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Voting-3-A

05 Feb

To make a valid decision on what to do about the current situation, a voter must also know how things work and what has worked or not worked in the past. Education is important. Liberals today discount history and focus on the present. They support what they call situation ethics. You look at the present situation and make a determination. Yet that determination requires some idea of how things work and what works and doesn’t work or it is meaningless guessing. Too often lately the news has come out with statements on an event that later prove false because they didn’t have all the facts. They ran with the story because it fit their agenda. The abortion issue is a perfect example. Before Roe vs Wade, the majority of people opposed abortion because most people assumed it  was a baby from conception but the number opposing it has dropped as they are told we don’t know if it is.  Many kids know about sex from sex education classes but do not understand conception and the baby’s development in the womb. Women are led to believe it is not a baby until just before birth. Once a woman sees an ultrasound showing her the baby in her is fully formed, most women reject abortions. In addition, those supporting abortion concentrate on the fact that they want to help a poor girl in distress but few people understand that she is in distress because sex education taught her to have sex but did not tell her about the consequences of it.  It implies that she can have sex without worrying about getting pregnant because contraceptives prevent it and abortion takes care of any accidents. Good girls used to avoid sex outside marriage because of the disgrace of unwanted pregnancy, but after Roe vs Wade, many felt free to engage in it because their sex education classes fail to tell her about the high failure rate of contraceptives and the fact that abortion is not as safe as they are told. An abortion can have serious consequences physically and emotionally. It is the same with many issues today. The schools teach names and dates and  either don’t teach the consequences or twist them to support their agenda so voters cannot make educated decisions about policies they want their representatives to pursue. As a result, voters must educate themselves. In addition, liberal politicians are often not open about the policies they support or proclaim support for policies the people want but then vote the opposite.

 

 
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Politics-AB-AJ

30 Jan

To pick a candidate effectively, a voter must know the problems we face, have a good idea on how to fix it and pick a candidate that will do what needs to be done. That  requires that they know what the situation is. Voters today are hampered by big media that distorts the news to fit their agenda. When they were debating abortion, the media bombarded us with stories of future starvation as we faced out of control population growth and a food supply that could not keep up in spite of the fact that the birthrate was in a downward spiral and was on the edge of dropping below the level needed to sustain it. In addition, advances in food production were such that farmers faced massive food storage problems in spite of shipping tons overseas to other countries, providing low income families with food stamps so they could get food free, and paying farmers to not till land to cut food production. They were piling it in fields and burning it because they had no room to store it. If you don’t understand the problem you can’t decide on a good solution. You need to go to reliable sources and look at both sides. Planned Parenthood will tell you why they believe you should support abortion and which candidates support it while Right-To-life will tell you why you should oppose it and which candidates oppose it. There are reliable organizations that publish information on other issues and some which publish the candidate’s position on a number of issues as well such as the League of Women Voters. It is important to research the issues and the candidates in order to get representatives that support your views and will carry out your will. I have researched the issues and published study courses which detail the various issues as unbiased as possible to help those seeking to make informed choices, but you need to examine both sides and make up your own mind.

 

 

 
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Politics-AB-AI

30 Jan

AB-AI Many States are already gearing up for the primary elections. Many people skip the primaries or vote casually without a lot of concern for who wins. They think one is as good as the other. That is generally true for Democrats who are pressured to vote for things the party supports and against what it opposes, because they are supported by big money interests such as Planned Parenthood who dictate how they vote, regardless of the feelings of their constituents. That is not as true for Republicans who rely on party members for support and are more influenced by community values. Yet the primaries dictate who will be on the ballot in November. If you don’t agree with who you elect in the primaries, you don’t get to pick a second choice in November. We are seeing an increasing number of people who say they don’t agree with either candidate in November. It takes work to locate what candidates stand for but it is much better than suffering through the results of legislation pushed through that supports causes you don’t believe in. You won’t agree with everything a politician supports but you should at least agree with their major values, You have an obligation to let him know how you feel on an issue when you disagree with his stand. If he hears from enough constituents, he may change his vote. You can’t go on what they say, you have to look at their record of how they voted in the past. They can say anything they want while campaigning but the bills they vote for tell what they support and that is in the public record. A candidate may say they oppose abortion but if they vote for funding for abortion, you know they support it. If he gets in and doesn’t vote the way you wanted, you have an obligation to vote him out and replace him with someone better. Too many voters don’t pay attention to how their representative votes. They go on reelecting him  and he goes on padding his pockets because he knows he can still get reelected. The problems in Minnesota, California, New York and many other States, as well as many major cities didn’t pop up overnight, they have been going on for years. However, residents of those States have continued to reelect the same corrupt politicians because they either aren’t paying attention, don’t care, or the election process in their State is so corrupted that the party in power overrules them.

