To The Youth: Use It.

George Bernard Shaw famously said: "Youth is wasted on the Young." It was true when he said it and it is truer today.


As I age, and though it is not scientifically possible as far as I know,  I've found that time moves faster than ever. The things I should have done earlier in life I'm trying to squeeze into what time I have left. This endeavor, I realize is only a limited possibility, however, I am trying diligently.


I recently purchased a motorcycle and found it to be exhilarating.  My wife and I are planning to ride into the wind, not the sunset, this spring and join with other cyclists. I have made contact with a military unit in which I served half a century ago. My wife and I have new kayaks that need to be christened. And so it goes.


The aforementioned frivolities are exciting but there is more to life than the fun things and this is where the youth are in dangerous straights. Living in the moment can be exciting and passionate, but looking to the future can be of much greater value. The youth, in general, fail miserably in this regard.


As a teacher of the US Constitution I am especially aware of the ignorance of our young people when it comes to the principles of our founders when they, the founders, established our nation. Few, young and old, can name the three branches of government. In fact most don't know that there are three. I recently did an on the street survey and found that only one in ten interviewees could name the current Vice President. The ignorance of our society is so pervasive that it has become mentally palatable to all but the serious inquirers. The foolish will absorb whatever is presented with sweetness and savor, but the wise will weigh everything in the balance. Again in the words of George Bernard Shaw:

        "If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters."


We are immersed in a raucous political season as we proceed toward a November 2016 election and, for the most part, what we hear from the candidates is their promises of more stuff, for which the tax payer will foot the bill.  Tell me what I want to hear not what I need to hear is the clarion call from the masses.


The question is; will we arm ourselves with knowledge or continue to be lead as sheep to the slaughter?


So to the young, as the tide and time move on grasp the moment with the strength and time you have  and waste not a moment, for if you do not you will, one day ask;  "Why?"

A SHORT TUTORIAL ON NATURAL BORN

Let's keep it simple on natural born. Article II, Section I, Para. 6. The president shall be a natural born citizen.

Of late, a lot of controversy has surrounded the meaning of this clause in the Constitution. Barack Obama, Ted Cruz, and John McCain have got the pot boiling. Many believe that Obama was not born in the United States. We know that Ted Cruz was born in Canada, and John McCain in Panama and I'm sure many others who would like to become President fit into this category as well. So, let's make it simple.

By whatever means necessary (Amendment, etc.) let's do it, at least in part, the Jewish way. First. The Jewish way. It is not always a sure thing who the father is but we certainly know the mother, therefore the mother must be an American citizen. Second. The candidate must be born on American soil. No exceptions. Not a territory, simple one of the fifty states. Third. A certified, witnessed, and official birth certificate must be presented.

Problem solved.  

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THE EAGLE NEEDS HEALTHCARE

While plowing through some old papers in boxes removed from my mother-in-law's attic my wife came across an insurance company payment that itemized the reimbursement for a bill my father-in-law received for services rendered. The year was 1950. The payment stated $4.50 for one day in the hospital and $4.00 for operating room expenses. Total $8.50. Now if the payment was 80% of the actual bill, which is standard, then the hospital charge would have been $10.63. That same year a loaf of bread was fifteen cents ( $0.15).

Let's do some calculations.

Today in some stores we can get bread for $1.50 a loaf. That's 900% increase. A night in the hospital with operating room expenses will cost at least $5000 not counting doctor's fees. That is 46,937% increase. Let me say it another way. Fifty Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty Four Percent.

If those statistics aren't bad enough we have an out of control congress and a president who doesn't know his butt from a base fiddle. Throw in a Supreme Court that has members who can't spell constitution let alone understand what it means, and you end up with Obamacare that will make the 46,937% look like a good deal.

If you aren't old enough to remember the good times then it is probably easier for you. For the rest of us it is painful to witness the destruction of our country.

So, maybe the truth is, it's not the folks that need healthcare it's the Eagle.

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MY FEMININE SIDE

I've always resisted the touchy feely movement of the sixties when men were told to reach deeply into themselves and get in touch with their feminine side. Now don't misunderstand, I can make formula, change a diaper or feel for the downtrodden with the best of them, but not in a "ahh" slobbering gooshy way. The same goes for chic flix where nothing can be accomplished without at least a gallon of tears. However, the other day I think I found my feminine side.

While watching a documentary about our founding era I found myself becoming saddened at , not what I was watching, but rather at what our country has become.

The founders pledged their "lives, fortunes and sacred honor" to forge out of tyranny the greatest county the world had ever seen and is likely to ever see. What, I am sure, they never expected was for this great endeavor to become what we have today. As  I watched the screen I realized I was no longer engaged in what the commentator was saying, rather I was looking blankly at the TV and reflecting on my youth and the overwhelming pride I had when I thought of one day serving my country.

So, in my reflections I had to ask, where is the pledge to sacrifice, if necessary, our lives? Where is the willingness to give our money to a just cause or risk it in the fight for freedom? Where is our sacred honor?

We have in Barack Obama a man with no honor and no interest in the real America, a congress that is clueless and an electorate that can't discern the truth from a con job. The founders would revolt and another revolution would ensue.

A revolution with arms is not advisable, however, a revolution at the voting booth is essential.

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DON'T LIKE AMERICA? YOU'RE GETTING YOUR WISH.

