Whose life matters anyway?

All the protests going on about Black Lives Matter and the protesters saying that All Lives Matter is racist, I suppose we need to take a look at whose lives really matter if you look at it pragmatically. 

First categorize all life. Human, animal, avian, aquatic, and even insects are all important. In that vein, let's leave out those of the non-human species. Yes, I know you don't think some people are human, but that's a topic for another day. 

First, people cannot be grouped as to race color, creed, national origin or any other attribute other than themselves. People should all be accepted or rejected based on their character and individual qualities, not on a pre-judged stereotype or something that jumps out from a book or the silver screen. 

Second, there are people that matter based on their moral, civil and humanistic qualities, and those are the people we all want to associate with and have as friends, or at the least acquaintances. Those people are the ones who strive to do well, are cognizant of their faults and failings, and work to be successful providers for their family and honest law abiding citizens. They are the people others look up to in life, and want to emulate to also become a success. Their lives definitely matter.

Third, there is the next group who sometimes stray off the track, who may have difficulties in life, but as a whole strive to get ahead, provide for their family and do as much as possible in their power to be a quality individual. Sure, they occasionally may have a bad moment and run into minor issues with the law, but are cognizant they need improvement and do improve. They are perhaps the people we also want as friends, and many are willing to be mentors to assist them in life. Their lives also matter.

Fourth, there is the group that seems to believe they are above the law, can do as they wish with no consequences, and willing to harm others without a second thought. Criminal activity is their daily work, and they have no consideration for others lives or property as long as they can get what they want, either surreptitiously or by force. Murderers, rapists, perverts, sex offenders, child abusers, shooters, looters, arsonists, people who brutalize and assault others, muggers, and many more are those, whom to me, their lives do not matter. It isn't whether they are of any color, race or creed, people who commit these types of crime don't deserve to live in a civilized society. They are the cancer that invades cities and neighborhoods, destroying those around them, a cancer that should be excised from society as soon as possible. Failure to do so allows that cancer to metastasize and grow until it destroys entire areas of the country.Their lives apparently don't matter to them, nor to anyone else, other than perhaps some defense attorney who needs the money, or wants to make a name for themselves in a high profile case.

If you look at what's happening now in our nation, the politicians are pandering to the criminals. Not to the protesters, that has long ago faded. The BLM protesters received some concessions, but foolishly allowed domestic terrorists and anarchists to become a viable part of their crowds. The anarchists, terrorists, arsonists and looters are way over the BLM movement, which was simply a vehicle to allow them to  destroy in the name of equality. Regardless of what the BLM protests accomplished, the anarchists and terrorists want to keep on destroying, tearing the very fabric of society to the point where there is no resistance left and they get their warped way. Because of them, many who once supported the BLM are now moving in a different direction and no longer support the BLM message. Like babies screaming because the bottle is empty to children having a tantrum because they can't get a new toy, these people have crawled out from under the rocks in their relative's basements and seem to believe they can demand anything and it will happen. Sadly for them, they are really misinformed. 

Those who would destroy America grossly underestimate the resolve of real Americans. Those who swore to defend this country against all enemies, foreign and domestic, are over the foreign bit. Now comes the domestic enemies. And as days continue, the anger swells within the real American communities, Black, White, Latino, Asian and everywhere else. They will not continue to accept this war on our country sitting down. The sleeping giant has been aroused, but has not yet risen. That, my friends, will be coming sooner than we think. 

Another piece of America is lost...

Ed Bruce had a song called "The Last Cowboy Song" in which he laments the loss of American icons, such as the cattle drives, the cowboys and the old west. One of the lyrics says "It's another piece of America lost".

We are losing much more than another piece of America today. The very fabric of society is being torn, no make that shredded, by domestic terrorists, anarchists and others who believe the way to their future is by destroying everyone else's future and obliterating the past as well. Tear down everything they don't like, spewing hate and discontent, and fanning the flames of diversity, all the while crying for inclusion and diversity. Damage, burn loot but blame others for the violence. Spew hate, but expect others to embrace the "cause", which has been hijacked from it's original intent. There is no cause any longer, it has become an all out attack on the American values this country was founded on.

