Why Do Our Children Fail To Launch?

   When we cater to children, showering them with gifts for their "love", we teach them to expect what they want to be given to them with no quid pro quo. If a spoiled child desires a bicycle and parents require him to do something to get it, like pick up his dirty clothes from the floor and maybe clean his bathroom thoroughly, and/or required to cut the grass without payment three or four times, he will may balk because he has always been supplied with  things without having to do anything for them...no quid pro quo. This child will resent having to study. He may resent having to work for income. He may resent having to deal with a used car instead of a new car. He may seek to have a new home as a first home and may try to purchase a house which he has no chance of affording.
   He may be very ready to make compromises that will slow his progress toward whatever his ideal goals are in life because he cannot see himself working and achieving those goals. He never had to work to achieve anything before. He will see himself falling behind others and he may not have a clue as to why. Not actually being able to justify blaming others for his shortcomings he may just resign himself to blaming fate, which is just blaming others for your own shortcomings.

   So the message here is to be careful with your most precious accomplishments...your children. You are doing your child a favor when you attach a quid pro quo. If they cannot find initiative in themselves to strive for success, to work for their future, their future may be your couch, your breakfast table, your third room and your  computer. It's called failing to launch and it's not rocket science.
    

Saving the U.S., one word at a time.

   So, Democrats have moved way out to the left where their only supporters dwell. They are fighting for birth control by abortion while Tea Party right wingers sometimes manage to pass legislation to limit them... which will probably all be declared unconstitutional, and preserving a broken healthcare system while praying the US Taxpayer will end up paying for their healthcare. Meanwhile, Republicans constantly face vicious verbal attacks by the extreme right wing tea party calling them RINOS and the left wing big media teams up with Left wing extremists' one sided, and often false narratives to create, magnify and sustain the left's virtue.
   The way I see it, there is nothing virtuous about abortion or leading this country down the path to Socialism/Communism  like East Germany before the wall came down. I should not have to pay for Democrats health care. We are borrowing to stay afloat and that means we are broke.
    I have a feeling that if it were not for the internet, the ends would fold up, big media would have to resume it's truly balanced coverage of real issues for truly balanced people and the moderates could resume bipartisan governing. But the internet is here to stay.
   We've got to figure out a way to govern. The Republican Party is the only party interested in doing the work of the government. The Tea Party hurts everyone when they attack and beat the hell out of  moderate Republicans. They try to destroy the only part of the government that is working. It won't do any good to tell them to stop.  Ignoring them may be the only way to move forward.
    It seems that until we get a bipartisan group thinking and discussing the problem like MATURE ADULTS, we will not start fixing this Government and this country.

America Must Turn Off of The Road to Destruction. Start By Boosting Conservative Voting. If We Don't Try, We Have Ourselves To Blame.

