Government Shutdown

 Too bad I did not hang on to my Facebook account a bit longer. New Terms of Service will start of January 1, 2025, so I had planned to end it on December 31. Some computer glitch at 3AM insomnia unable to fall back to sleep had a hissy fit removed all neighbors and bye, bye, bye. I permanently deleted the account, rather than taking the option, so that I could reinstate it. Does not matter; Dottie is gone. Maybe I should send her a postcard?

How do you feel that Freddy might lose his paycheck due to looming government shutdown? Thank you very much. Son-in-law Freddy is National Guard, army war vet. Daughter said they will manage, but it will not be fun. That is, her paycheck will carry them for as long as shutdown continues. Last shutdown was 6 weeks, courtesy of Dump. 

I am curious as to how she and other MAWAs are dealing with Elon Musk being part of his Cabinet? Not even in office yet; Musk influenced GOP Congress? He will not be hurting if the government shuts down at midnight tonight. Happy Christmas military families as we take away your paychecks, for who knows how long this time? I suspect 7 weeks; than Dump can sign executive order, being 'hero' reinstating Federal Employees paychecks? 

Is this what you wanted Dottie? To hurt others due to love of  Dump? Whatever.

Last to know

 AM thought: Dump's supporters are like "the woman is always last to know," that her husband is cheating on her. 

I was told my sister posted "my father must be turning over in his grave to see what happened to his beloved Democratic Party." 

I once posted, "my father would be turning over in his grave, if he knew some of his children and grandkids voted for Dump," in 2015. "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me," oft' repeated axiom. 

I had not seen sister's post. If I was still talking to her, I would ask her "what happened to the Democratic Party?" Dad was homophobic, so maybe Democrats supporting equal rights for LGBT would be something that disturbed him?  He was also a bit misogynist. He would have loved to see Barack Obama elected as president.

Democrats are still for the people. What is wrong with that? Dad was smart and well informed. He would know things that I have to look up. Such as how much debt/deficit presidents added, and which ones reduced it. GOP says "Democrats, 'tax and spend'." Maybe sister believes that to be true? GOP cuts taxes for the most wealthy, at expense of middle income citizens. Trickle down economics is a proven failure. 

Both parties spend. Dump spent more than most. Why does my sister not know this? 

White in front of you

Keepingitreal changed the Bud Lite subject:

 "Twice, both Greene & Boebert, during the State of the Union, yelled out to the President that he was a liar and repeatedly interrupted and heckled him.
Why didn’t Republicans vote to expel them both, like they did to two African Americans in Tennessee?"

Pine replied:

George Santos told them not to and he seems to be the up-and-coming standard bearer of the Republican party.

Countrygirl:

I think the answer is plainly obvious.

Tired:

The answer is White there in front of you!

The Secret Sales Pitch

 GOP MO (modus operandi)

"We attempt to escape fear-producing stimuli. By producing fear we can alter people's behavior. When caught in fear we regress step by step to even more infantile and animistic drives." from  The Secret Sales Pitch by August Bullock.

"Democrats (or Liberals) are going to take away your guns."

There was a time I considered getting a pistol, because, if government took away our right to own guns, than only the police would have guns.

I doubt that I knew that was GOP propaganda, nor would I have known that it was GOP saying it would be done by Democrats. I once was a registered Democrat. Now: Green or Independent. No, Democrats are not coming for your guns.

I visualized scenarios and decided I would rather be killed than kill. It was during President Obama's admin when he explained about assault weapons. I slept through Clintons 10 year ban of assault weapons and quick loading ammo. Due to mass shootings, many done with AR-15s and other military style weapons designed to quickly shoot many, I support bans on those weapons of mass murders of strangers.

I in favor of sensible gun laws. Nationwide database, for one. When I read The Secret Sales Pitch it was concerning salespeople. A locksmith (in today's world doorbell ring) salesperson states stats regarding local area burglaries. Cite rise of car thefts; sell The Club or car alarms. 

