VETERANS BEING FORCED TO GIVE MONEY TO THE GOVERNMENT AND OTHER SIGNS WE’VE GONE CRAZY

Col. Allen West does not agree that men and women of the California National Guard should be obligated to repay the carrot presented by the Pentagon and handled by the financially inept State of California.  I can only agree.  These men and women offered their lives for a few bucks and maybe a piece of cloth to pin on their chests.  Let it be the responsibility of the bumbling idiots in charge to personally repay the money, not the soldiers and not the taxpayers. Read Col. West’s article:

http://www.allenbwest.com/allen/gods-name-will-serve-military-pentagon-demanding-now

Cloward and Piven strategized to bankrupt the system. DONE!

The national debt is currently $19,740,000,000,000.

The deficit (that the left claims is cut in half) stands at $590,000,000,000.

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

The true unemployment rate is 37.1%.  (The difference between the total number of employable persons of working age and those who actually are working), not the claimed 5.0%.

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000

Some young relatives of mine just relocated.  They are among the intelligent and lucky few who escaped California.  They left their jobs but did not collect unemployment insurance so they were not counted among the unemployed.  They have obtained jobs in their new state which are statistically counted for Obama’s legacy purposes.  They are the same people who were working and are now working, but counted as new hires.  Amazing!  Then, we have two individuals filling the vacated positions also counted as new hires to bring down the declared unemployment rate.  The double count is for the benefit of the uninformed idiot voters who believe the propaganda promulgated by the White House and broadcast on the nightly lies and social media.

We have a rampant Marxist government deep in the making and we are on the way to full blown Communism (it takes a village) under a Global Government. This constant agitation of the citizens; the poking and prodding and identifying and dividing population segments are all parts of a strategy.  They are not “unintended consequences” that progressives use to excuse themselves after the lights come on.

If you want to continue the pattern, by all means vote for Hillary.  When everything has been taken from you and your children, perhaps then you’ll awaken.  When you find yourself in a food line dependent on the government to give you a chit for sustenance, perhaps you’ll wish you’d stood for the national anthem when there was one.

By all means, please share this with everybody you know – conservatives and progressives.

 

WE DON’T NEED NO STINKIN’ WALL

Donald Trump is adamant about having a wall on our southern border. He said he would make Mexico pay for it. Of course, Mexico’s leaders both past and present are calling him out for the statement and saying that there is no way Mexico is going to pay for a wall.

Trump’s declaration, like so many of his others, are inciting but not necessarily feasible. There are better and less costly ways of shutting down the influx of immigrants from around the globe who choose unpermitted entry into our country primarily through a porous and virtually unmanned border. It is quite well known globally that the easiest line of illegal access is our southern border. Thus, Trump’s concentration on a wall high enough and deep enough to discourage intrusion.

One way to accomplish the task without an unsightly barrier is law enforcement. Stated another way, if the federal government would enforce the laws passed by congress and signed into law by past presidents, there would be little problem.

President Bush allowed restrained enforcement of our existing border enforcement laws. President Obama has virtually scrapped them. He has actually instructed the troops not to enforce the laws.  He has passed the word that there will be disciplinary action for not carrying out his unlawful demands to allow those entering the country safe passage once they have answered a few questions. In some cases, agents are instructed to transport them to federal transitional housing.

It has also been reported that under the current administration, many of the illegal border crossers are then being transported to various locations of their choosing within the country. More than one article states that U.S. taxpayers are providing air transportation all the way from South and Central America into the United States. All under the false front of refugee assistance. Taxpayers are now importing unvetted danger.

Simply reversing these unlawful policies would go a long way toward making our country safer and lessen the burden on the taxpayers and government. Allowing those hired and trained to track down, detain and deport foreign lawbreakers the opportunity to do their jobs would also accomplish what a much more expensive and ungainly wall might achieve.

