The Truth

Combat Veterans

2009-11-25T23:21:00.002+01:00

It is becoming more and more difficult to label, identify and kill our enemy. They are legion.

While in Iraq I talked with a Vietnam Combat Veteran. He told me a story of why he left before making his 20. While in Vietnam, in the combat zone, he was attacked by a "person" with a large knife. The first thrust he pushed back. When his attacker struck the second time, he twisted the knife in his shoulder. The Combat Vet pulled out his pistol--shot and killed his attacker.

He was courts marshaled for killing a teenager!

Recently this week two of our men have been accused of killing our enemy in a combat zone.

The Rules of Engagement need to be clear, our current CINC needs to either defend our country or reveal his motives why not.

Freedom

2009-10-31T13:14:00.002+01:00

FDR began limiting our freedoms back in the 1930s with his communist ideas of wage and price controls. Now the Democrats in congress are attempting to finish our transformation from a Freedom loving country to a totalitarian state. I hope the people of the USA take note and vote for a change back to Freedom!

If you have not read this eye-opening book that tells The Truth, you should before disaster in our time.

Criminal Domestic Violence

2009-09-28T02:10:00.004+02:00

This last week, after aligning work, two other people's schedules and materials, the weather cooperated and I was about to fly to fix a tire so an airplane could be 100% ready for times of natural disasters for the State of South Carolina.

When I arrived at my friend's house to pick up the last item, an inner tube, I was surprised to see three police cars outside his house.

Apparently, a man had just broken into my friend's house and physically attacked him. He was fortunate to escape without many injuries. He ran to a neighbor's house and dialed 911.

The police had the man. I waited.
and waited.

Then finally one car left, then another arrived. Apparently the man's mother. This crack-head was allowed to leave without handcuffs in a personal car.

This is why we have crimes. The police officer was way too lenient on the man. He even claimed to live in the same house and have domestic relations with my friend. A lie.

If the above were true, then he should have been handcuffed and thrown in jail on CDV -- Criminal Domestic Violence.

But no. He is treated like a child 40 years later. Forty years since 1969 when the Democrats passed laws throwing men out of the house so a woman could try to be a man and collect welfare.

This is the root cause of crimes. The Democrats social engineering. Disgusting, but real. A real story. I saw it with my own eyes.

Trump Cards

2009-08-31T22:02:00.002+02:00

Finally. A victory for integrity and responsibility.

An affirmative action hire has been fired!

I am referring to the incompetent egotist who sent 40+ men and women into the war zone in Mosul, Iraq without our chemical warfare suits and personal bags. We lived out of the clothes on our backs for three (3) weeks. Our defenses were left in Kuwait.

He drove around in an NTV (Non Tactical Vehicle) -- A Honda Pilot with various young girls, passing us by on the dusty roads of Mosul Air Base.

He finally met his match in the trump card of sexual harassment I have recently been told. It has been five years since his incompetence was on display for all to see. An Air Force Lt Col at that.

Now maybe, just maybe we can fire the "Al's, the Tony's, the Roy's" of the world who put people's lives at risk so some socialist can put his or her theory on the altar of social experimentation.

The bottom line of "Diversity Training" --- Hire those who are competent, not based on skin color or pre-selection.

Vacation Bible School

2009-07-27T17:10:00.002+02:00

Last week, over one hundred children from ages 4-14 attended Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church. The ratio of volunteers to those interested in learning more about Jesus Christ was 1:1

No cost to any government.

I sometimes wonder why certain people discourage inquiries into The Word.

Finally tests based on intelligence, not skin complexion

2009-06-29T17:42:00.002+02:00

Today, the US Supreme Court finally judged 5-4 that Hartford, Connecticut Firefighters who study for a test should be granted their certificates and promotions and not illegally discriminated on just because their skin is lighter than some others.

Finally.

I have been a victim of racism in this country for the past 43 or so years, but have not lowered myself to cry foul when disallowed from holding elected office by the South Carolina Education Association based on race. This happened around 1975. It was not right then and not right now. They should now change their policies based on today's court case.

