People Still Do Not Get It

This article is in response to Mary Dolan’s guest comment (March 30^th) in the Star Democrat. While I do agree with her about there is a problem with fire arms in this country I disagree that school children are the ones to handle it. We read several articles in different papers and on the news channels about kids protesting gun violence at their schools, the capital, and other places. For the most part these are the same kids we read about in the papers and across in the news media that were eating Tide-Pods and the government wanting to solve that problem by changing how the product was packaged. How many of these kids even know what they are protesting. How many of them can even tell you what the constitution is and what it is for. How many can tell you if we live in a republic or a democracy.  I am sure some can, but not that many. We have violence all across our nation in many different forms. We always want to blame the problems of our country on everything but the true cause, In other words the root of the problem. The problem really goes back to the same kids that are protesting, maybe not all of them but the biggest majority of them. The problem is how they are raised.

To make this country great there must be building blocks and a good foundation. The foundation of any nation is the family unit. The family unit has kids raising their own self and that is not the way it should be. They need structure, guidance, and being taught right from wrong. You can have all the Great Societies you want but without a family structure, and a good foundation it will amount to nothing. We have so many violent video games today that are front line examples why some kids do what they do. Hollywood does not help much either.

More kids die today from drugs, texting while driving, and alcohol than from these school shootings but it is only when guns are brought into the mix is there mass protest. What about the bullying problem in our schools today. It is a problem, but it is a well hid problem. But it is there. It is foolish for anyone to think that drugs, guns, cell phones and cars are the problem. It is the adult, teenager, or young person who is behind those things that is the problem. To prove the point let us look at it this way. A person left his shotgun on his porch, the mailman delivered the mail, kids were in the street playing, the garbage truck picked up the trash, and no one got shot. The gun was still sitting on the porch. Or how about this, a teenager was driving down the road with cell phone on the seat not being used and no one was killed or injured.

Why is there no protesting the FBI for not acting on reports they received about the shooter at the Florida school, the sheriff department who received 39 calls over a period of time about the same shooter, and the most scary is the school system that know who and what this kid was and did nothing over the years to help him, finally expelling him. The whole problem and event should have been investigated before the fact not after the fact.

My thoughts are there is more behind the protests by these teenagers than meets the eye. A person must wonder is there some other reason behind all this and are the teenagers just being used. To set the record straight from the start I do not own any guns, I do not belong to the NRA, and I am not a Republican or Democrat. I am a independent person that can think for myself.

Just The Facts

Remember the old TV program “DRAGNET” with Jack Webb? One of his famous lines was “Just the facts”. So let us deal with just the facts today in this article.

There are so many articles in the local newspaper lately about gun control that would make a person think that there is an agenda by the left to remove guns from this country. I never realized or knew how big this movement was until I read several different articles in the paper. There are never are any articles about pro-gun just anti Gun. People, especially teenagers, will protest without knowing all the facts, without even knowing why they are protesting. Some teenagers were asked what they were protesting and they could not even answer. They only protest what they hear or see and because other people are doing it, without ever checking the facts. These teenagers are better known as the Tide-Pod generation. It is called the dumbing down of our kids. Before they protest about anything, including guns, they should be required to study the Constitution of the United States.

For example, we had school kids all over the country [on a certain day] walking out of school protesting the recent shootings in schools. I wonder how many of these students would have protested if the protest were held not during school hours. The media was all over the story about kids walking out in protest but nothing was said about some kids in schools having a walk in instead of a walk out. What more can you expect from a liberal press? There was some difference of opinion over the issue of gun control and the violence caused by these shootings but the American people read only one side of the issue. How in just a short time could there have been such a walkout all across this nation? The answer is, it was planned and put into effect as soon as the school shooting happened by liberals and progressives who want to see the confiscation of guns in this country.

 At one school kids were so unruly during the walkout they destroyed an American flag which is all a part of the liberal agenda and then tried to assault a police officer. The very flag they destroyed represents the very means that allows them to protest.

They were protesting, if that was what you could call it, and most of them knew nothing of what they were protesting. By that I mean the deep roots of why they were protesting are not being brought to the front. I am not afraid to say there is a bigger issue behind all of this and it is not about gun violence. There was a picture in the paper of a girl holding a sign that said: “Eighteen Century laws can’t regulate 21st-century weapons”. Down through the history of this country, our constitution has done a pretty good job so far. What law or amendment does she want to go next? These signs are right out of the communist playbook. After the guns go the liberals will have the Holy Bible gone and their version will replace it.

How about the fact that there are 11 kids a day killed in this country a day because of texting on their cell phones while driving. That is over 4000 thousands kids a year being killed by texting and driving. I guess we should ban cell phones from kids and while we are at it automobiles too because they are part of the blame for this sad waste of human life. Another sign held by another kid said; ”we want education without fear of annihilation”. I also would like that same thing whenever I drive to the store or drive to church without the fear of being killed by a teenager texting while driving.

