There's been a video floating around about a man, who was raised by lesbians, speaking to a panel of lawmakers on behalf of gay marriage. After watching the video, I scrolled through the various comments made about it and the subject at hand. Some of the comments were very well thought out and written making very good points. Some were just idiotic. But, out of all the comments I read, one stood out. In order to protect the person who wrote it, I'm going to word the comment differently but keep the same meaning. So, with that said, the comment was..... Our Country allows us the right to have our own religion, free speech, sexual orientation, etc., so it is our government's duty to protect and to stand up for each and every person's rights living here in this nation. Granted, the words are a little different, but the overall message is essentually the same. I can agree with you with regards to what America offers as a nation, but your statement that our government has a duty to stand up for EACH and EVERY PERSON'S RIGHTS....I do not. You see, what some people, living amongst us here in America, fail to understand is that America is a democracy. And in a democracy, not everyone gets their way. As unfortunate as that is, democracy is still the best form of government in the world. It has been proven over and over for thousands of years. If you doubt that statement, check history. The NON FICTION section in your local public library is full of history books for your review.
Democracy works best when our elected officials vote along the lines of what their constituents believe. But in today's government, our elected officials vote what they believe in or trade votes in order to fullfill campaign promises. In America, if the majority (50.1% or higher) says "NO" to gay marriage, then it's NO to gay marriage. Sorry, that's the way it is. Right or wrong, America has spoken. Now that doesn't mean that Americans don't like homosexuals. It just means that the majority of Americans don't believe that a man and a man or a woman and a woman should be allowed to marry. Not unlike heterosexuals, most homosexuals are hard working and polite everyday citizens. Why should they be treated any different? Well, they shouldn't. The problem is, homosexuality in today's society is still viewed as taboo and for that it will be looked down upon by the majority of Americans claiming to be moral upstanding citizens whom which probably are hiding racey secrets of their own. I guess what I'm trying to say through all of my crazy rambling is that not all of us here in America will get what we want, but just knowing that there is the opportunity to strive for it gives me hope that some day in the future.....may be my day. That is one thing that you won't get in a Socialist/Communist society. That day will always be theirs, not yours.
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
Ironfish
Me and my daughter, Megan
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Threats to American Freedom
Everyday, I become more and more disgusted with the people living among us calling themselves revolutionists. These mobs of revolutionists (protesters) are nothing more than a bunch of brain-washed, under-educated, and under-experienced college students following the directions of their liberal professors whom have no idea what the real world is really about. These professors need to be fired so that they have to learn how to earn their own way in this world. Unfortunately, most of them have tenure and have to do something outside the ethics or rules of the school they teach at to be terminated. Think about it, these people are educating our future generations. God help us.
When it comes to the protesters themselves, what are they griping about? Sometimes I can't tell. What they are spouting out seems like a bunch of incoherent rambling. Some are mad at the corporations for making record profits while laying off hundreds, even thousands. Some are mad about the over the top government spending. Others are there just to smoke dope, twitter on their I-pads, and act like asses. With all of that said, I feel the need to break all of this down so as to hopefully understand why these people are so angry. Now, when it comes to the corporations making huge profits while laying off thousands, I have a logical explanation. Now, I do understand that there are those of us who will call this horse crap, but that doesn't mean that I'm not right. So, let's take a look at this. Let's pretend that there is a lady named Linda who wants to open up and run her own candle business. Through the past years, she has worked for a candle company and has become very good at making and selling candles. So, she saves her money and starts buying the necessary equipment and supplies for her business venture. After several months of saving and gathering the needed supplies, Linda resigns her position at her job and dives into building and marketing her company. At first, business is really slow due to her company not being known about by the consumers, but business eventually picks up and word of her great products and craftsmanship spreads throughout the community. Now, to put things into monetary perspective, she is selling her candles at $10 each and is selling 100 per month equaling $1000. As business builds, Linda finds that she is now selling approximately $5000 per month and is quickly becoming overworked and unable to spend much time with her family. She finds herself needing help and hires three other ladies with like talents and interests. This helps Linda to triple her business and earnings. She pays them $10 per hour each. With payroll coming close to $4500 a month and her supplies coming close to $6000 a month, that leaves around $4500 as profit. Not bad, some of you might say. But wait. Now Uncle Sam and the state come knocking. The state usually takes just the sales tax which Linda collects on every sale. Not a big deal, but Uncle Sam is another issue. After eveything is all said and done, Linda walks away with something in the area of $3000. Now keep in mind, this is all based upon Linda paying her employees as contract labor and not having to pay their half of certain federal entitlement taxes. If they were full employees, her final profits would be much less.
