What Now?

 My wife and I were out on an excursion through a local mountain range when we decided to stop at an apple orchard to pick some apples. The way it works is a little backward in my opinion. We could purchase a three pound bag of apples in their store or for the same amount of money it would cost if we picked them ourselves. So of course we elected to pay them so we could do their job. We paid the farmer to pick his apples for him and then paid him for a brisket sandwich prepared on the farm as we relaxed under an umbrella watching the rain fall and listening to the thunder. It was actually a relaxing and fun afternoon. As we sat there I contemplated the benefits of being an American, of which there are many. 

This being an election year I have been paying attention to all of the people who want my vote. The two major parties being the Republican and democrat parties and I have no respect at all for the democrat party and precious little for the republicans. The leadership of the democrat party are decidedly against our Constitution. They hate the freedom Americans enjoy and are doing everything they can do to take away our God given rights. They don't acknowledge that there is a God and they don't like it when people like me remind them that our system of laws is based on the idea that we derive our just rights from our Creator, not the democrat leadership. 

And while I don't believe that all democrats hate our liberty I fear that too many of them have political party so ingrained into their being that they are not capable of paying attention to what the party leadership is saying and doing. Members of each party too often let party affiliation get in the way of the things that are truly important in this country. Currently the leaders of the democrat party are openly defying the basic tenets of our system of government. They have backed laws protecting a lifestyle that is not acceptable to about half of the country. There are a lot of people who are opposed to the homosexual lifestyle, but there were enough votes supporting it that men can now 'marry' men and women can 'marry' women. 

That was bad enough, but now we are being forced to accept a concept so insane that it is all but impossible to believe it is even happening; about half of the people in this country actually believe that we don't know the difference between being male and female. They are telling us that there are a lot of people who appear to be one or the other, but they were 'miss labeled' at birth. Their doctors, nurses, and mothers and fathers, made a mistake and called them male or female based on their observations of certain physical traits that have traditionally been used to label a baby as male or female. It is a perversion that is simply unacceptable, but democrats have taken it to an extreme that is confusing the hell out of kids. 

Gender reassignment procedures are being inflicted on small children, many times without the knowledge of their parents since some parents aren't 'enlightened' enough to believe this evil narrative. The democrat party wants us to start calling these mentally unstable people by their fantasy gender identity; if a man wants to be called a woman we are supposed to comply with a straight face. The same goes for a confused woman. And perhaps this wouldn't be so dangerous if there weren't severe consequences for failing to play along with this silly game. So far there is no law against non compliance, but a person can be fired from her or his job. They can be cut off from their former friends and peers. Many universities are now requiring that when writing term papers and other academic memos that students no longer use the pronouns 'he, she' or 'his', 'hers' when referring to a person of a certain gender. The new correct way to refer to a person is the gender neutral 'they' or 'them' instead of him or her. 

It sounds ridiculous doesn't it? That's because it is ridiculous. And they are working real hard on making laws against hate speech which is loosely defined as anything democrats don't want you to say. If you are a religious person who offers your opinion that same sex marriage is a sin, you can be fired currently, but if certain political fanatics get their way soon you will be in danger of being fined or even jailed for voicing such a belief. And that goes for insisting that men cannot become women and women cannot become men. And anything else the government doesn't like. If you don't want to become a guinea pig for pharmaceutical companies, and you refuse to take an experimental injection, but the government says you must because there is a deadly virus going around do not be surprised when they arrest you and throw you in prison for spreading 'disinformation'. That's the latest new word being thrown around by democrats. 

Their president even tried to run an office called the "Disinformation Governance Board" to ensure that we all knew what to say and how to say it. Even the followers of the democrat party leadership thought it was a great idea. Why would anyone think they have the right to say what is on their mind? Do they think we live in a free country?" Not as long as Biden, Schumer and Pelosi are involved. 

Then they reluctantly concede, "Well ok, maybe we do, but you can't let it go too far! What if someone says something the government doesn't approve of?" Well that was kinda the point wasn't it. 

Yes America is becoming that unhinged. The Republican party 'leaders' support the Constitution, but they are very timid about it. They bite their nails and quiver in a corner somewhere hoping they don't say something wrong and lose an election. What we really need today is people like John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. They weren't always in agreement except on one thing; freedom. Men were born to be free and that's what those men gave us. And women too. If their wives had snitched on them we'd be a nation like Europe, a bunch of territories full of people who all spoke different languages. 