 
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Violence-2-AL

27 Jan

People say that the ICE agents should not be there and they should leave. It is true but the reason they are there is because the Mayor and the Governor are telling State and local police to ignore the law. The law says that when an illegal immigrant violates the law, they should contact ICE and they will deport him. No problem. However, since they are not contacting the ICE agents to pick them up in jail and are releasing them onto the streets, the ICE agents have to come get them. The agents are there picking them up on the street because they were released from jail. All they need to do to get the ICE agents to leave is follow the law and the ICE agents will be gone overnight. If it is that simple, why aren’t they doing it. All those illegal immigrants are voting for them because they allow the immigrants to live there, and give the immigrants free food, housing, education, and health care, even though they cannot vote legally.  State and city officials allow illegal immigrants to register and vote in exchange for the free support. That is how they stay in power. In addition, all those daycares that don’t really exist but collect millions in tax money are doing so because the State and city governments allow them to. It is a pretty safe bet that a lot of that money is flowing back into the pockets of the mayor and governor and a lot of their friends in exchange for the State and city officials looking the other way. When State and city officials urge their citizens to attack the ICE agents and call on their citizens to prevent federal agents from enforcing the law, and then tell police not to interfere, they are putting the safety of their own citizens in jeopardy, as well as the lives of the ICE agents who are just doing their job.

 
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Violence-2-AL

27 Jan

People say that the ICE agents should not be there and they should leave. It is true but the reason they are there is because the Mayor and the Governor are telling State and local police to ignore the law. The law says that when an illegal immigrant violates the law, they should contact ICE and they will deport him. No problem. However, since they are not contacting the ICE agents to pick them up in jail and are releasing them onto the streets, the ICE agents have to come get them. The agents are there picking them up on the street because they were released from jail. All they need to do to get the ICE agents to leave is follow the law and the ICE agents will be gone overnight. If it is that simple, why aren’t they doing it. All those illegal immigrants are voting for them because they allow the immigrants to live there, and give the immigrants free food, housing, education, and health care, even though they cannot vote legally.  State and city officials allow illegal immigrants to register and vote in exchange for the free support. That is how they stay in power. In addition, all those daycares that don’t really exist but collect millions in tax money are doing so because the State and city governments allow them to. It is a pretty safe bet that a lot of that money is flowing back into the pockets of the mayor and governor and a lot of their friends in exchange for the State and city officials looking the other way. When State and city officials urge their citizens to attack the ICE agents and call on their citizens to prevent federal agents from enforcing the law, and then tell police not to interfere, they are putting the safety of their own citizens in jeopardy, as well as the lives of the ICE agents who are just doing their job.

 
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Violence-Social strife-2-AK

15 Jan

The violence in Minneapolis reminds me of  the George Floyd incident six years ago in Minneapolis. The media used that incident to whip up hatred towards the police. They pretend that their violent protests will result in pressure on the police to use more restraint. In fact, it results in the police backing off of such situations for fear of being prosecuted for doing their job. However, it will probably cause more police brutality, not less, as police will feel more threatened and will be more likely to use force. Black organizations claim Blacks are being targeted by police. Since the media tries to take advantage of such incidents when they happen, it is evident that it is a rare occurrence or we would be hearing of far more such incidents. Far more Whites die at the hands of both White and Black police officers. While there are rogue police officers and they should be punished, the vast majority are just trying to do their job and are often confronted with violent people who cannot be stopped any other way. Many are on drugs and are out of control. In addition, we do not know what preceded the killing of the man in Minneapolis. The man could have been a violent criminal that had just killed someone and was threatening to kill the police. We can’t judge an incident from a short clip by someone who may have edited the film in order to incite a riot. The officers should be tried by the courts based on the evidence and if they are guilty, they should be punished, but they should not be tried by public opinion based on what the media presents, because we know how biased they are. In the 1960’s,  Martin Luther King showed that Blacks and Whites working together can reduce prejudice, hatred, and violence while the riots showed that violence increases the hatred and violence on both sides.

