tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171289819551237322024-03-13T06:11:07.747-04:00Tea Party TempestTea Party Tempest, where liberty and states rights are preciousTLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082095292093349754noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17128981955123732.post-64705047173448363402018-04-11T16:41:00.000-04:002018-05-03T20:17:19.268-04:00The Coup To Control The USA <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A caravan, as described by the media,
of 1000 individuals entered Mexico from Guatemala. This group of
people from Central America marched north carrying signs. One of
those signs read: “Fuera Donald Trump.” In <i>spanish</i>
"<i>fuera</i>" is used when you want to talk about,
dreams and wishes, even though the direct translation means outside.</div>
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This means the those in the caravan
and those who orchestrated it meant this to be an in-your-face-Trump
invasion of the USA. We are told these caravans happen annually, but
they typically get little media attention other than to tell us about
the poor little children all alone in the desert. When one of these
caravans crossed the US border, Glenn Beck fell for the propaganda
and actually took toys to where these people were being held.
Democrats and progressive republicans even made a law to protect
<i>Unaccompanied Minors</i>. Because of such a law they will put children,
teenagers, at the front of the line to make it appear it's just a
group of children. The media will spread those images all over
television and the internet. This is to play on emotions and to hide
what is really happening.</div>
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We have the NFL National Anthem
protests about police injustice. That seems to also include minority
sentencing. There is no doubt that blacks get longer sentences than
whites. Pointing to racism is the usual reaction, but is that the
reason? I am sure that could be some of the cause, but I suspect
that's not the global reason.</div>
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We know that blacks and other
minorities make up a large portion of the gang activity in US cities. I
suspect that a gang member will get more prison time for possession
of cocaine than someone who isn't in a gang.</div>
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We also know that crack cocaine is more
widely used by blacks than whites. Crack often gets a longer sentence
than other drugs because it's one of the most addictive drugs on the
streets. A person can get addicted from a single use. A crack addict
once told me he would sell his mom for a rock. He surely didn't mind
stealing from his mother.</div>
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When I first looked at this drawing on
Facebook my mind went to the US/Mexico border. As I read through the
comments, I saw that many agreed with me, while some saw Israel and
Palestine, and a few saw it as South Africa, even though there is no
wall.</div>
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Why would the leftist artist drawing
this see Mexico as a slum area? We know Mexico has areas like
Acapulco where people from all over the word vacation. We know
cities like Mexico City look like most large cities around the world.</div>
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We're told everyday that people sneak
into the USA to find a better way of life. What's wrong with life in
Mexico? In 2016 Mexico had an unemployment rate less than 4%. That
should indicate the country is thriving, especially when we look at
the number of US factories that move daily to Mexico. In Mexico they
have free healthcare, so that shouldn't be a reason to flee the
country.</div>
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Recently, we have been bombarded by news
of hate symbols. These symbols have varied from Swastikas to cotton
balls. Yes, you heard this right. There has been two instances of
people being offended by decorations made from raw cotton, which is
common throughout the southeast where cotton is one of the main
crops. These decorations are enjoyed for their rustic beauty.</div>
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The use of certain words have been a
point of contention. A sorority was threatened with suspension for
singing along with a hip-hop song that contained the word “niggas”.
This is a word I have often heard by whites and blacks since it
became popular in the hip-hop music genre.</div>
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There has been a movement since the
1930's to change America. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Democratic
Party used the Great Depression to begin a progressive takeover of
the country. This takeover came in the form of higher taxes and price
controls.</div>
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Today, we see the Democratic Party, the
ideological left, using the same tactics. Progressives,
despite the name, believes capitalism is the root of all evil. They
believe government should either own or place tight controls on all
businesses, no matter if it's large or small. Some might liken their
goals and tactics closer to those of Karl Marx. In either case, the
result is always failure.</div>
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I was asked recently why Jews are
hated. I found that to be a thought provoking question. It led me to
doing a lot of reading. Even after that I saw no clear reason. In
biblical times it had a lot to do with their religious believes.
Hitler hated Jews because of his time spent living in anti-Semitic,
Vienna. Hitler later came to associate Jews with communism. This is
likely due to the part Jews played in the Russian Bolshevik
revolution.</div>
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In Poland, "Judeo-Bolshevism"
was known as "Żydokomuna" and was used as an antisemitic
stereotype. There has been a long connection between Judaism and
communism. Some say this is a fallacy attributed to <i>The Protocols
of the Elders of Zion </i>that told of a plan by Jews to dominate the
world through communism.