The last democrat president who loved America was Jimmy Carter. He was an idiot who only served one term, losing by a landslide during his second election bid. He had a good heart but his ideas just about bankrupted everyone in the country, kind of like the zombie in the White House today only Uncle Joe couldn't care less about America. He is more like a mob boss attempting to make all the money he can from the office he occupies and doing a damn good job of that while the country goes down the tubes. Thanks democrats! Thanks for voting for a doddering old fool bordering on dementia for president. 

With Uncle Joe piloting the ship America is heading straight for the biggest ice berg he can find. Some people think America is indestructible, but she isn't. She can only be destroyed from within and that's what is happening. Donald Trump was far from the ideal president, but next to Uncle Joe Trump looks like the greatest statesman in the history of the world. 

So the question is what now? Next month we will find out if America wants to continue to thrive or descend into a vicious civil war. We need law and order and the democrats hate the police. We need strong borders and safe skies and oceans and the democrats hate the military. We need a strong economy and democrats have crippled our ability to produce enough oil to keep the country running so Uncle Joe is running to our enemies all over the world begging them to sell America some oil at a discount and they're laughing in his face. 

With gasoline approaching seven dollars a gallon in many parts of the country and interest rates threatening double digits again we need to elect Americans next month not democrats. Those democrats who still value freedom need to set aside their feelings about abortion for at least this election year. All the Supreme Court did was put the law back into the hands of the states where it belongs and most states allow abortions to be done legally. Some have more restrictions than others that's all. If a woman can't figure out if she wants to be pregnant or not after the second month then she will have to abide by the laws of her state that's all. 

The economy is collapsing so maybe we need to plug some holes and rebuild America before we decide to destroy her so men can have abortions if they want to. Yup! Democrats think men can get pregnant. 

Vote right this time. Save our country. Killing babies just isn't that important really. 

Democrat Madness

To complain about Republicans you pretty much have to make stuff up. They're not boisterous and loud and they're not particularly aggressive; at least not in an obvious way. Most important they don't create problems then run around in circles pounding on their heads screaming, "Wo is me! Wo is me!" 

Eric Adams has his panties in a bunch because Greg Abbot is sending him a few illegal aliens to house and care for. For decades Eric has been saying that the people in Texas are racists because they don't want to take care of people who are crossing the border looking for a better way of life. Eric lives 2,200 miles from the problem and has no idea what he is talking about. During the past four months Governor Abbott has sent about 4,000 illegal aliens to New York. During the same time the governor has had to deal with about two million illegal aliens who have invaded his state. Uncle Joe Biden is shipping illegal aliens all over the country, apparently to areas where nobody will vote for him anyway, so he's keeping them out of the wealthy blue states and democrats are not complaining about that. Eric Adams has stated that there is no need to protect the Southern border. That there is no threat from illegal immigration so when he gets a couple thousand over a four month period that should be a small problem for him to solve.

The governor is dealing with hundreds of thousands and he's doing a very good job. And democrats are standing back and throwing rocks at him, pointing out that there are some flaws in the way he is handling the issue. They should be helping him. He is doing everything he can to assist those people. Yes he would keep them out if he could. If we had a decent president the problem would be  manageable, but we don't. If we had a decent Senate Majority leader and Speaker of the House we could solve this problem, which is a real humanitarian crisis. A few dozen illegals showed up at Martha's Vineyard a little while ago and the democrats immediately rounded them up and shipped them off to a military base a few hundred miles away where they could be housed in a military barracks for a few hours before being kicked off the base without even a 'good luck!' 

All they care about is abortion. "Oh no! The meanies on the Supreme Court said that a woman doesn't have a constitutional right to get an elective procedure!" Comrade Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, threatened four Supreme Court justices by name telling them they have reaped the whirlwind and they will pay a price! That could easily be interpreted as a threat of violence since it has been used in that context many times in the past and some moron did show up at Justice Kavanaugh's home to kill him shortly after the threat was made. 

