Today
Jun 1, 2018 00:26:05 #
A Sad State of Affairs
What I see, what I read, and what I sense about our society is very hard to identify. It is composed of many facets, including:
1. Order on one side, but Chaos on the other side
2. Godliness on one side, but Atheism on the other side
3. Good Will on one side, but Will-Busting on the other side
4. Reason and Common Sense on one side, but Anti-Reason and Negation on the other
5. Virtues on one side, but Denial of Virtues on the other side
6. The Common Man on one side, but Self-Centered Elites on the other side
7. Morality on one side, but Amorality and Immorality on the other side
8. A Pleasant Life on one side, but Arguments Galore on the other
9. A Desire for Peace and Tranquility on one side, but Strife, Condemnation, Lies, and False Premises on the other side
10. Our Constitution on one side, but some sort of Flexible Set of Changing Words for Law on the other side
11. Reverence for Our Founders on one side, but Character Assassination on the other
12. Faith in Our Customs, Traditions and Institutions on one side, but Deliberate Destruction of them on the other side
13. Men and Women of Good Will, Common Sense, and Morality can add to this list...
What I see, what I read, and what I sense about our society is very hard to identify. It is composed of many facets, including:
1. Order on one side, but Chaos on the other side
2. Godliness on one side, but Atheism on the other side
3. Good Will on one side, but Will-Busting on the other side
4. Reason and Common Sense on one side, but Anti-Reason and Negation on the other
5. Virtues on one side, but Denial of Virtues on the other side
6. The Common Man on one side, but Self-Centered Elites on the other side
7. Morality on one side, but Amorality and Immorality on the other side
8. A Pleasant Life on one side, but Arguments Galore on the other
9. A Desire for Peace and Tranquility on one side, but Strife, Condemnation, Lies, and False Premises on the other side
10. Our Constitution on one side, but some sort of Flexible Set of Changing Words for Law on the other side
11. Reverence for Our Founders on one side, but Character Assassination on the other
12. Faith in Our Customs, Traditions and Institutions on one side, but Deliberate Destruction of them on the other side
13. Men and Women of Good Will, Common Sense, and Morality can add to this list...
Jun 1, 2018 03:16:58 #
Manning345 wrote:
A Sad State of Affairs br br What I see, what I r... (show quote)
All this is the cancer of leftist ideology, liberalism/progressivism/socialism/fascism/communism/collectivism, or whatever new name is invented to hide the same vicious lies that comprise these evil ideals. America has been incrementally rotted out over decades. Too many freedom loving people let their guard down and dismissed the seriousness of what was happening, (their attitude of no one is going to fall for, or believe that,) allowed an insidious subversion of our culture.At least millions of Americans are waking up to this massive problem. But, it took a long time to eat away and hollow out our society, (culture DOES matter, and ceding ground in a culture war harms society,) so,it will take a long time to reestablish or fix what has been so purposefully damaged
Jun 1, 2018 09:03:53 #
Most Americans and other western societies look back on the 1950s as an idyllic time. Our homes were safe, to the point where many people did not bother to lock their doors. Public schools were generally excellent, and their disciplinary problems were things like talking in class and running in the halls. Houses of worship were well attended, and religious faith was a major component of most households. Most men treated women like cherished life partners, and most ladies devoted their time and effort to creating comfortable nurturing homes, rearing their children well and enriching their communities through volunteer work. Children grew up in two–parent households, and the mother was there to welcome her child(ren) when he/she/they came home from school. Entertainment was something the whole family could enjoy together.
What happened?
On June 25, 1962, the United States Supreme Court decided in Engel v. Vitale that a prayer approved by the New York Board of Regents for use in schools violated the First Amendment by constituting an establishment of religion. The following year, in Abington School District v. Schempp, the Court disallowed Bible readings in public schools for similar reasons. These two landmark Supreme Court decisions centered on the place of religion in public education. Both decisions ultimately changed the face of American civil society, and in turn, helped usher in the last half-century of the culture wars.
In January, 1973, the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion, an event which continues to affect and haunt the moral and constitutional order every minute of every day.