So, with Linda clicking along bringing her approximately 20% profit in every month, life is good. The company is solvent and ready to expand. But wait! Uncle Sam comes along and raises taxes. Linda starts seeing this cut her profits down close to 14% and starts trying to figure out how to cut costs to help bring it back up. She tries buying cheaper supplies, but finds that her products are not up to the quality that she has set as her standard for her business. As much as it hurts, she has to lay someone off. In doing so, she does find the profits to start rising, even to the point of gaining a few percentage points. Does this make Linda a bad person? Some may say it does. Some may say she has become greedy. The problem is, these people who criticize people like Linda haven't taken that plunge into owning and running their own business. They have no idea of what Linda has gone through in the building and running her business. Maybe these people should try owning and running a business. I beleive that if they were to, they'd think and feel differently.
When it comes to their complaints about the massive overspending of the government, I say AMEN! I'm with them on that one. There are so many areas that we, as a country, could cut spending. Myself, I would start with payments to foreign countries. I have never understood why we give multi-millions of dollars to countries who hate and attack us. I beleive if we are going to send these people money, it needs to be taped to a 10 ton nuclear warhead. I would call that money well spent. Another cost that I would cut would be our polititions' pay and benefits. I don't mind helping them pay for their health insurance while they are in office, but it should cancel the minute they are voted out of office. Spending money to protect Jimmy Carter, George Bush Sr., Bill Clinton, Etc and their families is wasted money. Who would want to kidnap those idiots? There are even some countries who owe us. COLLECT! If they don't pay, occupy their country. Hell, send these protestors. They will pay us just to get these smelly, disgusting free-loaders out of their country. There are so many areas where money could be saved, but we need individuals in Washington that want to take the steps to move on doing so.
I'm not going to pretend to know the ins and outs of government. I do know that the corruption is wide-spread throughout it though. When are we going to elect an individual who is truly going to lead us out of this tyranny? When are we going to stop voting in people just because they look good or they speak elligantly? Fellow Americans, we are our country's last line of defense. If we are going to continue to be a free country, we must stand together now and let our voices be heard. Look around! Our enemies are. These protestors are not our friends. They are free-loading bumbs who want to feed off of your's and my hard-earned paycheck. BE BOLD! Stand toe to toe with them and let them know that this stops here and now. God Bless.
When it comes to the protesters themselves, what are they griping about? Sometimes I can't tell. What they are spouting out seems like a bunch of incoherent rambling. Some are mad at the corporations for making record profits while laying off hundreds, even thousands. Some are mad about the over the top government spending. Others are there just to smoke dope, twitter on their I-pads, and act like asses. With all of that said, I feel the need to break all of this down so as to hopefully understand why these people are so angry. Now, when it comes to the corporations making huge profits while laying off thousands, I have a logical explanation. Now, I do understand that there are those of us who will call this horse crap, but that doesn't mean that I'm not right. So, let's take a look at this. Let's pretend that there is a lady named Linda who wants to open up and run her own candle business. Through the past years, she has worked for a candle company and has become very good at making and selling candles. So, she saves her money and starts buying the necessary equipment and supplies for her business venture. After several months of saving and gathering the needed supplies, Linda resigns her position at her job and dives into building and marketing her company. At first, business is really slow due to her company not being known about by the consumers, but business eventually picks up and word of her great products and craftsmanship spreads throughout the community. Now, to put things into monetary perspective, she is selling her candles at $10 each and is selling 100 per month equaling $1000. As business builds, Linda finds that she is now selling approximately $5000 per month and is quickly becoming overworked and unable to spend much time with her family. She finds herself needing help and hires three other ladies with like talents and interests. This helps Linda to triple her business and earnings. She pays them $10 per hour each. With payroll coming close to $4500 a month and her supplies coming close to $6000 a month, that leaves around $4500 as profit. Not bad, some of you might say. But wait. Now Uncle Sam and the state come knocking. The state usually takes just the sales tax which Linda collects on every sale. Not a big deal, but Uncle Sam is another issue. After eveything is all said and done, Linda walks away with something in the area of $3000. Now keep in mind, this is all based upon Linda paying her employees as contract labor and not having to pay their half of certain federal entitlement taxes. If they were full employees, her final profits would be much less.
