Debate!

It's a litle late, but I was able to find a complete set of videos of the October 18th debate. Thanks to MiserablyGlorious for taping, editing and uploading the debate.

It's in 11 parts, and this the link to part 1, the rest will be easy to find from this one. - link


I also found a complete transcription of the debate, handy for going back through and checking quotes and such. Link



I'm still watching it, and haven't finished, so I can't comment on it too much as of yet. But I do want to say that Mitt Romneys dedication to Romney care, while blasting ObamaCare, worries me, as it seems to show he will change his tune all too quickly, something that is bad for a president.

Sorry!

Hey guys, if any of you are still paying attention after this long of a lag, I'm sorry I haven't been posting for a while.

I recently got a job, and mixing that with my welding classes, has given me very little free time. And so, when I have free time, I spend it on knifemaking instead of other things. But, I do hope to start posting here more often.

But, there are many things brewing in the public arena that need to be discussed, and I hope to have some real posts up soon.

Topics I hope to discuss in the near future:

The occupy protests.
Knife rights and laws.
Concealed carry.
etc.



Stephen

Random Thought of the day.

Everyone says that such and such is "the greatest thing since sliced bread!"


What's so great about sliced bread? Sure, it's convenient, but maybe we should use something that's a little greater, like cars, or indoor plumbing, something like that. I dunno, it just makes sense to me.



Stephen

Enviromental Literacy pt 2

As some of you might know, there is a bit of an argument going on under my environmental literacy post. This post is my reply to Bobs last comment, but I have to post it as a blog post because it's too big for a comment. So, here it is.


Bobs original comment –


“Seriously? You feel it a waste to teach people that they have an impact on their environment? The local and global environment is unimportant to you? You talk about doing “actual research” what has that research revealed to you? At seventeen you seem very closed minded, who has taught you that the ‘right wing’ is correct and the ‘left wing’ spreads propaganda? Both sides of that house are so corrupt it is difficult to tell which type of power hungry money grubber they are, and for the most part it matters little. My point is simple, I believe you do not think for yourself, I don’t think you know how. It is obvious you have done no serious research as you repeat sound bites and media nonsense. You appear to be prejudiced or simply parroting someone else’s political agenda.
My rant continues, but I will spare you, I feel it would fall on deaf ears at any rate. There is no need for you to think for yourself continue down the road with your blinders on, its save, really, your masters offer bread and circus at such a small price.”




My reply



@Bob –




Accusation #1

“You feel it a waste to teach people that they have an impact on their environment? The local and global environment is unimportant to you?”


I feel it’s a waste the way they will likely teach it. When they teach a class like that, but include facts such as, only a small amount of carbon dioxide is man made, the earth has been hotter than this before, parts of Antarctica are actually cooling, etc. etc. Then it would be a worthwhile class. But, according to all of there set patterns, they won’t teach by the facts, only the ideologies, as has been already proved by teaching evolution in schools. Taught like that, the class wouldn’t be worthwhile, and would be a complete waste of our tax money.

The way I believe they will teach it will push the global warming green movement. And an often unnoticed but real motive behind the green movements is government control. Nearly any crisis the greens blow out of proportion, or even just invent, (like global warming) is backed by needing more government control to “fix” the problem. Go ask a green what temperature they would make the earth if they could change it right now. Betcha they don’t have an answer; because it would be a “sin” to mess with the earths change, unless of course the change was caused by humans.


Accusation #2

“At seventeen you seem very closed minded, who has taught you that the ‘right wing’ is correct and the ‘left wing’ spreads propaganda?”


First, where did I say that the right wing is absolutely correct? Please show me the quote and I'll glady address it. I don't believe the orginal post said anything about republicans, good or bad.

