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Vote, Please.

11/3/2020

Vote today. Please.
Vote your conscience, not what mass media and your neighbors tell you.
Vote with your intellect, not with what skewed polls and tricksters might have you believe.
Vote with a love of the United States of America in your heart, not a hatred of a neighbor who believes differently than you.
Vote with integrity, not with what you think the status quo mandates.
Vote with love for your God, your family, your neighbors, your country, not with any contempt in your heart.
Vote. Please. Today, and in every election as each one matters and your vote makes a difference.
Vote.
Please.
Thank you.

On a very personal note, I have my preferred candidate for whom I will vote for President of the United States of America. I have preferred candidates for federal senators/congressmen, state senators/congressmen, local officials. I have witnessed their actions in the past, I have listened to what they promise, I have seen the results good and bad of all those competing for their respective positions. I will vote for those who deliver results, not those who berate their competition and who have spent decades as professional politicians without results. I will vote for those who actually get things done.
In my view, if you have spent 40+ years as a professional politician and haven't corrected the problems for which you blame the other candidate, you need a new job and to bow out of the race.

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Racism

7/29/2014

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Definition of RACISM per Merriam-Webster Dictionary online
1 : a belief that race
is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and
that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice
or discrimination

Racism. Is it subjective or relative? How do you define it? What makes a definition correct and something that everyone can agree upon? Do you agree with the above-cited definitions regarding racism?
I have been accused lately of being racist. Am I?
I was told my recent posts on Facebook demonstrate my racism and show that it is coming out.
What do you think? Please, visit my Facebook page, Kind Readers, and let me know if you think I am a racist? Here is the link: Rita Preston's Views
I'm wondering if the accuser meant that I was racially prejudiced instead of racist. I do not believe one race is superior to another anymore than I believe that men are smarter than women, that blondes are dumber than folks with other hair colors, that brown-eyed folks are warmer than green-eyed folks, that college degrees make someone smarter than someone who has only a high school diploma, that little green men typify life on Mars, that if the sky is blue today it can never be grey with thunder clouds, that 2+2=5, or that the United States of America exists in the southern hemisphere on planet Earth.
I don't care what your eye color is; I don't care what your skin color is; I don't care what your education is.
I want a human being to act like a practical human being with common sense. I want that same human being to be capable of doing the job for which he/she has been hired. If that person is incapable and it was not discovered prior to hiring, then find a replacement and steer the unqualified person to the right position for him/her.
If preachers (here I refer to men and women of the cloth, those who preach a religion, etc.) want to preach the love of God and unity of mankind then they need to do that and live that. Lately there are some prominent ministers spreading division in our country based on the color of the skin of someone who has committed acts such as manslaughter and murder. It seems they make a gigantic public spectacle if a black person (for lack of a term which will suit every reader out there) has been harmed by someone of another ethnicity. In the same venue, these preachers fall quiet when a black person (again, my apologies, I am not labeling; I am pointing out the pictures shown in the media) commits similar crimes against persons of non-black ethnic backgrounds.
I have been sharing this distinction and have been called to account for it as though I am being racist and promoting division. I was further taken to account for having mentioned our illustrious POUSA as falling into the same category as a couple of those famous preachers. True, he is not a minister of the Christian faith, to my knowledge (nor of any other religion of which I've been told); however, he is a leader of many people by having been elected POUSA. By holding that rank, one must hold one's self up rather than further divide people -- was he not originally elected for hope and change........to bring unity? I see more division in this country today than prior to his election. Why is that?
I know, I (a small country community numbers person with a passion for God, Country, Family, and many other things, including writing) do not wish for division, nor do I wish for utopia. I wish for common sense, equal rights, equal application of the laws, and equal representation in our media. All of these items are lacking greatly these days.
Journalism and news reporting should follow their natural course. If one wishes to editorialize, start your own editorial column or blog. Editorializing, spouting one's own opinion, spewing forth drama from various political camps as diversions to actual news are bordering on fraudulent journalism.
My blog clearly states that these are my thoughts, my opinions, and my views. I do my best to write on topics of current importance, based on news articles I have read, or little snippets of fodder I see along the internet. Usually, not always. Some of them make for great debate, some for serious argument, and some, I hope, for serious contemplation.
To be called racist when I describe someone based on his/her skin tone or any other physical feature and in the same conversation wherein I demand equal justice, equal representation, equal time or any other frame of equality is simply ironic. If we are going to attempt to be that "politically correct" in this country, we have already lost our individuality along with our equality. (I shall save the discussion of how inhumane and politically incorrect political correctness actually is for another day.)
If you want equality, it has to be equality across the board, you can't pick and choose when to be equal and when not to be equal. When you dictate your equality, you border on some being more equal than others and that my friends rings reminiscent of communism and/or socialism. Either we are equal or we are not. Our Constitution says we are equal. Don't call me names or label me when I am pointing out inequalities.
I am not racist because I do not like someone who plays at being in charge and can't see his ideas to fruition because he cannot 'work and play well with others.' If he cannot fulfill the duties of the job, he shouldn't have the job. If one cannot glean the cooperation of others, there is usually a reason. Sadly, some may not like the color of his skin, some may not like the look in his eyes, or the way he wears his neckties, but for any POUSA, he needs to be able to work and play well with others if he wants his plans and dreams for his country to be put into a good course of action.
At the present time, I do not work in any job position or volunteer position which puts me into a work relationship with the POUSA so I am not affecting his ability to do his job in the slightest. I have been labeled a racist because I don't care for him and the way he's been doing his job. As I have stated previously, I don't care if he's purple as long as he can do the job.
Am I prejudiced? Nope. If you are straight up with me as a human being, I will be straight up with you. If you are human and pretend to be a sheep, now we might have a problem. If you are a sheep and pretend to be human, again, we might have a problem (most likely in communication). Be who you are, give a damn about my country if you're going to lead it. If you're going to lead my country, then lead, don't play back door games, stand up and be accountable when things go wrong below you. A company is only as good as its leadership; same for the country. If you cannot step up to the plate when it counts (e.g. an embassy under attack and Americans killed on your watch), then you should not have taken the job.
No one leaves the Oval Office a younger person; every single one of them has shown much aging by the time he has left office. It is no easy job if given half the time it deserves and requires.
Am I prejudiced against our currently seated president? In one way: he is not doing well at the job; he is hindering and hurting our economy and morale in my opinion. No, I'm not citing statistics here, I am basing this opinion on the everyday life I see in America: families and individuals struggling to make ends meet, to hold on to their homes if they haven't lost them already, businesses cutting corners to stay afloat, automobile prices that equal the prices of small houses (auto manufacturers should be ashamed of their pricing; after all, they got bailout money so they can stay afloat), rising costs of living that are climbing faster and faster while wages are stagnant, a sequester in place but lavish parties still thrown at the White House, a president who takes his vacations even though there is a sequester, a congress and senate that don't give up summer recess to set a good example and families who have not been able to afford vacations in many years, even a government shutdown because the powers-that-be don't work and play well together.
Am I prejudiced against our congressmen and senators? In one way: they aren't doing their jobs well either. (See paragraph immediately prior to this one.)
Am I racist? NO!!
Am I prejudiced? Maybe. What am I prejudiced against? Leaders of government, pastors/ministers/religious leaders who fall far short of their calling and fail the people they've chosen to lead, some even acting racist against the people they were elected to lead.
Interesting article poking fun at liberals by conservatives: http://youngcons.com/the-7-things-liberals-actually-mean-when-they-call-somebody-racist/ Is it poking fun or does it lend credibility to how many in our country are behaving?
Are YOU racist? Are YOU prejudiced? If so, in what way or ways?