Recent history suggests that if a Republican said something like that and an idiot tried to kill a Supreme Court justice the FBI would be manufacturing evidence to prove a conspiracy between the idiot and the Republican to kill the Supreme Court Justice. It would be big news. Friends of the Republican Senate Majority leader would be subjected to illegal search and seizure, their families would be harassed wherever they lived, they'd probably be audited by the IRS, no one is better at dirty tricks or more ruthless than a high ranking democrat. The worst thing about that is somehow the FBI has become the enforcement arm of the democrat party. I have no doubt that there are still dedicated and hard working FBI agents and I feel for them. Their bosses have no honor. They have no integrity. The FBI director who was the most open about being corrupt was James Comey. After a fairly exhaustive investigation into the reckless and illegal manner in which Bloody Hilary Clinton handled sensitive and 'Top Secret' papers, and finding multiple examples of laws that were broken, Jimmy announced that he was going to put on a press conference to let the American people know what they found. 

During the press conference he laid out in great detail all of the laws that were broken by Bloody Hilary when she decided to use her own private server to store Top Secret information and how vulnerable they were to being hacked into. And the fact that she had destroyed much of the evidence that they were looking for. Everyone watching or listening was sure he was going to announce a criminal indictment, but nope! This is sacred ground for the FBI, the Clintons are strictly off limits. He concluded that no reasonable Deputy United States Attorney would ever seek an indictment against Bloody Hill for just using poor judgement. No indictment, just a case of poor judgement, and maybe some reckless behavior thrown in, but nothing criminal. Case closed. 

I can't think of a single problem democrats have solved since 1945. A democrat president probably started World War Two by failing to communicate effectively with the Japanese government. Having started the war FDR did win it, and win it spectacularly. Okay I see you holding your hand up and wiggling like you need to use the restroom, President Kennedy started the program that put the first man on the moon. What problem did that solve? Was there a problem caused by not having anyone on the moon? How long did they stay? How much did it cost? And what good did it do? Well I think it did a lot of good. It gave Americans the confidence that we could literally do anything we put our mind to and because of the space program we have appliances we may not have ever known about if not for the space program. Literally dozens of things we depend on today we only have because of the space program, probably the most famous appliance we practically cannot live without is the microwave oven, but there are many others. And when we realize how much the space industry boosted our economy by employing thousands of people and creating tools that are used by millions the cost of sending a man to the moon was probably pretty low. 

They followed that up by getting us involved in a war in a foreign country no one had ever heard of; Vietnam. Today everybody knows where Vietnam is. It is a household name synonymous with failure and weakness. Since then democrats have created dozens of problems, mostly dealing with race, they have been working everyday to make sure black people continue to feed on the democrat plantation. They've told black people they can't succeed in America because there used to be black slaves here and America is a fundamentally racist country. They can't get an education because white people hate them. They can't get a job because white people hate them. They told them they shouldn't even try because it's just a waste of time. Their solution was, and is, government welfare. Stay home and we'll send you a check every two weeks. You don't have to do a thing just relax and we will take care of you. It's not your fault, America is a racist country because of Republicans. Republicans want you to go to school and apply for jobs, they are cruel people because they know you can't get into a decent university and nobody will hire a black person in this country. So they enslaved an entire race for over a hundred and fifty years.

Over the past ten or fifteen years black people have begun to realize that they can go to a good university and they can get a good job in America. Some very famous and successful black people have finally stepped up and told them the truth. Anyone can succeed in America and more black people are becoming hopeful about their future and are voting more conservatively. So democrats ginned up another problem; the police are racist. The police are out looking for unarmed black men to kill every single day. Ferguson Missouri, Detroit Michigan. Two incidents of police officers killing black men and cities burned from coast to coast. In Ferguson it turned out that the suspect started a fight with a police officer and tried to kill the officer with his own gun and lost the fight. Similar in Detroit. The police were summoned to a location to investigate a possible counterfeit bill. The guy who called pointed to a suspect and identified him as the guy with the funny money.

When the police tried to question the man did he cooperate? No, he started a fight and during the fight a police officer accidentally killed him. And cities burned across the country. Two violent criminals who happened to be black were killed by police officers so democrats started a media war against the police. An opportunist started an organization they called 'Black Lives Matter' from which they made millions of dollars by marching in cities holding signs proclaiming the police are racist and police departments should be disbanded. They said defunded, but to me that sounds like disbanded. If the police aren't getting paid they aren't going to work. And politicians of every race jumped on the bandwagon. In large cities across the nation white mayors and white chiefs of police were kneeling with BLM executives while they chanted, "What do we want? Dead cops! When do we want it? Now!" 

