Good! The man deserved it. The Texas gunman killed 23 people. It’s a shame he will survive only until he dies. It would be good if he would serve out a sentence of 90 times 70 years. However, that is simply not possible.
Now, on the other hand, Fauci was responsible for the deaths of over a million. Yet, he won’t spend a day of encarceration. It’s just not right. The man should at least spend a hundred years in prison.
I don’t need to quote the first amendment to you. You might even know it better than I do. Basically, hopefully, it protects our freedom of speech and religion, among other things. It seems that the FBI and other officials of the federal government were doing all they could to decrease, even eliminate, those rights by telling the social media to stop people from being able to use the social media to say certain things.
It’s all out in the open now. Even Old Joe’s press secretary has implicitly admitted it in a press conference. Moreover, she said they would do it again if they felt they needed to. Now isn’t that nice. They don’t stop us from saying what we want. They just make sure others do. Same thing. No difference. That gag that was put on conservatives was by the government, by remote control. Moreover, they seem to be proud of themselves for doing it.
My question now is, how are things going to be set right. People have lost their jobs because of what they did. Doctors have lost their practices. Lawyers have been shunned. Some have even gone to jail. Let us not forget the two and three-olds that were tossed out of planes because they refused to wear masks. Certainly, we don’t want to overlook the schools that were shut down by a few power-hungry animals.
Now, let’s see. What do I think should happen now. The people who met with those social outfits should be tried. If found guilty, they should be required to pay fines.
I only wish it were possible. However, I don’t think it is. Odd as it is, even if found guilty, I don’t think that any fines can be levied. I don’t think they can be forced to spend one day in prison. I don’t know. I’m not a lawyer.
Perhaps I can get a lawyer and prove the Director of the FBI caused me harm by impeding my speech. However, no matter how successful I am with my suit, I don’t think I could collect a dime. Though the Constitution does say that the government cannot pass any laws against my freedom of speech, as far as I know, there are no statutes prescribing any penalties or fines for government officials limiting my speech, directly or indirectly.
So, unless I am wrong, and I really hope I am, those that have been wronged have but one recourse…shrug their shoulders and strive on. Perhaps one thing we need to do, if we can ever wrestle the government away from those power hungry dems, we need to put some teeth to the first amendment, and maybe a few of the others too. When a government official crosses the line, let’s make sure he pays, if not with his freedom, then at least with his wallet.
That’s the problem. Little instructions. You notice that instructions are being printed smaller and smaller. Believe it or not, I remember a day when I could pull out a frozen dinner and easily read the instructions without magnification. Now, I have trouble reading them with 3x glasses.
Well, okay. It is true my eyes have gotten worse. I started with 1.5x glasses and worked my way up 3x. That is really bad. You can’t get stronger reading glasses off the rack and they keep making the instructions smaller every year or two. My eyes aren’t getting any better either.
I figured I have three options. Give up frozen dinners or anything else with small instructions. Have special made glasses. Finally I can keep a big magnifying glass handy.
Then too, someone just might come to my recue with a magnifying app. Now, wouldn’t that be nice? All I would need to do is pull out my phone, start the app and point the phone’s camera at the instructions. Piece of cake.
Now, does anyone know anyone who can write a magnifying app for all us old folks?
Incidentally, can we ever get a minimum size for instruction print size.
A federal judge made a decision against Old Joe and his cohorts. No more can they meet and agree as to what speech to allow or block.
Now, why should they object…that is unless they are using the social media for limiting our free speech.
Now, let’s see. Isn’t it against the first amendment to limit our speech even if it is indirect?
I think it is. I think a federal judge just agreed with me.
Now. Just how is it that we are to be compensated for all the past damage caused by Old Joe and his socialist comrads.
More importantly, how do we keep keep the socialists from finding another way around the first and most important amendment.
Just now got home from Lenny’s. Had a 7.5 inch Philly steak. Let me tell you. That was a sandwich. I just almost hand to disengage my jaw to get my mouth around it.
Also, the service was great, and the prices are decent. Doesn’t leave much room for complaint, does it?
I guess I’ll be going back more often now. Sure has McDonald’s beat, food, service and price.
My last post dealt with counterfeiting and the world’s biggest counterfeiter, the devil. However, I saved this for a separate post as it is particularly angering to me. I would guess it also angers God in that it leads folks away from Him and to death, the counterfeiting of religion.
