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The Ultimate DEI (Diversity Equity and Inclusion)

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When old Joe chose Kamala for his running mate, he said that he would chose a woman and he said she would be black. Okay, I don’t remember the exact words, but I heard the man say it on TV. I can’t think of a better reference than that. I know it happened because I did see it and so did millions of others.

That effectively makes Kamala THE greatest of example of DEI on this planet. It might be deniable had he not made the promise. Because he gave his word, that makes it Affirmative Action. She was not chosen because of her abilities but because she was black…out of Old Joe’s own mouth.

Spoiled

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Since I retired, I look at it this way. My job now is to spoil my wife. I guess I have to some degree but, not in a way I expected.

Every now and then, I need to drive the Chevy HHR or it will go bad just sitting there. So, today, I went out and it started right up and I put my wife in it. It was not long before I had to step on it a little. My wife looked over and me and she asked what that noise was.

Okay. It’s not much, but she has gotten spoiled. She has gotten used to the quiet of the Ariya and she had forgotten the noise of the engine in the Chevy.

Actually, I must admit. I’m spoiled too. When I turn the radio off, it kinda gets spooky how quiet it can get.

Incidentally, we went down to Hernando to the Steak Escape. For a reasonable price, that place does spoil us. Besides that, they have good food and reasonably fast. It just has one problem. It’s in Hernando. I knew I should have bought a house a little farther south.

A Gross Waste of Money

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The dems had a primary, same as the Republicans. Old Joe won. Kamala never got one vote. Appears to me as if it was a big waste of money.

Maybe, if we were smart we would take this as a lesson. It is not beyond the possibility that others might withdraw or die. it would seem to me a wise thing to make plans accordingly. Perhaps an alternate could be added to the ballot. If someone becomes disabled or withdraws in the future, the alternate could become the candidate. Maybe not perfect. Better than what we have.

There are many smarter than me. Maybe you could make your own suggestions. Whichever, we need to put it into law so as the folks in Washington can’t continue to chose who runs.

No Story

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Just easier to say, “Ben”. Used to go by Benny, but I didn’t think it really suited me. There was one guy in junior high school who called me Benji. That was a long time before the movie of the little dog.

It really matters little to me. I had a cousin who went by Frankie. Didn’t know for a long time, he had the same name as me, “Benjamin Franklin Rhodes. I thought that one over for a while. Maybe I should have used “Frank Rhodes” for my pen name. Maybe then I would have sold a million or two. Lately, it would have another advantage. I would not get confused by that hopeless liberal who was in Obama’s cabinet.

You can tell me what you think about it. Should I change my pen name to Frank Rhodes?

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It’s All About the Qualifications, You Know

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Well as you likely know by now, we no longer have a Director of the Secret Service Hopefully, the replacement will actually understand the concept of responsibility. I would think it would be one of her qualifications. You notice I used the pronoun her. Why would I expect the appointment of a man?

The thing is, Old Joe’s idea of qualifications and mine are miles apart. I mean, being able to do the job should be right up there at the top. However, with Joe, his idea of top three qualifications are simple: Black, female and democrat.

You might have noticed that I chose to use the word female instead of woman. The dems have this really big problem these days determining just what a woman is. For that matter, they are having a really tough time determining what the word “qualified” means. Perhaps they should have a look in the dictionary before making the replacement. Just maybe they should look at the words of Martin Luther King. I mean, did he not suggest that we ought not consider race when hiring someone.

Then again, when he gave his speech, womanhood was still not a major qualification for a job. Incidentally, since then, many other qualifications have made their way known, not the least of which, homosexuality. I mean, otherwise, the mayor of a small city who knew nothing of transportation would have never been selected to be Secretary of Transportation. (Qualified or not, you notice all the problems we have been having in transportation) Maybe Old Joe should have thought again. Perhaps he should have selected a woman for transportation. Maybe she could have dealt better with the congestion in Los Angeles Harbor. Maybe she could have done better handling the crash of that train. Maybe, just maybe, we would not be having so many problems with our planes. (you notice any wheels falling off lately?)

