tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9372779204029137852024-02-02T12:00:20.920-06:00Diabolical Rantings of a Single DadA single dad's brutally honest opinions on dating, relationships and current topics in and out of the news.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-17941588940525405532021-09-03T14:30:00.001-05:002021-09-03T14:34:48.807-05:00This Is Madness<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0gFlrm1WsdG13VRetYP-5I83DJ-WB5Vp_g6AWDNISs1jM1IY_xwaIFAQWrP8QcGlR7rT-6s93L9hYMEsZiyYr3LvVHYhLJPIvmCFyrkL3iIQiofmaF1xvCDXhUtXkQI2IM7i20u08_k/s2048/Chaotic+People+on+Charles+Bridge+in+PragueCOMP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY0gFlrm1WsdG13VRetYP-5I83DJ-WB5Vp_g6AWDNISs1jM1IY_xwaIFAQWrP8QcGlR7rT-6s93L9hYMEsZiyYr3LvVHYhLJPIvmCFyrkL3iIQiofmaF1xvCDXhUtXkQI2IM7i20u08_k/w400-h266/Chaotic+People+on+Charles+Bridge+in+PragueCOMP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span>***Just a quick little disclaimer – sometimes
I use naughty words when I write. Proceed at your own risk, or leave.<span> </span>I don’t care.***</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span> </span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Every once in a while, I wake up, not
expecting to do any writing, then I start reading the news and that all goes to
shit. Today was one of those days. </span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I began reading about the latest
topics dividing our country when I ran across the hashtag #TexasTaliban. First,
I thought “my god, the Taliban has come to Texas!”. Then I kept reading and
thought “surely this must be a joke and can’t possibly be one of the top
trending items in our world – especially on a platform like Facebook or Twitter
that have been SO committed to eliminating hate speech”. But I was wrong…so
wrong.</span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just so we are clea<span></span>r, the political
left in this country now believes that if you vote Republican, you are no
different than the terrorists. In fact, from a political ideology that now
sympathizes with the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and ISIS (or ISIS-K, whatever the fuck
that is), they literally believe you are WORSE than the terrorists!</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is not a “fringe opinion” - it is
mainstream. It has been repeated by commentators and elected representatives on
prime-time news, as well as multiple acquaintances of mine on social media. </span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Your leftist “friends” who vote
differently than you no longer just disagree with you - they hate you. They
want you punished. They want you beaten into submission. They do not want you
to have access to food or housing or utilities. They do not want you to have
access to financial services like credit cards or mortgages, or online payment
services like PayPal. And they certainly don't want you to be allowed on social media.</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you believe differently than them
on even a single issue, they believe you are sub-human and silly little things
like the Bill of Rights do not apply to you. You are nothing more than the
asterisk at the end of the page stating, “some exclusions apply”.</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is madness. Our country is lost.</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span style="font-size: small; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What a fucking dumpster fire.</span>
</p>Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-54648056068836490232021-04-01T12:27:00.002-05:002021-04-01T12:42:49.207-05:00It's Time To Admit I was Wrong<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RyP6-HwNB07K_nwZU2KU6vRQ_pz9duGoVR0XY60WqUQt9XCgEBSjwCCXNeqqSXEyvUii2sQpbet_CSnwAK13ZftPz1afCqz_xeFMXPky8Ed-cBsWTb_hCeX0ShzybSsSDSpF3boDcZ8/s2048/Bench+Under+Tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RyP6-HwNB07K_nwZU2KU6vRQ_pz9duGoVR0XY60WqUQt9XCgEBSjwCCXNeqqSXEyvUii2sQpbet_CSnwAK13ZftPz1afCqz_xeFMXPky8Ed-cBsWTb_hCeX0ShzybSsSDSpF3boDcZ8/w400-h266/Bench+Under+Tree.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br />After years of dishonesty, both with myself and with all
of you, I must come clean. Part of being an adult is being able to admit
when you are wrong, and for me, the time for that is now.
</p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in;">I believe that Joe Biden won the 2020
election fair and square, garnering the most votes for any candidate, ever.
This being despite overwhelming efforts by Republicans, Russia (including
Vladimir Putin), Donald Trump, and countless right wing extremist allies, to
commit voter fraud and steal the election. </p>
<span><a name='more'></a></span>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in;"> </p><p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in;">COVID-19 is undoubtedly and
indisputably the worst public health crisis our country has ever experienced.
This due solely to Donald Trump having been president. If anyone else had been
president, we could have avoided the total shutdown of our economy. </p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in; min-height: 20.3px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in;">Now that we have a vaccine (thank you
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris!), vaccinations must be mandatory for everyone,
regardless of immigration status. Proof of vaccination must be required in
order to move between states, leave or enter the country (unless entering via
our southern border). </p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in; min-height: 20.3px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in;">The only way to save our economy from
the damage caused by Donald Trump is to offer all non-white individuals, womxn and
non-binary universal basic income, Medicare for all, student loan forgiveness, and
free college. </p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in; min-height: 20.3px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in;">We should repeal the 2nd amendment and
confiscate all guns (especially AR-15 assault rifles). We should welcome as
many undocumented immigrants as possible into our country. Gender is fluid, and
if anyone uses the wrong pronoun, they should go to jail. Women and minorities
suffer overwhelming systemic oppression from birth. All white people are
racist. Islam is a religion of peace, and the real terrorists are straight
white Christian men. </p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">Also, white privilege is real. </p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;">I’m sorry.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Check your calendar, idiots.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">April Fool’s Day, 4/1/2021</p>
Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-66736367776909015862020-07-29T01:31:00.002-05:002020-07-29T01:31:46.556-05:00Our Bumbling Response to the Unemployment Crisis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How many
people in our country can financially afford to go 5+ weeks without a
paycheck?<br /><br />A study in 2017 said <a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/01/09/shutdown-highlights-that-4-in-5-us-workers-live-paycheck-to-paycheck.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">78% of our country lives paycheck to paycheck</a>. Another study showed that <a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/09/13/how-much-americans-at-have-in-their-savings-accounts.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">57% of people have less than $1,000 to their name</a>.<br /><br />So
why are we not addressing just how difficult it is now to get approved for unemployment benefits? If 78% of our country can't afford to miss even one paycheck, why are we not pouring all our resources into making it as easy as possible to transition from regular employment to unemployment benefits? </div>
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I lost my job
due to COVID on June 25th. I received my last paycheck immediately
after that and have not received a dime since then. Yet when I
applied for unemployment, my claim was rejected. No reason was given - it just simply stated that I was ineligible.</div>
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After another 30 minutes circling bad links and misinformation, I managed to appeal
the decision, but have received no response. I have been calling the
Texas Workforce Commission multiple times a day and only get an
automated message that no one is available to take my call. So what
am I supposed to do? What happens if I am one of those Americans who can't put food on the table or pay my rent if I go more than two weeks without a paycheck?<br /><br />I’m one of the lucky ones. I’m a
saver (my ex-girlfriend would even go so far as to say that I'm cheap) and was financially prepared for this (for the time being at
least). But it doesn’t change the fact that I am owed that
unemployment pay. I shouldn’t HAVE to dig into my savings, when I
am eligible for unemployment. How many people out there were already
broke or close to it when they lost their job, and have now gone
weeks without that regular paycheck they were used to?<br /><br />This is
absolutely unacceptable. We have politicians arguing about stimulus
money and the extra $600/week, but what good does that do if you
can’t get a response to your request for unemployment in the first
place? What good is any of this if you have no recourse to challenge
a unilateral decision when it’s made by some algorithm, or even by a person who knows nothing about the facts of my situation?<br /><br />This is the real crisis in
America - not the Coronavirus itself, but the fallout caused by our country
going into lockdown in an attempt to crash our economy.<br /><br />Every
state needs to hire as many people as it takes to process the influx
of unemployment claims. Every person who is already stressed out
about losing their job, needs to be able to get a real person on the
phone to answer their questions. This will be a drop in the bucket
compared to all the stimulus money and bailout money for corporations
and small businesses. So what do we need to do to make it
happen?<br /><br />This is unreal.<span style="color: #888888;"><br /></span><br />
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Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-56063940372813175422019-11-22T14:29:00.000-06:002019-11-22T14:29:46.581-06:00Chick-Fil-A's Attempt to Appease the Belligerent Left
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Chick-Fil-A is attempting to appease a
clientele that will not be appeased. They should be able to see this
from past situations with other companies. The liberal left in this
country loves to hate and boycott.<br /><br />When they get what they
demand, they don’t sit down and say “oh okay great, we got what
we wanted, so now we can be happy and support them!”<br /><br />Instead,
when they get what they demand, they just demand more. They demand
donations and reparations to the organizations that support their
beliefs. They demand public apologies for their past
“transgressions”. Then they close in and demand the company or
person disassociate themselves with even more groups they don’t
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<a name='more'></a><br />They won’t stop until they are firmly told “no”.
Giving in to their demands only makes it worse. They will never be
happy, so conservatives have to quit giving in, and instead, laugh in
their faces and ridicule them.<br /><br />In this case, Chick-Fil-A was doing
just fine without the support of the left. They were one of, if not
THE fastest growing fast food chain in the country. They didn’t
need to expand into parts of the country that didn’t want
them.<br /><br />They haven’t gained any new customers, or appeased
anyone by discontinuing their donations to certain Christian
organizations. All they have done is potentially alienate the
conservatives who have been supporting Chick-Fil-A with their
hard-earned money for years.<br /><br />I don’t think it will hurt them
significantly, since conservatives are much less likely to protest
and boycott than liberals are. That’s why you see so many companies
caving in to liberals. It's nothing more than an evaluation of which
stance is more likely to do the least damage to their brand. But, I
would be greatly surprised if they see any significant increase in
sales because of this. I have many liberal friends and I have already
seen several posts from them saying that this doesn’t change
anything for them. They will hold grudges and refuse to eat at
Chick-Fil-A only because of what their stance has been in the past.
Nothing will appease them.<br /><br />Personally, I don’t care. I like
Chick-Fil-A regardless of who they support or don’t support. I
think it’s stupid to refuse to eat somewhere just because the
company holds Christian values that in some cases includes the belief
of marriage being between a man and a woman. And if you refuse to eat
a delicious chicken sandwich because of this, I think you’re pretty
stupid too! But it's your right to spend your money where you want
and refuse to spend it somewhere that doesn't hold your values.
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Guest post by <a href="mailto:drew@diabolicalrantings.com" target="_blank">Drew Rellim</a><br />
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You may find this surprising, but I hate to write about politics.
Discuss it? Yes. Give my opinion and let people know what I believe
and why? Sure. But I do not like discussing and opining on things
that are tough to talk about. I write for a college sports blog
because it is an escape from how hard life can be for everyone.
During the fall, I can have the roughest week in the world, but I
look forward to Saturdays where I can take the hour drive to my
college town and catch up with all friends. Black and White, Democrat
and Republican, Christian or agnostic, these people are my friends
and fellow alums and we all bleed the same school colors. I also have
always kept my blog politics and religion-free because despite my
deeply held convictions and beliefs, I want my blog to be a place of
unity and not divisiveness.<br />
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However, I am deviating from that today because it is time that
someone responds to a person on the left who race-baits, mocks
Christian morality, and uses his time as a sportscaster to
pontificate in a self righteous manner to his viewers who he looks
down upon, and that man is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Hansen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dale Hansen</a>. He never lets a tragedy
pass without trying to pass on some great faux wisdom from his
liberal worldview. He openly mocks and attacks the President
(something he would NEVER have had the courage to do in with the
previous President), and honestly believes that the people who pay to
listen to him cover sports give a plug nickel's worth of care about
what he thinks in the social and political scene.<br />
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After the horrific events of what happened last week at a
Parkland, Florida high school, Hansen did not waste more than 12 hours
before saying essentially that gun control is again the solution and
almost took glee that the shooter was another white kid from a
middle/upper middle class suburb, then took the chance to take a shot
at conservatives by saying "nothing will be done because the
shooter was white." This disgusting attitude of smug and
self-righteous indignation is truly unbelievable.<br />
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While many people are “hooraying” Hansen, I offer a different
view. One of a man that first, actually has morals and does not make
up statistics to bloviate. He is also a man that sees what Hansen
either cannot see or just flat out ignores as he is lost in his own
self righteousness and egocentric beliefs.<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._MacArthur" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. John MacArthur</a> is the Pastor
Teacher at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California and the
host of a weekly radio program called <a href="https://www.gty.org/" target="_blank">Grace To You</a>. He has authored numerous books and is also
the President of The Master's Seminary in Sun Valley, California.
