The sporadic musings of a middle aged man who isn't exactly happy with the direction America is taking today....
31 December 2015
Little more than sharecroppers...
Clearly, we do not really own “our” property, but “rent” it from our local governments. Retirees, who own their home “free and clear” after decades of mortgage payments, are often forced to sell because their property taxes have risen with inflation to exceed what their mortgage payment used to be. Property taxes amount to, in practice, a kind of rent you have to pay the government each year to be allowed to keep living on your own property! Eminent domain and property taxes have made a mockery of the American dream of home ownership. Individuals no longer truly “own” their property! ~~~Mary J. Ruwart Ph.D.
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30 December 2015
The Equality Train...
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Or open carry, if that is what you prefer.
"...the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Pretty simple statement. Not sure it needs to be defined by the individual states or the courts. "Shall not be interfered with." Period. Couldn't be much clearer. So simple that even an idiot can understand.
29 December 2015
History says he's lying...
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/28/when-obama-says-he-wont-take-your-guns-history-proves-hes-lying/
President Barack Obama is a serial-liar of the first order. That is not partisanship talking, that is history and science. And when Obama says, as he did Tuesday in Chicago, I’m not going to “take everyone’s guns away,” that means he’s coming for them.
Did I mention Barack Obama is a liar? Not only is Obama a liar, this “not gunna-gunna” ploy is a tactic the President has effectively used many times before. It’s a two-pronged assault that requires the cooperation of his DC Media allies.
I’m Not Gunna Force People To Buy Health Insurance
Obama’s “not gunna” lies started during the 2008 presidential campaign when he said he was “not gunna” force people to buy health insurance. Here’s video of a 2008 debate between Obama and Hillary Clinton where he criticizes, not just the mandate in her health care plan that forces people to purchase health insurance, but the fact that they are fined and therefore “worse off” if they don’t purchase insurance.
Read the rest at the link...
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President Barack Obama is a serial-liar of the first order. That is not partisanship talking, that is history and science. And when Obama says, as he did Tuesday in Chicago, I’m not going to “take everyone’s guns away,” that means he’s coming for them.
Did I mention Barack Obama is a liar? Not only is Obama a liar, this “not gunna-gunna” ploy is a tactic the President has effectively used many times before. It’s a two-pronged assault that requires the cooperation of his DC Media allies.
- By lying and saying he’s “not gunna,” Obama lulls his opponents into a false sense of security.
- By lying and saying he’s “not gunna,” it allows Obama’s DC Media allies to attack as liars and extremists those who say Obama will take their guns.
I’m Not Gunna Force People To Buy Health Insurance
Obama’s “not gunna” lies started during the 2008 presidential campaign when he said he was “not gunna” force people to buy health insurance. Here’s video of a 2008 debate between Obama and Hillary Clinton where he criticizes, not just the mandate in her health care plan that forces people to purchase health insurance, but the fact that they are fined and therefore “worse off” if they don’t purchase insurance.
Read the rest at the link...
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28 December 2015
26 December 2015
Dear world...
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Yes, of course. But it was fiction. Just a way to pass a few hours reading. It could never happen here...
Government in your life...
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Not sure that's any different than what we have now.
On the other hand... I read this morning, somewhere, that no one is going to be able to beat the Hildabeast. I'll try to find that again. :)
25 December 2015
For unto you is born this day...
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I cannot help but reflect today, as I do every year on this day, upon all of the Christmas' I have lived. I can't help but think of the places that I have spent Christmas over the years, and of the people I have spent those Christmas' with. "Long ago and far away" You know who you are. I am blessed to have each of you, my friends and family, as part of my life. I am rich beyond measure. I hope that each of you feels blessed in some way on this day, and every day. Merry Christmas!
24 December 2015
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22 December 2015
21 December 2015
Photo-shopped...
Now before this thing gets out of hand... for all of you "Photo-shopped-conspiracy-
By Wyatt Goodwin
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20 December 2015
19 December 2015
4 dead in Ohio...
A little bit of interesting history here... Remember, when the "establishment" does it, it's OK.
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18 December 2015
Went to see my cousin...
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Went up north to Mason City today for the funeral of a friend. She went way too young. 50 years old. Had a seizure on Sunday the 6th, died Wednesday the 9th. Sad. I will miss her.
She is inurned very close to where my cousin Tony is buried.
Tony was in country two weeks and was two weeks shy of his 20th birthday. He too, was a Grunt. Everyone wants to be a Grunt. Until it's time to do Grunt shit. So the saying goes. He was 5 years older than me.
Anyway, Saying good-bye to Julie was sad.
Happy Friday.
17 December 2015
16 December 2015
Can't answer it...
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I do not understand these people. The current administration is certainly a J.V. team, at best. Bad decisions all around...
Ahhhhh well.....
15 December 2015
Evil is as evil does...
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Lena Dunham. Evil is as evil does...
Iowa. My state. She is campaigning for Hillary in Iowa. The only ones who will listen to her here in Iowa are the Libs. Sadly, we have a lot of those...
They are more committed than we are...
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Could be. If this is true, the only thing it proves is that they are more committed than we are.
14 December 2015
Blame Whitey...
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It doesn't matter. They'll still blame Whitey. Why? Whitey has the checkbook...
General Court-Martial...
Army: Bergdahl to face highest level military court-martial
The Army said Monday it would refer the desertion case of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to the highest level of military court-martial, which can impose a harsh penalty.
Bergdahl is charged with walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009 before he was captured by Taliban insurgents, who held him for nearly five years.
The Army decision to hold a "general court-martial" preserves the option to impose punishment up to life in prison if Bergdahl is found guilty.
In making the announcement, the Army rejected a recommendation from an Army investigating officer that the case be heard by a "special court-martial," which is limited in the punishments it can impose. The officer recommended that Bergdahl be spared jail time or a punitive discharge.
Bergdahl's defense attorney, Eugene Fidell, said in a statement that the defense team "hoped the case would not go in this direction."
Read the rest here...
More here...
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Must be something to this. ;) What do you 'spose they will do to him? Will obama intervene?