The Donald

Ah, The Donald! Wonderful fellow he is. Claims that he will be able to save the country if we let him lead us by electing him to The Presidency of The United States of America. He says that he will be the utmost best “jobs president” our country has ever seen by bringing business' home from China and Japan along with many other nations to create jobs here at home. Of course this is while he has his own clothing line being manufactured in China and Bangladesh.

Mr. Trump of course must be the perfect man to lead our economy as well. He does seem to have a knack at creating companies which of course will create more jobs. Four of those times, The Donald has been able to declare bankruptcy and escape with little to no negative effect on his personal bank account. The man seems to be extremely good at running a duck and run game plan when that strategy is needed.

Speaking of that personal bank account though, he was not so successful at guarding it from Ivana and Marla. Two wives that learned all about the best of Mr. Trump, and of course the worst as well. He's on his third wife now and one can only wonder when she will be given the royal treatment that the other two have received. Being cheated on with other women while married has spoke volumes about his loyalty and character.

I absolutely love his position on immigration. He just recently in his announcement told the nation that immigration is ruining our country and is the death knell (my words) of the middle class. Seems that his grandparent immigrated and that his mother was from Scotland. That old saying, it takes one to know one, I guess he's got a right to talk about immigration as he truly is a product of it. By the way, has anybody seen his long form birth certificate? They say it was Queens, New York but I don't know it could have actually been Queensland, Australia. This is something that really needs to be looked into if he is going to be considered for the presidency.

Yes, the man knows how to make money while driving a business into the ground. He knows the reason for our floundering economy while doing business overseas. He knows all about women, their needs and place in society as his multiple marriages can attest to. Oh and one other thing, he knows how to switch political parties when the wind changes direction.

We Have Met The Enemy

There he is, good 'ol Uncle Sam pointing at me telling me that he wants me to stop being afraid of of other Americans, religions, classes, nations and speaking out. Saying that we are Americans, act like it.

Kinda funny when you consider that it has been our government that has been doing their utmost best at keeping us on the edge of panic concerning other nations. The fear mongering concerning other religions is coming from our churches, especially from the evangelical fundamentalist Christian side of the house. The department of Homeland Security with their terror alert does not seem foster any confidence in the people of our nation that all that money that goes into our military complex is doing anything to keep us safe at home.

Don't be afraid, but that is the very direction of emotional travel they point to us as where we should be living our lives. I remember back to the 9/11 episode where immediately after the twin towers came down, the pentagon was flown into and the passengers forced the terrorists to fly the last of the three planes into the ground rather than taking out another target. The very next day the skies were empty of planes and it stayed that way for a week or so. Yes, it may have been necessary in a need for security of our airways but my emotion was such that our freedom was taken away that day and has yet to actually been returned. Our government on that day told us that we were Americans and that we should continue living our lives as normal while they shut down. Our leaders that day chose to protect their own back sides by closing down as to not be a target while telling the population to get out there in plain sight and keep the country moving. There was too much money to be lost if the the people themselves all of a sudden stopped working and purchasing the products of the wealthy businessmen.

The following weeks and months brought us to a point that all citizens became and were treated as suspects of terrorism. The patriot act was born and our basic right to privacy was attacked by our own government in the stated need of security of our country. Ben Franklin said “Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” We all look at Ben Franklin as one of our founding fathers and an important member of a group that helped us establish a nation that people of others nations respected the freedoms that were offered to its citizens, who knew he was also a prophet. He sure seemed to hit that nail on the head when he made that statement, because here we are in that exact place. Trading liberty for security!

The fourth amendment to the constitution reads “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

The Patriot Act violated the constitution when I put a blanket warrant over all communication in this nation. The replacement USA Freedom Act hasn't really changed a thing. Today we live in a country where the government feels no loyalty to the constitution that they vowed to protect and defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

We have met the enemy and he is US !!!!!!!!!

Shepherds and Drovers

Leaders, shepherds are leaders but drovers no, not really.

Drovers push cattle from behind. The cattle do not consider them part of the herd. While driving the herd, they must have additional outriders to keep the herd together. It seems to me to be a terribly stressful time for the cattle and they learn only respect the whip rather than the cowboy.

Now shepherds on the other hand seem to have the respect of the flock. That staff that is historically carried has always been for the protection of the sheep and not to drive them forward. It's there for protection, to hold the wolves at bay so to speak. They follow because of that respect and the peace that is associated with him.

The biggest difference between leaders and those who are simply “in charge” is how they treat their flock, herd or people. Leaders are part of the whole while those in charge often make it a point to consider themselves above the rest.

Why do we do this?

People today

seem to go out of their way

in sharing the say

of those who say nay.

Then in protest they post

on this internet host

as an attempt then to roast

they go and share coast-to-coast.

The drivel and filth of the bitter.