Back in the Summer of 2017, Dr. MacArthur was asked by an attendee of
his Sunday night message regarding the environment of evil in the
American Culture and what is the cause. He said the following:<br />
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<b><i>"The Human Heart is desperately wicked. It is hostile to God
and self centered, and proud and selfish and angry...Fallen humanity
is corrupt. What has gotten us here are the following. Number one,
the human heart is evil, war is in the heart, men will kill, and that
is how they function. However, God has built three restraints into
society. Restraint number one is in the individual and it is the
conscience, but the conscience reacts to a moral law. So if you have
a whole generation of young people who have been taught a twisted,
perverted, inverted and upside down view of moral law, then a
conscience cannot function. </i></b></div>
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<b><i>A conscience is simply a recognition
mechanism that says if something is right or wrong, but it can only
function when there is a sound moral law written in the heart. So you
have an entire generation of people who have a totally perverted
sense of what morality is. The dominant part of this morality is the
thought that 'I am the most important person the world. It is
all about me.' It is the selfie culture, so the conscience is
now crippled. </i></b></div>
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<b><i>Second, God put Fathers and Mothers into the family to
bring a rod to discipline people in order to subdue their evil. If
the family is destroyed and the family breaks down, then there is no
control. So now, the conscience cannot function because moral law is
destroyed, families don't function so there is no discipline learned
and there is no sense of what is right and what is acceptable
behavior, and the only institution left that God ordained is the
police. The police are given a sword to subdue those who do evil.
When you assault the police long enough, you diminish their authority
and the sense of both fear and reverence that a society has to have
for those who police them, than all hell breaks loose. </i></b></div>
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<b><i>Conscience is
no longer functioning, families are not functioning, and the police
have been stripped of their powers in the social consciousness. You
have literally unleashed the human heart at it's worst level...we
have only started to see this as it has become unleashed and it is
going to start coming in all other forms because of the breakdown of
moral law, the breakdown of the family, and because of the incessant
assaults on governing authorities. So get ready, I doubt it is going
to go away."</i></b></div>
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This is the kind of wisdom that we should be listening to, not a
sportscaster with a complete lack of morality and intellectual
honesty. What was said does not just apply to guns, racism, or some
selective problem of the week. It applies to all of society's ills.
Dr. MacArthur is summoning this wisdom not from himself or any sense
of self righteousness, but the righteousness of the precepts found in
the Holy Bible. Mr. Hansen would be wise to do the same, rather than
mocking the immense wisdom and guidance found in living by the
standards mentioned here.<br />
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But before he does that, someone needs to tell Mr. Hansen what
Solomon said in the first chapter of the book of Ecclesiastes:<br />
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<i><b>"I thought to myself, 'I have become much wiser than any of
my predecessors who ruled over Jerusalem; I have acquired much wisdom
and knowledge.' So I decided to discern the benefit of wisdom and
knowledge over foolish behavior and ideas; however, I concluded that
even this endeavor is like trying to chase the wind! For with great
wisdom comes great frustration; whoever increases his knowledge
merely increases his heartache."</b></i> <a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/1/ECC.1.kjv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ecclesiastes 1: 16-18</a> <br />
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This statement was made by the wisest man who ever lived.<br />
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And Dale Hansen, you are no King Solomon.<br />
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<a href="mailto:drew@diabolicalrantings.com" target="_blank">Drew Rellim</a> is a close friend of mine who also happens to be a
college sports blogger. Because of his staunch political and
religious beliefs, as well as his literary talent, I have been asking
him for some time to write a guest post for my blog. Last week, he
called me to let me know that he had chosen a topic to write about,
and wanted my blessing. I quickly agreed, and what you have just read
is the result. Stay tuned, because I have a feeling that this might
not be the last time you hear from Drew.Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-57293675044558831722018-01-15T21:17:00.000-06:002018-08-11T16:00:39.974-05:0010 Essential Components of Effective Immigration Reform<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few days ago, I published the first
part of my article discussing immigration reform, “<a href="http://www.diabolicalrantings.com/2018/01/enough-with-outrage-fix-immigration.html" target="_blank">Enough With The Outrage – Fix Immigration!</a>”.
Hopefully you already read it, but if not, maybe go check it out!
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So what is the answer to our
immigration problem? What kind of solution would address the issues
at hand, without being entirely partisan (even though we all know
that democrats will vote against anything that doesn’t give them
every single thing they want)?<br />
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Well, while the rest of you
idiots were freaking out about President Trump maybe using a naughty
word to describe another country, I’ve taken the liberty of finding
the solution for you. You’re welcome.</div>
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<b>1. DACA/Dreamers</b></div>
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There
is a misconception out there that Dreamers are all young kids who
came here as babies and never knew any country other than America.
But the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM_Act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DREAM Act</a> states
that in order to be eligible, the person must have been brought to
the country under the age of 18 and have lived here for no less than
4 consecutive years. Additionally, at the date the law was enacted
(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM_Act#2012" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2012</a>), they must have
been between the ages of 12 and 35. Now if you do the math, this
means there are Dreamers out there as old as 40. Not quite the
picture being painted for you by the Democrats.<br />
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Say what you
want about the DACA program, but the fact remains that we will never
deport them as a whole, so we need to find a common ground. And
Republicans, this is just an issue that you’re going to have to
budge on.<br />
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The Dreamers should be given the opportunity to stay
here, but they need to be properly vetted. They should be given a set
amount of time to apply for a more permanent status, and those who
apply, should have their criminal history checked, as well as their
employment or enrollment in school or college.<br />
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Anyone who
applies and has any infraction on their record more serious than a
speeding ticket, should not be approved to stay. We already have
enough criminals here, so we sure as hell don't need to allow any
more to stay. Depending on the severity of the infraction, we can
allow them time to voluntarily leave the country. But if they have
committed any type of violent crime, they should be deported
immediately.<br />
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Those who fail to apply for residency within the
allowed time period, should be deported, with no questions
asked.<br />
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Those who apply and are granted a new residency status,
should have some limitations - this is NOT amnesty. Remember, we are
still talking about people who are here illegally. They must secure
employment or be enrolled in a school or college. If they want to own
a firearm, vote, or have access to government welfare benefits, there
should be a mandatory 5-10 year waiting period after the enactment of
the bill, before they are eligible.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/joeflood/32499636540/" target="_blank">Then don’t deport them</a>" (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/" rel="license" target="_blank">CC BY-NC-ND 2.0</a>) by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/joeflood/" rel="cc:attributionURL" target="_blank">Joe in DC</a></td></tr>
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</b><b>2. Merit-Based Immigration</b><br />
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This should be a no-brainer. There
should certainly be exceptions made for some people who are
underprivileged and just want a better life for themselves. But the
vast majority of legal immigrants should have to show that they will
be an asset to our country, rather than a drain on our resources.
Most developed countries, including our neighbors to the north and
the south, have similar requirements. So I really don’t see any
justification in arguing that this is in some way discriminatory.<br />
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Refugees</b><br />
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There will surely be times when the residents of certain
countries will need to leave and seek refuge from war, natural
disaster, or persecution by violent regimes. And as a world
superpower, we have a moral duty to assist with this when possible.
However, this should not alleviate the process of checking to make
sure we are not bringing in criminals or violent extremists.<br />
<br />
We
should make every effort to settle the refugees closer to their
homes, and provide financial support, rather than bringing them into
our country. It should also be made clear that their refugee status
has an expiration date.<br />
<br />
If they want to stay permanently, they
should be required to apply and go through the legal process in order
to be considered, just like anyone else, but with the benefit of
being allowed to stay here while completing the requirements. It
should be mandatory that if they are not fluent in English, they must
enroll in an ESL language class and prove fluency before being given
permanent residency.<br />
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<b>4. Diversity Visa Lottery Program</b><br />
<br />
Unlike
President Trump, I see the benefits of giving some preferential
consideration to a select number of people from under-represented
countries. However, I think the current 50,000 per year being allowed
under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diversity Visa Program</a>, is a bit
much. This number should be significantly reduced to a more
reasonable number, and these “winners”, should still be vetted
just like any other legal immigrant.<br />
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<b>5. Repeat Offenders</b><br />
<br />
This
one is going to make some people mad. One of the downfalls of our
immigration system, is the lack of negative consequences for coming
here illegally. These people don’t fear being caught, because
deportation is the worst thing that happens. Then many of them turn
around and come right back multiple times.<br />
<br />
I know we are
supposed to be a humane country, and are “better” than some other
countries out there, but if the repercussions of illegal immigration
aren’t scary, it will be difficult to end. That’s why we need to
make a change.<br />
<br />
I’m all for a one-time freebie. If you come
here illegally, and you’re caught, you shouldn’t have a right to
a trial. If we can prove that you are not allowed to be here, you
should be expeditiously processed through the system, photographed,
fingerprinted and maybe even have a blood sample taken. Once you are
added to the database, you should be shipped back over the border as
quickly as possible. And I am not opposed to the deportation being
done by catapult – but I guess that's probably a little
extreme.<br />
<br />
After that one strike, if someone comes back again,
we will be able to prove it with our database entry from their
previous deportation. Those repeat offenders should be sent to a
prison camp. I’m not talking about $30,000 per person, per year,
cozy prison with decent food and a room with only one roommate. I’m
talking a prison camp with electric fences and barbed wire. No
amenities, no indoor restrooms, and barely edible food.<br />
<br />
I
know, it sounds inhumane, because it is. But that’s the kind of
consequence it will take to make someone question whether it’s
really a good idea to come back again. Additionally, each time
someone returns and is caught, their length of stay in these
accommodations should be exponentially increased. It might be
extreme, but I don’t think we will continue to see people being
deported 5+ times and still continue coming back, as with the man who
killed Kate Steinle.<br />
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<b>6. Sanctuary Cities</b><br />
<br />
How is this even a
thing? I can’t believe this is even a debatable topic. It utterly
blows my mind that any sane person could justify having cities and
states which choose not to enforce our law, and in many cases,
actually obstruct federal law enforcement. Sanctuary cities and
states should not receive one single penny in federal funds, because
they are violating the law. I don’t care if you disagree. I don’t
care if you find some judge somewhere to say it’s unconstitutional
to de-fund them. You’re both wrong. No federal money should ever go
to a city or state that refuses to follow the law, and the elected
officials who choose to declare “sanctuary status”, should all go
to prison. Period.<br />
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<b>7. Extreme Vetting</b><br />
<br />
Yes, we need extreme
vetting. We have to take every precaution to make sure that the
people we allow into this country, are here because they love the
place and not because they want to harm us or take advantage of us.
But, we should also look into what can be done to make legal
immigration a faster and less expensive process. I’m amazed that
this hasn’t been brought up by either side of the debate. But
Democrats are too focused on letting illegal immigrants stay, and
Republicans are too focused on keeping illegal immigrants out. If
both sides could take a step back and look at the bigger picture,
perhaps they could work together to simplify this process. My belief
is that if we make the process easier, we will in turn reduce illegal
immigration, since the thought of going through the process won’t
be so overwhelming.<br />
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<br />
<b>8. Chain Migration</b><br />
<br />
If a legal immigrant
wants to bring their spouse, or kids, or parents, or grandparents
here, I don’t have a problem with expediting the process. The odds
are that If the original person checked out, we probably don’t need
to look as closely at their immediate family members. I can only
assume those family members were probably checked out during the
original vetting process, so let's focus the extreme vetting
elsewhere.<br />
<br />
However, there is no way in hell that we should be
giving a free pass to aunts and uncles and cousins and second cousins
once removed, and step-father in laws, or any of the other ridiculous
extended family that democrats want to allow in. Again, I don’t
care what you or some biased partisan judge might think. Chain
migration is a benefit - not a right. And we have every right as a
country to put whatever constraints on it that we see fit.<br />
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<b>9.
E-Verify</b><br />
<br />
If you want employment in the United States, you should
have to prove that you are here legally. And if you are an employer
in the United States and you want to hire someone, you should be
required to verify they are here legally. Anyone who violates this,
should face stiff penalties.<br />
<br />
The end result of this, will be
higher wages. I know, Democrats all say that illegal immigrants are
just doing the jobs that no one else will do. No, they are doing the
jobs that no one else will do “for the amount of money they are
being paid”.<br />
<br />
If hiring an illegal immigrant for $5 per hour
isn’t an option, and people who are here legally wont do the job
for minimum wage, guess what! That employer is going to have to pay
more than minimum wage to fill the position! It’s almost as if
capitalism works to organically increase wages, rather than a
mandatory increase in minimum wage!<br />
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Yes, we need a wall.
