tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111766442024-03-13T08:25:11.712-04:00Joe's RantsWelcome to My Blog. I rant. I prefer to rave but I have many more opportunities to rant. Until now I have ranted to my friends via e-mail. So that I might keep some friends I'll rant here from now on. My friends can come here on a volunteer basis to read my rants. When I have to rave I'll use e-mail so that my friends won't miss out.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-4687560126473481712015-06-16T14:46:00.000-04:002015-06-16T14:46:07.963-04:00Don't Throw Stones If You Live In A Glass House<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I read a story carried by AddictingInfo.org titled
"American ‘Ally’ Saudi Arabia Beheads 100 People In Just 6
Months."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It admonishes the United
States for being an ally of Saudi Arabia in spite of their high number of
executions.</div>
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I know the usage of the death penalty in the United States,
especially in Texas, is among the worst in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I pulled together some data for
comparison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found data for a block of
years - 2007-2012 - for all the countries in the world and separately I found
data for the same years regarding Texas.</div>
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Only four countries in the world held more executions than
the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are: China,
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the
countries that we accuse of inhumanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Such fine company we keep.</div>
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Since Texas performs the majority of US executions, I
decided to compare Texas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only 5
countries in the world executed more people than Texas during the years
2007-2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As if that isn’t bad enough,
since Texas is only one of 50 US states I decided to rank the nations based on
executions per 100 million people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Texas
had a higher execution rate than any country in the world during the years
2007-2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, Texas executed 20%
more than the second highest country, Iran, and 73% more than Saudi Arabia.</div>
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One could argue that the Saudis do it less humanely and
publicly but dead is dead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The US also
executes minors and the mentally retarded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The United States is the only country that has not signed a treaty that
bans executions of minors who were under age 18 at the time of their crime. The
US has executed 281 minors during its history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In 1987 there were 32 minors on death row.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the US Supreme Court abolished the
death penalty for the mentally retarded in 2002, states have continued to
execute them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year two mentally
retarded men were executed in one week in Texas and Georgia.</div>
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The United States carries on about how exceptional it is but
when compared to other nations the United States does poorly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are #1 militarily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read recently that the United States has a
higher death rate among women during child birth than any other developed
nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are #35!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s certainly exceptional.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Exceptionally bad.</div>
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<br />Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-80629583636248011492014-08-09T23:39:00.000-04:002014-08-09T23:40:31.319-04:00Too Many People Are Abusing Our American Flag<br />
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<span class="userContent">Don't abuse and misuse our American Flag and
call it patriotic. How many times have you seen a dirty, faded, thread
bare American Flag attached to a car antenna? Sometimes half the flag
is gone; torn away bit by bit as it is whipped by th<span class="text_exposed_show">e
wind. How often do you see the American flag flying in the rain or
flying at night without being illuminated. If you want to display the
American Flag do it the right way and for the right purpose.</span></span><br />
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stick flags in your flower bed so that they are touching the ground or
draped across a plant and don't leave them out at night unless you have a
light shinning on them.</span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">A flag isn't supposed to be used for
advertising. I won't do business with a company that flies the flag to
attract the business of patriots. When a business flies several flags,
every day, all night and in the rain, it isn't to honor our flag.<br /> <br /> </span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">Don't wear the flag around you neck, on your forehead or as a scarf.
Just because a company makes and sells flags for that purpose doesn't
make it right. Don't wear it as a patch on you coat unless you are in
uniform and you are military, police or firefighter.<br /> <br /> When a
flag is no longer in presentable condition it must be properly retired.
Tossing it into a trash can is not an approved method. The flag should
be burned. If you don't or can't retire it properly, take it to your
local VFW or American Legion. They will do it for you.</span></span><br />
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<br />Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-11373777658309267672014-08-09T23:25:00.000-04:002014-08-09T23:25:42.495-04:00Eric Garner's Death Due To Homicide<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Eric
Garner regularly sold individual cigarettes, called loosies, for 75
cents or 2 for a dollar. Eric bought the cigarettes for $5 a pack and
sold them for $7 per pack up to $15 a pack sold individually. Eric's
profit was about $150 per day. In Midtown, a pack can cost $12.50 so
there was a demand for Eric's cigarettes.<br /> <br /> Eric has been arrested several times for selling untaxed cigarettes, whic<span class="text_exposed_show">h is a misdemeanor. He pays a fine and goes home.<br /> <br />
Eric was recently arrested again. The policeman in this situation
should have issued a citation or a summons and ordered Eric to stop
selling. Instead the policeman called for backup with the intent of
taking Eric into custody.<br /> <br /> Eric knew that being arrested was
improper and he protested civilly. The police decided to use force and
wrestled Eric to the sidewalk. One policeman, with a record of
excessive force, put Eric in an unlawful choke hold that is specifically
banned by police regulations.<br /> <br /> Eric complained repeatedly that
he could not breathe but the police held him down and cuffed him. Eric
lost consciousness. The onlookers called on the police to help Eric but
they were ignored.<br /> <br /> Two emergency medical technicians showed up and checked for a pulse but did nothing else.<br /> <br /> While the police and EMTs stood by, Eric died.<br /> <br />
The EMTs have been suspended or fired. Some of the police have been
placed on modified duty. The medical examiner has ruled that Eric's
death was a homicide. <br /> <br /> At least one policeman is expected to be charged with 2nd degree murder or manslaughter. <br /> <br />
Manslaughter, in my opinion isn't enough. Charging one policeman is
not enough. All of the police and the EMTs stood over Eric as he died
at their feet. Each of these professional guardians of our safety chose
to ignore Eric's medical distress. Had they attempted to relieve his
distress in any way and he still died, I would charge all but one
policeman with manslaughter and the policeman who choked Eric with 2nd
degree murder.<br /> <br /> But not one of them acted to prevent Eric's
death. They knew he was having difficulty breathing and did not act.
