My thoughts on some of the stories bouncing around the news today...
First and foremost: R.I.P. Bob Hoskins, a great talent and a great man. For those of you who are unaware of who Bob Hoskins was, he played 'Eddie Valiant,' the human detective in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," and 'Smee' in "Hook." If you saw him in either one of these movies, then you know just how great a talent he was. He will truly be missed.
And now, on to the hard stuff.
So Chicago, a city that is broke by its own admission, wants to spend $100 MILLION to build the NObama Presidential Library. Yeah, that makes sense - especially considering who the current mayor of the Murder Capital of the United States is.
And apparently, the old adage of "nothing stays secret forever" is about to come true for NObama and his staff at the White House. There's been some e-mails leaked to the news media which show that the White House staff was directly involved in grooming Susan Rice for her ill-fated media appearances the Sunday after the attacks on the embassy in Benghazi, with the idea of blaming the attacks on an anti-Islam documentary originating with NObama's staff. I believe it, and it's like this: if the staff knew about it, you'd better believe that the Buffoon In Chief knew about it. And if he says he didn't know, then how are we supposed to trust a man who can't run his own staff with running the country? Answer: we can't. This, of course, has been readily apparent to anyone with half a brain and a lick of common sense for the past 6 years - which leaves out Democrats and liberals, of course. Now I'm just waiting to see who NObama is gonna throw to the wolves to save his own skinny ass. Should be interesting.
Somebody tell me how this makes sense: a couple of black people enroll in a college in Virginia that is named in part after Robert E. Lee, knowing of the college's history and of its support of Lee, knowing of the events that take place there on his birthday every year, knowing that the Confederate Battle Flag is displayed there during these evetns, and then get their panties in a knot over the name, the display of his likeness, and the display of the Confederate flag on his birthday? Sorry, it's like this: you knew what you were getting into, so now that you're in it you have ZERO room to complain. You want to go to a college that supports your own self-styled ideas and ideals and be among people who think the same racist way you do? Then I suggest you enroll in Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia instead of Washington and Lee University. I guarantee you that you'll find a home there. You also won't find very many white people there, either, but nobody calls that college racist. Wonder why?
And speaking of racists, there's Donald Sterling to contend with this week. My first thought in all of this was, "Well, if you don't like black people, then why are you dating a girl who's half black?" Never mind the fact that she's 1/4 your age - we won't even go there. (Three guesses why SHE was dating HIM - and it ain't because of his sparking personality or dashing good looks.) My second thought was, "Who made the recording, and why?" And my third thought was, "Who leaked it to the media, and why?" If I was Donald, I'd be wanting to get to the bottom of that last one and when I found out who did it, I'd make sure he never did anything like that again. And for someone with his money, that should prove to be no big problem at all. In any event, poor old Donald has learned that in this day and age, if you're a white man who has an opinion that some people won't like, it's not even safe to voice said opinion in your own home in what you think is a private environment. I can't help but wonder, though, what the media reaction would have been if it were, say, Magic Johnson making those comments about white guys. Actually, I don't wonder about that at all - you'd never hear about it, because in this country in this day and age if you ain't white it ain't racist. (Which is, of course, total bullshit.)
While we're talking about racists and race-baiters, how about good ol' Al Sharpton calling for Sterling's head over his comments? To be expected, right? But what about Sharpton already knowing of Sterling's racist views, even going so far as to volunteer to headline the NAACP dinner in which that organization awarded Sterling its Lifetime Achievement Award? Achievement for what, exactly? By Sharpton's own admission, he knew of Sterling's views and the many lawsuits against him for those views, yet he supported him at the dinner anyway - and now is calling for his head. I guess you can add the term "hypocrite" to the list of titles you can bestow on Sharpton, among those being "racist."
It really sucks to be living in Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida just about now. If the people there aren't getting drowned in 20+ inches of rain in 24 hours they're getting blown away by troops of tornados hitting them from all directions. I don't know about you, but with the way the weather's been getting all freaky on us over the past few years, that kinda makes me think maybe something's in the works. I dunno, but right now all I can say is I feel sorry for the poor folks who've had their lives turned upside-down by the weather, and my thoughts and prayers go out to them.
And last but not least, thank God for the generic brand of Excedrin Migraine. I'd be wishing I was dead right now if not for that.