Leaving the workforce

2009-05-28T16:16:00.002+02:00

I decided to quote myself for this month's Truth.

During the previous 8 years, tax revenues were up, although you had to look for the story in the MSM. People may be reluctant to continue this voluntary tax system when most people refuse to work. It seems to have reached that tipping point where more people are taking others’ efforts without even a hint of effort on their part.

Deciding to retire and take social security early (age 63 now) is an option that some I know have recently exercised. Nothing illegal. Nothing immoral.

Previously, during the honest decade, some would go that extra mile, but no longer. Call it the silent protest if you like. When working people decide not to work, they make less taxable income. Simple when you think about it.

The socialist/communist lies of FDR back in the mid 1930 are coming home to roost.

Recently read The Forgotten Man. Good read. Many of the good, honest men died in WW II and are now few and far between.

Grace period

2009-04-27T22:59:00.003+02:00

Well, it seems that the Internal Revenue Service has changed its previous method of operation.

On 14April09, I received a notice of error from the IRS. Last time, I was charged 104% immediately.
This time, the IRS gave me 21 days from the date of notice to pay the mistake on my Income Tax Return.

It was my subtraction error and I put the check in the mail the next day, thus avoiding any penalty or interest.

I am glad to see they have changed their method of operation and I think you will agree, this is much fairer than immediately charging 104% interest.

Some things do change.

Ex Post Facto

2009-03-27T01:00:00.002+01:00

Sometime around 1961 while in the 8th Grade at West Rocks Junior High School, Mrs. Cole taught her last class of Civics. I was in her last class. We learned quite a bit about what it meant to be a United States Citizen. I learned a few latin terms, including Ex Post Facto. She taught that it meant no one could go back and make a previous act criminal, then charge that person with a crime.

Recently, the US House of Representatives have once again engaged in this type of retribution. This time with contracts.

In the United States, the federal government is prohibited from passing ex post facto laws by Article I, section 9 of the U.S. Constitution.

Just as with the Kelo decision to take people's property, certain people have continued to chip apart this law that was wrestled from the King of England back during the American Revolution.

In the 1994 opinion United States v. Carlton, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that retroactive tax laws did not violate the constitutional prohibition on ex post facto legislation, provided their retroactive application was "supported by a legitimate legislative purpose furthered by rational means

What else is in store for US, God only knows.

Public schools

2009-02-24T16:41:00.003+01:00

I took a tour of an elementary school in the second highest ranked school district in our state. It was not pretty. The secretary did not know how to verify that my address was in their attendance zone. The attendance officer took me around.
The physical building was well kept after about 30 years of use.
The students were not as sharp as they were, thanks to section 8 housing.

There were so many counsellors, coaches, speech therapists, police, and others that I almost couldn't see a teacher. The ratio was about 12:1 overall in my quick estimation. When I taught, it was about 28:1 on average over 30 years.

About twenty years ago, my son offered to tutor Math. He moved to Florida after being graduated from USC. Every few years, we received calls from the school district from a parent who wanted their child tutored. Finally after several calls explaining that our son had moved, I finally made a trip personally to the school where the list originated. The person promised that his name would be taken off. Ten years later and more phone calls and contacts, we still received calls.

Two years ago, another call. I had retired and explained that our son was not available, but I would be glad to do the job.
I had recently tutored a 5th grade girl from below basic to above average on PACT. My only stipulation was that I would take no money, just like my last success.
They never called back!
My only guess was that they were not serious or playing games.

My son called this week. He searched on the web and found our school district's Math tutoring list. His name was still on it with a 2008 (updated) list!!

So much for efficiency, competence and accountability from our government public schools.

They were good while they lasted. RIP public schools.

Proper Parents

2009-01-22T17:06:00.002+01:00

During a recent vacation to Orlando, Florida, I was sitting on the edge of a fountain at a mall.

A family was sitting nearby. A man, his wife, and two children: one girl and a boy about aged 4, just about the same age as our grandson.

The boy wandered over to the fountain and put his hand on the spray, interrupting it and maybe a small drop landed in my direction.

