Checkout Breakdown

This week in a blatant display of racism, a state representative reported being accosted by an obvious right-winger. The evil white man attacked her and demanded that; “she should go back to where she came from.” This brave woman instantly went to Facebook to tell the world of this travesty, which sparked an outrage. The poor woman, who said she was 9 months pregnant, took the express lane in the local grocery store, although she was over the posted limit. Her delicate condition did not keep her from holding an impromptu press conference later in the day. You know politics… uh looking out for the public good.

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During her time in the limelight, the person that confronted her crashed the party and for some reason felt that he needed to tell his side of the story. It seems that he is a self-appointed Express Lane Enforcement Officer. He said that she was in violation of the Progressive Criminal Code (PCC) 479.23.79.1. This requires anyone who exceeds the suggested number of items when using the Express Lane Checkout to be harassed. (This is the similar to the portion of the PCC requiring the harassment of smokers in parks, in their home, or on public sidewalks.) Even though he reported that there were at least 2 other registers with no one in line, use of the Express Lane is only for those deemed worth. After all “rules are rules”.

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He seemed to let her off with only a warning. However since she was also a Progressive and her status as a State Representative means that she is better than “normal plebes”. Her status allows her to blow a simple confrontation into a racist incident. This was supposed to be her proof of how evil Trump supporter were running around and attacking poor women of color for no reason. The major problem with her impromptu plan was that her “attacker” was a lifelong “Blue Dog Progressive Democrat”. He is also of Cuban decent.

Two Progressives caused this whole comedy of errors; one looking for a victim to use as a vehicle to attack President Trump supports if not the President himself. The other person was a busy body who decided to impose his self-important opinion into a situation in which he had no reason to intercede. Both were wrong, however only one of them was able to garner a response from the press. This story goes further and I will not repeat them here. It is just funny to watch the Progressives eat one another.
The moral of this story is live and let live.

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RHIP

If you’ve ever been, known someone, or lived with anyone in the military then you should have heard of RHIP or Rank Has Its Privileges. This comes some cold hard truths. The higher your rank the more important you are to the success of the whole. Officers can do things that enlisted personal cannot. At each level up the more privilege an officer will be able to access. This is also true in civil and political life.

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But with privilege comes another something else. RHIR or Rank Has Its Responsibilities. One of my favorite movie scenes is from Ben-Hur. It is were Judah Ben-Hur stands before Pontius Pilate and is meet at the bottom of the steps to his throne. He comes to him as a friend and warns him that if he will only go back to Rome he will not punish him. But once he climbs the steps, he is no longer his friend but the representative of the Roman Empire. We select people every 2, 4, or 6 years to represent not only us, but to protect the nation and the laws that guarantee the safety and security over the long term.

Our elected officials are just citizen servants charged with the assume responsibility. They should not only be looking at the needs of the present, but also considering the future. Today too many of the people serving in Washington seem to be looking more to the next election or next year then the ramification of their decisions made today. This short sightedness can lead to disaster. Not only their legislation but their words are very important.

The President holds a very special position in this nation. He helps to set the example for the nation and by his words alone can make dramatic changes to the culture. President Obama was elected as much of an unknown to many of those who voted for him. Mr. Obama like any president is responsible for holding the nation’s people together, to comfort them in times of trouble, and console them in times of need, hardship, or disaster. But he has failed at every attempt to do so.

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We are a nation of minorities but the president seems to favor one minority of all the others. At every opportunity that he has had to calm the nation he has instead seemed to gladly divide us. This is such an epic failure. But many of those he choices to pander to are more than willing to not only accept it, but seem to love the division created. Since his election he is quite willing to play down to the lowest common denominator in our society. It is easy to understand why those who are protesting the death of a person by looting and rioting are not interested in the law or equal justice. They only see an opportunity to commit crimes with the blessing of those in power.

Those whose jobs requires the protection of the innocent citizens must make sure that those willing to ignore the rules of a civil society are not encouraged by their actions. No matter if you agree with what you are doing or not the needs of the many do outweigh the wants of the few. The President has and continues to fail every time he makes inflammatory statements to incite violence.

We must find leaders who are willing to not only protect the nation from enemies from without but from within. When leaders no longer are willing to make the hard choice and serve only their narrow minded objectives, then we as a people will not be a nation for much longer. The violence in the streets being promoted and applauded by many who claim leadership roles are not what is best for our nation. Before this cold race war becomes a hot race war, those who are pushing it should really look at will could be gained and lost. It is not always the leaders of the revolution who wind up in power. Minority armies even with the support of the government may find that they are just pawns in a bigger game.

It is time for those in Washington and around the nation to step up, take responsibility, and do their jobs. Or we as a people must band together to restore law and order to our nation before it collapses under its own weight.

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TEA v NAACP

One of the largest political movements has been making ripples in the American landscape over the since the latter half of 2008. Many on the left claim that the so called TEA Party started after the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States. To be honest the unrest over the growth of the Federal government has been growing across the nation for years. What is referred to as the TEA Party is not a political party. It is the thing that most politician fear the most; a movement of concerned citizens. Movements can be dangerous to politicians who only seek power. They can be very useful when the energy is focused toward a common goal.

There are many leaders and many independent groups that have collectively gathered into this movement. The common theme is an opposition to the continued growth of the Federal government. The ideas of the movement represent the convergence of a number of people not groups. The leaders of the Democrat party are still stuck on the idea that the TEA party is “Astroturf” that can be discredited and will die out as soon very soon. Their arrogant convictions that they’re answers are not only correct, but things that they are doing are supported by the vast majority of Americans. They are sure that their last electoral victory not only gave them unlimited power, but made all of their policies the only answers.

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The TEA party is not perfect as there is nothing perfect. But there has been a collective movement by Democrats and general opposition groups to not only misrepresent the group but to discredit it. It seems that representatives of the Democrat party have been actively crash the TEA party and use any method they can imagine to cast a bad light on all aspects of the movement. The efforts to attack this movement went as far as the leaders of the Democrat party trying to spark racial incidences on the steps of the Nations Capital. The leadership has only made halfhearted attempts to make any outreach and try to understand the concerns of this group of American citizens.

The roots of the NAACP lay within the civil rights movement. People of color came together to fight the injustice of various governments within the USA. The fight against organized efforts to control members of a single racial group is not the brightest part of American history. The idea that the use of threats and intimidation were so prevalent in this country violates the basic principles of our founders and the ideas that founded our country. Although slavery was allowed under the original government, it was never meant to be a founding principle. The enslavement of one race should have never occurred and those who died to end the practice are not given enough credit for their sacrifice.

The NAACP for years has been nothing more than an arm of the Democrat party for many years. In many ways I see this organization as a means to control a major segment of the population and deliver a solid voting block. The thought that one organization representing one political party based upon the race of the members is an idea that stands against all logic. To think that there are many who consider that all persons of color think the same and have the same goals in life are laughable. It is true that this group looks to influence the policies of the party, but in the end the NAACP seems to only follow the party. But in many ways they now fulfill the function that was once preformed by the segregationist. They proclaim to speak for all people of color. I will not believe that the majority of those of African decent are of one mind.