Maybe Old Joe should select the former mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot. She’s a woman, (I think) , democrat, and Black. She’s also got the new qualification being as she has a wife, not a husband. In addition, she has experience. Ask the folks of Chicago. She quite skillfully destroyed that city.

I do find a little irony in it all, though. I guess, because Kamala is female, she can chose men. As near as I can tell, she hasn’t seriously looked at any women as running mate. I guess that is how it works, right? Men must select females. Only females can select men. Incidentally, I have noticed that some of those men she was looking at are White. I’m not sure, but I think I am finally figuring it all out.

Still, if I am going to chose someone for a position, my primary concerns would be, is he honest and can he or she do the job. It does make the selection process a little more difficult, but I think I like the results better.

By the way, during the interview, my first question would be, “What is your definition of responsible?” That in itself might tell me a lot. It seems that our schools don’t like to teach the word or meaning to our kids anymore. AND, that is something of an indictment against our education system, the one that mostly the dems run.

Value of Life, Lack of Punishment and Drugs

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Channel 3 here in Memphis is performing a study…about guns and shootings. I guess they are getting tired of doing reports on daily shootings, many resulting in deaths.

As with most, they do seem to want to put the blame on the gun. They are ignoring the obvious. I think they want to. I don’t need to do a study. In essence, I already have. It was not my plan but I have eyes in my head and I have ears. I have noticed at least three things that have contributed greatly to the shootings.

First, the most obvious. No teaches the important things nowadays. As a result, the youth have little respect for life. After all, they learn in school that the only difference between a person and the ape is a few genes. Human life is never taught as being any different than any other animal. We are only different because of the chance, for a simple coincidence. Therefore, why give human life any special consideration?

Second, they have nothing to lose. Mostly, they won’t be caught. If they are caught, they likely won’t pay much of price, even if convicted.

Finally, drugs. If those news experts want to do a study, let them do a study. When we look at the stats, we know how many deaths by shooting. We know how many use and sell illicit drugs. I have yet to see a study of the relationship between the two. How many robberies were spawned from efforts to get the money to buy drugs? How many robberies were by people robbing to get the money to buy drugs? How many robberies and break ins were by people seeking drugs? We don’t know. No one has done any studies.

How many killings are by drug dealers for who knows what. We don’t know. We track murders. We track drug crimes. No one studies how many murders are because of drugs. We don’t know. The stats, to the best of my knowledge, are not kept. My best guess is half. I have had conversations with many in law enforcement and they all agree, every one I asked.

However, no one keeps the formal stats. You can’t just look it up. The only people aware are those of us who keep our eyes open and our ears alert. Those that help enforce the law see it, but no one asks them. Those that make the laws seem to want to divert their eyes from the drugs.

Take note 58,220 soldiers died in Vietnam in almost 20 years. In one year, we are currently losing over 100,000 lives to overdoses in the US. That is almost twice our soldiers lost in Vietnam. The loss by guns is minuscule by comparison. The gun problem might could be partially resolved in years. The drug problem can be cut to half by doing one thing, no more illegal immigration. We know that, because when Trump cut the illegal immigration, a side affect was that deaths by drugs dropped to about 30 to 40 thousand. Trump’s border policy likely save 60 thousand x 3 years =180 thousand lives, mostly from our youth. If Trump had been reelected, we would have saved an additional 200 thousand, at least. Likely more. How many have we lost to shootings? Look it up. It’s not close.

And yet, the media is addressing the “gun problem.”

Then again. As that hero of the socialists put it, It’s nothing but statistics. It kind of works out that way. Anything past a thousand lives are numbers, statistics to be printed and soon forgotten.

Brown-bagging it Without the Brown Bag

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Some of “brown-bag it” to save money. I can’t imagine there are many out there that don’t know what brown-bagging it means but, just in case, this is the explanation. When in school, some of us ate in the cafeteria. Those that were not able, frequently carried lunch boxes to school. Those who could not afford lunch boxes, carried our lunches in brown bags.

