I know I haven’t written in a while, but I wanted my readers to know that I occasionally look at my site and have been reading many articles online about Climate change worldwide.
It is not a hoax as some had said. Mankind is the disease on planet earth, and if we do not come to better understand our environment, we are going to eventually kill ourselves off.
With mankind gone, our planet can rebuild itself. It has done it before.
I recently read a cliff notes version of the Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert, (was actually glad I hadn’t read the whole book, it didn’t discuss everything I thought it would).in her book she speaks about all the animals that mankind is killing off, and how many of these species are critical to man’s survival on the earth.
In part of our world, Man killed off the bees and was unaware that it is the bees who pollinate many of our plants, and without them, our food can’t grow. Hence we will die, so man is bringing back the bees in many parts of the world.
You’d think with since mankind has been on this planet for ten-thousand or so years, he’d know more by now about his environment, but apparently he does not!
I found it funny a couple of days ago it was 90 degrees in Denver, then the next day it snowed?
One hundred fifty years ago, there were no automobiles, airplanes, construction equipment, and many other things. These are the major causes of the rising temperatures, the melting snow, and the rising oceans.
As you can see from the articles below, I do not blog a lot, but I continue to work on it and add new content.
If you’re looking for a short book explaining the climate issue, this is for you.
There is a lot of interest in this subject now and a lot of misinformation.
In simple language, I discuss what is meant by climate change? What do these things mean?
Giving reference points to current scientific data about how quickly the ocean is rising due to the rising temperatures on Earth.
I go into detail about what is causing this rise.
One hundred fifty years ago, there were no automobiles, airplanes, construction equipment, and many other things. These are the major causes of the rising temperatures, the melting snow, and the rising oceans.
The book is only forty-three pages long, so a short read.
I share ideas about fixing these issues, including building big deep lakes on the Earth, finding or creating fast-growing trees, sprinkler systems for forests to cut down on wildfires. I even discuss UFOs and possible technologies man hasn’t thought about using yet.
I wrote the book to help people understand what is causing weather events on Earth and the ocean’s rising to take place.
The first chapter explains what much of the climate-themed language means.
Global warming is a gradual increase in the Earth’s atmosphere’s overall temperature generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of CO2, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.
The greenhouse effect is the trapping of the sun’s warmth in a planet’s lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than infrared radiation emitted from the planet’s surface.
Greenhouse gas contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g., carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons.
Carbon dioxide CO2 is a gas consisting of one part carbon and two parts oxygen. It is one of the most important gases on Earth because plants use it to produce carbohydrates through photosynthesis. Since humans and animals depend on plants for food, photosynthesis is necessary to support life on Earth.
The largest producers of CO2 are deforestation, agriculture, cement production, and fossil fuels including gasoline, and diesel. According to the most recent data from the Global Carbon Project, the top five countries that produced the most CO2 are China, the United States, India, Russia, and Japan.
Decomposition, ocean release, fermentation of sugars in bread, beer, winemaking, and respiration are other causes of CO2. Human beings breathe oxygen and exhale CO2.
Carbon emissions, aka Carbon dioxide, are released when fossil fuels such as coal, gas, avgas, jet fuel, oil, or traditional fuels like wood and peat burn. These, along with industrial factories, are the most significant contributors to atmospheric CO2 levels.
Ozone depletion is the gradual thinning of the Earth’s ozone layer in the upper atmosphere caused by the release of chemical compounds containing gaseous chlorine or bromine from industry and other human activities.
Zero emissions mean balancing the scale between greenhouse gases produced and those taken out of our atmosphere. When we can limit or find solutions to fossil fuel emissions, we can repair other damaged areas.
I hope you enjoyed the book if you’ve already read it and for those who’ve found their way to my blog by some other means, I encourage you to purchase the book.
If you are part of the gay community I would encourage you to check out a book I wrote about two years ago called The Adventures of Daniel, Jonathan, and Mark, the book is a story about three men who met when they were kids, knew they were gay and have been together ever since. The book is gay erotica, so not for those under 18. So if you enjoy this kind of material, check it out.
What would America be like if African Americans were the ruling class? What would television and every other aspects of America be like?
What would it be like if white people were experiencing racism?
The terms black and African American are used interchangeably in this article.
What If?
What would America be like if Black people were the ruling class?
White’s in America are the ruling class, but it may take years and decades to change about blacks.
What if the majority of television shows featured black casts?
What if all the commercials featured black characters?
What if the majority of the doctors were black?
What if most police officers were black, and it was the white people who were causing all the problems in America?
Statistically speaking, White people in America are becoming the minority, no longer are we the majority.
Remember that America is a nation mainly of immigrants – all of our ancestors came here from somewhere else.
What if it was White people who lived in the more inferior parts of every city?
What if it was mainly the white people who were committing many of the crimes?
What if it was the Black people fighting in the Civil War to ensure that White people were free and could vote?
What if Robert E. Lee had been black?
What if it were the White people who had been the slaves?
What if in the fifties and sixties the hospitals were blacks only, instead of whites only?
What if it was White fathers who had “the talk” with their sons?
“The Talk”
“The Talk” is a conversation African American parents have with their children, especially their sons, who live in America. The following are several examples of things black parents tell their children about interacting with police and society. If you are white, try to imagine what this would be like for you!
Don’t wear a hoodie. Don’t try to break up a fight. Don’t talk back to cops. Don’t ask for help. But they’re all variations of a single theme: Don’t give them an excuse to kill you.
Treat the police the same way he would a Klansman because they were often the same in parts of the south. Interact with them as little as possible. If you ever get stopped for a traffic violation: Use your Sunday school manners, and keep your hands visible, and above all else, do not argue.
Ask the police before you reach for your license. Ask the law for permission to get your insurance card and registration from the glove compartment. Do not answer any questions. Provide items requested.
Another man described, my son, and I were getting out the car at the shopping mall, the police approached him and asked him: “Did you just leave the mall?” I intervened. I instructed my son to “never, ever answer a question from the police.” Ask the police: “Am I free to go?” Do not answer any questions. Be polite. Be cordial. But never answer any questions. Keep asking: “Am I free to go?” “Am I under arrest?” “What are the charges?” “May I make a phone call?” However, do not dart. Do not get smart-alecky. Do not run. If the police start swinging, drop to the ground, protect your head and vital organs by curling up in a ball on your knees.
My God, this explains so many things!
Walking on Eggshells
Black people have to walk on eggshells everywhere they go practically. And so, this should help White America to understand better Why America IS where it is!
In looking at much of what blacks learn about the police, it would appear that blacks often have acted and reacted in ways that have caused the police to behave in the ways they have. Why else would they behave as they do?
Cause and effect?
The “N” Word
My grandparents were from Arkansas, and I must admit that I did hear the “N” word occasionally as I child. Usually, in a phrase like “N’ toes or an “N’ rig.