The sad truth here is most kids are being dumb down by a liberal agenda that are using gunning violence as a platform to promote their agenda. It is sad when liberals’ have to use our kids to promote their communist agenda. It is the liberals’ in this country that are trying to mobilize our kids for their cause. More time should be spent on teaching the history of this country and what it stands for. But what is happening is some of our histories is being deleted out of our history books and our school curriculum. What percentage of kids in this country even know what the Constitution is and what it stands for, sad to say a very few if any.

The issue is not about gun control. It is about controlling a nation of free people by taking away the only means of keeping ourselves free. Some people will laugh at that statement. But it is the truth. History is trying to repeat itself right in our backyards and most people cannot even see it. We only need to look at Russia, Germany, China, Cambodia, Cuba, and many other nations. Look at what happened to them. The guns were taken and then the real slaughter began. Millions were murdered because they protested the governments of these countries. This is the same road America is going down. A gentleman from Scotland wrote, to the local newspaper and said This; America has no need of people running around with guns. He also stated we have a most capable military to protect us. This is true. We have the finest military to protect us from all outside threats but not from the Trojan horse which is getting bigger in our country.  That is the reason for the second amendment and the reason for our Constitution.

Lastly, I read an article in the local paper about a church that was having a prayer vigil against gun violence. That may be fine, but the church [all churches] needs to go above and beyond this. The sad thing is their mind is dull and they are being deceived. Any Bible believing church knows there is more to be done than just a prayer vigil against gun violence. The roots of the problem go a lot deeper than gun violence. It is called THE SIN PROBLEM; which is an all-inclusive word for Rebellion against God and His Word. The history of the world, as eyed through the Bible and some other good history books, plainly show the fact that when God is in control the nation prospers and when God is not in control there is evil, violence, and every sin a person can imagine. My friends God is not in control of America. We have forsaken Him. We as a people have turned our backs on him and now we are reaping what we have sown.  America is now reaping for the killing of millions of unborn children in the womb, the removing of anything that pertains to God from our schools and government buildings, and the promoting of homosexual lifestyles in the schools and in government, which clearly are against God’s laws. Our government and sad to say most of our churches are falling short of preaching and upholding the truth and the Constitution of this country.

It is true that the United States is 3^rd in murders throughout the world, but if you remove Chicago, Washington, DC., Detroit, St. Louis, and New Orleans look what happens. The United States comes in at 189^th out of 193 countries in the entire world. And what is more amazing is the five cities mentioned here have the most strict gun control laws in the nation. Now please tell me about people wanting to pass more gun control laws. The true problem in this country is not the need for more laws. It is THE SIN PROBLEM.

Teachers Were Always Armed

I know that statement will turn some heads, but the fact is it is true. How do I know this to be true? Let me start with my history teacher. She was armed with a large book about three inches thick and would not fail to bend you over a chair and administer ones due rewards.  Then there was my third grade teacher who was armed with a twelve inch ruler that reached out and touched someone when they needed it.  Then there was my six grade teacher who would raise her arm and point her finger and you would not see recess for a while let alone daylight. Then there was the dreaded paddle at the principals’ office that brought with it all the respect that was needed in that high office. If a child was unruly on the bus he was put off and got home the best way he could. And when we got home from school we knew we were going to get our just rewards once again.

Am I trying to make teachers look bad, not at all? The teachers who are mentioned above were the most kind, considerate, loving people who focused on the task at hand and that was giving kids the education they needed. The difference is there was order in the classroom, and in the halls. Just like in today’s world the teachers back then were not given the credit they deserved, but there is a big difference between the two different time periods in this country’s school history.

The ills of our school system in this country can be blamed on no one but the federal government and its system of how we are to raise our kids. The government has usurped the school’s authority to give our kids a good education. A student must have the right environment to receive a good education and discipline must be a part of that environment.  This is not happening in our school system.

The government, as I have said in the past, wants you to believe it takes a village to raise a child. This was one of Hilary Clinton’s famous sayings. While there may be some small merit to that statement we must realize it is the family unit and how it is structured is the foundation for raising our kids. When a child is raised correctly in the home that will show when they are out in public and in the school system which they attend. They will dress properly, conduct their self properly, and be a blessing to their family in their home and in the school which they attend.

Teachers have an impossible task today of trying to teach most kids because the kids do not see the school as a place of learning but a place to gather and socialize. For the most part respect has gone out the door. The standards for our schools and for our homes must be raised.

The problems in our schools are blamed on guns, teachers, bus drivers, and many other things when the real problem is the structure of the family unit. How we see kids behave in school, for the most part, is how they behave at home.  This is the root of the problem.