It’s common sense and it is absurd that we even have to debate
this. Democrats and Republicans all agreed on this until it suddenly
became racist for us to want to control illegal immigration into our
country. Trump has already said that this must be a part of any bill
brought to him, so those of you who are against it, you better just
suck it up and embrace our “big beautiful wall”, because it’s
going to happen, and whether you agree or not, it will pay for
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So there you have it. I believe that all of the
components listed above are essential parts of reforming immigration
laws. Both sides are going to have to concede on some things, but at
the end of the day, Republicans are in control. I just hope the
Democrats will be willing to negotiate rather than obstructing at
every turn, and I hope Republicans remember how to win. Otherwise the
fake Republicans like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John McCain</a> will end up being the
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As the “<i>OMG he called 3rd world countries shitholes!</i>” debacle rages on, I can’t help but feel like we are wasting valuable time that could be better used to negotiate an immigration deal. Or I don’t know...maybe even figure out how to prevent a government shutdown next week? But alas, that is not how we do things these days. If there’s anything negative to say about Trump, that’s what everyone is going to focus on. But hey, in case you outraged degenerates stop to take a breath and consider getting back to things that actually matter, I figured I’d take a moment to discuss what I see as the solution to our immigration problem.<br />
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President Trump (<i>damn I LOVE saying that!</i>) has been preaching the
need for a merit-based immigration system ever since he was a
candidate. And I think if liberals weren’t so focused on opposing him at
every turn, they just might see the potential benefits it could have.<br />
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Sure, there should be some allowances for helping people in some of
these 3rd world countries to come here and make a better life for
themselves. But we don’t “owe” citizenship or refuge to anyone. Unless
it's a life or death situation, we shouldn’t be bringing people in who
are going to immediately start leeching off of our resources, rather
than contributing to our country.<br />
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I know this is not a popular or
“politically correct” opinion, but if you have no education, don’t
speak the language, have no skills and no employment lined up, you are
not going to make America better - you’re going to make it worse. You
are going to be a liability rather than an asset, and we are the ones
who will ultimately have to pay for that.<br />
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We are not the world’s
charity. We can’t just open our borders up and let anyone in who wants
to come in, just because their country sucks. It doesn’t work that way –
it can't work that way. We are not obligated to give free passage to
anyone who asks nicely. But because we are a world superpower, and we DO
want to help people, and we supposedly want to make our country better,
(which merit-based immigration can do), we do allow it. But we cannot
just let people in only because their quality of life is worse in their
country than it would be here.<br />
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Why exactly is it that every other
country out there can have a merit-based immigration system, but
suddenly we are racist and hate immigrants just because we dare to
consider the same thing? I'll give you a hint...it's because Democrats
see illegal immigrants as future voters.<br />
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I do not think it’s
unreasonable for us to want people who will be able to easily assimilate into
our country. We shouldn’t have to cater to someone because they just
came here and haven’t bothered to learn the language. If I was going to
move to another country, I would be studying my ass off to learn that
language long before I moved. I’m not saying they have to be fluent, but
they need to be able to carry on a conversation or conduct a
transaction in our native language.<br />
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I really have no problem with
someone who has limited knowledge of English coming here, as long as
they are willing to learn, rather than expecting us to cater to them.
But I have met many immigrants who have lived here for years and cant
speak a word of English. Not only that, but they actually get angry when you are unable to converse with them in their native language.<br />
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So what is the answer to our immigration problem? I might not have all the answers, but I think I have some of them.<br />
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Check out part 2 of my plan to fix the immigration problem in America:<br />
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"<a href="http://www.diabolicalrantings.com/2018/01/10-essential-components-immigration.html" target="_blank">10 Essential Components of Effective Immigration Reform</a>"<br />
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When President Trump chose <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Sessions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeff Sessions</a> as his Attorney General, I thought he had made a relatively
strong choice. Admittedly, part of the reason I liked him, however,
was just because of how much Democrats and the media absolutely
detested him. In fact, their outrage and autistic screeching over his
nomination, was nothing short of delectable for a Trump supporter
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<br />He seemed solid on immigration issues and other
parts of Trump’s agenda. In fact, aside from his stance on
legalizing marijuana, I agreed with him on almost all issues. He was
relatively passive, in a very “un-Trump” sort of way. But my
assumption was that Trump wouldn’t have chosen him if he didn’t
have the balls it would take to do the job.<br /><br />I admit it - I
think I might have been wrong.</div>
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As the ridiculous “Russian
collusion” special investigation kicked off, Sessions quickly
recused himself. A decision which I understand, but disagree with.
Considering all the lies, mud-slinging and distortion of the truth
from the left, Trump needed his Attorney General by his side to keep
the investigation focused on the facts rather than feelings, so it
could be quickly and efficiently conducted. Then when the time came,
it could be closed, rather than exploited. Instead, Sessions checked
out before the first bell rang.<br /><br />I realize that had he not
recused himself from the investigation, any hint at ending it without
indicting Trump and everyone who had ever served on the campaign,
would have quickly erupted into hysteria from the media and other
liberals. But how is that any different from what has been happening
anyway, even with Sessions' recusal?<br /><br />Jeff Sessions failed the
President.</div>
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<br />Then this week, since I can only assume Mr.
Sessions’ recusal from the investigation in the Justice Department
left him with some extra time on his hands, he decided to go right
ahead and take a few minutes to do his best to destroy the up and
coming medicinal and recreational cannabis (marijuana) industry. He did
this by rescinding an Obama-era memo, which let states choose their
level of enforcement or legalization of marijuana use. This now
leaves it up to federal prosecutors to decide how stringently to
enforce federal laws; even in states that have de-criminalized or
legalized its use.<br /><br />Now his sentiment in trying to do the right
thing and uphold the law, can be appreciated. If something is
illegal, it should be treated as such (if only we could do the same
with illegal immigration). This enforcement of current marijuana laws
could spearhead actual changes and steps toward national
legalization, regulation and taxation of this plant.
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Yes, I said plant. Because that’s what it is.<br />
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Sessions on the other hand, decided to double down with statements
that “good people don’t smoke marijuana”, and that it is
“nearly as dangerous as heroin” (a drug that literally kills
thousands of people each year), then went on to say that marijuana is
“only slightly less awful”.<br /><br />I myself have smoked marijuana
a few times in my life, and I know many incredibly “good people”
who smoke it regularly. Personally, I don’t care for it. I like
being in control of myself, and smoking weed severely limited that
control for me. It slowed my thinking, delayed my reaction time, and
made it difficult for me to concentrate or turn my thoughts into
intelligible verbal dialogue. But for all the questionable things I
could say about weed, it worked wonders when I was having an anxiety
attack.<br />
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At that point, I didn’t need to function - I needed to
relax; and that is exactly what marijuana did for me. At the time, I
had a prescription to Xanax. Taking that prescribed medicine had a
very similar effect on me, except that Xanax made me want to sleep,
while weed made me want to listen to music, look at art, taste new
foods, and ultimately solve all of the world’s problems, without
moving from my couch.<br />
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<br />Now, do I think people should be able to
get stoned and then drive their car to work and spend the next eight
hours operating heavy machinery? Absolutely not. In this aspect, weed
should be treated no differently than alcohol. But if it can do
anyone any good from a medicinal standpoint, or just make it easier to
deal with the day-to-day insanity taking place in our country right
now, I’m all for it.<br />
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More importantly, at a point in time
where we are roughly <a href="http://www.usdebtclock.org/" target="_blank">$21,000,000,000,000 in debt</a> (give or take a billion
dollars or so) and continue having a deficit between income (taxes) and
operating expenses of our country, maybe, just MAYBE, we should admit
that <a href="http://www.diabolicalrantings.com/2017/03/you-have-spending-problem.html" target="_blank">we have a spending problem</a>,
and consider legalizing marijuana use so we can regulate it and then
tax the hell out of it. After all, you work so hard to steal our
paychecks from us already...do you really want all of those potential
taxable dollars going to Mexican drug cartels rather than back into
the U.S. Economy?<br /><br />But hey, if you don’t like the idea of
regulating and taxing weed, maybe instead we could just cut the
salaries of all elected and appointed government officials (yes, even
you, Mr. Sessions) down to the <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/24/how-much-americans-earn-at-every-age.html" target="_blank">median U.S. income ($56,516)</a> and take away your free healthcare. After all, I'm sure it’s what
our forefathers would have wanted.<br />
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For anyone who might have missed it,
President Trump just returned from a trip to Asia. Among the other
diplomatic tasks he undertook while traveling, he found time to
negotiate the release of three American college basketball players
who had been arrested in China for stealing a pair of sunglasses.
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Upon their release, the three players
had to be prompted by the President before they thanked him.
Meanwhile, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVar_Ball" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LaVar Ball</a>, the
father of one of the kids, outright refused to thank President Trump,
or even acknowledge that he was the main reason his son was back on
American soil. Adding insult to injury, Ball came back to state that
if anyone deserved any form of gratitude, it was Chinese President
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Everyone wants to make President Trump
out as being so petty for calling LaVar Ball out for his refusal to
thank him for negotiating his delinquent son’s release from a
Chinese jail. What they fail to acknowledge however, is that if
anyone but Donald Trump were President, those idiots would have been
falling all over themselves to get in front of any TV camera that
gave them the time of day. They would have been begging TV stations
to let them come on to publicly thank the President and prolong their
15 minutes of fame, before sinking back to their lives of
unrecognizable mediocrity.<br /><br />Of course, if anyone but Donald
Trump were President, those TV stations wouldn’t have to be begged.
They would be the ones trying their damndest to get the little petty
criminals to come on with them to hopefully give them a ratings
spike. And not just at the hope of one of them making a negative
comment about President Trump.</div>
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Unfortunately, hating Trump is
popular these days, or at least the liberal media tells us it is. So
they continue to push only the rhetoric that advances their
hate-filled anti-Trump agenda.<br /><br />
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President Trump shouldn’t HAVE to
call out LaVar Ball and the three kids, because the media should have
done it for him!
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Can you imagine if President Obama had
gotten Otto Warmbier released from North Korea and his parents then
refused to thank Obama or even acknowledge that he had an integral
role in his release? The media would go ballistic! They would jump
all over them, calling them ungrateful racists and bigots for daring
to shun our first black President!<br /><br />But, sadly Obama didn’t
care enough to negotiate Otto Warmbier’s release. Instead he told
his parents to stay silent, and then left Otto there to die. </div>
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Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-69203161236011776992017-11-11T23:50:00.002-06:002017-11-11T23:59:16.718-06:00Welcoming Home A Veterans Day Hero<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Returning to DFW airport yesterday
after an out of state business trip, I️ witnessed something
incredible. After landing, I️ left my plane, and on the way to the
baggage claim, only two gates down from mine, I️ was stopped in my
tracks.<br />
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I’m a huge supporter of our military and law
enforcement, so I’m a sucker for any display of patriotism. Flags,
National Anthem, historical monuments, all of it. So when I️ was
about to exit to the baggage claim and saw a crowd congregating
around a bunch of flags in the terminal, I️ had to take a look.<br />
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I️
had never witnessed the return of an <a href="https://www.honorflight.org/" target="_blank">Honor Flight</a> before. But by some
fluke, I️ happened to be at the airport at the right time. I️
have to say, it was incredibly moving.</div>
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It took me a minute to
figure out what was going on. But then people started clapping and
cheering as a gentleman exited the plane. He shook hands, waved, and
portrayed the forced smile of a veteran who would undoubtedly refuse
any thanks or recognition; and would probably respond instead with
something along the lines of “I’m no one special - I️ was just
doing my job”.<br />
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This “no one special”, however, happened
to be a recipient of the Medal of Honor.<br />
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At this moment, I️
wasn’t entirely certain of who this man was, or what he had done to
not only receive an Honor Flight, but to also experience this
overwhelmingly-exuberant welcome home.</div>
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But as the welcoming
ceremony progressed, he slowly made his way, along with his
“guardian” (a term for the volunteer assigned to escort him for
the duration of the Honor Flight trip), to a placard showing the
pursed face of a young Vietnam veteran from 1966, along with his
story.<br />
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Someone handed him a pen and directed him to sign the
placard, then afterward he turned to face the crowd, waved, posed for
a few pictures, and then began making his way to the baggage claim
area.<br />
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I’ve met many famous people over the years; most of
them, pretty forgettable. I️ absolutely hate to be “that guy”
who falls all over himself when confronted with a celebrity. Due to
that, I️ have missed several opportunities in the past to meet
famous people, because I️ just didn’t want to interrupt them or
make an ass of myself. But I️ couldn’t pass up an opportunity to
at least shake the hand of a recipient of the Medal of Honor.</div>
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As
you probably know, I’m in sales, so my job involves lots and lots
of talking, all day, every day. So I️ am rarely at a loss for
words. But as this hero walked past me, I️ stuck out my hand,
grasped his, and all I️ managed to get out was a feeble “thank
you for your service”. That’s all I️ could manage.<br />
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I️
was truly humbled by the experience. I’m sure if you asked this
man, he would probably have little to no recollection of meeting me.
But I️ assure you that it is a moment I️ will remember for many
years.<br />
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So to our veterans, our active duty service members,
and especially U.S. Army Captain Robert Foley, I️ salute you. You
are true American heroes, and are better men and women than I️
could ever hope to be.</div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Robert
F. Foley<br />November 5, 1966<br />Republic of Vietnam<br /><br />Captain,
U.S. Army<br />Company A, 2d Battalion, 27th<br />Infantry, 25th Infantry
Division<br /><br />Medal of Honor Citation</span></span><i><br /><br />“For
conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action and at the risk of
his life above and beyond the call of duty. Capt. Foley’s company
was ordered to extricate another company of the battalion. Moving
through the dense jungle to aid the besieged unit, Company A
encountered a strong enemy force occupying well concealed, defensive
positions, and the company’s leading element quickly sustained
several casualties. Capt. Foley immediately ran forward to the scene
of the most intense action to direct the company’s efforts.