"Hurry supplies limited!" "Order now, only 5 left." I have checked some of those ads. Usually from badly reviewed, obscure company. Often a newly created company. Creating urgency is a oft used sales tactic. It creates the fear that the home you want to make an offer on will be gone if you take time to think it over. 

Trump effectively uses those tactics. "Weaponized DOJ" "need to get rid of cancer NOW." Cancer being DOJ and Democrats. "Or you won't have a country left anymore." 

Fight like hell! And they did; they lost, and yet the country is still here. He continues to do so, and his fans buy it. Too sad. 

Insurrection

 Repeated comments on Yahoo articles; "if it was an insurrection, why has nobody been charged with insurrection?" or alternately "it was not an insurrection." They also complain about BLM riots. "That was insurrection too." 

I do not know, I was in hospital, did not have access to Internet. I would watch game shows on TV, when daughter visited; listened to music channels. I would play "name that tune," with older music (1970s rock, 1960s R & B, music I listened to) and smooth jazz to fall to sleep to. The hospital volume control held by head did not have to be loud enough to disturb person in neighboring bed.

Not that those peeps knew that. Oy, listening to djt, volume so high, even with my headphones on I could hear it coming from their TV. One night I complained to nurse ~ the lady would blare her TV when she was sound asleep. The nurse said she would wait a bit. So I have to be kept up because nurse refused to lower the volume on sleeping woman's TV? Aargh.

So did not know much about the BLM riots. I read news about them once at home; do not think I watched any videos online. J6 was the first time I turned on TV news in many years. I prefer to read, not watch news. 

I do not know if there is a law labeled "insurrection." Charges might be rioting, disturbing the peace, unlawful entry, destruction of property. In the case of some J6 rioters, it was "seditious conspiracy" charges. 

Insurrection: a violent uprising against an authority or government. That may well describe BLM rioters. But it seemed more like peaceful protests turned violent due to outside agitation. Long Beach, CA for instance was basically peaceful, until out of town thugs arrived to break store windows and steal merchandise. Those types were not protesting police brutality, they were taking advantage of large masses of people protesting. I should not call them thugs; teenagers mostly.

J6 rioters did so under orders from the president. There job was to "fight like hell" to stop the 'steal.' That is prevent Congress people from doing their jobs; they especially wanted to stop VP Pence from presiding over the certification of electoral college votes. Due to the delay, they worked until 3AM to finish the job. 

Big difference BLM and J6. The kids that post those comments just out themselves as mawa racists.

They also ask "How come no BLM rioters were arrested." Or state it as a fact, not a question. And others reply ~ I think, 14,000 arrested. And others say "they get released, no bail, soft on crime." 

Q/T social, Carlson, Newsmax, djt, majority of GOP reps know how to sell propaganda ~ lots of buyers to spread their alternate facts and lies. 

Well Regulate!

 Beth Akers comment: 

Ban assault weapons, eliminate the gun show loopholes, no more internet sale of weapons, all weapons sold will require lock boxes, and all buyers will have to complete a firearms safety course.  Create a national registry.  If a person has a criminal record or a mental illness, no sale. 

Young adults between the ages of 18 - 26 will require a sponsor to purchase a gun.  That sponsor will have to be present, age 35 or older and meet all the same requirements as the purchaser.  If the purchaser does anything nefarious with the gun, both the purchaser and the sponsor will be held accountable.

GOP refuses to consider well regulating citizen militia. 

Choose the gun you want to get shot with?

 State Rep. William Lamberth asked student protestors which gun they wanted to get shot with?

"If there is a firearm out there that you’re comfortable being shot with, please show me which one it is."

Well, yes, Mr. Lamberth, I would be more comfortable being shot (and killed) with a pistol, hunting rifle, BB Gun than an AR-15 that tore elementary school student's body in half? 