IHC
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Friday, April 25, 2014
More Proof that Guns Aren't the Problem
If you've been keeping up with current events lately then I'm sure you've heard about the attack on a student in a Connecticut school by another student, end result being that the student who was attacked has died. And if you've read the story or heard it on the television, then you also know that this attack did not involve a gun - it involved a knife.
Actually, the last two incidents of violence in public schools have been committed with knives instead of guns, the first one on April 9 in Pennsylvania where a student attacked 22 other students with a knife and sent a lot of them to the hospital, and now this one in Connecticut where a student was killed.
And the liberals have been stone cold silent on the whole thing. Not one peep from the liberal camp calling for background checks on knife purchases, or limits of how many knives you can buy at one time, or outlawing knife shows or the selling of knives between citizens, or the acceptable limits on the length of the blade. Wonder why that is?
I'll tell you why that is: because all of the things I mentioned in the previous paragraph are stupid, and they're stupid because anyone with an ounce of intelligence or COMMON SENSE knows that they won't work. They also know - and here's the point that the liberals and gun-grabbers will never concede - that knives aren't the problem. Knives are a tool, nothing more and nothing less.
PEOPLE ARE THE PROBLEM.
These latest two attacks prove two things better than any conservative supporter of the 2nd Amendment (such as myself) could ever do: First, it proves that you don't have to use a gun to put a serious hurtin' on a group of people, and second - and most importantly - if someone wants to commit an act of serious and/or deadly violence, they're going to find a way to do it. PERIOD.
You want to solve the gun and knife violence in our society? Passing laws won't help and is certainly not the answer. After all, murder is already illegal, as is assault with a deadly weapon. But that didn't stop anyone, did it? Nope, it sure as hell didn't. And "Gun Free Zones" aren't the answer, either. Va Tech, Columbine, Aurora, Newtown, Fort Hood (Twice!), Columbia Mall im Maryland, The Washington Navy Yard, and the Jewish Center are all proof of that.
Background checks? Don't make me laugh. We already have a system of background checks in place run by the Federal government, and that has done absolutely ZERO to stop the mass killings for two reasons: either the guns used were obtained illegally (Columbine, Newtown, Aurora), or the crime was committed after the weapon was legally purchased (Virginia Tech, Fort Hood). Hell, even the guy who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981 bought his pistol legally, but that sure didn't stop him from shooting at Ronnie, did it?
Limits on magazine capacity? Okay, so the bad guys carry four magazines instead of 3. Big friggin' deal.
No, if you want to solve the violence problem in our society, placing blame on and taking action against the tools used isn't the way to go. You've got to address the PEOPLE doing the violence - after all, THEY are the REAL cause of the violence, not the tools they use.
In a nutshell, the cause of the violence in all aspects and facets of the American society today can, in my humble opinion, be traced to one thing and one thing only - the gradual moral, ethical, and religious breakdown of our society which has taken place over the past 40+ years, brought on by the liberal agenda forced on the American people in the name of "equality" and "fair treatment."
Think I'm crazy? Think about this:
In the America of today, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed numerous lawsuits against the US military for "forcing soldiers, sailors and airmen" to be exposed to religious artifacts and rituals - such as crosses on tops of chapel, crosses on the lapels of chaplains, and Sunday church services. This same organization has filed lawsuits against the Air Force at Shaw AFB, SC for displaying a nativity scene on the base, claiming that it "violates the Constitutional provision providing for the separation of church and state." (There's that non-existent phrase again.)
In the America of today, the American Civil Liberties Union has filed lawsuits against small town municipalities for displaying the Ten Commandments at the entrance to the county courthouse, citing that same mythical clause in the Constitution. (Kinda makes you wonder if any of 'em have actually read the damned thing, doesn't it?)
In the America of today, a first grade boy is suspended for kissing a female classmate on the cheek on Valentine's Day.
In the America of today, a third grader is suspended for biting his Pop-Tart into a shape resembling a gun.
In the America of today, a liberal group called The American Humanist Association filed a lawsuit in Maryland protesting the display of a cross in a World War I memorial, demanding that the cross be taken down. (Wanna guess why?)