Deploying one platoon on the flank, he led the other two platoons in
an attack on the enemy in the face of intense fire. During this
action both radio operators accompanying him were wounded. At grave
risk to himself he defied the enemy’s murderous fire, and helped
the wounded operators to a position where they could receive medical
care. As he moved forward again one of his machine gun crews was
wounded. Seizing the weapon, he charged forward firing the machine
gun, shouting orders and rallying his men, thus maintaining the
momentum of the attack. Under increasingly heavy enemy fire he
ordered his assistant to take cover and, alone, Capt. Foley continues
to advance firing the machine gun until the wounded had been
evacuated and the attack in this area could be resumed. When movement
on the other flank was halted by the enemy’s fanatical defense,
Capt. Foley moves to personally direct this critical phase of the
battle. Leading the renewed effort he was blown off his feet and
wounded by an enemy grenade. Despite his painful wounds he refused
medical aid and persevered in the forefront of the attack on the
enemy redoubt. He led the assault on several enemy gun emplacements
and, single-handedly, destroyed three such positions. His outstanding
personal leadership under intense enemy fire during the fierce battle
which lasted for several hours, inspired his men to heroic efforts
and was instrumental in the ultimate success of the operation. Capt.
Foley’s magnificent courage, selfless concern for his men and
professional skill reflect the utmost credit upon himself and the
U.S. Army.”</i></div>
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Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-40880616732003377782017-09-25T19:25:00.000-05:002018-08-11T16:05:09.526-05:00My Thoughts On The NFL National Anthem Protests<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/keithallison/37444579735/" target="_blank">Oakland Raiders National Anthem Kneeling</a>" (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" rel="license" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>) by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/keithallison/" rel="cc:attributionURL" target="_blank">Keith Allison</a></td></tr>
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As a supporter of free speech and the first amendment, I fully
respect the right that all NFL players and other professional
athletes have, to take a knee in peaceful protest of what they
perceive to be racism, police violence, injustice or oppression of minorities.
Even though I believe their justification for the protest is severely
flawed, I completely support their right to express their opinion.<br />
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What those players and coaches should acknowledge however, is that
the team owners also have the same right to bench them or terminate
their contract - not for protesting, but for doing something that
owner believes hurts his team's brand.<br />
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Whether you like it or not, professional sports teams are
businesses, and those team owners are in the business of making money
and increasing the value of that business. So if they believe someone
on the team is causing ticket sales or advertising revenue to
decrease, they have a duty to remedy the situation, even if that
means losing someone who otherwise might be an asset to the team.
Remember, the Cowboys haven't won a Super Bowl since 1996, but they
are still the most valuable team in the NFL. This just serves as
proof that the value of a team is not directly related to their
record.<br />
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The first amendment protects your right to speak freely without
being arrested for what might be seen as controversial or
unacceptable. It does not however, protect you from being fired, or
suffering other consequences. And whether you like it or not, this is
the same thing that protects the rights of Nazis and the KKK to march
down the street waving swastika flags. They too, have every right to
express their hate-filled opinions without legal repercussions. But,
they should not be surprised if they lose their job when their
employer finds out they are affiliated with a hate group.<br />
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I am a huge Cowboys fan. I have been watching them since I was a
young kid, and as of this moment, the Cowboys are one of the only NFL
teams that has thus far not had a player participate in some sort of
National Anthem protest. Up until today, this made me proud to be a
diehard Cowboys fan. However, there are reports that in tonight's
game, some of the Cowboys players will be participating in some form
of protest. Although it has currently not been made clear whether
this will be in the form of them taking a knee, raising a fist, or
something else.<br />
<br />
Let me be clear; every player and coach in the NFL has the right
to protest. But I have the same right to turn off my TV, cancel my
satellite subscription, quit buying team-branded merchandise, and
take the money I intended to pay to attend a Cowboys game this season
and spend it instead on something else.<br />
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Considering how long I have followed the Cowboys, I have come to
what might be a very difficult decision. If any Cowboys players in
tonight's game choose to protest the National Anthem, I will
immediately turn the game off. My hope is that Jerry Jones will
either bench or fire any players who do participate. If those players
are dealt with in what I consider to be an acceptable manner, I will
continue watching the remainder of the season. But if Cowboys players
protest the National Anthem and our flag, and they continue to play,
I will not watch another game this season. Not because I am against free speech; but because it makes me sick to see this disrespect for a flag that so many men and women have died for.Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-77483400963907681012017-08-27T20:59:00.000-05:002018-08-11T16:08:21.359-05:00South Texas Flooding and the Alt-Left<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Okay liberals, so tell me, what are Antifa and Black Lives Matter
doing to help the hurricane victims in south Texas?<br />
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The reason I ask, is this; I know police officers, fire fighters,
and other people who liberals would consider "alt-right" or
"White Nationalists" (AKA: proud Americans), who are
currently using their boats and 4-wheel drive vehicles to rescue
strangers from the flooding and get them to safety.<br />
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Meanwhile, Antifa is beating the shit out of people who attended
an anti-marxism rally at U.C. Berkeley, without even recognizing the irony in doing so. The people who liberals
consider to be the enemy, are saving lives and expecting nothing in
return, while the "pariahs" of the Democrat party are
literally protesting in favor of communism.<br />
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This is it. This is the problem. I have to keep asking myself if
this is real life or if it's all just some giant joke. These alt-left
groups you liberals want to portray as heroes, only care about one
thing; inflicting as much pain and destruction as possible on anyone
who disagrees with them.<br />
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They don't want to make our country great. They want to make us
weak. They want to make us scared; scared to stand up for our
beliefs, scared to speak out against evil, and scared to openly
support anyone or anything the left considers to be "the enemy".<br />
<br />
If you truly think that Antifa, Black Lives Matter, or any of the
other alt-left groups want what is in the best interest of our
country, you are a damn fool. I'll pray for you. But you should know
that myself and many other proud Americans are standing up and
fighting for your rights behind the scenes every day, while you
scream and yell and beg the government to take those same rights
away.<br />
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We will be labeled "alt-right"<br />
We will be labeled "white nationalists"<br />
We will be labeled "neo-Nazis"<br />
We will be labeled "KKK sympathizers"<br />
<br />
But we are none of these things. We are patriots who care nothing
about the color of your skin, or anything else that defines you as a
person. We care about only one thing - our country and the rights and
safety of it's citizens. At the end of the day, when this civil war
concludes and victory is declared, we will be seen as heroes. And I
would rather die an American hero than to live as a self-loathing
fascist.Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-19080835913339511852017-08-14T23:17:00.001-05:002018-08-11T16:11:41.016-05:00Condemnation of Race-Motivated Hate; Comparing the Left to the Right<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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As of this moment, roughly 58 hours after the Unite the Right
rally in Charlottesville, I have not witnessed a single person
standing up for or justifying the KKK or the neo-Nazi groups who
chose to attend.<br />
<br />
I also have not seen or heard anyone say anything positive about
the young man who "allegedly" drove his car into the crowd
(even though truthfully, we don't yet know for a fact that it was
with malicious intent).<br />
<br />
Now you have to understand, I run with a pretty conservative
crowd. Many of my friends and acquaintances are proud, gun-toting,
freedom-loving, MAGA hat-wearing Trump voters. In other words, my
friends and I are the people that liberals would have you believe
are all bigoted racists who hate anyone who doesn't happen to be a
white person of European descent.<br />
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Every single person I have spoken to or observed on social media,
has had nothing but negative things to say about these groups and
individuals who truly preach hate.<br />
<br />
Here's the problem; the people on the left don't want us to just
condemn the actual hate groups. They want us to condemn anyone who
happens to not be a self-loathing, white-hating social justice
warrior. Because in their minds, anyone who disagrees with them on
any of these racial issues, is a privileged white supremacist. And as
far as they are concerned, there is no gray area or room for
discussion on the subject.<br />
<br />
They believe it is cold hard fact, and that anyone who dares to
challenge them, deserves to be violently assaulted. This is why
liberals refuse to condemn Antifa and Black Lives Matter, even
though these two organizations are far more violent and hate-filled
than the majority of the "white organizations" they oppose.<br />
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I truly find it ironic, to see the immediate condemnation and
demands that we all denounce the actions of everyone they consider to
be "right-wing" and who was in attendance at the rally.
It's ironic, because it proves their hypocrisy.<br />
<br />
Allow me, if you will, to take you back to July 7th of last year,
in Dallas. That event, following an incident in another state, where
a white police officer shot a black civilian, quickly erupted into
violence.<br />
<br />
As the rally was concluding, a Black Lives Matter supporter began
firing on police officers, in what I would consider to be a carefully
planned terroristic attack. An attack which ended the lives of five
Dallas officers.<br />
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The interesting thing about this attack, is that people on the
left, and even our former president, refused to denounce it as
being a racially-motivated hate crime. In fact, even more surprising,
was that some people even went to social media to praise the shooter and call him a hero; wishing he had taken out more of "them".<br />
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I believe what this stark contrast of reactions to very similar
circumstances shows, is the overall moral fortitude of the two
groups; or the lack thereof. The left wants to believe they are morally-superior to anyone and everyone on the right. When in fact, they are the ones who show
a pattern of hate, while actually encouraging violence.<br />
<br />
And yet, any politician or public figure who dares to call them
out or criticize Antifa and Black Lives Matter, gets crucified by
the media and labeled a racist and a white supremacist.<br />
<br />
These two hate-filled left-wing groups are the real terrorists.Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-87949124641517000762017-08-13T18:34:00.000-05:002018-08-11T16:17:47.140-05:00Understanding Unite the Right Rally Violence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Why is it that yesterday's Unite the Right rally seemed to be mostly
violent, while the Women's March (a much larger rally) was mostly
peaceful? My answer would be that the difference in outcome is due to
the attitudes of those who oppose them.<br />
<br />
Sure, plenty of people, including myself, opposed the Women's
March. Not because we are anti-woman, but because we disagree with
the rhetoric and ideology used to justify it. But did you see any
violent protests against it? Did you see any Trump supporters hurling
feces, screaming insults, or otherwise opposing the event? No, you
didn't, because our opposition was carried out with respect.<br />
<br />
Yesterday's event however, was different. The people who opposed the
UTR event (mostly Antifa and Black Lives Matter), didn't peacefully
allow this rally to take place. In their minds, since they oppose the
views of these rally-goers, they believe themselves to be
morally-superior, and therefore justified in resorting to violent
measures.<br />
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<br />
I know people who were at the UTR rally, and I can tell you
that even though the media would have you believe that the violence
came from the right-wing activists, they are dead wrong.<br />
<br />
With few exceptions, the right-wingers, the oath keepers, the
White Nationalists, the 3%-ers, and yes, even the KKK members and
neo-Nazis at the rally, were peaceful. They stood their ground, held
their signs and flags, and dodged the assorted objects and substances
being flung at them.<br />
<br />
The instigators of violence at this event, were the left-wing
activists. Antifa and BLM yelled, pushed, punched, pummeled, sprayed
pepper spray, swung bats and sticks, threw bags of shit and bottles
of piss, and in one case, even used a homemade flame thrower against
their opposition. All in the name of their sick version of
hate-filled morally-superior diversity.<br />
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I did not support the UTR rally today. Not because I necessarily
disagree with the initial reasoning behind it. In fact, at one point
I even considered attending. But frankly, once it was obvious that
the KKK and neo-Nazis would be joining in, I just assumed it would
become a shit show. And damn was I right. But surprisingly, not
because of them. I was right about it becoming a shit show, but this
happened because of the left-wing counter protesters.<br />
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Any time a racially-charged rally or
protest takes place, the media and liberals are quick to blame the
right-wing "conservative" participants. Suddenly anyone who opposes their
politically correct ideology, becomes a “Nazi”, “fascist”,
“white supremacist”, or “ALT-right”. And in some instances,
they are probably 100% correct.</div>
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Ultimately however, this protest
would not have taken place if it wasn't for the anti-white rhetoric
being spewed by the left. If liberal activists were not demanding the
removal of confederate monuments in some bizarre attempt to erase
that part of history, none of this ever would have happened.</div>
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Regardless of your views on what those
monuments represent, removing them does not change history – it
just increases the likelihood of it repeating itself.</div>
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As a straight, white, conservative-ish,
Christian male, I can tell you that I have been called every name in
the book over the last year, for nothing more than holding a
political view that is contrary to that of the left. And frankly, I'm
fucking sick of it! So I can only assume that many others are also
fed up. That is what brought us to this point.</div>
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Liberals, in your attempt to be
“inclusive”, you blatantly alienate, marginalize and discriminate
against those who you consider to be the “oppressive majority”.