There it is, that picture that just sets us off. A young man holding a burning flag, those girls standing upon it as it lies on the ground not to mention tea party member displaying it up-side-down. That's right, number three disrespects our flag every bit as much as numbers one and two. Each of these displays are there for one reason, to garner attention to the people in these pictures as they feel that they have something important to say. Though the law allows these displays of what is being sold as free speech and it really doesn't matter who it comes from, the misuse of the flag for purposes unintended will provoke somebody and often to the edge of violence.

When we see these images, what do we do?

We give them the attention they seek, what else. We protest their actions by displaying them for all to see with words written over their picture to tell folks just how terrible the action or statement is, and then tell others to share this picture. Wake up folks, you've just given them exactly what they've been wanting. Your attention and their message being shared with more people. If you want to protest their negative perspective on life in these United States of America, do it with a positive message rather than further circulating what you consider to be an anti American display. Promote the U. S. of A. rather than share that which is designed to tear it down.

Ben Carson Said What???

Ben Carson, yes that fellow vying for the republican nomination to run for the presidency said;

“Don't let the secular progressives drive God out of our lives.” He went on to say “We have to stop letting them bully us. . . . We back down too easily. It's an important part of who we are.”

He also claimed that progressives are politicizing religion and persecuting Christians.

“The fact of the matter is that I believe our founders set up a system that wasn’t supposed to cater to a political class,” he said. “It was supposed to cater to the people.”

“We’ve gotten everything confused,” Carson continued. “We’ve got to stop making everything into a political issue.”

Yet he makes this statement to further his political aspiration while attempting to minimize the rights of others who do not ascribe to his religious viewpoint. He makes the point that the government is supposed to cater to the people, yet he fights to deny the rights of the LGBT community. He has claimed that progressives are bullying and persecuting Christians while it is the evangelical far right that has attempted to limit the rights of the people to the way they interpret their bible.

I have to ask one question, it's a two part question. Who is making the question of “rights” political and who is bullying others to accept their way of life in this country that is supposed to have freedom from the government imposing religion on its people?

Our Militarized Police

The need to look like soldiers by our police departments seems to be the direction our nation has taken. From the combat gear they wear to the equipment they seek for use that has been designed for war. There's a funny thing that happens when males adorn themselves as soldiers. They take on a militaristic attitude in how they act. In other words, they begin to act as if they are soldiers who are at war. Yes, they start to play war. They appear to be going about their tour, shift if you may, watching for the opportunity to assert their authority as if the entire public is their enemy. After all, the patriot act basically has made us all suspects rather than citizen who are innocent until proven guilty of a crime.

Now, tell me something, what does the public see and think when they see officer friendly now dressed in full combat gear? How do they feel about the presence of these officers of the law when they are approached by an armed soldier rather than an officer who took an oath to protect and serve? To me it kind of suggests that are living under the occupation of an invading force and that we are being scrutinized as the enemy. With the ever growing incidences of police misconduct lately, that picture grows more vivid with each case.

There are plenty of good officers out there, I would say a great majority of them are. It's those officers that have taken the militarizing of their appearance and decided to play war that have brought the trust of police departments across this country to its lowest level in the history of our nation. Then once the “Blue Wall” is put in place to protect those who have abused their positions, the entire justice system takes on the face of those few bad officers. This has got to change, the “I feared for my life” statements are being shown to be less than true when what you see is someone running away and being shot in the back by the officer. Another incident where a perpetrator of not committing a crime is hassled then while on his face on the pavement, four shots ring out killing him.

The militarization of the police forces across this country has left us with an us against them society that has taken away more trust from our citizens than can be understood. When we fear the police more than those our government considers to be the terrorists, we have a problem.

I sure would like to bring back the days when we were able and very willing to teach our children that if they are ever lost or in trouble that they could turn to and trust the policeman on the corner for help.

The American Socialist

I got a question. Hows come republicans are so scared of socialism? I know, I know, BIG BROTHER!

Yes, big brother looking deep into the lives of the people of this country. Total control over all that we say, do, think and believe is the target of socialism. Yes that's scary and the funny thing is that it's the republican platform that continues to move us in that direction minus the social benefits in the name of freedom.

I've read that socialism and freedom go hand in hand but social suggests “for the people” not for the government to walk all over the people which again seems to be the direction the republicans are going while doing their reverse Robin Hood gig in robbing the poor to give to the rich. They want the control that is pictured in George Orwell's 1984 without the responsibility of taking care of the needs of the people of the nation.

Two of the greatest heroes of the conservative movement were Senator Joe McCarthy and FBI Director J Edgar Hoover. Both vigorously attacked communism with its socialistic ways while delving deeply into the private lives of the people of America. They themselves were acting out the “BIG BROTHER” scenario while supposedly fighting against it.

Today, they still want to control the nation through keeping the people ignorant. (a word I believe to be misused) Day after day they try to take steps in the direction toward making our country into a theocratic nation. They oppose sharia law of Islam while trying to impose a religious law of their own.

Tell me, who are the American Socialists?