America is Racist

From systemic racism to white supremacy, the far-left leaves no stone unturned to find something wrong with America. Since Donald Trump was elected President in 2016 it has been nothing less than a circus coming from the Democrat Party. The hatred spewed forth from the mouths of our elected officials is nothing if not proof of the anti-Americanism of the left.

Representatives Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Maxine Waters, and Nancy Pelosi to name just a few, have stated that America is the worst country in the world. According to the House of Representatives Democrat members, and some Republicans, America is founded on racism, is xenophobic, full of white supremacists, inequality reigns supreme between the rich capitalists and the poor workingman, and there is not one iota of fairness toward anyone that isn’t straight, white, Christian, and conservative.

 Everything must be seen through critical racism thinking and LGBTQ+ needs to be taught to our kindergarten aged children through college. Applying for a student loan means the taxpayer is going to pay the loan back. Illegal aliens are more important than American citizens and healthcare is a fundamental right for the world and the American taxpayer is responsible for it. History was not recorded in the right light and must be rewritten to say that America was founded on slavery, the Founders were white supremacists, Islam built the country, Israel and the Jews are the biggest enemies of the world, and we, as a nation, are to blame for the world’s problems.

During the Trump Administration, America gained so much. Record high employment, almost seven million more jobs than people to fill them; record low unemployment among minorities and women in history; record high stock market; securing the southern border with a wall thus curbing drug trafficking, human trafficking, and illegal border crossings; criminal justice reform freed thousands of blacks that were unjustly incarcerated; we did not get into any more wars and troops were being brought home; North Korea returned KIA/MIA warriors remains from the Korean Conflict; North Korea stopped nuclear missile testing; we were energy  independent for the first time in 75 years; three peace treaties in the Middle East; and, Trump’s major plan was America First!

On January 20, 2021, now President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order shutting down the Keystone XL Pipeline thus killing eleven thousand jobs with the stroke of a pen. In the four weeks since he was inaugurated as President of the United States, Mr. Biden has opened our borders to millions of illegal migrants, shut down new drilling and mining for fossil fuels, re-entered the United States into the Paris Climate Accord and the Iran Nuclear Deal. He has instituted more regulations for COVID-19 thus keeping the economy in check. He has given China access to our power grid and Russia, China, and Iraq our oil business. He has made phone calls to our enemies but ignored Benjamin Netanyahtu, Prime Minister of Israel, our staunch ally in the Middle East. Finally, in one of his first speeches as President, he stated clearly and firmly that the America First policies of Donald Trump were over.

With the devastation of the world’s economies due to the COVID pandemic, the American economy had started to gain. No more. With the regulations, closings, mandates, etc. of the new Harris/Biden administration, the economy is starting to tank again. Millions of Americans are out of work. Hundreds of thousands of small businesses are closed, some permanently. Millions of Americans are homeless and hungry. With all that, all the Americans that are suffering due to a pandemic that was set upon the world by China, President Joe Biden is opening our borders to hundreds of thousands of illegals, none of which are vaccinated against COVID and they won’t be checked. The Harris/Biden administration is borrowing trillions of dollars from China for Democrat pet projects, foreign countries, and a very small pittance to the American people.

While Democrat Congressmen/women call for, condone and encourage rioting, looting, arson, assault, and anti-police actions in major cities across the nation, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi files an article of impeachment against the outgoing President, Donald Trump, for inciting insurrection. With the breaching of the Capitol Building during the confirmation of the electoral vote, a couple of hundred people entered the Capitol Building with the intent to stop the process after a rally President Trump had. At least that is what the media is wanting us to believe. What has come to light is that the incursion was pre-planned days in advance and that several of the people were registered Democrats and Biden supporters.

How, or why, did Ms. Pelosi file this article? It is her belief, so she says, that Trump incited an insurrection by calling for his rally participants to PEACEFULLY AND PATRIOTICALLY go to the Capitol and protest. The impeachment in the House lasted two hours, there was no investigation, no witnesses, no input from the Trump people, and very little debate. In other words: absolutely no due process. It was after the article was filed that information came out that the incursion was pre-planned, it started before Trump finished speaking, and it would have taken up to an hour and a half after the rally before anyone there could have gotten to the Capitol.

Over the last year, the left has been at war with conservatives. Social media has permanently banned Donald Trump. Any speech that comes close to questioning the 2020 election results is shut down. Democrat congressmen/women have called for the removal of any representative that called for an investigation into the 2020 election fraud. CNN has called for the removal of FoxNews from airing. Any speech that doesn’t exactly conform to the left’s way of thinking is censored. Critical racial thinking, LGBTQ+ ideology, and globalism is the only speech allowed without question.

The Democrats control the White House, the House of Representatives, and, with Kamala Harris as the tie breaker, the Senate. They are making no false claims of Americanism. The whole Democrat ideology is being forced down the throat of every American through Executive Action. President Biden is signing EO after EO, not using the Constitutionally legal way to legislate. He must undo everything Trump did as quickly as possible.

Due process is gone unless it is a liberal that is being questioned. Fraud and corruption are allowed as long as it benefits the left. Conservative speech is censored. Protest is outlawed for conservatives, but rioting is allowed for liberals. Being white is being a racist and white supremacist. Questioning the right over anything is fine but to question a liberal over blatant and open criminality is not allowed. All a person needs to do is go along with the left and everything will be fine.

With the Biden’s known connection with the Communist Chinese government and the Ukrainian government; Mitch McConnell’s connection with the Communist Chinese government; Eric Swalwell’s love affair with a Chinese spy; and who knows how many other government employees or elected officials have foreign ties, when does treason come into the equation? These people are compromised and, as in the case of Eric Swalwell, have access to national secrets. Congress, and the Deep State are a threat to our National Security! For god’s sake we need to get rid of these people.

America is not a racist nation. America is not consumed with white supremacy. America is not the world’s sugar daddy. America, like every other country in the world, has had its problems, and still does. That does not make America bad. The Founders instituted a unique form a government of, by, and for the people. Why? To form a more perfect Union. We are not perfect, but we are constantly working on becoming more perfect. America is the best country in the world. We are the freest nation. We have a way to go to overcome the problems we have. The biggest problem we have is a political party that hates America and what she stands for. The Democrat Party is America’s most dangerous enemy; the enemy within. 