You call us fascists and Nazis, while ironically, you are conducting
yourselves in a manner which closely mirrors that of Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin.</div>
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I vehemently oppose any form of racism,
discrimination or bigotry against anyone, no matter their race,
gender, religion or political affiliation. But you can only play this
game of identity politics for so long before it backfires on you.
Sooner or later, those people you are constantly screaming at and
falsely labeling as racists, are going to have enough. Racism breeds
racism, so eventually, tempers will flare and that peaceful protest
will boil over to become a violent uprising.</div>
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Like a little brother repeatedly
hitting his big brother, and then crying for mom once big brother
eventually hits him back; you can only poke and yell and accuse until
their patience runs out. Well guess what – that patience has an
expiration date on it, and it is quickly approaching. </div>
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So what are you
going to do? Are you going to take a step back to try and see things
from another perspective? Are you going to try to sit down and have
peaceful conversations with people who have different opinions than
you, to try and better understand them and find some middle ground?
Or are you going to proceed with the status quo, and steadily continue
pushing us toward another civil war? The choice is yours!
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Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-51657881852366700292017-07-21T09:53:00.000-05:002017-07-21T10:31:00.130-05:00The Loss of Another Childhood Idol; Eulogizing Chester Bennington<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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As a teenager you don't recognize and
certainly can't comprehend the emotional connection you're forming
when you turn on the television or listen to your radio. At that
moment, you're just escaping, or celebrating, or blowing off some
steam. You have a fight with your parents, and you have to release
that frustration. You break up with your girlfriend, and you have to
be angry, because if you don't get angry, you know you're going to
get sad and tears will follow.</div>
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So you run to your room and slam your
door, or get in your car, find a straightaway and stomp the pedal to
the floor. Then once you've escaped, you crank up some music that you
know will get you to that place.</div>
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As you let that music touch your soul
at that young immature age, you don't recognize the long term impact
it's going to have on your life. You turn on your TV and all you see
are a bunch of bad ass daredevils driving souped up imports, defying
laws and running from the police. It never occurs to you that you're
forming a personal connection; not just with the characters in that
movie, but with the actors themselves.<br />
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At that point in your life, you never
even contemplate the possibility, or the inevitable probability that
one day some of these people you idolize will have their lives cut
short. Worse than that, you can't even comprehend the thought that
this end might be the result of their own depression getting the best
of them.<br />
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When I learned of the passing of Linkin
Park's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Bennington" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chester Bennington</a>, admittedly, it
hit me hard. Much like the way I felt when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Walker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Walker</a>, from the Fast And The
Furious movies died a few years ago, like a punch to the gut, it was
a brutal emotional flashback to my childhood.</div>
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I hadn't listened to Linkin Park in
years, until recently when I discovered their new single with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiiara" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kiiara</a>, “Heavy”, a few weeks ago.
I didn't realize how many moments in my life I in some way connected
to this band's music. For old time's sake, I turned on some of their
older tracks as I drove around and the memories began flooding back
to me. Stupid fights with my parents and siblings. My first breakup
with a girlfriend. The day I bought my first car and eventually
upgraded my stereo so I could rebelliously blare music with my
windows down as I sped down the highway. The first time a girl
cheated on me. I even listened to them on my way to class my first
day of college. In fact, the first “secular” rock album I ever
purchased was Hybrid Theory, when I was a sophomore in highschool.
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So what's the takeaway from the loss of
Chester Bennington, Paul Walker, Robin Williams, and too many others?
I'm not going to give you any of the generic lines people use when
they don't know what else to say in response to an unexpected passing
of a friend or family member. I'm not going to tell you “they're in
a better place now”, or “at least they aren't hurting anymore”,
because those statements are bullshit.</div>
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As someone who has suffered with
depression for years and has also lost friends to suicide, I'm telling you to look out for the people you care about.
If you think they might be suffering with some personal demons, don't
avoid them or ignore their silent cries for help, just because they
aren't fun anymore. Call them, or just show up at their door and
force them to step outside of their comfort zone with you. Because I
can tell you, when you get past that rough spot, those are the
friends you remember – those are the people who are responsible for
you continuing to get out of bed every day and put one foot in front
of the other.<br />
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Always remember that death can be
sudden and unexpected. You never know when you see that person, if it
just might be the last time. So don't risk having to look back and
ask yourself if there is something you could have done to prevent
them making that choice, because I think the only thing worse than
losing someone you care about, is knowing that you had the
opportunity to say something and didn't do it.
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So rest in peace, Chester. And thank
you for the memories.<br />
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<i><b>If they say<br />Who cares if one more
light goes out?<br />In a sky of a million stars<br />It flickers,
flickers<br />Who cares when someone's time runs out?<br />If a moment is
all we are<br />We're quicker, quicker<br />Who cares if one more light
goes out?<br />Well I do
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Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-75053266765104122082017-06-28T19:45:00.000-05:002018-08-11T16:28:39.428-05:00Commerce Police Chief, Kerry Crews - The Latest Victim of Social Justice Warriors<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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From the years of 2002 to 2008, I
attended college at Texas A&M University – Commerce, in Commerce,
Texas. Until 2005, I was your typical off-campus commuter student,
living at my parents' house 20 miles away. But in 2005, I joined a
fraternity at TAMU-C as a last resort to get myself involved on
campus, before taking a more extreme measure, like transferring out
of state to attend a college close to one of my childhood friends.
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Most of you who follow my page know
that I am a huge supporter of law enforcement, and have been pretty
outspoken about accusations against officers, as I discussed in my
article “<a href="http://www.diabolicalrantings.com/2016/02/law-enforcement-racism-and-media.html" target="_blank">Law Enforcement, Racism and the Media</a>”. So when reports of a “racial incident” involving Commerce Police
Chief, Kerry Crews first began showing up in the news and on social
media a few weeks ago, I was pretty quick to lend my voice both on my
blog page and my personal page to supporting him.
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You see, on Saturday, May 20th, former
“Miss Black Texas”, and TAMU-C student, Carmen Ponder, accused
Chief Crews of calling her a “black bitch”, after she had
confronted him over supposedly allowing his underage child to drive
erratically in front of her.
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Immediately, there were calls from the
“social justice warriors” to terminate Chief Crews from the
Commerce Police Department, and charge him with any form of hate
crime for his “atrocities”, which conveniently fit perfectly with
the SJW's “all police officers are racist pigs” rhetoric. </div>
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Here's the problem though; it wasn't
Chief Crews who had the confrontation with Miss Ponder. In fact, he
had nothing to do with the incident. It just so happened that Chief
Crews was off duty and was shopping at the same store that Miss
Ponder and the other gentleman were visiting. And to make matters
worse, Chief Crews, by some accounts, looks somewhat similar to the
other gentleman (who shall remain un-named for now).
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Regardless of the facts, the “anti-cop”
militia rose up on social media and began attacking Crews'
credibility, based on nothing more than the fact that he was a white
police officer and the alleged “victim” was black. To these
people, these facts were all they needed to justify their attempt to
ruin this man.
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In typical “SJW” fashion, they
didn't stop there – they went on to even make threats of physical
harm against his family, while Miss Ponder spent her time setting up
a crowd-funding account to raise money for the defense against her
alleged victim status, based on blatant lies, since she ended up
going to jail after losing her cool (which I'm not sure was ever
present) and resisting arrest.
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During my tenure as a Greek student at
TAMU-C, I'm not going to lie; we got into more than our share of
trouble. And whether it was underage drinking, an alleged kidnapping
attempt, or some other fraternity prank, Chief Crews, the Commerce
Police Department and the Campus Police Department always seemed to
be at least a couple steps ahead of us. It was almost as if they had
been dealing with drunk college kids for years!</div>
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But regardless of our inebriated
indiscretions, Chief Crews and his officers treated us with the
utmost respect, regardless of the race or gender of those who might
have been involved. Even though there were certainly incidents where
people were arrested, looking back on it, the charges were probably
justified most of the time.
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As a former TAMU-C student, I could
very easily hop on the “anti-Crews” bandwagon and attack the
man's credibility. I could share partial-truths that made me seem
like a victim of his bigoted biases. But the problem is, unlike the
people ignoring the facts while screaming for his termination, I have
a conscience.
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Here's the deal; Chief Kerry Crews is a
good man. When I was a student in Commerce, he and his officers had
every opportunity to ruin the lives of myself and many others. But he
didn't do it. Sure, I might have disliked him when I was a student,
but to be totally fair here, I was a “late-teens/early-twenties”
college student who thought that I and my friends were above the law. </div>
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Looking back on it, Kerry Crews did me
a favor. And if this man could tolerate the drunken atrocities he was
subjected to by my Greek brothers and sisters without losing his
cool, I assure you that he could handle one difficult spoiled little
princess in a parking lot, no matter the color of her skin.
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I hate when I can't end my articles on
a positive note, but this time, it unfortunately is unavoidable. It
was announced this week that even though Chief Crews had been
exonerated of any wrong-doing by the private investigation, he was
submitting his resignation to the City Council. His statement
essentially said that he could no longer handle the stress of the
position as Police Chief. But I think it's pretty fair to say that he
would have kept on fighting the good fight if it wasn't for these
false allegations and threats made against him and his family.
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Chief Crews didn't resign because he
did something wrong; he resigned because of false accusations of
racial discrimination. He resigned because of idiotic social justice
warriors, who believe that all law enforcement officers are guilty
until proven innocent, but then refuse to accept any findings that
exonerate the officer.
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Chief Crews resigned because he was
bullied – plain and simple. And you know what? I don't blame
him!<br />
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Just because Crews is a white officer and was
unintentionally involved in this situation involving the arrest of a
black student, his credibility would have been brought into question
from now on. Any time he was connected in any way to the arrest of
someone who happened to be a minority, this incident would be brought
up in an attempt to tarnish his reputation.
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No matter how right he and his officers
might have been, as long as he was with the police department,
because of the unfounded accusations, his credibility would have
always been a factor. Regardless of his years of service in the
Commerce community, it is unlikely that he could ever be seen
publicly as a respected member of the Commerce community. And you
know what? That is a damn shame!<br />
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Good luck, Kerry Crews.<br />
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And
Carmen Ponder, you're a bad person.
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Yesterday morning, the Friday before Father's Day, I joined men
and women across the country in standing for parental equality and
fathers' rights at the fourth annual Fatherless Day Equal Parenting
Rally. I stood at the state Capitol in Austin, TX with 50+ people;
both men and women who are sick of the injustices of the American
"family" court system. People who are sick of seeing
Fathers treated like second-class citizens, or ATM's.<br />
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I spoke to men who have not been "allowed" to see their
children in years, despite paying child support and doing everything
the court system required. Because while police and the court system
will enforce a child support order by threatening jail time and
suspension of his drivers license, a mother can refuse to allow her
child's Father access to his child during his court-ordered parenting
time and the police and District Attorney will refuse to help.<br />
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Rather than enforcing the legally-binding court order, which
instructs law enforcement to “make reasonable effort” to enforce
the words on the page, most officers will tell the dad that it is a
civil matter and to hire a lawyer and take her to court. This might
seem like reasonable advice, until you consider that most of these
dads are already paying an exorbitant amount of child support to that
mother who is denying access.<br />
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Many of these dads are barely able to scrape together enough money
to pay the bills and put food on the table after their child support
is garnished from their paycheck. In fact, I know some grown men who even
had to move back in with their parents because of their excessive
child support order. So then, how is that dad expected to come up
with a $5,000 retainer for an attorney?<br />
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This is unacceptable.<br />
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This Father's Day, while you are spending time with your Dad and
your children, think of the fathers who are not given this luxury.
Fathers who despite having a good job, live in poverty due to the
amount of child support they are required to pay. Fathers who go to
court, or call the police and are told to just "shut up, pay
your child support and be happy that your ex occasionally 'allows'
you to see your child."<br />
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You might think this doesn't affect you, but the truth is, it
does. It affects every one of you who ever has children. It affects
your children and your grandchildren, your nieces and nephews, your
neighbors, your friends, and your friends' friends. So you see me
standing up for parental equality and fathers' rights, and you label
me as just another guy who is pissed off about paying child support.
You label me as just another guy who is only concerned with trying to
improve my situation and my standard of living. Well you are 100%
wrong.<br />
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My daughter is five years old and my custody battle is over. I was
awarded 50/50 custody of her, but it took me almost two years and
THOUSANDS of dollars to get to this point. That to me, is just offensive. No one, man or woman, should have to spend their life's
savings and two years of their sanity in order to “win” equality;
especially when it's been proven that equal parenting is what is
healthiest for children.<br />
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In this day and age, when everyone is demanding equality and
people are having their lives ruined and businesses destroyed by mere
accusations of racism, bigotry, sexism, and discrimination, why are
dads left out? Why don't we have organizations speaking out and
companies threatening to pull advertising because of discrimination
against dads? Because of money. Family court is a billion dollar
industry, and way too many people would lose their revenue stream if
equal parenting became standard, rather than pitting two parents
against each other to fight over their kids, while charging them
hundreds of dollars per hour.<br />
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This system isn't going to change overnight, or even in the next
13 years, by the time my daughter is an adult. This is the beginning
of a slow but powerful movement. I'm fighting for my grandchildren.
