Intolerance

Just this morning I have seen at least a half dozen references to Gays on Facebook.  One was a question, and the other ones were intolerance and bashing.  What makes you better?  What makes you above everyone else who is not like you?  Absolutely nothing.  In actuality, it shows that you are worse than those you condemn.  And you want to use God in the equation, then remember that the bible also says Judge not, and love thy neighbor.  The Bible is not up for pick and choose which passage you want to abide by.  It is take it all or nothing.  Remember that the next time you decide you are going to throw that first stone.  Because you never know when it might bounce off that glass house you are throwing it at and hit you right in the forehead.  (Make sure there is video when it does.  I love to see Karma at work.

Helping other countries

This country has always been one of the first countries to step up to the plate with millions of dollars at a time for relief when there is a disaster.  But we cannot continue to do it at this time.   We are bursting at the seams today.  We cannot feed and clothe so many of our own people, let alone citizens of other country.  We have done it for so long, and we have stars that will hold telethons to help other countries during these disasters.  They raise millions of dollars at a time.  But when Nashville was devastated by the floods, where were the national telethons?  Why didn’t the television stations come together and raise money like they do for other countries?  These are our own people and the stars turned their backs on us. They may have donated personally, but if it had been a Haiti situation, they would have been all over the airwaves. 

We allow ourselves to care for other countries, but we cannot care for our own.   Where are the fundraisers to help feed our children, and vets?  We need to put the focus back on the United States, and help our people before we send any more money over to another country.  The “Aid Bank” needs to be shut down and we need to get our house in order before we send another dime across the border.  I am sorry if other countries do not understand, but we just can’t afford it anymore. 

We rallied as a country during 9/11.  We helped our fellow Americans like never before.  This should be the attitude during any disaster on our own soil.

THE INTERNET

Oh the Internet.  This is one subject I cannot talk about without in the process, giving you the information you need to better protect your kids.  This is a topic I am passionate about and believe every parent should be skilled in. The Internet is such a wonderful invention, and in today’s society, it is hard to do anything without it in some capacity. Kids have to have access for school, and even for filling out applications for jobs.  Kids are on social networking sites, and they play games online.  You have to remember, there is the downside.  Parents, please, know what your kids do online.  We have so many kids who are allowed to roam free with no supervision and it is costing them more than you can imagine.  Many parents have the “My kid would never do that attitude.”  Guess what?  Yes they will.  It is called being a teenager.  You have to be involved.  You have to know what to look for.  You have to ask questions.  When we have one in seven kids being solicited online, there is a problem.  I want you to look at your kids, and their friends, and I want you to get seven of them in a room with you.  Then I want you to decide which one of those kids you are going to sacrifice to a predator.  Whether you want to believe it or not, it will happen to one of them.  There are so many parents who do not have the option anymore of knowing what their child is doing when they are online.  There are so many parents out there who have had a child who has been “damaged” by an internet predator, or even worse, killed.  If you want to trust your child online, fine.  Don’t trust who is on the other side of that monitor. 

Look at it this way.  Would you allow your 13 year old to go to France by themselves with no supervision?  Probably not.  Why not?  Because it is a strange place filled with strange people you do not know.  Then why would you allow your child unsupervised in the one place where there are no faces with the names?  Why would you allow your child in the one place unsupervised where anyone can be who they want to be, and hide behind a mask that is the monitor?

Protesting Soldiers Funerals

We have thousands of our men and women who are deployed overseas, fighting a war we did not start.  These brave warriors are fighting so we will be able to keep the freedoms our enemies would like to destroy.

We have the right in this country of the freedom of speech.  Unfortunately, there are groups, such as Westboro Baptist Church who have decided to use that basic freedom, to protest funerals of our men and women who do not make it back from the war.  If it were not for the military, they would not have the freedoms they have.  It is pathetic, when we have a rogue group who is allowed to spew hate, and the Supreme Court has upheld this.   When is the Supreme Court going to uphold this country as a whole?  When are they going to take into consideration what is best for the majority? Every city these people go to should refuse them service for everything from gas to food.  They have the freedom to disgrace our military, and we have the freedom to refuse them any comforts when they are protesting. 

Immigration

We are a country that is known as a melting pot.  We have all races, all religions, and all countries, with people who want to call our Great Nation home.  We have a Military that lays down their lives for us so we can continue to be the greatest nation in the world.  We have men women and children who become citizens, because they want to fight for the American Dream. 

Then we have those who are sneaking into this country, and they are here illegally.  These individuals are milking the system that is SUPPOSED to be in place to help OUR citizens.  We cannot afford it.   We have illegal individuals who are allowed to get a driver’s license in this country.  Why is that?  We have illegal individuals who are allowed to receive Medicaid and food stamps, and health care.  We cannot afford it anymore.  We have our legal citizens who are literally fighting for their lives in this day and age, and they can’t get help.