The Media vs the American People

As I sit back and watch what is happening in the world, how social media and the mainstream media are controlling our thoughts, I am totally amazed. Here in the United States of America, the most democratic, the freest, nation in the world we are manipulated and controlled by a biased media and an intolerant, far left-leaning Congress.

As President Donald J Trump fights to keep America free, safe, and economically sound, our so-called representatives are fighting him tooth-and-nail on all fronts. They call him a Nazi, fascist, xenophobe, homophobe, racist; all because he wants to build a physical barrier between Mexico and the U.S., he wants to deport illegal aliens, he wants to have a photo ID to vote, he wants fair trade deals, and on and on. All the liberal left can do is investigate, investigate, investigate. There has never been a president so persecuted; not even Richard M Nixon was investigated this hard.

Why are they doing it? Let's take a walk through recent history.

During the primaries for the 2016 election, Hillary R Clinton rigged the selection process so that she would win the nomination for the Democratic presidential candidacy. The people, clearly, would have chosen Bernie Sanders by far.

During the presidential campaign, Clinton was given debate questions beforehand. She bought a shaky dossier from a former British spy of dirt about Trump from the Russians. She was also investigated for having an unsecured server with classified U.S. Documents on it. Because of bias in government, she was exonerated before any investigation started. During that investigation, she deleted over 30,000 emails that were subpoenaed by Congress, wiped her server clean with Bleach-bit, destroyed phones and removed SIM cards.

Bill Clinton received half a million dollars for a speech given in Russia, the Clinton Foundation received tens of millions of dollars from Russia, and let's not forget the Uranium One deal where 20% of our uranium was sold to Russia while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State.

Yet, here we are, over two years into the Trump Administration and all we hear is that Trump colluded with the Russians to win an election that even he didn't think he'd win. The liberal left were so hurt and dismayed by his historic, landslide win against the favorite that they are doing all they can to destroy him and his administration. The election was rigged against him, the Mueller investigation was rigged against him, the mainstream media is rigged against him, the former administration is fighting against him, yet here he is, fighting every day for America, and winning.

What does this have to do with being controlled and manipulated by social and mainstream media? CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The LA Times, Hollywood celebrities, athletes, college professors, anyone that leans left constantly pour out negative stories about Donald Trump. Not one of them ever says anything about the good he's done and is doing. They are more interested in destroying him. All because their savior, Hillary Rodham Clinton, didn't get elected. Yes, she won the popular vote by about 1.5 million votes. The thing about that is those votes came from New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Should three cities control what the entire nation does? The Democrats think so.

The socialist/communist agenda of the Democratic Party is being shoved down the collective throats of the entire nation. Universal everything is a fundamental right to all in the world at the expense of the U.S. Taxpayer. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has gone so far as to say it is a fundamental right for everyone to have an income to live on, even if they are unwilling but able, to work. Socialism at its best. The younger generation, the generation called Millennials, are all for this. They believe that they are owed a living with no effort from them. Thank you, Socialist Representatives, social media, and the mainstream media that parrot this talk on a 24/7 basis.

After over two years of extensive investigation, the Mueller Team found absolutely no evidence of any collusion by Donald J Trump or his campaign even though the far-left liberals and the mainstream media have been pronouncing, daily, that there was clear evidence. They are still saying it even after the Mueller Report came out stating there was no collusion. The Democrats just won't give up until they find something, anything, against the one President, since JFK, that is totally for America. And Kennedy was shot because of it.

The antisemitic terrorist attacks around the world are blamed on Trump by the left. Any terrorist attack is blamed on Trump. Why? The left doesn't like his straight, politically incorrect talk. He says what he thinks without a filter. Instead of blaming the radical Islamic, antisemitic, pro-socialist, racist terrorists for what they are doing, the left must blame Trump. Yes, they hate him that much. They hate him because he is against their anti-American ideology. The mainstream media and social media follow the left to the letter.

There are four freshman Congresswomen that have basically taken over the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives. Each and every one of them has gone before cameras and the press and disrespected our nation in one way or another. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Oman have spoken out against Israel and the Jewish people, our biggest ally and the only Democratic nation in that region. Omar had the audacity to actually say “Some people did something” about the 9/11 attack on our nation and that all terror attacks around the world are due to America. AOC constantly accuses our men and women on the border as running concentration camps and being Nazis. Ayanna Pressly has said that if a black, brown, yellow face can't speak with the same color voice they don't need to be involved or heard.

The media has largely ignored all of the things these women have said and done. Instead, the media, the people that the nation goes to for truth in reporting and understanding in what goes on around the globe, have said that Trump is a racist, fascist., and a misogynist that is destroying the country with his tweets. As the 'Squad,' as they call themselves, give speeches, put out tweets, and give press conferences on how bad Trump has treated them, the press will not condemn them for any of their racist, Fascist, antisemitic, or anti-American rhetoric. The press praises these people like they are gods.

The mainstream media has become the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party. Instead of news, we get an opinion. Instead of reporting all the good that Trump has and is doing, we hear everything against him. They tear apart every tweet, every speech, even every gesture that the President makes and makes him look the bad guy. All the while screaming out the attributes of the new Socialist Democratic Party and ignoring that party's anti-American, pro-socialist, racist rants.

Whatever happened to news anchors like Walter Cronkite?

“And that's the way is was...”

When Did the Democrats Become so Anti-American?

When did the Democrat Party become so anti-American? A better question would be – why did they become so anti-American? If you are a Democrat you would disagree with me on this. The problem with that is all a person needs to do is listen to what each and every Democrat in Washington DC is saying. Listen to what the two dozen or so Presidential candidates are saying on the campaign trail. It is all about socialism, anti-Trump, doing away with the Bill of Rights (or at least some of them), more for illegals (to the point of making being an illegal alien legal), racism, sexism, anti-white and pro-black, gay, trans, immigrant, etc.

If this country was so racist and sexist then people like Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris, Corey Booker, Maxine Waters, Ayanna Pressley, Colin Powell, Ben Carson, etc would not be in Congress or other government offices. In fact, according to the Democrats the Republicans are so racist that it's pathetic. Amazing since the 41^st Congress had two House members and a Senate member that was black. These three were from Georgia, South Carolina and Mississippi and all were Republican. The 42^nd Congress (1871 to 1873) had five Black members, all Republican. The 43^rd Congress had seven House members, all Republican. The 44^th, eight; the 45^th, four; the 46^th, one; the 47^th, two; 48^th, two.... all Republican and all from the southern states. The first Democrat was in the 74^th Congress (1937-39).