I'm fighting for my nieces and nephews. I'm fighting for my friends'
children who will one day grow up and get married and have children
of their own.<br />
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So rather than rolling your eyes every time I post another picture
or quote about equal parenting and fathers' rights, get involved.
Join an equal parenting organization. Share their posts on your
social media. Call your legislators. Write to your local and national
media outlets. If you refuse to do any of these simple things,
because you don't think parental equality is important, don't you
dare even consider coming to me and asking for advice or support when
you or your child become the next victim of family court.<br />
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Make your voices heard, because we will not see change until
people who are not immediately affected by these injustices are as
pissed off as the ones who are.<br />
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<i>Disclaimer: Every time I write about equal parenting and fathers'
rights, I get bombarded by emails and negative comments,
bashing me for acting like this is something that only happens to
men. I get it; no one wants to feel like their unique situation is
being ignored. That's exactly how I've felt since I was first tossed
into the family court system. That being said, I am well aware that
there are mothers out there who are victims of this system too. I
have several close friends, who are women, who have been alienated
from their children by a vengeful ex-husband. This does happen to
moms, but the sad truth is that it is much more common for the victim
to be the dad. If this bothers you, I assure you that it bothers me
too. If it hurts your feelings for me to state this as fact, I don't
care.</i>Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-25805121527328321772017-06-08T19:37:00.000-05:002017-06-08T19:37:13.776-05:006 Sarcastic Facts From James Comey's Testimony
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Today was the day everyone had been
waiting for in the Trump/Russia “collusion” investigation.
Democrats believed this would be the point when they finally gained
real hard evidence that would justify them pursuing articles of
impeachment. Republicans on the other hand, were certain that James
Comey's testimony would finally put an end to the speculation of any
wrongdoing on the part of Trump and his campaign.
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<b>1. We are all right; always</b></div>
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In the end, what did each side gain
from the Testimony? We all got exactly what we wanted! We got a whole
lot of nothing, which we could twist and reason and interpret to mean
that our side was 100% correct and that the other side should just
shut up, “because whether they like it or not, they are wrong.”
We got just enough information to both back up our side and to
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Truthfully, we all have selective
hearing when it comes to politics. We all have the candidates or
issues that are important to us, and we will make excuses for them
until our dying breath if necessary, as long as we believe we are
right.
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Democrats today heard exactly what they
were hoping for. They heard that Comey has “no doubt” Russia
attempted to interfere with our elections by hacking into the DNC.
What they will glaze over however, is that Russia and many other
countries (including the United States) are constantly trying to hack
into computer systems of both allies and foes in order to gain an
upper hand in international politics. Whatever attempted intrusion
there might have been, was nothing more than what is always going on
at any given time.
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And what exactly was gained by this
supposed hack? Comey made it clear today that the FBI was never given
an opportunity to examine the actual hardware that was supposedly
hacked into at the DNC. Instead, they were left to just take the data
given to them by the IT firm contracted by the Democrats (the same
firm that used the Bleach Bit program to destroy Hillary Clinton's
emails). So this part of the investigation was clearly limited to
only evidence that was spoon fed to them by the “victims” of the
hack.</div>
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<b>3. Russia did not change the
outcome of the election</b></div>
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The other key point Comey made known
today was that he was certain no actual votes had been changed by the
alleged hack. This should be pretty obvious, since the voting
machines are not connected to the internet. The only way for the
votes to potentially have been altered would be in person, one
machine at a time, either in the form of changing the votes that had
been cast, or by adding software at the time the machine was
manufactured, which would control how those votes were recorded.
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I would argue that any illegal votes
which took place, most likely happened by way of voter fraud; a long
time favorite of Democrats. It is highly unlikely if this voter fraud
took place, that it would have increased the number of votes for the
Republican candidate. Much more likely, is that certain key precincts
would show an inordinate percentage of votes for the one candidate
over the other. This would most likely lead to that candidate having
a much higher number of votes, but not necessarily winning the
electoral college, since it would be almost impossible to organize
this mass voter fraud all across the country.</div>
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<b>4. Trump sometimes acts impulsively</b></div>
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Democrats were not the only losers
today. Comey's rendition of his conversations with Trump surrounding
the Mike Flynn investigation, was a bit damning. No, Trump didn't
tell Comey to drop the investigation. But he was under the impression
that by Trump telling him that he hoped he could let the Flynn
investigation go, he was candidly ordering him to make sure it
happened.
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Comey's description of the multiple
conversations he had with Trump regarding his future as FBI Director,
in my opinion, was one of the most damaging aspects of his testimony.
I already stated in my article “<a href="http://www.diabolicalrantings.com/2017/05/trump-fires-comey.html" target="_blank">Trump Fires Comey (Spoiler Alert:Democrats Are Outraged)</a>” that I don't believe firing Comey was the right decision at the time
that it happened.
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I don't think it would be that far of a
stretch to assume that Comey might be out of a job after playing such
a vital part in the election. I think regardless of who won, he
should have started sending out his resume. But the firing should
have been handled immediately upon Trump entering office. Otherwise,
it should have waited until the conclusion of the Russia
investigation. Even though I would think almost anyone familiar with
our justice system would know that firing the FBI Director would not
suddenly end an investigation they were leading, it just looks bad.
More importantly, it gives the Democrats one more piece of ammunition
to use against Trump.
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<b>5. Comey relies on his feelings –
a lot</b></div>
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The unfortunate thing for everyone
today, is that the majority of any potentially damning testimony
delivered by Comey today, was based on his feelings, rather than
facts. Democrats might think they have enough now to impeach Trump
for abuse of power in the firing of Comey. But the cold hard truth is
that even if Trump WAS doing this, he didn't say the words necessary
to meet the legal definition. Funny thing about the law; facts matter
– your feelings do not. And in criminal proceedings, the burden of
proof is “beyond a shadow of doubt”.</div>
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Over all, I believe the person most
implicated in the testimony today was former Attorney General,
Loretta Lynch. Comey made it very clear that he believed there was a
conflict of interest when she met with former President, Bill Clinton
in the plane on the tarmac during the investigation into his wife's
emails. She also asked Comey to change the terminology he used and
refer to it as a “matter” rather than an “investigation.”
Clearly this revised terminology would lead anyone who heard it to
believe it was much less serious than before.
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<b>6. Nothing is going to change</b></div>
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My conclusion from the testimony today
is that it didn't make one bit of difference. We are still stuck in
the same position as before. Everyone believes they are right, and
they can't believe that anyone could see the situation differently.
So what will change? Not a damn thing. Everyone is going to keep
being angry.
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Republicans are going to continue being
frustrated that Trump isn't being allowed to do what they elected him
to do. Democrats will continue protesting and burning down cities,
and shouting “not my president”, while calling for impeachment.
And they just might get that impeachment they all want so
desperately. But as of this moment, I have seen no evidence of
anything that would justify it (not that evidence really matters
anymore).
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Can we please, for the love of god,
quit basing everything on feelings and start focusing on actual
evidence and facts? That's all I ask!</div>
Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-4966211903284344952017-05-29T23:53:00.001-05:002017-05-29T23:53:27.196-05:00Trump Fires Comey (Spoiler Alert: Democrats Are Outraged)
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I sat down at my computer with the
intention of writing about the firing of FBI Director, James Comey.
But as I toyed around with angles to take on the topic, I realized
that anything I could say had most likely already been said.
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Unless you have been off the grid or in a coma for the last year
or so, I'm sure you know the story of Comey's involvement in the
investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server, as well as
the investigation into Trump's supposed collaboration with the
Russian government. In fact, I have even written previously about the
FBI investigation's potential impact on the election in my article "<a href="http://www.diabolicalrantings.com/2016/10/fbis-second-clinton-investigation-takes.html" target="_blank">Anthony Weiner's Wiener Could Help Determine Winner Of Presidential Election</a>".<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Then Hillary Clinton recently made the
comment at a speaking engagement that if the election had been on
October 27th (the day before Comey notified Congress that the
investigation into Clinton was being re-opened), that she had no
doubt that she would be President. Interestingly, she made no mention
of the fact that she was quite possibly the worst, most corrupt
Presidential candidate in the history of the United States.<br />
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Throughout the years that I have been
interested in and aware of politics, I cannot remember another time
when the public's opinion of a key figure flip-flopped so many times.
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<li><i>Comey began investigating Clinton and
her illegal use of a private email server:</i> (<b>Democrats Hate him –
Republicans love him</b>).
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<li><i>Comey closes the investigation into
Clinton and recommends no charges:</i> (<b>Republicans hate him – Democrats
love him</b>).</li>
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<li><i>Comey announces new evidence has been
uncovered and the investigation into Clinton is being re-opened:</i>
(<b>Democrats Hate him – Republicans love him</b>).</li>
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<li><i>Comey announces that the new evidence
had been reviewed and the investigation into Clinton is being closed
again:</i> (<b>Republicans hate him – Democrats love him</b>).</li>
</ul>
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<li><i>Clinton loses the election:</i> (<b>Democrats
Hate him – Republicans love him</b>).</li>
</ul>
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<li><i>FBI opens investigation into
allegations of Russian “meddling” in our election to ensure a
Trump victory:</i> (<b>Republicans hate him – Democrats love him</b>).</li>
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Whether you agreed with his actions or
not, I hope you will at least agree that he was in a difficult
position. If I had his job, I probably would have resigned long
before now, and I definitely would have begged my doctor for a Xanax
prescription. At the beginning of the Clinton investigation, when
Comey first became a household name, I remember several news anchors
describing him, since most of us were barely even aware of who he was
at that point. </div>
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I recall him being described as strict,
by the book, and not afraid of stepping on toes. It was said that he
was possibly the most qualified person in the country to hold the FBI
Director title, since he refused to allow party affiliation to ever
come into play in an investigation. One comical host even joked that
Comey was such a hard-ass, that he would investigate his own mother
if he thought she might have broken the law.
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This opinion however, did not last
long. It took almost no time before people began spewing their hatred
for the man, only because he appeared to possibly be reaching a
conclusion that could hurt their preferred Presidential candidate. I
have always heard that if you have enemies, it means you once stood
up for something you believed. So I would say that in Comey's case,
since most of the country hated him at one point, he was probably the
best man for the job – a job that he now lost due to that
un-wavering commitment to finding the truth.</div>
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I must say that I find it ironic how
the Democrat's opinion of Comey changed so quickly. After Hillary's
comment, they were essentially blaming him for her loss. Less than a
week later, however, Trump fired him, so the Democrats in their
standard post-election fashion, had to oppose the decision. Suddenly
I quit hearing how Comey was to blame for the loss. This blame was
quickly replaced by cries that Comey must have been close to
uncovering something in the investigation into Russian involvement,
which surely would have guaranteed an impeachment of Trump.
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It's all just the same rhetoric being
spewed over and over again by the left. At this point, there really
is no reason for them to even go to the trouble of opposing each
individual action Trump takes or doesn't take. We get it, liberals
hate Trump, even though most of them don't even know why. They might
as well just issue one “blanket opposition” to every single thing
Trump says and does for the remainder of his presidency. Then Nancy
Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren can go back to their Bingo
game at the nursing home and leave “running the country” to those
of us not caught up in blind hatred for our opposition.
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So do I agree with Trump's decision to
terminate Comey? Based only on the information I had at the time, no,
I do not. I don't think it was the right decision, at least not yet.
But it was inevitable that it would eventually have to happen. Comey
was way too involved in the election to escape without a scratch,
even though I believe the actions he took were mostly with the right
intentions. I think Comey genuinely wanted to make sure everyone knew
the truth, so the right person could win the election. I don't
believe that desire was due to any personal bias toward or against
either candidate, but rather a desire for everyone to know the truth,
whatever it might be.