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Whether it's democrat or republican,
you will hear free speech often addressed. I'm not sure if either
side truly believes in free speech. In Charlottesville, Virginia a
small group of about 200, made up of neo-Nazis and average citizens,
marched in protest to the removal of Confederate monuments honoring
past war heroes. Many on the left believe those monuments represent
traitors and slavers. I'm not going to debate that topic at this
time.
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The most concerning aspect, aside from
those hurt, is the violence that happened because many on the left
and some on the right didn't like the speech. It's hard to say who
threw the first punch, but AntiFa and BLM were involved and both have
a history of violence. When the police allowed the leftists to make
contact with protesters, the outcome of violence was inevitable. Some
believe the police encouraged this violence. We may never know
exactly what happened.</div>
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These days, politics is driven by
labels. There are three main groups, Conservative, Liberal(progressive), and
Libertarian. Note that I used capitals with those labels. That's
because those are names of groups. If we look closer, we will find
many use those labels who have varying beliefs.
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No matter the ideology, you will run
into purists who try to say who can wear the label and who can't.
I've personally run across that with upper case Libertarians, those
who belong to the party and claim to be purists. I've been told I'm
not libertarian because I believe differently on a few issues.</div>
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It seems, daily, I find anarchists who
sometimes carry the Libertarian label. On a given day I'll find an
anarchist who claims to be a progressive. I watch as people who all
carry the same label, arguing over some issue.</div>
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President Trump ran and was elected on
jobs. If you listen to democrats, there are more jobs than people,
which means labor must be Imported. Since the beginning of the
industrial age people have been worrying that machines would replace
humans, which is the main topic of this writing.</div>
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A friend and I were discussing
economics when he asked me what I thought about
minimum incomes and wages. I told him that in the USA the economy is regional and not
national. For that reason any minimum wage should be regional or
restricted to the state.</div>
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The Wall Street Journal just published
an article about labor shortages in United States. agricultural,
construction companies, restaurants and their complaint about labor
shortages due to a shortage of illegal immigrants. They complained
how they had to keep increasing wages in order to keep the employees
they have.</div>
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Throughout history businesses have
sought-out cheap labor. It's some of the extremes businesses have taken
that brought on the rise of unions, communism, and socialism.
Everyone is aware the part slavery played in the early USA and the
world. In the USA, agriculture required cheap labor, so they brought
in mostly African slaves. Slaves had little value for many industries
because they needed higher skilled labor. Even after slavery ended,
Africans still did a majority of the field work. This continued until
the late 60's when African-Americans became better educated and
sought out higher paying jobs.</div>
</div><a href="http://www.teapartytempest.com/2017/01/economics-of-illegal-immigration.html#more">Read more >></a>TLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082095292093349754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17128981955123732.post-31883576145420520542016-11-27T10:50:00.000-05:002018-05-03T19:53:29.309-04:00The Trump Divide: Getting Along<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Twitter and social media in general is
an interesting place where there is an exchange of ideas, even if
some of those exchanges are sometimes contentious. Tempers can flare,
especially when the topic is politics. President-elect Donald J.
Trump is a newcomer to the world of politics and he has created chaos
since day one. His running created a group of people who came to be
known as “never-trumpers.” The Republican Party and those who
often vote Republican became divided—battle lines were drawn. Some
of those people fought Trump, even to the point of possibly electing
Hillary Clinton as president. Even after the election of Donald J.
