Well done, Rush

 It's been a little over a week since Rush Limbaugh passed away from complications due to lung cancer. While I was not surprised to hear that he had passed, I was still very sad. I had been listening to Rush for about 28 years. I used to be a "femi-nazi", I marched in a protest against the first Gulf War, and I had a bumper sticker on my car that said, "If you are against abortion, don't have one."

OBVIOUSLY, my views have changed, and a lot of that is because of Rush. I started listening to him when I was working at chocolate factory in Brattleboro, Vermont. I was about 18 and the only reason I turned him on was because the people I worked directly with were listening as well, and I couldn't join in the conversations they would have because I was ignorant of what had happened on the show.

Lo and behold, the guy made sense. It was in the middle of the Anita Hill scandal during the confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas. Policies were being made at workplaces based on what was happening at the Senate hearings - and all you heard at night was how awful Clarence Thomas was, because the only point of view was from ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN.

Rush always said he "made the complex understandable" and he did. He didn't tell you what to think, but he did present an opposing point of view and made you think.

I hope to do better blogging on a regular basis, because now that Rush is gone, we need as many voices presenting our side as possible.

Can't wait to see you in heaven, Rush.

The "Muslim" ban

 I know, I know. The upheaval over the "Muslim" ban was years ago. That's okay. I'm starting to get all riled up about the Trump lies again.

I don't mean Trump lied. I mean the media, the leftists, and the willing sycophants who refuse to do their research lied.

Trump's executive order banning certain people from entering the country didn't even name the countries. Those countries were put on the list by someone else. That someone was Obama.

The countries, lest you have forgotten, were Iran, Sudan, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Somalia, and Libya. According to the website World Atlas, those countries are, in order of  population, 7th, 10th, 11th, 16th, 22nd, 32nd, and 37th in the world. Notice that the top six countries, totalling 951,680,870 people, are not included in this ban. Those countries banned are the top sources for terrorists. 

When you hear news from the media, you should never, ever believe it. Do your own research. They select certain words and phrases, they omit things, and they lead you to think a certain way even if they never come right out and say it.

If it weren't for double standards, there'd be no standards at all

"You have to follow the law" - when it comes to making sure someone is allowed to shred a baby in the womb.

"You shouldn't follow the law" - when it comes to letting people here illegally stay here.

"It's settled science" - when it's about man-made climate change. "It's how you feel, not science" - when it's about someone delusional enough to think they're not the sex they are.

"All women should be believed" - when you're a victim of sexual assault....unless the assaulter is Clinton.

"All lives matter" - when someone wants to save the baby seals/otters/whatever.

"Only my life matters" - when it's too "inconvenient" to save an actual baby.

"It's a baby" - at 3 months pregnant - IF you want it.

"It's a blob of tissue" - at 3 months pregnant - if you don't.

"He's so stupid" - when Quayle misspells "potato".

No comment - when Gore looks at some statues at Monticello and says, "who are these guys?" (Washington, Franklin, Lafayette).

Post-Election Day

Donald Trump won.  Holy cow.  Can hardly believe it.  Finally, Hillary Clinton has been shut up and maybe we won't have to hear from her ever again!

But I gotta say, these parents who are saying, "oh no, what do I tell my children?"  Well, for crying out loud, if you'd told them the truth about BOTH candidates, then I think they're gonna be fine.

If you only told them that Donald Trump was a disgusting mysoginist, then yeah, they're going to be upset.  If you had maybe mentioned that Hilary Clinton was a lying, cheating, spiteful woman who did not take good care of classified information, putting our citizens at risk, then I'm guessing they wouldn't be quite as upset, because they would have known that BOTH candidates had huge character issues.

I didn't vote for Trump in the primary, but I voted for him in the general.  I was around when Bill was in office and there was NO way I'd vote for her.  At least he's a businessman.  I hope he runs this country like a business.

It's been awhile....I have to catch up!

I knew it had been awhile since I had posted, but I hadn't realized it had been almost a year!!  So much has happened!!  Let me rant on the most recent fiasco, and I'll try to catch up after that.

There has been a spate of gay couples trying to get Christian businesses to make cakes or photograph their "weddings".  I say spate...it's probably only two or three, but since the media reports and reports on them, it makes it seem like a lot.  That's a whole other rant, the way the media blows things WAY out of proportion - like rape, abduction, evil Republicans, Israel being mean to the Palestinians - but I digress.

