Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Why I Love the Tribune
I sometimes wonder why the Tribune goes to the trouble to publish a paper. And I always wonder why I read it! Take the following article on the front page of Mondays edition.
At around 9 - 9:30 p.m.,
the Yadkin County Rescue
Squad responded to a call
from the Yadkin County
Sheriff’s Department that a
woman was in the Yadkin
River.
“Right now, all I can tell
you is we have a woman
stranded on a rock in the
middle of the river,” said
Wayne Matthews. “We
have a crew of six people
down on the river. We’re in
the process of putting a boat
in the river.”
Matthews was not aware
how the woman ended on
the rock.
Woman stranded
on rock on Yadkin
River
on rock on Yadkin
River
At around 9 - 9:30 p.m.,
the Yadkin County Rescue
Squad responded to a call
from the Yadkin County
Sheriff’s Department that a
woman was in the Yadkin
River.
“Right now, all I can tell
you is we have a woman
stranded on a rock in the
middle of the river,” said
Wayne Matthews. “We
have a crew of six people
down on the river. We’re in
the process of putting a boat
in the river.”
Matthews was not aware
how the woman ended on
the rock.
As I read it these thoughts came to me. 9:30pm when? last night, Saturday night? Six nights ago? of six years ago? I can only assume it was somewhere in Yadkin County since the Yadkin Sheriff's office called it in. Of course it could have been in Surry County since the Yadkin splits those counties. Or maybe Forsyth for that matter. Heck, Yadkin County is pretty big so maybe that rock on the river was floating and they did think it was all that important to report the actual location. I'd like to know so I could use that rock if I happen to fall in the river some time. Matthews, as you will note from the article, didn't know how the woman ended on the rock and the reported apparently didn't think it was important or didn't care enough to go down to the river and ask her. Maybe this is something thay happens a lot in Yadkin County but if that is the case why put it in the paper.
Note the Tribune is published at about noon on Monday and that there is no report as to whether the crew of six rescued her of even if they got the boat in the water. So 9:30pm, when ever, should have given them time to go down to da river and get da story. But that would require some thought and action. What I really wonder is: why the article at all?
Friday, May 23, 2008
545
I have expressed these same comments many times, however I could never state them the way this guy did. I don't normally post other work but I think everyone should read this
545 People
By Charlie Reese
Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and thencampaign against them.Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits?Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflationand high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations.The House of Representatives does. You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does. You and I don't control monetary policy, The Federal Reserve Bank does. One hundredsenators, 435 congressmen, one president and nine Supreme Court justices - 545 human beings out of the 300 million - are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered but private central bank. I excluded all the special interestsand lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority.They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall.No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can onlypropose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it. TheConstitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives soleresponsibility to the House of Representatives for originating andapproving appropriations and taxes.Who is the speaker of the House? She is the leader of the majority party.She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budgetthey want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto ifthey agree to. It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 millioncannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts - ofincompetence and irresponsibility.I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directlyto those 545 people.When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power ofthe federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what theywant to exist.If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair. If the budgetis in the red, it's because they want it in the red. If the Marines are inIRAQ, it's because they want them in IRAQ. If they do not receive socialsecurity but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people,it's because they want it that way. There are no insoluble governmentproblems. Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whomthey hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts andadvice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power toregulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not letthem con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like 'the economy,' 'inflation' or 'politics' that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone,have the power.They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who aretheir bosses - provided the voters have the gumption to manage their ownemployees.We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
One more comment: Charlie Reese is correct. These 545 people have created many of the problems this country faces. However, it is also true the we, the citizens of this country, reelect approximately 90% of the 545 every election. Therefore, we bear a great deal of the responsibility for the mess we have created.