So, with Linda clicking along bringing her approximately 20% profit in every month, life is good. The company is solvent and ready to expand. But wait! Uncle Sam comes along and raises taxes. Linda starts seeing this cut her profits down close to 14% and starts trying to figure out how to cut costs to help bring it back up. She tries buying cheaper supplies, but finds that her products are not up to the quality that she has set as her standard for her business. As much as it hurts, she has to lay someone off. In doing so, she does find the profits to start rising, even to the point of gaining a few percentage points. Does this make Linda a bad person? Some may say it does. Some may say she has become greedy. The problem is, these people who criticize people like Linda haven't taken that plunge into owning and running their own business. They have no idea of what Linda has gone through in the building and running her business. Maybe these people should try owning and running a business. I beleive that if they were to, they'd think and feel differently.
When it comes to their complaints about the massive overspending of the government, I say AMEN! I'm with them on that one. There are so many areas that we, as a country, could cut spending. Myself, I would start with payments to foreign countries. I have never understood why we give multi-millions of dollars to countries who hate and attack us. I beleive if we are going to send these people money, it needs to be taped to a 10 ton nuclear warhead. I would call that money well spent. Another cost that I would cut would be our polititions' pay and benefits. I don't mind helping them pay for their health insurance while they are in office, but it should cancel the minute they are voted out of office. Spending money to protect Jimmy Carter, George Bush Sr., Bill Clinton, Etc and their families is wasted money. Who would want to kidnap those idiots? There are even some countries who owe us. COLLECT! If they don't pay, occupy their country. Hell, send these protestors. They will pay us just to get these smelly, disgusting free-loaders out of their country. There are so many areas where money could be saved, but we need individuals in Washington that want to take the steps to move on doing so.
I'm not going to pretend to know the ins and outs of government. I do know that the corruption is wide-spread throughout it though. When are we going to elect an individual who is truly going to lead us out of this tyranny? When are we going to stop voting in people just because they look good or they speak elligantly? Fellow Americans, we are our country's last line of defense. If we are going to continue to be a free country, we must stand together now and let our voices be heard. Look around! Our enemies are. These protestors are not our friends. They are free-loading bumbs who want to feed off of your's and my hard-earned paycheck. BE BOLD! Stand toe to toe with them and let them know that this stops here and now. God Bless.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Decisions of a Modern Society
Just last week, I was roaming through Target trying to kill some time while waiting to go to a meeting. As I was strolling down one of the main isles, I noticed a phone ringing with a gangster rap ring tone. Slightly annoyed, I turned to look in the direction from which the ringing was coming from to see a nine or ten year old girl pull the ringing phone from her low rise, butt-crack showing, holey, and worn jean's rear pocket. And to top it off, she proceeds to answer the call saying, "What up Beeeeeaaaaattttch?" Disgusted, I glance around to see her mother brousing through some of the sale racks. How did I know that was her mother, you ask. It was very obvious. She was dressed as though she had just gotten off of working the local street corner. They were a matching pair. Like mother, like daughter.
What about the music these days? Lady Gaga, P Diddy, Lil Wayne, Eminem, and so on. These performers (I hate to call them musicians because they're not) have been known to perform very provocative and explicit songs. With that said, why do most of us allow our children to listen to this garbage? I know that I tend to like music that some may think as noise, but I try not to allow my daughter to listen to it. Sometimes, I fall down on my job as a parent in that regard. All I can do is try harder.
In today's society, there are so many things that can and will influence our future generations. Some good. Some not good at all. The problem with parents today is laziness. All too often, we find ourselves overlooking or accepting actions of our children simply because we are pre-occupied with our own needs and wants. This will surely come back to bite us in the end. Our needs and wants should revolve around our children and family. Friends come and go, family is forever.
America, pull your heads out of your butts and take a look around. It isn't society's job to raise your child, it's your's. If you don't want your kids to smoke, punish them when you catch them smoking. Asking them for a cigarette due to your personal cravings is surely to send the wrong message. If you don't want your kids to rob a liquor store and end up in prison, watch what type of kids they hang out with. If your son's best buddy looks and acts like a gangster thug, he probably is one. If you would like to slim down the chances of your kid dying in a car accident, don't buy them a corvette to drive to school in. Sooner or later, peer pressure or just sheer stupidity with put them in a situation where they will think that going fast is cool. Something that powerful in the hands of an idiot can be a deadly combination. In today's world, things tend to be pretty obvious.
And why are we allowing our school systems to teach our children about sex. This is unacceptable! That's our job. How dare they!
I know I jumped around a little on some of these topics, but I hope that my message came through clearly. For most of us, there's still time to repair what damage has been done. Remember, your children are a direct reflection of you. If you don't mind being thought of as one of the worst parents/role models in the world, continue as you are. If not, take every opportunity from here on to nurture and teach your kids things like.....right and wrong, morals, generosity, patience, faith, hope, love, obedience, respect, etc... Forget investing in stocks, bonds, or land. Invest in the true future....your children. The reward is greater than anything you could imagine.
