Keep on Trumpin

KTT

I cannot wait until the Iowa Caucus on Monday. This is, perhaps, one of the most important elections in my life and the history of this country. 

Our country has lost almost all common sense and is on the "road to perdition."  We have lost our moral compass, our soul and our heart. The naysayers will challenge me, but tell me how what I say is not true when we have thousands of murders occurring in our cities each year that go almost unnoticed. Tell me how a moral country lets it's people live in poverty, lets it war veterans be homeless and vilifies anyone who dares speak out against the policies that have thrust our country into this downward spiral.

The media and both Democratic and Republican politicians launch a vicious smear campaign against a citizen running for president simply because they disagree with him. The rich elite threaten to leave the country if he, and yes, I am referring to Trump, wins the election.

They call him a racist, a Nazi,and an Islamaphobe because they disagree with him. We are told to "coexist" by these people but they do not practice it. 

I am not a Trump supporter, yet, but like many Americans, the more he is attacked and the more he fights back, the more I grow to like and support him.  I do not like how he says things sometimes, but I generally agree with his message. 

Yes, we should limit immigration from countries with known terrorist until we can do a better job of protecting our citizens from those who come here as refugees only to kill us. And, shove the Islamophobe rhetoric. I and millions of others have never uttered an ill-word against Muslims for decades.  I have attended a Muslim wedding, been friends and still am with Muslims and never considered they might want to kill Americans until they did; until Muslim countries openly declared "death to America."

Common sense dictates you mistrust those that want to kill you.  I am sure there were Germans who did not want to kill Americans living in the cities we bombed, but we bombed those cities anyway.  Same with Japan and now with Muslims.  Millions of Muslims worldwide believe it is acceptable to kill Americans and others. 

Millions of Muslims only want to come here for a better life. Too bad. The radical Islamist have ruined it for them. The safety of Americans must come first, this is just common sense and it is just.

So yes, Trump does say what I believe and the more you attack him the more you attack me and the more likely the enemy of my enemy becomes my candidate. 

Everything is Racist

Everything is racist.  Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are racist, food served at college is racist, standardized testing is racist, the Academy Awards are racist and now I learn today even infant mortality is the result of racism.  The list goes on and on and on.  I am sure there are more, but this is enough to make my point – everything that blacks do not like is now racist.  Every problem that blacks have can be traced back to and blamed on racism.

Heck, a white roommate of a Ms. Priscilla Ward caused her great angst because he did not know what was going on in Ferguson, Missouri.  Ms.Ward, was traumatized by the event. She wrote about the agonizing experience "I longed to crawl back to my tiny black universe. A place where I could create a sense of peace, identity and acceptance, a place where I could sit there, trying to untangle my fro and make sense of what it means to be an African-American woman in this country, rehashing our history while facing present pain. But life happens, and most of us can’t stay in our own utopias forever."

Ms. Ward's reaction is typical of many blacks today.  Set aside that her white roommate choose to room with her a black woman, the fact remains that he is racist because he didn't know what was going on in a small black Missouri city. No, it couldn't be that he, like so many other young people today just didn't have a clue about a current event.  Nope it was an attack on Ms. Ward that rocked her world.

After learning today that black babies dying is the result of racism I decide to give up and just concede that everything is racist.  Yes, white people, especially white males, along with P&J sandwiches are racist and are the root of all evils inflicted upon blacks.

You can keep believing the race baiters when they preach their hate and our country will grow angrier and more divided. Or we can stop paying attention to the Priscilla Wards of this world and pay attention to real problems. It is time we stop playing the race card for every perceived microagression.  It is time of us to set aside race and start living the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr. by looking past skin color and working toward solutions to stop violent crime, poverty and lack of health care, not just for blacks but for the poor of all colors.
You will have my support when you look at an issue from a socioeconomic point of view.  You will lose me when you blame me for the problem because of my skin color.

You will have my support when you raise issues of police brutality, gun violence that kills young men and women and children. You will lose me when you tell me I do not have to deal with these issues because of my white privilege. I do have to deal with them both on an individual level and because issues that affect my fellow Americans and my country affect me.

You will lose me when you scream P&J sandwiches, college food, and the academy awards are racist.  These are meaningless issues and only serve to distract from real problems.

Infant mortality is a real and serious problem so if you want to talk about how we can provide better access to prenatal care for poor woman so they can bear healthy babies then I'm there with you.  Play the race card and you divide us and drive me away.

I am a non-hyphenated, colorblind American who will help all Americans achieve the American Dream.  I will not help those who attack me because of my race.  I am caring and compassionate but I am not stupid.

Time to end the race baiting, the hating and start looking for the real root causes of violence and poverty in America.  Time to focuses on what unites us and to work together to make our country the best country in the world.

I am willing to live King's dream; are you?

Note: Here is a link to Ward's essay.  It is worth reading and if you are like me you will come away thi linking she is the racist and not her roommate.

http://www.salon.com/2015/12/31/im_tired_of_suppressing_myself_to_get_along_with_white_people_2/

Robbing Peter and Peter's Kids to Pay Paul

The Governor, to his credit, restructured Kansas's taxes to spur economic growth. A noble experiment, but a failed experiment. 

There is no shame in failing but there is shame in being so arrogant that you won't admit you failed.  There is shame in lacking the common sense to realize that your failure, no not the failed experiment, but the failure to admit it and change course is ruining state agencies and other important programs. 

The state's coffers are bare and now after raiding the state's highway fund, the governor is stealing every penny from the Children's Initiative Fund's piggy bank.

Important and worthwhile programs will cease to provide services important to children. Here is a link to an article detailing some of those programs. 

http://www.kshb.com/news/state/kansas/kansas-gov-sam-brownback-proposes-...

