Thoughts on the Brown Case

Not saying he did because that video is fishy but just say that the victim did steal some cigars, he was unarmed and not a martial arts expert so the police officer had no justification to use deadly force even if there was a struggle. The REAL issue is that they have lowered the standards to become a cop and now 90 pound soaking wet guys (like the officer in question) are cops and they have a badge, a taser and a gun. If the taser doesn't work or the person gets close, he physically CAN'T take down the suspect and has to use his gun. This has happened all over the country as police academy standards have dropped, the use of deadly force has risen. I have no doubt that if the cop had been 6 foot 3 and 250 pounds, he easily could have cuffed the suspect and there would have been no issue instead of a dead kid and a grieving family.

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140825/WIRE/140829750?fb_action_ids=10202732054965348&fb_action_types=og.comments

U.S. Mexico Border Fence a Lie and Sick Joke

What's wrong with this picture ?? A reporter with an Osama bin Laden picture crosses the Rio Grande river from Mexico to the United States twice without ever being challenged or questioned by police or the Border Patrol.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2721991/The-border-fence-joke-Filmmaker-crosses-US-Mexico-dressed-Osama-bin-Laden-Border-Patrol-says-once.html

The TRUTH about the Ukrainian Situation

These "sanctions" are very stupid, counter productive and potentially dangerous !!  The media in this country reprints State Department press releases like they are totally true and not slanted. It's pathetic that you have to go look at the foreign press in other countries to find out what is really going on.
FACT--The U.S. was totally behind the violent overthrow of the legitimate Ukrainian government. Look up the Valerie Jarrett video and there she is on video discussing the overthrow of the Ukrainian government and supporting the Svoboda party BEFORE the "revolution".
What freaked out the Ukrainians of Russian descent is that Svoboda is very anti-Russian and neo Nazi. The "Russian militants" armed themselves and are getting assistance from Russia. The U.S. government meanwhile has been sending the Svoboda government money, arms and advisers (mainly Blackwater mercenaries along with U.S. Special Forces).
Of course Russia would respond to these actions and the U.S. government (can't blame just Obama--the supporters of this policy include Obama, the Clintons, John Mccain, Lyndsay Graham, and neocons) keeps making the situation worse. This has almost destroyed our relations with Russia and now what happens if Russia and the Ukraine get into war (and they probably will soon) and U.S. advisers are killed ?? World War 3 ??  This policy is dangerous and insane and I'm sorry to say that WE have instigated it. I pray that saner and more reasonable heads prevail and calm this situation down before it escalates.

The "Recovery"--- A Dirty Rotten Lie

The "recovery" is a lie and a sick joke. Over the last 20 years since the passage of NAFTA and GATT, well paying jobs have been leaving the country and low wage service industry jobs have replaced them. As our economy has long been a consumer based one, the problem is simple:  no or low paying job==little money to spend==lousy economy==companies unable or unwilling to expand or grow and hire but rather contract or automate making the economy worse. Rinse and repeat.
People MUST realize that Income taxes are mainly for the Middle and Upper Middle class. The truly wealthy have all of their money in investments, trusts, foundations and pay little tax. If you want to go after them, raise the capital gains tax. In addition, Repeal NAFTA and GATT and put tariffs on all goods made outside the U.S. Have all multinational corporations that are headquartered outside of the U.S. and pay little tax to be considered foreign and tax them properly. Give U.S. companies huge tax breaks for every American worker they hire and tax them for every worker offshore. If you did this, it would all of a sudden make economic sense to move operations and jobs BACK to the U.S. and would greatly improve the economy. 

Thoughts on Gay Marriage

I personally believe that who you love, want to live with, sleep with, and spend your life with is none of the government's business. Why must the government be involved at all in marriage ?? Why must you go to a judge to get married and and then to a judge to get divorced ?? Why must married people have benefits that unmarried do not ?? I'm serious, this "legal marriage" is a major reason why the heterosexual marriage rates are plummeting. With no fault divorce your spouse can leave you at any time and take half of your assets. You want to experience injustice--go to divorce court. With our current system, I believe that gay people should have the right to marry but I'd warn them that just like heterosexuals, they have a 50% chance of getting divorced and it will cost them a fortune. Just look at some gay celebrities who married AND divorced their partners: Rosie O'Donnell, Ricky Martin, Melissa Etheridge, David Tutera, Jodie Foster, Jane Lynch, Ellen DeGeneres, David Geffen, and Cheyenne Jackson. I wonder how much those divorces cost them ?? I think that the main people pushing this are divorce attorneys who will double their business.

Troubled Schools

While it is important for the school to have both the resources and teachers that a student needs, that is only part of the battle. The largest factor as to whether a student fails or succeeds is parental involvement and their environment. A child can't learn if they are hungry, a child can't learn if they aren't in school, a child can't learn if they don't feel safe at home, a child can't learn if their parent is drunk or high,etc. It has been proven time and time again that children from poor families can do well in school if their parents are supportive. That's why the other piece of the pie is a strong PTA, and the churches and community encouraging parents to get involved with their children's education and if they have "issues" to deal with them so they don't negatively affect their children.

My Thoughts on the Energy Crisis

The Energy issue frustrates me like no other because there is no reason or honest debate on the issue. On one hand some people say that climate change doesn't exist and the more oil and coal we use the better. They totally ignore that almost ALL of U.S. foreign policy is dictated by oil. For example our country cares little about most of Africa and South America but care way too much about the Middle East---why ?? OIL--Africa and South America have little but the Middle East has a lot. Why do we care so much about the Ukraine ?? It wouldn't have anything to do with natural gas pipelines flowing from the Caucuses oil fields to Europe---nah.
On the other side of the fence, people take climate change as a religion and anyone who questions various "facts and figures" is either a loon or a Koch brothers stooge. People believe that carbon credits are great and not a massive scam that does nothing for the environment except will make guys who OWN the carbon credit companies billions (like Al Gore). People believe that spending a fortune on BURNING WOOD (called Biomass) is somehow "Green". Meanwhile when solar or wind projects that might actually work (like off the NE coast) are proposed, suddenly it's Not In My Back Yard syndrome.
People need to understand that there is a finite amount of oil in the ground and we are quickly using it up. We ARE affecting the environment by putting so many green house gases into the atmosphere although to what effect is up to debate. People also need to except that limiting energy will not only ruin economies but will negatively affect all of our lives. We are all totally dependent on electricity and gas powered vehicles for everything. We need to stop pointless bickering and put money and research into alternative energies that WORK. Things like flexible solar panels that are thin and could be put on everyone's roofs, advanced lithium ion batteries to store energy for nights and rainy days, fusion power that could solve all of our energy problems, etc.