No photo ID, disenfranchised voters, extended voting hours, early voting, motor voting, preregistration, same day/registration/voting, voter taxies (cabs), online voting and possibly other ways of casting votes are a few of the ways to get the coveted votes needed to win an election. Sadly the norm. What ever happened to information about candidates and issues?

There was a time known to some of us when voting was restricted to the literate and medium to high information voters. A literacy test was even given to some of us old geezers. I recall having to read the Preamble to the Constitution before I was allowed to register. I did not have to read it for I was required to memorize it in school, however I read it for the exercise. I don't recall a poll tax. I didn't own land so that aspect had gone by the way side, and well it should have. Today with all of the restrictions removed, voting has slowly become the domain of the ignorant masses with large hands turned upward to receive all the handouts we the workers and tax payer can dole out.

We are living in a time of rampant ignorance in most things other than technology. Dignity and morality are all but gone in our crass society. Speech, except for the slick con artist has become grunts of the gula and unintelligible sounds, especially from our youth. A classless society that hardly knows the difference between a coat and tie and a load of bricks, or a dress from a piston in a motor, has shanghaied our society. Four letter words that were considered classless sixty years ago are as common as the proverbial fleas on a dog's back, and often used from the pulpit in our so-called modern churches. But I digress. Back to voting.

The masses are ignorant and as long as we keep them that way we will never have a great America again. The solution...........

A few decades ago the Southern Baptist Seminaries were slowing being taken over by liberals who thought these institutions were living in the stone age. It took a group of brave and determined Christian Baptists to rise up and take back the Universities. The same must be done with our America.

Our universities must be controlled, not by radical liberals or conservatives but by those who will allow for honest debates and thoughtful dialogue. Our government schools (K-12) must be controlled by motivated parents not by school boards and bureaucrats.

Education and courage must be the key to the restoration of America and Political Correctness must be destroyed with information and common sense.

I paraphrase in the most ineloquent way a compilations of our founders words. If you modern jerks think the country we founded will survive with the asinine methods you are employing you are as dumb as a stump full of skunk carcasses and don't deserve anything better than the socialism you are creating.

Agree/ disagree...Email me at reactusa@yahoo.com

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I'M ALIVE AND THE SUN IS STILL SHINING

I woke this morning a few hours after the government meltdown began and found that the sun was shining, the electricity worked, my dogs were still driving me crazy with their barking and God was still on his throne.  Wow, how could that be. Congress said we could not survive.

I don't like or trust Washington bureaucracy or the minions that run it, however I must remember those who are elected to the positions of President, House, and Senate did not put themselves in office, we did. So, realistically we are to blame. Therefore, we must ask ourselves how did it happen? Simple. We the people have stood by, often with ourselves as enablers, allowed the dumbing down of America.

A recent poll showed when given the equivalent of the N-400 immigration test only 25% of Americans passed it . Sad, very sad. My Autistic Daughter made 90%.

We as conservatives ring our hands and complain about the dumb and dumbers in Washington but do little to replace them. It's easy to curse the rain while getting our butts soaked instead of looking for shelter. Someone once said "politicians are like dirty diapers and should be changed often and for the same reason."

So the meltdown has begun and some will be hurt I suppose, but surely far more will be hurt by Obamacare.

So, what to do? How about this. We can have our own meltdown. Let's take the political arena as a pile of scrape lead, have our own meltdown and remold Washington starting with our own Hagan next year and Burr two years later and remold the entire political circus so it looks like the Constitution and disallow any power seeking thug to do it his or her way.

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STOLEN WORDS AND POLITICALLY INCORRECT

I'm sick of a lot of things; for example: stupidity, tasteless supermarket food, EPA, Obama, houseflies, chewing gum in public, and did I mention stupidity. NOTE: Stupid in this context should be understood to have nothing to do with IQ, rather, to mean that mass of individuals who choose to follow leaders who are con artists and prey on those who do not want to learn and are content to keep their heads in the sand and let others think for them.

There are many others that get my drawers in a wad, but there is one that ranks high on the list and that is stolen words. Words that were once perfectly legitimate in the past are either considered politically incorrect (PIC) or either stolen and made to mean other things not intended by the originators.

Some examples:

Gay was intended to mean happy and carefree. Coined many years ago to express someone or something that brought a sense of freedom and fun. Today the word has been co-opted by homosexual communities to convey a lifestyle in which most folks don't engage.

Niggardly means to be stingy or miserly, and although it is not a stolen word it is considered politically incorrect to use it. In fact, a few years ago a teacher was fired for using the word in a classroom. It is banned for obvious, though not legitimate, reasons.

Queer simply means odd or unusual, however, except in certain circles, such as Queer Nation, it is also considered PIC.

Intercourse conveys the meaning of communication or interaction among people such as in business. However, it can now only be used by brain dead sex educators while teaching children how to do it.

Sex on applications has been replaced by gender, which is grammatically incorrect. Blind has been replaced by visually impaired as is deaf by hearing impaired. ,

Those from the Orient are Asians. Illegal Aliens are undocumented workers and prisons are correctional institutions. Bums are down on their luck and addicts are sick instead of sickening.

So, I think I'll call a friend who is deaf and engage in a little intellectual intercourse after which we'll go for a drink and have a gay old time. I'll sign language my friend and although it might look a little queer to those who don't sign, my friend won't care because I'm buying and I'm not a bit niggardly when it comes to spending my money. 

So, I'll sign off and go to work to earn some money for the bums and aliens. Taxes....share the wealth.

Oh, I just waved to some Orientals. You know the ones with the stratospheric IQs. 

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