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Unfortunately for Comey, and as we saw
with the liberals' reaction to the Wikileaks document dumps,
Democrats believe that anyone who uncovers evidence of their
corruption is guilty of trying to influence the outcome of the
election. I'm sorry, but if the truth is so damaging to you, perhaps
you need to look at why you have chosen to oppose it.</div>
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<i>Originally published on
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Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-39808983081956386742017-05-11T22:55:00.000-05:002017-05-11T22:55:08.383-05:00The Real Reason Trump Fired Comey
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I've heard speculation in the media that Trump's reason for
firing James Comey was to "appease" the democrats after Hillary
Clinton essentially stated last week that he was to blame for her
loss to Trump. The liberal media is reporting that Trump is "shocked"
that it didn't change anything when it was announced that Comey had
been removed. They (through anonymous sources, of course) say that he
believed the Democrats wanted Comey removed, so he didn't understand
why they were upset, rather than being happy and grateful to him. Of
course, these reports are finely-tuned to fit the liberal narrative
that Trump is just an arrogant buffoon who doesn't know what is going
on and is unfit to hold the office.<br />
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I disagree though. I believe that if I, a lowly blogger, can see
by now that the Democrats are going to oppose any and every move
Trump makes, surely Trump himself is well-aware of this too. My
opinion is that he knew exactly how the liberals and the media would
react. He was just waiting patiently for Clinton and the Democrats to
come out with a hard stance on something (in this case, blaming Comey
for Clinton's loss), only so he could make a move that would appear
to be an effective response to that stance.<br />
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Essentially, Clinton openly blamed Comey for her losing the
election. Democrats began calling for Comey to resign or be removed,
so Trump fired him. This would have been a reasonable response to the
belief that he had mis-managed the investigation into the Clinton
email scandal. It could have even been seen as him “extending the
olive branch” to Clinton and the Democrats. It would be reasonable,
IF liberals were reasonable -- which they are not.<br />
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I believe Trump knew this would present democrats with an
inconvenient "conundrum" where they had to either agree
that Trump had done the right thing, or they had to reverse the hard
stance they had just taken on Comey less than a week before, in an
attempt to continue opposing Trump at every turn.<br />
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We all know that Trump has gone toe-to-toe with the media on
multiple occasions. Unlike most candidates in the past, he isn't
afraid to stand up and call them out when they're wrong. Not
necessarily a good quality for a politician, but it seems to work for
Trump. And in his case, with the media fighting so hard to discredit
him, I think it's been absolutely necessary for his continued
success. Any other Republican would have bowed to the pressure and
given up the election to Clinton, but Trump's persistence is what won
him the presidency.<br />
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So what was the reason for Comey being fired? He was fired because
he mis-managed multiple investigations. He was fired because he
appeared to politicize the probe into Clinton's private email server.
He was fired because he flip-flopped on numerous occasions –
sometimes seeming to simply change his opinion based only on the
stance of the most recent person he had spoken to.<br />
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As I discussed in my article <a href="http://conservativenetwork.org/trump-fires-comey" target="_blank">Trump Fires Comey (Spoiler Alert: Democrats Are Appalled)</a>, I honestly
believe Comey had good intentions. I don't think he intended to take
a side or repeatedly change his stance. The problem is that while he
might be fair and bi-partisan, he lacked the tenacity to make a
decision and then stick to it. That is why Comey was fired.<br />
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The question you are actually wanting an answer to, however, is
not “why was Comey fired?” The question you want answered is “why
was Comey fired NOW?” Lucky for you, I have for you what I believe
to be the answer.<br />
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President Trump had every intention of removing Comey from his
position at the FBI, but it wasn't a pressing issue. Whether you like
to admit it or not, Trump is a pretty smart dude, and I think he
masterfully slow-played his hand in order to epically troll the
media. And it worked like a charm. If you don't believe me, go watch
the Late Show's audience reacting to the announcement!<br />
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Trump knew they would never say that he
had made the right decision on something, so he forced them to
totally reverse a hard stance they had just taken a few days before.<br />
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That's right liberals, President Donald J. Trump is smarter than you! And Stephen
Colbert, you can eat your heart out. Stick that in your c*ck holster
and suck it!Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-14072981882785350762017-04-20T01:51:00.000-05:002018-08-11T16:34:46.070-05:00A Disturbing Trend Among Conservatives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Most of you who follow my page know that I am a fairly moderate,
but right-leaning conservative with a Libertarian stance on many
issues. However, even though I normally side with conservatives, I
have always said that I am not above calling out those same
conservatives when I believe they have screwed up.<br />
<br />
Looking back at the last couple of years, it would be difficult to
honestly say that Democrats are the party of free speech. They might
make this claim, but the truth is, they only support free speech if
it aligns with their "progressive" agenda on topics such as
Feminism, Islam, LGBTQ rights, abortion, law enforcement, and Black
Lives Matter.<br />
<br />
If someone speaks out in support of any of their "approved"
issues and receives any kind of backlash, even if the claim is
unsubstantiated, liberals are immediately up in arms. They
immediately begin demanding that the company be boycotted, or the
offending employee be fired, even if the alleged offensive act did
not take place while they were on the clock. They picket, protest,
scream, yell, and plaster the offender's name and picture all over
social media; doing their best to completely ruin their life.<br />
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They are not happy until the person is legitimately scared to
leave their home and is forced to go into hiding. All of this usually
happens before any investigation has taken place. But even when that
investigation eventually exonerates the person or company being
accused, it's not enough for the irate “social justice warriors”.<br />
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Unfortunately, I have gotten to the point where I just expect this
backlash any time I hear of one of these incidents. At first, it
really bothered me. But I am seeing now that every time liberals
react in this fashion, it has less credibility than the last time.
Even though they are encouraged and validated by the liberal media,
these attacks are losing the shock effect they once had.<br />
<br />
I pride myself in being pretty open to all opinions and points of
view. Even though I am quite outspoken about my stance on most
political topics and current events, I welcome healthy discussion or
debate almost any time, so long as you can remain calm and mature.
This open mindedness immediately ceases though as soon as the
opposing argument resorts to irate labeling and name-calling. Sadly,
this is the typical outcome of these conversations. I believe that is
one of the reasons I have continued to identify as a conservative,
even though I take a liberal stance on many subjects.<br />
<br />
For the most part, conservatives might disagree with you on a
topic, but as long as you don't try to blatantly interfere with their
constitutional rights, they typically don't resort to mob-like
tactics to silence those who disagree with them. They don't demand
that a person be fired if they happen to speak out in opposition of
their platform. Nor do they begin making death threats or committing
acts of arson. And they certainly don't start rioting and flipping
over police cars.<br />
<br />
This is why I am concerned about some things that have taken place
recently surrounding a couple of well known conservative names.<br />
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In February, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_Yiannopoulos" target="_blank">Milo Yiannopoulos</a> left conservative
news outlet, Breitbart, after heavily-edited, misleading recordings
came out in which it was alleged that he condoned same-sex physical
relationships with underage boys. Naturally, liberals went ballistic;
fueled primarily by their hatred of Milo for presenting them with
what they consider to be an impossible anomaly – a famous,
well-liked, gay conservative.<br />
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Conservatives of course, went into damage control mode. For
conservatives, this means quickly abandoning and shunning this
"Judas" for potentially violating their standard belief
system. These conservatives could have stood up and defended Milo,
like I did in my article "<a href="http://www.diabolicalrantings.com/2017/02/milo-leaves-breitbart.html" target="_blank">Milo Leaves Breitbart</a>".
But instead, they immediately began distancing themselves from him.<br />
<br />
Next, in March, wildly-popular conservative millennial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomi_Lahren" target="_blank">Tomi Lahren</a> with The Blaze, went on
ABC's "The View". During this appearance, she dared to
cross a conservative party line by announcing that she was pro
choice. She went on to explain that while she might not glorify or
advocate for abortion, she <i>"can't sit here and be a hypocrite
and say [she's] for limited government but...think the government
should decide what women do with their bodies."</i><br />
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Again, as with Milo, conservatives went into melt-down mode; in
this case, utterly shocked that someone could be both conservative
and pro choice (a stance that I too happen to hold). Rather than
standing up and supporting Tomi, they instead began to alienate her.<br />
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Soon thereafter, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Beck" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Glenn Beck</a>, founder of The Blaze,
decided to permanently suspend her show until the expiration of her
contract. At the same time, they took control of her 4.3 million
member <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TomiLahren" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>, claiming
it was property of The Blaze. While it could be laughable to some,
for anyone to take legal action regarding a social media page, these
"likes" do have a value, and it is difficult for any public
figure to retain their credibility if they lose their social media
presence. Fortunately, a Dallas judge ordered that Ms. Lahren be
given access to her Facebook page, but with the understanding that
she was not to post anything negative about Beck or The Blaze. This
battle however, is far from being over.<br />
<br />
Personally, I'm not a fan of The Blaze. While I might agree with
them on many things, Glenn Beck has taken such an extremist stance on
some issues that in my opinion, he has lost credibility. Not to say
that he is wrong, but I can't cite "The Blaze" as a
credible news source, which as a blogger, makes them worthless to me.<br />
<br />
The issue as I see it here, is that conservatives have suddenly
begun becoming less tolerant of free speech. Rather than pulling
together behind these two well known conservative figures, they were
quickly abandoned at the first hint of disagreement.<br />
<br />
These two people (Milo and Tomi) were arguably two of the most
popular conservative figures, especially among millennials. We could
have used this to our advantage. We could have said "we disagree
and this is why, but we respect their opinions." Instead, they
were pushed aside at the first hint of trouble. Rather than embracing
our differences, conservatives took a card from the liberal playbook
and punished them for exercising their rights to free speech.<br />
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Now as I'm about to publish this article, it was announced that
Fox's top-rated host, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_(political_commentator)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bill O'Reilly</a>
was being fired after allegations of sexual harassment and
misconduct. Immediately, advertisers began jumping ship as they were
hounded by liberals and feminist groups, demanding that they sever
ties or risk losing business.<br />
<br />
I'm no Bill O'Reilly fan; I never have been. Nothing against him,
except that I thought he was disrespectful to his guests, and
frankly, a bit of a dick. Obviously though, my dislike of the guy did
nothing to hinder his overwhelming popularity among conservatives and
even some liberals. Regardless of my opinion on him, he was
certainly, without question, one of the top conservative
personalities in media.<br />
<br />
Now, due to some potentially-baseless allegations, conservatives
have quickly severed ties with him. Without even waiting for an
investigation or any actual evidence, Bill O'Reilly is out of a job
and conservatives have lost another top respected name in media.<br />
<br />
This is a mindset that absolutely must change if conservatives
wish to remain in power. Otherwise, by abandoning our own for a minor
disagreement or potentially unfounded allegations, we are only
proving to liberals that they have the power to tear us apart, one
conservative figurehead at a time. Thus ensuring that Republicans
begin losing our majority in the house, Congress, and eventually the
White House.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sources</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/04/10/tomi-lahren-sues-blaze-glenn-beck-for-wrongful-termination.amp.html">www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/04/10/tomi-lahren-sues-blaze-glenn-beck-for-wrongful-termination.amp.html</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/27/tomi-lahren-out-at-the-blaze-after-pro-choice-comm/">http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/27/tomi-lahren-out-at-the-blaze-after-pro-choice-comm/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas/2017/04/17/tomi-lahren-was-in-trouble-at-work-long-before-pro-abortion-comments-says-glenn-becks-attorney">https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas/2017/04/17/tomi-lahren-was-in-trouble-at-work-long-before-pro-abortion-comments-says-glenn-becks-attorney</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/business/media/bill-oreilly-fox-news-allegations.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/business/media/bill-oreilly-fox-news-allegations.html</a></span></div>
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Single Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06354035453668601020noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937277920402913785.post-30548666111368497542017-03-17T01:09:00.000-05:002018-08-11T16:41:03.227-05:00You Have A Spending Problem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anyone who has ever made a budget knows that if you are spending
more money than you're making, you have to figure out how to reduce
some of those expenditures. This means listing everything you spend
money on in any given month and then deciding which expenses are
necessary and which are not. At some point, if you're going to
disrupt the pattern of over-spending, you will have to start
eliminating some unnecessary expenses and reducing others.<br />
<br />
For your average family, this usually means eating out less, going
on fewer vacations, not buying new clothes as frequently, and maybe
even dropping your cable or satellite TV service. Obviously different
families and even the various members of those families would
probably prioritize the importance of those expenditures differently.
But ultimately, the final decision lies upon the the head of that
household; the person who earns the money and then turns around and
spends it to keep that roof over their heads. That person has to make
a difficult decision which no matter what, will piss off at least one
member of their household.<br />
<br />
When you aren't the person writing the checks or paying the bills
online, cringing as you watch that number in your bank account change
from black to red, it's difficult to comprehend the importance of
these decisions. It's easy to get used to all of the luxuries you
have and begin thinking of them as something you are entitled to.<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a>This is especially true for kids. They are used to having all the
latest toys, clothes and electronic gadgets. They're accustomed to
turning on the TV and having hundreds of channels to choose from.
Whether due to innocence or selfishness, they give no thought to what
it took for their parents to be <br />
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able to provide those things for
them.<br />
<br />
They are completely oblivious to the fact that while they enjoy
these luxuries; these entitlements, their parents are getting closer
and closer to maxing out another credit card as their expenses that
month once again exceeded their income. This is the life of many
American families. They refuse to reduce their lifestyle and live
within their means. So they keep running up and maxing out their
credit cards, burying themselves in more and more debt, just coasting
as long as they can on the inevitable path to bankruptcy.<br />
<br />
I know some people who see bankruptcy as something that is just
assumed. They know it's going to happen eventually, so they are just
going to spend as much as they possibly can until that time comes.