In the America of today, immigrants who enter our country illegally are provided with state-issued IDs, driver's licenses, and free financial aid at the behest of the liberals in Congress while America's veterans are denied the medical treatment they both earned and need, some of them dying in the process, by a Congress who's more concerned about "offending" the delicate sensitivities of the criminals in our country than they are about taking a dump in the lap of the men and women who put their lives on the line defending our nation.
When I was a kid I was taught by my parents, by the people in my church, and by my teachers in school to respect my elders, respect other people, treat other people the way I would like to be treated, and to keep my mitts off of things that didn't belong to me. I was taught that lying was wrong, stealing was wrong, goofing off and expecting to be rewarded for it was wrong, and that honor was everything. Without honor you have and are nothing, a lesson that was taught to me early on by my parents and a lesson that I've never forgotten. (I've ignored it a few times and paid the price for it, too, but I've never forgotten it.)
All of what I just mentioned are lacking or flat-out missing in today's society, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out how that happened or who's to blame for it.
Well, primarily to blame, that is. Most of the time blame is a two-way street, and this case is no exception. The lion's share of the blame for the degredation of the moral character of our nation belongs to the liberals, but the conservatives share in it as well. We share in it because we have allowed it to happen and haven't stood up and said, "Now wait just a damned minute, this is wrong!" because - are you ready for this? - we were taught to respect others and their opinions. So we held our tongue and went along, not realizing that the trickle would become a stream that would become a river that would become a flood.
And now we're up to our hips in it, and the water's still rising.
You want to stop the violence in America? Simple. Here's how to do it.
1. Don't pass more laws. Enforce the ones we already have.
2. Stop giving money away to the countries that hate us and start spending it HERE inside our borders instead. Then you'll have the money to make #1 happen.
3. Start teaching your children about The Golden Rule and about whatever religion you were raised in. Start teaching them to respect themselves, others, and other people's property.
We are a nation that was founded on Christian principles, and it's those principles that taught us as a new nation how to act and how to treat each other. Those principles work, and the proof is that our nation is still here after 238 years.
Want proof that abandoning those principles will be the downfall of our nation? Pick up a newspaper, turn on the TV or listen to the radio - you'll get all the proof you need.
You want to solve the problem of violence in our nation? Treat the disease, not the symptoms. Guns are the symptoms, not the disease.
Fix the people, and the problem will disappear.
IHC
Actually, the last two incidents of violence in public schools have been committed with knives instead of guns, the first one on April 9 in Pennsylvania where a student attacked 22 other students with a knife and sent a lot of them to the hospital, and now this one in Connecticut where a student was killed.
And the liberals have been stone cold silent on the whole thing. Not one peep from the liberal camp calling for background checks on knife purchases, or limits of how many knives you can buy at one time, or outlawing knife shows or the selling of knives between citizens, or the acceptable limits on the length of the blade. Wonder why that is?
I'll tell you why that is: because all of the things I mentioned in the previous paragraph are stupid, and they're stupid because anyone with an ounce of intelligence or COMMON SENSE knows that they won't work. They also know - and here's the point that the liberals and gun-grabbers will never concede - that knives aren't the problem. Knives are a tool, nothing more and nothing less.
PEOPLE ARE THE PROBLEM.
These latest two attacks prove two things better than any conservative supporter of the 2nd Amendment (such as myself) could ever do: First, it proves that you don't have to use a gun to put a serious hurtin' on a group of people, and second - and most importantly - if someone wants to commit an act of serious and/or deadly violence, they're going to find a way to do it. PERIOD.
You want to solve the gun and knife violence in our society? Passing laws won't help and is certainly not the answer. After all, murder is already illegal, as is assault with a deadly weapon. But that didn't stop anyone, did it? Nope, it sure as hell didn't. And "Gun Free Zones" aren't the answer, either. Va Tech, Columbine, Aurora, Newtown, Fort Hood (Twice!), Columbia Mall im Maryland, The Washington Navy Yard, and the Jewish Center are all proof of that.
Background checks? Don't make me laugh. We already have a system of background checks in place run by the Federal government, and that has done absolutely ZERO to stop the mass killings for two reasons: either the guns used were obtained illegally (Columbine, Newtown, Aurora), or the crime was committed after the weapon was legally purchased (Virginia Tech, Fort Hood). Hell, even the guy who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981 bought his pistol legally, but that sure didn't stop him from shooting at Ronnie, did it?