    Somehow, we in America, have found ourselves battling with three groups...special interest activists, corrupted big media, and Socialist politicians who owe their jobs to those who want to live their lives in ways that are contrary to those values consistent with liberty for all. I will call them the evil three.
   Some examples follow:
   Women fighting for the right to dismember babies in the womb as if it were no more significant than peeling a potato; massive welfare and tax credit entitlements for those unwilling to support themselves;  single payer system to pay for health insurance...meaning U.S. Taxpayer; fighting any efforts to stem the inflow and use of illegal drugs fueling gang war activity and deaths of probably millions each year; expanding borrowing by students for needless college degrees saddling them with $25000 to $100000 in debt that has not been vetted...in other words...sub-prime. We are seeing a softening of desire to enforce the law for leftist politicians. The smoke of corruption is heavy, but with no trial there is no evidence to ponder. Such was the case with Hillary Clinton's selling of American power as Secretary of State under the previous administration. As long as the charges remain a matter of media speculation the bad actors will be protected and enabled.
   These are just a few causes within the left agenda. In a sense what we are seeing is the leftist, unproductive but needing crowd being organized by activists with money and the agenda of acquiring power and control. The productive crowd is NOT being organized. The productive crowd is comfortable, busy, and aware of their own ability to support themselves. If the left continues to organize their special interest groups with no likewise organization of conservatives the end result may be the end of what we know as America.
    Most people don't know what socialism is, but it makes them feel good. No hunger, free education, free childcare, rents paid, Government checks and tax credits galore. Socialism is East Germany. Socialism is Communism. Socialism is collectivism. Venezuela protesting, getting shot by police,  attacked by tear gas as a result of their Socialist government right now...today.     It is a process and it is predictable. Things we are seeing now: All conservative politicians are being character assassinated by the evil three: special interest activists, big media, and leftist/Democrat politicians who owe their jobs to socialist activists. These three scratch each others' backs.
   This is what has been happening and will continue to happen:  Debt spending skyrockets. (Obama) Gov. borrowing continually and gradually sets off inflation.  (Anyone with a debit card knows that we have had a slow inflation for years but they don't talk about it. )  Confronted by the violent attacks of leftist propaganda machine, by the evil three, conservative voters feel helpless and afraid to try to stop the spending and changes.
   The truth is that the vast majority of people in this country are conservatives. We believe in being independent, we satisfy our own needs through a good work ethic and healthy decisions, we respect and worship God in our own ways, and we respect strength and charity. We do the best we can. And we expect others to do the same.  We all would like to live in a place where we don't lock our doors at night. Many do.
   If you look out over the heads of the the American people you will see many of them standing on tip toes looking at each other, shouting. Those are the Democrats. The vast majority will be quietly looking down at the ground. They are paying attention to their own condition, their own plans, and their next steps toward improving their own lives. These are your conservatives.
   Most conservatives don't vote now.  Many more may stop. Anyone they send to Washington will be character-assassinated by the evil three as  racist, sexist, closed minded, uncooperative people who refuse to work together and compromise...while they are the ones absolutely refusing to compromise on anything. (Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Shumer)
   And so it continues:   Voters elect a conservative government in reaction to the mistakes by the previous administration and the damage it has done to the country. But they are only strong as long as their courage and energy to fight lasts. Big Media pounds away every day on the present administration with Intelligently Contrived Propaganda...ICP...while special interest activists and other politicians constantly character-assassinate all conservative comers until they are burnt out and afraid to do anything. Eventually, the economy will spiral down due to bad sub-prime loans to students and possibly sub-prime mortgage loans again. Recession will be much worse this time because of the debt service. Statistics say that 1 in 5 households have no one working. That's a really bad thing. It describes how the weakness in our economy that;s been balanced with  Taxes on the wealthy will inevitably come to confiscatory rates...because that is what all of this is about...the politics of envy...the fuel of Socialism. The Government will need the money and it will take it from the only people who have it...the wealthy. At some point, credit, upon which most companies rely to survive to some degree, will dry up because investors will not invest if their profits are confiscated. When that happens you will see businesses closing up and shrinking everywhere...and unemployment will skyrocket further. Tax revenues will fall, welfare spending will accelerate and the government will have to basically print money to keep the checks going out to teachers, policemen, paramedics, sanitation workers and welfare recipients whose number will skyrocket as unemployment increases. But this printing of money  cannot go on forever. Inflation will grow quickly then, and bread may rise to $20 a loaf. Imagine that. Welfare income will become entirely insufficient at those prices. People will get hungry. There are 318 million people living in this country. Hungry people will riot. The government will have no choice but to declare martial law. And that will be that.
   Many say, "Oh Jim...Oh, Dad...that's not going to happen." But I see it coming. The ingredients are here. That is where we are headed. Conservatives can see this happening and want to stop it, but feel helpless as we get shouted down and character-assassinated.
   We must not lay down and be quiet. We must fight for Liberty for our children and our grandchildren. I don't know how I can help the cause by getting more conservative voters to the polls but we must figure this out and get it done. When we let 26% of eligible voters almost send a sorry excuse for responsible politician like Hillary Clinton to the White House?  If not for the electoral college it may have happened. It was too close. By the way, I am all for having a woman as President, but after Benghazi, after Pay To Play, not her!
   We see Donald Trump's mistakes. What we don't see are the mistakes made by experienced politicians who are used to hiding them...making back door agreements with special interest groups that leave this country a bill to pay, abusing power in private.   If we only knew, it would make President Trump look like an absolute saint. We have made the first step and we were lucky. Let's not leave the next step to luck. Let's get behind our President to enact his agenda. Lets pound away on the Republican woosies who are afraid to act. We must have the courage to do the right thing for our country. I will make my mind up on one issue at a time and NOT give a damn about what big media has to say about it. You have to read it or turn on the news to be aware of their propaganda. I will instead choose what I feel is right for the country. I will rely on common sense.  I hope you do, too.  We must take control of our destiny before it is snatched from us.  Remember, Liberty and the United States of America mean the same damn thing. We lose one, we lose the other.
   If you agree, please spread this around. You DO have some power, but you have to believe and have the courage to stand for something. If we don't try, we have ourselves to blame.