Why do the "protesters" and I use that term very loosely, hate America so much? Is it because they have been indoctrinated by the schools that they are the most important living thing, although they have not contributed a single thing to society?  Is it because they have been living off their parents and the system and now are more than willing to not only bite, but savage, the hands that feed them? Is it because they have been taught they don't need to contribute to society, but society should feed them just because they are alive? Is it because their parents were never really parents, just other non-nurturing people who gave them no morals, values or culture in their formative years? Is it because they have become criminals and now believe they should be able to take from anyone they choose with no repercussions? Is it because they are lemmings who will join any cause if it may result in their anonymity behind their actions?

I believe it is all the above. Looking at the multitude of videos of those rioting in our streets, they look like punks. Not a cross section of Americans, but just punks who have been supplied with the means to foist chaos on cities by the Democrat, leftist mayors and governors. Many look like tweakers and drug addicts; one was on a video and was flying so high I am surprised someone didn't have to hold him down from leaving the ground. Recent information points to George Soros funding this as part of his socialist agenda. Whether that is factual or not, someone is funding these people and leading them down a path to ruin. Of course they don't work, so rioting and protesting is a way to avoid any meaningful employment and demand that others pay their way. And since they don't contribute to society, the damage costs won't fall on their shoulders. The huge cost of repairs is borne by the real taxpayers of this country, diluting available funds for social programs the protesters are crying for. Maybe the government taxpayers should quit funding all the freebie programs and put that money into restoring what has been destroyed instead. Of course the liberals in Washington won't allow that, they are as bad as the mayors of Seattle, Olympia, Portland and elsewhere in lacking any moral values. 

How many people believe any pf this is actually in response to George Floyd's death? Very few. This was planned and staged well before that occurrence, using his death as a catalyst for what was already planned. The destruction of public and private property, the destroying of statues and memorials, the looting and burning was a well orchestrated project. In the very first day or so I saw people using battery operated metal saws cutting through security shutters to gain access to loot stores. That is just not something you find at a demonstration. Planned well ahead of time for sure.

Recent videos have postulated this is the start to a civil war planned and orchestrated by the Democrats, who kept police away from doing their sworn duty to make rioting and looting easier for the "protesters". In cities and jurisdictions where the police were allowed to do their job, there was no widespread violence or looting. Only in places where police action was hamstrung by the leaders of the cities has there been this terrible loss of civility. Those "leaders" should be charged, tried and convicted of aiding and abetting a riot, instigating civil unrest, malfeasance of office and more. To allow them to continue to turn their back on the quality, law abiding citizens of their cities, moreover the country, is more than insulting, it is criminal.

There are millions of Americans who will stand up and defend America. Those who took an oath to defend their country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. And, these are truly domestic enemies. Enemies who used what was perhaps a noble cause at the start, and devolved it to their own war on the American way of life. I firmly believe real Americans won't allow that to happen.

Portland turns to dust

Portland, or more correctly Pottyland, continues to live up to it's reputation as a crap hole infested with drugs, useless people and anarchists. Now in it's what, 67 or 68th day of "protests", the constant destruction of property and denigration of any sense of civility just carries on.

Sadly, the politicians who not only condone, but actually assist and fan the flames of unrest, now take to the streets to stand with the anarchists demanding change. Listen up, folks, the message has been lost. Nobody is listening anymore. The sane world believes you are all a bunch of idiots and ingrates who have lived off the system you now want to destroy. You want to defund the police and believe it's okay to throw incendiary and explosive devices at the police, You feel you have the right to attack anyone who fails to share and embrace your leftist, no make that communist, beliefs. Yet when one of you is injured by someone you attacked, you want the same police to hold that person accountable. You are more than stupid, you are criminally insane.

Those who would destroy the very fabric of America are the same ones who will want their cities rebuilt. No, not on their money but that of the working taxpayers who will have to pay for this asinine activity through their wallet. Those who destroy businesses and then decry there are no jobs. Did anyone of the idiots who burn and destroy businesses think that those businesses are the ones who actually employ people? The same businesses that are now leaving cities and states like rats leaving a sinking ship? But the rats are not the business owners, the rats have taken over the streets where the government is dumb and turns a blind eye to this destruction. The rats feed on the garbage that is left behind, when their food source dries up. When jobs and opportunity leaves Portland, Seattle, Albuquerque, New York City, Minneapolis to name a few, where will the rats find sustenance? Like rodents, the "protesters" will eat each other and self-destruct. We can only pray that time comes sooner rather than later.

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.