Impossible to keep all guns out of “the hands of a crazy person, a deranged person, [or] a convicted felon, and even if it was done, it would do nothing to prevent y’all’s safety.”

Or we will do nothing to prevent your safety? How about "protect your safety?"

Just wait until they reach voting age. How to make enemies and lose voters? Um, maybe that is the title of a book I could write? I probably have enough info on this blog to write it. However, I do need to get Word installed on this computer. Notepad is horrible choice for writing even letters. 

Rep. Tim Burchett

Burchett does not see Congress doing anything to fix gun violence, because any role in Congress will only "mess it up." He does not condone background checks, because  “you have criminals that are going to go around this, and that’s what they do." Tim Burchett is Rep. from Tennessee.

V commented: The same is true of every law...criminals ignore or go around them. By his reasoning we should not have any laws at all.

Burchett also said: "Repenting of your sins and having some sort of reform in this country seems to me to be the way we’re going to have to turn this thing around because we have some very sick, evil people doing some very vile things." 

The Nashville shooter had no criminal record; she legally purchased 7 guns. Travis Reinking's father gave him the rifle he used in his mass shooting. Reinking owned 4 weapons. He had been treated for mental health problem. I am guessing "schizophrenic" due to hearing God's voice tell him to kill people.

Banning sale of military style weapons such as those used by these two in their mass shootings, would be a good place to start. Yes, criminals will be able to obtain them illegally. But would the Nashville shooter have been able to find one to buy illegally? The father was sentenced to 18 months in jail for handing over the rifle to his mentally disturbed son.

Better if Dad had never been able to purchase it. Do not know if he has a criminal record. The vast majority of citizens do not go around shooting and killing strangers. Yet Burchett things we are all sinners? He must be Christian. An example of Republican mentality? 

No gun violence

 "There’s no such thing as gun violence. There’s only human violence. It’s intellectually unsound to state otherwise, and the number one cause of death for children in America remains abortion.” Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.)

Round and round they go. Comments on article shared at Yahoo News, are typical. One or two agree that abortion is murder. Most are typical. The tired "guns do not kill, people kill," "if knives were used would you say knife violence," "shall we ban cars," vs. "guns only purpose is to kill," "cars are regulated," "knives and cars sole purpose is not to kill".

Show me a child inside a girl or woman's womb, and I will show you a freak of nature. Must be a teeny tiny child to fit in even a very large female's womb. I am guessing that someone with a small body will have smaller internal organs also. Some baby's hearts or lungs have not fully developed before birth. I am guessing that as the baby grows, so do organs. 

Chicago, the south, red states, libs, shared article "leftugees fleeing blue states" (Forbes) "Democrats wonder why the hell are blacks moving to red states" (maybe the title did not say "hell" but that is how it sounded)  did not notice the publication. or the third on the same subject. Maybe "Examiner."

They want to grab our guns or they are not going to grab our guns. 

How many years has the GOP been screaming that Democrats want to take away people's guns? At least 50, methinks. No one trying to take away hunting rifles, hand guns, or pistols. Exception would be when New Orleans was under martial law, and cops confiscated family heirloom rifles after illegal search of car trunk.

I again broke my promise to stop commenting on articles. I never check for replies. I just hope something I say will cause a person to think. Especially the one that slurred everyone's intelligence, that spelled, in all caps VIOLECE. Did not take time to read before posting? Or does not know how to spell violence? Peeps like that make me laugh. 

That poster: pro guns, anti abortion. 

H.R. 1095 ~ National Gun?

 "An assault on one constitutional right is an attack on them all, and I will continue doing all I can to fight those seeking to seize power from the people and give it to the government." Rep. Barry Moore, Alabama, introduced bill to make H.R. 1095 AR-15 Rifle National Gun of the United States. He also stated: 

"The most fundamental job of a Congressman is to protect your liberties, and I take that duty incredibly seriously." He seems to have forgotten about the right to life,  and pursuit of happiness for children and their parents, killed by AR-15 and other assault style weapons. Also, being GOP, likely forgot about female right to liberty.