We have the laws in place to protect our country and the citizens within. Those laws are being overridden and effectively overwritten in a despotic attempt to fundamentally change our country. The tyrannical methods used to transform this country are exactly the ones used in the South American countries from which many of the people flee. The changing of this country is one doomed to fail…or succeed depending on the preordained goals.

If allowed to continue, this pattern of executive mandates outweighing congressionally passed laws can only lead to a full Marxist/socialist or even communist government. There is not, and has not been, a Marxist, socialist or communist government that does not impoverish, enslave and abuse the citizens before total economic collapse and/or violent revolution. We are already seeing escalating unrest and violent protest throughout the nation. The next step is now a short one.

THE TAB I NEVER DROPPED

Sometimes (often now) I think I’m experiencing a long-term flash back from the acid tab I never dropped back in the 60s or 70s. Life simply cannot be this surreal.

College students so incensed by truth and honesty that they have to hide from the reality or see a psychologist…or the psychologist tells them to sequester themselves in a safe place until the shuddering eases. Political correctness overcomes and stifles free speech.

We now have:

A front running presidential candidate under FBI criminal investigation for top secret national security violations who continues to garner more campaign funds from foreign sources and government contractors. There is more doubt about honesty and integrity surrounding her, her husband and their family foundation than any other crime syndicate in history. However, her supporters routinely dismiss the allegations or mightily defend against her every action. The news media regularly fails any mention of her short comings.

Another presidential front runner says such outrageous things even his own mother would cringe when he speaks.

A third presidential candidate who only recently dropped out of the race garnered strong (riotously strong ) support. He openly stated that he would follow the path set forth by Alinsky, Cloward, Piven and Marx and bring to the U.S. the same failed socialist system that has produced dictators and brought down the economic systems of countries throughout history.

A president, and proclaimed Constitutional expert, who exerts more power than allowed by that very document. When the courts decide against his moves, he continues to enforce his unlawful mandates or has one of the agencies under his command “regulate” them into enforcement.

A congressional majority from the opposing party who ignores or approves the unconstitutional edicts, rules, regulations and fines imposed on the public. They continue to fund such unconstitutional mandates as imposed health insurance and relocation and Welfare benefits to illegal aliens.

A political targeting of citizens by IRS, DHS, DHHS, EPA, DOJ and other federal agencies, apparently at the behest of the White House.

An apparently politically partisan Supreme Court rather than one impartial and dedicated to upholding the Constitution.

An administration infiltrated by appointed Muslim Brotherhood members that sides with foreign terrorists over American citizens.

PUBLIC EDUCATION

Today, if the LCD screen on the cash register goes out, a high school graduate cannot give you the right change for a five dollar bill when the purchase is $3.58. If the register doesn’t tell them to remit $1.42, the cashier has to call in a manager. Depending on the age of the manager, there might still be a challenge. Common core math tells them that $1.20 and $2.00 might both be right if they can verbally justify the number.

Want to have a little fun? Next time you have the opportunity, give one of these fifteen dollar an hour scholars a five dollar bill for that $3.58 purchase. Then, after he or she has entered the amount into the register, say “wait a minute” and hand over another sixty or seventy-five cents and enjoy what happens.

*CAUTION – Do not do this if there is a line behind you. It’s not fair to them.

PRIVACY/SECURITY – BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE

There is quite an argument for both sides about sacrificing personal privacy for national security. But is it always that? Is national security the end goal or only the stated goal?

Private businesses began protecting themselves against burglars, robbers and thieves with video cameras overlooking their showroom floors or merchandise areas. This was private and special use for their own protection and security. Local police used the tapes to identify bad guys with the permission of business owners who had suffered losses. Soon thereafter,  law enforcement officials realized they could track suspects of other crimes by requesting the help of citizens using the devices. Then they demanded citizen participation in the name of public good.

Now there are public funded cameras on virtually every intersection in every major city and most smaller urban areas. Private cameras are routinely included in crime stopping. Rural areas are patrolled by drones with cameras staking out every move of everyone within view. Police cruise major shopping center parking lots and entertainment venues using electronic license plate readers. They know where you were and when you were there.