As for women in Congress, it was the 65^th (1917) Congress before a woman was elected. And guess what? She was a Republican. It was another four years before another woman served, the 67^th (1921-23) Congress had four women, one was a Democrat. Since that first Representative, Jeannette Rankin of Montana, served 365 women have served in Congress. As of the first of this year, there are 131 women serving. This and the information for blacks in Congress came from House.gov/history.

With this record it is obvious that America is racist and sexist. As of right now, the 116^th Congress has 52 immigrants and children of immigrants serving in the House and 16 serving in the Senate of which 57 are Democrats and 10 are Republican. Bernie Sanders, the final one, is a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist but a registered Independent. This is from the Pew Research Center.

Let' go with LGBT members. There have been three Senators, Democrats, that are openly gay or bisexual and 21 House members, of which seven are Republican. Currently, there are only ten members, all Democrats. I guess this means that the country isn't made up of a bunch of homophobes or xenophobes, either. Granted, the list of openly gay members was from Wikipedia which I don't usually use as a resource but it was the only page that would open on my phone.

Let's get into the freshman members of this Congress: AOC, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley. These four, calling themselves “The Squad,” are very vocal about how bad the USA is. AOC being the most vocal. Not only is everything about this country racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic, and Nazi, they hate that our economy is capitalist, we want secure borders, we want the rule of law, and we don't want all the illegals to stay here. AOC is so vocal about it that she makes a fool of herself with all her falsehoods about what is happening with the illegals held in detention. Omar is spouting off embellished facts about our history to high school students to make the country look bad and Tlaib is demanding that we do away with the Bill of Rights. Pressley is just following along with her cohorts tirades no matter what they say. This is what America wants? This is what the Democrat Party is becoming?

Every day there are more and more incidents that make me wonder where these people are from. There are far too many things said, and done, by the Anti-American Party on a daily basis that it is hard to keep up with it all. There is nothing these people don't want to destroy when it comes to American morals and values. They want a socialist country. Period. They want total government control over every aspect of our lives. They want the American taxpayer to fund living expenses to illegals and the able-but-unwilling to work. They want white Americans to pay for the transgressions of our ancestors by way of reparations for slavery; by the way, those reparations are only to blacks, not the Irish or the Chinese whose ancestors were slaves. They want universal healthcare paid for by the taxpayer. College tuition paid for. Down payments for housing for poor blacks. What happened to being responsible for yourself? What happened to American pride? What happened to self-pride?

So, since the Democrats want to spew falsehoods out of their mouths constantly about how bad this country is, I would like to know when they became the Anti-American Party? Why are they so against everything American? I realize that their hatred for the current Commander-in-Chief is tantamount to GHW Bush's hatred for broccoli or WJ Clinton's love of sex but that shouldn't mean that they should do everything in their power against the people of the country. Especially since it is the people that have voted them in. At least I think the people voted them in. Maybe it wasn't the citizens of the country but the illegals, the dead, the double voting that got them all elected or re-elected. However, they got in there, or kept their seats, it is a shame that they don't represent the country, the flag, or their constituents.

What is the Democrat Party - the Anti-American Party

There has always been corruption in government. After all, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Since the earliest times in the history of 'civilized' humankind, the greed for power over people has prevailed over righteousness and honor. Only King Arthur was the perfect ruler. There have been good rulers and there have been monsters; all have been corrupt in one way or another.

In today's world, corruption is not even hidden away behind doors in secret meetings and backroom deals. It is out in the open and celebrated. Since the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump the Democrat Party has done everything possible to destroy his administration; all the while they are the ones perpetrating the crimes of which they accuse him. The liberal agenda is all that matters along with them gaining power. They alluded collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia while the Clinton campaign bought a false dossier from a former British spy that obtain information from.... the Russians. The Clinton Foundation received millions from Russia and, as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was instrumental in the sale of US uranium to... once again, the Russians.

Before the Donald was inaugurated the Democrats were screaming they would impeach him and that battle cry has not ended. They instigated a special counsel investigation into Russian collusion against the President. That investigation turned into obstruction of justice when President Trump fired the head of the FBI, James Comey, for various procedural violations. After 22 months of intense investigation, including 19 top attorneys, 50 investigators, 2500 subpoenas, and 500 interrogations Robert Mueller, the special investigator, came out with his report. He disappointed all his Democrat friends in Congress by finding that the Trump campaign had not colluded with the Russians, that the Russians had tried to entice them into collusion but were turned down and that the Attorney General would have to make the final decision of obstruction.

Needless to say this did not make the Democrats happy. They wanted Mueller to find that the President of the United States had committed a felony so they would have a reason to get rid of him. Instead of applauding the outcome, Adam Schiff, chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, demands that the Attorney General hand over the Mueller Report, unredacted, with all documentation used in the report; whether it is legal for the AG to do so or not. Mr. Schiff believes that Robert Mueller and William Barr, the Attorney General, are not being forthcoming with the information given them and that President Trump did, in fact, collude with the Russians to make sure he won the election.,

This is what it boils down to -  Hillary Rodham Clinton was to be the next president, not Donald Trump. Hillary had rigged the primaries so that Bernie Sanders lost the nomination, she was handed debate questions so that she knew how to answer, she was the Chosen One to win the 2016 election and become the first female president and finish the work started by Barack Obama. The only problem was that the American people decided that she was not the one to sit in the Oval Office. We wanted someone that was not a career politician, that couldn't be bought off, that had the safety and well-being of the nation as a priority. We elected a businessman instead of the Chosen One. That was not how it was supposed to be and the Democrats won't let that die. And, they refuse to work with our duly elected President to make America safer, more prosperous and, if I may, great again,

Why won't they work for America? Because they don't like America. They want open borders, medical care for all who want it, no matter if they are citizens or not, voting rights for illegals and other non-citizens, welfare for anyone who comes here whether legally or illegally. They want socialism. They want to disarm the country. They want the freedom of speech only for the liberal left. They want the downfall of Christianity and the rise of Islam. They want boys in the girls' bathroom. They want racial divide. They want the downfall of America and what she stands for. Granted, these accusations are only my opinion but they come from watching what the Democrats say and do. An educated deduction if you will.