But I don't think this is the norm. I think most people who are in
this boat, are hoping for a miracle. They're hoping for that new job,
or promotion at work. They're hoping to win the lottery, or hit it
big at the casino, or get that phone call telling them that some
distant relative has passed away and left them a fortune.<br />
<br />
These people become so delusional that they convince themselves it
isn't a matter of "if," but only a matter of "when"
it will happen. They think if they can just keep playing this game
for a few more months, or a few more years, that miraculous event
will take place and they'll finally be able to pay off those credit
cards, avoid bankruptcy and continue living the life of semi-luxury
they have come to expect.<br />
<br />
Sadly, most of these people will never get their miracle. They'll
keep spending without even a passing thought of trying to live within
their means. They'll keep buying those lottery tickets at the gas
station every Friday, and they'll keep hoping this will be the week
that their numbers match and they win the big jackpot. After all,
they deserve it.<br />
<br />
For many, this is just a way of life. It's how they were raised,
so it can't be wrong. It's always someone else's fault, whether that
be their parents, their boss, their kids, the government, the color
of their skin, where they went to school, or the neighborhood they
grew up in.<br />
<br />
Most of the time, the people unwilling to take responsibility and
acknowledge that they are to blame for their financial devastation,
are the ones who will never escape it. But once you can acknowledge
that regardless of your circumstances, you are solely to blame for
the poor financial decisions that put you in this situation, then you
can start digging your way out.<br />
<br />
If you're lucky, your moment of clarity will be early, before
you've managed to rack up a few lifetimes worth of debt. If you
decide to change your lifestyle early on, it might not take that
drastic of a change to get yourself back on the right track. You
might be able to turn your financial situation around by just
choosing less expensive restaurants when you eat out. You might just
decide to skip a <br />
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few retail therapy sessions, or have a family game
night rather than taking everyone to the movie theater. There are
plenty of simple smart choices you can make that won't really be that
big of a disruption to the life you are accustomed to.<br />
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However, Americans aren't used to moderation, and if you aren't
able to catch yourself and start changing your spending habits early
on, those changes are going to have to be much more drastic. I'm
talking Ramen noodles and peanut butter sandwiches three meals a day.
Not just spending less on clothes, but selling the clothes that you
don't wear regularly and sewing or patching that hole rather than
just buying a new pair of jeans! I'm talking about canceling your TV
service, trading in your new Lexus for a used Kia, selling that big
house you can't afford and moving into something smaller, even if it
isn't in the best neighborhood! Hell, if it helps you meet your
goals, sell your living room furniture and replace it with lawn
chairs and milk crates!<br />
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I don't care how painful it is, or how much it crushes your ego.
If you truly want out, you'll do whatever it takes. And if you aren't
willing to make those changes, then you are exactly where you deserve
to be and have no one to blame but yourself.<br />
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This is where our country sits today. We and several generations
before us have racked up an insane, disgusting, unimaginable amount
of national debt. An absolutely inconceivable number, with a dollar
sign behind it. We have dug ourselves deeper and deeper into debt
every year, by adding more entitlements, more grants, and more
foreign aid. In order to get one good bill passed, our legislators
have to tack on hundreds of other unnecessary bills, creating even
more entitlements we can't afford, just to buy the votes needed to
pass the original piece of legislation. Then, as a final order of
business, after spending the entire session promising imaginary money
that we don't have to everyone under the sun, those same legislators
vote to give themselves raises "for a job well done"!<br />
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This is insanity by definition. We are continuing to do the same
thing over and over, then we ask why we don't have different results.
By the time you finish reading this article, our national debt will
have increased by <a href="https://www.nabber.org/projects/debtcounter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">approximately $9,994,658</a>. This isn't the
government's money; it's your money! The government is just spending
it on your behalf, and you currently owe somewhere in the
neighborhood of $60,000!<br />
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When we elect our leaders, we are entrusting them with the
responsibility of spending our tax dollars, and with the current
manner of business, spending taxes we haven't even paid yet. Those
government services and grants that you think are so great and so
necessary, aren't free. Just because they don't send you the bill, it
doesn't mean you aren't ultimately responsible for the expense.<br />
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Now our elected officials have to play "head of household"
and make some difficult decisions. They can continue with "business
as usual" and keep hoping for different results, or they can
decide to make drastic changes. They have to decide what is
necessary, and what is not. Then, regardless of how many people are
pissed off when their entitlement of choice is de-funded, they have
to start making cuts. Whether you like it or not, that public service
you feel is so necessary, just might be an unnecessary luxury that we
can no longer afford. You don't get to claim ignorance anymore. The
question is, are you going to look at this like the head of the
household, or like a spoiled child.<br />
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We have a spending problem...and it's your fault.<br />
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Sources:<br />
<a href="http://www.justfacts.com/nationaldebt.asp">http://www.justfacts.com/nationaldebt.asp</a><br />
<a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/8-crazy-facts-about-the-national-debt/article/2598352">http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/8-crazy-facts-about-the-national-debt/article/2598352</a><br />
<a href="https://www.nabber.org/projects/debtcounter">https://www.nabber.org/projects/debtcounter</a><br />
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Is it really a shock to anyone that Trump is choosing so far to
not release his tax return? Look at how he has been treated by the
media and everyone on the left who oppose him. It doesn't matter what
he does, they dig and dig until they find one little thing to
criticize him about, then they blow it out of proportion, making it
out to be breaking headline news, worthy of immediate impeachment. If
they can't find anything, they just make stuff up!<br />
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Sure, every other president in recent history has released their
tax returns. But they did it voluntarily; not because it was a
requirement. None of those former presidents had anything even close
to the wealth of Trump, so there is hardly even a fair comparison
between them. Also, none of those men were ever run through the
gauntlet by the media in the way that Trump has been. Even if they
had been, social media wasn't around to help spread the newest absurd
fabrication of a story among millions of low information voters
within minutes of hitting "publish."<br />
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<a name='more'></a>My only problem with Trump not releasing his tax return is that he
originally said he would do it. While he might have at that time been
in the middle of an IRS audit, I doubt that is still going on.
However, maybe when he initially said he would release them, he
thought the lies and personal attacks against him, his family and his
businesses would eventually subside. Instead, after winning the
election, the attacks have only increased both in volume and in
severity. So if lying about releasing his tax return is the most
dishonest thing Trump does while in office, he just might go down as
one of the most honest Presidents in history.<br />
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At this point, it wouldn't matter if Trump took zero deductions,
filed a 1040EZ at the Jackson Hewitt kiosk in Walmart and payed a 40%
tax rate. The media would still find something to lambaste him for.
He has absolutely nothing to gain by releasing his return. By
choosing not to release them, he not only avoids the inevitable
attacks and lies that would be directed toward him. He also lets the
media continue to waste their time and energy obsessing over this
non-story.<br />
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Whether you like it or not, Trump is smart, and he knows how to
work the media. Even if he can't force them to report on him fairly
and honestly, he can still push their narcissistic buttons by
refusing to feed their pathetic little egos. Sure, he might be a
little rough around the edges. He might not always speak like a
polished politician. He certainly doesn't let the media walk all
over him, the way any other Republican candidate would have. But
that's why he is President and they (with the exception of those
appointed to his cabinet) are all back to doing the same thing as
before the election.<br />
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Tonight, by releasing two pages of Trump's tax return from 11
years ago, after teasing and promoting it for hours as "breaking
news", Rachel Maddow has just proven what an ignorant hack she
really is.<br />
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MSNBC: You are fake news.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The need for women is no more or less essential than the need for
men. Mothers are no more important than fathers. Wives are no more
important than husbands. However, I don't hear any men threatening to
stay home to protest the fact that they are much more likely to die
or be injured in workplace accidents (because they are more likely to
take the dangerous and higher paying jobs). I don't hear men
threatening to stay home because they are much less likely to have
custody of their children if they get divorced. Or even the fact that
men are much more likely to commit suicide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Advocates for the “Day Without A Woman” protest are quick to
point out that women are less likely to speak up at work, ask for
raises, or negotiate starting pay. And they're right, at least on
those points. But how is that the fault of men? And how does it help
for those women to stay home today?</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: small;">Women are afforded almost every opportunity that men are these
days. Sure, there are some opportunities that are just more available
to people of one specific gender. But it goes both ways, for men and
for women. Equality in all facets of life sounds great until you are
confronted with that equality affording you something less appealing
than what you might have otherwise had.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The fact that school administrators in many districts are
concerned about a large percentage of their staff not coming to work
today, says a lot. It says that a lower-paying (not less important)
career field is dominated by women. That is not the fault of men; nor
is it due to inequality. It is because those women chose to go into a
career that they knew before even declaring a major in college, had
less earning potential than many other fields.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's great that these educators are passionate about what they do,
and it is incredibly important for future generations. However, they
all knew when they chose to go into education that they weren't doing
it for the money. It is certainly not the fault of any man that this
career field, dominated by women, pays less by comparison to whatever
different field that man chose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So if the point of this protest is to prove that women are
important, it is unnecessary. We are all important. And it would have
a very similar impact if men chose as a collective group to not
participate in life for a day. The issues I see being pointed out as
“reasons to protest”, will not be solved by boycotting their
jobs, refusing to make purchases or making a scene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Women absolutely need to become more comfortable speaking out in
the workplace. They need to know the proper, professional method of
negotiating pay and requesting raises. Those are uncomfortable
conversations and no one likes having them. But if a man makes more
than a woman doing the same job because he is willing to have those
uncomfortable talks and she is not, the fault for any inequality in
pay lies solely on that woman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Aside from standard small raises, no manager is going to
voluntarily offer to pay you more if you don't ask for it. They are
in the business of getting as much productivity as possible while
spending as little money as possible on labor. So unless you convince
them that you are a vital asset to the company and they are at risk
of losing you if they don't agree to your requested raise, you will
never see a significant increase in salary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">If women truly want to make a difference in these scenarios and
hopefully increase their pay, they should ask for help! Over my
professional career, I have negotiated my starting salary in almost
every job I was offered. I have even successfully requested raises a
couple times. If anyone came to me for advice on how to be more
assertive and convincing in these situations, I would gladly help
them out. But everyone has to accept that if they aren't making a
fair wage for the work they are performing, SOME fault lies on them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Personally, I predict the "day without a woman" protest
to be an abysmal failure today. Mostly because I think the majority
of women are responsible and see that it would be stupid to boycott
the day. But I'm sure some will take part and stay home. I just hope
that some of their managers choose to treat them equally and give
them the same disciplinary action that would be used if a man pulled
the same stunt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Just remember, the risk you take individually any time you choose
to take part in a “sit down/non-participation” protest, is that
you might prove to the person signing your paycheck just how
incredibly unnecessary you are to the success of his or her company.
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It is absolutely absurd to see how the left targets any
conservative who happens to have a loyal following. However, it does
certainly serve to flaunt the undeniable power they have, by-way of
the liberal media, to crush and destroy those who oppose them. I'm
disappointed to see <a href="https://yiannopoulos.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Milo Yiannopoulos</a>
leave <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Breitbart</a>, but pleased to hear he
will continue his speaking engagements and also still intends to have
his book published.<br />
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I hate seeing celebrities, politicians and other public figures
cave to pressure to resign when they are attacked by the left. I hate
it almost as much as I detest hearing that companies have fired or
disciplined an employee after being made out as an example by the
media for saying or doing the wrong thing. In the eyes of those on
the left, this means they won and only gives them more power when
they are intent upon ruining the next person with whom they disagree.
It only serves to throw fuel on the flames of their hatred;
further-amplifying the overwhelming fear people have of opposing
them. Unfortunately, it also serves to feed their unquenchable egos
and ravenous thirst for conservative blood.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>My personal opinion is that Milo knew the left would just continue
attacking him and this would dominate and over-shadow everything else
Breitbart is doing. People love to hate Milo, so by leaving, he
allows Breitbart to carry on without the barrage of attacks they
would surely be receiving, along with vehement demands that he be
fired (since this is what liberals do now when they are offended). If
this hadn't worked, there would have been angry protests outside of
Breitbart's headquarters, quickly progressing to riots and
destruction of their property. Eventually there would be calls to
boycott and intimidate their advertisers, until those companies were
beaten into submission by the threat of losing business.<br />
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Since the Presidential election, Milo has continued rising in fame
and popularity on the right, while presenting the left with a
difficult-to-oppose anomaly (a gay white conservative Brit who
fancies black men). But as he has grown in stardom, it seemed at
times that he might have actually outgrown the organization that
helped to facilitate his swift advancement to notoriety.<br />
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I believe he sends the wrong message to the left by leaving
Breitbart. In their eyes, he is caving to their tactics of
deceptively editing and reporting stories in order to tactically
slander their adversaries. But perhaps Milo has been looking for an
opportunity to leave Breitbart to go solo. It's possible he has
witnessed himself outgrowing the organization, as he becomes more of
a social figure and less of a journalist. If this is the case, maybe
this was just the chance he needed to make a clean break from the
company amidst a bit of a media-concocted public spectacle.<br />
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Whatever the case, I hate to see Milo leave Breitbart, but I wish
him the best and look forward to seeing where he goes from here. I
think it's safe to say that as long as the left continues the
absurdity we have witnessed since the election of Donald Trump,
Milo's 15 minutes of fame has certainly not yet come to a close.<br />
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