Let us arm our teachers, bus drivers, and other school personal with the authority they need to maintain a good environment in our schools. If we do this there will be no need of arming our teachers with hand guns and police patrolling the halls.

The Truth About The News

For over 10 years I have been writing articles to my Blogs about the problems we are facing in America today. The English and grammar may not always be right. But for the most part, they are always received well and I always get many emails agreeing with the articles and then there are a few who disagree and want to put their own spin on the issue. That is okay too because I always believe in free speech and what people have to say. Everybody has a right to voice their concerns about their government, and the laws that govern our land.

I have said all that to say this. Not all the media is the same way. It only takes the average intelligent person to watch the news on TV to soon see that it is clearly one-sided and it is their opinion that counts and not yours. You might expect that out of major news networks but when it comes to your local hometown newspaper you would think they would be a little different but that is not so. There is an agenda in this country that is not what all Americans want.

I want to make a statement that will most likely get me in some trouble with a few readers. The liberal news media today is no news media at all. It is the enemy of the American people.  I have to agree with President Trump when he said; “we have fake news” because he was telling the truth. The lies, twisted truth, and invented news are all we ever hear. The liberal news media is just a mouthpiece for the socialist, progressives, communist, or to sum it up in one word, THE DEMOCRATS.  If communist ever took over this country then the liberal news media would see they can only print what they are told to print. But guess what that is already happening now!

We have a local newspaper and I have heard more than one person say (while sitting in the local McDonalds) that they just do not read the paper anymore because of their one-sided views and articles. Sad to say they are right. 75 to 80% are all liberal articles and follow the liberal agenda of dumbing down America.  The news media should print the story and let the people decide and not put their spin on it.

What really gets me is when you write an article to be published in the paper if you have the word “Jesus” in it you know that most of the time it will not be printed or if you say anything about the spiritual condition of this country it will not be printed. Jesus is not allowed in our schools, government buildings, public places, and now in our schools. We do not hear about Our Lord because it does not fit into the liberal agenda or the liberal newspapers, just like He did not fit into the platform at their convention some years ago when Obama was running for president.

A man once said you can learn more from what you do not read in a paper than what you do read in a newspaper and he is so right.

Surrounded By Stupid People

Over the course of my life I have seen a lot of things happen to this country and before my time I read of a lot of things that do not make much sense. 

For example before my time there was a period when you could not buy alcohol. That was called “The Great Prohibition” and all across America you could not buy alcohol, legally. The federal government spent millions to stop the sale while thousands of people, including government officials and local police departments, secretly joined in the drinking of the alcohol.  Millions of dollars were made in the selling of the rot gut liquor. In the very end the law was repealed and millions of people and families have suffered and even died. So the “ninety nine bottles of beer on the wall” are still around and still are killing people every day. And not in just small numbers either. Over a hundred years later the government is still working on the problem.

Then along comes the “Wacky Weed” better known as Marijuana and the hard core drugs such as heroin, cocaine, uppers, downers, black beauties, and you name it. There was a crisis then and it is now.  Now it is opioids and Rx Medicines.  The answer for today’s drug problem, so people think, is to take the medicine away from everybody including the people who are under doctor’s care and need the medicine to have any quality of life at all. In other words the good people will pay along with the bad. The only thing being solved is the bad will keep on keeping on with their drug habit and the good people who are under doctors care will suffer with pain because the doctors will not be able to manage their pain anymore. The good will suffer but time will march on. 

Now we have the cell phone and texting. We all know that texting and driving do not mix. It is as deadly as drinking and driving. Laws to stop this were passed and still people get killed at an alarming rate while texting as they drive. Will we band cell phones to stop this deadly problem?  I think not. Teenagers and as well some adults will still keep on texting and innocent people will still get killed. So should we ban cell phones.

People, (liberals), in this country all want more gun control. This happens every time there is a shooting. Most of the people doing the complaining are so stupid they do not know the butt from the barrel, but they, along with teen agers who love the taste of tide-pods, want to complain and make the laws that govern our nation.  Some of these people that are protesting, when asked, cannot even tell you what they are protesting. Now tell me, is that not scary? We have idiots, and are surrounded by them that does not know what the left or right hand is doing. We are surrounded by idiots.

We have problems with guns (so they say) and 100s of laws have been passed to stop the gun, but not the idiot with the gun. We have signs in front of our schools calling them a gun free zone. That is as bad as people who put in a certain colored light bulb on their porch to tell other people; “there is no gun here.”  Like I said we are surrounded by idiots.

If the American people do not wake up and see what is happening we are going to lose all our freedoms and we will either be ruled by communist or Muslims who do not care about your freedom or mine. And even more important we must get rid of the idiots in Washington who make these do nothing paper laws and get people elected that will get the job done.