They knew when he lost consciousness and did not act. They knew his
heart had stopped when the EMT checked Eric but none of them took any
action. They knowingly allowed Eric to remain in a state of stress that
could and did kill him.<br /> <br /> They should be charged with
premeditated murder because they decided, at a time when Eric was still
alive, to withhold assistance that would have saved Eric's life.
Assistance that they are entrusted to provide.<br /> <br /> Eric's death was
not accidental. It was not unintentional. Eric was intentionally
murdered for selling cigarettes for 75 cents.</span></span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-89907356539881232962014-08-09T23:20:00.001-04:002014-08-09T23:20:32.601-04:00No Place For The Confederate Flag<span class="userContent">Americans shouldn't honor the flags of
traitors.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">The current flag of Mississippi contains the confederate flag
on a background of the bars and stars confederate flag. Until this
century the Georgia flag contained a confederate flag. The <span class="text_exposed_show">current
flags of Georgia and North Carolina have backgrounds containing
portions of the confederate bars and stars flag. Flags of the
confederacy or one of the confederate states are the flags of traitors and
enemy governments.</span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">Flying any of these flags or a flag that honors
them is disrespectful of the United States, its Constitution and its
citizens. </span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">Some Southerners call the Civil War the War of Northern
Aggression. This is untrue. The Confederacy started the Civil War when
it seceded from the Union and attacked Fort Sumter.</span></span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-75836319467389203202014-08-09T23:13:00.000-04:002014-08-09T23:15:00.125-04:00Ugandan Anti-Gay Legislation Overturned! Sad Day For Some Evangelicals.<br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">The
three American evangelical Christians who encouraged the Ugandans to
enact a law that made the persistent practice of homosexuality
punishable by death must be very disappointed that the high court of
Uganda has struck down that law.</span><br />
<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><br /> The evangelical Christians
were Scott Lively, an author who has written several books opposing
homosexuality; Caleb Lee Brundidge, a self-professed former gay ma<span class="text_exposed_show">n
who conducts sessions to heal homosexuality; and Don Schmierer, a board
member of Exodus International, an organization devoted to promoting
"freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus Christ". The
three men held conferences in Uganda with the theme being the "gay
agenda": "how to make gay people straight, how gay men often sodomized
teenage boys and how 'the gay movement is an evil institution' whose
goal is 'to defeat the marriage-based society and replace it with a
culture of sexual promiscuity' "<br /> <br /> These claims are untrue.
Homosexuals do not recruit heterosexuals. Homosexuals are not
pedophiles; pedophiles are pedophiles! The gay movement is not out to
defeat the marriage-based society and replace it with a culture of
sexual promiscuity. They want to expand society's definition of
marriage to include same-sex couples. As for promiscuity, these
evangelicals need to refer to Matthew 7:3 “Why do you look at the speck
of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in
your own eye?" The divorce rate of evangelicals is highest among major
U.S. religions, including atheism. The Bible Belt leads the nation in
the consumption of Gay and straight internet pornography. The majority
of states with a high percentage of gay viewers is in the South.
According to internet site data, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia lead
the South in gay porn consumption, and the state with the highest
percentage of gay porn viewers in the nation is Mississippi at 5.6%.</span></span>
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amnesty to illegal aliens. He has asked Congress to enact immigration
reform. But the House Republicans are committed to blocking anything
that the President wants and anything that the Senate has <span class="text_exposed_show">passed. <br /> <br />
The Dream Act, which is NOT amnesty, was passed by the Senate 2 years
ago. The House Republicans won't put it to a vote in the House. Since
the Republicans will do nothing, the President instructed the Justice
Department and Homeland Security not to deport any youth that the Dream
Act would apply to.<br /> <br /> Currently, the President is considering a
similar temporary order that would apply to adults who meet very strict
requirements. The order would halt deportations, grant work permits and
allow some to get drivers' licenses.<br /> <br /> The President and the
Democrats would prefer to pass immigration reforms but the House
Republicans, who appear to be taking their instructions from Senator Ted
Cruz, will not vote on any reasonable reform legislation. The only
bills they have passed on immigration won't pass the Senate. One such
bill would accelerate deportation, especially the deportation of the
children, many of whom are qualified for asylum.<br /> <br /> Less than one
year ago Senator Marco Rubio and other prominent Republicans had
proposed a bipartisan bill for immigration reform, which was expected to
pass both houses. Later Rubio advised his Republicans to oppose the
legislation. I suspect that Rubio changed his mind because he did not
want to upset the Tea Party and their far far right base.<br /> <br /> As
the President works to accomplish something in spite of the Republicans,
the Republicans have shifted from working on a bipartisan reform to
suing the President for doing what they now refuse to do.<br /> <br />
Anyone who thinks that President Obama has been soft on undocumented
aliens is reminded that he has spent more to secure the border than
previous presidents, he has deported many more people than any other
president and he has prosecuted more employers who persistently employ
undocumented aliens than any other president.<br /> <br /> Before condemning what the administration has done or is considering, make sure you know the facts.</span></span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-30017412618676893012014-08-09T22:52:00.000-04:002014-08-09T22:52:56.506-04:00Thirteen Years in Afghanistan<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Many of our troops in Afghanistan were in preschool when the Afghanistan War began.<br /> <br /> How many more of our children and grandchildren will we lose in Afghanistan?</span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-6602824309268736792014-08-09T22:05:00.002-04:002014-08-09T22:10:36.260-04:00Do Native Americans Have The Right To Be Offended?<span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:0"></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0"> I posted a picture of a Kansas City Chiefs fan dressed to mimic a Native American alongside of a couple of pictures featuring black face. I said that they are all equally shameful.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">An old friend commented, "</span></span></span></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204544855489254:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204544855489254:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204544855489254:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0">My
grandmother on my dads side was full blooded Indian. I have a lot of
Indian blood in me. I am not offended one bit by the Indian costumes.
