn Beck raped and murdered a girl in 1990.
He didn't. If he did, he would be in prison.
He didn't. If he did, he would be in prison.
Alright, Keith Olbermann has decided to play the dig up dirt game on someone other than a politician, and chose Glenn Beck.
Reading through the Daily Kos article which covered the request for information on Glenn Beck, his side kick Stu, and a third guy higher up, I read the comments below. Among them was this one:
Olbermann,
Are you sure this is what Obama would have you do? Do you think He wants this dragged through the public eye yet again?
Obama thanks Jones for his service, but agrees that he must go. He is a distraction to this administration and to the plans this President has. You should learn to listen.
Don't put yourself into opposition to Obama and the Party. Listen, and learn.
He will lead. You only need follow.
Quote over. Erm, "He will lead. You only need follow." Is it me or does that just not sound right? Anyhow, to help Olbermann's cause, I can give a synopsis of this past week of listening and watching.
Stu likes to dress like Sebelius, Glenn promotes prayer on his radio show, and the other guy heads Fox News (as is my understanding, that is a crime in your opinion Olbermann). Well, having done my civic duty for the State, I am going to continue reading the news for things that actually matter.
Daily Kos article:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/6/777880/-Send-Me-Everything-You-Can-Find-About-Glenn-Beck
Reading through the Daily Kos article which covered the request for information on Glenn Beck, his side kick Stu, and a third guy higher up, I read the comments below. Among them was this one:
Olbermann,
Are you sure this is what Obama would have you do? Do you think He wants this dragged through the public eye yet again?
Obama thanks Jones for his service, but agrees that he must go. He is a distraction to this administration and to the plans this President has. You should learn to listen.
Don't put yourself into opposition to Obama and the Party. Listen, and learn.
He will lead. You only need follow.
Quote over. Erm, "He will lead. You only need follow." Is it me or does that just not sound right? Anyhow, to help Olbermann's cause, I can give a synopsis of this past week of listening and watching.
Stu likes to dress like Sebelius, Glenn promotes prayer on his radio show, and the other guy heads Fox News (as is my understanding, that is a crime in your opinion Olbermann). Well, having done my civic duty for the State, I am going to continue reading the news for things that actually matter.
Daily Kos article:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/6/777880/-Send-Me-Everything-You-Can-Find-About-Glenn-Beck
Obama's Speech To Schools
I am opposed to the speech Obama will be giving to schools. I oppose it because teachers constantly complain about not having enough time to teach what they have to every year. Also, the timing (at least for schools in Maine) would interrupt lunches, which really means kids will not even be listening to the speech if it cancels the lunches because the speech will be drowned out over complaints of hunger. I also do not think that kindergarten students will even remember the speech in high school when it really would matter.
So, to also provide a solution which would be more effective: speak to the parents of the country. I know cutting out the middle man is often desired in government deals, the parent is one middle man which should never be taken out of issues involving kids. Make a speech to parents instead of students and request an effort for parents to get more involved in their student's schools. Let parents know they are a crucial part of keeping their kids away from drugs and inspiring their kids to finish high school and look to college as the best option following high school. That is a speech that needs to be made by someone other than our pastors and school principles. It would also keep the parent in control of the final decision as it should be. A government close to, but not controlling of the people is what this country was founded on.
I would also like to point out to blogger.com that Barack and Obama should no longer be words which are underlined as misspelled. It would make my typing so much faster as I always pause at an error.
So, to also provide a solution which would be more effective: speak to the parents of the country. I know cutting out the middle man is often desired in government deals, the parent is one middle man which should never be taken out of issues involving kids. Make a speech to parents instead of students and request an effort for parents to get more involved in their student's schools. Let parents know they are a crucial part of keeping their kids away from drugs and inspiring their kids to finish high school and look to college as the best option following high school. That is a speech that needs to be made by someone other than our pastors and school principles. It would also keep the parent in control of the final decision as it should be. A government close to, but not controlling of the people is what this country was founded on.
I would also like to point out to blogger.com that Barack and Obama should no longer be words which are underlined as misspelled. It would make my typing so much faster as I always pause at an error.
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