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Government Shutdown

10/5/2013

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Yep, they did it folks. The House, the Senate, The President. They shutdown sections of the federal government.
I've been watching the mainstream media, from CNN to FOX. I've been watching Facebook comments and links. I've been reading and listening.
Anger, frustration, worry, fear, and a lot of finger-pointing.
So, who is to blame? Here is my take on who is to blame and how much fault do they actually carry?
The President, you bet! He's the top dog and in any business, the buck stops at the top (or should). He gave the actual order to shut it down.
The Senate, of course! It is controlled by the Democratic Party, which seems hell-bent on being against anything the Republican Party proposes.
The House, absolutely! It is controlled by the Republican Party, which seems hell-bent on being against anything the Democratic Party proposes.
The American people? Beyond a shadow of a doubt!! WE, the American People, are to blame for this shutdown. We, by whichever statistical margin you wish to cite, voted these people into office. WE BLEW IT. And, in our society today, we don't want anyone to point that out. We want to blame someone else for every problem and ailment that comes down the pike. It isn't our fault, our actions are a results of someone provoking us, hurting us, etc.....EXCEPT.................... Except what??? That is wrong. We are accountable for our actions and how we react to those around us. WE ARE. Not others.
We voted those disagreeable, arguing, belligerent, stuck-in-their-party-rut, uncompromising, salary-guaranteed, buffoons into office. We believed every word when we voted.
Maybe some of us just believed a good set of lies disguised as pretty promises, wrapped up for us to infer that they were actually working for our healthy well-being, our ability to provide for ourselves, our ability to get others to provide for us. Did you just catch that?
Are we wanting to provide for ourselves or wanting everyone else to take care of us? Did that impact your voting? Who would give you the most??
And now, some are screaming for pity because those who get the entitlements (which, are misnamed, since they are not earned at all, they are, in fact, handouts), may not be receiving them with the government shutdown. But,