Maybe I'm not the norm.</span></span></span>"</span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">I
think a person has to have more than Native American ancestry.
According to my DNA analysis my mother and father come from Irish
ancestors but I'm not personally offended if a Brit demeans an Irishman
but I disapprove of such comments. My wife is as </span></span><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3"><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0">Italian
as Trevi Fountain but she often refers to things uniquely Italian as
"quinea" this or that. I don't like it when she uses that word in that
way but it means nothing to her. That's not true of all Italians. If
an Italian is offended when she says guinea it is not the Italian's
fault, it is her fault.</span><br data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$1:0" /><br data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$3:0" /><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$4:0">Just
because the offender doesn’t see the problem with his demeaning
language doesn't disqualify the feelings of the person offended.</span><br data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$5:0" /><br data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$7:0" /><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$8:0">Too
many of us act and speak without any consideration of the impact they
have on the people around them. They claim that they are exercising
their personal freedom. But doing so without considering others is
irresponsible and a violation of the rights of others. Operating a
motorcycle or a car with inadequate exhaust muffling or, worse yet, a
muffler designed to accentuate exhaust noise is considered a personal
liberty by some but most people are annoyed by the unnecessary noise and
feel that their rights are being violated. I think such noise is
illegal and I think an adult that takes pleasure in making excessive
noise is immature and offensive. </span><br data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$9:0" /><br data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$11:0" /><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$12:0">If
you were a Native American that observed Native American traditions and
practiced one of the many Native American religions, you would be a
Native American in spirit, which you would not be simply because one of
your grandmothers was a Native American. Then you might very well be
offended when someone said "redskin" or wore makeup and a costume to
mimic the appearance of a Native American just as "black </span></span></span></span></span>face and big
white lips" mimicked African Americans.<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3"><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".2b.1:3:1:$comment10204539165347004_10204545310340625:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$12:0"></span></span></span></span></span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-5607748010216409762014-08-09T21:35:00.000-04:002014-08-09T21:35:53.433-04:00Phony 'Victims' of Obamacare<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dLygg8fove0/U-bLM2OIeVI/AAAAAAAAAfY/wL3wiohyW10/s1600/Rove.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dLygg8fove0/U-bLM2OIeVI/AAAAAAAAAfY/wL3wiohyW10/s1600/Rove.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j0QnADYcPPw/U-bLL184RTI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/oCt5ECThElw/s1600/McKim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j0QnADYcPPw/U-bLL184RTI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/oCt5ECThElw/s1600/McKim.jpg" /></a><span class="userContent">Karl Rove's propaganda machine is running a
new ad featuring another "victim" of Obamacare. As with all the
previous attack ads this victim's claim, that her family is hurt by
Obamacare, doesn't agree with the available facts. The ad blam<span class="text_exposed_show">es
Democratic Senator Mark Udall for voting for Obamacare. The victim,
Richelle McKim, is an employee of an energy company which is one of the
largest donors to Senator <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=17204170252" href="https://www.facebook.com/markudall">Mark Udall</a>'s opponent in the upcoming election.<br /> <br /> </span></span><br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">McKim claims in the ad that she had to go back to work because of
Obamacare but in an interview with a local news reporter she said that
it was not due to the Affordable Care Act. McKim's husband has high
blood pressure and until the Affordable Care Act, he could not get
affordable insurance. McKim claims in the ad that health care reform
has hurt families in Colorado but the facts indicate that the number of
uninsured in Colorado has dropped significantly due to the Affordable
Care Act.<br /> <br /> Mark Udall is a member of the Senate Energy and
Natural Resources Committee and a strong advocate for developing
renewable energy sources and reducing our use of carbon based fuels.
This is the reason that Karl Rove and McKim's employer want to defeat
Udall. However, instead of attacking Udall's position on renewable
energy, Rove is attacking his support of the Affordable Care Act.<br /> <br />
And, since the Affordable Care Act is doing good things for Coloradans,
Karl Rove has to create phony victims who are willing to tell lies.</span></span><br />
<br />
Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-39645363472345539922014-08-09T21:27:00.000-04:002014-08-09T21:27:55.989-04:00Capital Punishment; How Many Innocent Victims?<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Three
arson cases are in the news. A man jailed 42 years ago at the age of
16 has been released because the latest arson science proves that the
fire was not arson. A second man, jailed for 24 years, may soon be
freed for the same reason. Arson experts found that a fire for which a
third man was sentenced to death in Texas was not arson. A special
commission in Texas found that the man should <span class="text_exposed_show">be
retried. The Texas governor dismissed the commission and their
recommendation and allowed the man to be executed because a prison
inmate testified that the accused confessed that he was guilty.
However, 10 years later investigators have found that the prosecutor
concealed the fact that the inmate was promised a reduced sentence if he
testified that he had heard a confession. The jailhouse witness has
also admitted that his testimony was a lie.<br /> <br /> Three innocent men.
They were in prison a total of 77 years in prison. One is still in
prison. One was executed. All were innocent.<br /> <br /> Hundreds of
convicted people have been found innocent and released. Now there is
significant evidence that at least one innocent person was executed.