I have heard that some black people even call each other by that name, affectionately, but get upset when white people use the word.
They fail to understand that their parents and grandparents have been trying to get that word eliminated from American culture, and they are still using it.
If you don’t want white people to use it, take the hint yourself and quit using it.
I think many people would agree it is time to retire the “N” word!
Systemic Racism
Systemic racism is both a theoretical concept and a reality. As a theory, it is premised on the research-supported claim that the United States was founded as a racist society. Racism is thus embedded in all social institutions, structures, and social relations within our society. Rooted in a racist foundation, systemic racism today comprises intersecting, overlapping, and codependent racist institutions, policies, practices, ideas, and behaviors that give an unjust amount of resources, rights, and power to white people while denying them to people of color.
I grew up in one parent, middle-class home.
As I got older, the systemic racism that society had taught me began showing itself. One day as I was driving, I was passed by a car filled with black kids. A vehicle with white kids would have produced no thought in me. But the idea that instantly popped into my head when their car passed me was, “I wonder what kind of trouble they’re going to get into.” They’re probably going to go rob a store somewhere.”
I don’t know where the thought came from; it just came.
Why was I thinking differently about this car filled with black teenagers?
I had a friend growing up who was black and was never treated wrong when I was with him. He and I were good friends for a time, and then I think he or I moved and we lost touch. I think he was going to a different school. I heard years after we graduated, he had become a store manager at a local grocery store.
I don’t remember being taught anything about blacks in the school other than just basic history stuff.
Our History
There are many in America today trying to rewrite our history, including many in the Democratic Party.
Every country has a past and some, a lot of shed blood. Those events have made us into who we are today the good and the bad.
Abraham Lincoln may have been a great president, but he didn’t believe blacks deserved equality with whites. The Emancipation Proclamation didn’t free all enslaved people, as some have supposed.
How is toppling these statues going to help us move forward? Tearing down statues does not change American History, nor does it help improve our current situation. It offends American’s some of whom have fought for the freedom these protesters are enjoying!
I have never wanted to be in law enforcement. Still, I have always heard that you should become a law enforcement officer if you tried to commit a murder legally. Sadly with so many people now having the ability to capture video on their phones and how police are treating blacks, this appears to be a true statement.
I know there are police academies throughout America, and background checks. Are future officers tested to see if they have a bias against people of color?
Our court systems are attempting to prosecute these officers, but this is a slippery slope.
Our court systems need the help of law enforcement to put criminals behind bars, and there is some apprehension in some courts about prosecuting police.
How could we weed out all the crooked cops police?
Bad Teachers & Bad Law Enforcement Officers
America’s educational system certainly hasn’t been able to rid itself of bad teachers. Isn’t that why we have the PTA?
If this organization was genuinely working, why are so many children failing in school?
Suppose law enforcement officers do not police themselves and rid themselves of bad officers. In that case, they will bring their whole departments down, and that is what we see happening across America.
The black community has believed if they had blacks as police chiefs, some of these problems would go away. The police chief in Minneapolis is black! Still the problem persists.
As long as the police and teachers’ unions protect these kinds of people, we will never get rid of them!
Maybe the public should create its own “List” of bad cops and bad teachers and explore the same tactics law enforcement officers employ.
Law Enforcement Escalations
Our government has a history of escalating conflicts, to justify the use of force.
Let’s face it, men with a gun will like to hurt or kill something once their adrenaline kicks in.
In February of 1993, our government escalated what had been a relatively peaceful situation into one that wasn’t. The Branch Davidians didn’t escalate the conflict, Law enforcement did!
Timothy McVeigh was a former member of the Army, honorably discharged in 1991. A conflict at Ruby Ridge and the one in Waco Texas finally set him off. He decided to bomb the Federal Building in Oklahoma City. McVeigh was also a racist, so not the best example to use here, but the point is our law enforcement use excessive force when they decide to. Period!
How do we fix America?
Can we fix America?
Why are police officers jumpy when they approach a vehicle?
Finding no answer online, I came up with one my own.
When a policeman/woman pulls someone over, they cannot always see everything in your vehicle. If you were out of your car standing, they would have a full view of you. But in your car, they don’t.
In a traffic stop, I am asked for two things: my driver’s license, which most people have in their wallet or purse, and your vehicle registration, which should be in your glove box.
Suppose I reach anywhere else without telling the officer what I am doing. In that case, this might cause an officer to be jumpy. Add to this, some cars today have tinted windows, so this further prevents law enforcement from seeing into a vehicle.
Even though the driver’s and passenger side windows are supposed to allow police to look into the vehicle, some cars have completely blocked out the windows.
I guess the reality of much of this is that I can never know what it is like to have a constant feeling of suspicion until I can walk in the shoes of a black person.
Oprah Winfrey was asked to leave a store once in Switzerland because the clerk did not think she could afford the handbag she wanted to purchase. The clerk did not know who she was!
I’ve heard of other cases where people are followed in a store simply for the color of their skin. Shopping while black.
Why do police shoot to kill instead of just wounding someone?
Back to the earlier statements—police officers are not taught to kill anyone, nor are they trained to “wound” anyone. Officers do not aim for hands, feet, knees, firearms, knives, etc. Instead, during a deadly force confrontation—when lives are at stake—officers are taught to shoot center mass, meaning the center of their intended target. If all they see is the suspect’s head, then that is their target. If they see the entire body, they then aim for its center (center mass).
Why aim for center mass? It is the most massive available target, and easiest to hit when under extreme duress during an incident that sometimes happens within a fraction of a second.
How did police and law enforcement procedures develop?
These kinds of policies develop over time and change depending on the situation and what needs to happen.
How do we change law enforcement? Patiently and carefully through introducing new ideas and ways of doing things. Law enforcement will have to be better at working with communities to hold bad officers accountable, which means moving the police unions out of the way if by force if necessary. Police are allowed to lie when questioning a suspect, which can make their job more efficient. If an officer leads a suspect to believe someone implicated them in a crime, they may confess quicker. Simultaneously, a person with a guilty conscience might confess to something they didn’t do.
In the past, some officers have been caught on camera unbeknownst to them and lied about shootings. If it hadn’t been for the fact that someone had seen them on camera, we might never have known the truth.
What happens when white people become a minority in America?
Minorities are gaining on whites, but it will take at least another hundred years before blacks and Hispanics are a ruling class in America.
Hispanic and Latino Americans are the largest ethnic minority, with roughly 17.8% of the U S A population. The total white population is 61.3% and African Americans. Blacks in America make up 12 to 15%, depending on where you’re looking.
What these numbers show is Latinos outnumber African Americans in America. Still, Latinos were never slaves in America, and that is where many of these issues began.
Some have learned subliminally; blacks are less than; they are thieves; they will steal from you, so don’t leave your things unattended when they’re around.
The Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed in 1923; it is a proposed amendment to the U. S. Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. It seeks to end the traditional distinction between men and women in divorce, property, employment, and other issues. 38 U. S. states have ratified the ERA. It needs to be confirmed by the twelve remaining states, then signed into law by all.
America needs the ERA to be the law of the land – it will put us on the road to equality.
In 2019, 259 Black people were killed by police in the United States. By comparison, 182 Hispanics, 13 Native Americans, and 406 White people died. Black Americans’ rate of police shootings is much higher than any other ethnicity, at 30 per million people. This rate stands at 23 per million for Hispanics and 12 per million for Whites.
America must re-evaluate who she is and who she wants to be going forward.
It may be time to re-evaluate our constitution and come to some joint agreements about our current and future needs by having town hall meetings across America.
For America to change, people in law enforcement, politics, education, religion, and others will need to retire or leave the office.
America will have to hit the reset button.
I think it will take a catastrophic event for our country to change. An event that would unite our country in a way that 9/11 didn’t.
Unfortunately, President Trump feeds much of the racial tensions by continuing to adopt policies that separate and divide various parts of the population, including the LGBTQ communities.
HATE IS HATE MR. PRESIDENT. Maybe it is time for you to go back to your real estate business and rebuild your brand!
I do not think Electing Joe Biden or Kamala Harris is going to fix this issue either.
Biden has not said anything about the democratically controlled cities currently having meltdowns in some cities.
Much of these issues seem to exist pre-dating Trump’s Presidency.
Which means they also existed under Obama? Wasn’t Biden VP then?
If Biden and Obama were not able to fix the issue, Biden and Harris won’t either.
Steele believes that white people after the civil rights movement began helping African Americans too much and created a situation where African Americans are now dependent on whites for their way of life
The American people have allowed our politicians to hijack our political system, and the most recent bunch, including President Trump, act like a bunch of spoiled kindergartners.
Whites created affirmative action to help them out, but it has not worked out the way they thought.
I remembered my first job at Montgomery Ward in 1984, our store had hired an African American woman as part of this affirmative action program, to be the supervisor over myself and several other white people and we had to train her to do her job.
I thought this was ludicrous, even funny at the time. I am paid $3.35 an hour, and I am going to teach my supervisor how to do her job?
What I remember was I had no respect for her!
Looking back, it still amazes me.
So white people are part of the problem instead of helping we’ve hurt them.
I will have more to say about the book at a later time but believed it was essential to making people aware of the book now given all the different racial issues America is dealing with right now.
As a public person, I think Trump is hideous at times!
At other times he tends to say things sounding racist.
Trump is cocky, egotistical, full of himself, and a narcissist.
Trump’s behavior at times resembles that of a child – someone who doesn’t get his way. Often he takes his cues from “the Church” world, aka, in some cases, ignorant people. Trump is a loyal person, and in a business setting, loyalty has its place.
Trump recently rewarded the loyalty of his good friend Roger Stone by granting him clemency in July.
As the leader of the free world, it could be very problematic.
Often Trump reminds you of a bull in a china shop, reacting to something instead of thinking it over first, then merely responding.
Before The White House, Trump worked seven days a week and played golf often.
Trump has led a relatively sheltered life but knows his business. He is an excellent negotiator, that is what is needed in America to get us out of some of the bad deals previous administrations have made.
Much of his frustration comes from not having the authority as President to do what needs doing. Donald is President of the United States, and he resigned CEO of the Trump Organization. In his own company, what he said went.
Recently attempting to extend unemployment benefits, which he doesn’t have the authority to do; he was frustrated because Pelosi and Schumer had tried and were attempting again to pad the bill with benefits for Planned Parenthood; abortion funding in a Covid-19 benefits package?
Trump and the Apprentice
The first exposure for many American’s and the world to Trump before he was the 45Th President was through his reality show “The Apprentice.”
Created by Mark Burnett of Survivor, Burnett asked Trump to head up his next show about a businessman who would award a one year contract with one of his companies and $250,000 to the contestant who could do the best job accomplishing multiple tasks on the reality show.
Trump appeared at the beginning of the show to explain to the contestants:
what their task was going to be
checking progress during the show
then the boardrooms towards the end of the show, where he famously said, “You’re Fired” to at least one contestant.
Early on, two of Trump’s assistants or close advisors would sit on either side of him as the boardroom discussions got underway.
Eventually, two of Trump’s children, Donald Jr., Ivanka, or Eric, would sit in those seats.
Most Americans had little exposure to Trump than heard about him occasionally in the news about one of his divorces or one of his many building projects.
“The Donald,” as some call Him, has a larger than life personality, and he is a successful real estate developer.
I have never met Mr. Trump but have been an observer much of my life, and these are the conclusions I have reached about “The Donald.” To understand anyone, it helps to know where they came from, the beliefs they have, and where those beliefs originated.
Norman Vincent Peale meets Donald John Trump
When Donald was a boy, he and his family attended Norman Vincent Peale’s church. Mr. Peale is the man who wrote “The Power of Positive Thinking.”
The modern-day Peale is probably Joel Osteen, who wrote a book several years ago called “The Power of I Am.”
Today and shortly after Trump was elected, many in the media often say he is lying about something he has said.
To understand where Trump is coming from, you must understand this.
Trump speaks forth how he wants things to be
In the Bible, in the book of Genesis, God called things into being, the creative process. God gave Humankind mental abilities, and God intends us to create the way he does, using our words.
A man named Bob Proctor and a woman named Mary Morrissey created a program called Magic In Your Mind that teaches us how to use these six mental faculties God gave us: Imagination, Intuition, Perception, Will, Reasoning, and Memory. Since school taught us little to nothing about these gifts, you might check this program out. Intuition is our ability to talk to God. Prayer is when we speak to God. Click here to learn more about this program.
Donald Trump does this, better than any person alive today that I have seen. Trump is calling things that be not as though they are. Trump is speaking forth what he wants to have come to pass, whether negotiating a new trade deal, meeting with a world leader or whatever the task before him is; he does the same thing when talking about one of his buildings and how it’s selling.
Peale understood the power of a positive confession.
Why would you call for things to fail? Even though this is what many in Washington believe he is doing, you don’t change a situation by continuing to look at the same circumstance you need to focus on what you want to have happened.
God created Humankind to operate this way. It does not matter whether you believe in God or not. Every human being is a spiritual being, and we are all connected to the one who created us.
Trump the celebrity
In many ways, Trump has the same kind of life many celebrities have; he’s always had people around him run interference for him or insulate him from the masses of people.
Many celebrities have agents, managers, publicists, attorneys, security, and other assistants around them. Getting to the average star takes you having to go through a lot of other people first. Even on social media, where celebrities have millions of followers, it is unlikely they will see one specific message; it would have to be unique somehow. When a star goes to an awards show or is walking the red carpet, it is often the handler’s around them that decide who gets to interview them and when to keep walking.
