I have taken a position which I believe is reasonable and logical, but others disagree. After multiple conversations in various online forums, I have tried to explain my position to some of those people. Eventually I was called several unfavorable things, and accused of unsavory acts. Then those people, who seek to include, decided I was not worthy of inclusion, and excluded me.
It concerns me that so many people in this world are incapable of having a disagreeable point of view on a topic, and allow that disagreement to be the cause for terminating a relationship. If you cannot speak to someone who disagrees with you, you have a real problem.
No problem in this world can be resolved if we cannot speak to each other.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Definition of Dilemma
So far a few states, have passed laws affirming the right of religion is a perfectly acceptable reason to not do business with the LGBTQ community, or gender identity is not fluid enough to allow people to use the restroom or locker room for the opposite sex.
A person's right to express their religious belief includes the right to refuse to photograph, bake a cake for, or perform music, at gay wedding ceremonies.
Deciding that you may have a penis, but consider yourself a woman, is not a reason to enter the women's room.
These laws have been found to be problematic for some entertainers, including Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Morgan, and a few others. Some corporations also have objected to these laws also.
Therefore these corporations, and entertainers have refused to do business with people in states that have objectionable laws, or have threatened to do so, pending yet to be voted on legislation.
So I have a few questions for those who object to such laws, and threaten or have carried out their own private boycotts.
A person's right to express their religious belief includes the right to refuse to photograph, bake a cake for, or perform music, at gay wedding ceremonies.
Deciding that you may have a penis, but consider yourself a woman, is not a reason to enter the women's room.
These laws have been found to be problematic for some entertainers, including Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Morgan, and a few others. Some corporations also have objected to these laws also.
Therefore these corporations, and entertainers have refused to do business with people in states that have objectionable laws, or have threatened to do so, pending yet to be voted on legislation.
So I have a few questions for those who object to such laws, and threaten or have carried out their own private boycotts.
- Do you get to decide what is right for everyone? If so, who died and made you king?
- Does your right to object to Christian beliefs override my right to believe what Christ teaches?
- Mr. Springsteen, how is your right to not perform music in North Carolina differ from a baker's right to not bake a gay wedding cake?
- Mr. Morgan, when did your rights supersede the people of Mississippi?
- Do you not see the dilemma you present? The hypocrisy?
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Want Better Pay? Get Better Job!
Matt Walsh Blog Entry
Matt Walsh says this pretty well in his column, and you should read it. I do have something to add though.
A common complaint about minimum wage at the current level is that you can't afford to raise a family on $8 per hour. Excuse me? Raise a family? If you're making $8 per hour at your job, you have no business having a family.
Poverty in this country is so much better than anywhere else in the world, but you can avoid it by doing the following things:
Matt Walsh says this pretty well in his column, and you should read it. I do have something to add though.
A common complaint about minimum wage at the current level is that you can't afford to raise a family on $8 per hour. Excuse me? Raise a family? If you're making $8 per hour at your job, you have no business having a family.
Poverty in this country is so much better than anywhere else in the world, but you can avoid it by doing the following things:
- Graduate from high school before having a baby.
- Get a job before having a baby.
- Have a baby only after 1 and 2 above.
Monday, April 18, 2016
90 Reasons, and Counting, to Not Miss Obama
I recently saw an online post about missing Obama after his term ends. I responded by saying I could think of 90 reasons why I would not miss him. Here are those reasons.