To the best of my knowledge, the Bible does not mention false religion that much before the flood. The first mention of idols, as near as I can tell, is when Jacob was returning to home with Leah and Rachel. Ever since, it has become a constant subject. It is why Israel was split into two countries. Soloman, in all his wisdom worshiped the idols of some of his wives.
And so it is, ever since, we read about false gods. One of the reasons God destroyed Egypt was because of false gods. One of the primary reasons that God allowed Israel to go into the promised land was the false religions being practiced there. And, finally, it is why Israel was overtaken captive and then Judah.
Repeatedly, the tribes of Israel turned their backs on God and they worshiped false gods, counterfeits. Over and over, that was the main reason for Israel’s sorrows. Oddy, even while Moses was getting The Ten Commandments from God, the Israelites were worshiping counterfeits. I would suspect the devil felt particularly proud of himself for that one.
But today, we don’t have false gods, right? Wrong. In the first place, there are still religions in this world that bow down before pieces of stone and pray to the things not living. They bow down before big likenesses of Buddha. They still worship all manner of gods throughout Asia and the South Pacific. They are all counterfeits and they have not the power…. Let me rephrase that. They have no power other than in the minds of those worshiping them.
God set up a religion for the Israelites. They were to worship him only at the Temple and only Him. They were given strict instructions as to how. They were to bring to Him the tithes and sacrifices to the Temple. They were forbidden to worship any other gods anywhere at anytime. Yet, from time to time, they worshiped the counterfeit gods even to the point of sacrificing their children. Then, after being punished, they repented and turned back to God.
Where did the idea of the counterfeit gods came from? You need to ask? Isn’t it obvious. The devil was behind the false gods. He was behind the false religions, and he was behind the idea of sacrificing children. The end of all of this was great sorrow, even without God’s punishment. The natural result of counterfeit religion is sorrow and grief.
When Jesus rose alive and left an empty tomb, the world changed, I would guess instantly. It is my guess that it changed more than any other time, except for possibly during the fall of Adam and Eve. How did it change. Well, I can make a list but let’s stick to the basics.
First and foremost, it allowed the salvation of man. If Jesus did not rise from the grave, if He is not alive physically, then Christianity is just another empty religion. It is just a way of life that helps one man get along with the other. It is just another nice idea.
The evidence is solid. He did arise so Christianity changed the world. No longer is our relationship with God a religious one. When we are saved, we are instantly and forever the sons and daughters of God. Our citizenship is in the Kingdom of God, and we are left here on earth for primarily one reason, to teach others so they too can be born into the Kingdom of God.
And yet, you look around and the counterfeit religions persist. People worship in churches that say they teach Christianity, but they are counterfeit. As said before, for the counterfeit to succeed, it must look real. And there are many churches that look real but they teach religion. If they teach religion, I submit they are counterfeit because of all the religion they teach.
I would suspect, God is tired of religion. He wants to do away with it in all forms. So, when you want to speak to God, go to him through the name of Jesus. There is no other way. Certainly, God can and does use others to speak to us, but if so, make sure it agrees with the Word of God, the Bible. Make sure that those speaking aren’t speaking of themselves too highly.
The other day, I heard a man speak about how we should go to church on Saturday, not Sunday. Well, that’s religion. It refers back to the commandment to remember the Sabath to keep it holy. That simply carries not a drop of water. Most of those who wrote the New Testament worshiped on Sunday. It is a celebration of Jesus rising from the dead. Moreover, we are encouraged to bring our offerings the first day of the week, Sunday. (I Corr 16: 1&2)
If a church leadership wants to worship on Saturday, fine. I have no problem with that. However, let’s not condemn the first disciples for worshipping on Sunday. That is religious and it is counterfeit.
Also, when we want to confess a sin, which will be good, let’s confess to God. He and he alone can forgive us. It is a power that He reserves to Himself and He does not permit it to even the highest clergy.
Most of all, let’s get the counterfeiting (religion) out of the way of our relationship with Jesus. That will be much better, especially for us.
I suppose it’s been close to 10 years now. Not absolutely sure it’s true, but the story goes like this. A group of high school kids, as an experiment, decided to see if they could make and pass off counterfeit money produced with a scanner and high-quality color printer. When they found out they could, they did.