Trump has been the CEO, and he is not used to having to report to anyone. Daily reporting to congress, the senate, and the American Public is a new experience for him, and it has taken him some time to get used to it.
Trump is the owner of his company, and what he says goes.
Trump has the money to hire the best attorneys and advisors to guide him in his decision-making concerning his real estate empire.
It has taken Trump almost four years to find people in Washington he can trust and surround himself. Washington is a whole new way of doing business for Trump, that is what he needed Pence for, to guide him and show him how this new “business” of government worked.
Once Trump settled into Washington, his family has stayed out of the headlines and focused on running the family business.
Part of the trouble is that Trump is obeying and sticking to our Constitution, and the Democrats are violating it regularly.
Trumps Business Dealings
There has been much reporting on his dealings, both good and bad. Real estate developers and any other businesses, for that matter, get tax breaks from a city or state when building a building or whatever their project is, especially if there are going to be different stores within the building providing jobs to hundreds or thousands of people. Wal-Mart gets tax breaks when it builds its stores.
One of the reasons I initially voted for Trump is the relationship he has with his children. are healthy, vibrant, successful people themselves, and three of the five work for him in the family business. I think that says a lot about a person when their children want to be around them and work with them.
A Present from Wuhan
In our current election cycle, many things have been happening. At the start of 2020, our economy was still quite strong. Then in late January, reports from Washington State about a mysterious new virus that came from Wuhan, China.
The international community either banned or limited flights to and from China once the virus became known. Trump followed.
Biden has come out now and said wearing a mask should be mandatory.
1. Why has it taken the Democrats six months to say anything about Covid-19?
2. America is a free country – you cannot make people wear a mask. Businesses can and are refusing service to people who are not wearing masks. Wal-Mart came out in July, and you must be wearing a mask to enter their stores similar to signs that say no shirt, no shoes, no service. What’s the big deal?
3. I live in Texas. Tell us what the CDC guidelines then allow us to make that decision for ourselves and our children. Please don’t tell us what we ought to do.
4. I wear a mask at the grocery store, and anytime I am indoors around people I do not know. I am less concerned while walking my dog outside.
5. Upon entering any of the clinics, doctor’s offices, or hospitals in town, your temperature will be taken, asked a variety of questions, and wearing a mask is mandatory to gain entrance into the building.
6. Assuming that you could make it compulsory, how are you going to enforce it? And what is the penalty for not wearing it? I’m not sure Mr. Biden is aware that many jails are releasing people because Covid-19 is spreading there.
Trump has had some missteps during this crisis. I think he should have been wearing his mask a lot more, but others in government offices, house members, and senate members were not wearing masks regularly until a few weeks ago. The message many may have gotten is maybe we didn’t need them.
However, going back to what Trump learned from Peale, Trump also understands that what we focus on with a lot of intense emotion, we attract, so I know that he does not want to draw that to himself or America. However, most church-going people do not have an understanding of most things that our President has.
Gloves, masks, and toilet paper are hard to find. I went to a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market last week, and it was the first time in four months the toilet paper aisle was full, and there were pallets of products throughout the store.
What causes this to be such a problem is everyone in other countries is also in need of the same products.
I can’t help but ask. Is it possible that when the Obama administration messed with the healthcare system, early warning signals got removed due to people not understanding? I have not been able to find out anything about this, just saying! This article contains many of the things that allegedly happened under Obama.
Michelle Obama recently said, this President was ill-equipped to handle this crisis; that there should have been a plan to handle this kind of situation.
Isn’t this what the CDC or a previous administration should already have had in place?.
SARS and MERS didn’t cause the same devastation that COVID-19 has because they aren’t as quickly transmitted. Rather than moving by casual, person-to-person transmission, SARS and MERS spread from much closer contact, between family members or health care workers and patients (or, in the case of MERS, from camels to people directly). These viruses also aren’t spread through presymptomatic transmission, meaning infected people don’t spread it before they have symptoms. Once people got sick, they typically stayed home or were hospitalized, making it harder for them to spread the virus around.
I agree Obama is right but is it Trump’s failure or our whole system failure. No one at the CDC seemed to have a preemptive plan for a future SARS or MERS. It might not have occurred to anyone at WHO or CDC, but keep in mind coronavirus mutated, so could anyone have seen this coming?
I agree that we should have been more prepared, but is that Trump’s neglect or our systems?
I say again, is it possible there was an early warning system or possible plan in place, in case this came to America?
Remember 911
In 1993 terrorists exploded a bomb in the World Trade Center’s parking garage, which was supposed to cause the North tower to fall into the South tower, so should we have been looking for something to happen in the future?
Clearly, we weren’t!
I cannot name any other time when anyone has intentionally flown an airplane into a building. Until 911, I don’t know if anyone had ever thought of that other than the people who did it!
My belief is America should already have had a plan in place for such an event as this.
I’m not sure which government branch would have done the planning.
In this case, probably the CDC.
In the case of 911, Homeland Security!
Crisis Creating Democrats
I do not know how the democrats would be handling this crisis. So far, I have not heard any of them, ANY OF THEM, until recently, say a word about how they would be doing things (see number 1 above). I don’t even want to imagine what Hillary Clinton might have done.
I find it appalling that many cities in our nation, as of this writing, are having an absolute meltdown with various groups protesting in their towns. I find that government leaders in these cities are doing nothing about this, merely stepping back and allowing it to happen; it betrays their voters’ trust and their Oaths of Office, all of them took swearing to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, along with the laws of their cities and states.
I will address some of my views about this in a future article.
Interestingly, we heard about all the chaos in cities for weeks, but nothing in the last two weeks.
Biden and the election are today’s focus.
Since these are democratically run cities, is it possible if and when Biden is elected, the fighting and chaos will just somehow come to an end?
Many in the Democratic Party are doing their best to turn America into their version of a new Socialist country. In socialism, the government makes most decisions without input from the people; healthcare decisions are made for you—no need to vote anymore. Dinesh O’Souza discussed this in his book, the United States of Socialism No country has been able to make this work successfully for very long.
If you are a citizen and want America to pay for everything, get ready to pay 40% + in taxes, and that’s just on the lower income brackets! Everyone will pay more!.
How would a country without law enforcement look?
Who would you call instead?
Trump is a Bully!
America was the world’s bully long before Trump came along!
Trump recently lost his younger brother, Robert Trump, and has admitted bullying him when they were younger.
Trump likes to bully and pick on other people but does not like it done to him. Most bullies are cowards when confronted.
In the Trump organization, Robert Trump (The ‘nice’ Trump) was the person people went to when they had a problem.
As far as his use of social media, isn’t everybody using social media today? Isn’t this how people communicate today. Twitter allows Trump to instantly connect with and talk to his base and the whole country.
It is easier for me now to understand why Hillary Clinton was using email. That’s just been a few years ago when everyone was upset by that. Don’t we all do that?
I thought being from New York Trump’s skin would be thicker!
