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Illegal Welfare

4/30/2019

I've heard so many Democrats state that Republicans are lying when they say that illegal immigrants receive welfare. Keep in mind that one of the definitions of welfare is: "To provide financial support to people in need." They're the ones who are either lying or just naïve.

How quickly would a family of illegals find a place to stay? How quickly would they get employment? How can they take care of themselves with minimum wage jobs? How can they get healthcare services when their employer more than likely doesn't provide healthcare? They go to ER's of course. Paying federal and state taxes off a minimum wage job or in most cases not paying any taxes at all, doesn't begin to cover the costs of providing a child an education from K1 - K12. Their children are in our educational system while not paying anything towards these benefits (a.k.a. welfare). This negatively impacts our school systems. School districts across our country are in horrific shape through not having enough schools or teachers, so an influx of a few hundred thousands of children every year will only serve to reduce the quality of our education system and increase our costs .

With all the above in mind (and I only covered a fraction), they are receiving welfare. Either these Democrats are ignorant and don't understand the above, or they do know what's going on and just want to lie about the issue to push their illegal immigration narrative. I'll let you decide.

Berserk

4/29/2019

The word "Berserk," came from the Nordic warriors in the 8th century who were called "Viking Berserkers." They were fierce and they were greatly feared because they ran into battle in an uncontrollable rage instead of as an organized army. Some claim that they got hopped up on drugs before they fought through using powder from an ancient plant. So now if you use the word berserk, you know it all started with a bunch of crazy Viking warriors. :)

More Lies

4/29/2019

I heard various anchors and political pundits on CNN and MSNBC, blame President Trump for the terrorist attack at the Jewish Synagogue in California; their premise being he supports white nationalists; of course, this isn’t true, as he’s condemned them numerous times.

There are several things idiotic and terribly divisive in their rhetoric and that is President Trump has been friendlier to Israel than any other President that I can remember. Israel loves him. If he were a white nationalist they certainly wouldn’t. Then there’s the fact that he sure loves his Jewish son-in-law Jared. His daughter converted to the Jewish faith as well. The bottom line is that anyone with common sense knows Trump isn’t a white nationalist, yet they continue to try and paint him as such.

Trump is a nationalist as are Republicans in general. Nationalists believe our country is exceptional and want to do whatever is necessary to keep us this way as it's in the best interests of future generations to have economic, military, and moral leverage. Because we're a superpower, we're able to help people around the world in their time of need. Liberals pushing to make Trump look like a racist, try to confuse everyone as to what being a nationalist means.

Because they’re lying about Trump, they’re creating division in our country. This word is thrown out so much that it has lost its impact, but a country divided will fall. Politicians care more about their Party and their jobs, then they do about our country. They don’t care about the horrendous long-term effect they’re having on us through their incessant lying. They just want to get through the here and now and gain and/or maintain influence, power, and money; this is certainly proven in how they refuse to put together a balanced budget. They don’t want to make the tough choices because they don’t want it to negatively impact their careers. This is how the senators in Rome operated around 2,000 years ago, some things never change.

Disaster

4/28/2019

The word: "Disaster," was derived from a Greek word. "Dis," meaning "Bad," and "Aster," which meant "Stars and Planetary Movement." Basically, if something went bad, they typically blamed the moon and the stars.

All words originated from somewhere. Someone said I'll call this a car, and everyone began calling them cars. Someone decided to use the word electricity, and everyone bought into the word. Someone thousands of years ago said I'll call those things in the water fish, and here were are all these years later, still using the word. It's a small thing that we typically don't think about, but I find it amazing how words come about.

A Very Difficult Mission on D-Day (June 6th 1944)

4/27/2019

There were a lot of battles on D-Day in WWII, and one of those was on La Pointe du Hoc, more than a 100 ft. cliff overlooking Omaha Beach in Normandy, France.

Germans used the top of the cliff to not only fire upon soldiers landing on the beach but also to shoot at allied aircraft. The U.S. Army Rangers trained for a mission of taking the Germans out, which was going to be very difficult as they had to successfully get across the water to the beach, then use ropes and ladders to work their way to the top, all while German soldiers shot at them. The commander of this particular group got drunk and said it was a suicide mission, so he was relieved from his command.

The Rangers trained hard learning how to climb straight cliffs while fighting at the same time. Around 200 Rangers landed on the beach, scaled the cliff, and successfully took the Germans out in two days. Fifty Germans were killed and 40 captured while we lost 85 Rangers. Our high casualty count was due to how exposed these brave men were as they climbed the cliff and as they reached the top and were going over it. The first Rangers to reach the German stronghold knew they'd probably die but it was their job to take out as many Germans as possible so that the Rangers who followed would have a better chance to accomplish the mission.

All wars have been filled with heroes. These men were brothers, cousins, fathers, and uncles, so their deaths impacted so many people. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who has experienced this kind of loss. I'm eternally grateful for the men and women who have died so that I can experience the freedoms of our Constitution and live in the greatest country on earth.

Lessons From Scary Movies

4/27/2019

If you like scary movies watch "The Nun." I just finished watching it and I thought it was great. It got me thinking about what I've learned from scary movies over the years, here are my Top 10:

1) If you hear a noise outside, don't investigate it on your own.