Yup democrats are full of solutions to problems that don't exist, but if they can manufacture one they will, and they will turn it into a real crisis. The global warming fiasco has been relabeled so many times nobody is really sure what it means anymore, but Americans are being fleeced every day to fight it. And democrats have ingeniously ignited a debate about homosexuality; you don't know what gender you are. You might think you do, but how can you be sure (birth certificate comes to mind, or you could pull down your pants and do a spot check)? Democrats have introduced more confusion over how to tell the difference between a male and a female than most intelligent people would have thought possible. And Americans have become so susceptible to propaganda that they think they really don't know the answer. There is no way to be confused by that question and somehow democrats have managed to turn it into an open question. 

HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT? That is my honest question. How can you possibly be confused about your own gender. Democrats are so desperate to destroy America that they want the question posed to all elementary aged children in public schools. The global warming debate is crazy, and they've out done themselves with this one. Everyone knows what gender they are yet I have a dear friend with a child who is confused because of what is being taught in public schools. Democrats are great at sowing confusion. They are constantly redefining words, changing the subject when what they are saying doesn't make any sense, anything they can think of to create an environment of fear and confusion. And like I've said hundreds of times I'm no Republican. I vote for Mom and Apple Pie. Pure American. I drive a Chevrolet and an old jeep. 

Confusion is the favored state of the democrat party. So to the democrat party leadership I say it's time to quit your war against America and follow the Constitution. We may have begun as a country of immigrants, but we became a country of Americans with a set of laws and borders and we expect people to respect those laws and borders. We welcome immigrants and we want them to enjoy all of the benefits of being an American. If they prefer the country they came from we welcome them to return to that country so they can live happier lives. To democrats who are not part of the leadership of that party I ask you to examine the confused stated we're in and lean on your leaders to stop the confusion and start finding common ground. Even on abortion the extremes are ridiculous. One side says no abortion ever and the other says hell, if 'the thing' was just born why not just let 'it' die if mom doesn't want it. Some abortions may be necessary so talk to the 'no never' crowd, and killing a child once it's been born meets every definition of murder that there is, so talk to those bone heads too. 

Border security is very important. We need people who will obey our laws. People who can be taught to use a trash can and keep our environment clean. We need people who are willing to work hard and support themselves. We don't need people who were just released from prison in their own country, with a few exceptions. There are countries that have wicked rulers who imprison their citizens for purely political reasons and only a democrat would need to have that pointed out to them. What about murderers, rapists, child molesters, robbers, burglars, to most Americans those are the people we are talking about when we say we don't need ex-cons illegally crossing the border. 

Tell your precious Eric Adams that we don't need hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants pouring over  the border every month. We need an orderly immigration system. And if you really think illegal aliens have a right to be here be willing to do your part to welcome them. If that means finding them a home and a job in your city then do that. Don't tell Governor Abbott it's his obligation as an American, ask him what you can do to help. I just couldn't be a democrat right now. I believe in freedom of speech and freedom of religion. I believe in the right to self defense and to be protected against unreasonable search and seizure. 

I believe in America. Everything covered in the Bill of Rights is about basic human rights. There is no human right to live in this country. You have the right to implement those freedoms in your own country if you can and you have the right to immigrate to this country if you do it legally. Democrats thrive on confusion, it is their chief ally. This time I've tried to focus on immigration. If democrats believe in illegal immigration then help the poor people they've encouraged to come here, just stop criticizing those people who are actually providing assistance to illegal aliens. 

This is of course a running battle for the sovereignty of the United States of America. And now that a couple of governors have finally had the guts to ship a few illegals to democrat strongholds where politicians have been proclaiming that the citizens of Texas and Florida are a bunch of racists because they don't have the resources to help hundreds of thousands of people illegally entering the country every week, now those same democrat leaders are asking what they are supposed to do with them. This problem belongs in the Southwest, not the Northeast. Mayor Adams is starting to say that this is a Federal and a state problem not just a NYC problem and he wants them to kick in some money to help pay for housing and feeding a couple thousand illegals. And his people own the Federal government. 