I was disappointed he removed America from the Paris Climate Agreement only two years after Obama had entered us into it.
In closing,
I have decided that Yes, Trump appears to be a bigot, a racist in some cases, and along with Pence a homophobe.
Trump, along with VP Pence and the Church world, believe Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer people woke up one day and decided to be gay.
Have they ever thought about how stupid that is?
Why would anybody choose to be gay?
I didn’t choose to be gay. God created me that way. The church simply does not understand God or his word. Romans 1 is talking about heterosexual people!
Jesus Christ told his followers if they loved him, they would obey him. The church today is not listening. That means Christians today are false unbelieving believers who defy their Lord’s commands.
There are a lot of stupid and ignorant people in America. Now I can add Trump to this list.
However, Trump has gotten a lot of good done. Imagine all the good he can do in four more years.
Trump needs four more years. There are still trade deals that need renegotiating, and that’s who he is.
Do I vote for the bigot and homophobe who’s done some good things or the person who wants to implement socialism in America?
Trump recently signed three bills to benefit Native people. One gives compensation to the Spokane tribe for loss of their lands in the mid-1900s, one funds Native language programs, and the third gives federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana.
Trump finalized the creation of the Space Force as our 6th Military branch.
Trump signed a law to make cruelty to animals a federal felony so that animal abusers face harsher consequences.
Violent crime has fallen every year he’s been in office after rising during the two years before he was elected.
Trump signed a bill making CBD and Hemp legal.
Trump’s EPA gave $100 million to fix the water infrastructure problem in Flint, Michigan.
Under Trump’s leadership, in 2018, the U.S. surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of crude oil.
Trump signed a law ending the gag orders on pharmacists that prevented them from sharing money-saving information.
Trump signed the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” (FOSTA), which includes the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act” (SESTA), which both give law enforcement and victims new tools to fight sex trafficking.
Trump signed a bill to require airports to provide spaces for breastfeeding moms.
Maybe in 2024, another businessperson with a smaller ego will run and win the presidency. Perhaps he or she will have better leadership abilities and be better at uniting than the current President.
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But here is the scary part…. in just TWO WEEKS it mutated again and gained the ability to jump from human to human. Scientists call this quick ability, “slippery”
I got an email yesterday from my 83-year-old mother with information about this virus, where it came from and why it is spreading so quickly, here is the answer.
Feeling confused as to why Coronavirus is a bigger deal than Seasonal flu? Here it is in a nutshell. I hope this helps. Feel free to share this to others who don’t understand…
It has to do with RNA sequencing…. I.e. genetics.
DNA AND RNA
Seasonal flu is an “all human virus”. The DNA/RNA chains that make up the virus are recognized by the human immune system. This means that your body has some immunity to it before it comes around each year… you get immunity two ways…through exposure to a virus, or by getting a flu shot.
Novel viruses, come from animals…. the WHO (World Health Organization) tracks novel viruses in animals, (sometimes for years watching for mutations). Usually these viruses only transfer from animal to animal (pigs in the case of H1N1) (birds in the case of the Spanish flu). But once, one of these animal viruses mutates, and starts to transfer from animals to humans… then it’s a problem, Why? Because we have no natural or acquired immunity.. the RNA sequencing of the genes inside the virus isn’t human, and the human immune system doesn’t recognize it so, we can’t fight it off.
Now…. sometimes, the mutation only allows transfer from animal
to human, for years it’s only transmission is from an infected animal to a
human before it finally mutates so that it can now transfer human to human…
once that happens..we have a new contagion phase. And depending on the fashion
of this new mutation, thats what decides how contagious, or how deadly it’s
gonna be..
H1N1 was deadly….but it did not mutate in a way that was as
deadly as the Spanish flu. It’s RNA was slower to mutate and it attacked its
host differently, too. Fast forward.
Coronavirus
Now, here comes this Coronavirus… it existed in animals only,
for nobody knows how long…but one day, at an animal market, in Wuhan China,
in December 2019, it mutated and made the jump from animal to people. At first,
only animals could give it to a person… But here is the scary part…. in
just TWO WEEKS it mutated again and gained the ability to jump from human to
human. Scientists call this quick ability, “slippery”
This Coronavirus, not being in any form a “human” virus (whereas we would all have some natural or acquired immunity). Took off like a rocket. And this was because, Humans have no known immunity…doctors have no known medicines for it. And it just so happens that this particular mutated animal virus, changed itself in such a way the way that it causes great damage to human lungs..
That’s why Coronavirus is different from seasonal flu, or H1N1 or
any other type of influenza…. this one is slippery AF. And it’s a lung
eater…And, it’s already mutated AGAIN, so that we now have two strains to
deal with, strain s, and strain L….which makes it twice as hard to develop a
vaccine.
Stay Home America
We really have no tools in our shed, with this. History has shown
that fast and immediate closings of public places has helped in the past
pandemics. Philadelphia and Baltimore were reluctant to close events in 1918
and they were the hardest hit in the US during the Spanish Flu.
Factoid: Henry VIII stayed in his room and allowed no one near
him, till the Black Plague passed…(honestly…I understand him so much better
now). Just like us, he had no tools in his shed, except social isolation…
And let me end by saying….right now it’s hitting older folks
harder… but this genome is so slippery…if it mutates again (and it will).
Who is to say, what it will do next.
Be smart folks… acting like you’re unafraid is so not sexy right
now.
#flattenthecurve. Stay home folks… and share this to those that just are not catching on.
Please when you go outside and are in a large crowd of people, wear a mask.
Moral of the story, turns out this isn’t China’s fault, just happened to be in their neck of the woods
To China: If your mission was to disrupt the world’s financial markets, cause fear, panic, and kayos, then I say MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
I took this article
down after I got new information that Coronavirus was not China’s fault Wednesday
night.
I am putting it back
up to show the World this is what a biological attack would or could look like.
The reality, in this
case, we may never know if this was intentional or not. China is doing what we’d
expect them to do, saying this is effecting their people as well and not their
fault.
But in the case of
these kinds of weapons, any deaths from this virus would be considered
acceptable losses; plus, tremendous amounts of information are created, and much learning is taking place.
The World and it’s terrorist groups are watching this I suspect very closely, for how they might disperse a Biological Weapon of some kind. In Syria, their people have already seen its leader, Assad, use gas on his own people.
Here is the article in its entirety.
Biological-Chemical-Germ Warfare
Biological warfare (BW) – also know as germ warfare -is the use of natural toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, insects, and fungi with the intent to kill or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war. Biological weapons (often termed “bio-weapons,” “biological threat agents,” or “bio-agents”) are living organisms or replicating entities (viruses, which are not universally considered “alive”). Entomological (insect) warfare is a subtype of BW.
Biological warfare is distinct from nuclear warfare and chemical warfare, which, together with biological warfare, make up NBC, the military initialism for nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare using weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). None of these are considered conventional weapons, which are deployed primarily for their explosive, kinetic, or incendiary potential.