The overwhelming evidence of obstruction of justice against Hillary Clinton is undeniable: over 30,000 emails deleted, servers wiped clean with bleach-bit, phones and Blackberries smashed with a hammer, and using a private server for confidential government correspondence (which was hacked by foreign entities). James Comey, head of the FBI at the time, decided that there was no reason to prosecute. The reason behind this decision, a decision that was not his to make, was because it was right before the 2016 election and Hillary Clinton could not be president if she was in federal prison. It has been revealed since then that Mrs. Clinton had been exonerated of any wrongdoing before she was even interviewed.

Let's not forget about Loretta Lynch, Attorney General at the time, talking with Bill Clinton on a tarmac, then telling the DOJ to do nothing against Hillary. Or Peter Strozk and Lisa Paige, FBI investigators, talking through texting about making sure Trump didn't win, and having 'insurance' in case he did. How about Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, head of the DNC at the time, colluding to make sure that Bernie Sanders did not get the nomination? The list goes on and on, full of top-level Obama Administration officials doing everything they could to keep Hillary Clinton as clean as new fallen snow, and everything they could against Donald Trump to keep him out of office.

Yet, here we are, almost two years later, after intensive investigation, with the Democrats screaming that the Trump campaign, and Donald Trump, himself, colluded with Russian spies and obstructed justice by firing James Comey. Robert Mueller was supposed to find something they could use to impeach the President, and he didn't. He failed the left. Now, they want to do a Congressional investigation into their fantasy of Russian collusion and obstruction; as if they could find something when their star investigator, with extensive resources, could not.

The Democrats want power. They will do anything, and everything, they must to get, and retain that power. Speaker of House, Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, have said it: they must get the power back no matter what. This is why the Democrats are against building a physical barrier between Mexico and the United States. This is why there are Sanctuary cities, counties, and states (which are all Democrat controlled). This is why the Democrats are against voter ID laws. This is why they want to do away with the Electoral College. They know that the American People are done with their anti-American ideology. The only way for Democrats to get, and stay, in power is through illegal voting. If they can't win fairly, they will cheat.

Now, since President Trump has said he should send all the illegals to sanctuary cities, the Democrats are screaming about how unfair, inhumane, sophomoric, and petulant that would be; that he is just perpetrating a political ploy against them. Every sanctuary city, every sanctuary state, is run by Democrats. They were even dancing in their offices when they became sanctuary cities. Once again, the liberal hypocrisy is brought to light. As long as it isn't them that is risking, or losing, anything, they will legislate whatever they believe will get them elected again. They don't care about immigrants, only to get their votes. They don't care about Americans at all, they've already lost most of their votes.

After the first Democratic debates I've come to realize that not one of the current candidates are for America. They made that perfectly clear with all the talk about giving illegal aliens everything while taxing the American public even more. It seems to me that my new nick-name for the Democrat Party is pretty close to true – The Anti-American Party. Nothing that was said on that stage was pro-America or pro-American. There wasn't even an American Flag anywhere on that stage. Doesn't that tell you something about this Socialist/Communist Party? It does me. It tells me that if we want to keep America alive, keep the American Dream alive, we have to keep Donald J Trump in office. We have to reclaim the House of Representatives. We need to keep the Senate.

With radical Islamists in the House, namely Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib and openly socialist/communists like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, there is always a chance that the nation will fall into the hands of our enemies. With every Democratic presidential candidate against everything American, where is this country headed? Free everything who is going to pay for it all? The American taxpayer will. I, for one, do not agree with anything that has come out of the mouths of any of these people for quite some time.

Keep your guard up, America. It's us against tyranny in the form of the Democrat Party.

What Exactly Is a Conservative, Liberal or Libertarian?

What does it mean to be a conservative? What does it mean to be a liberal? How about a libertarian? I mean, we all claim to be something politically, emotionally, socially, etc. So, what does that mean, exactly? To figure that out, we need to know the definition of each. Let’s go to my favorite dictionary, the Oxford American Dictionary, Third Edition.

Conservative: adj. 1 opposed to change and holding traditional values. 2 (in politics) favoring free enterprise and private ownership. [Synonyms: 1 right-wing, reactionary, traditionalist, old-fashioned, dyed-in-the-wool, hidebound, unadventurous, set in your ways. 2 conventional, sober, modest, sensible, restrained. Antonyms: socialist, radical.]

Liberal: adj. 1 willing to respect and accept behavior or opinions different from your won. 2 (in politics) supporting the freedom of individuals and in favor of political and social reform. 3 generous in applying or adding something. 4 not strictly literal or exact. [Synonyms: tolerant, unprejudiced, broad-minded, open-minded, enlightened, permissive, free (and easy), easygoing, libertarian, indulgent, lenient. 2 a liberal social agenda, progressive, advanced, modern, forward-looking, forward-thinking, enlightened, reformist, radical. Antonyms: reactionary, strict.]

Libertarian: n. 1 a person who believes in libertarianism. 2 a person who argues for civil liberty. Libertarianism: n. a political philosophy arguing for very limited state intervention in the lives of citizens.

So, where do we all stand, politically and socially? As for me, a conservative, I believe in less government, self-reliance and self-responsibility, strong defense, secure borders, semi-isolationism, literal meaning of the Constitution, keeping personal freedoms and respecting others opinions even if they differ from mine. So, what am I really? According to the definitions above I am actually part conservative, part liberal and part libertarian.

Where do my liberal friends stand? Seems to me like they are just a bit liberal and libertarian; no conservatism there at all. Funny how the antonyms of conservative is “socialist and radical” and how those two terms seem to fit the liberals behavior since the election of November 8, 2016. (Especially the ‘radical’ part.)

This is not going to be me downgrading the liberals. Not this time. For one reason, I have not a clue as to why my liberal friends do what they do or think what they think. I did hear someone, I simply do not recall the guy’s name, title, job description or political party, explain that liberals, since the early 1960’s and the race problems of the time, have identified with being on the moral high ground. After all, they stand up and fight for the minorities of the world thus placing them above everyone else, especially conservatives, in this politically correct world. Is this how they really think? They would disagree, I believe. I really don’t know since I am not a liberal.

I am a conservative, with a little liberal and libertarian thrown in for good measure. I don’t like change and I will grab on to those traditional values with a death grip. Free enterprise and private ownership (capitalism for those of you from Chariton, Iowa and Rio Linda, California), are what brings about competition and wealth building. I do believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinions and their right to voice those opinions, even if they differ from my own. I believe in individual freedoms as long as those freedoms do not interfere or do away with my own. I will fight for everyone’s civil liberties (which, to me, are individual freedoms).