Republicans have their issues, but they just aren't near as obvious as those posed by the democrats. There is no Republican equivalent to releasing criminals without posting bail, or telling kids that no one can tell them what gender they are, or stopping the climate from changing, or disbanding police departments (they call it defunding). And what about the terrific resurgence of violent crime in the inner cities? And perhaps my favorite; democrats embrace murdering police officers. How nice? I watch the cheerleaders for the democrat party on CNN and MSNBC mainly for a Republican equivalent of stupidity. It just isn't there. All they have is a string of lies about abortion, that Republicans are opposed to women's reproductive rights (which is a phrase that makes no sense), complaints that Donald Trump was corrupt and should be in jail and of course they don't offer any evidence that Trump has done anything dishonest or corrupt. The FBI keeps trying to manufacture evidence against the former president, but he has been very uncooperative. 

No matter how bad they want to prove he is a treasonous president the facts always stack up against them . They are Wile E. Coyote and Donald Trump is the Roadrunner. It's frustrating. This mid term election season should be a runaway Republican victory, but it probably won't be. Too many women don't mind getting raped on the subway as long as they can get an abortion. Time to wake up guys. 

BULLIES

Alligators and rainbows, I have no idea what Americans are thinking these days. Nothing? That's the kindest way to look at it. Shock is another. How do I put this mildly? Forget party affiliation for a minute, at least those of you who can think for yourselves. Violent crime is becoming a frightening phenomena across the country. Mainly in the big cities, but it is getting worse everywhere. I have relatives in rural America who almost never closed their garage door for over twenty five years. The hinges were broken for about twenty years and of course they never locked their doors. About seven years ago they had to start closing the garage doors due to increased thefts and at the same time they began locking their doors when they left home. And now they lock their doors even if they are home. Is that a step forward for this country?

Inflation comes and goes and now it is howling at us like never before. It's been at least forty years since we've seen an economy this bad and it's going to get worse. Then there is the rise in violent crime. People getting beaten on the street for no apparent reason and shootings are happening in the middle of the day. Shoplifters are ripping off stores without even making an attempt to hide their actions, walking out the door with bags full of merchandise. And half of the people in America are still clamoring for more controls over police officers. They claim that the problem is the police who are racist against black people. There is no reason at all to believe the police are targeting black people and abusing them. It doesn't even make sense, but at least you can have an abortion if you want. You may not have a place to live or a car to drive. You may be going to bed hungry. Tens of thousands of people are being laid off this year and just about all of the major employers are preparing for more layoffs for 2023. But that's nothing! Smile! You can still get an abortion. Even in the states where supposedly abortion is illegal a woman can still legally terminate her pregnancy. 

Those are bad signs. Very few people really understand the stock market, but it is down almost seventeen percent so far for 2022. And I know that nobody really cares about illegal immigration and that's also a problem. Democrats say we need the cheap labor and the easy votes, but the fact is that if we made them enter the country legally they'd still be here and they could provide the labor this country needs. Of course there is the problem of paying them. People here legally tend to be paid better and nobody wants that! What I don't understand is why not? What's wrong with paying people a wage they can live on? 

There are so many companies in the United States that are considered too big to fail that government welfare for them is just something they depend on. The only difference between the large corporations and the single mother in the ghetto is the corporations pay lawyers millions of dollars a year to make sure corporate welfare payments are huge and on time. The single mom who lives with the stigma of being a single mom, many of whom are undereducated and don't speak the language have to stand in long lines to be waited on by a surly bureaucrat who thinks they are better than her. And she will get the minimum amount allowed by the law. 

Corporate Big Shots walk around in $3000.00 suits not worrying about their welfare arriving on time because in a super weird irony they own the people giving them the welfare payments! It is possible that the global economy is destroying the American financial markets and not just the labor market. Technical companies purchase many of their components from third world countries. Until Donald Trump became president components for many items we need for national defense were coming from China. Too many Americans don't realize that China isn't just an economic threat, they are a deadly enemy that has not bought into the idea that the world is a safe place where everyone trusts everyone else and people who don't believe that are paranoid and just a little off balance. 

