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Will You Settle for One

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Give me the opportunity and the space and I’d love to teach reading. I think I could could teach from 6 to 25 students. If I had the chance, you’d not be able to hold me back.

I guess it would be better to teach adults but I think I could do a good job of teaching children as well.

As I can see it, I would need two hours a day for 15 days, perhaps 20. I believe I could bring them from non-reading to at least 2nd, maybe 3rd grade level.

Although I am not credentialed, I have taught electronics in the military for a total of 7 years. I guess, I could also teach basic electronics for those interested, but that would take quite a bit longer. Also, I’d need to do some prep. I have not taught anything for decades. Also, unlike reading, electronics really involves a lot of math and science.

My guess, Desoto County schools will not let me near any of their students. They could lose their accreditation. Also, they’d likely not have much faith in me or my methods.

Regardless, parents, you need to make sure your kids learn to read if you have to teach them yourself. Make sure they get plenty of practice. Those who go into junior high without being able to read are very much handicapped. Math, science, and history are all very important too. However, it all hinges on being able to learn from the printed page. It is a very important way of communicating. Those who cannot read, will be severely hindered at communications. As they grow older and go up into higher grades, it becomes all the more important.

Selection by Color

Posted in Abuse of Power, Biden, FOC, Liberals, News Anchors, News media, Socialists by

Let’s pretend. I really hate this because it is such a horrible subject, but it is the only way I can see of getting the point across.

Let’s pretend your eight-year-old has been discovered to have a brain tumor which must be surgically removed.

So, you are waiting in this nice carpeted room with really comfortable furniture. A woman enters the room and breaks the news to you. Then she says, we have four surgeons here that are qualified. Your surgeon is a good one, he is the forth best. He has a 90% survival rate and currently 75% have had no complications.

You say, “Wait a minute! You said the other surgeons are better!?

“Well. Yes the all are.”

“Well. Why can’t I have the best surgeon?”

“That isn’t allowed.”

“Why?”

“Your surgeon must be black. But there is no reason to be concerned. He really is very good.”

“Why must I have a Black surgeon?”

“It’s our way of making sure that the black surgeon has equal opportunity. The last three surgeries were by white doctors. It is the black surgeon’s opportunity. We don’t want anyone to think we are being prejudice. It would reflect badly on the hospital, the staff and we might even be sued. Do you realize how much it cost for just one week in court?”

Of course, the above is ludicrous. We, all of us, have the right to chose the surgeon we want within our means. Invariably, if we are smart, we will choose the best one, if we are able. In the not too distant past, there were people who refused to let a Black doctor treat us, let alone do critical brain surgery. Still, there are those who hold such thoughts, stupid as the may be.

It was not that long ago that women were not permitted to be doctors. It took years to overcome that problem. And indeed it was a problem and, to some degree still is. Doctors should be selected on their qualifications and how much they charge. It should have nothing to do with the color of their skin or their gender. On the reverse, the the black person should not be selected any more because he is black than to select the white man because he is white. Least wise, that is the way I’m going to do it. If you feel better with the inferior black doctor, that is your choice, just as it is the choice of a person to select the inferior white doctor.

It is equally stupid to chose the Black surgeon just because he is black and has a license to practice as to chose the white doctor just because you don’t like people with black skin. When that eight-year-old little girl of yours in in that O.R. you will want the best surgeon you can get to work on her and I don’t blame you. No one else should blame you regardless of the color of their skin.

It just happens, one of the best brain surgeons to ever live is Black. I would have had no problems him working on my child. No problems at all. But if that black surgeon is just above the level of a quack, I don’t think I’ll let him touch my child and it has not one thing to do with his color. My only concern is his success rate. If anything else, I am somewhat reassured if the man has a good relationship with Jesus.

On the other hand, the dems don’t have that sort of idea. They selected THE One person in this world worse than Old Joe for vice president. They selected a woman who publicly admitted she cannot define a woman for Supreme Court justice. And now, guess what, they have gone in search of another black woman to replace Diane Feinstein.

Guess what. I don’t want those dems selecting my doctor, nor the doctors of my grand-kids. No telling what they would come up with. Unlike justices, doctors must have some knowledge of the between men and women.

IGNORING THE CONSTITUTION

Posted in Abuse of Power, Biden, Bribes, Christian values, Communism, Crazy Nuts by

Clearly, the Constitution states that all bills concerning taxing and spending shall start in the House. So, of coarse the dems decided to bigin their own bill in the Senate. It’s not right. It’s not Constitutional.

Then, of course why should that slow the dems.

The reason the House is supposed to originate all financial bills is that they are most close to the citizens.

