Tag: US Constitution

How Facebook is Censoring Conservatives Points of View

Now before I upset everyone, let me explain what I am basing this on. I was replying to a friend’s Post and it is obvious that my friend and have a different political point of view. I am a Constitutional conservative and based from his posts I would say that he is not a republican and sides with the Democrats. It is just a guess as I have no verifiable proof.  In my Post I had stated that we are both entitled to our opinions and have the right to disagree. It is very interesting that when attempting to post my reply, three time, it said that they (The Facebook page) were unable to publish the post. Here are the attempts.

I know it is probably just a problem with the site, but it is one of those things that make you go Hmmmm!

November 6, 2018: 7 AM – 7 PM Election Day

We are just shy of two weeks until election day! This election cycle is being called the midterms. There are many issues to be decided on 6 November 2018, we have several state questions, we have a race for the governorship of the state of Oklahoma, we have seats in both the state and U.S. Senate, the state and US House of Representatives. I am not going to get into a political discussion as to who to vote for who not to vote for. I’m not going to save what does to answer on the state questions! I am going to ask every Oklahoman to go to the polls between 7 AM and 7 PM on 6 November 2018, and exercise your privilege to vote. If you decide to stay home and not exercise your privilege, casting a ballot and voting for one of the candidates or the state questions then I say to you that is your choice but do not complain about the government or who was elected as you chose not to participate. I also ask all Oklahomans to be civil, respectful of others, and pleasant to the poll workers. We are classier and have better manners than some of the folks on the East Coast.
By exercising your privilege and casting a ballot. You have one more function to do. No matter who is elected to the office, they deserve respect.
In order to make changes and improve our education system and raise the bar so that teachers and educators, and support staff are paid an adequate wage for the job they do. We must use the system that is in place to achieve these goals. It does not take a strike, walkout, forceful demonstration to get the attention of the legislature. Instead of leaving the classroom. Why don’t we try staying in the classroom and teaching the students how to effectively communicate with their representatives in office. A successful letter writing campaign from all grades K-12 and all of the students in those grades and dumped on the floor of the Senate and the House of Representatives to prove what needs to be done would have more impact and gain more respect from the public, then to strike and be wishy-washy in your demands making you look like Oliver coming up to the headmaster with his bowl saying “please sir, and I have some more”! Solving the teachers inadequate pay will not happen overnight, it may take several years to finally be able to raise our standard pay higher than we are now and get ourselves into the top 10. What is more important getting a one time pay raise of six to $10,000 or raising the base pay of an entry-level educator, K-12 to to the rank of 15th Place, with a starting salary of $37,848 per year and an average salary of $48,670 per year. Those wages would be only the beginning. As the legislation would also allow for increases. The teachers pay package is just one of several packages that must be passed in order to fix our education system. When I was in school in the 50s 60s and 70s, families did not have to pay for items such as Kleenex, sanitizing wipes, notebook paper construction paper. All we were required to have or to have purchased was a number two pencil with an eraser and in elementary school. A big Chief tablet to write on. Teachers did not have to dig out of end of their pocket in order to decorate the room or provide the construction paper or the art supplies. We did not have school administrators making six figures a year and having all the perks of company car company phone get paid mileage and Per diem. The Board of Regents for higher Ed were also not making six figures a year. One of the things that I noticed when they passed House Bill 1017, which was supposed to give the teachers a raise and fix education was that the first thing it did was it raised the salaries of the Board of Regents of higher education, $167,000 a year. Oklahoma decided to devote a lottery to help fund education. So where does all that money go? It’s very simple $0.35 out of every dollar was to go to education majority of that money went to the Regents of higher education salary and the rest filtered down top to bottom. It was sad that the lottery was supposed to help fix education and all it did was raise the salaries of the Regents of Higher education and maybe a few professors in higher Education. It however,  had little if any effect on K-12. It is interesting that we continue to raise tuition yet our schools are still in trouble and I’m not just speaking of about K-12 it’s taking more and more money to run colleges and universities.
I urge everyone to go vote on November 6, 2018. Make your vote count and live with your choices! But don’t stop there for the legislature is paid by us to work for us. And while teachers are ranked 47th in the nation for pay, our legislatures are ranked 15th in the nation for their salary!

