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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

So-Called . . .

. . . government . . .

The "so-called" President [Clinton 65,844,954 (48.2%)/Trump 62,979,879 (46.1%)], formerly a "so-called" successful businessman [Trump Airlines, Beverages, The Game, casinos, magazine, mortgage, steaks, travel site, comms company, Trump Tower Tampa, vodka] has 'stocked his cabinet' with "so-called" experts in multiple fields. Some are Betsy DeVos, "so-called" education reformer [no professional experience in public schools, never attended public schools or sent her own children to public schools, has never held public office], Top "so-called" strategist Steve Bannon [promised to go after big banks, worked for one of the biggest-Goldman Sachs], "so-called" housing expert Ben Carson [remarked that "Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery"] and "so-called" justice expert Jeff Sessions [The Justice Department announced this month it's no longer fighting an injunction blocking Obama-era guidance that protects transgender students under Title IX].

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Friday, May 6, 2016

A Note . . .

. . . to fans of 'He who speaks yet says nothing' . . .

(from http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Politics/thomasjefferson/jeff1350.htm)
". . . An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight. It is therefore imperative that the nation see to it that a suitable education be provided for all its citizens. . . " - Thomas Jefferson

. . . and if I may ad, a serious candidate for government office must also be 'educated sufficiently'. . .

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Robbers . . .

(from http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-clintons-get-away-with-it-1431035304)
". . . I have read the Peter Schweizer book “ Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich.” . . . By the end I was certain of two things. A formal investigation, from Congress or the Justice Department, is needed to determine if Hillary Clinton’s State Department functioned, at least to some degree and in some cases, as a pay-for-play operation and whether the Clinton Foundation has functioned, at least in part, as a kind of high-class philanthropic slush fund. . . I wonder if any aspirant for the presidency except Hillary Clinton could survive such a book. I suspect she can because the Clintons are unique in the annals of American politics: They are protected from charges of corruption by their reputation for corruption. It’s not news anymore. They’re like . . . Bonnie and Clyde go on a spree, hold up a bunch of banks, it causes a sensation, there’s a trial, and they’re acquitted. They walk out of the courthouse, get in a car, rob a bank, get hauled in, complain they’re being picked on—“Why are you always following us?”—and again, not guilty. . . "

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Monday, April 25, 2016

Leave . . .

. . . it to our government to screw up their own diabolical plan. . .

(from wikipedia.com)
". . . According to the chemtrail conspiracy theory, long-lasting trails left in the sky by high-flying aircraft are chemical or biological agents deliberately sprayed for sinister purposes undisclosed to the general public. . . "

(from http://www.chemtrailcentral.com/chemfaq.shtml)
". . . The use of chemical and biological agents by a government against it's own people is, unfortunately, a historical fact. Even unintentional accidents can occur. But, some people suggest that Chemtrails could actually be part of a program to reduce the population and many feel Chemtrails have caused them to become ill and perhaps they are right. If the Chemtrails contain biological agents then people already weakened by other factors may have even died as a result of the additional strain on their systems, but could such a diabolical purpose be the ultimate goal? History has taught that even the most unconscionable schemes can be made into reality by men filled with fear and hate, and with such weapons in the hands of government we must remain vigilant until answers are forthcoming. . . "

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Valid . . .

Simple Definition of valid

: fair or reasonable
: acceptable according to the law

(http://gas2.org/2016/03/10/teenagers-sue-us-government-over-climate-change/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IM-gas2+%28Gas+2.0%29)
". . . 21 children are suing the US government in federal court, claiming it has breached its obligations to them under the Constitution to protect their civil rights. Specifically, they allege lack of government action on climate change is an infringement of their rights to life, liberty, and equal protection under the law. . . According to The Guardian, Julia Olson, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs told the press after the hearings, “What we have is not just a failure to act. The government is doing everything to fuel this problem.” She pointed to the permitting of oil and gas drilling and the export of fossil fuels, including the recently approved Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon, which the complaint says “enhances the cumulative danger” caused by the government’s actions. . ."

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Friday, July 17, 2015

Celebrate . . .

. . . a little late . . .

(from http://civilwartalk.com/threads/frederick-maryland-war-debt.64235/)
"During the morning, (Lt. Gen Jubal) Early held the city of Frederick for $200,000 ransom lest he burn it, as his forces under McCausland were to set the torch to Chambersburg, Pa three weeks later. The mayor asked for some time to raise the money; but when it was clear that (Major Gen Lewis) Wallace could not save them, the city banks produced the funds. Unable to get compensation later from the Federal Government, the city assumed the debt, which was not paid off until 1951"

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Friday, January 9, 2015

Freedom and the Press . . .