Morning Coffee with Jim Self: Just Pass a 12 cent Gas Tax and Let's Move On

Morning Coffee with Jim Self: Just Pass a 12 cent Gas Tax and Let's Move On:    3/22/2017 From the desk of Jim Self South Carolina is considering a gas tax...and a sales tax increase on automobiles. Our new Governor...

Just Pass a 12 cent Gas Tax and Let's Move On

   3/22/2017 From the desk of Jim Self
South Carolina is considering a gas tax...and a sales tax increase on automobiles. Our new Governor, Henry McMaster, suggested last week that the present gas tax, which is the lowest in the country, supposedly, is not entirely going to road maintenance, which, to me, suggests that part of it is being hijacked to use in other areas. The target of 12 cents a gallon is set to take about 60 dollars a year from each of us SC drivers.
   Now I am going to tell you what I think.
The sales tax is already $300. That's enough. Period. Don't bugger with that.
If the 12 cents a gallon will do it, that's ok with me. About 30% will be paid by out of state drivers. BUT, make sure that money goes toward road maintenance. All of it.
And if the present gas tax revenue isn't all going toward road maintenance, correct that issue.

According to the DOT and the Post and Courier;
29% of urban roadways are in poor condition
35% are in mediocre condition
19% are in fair condiition
17% are in good condition

The TRIP Report...a national transportation research group based in Washington, D.C. is used by the Post and Courier unnecessarily  back up their claims of this need and most probably to supply filler material. There is no way a bunch of suited college grads living off of lobbying salaries in DC can estimate my auto maintenance costs by $1850 a year (per auto) and not be transparently and completely wrong. I wish we wouldn't use information like that. It's got to be nonsense.
We South Carolinians do need to improve our roads. 12 cents a gallon is not going to break us. Now I wish they would just do it and move on.

Things That Are Important and that WE Cannot Afford To Forget About

   As weeks turn to months, things tend to be replaced in our day to day minds. Politically, somehow we need to remember what is important and to contribute to guiding this country as much as possible.   Otherwise we allow other people to do it and that is definitely unwise. So, I am contributing a list of some things that I think are important and we conservative voters...sane people...ought to consider ongoing.

   Balance the federal budget.  No person, no country, no entity can continue to live on credit indefinitely. The credit will eventually run out. THEN WHAT HAPPENS? For a person the result is bankruptcy.  For a country the result is a depression. It could take 20 years and 50 million deaths to restart a viable economy in the United States. We MUST get control of our spending and bring the revenue/expenditure picture back to balance. The cost of not doing this is destruction, and remember, when the U.S. coughs, the entire world catches a cold. It will be world wide.
   Use Yucca mountain. We invested 12 billion dollars there. We have nuclear waste all over the country and it needs to be taken better care of. The process needs to be as cheap as possible and security must be unquestionable. Imagine the cost of maintaining all of these places. Incredible.
   Jam phones in prisons. The FCC has not allowed this and it has to happen. We are hamstringing prison security our own security by being soft on this issue.
   We must have Health Insurance with low premiums and low deductibles...affordable. I should not have to pay for health insurance for others. On the other hand, health insurance should be affordable and deductibles should be reasonable. If we make it affordable then everyone can afford it. My insurance costs me $230 a month with a 2000 dollar deductice. I like it. More than $2000 for deductibe is too high. Policies should be choices for coverage.  Remember this. If the government can't get beyond the politics of entitlement it absolutely will not be able to contain costs health insurance for anyone. If it can't then, it needs to get out of the Health Insurance business.
   We must change our immigration laws AND control our Southern border. Across this open border we have allowed:
millions of unskilled, welfare dependent and many being criminally inclined people,
millions of pounds of drugs and thousands of drug dealers who are armed and dangerous thugs fueling gang (Chicago murder type) activity and the like in our communities everywhere in our country,
a significant amount of human trafficking which brings lost female souls here  to be used by the most evil of men.
   Many American stolen cars are taken across the border...if they can move a stolen car across the border do not think for a second that they are not taking our young American girls South to be sexually used and then destroyed there, too.
   That wall needs to be built as soon as possible and the border must be sealed.
   Our Politicians are for sale to one way thinkers for votes and money.  American must take a fresh look at how we finance our political campaigns and possibly at term limits...some way to take control back from big and dark and ill gotten (Clinton pay to play type) money, leveling the playing field because, as we have seen with the 2007 credit bubble,  big money interests do not necessarily have America's  best interests at heart.
    One way thinkers fight for what they want and do not consider the costs. Many are angry and ignorant...perfect tools for big money interests like Soros. From what I have seen, protesters are in low numbers and angry. That pretty much means organized by someone or some organization from a splinter group. They really don't matter, except to the Media. We cannot allow one way thinkers to steer this country. We must realize when we are being played and avoid it. Turn it off. Then we can to all get involved in a mature, effective way and control direction we are headed.
   Write to Congressional leaders and to POTUS. Pass things along that make sense to you. Be calm. Be effective. Be parental. Remember, an actual letter seems to get the most attention. Please feel free to forward this letter anywhere you like. God love you, and God Bless America.
Jim Self  jimself1954@gmail.com