 

Support Your Country Not Your Political Party

This election cycle has become one of the nastiest, vilest, and character assassination events in the history of our country. When you have the mainstream media doing everything possible to keep the status quo. You wonder what has become of journalism.
I do not excuse either candidate for their lack of judgment in their statements made in the past. We have all said things that we have regretted, and whether or not we have admitted that regret and apologized for our lack of judgment does not seem to matter in this instance.
This election is not about what was said years ago by the Republican candidate, it is about whether you wish to continue to see your liberties eroded by the progressive liberal party candidate that sold influence in her pay for play scheme, lied about the true nature of the attack on our embassy in Ben Ghazi to the families of those killed, as well as to the nation and then had the audacity to claim that “it doesn’t really matter now” in a congressional hearing. Her failure to protect the security of the United States ambassador by denying 600 request for assistance until it was too late does not fit the requirements of a commander-in-chief. Her participation in the Obama administrations’ belief that to say the word radical Islamic Terrorist casts a shadow on all Muslims is just a way to allow the latest terrorist group to continue to grow.
The mainstream media considers it to be there right to know and their right to report every detail of any military action, including the strategy and plans in advance calling it news. When you tell your enemy that you’re going to pull out of an area at a certain time on a certain day, would you expect them to continue to fight as hard as possible. Until that time, or would you expect them to sit back and wait.
What would’ve happened had the Allied forces allowed the media to report that the invasion of Europe would take place in Normandy on June 6, 1944 prior to it taking place? The reason military operations are kept top-secret need to know is that the enemy doesn’t need to know.
The management of top-secret confidential and classified information is the top priority of any American, whether they be Joe the plumber or the Secretary of State. Joe the plumber probably wouldn’t have access to high level ultrasecret plans. The Secretary of State on the other hand should know better than to send classified information through an unsecured email server.
I am really losing faith in our elected officials. When I see that a member of the same party removes their support from their parties. Presidential candidate because of an inappropriate comment made several years ago. My only presumption is that that particular politician would prefer to support the other party’s candidate that has done even more offensive comments and been involved in policies and the making of policies that put our nation at risk.
So I say to all elected officials “remember who elected you, remember why you are elected, and remember the oath you took when you took office. You swore to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies foreign and domestic. If you can’t support your party support your country! Democrats I ask you to support your country, not your candidate unless you feel you are safer and better off now than you were eight years ago. Republicans get over yourself and back the choice of the voters in the primary.
Americans remember that our government was formed in the belief that it was to be a government of the people by the people and for the people.
The current administration has forgotten that part, as well as many of the elected officials that we expected to represent us, not themselves.

Choosing The Right Candidate

Good Sunday morning America

I was savoring my first cup of coffee this morning and was listening to the television when the normal program at this time period was talking politics and the upcoming presidential election. I wish to thank the Constitution of the United States for allowing differing opinions to be shared without the possibility of reprisals from the Government.

I decided to place these questions before all that care to read them:

  1. What qualities does a presidential candidate need to run the country?
  2. Which is more important, Trust or party line?
  3. If you where the candidate, who are you trying to convince you can do the job the best? The People or The Donors?
  4. What are the qualities, of the political party of each candidate, that you trust and which do you agree with? What the qualities that you completely disagree with?
  5. Should the candidate be run by the Political party and it’s leadership or should the Party be led by the candidate?
  6. Who do you trust to tell the truth, the Media, the Hollywood Celebrities, The Political Party talking heads or the Political candidates?
  7. Which Political ideology do you trust to restore America to greatness?
  8. Which candidate should we elect and trust with the keys to our Nuclear Arsenal?
  9. Which candidate do you think will support “The Constitution of the United States of America” as written and not attempt to circumvent the “separation of powers” section?
  10. Which candidate do you think would appoint a supreme court justice that would base their decisions on the constitution and the intents of the framers not on the political whims and desires to legislate from the bench?
  11. Which candidate do you think would be a better commander-in-chief and support our armed forces? Why?
  12. Which candidate do you think will demonstrate a prudent approach  to handling matters of National Security with a greater sense of responsibility.
  13. Which candidate is more likely to keep their promises and do what is the best interest of the American people and not the already elected politicians and special interest groups?

This upcoming election may determine the course our country takes and will be paid for by our grandchildren. Your vote matters no matter which candidate you choose. I urge you to do your own research and make an informed choice. Take nothing for granted, trust your instincts. Pray for our country and our elected officials. Pray for the guidance to make the best choice for us all.

God Bless America

What Is Best for America

I will preface this post with the Statement: Listed below are the opinions of the author. It is not the intent to offend or discriminate. The statements are as factual as the author could check. Your choice is not to argue with or agree with the opinion, but to form your own opinion. Eleanor Roosevelt once said “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

America has lost her brilliance over the years because of the apathy of the people to care about what can be done as a group. 