The world is a dangerous place full of despots like the dude in charge of China who want to kill people they don't like and crush countries that won't play by their rules. And certain politicians like to scare us into accepting China as the new world leader which is beyond stupid. They say 'China owns our debt' whatever that means. If Americans refused to give China our business they would fold in a frighteningly short period of time. And King Barry used to say that anyone with any sense could see that China should be the world's leader. Right, the country that enslaves tens of millions of its citizens and murders or jails certain minority groups and steals American technology should become the next world leader. 

I don't like bullies. I never have. Russia has a very long history of being run by bullies so does China. The United States has a long history of helping people all over the world and trying to make the world a better, safer place to live, but one of our major parties claims that we are bad people because we believe in capitalism and we think individuals should enjoy protections against a strong central government. We do need the Bill of Rights, every one of the first ten amendments is vital to our individual liberty. 

In so many close races all other issues seem to be trailing behind abortion. This election is going to be about abortion. If Americans care about having a strong and prosperous country they'll vote for the candidates who will stop the problem of runaway inflation and skyrocketing interest rates and energy dependence. It's hard to believe but it looks like even the hard core Chicken Little fanatics are more worried about getting an abortion than they are about the earth going up in smoke, possibly because they know when they are being honest with themselves that their global warming idols are lying to them. 

We don't need bullies on Capitol Hill. We need men and women with the courage to stand up for the great country we have, protect the Constitution and especially the Bill of Rights. No other country has the benefits we have. Anyone who says we don't live in the greatest country in the history of the world is wrong. One major party wants to take all that away so we can enjoy the benefits they have in Europe; small apartments, stupid small cars or buses, and an overall lower standard of living unless you are bringing home several hundred thousand euros a year then it's just like here except for streets that are so narrow it's all but impossible to drive on them. A good friend of mine was accidentally driving on the sidewalk in some European paradise because he thought it was still the street. He didn't understand why people were giving him dirty looks, just one more ugly American driving on the sidewalk. Here the difference is very clear, no one drives on the sidewalk by accident here. Ahhh! The joy of living in Europe!  

Of course even in the European Utopia, they have abortion restrictions. As near as I can tell the only country in the world where you can legally murder your baby after delivery is the United States of America. Most countries frown on that and so should we. 

Christians, Jews, and Muslims

Some people claim there is no God. There is a God so they are wrong and that is their right. In order to confidently claim there is no God you have to create a fantasy that helps the atheist feel better about his/her decision to live free of God's laws, which is also impossible since mortal death is not the end of our existence; everyone has a spirit and we will all live forever. Eternity is not easy for us to understand from our limited mortal view. God has promised us through his prophets and through our own personal revelation that He wants us share with us everything he knows. A belief that life ends with mortality doesn't make it true. We know the universe is here and it got here somehow, but too many of us for whatever reason just don't want to believe that a Supreme Being created it. So which scientific discovery explains First Cause? I don't understand why so many people are so sure that God didn't create the universe. 

 Everyone in America has the right to be wrong about something. And we have the right to disagree. As a Christian I've met people who were from many different religious backgrounds and were faithful adherents to their faith and even though there were some basic differences in our beliefs we respected each other, we learned from each other and we had a lot of fun together. And I've known Buddhists who were the same way. Buddhists are an interesting people. For them everything is eternal, for them it isn't necessarily important to know how big eternity is or how it came to be. They teach peace, and harmony and that's pretty much it. Be kind and loving and live a life of service. All we really need is to be respectful to one another, and open to conversations about a variety of topics and respect our differences. 

Each of us obviously think we are right, but we don't think that means we cannot associate with each other. And it doesn't mean we can't have fun together. I respect the various religious holidays for example. I don't remember what they are all called, but for Muslims there is about a month each year that calls for fasting for several hours a day. I'm more familiar with Jewish holidays, and I actually love their traditions, one of which is a week where they invite neighbors to their homes for a meal which often is accompanied by music and possibly story telling. And the traditions of each group are uplifting and educational, fun to listen to and share. Christians have their holidays and we can all join in on the celebration if we are invited or at least respect and feel the joy others feel. 

Sounds a little too utopian to some people but it's not. People need to respect each other and be respected. It is much healthier than killing each other which is the beauty of living in the United States of America. We pass laws that protect everyone equally. There is no religious preference even though atheists say there is. Jews, Muslims, and Christians all believe in the same God and that's a fact. We all are descendants of Abraham. As such we have a lot in common and it is much more beneficial to recognize our similarities and respect our differences. 