One Way Thinkers vs. Two Way Thinkers

     3/11/2017   Let me begin with a notion that, I believe, has a lot of merit and may explain much of what we are seeing. "One way thinkers".. for me, means  people who are mostly single issue voters, what we call liberals and progressives...which are fancy, political credibility applying words for people who demand the authority to make everyone happy...where the end is the only thing that is important...Alinsky said that...without considering the responsibility for the means. Two way thinkers want many of  the same things, but they are responsible people who also consider the costs.
    One way thinkers demand  "the authority to make everyone happy" and ignore those who get hurt. In abortion, who is happy and who gets hurt? In welfare, who is happy and who gets hurt? The "means", are the cost in terms of lives lost in riots and assassinations, money cost of permanent entitlements, traditions and value systems like having a family, getting married, raising children, teaching them to get an education and be responsible and independent are assaulted and damaged, cars burned, windows broken, policemen shot, stores looted, laws ignored by common people, powerful people, government leaders, presidential candidates. These "means" as a way to make everyone happy amount to attacking the things that make us  strong and different from European and third world countries.  One way thinkers.
    I think that the number of one way thinkers may not be increasing as they desperately want us to believe. They, a general percentage of our population, have been there all the time. That number could be and probably is fairly steady. Our PERCEPTION of the group has been changed by a couple of things...notably, fake internet news, low information, agenda driven bloggers and commentators now having a microphone to the world, development of the art of argument to the point of terrorism, and the tendency of the main stream media to follow the internet and getting lost in the "giggle", taking us down the drain with them.
   The power of one way thinkers comes from the fear they create in two way thinkers...so much so that the two wayers will retreat, not vote, not speak...and allow the one wayers to have their way. THAT is what all of this protesting and violence and terrorizing arguments are all about.  They are trying to terrorize us two way thinkers from standing up for what we believe in. If you are pro life you are "at war" with feminism. If you have a problem with men in your little girl's bathroom then you are at war with LGBT crowd. If you like your gun in your pocket then you are paranoid and at war with all innocents of the world. Ya get it? Who are you at war with?
   Free day care for every mother in the country would be a wonderful thing! But who is going to pay for it? One way thinkers don't care about that, but they still want it. One way thinkers have been fighting for government support forever. It has always, is now, and will always be there. In this Socialistic non-thinking, the consequences are truly terrible. But one way thinkers don't think about the consequences. They are not programmed to think that way. Read "The Liberal Mind" by Lyle H. Rossiter, Jr., MD. "The Psychological Causes of Political Madness".
   These one way thinkers keep pushing and pushing, making their small presence appear to be quite large and making politicians uncomfortable while gaining ground by electing leaders who turn out to be boneheads. In Europe, these boneheaded politicians have allowed millions on refugees to flood into their cities, draining their treasuries, refusing to assimilate and clamoring to change the laws that made their cultures what they are. These boneheads will take some time to change out through elections and all the time the two way thinkers will have to deal with the protests and riots by one wayers who will claim that two wayers are at war with innocent immigrant families, ignoring the wholesale rape and murder of citizens.
   Europe has a tough way to go and it will take a long time to fix. Two way thinkers in America see the issue and want to head it off. Two way thinkers almost lost the last election by allowing the one wayers to scare them off from voting. Only 50% of the voters actually voted. The one wayers want us to think that the other non-voting 50% are like them...fuel for their arguments for their own credibility. But don't believe them. There are far more thinking, responsible people in the country than there are boneheads.
 Now, one way thinkers try every day to vilify President Trump any way they can. The main stream media is still on the Dump Trump Train, solidly...overreacting, making every flaw, every slight misstep and mistake evidence of lies, cover up, and crime. It's as bad for Trump as it was for Hillary, except that for Hillary there was evidence and most of it was probably true. For Trump, it's just anything and everything the one way thinkers can conjure up with their internet tools and sick imaginations.
   So, I like the idea that the terms Liberal and Progressive give political credibility to common one way thinkers who are distinguished only for their "low information" and their ability to ignore and deny responsibility for the negative consequences of there demands. And that they use violence and terrorizing arguments to silence their opponents and victims...and to make their make their modest numbers appear to be much larger and therefore more politically significant.
   Jim Self  jimself1954@gmail.com

Boneheads, Idiots, Sexists, People I Wouldn't Let In My House, , etc.