Of course, that’s not legal, even if it works. For a couple of weeks, it had the Desoto County, MS area in something of a tizzy. Once discovered by the authorities, they started trying to chase the source down. On the other hand, when the merchants and banks found out, they started checking the money they received with a fine tooth comb.
To be sure, when just a few start making their own money, to some extent, we all suffer. There are reasons for this. If it is permitted to continue, it devalues the currency. Foreign countries are less likely to honor the real stuff. Besides, it’s all just plain wrong, even if it is an experiment.
Throughout the history of our country, there have been folks trying to make money, the wrong way. We are supposed to go out and get a job, not print it. Unfortunately, money is not the only thing around that folks try to counterfeit. Certainly, works of art signatures, watches, and would you believe, purses are just a few things that people try to copy well enough to pass off as originals. Selling Rolex watches that aren’t made by Rolex have been the plot of many a story. Not being an expert, I don’t know how prevalent that is. However, can you imagine spending a thousand dollars for a watch that is nothing but a knockoff. Worse yet, the thing might not even keep good time. (in itself, that would be a blot on Rolex)
This begs the question, why do people counterfeit? For what purpose do they go to such great lengths to defraud their fellow citizens. While it might seem a simple question to which there is a simple answer, it is a little more complicated. Well, think… what about our Southaven students. They just wanted to see if they could.
And so, it is with many. There is something of a pride that goes with the success of producing a painting that looks just like a Renoir. Then too, it is something of a silent pride that must be kept quiet. Then too, it might be used as a type of weapon. During WWII, the Germans from time to time tried to dump fake money into our system. It provided a double advantage for them. First, it helped them with their war effort, and second, it could have caused a meltdown of our economy.
There is an odd feeling of accomplishment. Even when they know that they will eventually be caught, they do it just for the sake of being able to say, “I did it.” To some degree, the wealth they derive is somewhat secondary to some.
There is something of another question involved. To succeed, the counterfeit must resemble the original. It seems simple but people have gone to all kinds of lengths to make a fake twenty-dollar bill look like just exactly like the original. On the other side, the US mint is going to all sorts of lengths to make impossible to copy, which, by the way, increases the costs of legally making money. When we pull out that twenty to pay for that hamburger and fries, we take it for granted. However, a great deal of money went into the design and printing of those bills. Fortunately, they keep the price down by making a few thousand at a time.
Nonetheless, occasionally, someone comes along and finds a way to get away with it for a while. It’s one of those things that provides job security for the Secret Service as well as the rest of law enforcement. It also keeps the banks busy checking what they bring in as well as what they disperse. No bank wants to get the reputation of passing bad money.
There is however, one counterfeiter who has been getting away with it a long time. For thousands of years, he has counterfeited the work of God. Satan promises the same happiness as God and, like all counterfeiters, provides nothing but grief. He promises the good life and, in the end, he causes death.
Of course, to counterfeit God’s work, he has to make it look good and he does. Indeed, billions have been taken in by his false promises and hopes. Without exception, what he provided the world was pain and suffering. In the Garden of Eden, what he has done for the human race, was to deceive mankind into death and men have been paying for it ever since.
Why do men fall for his counterfeit happiness. It’s simple. It looks good. The successful counterfeits always do. So, we humans, look at the counterfeit and chose it over the real thing. It is a choice of deception, and it will not go away until the devil himself goes away.
As the banks check those twenties, it would behoove us to take a second look. Let’s make sure we aren’t accepting counterfeit happiness instead of the real thing… that which is provided by God, our maker, our provider and our savior. That which the devil and his minions provide are, in the end, far too expensive.
By the way folks, lest you get the wrong idea, I too have been deceived and from time to time am deceived to this day. I speak from experience not theory. Sorrows, never happiness, follow sin. Now, into my 70s, I know about what I speak. If you be wise, learn from my mistakes. Chose God, not the counterfeiter. Chose happiness, not sorrow, pain and grief.
Over the years, I discovered my auto air conditioning was always, without exception more effective in the shade. I have a vague idea as to why but it really doesn’t matter.
What I’m interested in is taking advantage of it. Perhaps we could build highways with shade. I figure I’d be more comfortable quicker and I might save a few gallons of fuel. The going green outfit would appreciate that.