If a man of the 1950s were suddenly introduced into Western society in the 2000s, he would hardly recognize it as the same country. He would be in immediate danger of getting mugged, carjacked or worse, because he would not have learned to live in a mode of constant fear. He would not know that he shouldn't go into certain parts of the city, that his car must not only be locked but equipped with an alarm, that he dare not go to sleep at night without locking the windows and bolting the doors - and setting the electronic security system.
If he brought his family with him, he and his wife would probably cheerfully pack their children off to the nearest public school. When the children came home in the afternoon and told them they had to go through a metal detector to get in the building for fear of being shot by a fellow student, had been given some funny white powder by another kid and learned that homosexuality is normal and good, and transgendering to the opposite sex is desirable and available for all who seek it, the parents would be totally uncomprehending.
In the office, the man might light up a cigarette, drop a reference to the "little lady", and say he was happy to see the firm employing some Negro folks in important positions. Any of those acts would earn a swift reprimand, and together they might get him fired.
When she went into the city to shop, the wife would attire herself in a classic suit, hat, and possibly gloves. She would not understand why people stared, and mocked.
And when the whole family sat down after dinner and turned on the television, they would not understand how pornography from some sleazy, blank-fronted "Adults Only" kiosk had gotten on their set.
Were they able, our 1950s family would head back to the 1950s as fast as they could, with a gripping horror story to tell. Their story would be of a nation that had decayed and degenerated at a fantastic pace, moving in less than a half a century from the greatest countries on earth to Third World nations, overrun by crime, noise, drugs and dirt. The fall of Rome was graceful by comparison.
Why did it happen? The failure to allow God into our Schools and Universities has left us ideologically disarmed.
Over the last fifty years, Western Europe, and to a slightly lesser degree the United States, has been conquered by the same force that much earlier assailed Russia, China, Germany and Italy. That force is ideology without God. Here, as elsewhere, ideology has inflicted enormous damage on the traditional Judeo-Christian culture it came to dominate, fracturing it everywhere and sweeping much of it away. In its place came fear, and ruin. Russia is still recovering from Communism, as it re-embraces the Orthodox Christianity of its past.
The ideology that has taken over Western societies goes most commonly by the name of "Political Correctness." Some people see it as a joke. It is not. It is deadly serious. It seeks to alter virtually all the rules, formal and informal, that govern relations among people and institutions. It wants to change behavior, thought, even the words we use. To a significant extent, it already has. Whoever or whatever controls language also controls thought. Who dares to speak of "ladies" now? To militant feminism, it is an insult.
Political Correctness is directly derived from classical Godless Marxism, and is a variant of Marxism. Through most of the history of Marxism, cultural Marxists were "read out" of the movement by classical, economic Marxists. Today, with economic Marxism greatly declined, cultural Marxism has filled its shoes. The medium has changed, but the message is the same: a society of radical Godless egalitarianism enforced by the power of the state.
Political Correctness now looms over all Western society like a colossus. It has taken over both political wings, left and right. Among Western European politicians, actual "cultural conservative" parties must fight doubly hard to prevent being shown the door because being a cultural conservative opposes the very essence of political correctness. The most powerful propaganda elements in our culture, the media and entertainment industry are dominated by Political Correctness, which also dominates both public and higher education: many a college campus is a small, ivy-covered North Korea. It has even captured the higher clergy in many Christian churches. Anyone in the Establishment who departs from its dictates swiftly ceases to be a member of the Establishment.
The most vital question is: how can Western nations combat Political Correctness and wrest their societies from the control of cultural Marxists?
It is not sufficient just to criticize Political Correctness. It tolerates a certain amount of criticism, even gentle mocking. It does so through no genuine tolerance for other points of view, but in order to disarm its opponents, to let itself seem less menacing than it is. The cultural Marxists do not yet have total power, and they are too wise to appear totalitarian until their victory is assured.
Rather, those who would defeat cultural Marxism must defy it. They must use the words it forbids, and refuse to use the words it mandates; remember, their word, "homophobia" means literally the "fear of sameness" which is inaccurate and makes no sense at all. They must shout from the rooftops the realities it seeks to suppress, such as our belief in God, opposition to Sharia on a national and local level, the Islamification of our countries, the facts that violent crime is being disproportionately committed by Muslims, and throughout North America, by violent illegal alien individuals and, illegal Hispanic drug gangs.