Biological weapons may be employed in various ways to gain a strategic or tactical advantage over the enemy, either by threats or by actual deployments. Like some chemical weapons, biological weapons may also be useful as area denial weapons. These agents may be lethal or non-lethal and may be targeted against a single individual, a group of people, or even an entire population. They may be developed, acquired, stockpiled, or deployed by nation-states or by non-national groups. In the latter case, or if a nation-state uses it clandestinely, it may also be considered bioterrorism. (Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the intentional release or dissemination of biological agents. These agents are bacteria, viruses, insects, fungi, or toxins, and maybe in a naturally occurring or a human-modified form, in much the same way in biological warfare.)
A nation or group that can pose a credible threat of mass
casualty can alter the terms on which
other countries or groups interact with it. Biological weapons allow for
the potential to create a level of destruction and loss of life far above
nuclear, chemical or conventional weapons, relative to their mass and cost of
development and storage. Therefore, biological agents may be useful as
strategic deterrents in addition to their utility as offensive weapons on the
battlefield.
While containment of BW is less of a concern for specific
criminal or terrorist organizations, it remains a significant concern for the
military and civilian populations of virtually all nations.
What is Covid-19 or Coronavirus?
For those who need clarity: COVID-19 is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person. The virus is spreading mainly between people who are in close contact with one another (within 6 feet) through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. It may also be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their mouth, nose, or possibly eyes.
Patients with COVID-19 have had mild to severe respiratory illness with symptoms of fever, cough, and shortness of breath. If you have traveled from an affected area, there may be restrictions on your movements for up to 2 weeks.
If you develop symptoms during that period, call your health
care provider and tell them about your travel and symptoms. They will give you
instructions on how to receive care without exposing other people to illness.
You can protect yourself from illness with everyday preventive actions, such as avoiding close contact with people who are sick, wearing a mask, and washing your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are unavailable, you may use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. The CDC recommends that you avoid crowds, cruises, and non-essential air travel. If an outbreak occurs in your community, please stay home as much as possible.
Fear Causes Many Reactions
I would say based on the stock market reactions around the
globe that China has very successfully disrupted things in our world as well as
in our country. Biological terrorism lasts much longer than merely blowing
something up.
Fear and or the ability to cause it is man’s greatest weapon;
the church has used it for centuries to control people and spread
misinformation.
The United States government, including the Centers for
Disease Control (CDC), appears to have been caught entirely by surprise, which
is alarming and should be concerning to the American people.
I find it difficult to believe that there is not one person
at the CDC that did not have the forethought to consider that this disease
might jump from China to other nations.
I could see how other nations could have been found unawares
but did not expect such a thing to happen on our shores.
President Trump last week told us we needed to stay calm,
and all would work out; he was right in his understanding. However, that is not
human nature.
What people must come to understand is there is an attractive
force in our universe called The Law of attraction, and we attract to us more
of what we focus on with intense emotion.
Currently, we have economic turmoil, KAOS -around the world.
Businesses that were thriving days ago have closed their doors until this
crisis passes, or they are limiting the way they do business, closing earlier, offering
free delivery of groceries, whatever they can to ride out this situation.
What About Our Children?
For many school children, spring break is now extended for an unknown time period, and once back in school, the school year will go into the summer months and decisions about when to start the 20 – 21 school year.
For many students, school is not just about learning. It’s a warm place to be during the day; there are meals for lower-income students and some families will be harder hit than others. Some families are homeless, so if the children aren’t in school, they will have to deal with the elements of being outside until the crisis is over.
Closures will disproportionately affect the parents and
children who rely on school-provided services.
My mother lives in an independent facility for the aged, and
they are not allowing anyone to step foot in their facility unless it is a
resident; no outside service personnel until this situation ends, including
family members, unless necessary.
In an episode of NCIS about ten years ago, a terrorist had
gotten hold of a biological substance which he was deciding on the best way to
disperse it.
He went to several banks and withdrew thousands of dollars
in ones, put the substance on them, went to the train station where there were
lots of people, then threw the money up in the air and walked away. People
seeing all this money were grabbing it furiously while the NCIS agents were
telling them no.
Many were taken to the hospital because they did not
understand the money was tainted with poison.
The World Health Organization, part of the United Nations,
also seems to have been caught entirely off guard by this whole thing. They are
the organization that advises all nations about disease and viruses.
Trade negotiations with China are ongoing and up and down
like a roller coaster. Perhaps this is a power play by the Chinese, an attempt
to end America’s ruling power in the world and show the world China is up for
the task, a sleeping giant, waiting in the wings.
To China: If your mission was to disrupt the world’s financial markets, cause fear, panic, and kayos, then I say MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
To everyone else, cover your mouth when you cough and your
nose when you sneeze. Please wear a mask, scarf or some other covering if you
are infected.
What is the effect in America of all the abortions
performed on our soil in the last 100 years? All the Indians that our
government killed on what was at one time their land?
Why am I even answering such a question, you might
ask? It’s time someone did.
America has a history of wars on its shores – The
Civil War, The War of 1812, The American Revolutionary War, WW1, WW2, The
Mexican-American War, The French, and Indian Wars, to name a few. All
of these happened here or were concerning land that would eventually become
part of our county.
The answer, in Bible terms, we are reaping what
we’ve been sowing.
Just like an individual, a nation can only reap what
it sows.
Seed-Time-Harvest
In the Holy Bible there is a time to sow; then some amount of time that must pass; then it’s time to harvest. Looking at violence in America this concept is working very well.
In the ’50s, variety shows and comedies took up most
of the television time; stars used to do on-air commercial endorsements of
products. But there were also shows with gun violence.
60’s Television consisted of westerns, mystery
shows, emergency programs, family shows, and the introduction of police-related
dramas.
The 1970s through today, the violence has escalated
more and more each year as has the violence at the movie theater.
In June of 1984, the MPAA introduced a new
rating – PG-13 for the movie ‘Red Dawn.’ Up to that time, there were only
four ratings possible G, PG, R, and NR. In 1990, for movies with excessive sex
or violence, NC-17
was created.
Look at all the TV shows with the word murder in
their titles. Look at all the crime shows that examine how the crime was
committed, by whom, and how. America is a country obsessed with violence and
how to kill.
What about video games? I can still remember the
“Gun Slinger” game that came with my Atari system. Today shooting, decapitating,
and stabbing are all popular options as a way to kill your opponent and win the
game. There are even game controllers in the shape of guns for some games.
Hello People! Is anyone listening?
Ever been to a carnival or the fair? There are shooting games there too where you can win a prize of some kind. Again, rewards for killing.
Mass Shootings and Shooters
How do we reward the shooters in these mass
shootings we are having in America, we make them famous. It’s an even bigger
rush for the ones who survive, seeing themselves on TV while they’re in jail.
