Sunday, August 24, 2014
Violent Rioters and the Ku Klux Klan
Thursday, August 21, 2014
United Nations
Funding(2013):
United States 22%
Japan 10.8%
Germany 7.1%
France 5.6%
United Kingdom 5.2%
China 5.1%
Italy 4.4%
Canada 3%
Spain 3%
Brazil 2.9%
Russia 2.4%
Australia 2.1%
Security Council: 15 members:
Permanent: China, France, Russia, U.K., U.S.
“Maintaining peace and security among members.”
Friday, July 25, 2014
Two Competing Philosophies in America
A written Constitution is a problem for tyrants. It is easy to see when illegal acts are being committed. Currently we can do little about it since the Attorney General, the top legal officer, will do nothing, and the Senate will not try on impeachment. Most data is collected by the “government” and then filtered before it is reported. The media is normally a willing accomplice. Even they are realizing that the proverbial frog being slowly boiled to death is us.
America has immense resources – many in the western states. Environmentalists have been successful in placing in power individuals who will prevent us from using those resources. Millions of square miles are “Federal” lands and are “off-limits.” We are the “Saudi Arabia of coal”, and we have enough gas and oil to be independent of other nations, yet we import over 7 million barrels of oil each day. The $700 million we pay to those foreign nations each day could be invested in America to create jobs for our citizens. We keep our oil under the ground and give our capital resources to those who would destroy us.
I have little hope in America as a nation. Most registered voters do not vote. Many who do vote are ignorant of the issues. Most are content to watch their wide-screen TVs and be fed propaganda. I read all this in my Bible decades ago, so this is not a surprise to me. Jesus is the answer. Come quickly Lord Jesus!
Friday, July 11, 2014
"Crisis" at the Border
The United States has an incredible airlift capability. We can move a sizable army to any part of the globe within 24 hours. While it not as comfortable as commercial air travel, troop carriers are certainly humane. I have traveled to Australia and Greenland by C-141. We need to use the resources which we have to return these children to the Central American countries from which they came. We need to have another Berlin airlift with the obvious difference in cargo.
Saturday, June 21, 2014
The First Mulatto President of the United States
His formative years were spent in Muslim schools in Indonesia. He went to Punahou Academy, an elite college-prep school in Hawaii, and Occidental College in California on affirmative action scholarships – even though he had not experienced prejudice and poverty. Bill Ayers father helped him get into Columbia University and then Harvard Law School. He became editor of the Law Review without writing anything. Bill Ayers probably wrote Dreams From My Father – his “autobiography.” He headed Project Vote in Chicago and successfully got out the dead vote.
He became an Illinois state Senator and a United States Senator, both without significant accomplishments. A speechwriter probably wrote The Audacity of Hope – another “autobiography.” Other than “community organizer” and college instructor of law, he lacks experience in other areas. As President he appointed over 30 “Special Assistants to the President” - czars – to manage the areas where he was lacking in experience. None are accountable to the people's representatives or the people.
In the first 2 years while Democrats controlled both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Affordable Care Act, the Dodd-Frank Banking Reform, TARP and many other big government laws were passed. Deficits were over $1 Trillion each year. The national debt has soared over $6 Trillion since BHO took office.
Common Core Math is a Crime!
I have a Masters degree in mathematics, and I will admit that the number line is an important concept which links Geometry and Algebra and the lattice method works, but these have no place in an elementary school. It does not matter that students are allowed to use calculators and will only use these concepts in theory and not reality. Each student should be able to do the arithmetic on paper and use the calculator only as a tool for efficiency and speed.
Our arithmetic is based on the decimal (base 10) system. Elementary students must be taught the structure of a decimal number with hundreds, tens, units on the left of the decimal and tenths, hundreths on the right. Other number bases are important, but that is also a subject for higher-level work. My favorite example is one plus one equals one zero (1+1=10). This is base 2 and allows us to use digital devices like calculators, computers, smart phones, etc. Teaching this to a normal elementary student should be a crime!
Friday, March 21, 2014
Article V Convention of States
Article V gives two ways to amend the United States Constitution – 2/3 vote of the Congress OR 2/3 of the states in convention for the purpose of amending the Constitution. In either case, ¾ of the states must ratify for the amendment to be adopted.
The obvious purpose of a CoS is to propose amendments – like balanced budget and term limits – which the Congress does not want.
Other than the balanced budget and term limits, I would like consideration for all 5-4 decisions of the Supreme Court which have changed our law without the people's elected representatives being involved. Two in particular are the “separation of church and state” and “legalization of abortion.” Neither of these issues are in the Constitution but became “law” because of prejudice against Catholics and judicial activism using an 1868 slavery amendment. That same 14th amendment is misused when granting citizenship to “anchor babies.” Congress could have cleared the issue by passing legislation defining “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” I would recommend that the citizenship be conditional dependent on conduct after age 12. The child would have to pledge allegiance to the United States and renounce allegiance to any other country and fulfill all legal requirements that a legal immigrant would do.
I would like to see reconsideration and repeal of the 14th, 16th and 17th amendments. I believe that the punishment on the Confederate states is no longer applicable, the income tax was passed on false reasons, and the direct election of Senators diminished the power given to the states by the founding fathers. I would also like to dramatically increase the number of representatives in the House of Representatives in order to make running for office easier for average citizens and making representatives more accountable. This would not expand the size of the federal government as has been suggested. The increased accountability of the peoples' representatives would make government smaller. The Defense of Marriage Act and the adoption of English as our national and legal language should also be added.