   3/3/2017   Representative Cedric Richmond, a Democratic Congressman from Louisiana's 2nd district which includes New Orleans, since 2011,  is my sexist and bonehead pick of the day today for his sexist "joke" about Kellyanne Conway. No reason to rehash that immaturity here. Does he think that his constituents are amused by his clearly and undeniably sexist comment? Does he think that his constituents are trash minded and that they will be amazed and amused by his off color joke about Kellyanne Conway, for whom we Republicans of all colors have enormous respect? Being that "Comfortable" ...as he says he meant, which just made the comment worse... can bring a congressman  to commit stupid acts like spending money illegally and lending support for issues for bribes. If he does that he can wind up in jail...on his own knees...the same place those of  those without character end up. I wouldn't wish that on anyone...neither should he...and there is not a damn thing funny about it. And the people of New Orleans deserve to have serious representation. Who takes  this guy seriously? Pool hall buddies, maybe.

   3/5/2017 Today it came out that the Obama administration may have tapped Trumps' phones prior to the election. It would have required a court order. It's getting a lot of mileage.

   3/5/2017 MSM still seeking far right...neo-nazi, misogynist, anti-semite...propaganda to present as if it is Republican dogma. This activity supplies MSM with plenty of ammunition when their other propaganda loses steam.

Jim Self
jimself1954@gmail.com

Associated Press Dump Trump Train is Out of Gas

   David A. Lieb from the Associated Press is giving a foot up for ex-Attorney General Eric Holder in the Post and Courier today, He describes a path to regain Democratic power  by re-drawing voter district lines and winning Governor seats and such in swing states. This doesn't mean much to us "regular" folks who work for a living and yearn for a day or two a week when we can do what we love, with those we love, and maybe complete a chore before going back to the grind on Monday. Holder demonizes us Republicans who "rigged the local elections"...look...he has to say something. Holder says Democrats failed to focus on local elections. Yeah. While Obama led them over the cliff.     Eric Holder wants money in order to do this. Lieb is trying to help him get it. And some will contribute. But most big money supporters will move to the side who has the power. Wealthy people didn't get that way being stupid. Meanwhile the AP will continue running it's "Dump Trump Train" until it runs out of gas. They probably won't go away completely, but they will fade into the background for the foreseeable future. People quickly get tired of the constant whining of spoiled children and news agencies with transparent agendas.

To Kathleen Parker

Kathleen,
   Trump's solicitousness toward Putin, some of it tongue in cheek, obviously, is compared to what? No relationship at all? No communication? I don't think that the possibility of us sending a cruise missile down his chimney if things don't go well is a basis of understanding that I could work with. I would rather have my President speaking to him than not.
   The unwillingness of our administration to declaim moral equivalence. I did not hear him say that. What he didn't say was that Putin and Russia were evil and America was innocent. The man is trying to get some kind of relationship going where they can communicate. He can't do that while he shoots spitballs at him in public.
   And what I heard him say to our allies was that they needed to pay their fair share for our help. That's all I heard him say. That's how I feel about it, too.
   I want to see problems and solutions discussed. I want to see the long term viability of this country discussed...if you are interested in what I am worried about...think about that. In my mind the  failure of character  demonstrated in the leaked Democratic emails,   the "obvious to anyone with a brain" criminal bribery in the US State Department, for Christ's sake...and the failure of the main stream media to jump on Hillary Clinton and squeeze her until she landed in jail...are all signs of the loss of what got us here in the first place...our morale compass.  Is there a pol who can be expected to say the same things in public that he says behind closed doors, Kathleen? I can think of two or three possibilities.
   I think we have let the kids play long enough. We need for the serious people in America, you included, to start addressing problems and solutions.
Jim Self
116 Long Bow Rd.
Summerville, SC 29485
   

