Stay on the Porch, Part 2

From Free Speech Movement to This....

I previously wrote about the things you cannot say in the blog entry from May 1 below.  The University of California system has now doubled down on the list by adding more things you cannot say or do, called 'microaggressions'.  Where will it end?

Grace Under Pressure

I continue to be amazed at the grace with which families and community member in Charleston deal with the grief, anger and pain of the deaths of nine of their family members.  The ability to forgive the perpetrator for his deeds displays God's grace very openly, and obviously with heavy but hopeful hearts.  I only pray that I could be so graceful under pressure.

The community of Charleston has displayed so much love, comfort and grace in supporting the surviving family and congregation suffering so much.

This is the lasting image we should take with us over the next days, weeks, months and years, when deal with such travesties.  This is also the lasting image our politicians should take with them as they deal with all the issues of the day going forward.  I can only hope they recognize the victory of love and grace over racism and hatred.

Liberals Want to Know

Following the mass shooting in Charleston, liberals have taken to the microphones demanding more gun control, and asking how we stop the hating.  How do we stop the hating?

Let's look at liberal arguments over the years:

1. If you don't like Obamacare, you hate grandma.  Remember images of a Paul Ryan lookalike pushing granny over the cliff in her wheel chair?
2. If you don't support abortion on demand, you hate women. 
3. If you want lower taxes, you hate the poor.
4. If you support the police, you hate the people in poor neighborhoods.
5. If you support religious freedom, you hate gays.
6. If you support free enterprise, you hate the middle class.
7. If you do not support the EPA, you hate the environment.
8. If you do not support Common Core, you hate children.

So, in other words, liberals claim conservatives hate everyone.   But if you repeat the theme often enough in various forms, anyone who disagrees with your point of view is a hater.  How do you deal with haters?

Hate is at the heart of most evils.  Mass murder, genocide through the ages, and terrorism, are all based on hatred of some group.  So hatred begets violence.  Is it any wonder why we have violence since we explain everything in terms of hatred?  Can't we just have an honest political debate without labeling the opposition as haters?

Who Could Have Made This Up, Part 2?

5 Devastating Facts about Obamacare

If anyone tells you that Obamacare is working, don't believe them.  This column explains just 5 failures of this law and the way it was executed.

Who Could Have Made This Up?

Cover Oregon Cover Up

Who would ever have thought that in The US of A someone could spend $300 Million on a web site that doesn't work?  Meanwhile back in DC, Obamacare supporters spent nearly $1 Billion building their colossal web failure.

Is anybody accountable for that epic failure?  President Obama and Secretary Sebelius are two I'd start with.

If you can't run with the big boys, stay on the porch!

Liberals often criticize conservatives for the views they hold, and vice versa.  That is acceptable debate.  What is not acceptable debate is shutting down your opposition by stifling debate.  One way liberals stifle debate is by declaring certain words or phrases off-limits, due to their implied racial undertones or hidden meanings.  There are many examples, but most recently there are these two.

First, Hillary Clinton's campaign released a list of words you may not use to describe Hillary.  Really?  Yes, really.
Here Are The Words Hillary’s Supporters Won’t Let You Say

Second is the use of the word thug to describe people involved in the criminal activity commonly called protesting, but which actually is looting, destroying, stealing, and burning.  These are criminal acts that are not under the banner of protesting.
VIDEO: Fox News Hosts Debate Whether It's OK To Use 'Thug' And The N-Word

So if you oppose Mrs. Clinton's desire to be the next president, you cannot use the list of words to describer her or her positions on various topics.  Stifling debate is what that amounts to.

And if you use the word thug to describe criminals taking advantage of  circumstances to commit crimes when they are least likely to be caught, you are using a racially insensitive word, much like the N-word.

If you cannot argue your point of view without stifling those who have opposing points of view, then you lose your argument.  Valid debate includes the use of arguments, facts, and expert opinions, statistics, to convince others your opinion is correct.  It does not include shutting your opponent up.

Job Creation

Jobs: How to Create Them

John Stossel wrote this article to detail how the government does not really create jobs regardless of what politicians say about that.  Business owners create jobs when they invest in a product or service that people are willing to pay for.  If profit can be made form the enterprise, then wealth is created and job numbers can grow.

Capitalism is an economic system that allows for free enterprise, private property, and wealth creation.  No other system has done so much to grow wealth, create jobs, and raise billions of people out of poverty.