I cannot believe business people wanted their taxes reduced at the expense of Kansas children. They need to speak up and demand Brownback's failure be reversed By the Kansas Legislature.

It is a surprise that so few are speaking against Brownback's failed experiment and speaking up for our children.  People, now is the time to Stand Up and Push Back against Brownback's failed tax experiment. 

No Guns for You!

President Obama has announced he is going to issue an executive order to impose stricter gun control laws than enacted by the United States Congress.  Congress is the legislative branch of government.  Whereas the President, as part of the executive is limited to carrying out the laws.  A president may use executive orders to develop policy to carry out or interpret law, but they cannot write law.  Here is a good article on executive orders (http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Executive+Order).

We will not know if Obama’s executive order is Constitutional or not until he issues it.  He has said, however, that he intends to close the so-called “gun show loophole.”  First, there is no such thing as a “gun show loophole.”  Any person, regardless of where the transaction takes place, for example, brick and mortar building, online or at a gun show, who devotes time, attention, and labor to dealing in firearms as a regular course of trade or business with the principal objective of livelihood and profit through the repetitive purchase and resale of firearms is required to be a federally licensed firearm dealer and conduct background checks when selling a firearm. 

There is an exception.  A person who makes occasional sales, exchanges, or purchases of firearms for the enhancement of a personal collection or for a hobby, or who sells all or part of his personal collection of firearms is not required to be licensed and conduct background checks.  Do sales of firearms by persons not required to be licensed take place at gun shows?  Yes, they do, but it is not a loophole, it is the law that allows it.

Obama and others may not like the law, but it is the law and he cannot change it; making law, as you may recall, is the responsibility of Congress.  Will he attempt to change it through executive order?  Maybe he will, but again we will not know until he issues his decree.  In the meantime, ponder this:

Anti-gun advocates make much ado about the militia mentioned in the Second Amendment.  The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the Second Amendment is an individual right; there is no need to be part of a militia. However, for the sake of argument, let’s pretend that the founders did intend only those were part of a militia could legally possess firearms.  Then I ask, who is the militia?  I think George Mason summed it up nicely when at the Debates in Virginia Convention on Ratification of the Constitution in 1788 said, " I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials."

A militia can be part of the government or as the founders most likely envisioned, separate from it.  Doubt it?  Then consider 10 U.S. Code § 311 - Militia: composition and classes.  It recognizes unorganized militias. And I ask, what were the requirements for being part of a militia and owning a firearm in 1788?

So, even if being part of a militia is a requirement of firearm ownership, I am part of a militia. I stand ready to defend my country against attacks both foreign and domestic and against my government should it ever come to that. So, the argument that only members of a government militia, AKA the National Guard, is without merit.

I am for stopping violence, all violence, but I will not infringe upon the rights of people to do it.  Passing new gun control laws have proven to be ineffective in deterring violence.  California has very restrictive firearm laws and has continually failed to stop violent acts committed with firearms. 

Martin O'Malley, former governor of Maryland bragged during the Democratic debates about the very strict gun laws he passed including a so-called assault weapon ban and yet Baltimore has one of the highest murder rates in the country. Not much to brag about is it?

No new gun control law will stop violence – we need to address the root cause of violence to stop it.  Do not try to stop me from protecting myself and my family until the criminals and terrorist are brought under control. 

The truth is the anti-gun advocates want to ban all firearms.  To them I say, “go for it, but do it Constitutionally.  Amend the Second Amendment.”  

I do not want them to simply repeal the Second Amendment.  I want them to amend it to ban all persons from owning firearms, including any private security persons.  No person, except those in the employ of a government law enforcement agency shall be authorized to possess a firearm while on official duty; lock it away at the station when off-duty.  

Additionally , armed government security shall be provided only at official buildings or events and no person, regardless of position held, including the president of the United States shall be entitled to government security after their term of office has expired or while not on official business.

Think about that Obama, Clinton, O'Malley, Bloomberg, and Clinton; are you will to give up your guns?  Of course they would never agree to having their armed protection taken away.  Make no mistake, they think their lives are so much more important than yours and mine.  

To the hypocritical rich who want to keep their armed security while taking away my means to protect myself and my family I say, "it ain't happening."

To everyone else I say, "listen to what Obama says, watch what he does and tell me if you really will be any safer?"  You won't but he doesn't care because it isn't about safety.  It is all about politics, always has been. And remember, like the pair joined at the hip, "we've got ours, you don't need yours."

The ISM Attack

I posted the definition of racism below  I posted it because people use the word racism without really understanding what it means  it is not racist to believe that there are differences between the races  it is only racist if you believe race makes you superior to another race simply because of race

I believe there are differences between the races just like there are differences between men and woman.  These differences do not make one superior to another.  They are just differences and are actually complementary making the only race, the human race strong.

People also mistake criticism for racism.  Criticize Obama and you are likel to be called a racist.  Obama and his supporters throw out the race card because that is easier than defending his policies  and, they throw it out because it works  people are afraid of being labeled a racist

I am not afraid of speaking the truth and will stand up and push back against ISMs.

Back on Obama, he acts like he is the only president to be criticized.  Remember W?  Or did you know that JFK before he was assassinated faced similar criticism?  In Dallas it was common to see Wanted Posters with his picture on it.  The charge?  Treason.

President Lincoln faced much harsher criticism than Obama

So Obama needs to study history before whining about the criticism he recieves.  He doesn't receive it because he is half black  he recieves it because he is the leader and the leader never pleases everyone

I encourage everyone to speak up and when someone tries to label you with an ISM to stand up and push back!

rac·ism
ˈrāˌsizəm/
noun
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.
"a program to combat racism"
synonyms: racial discrimination, racialism, racial prejudice, xenophobia, chauvinism, bigotry, casteism
"Aborigines are the main victims of racism in Australia"