Anywho...Indiana just passed a Religious Freedom Restoration Act.  The federal government passed a similar act back in the 1990s and I think I read that 29 other states have one.  The media is up in arms about this one, though, because it's different.  Indiana codifies the idea of a BUSINESS being allowed to turn away those that it might disagree with because of religious beliefs.  It also allows businesses to fight back, even if fighting back is again a person, not the government.  Apparently that restriction irritates those who dislike this bill.

The reason the part about the business is in there is because of the Hobby Lobby case against the federal government and the requirement that it pay for the morning-after pill and IUDs for its employees.  Hobby Lobby refused on religious grounds - and WON.

I've seen articles and opinion pieces written all over the place.  "Jesus ate with prostitutes, so you should bake the cake."  "Gays will be discriminated against and it's not fair."

As a reminder, these businesses are not saying they won't bake a cake for homosexuals.  They aren't saying they won't take their picture.  What they're saying is that they will not participate in a ceremony that is completely contrary to their religious beliefs.  The outrage out there is mind-boggling.  Apple doesn't want to do business in Indiana anymore.  Yet, they do business in Tehran.  Do you have any idea what happens to gay people in Iran?  They're executed.  Pretty sure being turned down for a cake is less brutal than being executed.

Yes, Jesus ate with prostitutes.  But He never once brought them a condom (I know, I know, they didn't exist then!).  He never said, "go ahead, keep having sex outside marriage - it's fine."  What He did was love them, while making very plain that their sin was NOT OKAY.  He certainly didn't help any of them commit their sin.

Here's the thing.  I think you should be able to turn anyone away that you want from your business.  I also believe you should be able to handle the consequences - whatever they are.  I don't think it's okay that businesses that turn away gay marriage business should be threatened with death or arson or any other of the nasty things that so-called "tolerant" gays are doing.

Patrolling our borders

My great-grandparents immigrated here from Ireland - legally.  My father-in-law immigrated from Germany - legally.  I do NOT understand any argument that says that those who come here illegally should be allowed to stay. It can be done that way and it should be done that way.

We have too many politicians that want to allow "those in the shadows" to simply stay - ignoring their crimes.  I especially despise the viewpoint that we should only deport those who have "committed crimes," ignoring the fact that they have already committed a crime by coming here illegally!

I am dumbfounded by those who talk about "securing our borders" and I wonder why that hasn't yet been done....and then it occurred to me....those in charge don't want our borders closed.  Don't believe me?  Consider this - when one drives into California, you are stopped and asked about any fruit that you might be transporting into the state.  How many roads come into California?  And how does that compare with the 137 mile-border with Mexico?  I don't know, but my guess is that there are many more miles of roadways.  And yet - they somehow can't control that 137 miles.

No.  I don't buy it.  I've driven in southern California.  I hate that the speed limit - on the highway - drops to 25 mph.  There are bright lights and signs showing a huddled family running across the road.  You cannot tell me that they KNOW about the crossings and yet they CAN'T do anything about it.  Nope - I believe it's a choice.

Why?  That's a more difficult question to answer.  I could never understand why people said that there were those that hate our country - and then along came Obama, who wanted to "fundamentally change" our country.  I know now that there are citizens who hate this country and will do anything to change it into a socialist/Communist/whatever they think is better than a free country.

I choose to fight back.  What about you?

Old Debts

Ya gotta love it....

After the news broke of a couple of people being held responsible for debt incurred when these people were LITTLE, the Social Security Administration has decided to "suspend" the program.  Isn't that special?  

Here's a quote from the article,' "While this policy of seizing tax refunds to repay decades-old Social Security overpayments might be allowed under the law, it is entirely unjust," Democratic Sens. Senators Barbara Boxer of California and Barbara Mikulski of Maryland said in a letter to Colvin." '  

I don't care for Barbara Boxer's politics, but at least she didn't vote for the bill that allows this....Mikulski, however, did.  She didn't read the bill.  Stunned, aren't you??

Here's another fun quote, '"We want to assure the public that we do not seek restitution through tax refund offset in cases when the debt in question was established prior to the debtor turning 18 years of age," Social Security spokesman Mark Hinkle said in an email...'  I think that can be firmly established to be a load of horse manure.

Why don't AP and FOX News call these people on their voting for such garbage and lying about what's happening??