Trump, the coals of the feud are still hot.</div>
</div><a href="http://www.teapartytempest.com/2016/11/the-trump-divide-getting-along.html#more">Read more >></a>TLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082095292093349754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17128981955123732.post-25064220027551121942016-03-08T11:31:00.000-05:002018-05-03T19:50:36.268-04:00Personal Responsibility: Overdrafts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In one of my, You Might Be A
Progressive, series, I posted one that created quite a bit of
discussion. Y<i>ou might be a progressive if you believe a bank
should loan you money for free in the form of overdrafts. </i><span style="font-style: normal;">The
statement doesn't fully represent an overdraft, but it did create
discussion on the topic of bank overdraft fees.</span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;">Earlier
in the day, I had a progressive complain about the billions charged
to bank customers because of overdraft fees. A progressive on Twitter,
a Bernie Sanders fan, said, “Banks collected over $30 billion in
overdraft fees last year from people who could ill-afford it.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;">This
is classic progressive thinking. I have no reason to doubt the $30
billion figure and don't deny that these fees are set high and
increases company profits. What progressives don't understand,
overdraft fees aren't solely motivated by profit. These fees are to
dissuade people from writing checks for amounts greater than their
balance. Intentionally writing a bad check is against the law even if
you plan on depositing funds to cover that check before it clears.</span></div>
</div><a href="http://www.teapartytempest.com/2016/03/personal-responsibility-overdrafts.html#more">Read more >></a>TLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082095292093349754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17128981955123732.post-19714970076662764702016-02-26T09:05:00.000-05:002016-02-26T09:05:34.057-05:00Medicaid<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For decades, Democrats have said
Republicans are heartless. Statistics show that conservatives are
some of the most charitable people in the country. Yet they can
sometimes appear heartless when it comes to such things as Medicaid.
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The conflict between small government
and Medicaid is clear, but at this time, there is no alternative.
Presidential candidate Donald Trump came under attack after saying he
was for cutting government, but he wouldn't let people die in the
street. That means he has no current plan to cut or reduce Medicaid
other than the forced expansion found in the Affordable Care Act.
The ACA tried to force states to expand Medicaid programs with little
to no financial backing.
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I've written about lowercase and
uppercase libertarians. Uppercase libertarians are those who follow
the principles of the Libertarian Party. They seem to set hard lines
and allow for little deviation. This is one of the reasons they have
trouble garnering votes in elections.</div>
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We find most lowercase libertarians
voting Republican because they tend to have more in common with
Conservatives. It's mostly in social areas and war that they find
differences. The one area where all lowercase libertarians disagree
with the Libertarian Party, is the border.</div>
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Hard core Libertarians don't want
borders. They believe people should be able to travel freely around
the world. What they fail to understand, is that without borders
there is no country. Why do they participate in an election in a
country they don't think should exist? This is bordering on one world
order thinking.</div>
</div><a href="http://www.teapartytempest.com/2016/02/why-libertarian-party-fails.html#more">Read more >></a>TLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082095292093349754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17128981955123732.post-36381288677385693932016-01-03T09:06:00.000-05:002016-02-26T09:07:30.811-05:00Need For An Armed Society.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It
was a normal day at work. People streamed into the parking lot as they
had done every Friday. This morning was to be different. The normal
sound of cars rumbling and people talking was replaced by five loud
explosions as the gun repeatedly fired. People looked around in
confusion and concern. This was a parking lot where even fights were a
scarcity, much less gun violence. But that morning it had all changed.
That morning a man died.<br>
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That morning a friend of mine
stepped out of the car she had been riding in to work. This same woman
had spent the past year riding to work with me, so I knew her well. The
twenty minute ride to work allowed me a lot of time to know who she was
as a person. But that day I learned something new.<br>
</div><a href="http://www.teapartytempest.com/2016/01/need-for-armed-society.html#more">Read more >></a>TLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082095292093349754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17128981955123732.post-45795508594823331742015-08-29T22:22:00.001-04:002015-08-30T01:26:57.858-04:00Deporting Illegal Immigrants: A Simple Task<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Republican presidential candidate,
Donald Trump, has been talking about deporting illegal immigrants and
having them reenter the correct way. Trump, also wants to find some
way to eliminate anchor babies – babies born to women crossing the
border simply to have an American born child so both can remain
legally in the country. Because of these statements, we have heard
all kinds of rhetoric from opponents, like, “He wants to deport
American citizen children.”</div>
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No one wants to, or will, strip
citizenship from children born in this country, and will especially
not deport those children. But with proper government action, the
parents can be deported. Those parents can choose to leave their
children in the USA with relatives, or they can return with the
parents to their native country.</div>
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</div></div><a href="http://www.teapartytempest.com/2015/08/deporting-illegal-immigrants-simple-task.html#more">Read more >></a>TLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082095292093349754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17128981955123732.post-13827153469037035532015-08-13T20:21:00.001-04:002015-08-13T20:21:15.675-04:00Interacting With Police<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today, we hear over and over how police
single out blacks for abuse. I am sure there are many times when this
is the case because we find racism everywhere. There are other
forms of prejudices that are rampant. Because of past violence,
there is sometimes prejudices against bikers. Bikers have often been
stopped simply because of their mode of transportation and
appearance. The LGBT community also faces discrimination by police.