How much longer will the US allow states to execute people, when we know
that our legal process convicts innocent people, sometimes because of
misconduct by the prosecution?</span></span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-80143485953831656672014-05-03T08:52:00.000-04:002014-05-03T08:52:36.089-04:00Why aren't the existing laws prohibiting pay discrimination adequate?<span data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:2"></span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">Equal
pay for equal work should have been protected by the Civil Rights Act
and the Equal Pay Act, both enacted in the 60’s. But each had a
weakness that the courts allowed employers to take advantage of.</span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">The
Civil Rights Act was interpreted by the S</span></span><span data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3"><span data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0">upreme
Court in a way that made the protection impossible to use. The Supreme
Court said that the victim must identify the discrimination within 180
days of its first occurrence. That’s not a practical possibility and it
was not what the legislators had intended. So, they changed the law so
that the victim must complain within 180 days of the occurrence of any
discrimination rather than only the first occurrence of discrimination.
This correction was the Lily Ledbetter Act.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3"><span data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0">The Equal Pay Act also
allowed discriminating employers to win in court. The Equal Pay Act
said that every employee should be given equal pay for equal work except
when the unequal pay is the result of a “factor other than sex.” There
are factors that justify paying one person more than another although
they perform equal work. However, the Equal Pay Act didn’t require that
the factor, identified by the employer, must be a legitimate business
reason, which is not discriminatory. Seniority is a valid factor.
Being unmarried is not a valid factor. So, the Paycheck Fairness Act is
intended to ensure that the “factor other than sex” is a valid,
non-discriminatory factor.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3"><span data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".j6.1:3:1:$comment10203582378587933_90711656:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$0:0">The courts don’t always decide a case based
on the spirit of the law. Sometimes they are willing to ignore the
original intent and accept arguments that are technically correct even
though they violate the intent of the law. The Supreme Court is always
asked to rule on the “intent” of the law, especially when dealing with
the Constitution.</span></span></span></span></span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-38311669420736639802014-05-03T08:43:00.000-04:002014-05-03T08:43:30.020-04:00Republican Health Care Reform Strategy - Doubledown to Repeal<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">The
GOP reminds me of a compulsive gambler. A compulsive gambler keeps
telling himself that his losing streak is going to end with his last
bet. He doesn’t want to quit playing while he’s losing. He knows his
luck will change; he just has to hang in there until it does. It
usually doesn’t. He stops gambling only when he doesn’t have a penny
left to bet with.<br /> <br /> The GOP is handling Obamacare jus<span class="text_exposed_show">t
like the compulsive gambler deals with a losing streak. The public may
not love Obamacare (mostly because they don’t know what Obamacare
is…really). But, most of the public wants to keep Obamacare and improve
it. The GOP wants to repeal it and by GOD they aren’t going to change
their minds about that.<br /> <br /> A couple of years ago most of the
Republican lead states decided that they would not expand Medicaid to
close the gap between the state’s existing Medicaid program and the
Public Exchange. Most states cut off Medicaid below the minimum income
to qualify for the Public Exchange. The federal government committed to
pay 100% of the cost of expanding Medicaid for the first 3 years and
90% of the cost thereafter. You have to make more than 138% of the
Federal Poverty Level in order to qualify for the Public Exchange.
Everyone who earns 138% of the FPL or less will be covered by Medicaid.
Many states didn’t qualify people up to 138% of the FPL, some states
cut off Medicaid if you earn more than 25% of the FPL (about $6,000 for a
family of 4). The federal government would pay for the cost of
Medicaid for everyone whose income falls between each state’s existing
Medicaid maximum income and 138% of the FPL.<br /> <br /> However, most
Republican lead states like my state of South Carolina, refused to
accept the additional federal funding. Consequently, about 11 million
people will not have health care coverage in those states. Many of
those people will use hospital emergency rooms when they are sick. That
cost will be in the billions and will drive up the cost of health care
for everybody.<br /> <br /> Now you would think that the GOP would accept
the federally funded Medicaid expansion if not so that 11 million people
have adequate health care, then in order to prevent higher health care
costs. But, most of the Red States said no.<br /> <br /> Now that Obamacare
is up and running successfully and the majority of Americans do not
want to repeal Obamacare, why are the Red States not expanding Medicaid?
Why are GOP congressmen still calling for the repeal of Obamacare?<br /> <br /> Is this a winning strategy or will the GOP lose like the compulsive gambler?<br /> <br />
I think they will lose if they keep resisting Obamacare but I could be
wrong. Most Americans don’t understand Obamacare, the Public Exchange
and Medicaid Expansion and refuse to learn about them. If they did
understand, I think they would disapprove of the GOP’s strategy. If
enough of them don’t do their homework and know only what the neighbor
tells them or what they hear on Fox News then the Republicans may get
away with their strategy.<br /> <br /> What do you think most Americans will do?</span></span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-76469392942969565012014-05-03T08:37:00.000-04:002014-05-03T08:37:54.015-04:00Who are Cliven Bundy's Defenders?<span class="userContent">Defending Cliven Bundy: A family activity!<br /> No one too old - no one too young.<br /> Bring the kids and stand guard together.<br /> <br /> Shelley Shelton, her son, Chris Shelton, and her one-week-old grandson are in Nevada defending Cliven Bundy. I wondered<span class="text_exposed_show">
who would bring their new-born grandchild to an armed conflict with the
federal government, so I looked for this grandmother and her son and
found that they own and operate a power washing business in Las Vegas.
They look like a typical family - next door neighbors. But, they aren't
typical. How many families do you know that would grab up the
grandkids, lawnchairs and assault weapons and spend a few weeks
confronting the federal government to defend an anti-government racist
militant rancher who is ripping off the government and the taxpayers?