2) If a door opens on its own, don't walk through it.

3) If your flashlight suddenly stops working, go back.

4) If you hear an eerie voice calling your name, don't find out who it is.

5) Don't hide under your bed, in the closet, or in the shower, as these are the first places evil people look.

6) Don't walk through a graveyard at night.

7) If you're walking through the woods at night and think you see someone, don't check to see who it is.

8) Make sure and own a car with a push button start because if you're running from evil, you don't want to fumble your keys and drop them on the floor of the car, when you're trying to put them in the ignition.

9) If someone knocks on your door but you don't see someone out there, don't open it.

10) If something strange happens, immediately call the police. There's no use waiting for all the horrific things that will come next and then have the police arrive after all your friends and loved ones in the house have been murdered and you barely survived.

I hope you find the above useful. :)

Erase Student Debt

4/26/2019

One of many things that the Dems of 2020 are promising is to pay off student loans; they're making this promise of course with our money.

Parents and/or students make the conscious decision to go into debt believing it's a good idea because the student will have a college degree and statistically make more money throughout his or her career. It's an investment that they make.

Some parents and students choose not to go into debt. Some like me, chose to attend a college that was affordable to where I wouldn't need to take out a loan. I worked my way through college. Some don't choose to go to college at all and take a different path. They aren't willing to invest money into a four-year degree, or just can't for one reason or another.

What these Dems are telling everyone to do, is to take all those people who chose not to spend money for college or paid for it on their own by choosing a non-expensive college, and have them help pay for the college educations of other people. The very people who voluntarily went into debt so they could "better," themselves. So Dems want to tax other people so they can help these people make more money in life.

I hope the absurdity of this, sinks in.

Should Prisoners Be Allowed to Vote?

4/26/2019

I watched a video of two liberals, a married couple probably in their 50's, being interviewed about various topics. They were asked if they agreed with people like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, that we should allow prisoners to vote? They said they were. The couple stated that everyone makes mistakes and that they shouldn't be punished by having the Constitutional right to vote, taken away from them.

They were then asked if this is the case, should prisoners and ex-convicts be allowed to carry weapons since the 2nd Amendment is a critical right? They were stumped and then eventually said no. The interviewer then pointed out that they're picking and choosing Constitutional rights as if it were a buffet. It was easy to see that this sunk in.

The interviewer then asked them if they still thought prisoners should be allowed to vote even if they were murderers, rapists, terrorists, etc.? They thought about it then once again said yes, that it wouldn't be fair to the prisoners to take their voting rights away. The interviewer then followed up with: "If your daughter were raped, would you be okay with the rapists having an opportunity to vote and influence laws?" There was dead silence. They had no answer. They didn't even try because they couldn't allow the words to come out of their mouths that they were wrong and had changed their opinion.

One last thing. Why do these liberal 2020 candidates want prisoners to be able to vote? Because they'd vote Democrat. Prisons could be used as a voting base for calculating districts (meaning more Congressional representation), and electoral votes in presidential elections. What a great group of people to be associated with a political party.

To add further to their votes, they're pushing to lower the voting age to 16. Just how much do these young people know about civics, the Constitution, economics, political science, etc.? They don't have a clue about the impact of taxes on a paycheck. They're naive and easily pursuaded; of course they'll vote for anything that's "free." This is how young people think. The bottom line is that none of us would seek the advice of a 16 year-old on practically anything in our lives, yet these Dems want to give them the power to vote. And who would they vote for, that's right, Democrats. See a trend.

Expanding Government

4/26/2019

When my wife Maggie, worked for the University of North Carolina system, performing public relations, she saw many employees who shouldn't have been there. They weren't good at their jobs. They avoided work. They had bad attitudes. They did nothing to go above and beyond.

With the above in mind, it was virtually impossible for someone to get fired. It required too much paperwork and too many layers of approval to dismiss someone. This is how it is in much of the government sector yet Democrats want to increase the size of federal and state governments through the "free," things they want to provide. They want to expand the IRS dramatically to audit peoples' wealth, they want to expand Health & Human Services dramatically by doing away with private insurance.

There just aren't that many go-getters in the public sector because that's not the culture. They don't provide innovation. They waste money because there's little accountability. Department heads keep their jobs even though they perform terribly. You've seen it before when these people go before Congress and get caught doing all kinds of bad things, but still don't lose their jobs. The hearings end up being a waste of time.

The bottom line is not only is it a terrible idea to expand government because it's built to fail, not succeed, but also the costs will take an already horrific problem of debt, and bury us to the point of bankruptcy. Absolutely not a question of if, but when.

Social Workers

4/26/2019

This is a special shoutout to social workers especially those in child services. The most dangerous calls for police officers are domestic disputes. People who work in DSS deal with volatile domestic issues daily. It's a dangerous job deciding if a child stays with his or her parent(s), or helping to decide custody battles. It's a job filled with mental anguish seeing the conditions some children deal with at home or in the system.

What really blows my mind is that so many of these people went to college to get a degree in something that pays so little. These graduates make a little more than half the starting salary of other graduates. They've chosen an unselfish path. Not unlike teachers, their impact at work affects all of us.

I couldn't do what they do as I don't have that kind of toughness or quite frankly, that kind of compassion; I'm so thankful that there are those who do.

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