BLM has been hijacked...

I think it's sad that the very core of the Black Lives Matter has been hijacked by anarchists, domestic terrorists and those who have absolutely no consideration for what the BLM movement was supposed to be. As a result, many who at first agreed with what the movement stood for, now are condemning it for allowing these anarchists to march with them, and denigrate the message they wanted people to hear. The loud noise is now destroy, kill, loot, burn and that is not what was the intent I am sure.

I wonder if the movement had picked someone else as their poster child, rather than George Floyd, would the message maybe have fallen on more receptive ears? Maybe one of the children and infants shot and killed due to Chicago violence? But that would be pointing back at their own failings as a community, to quell the violence that is mainly black on black in many neighborhoods. Blaming the police for all the violence against any race, regardless of whom, is pointing a finger while the rest of the fingers point right back. In Chicago, for example, on Memorial Day weekend, May 30-31, 85 shot, 24 of them fatally and not one by a cop. On June 20-21, Father's Day weekend,104 shot,15 fatally, and not one by a cop. On June 27-28 weekend there were 63 shot, 6 fatally and not one by a cop. On July 4th weekend, 87 shot, 17 fatally, and not one by a cop. July 18-19 weekend, 70 shot, 11 fatally, not one by a cop. Monday July 20, 25 shot, 4 fatally, not one by a cop.

Does anyone see a pattern here? Cries to defund and abolish the police simply will lead to more killing and embolden the criminals who do the shooting. What happened in New York City? The mayor abolished the 600 member anti-crime units in response to all the cries that the police are the problem. And guess what? The leaders in the black community are now pleading to have that unit resurrected because crime has gone off the charts. Defunding or abolishing the police is not only patently idiotic, but hurts those in black and other people of color communities.

Make it very clear I am NOT defending the idiot cop in the George Floyd case. He was wrong on so many fronts, and I condemn any action such as this on any human. But George Floyd was not the wonderful person everyone wants you to believe he was. His list of felonies is a mile long, many of them violent. As I said above, a better role for a poster child for this would have been a child killed from indiscriminate shooting by their own community.

We all matter, regardless of color, creed or national origin. Every life is sacred, and I revere every living thing. I pray, as many others do, this craziness stops and we can all come together to appreciate what each has to offer in this melting pot we call America. To do so, we all need to stand together as Americans, not just people who live in America. Stop delineating each other as to race or beliefs. Unless one is a criminal, we all need to treat each other with kindness. If we do not, a fractured society will soon determine the fate of the country and it will not be anything we want to see.

What a sad commentary on COVID-19

Sickening statistics. One quarter of all the deaths in the world attributed to COVID-19 are in the US. What is supposedly the most advanced nation on earth has one glaring shortcoming...our residents. People still believe the self-isolation and masks are a joke and the disease won't get them or their families. Thus we set yet another record for the number of infections with 75,775 new infections in one day!

How about this for a wake-up call, 85 children under two years old with 52 of them under one year old tested positive for COVID-19 in Texas? What..the general belief is that babies don't get this. Wrong! Guess that was a misconception. A 6 week old boy who died this past week was found to have COVID-19. Wait..babies don't get this disease. Wrong.

I guess if people don't care, won't protect themselves and their families, their children will die and they have nobody to blame but themselves. Of course the hue and cry will be that nobody did anything to stop the disease before it took their family member...but self-righteousness and indignation won't bring back that person.

The current failure to observe the necessary precautions is appalling. I am more than ashamed of Americans who let this get out of control. We have fought and won wars, battled and won against disease such as polio, and plagues, but many have learned nothing. Especially the younger generations who think their personal "freedom" is more important than the communal good. Again, it's the me-me-me attitude that will result in thousands more deaths every day. Failure to learn from history results in history being repeated over and over. I shudder to think what would happen if another country invaded us...unlike the older generation and our forefathers, who fought to the death for freedom, not only for us, but for those they never knew, many snowflakes would simply run and hide and melt.

God Bless America...Lord we really need it!

Berkeley California, the seat of socialism

The idiots in Berkeley, the birthplace of socialism in California, are at it again...let’s see how this plays out...I see where nobody will stop, felons will kill and Berkeley will blame it all on the police for not being there.

BERKELEY, Calif. — After a nine-hour meeting lasting into the early morning hours, the city of Berkeley announced Wednesday it would move forward with a proposal to remove police from traffic enforcement duties.

Now the city will work towards forming a separate traffic department that will use unarmed city workers to conduct traffic stops, according to the Associated Press. Nothing will change immediately, but the vote calls on the city manager to order a “community engagement process” that will pursue the creation of the new department.

The East Bay Times called it a “landmark decision,” with experts saying the plan to separate police from traffic is likely the first of its kind.

“For far too long public safety has been equated with more police,” said Mayor Jesse Arreguin at the meeting.

Other changes approved by the city council Wednesday include aiming to reduce the police budget by 50%; removing officers from homeless outreach and services and mental health and crisis management; and establishing a community safety coalition committee, according to the Times.