This family has a serious problem. I think that they are guilty of
criminal endangerment of the grandchild. They are not courageous
patriots.</span></span><br />
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Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-65082009285045649942014-05-03T08:12:00.000-04:002014-05-03T08:12:33.150-04:00Why America Has Inadequate Mental Healthcare<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">America
has a serious problem with untreated mental illness. Prior to 1981 the
federal government maintained mental institutions throughout the
country. In 1980 President Jimmy Carter authorized funding to continue
those institutions and added research programs.<br /> <br /> One month later
Carter was defeated by Ronald Reagan the federal funding of those
mental institutions was discontinued. The mentally <span class="text_exposed_show">ill
who were neither homicidal nor suicidal were eventually released from
care. They were either cared for by relatives or became homeless and
still are.<br /> <br /> Under Ronald Reagan, who also ignored the aids
epidemic and the need for aids treatment research, care for and the
treatment of the mentally ill all but completely ceased under Reagan.<br /> <br />
My Down Syndrome son was born in 1982. My son entered early
intervention treatment when he was only 3 months old to encourage gross
motor and mental development. That treatment is critically important.
Ronald Reagan saw this as an opportunity to cut federal spending in
order to fund his massive tax cuts. The programs were terminated. The
teachers and therapists that had worked with Jon and his peers
disappeared. Funding of the Department of Mental Rehabilitation has
never fully recovered.<br /> <br /> Inadequate mental health services is a
contributing factor to the violence in America. Let us all thank Ronald
Reagan for that inadequacy and so much more.</span></span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-64881651185332461942014-05-03T08:07:00.000-04:002014-05-03T08:07:47.037-04:00Is Voter Suppression Racism?<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Changes
to voter ID requirements and reduced access to polls and absentee
voting is intended to suppress Democratic voting, not to prevent voter
fraud as claimed by Republican lead state governments that are enacting
the changes. The Republicans are making changes that disproportionately
affect Democratic voters. The voters affected are the poor, the
elderly and the young.<br /> <br /> Urban areas are predo<span class="text_exposed_show">minantly
Democratic. Therefore, making changes that only affect urban areas and
disproportionately affect the poor can significantly reduce Democratic
voting and give Republican candidates a winning advantage in swing
states.<br /> <br /> I believe that racism is still a significant issue in
the United States, however, even though the African American population
is impacted the most by voter suppression, the suppression is not
racism. The urban African American vote is being suppressed because it
is predominantly Democratic not because the voters are black.<br /> <br />
Even though suppression looks and feels like racism because the
population most affected is black, I think Democrats should be careful
not to call this racism because it is a weaker argument that is easily
attacked.</span></span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-67054425742741196692014-05-03T08:04:00.000-04:002014-05-03T08:04:43.120-04:00Confederate Memorial Day<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Confederate Memorial Day will be celebrated this week where I live in South Carolina.<br /> <br />
Confederate Memorial Day is observed in 14 states: Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
It is an official state holiday in 11 of the states. Arkansas observes
Confederate Memorial Day on Mar<span class="text_exposed_show">tin Luther King Day.<br /> <br />
I think it is shameful to celebrate the war started by the Confederacy
to defend its secession from the Union in order to continue slavery.
Secession was an act of treason and the leaders of the Confederacy were
not heroes and do not deserve to be honored by any state or any
American.<br /> <br /> The Confederate states had an agricultural economy
that was totally dependent on the labor of slaves, who were almost 40%
of the population. Those slaves were owned by only 6% of the
population. The plantation slave owners were wealthy, politically
powerful aristocrats whose way of life would end if slavery were
abolished. The aristocrats were only 1 in 9 of the white population.
Almost 90% of the white population did not own slaves and did not enjoy
the wealthy lifestyle of the aristocrats but they were more than 90% of
the Confederate military. These men were wrongly lead to believe that
they were fighting to defend their home states from Northern aggression.
In fact, the only thing at stake was the lifestyle of the aristocrats.
Volunteerism soon was inadequate and a draft was used to man the
military. The draft did not apply equally to all males; sons of
aristocrats were overlooked.<br /> <br /> Confederate casualties totaled
almost 500,000, which includes 200,000 killed. Union casualties were
660,000, which included almost 400,000 killed. More than 1 million
casualties were sacrificed to defend the lifestyle of 300,000
aristocrats. The Union soldiers fought to protect the Union and to end
slavery. The Confederate soldier was sacrificed for the aristocrats.<br /> <br />
The states that annually honor their Confederate heroes and war dead,
should instead curse the traitors that caused the deaths of 600,000
Americans. Many Southerners daily fly the Confederate battle flag
instead of the American Flag. The state flag of Mississippi includes
the Confederate battle flag. Out of ignorance that has persisted since
the Civil War many Southerners still refer to the Civil War, which was
started by the Confederacy, as the War of Northern Aggression.<br /> <br /> In my opinion, the Confederate flag and Confederate Memorial Day are un-American.</span></span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-74452498056779091592014-05-03T08:00:00.000-04:002014-05-03T08:00:14.489-04:00The Bundy Ranch Standoff Has Gone Too Far<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">The
Bundy Bunch has gone too far. Previously, I thought the government
should only lay siege to the Bundy property. During the siege anyone
can leave. Nobody can enter and no materials, food or water can be
delivered to the ranch. Anyone leaving the property would be disarmed
and detained for questioning, if that person is a member of the Bundy
family they should be detained until everyone has <span class="text_exposed_show">left the Bundy property and law enforcement has determined whether to charge them with a crime.<br /> <br />
But, the Bundy Bunch are now endangering neighbors and travelers that
must cross the checkpoints established by the Bunch. This is
intolerable and if this continues the Bunch will eventually harm
someone. Therefore, the government should order the Bundy Bunch to
leave the area and surrender to the government, or abandon the check
points and withdraw onto the Bundy property. When the whole Bunch has
withdrawn onto the Bundy property, the government should lay siege along
the Bundy property perimeter and wait for the Bundy Bunch to surrender.