WHO voted for people who would just keep handing out?
Who voted for those who would create jobs so we could feed ourselves?
Who voted for a healthcare plan which had not even been read and studied before it was approved?
Who voted to fund those who lay around in families for generations collecting government checks (i.e., taxpayer money) and food stamps, etc.?
Who voted for abortion (i.e. the killing of unborn children)? Who argues when unborn children are murdered by the murdering of their pregnant mothers -- and the file charges against a killer who killed an unborn baby?
Who vetoed an immense project known as the Keystone Pipeline which would have created jobs and used our own natural resources instead of paying for exorbitant foreign oil?
Who voted to keep the minimum wage stagnant?
Who voted for our 'leaders?'

WE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, DID. If you voted for the leaders, you voted for all these things. You and I caused this mess and we are starting to pay dearly for it. We can't blame Canada. We can't blame the European Union or China or Mexico. WE VOTED for these buffoons who, by law, continue to collect their paychecks while our government is shut down. (Granted, some are refusing their checks and some are donating checks during the shutdown to charity, but overall, they will receive their checks and pay tax on them no matter what they do with them, because, by law, they get paid.)
WE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, SHUT DOWN OUR GOVERNMENT. WE VOTED THESE SO-CALLED LEADERS INTO OFFICE - consisting of Democrats, Republicans, and a few others. WE DID THIS.
Quit finger-pointing. Accept responsibility and encourage your representatives, your senators, and your president to start listening.
Don't let skewed surveys, polls, and statistics, along with media-slanted PR pushed ideas taint your intelligent ability to discern what is right, what is wrong, and who has to be impeached, voted out, and recalled. In fact, while you're at it, let the media know we want factual reporting without bias and the personal slants of the reporters. We want stories that stick to the facts and only the facts.
Quit allowing yourselves to be entertained by the press. Their job is to report facts, not entertain.
Our job is to use the brains God gave us. We quit using them a long long time ago and it's time to quit babying ourselves and grow-up.
We caused this mess. We can stop it. It will not happen overnight. Have you ever watched a house that has been subject to a natural disaster? Repairs do not happen overnight and sometimes the building has to be brought down to its bare foundation with new strong timbers placed.

We need to go back to our constitution and read it daily and start to live what we say we believe in. Here is the full transcript: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html .
Pledge Allegiance to Your Flag, not your leaders. ""I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Read the history of our Pledge through the years at this link: http://www.ushistory.org/documents/pledge.htm .
Remind yourself daily of the words coming from our Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" You may read the full text here: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html .

To quote Woody Guthrie's song, "This land is your land, this land is my land." WE, who come from so many different ethnic backgrounds, need to work for our fellow man as well as ourselves.
Our constitution guarantees each of us life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It does not promise us utopia; it allows each individual to pursue whatever his or happiness goal is. It allows us our lives and our liberty. That is tantamount to granting us the ability to work and provide for ourselves, it does not say giving it all to those who don't want to work. It seems today that some (many) in our society find their pursuit of happiness to be pushing for laws so that those who do work will provide for those who do not. I do not believe that is what our hard-working founders had in mind; they did not create a welfare state. They created the best governing system the world has ever seen. Today we are on the verge of destroying even the principles upon which this system was founded.
If you love where you live, if you love your country, if you love yourself, this is going to take a lot of hard work by ALL of us. WE CAN FIX OUR COUNTRY.

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This and That

7/15/2012

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Our country, the good ole USA is in trouble and many are content to sit by and watch waiting for someone to do something.
Our healthcare system is a mess and getting worse.
Our government is showing serious of signs of comedic stupidity. (meaning: it is so stupid it is laughable)
Our country is being overrun by illegal persons who have no intention of becoming citizens and working hard; rather, they are choosing to come here and bleed our country dry through our "entitlement programs." We are known as the hand-out nation. Come, and we will give you much while our own people suffer.
Our own people, legal citizens, are falling into a trapped lifestyle of "gimme more, gimme more."
The rest of our citizenry still believe in the American dream, hard work, and the pursuit of happiness (not guarantee of happiness) and are slowing failing in an economic plan that will kill off the money supply.
Government legislators recently caused an uproar over the US Olympic team's uniforms being made in China; yet our people do not even know all the details of a health care plan being crammed down our throats. What a time for our legislators to worry about clothing made overseas!! How many of our purchased goods are made overseas, yet there's not been a fuss until now. Trying to distract us perhaps? (Shortly after the President signed an Executive Order giving him power over ALL communications, e.g. cell phones, internet, media.....)