Reasons To Not Miss President Obama
1. Can't call Islamic terror by its name
2. Comments negatively about police in Cambridge MA
3. Disrespects Israeli PM.
4. Interjects into criminal matter before knowing the facts (Cambridge, Ferguson)
5. Leads from behind
6. Always late for his own press conferences
7. Calls out Supreme Court justices in front of entire nation
8. Bad judgment on making tee times following terror attacks and beheadings
9. Cost of family vacations
10. Mocks people
11. You can keep your doctor
12. You can keep your plan
13. ACA will reduce costs
14. Pass it to find out what is in it
15. Selfie at Mandela funeral
16. Sends people to attend funerals of criminals
17. Does not send people to cop funerals
18. Did not attend Scalia funeral
19. Sends copies of his own speeches as gift to Queen of England
20. Returns gift to England, Churchill bust
21. Listened to republican ideas at health care meeting, then said they had no ideas
22. Russian reset
23. ISIS is the JV team
24. Did not attend unity event in Paris after Charlie Hebdo attack
25. Extremely long winded lectures in response to press questions
26. Spends too much time on ESPN picking the NCAA tournament winners
27. Lied about Benghazi attacks
28. Needed an assist for Benghazi lie from CNN moderator during debate with Romney
29. The arrogance of the acceptance speech in Denver
30. Apology tour, Cairo, Berlin
31. Effectively eliminating NASA space programs
32. Bergdahl swap
33. Portrayal of Bergdahl as a hero
34. 19 books, either about him, or by him, before even being elected president
35. Nobel prize was premature and political, not justified
36. The demeaning way he talks down to people
37. Arrogance
38. Fundamentally changing America
39. Michelle Obama' food programs
40. Downsizing military in time of war
41. IRS scrutiny of conservative groups
42. VA handling of wait lists
43. Fast and furious gun running program
44. Misguided support for green energy companies like Solyndra
45. Failure to protect borders form illegal immigrants
46. Fighting against states trying to protect the borders by suing
47. Federal government has not had a budget for most of Obama's terms
48. Deficit spending
49. National debt grew more than ever
50. Blames guns for deaths instead of criminals using the guns
51. Blames 'bitter clingers' for perceived wrongs in America
52. Anyone who disagrees with Obama policies is racist.
53. War on coal
54. Global warming causes terrorism
55. Beer summit
56. Cops are bad
57. Critical of Christians at prayer breakfast
58. Pro abortion
59. Called NBA player on phone to congratulate him for coming out
60. Frequently comments on police shootings, but never when a cop gets shot
61. The manner in which Obama sort of jogs up steps just looks like he's trying to impress people
62. Failure to salute Marine escorts at helipad
63. Pro gay marriage
64. Thinks men entering women's restrooms and lockers is a right
65. Demagogue
66. Attends funerals of people in mass killings to emphasize gun control, for purely political reasons (Sandy Hook, Charleston, Phoenix)
67. Eric Holder as Attorney General
68. Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State
69. John Kerry as Secretary of State
70. #BringBackOurGirls - Hashtag diplomacy, seriously?
71. Conducts an interview with a woman who baths in breakfast cereal
72. Conducts an interview with a man who talks to ferns
73. Hates Fox News
74. Bashes people with opposing views to his own
75. Allies no longer able to rely on USA
76. Enemies no longer fearful of USA
77. Quantitative Easing
78. QE sets stage for Wall Street surge, then Obama blames rich people for making money on Wall Street
79. Blame Bush
80. Unconstitutional changes to Obamacare legislation
81. Unconstitutional immigration policy executive orders
82. Exceptions to Obamacare
83. Gibson Guitars raid
84. Shovel Ready jobs
85. Stimulus package
86. Las Vegas fund raiser the day after Benghazi attack
87. Don't go to Las Vegas
88. "You didn't build that"
89. Wealth redistribution
90. "Focused like a laser"
91. Red lines in the sand
92. Russian reset
93. Russian fighters buzzing our navy with no response
94.