Above all, those who would defy Godless Political Correctness must refuse to turn their children over to public schools run-amuck, with ideological Marxist teachers who teach them that everything is relative - without rights or wrongs, and who promote the desirability of Transgenderism, which allows them to select the sexual identity of their own choice, and very little of any concrete value for the future.
Of equal importance to the new technologies, they must also be taught the values and behavior of the old rules of our culture, not the new rules the cultural Marxists lay down. Girls should once again be taught to value the roles of wives and homemakers, and men should still hold doors open for ladies. Children should have the benefit of being born into a household with a married mother and father. Glorification of homosexuality/Gender Transformation should be shunned. Jurors should not accept belief in Islam as an excuse for their having committed murder.
Defiance spreads. When others of Western cultures see one person defy Political Correctness and survive - and you still can, for now - they are emboldened. They are tempted to defy it, too, and some do. The ripples from a single act of defiance, of one instance of walking up to the clay idol and breaking off its nose, can range far. There is nothing the Politically Correct fear more than open defiance, and for good reason; it is their chief vulnerability. That should lead cultural conservatives to defy cultural Marxism at every turn.
While the hour is late, the battle is not decided. Many Westerners still do not realize that Political Correctness is in fact Marxism in a different set of clothes. As that realization spreads, defiance will spread with it. At present, Godless Political Correctness prospers by disguising itself. Through defiance, and through education on our own part (which should be part of every act of defiance), we can strip away its camouflage and reveal the Marxism beneath the window-dressing of "sensitivity", "tolerance", and "multiculturalism."
Whoever dares, wins.
"God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you." (James 4:6-8)
What happened?
On June 25, 1962, the United States Supreme Court decided in Engel v. Vitale that a prayer approved by the New York Board of Regents for use in schools violated the First Amendment by constituting an establishment of religion. The following year, in Abington School District v. Schempp, the Court disallowed Bible readings in public schools for similar reasons. These two landmark Supreme Court decisions centered on the place of religion in public education. Both decisions ultimately changed the face of American civil society, and in turn, helped usher in the last half-century of the culture wars.
In January, 1973, the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion, an event which continues to affect and haunt the moral and constitutional order every minute of every day.
If a man of the 1950s were suddenly introduced into Western society in the 2000s, he would hardly recognize it as the same country. He would be in immediate danger of getting mugged, carjacked or worse, because he would not have learned to live in a mode of constant fear. He would not know that he shouldn't go into certain parts of the city, that his car must not only be locked but equipped with an alarm, that he dare not go to sleep at night without locking the windows and bolting the doors - and setting the electronic security system.
If he brought his family with him, he and his wife would probably cheerfully pack their children off to the nearest public school. When the children came home in the afternoon and told them they had to go through a metal detector to get in the building for fear of being shot by a fellow student, had been given some funny white powder by another kid and learned that homosexuality is normal and good, and transgendering to the opposite sex is desirable and available for all who seek it, the parents would be totally uncomprehending.
In the office, the man might light up a cigarette, drop a reference to the "little lady", and say he was happy to see the firm employing some Negro folks in important positions. Any of those acts would earn a swift reprimand, and together they might get him fired.
When she went into the city to shop, the wife would attire herself in a classic suit, hat, and possibly gloves. She would not understand why people stared, and mocked.
And when the whole family sat down after dinner and turned on the television, they would not understand how pornography from some sleazy, blank-fronted "Adults Only" kiosk had gotten on their set.
Were they able, our 1950s family would head back to the 1950s as fast as they could, with a gripping horror story to tell. Their story would be of a nation that had decayed and degenerated at a fantastic pace, moving in less than a half a century from the greatest countries on earth to Third World nations, overrun by crime, noise, drugs and dirt. The fall of Rome was graceful by comparison.
Why did it happen? The failure to allow God into our Schools and Universities has left us ideologically disarmed.
Over the last fifty years, Western Europe, and to a slightly lesser degree the United States, has been conquered by the same force that much earlier assailed Russia, China, Germany and Italy. That force is ideology without God. Here, as elsewhere, ideology has inflicted enormous damage on the traditional Judeo-Christian culture it came to dominate, fracturing it everywhere and sweeping much of it away. In its place came fear, and ruin. Russia is still recovering from Communism, as it re-embraces the Orthodox Christianity of its past.