Then there were those of us who could not afford brown paper bags. We carried out lunch in our plastic see through bags. Sometimes, I could buy a carton of milk, but I was always required to take the plastic bag home. It would be washed and reused the next day. I got weeks of use out of my plastic bags.

When my wife and I first moved to Desoto county with our two sons, I didn’t make much so my older son qualified to for cost free lunches. He really liked it because he traded for hamburgers. One day he had five of them, which made him sick. (He still likes hamburgers) After, he was told no more trading.

At any rate, as time went by, I started receiving promotions and, of course a larger paycheck. Then one year, we no longer qualified for free lunches. Strange as it seems, it took us about a week to get them to discontinue them. I suspect that no one would have ever said anything if I said nothing and let my sons receive the lunches. Thing is, unlike many, it does go against my grain to receive the free lunches. Besides, it hurt my ego. I did work hard for the privilege of paying for the lunches myself.

Now, once a day, my wife and I go somewhere to eat. Today, we went to McAlister’s Deli. I had one of their stuffed potatoes, which I could not finish. My wife had a cup of potato soup and a half ham sandwich. I paid for it. Right there at the counter, I pulled out my debit card and waved it over their magic reader. In a while, of course they brought us our dinner. I figure you ought to know. I mean the tax payers did put the money in my checking account. Shouldn’t I explain what I am doing with the money?

On the other hand, there are those who think they need not explain what they are going with the tax money entrusted to them.

By the way, I do want to thank everyone for the lunch.

Stretching Definitions

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I just love the way the dems and their mouth pieces (AKA news media) love to stretch the meanings of words. They keep saying that Old Joe made a decision to step aside for Kamala. There are two problems with that statements. The man would have never made that decision without the proverbial revolver pointed to his head. The fact is, the decision was made for him. If Biden did make any decision to endorse anyone, it would not have been Kamala Harris. If anyone were to look just a little below the surface, I really don’t think Old Joe can stand the woman. Truth be known, not many can.

What truly happened cannot be called a decision. The proper word would be coup. Look it up. Matches perfect. Does not need to be stretched at all.

What’s In Their Heart

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Of course I can’t tell what is in a person’s heart. However, sometimes I can make a pretty good guess at it. I mean, when they make it obvious, I don’t need a degree in mind reading to figure it out.

Consider the man that asks God to bless the USA and then goes off and sins as if there is no God. What they are probably really thinking is A. Give me all I want and ignore all the bad I do. B. I really don’t believe in all that. I’m just trying to get my followers to think I do. C. Isn’t it what everyone says? It sounds good anyway.

If there are any out there that disagree with me, I know what they believe by what they do. And what they do is very bad things without conscience. They say very bad things about people and lie continually without remorse. If they have any god, it is the party. Even if they do believe in God, they put their party above God. To them, the party is everything and it takes priority over life, family and country. It is the only way for them to reach the leadership of the party. It is not big brother. It is far worse.

Free Ads

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When TV and radio stations provide advertising without charging for it, It’s not news. It’s free advertising and the dems ought to have to claim in as in kind income. Since Old Joe dis-mounted, the dems, especially Kamala have gotten a ton of free advertising. In one case, I saw over fifteen minutes of a thirty minute show dedicated to a build up for Kamala.

I took special note that during the entire segment, they did not say bad thing about Kamala They might suggest they don’t know any. No problem. If they ask me I can think of a few… and I have no degree in journalism. Maybe it’s just that my memory is not as selective.

As far as the IRS telling the dems to declare the ads as income, the dems need not concern themselves. The IRS is run by the dems. I don’t think any of the dems need to fear the IRS agents knocking on their doors. They will not need to worry about those most feared words in the US – “tax audit.”

Of course if they keep making it too obvious and the Republicans hold onto the House, they just might have a few questions for them. They just might have to answer to folks who have even more power than the IRS, the voters.

Besides, if they do make it obvious enough, the voters might figure it out and turn their radios and TVs off or worse, change channels. It’s what I do. If too many take the same idea as me, some of those folks working for those stations will start receiving pink slips, especially those stations that used to be paid for by the tax payers. I mean why should Republicans have to pay for ads for the dems.