545 People
By Charlie Reese
Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and thencampaign against them.Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits?Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflationand high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations.The House of Representatives does. You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does. You and I don't control monetary policy, The Federal Reserve Bank does. One hundredsenators, 435 congressmen, one president and nine Supreme Court justices - 545 human beings out of the 300 million - are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered but private central bank. I excluded all the special interestsand lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority.They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall.No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can onlypropose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it. TheConstitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives soleresponsibility to the House of Representatives for originating andapproving appropriations and taxes.Who is the speaker of the House? She is the leader of the majority party.She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budgetthey want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto ifthey agree to. It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 millioncannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts - ofincompetence and irresponsibility.I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directlyto those 545 people.When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power ofthe federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what theywant to exist.If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair. If the budgetis in the red, it's because they want it in the red. If the Marines are inIRAQ, it's because they want them in IRAQ. If they do not receive socialsecurity but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people,it's because they want it that way. There are no insoluble governmentproblems. Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whomthey hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts andadvice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power toregulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not letthem con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like 'the economy,' 'inflation' or 'politics' that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone,have the power.They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who aretheir bosses - provided the voters have the gumption to manage their ownemployees.We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
One more comment: Charlie Reese is correct. These 545 people have created many of the problems this country faces. However, it is also true the we, the citizens of this country, reelect approximately 90% of the 545 every election. Therefore, we bear a great deal of the responsibility for the mess we have created.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tired
I have been a long time away from this blog.
Just don't seem to have the heart to put down the thoughts like I thought I would. Maybe it is just that I am tired of all the same old stupid things going on. The American people seem to be getting dumber every day. I think it started with the invention of TV. The very first commercial was a lie and we knew it. Since then we have become so use to being lied to that we don't seem to care anymore. We know it's all lies but we accept it like it was the truth. Why else would there be Democrats?
It use to be that to get rich in America you had to work hard and save your money or invent something that everyone wanted but didn't have. Now the new way to get rich is to be a politician or figure how to get three or four government check for child care, medical care, or any other number of government give aways while you are selling drugs on the side.
Use to kids wanted to be a Doctor, a Firemen, a Policeman, or even a Farmer. Now days they want to be a rap trash talker or a movie star. Well kids there aren't any movie stars worth a shit and the rap folks are the scum of the earth. Rap was invented for the really stupid that don't have an education and can not sing so most of you kids will qualify.
That's it.
Just don't seem to have the heart to put down the thoughts like I thought I would. Maybe it is just that I am tired of all the same old stupid things going on. The American people seem to be getting dumber every day. I think it started with the invention of TV. The very first commercial was a lie and we knew it. Since then we have become so use to being lied to that we don't seem to care anymore. We know it's all lies but we accept it like it was the truth. Why else would there be Democrats?
It use to be that to get rich in America you had to work hard and save your money or invent something that everyone wanted but didn't have. Now the new way to get rich is to be a politician or figure how to get three or four government check for child care, medical care, or any other number of government give aways while you are selling drugs on the side.
Use to kids wanted to be a Doctor, a Firemen, a Policeman, or even a Farmer. Now days they want to be a rap trash talker or a movie star. Well kids there aren't any movie stars worth a shit and the rap folks are the scum of the earth. Rap was invented for the really stupid that don't have an education and can not sing so most of you kids will qualify.
That's it.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
A Great Christmas Day
Yesterday was a great day. It could have really been a big thing if Bill, Chris, Bennie and their families had been here in person, instead of here in our though and prayers. Rita and Robert were here, along with their two grand daughters Kelly and Emily. And Agatha’s granddaughter, Amber, and her husband Michael and their two kids came by for a short visit.
Bente did her usual outstanding job on Christmas dinner and we all eat much more then we should. Bente is a great cook and enjoys having the family in for a meal. Family get together’s are a big thing in Denmark and she really misses them. So when we can we like to get everyone around and just “visit”. In Denmark that means about 3 to 4 hours at the dinner table eating, drinking, and chatting about anything and everything. Maybe even eating again. On my visits to her home I found that I like their style very much. If it is a party, as opposed to normal gathering, they will “visit” for 4 to 8 hours. And none of it is boring. It is really a good time with everyone laughing and enjoying themselves.
Yesterday we had a good long visit and some really good food. To me that is what Christmas is all about.
Bente did her usual outstanding job on Christmas dinner and we all eat much more then we should. Bente is a great cook and enjoys having the family in for a meal. Family get together’s are a big thing in Denmark and she really misses them. So when we can we like to get everyone around and just “visit”. In Denmark that means about 3 to 4 hours at the dinner table eating, drinking, and chatting about anything and everything. Maybe even eating again. On my visits to her home I found that I like their style very much. If it is a party, as opposed to normal gathering, they will “visit” for 4 to 8 hours. And none of it is boring. It is really a good time with everyone laughing and enjoying themselves.