What about the music these days? Lady Gaga, P Diddy, Lil Wayne, Eminem, and so on. These performers (I hate to call them musicians because they're not) have been known to perform very provocative and explicit songs. With that said, why do most of us allow our children to listen to this garbage? I know that I tend to like music that some may think as noise, but I try not to allow my daughter to listen to it. Sometimes, I fall down on my job as a parent in that regard. All I can do is try harder.
In today's society, there are so many things that can and will influence our future generations. Some good. Some not good at all. The problem with parents today is laziness. All too often, we find ourselves overlooking or accepting actions of our children simply because we are pre-occupied with our own needs and wants. This will surely come back to bite us in the end. Our needs and wants should revolve around our children and family. Friends come and go, family is forever.
America, pull your heads out of your butts and take a look around. It isn't society's job to raise your child, it's your's. If you don't want your kids to smoke, punish them when you catch them smoking. Asking them for a cigarette due to your personal cravings is surely to send the wrong message. If you don't want your kids to rob a liquor store and end up in prison, watch what type of kids they hang out with. If your son's best buddy looks and acts like a gangster thug, he probably is one. If you would like to slim down the chances of your kid dying in a car accident, don't buy them a corvette to drive to school in. Sooner or later, peer pressure or just sheer stupidity with put them in a situation where they will think that going fast is cool. Something that powerful in the hands of an idiot can be a deadly combination. In today's world, things tend to be pretty obvious.
And why are we allowing our school systems to teach our children about sex. This is unacceptable! That's our job. How dare they!
I know I jumped around a little on some of these topics, but I hope that my message came through clearly. For most of us, there's still time to repair what damage has been done. Remember, your children are a direct reflection of you. If you don't mind being thought of as one of the worst parents/role models in the world, continue as you are. If not, take every opportunity from here on to nurture and teach your kids things like.....right and wrong, morals, generosity, patience, faith, hope, love, obedience, respect, etc... Forget investing in stocks, bonds, or land. Invest in the true future....your children. The reward is greater than anything you could imagine.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
A Country In Trouble
I must say that I am utterly disgusted in my countrymen. I, along with others, have watched as many of you have turned the other cheek as your elected officials have dismantled everything our fore-fathers fought to create for us. They have litteraly spit on our Constitution and Bill of Rights. Most of you have no idea what is coming. This administration, along with our Senate and Congress, have cleaned us out and are making plans to put us all in the poor house. Some of you don't believe that this will happen or that our elected officials would do that to us. WAKE UP YOU BLIND FOOLS!!! You have evidently been led astray by those liberal idiots that live amongst us. These people (liberals) don't understand how great a capitalist society is because most of them have never owned their own business. Most of them have been living off of your tax dollars for most of their life. Those that haven't been, have been supported by someone other themselves. Now, there are those that have actually worked and still follow the progressive line. This boggles me. How can anyone work, get their pay check, and see how much the government takes and want them to take more? This all knowing that they won't qualify for any of the programs the government offers to low income Americans? Those people are just stupid in my book. They'll learn.
I know that most of you don't watch what is going on in Washington due to the simple fact that we feel helpless and just don't want to watch as our elected officials toss our views out and pass bills based upon their own interests. One thing that I have noticed is that they keep making laws claiming that they are trying to protect us, but are in reality stripping us of our rights. We have to stand for what we believe in now or life as we all know it will soon be gone. We have to stand together and scream out to our government, "We are taking our country back!" Our government should be affraid of us, not the other way around. How have we allowed it to come to this?
So, with all of this said, I beg each and every one of you to set aside some time this week to write your Congressman and Senator and let them know what's on your mind. At this point, all we can do is take the steps we can. It's all we have until November 2012 arrives. Speak out America! Let your voices be heard!
I know that most of you don't watch what is going on in Washington due to the simple fact that we feel helpless and just don't want to watch as our elected officials toss our views out and pass bills based upon their own interests. One thing that I have noticed is that they keep making laws claiming that they are trying to protect us, but are in reality stripping us of our rights. We have to stand for what we believe in now or life as we all know it will soon be gone. We have to stand together and scream out to our government, "We are taking our country back!" Our government should be affraid of us, not the other way around. How have we allowed it to come to this?
So, with all of this said, I beg each and every one of you to set aside some time this week to write your Congressman and Senator and let them know what's on your mind. At this point, all we can do is take the steps we can. It's all we have until November 2012 arrives. Speak out America! Let your voices be heard!
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