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</div><a href="http://www.teapartytempest.com/2015/08/interacting-with-police.html#more">Read more >></a>TLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082095292093349754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17128981955123732.post-52945617209040829682015-07-26T19:07:00.001-04:002015-07-26T19:07:52.202-04:00Reasoning Behind Eliminating Business Tax<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Whenever elimination of
corporate/business taxes are mentioned, people get excited. People
have been conditioned to see corporations as greedy entities. We see
this conditioning happening all the time on television and in movies where
CEOs are seen as Scrooge types who care more for profit than human
lives. There are some who might be much like the Scrooge character,
but there are many more who care for their employees. What we can't
forget is that the CEO's primary obligation is to the stockholders.
Sometimes it's hard not to hate a corporation when you have to deal
with tech support or try to solve a simple billing problem. I
sometimes feel like punishing them myself, but I know taxation should
never be about punishment.</div>
</div><a href="http://www.teapartytempest.com/2015/07/reasoning-behind-eliminating-business.html#more">Read more >></a>TLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082095292093349754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17128981955123732.post-55664521401722680692015-05-16T20:09:00.001-04:002015-05-17T11:54:32.871-04:00Mistake of Government Controlled Marriage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today we have the issue of gay marriage
that is creating division across American, and many places around the
world. We have two sides, both are entrenched and unwilling to budge
a fraction of an inch. There was national outrage by
progressives when a pizza owner said she wouldn't cater gay
weddings(doesn't cater any weddings), but would, and have, happily
welcomed gays daily as a customer. There was a threat to burn down the eatery. The owners
received death threats. They were harassed to the point they were
forced to close until conservatives came to their aid.</div>
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People divide this issue along the
lines of religion and discrimination. Both sides have valid points. I
say we just need to solve the problem. The easiest way, or at least
simplest sounding, is to remove marriage from government. We have
couples of the same gender, and of opposite gender, that choose to
make a lifetime commitment. Even heterosexual couples sometimes
choose not to enter into a government devised contract. Because a
couple chooses not to get married, or can't because of laws, they
cannot take advantage of certain government benefits.
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</div><a href="http://www.teapartytempest.com/2015/05/mistake-of-government-controlled.html#more">Read more >></a>TLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082095292093349754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17128981955123732.post-60310607280835744452015-02-23T19:09:00.003-05:002015-03-08T12:06:29.380-04:00Keystone XL: An Objective View<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It
seems an eternity since we first
learned of Keystone XL, the pipeline to bring tar-sands oil from the
Canadian province of Alberta. At times, it sounds like people think
this is a proposed pipeline. There are parts that are in the
proposal stage, but there is nearly a 1000 miles of pipeline finished,
including a completed branch that goes to southern Illinois.</div>
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All was going well until the pipeline
made its way to Arkansas—that's when environmentalist made their
stand. The details of why are boring, but it was something about the
type of soil and that a spill from tar-sands oil would be
environmentally worse than other oils. An alternative route was
eventually found through the state. Obama brought in the EPA to look
into the pipeline. This is where it now stands – the EPA and
president refuse to give the go ahead.
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</div><a href="http://www.teapartytempest.com/2015/02/keytone-xl-objective-view.html#more">Read more >></a>TLChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082095292093349754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17128981955123732.post-8516935114817245462014-10-20T08:07:00.000-04:002014-10-20T08:07:00.517-04:00Common Ground<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I recently had a conversation about
opposing ideologies finding common ground and willing to view
problems facing both sides. Unless we are willing to open our minds
to problems facing both sides, then we can never find common
ground. No matter if people are left or right, they are still
citizens and the Constitution and all laws apply to them equally.</div>
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We can take this to an extreme and
point to the Civil War. There were two differences of opinion and
neither side could find common ground. Because the country had a weak
leader who couldn't find a resolution to problems, he resorted to
guns. Unless something changes, the USA is once more on that same
course.