I try to be tolerant of other people’s lifestyles, religions, ethnicity and cultures. I am as far from prejudiced as you can get as far as racism, religion and orientation. Open-minded, yes (I have actually been known to change my mind if given facts that I didn’t know before). As for permissive, indulgent and lenient? Nah, too much of that and people become ‘entitled’ and that is not a good thing. I would like to think that I am forward-thinking, advanced and modern (as much as my old school brain can manage).

What strikes me most about liberals, as for synonyms, is radical, permissive, indulgent, and lenient. If a parent is permissive, indulgent and lenient with a child, what happens to that child? They become brats that think they deserve everything without giving anything or working for things. REALLY? And where is America today? We have a bunch of ‘entitled’ children that are brats, have no respect for anyone or anything (including law enforcement and government), and believe the world owes them a living and don’t want to work for anything.

I have not known any liberal to actually tolerate, indulge, or be willing to respect and accept opinions of anyone other than those that think the way they do. Try to have a debate with a liberal. You can’t. You cannot use logic, common sense or facts if any of those things go against what they believe. I have been called some of the most heinous of things because I don’t agree with the liberal way of thinking on a lot of subjects. When I state facts, they are said to be ‘alternative facts’ or lies or unsubstantiated reports. Doesn’t matter if those facts are from reputable sources or even their own officials.

I am not insulting any liberal or, at least, I’m not trying to. All I am doing is stating facts as I have seen and heard through personal experience. Am I just as hard-headed as some liberals? Of course I am on some subjects; on other subjects, not so much. Prove to me where I am wrong and I will most likely change my view. But I must have facts from reputable sources, eye witnesses, and incontrovertible evidence. Call me Trey Gowdy, Jr.

So, how do you look at yourself? Are you conventional, sensible, restrained, and a traditionalist or are you socialist, radical, easygoing, indulgent, lenient, reformist? Only you know the answer to this question. The bigger question is where do you want our country to go? We were founded on those fundamentally traditionalist, right-wing, old-fashioned, sensible, restrained ideals with individual freedoms and liberties guaranteed by our Constitution. That is what America is. We are not a country without borders, without respect for government and law enforcement, where everyone gets their way regardless of how others feel, where government controls every aspect of our lives and everyone is entitled to everything without working for it.

Free enterprise is what built this nation. Individual freedom is what has brought millions and millions of immigrants here (legally). Radical ideas of a new form of government, never tried before in history, is what got us those things. You can’t reinvent the wheel and make it better. It still has to be round to move that vehicle. A country without borders is not a country. National security is more important than open arms to anyone. Free everything will kill our economy. Wealth redistribution will not make anyone wealthy. The biggest problem with socialism is that sooner or later you will run out of other people’s money. Traditional values, you know - self-reliance and self-responsibility, are what will keep us going forward.

Dressing up as vaginas and protesting for ‘women’s rights’ will not gain anything; especially since those doing that are not actually protesting for women’s rights, only the right to kill unborn children. Women have equal rights and in a lot of cases have more rights. Minorities have the same rights as those so-called white-privileged people. If not, then why are there so many minorities that have risen to great heights? People like Barack Obama, Ben Carson, Colin Powell, Condaleeza Rice, Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Jackie Robinson, etc. are all far above a lot of white-privilege people. So don’t tell me that just because a person is white they are better off than those that are not. Don’t tell me that homosexuals are worse off than heterosexuals when Hollywood is filled with extremely rich and powerful homosexuals. Don’t tell me that immigrants can’t become great statesmen/women, businessmen/women, athletes, etc. when you see it all the time.

As soon as you stop empowering that victim ideology to people and start empowering the fact that anyone can achieve their dreams then this country, actually the world, will become a better place for everyone.

Sorry, got a little off topic didn’t I? Not really when you consider that all the racism, victim ideology and radical protests are coming from the liberal left and the conservative right is out here wondering why they are doing it.

Decide for yourself what you are and what you want. As Smokey the Bear said, “Only You can prevent the downfall of America.”

What is Right and What is Wrong?

     What is right? What is wrong? Is there a distinction between the two? It’s been said that nothing is either right or wrong but the thinking makes it so. An example of this is the difference between throwing someone off a building because they are gay and protecting that same gay person’s civil liberties. These are two different cultures; two different ways of looking at right and wrong. So, depending on what culture you live in depends on what is considered wrong.

     Here, in The United States, we have two different cultures that reside side by side. There is the conservative side that believes in self-sufficiency, self-reliance, smaller government, fiscal responsibility, the right to life, Christian values. Then, there is the liberal side that believes in big government that controls the population through regulation and laws. The many provide for the few that require help. In other words: from those according to their ability to those according to their need (which, by the way, is a Communist ideology). Liberals believe that it is a woman’s right to end a pregnancy simply because she doesn’t want to have a baby. Which is right and which is wrong? Or, are they both right and wrong?

     The Constitution of the United States became binding upon ratification by the ninth state, New Hampshire, on June 21, 1788. This document is the Law of the Land, permanent, binding and concise in meaning. It is not a ‘living document’ meant to represent the political agenda at any given time. It was written so as to be very difficult to change. The only way to change the Constitution is by an amendment which has to be ratified by a two-thirds vote of the States.

     The Constitution states that federal law supersedes any law of the States. Article VI is clear on this. Federal law is supreme and if any State law conflicts with Federal law, Federal law holds.

Article II explains how the President is elected. After the election of Donald J Trump in 2016, the liberal left has bemoaned the use of the Electoral College, saying that it is not fair. The Electoral College is set in stone in the Constitution. This is to make it fair to all states, from the least populated to the most populated. The States argued during the construction of the Constitution about how to make each State fairly represented. This is why the House of Representatives is filled by population and the Senate is filled with only two representatives from each state, and, the Electoral College was set up to represent each state fairly in any election for the high office.

     The Bill of Rights; the first ten amendments to the Constitution are the most important. Each one states certain inalienable rights to each citizen of the United States. Each is concisely written so as not to be misunderstood. There is no interpretation to be used.