Co-sponsors of the bill: George Santos, NY, Lauren Boebert, Colorado, Andrew Clyde, Georgia ~ all Republicans. Santos is a complete fraud, and known criminal. Clyde was born in Canada; college graduate, Navy vet, CEO.  No wonder he wants a National gun, especially a military style one.

How 'bout Winchester rifle if we really need a National Gun? I know nothing about hunting guns, but I think Winchester was popular in the Wild Wild West. Okay, I need to look it up, eh. But first, the only things I knew about Boerbert is her pro trump stance, fight with M.T. Greene, and a few other anti-U.S. of A. statements.

Okay, now I know she owned Shooter's Grill, in Rifle, Colorado, a "Second Amendment and Western-themed restaurant," where she encouraged staff to open-carry guns. She grew up in a welfare household, quit high school believing, her bio says, she could provide better for her family with a job, rather than being on welfare. 

She married a man who works in natural gas drilling company. Her bio claims she is active in her church. Surely, not Christian, who are to love thy neighbor. Most Christians are bound by the Hebrew 10 Commandments Thou Shalt Not Kill. 

Now that I know who she is, I understand her stance on AR-15s and why, with zero government experience she was elected. And there is the reason why the U.S. of A. is so divided. 

DON'T TAKE OUR GUNS  vs. BAN ASSAULT STYLE WEAPONS, STOP LETTING PEOPLE KILL OUR CHILDREN

If it was one of her sons that was killed by an AR-15 wielding mass shooter, would she feel the same? As a mother, can she not understand the pain of mothers who lost their children due to assault style weapons? Her children are not growing up in the era of active shooter drills. Possibly the younger one is. But he is likely not afraid ~ no matter how much the townspeople love guns, they would never attack "me." 

Do we really need a National Gun? And why do Republicans desecrate the stars and stripes by covering the flag with politicians faces? Showing they pledge allegiance to a man (I have only seen two men's faces on them, could be more) rather than allegiance to the nation they want to govern. 

Bruce Y. Lee ~ naked throwing hot dogs

Bruce Y. Lee made a good point in Forbes online article about GOP selling points: 

Umm, just because you don’t have a right to run naked down a city street singing “Hallelujah,” while throwing hot dogs at people doesn't mean that you won’t retain your right to run, to eat hot dogs, or to sing the song “Hallelujah.” In fact, you are free to be naked, sing “Hallelujah,” and throw hot dogs at your mirror, all at the same time. So imposing some restrictions should by no means imply that.

Bible & Book Banning

Comment by JJ:
They should make the bible mandatory reading. It's the best way to turn Christians into atheists.
Buy a Bible, but don’t read it, and you’ll be a Catholic.
Buy a Bible, read only what suits you and you’ll be an Evangelical.
Buy a Bible, read it fully, analyze it, reason it, and you will be an Atheist.

The comment was on a Yahoo news shared Letters to the Editor, Opinion, Florida Today, ragging on Ms. Julie Marshall, member of Moms for Liberty, and banning books. Comments either agree with the letter writer or slam her. Typical slurring Democrats, "libs," "lefties" as pedos, wanting 5-year-olds to read porno.

Some slurs on conservatives ~ the typical "trailer park" or "can't read" stuff. A lot pointing out Bible texts which would be inappropriate to read to children. Slurs on the Bible or just nicely worded putdowns. Round and round they go. Such hatred and anger from Republicans towards Democrats. Mostly mocking of GOP from others ~ might be Green, or Democrats, less hating, more laughing than hatring.

The most Irate, often ALL Caps comments from people saying there is no book banning, they can buy it and read it. Truth is that DeSantis and others in Florida, are indeed banning books from school libraries or trying to do so, causing school board vs. parents fights.

