After reading the comments and watching some of the video from the GOP Presidential Candidate debate, it is clearer than ever that our country is SCREWED!!

There is not one single GOP Candidate that is capable of getting the job done as our next Commander in Chief.  That being said, I have also looked at the Democratic Candidates…Just as bad…if not worse!!

The whole idea that we as a society in America only have two options, Democrat or Republican is purely asinine!! Oh I know, we have a choice Libertarian, Independent, Constitutional, Tea Party…MY ASS!! Those are not even choices. Even if the best candidate ran in one of those parties…Say the perfect person for the job is running as an Independent…they will never get the votes to win. Why?? I will tell you why…Wait for it…Americans are FUCKING IDIOTS!! That’s right, I said it…a bunch of FUCKING IDIOTS!!

There is not one single candidate that has any good ideas. Not one. Most of them have good ideas that satisfy the needs of one group of people or the other. Truly none of them care about you, your family, your job, your life…they care about their MONEY!!  Their POWER!! When we all know that none of them have any true POWER…the corporations and Mass Media outlets own each and every one of them. Why does it cost so much money to run for president in this day of technology? Why do the candidates need to travel to every state and hold meetings and press conferences. With Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Etc.. There is no need for it all. I could run a better campaign with a group of IT nerds and a 100k line of credit. No need to even leave the office. No need for signs on the side of the road, it is all useless..or so it should be.

Look at it this way…I have followed the local elections here in Nampa Idaho over the years I have lived here.  Do you know who wins the elections?? The asshole with the most signs on the side of the road. That is how stupid people are. They go to the voting booth and look at the names on the list and say…Hey, I remember that guys name…CHECK!! They don’t even bother to read or research the candidates. And even if they do, they vote their party line almost exclusively!! Look at me…I am guilty to an extent…I have voted the party line because the only way to keep the people you don’t want in is to choose the lesser of two evils!! We are forced to choose a side, Democrat, Republican, Independent…gotta pick a side or you cant vote!! HAHA…DUMB!!!!!!!!  Oh, I know…you don’t have to register with a party to vote…BULLSHIT…If you don’t pick a party, you cant vote in the primary’s…Catch 22…GOT HEEMMMM!! Yeah, they got us by the balls!!

This may sound harsh, but I am to the point that I believe a couple of things.

First: People on Government Assistance should lose their right to vote for the entire year they received assistance. PERIOD! Once you are off the assistance, the next year your voting rights are restored. OH THAT’S NOT FAIR!!! I don’t care, Life is not fair!! The majority of people that are on Government Assistance are not intelligent enough to be casting a vote. It’s True. Now when I say Government Assistance, I don’t mean Social Security, Disability…thing you have paid for as a working American don’t count. I mean, Welfare, Food Stamps, Medicaid…these are government handouts. So maybe there are a few intelligent people that deserve the right to vote that are on these types of assistance…OH WELL…Work your ass off to get back into life as a productive citizen and earn back your right to vote.

Second: Every single person registering and or voting should have to show Identification! Why is this so difficult? We need identification for just about everything, like buying alcohol and cigarettes, getting cable TV, purchasing a cellphone plan, boarding an airplane, going to the doctor, getting a driver’s license…or a passport…or a Social Security card, qualifying for welfare, entering government buildings and even signing up for Obamacare. I Just don’t get this fight. What, are the Liberals concerned they will lose all of those illegal votes that shouldn’t count anyway…is that it? This is a no brainer!!

Third: People should have to take a basic Government test when registering to vote. You should at least know the High School basics about how our government works before you are allowed to decide the fate of our country. Like this quiz for example. It is difficult, I have not studied this information for many years and I had to leave a few blank…but I passed with a C+ average…good enough to vote I would say. Great American Civics Quiz NO CHEATING!!