 

 
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Violence-Social strife-2-AJ

15 Jan

We are seeing increased violence over the death of a woman in Minnesota. It makes no sense. While the people in Minneapolis should protest peacefully if there is a pattern of injustice, a lot of hatred is being whipped up by out of State promoters who don’t care one bit about her. It is evident that a lot of the protests around the country are being fueled by those seeking to take advantage of the situation for their own political purpose since the protests are well organized and well funded. They are inciting riots and creating hatred against President Trump, who is the lawfully elected President in order to undermine the rule of law. As I look back over my posts, I see a number of incidents in Minnesota, particularly Minneapolis which indicates a pattern of civil unrest, particularly of defending those who are breaking the law against law enforcement. ICE agents are responsible for removing illegal immigrants from the country and They are there because the city and State officials are obstructing justice by refusing to turn illegal immigrants over to federal officials when they are arrested for crimes.  City and State governments are openly violating federal law by harboring criminals from out of the country and have used the media to incite violence against federal agents by portraying them as being there illegally. That indicates that they view the law is a tool to achieve goals and not to obtain justice. They are abusing the trust of the American people for political purposes to discredit Republicans so they can win elections. Liberal politicians did it in President Trump’s first term to cover up the crimes of Hillary Clinton and President Obama and are doing it now to cover up their crimes in Minnesota. They don’t like it because President Trump is trying to restore the law to punishing criminals instead of as a tool to win elections.

 

 
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Social strife-D-U

10 Jan

The media leads us to believe that police officers are deliberately targeting Blacks and as a result, there is increasingly violent retaliation against police. While many people claim that a higher percentage of Blacks are killed by police and a higher percentage of Black people are stopped compared to Whites, we need to examine the facts behind those statements. The fact is that a higher percentage of Blacks commit crimes. Currently, 52% of murders are committed by Blacks, even though they constitute only 13% of the population. Therefore, police are more likely to be looking for Black suspects and a police officer may stop someone who is Black because he fits the description of who they are looking for or because they are acting suspiciously. Police are also more likely to assume the Black suspect has a gun and intends to use it because of the higher percentage of violent crimes by Blacks. A Black friend of mine sent me the following statistics. He states that contrary to what we hear, the number of Blacks killed by police has dropped 70% in the last 50 years. In 2012, only 173 Blacks were killed by police while 326 Whites were killed by police. Apparently, police are showing greater restraint in Black areas but cannot ignore what appears to be an open threat. While liberals claim police are responsible for the higher percentage of Blacks arrested, they ignore the fact that more Blacks commit crimes because of liberal policies which promoted slavery which destroyed families by separating them and showing men that it is the overseers job to care for the women and children. They later prevented Blacks from getting an education and good jobs, resulting in a greater need for welfare which further destroyed families by requiring men to leave the family so they could get help. While some Blacks are breaking the mold and getting a good education and a good job, it will take hard work and several generations to rebuild the family structure among Blacks and undo the damage caused by liberal policies.

 

 
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Social strife-D-T

10 Jan

We are seeing more of the same old narrative to create fear and division. While they scream about mass killings, they claim they need to take away your guns to make you safe. It will only disarm you so you can’t protect yourself against criminals who are still armed because they don’t obey laws about not owning guns. They scream about police brutality and claim they need to defund the police to protect you from police brutality, however it means there won’t be any police to protect you from those criminals. They claim they have to stop arresting criminals because it unfairly affects Blacks but it means those criminals will be back out on the streets committing more crimes. They prosecute those who report crimes saying we need to protect people’s privacy  while they do nothing to prosecute those criminals allowing them to continue their crimes. It also makes people reluctant to report crimes out of fear of being prosecuted. It seems like there is a pattern here. Their goal seems to be to encourage crime and violence.

 

 
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Social strife-D-S

10 Jan

We are seeing the same pattern in the media with the shooting in Minnesota that we have seen in similar instances. They rush to condemn the ICE agent for killing the woman and ignore the facts. ICE was there to arrest people in the country illegally because the State was violating the law by not reporting them to federal agents. Then protestors showed up to protest the arrests and prevent law enforcement officers from enforcing the law. We already see a systematic attempt to obstruct justice and hamper law enforcement. In addition, this isn’t a random demonstrator who the agents were harassing. While the narrative paints her as an innocent protester, videos show that she was harassing the agents and when confronted, deliberately aimed her car at the agent and attempted to run him over. It looks like the agent was acting to protect himself and other agents. Although she hit him, he was able to escape without serious injury. This was followed by rioting in other cities to protest the killing and calling for ICE agents to be pulled out of the city. This follows the George Floyd incident six years earlier in the same city which followed the same pattern. Police seeking to arrest a man caught committing a crime was killed while resisting arrest. It is followed by riots around the country calling for defunding the police. The goal isn’t justice, it is to hinder law enforcement and encourage anarchy. However, the narrative also hides another important fact which is that it distracts from the discovery of the millions of dollars of funds to help the needy that were stolen.

 

 
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