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The USA has two major ideologies and
both have been conditioned to hate one another. Most of the time,
each side wants all or nothing, whether it's gay marriage or drug
legalization. Let's take a moment and revisit history and see what
happens when both sides become immovable objects that refuse to
change.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTKFfG2b1mVB2Pce9GO-l58C1BXuYwlGnhj1D7XUd-3SRiE2_EHdyhv75BEDk-T2yG4MIpn9CcTTKqw7lIfM_0-iJladoskWlWrZwoZXEwD7AkKslLt5mp9wVR7gIOQdYKeEDZs8RMw/s1600/page2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTKFfG2b1mVB2Pce9GO-l58C1BXuYwlGnhj1D7XUd-3SRiE2_EHdyhv75BEDk-T2yG4MIpn9CcTTKqw7lIfM_0-iJladoskWlWrZwoZXEwD7AkKslLt5mp9wVR7gIOQdYKeEDZs8RMw/s1600/page2.png" height="231" width="320"></a>Salon.com posted an article by Alex
Henderson, titled: <span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/09/20/10_red_r/states_that_mooch_off_the_federal_government_partne">States
That Mooch Off The Federal Government Partner</a></u></span></span>.
The article listed ten so-called red states that receive more federal
dollars than paid out. This argument has often been used to prove
that Republican economics don't work. I take offense that free market
practices are attached only to republicans, but that's another argument.
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Let's first ask where red and blue
labels originated. The red label is less simpler as it's the color
used for the enemy on a military strategy map, at least according to
the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/weekinreview/ideas-trends-one-state-two-state-red-state-blue-state.html">New
York times</a>. Some think it might have been an attempt to associate
republicans with communists. Attaching colors and symbolism to
movements is a common tactic. That make sense if we use history's
reference to the red menace, the Soviet Union. The blue state
monicker came about because of geographic location. Most blue
states are located along the coast, especially Pacific blue states.
It was during the 2000 election that states got an official color
designation because of how they voted in the presidential election.
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On 9/12, 2009, I stood with 1 million
other Americans on the Capitol lawn to remember the feelings we all
had the day after 9/11, 2001. The people standing with me knew the
problems that led to the terrorists attacking the World Trade Center
for a second time. Today it seems few know why 9/11 happened, and I
suspect most people don't care.</div>
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The reason we were attacked is very
simple, religious fanatics who have come to hate America. Our country
has become the symbol of the western culture and Christianity. We are
the Infidels—the Zionists. History tells us the Crusades lasted
nearly 200 years, but truth be told, they never ended. War after war
pitted Muslim against Christian.</div>
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The latest news of the day is about
Immigration and Customs Enforcement releasing 36,000 convicted
criminals who are in the country illegally and legally. This
information is being presented as an anti Obama campaign. No matter
how bad Obama is made to look he will continue to be president for 3
more years. What's important, is this narrative distracts us from the
real message contained in those numbers.</div>
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To fully understand the numbers we must
know that the initial report listed 87,818 immigrants who were
released, 36,007 were slated for deportation. All of my numbers will
come from the complete list of 87,818. Of this huge number of
criminals, most were convicted of driving under the influence of
alcohol or drugs , of which many were slated for deportation.
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When we break the numbers down, less
than half of the 87,000 or 36,000 were violent criminals. When it
came to rape and murder we find the numbers are much lower. Now this
has been reduced to the worst case, let's look into who is at fault.</div>
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Homicide
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Sex offenses
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Sexual assault
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I have been wanting to write about the
Benham brothers, but facts seem to be elusive. I was also at odds as
to what approach to take. As of today it's only the brothers
speaking. So far HGTV has been silent on the matter. It is for this
reason I can only use the brother's words to base my writing. Now to
start at the beginning.</div>
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This week it came to light that two
brothers were suppose to have a house flipping show on HGTV. The show
never aired because of statements made by the brothers. As with Phil
Robinson, it came down to their comments about homosexuals. Even
though they try to make it about traditional marriage, it's much
more. David and Jason Benham have often quoted bible verses as they
crusaded against same sex marriage. For this reason they have been
saying they were bullied off the air by the homosexual agenda because
they are Christians.</div>
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I have been looking for evidence of
that bullying. Usually some group or organizations is named as the
culprit. It was not until last night I learned who these bullies
were. Benham said that after the show was announced in New York,
“that's when the blogging began.” then referring to HGTV Benham
said: “They got bullied.” This made me sit up, take notice, and
ask myself, “How can bloggers bully?”</div>
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As a blogger, albeit small time, I have
spent a decade spilling my thoughts and facts – that I feel are
well researched – onto the web. I'm sure I have spoken negatively
about many people or groups for something they said or did. Could
anything I ever wrote be considered bullying? Of course not.</div>
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