One Thing We Can Trust the Government To Do is To Screw Us

   You know why we don't have a working instant background check system? Because we don't trust the government not to expand the "check" into a "denial". The FBI was reduced to having to call around to the surrounding counties to see if Mr. Dylann Roof, the Charleston massacre boy/man had any legal problems that would stop him from obtaining a handgun within 3 days. Whose fault is that? You'd think, with all of the thousands of college educated FBI people, that they could come up with a way to check someone out quicker than that in the time since computers and the internet have been here. You'd think. I guess I know why, though. It's because in order to pass a law that requires everyone to get cleared before they buy a gun, they must deny them the ability to buy that gun...until they are cleared. I get it. All they have to do then is to refuse to clear anyone and they have what they wanted in the first place. Then all they have to do is make the rest of our guns illegal like they did in Australia and we'd have utopia.
    Why don't I trust the government? Take Social Security. Until LBJ was elected by liberals....that means "Give away money until the system collapses...then enslave everyone and we'll have utopia", the Social Security system was a trust fund. LBJ needed money to pay for his war in Vietnam and his "Great Society" welfare program. So he hijacked the social security trust fund, dumping it into the general fund with what he called the "Unified Budget Act". And just like he said after the law passed, minorities...he used the N word... would be voting for Democrats for 200 years. I have seen and heard the tape. I believe it was real. Votes. Screwed America for votes. And they never fixed it. Politicians. We can't trust them.
  LBJ is long gone and I am glad he is.   We cannot change what has happened. But what we must do is to require truth from our politicians. We would have control of our gun sales if we could trust our government. But we can't.
   The government is busy trying to get to the point where it can deny Social Security benefits to more elderly people and get away with it POLITICALLY. That means, do it and still not get voted out of office for it.
   I personally think that term limits and campaign finance reform  would go a long way toward fixing our government. As it is now from day one politicians have to begin soliciting donations for relection...in other words, making promises to special interest groups...those with deep and shallow pockets. We need to stop that. We need to level the playing field. Right now  the only thing a politician needs is enough money to get a firey, utopia promising message to every fire breathing protester in the country.
    And we, the taxpayers, the folks with jobs, the responsible, sane crowd, the ones that pay the bills and shoulder the debt, still have to finagle time off from work to vote! There is something that we CAN trust the government to do and that is to do everything they can to screw us!

Bill Clinton Did the Same Thing As Trump In 1995

Actually, this is a hell of a lot worse than what Trump is doing. Think about it.

In his 1995 State of the Union address, President Bill Clinton said:
“We are a nation of immigrants.. but we are a nation of laws. Our nation is rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country…
“Illegal immigrants take jobs from citizens or legal immigrants, they impose burdens on our taxpayers…
“That is why we are doubling the number of border guards, deporting more illegal immigrants than ever before, cracking down on illegal hiring, barring benefits to illegal aliens, and we will do more to speed the deportation of illegal immigrants arrested for crimes…
“It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws that has occurred in the last few years.. .and we must do more to stop it.”

  1995 Bill Clinton State of the Union, Biden and other Dems refused to accept Vietnamese refugees, Flashback: Jerry Brown, Trump travel ban, Vietnamese refugees, WorldTribune.com

Did the MSM villify Clinton like they are to Trump? I don't remember it that way. 

Climate Change...When We Can't Trust The Scientists or Politicians

   The present argument over climate scientist emails is interesting in that they are saying that releasing them would corrupt the scientific method. Nonsense. Exposing the discussion will only expose the doubts AND the evidence. Ya know...this IS a trial, and a most important one. The trial is whether climate change is real, what will be the consequences of it, did humans contribute to it significantly, and can humans do anything to improve the outcome. Those emails are the evidence. They expose the weaknesses and the strengths of the evidence. There are potentially huge changes involved...and then maybe not.
   I see the western world as very much like a lid to a quart mason jar setting on a table top...surrounded by the mason jars. We, the western world, are like the top. The jars are the billions and billions of 3rd world people (who make less than $2 a day)  who need electrical energy. COAL, my friends, the ass kicker source of steam/electrical generation,  is the way to get it. The CO2 is coming, Sweetheart!
   Citing the terrible consequences of global warming...and maybe not...I think the scientific world should respect our involvement and include us in the discussion. I read the books, but I am coming to the conclusion that a smart person can convince us of anything if we are willing to leave the interpretation of the "evidence" to them in their secrecy. See what I am getting at? The emails matter. This world can fall apart if we cannot trust the politicians and scientists.
 