Then again, after a decade or two, the dems will make sure the Constitution will be nothing more than a memory anyway.

The US is quickly headed down the same trail as Rome; and I don’t mean that in a good way.

Guess Old Joe Never Learned That Lesson

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When I was a little boy, I learned the blame game didn’t work. When I was confronted with what I had done, I tried saying well, so and so did this, that or the other thing. Usually, when I did that, my chastising was generally worse.

Apparently, Joe and friends never learned that lesson. Each time he is confronted, he and his friends start pointing. They begin playing the blame game.

Well, why shouldn’t they do it. For me, it never worked. For them it always does. Then again, Old Joe has many more helpers to make it work.

A Matter of Litter

Posted in Crime, FOC, Going Green, law enforcement, Lawyers and Representation, Liberals, News Anchors, News media by

I noticed the last few days a news story about junk in the Mississippi River. Some group is going around removing it and I certainly commend them for it.

The fact that the junk is there says a thing or two about Americans. When I first stepped out onto Sydney streets during my R&R there, I was amazed. They were clean. The parks were not just just litter free but also well landscaped.

It has been over fifty years since I was there so I don’t know if it’s the same there. However, it somewhat shamed me. Consider what it is like in San Francisco or NY, NY these days.

Most Americans are careful about the way they maintain the appearance of the interior of their car so they toss the paper cups out the window.

I guess, from time to time my car is a little trashy. I hold onto my trash until I can dispose of it properly. On the other hand, I frequently see folks lower the window of their Lincoln Town Car and toss their coffee cups out.

Sometimes, it makes me wish I was carrying a badge. Then as I think it over, I realize it would do little or no good. Nowadays, the police are not permitted to pursue for hijacking. Don’t think I would be permitted for illegally discarding a Starbucks coffee cup.

Looks like we’re doomed to put up with hijackers and litterers… streets and rivers. Also, reminds me of the trash thrown out by the news media.

They Stole My Idea

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Two advertisers are using my idea and they never got my permission. Do you suppose they read my book or part of it about floaters.

A furnature store ad has folks floating around. A pizza outfit shows floaters delivering pizza. Don’t you think they should at least give me a credit so I could sell a few books. At least 2 or 3 anyway.

Don’t you think, it’s just not right.

My best guess… they’ll just ignore me. They can do things like that.

Why the Impeachment Inquiry?

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Actually, there are many reasons. Indeed if the Biden family is not guilty of anything, the inquiry will vindicate them. Believe it or not, if Old Joe is not guilty of anything, I am one of the first to say he should be regarded as innocent. It will be good to rid him of the dark cloud that has been lingering over his head for close to a decade.

Even if there is not enough evidence to get a guilty verdict from the Senate, it will still be good to present whatever evidence there is. It is better that one and all know what kind of man they might be voting for. You note in the case of Trump, they presented no evidence because they had none. They knew all he did since taking office and could find nothing wrong with any of it. Maybe Old Joe doesn’t want the inquiry because he is afraid of what it will reveal.

The truth is, push come to shove, there is no since actually voting for an impeachment unless the proof is very strong. With more dems in the Senate than Republicans, there is no hope of getting a conviction unless only a blind man can’t see the guilt.

Then again, if it is that bad, Old Joe will likely step down by popular demand within his party, before the impeachment trial.

I don’t really think the dems would like that, but then again that just might be why they don’t want the inquiry.

The Dems Say It Will End the World

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The dems know better than to promote Old Joe as a candidate. All they want to say is that if Trump wins, it will be the end of the world. You better vote fro Old Joe, or look just who will “rule.”

Okay. Maybe I am exaggerating, a little. Certainly, I am not stretching it much. They claim that he will end democracy. Actually, when you come right down to it, it is exactly what the dems are trying to do. They walk all over the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in an attempt to destroy the very document that provides them the freedom to do it.

My guess is, that if the dems win one more presidential election, then the Constitution will be history within a year, though not outwardly. The dems will claim that it is still active, just in a different form. The Bill of Rights will still be present, just with modifications. After all, as they claim, the Constitutions is a living document, which must be altered from time to time for modern times.

Under the new constitution, you will have freedom of religion as long as preachers don’t speak against homosexuality or abortion from the pulpit. You will have the right to speak your mind, as long as you don’t anger the woke folks. You will be able to own and carry a weapon, as long as you never shoot it, even in self-defense. Well, some will be permitted to shoot weapons, as long as they have a D after their name.

You will have the right to remain silent, but if you do, you will be assumed guilty. You will have your right against unlawful seizures, unless you are a Republican trying to win an election against the likes of a Clinton or Joe. In that case, it will be quite easy to get a warrant to tap phones, offices and, yes, even bedrooms. All your papers, computers and cell phones will be subject to being searched and seized.