Last: Remove the whole party thing.  Why do we need labels? White, Black, Republican, Democrat…how about American. Screw these parties…this is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of. Run for office based on your beliefs and your values. I don’t care about anything else. I should be able to vote for whom ever I want during any election! This is simple…50 people run for president, during the primary election the top 6 with the most votes go on the ballot for president, the winner of that vote wins.  Why is this so hard. When you had an election in school for the class president, did you have to choose only one candidate from a certain group or party…no, all the names went into the hat and people picked their favorite. People say it is to make voting easier, less chaos…screw that idea…with technology today, you can read about every candidate from every party…so why have parties?? I will tell you, it is a way of controlling people. If you are more Conservative you will most likely vote Republican and not even look at the Democratic candidates or vice versa. If they didn’t have parties, we would be forced to listen to what these morons have to say and decide for ourselves! And we all know Government does not like it when people are informed…they want Useful Idiots!

So in closing I say this…nothing will change…Sheepole will continue to vote their party lines. Since our universities are Liberal Factories, the new era of Americans 18-28 will vote Liberal and the Country will continue to drop further into debt. The government will grow bigger than ever, and once we are no longer able to sustain our way of life, we will drop into a DEEP DEPRESSION, the dollar will become useless…the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer. The middle class will cease to exist and we will all need to learn to speak Chinese. Oh well, Hopefully I will die before it gets this bad…but I doubt it…it is “Coming Soon” to a theater near you!

Dick

I was reading a post on Facebook today from some Liberal rag of a newspaper.  A man wrote in a letter to the editor complaining about how his day was ruined while at the park.  While he was visiting one of the local parks with his family, he noticed a mother with her child playing. The problem he had was the fact that this mother was openly carrying a hand gun on her hip. This upset the man and ruined his day. Nobody was harmed. The gun never left its holster. But for some reason, just the mere sight of a person carrying a gun upset this man so much that his day was RUINED!! Angry, upset, distraught…how can another person be so careless to bring a firearm into a public park.

The comments on the posting for this letter to the editor mostly said the same thing. How irresponsible this woman is. How dare she openly carry a firearm like that. Why is she so afraid for her life that she needs to carry a weapon in a public park,in plain view of other people? And above all with her poor defenseless child by her side. She cant possibly be a responsible gun owner!! If she is so afraid for her life, why would she even venture outside?

This brings up an article I read quite a few years back about Sheep, Wolves and Sheepdogs. Here is the link to the article, I will copy some snip-its from this article for this blog posting, but I highly recommend reading the entire thing. http://www.killology.com/sheep_dog.htm

The basic premise of this article is about the three different types of people in this world.

Sheep: Most citizens are kind, decent people who are not capable of hurting each other, except by accident or under extreme provocation. If you have no capacity for violence then you are a healthy productive citizen: A Sheep.

Wolves: The wolves feed on the sheep without mercy. If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens, then you have defined an aggressive sociopath: A Wolf.

Sheepdogs: Live to protect the flock and confront the wolf. If you have a capacity for violence, and a deep love for your fellow citizens: A Sheepdog

The man who wrote this letter to the editor is a sheep. Most of the people that commented on the letter are sheep. You see, the woman carrying her firearm is a sheepdog, she is prepared to protect those sheep when the wolf growls at the door. Most sheep do not like sheepdogs very much, it reminds them that there is a possibility for violence from a wolf at anytime. Sheep like to live in denial.

Lets change the scenario. Had this woman been a police officer, in uniform, would this mans day have been ruined? I doubt it, he would not have thought twice about a uniformed police officer playing with their child in a public park while armed. Let’s say that this woman is a police officer in plain clothes carrying her sidearm while playing with her child in the park. Had she walked over to this other family and mentioned that she was a police officer, would his day have been ruined? I doubt it. Most sheep look at a person in uniform carrying a sidearm and feel safe. But whats to say that the woman in the park with her child was not highly trained in the use of deadly force and the proper handling of her firearm. They made an assumption because the woman in the park was dressed like a sheep, but armed like a sheepdog!