The mother came over, talked to her son and led him in front of me. He apologized. My two sons were with me, but they did not notice this.

I said to the mother, "that is a good parent, thank you".

I wondered what percentage of the US population would do that.

Probably about 7%.

Any similar good stories?

On a sad note, I heard "whoopie's" comment: "most fathers took their 12 year old boys to prostitutes to introduce them to..."

Now I know why she is so demented. She may have been exposed to one of those "fathers" she was talking about, revealing her upbringing. Too bad she has to assume everyone else had the same childhood. I will say with honesty that my father certainly did not do that with me. I was "new" on my wedding day.

The new special self-selected minority

2008-12-28T21:46:00.003+01:00

A few weeks ago as I drove onto Interstate 26 eastbound, I noticed the right lane a bit slower than normal. Following behind a seemingly new automobile, I noticed a few bumper stickers and began reading them from a comfortable distance behind and noticed the speed--about 40-45 MPH. The minimum speed there is 45 MPH.

That is when it started. The man held out his left hand and extended his thumb in the direction of the middle lane. I was trying to pass, but a line of cars were already in that lane passing the slower cars (mine and his).

Finally, I had an opening and passed. I looked in his direction and he held up a sign on his left window something like:

"Read up on the minimum distances between cars"

Now this guy must have had that sign for quite some time. He may even have a few others. Here we go..........

Yet another "special protected minority" wanting more "rights" than the general population.

For his information, here are the printed South Carolina Highway rules-- Quote:

The important thing to do (on an interstate highway) is to drive with the flow of the traffic at all times....and
The slowest speed you may normally travel on an interstate is posted. Sometimes, especially when the weather is good and traffic is light, even this can be too slow. Most important, drive with the flow of traffic as long as the traffic is not exceeding the posted speed limit.

If you read this, mr self-selected, you were the one violating the rules of the road in South Carolina. (his tag was from some northern state), may have been Wisconsin.

There are no specific distances printed in our South Carolina Driver's Manual.

Have any of you encountered this guy or another like him driving intentionally slow, advertising some "hybrid" automobile?

Memo For Record 2008

2008-11-28T02:14:00.003+01:00

Two years after the Democrats took over the congress, the national debt increased to : $10,658,356,277,853.89. That is a $2,070,021,293,453.25 increase or put another way, a 24% increase in two years!

Unemployment: 6.5% That is a 47% increase.
Reference: http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

The price of gasoline has been up and down with a high of over $5.00 to an average of a little under $2.00 in the last six months.

We have had no terrorist attacks on our country.

God save us.

Forced Annexations

2008-10-23T17:11:00.003+02:00

City of Columbia moves to annex pockets is the lead story on the front page of today's State newspaper (see link above)
The city previously threatened to deny water to businesses near where I live. They lied about having a continuous property line -- the (in)famous gap (giap) that did not exist. Before that, the city was allowed to count a prison population and promised that was all they wanted. Sound familiar?

I live in one of those unincorporated areas, but have not been targeted yet for forced annexation. I already pay the city double their charges for water and sewer as well as pay for a fire tax. The city has admitted that not all of the usage charges go back to water and sewer operations. This sounds like what happened in the wild west years ago. Threaten to cut off people's water.

I will reprint here a letter to the editor from yesterday's newspaper. It is apropos to our times.

Spreading wealth is like highway robbery
Instead of being charmed by this sentiment, we should ask ourselves what Sen. Obama means when he says he wants to "spread the wealth around." First of all, there is no such thing as "the wealth." All wealth was created by somebody -- and all wealth rightfully belongs to the somebody who created or traded for it.
Second, "spreading the wealth" means the government is taking some of what you earn and giving it to somebody else. For the recipients of this stolen wealth, "spreading the wealth" means stealing from your neighbor. Whether you rob your neighbor directly or you depend on a hired burglar or the government to do it for you, you are stealing the fruits of your fellow human being's labor.
Those who want something for nothing will vote for Obama. Those who believe in earning what they have by their own efforts will vote for John McCain.
If ever we allow the population of those who want something for nothing to outstrip the population of those who believe in earning what they get, we will witness the moral decay of America.
TERRY TAYLOR

A similar taking took place many years ago. It began with a man's lust for another's property. He had an accomplice, a woman. Funny how some things never change. There is evil still in this world.