If a Law Enforcement officer pulls over an illegal individual for breaking a traffic law in this country, they are not allowed to send them back. If they call ICE and they cannot take them at the time, they have to let them go.  It is my opinion that they should be allowed to give them a first class escort back to the border they came from, and give them a nice swift push back over the border.  They are here destroying a system that is being bled dry at an alarming rate, and we cannot afford it anymore.  If you want to come to MY country, then you had better be ready to take the test and become a citizen.  If you are not willing to do that, then don’t come over here in the first place.  You are destroying MY country and I don’t like it.  We cannot afford to support another country’s citizens anymore.  If you are from another country, and you want to enjoy our benefits of becoming a citizen, you have a right to do that and we give you the avenue to do so.  You need to be willing to learn the English language fluently also and not expect me to learn yours.  You are here in America and our National Language is English.  If we were to go to France, or Italy, or Germany, or any other foreign country, we are expected to learn their language.  There is no other country in the world that makes the concessions the United States has made over the past few decades, just so we don’t hurt someone’s feelings.  It is absurd.   My country is a wonderful country, and my military does not fight for our rights so you can come over here and destroy those rights.  You have two choices in the end if you are here illegally.  Make it legal, or get the hell out. There should be no other options. 

If you are in our prison system, you need to be deported immediately.  Why should I pay for you to get free health care and you have no right to be here.  You committed a crime, and now MY government is bearing the cost for your incarceration.  In 2004, there were over 49,000 criminal aliens in the US prison system.  Those aliens cost us 5.8 BILLION for the years 2001-2004.  Why should the US citizens have to shoulder that burden of the cost of housing you, feeding you and taking care of your needs when you have no RIGHT to be here in the first place?  Go home, and let your country handle you in the way they see fit.  You should not be our responsibility. 

I am sorry, but we cannot help ourselves.  We should not be required to help you.  Our legal citizens need to be put first again, and we need to finally say that we do not care that you don’t like it anymore. 

Prisons and Authority

So, we have a prison over population, and no one knows the solution.  First of all it goes back to teaching your children respect and integrity.  If they had that, as adults they would not be breaking the law.  Problem solved.  Second of all, we have one of the highest prison populations in the world, so, I have a few solutions. 

1.) If you kill someone, and there is at least one witness that you committed the murder, and you are convicted, you get a one way pass to the front of the line on death row.  We as law abiding citizens should not have to pay for you to live with free health care, and you don’t have to pay a mortgage, or electric bill, or car payment.  You took a life.  You don’t deserve to have yours.  If the ACLU gets involved and they want to say it is cruel and unusual punishment, they need to be locked out.  Cruel and unusual punishment is the individual who sat there begging for her life for two minutes before the ex-boyfriend blew her face off.  Yet, the ACLU does not stand up and fight for that victim who no longer has a voice. 

2.) If you are in prison for drugs, then you go to rehab.  You will go until you are clean. I don’t care if it is two months or two years.  In the end it will be cheaper than keeping you in prison for your sentence.  Then, after you are done with your rehab, the government will train you and hire you to work as a counselor for other drug addicts.  And you will pay it back by getting others clean. You want to do the drugs; you are going to pay a debt to society that has a positive influence instead of living off of my money. 

3.)  If you are in prison because of gang activity, we need to pull you out.  We need to buy an island, and give the gang members a one way trip to paradise.  They can take their guns, and we will give you a fishing pole.  Have at it.  The ACLU cannot say that is cruel and unusual punishment.  Since when is Island life cruel and unusual punishment?  So, they have their guns.  They can make the choice to work together, or they can make the choice to blow each other’s brains out.  If they choose the latter, then so be it.  It is not like they would not be doing that on the streets of America anyway.  At least this way, an innocent life will not be taken in the crossfire.   If they choose not to make the best out of a possible idyllic situation, then that is their decision.   The best part is you are not living off of me.  I chose to obey the law.  I chose to live my life in a good way.  You didn’t.  Deal with the consequences.

4.) If you are a sex offender, we will have another island for you.  You do not deserve to be in a place where you can watch TV, and get a hot shower, or 3 meals a day, and health care.   If you still have the urge to rape someone while you are on that island, then have at it.   Once again, the ACLU cannot say this is cruel and unusual punishment.  You have access to an unlimited supply of food.  What is so cruel about that?   Remember our children and our Veterans who are sleeping on the sidewalk every night?  That is cruel and unusual punishment. 

Sex Offenders come from all walks of life. They will have all the personnel they will need to be able to survive.  You will not have any laws to live by.  You want to be an animal, then have at it.  You no longer deserve to be in the same country as I am.  You lost that right when you decided to rape another human being. 

So, now we have gotten rid of the drug dealers, the gang members, the murderers and the rapists.  We now no longer have an overpopulation problem in prison.  It is quite simple.  And once again, to the ACLU, please do us all a favor, and go sit in the corner and eat your cookies.  As far as I am concerned, the ACLU should be disbanded anyway because all they ever do is defend criminals who broke the law.   How about defending the vets and children who are being abused in this country?  Make yourself useful, and do something good.