Today there are evil men who have turned the Muslim religion into one of bigotry and hate and murder. They don't respect women and they use Islam as an excuse to murder people who don't believe the  same as they do. I'm not aware of any other religious sect that preaches terrorism and murder as a way of life in today's world. 

What my life's journey has taught me is that God lives and He did create the universe. You can argue about the time frame, six days isn't very many, but you cannot argue that the universe is here. The complexities of the universe are still unfolding. The distance between galaxies is so vast that no one really understands it. Learning about the universe is a great thing. Attempting to use what you think you have learned about the universe to disprove the existence of God makes me doubt your judgement. The more we learn about the universe the more beautiful it becomes, and the more complex. 

Each new discovery only causes us to ask new questions for which we don't have the answers. We should never stop learning and each new discovery should lead us closer to God. He will help us learn more if we use our knowledge to help each other and increase our faith. 

He lives and He is our Creator, our Father. If the people in this or any other country ever become so arrogant, so ignorant, that we allow atheists to force us to outlaw God, we will reap what we sow, and we will regret it with every particle of our being. 

Homeschoolers ROCK!

Maybe it's time to ditch the whole public school racket. It used to be a great deal, everyone pays taxes and a portion of the tax collected went to providing whatever the local school districts needed. And the curriculum was fairly simple; the three R's, Readin', Ritin', and Rithmetic. Teach kids how to read, write, add and subtract, and they're pretty much prepared for life. We added things like geography, history and civics to give them a little bit broader idea of how a country is run and what it looks like. 

Anything beyond that makes school more fun, but that's about it. Music and sports are nice, but they can also be expensive. Still many schools have music and sports included. I'm not sure when but at some point some mutton head decided that older school kids, you know the real mature ones who are ten or eleven years old should receive a basic course on sex education. And it was basic. They showed drawings of boys and girls that displayed the gender differences and explained some of the physiological changes that were about to take place.

And some parents were uncomfortable with that, preferring to teach it at home and not in a group setting. I don't know all of the politics involved but I'm sure it was a political and not an educational decision. Some parents told the school to find something productive for their child to do during that time because they didn't want the school teaching something that important to a group of kids who may or may not be ready for it. 

Looking back on those golden years I sigh and say 'if only'. 

If only public schools cared more about education and less about social engineering. Because that's what is going on today and I hope a lot of parents take their children out of public schools instead of exposing them to the current experimentations on social engineering. I know so many great teachers who are opposed to what is happening in school today and if we lowered our tax rate so people could send their children to high quality private schools where social engineering isn't a priority those families would be much better off.

The only reason we have public education is because parents cannot afford to pay for public schools and send their children to a private school at the same time. One option would be to allow a one hundred percent deduction to parents who submit their receipt proving their children are enrolled and attending a private school. I think attendance at public schools would drop by more than sixty percent. More parents would band together to start their own private school and school curriculum because they don't want their children to be used as guinea pigs for social experimentation.

Most parents don't believe there are more than two genders and a majority of parents are uncomfortable with the idea that gender reassignment surgeries are a good idea for children to be subjected to. Parents who want their kids to be more accepted at school after they have 'changed' their gender can start their own private school where they can all learn together. Then eventually when they are all competing for employment at some point we will find out which employers are looking for confused women and men to work in their organizations. 

Liberal talk show host Bill Maher has suggested that in some parts of the country parents are actually encouraging their children to consider changing their gender for social reasons. He pointed out that in some areas of the country there are almost no incidents of sex change operations while in places like Los Angeles and New York the trend is going up and he asked why that is. I don't know if he ever provides an explanation beyond the possibility that parents, especially democrat parents , want to be seen as 'cool' among their peers and to democrats having a child that is 'enlightened' enough to be comfortable changing their gender is the current definition of cool. 

That's not cool; that's gross. The work childabuse comes to mind, and in this case it is state sponsored child abuse and it needs to stop. Since public schools have embraced this horrible concept to the point of practically making it illegal to speak out against it, it is time to at least consider nixing public education altogether since it is no longer about education and public schools are expensive. If they no longer want to educate children how can we justify the enormous expense? 