The FBI will be instructed to release anyone unless he is a member of the opposition. No law enforcement officer will be permitted to pursue any driver, unless he has a second amendment bumper sticker.

Eventually, maybe soon after the election, all radio stations and TV broadcasters that are considered subversive to the “cause” will be forced to cease their broadcasting. People like me, who, in our own little way, try to spread the truth, will be threatened once. Then we will be tossed in prison, for whatever reason they want to invent. If we anger them enough, we will be taken out and shot, by folks who are dead set against the death penalty.

Then, of course, there will soon be no republic, no democracy, no freedom. The history of this country will fade away and the communist will see to it that everyone forgets it.

THEN WHERE WILL FOLKS GO TO BE FREE?

It won’t be the end of the world. However, for many of us who fought for freedom, it may as well be.

Intelligence and Actors

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Contrary to the thought of some, it does not take a great deal of intelligence to be an actor, just a script, a good memory and the ability to pretend your something your not. Some might even call it the ability to make believe.

Don’t get me wrong. Some actors are very intelligent, but not all. Take the ad I saw one night. The man stood there and told me I should not let the water run while I brush my teeth…in order to save water.

When I saw the ad, I shook my head and thought about it a while. In this case, I not only knew the actor wasn’t so bright, but one who wrote the script wasn’t all that brilliant either. The man telling me not to waste water likely had a big house that used more water in one day than I use in a month. Moreover, he lives in California where fresh water is far more sparse.

We must remember that the Jessica Fletcher woman doesn’t catch the bad guy because of her incredible abilities observance and deduction. The fact of the mater was that she simply read the script. All those guys on that Scorpion show, they weren’t really geniuses. Even more, most of the things they did on the show would not have worked. Not even the writers were all that smart.

I love the way actors just press one or two keys on a keyboard and poof, the answer pops up on the screen. That is pure Hollywood. First, it usually takes several keys. Second, it generally takes a while. It would seem Microsoft is responsible for that. Windows nowadays is getting slower than molasses.

However, when an actor stands up there and tells us something or other is so, we really need to take it with a grain of salt. All they are doing is reading a script. They may or may not agree with what they read. After all. They are paid for it. When people are paid to say something, it makes it difficult for me to believe they believe what the are saying.

I have some experience on the matter. Some actor stood up there and said how good product xyz is. When I go out and buy that product, I find out the actor was either ignorant or lying. It makes no difference to me which. It amounts to the same thing.

By the way, this sort of goes for baseball and football players too. After all, that athlete is getting a lot of money to say how good the product is, even if he never used it.

One more thing everyone should remember. That actors job is to deceive you, to make you think, if only for a short time, that he is someone, perhaps something he isn’t. If he doesn’t fool you, he isn’t a good actor.

Bowing Out

Posted in Abuse of Power, Being woke, Biden, Bribes, Cancel Culture, Controllers, Crime, Elections, Going Green, Kamala Harris, law enforcement, New York Mayor, Our Legal Systems, Politcal Opinion by

Might be wrong but I don’t think so. I figure in just a matter of days, Old Joe is going to develop a problem, one that will keep him from running. It clearly appears to me that even the dems are starting to realize he’s not going to make it through election. He might not even make it to the election.

It does bring to mind a number of things that the dems would not like to see. One of many things could occur that just might spell disaster to the power structure.

First, President Trump just might beat all the accusations. As I mentioned before, the dems would have some explaining to do.

Second, Hunter just might get locked up. That would mean he will start singing like a canary. Not only would Joe go to prison but the entire family.

Third, a financial problem. This would be either a recession or another shot of inflation. This could be triggered by bank problems or maybe a big industry like the auto manufacturing. If the cars cost too much, people won’t buy them, not from Detroit anyway.

Forth, a tragic event caused by some terrorist(s) being allowed over the border. It could be multi-city.

Fifth, too many illegal immigrants in too many dem run cities. Already, NY, NY is on the brink of failure according to the mayor himself and people have already begun leaving. Those U-Hauls going in are empty. It’s the one leaving that are packed.

Finally, the folks just might get tired of an open border and lack of law enforcement.

It is not my desire that any of this should happen but I can read t-leaves. The worst part is that it will likely happen fast. It might also trigger other things. Putting that puppet known as Old Joe in front of the cameras to try to settle things won’t work. It will just make matters worse.

It is easy to see, there is already some panic showing in the dem leadership. If something breaks, no one will want to have nothing to do with anything.

Even if there are no problems, it is easy to see there are already problems and the dems are already seeking plans and methods.