The GPS data in your phone or auto is available to law enforcement when you are arrested or suspected of being an accomplice to a crime or involved with a perpetrator. Even if it is a casual acquaintance that is under suspicion and they called you once, you become a potential investigative target. Your movements, conversations, purchases, meetings and routines might be gathered and archived.

Your medical records are now, thanks to Obamacare, public records classified for use by any requesting government agency. The NSA, FBI, CIA, DHS, HHS, EPA and others may request your medical background at almost any time. Have you ever consulted a psychologist, psychiatrist or social worker about your feelings? Those conversations might be part of a file to deny you some of your God given rights to travel, property or gun ownership.

The telephone meta data collection by various alphabet agencies was a great concern for a short period a couple of years ago.  Now it is accepted as a necessary tool of the government to track terrorists. I wrote an essay <link> on this back almost three years ago when I first heard about the meta data collection.

Apple Corporation is now embroiled in the dilemma of protecting their customers and their business versus turning encrypted information over to the government. Once the government has the technological capability, they can break into any current iPhone. They can capture the meta data and more.

Yes, national security is important. But every government cry in the name of national security reduces personal privacy, rights and privileges. The security obtained is only good until the next incident. The lost rights, privileges and privacy are gone forever. Like Welfare and EBT, or any temporary government program for that matter, once in place they are perpetual and only grow. They win, we lose.

It would be one thing if our overlords would use the information for specific purposes then discard it. However, it is kept to be used against us at any time of their choosing. The Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Data Center in Bluffdale, Utah <link> says it all.

AND THERE GO YOUR GUNS…

The next and following generations will see a much different world than the one known up until now. Well, up until a decade or so ago. I don’t envy what is coming. The current crop of youth are bouncing with joy about socialism coming to America. They don’t know socialism, but they’ve heard good things about it from the leaders of the party. So here’s another side of it.

Not only are your guns in jeopardy now but many other rights and privileges are under attack by the panel advising President Obama about potential mental disorders. The panel recently recommended that “doctors” begin screening every patient over the age of twelve for any potential mental or social problems. A simple statement like, “I feel scared at school” might be the trick to get a child labeled incompetent.

In case you’ve missed the Newspeak about guns, the verbiage has changed in the past few years from gun control to gun safety. Safety trumps rights and privileges. You see, if you’re talking about safety you’re showing concern for the people, not control of them. This was another pitter-patter mini-step toward overriding the 2nd Amendment.

If you even mention that you’re feeling “down” to your primary care physician it could trigger the word depression which is Med-speak for “needs medication and supervision”. Obviously, if you are prescribed a psychotropic pharmaceutical and you agree to take it, it’s because you now recognize you might be a threat to yourself or others. Therefore, any weapons in your possession must be removed for your safety and the safety of others. When diagnosed and prescribed a behavioral, mind or mood altering drug and you don’t readily ingest it, you are defiant and possibly angry. Thus, any weapons in your possession must be removed for your safety and the safety of others.

Leading questions will be asked and you must be cautious how you answer them. Non medical questions are now routinely asked on medical forms. They give headway for the reason to diagnose you as a potential threat that must be handled appropriately. “Do you regularly wear seat belts?” “Are there guns in your home?” “Are there smoke detectors in your home?” “Are there children in your home?” “Do you attend worship services regularly?”  These and other questions have nothing to do with your physical health but they do help build a data base for “official use”.

The power elite don’t want you, the ignorant, attention deficit and under-educated masses to know that they want to control every aspect of your life, so they change the terms to sound more friendly. They want to take guns out of the hands of the people so there is little resistance when the brown shirts of the National Security Force take over.

In the eyes of socialist rulers, Utopia can only exist when there are only two classes a classless society.   (Find the incongruity in the previous sentence to fully understand socialism.)