Neither side is perfect, both are fraught with scandals, schemes, and other shortcomings. But, the left movement in general is pushing harder in the arena of green energy, fighting global warming, and in favor of more government control (Obamacare, cap and trade proposal, etc.). The mindset of the left opens itself up to much worse consequences than the right. When you start teaching and believing such ideas as, humans are causing the earth to warm, the humans are bringing about all ecological disasters, etc., you begin to lose the natural value of the human race. Look at the population control ideas, first they start with limiting people having children, then start eliminating everyone with diseases, deformations, etc., then you can move on to the races of the world that aren’t as good as others. All of that sound familiar? In general the left wants to move to more government control and more socialistic principles. Socialism doesn’t work, it hasn’t, and still won’t, and it aids much worse principles than just high taxes.

As an aside, and it’s a topic I’ll likely discuss in a later post, something many people today don’t realize today, is that early on in our country, the positions of the two sides were reversed. The democrats (nowadays more correctly referred to as liberals) were in favor of a small democratic government, run by the people and for the people. But the republicans were more in favor of an aristocratic style government, like they were used to in England, a style of government that is just too large, intrusive, and diminishes the rights of the people.

Accusation - #3

“I believe you do not think for yourself, I don’t think you know how. It is obvious you have done no serious research as you repeat sound bites and media nonsense. You appear to be prejudiced or simply parroting someone else’s political agenda.”

You read the first real post I’ve done on my blog, and because it contradicts with your line of thinking you decide that I’m close minded and parroting people’s agendas? You accuse me of doing no research, but you accuse me and form ideas and suspicions about me when I’ve done one single political minded post thus far. Include some research in a comment perhaps, aside from the rude accusations, and practice what you yourself preach.

Also, you accuse me of repeating sound bites? Look back at that post, and find me one place where I quoted something. Everything on that post I wrote myself, and it is my own opinion. As I said in the post, there was only ONE SINGLE article about this topic I could find, and I did spend nearly an hour searching through the internet looking for another one. All the ones I found were direct copies of the original one. You find me some other articles about THIS SPECIFIC topic, and I’ll be happy to read them. Who knows, it’s been over a week since I looked for articles about this, there could be new ones.



Bob, anyone reading through your comments will see that you don’t like my opinions about the greens and global warming, and so you retreat to calling me closeminded and a parrot, over and over, there is little content in your comments other than personal attacks that have no point to them.

Stephen.

This is really interesting. Video taped interviews with various people who sya they voted for obama.

You have to realize that they didn't interview all of obamas voters, and they might have not shown some that didn't look as good as these, but it still sheds some light on this subject.

One other thing to note, the guy who did this, is the same guy who produced "Media Malpractice", and he is a democrat (I just can't see how he stays a democrat after seeing this kind of stuff, he seems too smart).

I didn't say it in my last post, completely forgot, that's what happens when you post at 12:00 am. I want to thank any of you out there who have served, are serving or will serve in our Country's Military. A lot of people criticize the miltary and people in it, calling them war mongers, killers, protesting at their funerals. But I'm not one of them. You men and women have signed up to protect our country so that it may remain shining as a beacon of hope in this world, and I thank you for it. You know, John Adams had more to say than his quote in my last post -

"You will think me transported with enthusiasm but I am not. I am
well aware of the toil and blood and treasure, that it will cost us to
maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States.

Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and
glory. I can see that the end is more than worth all the means.

And that Posterity will triumph in that Days Transaction, even
although we should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not."




God Bless the USA, Stephen.

4th of July

Happy Independence Day!


Hey everybody, today is the 4th of July, one of the most celebrated holidays in America, and rightly so.


July 2nd, 1776, the United States declared their independance from England, when the Continental Congress approved a resolution of independence. On the next day, John Adams wrote to his wife, telling her -


"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more"


He was off, by a mere two days, not bad guess work there. Because the very well publiscized Decleration of Independence showed the date 4th of July, that became the celebrated date, right from the get-go.

Something else of note, is that most historians believe that many, if not most, of the signers actually signed the Decleration on August 2nd 1776.



So there you go, a short history lesson, now you can sound smart in front of your friends at the parties later today, just make sure you don't mix up the facts.









Happy Independence Day, I hope all of you feel the pride swell in your chest as you see the flag flying, hear the national anthem, and think of all the men and women who have died to keep us free.








This aint the national anthem, but it's a good patriotic song.