Homeschool is becoming the only option. And it is a great option. Introducing homosexuality and sex change procedures is not healthy to any organization. It causes way more confusion than it is worth and it causes real tension at school and at work. If there are so many people who consider themselves non binary (confused) then let them create their own economic base and hire from among their population. They will have far less confusion and tension in the workplace and they should be much happier because there wouldn't be any boneheads like me refusing to call women men and men women. A woman where I work changed her name, just her name, and it was to another female name, and people about had a stroke over that. She put a note on the wall in her office  that simply  asked people to respect her situation and to please use her new name from now on. Eventually everyone did, but it was disruptive for awhile. Sex changes are even more dramatic. And harder to take since it really isn't even possible.

Give the parents of confused children a tax break so they can send their  kids to a school where they can communicate openly without fear of being made fun of by binary kids. Presumably then once the non binary kids leave school they can find employment at corporations where everyone is non binary and they understand each other. Dreamy!

I'm watching a school district near me order text books based on what some meathead has identified as the Ten Sexual Orientations. There is no need to explain further as the effort is designed to create confusion among our children. Nobody seems to care to explain why we need more confusion in our children's lives, it's what the government wants so just keep your mouth shut. 

That's it for me. It is time to cut funding to public schools so we can teach our children things that really are important and let others experiment on their children all they want. 

LAWYERS!

What can I say? If you are thinking about hiring a lawyer consider taking a nice vacation instead. I've been talking to dozens of people who've hired lawyers and ever single one of them regrets it. At at least $400.00 an hour you should win something, but that just isn't how it works. You may have a great case just like your lawyer says, but remember that no matter what happens your lawyer wins.

He may or may do something to help you, but with the money you are gonna pay him you could do a serious remodel of your house, go on a great vacation, or purchase a car you've always wanted. Seriously you are about to drop a hundred grand and probably end up with nothing but a wrecked bank account and a horror story that nobody is going to believe. 

Not all lawyers are crooks, but some are better than others and even the good ones don't always win, but they always collect. Instead of remodeling the house of some guy you don't even know, work on your own. Replace that worn out car in your driveway, take a dream vacation. If you think I'm talking from experience you're right, but if you think I'm going to share my horror story you are wrong. Suffice it to say that you should learn from my experience. I didn't know any better, but I do now. 

If you're the type of person who has to learn the hard way you can't say I didn't warn you. 

Illinois; the safe state?

 Guess which party supports letting violent criminals loose on the street after being arrested for such things as second degree murder and kidnapping? No I'm not going to tell you, it's too embarrassing to be right every single time. 

Aggravated battery

Aggravated DUI

Aggravated fleeing

Arson

Burglary

Drug induced homicide

Intimidation

Kidnapping 

Robbery

Second degree murder

Threatening a public official

This January those people who are in prison for committing any of the above offenses, or any combination thereof presumably, will be released and anyone caught committing the above offenses in the future will be released without bail after signing a Notice to Appear. 

It's called the Illinois 'Safe T Act' and it's supposed to make the residents of the state, and any people dumb enough to visit, safer. Which major political party would support such madness?

I'm not telling. You have to ask yourself this simple question; how could anyone possibly be stupid enough to label this a safety act? Street robbery, kidnapping, and second degree murder are my favorites. Although I definitely can see how having more arsonists, and burglars will contribute to public safety.

Are the people in Illinois really that stupid? I guess so. You can kidnap, rob, and murder people and get an abortion while giving birth to your child. That's true compassion! I guess the law is already working, homicides are down ten percent this year over 2021. 

Officials in Chicago estimate there will only be 600 murders in 2022 and there were only  1525 shootings as of June this year which is down from 1860 for the same time last year. I'm not sure if they even need any laws in Illinois with the public pitching and working so hard to reduce these crimes that some people (outsiders mostly) consider acts of violence when they are actually just examples of misunderstandings among neighbors. Luckily they have some of the most strict laws against gun ownership of any state in the Union. Illinois is already one of the most dangerous states in the country so next year we'll see how appreciative the inmates feel about early release. 

Allowing people to commit murder, arson, kidnapping, robbery, burglary... and calling the the 'Safe T Act'; I don't get it. I really don't.