The Berkeley Police Department said it does not comment on council decisions. However, police unions for Los Angeles, San Jose and San Francisco released a joint statement Tuesday ahead of the council’s approval, obtained by the Associated Press, on the matter:

“We do not believe that the public wants lax enforcement of those incidents by non-sworn individuals. Traffic stops are some of the most dangerous actions police officers take. What happens when the felon with an illegal gun gets pulled over by the parking police?" the statement read, “Nothing good, we’re sure of that.”

Why are all the big BLM riot cities run by the Democrats?

Here's some interesting facts: Most of the large cities where protesting, riots and looting have taken place are under control of whom? If you guessed Democrats, you are 100% correct.

The question is why did those officials not take a stand and make every effort to stop the mayhem? Some say they wanted the protesters to be heard, regardless of the damage that would likely occur. Some say they thought the looting and rioting would be on a much smaller scale. Some even say, they didn't care as long as the unrest didn't reach their door. How'd that turn out for Mayor Jenny Durkan in Seattle or Cheryl Selby in Olympia? When the protesters started damaging THEIR property they called for police protection. The police should have told them to "F" off just like they were telling the police while vilifying them for personal gain and potential future votes.

On that subject, the City Council in Minneapolis used taxpayer money to hire private security for them and their family while badmouthing the police. Real nice and guess what...they were all Democrats too. Andrea Jenkins, Alondra Cano and Philippe Cunningham. "The City of Minneapolis is paying $4,500 per day to hire private security guards to protect members of its city council who have received threats as the council makes efforts to defund, disband, and replace the city's police force." The City did not want to admit who the three were but you can't hide the truth for long. And along those lines, why do these mayors need special law enforcement protection in the way of multiple officers to guard them and many times act at drivers for their vehicles? Likely because they are not as popular as they think.

The pure dollar costs from these riots, and they are riots, will never be fully tallied. Even some small towns have seen insured losses, not total losses, climb in to the millions. Fargo, ND has spent a million and still counting. Larger cities are now estimating losses that top billions, and the final count is still way off. And the sad thing is the rioters wanted more money spent on programs for the socioeconomically challenged but that money will instead be going to fix the damage they did. Nice work, idiots!

Here's the shameful list of the large cities with Democrat mayors where the greatest violence has occurred. This list DOES NOT include the many smaller cities and towns that are being destroyed across America.

Bill de Blasio New York
Eric Garcetti Los Angeles
Lori Lightfoot Chicago
Sylvester Turner Houston
Kate Gallego Phoenix
Jim Kenney Philadelphia
Eric Johnson Dallas
London Breed San Francisco
Andrew Ginther Columbus
Vi Lyles Charlotte
Jenny Durkan Seattle
Michael Hancock Denver
Muriel Bowser Washington, D.C.
Marty Walsh Boston
Mike Duggan Detroit
Ted Wheeler Portland
Jack Young Baltimore
Tom Barrett Milwaukee
Tim Keller Albuquerque
Darrell Steinberg Sacramento
Quinton Lucas Kansas City, MO
Keisha Bottoms Atlanta
Robert Garcia Long Beach
Libby Schaaf Oakland
Jacob Frey Minneapolis
Frank Jackson Cleveland
LaToya Cantrell New Orleans
Jane Castor Tampa
Lyda Krewson St Louis
Bill Peduto Pittsburgh
Michael Tubbs Stockton, CA
Melvin Carter III St. Paul, MN
Ras j. Baraka Newark, NJ
Byron Brown Buffalo
Mary Salas Chula Vista, CA
Rick Kriseman St. Petersburg, FL
Lauren McLean Boise
Levar Stoney Richmond

Strangely enough, almost none of the Republican controlled cities had this type of rioting. Maybe because their government is not ultra liberal and so called "progressive"? If this is the "progressive way" to move America along, we are more than screwed. It seems everyone is "offended" by something and the leftists will fall over to change everything for any group that demands it. Changing cartoons to remove funny guns from Elmer Fudd or violence by the Road Runner is demanded, and had, by idiots but they still get to play bloody carnage games on their XBox or Play Station. Even Fortnite? How about demanding all graphic video games be rated for children and all others banned. The social police can go to everyone's door and politely request they hand over their games. If I am offended nobody cares, and frankly I don''t give a damn if anyone else is offended either.

Finally, if you don't agree, don't comment. This is not a debate page, just what I and many others believe is the cancer destroying the country. COVID-19 isn't the real enemy here, it's the snowflake mentality that will destroy us. Those who never did anything for the country but take and take and take. Who never fought a war or served in any public service or would fight for the rights of ALL people, even those they never knew. The beaches in Normandy and Guadalcanal, jungles of Vietnam, sands of the Middle East, cold ground of Korea and all over the globe have run red with the blood of patriots. Where are the legions who would now stand for the American Flag? Few it seems. Other than our military, veterans and first responders along with our medical professionals, the me-me-me society has taken over the country.