She wrote in letters falsely inviting the owner of the vineyard to a gathering. She forged his name. She paid off two worthless scoundrels to falsely accuse the owner of cursing God. He was murdered by stoning.

Recently the US Supreme court ruled that a city can take another person's property if they can make more money from taxes on a different type of use like a business or rentals instead of a man living in a house with his family. We have come to this point in our history this election. Will we continue down our path of moral bankruptcy, or turn back to God?

Borrowing money is not a civil right

2008-09-26T14:22:00.006+02:00

Much has been made of the recent failings of Fanny and Freddy. Even more for a few Wall Street firms.

The root causes of this, as many liberals want to "discover" is first, Jimmy Carter and the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act.

Several other nationally known bloggers and publishers have added some more roots.

Under Clinton, the entire federal government put massive pressure on banks to grant more mortgages to the poor and minorities. Clinton's secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Andrew Cuomo, investigated Fannie Mae for racial discrimination and proposed that 50 percent of Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's portfolio be made up of loans to low- to moderate-income borrowers by the year 2001.

Certainly no civil right to a loan by an illegal criminal alien.

Let the chips fall where they may, we will survive when our foundation is built on solid hard work; an honest days pay for an honest days work.

NOT. "Free money" for doing nothing but crying about what happened thousands of years ago. Get to work. Pay your own way.

These are the people I am talking about: "Sleeping in a PA airport" When the security person was told about these "suspicious characters" the reply was, "they" let them do that. I wonder how many of these people would be allowed to sleep free in a high security airport? At what point would the tipping point cause enforcement of the rules?

Here is a video I saw on Michelle Malkin's page. I usually do not link other's work, but will give credit to: vickisoup
Update 30Sept08. Above censored by youtube. Here is a replacement, still available (for now).
One final addition: An IBD editorial that further outlines the culprits including Franklin Delano Raines and Jamie Gorelick, the woman who contributed to 9/11 by creating a "wall" between our FBI and CIA preventing them sharing information about the hijackers who flew airplanes into the World Trade Center Twin Towers. Shameful.

"I'll have you fired"

2008-08-27T14:11:00.002+02:00

That was the frustrated reply from an 8 year old boy when I didn't push my grandson quickly enough at a Church playground!

Amazing.

This 8 year old who I had never met before first said, "watch out" as he was swinging from a playschool swing designed for 2-5 year olds. My 3 year old grandson walked over to use the other swing. This older boy did help him into the infant seat, then snapped it and said, "someone else will have to get you out".

This scene only involved three people.

He went back to his swing and then said to me, "push him, I'm not going to do it"

I waited. My grandson and I talk as adults and he will ask if he wants any help.

Then the older boy said, "I said, push him, didn't you hear me!?"

I waited. Then the older boy said, "Push him now, if you don't, I'll have you fired." At that, I laughed at him.

Then he said, "how old are you?"

This is when I began correcting him.

I said, "If you want to introduce yourself, you first give your name, then your age." He did. I did. Then he said, "are you retired?" I finally understood.

He thought I was a teacher or employed somehow as a monitor at the church where we had gone for a relative's 90th birthday party. I said to him, "do you threaten your teachers at school this way to get your way?" He did not reply, then left.

This is the problem with public school education. The students think they are in charge. We have allowed this to deteriorate to this point. This is why many send their children to independent schools or private schools.

I encountered this type behavior about three times when I taught. All were from females. All were threats to lie about what I was supposed to have done to them. I took the threats to the principal each time. All were lies and attempts at blackmail.

This does not occur in european schools. I visited about ten when in europe. This is how education was done in America back when we had control of our schools and parents were married before they had children and sent them to school.

Cheating on the test

2008-07-27T21:40:00.002+02:00

I just recently took a FEMA course, in residence at a local State Emergency Management location. It was three days. It was announced that there would be a written test that required 70% to pass. I thought it might be closed book and was prepared for that. When the time came for the test, it was announced that no cooperation was allowed but that the test was "open book".