     Amendment One provides several rights protections: to express ideas through speech and the press, to assemble or gather with a group to protest or for other reasons and to ask the government to fix problems. It also protects the right to religious beliefs and practices. It prevents the government from creating or favoring a religion. The Supreme Court has stated that burning the American Flag is protected under this amendment. Burning a flag, rioting, destroying property, etc., is not speech, a gathering, or asking the government to fix a problem. These are actions. Actions are not speech. The Supreme Court, in my opinion, was wrong in their decision to allow flag burning as freedom of speech. Rioting, looting, destruction of property, etc., are against the law and are in no way an expression of ideas through speech or the press.

     Amendment Two protects the right to keep and bear arms. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” This is the entire amendment as it was written. There is no room for interpretation. Although the liberal left would like to believe that this is an outdated right because we have law enforcement officials to protect us, this was not meant for that reason. This was written because of what the Colonists had just fought a long war to overcome. There is no debate. This has nothing to do with hunting or feeding your family. It has everything to do with protecting yourself, your family, your community, your country from tyranny; to keep this nation free and safe from enemies, both foreign and domestic.

     The Third Amendment prevents the government from forcing homeowners to allow soldiers to use their homes. Before the Revolutionary War, laws gave British soldiers the right to take over private homes.

     The Fourth Amendment bars the government from unreasonable search and seizure of an individual or their private property.

     The Fifth Amendment provides several protections for people accused of crimes. It states that serious criminal charges must be started by a grand jury.  A person cannot be tried twice for the same offense {double jeopardy) or have property taken away without just compensation. People have the right against self-incrimination and cannot be imprisoned without due process of law (fair procedures and trials.) This amendment is one of the most important, in my opinion, and the most abused, by citizens and law enforcement. OJ Simpson was charged with murder and acquitted. Then, he was charged with a civil crime of wrongful death. Are these two crimes different? Only in the way they are prosecuted; same crime, different wording. In a legal search, personal property can be taken as evidence. Is that property returned or compensated for if the accused is found not guilty (innocent and not guilty are two different things). As for being held without due process, this is for citizens of the United States. War criminals, foreign nationals, illegal immigrants all have cried out, and the liberal left has joined in the cry, that they are entitled to due process under the Constitution. They are not held to the Constitution. They are not citizens of this great nation. War criminals, especially, cannot be expected to be protected under the Constitution. They are fighting against that law and the destruction of that law.

     The Sixth Amendment provides additional protections to people accused of crimes, such as the right to a speedy and public trial, trial by an impartial jury in criminal cases, and to be informed of criminal charges. Witnesses must face the accused, and the accused is allowed his or her own witnesses and to be represented by a lawyer. Here again, war criminals cry out that they are treated unfairly because they are not allowed protection under this amendment. Why should they be protected by the very thing they are fighting to destroy?

     The Seventh Amendment extends the right to a jury trial in federal civil cases. I have not researched if there are any cases that have not been protected under this amendment. As far as I know, every accused has been given the right to a jury by trial.

     The Eighth Amendment bars excessive bail and fines and cruel and unusual punishment. Here is an amendment, an inalienable right, that seems to have gone by the wayside without a murmur from the citizens of this great nation. Fines are exorbitant for some of the smallest offenses. Some people are charged high bail fees while others accused of the same or worse crimes are let go on their own recognizance. I understand the idea behind a flight risk. But, through personal experience, I have seen the unfairness of the judicial system on fines and bail. As for unusual punishment, once again, there are cries from the left that minorities, illegal immigrants, and war criminals are treated unfairly in their punishments. Is this the case? I would have to research hundreds, if not thousands, of individual cases to make a determination on this. The left would cite a few minority cases as the norm and this would be an injustice to the whole. Yes, there are cases where justice is unfair. The scales are tipped against the accused. Lady Justice is peeking from behind her blindfold at times. But, I believe, for the most part, that justice is equal for all according to the crime committed as far as race, color, sex, national origin, etc. are concerned.

     The Ninth Amendment states that listing specific rights in the Constitution does not mean that people do not have other rights that have not been spelled out.

     The Tenth Amendment says that the Federal Government only has those powers delegated in the Constitution. If it isn’t listed, it belongs to the states or to the people. The one thing a person must realize with this amendment is that Federal law supersedes state law if there is a conflict.

     Why, you ask, did I list out and explain the Bill of Rights? Because this is where the conservative right and the liberal left differ and it becomes a matter of right and wrong. The left, it seems, only use these rights if it benefits them. The Second Amendment, for example, is only used for protecting government officials, celebrities, and other high ranking citizens. The everyday Joe doesn’t need to protect him/herself. The First Amendment, as long as a person agrees with the left, free speech is fine; disagree and you are castigated and your right to free speech is muffled. The press has become a liberal opinion publication instead of reporting facts. Sensationalism and being the first to report on something is more important than actually investigating to make sure the rumors are true. And, when called out on false reporting, it comes down to free speech. Rioting and destruction of property is now an expression of free speech if it is for a liberal cause (I don’t, personally, recall any conservative march or protest that became violent and caused property damage).

     So, what is right and what is wrong? It all depends on the way you think. To the liberal left, the socialist/communist ideology is right even if it infringes on the rights of the people. To the conservative right, the Constitution is the supreme law and there is no interpretation thereof. Personal freedoms, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is the American way; at least to the right. The left seems to think that the only way is to force everyone to their way of thinking regardless of how someone feels.

     I don’t care if you are white, black, brown, yellow, red, pink or polka-dotted. It doesn’t matter to me if you like the same sex or the opposite sex. You are from Russia, Indonesia, Mexico, Asia, Guatemala, the UK… as long as you aren’t trying to destroy my rights, liberties or my country I have no problem with you. If you come from a country that is known to harbor, train, export, or finance terrorism against my country, then stay out of my country. The President has every right, in fact, has the responsibility, to keep those who may do this country harm out. It really doesn’t matter if Achmed is an Oxford scholar and distinguished dignitary; if he resides in a country that is known to produce terrorists, then the possibility of him being a terrorist is greater than someone that resides in a country that is not known for that.

     The liberal left would like everyone to believe that every living soul on the planet is a friend. That we should allow all immigrants, refugees, the tired and poor of every country, into our borders regardless of where they come from. This is sheer idiocy. I put to you a question: if there were a hundred M&Ms in a bowl and two of them were poisoned, would you know which ones not to eat? Would you eat them anyway? The liberal left would like us to do just that. Without knowing, for sure, that refugees and immigrants from the Middle East are not terrorists, we are to allow them into our country; even though the terrorists have stated quite clearly that they will infiltrate into peaceful, non-Islamic countries as refugees. Their goal is to fulfill the Koran’s law of destroying the infidels in any way possible. So, what does the left want to do? Invite them in.