Limits on magazine capacity? Okay, so the bad guys carry four magazines instead of 3. Big friggin' deal.
No, if you want to solve the violence problem in our society, placing blame on and taking action against the tools used isn't the way to go. You've got to address the PEOPLE doing the violence - after all, THEY are the REAL cause of the violence, not the tools they use.
In a nutshell, the cause of the violence in all aspects and facets of the American society today can, in my humble opinion, be traced to one thing and one thing only - the gradual moral, ethical, and religious breakdown of our society which has taken place over the past 40+ years, brought on by the liberal agenda forced on the American people in the name of "equality" and "fair treatment."
Think I'm crazy? Think about this:
In the America of today, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed numerous lawsuits against the US military for "forcing soldiers, sailors and airmen" to be exposed to religious artifacts and rituals - such as crosses on tops of chapel, crosses on the lapels of chaplains, and Sunday church services. This same organization has filed lawsuits against the Air Force at Shaw AFB, SC for displaying a nativity scene on the base, claiming that it "violates the Constitutional provision providing for the separation of church and state." (There's that non-existent phrase again.)
In the America of today, the American Civil Liberties Union has filed lawsuits against small town municipalities for displaying the Ten Commandments at the entrance to the county courthouse, citing that same mythical clause in the Constitution. (Kinda makes you wonder if any of 'em have actually read the damned thing, doesn't it?)
In the America of today, a first grade boy is suspended for kissing a female classmate on the cheek on Valentine's Day.
In the America of today, a third grader is suspended for biting his Pop-Tart into a shape resembling a gun.
In the America of today, a liberal group called The American Humanist Association filed a lawsuit in Maryland protesting the display of a cross in a World War I memorial, demanding that the cross be taken down. (Wanna guess why?)
In the America of today, immigrants who enter our country illegally are provided with state-issued IDs, driver's licenses, and free financial aid at the behest of the liberals in Congress while America's veterans are denied the medical treatment they both earned and need, some of them dying in the process, by a Congress who's more concerned about "offending" the delicate sensitivities of the criminals in our country than they are about taking a dump in the lap of the men and women who put their lives on the line defending our nation.
When I was a kid I was taught by my parents, by the people in my church, and by my teachers in school to respect my elders, respect other people, treat other people the way I would like to be treated, and to keep my mitts off of things that didn't belong to me. I was taught that lying was wrong, stealing was wrong, goofing off and expecting to be rewarded for it was wrong, and that honor was everything. Without honor you have and are nothing, a lesson that was taught to me early on by my parents and a lesson that I've never forgotten. (I've ignored it a few times and paid the price for it, too, but I've never forgotten it.)
All of what I just mentioned are lacking or flat-out missing in today's society, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out how that happened or who's to blame for it.
Well, primarily to blame, that is. Most of the time blame is a two-way street, and this case is no exception. The lion's share of the blame for the degredation of the moral character of our nation belongs to the liberals, but the conservatives share in it as well. We share in it because we have allowed it to happen and haven't stood up and said, "Now wait just a damned minute, this is wrong!" because - are you ready for this? - we were taught to respect others and their opinions. So we held our tongue and went along, not realizing that the trickle would become a stream that would become a river that would become a flood.
And now we're up to our hips in it, and the water's still rising.
You want to stop the violence in America? Simple. Here's how to do it.
1. Don't pass more laws. Enforce the ones we already have.
2. Stop giving money away to the countries that hate us and start spending it HERE inside our borders instead. Then you'll have the money to make #1 happen.
3. Start teaching your children about The Golden Rule and about whatever religion you were raised in. Start teaching them to respect themselves, others, and other people's property.
We are a nation that was founded on Christian principles, and it's those principles that taught us as a new nation how to act and how to treat each other. Those principles work, and the proof is that our nation is still here after 238 years.
Want proof that abandoning those principles will be the downfall of our nation? Pick up a newspaper, turn on the TV or listen to the radio - you'll get all the proof you need.
You want to solve the problem of violence in our nation? Treat the disease, not the symptoms. Guns are the symptoms, not the disease.
Fix the people, and the problem will disappear.
IHC
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