I was a bit surprised, but understandable.

What I was also surprised about was the amount of "cooperation" that began during the test. First a few whispers here and there (what did you put for #6, etc) then outright getting out of one's seat and walking over to a co-worker and "helping" the other person with their open book test!

The kicker was that these people where members of our "minority" who are numerically a majority.

So much for "equal opportunity"

If these people ever want to be taken seriously and equally during a National Emergency, they must comply with instructions.

Complexion

2008-06-27T16:38:00.003+02:00

Complexion refers to the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially that of the face. The word is derived from the Late Latin complexi, which initially referred in general terms to a combination of things, and later in physiological terms, to the balance of humors.

Four Temperaments is a theory of psychology that stems from the ancient medical concept of four humors, or "humours" in UK English.

For the first time in my lifetime, on an official government application, race is absent, and in its place, complexion is there--hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the face.

blond, fair, pale, pallid, ashen, waxen, white, sallow, sickly, dark, olive, bronze, sandy, rosy, red, ruddy, florid... in some lists, the traditional race classifications are still there: Negroid, Caucasian, Nordic, Aryan, Melanesian, Malaysian, mulatto, Oriental, Semitic, Amerindian... it seems out of place to say that someone has a blond complexion or an Amerindian. Would those be hair color or nationality?

Now.

Finally.

Are we over the racial quotas that began in the late 1960s, discriminating on race who must be hired?

Or.

Will we now discriminate on complexion? Should "ruddy" be a classification?

Or.

Will temperaments be classified and quotas enumerated on that psychological quality? (choleric, melancholic, sanguine or phlegmatic) Which is more desirable? Which would be the "preferred minority"?

Or.

Will complexion be a hidden or code word for race? I hope not, but wonder why even put complexion on an application?

IRS charges 104% interest

2008-05-17T21:43:00.003+02:00

Even I was surprised to calculate this.

The Truth: I have been audited three times in my life since 1963 when I first filed income taxes.

Once I got $20 back, once $4,000+ and this last time I owed $300. All were honest errors.

Now, as you can see, I am not complaining, especially considering the $4,000 "refund" a few years ago.

This time, there was a $26 interest charge for each month (if paid by May 28th). The notice was dated 28 April. Lets do the math: 26 x 12 months = $312 for the year (non compounded);

divided by the principle, $300 yields a whopping 1.04 or 104% for the year.

Public Education funding

2008-04-19T21:01:00.002+02:00

I learned that most funding for "public school" education came from local sources in 1968 during my undergraduate studies at The University of South Carolina Education Department.

Who would know by listening to certain national candidates for President. The federal Department of Education drains $80 some Billion dollars annually. They insult teachers at local schools in my opinion as well as my observations I had with these people during my teaching career.

Reference: Annual Report 2007 School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties (SC)

School Funding (revenues) by percentages

State 67.69%
Local 30.69%
Miscellaneous 1.62%

If one were not paying attention, that last amount is the Federal Government's contribution to Public School Education along with contributions by individuals, groups such as PTAs, PTOs and others.

So.

All these people "running off at the mouth" about how the federal government is 'here to help' are not much more than bags of wind.

Any questions?

Internet access

2008-03-23T02:05:00.002+01:00

Many times a year I read articles how the poor are unable to connect to the internet and how this is holding them back. Maybe.
Facts: Reference American Journal of Health Education of all things. I am a lifetime member of AAHPER. I review professional literature because my organizations follow scientific research protocols. On page 109 of the March/April copy, Access Speed Disparities, 2005 are printed. There appears to be a significant difference between those who live in a Household making $30,000 or less vs $30,000-49,999 and higher. The breakdown between Dial-up and Broadband appears to be evenly split in each group that has access except the Age 65+ group! The average access appears to be about 75% overall.
What was not surveyed was: what was done on the computer(s).

Personally, I finished about twenty FEMA courses on the free EMI site.
I also just recently passed my FAA Private Pilot Knowledge test which took about three months of home study for a cost of $16.
The web site is free to take practise tests here.