However, my main interests is my home. Do you suppose the city would permit me to put a shade cover over my home. If we all did it, it would really reduce the load on the grid. And, by the way, Old Joe would love it, that is unless his neighbors did it. He wouldn’t want to live in such a neighborhood.
As my aside, I wonder how practical such a cover would be for schools. It would not only save fuel but taxes as well.
Just now heard a joke on the radio. It was supposedly Hunter Biden on the phone, who said, “Say, Pops. Have you seen my laptop?”
Of course, it was not Hunter Biden who was speaking, but it was Hunter who lost his laptop, his gun and “forgot” to report income for two years. Considering that’s likely not a tenth of it, I think we can assume that he is the epidemy of irresponsibility. This was a man who, with the help of his Pops, became an officer in the military. Now let me see. Aren’t military officers supposed to be responsible? I certainly would not want him as my commanding officer. I actually don’t think many would. Certainly not in battle.
So. When we need a person to point out when we want an example of irresponsibility, he’d be the first one I’d think of, he and his Pops. And, of course, all the while, the reporters keep turning a blind eye. That’s irresponsibility too.
Of all the things I have learned in all my 70 plus years, taking responsibility was perhaps one of the greatest. Certainly, I learned it while in the Marines. There are three aspects. Knowing, when I do something, I must know that I will take responsibility for it. When I make a legal promise, I must do everything humanly possible to fulfill it. When I take on a debt, assuming there is no deception or fraud, I must pay off that debt.
Maybe it is something well worthwhile for college students to learn that lesson. At seventeen or eighteen, they should learn what responsibility means. They should learn, when they sign the paper, they need to make good their word.
To be sure, they are young. However, 17- and 18-year-olds make the decision to go into the military. They are expected to put their lives at risk and not back out. It is likely the first thing many men and women really learn. However, even then, they usually have some guidance from parents. Unfortunately, sometimes the parents don’t provide proper guidance.
In some cases, parents co-sign for the loan. Maybe, then, they provide just a little better guidance, especially in choosing a major. The father just might spend a little while convincing that youngin that basketweaving might not be the best thing to major in. Maybe, if we started requiring parents to cosign for collage loans, this problem with unpaid loans would simply go away.
Having just put so much responsibility on the students and parents, I digress. These big schools. These outfits that claim that they are for learning deserve some of the blame. Shouldn’t they know better? If they are going to offer useless and semi-useless courses, shouldn’t they require some kind of full disclosure. Some folks actually have more money than they know what to do with. They can easily pay to learn how to appreciate art. In such cases, I say, fine. It’s their money. Let them throw it away if they want.
However, in cases where money is involved, maybe the colleges and universities should be held responsible. I mean, if this is a place where smartness is something that they impart, maybe they should be required to exhibit some basic intelligence. When they see a person headed head-long into a disaster, just maybe they should not permit it. “No, you can’t take that course; not until you demonstrate you can afford it.”
At the very least, maybe they should separate their courses: those that are good for making a living and those that aren’t.
May I go back on my Marine days just one more time? I took Instructor training. One of the first things they taught us was to impress on the student the importance of the course. It makes me wonder just what some of these professors tell their students about how important their subject is. I suspect, no, I know they have to do some real stretching to explain just why their field is absolutely essential.
Okay. I get it. If it were not for art, the world would be a pretty dull place. To be sure, actors go on to provide the world with more than a little entertainment. The Sound of Music, The Fidler on the Roof were both more than entertainment. For those of us who are willing to listen, they have a lot to say. They help remind us of how things were so that, hopefully, we won’t go back there, or even think about it.
However, there are but so many positions for actors. My best guess is that we have, oh maybe, a glut of them. Maybe when someone wants to major in acting, the counselors might suggest at least a minor in math or business. Who knows? Even if the student does become a great actor, he might be able to use his business training to help him handle all his millions.
Basically, I said all that to say this. On such degrees as acting, art, and the like, colleges should require the money upfront, no loans. Or, they should be notified not to expect payment until the student can pay. Maybe them, they wouldn’t offer so many courses on art. I mean the only folks not taking a risk are the institutions of higher learning.
Let the old laws of supply and demand take hold in the halls of ivy. Now there’s a unique idea.
Those with sheepskins ought to be able to do more than serve fast food.
Now that’s a thought. Maybe a person could major in fast food preparation. Why not. A person can actually make money in the restaurant business, though it is real honest, hard work.
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