     The liberal left would like everyone to believe that a woman, who consciously indulged in unprotected sex and became pregnant, should be allowed to end the life of the unborn child that she, and her partner at the time, conceived. The Supreme Court, in 1973, decided that it was a woman’s right to end a pregnancy. Is this right? Is it the moral thing to do? For the liberal left it is. It is just fine to do away with a self-inflicted inconvenience simply because she wants to. In the case of rape or incest it would be a different matter, but, in the case of consensual sex, what was she expecting when she had sex with that guy; a Sony TV or an Xbox?

     The conservative right, on the other hand, believes that a child, unborn, has the right to be born, to live. Life starts at conception, not twenty eight weeks later. Pro-life, pro-choice, how about having the common sense to practice celibacy unless you want to have a baby? Make your choice before you get pregnant then you wouldn’t have to end a life.

     I realize that the liberal left would counter all points made here in some way or another; that is, if they even read it or reply to it. That is what they do. Ignore what goes against their way of thinking or dismiss it as racial, anti-woman, or some phobia.

     Just my opinion.

The More I See People The More I Like Fish

The more I see people, the more I like fish. I’ve said this repeatedly for the last twenty years and people just didn’t understand it. Most people still don’t understand what I mean when I say it. It is not that difficult to understand the concept. Look at it this way: when you deal with people what are you actually dealing with? A lot of two-timing, drama inducing, judgemental, back-stabbing assholes. When you deal with fish what are you dealing with? A being that is quiet, doesn’t require much care, will not talk about you behind your back and, as long as you put in some food once a day and clean the tank once a month, will not give you any problems.

Be honest. I know that is actually a foreign concept for most people as most people think they have to be exactly what they think everyone wants them to be, but if you are totally honest  (which is actually quite easy if you try) you will understand what I am trying to say. If it were up to you it would be much easier to deal with fish than with the people that surround you most of the time. Admit it: you really don’t even like most of the people around you. They are there simply to fill a void that cannot be filled by anything else.

I used to have dozens, literally dozens, of people around me at all times. I didn’t think that I could get by without those people around me, at least until they weren’t there. When everyone disappeared I realized that the quiet was actually quite enjoyable. There was no one there to take advantage of my kindness, no one to steal from me, no one to talk about me behind my back. It was beautiful. I could finally be, well, me. I didn’t have to try to impress anyone or be someone that I wasn’t.

I think the biggest thing is that I didn’t have to deal with all the stupidity. People are stupid in a way that no other living creature is. Nature has a way of dealing with stupid:  it’s called survival of the fittest; stupid just doesn’t come into the equation until you input humanity. We are the stupidest of all of the god’s creations with all of our knowledge and civilized way of life. We are creative, intelligent and adaptive yet we give up all of what we are when we give up intuition and common sense. When a creature lives to get all they can from whoever they can get it from regardless of the hurt it causes and without conscience we become a parasite. There are very few humans that are deserving of life.

Mother Theresa and the Dali Lama are two that are very deserving of life. They give (gave) without thought of personal gain of any kind. They loved without regard to race, religion, creed, sexual orientation, color or nationality. They knew not about getting ahead of the ‘other guy’ because the ‘other guy’ might just get more than them or get there before them. The clock had nothing to do with their timeline. Let me put that into perspective for all you corporate go-getters.

It’s five o’clock in the afternoon in any major metropolitan area in the country on Friday afternoon, the western sky is bathed in the golden glow of a winter sundown. The roads are, as truck drivers would say, dry and dusty and no precipitation is anticipated until after the weekend. As you pull onto the freeway what is it that is first noticeable? For anyone that isn’t used to it the first thing would be the traffic at almost a complete standstill with three to six lanes going in each direction depending on what city you’re in. That’s right, a COMPLETE standstill in ALL lanes. Why? Because Joe Blow in the Beemer there has to get ahead of Jim Dirt in the Ford Taurus because Jim just might not be going as fast as Joe when traffic clears and Joe is much more important than Jim because he drives a Beemer and that Taurus is just so below being in front of him.

Then, oh my bloody god, there comes a semi-truck! We all know that trucks go so much slower than anyone else so we have to stay ahead of it no matter what. If we have to drive on the shoulder at faster-than-light speed we will just to get ahead of that truck, then we can slow down once we get back into the lane of traffic. Of, shit! Here you are, out in what a driver calls the ‘hammer lane’ (that means it’s for fast traffic) going as fast as you can possibly go and there, just a few feet in front of you is your exit that you’ve taken every weekday for the last ten years yet you were so bent on getting in front of everyone that you weren’t paying attention to where you were. What do you do? Why you just cut across all those slower lanes of traffic regardless of traffic; after all it isn’t like there could possibly be another exit less than a mile away that you could get to much safer.

Stupidity. That is all it is; stupidity with total lack of common sense and courtesy for anyone. That was just an example of Friday night rush hour in ANY metro area in the nation. Think about it: What is so important that people cannot sit back and relax, drive safely and courteously and think about the other guy? Your house isn’t going to be gone, mom and dad aren’t moving without telling you, the wife is going to cheat on you whether you catch her or not and the Chinese take-out will still be hot when you pick it up whether it’s in ten minutes or twenty.

Trucks are a different thing altogether, they are on a time schedule. They don’t go slow because they want to, they weigh from thirty to eighty thousand pounds or more and it takes a minute to get to speed and hills slow them down because of the weight. That does not mean they want to slow your happy ass down and keep you from getting home to your dearly beloved, cheating wife and monster kids that have way too much for who they are (they don’t appreciate what they have, anyway).That professional driver does not want to keep you from that all-important rendezvous with that cute little waitress at the IHOP that is just after you for your money and your wife will find out sooner or later about it anyway. Those trucks are doing a JOB just like you got off of only their job is much more important than yours because without that truck you wouldn’t have that little foreign, or domestic, car to get to and from work, that nice thousand dollar suit that you’re wearing or the gold watch that you so desperately want. You wouldn’t have those high dollars toys that you have in and around your house. In fact, you wouldn’t have your house. Why, you ask? Because if you have it, a truck brought it, period. There is nothing that you could have, want or need that a truck does not haul to the wholesaler or retailer. Give ‘em a break.

That is a little off-subject but still needed to be said. I was talking about how stupid the human race is and THAT is even more important than letting all the idiots in moving vehicles know to leave trucks to do what they need to without being harassed.