Now I wonder what people in the $30,000 HH are doing with their Broadband access?

Jimmy Carter strikes again

2008-02-25T20:06:00.002+01:00

I just heard a good explanation of yet another socialist-democratic scheme that on it's face seems good, but in the end is hitting hard on banks and the economy.

Namely, the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 signed by then President "Jimmy" Carter. He was the first president to officially campaign on a nickname. I also remember inflation around 20% during his administration, his bailout of a private corporation. Chrysler received a $1 billion cash aid. This was the first time in the history of the USA that a private corporation got what I would call "welfare", but that was the going trend back in his hippy days.

Now our economy is suffering from Jimmy's welfare program of allowing anyone to get a government backed loan regardless of their ability to repay. If a social-democrat is elected, we will be well on our way to communism as the US takes on all these defaulted loans and continues to give money to those who will not work to repay them.

Hillary's YouTube

2008-01-31T13:57:00.000+01:00

There was a YouTube link from Michelle Malkin's Website. There is a place for comments. I wrote a question, asking if she would open her records at the white house to prove her experience. It was not posted. This is not censorship, but does reveal The Truth about Hillary and her crowd.

Reminds me of a Football coach we played for several years. The first year they beat us 44-0. Our team had just 12 players, but they all enjoyed just playing. We learned sportsmanship, hard work and honesty. The next year we beat them by about 4 points. After the game, they were cheering!? The coach had convinced them that they had won (the scoreboard was not working). The next year they did not field a team. I asked him why he had no team (both schools had about the same attendance numbers). He said that we had different philosophies. I have never forgotten his reply. In other words, either beat your opponent by a big score, try to fool yourself and others that you have won, or simply not participate.

Hillary's YouTube!

Family

2007-12-27T02:44:00.000+01:00

The family is the core of our existence. There are many who advocate that government become our family. They are wrong.

I took some of our family to see a living nativity at Union Methodist Church in Irmo, SC a week or so ago. Just as the sun went down, one, then another man in armor on a horse rode up and down the line of cars that stretched for about a mile to see the scenes surrounding Christ's birth. Those soldiers on horses and several others reminded me quite well of the atmosphere that existed at Jesus Christ's birth.

The Romans were in charge. They had power of life or death at their whim.

The family of Joseph and Mary held together because of a strong belief in God.

Other families have survived because of that same belief. It is also what kept the Hungarian families together as well as The Truth of their history and that communism is made up of lies. Joseph Stalin was a criminal who murdered millions of his own people.

The reason for the season for us is to celebrate Jesus Christ's birth.

Merry Christmas.

Tire Pressure

2007-11-28T19:17:00.000+01:00

I will try to make this short. A week or two ago, I got a frantic call while away from home. A warning light that looked like this:
(( ! )) came on. It looked similar to this: ( ! ). The first is the brake light warning and the second is the low tire air pressure. After a few days and several hours I found out that:
1. The dealership did not know what the parameters for setting off the warning light were.
2. Incorrectly identified the wheel (tire) causing the warning light to illuminate
3. Told a story (lied) about which tire was the cause, did not check the spare and did not know that the spare could indeed cause the warning light to illuminate

The answers are: 5 psi difference between the highest and lowest pressure readings will cause a warning and that includes any of the five wheels (tires). The sensors are in the wheels themselves. The dealership reported 32 psi all around. The actual pressures were: 30, 30, 30, and 33. I took the car, a Toyota Highlander Limited V6 to another automotive location and they discovered that the pressure in the spare was: 28 psi. Ah Ha!! 33-28=5 !

All this was understood because I went to school when Math was taught as a discipline, not as "fuzzy or "everyday math".

All these unnecessary warning lights were caused because a few drivers did not understand or were too lazy to check their air pressures in SUVs driven in the South West United States a few years ago. Now all of us must suffer this unnecessary, redundant and over simplification which turned into unknown by even dealerships that sell the product!

<---- (The gauge on the left indicates 33 pounds per square inch.)