One asserted that there have been no books banned since Fanny Farmer. Odd that the American or National Association of Libraries publishes a list of banned books every year in September during banned books week. I think peeps confuse bans on books with a legal ban, removing all copies from shelves, not allowing it to be published at all.

Focus on the Family had a list of books they banned. My sister subscribed me to the mag. I used to read some of the articles. When they banned "The Color Purple," I told sis to stop subscribing me. She did anyway. I no longer read them, went straight to recycle bin along with KKK literature my ex put me on their mailing list.

From comments, I now have titles of a few books I want to read. I read part of a graphic book geared to ten year olds. That helped me understand why parents would not want it in elementary schools ~ okay, for older teens, methinks. A little too graphic for my tastes in children's books.

Secession Comments

The secession article pointed out that divorce involves things like: Who Will Get The Children. So, who would get the National Debt, author queried. The author states %ages of voters who agree with a national divorce. Heavy on GOP/mawas and trump himself. Less than 50% of Biden voters. Notice he wrote, Biden, not Democrats. And what happened to Greens? Or Libertarians? Us Independents do not count in these here United States of America?

Percentages and polls do not interest me. No one asks me my opinion. Unless at the end of the poll, they are asking for campaign donations, thus biased questions, anyway. Judging by comments on the article, those percentages are likely accurate.

MAWAs out in force. They hate Blues or Democrats. One said "then the Blue States would become Police States." How effective that GOP propaganda has been. All my adult life GOP has been yelling that Democrats are coming for your guns. Has that happened? There was a ten year period when military style weapons were banned. Mass shootings were down in those years.

I once believed that if they took away citizens rights to own guns, then only police would have them. Internet, however, allowed me to read sensible gun laws. A nationwide database to be used by gun sellers to deny felons purchase of weapons, to deny domestic violence offenders guns, to deny mentally unstable people from owning guns, is sensible.

The part of the 2nd Amendment about Well Regulated Militia is ignored by NRA lovers. What is regulated, other than laws or rules or oversight? I think that amendment was to ensure people could fight for their state in their military or National Guard. 

Where does that state that law enforcement are militia? 

MT Greene Divorce Blue States

 M.T. Greene wants to divorce red states from blue states. Read an article saying "Secession  is here:" people have been withdrawing from the Union for years. An example is not serving on jury duty. I do not see that as "withdrawing." Some people simply do not want to play judge over other people's lives ~ that is, find a stranger guilty of a crime, based on the best lawyer's presentation.

I raised hand to be excused from a trial once. A homeless man was charged with failing to register as a sex offender. The offense was statutory rape of his girlfriend 30 years back in high school. A 16 or 17 year old having a 18 or 19 year old boyfriend is not at all unusual. If the girl consents to have sex, that is not rape. And how does an unhoused person register an address? 555 Ocean Blvd, where he sleeps, overnight? Lincoln Park where he hangs out during the day?

He had no other "sex offenses" since being charged with having sex with his underage girlfriend. I would not be a fair juror (not guilty.) I also would not sit on trial to give criminal death penalty. I am against that due to innocent people being put to death. Until our justice system is perfect, I do not approve.

I would rather assisted suicide be legal. With cause ~ terminally ill elderly, perhaps, who wants to choose a time and place to end suffering and expense of care.

Was I withdrawing? No, I was excited to be chosen to serve on another jury. After lunch break, when we returned, we were dismissed due to defendant accepting a plea deal. 

Some companies do not pay time off for jury duty. The miniscule stipend does not make up for losing a days pay to do jury duty. A person might have medical condition, such as diabetes and could not chance a long trial. Many reasons to refuse jury duty having zero to do with withdrawing from the Nation.

Joshua Dooline, Micheal ~ guilty

 Joshua Doolin, 25, of Polk City, and Michael Perkins, 39, of Plant City, Florida, found guilty. Both stole police shields and Perkins assaulted guard with a "deadly weapon." WFTV article by Sarah Wilson did not specify what the weapon was.