To me, Sheep are funny, confused, and scared. They will make sure their house has smoke detectors, a fire extinguisher, dead bolts on the doors, alarm systems all for the sake of protecting their families in the home. Did you know that average response time for a 911 call to the fire department is 9-15 minutes! This is why people have fire extinguishers in their homes. There is that chance that you can put out the fire and save your family with that fire extinguisher before the fire department arrives. That same average response time goes for Police Officers (Sheepdogs). What tool do you have to protect your family while you wait for the sheepdog to show up?

The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that police officers at all levels of the government have no duty to protect the citizens of this country. It is the job of police officers to uphold the peace, uphold the law, investigate crimes and arrest criminals. People who don’t understand taking responsibility for their own safety often ask why wouldn’t you just call the police to stop a crime instead of drawing a gun. Well for one, a great police response time would be 2-9 minutes, but most crimes take place in a matter of seconds. Most police officers I have met are true Sheepdogs and will do everything in their power to prevent these crimes and protect the people, but that is not their primary job duty.

With all that being said, what if the worst happened that day at the park where this mans whole outing was ruined by the Sheepdog carrying her firearm. What if some pervert was lurking around the park looking to snatch up a child. And what if this Sheepdog spotted that man and confronted him, or even the mere presence of her carrying that gun changed his mind and he decided to try his luck somewhere else. None of those unsuspecting sheep would have even noticed. The sheepdog possibly saved lives just with the visual of her weapon in plain sight. What if she was forced to use that weapon and stop this pervert from snatching up one of those children. Some of those sheep would be grateful, but many of them would be outraged, that is the nature of the sheep. Many of them would not see the fact that the sheepdog saved a life, they would make the sheepdog out to be the criminal…how dare she use that weapon…how careless of her…you could have killed an innocent person!!

There is no way to change the nature of the sheep. They will either understand and accept the fact that they are sheep, or they will continue to live in denial. Unsuspecting and unafraid. They have the knowledge in their head that they can dial 911 any time and a sheepdog will magically appear. Until that day when the sheepdog does not arrive soon enough and the sheep is slaughtered by the wolf. It happens every day in America, sheep are slaughtered by wolves, because there are not enough sheepdogs out there to protect them. They look down at the sheepdog and treat him like a wolf. Many of the sheepdogs know this and carry their weapon concealed as not to frighten the helpless sheep. But many of the people that are capable of being a sheepdog leave their weapon at home and walk out into the world as sheep themselves. This is where I find myself most of the time. I am that unarmed sheepdog walking among the sheep, therefore I am a sheep most of the time.

I find myself being a sheep more often than not, mainly because I am concerned about being burned at the stake by all the other sheep should I do something wrong. I had thoughts about becoming a real sheepdog after I left the Navy. I would have made an excellent police officer and protector of sheep. The problem is, I don’t care enough about the other sheep to be a true sheepdog. I care for my family and loved ones, and I do care for the young, elderly and innocent…the ones not capable of protecting themselves. But I look at the grown adult sheep, the ones with the ability to learn how to protect themselves. The ones that choose to live in the world of rainbows and unicorns; I can’t bring myself to care enough about those people to be a true protector. They have a choice, they all have the ability to see the wolf growling at the door, but they choose not to…they choose to ignore the wolf and criticize the sheepdogs.

So I stay prepared. I practice, I read and I learn. I understand how the wolf acts, how to spot the wolf and how to avoid the wolf. When I feel like I have a likely chance of running into that wolf, I turn on my sheepdog instincts and I carry my weapon. If there were a drastic change in our society, and it becomes more relevant for me to act as a sheepdog, rather than a sheep; I will. But until that day comes, I will keep the sheepdog in the cage as much as possible…blend in with the other sheep and live my life happily. If by some chance I get caught off guard, I hope there is another sheepdog in the flock who came prepared. But I can promise you this, I will never look down on a sheepdog, never call him out as being a wolf. we can sense our own kind and I will thank them every chance I get for having the courage to be the protector of sheep, myself included!