Reasons To Not Miss President Obama
1. Can't call Islamic terror by its name
2. Comments negatively about police in Cambridge MA
3. Disrespects Israeli PM.
4. Interjects into criminal matter before knowing the facts (Cambridge, Ferguson)
5. Leads from behind
6. Always late for his own press conferences
7. Calls out Supreme Court justices in front of entire nation
8. Bad judgment on making tee times following terror attacks and beheadings
9. Cost of family vacations
10. Mocks people
11. You can keep your doctor
12. You can keep your plan
13. ACA will reduce costs
14. Pass it to find out what is in it
15. Selfie at Mandela funeral
16. Sends people to attend funerals of criminals
17. Does not send people to cop funerals
18. Did not attend Scalia funeral
19. Sends copies of his own speeches as gift to Queen of England
20. Returns gift to England, Churchill bust
21. Listened to republican ideas at health care meeting, then said they had no ideas
22. Russian reset
23. ISIS is the JV team
24. Did not attend unity event in Paris after Charlie Hebdo attack
25. Extremely long winded lectures in response to press questions
26. Spends too much time on ESPN picking the NCAA tournament winners
27. Lied about Benghazi attacks
28. Needed an assist for Benghazi lie from CNN moderator during debate with Romney
29. The arrogance of the acceptance speech in Denver
30. Apology tour, Cairo, Berlin
31. Effectively eliminating NASA space programs
32. Bergdahl swap
33. Portrayal of Bergdahl as a hero
34. 19 books, either about him, or by him, before even being elected president
35. Nobel prize was premature and political, not justified
36. The demeaning way he talks down to people
37. Arrogance
38. Fundamentally changing America
39. Michelle Obama' food programs
40. Downsizing military in time of war
41. IRS scrutiny of conservative groups
42. VA handling of wait lists
43. Fast and furious gun running program
44. Misguided support for green energy companies like Solyndra
45. Failure to protect borders form illegal immigrants
46. Fighting against states trying to protect the borders by suing
47. Federal government has not had a budget for most of Obama's terms
48. Deficit spending
49. National debt grew more than ever
50. Blames guns for deaths instead of criminals using the guns
51. Blames 'bitter clingers' for perceived wrongs in America
52. Anyone who disagrees with Obama policies is racist.
53. War on coal
54. Global warming causes terrorism
55. Beer summit
56. Cops are bad
57. Critical of Christians at prayer breakfast
58. Pro abortion
59. Called NBA player on phone to congratulate him for coming out
60. Frequently comments on police shootings, but never when a cop gets shot
61. The manner in which Obama sort of jogs up steps just looks like he's trying to impress people
62. Failure to salute Marine escorts at helipad
63. Pro gay marriage
64. Thinks men entering women's restrooms and lockers is a right
65. Demagogue
66. Attends funerals of people in mass killings to emphasize gun control, for purely political reasons (Sandy Hook, Charleston, Phoenix)
67. Eric Holder as Attorney General
68. Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State
69. John Kerry as Secretary of State
70. #BringBackOurGirls - Hashtag diplomacy, seriously?
71. Conducts an interview with a woman who baths in breakfast cereal
72. Conducts an interview with a man who talks to ferns
73. Hates Fox News
74. Bashes people with opposing views to his own
75. Allies no longer able to rely on USA
76. Enemies no longer fearful of USA
77. Quantitative Easing
78. QE sets stage for Wall Street surge, then Obama blames rich people for making money on Wall Street
79. Blame Bush
80. Unconstitutional changes to Obamacare legislation
81. Unconstitutional immigration policy executive orders
82. Exceptions to Obamacare
83. Gibson Guitars raid
84. Shovel Ready jobs
85. Stimulus package
86. Las Vegas fund raiser the day after Benghazi attack
87. Don't go to Las Vegas
88. "You didn't build that"
89. Wealth redistribution
90. "Focused like a laser"
91. Red lines in the sand
92. Russian reset
93. Russian fighters buzzing our navy with no response
94.
Settled Science?
Democrat AG's Go To Court Over Climate Change
If the science were indeed settled, there would be no dispute for any court to settle. Since there are so many scientists disputing the science claimed to have been settled, it must obviously not be settled. So on the left, the next solution is to settle science in a court of law? Imagine had Newton gone to court to prove gravity causes the apple to fall to Earth?
The scientific method is how you prove scientific theory, not by suing for judgement.
If the science were indeed settled, there would be no dispute for any court to settle. Since there are so many scientists disputing the science claimed to have been settled, it must obviously not be settled. So on the left, the next solution is to settle science in a court of law? Imagine had Newton gone to court to prove gravity causes the apple to fall to Earth?
The scientific method is how you prove scientific theory, not by suing for judgement.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Cincinnati Streetcar Finances
Council Set to Approve Funding
According to this article, the city council of Cincinnati is going to vote on funding the streetcar operations for 1 year. The expected operational cost is $4.2 million, and the funding totals $2.3 million. My math tells me this is not so fuzzy, underfunded by nearly $2 million. And then there is next year's operations to fund.
But not to worry, the supporters of the boondoggle that the city cannot afford claim expanding to phase 2 will be on the table next. They can't afford phase 1 and now want to build phase 2.
Think about this. They are funding the streetcar operations by taking revenue from parking. If people ride the streetcar as they expect, won't parking revenues go down?
Just who is voting for these council people anyway?
According to this article, the city council of Cincinnati is going to vote on funding the streetcar operations for 1 year. The expected operational cost is $4.2 million, and the funding totals $2.3 million. My math tells me this is not so fuzzy, underfunded by nearly $2 million. And then there is next year's operations to fund.
But not to worry, the supporters of the boondoggle that the city cannot afford claim expanding to phase 2 will be on the table next. They can't afford phase 1 and now want to build phase 2.
Think about this. They are funding the streetcar operations by taking revenue from parking. If people ride the streetcar as they expect, won't parking revenues go down?
Just who is voting for these council people anyway?
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