All utilities, if any, entering the property shall be turned off and
left off until the Bundy ranch has been evacuated.<br /> <br /> If the Bundy
Bunch refuses to abandon the check points and withdraw, the military
should clear the check points by force. Anyone who resists will be shot
and everyone on the Bundy property will be charged with resisting.</span></span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-71113837127375523982014-05-03T07:55:00.000-04:002014-05-03T07:55:50.129-04:00Lord, do you know what your Followers are saying and doing?Lord, I'm confused by what many of your followers say and do. <br />
<ul>
<li> Did you tell them to execute people in cold blood and laugh about it when they botch it?</li>
<li> Did you tell them to hate the poor if they ask for food?</li>
<li> Did you tell them to hate people who worship you in a different way?</li>
<li> Did you tell them to persecute homosexuals?</li>
<li>
Did you tell them to carry guns and shoot anyone that gives them the
slightest excuse to do so? It's shocking how proud they are when they
do kill someone.</li>
<li> Did you tell them that they can dictate how
everyone else should live and love and to persecute or imprison those
who do not comply?</li>
<li> Did you tell them that the faithful will prosper on earth?</li>
<li> Did you tell your followers that the Beatitudes no longer matter?</li>
<li> Did you retract "The Sheep and the Goats?" Most of your followers are not heeding that message.</li>
<li>
Do you really tell Pat Robertson, Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly what you
want us to know? Their messages are always hateful instead of loving
and forgiving as you always were.</li>
</ul>
<div class="text_exposed_show">
I'm sure you already know all
this. The good news is that some of your believers don't believe as they
do. But, they make such a loud noise that no one else can be
heard...except by you.</div>
Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-183053898060975112014-05-03T07:49:00.000-04:002014-05-03T07:49:30.663-04:00Twitter discussion with an Obamacare Opponent<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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My discussion with an Obamacare opponent named M*
M*:</div>
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M* M*: Majority Disagree w Obama on Foreign
Policy, ACA, Economy but Don't Worry People Still Like Him Personally!
Democrats R A Joke</div>
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<br /></div>
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JoeNavy: Spoken like a Fox fan. People opposed to ACA know
nothing of ACA. Experience will change their minds but not yours.</div>
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<br /></div>
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M* M*: I Don't use healthcare & refuse to
pay for anyone else's. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I Need It I
will buy a Reasonable policy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ppl Don't
Like Buracracy</div>
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JoeNavy: Buying insurance after you're sick causes others to
pay higher premiums. That's like buying car insurance after an accident.</div>
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<br /></div>
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M* M*: Auto & Health Vary Greatly, I Support
Auto Insurance to protect others from Loss & I Do take Responsibility for
MY Healthcare Costs</div>
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<br /></div>
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JoeNavy: Who pays if you are disabled in an accident and
cannot pay for your healthcare? The taxpayers will; not you.</div>
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So I started searching for M* M*.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s in his early 30’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s separated from his wife and living with
another woman; they just had a child in March.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the past 10 years he has been sued 7 times by creditors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the creditors was a non-profit
Healthcare Provider, which was paid by garnishing M* M*’s wages for
a couple of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the creditors
was his mortgage bank who foreclosed on his home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He finally filed bankruptcy.</div>
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This doesn’t sound like a person that will take responsibility
for his healthcare costs.</div>
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I’ve always thought of myself as a six-foot overweight man
with a middle income lifestyle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that’s
not the real me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am memories and
lessons learned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The physical body
without my memories and learnings is no more me now than it will be after I
die, which would be like a computer that has been turned off.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The living me is still a computer with memory and an
artificial intelligence operating system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The body has some built-in unintelligent functions but they are not
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you took my memories and
learnings and installed them in another body, I would essentially be the same
person – the same personality – in a different body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The computer analogy would be to move the
hard drive from one computer to another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Everything that the hard drive, with its memory and operating system,
could achieve in the first computer chassis, it can do in the second computer
chassis as long as it has the same accessories (printer, display, camera,
etc.).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Changing the computer chassis
doesn’t change me, any more than I would be changed if one of my legs were cut
off or my body’s eyes went blind.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
When the computer is turned off its hard drive can be
removed and installed in a different chassis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When the hard drive in then turned on, we have the same computer – the same
memories and operating system - within a different chassis.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Likewise, if my memories and learnings were moved from one
body to another body while I was asleep, I would be the same person in a
different body after I woke up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With our
current technology my memories and learnings could only be moved to another
body by moving my brain to the new body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But, the physical brain, like my arms and legs, is not me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only the memories and learnings that are stored
in the brain are me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, to move a
computer from one chassis to another I can move the hard drive or I can
transfer the information stored in one hard drive to another hard drive as long
as the capacity of the new hard drive was equal to the capacity of the old hard
drive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the same sense, I would be
essentially the same in the new body as long as the new body has the same
accessories and the same brain capacity.</div>
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<br /></div>
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It would also be true that my memories and learnings could
be copied to more than one other body and upon waking, there would be two of me
with the same memories and the same learnings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both of me would cease to be the same as time goes on and each has
different experiences, thinks and forms new memories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the instant we wake up there are two
of me who are exactly the same person.</div>
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<br /></div>
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With every passing moment both of me become more and more
unique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We rapidly become two different