(from http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/paris-magazine-attack/charlie-hebdo-shooting-12-killed-muhammad-cartoons-magazine-paris-n281266)
". . . Twelve people were killed Wednesday when masked gunmen armed with AK-47s attacked the offices of a French satirical news magazine which has published cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. . . One of the magazine's editors, Gerard Biard, told France Inter radio: "I don't understand how people can attack a newspaper with heavy weapons. A newspaper is not a weapon of war." Hollande added that several other attacks had been thwarted in France "in recent weeks." "No barbaric act will ever extinguish the freedom of the press," Hollande said in a tweet. "We are a united country." . . ."

"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion . . .
-John Adams

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual. . . The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
-Thomas Jefferson

Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins. Republics and limited monarchies derive their strength and vigor from a popular examination into the action of the magistrates.
-Benjamin Franklin

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Monday, October 13, 2014

Sorry . . .

. . . I'm reading about politics, government, representation and LIFE. . .

(from "A Fighting Chance" by Elizabeth Warren)
". . . as the crowd thinned out a bit, a woman in her mid fifties walked over. Her face was flushed and her hair was a tangle of tight curls. She looked hot and tired, maybe a little angry. She stopped a few steps away from me and said, "I walked two miles to get here."

Okay. She had my attention.

She dropped her voice a notch. "I walked because I don't have a car that runs. I don't have a car that runs because I don't have a job."

As we stood facing each other, she laid out her life in just a few sentences.

I have two master's degrees. I'm smart. I taught myself computer programming. I've been out of work for a year and a half. I've applied, I've volunteered, I've gone everywhere, but nothing.

She paused for a long time, then plunged back in. She explained that she had held one job or another since she was seventeen. She had put herself through school. She had always, always, always worked hard.

Then she stopped, took a step forward, and lowered her voice to a whisper, as if she didn't want to hear what she was about to say.

Now I don't know if I'm ever going to get a real job again.

I held out both hands and she took them. We stood there, not moving, just holding hands. I muttered something bland like "I'm so sorry," but she didn't give any sign of hearing me. She was well past the polite social conventions. She was hot, and she was exhausted-mind, body, and soul.

She focused again, looked me straight in the eye and said: I'm here because I'm running out of hope. I've read about you for a long time, and I'm here to see you in person, to tell you that I need you, and I want you to fight for me. I don't care how hard it gets, I want to know that you are going to fight.

I looked back at her and said, "Yes, I'll fight."

Hope
[©2012 Raymond M. Jozwiak from Ambience & Wine by Ray Jozwiak]

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Reading . . .

. . . the gory details of behind-the-scenes politics at the highest level of The U.S. government gives one pause. Granted, I was just a kid when these people were active, but it is absolutely mind-boggling to learn of the great lengths to which some will go in the interest of power. And money, for that matter, although my current reading material is about power while the sub-plot of 'money can easily buy power' (a fact of which our current conservative supreme court justices are blissfully unaware) is all too present. And this is really nothing new to our times, my lifetime or recent history. As long as history has been recorded the very same has been true. It makes me quite content with my own principles. I will never be rich (financially) nor powerful (politically), but I will always be honest and true to myself and in any and all human interactions in which I participate. Really!

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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Marc J. Randazza, a Las Vegas-based First Amendment attorney and managing partner of the Randazza Legal Group, has in interesting take on the recent media storm NBA Clippers' owner Donald Sterling.

First, many have questioned whether or not Sterling's First Amendment rights were violated. Randazza says his First Amendment rights remain intact. The First Amendment protects you from punishment by the government because of your speech. The NBA is a private club, and it can discipline Sterling all it wants. The government is not imposing the punishment in this situation. Neither does the First Amendment insulate you from criticism. In fact, that's the First Amendment in action.

Going one further though, Randazza says that what happened to Sterling may have been illegal and was morally wrong. In California, you can't record a conversation without the knowledge or consent of both parties. The recording featuring Sterling and V. Stiviano may be the result of a crime. We all say things in private that we might not say in public. Conversely, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy made his own stupid and bigoted statements to the world by choice. He deserves every ounce of obloquy heaped upon him. Complain about the National Security Agency spying on all of us yet we condone giving our closest friends the ability to do worse.

"The Sterling story is about how there is no more privacy. We live in a world where you can share your intimate photos with your lover, and they will wind up on a "revenge porn" website.

We live in a world where our intimate conversations will be recorded and blasted to billions of listeners. We live in a world where, say a gold digger can spy on her sugar daddy, and the world says that the creepy old guy is the bad guy."

(source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/30/opinion/randazza-sterling-privacy/index.html?hpt=hp_c2)

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