Many of these killers even have groupies like they were rock stars or something.
In
an article posted in 2017, author Nicola Leach says, “What these findings
suggest is that mass shootings are a kind of theater. Their purpose is essentially
terrorism—minus, in most cases, a political agenda. The public spectacle, the
mass slaughter of mostly random victims, is meant to be seen as an attack
against society itself. Often these individuals commit suicide, which denies
the course of justice, giving the shooter ultimate and final control.
Some of these people who kill are sadists who enjoy
killing and are smiling while they kill.
In their innocent form, a sadist could be a talk or
game-show host. America has both; In the afternoon, she has a talk-show that’s
been on for 17 years, and a game show that airs in prime-time now in its third
season. In January 2020, this comedienne received a lifetime achievement award
for all the good things she has done for others through the years. On both her shows,
she seems to get a lot of pleasure inflicting pain on guests, including
celebrities or contestants, almost always having a smile on her face while
sticking it to people, even punishing people who won their task simply because
it is in her power to do so. (Out of concern of being sued, I believe Americans
can figure out who this is.)
The point of all this is America. You’ve been
watching this person for 17+ years. It must mean there are many sadists in
America. Why else would people continue to tune in? I doubt it’s to see her dance!
Could this be why people are so mean on social media
or just in general in our country?
I’ve heard interviews done with survivors of some of
these shootings who’ve said that while the gunman was shooting, they noticed he
had a smile on his face. Some of these killers are paying people back for the
bullying they may have received or some other injustice they believe they have
suffered at the hands of others.
In a James Bond movie I watched several years ago,
the female villain had a smile on her face while she was gunning people down;
it was like an orgasm for her.
Sports with Weapons
Sports are some of the most violent things on
Television, and they have no rating other than suitable for most viewers.
Hockey games are famous for their on-ice hockey stick fights, fans almost expect
it. What does this say about us?
Parents are starting fights with referees at their
children’s games or with other parents because they didn’t like a particular
call that wasn’t in their child’s favor.
Do I expect American’s to give up all these things?
No! But it does answer a question, and maybe it will cause people to think
about things differently. If our world is going to become a more peaceful place,
now, we have an understanding of what it will take to accomplish that.
Can America Change?
Is it possible for America to change? Yes! But it would require an entire shift in
how we entertain ourselves. It would require media companies to find a new way
to stay in business. If we produced more comedies and dramas without excessive
violence, it might succeed.
It would require us to change the kinds of toys boys play with. Boys typically play with guns and knives. Girls dolls and make-up.
It would require a complete shift in how things
currently operate not just in America, but in our world. It would produce a
world filled with peace and harmony. Apparently
that is not what we want, so killing will continue until people become more
aware and decide to make the changes necessary to bring about these kinds of
changes.
America has accepted these killings as a normal part of life. It is the choice we have made, so it will, it must continue, until a more aware generation arrives.
A Follower is someone who does what the person they believe in does.
If we are
not going to bake cakes, take photographs of gay weddings, then we don’t need
to be doing it for heterosexual couples who are living together before they get
married and maybe have children. Sin is
sin, as the religious world tells us, and it should be treated equally.
‘Supreme Court will hear Colorado gay wedding cake case. ‘
Jack
Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, refused service to
Charlie Craig and David Mullins
The outcome
“could have a substantial effect around the country, depending on how the court
rules,” said Carl Tobias, a court analyst, and professor at the University of
Richmond School of Law.
In
particular, Tobias said, it’s almost certain to impact the ability of same-sex
couples to seek so-called “expressive” services provided by people such as
florists or bakers.
“From their
perspective, it’s important in terms of dignity and being full citizens,” he
said.”
“I’ll sell
anyone any cake I’ve got,” he wrote. “But I won’t design a cake that promotes something
that conflicts with the Bible’s teachings. And that rule applies to far more
than cakes celebrating same-sex marriages. I also won’t use my talents to
celebrate Halloween, anti-American or anti-family themes, atheism, racism, or
indecency.”
“The
government in Colorado is picking and choosing which messages they’ll support
and which artistic messages they’ll protect,” said Kristen Waggoner of the
Alliance Defending Freedom, which took the baker’s case.
The couple
and civil-rights groups, however, see that argument as a thinly veiled excuse
for prejudice.
“This has
always been about more than a cake,” Mullins said Monday through the ACLU of
Colorado, which is representing the couple. “Businesses should not be allowed
to violate the law and discriminate against us because of who we are and who we
love.”
Freedom for
All Americans called the couple’s denial of service a violation of Colorado’s
nondiscrimination law.
“All of us cherish the American promise of religious freedom is which protected under the U.S. Constitution, but that doesn’t give anyone the right to discriminate against others,” said the group’s acting CEO, Kasey Suffredini. “This case will be an important opportunity to have a national conversation about the values we all share as Americans and the importance of equal treatment for everyone.”
On the same
day, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the baker case, called Masterpiece
Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission; it ruled on another religious
dispute — finding in a 7-2 decision that religious institutions could seek
state money for nonreligious needs.
That outcome
stemmed from the efforts of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Missouri, to
get state funding to resurface a playground.
Rules – Judgment – must be the same for all
If Christians
in America or the world for that matter want to discriminate, then their rules must
be applied equally.
When a heterosexual couple enters one
of these businesses, here is what needs to be asked:
Are
you currently living together?
Are
you having sex?
Are
you pregnant, or do you already have children?
If we are going
to go backward in our country, which is what discrimination is, separating people
lets at least be fair about it.
The Church cannot
and should not be allowed to use the bible on a specific group of people one way
then completely ignore it on the majority of the population, including those who
fill their pews.
If a Christian
business began asking everyone who comes into its store the above questions, they
would soon find themselves out of business. The church today does not address
heterosexual sin, which is what they claim the majority of the people are, and
they discriminate against the few so the many can act; however, they choose to.
Growing up in
the church world, I can count on one hand the number of messages I have heard that
address heterosexual six, but I’ve heard dozens more addressing other sins.
Is it a Choice or Born that way?
The church world
convinced itself a long time ago that gay people chose to be that way.
Does that make
any sense, Church?
Why would anyone
choose to be gay?
The church world,
along with the thousands of missionaries sent out into the world, teach and spread
racism, and homophobia throughout the world.
Why would anyone
choose to be part of a group that is so hated around the world, unless it is who
they are!
If the church
had asked the above question, it could have had the answer to homosexuality a long
time ago. I was born that way.
Yes! There may
be some in the world who were molested as children and got off on the ‘gay’ path,
but they are not me. I have known since I was five or six, as has every other LGBT
person. We are who we are!
Child psychologists
have learned by the time a child is six or seven. The child knows who they are.
In my view, the
church of the twenty-first century is about as far away from God as you can get.
Slandering his name instead of living the way he told us to live in his word.