persons who have the same past up to the moment that I was copied into a two
new bodies.</div>
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It’s also true that my memories and learnings could be
copied into a second body but not erased from the original body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, when both awake there are two of me,
with the same memories and learnings.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Now assume that my memories and learnings are copied into a
second body and the original body – the original me – allowed to die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the second body awoke, I would still
exist but in a different body even though the original body with which my
memories and learnings were formed was dead and the memories and learnings it
contained are lost.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Since I exist as long as my memories and learnings are
intact, then I exist no matter what my memories and learnings reside in as long
as I can think and access the memories and learnings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t need arms and legs or eyes and ears;
I only need the capacity to think in order to be me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I don’t need a brain – human or
otherwise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I only need a device that can
store my old memories and learnings and think.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Today that is a computer equipped with artificial intelligence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Compared to the human brain it is
significantly limited but in time man will develop computers with greater
thinking capacity.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
In the future, any of us will be able to exist forever by
keeping our memories and learnings in a computer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That form of existence might not be nearly
enough for most people but it’s not hard to imagine a manmade body in which the
brain containing one of us resides.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Many may argue that I’m ignoring the human soul which they
believe cannot be moved or copied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
God-made and all of them are one-of-a-kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We think of the soul as something that can and does survive death, God permitting.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps it’s like the one-of-a-kind
serial number that accompanies a computer’s software.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There can be many copies of the software but
each will operate only when a serial number is provided and each serial number can
only be used in one computer at a time.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Can we be duplicated many times or are we dependent upon a
single user serial number?</div>
Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-70810605089563043942012-01-03T11:40:00.000-05:002012-01-03T11:40:32.108-05:00When Is A New Life Recognized And Protected By The U.S. Constitution?<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">If you believe in
life after death, you believe that each person consists of a mortal body and an
immortal spirit.<br />
<br />
The body is an earthly creation. The spirit is a creation of God.
Christians believe that each spirit is given one body and one physical life.<br />
</span>
We know when and how the physical body is created. We don't know when the
spirit is created by God, however: if Christians believe that the body does not
exist without the spirit then the body and the spirit are created at the same
time. Thus the spirit is born at the moment of physical conception.<br />
<br />
When the body dies, the spirit's afterlife begins. Some bodies survive
for more than 100 years. Some bodies die as infants. Some bodies
die during the physical birth. Some bodies die before the physical birth.
In each case the body's spirit returns to God and is never reborn in the
physical world.<br />
<br />
Every birth aborted after conception ends the one and only physical life of the
spirit created with the body at conception, including the spirits of the bodies
aborted by the morning after pill.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: black;">The U.S. Constitution and all the federal, state and local laws of the United States of America are secular laws. Whether a god or gods exist, whether this god or gods created the universe and everything in it, including certain laws for mankind to obey, are matters of individual faith, not the Constitution and the laws of these United States of America except that the Constitution protects each citizen's right to a religious belief and the practice of that religion as long as it does not limit the Constitutional rights of others.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you believe that your god(s) create an immortal spirit at the conception of each being, then you must also believe that abortion in any form and for any reason interferes with an act of god, especially if you believe that everything happens according to god's design. If you believe that conception, whether or not it is timely, normal or voluntary, is determined by your god(s), then you might also believe that you have no right to abort that conception.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">No matter how true that is for the believer, the believer has no right to impose his belief on anyone but himself. However, abortion becomes a matter of secular law if the human being, protected by the U.S. Constitution regardless of religion, exists from the moment of conception. Even secular law must establish when a human being is protected by the U.S. Constitution as an individual.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">When the citizens of Mississippi were asked whether a person exists from the time of conception, many of us thought that this question was not a matter for secular law but it is. Regardless of one's religious beliefs, the U.S. Constitution must define when a human being gains all the rights and protections of the U.S. Constitution relative to the time of conception. Is it at the same time? Is it after two trimesters? Or, is it only after birth?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">When does constitutionally protected life begin and is it adequately protected by our laws?</span>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-82253667497031505032011-12-24T10:23:00.000-05:002011-12-24T10:33:15.854-05:00Retirees, Not Millionaires, Will Pay For Extension Of Unemployment BenefitsI read the bill recently passed by Congress which extends the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. The Republicans demanded terms that were unrelated and unacceptable to the Democrats and a few moderate Republicans. First the Senate then the House Republicans finally agree to extend the benefits and cuts for two months so that they had more time for debate. The Democrats accepted some of the Republican terms in order to get the temporary extension.
<br />
<br />
The Republicans wanted to require that all unemployment recipients take a drug test every month as is already required of some welfare recipients. I can't imagine my Mom having to submit a urine sample every time she picked up free food when we were on welfare. Congress compromised, the extension allows (instead of requiring) each state to determine if it will test all recipients for drugs and whether to deny benefits if drugs are detected. Florida required its welfare recipients to pass a periodic drug test. Only 4% tested positive but they spent more money than they saved by testing everybody. I’ll bet the incidence of drug use among temporary unemployed persons is lower than 4%. This is, in my opinion, a way of vilifying the unemployed. A favorite pastime of the self-righteous.
<br />
<br />
In order to pay for the extended benefits the Democrats wanted to tax people who earn more than one million dollars per year. Republicans disagreed with taxing the Rich - the Republicans demanded that retired persons who earn more than $88,000 a year pay more for Medicare in order to pay for the extension of unemployment compensation and tax cuts. Therefore, I will be paying more for Medicare so that millionaires don't have to pay more income tax. The bill doesn’t state how much more I will pay for Medicare but I am already paying twice the base amount so my guess is that they will probably triple the base amount.