 
   
   

Where it Belongs

   USA jihadi training dumps are in the news....jihadi clerics...what are they doing? One thing they are doing is making money. I guarantee it. To send to their war making bro's overseas? What do I think? Most or all of that money is going into their own bank accounts, financing as rich a life style as they can, in their closed cell societies where slavery of their women is institutionalized with traditions that are centuries old and written in Sharia stone and protected by the threat of a horribly violent death. This Sharia thing should have been canned a long time ago but it wasn't because it's a damned good living.
   And every time we have a shooting....a "Lone Wolf"...or better...a "Shithouse Rat", who attacks a soft target and murders unprepared people in gun free zones, the whole jihadi cleric/army thing comes crashing into our living rooms, compliments of sensationalism seeking/click generating "journalism".
   Listen. Don't be fooled. Don't be scared. We are in no more danger now than we were 30 years ago. Just get your concealed weapons permit and carry a gun. Train to use it...be a perfect shot. Then, the unlikely time a killer approaches you in a Wal Mart parking lot, you will have the street smarts to see him coming and the ability to blow his brain out all over the pavement...where it belongs.
  

Fred Hiatt and the Washington Post

Typically of the liberal press, Fred is at it again with an editorial called, "Get to the Truth about Russian hacking in U.S. election"

   Fred is whining about the election, of course. He says Dems are angry that Obama didn't get onto the Russians quickly enough for the hacking. From an evidence point of view, as opposed to speculation with an agenda, that is a hard thing to prove. If you can't prove something but you use it as part of your argument, what have you done to your position? You have  weakened your position, perhaps substantially. So, Did Putin contribute? Who knows. Fred, it was not a good idea to use that.
   He said that Hillary's position was weakened by the fact that she did not satisfy voters' desire for a change candidate. He did not have to dig very deeply for that nuggett.
    Fred says that in some cases, Trump is "summoning" conservative politicians who resorted to questioning him way, way beyond his credentials. Mitt Romney, for example. I was personally offended by Romney's treatment of  Trump. I wouldn't have blamed Trump if he had kicked Romney's ass right back out of the building...but let me say this. If Hillary had won, I would say that her past ungraciousness could be expected to continue, super bitch that she is. To assume that she would be gracious is a mistake. So why make the point about Trump? Because it is one of only a few points that are available. This is what the Democrats' weapons cache consists of. barbs and unsubstantiated/false news like Russian Hacking. You will all end up with egg on your face if it turns out that the leak was from the DNC. Ya know something, Fred. I sincerely hope that you and your "world history creators" can get back to a better way of framing the world as we see it to something that better resembles the truth.
   I was going to blog this, but I will just send it to you. It actually makes me queazy to read it. Jim Self   jimself1954@gmail.com
   

Seal the Southern Border, Save Chicago Children

   Illegal drugs are coming across the Southern border every day. The border is porous. Agents say that they stop a percentage of it but no one can know how much gets across and many think that most gets across.

   Drug cartels have set up in border states to receive the drugs and distribute them. That means moving the drugs to the large markets...in large cities...like Chicago...the murder capital of America. 

   Gangs are organized crime with a twist. Instead of older criminals they consist of disaffected kids ...to sell these illegal drugs and each other for sex.  Whoever gets in their way gets shot. 

   Would anyone disagree with the logic here?

    If you will bother to Google Chicago shooting deaths you will see the numbers.  It's not the guns. It's the drugs. Drugs from our porous southern border. 

    We need to seal that border with adequate people, resources and an impenetrable barrier. Until we do that, we cannot hope for change of the deplorable conditions our neighbors in Chicago and elsewhere live and die in every day.
     Donald Trump knows this and that is one reason why sealing the border is so important. we have seen the half measures the previous administration have used in border security. Folks, it's more than illegals coming across to work and send money home...or to make an anchor baby. People are killed every day in Chicago and other cities because of what is going on with this border. We need to fix it. Please support Donald Trump and our government representatives who will face the mountain of liberal objections over this issue.  

If Hillary Lived Next Door, You would Know What Is Wrong With Her.

  What do you know about manic-depression and bi-polar disease? Do yourself a favor and Google it. Then compare it to Hillary Clinton's behavior.
   I have known people for whom I could not lend a helping hand...to help them stay out of trouble. They repelled my efforts. Yes, I figured they were crazy. It was too painful to remain friends with them. And they self destructed.
   I do not know if Hillary Clinton fits that bill, but in my mind it would explain everything that I know and suspect about her if it were true. Look it up. Think about it.
   We use words like ego mania and criminal and sinister to describe her. I am thinking that hellishly bi-polar covers it all. Until the campaign she wasn't seen all that much. But since she came out into the public in such a large way, I have seen bits and pieces of what I feel, uncomfortably, looks like an unstable personality. The wide eyes, the coughing spells, the fainting,  the seemingly uncontrolled laughing, the failure of her handlers to keep her from saying some of the stupidest things.  So, take it for what it is. Like the song says...I may be wrong but I may be right.
   Anyway, I don't think she can stand the scrutiny of being President. She'll most likely try to reject the Secret Service from her White House. She doesn't trust them...to keep her secrets...about her illness if she has it, and her business. And rightfully so. If she wins, the White House will be a very lonely place. But she can't last. She will be in the lime light among all of her favor hungry donors and not a true friend in the world.  With no one to trust,  she will break down. Bill Clinton will take the reins and will again be in control of our government.   