People have this insane habit of needing to talk about people behind their backs, downgrade others and generally be dicks towards everyone else. People have this insane need to have what everyone else does, or better. You see it all the time in the skrewl system. While being indoctrinated into mainstream liberalism by the tax-payer paid educational system kids are bent on being better than everyone they think is below them. Just look at what they wear: name-brand, labeled jeans, Abercrombie shirts and two hundred dollar tennis shoes. When a kid can’t afford that those poor bastards are put down and made fun of. Why? They have Wrangler jeans and Hanes tee-shirts with Nike tennis shoes all bought from Goodwill for less than those preppy idiots paid for a pair of their Gloria Vanderbilt socks.

If a person doesn’t like someone, for whatever off-the-wall reason they could possibly have, it is normal for them to start rumors to make everyone else not like that person. Hell, they could even say something that is true but unimportant to the workings of the world, but it is something that in embarrassing; or they could bring up a handicap that some kid has (i.e., ADHD, Bipolar, Down Syndrome, etc.). All to make that person seem small and the one spouting the BS feel better about themselves. Stupid isn’t it? Yes it is but it happens every day, everywhere. It is the human condition to do this and that is why fish are much better than people. Fish don’t do that.

Let’s not forget the money. What does money have to do with liking fish over people, you ask? I’ll tell you. People are out to get as much as they can no matter who they hurt to get it. It’s a sickness with the human race to get more than they need. It isn’t like anyone can take it with them at the end of this life. I have yet to come across any fact that proves when a person leaves this life that any of the possessions they have are transferred over to their next life. Years and years of research have come up with nothing that proves it goes with you, but people still have to take more and more and more. There is only so many things you can purchase, so many things you can own, so much you can just throw away; yet people have this insane need to acquire, not just millions, but billions and billions of dollars. Why?

What do fish want? Nothing. They ask for nothing and expect nothing. What do fish do? They swim around in their little tank making not a sound. You feed them a little fish food every day or so and clean their tank once a month and those fish are happy. Not a care in the world. No noise, no messy litter box or piles of poop on the carpet; no back biting or rumor-mongering, either. Fish won’t steal from you or try to take your best girl/boyfriend from you. The most amazing thing about fish is that they have no desire to get more than they have; as long as they are fed that is all they need. If you forget to feed them and you do happen to find them belly-up in the tank… you flush them. No muss, no fuss, no expense.

Now is it understandable why I like fish better than people? If not, you are one of the 99.99999% that I really want nothing to do with because you haven’t got the sense the god’s gave a rock. I am not a racist because I hate everyone equally. I have a very limited number of people that I allow around me (not including those idiots that my children call friends) because there are a limited number of people that have common sense and intelligence, that won’t take what they can from me without permission and that I can trust with my life through years of being around them. Other than those few… the more I see people the more I like fish…

I Did it My Way

“For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has not, to say the words he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels. The record shows I took the blows and did it my way.” My Way, recorded by Frank Sinatra; way back in the day when music was actually music without any screaming or vulgarities to contend with. I remember listening to this song, which was the theme song from Man From LaMancha  and thinking to myself, “Self, this is a really meaningful song.”

I really don’t want to put up the entire song’s lyrics even though there is a lot of meaning to it. I just want to go with this one verse, otherwise, I would be writing a book instead of a blog (I am trying really hard to make it short, Buzz).

If you think about what the lyricist is saying here, I mean really think about it, you will understand what he is trying to say. What is a man and what does he have? If you cannot be YOU then who are you? You become what I like to call, a ‘sheeple.’ A sheeple is a person, or persons, that follow blindly what is being told to him/her/them. Another way of saying it is that you become a slave to whomever it is that you are following.

I see this so much in politics. The red and the blue, following blindly those in power, will fight to the bitter end to justify what their party is up to. If you remember back to when King Obama was first coroneted, one of the networks interviewed a young, black woman after she had voted. This woman was so excited that a black man was actually running and winning. She made this statement, “He’s gonna take care of me. I won’t have to worry about my mortgage or putting gas in my car. He gonna take care of me.” She, like so many, is a sheeple. She drank the Kool-Aid.

Fast forward to now… I watched an anchorman interview several black people that think the Constitution should be changed to allow a president more than two terms so that their king can run again. Isn’t that why, after three terms of Roosevelt, the Constitution was amended to keep one person from having too much power? George Washington was offered a kingship when the war with Britain was over and we had our independence. He turned it down knowing that it would lead to the same corruption and tyranny that they had just fought against. Now, those that feel they have had a bad hand dealt to them want to go back to that tyrannical form of government.

I know, I know, it looks like I am one of the biggest racists on Earth. I am not. I am equally racist- I hate everyone equally. I really don’t care if the President of the United States is black, white, green, brown, pink, purple or polka-dotted. I don’t care if he is Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim or Buddhist. If the person in charge of this country is following the Constitution, is PRO-America, will fight for the rights and freedoms of the citizens of this country, will do everything in his/her power to keep this country safe and secure does it really matter who, or what, they are? NO. But, that does not mean I will become one of the sheeple that blindly believe what the government is telling me and follow to the ends of the world.

You may notice that I call black people, well, black. I don’t label blacks as ‘African-American’ as that indicates that they have emigrated from Africa to America. Most of those people that demand being called ‘African-American’ have never seen, much less lived in, Africa. To label a person like that would mean that EVERY LAST PERSON (save the American Indian) would be labeled as “Such-and-Such-American.” I, myself, would be something like a “Scottish/Welsh/English-American,” my Hijo would be a “Mexican-America,” there would be Italian-Americans, Polish-Americans, Vietnamese-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Swedish-Americans, Irish-Americans…. And so on and so forth. There would be no real Americans (save the native Americans- the Indians and they immigrated here across the Bering Strait from somewhere else long before history began).

Wow, I need to keep with one subject. On my bloody soapbox again, aren’t I?

So what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has not, to say the words he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels. The record shows I took the blows and did it my way. I have always done things my way and would not change that for anything. Has it gotten me into trouble a time or two? Of course it has. I refuse to follow along the path of conformity when I believe that conforming would be against my core values and beliefs. It is sad that more often than not people will change their values for the sake of fitting in with everyone else. They become just ‘another brick in the wall.’

I think I’ve said enough for now… gonna get into big trouble with the blogger police if I keep non-conforming.