At some
point, the church is going to have to decide what they are going to believe
collectively. We have already had church
splits happen in our country over the gay and lesbian issue. The devil must be laughing his little red ass
off!
Last Days
I believe
the church today is nothing like the early churches, and that is the whole
point Revelation chapter 2 & 3 is trying to make, but most people who are
studying revelations are missing the point.
Church, if
the rapture happened today, 99% OF YOU ARE GOING TO BE LEFT HERE, AND YOU WILL
GO THROUGH THE TRIBULATION! Think about that for a while.
The majority
of the church today is not doing anything that Jesus told us to do. We are little more than a cult.
A believer,
A follower is someone who does what the person they believe in did. You don’t just
read about it. Jesus raised the dead, healed the sick, spoke in tongues. Few believers
today do the Word, and those who do are judged by those who don’t.
James said, “Don’t
just read the word, DO WHAT IT SAYS!”
I read a book last year, ‘Conversations With God – book one’ by Neale D. Walshe and God told him, the gospels were written years after the disciples died, which means the information was second and third hand information. A New revelation of God in the twentieth century, not a nineteen hundred-year-old message.
I guess it had
never occurred to anyone in the church that the Bible passed through many hands
before it got to us, and since man likes to add things along the way, our bible
is not in its purest form. Man often embellishes when he tells a story.
Anybody can
call themselves a Christian, but it is only the man or woman who lives as Christ
told us to live who is. This rules out the majority of the Church world in 2020.
Trump, Pence, and the lot of them should be ashamed of themselves and be on guard. God is watching! Judge others and you to will be judged!
How this case resolved
The Supreme Court ruled that a Colorado baker who refused to create a custom wedding cake for a same-sex couple was treated unfairly has been met with a fury of reaction at the beginning of LGBT Pride Month.
Conservatives are praising the decision as a win for religious freedom while the LGBTQ community see it as a step in the wrong direction. GLAAD was also quick to say this isn’t a case of “religious freedom,” but it is one about “religious exemption.”
Until Next Time,
David
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I got sidetracked this past year with other things
and many distracting thoughts, so I wasted a lot of my time.
I want to wish everyone a belated Happy New Year 2020! I hope this is a year of growth for everyone.
Happy New Impeachment Year America
Our Christmas & New Year’s present from the
Democrats is the Impeachment of President Trump!
Did he err in the Ukraine mess? Probably, but before
2019 we never would have known anything about it. It is not for the people of a
nation to know about or understand all the inner workings of our government.
I am disturbed by the whistleblowers who were
listening in on the calls. Why were they listening? I have heard no discussion
of this, but I am not watching the news 24/7. Some of us have other things to
do. Aren’t these people supposed to be protecting our President?
If Obama or Bill Clinton had done the same kind of
thing (& maybe they did), would our nation be reacting the way they are?
Part of the whole election of our leader’s
philosophy is that we don’t want to or need to know everything that our leaders
do. What it takes to keep a nation safe, like America, there are plenty of
things we the people don’t need or want to know. We the people don’t know what
it takes to keep us safe or in our current lifestyles of aloofness in our world,
we seem to like it that way.
Democrats and Republicans are both acting like a
bunch of spoiled kindergarteners.
Today we know too much about how things in our
country work.
America is becoming the laughing stock around the
world; often, we tell other nations how they should do things while having an unkempt
house back home!
My How Things Have Changed
When I was growing up in Texas whenever a reporter
was interviewing someone, the reporter’s sexuality, political views, etc., were
never an issue – I didn’t care what the reporter believed; their job was to
report the news, not be a part of the story.
Social Media today allows us to know almost anything
about someone, and I’m not sure that it is a good idea. Do we know too much?
Today, when many in the media are interviewing a
candidate they do not agree with, I can hear it in their tone of voice or the
questions they ask or the disapproving reactions they give during the interview
or when they are talking about it to their colleagues. In some cases today,
news organizations are telling us what we ought to believe, be it ABC, NBC,
CBS, Fox News, or CNN.
People on the Left have been out for Trump since the
minute he was elected. Pelosi and other Democrats have said they began looking
for a way to Impeach Trump from almost the moment he was elected!
Does anyone else have a problem with this?
What has happened to us?
How Social Media is Destroying America
Ellen Degeneres, last September,2019 was photographed at a Cowboys game sitting next to former President George Bush and the LGBTQ community as well as many others had a meltdown. On her show the following week, she addressed the issue and reminded all of us that we need friends, even though we may not necessarily agree with every position they have on issues.
Many in America are punishing people using social media; people who they may have liked before, simply because a person is seen with people they do not like or agree; or they disagree with their position on an issue.
Is this the America we want?
What happens when we become one of the people others
do not like? We will become victims of the very rules we helped write, and that
is what is beginning to happen to people with these extreme views.
America has become a nation where everyone expresses
their opinion about everything. Some in our country live their entire lives
online.
Several years ago, another comedienne, Kathy Griffin, appeared holding the severed head of our President in her hand. I’m sure people like her thought this was funny, but I was proud of the public backlash against the move. Even those on the Left thought this went too far. Mrs. Griffin’s career is still recovering from the misstep.
Granted before Trump was elected, the only exposure
most of America had had of him was through The Apprentice. Trump was normally
only seen twice on the show. The first time introducing the contestants to
their task for that show, the second was in the boardroom where two of his
children sat.
Trump seems used to having people run interference for
him or having a spokesperson. I’m sure he’s had his share of attorneys who
normally do the talking, and he is there for photo opportunities; Trump enjoys the
attention!
America knew of him through His brand Trump, which
meant a certain level of luxury and panache.
From Bad Trade to Better
Trump is a negotiator! Many of the photos of him in
Trump Tower show him with a phone in his hand. That is who he is and what he
does. Negotiation involves giving and taking. Duh! In his office in Trump Tower,
it looks no larger than an average master bedroom closet.
Trump is in the process of getting America out of
many of the bad deals former presidents and their administrations had
negotiated to deal with trade and other issues.
I am amazed at all the bitching from Washington
about all this. It is a process. One step at a time; Trump has begun the
process, he may or may not finish it.
Commentators and politicians alike are griping their
heads off. Help the man or shut up!
Quit standing in Trump’s way. The deals he’s
negotiated to help farmers will help them. It’s not perfect! It’s a start. If
you want to bitch, direct it towards the administrations that got us into the
bad deals in the first place.
In an election year, patience is not the thing to be
asking for, but it is what is needed.
Obama Mocks Trump
I have heard Obama said some things at a dinner one night in 2012 that hit Trump the wrong way, and that is why he ran for President. I agree with some who have said Trump did not want to be president.
Some of the decisions in our courts are taking us
backward instead of forward.
Do we want a segregated America again? That is where
we are going!
AMERICA WHAT DO YOU WANT? DO YOU KNOW?
It’s going to be difficult to vote for someone if we
don’t know what we want.
Maybe I should run, couldn’t do much worse than what we have now!
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