When US Leadership Denies Ability To Lead, Bad Things Happen

http://www.speaker.gov/general/why-white-house-oppose-bipartisan-syrian-sanctions
The above URL pretty much says it.

   Meanwhile, from Aleppo, citizens are tweeting on phones that they and their children are being bombed and may not survive the night.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/10/04/syria-aleppo-girl-bana-al-abed-karadsheh-pkg.cnn

   In Syria, we have a dictator who is as "crazy as a shit house mouse",  running a military against it's own people, using chemical weapons and huge barrel bombs and now has Russia helping to destroy it's own people from the air.  Millions are dying or running away to other countries, and our President is running the other way, making excuses for not leading. That's what Obama is doing...making excuses for not leading. Who can blame him? After all, he is a community activist....he is out of his depth.
   Obama's indecisiveness should  evoke fear...but I don't think Obama is smart enough to realize how much trouble he is in.  I cannot feel sorry for him. He is so busy basking in his own arrogance he can't see that we could and should have done things differently and better and that his blindness and ineptitude and weakness  has led us to a hell of a situation..that the military warned him of beforehand. EVERYONE ELSE can see it. Not him.  History is going to say that he tried to lead  arrogantly in the form of the blasphemous Reverend Jeremiah Wright...failed miserably... and fell while trying to destabilize conservatives with silly, liberal distractions...while the world rolled right over him. The only person doing his job in this administration is Josh Earnest...Obama's apologist... and he is a busy man!

    Putin realized that Obama wasn't frozen by fear and ineptitude...something that would have mean't he was dangerous and unpredictable. No. He realized that Obama was just stupid.  Putin knows for certain that Obama will do nothing to stop him no matter what he does.

    That is scary.

    This may be the defining danger of being so comfortable with yourself that one doesn't have to listen to anyone else.We ALL know a few people who are like that. They already know everything so they don't learn from their mistakes...and they keep on making the same mistakes over again...and blaming others while denying responsibility. There goes Hillary Clinton, too. Same deal. And enough brainless twats and unemployed pajama wearing cheezit junkies buy into the  CLICK HUNGRY MEDIA poison, throwing gasoline on Trump at every turn and laughing their asses off. The American electorate is about to replace one idiot with another, a job well done. The lady and little girl in Aleppo may be dead. Meanwhile Putin sits back drinking top shelf American whiskey deciding who he is going to attack next.
 
 

They Have No Soul

   It is time for conservatives in this country to be strong in our beliefs in ourselves to make the right decision... and wise enough to unflinchingly support our candidate, Donald J. Trump. We are battling Hillary AND the Media AND Wall Street. They are profit driven and that's ok. But they have no morals. They really shouldn't be involved in politics. Most of the time, business is good for us. It is what makes this country so powerful and great to live in. But immoral businesses corrupting politicians, and screwing with our futures, is dangerous and wrong. That's why we need campaign finance reform, to keep Wall Street from buying and fashioning more Hillaries and Bills. These three, as they are, this trifecta...has no soul. It cannot be allowed to win. Be strong, be still. Be confidant. Stand tall and proud for your children and grandchildren. Set an example for them to follow.
   Otherwise, our offspring will be facing a 40, 50 trillion dollar debt and an immoral country. It's already heading that way. Even a liberal fool can see that. Let's turn it around. Vote for Donald Trump. 

Our Future Is Largely In The Hands of the Greedy Media

In answer to a question on the Huffington Post liberal rag...

Don't you think the answer to this question, in most cases, is a function of Media activity of one candidate over the other? If Media makes it appear that one candidate has a large advantage over the other, there is the effect of discouraging voters of the perceived underdog to the point where they may not vote, certainly. That is one purpose of the liberal media. Also, they are not so interested in the outcome of the election for the good of the country as they are concerned about which leader will develop an environment that will generate to most "clicks of controversy", making advertising profits. And there, liberals assaulting free enterprise, Capitalism, and Democracy...in favor of socialism and depression...are the natural choices for leadership and election coverage. It's Media profits driven. Now you can explain why things have gotten so bad to your grandchildren who will face their 40, or 50 trillion dollar debt.