We Americans are never happy: it's too hot, it's too cold, it rains too much, there's no rain, someone else got a pay raise, our car isn't as nice, the neighbor has a pool, the guy at work smokes, and etc. Then, there are those who complain about religious denominations: but we don't complain about cult members running for office, or leaders who support those of terroristic-based philosophies stemming from other religions; and, heaven forbid, we include God in our Pledge of Allegiance!
Apparently, we've forgotten what our Declaration of Independence says from history classes long ago!
When we will learn???
Think. Read. Educate. Listen. Don't sit there complacently waiting for someone to do something. Each one of us is part of the answer. Our leaders are elected by us, "we the people," and they must be accountable to us, to their country and countrymen. They are to listen and govern intelligently, not idly and without knowledge of those they govern and without knowledge of the laws they enact.

YOU and I, each of us has a responsibility to ourselves, to our children, our families, our friends, our enemies to protect and preserve the Constitution of the United States of America, keep the USA as a land of the free, home of the brave..............not the land of the freeloaders and home of the taxed.

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4th of July

7/4/2012

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Happy 4th of July to all!! To all who are here as legal citizens and who seek to be legal citizens that is! To all who take our freedoms for granted.   To all who serve in our nation's military protecting our very way of life!

I would love to write and say, "Let's celebrate" but I cannot do that, not this year. This is a presidential election year, "Obamacare" was upheld as a tax (taxation on the lack of a purchase), our economy is still struggling, too many people seem blind to the socialization of our country (removal of the democracy), double-standards are rampant, and people (human beings like you and me) are falling through the cracks of statistics. (Just as a side note, my spell-check program wanted to auto-correct "Obamacare" to "macabre." Amazing the similarity in both spelling and intent!)

This July 4th may we all remember what occurred 236 years ago in this country. Our founding fathers prepared and put forth the Declaration of Independence! They gave us certain rights and freedoms which we lacked under the oppression of a monarchy across the ocean. They gave us the right to not suffer taxation without representation. They gave us the right to free speech. They gave us the right to bear arms. The list goes on. They didn't create such statements without serious thought to the future our our country and her people. They were wise.

I believe they were doing their very best to make sure some of the falsehoods and tragedies we are seeing forced through by "executive" privilege these days could not happen.   Our founding fathers created a triangle government: executive, legislative, and judicial to avoid an over-powerful leader as we had been under from England. Those three branches of government were to be a check-and-balance to one another.

Bear in mind, I am trying to keep this as simple as possible dear readers. Our country is changing rapidly, on a downhill spiral away from an awesome system set up by very wise men, all in the name of taking care of those who now arrive illegally, who do not work (and care not to work), by labeling them as the needy for whom we must care.   I am consistently amazed that we, although we used to be the most powerful nation on earth, are losing our ground (rapidly) and that the American people sit by and watch it happen as if it's just another movie with a happy ending coming up.

If our country continues in this fashion there will be no happy ending and with today's technology it will be too late to regain our status and way of living by the time we do wake up. I pray for our country every day for she is my home and pray she has the strength within her to stand up to tyranny of all forms, to maintain the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. (Note, the founding fathers stated the pursuit of happiness, not the right to happiness. Happiness cannot be guaranteed nor handed out.)

May we realize that there are a lot of "moochers" in our country who are stealing our way of life, who are breaking the bank, and who in the end will end up as poor as those of us who work and support them once the government is fully bankrupt.   Those of us who work and pay our taxes are held accountable, so too should everyone within our borders - illegals need to become legal if they want to stay here - illegality prevents you from benefits, but somehow they are rising through the cracks while American citizens are falling through the cracks.

I show photo I.D. for many purposes, I have NO PROBLEM with showing photo I.D. to vote. Why would anyone else? Unless you are illegal and want to cheat the system. If one votes illegally, then isn't that cheating to win an election? We teach our children not to cheat in board games and in life, why should we let them see our elected officials and illegal persons cheat our country out of our way of life?

I wish each one of you a Happy 4th of July and pray we can always celebrate this date!

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