When our framers founded this country, the set forth how our government should operate. They made sure that there would be no “State Sponsored” religion, People would be free to practice their religion without fear of government restriction. The Press would be free to print whatever it would print, and people would have the right to assemble and speak their opinions.

The founders also based this on the Christian Bible as that was what the people of the colonies referred to. Saying a prayer in a public building was allowed, each session of Congress was started with a Prayer, The Supreme Court of the United States has on its Walls of the chamber The Ten Commandments. Before we get into that invalid argument that the constitution states there will be a separation of church and state, read “The Ten Commandments”, Tell me which of them is not common sense. For those that do not believe in God, What about the other nine? Agnostics believe in a higher power so all ten could apply.

Why then do I say that the brilliance has been tarnished? Simple answer is that our government has lost touch with the meaning put forth in that Document. The Congress is supposed to listen to ALL of the people that they represent and form their bills so that it is of benefit to all not just a few! When both houses have agreed upon the bill, they send it to The President to either sign into Law or VETO and send back to congress which then can either fix the language or override the veto. Sounds fairly simple…. It is unfortunate that the elected officials have forgotten their oath to support and defend the Constitution. In that document it enumerates the power of the Government. It divides it into three branches, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. This is so that there is to be checks and balances to prevent One branch from taking total control of the Government and relieving the citizens of their rights and their liberties. The Senate does not have the authority to spend Money. The House of Representatives cannot ratify a treaty. The President can issue an Executive Order, but that order should not circumvent the Congress or the Constitution, nor can it ratify a treaty or appropriate money to fund something that Congress has not approved. I saved the Supreme Court for last. It was meant to be the weakest of the three. The courts duty is to hear cases that have been brought before them to determine if those case follow the Constitution. The Judges are nominated for appointment by the President and go through confirmation hearings in the Senate. That committee is supposed to determine if the appointee is worthy of the post. The committee is supposed to send the Name to The Full Senate to either be Confirmed or Declined. The nominee should remember that they are being appointed to the Bench for Life and that they are to read the case before them and see if it meets the Constitution. They should not have an agenda to change the Law or to Interrupt their vision of what the constitution should be. The Constitution was written in very Plain English and not a bunch of confusing legalese! Congress should do the same with their legislation.

I have laid a lot of issues on the Government as to the tarnishing of America’s Brilliance as they are responsible for their actions. I must now state that it cannot be all blamed on them. The people have to take ownership in that responsibility as they are the ones that sent them to Washington. I simple ask each and every American to carefully consider their choice. Ask yourself what John F Kennedy asked the nation in his Inaugural address “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”. The Government was never intended to do everything for the citizens, People should not get paid for not working, not looking for work, or just being Lazy. Unemployment benefits should not last forever. People the come into this country illegally should not be able to receive benefits and services for which they have never worked for. Illegal means Illegal and people that break the law (Illegal Entry into the country) do not have the “Right” to all the benefits of those that are here Legally. Employers that hire Illegal Immigrants’ Should have to pay hefty fines. The problem is that many Americans feel those particular jobs are beneath them. Companies are sending more jobs overseas and across the border thus creating more unemployed. Why do they do that? Because the American worker expects to be paid an outrageous amount to perform the lowest entry level jobs. Minimum wage was set to protect the worker from being taken advantage of, not to give them a lifestyle that many have worked hard for many years to achieve. Common sense tells one that if the minimum wage is elevated to $10.00/hr, the effect will be felt in everyone’s pocketbook. The cost of everything will have to be increased to keep the doors open. A good many of those doors will close forever. This is not the American Dream!

If you have made it this far, it is time to provide solutions for the above problems. The task is quite simple, be proactive, get involved with helping others. Ask the hard questions to the candidates running for office at all levels. Are they for the Constitution and are willing to follow it to the letter? Do they believe that our Government should spend no more than it legally takes in? Do we believe in sending all that have entered this country illegally back to where they came from and give them a chance to enter through the legal channels? Next Make sure all that are able to vote can get to the poll to exercise their privilege without being told to vote for any one person. They should be allowed to make their own choice. That transportation should be non-partisan! Finally, it is time that we quit rewriting history so as not to offend people. Tell the truth about how this country was founded and the problems it endured. Show them how many problems were solved by people standing up for the rights of others. The Declaration of Independence states that “All men are created equal under the eyes of God” When that was written it was not to exclude anyone! So is the Constitution meant to be for all of “We the People”. Take ownership and responsibility!