I’m going to just use my blog as a personal journal of sorts today. If you are not interested in the musings of an old woman’s mind, it might be best to just exit now….or go back and read some old posts that you might have missed!
The elephants in the room…..so everyone is upset about the 5 year old child that was executed by a black man, as they should be—-but also very indignant that Media is not covering the story. Well……lets back up a little here…..black career criminal killed by police in Minneapolis just a few months ago, the Policemen arrested shortly after. Protests, rioting , looting, burning and murders followed ==all covered ad nauseum by the media. AND continue to this day with more and more murders while the mayors and governors etc allow the mayhem, all fueled and goaded on by the media. Statues destroyed, BLM graffitti everywhere, chaos in major cities. Well you know as well as I what has been going on. But in the 2nd scenario an innocent child was murdered by a black man who was promptly arrested…..does not fit the agenda…..BLM doesn’t care….Media doesn’t care……We the People, we care, we grieve with the family…BUT are we going to follow the example set before….are we going to riot, loot, burn,murder etc? well…HELL NO. In both instances, the person “allegedly responsible” was promptly arrested. Responsible citizens do not “take to the streets” to show displeasure over a crime. We expect that the guilty will be prosecuted in a court of law. We don’t see it as an opportunity to get a new television for free. Nothing for the Media to “spin” here is there?
Which reminds me of the Ferguson Fiasco…remember that from 2014? Just last month, 6 years later!, the latest legal team in St. Louis, reopened the case, once again….and once again…came to the conclusion that the shooting was warranted, no charges against the police man for shooting the thug. And this was the conclusion drawn by new black prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell. If he couldn’t find anything to prosecute, what does that tell you? All that BS in Ferguson back in 2014, was just that….more unwarranted outrage over a criminal being shot by police. And still that thug is held up as a hero or martyr, an example of what exactly? It reminds me of that old homily, if nothing else you can serve as a bad example. I will concede that there are bad policemen out there, I myself even ran into a couple, GASP…..what?!?! a white woman having trouble with police? doesn’t fit the agenda either does it? Ask me sometime to tell you about the Breckenridge MO cops. But in the mean time, the “leftist agenda” only cares that black people are targeted by police. I’m just gonna say it….they commit most of the crimes….so there…sorry….truth is ugly.
so lets think about police brutality, murder by cop, alleged racism………well maybe it’s because I am old and jaded, but my gut reaction to all this violence going on ….just start shooting the assholes. A few well placed take downs of ring leaders would go a long way to stopping this BS. Yeah, I know, they can’t….their hands have been tied as more and more restrictions have been placed on the police departments. Are there bad cops? of course, they are human beings and so some are flawed just like every other human being. That certainly doesn’t mean that the whole system should be torn down does it? There is no guarantee that a new policing system would be any better and I see every indication that it would indeed be much worse. If allowing looting, rioting and burning etc. is what the “new order” thinks is acceptable, well heaven help us all. and no one in there right mind would think that sending a social worker instead of police to something like a domestic violence call is a reasonable response. Calls like that are among the most dreaded and dangerous for our police. We will be lucky if we still have good police forces in place when all this insanity dies down. Who wants a job where you put your life in danger every day….to protect people that try to harm you…..that threaten and harass your families and friends……that aren’t paid anywhere near enough to take this abuse and endanger their lives. If anyone thinks we can survive without police, well I hope you/we never have to find out what that would look like.
Mail voting—-oh good grief….you know our father was a rural mail carrier, I have nothing against our hard working people working in the post office. BUT as a system, it definitely has its problems. We all have our horror stories about mail delivery. Is it a viable option for the whole country to vote by mail….not this year, not in your wildest dreams. OR and WA have been doing this for quite some time, they have “supposedly” a viable mail- in system. Good for them but I am sure it did not happen in a few months time and not without some major snafus along the way. I really don’t believe that I could ever feel confident just placing my ballot in a mail box. There are no assurances that your vote is counted in that scenario. I am just not that trusting of a soul….I could just as soon send it by carrier pigeon, if I had one…..actually that might be safer now that I think about it!
Facebook………………Started out as something fun, a nice way to stay in touch or reconnect with old friends, maybe even make some new friends. That was the old Facebook. Now it is turning into a leftist run censored site. Free speech…nope…..discenting opinion…nope.
I have so many facebook friends that are afraid to post what they really feel/think about issues because of backlash from liberal friends and family. Why is it that anyone that is considered Liberal is allowed to post what ever bull crap they want about our POTUS or Republican candidates/platforms etc, BUT if a Conservative does the same, they are subject to censorship? Big issue of suppressing free speech is what is going on. Big time intolerance for any agenda that is not the left/liberal!
Do you know the definition of liberal….I looked it up in my old Funk & Wagnalls…yep I still have one! Here are the 1st three definitions.
adj. 1. Characterized by or inclining toward opinons or policies favoring progress or reform, as in politics or religion.
- Not intolerant or prejudiced; broad-minded. 3. Characterized by generosity or lavishness in giving.
Seems like the not intolerant and broad-minded bit needs a little more work in my opinion. I see many things on facebook I don’t agree with but I know how to just scroll on by or “snooze” the person if they are particularly crude or unreasonable and I expect the same from others. I see little point in arguing with someone that has no tolerance for any opinion save their own. (and they are ENTITLED to that opinion whether I like it or not!) That is free speech and free thought!
I do understand why many people do not like our POTUS. He surely can rub people the wrong way. I suspect throughout history, that there have been many Presidents that would have gotten the same backlash, save for the simple fact –THERE WAS NO TELEVISION…..! imagine back in the days of Thomas Jefferson or anyone before FDR, the only “news” would have been something printed in a newspaper, and that was sometimes months after the event. The “Personality” of a president was not an issue, only the content of his policies and actions. I think if some of President Trump’s speeches were delivered in a written format, more people would be receptive to his ideas. Just sayin…… On the flip side of that was the previous POTUS, who could have sold snake oil to snakes. His delivery was polished, his actual intentions obscured by his dazzling of his audience and the color of his skin. Substance and content should be more important than stage presence and skin color, in my humble opinion.
And my other pet peeve about the political process….why in the sam hell can neither party come up with a candidate that is not of retirement age? with age comes wisdom….well sometimes yes….but also hardening of the arteries and a lot of other issues too. There really should be a new amendment with a cap on age for the president. There is a minimum age and I really think we need a new maximum age too. And this of course, an opinion from one of those Old People…..Well I got some stuff off my chest today without cluttering up facebook yet again…..Bless your heart if you made it all the way through…and Bless your heart even if you didn’t….Peace to all! BTW – Our guest room is currently out of business as we start our bathrooms renovation.. Going to be messy around here for the foreseeable future. We are so excited and will have a big reveal when they are all done! Come and visit later!