Yesterday we had a good long visit and some really good food. To me that is what Christmas is all about.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Merry Christmas
I'm in a bad mood because:
Ah Yes, It’s that time of year again. You know, when all the media is full of the “homeless” in line to get into the “Shelter”. Do you look away when they show the pictures or do you really look at these “homeless people”? Take a good look. All of them, and I mean all, are very well dressed for “homeless” folks. And all, yes all, appear to be very well fed. And most have quite a bit of “Bling” on. Homeless? Or looking for a free handout? Check out the parking lot and see how these “Homeless” got to the shelters.
Then there are the “Toys for Tots”. A noble cause I’m sure but think about it. Watch the pictures of all the “poor” ladies rushing around the Goodwill store and the other distribution stations to get a toy/present for their (so called) kids. And of course the media will interview one or two who will have tears in their eyes and say something like, “My kids wouldn’t have anything if it wasn’t for you folks!” Take a good look at them. They are dress to the nines, with all sorts of jewelry and makeup on. Most are well fed. Correction, overfed. If the actually have a kid maybe they should get their fat ass home and give it some of the food they have been eating and hock the jewelry and go buy a present instead of looking for another free handout. Such a scene was on TV just now. It was taken in the parking lot of the Goodwill store in Winston Salem. The big fat black lady that was doing the poor act was driving a 60 thousand dollar SUV. Boy do I feel sorry for her and her condition.
As for the poor kid that don’t have anything for Christmas I am truly sadden. And nothing you or I can do will help those kids. What they need more then anything is a safe and loving place to live. They don’t deserve to have trash for parents that only have them as a way to get money from the Government. And they don’t deserve a Government that keeps handing out money to these people for having kids. What we need in this country is to go back to orphanages. We should take kids away from anyone that need Government assistance to feed and raise them and put them in orphanages. Private orphanages run by Churches and Masons and such groups.
As for toys, I don’t believe any kid in the U.S. is lacking for toys. Just take a drive around any trailer park and Habitat for Humanity housing area and take a good look at their yards. That is the ones that aren’t overgrown or covered with Auto’s with $3,000 speaker systems in them. What you will see from one end to the other is toys. But you know what? I have never seen a kid playing with any of them. Maybe it is because the kids are a grandma’s house. Where are the parents? Let’s see, Homeless Shelter? Goodwill? Wellfare office? Their drug dealer? You can bet they are not WORKING!
Ah Yes, It’s that time of year again. You know, when all the media is full of the “homeless” in line to get into the “Shelter”. Do you look away when they show the pictures or do you really look at these “homeless people”? Take a good look. All of them, and I mean all, are very well dressed for “homeless” folks. And all, yes all, appear to be very well fed. And most have quite a bit of “Bling” on. Homeless? Or looking for a free handout? Check out the parking lot and see how these “Homeless” got to the shelters.
Then there are the “Toys for Tots”. A noble cause I’m sure but think about it. Watch the pictures of all the “poor” ladies rushing around the Goodwill store and the other distribution stations to get a toy/present for their (so called) kids. And of course the media will interview one or two who will have tears in their eyes and say something like, “My kids wouldn’t have anything if it wasn’t for you folks!” Take a good look at them. They are dress to the nines, with all sorts of jewelry and makeup on. Most are well fed. Correction, overfed. If the actually have a kid maybe they should get their fat ass home and give it some of the food they have been eating and hock the jewelry and go buy a present instead of looking for another free handout. Such a scene was on TV just now. It was taken in the parking lot of the Goodwill store in Winston Salem. The big fat black lady that was doing the poor act was driving a 60 thousand dollar SUV. Boy do I feel sorry for her and her condition.
As for the poor kid that don’t have anything for Christmas I am truly sadden. And nothing you or I can do will help those kids. What they need more then anything is a safe and loving place to live. They don’t deserve to have trash for parents that only have them as a way to get money from the Government. And they don’t deserve a Government that keeps handing out money to these people for having kids. What we need in this country is to go back to orphanages. We should take kids away from anyone that need Government assistance to feed and raise them and put them in orphanages. Private orphanages run by Churches and Masons and such groups.
As for toys, I don’t believe any kid in the U.S. is lacking for toys. Just take a drive around any trailer park and Habitat for Humanity housing area and take a good look at their yards. That is the ones that aren’t overgrown or covered with Auto’s with $3,000 speaker systems in them. What you will see from one end to the other is toys. But you know what? I have never seen a kid playing with any of them. Maybe it is because the kids are a grandma’s house. Where are the parents? Let’s see, Homeless Shelter? Goodwill? Wellfare office? Their drug dealer? You can bet they are not WORKING!
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