I wonder how Carlson and his fans rationalize violence against guards to enter closed building was needed for "sightseers," or "peaceful tourists." 

They were doing what trump told them to do ~ FIGHTING LIKE HELL to stop certifying the election he lost. How slow-witted, or unintelligent or hateful do people have to be to go along with the Carlson, GOP narrative. If trump lovers were actually patriots they would condemn him, Carlson, Hawley, McCarthy, most GOP Congress people, not support them. Sad. 

 

disgusting elected reps

Ron Johnson following trump's party line, said Biden is the cancer and should be removed. 

Seems not so long ago peeps said you have to respect the office, when others dissed DJT. Do not like Biden, fine, but likening him to cancer is a low blow.

It is the gop who are like fast spreading, contagious disease. They get worse by the day.

"Our Country is SICK inside, very much like a person dying of Cancer. The Crooked FBI, the so-called Department of 'Justice,' and 'Intelligence,' all parts of the Democrat Party and System, is the Cancer. These Weaponized Thugs and Tyrants must be dealt with, or our once great and beautiful Country will die!!!" ~ DJT

Prosecute Bloggers?

 State Sen. Jason Brodeur, GOP,  has introduced a Bill in Florida that would prosecute bloggers who write about elected officials like Ron De Santis. 

"If a blogger posts to a blog about an elected state officer and receives, or will receive, compensation for that post, the blogger must register with the appropriate office, as identified in paragraph..."

Did not the First Amendment prohibit laws abridging freedom of speech or the press? It is my understanding that states can not make laws that violate federal laws.  I do not earn money from my blog due to no readers. 

Does the proposed law apply to non-Florida resident Bloggers? What about a Canadian Blogger? The Bill is way too long and complicated for me to read it all ~ a lot about advertising properties for sale before getting to the part deciding we, the people, do not have the right o redress government for grievances. 

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1316/BillText/Filed/PDF

Abolish Abortion in Alabama Act

 Alabama Rep. Ernie Yarbrough new legislation, Abolish Abortion in Alabama Act, calls for labeling abortion, homicide,  and charging women with murder.

Another dumb Republican who is clueless about non-viable pregnancies and D & C's. So, if a female's pregnancy aborts itself (such as in ectopic pregnancy) the poor girl or woman might face murder charges, needing to prove she did not cause the abortion? 

Alaska Rep Dave Eastman

 Alaska Rep Dave Eastman was censured for reportedly saying: 

"In the case where child abuse is fatal, obviously it’s not good for the child, but it’s actually a benefit to society because there aren’t needs for government services and whatnot over the whole course of the child’s life."

The best Yahoo comment to the article:

BBagwinds:

Good example of Republican "family values and fiscal responsibility": "Ban abortion to ensure they're born, then let them be beaten to death to ensure none of my tax dollars goes to their support." Sadism at its finest.

Naime wrote:

Totally bonkers (who voted against this?), but Chelsea Clinton said something similar about the benefits of abortion helping the economy, but didn't get this type of response by the media.

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I do not know if Chelsea said that. Yet if Naime remembers, it must have gotten media attention. If Chelsea said it, she would be correct. A baby born with birth defects has little chance of being adopted (except perhaps in cases of abusers who want an easy target?) ~ kept in foster care until they age out at 18, with no family or resources become homeless?

And often those children farmed out to families who only foster due to getting paid, the kids get abused. Always better for all if females and their doctors make the decision to terminate. 

Lauren Boebert

Lauren Boebert sermon used: 

 "May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership. May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes. May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor." Psalm 109.8

As her prayer for President Joe Biden. "But he has an insurance policy ~ Kamela Harris." Those "good Christians" in her church laughed in agreement. 

So basically Boebert is saying she will not assassinate Joe because she does not want Kamerla to take over? 

A good example making the case for separation of church and state. Of course, she believes that her church should run the government.

GOP is The Party of Rule-or-Ruin, putting those types of haters who call themselves Christians  into Congress.