Dick

I am by no means old.  But I do consider myself wise for my age.  Being a child born in the 70’s, I have seen changes to our planet that kids today know nothing about.  Growing up in the midst of the Technology boom has been a roller coaster to say the least.  When I was a young child, they still had 8 track players.  We listened to music on a record player. Wow…record players, music stores, video cassette’s, tape decks. These are all things of the past.  I don’t even own a VCR anymore.  Neither of my cars have tape decks in them.  I don’t even listen to music that is not digital anymore.

With this rate of technology change you would think that the world might become a better place.  Technology is supposed to make everything easier. Even this blog would not get read unless I was able to get it published in a magazine or newspaper as little as 20 years ago.  But when I was a kid, life was easier..because I was a kid!!

What kids these days don’t realize is they are living in the greatest, most stress free time in their pitiful little lives.  You don’t have the stress of bills, work, child rearing, TAXES!!  I recently attended a High School graduation for my Niece.  Man I love that kid to death.  Smart as a whip, strong as an Ox, an amazing athlete with a loving supporting family that would do anything to help her succeed in life.  But I tell you, at that graduation, as I sat there and listened to the speeches that the class president and valedictorian gave…it was like someone was punching me in the face.  It hurt to listen to them talk about the struggle they have gone through to graduate high school.  Give me a break!!  They have no idea what struggle is. They don’t have the first clue what stress is.

I am sure 20 years ago, at my own high school graduation, the same bullshit was probably spewed across that stage.  Oh the struggle!!  I didn’t pay any attention to what they were saying.  I had a big life ahead of me.  I had seen the struggles my parents had as I was growing up.  I was already starting to understand the notion of responsibility and stress.  Christ, I had my first job when I was 13 years old.  I have been filing taxes since I was 15.  And still I barely had a clue what was in store for me in the future. The Struggle…The Stress…LIFE!

I have spent many years of my adult life coaching kids in the one thing that I was sort of good at as a kid myself. Baseball/Softball.  I wouldn’t give back those years of teaching and coaching for anything in the world. I hope that in some way I have made a positive change in the lives of some of the girls and boys I have coached over the years. I tried to be a friend and a mentor to these kids, and to many of them I was a father figure, for they did not have one in there life.

I am one of the lucky ones. Hell I won the lottery…the lottery of life.  I was born a middle class, white male in the United States of America.  I had a Mother and Father that cared deeply for me and sacrificed their lives to make sure I became successful in mine. They still do to this day.  If I could go back in time and change anything about my life during my childhood…I wouldn’t change a DAMN THING!!  Growing up the way I did made me the man I am today.  I am proud to be who I am.  I hope I am doing the same for my kids.  I hope 25 years from now they look back and say the same thing. If they don’t, I wont consider myself a failure…but I will know I gave it my best and tried as hard as I could to raise great kids the way I was raised!

Dick

As promised, I am back with more.  I thought this might become a weekly blog…but I cant help myself.  Too much shit rattling around in this head of mine.  I think I would be better off moving to the mountains and secluding myself from society, but I guess the attention hog inside of me keeps me in the main stream.  Let’s see how long that lasts, I give it 10 more year before I become a hermit!

I think Facebook is the primary cause for all of my hate and discontent.  I should probably just cancel my account and walk away from that nasty cesspool of a web site.  But it is the only way I get to see the people I care about in my life and what they are doing.  So of course I stick with it.  Back on topic please!!

I found this nifty little site while surfing the internet one day.  http://www.usdebtclock.org/.  Wow, there is a lot of information on there.  If you are a fan of horror, check this web site out.  It is probably one of the scariest web sites I have ever seen.  It is a running clock of all of the debt and income in the US.  It also includes some other scary numbers which led me to crawl deeper into the rabbit hole.