<br />
<br />
Raising the cost of Medicare for fixed income retired persons instead of raising taxes on those that work and especially those that can afford it is immoral. I don’t really mind that I now pay $1,200 more each year for Medicare because I spent (not earned) more than $88,000 of my IRA savings. And, I don't mind paying $2,400 more for Medicare if everyone is paying a share based on their ability, but the cost is not being shared by all. Only retirees who make more than $88,000 will pay more -multi-millionaires will contribute nothing. I hate any politician who would rather charge the elderly more for their healthcare insurance than increase the tax rate of people who earn more than $1,000,000 per year.
<br />
<br />
Based on a past proposed rate hike, a person making $1,000,000 per year would not pay an additional tax. The additional tax would apply only to the earnings over $1 million. A person making $2,000,000 per year would pay an additional $5,000 or (0.25% of their total income). Instead, retirees who spend $88,000 of their savings will probably pay an additional $1,200 (1.4% of their income). That doesn’t seem fair to me but it sure makes sense to our congressional Republicans <br />
<br />
146 million Americans live in poverty -less than $22,000 for a family of 4; less than $10,000 for a single person. The majority of these are employed or are members of a family with one or more employed people. Most of the people in poverty are working but earn less than $10 per hour. While the working class is making less this year than the year before, the average CEO earns 36.6% more this year than last year. The 10 highest paid CEOs earned a total of $770 million this year. Next year they are expected to earn more than $1 billion but they will not share in paying for the extension of unemployment benefits. I will.
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<br />
Remember this when you vote in the next election.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-67471898003980466152011-12-19T14:46:00.000-05:002011-12-19T14:59:40.051-05:00Hypocrite Rick Perry Draws Huge Pension And Salary While Firing Teachers And Cutting Education<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" id="twttrHubFrame" name="twttrHubFrame" scrolling="no" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.html" style="height: 10px; position: absolute; top: -9999em; width: 10px;" tabindex="0"></iframe>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Rick Perry is
being attacked for drawing a $92,000 annual retirement pension on top of his
annual salary of $133,000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seems
hypocritical when the state is trying to cut expenses by reducing salaries and
benefits, reducing retirement pensions and increasing state employee payroll
contributions toward their health care insurance and retirement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rick Perry says that he has earned his
retirement benefit through payroll contributions during his 25 years of public
service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He says he is withdrawing what
he contributed.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sounds good
doesn’t it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it’s not true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I calculated how much he has probably
contributed to his retirement and he doesn’t even get close to what he is and
will receive.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Assume that his
starting salary was $42,000 30 years before he started drawing his pension.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Assume that he
got a 4% raise each year to reach his current salary of $133,000 per year when
he started drawing his pension.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Assume that his
retirement savings earned 6% annually.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Assume that he
will draw a pension $92,000 per year, which he does.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If he only
contributed 6.5% of his annual salary to his retirement, his retirement savings
will be exhausted in less than 4 years.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Perry would have
had to contribute 37% of his annual salary to his retirement fund in order to
save enough to receive a pension of $92,000 per year for 30 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If he only contributes 6.5% his retirement
savings at the time he starts drawing a pension will be <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SHORT
$1,450,000.</span></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So, Rick Perry is
lying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will have spent much more
than he has contributed to his retirement before he is old enough to qualify
for Medicare and Social Security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
that Texas taxpayers will be paying for 100% of his retirement for the rest of
his life.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The same year that Perry started drawing his generous pension he cut education funding by $4 billion, plans to fire 43,000 teachers, eliminated scholarships for 29,000 low-income college students, reduced or eliminated financial assistance for 43,000 college students, eliminated the state’s medical primary care residency program and reduced funding for the family-practice residency by more than 70 percent. All this while Texas has the lowest percentage of adults with high school diplomas and the highest percentage of uninsured residents.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rick Perry puts Rick Perry first.</span> </span></span></div>Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11176644.post-24021379112684903132011-12-11T12:04:00.000-05:002011-12-11T13:22:00.000-05:00Newt vs. Union JanitorsIn the Iowa debate Gingrich again proposed to give poor kids an opportunity to work by replacing half the union janitors in our schools, who, says Newt, make too much. Newt said that the starting salary for union janitors is twice as much as the starting salary for teachers.<br />
<br />Does anyone believe this? Is this part of his jobs plan or his unemployment plan?<br />
<br />The average starting salary for teachers in the US (NY Times) is $39,000. So Newt wants us to believe that the average starting salary for school janitors is at least $78,000! I bet that most of the audience, which expect to vote for one of the GOP's elite candidates, believes this lie.<br />
<br />Where will all the unemployed janitors work after Newt fires them? There are about 120,000 public schools in the US. I can only guess the number of school janitors. I'll guess 500,000 (feel free to disagree). Newt has made two different proposals regarding school janitors. First, he said we only need one master janitor per school. Last night he said we only need half as many as we currently have. In the first case we would fire 380,000 janitors. In the second case we would fire 250,000 janitors. That will raise unemployment by about 0.2%. Nice job plan!<br />
<br />We'll have to hire 4 times as many children, especially in elementary and middle schools, as janitors we fire. The adult janitors will only have time to supervise the children. So, we'll have to hire perhaps 1.5 million students as janitors. How many after-hours school bus routes will we need to transport these students?<br />
<br />Newt's janitor proposal like many of his ideas are no more thought out than the other candidates' ideas, like 9-9-9. After all, its just red meat for the GOP base. These ideas don't have to be real they only need to stimulate an emotional response.<br />
<br />The Iowa debate audience applauded Newt's proposal. Do these people ever consider what they see and hear with an open mind or is all input pre-filtered according to stereotype?Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11832376808513132553noreply@blogger.com0