Lets start with this number 18,319,809,000,000 that’s 18.3 Trillion.  Big number right?  Now put a Dollar sign in front of that number. Unimaginable right?  That is quite a sum of money, unfortunately for us that is the DEBT of the United States. I actually counted the number of seconds it took the debt to climb compared to how much money I make in an entire year.  7 SECONDS, yep only 7 seconds for the United States debt to climb more than I make in 365 days. Horrifying!!

That was not the only number that really jumped off the page at me.  Down at the bottom right there are some numbers that are just as terrifying.  Total US population receiving benefits.  Now they are only looking at Medicare, Medicaid, and Food stamps.  That number is an astounding 159.8 MILLION people. that is approximately 49% of the US population.  37% of the Federal Budget in 2015 went to Health Care and Welfare.  While only 4% went to Education.  WTF!!!!

So we have a 5+% unemployment rate in the US.  People are working minimum wage jobs because they do not have a good enough education to get a real job.  So we give them assistance from our tax dollars instead of…Oh I don’t know…EDUCATING THEM!!!  Now you cant blame the people.  People are inherently LAZY!  In most cases lazy and stupid. But that is what we have created as a society.  The US Government is Dr. Frankenstein and we as voters are the lightning bolt, together we have created a monster.

I saw a cute little meme on Facebook the other day.  Makes complete sense, but most people laugh it off as a joke. It goes like this…The food stamp program is administered by the US Department of Agriculture. They proudly report that they have distributed free meals and food stamps to over 46 million people on an Annual Basis.  Meanwhile, the National Park service run by the US Department of Interior asks us “Please DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS.”  Their stated reason being that “The animals will grow dependent on the handouts and will never learn to fend for themselves.”

Hello…Hello…Bueller…HELLO!!  The same thing is happening with Lazy Stupid HUMANS.  Why should they work when they can get shit for free!  It starts at a young age receiving handouts, you covet what you see, you learn from your parents. You see your deadbeat dad sitting at home everyday drinking his Budwiser and knocking up his old lady in hopes to spit out yet another welfare baby to raise his welfare check and food stamp allotment.  The numbers don’t lie.  Since the year 2000 the food stamp and welfare recipients have more than doubled.  There is no sign of stopping.  A new report shows that people in Seattle that make minimum wage (which has recently been increased) are requesting less hours so they can continue to receive food stamps!!

People continue to praise our government…look at what they have done.  Our government is being praised for getting 18 million more Americans on Health Insurance…Yet over 40 million and counting still have none.  And, look what that has done to our already overly taxed and expensive health care system!  In the last 10 years the US debt has more than doubled, Education in the US is the lowest it has ever been.  People are actually getting STUPIDER!  There are more people than ever on Government Welfare. The cost of living is skyrocketing yet the Average American income has not changed.

Our Government is BROKEN.  Our country is BROKE$$$.  We have Millennials voting Liberal, because they have been pushed through the Liberal learning institution. Why, because if you want to make more than the median income you have to go to college right? Corporations these days require you to have a degree to get a good job. That degree costs so much money it takes you 10 years to pay it back. That degree is a useless piece of paper, it says “You spent a lot of money and time to learn nothing worthwhile.  Everything you needed to know in life you could not have learned in grade school, but now you have a piece of paper to prove you are educated.”  BULLSHIT!!  Literally everything you need to know to be successful in life, can be learned in everyday life.  But I will cover our horrible Education System in another topic!

I have not even touched on the topic of corporate welfare, that is another story altogether!  I don’t even know if this blog allows enough characters to get into that shit storm. But for the time being, I will continue to avoid grocery shopping on the 1st of the month, try not to cry when I see welfare recipients driving nicer cars than me, getting their hair and nails done, talking on their iPhone’s and buying Papa Murphy’s pizza and Soda Pop with their EBT cards while hauling around 8 dirty little kids, and continue to tell myself it’s ok…your Government is looking out for you!!

Dick