The ideology that has taken over Western societies goes most commonly by the name of "Political Correctness." Some people see it as a joke. It is not. It is deadly serious. It seeks to alter virtually all the rules, formal and informal, that govern relations among people and institutions. It wants to change behavior, thought, even the words we use. To a significant extent, it already has. Whoever or whatever controls language also controls thought. Who dares to speak of "ladies" now? To militant feminism, it is an insult.
Political Correctness is directly derived from classical Godless Marxism, and is a variant of Marxism. Through most of the history of Marxism, cultural Marxists were "read out" of the movement by classical, economic Marxists. Today, with economic Marxism greatly declined, cultural Marxism has filled its shoes. The medium has changed, but the message is the same: a society of radical Godless egalitarianism enforced by the power of the state.
Political Correctness now looms over all Western society like a colossus. It has taken over both political wings, left and right. Among Western European politicians, actual "cultural conservative" parties must fight doubly hard to prevent being shown the door because being a cultural conservative opposes the very essence of political correctness. The most powerful propaganda elements in our culture, the media and entertainment industry are dominated by Political Correctness, which also dominates both public and higher education: many a college campus is a small, ivy-covered North Korea. It has even captured the higher clergy in many Christian churches. Anyone in the Establishment who departs from its dictates swiftly ceases to be a member of the Establishment.
The most vital question is: how can Western nations combat Political Correctness and wrest their societies from the control of cultural Marxists?
It is not sufficient just to criticize Political Correctness. It tolerates a certain amount of criticism, even gentle mocking. It does so through no genuine tolerance for other points of view, but in order to disarm its opponents, to let itself seem less menacing than it is. The cultural Marxists do not yet have total power, and they are too wise to appear totalitarian until their victory is assured.
Rather, those who would defeat cultural Marxism must defy it. They must use the words it forbids, and refuse to use the words it mandates; remember, their word, "homophobia" means literally the "fear of sameness" which is inaccurate and makes no sense at all. They must shout from the rooftops the realities it seeks to suppress, such as our belief in God, opposition to Sharia on a national and local level, the Islamification of our countries, the facts that violent crime is being disproportionately committed by Muslims, and throughout North America, by violent illegal alien individuals and, illegal Hispanic drug gangs.
Above all, those who would defy Godless Political Correctness must refuse to turn their children over to public schools run-amuck, with ideological Marxist teachers who teach them that everything is relative - without rights or wrongs, and who promote the desirability of Transgenderism, which allows them to select the sexual identity of their own choice, and very little of any concrete value for the future.
Of equal importance to the new technologies, they must also be taught the values and behavior of the old rules of our culture, not the new rules the cultural Marxists lay down. Girls should once again be taught to value the roles of wives and homemakers, and men should still hold doors open for ladies. Children should have the benefit of being born into a household with a married mother and father. Glorification of homosexuality/Gender Transformation should be shunned. Jurors should not accept belief in Islam as an excuse for their having committed murder.
Defiance spreads. When others of Western cultures see one person defy Political Correctness and survive - and you still can, for now - they are emboldened. They are tempted to defy it, too, and some do. The ripples from a single act of defiance, of one instance of walking up to the clay idol and breaking off its nose, can range far. There is nothing the Politically Correct fear more than open defiance, and for good reason; it is their chief vulnerability. That should lead cultural conservatives to defy cultural Marxism at every turn.
While the hour is late, the battle is not decided. Many Westerners still do not realize that Political Correctness is in fact Marxism in a different set of clothes. As that realization spreads, defiance will spread with it. At present, Godless Political Correctness prospers by disguising itself. Through defiance, and through education on our own part (which should be part of every act of defiance), we can strip away its camouflage and reveal the Marxism beneath the window-dressing of "sensitivity", "tolerance", and "multiculturalism."
Whoever dares, wins.
"God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you." (James 4:6-8)
Manning345 wrote:
A Sad State of Affairs br br What I see, what I r... (show quote)
Jun 1, 2018 15:53:37 #
Jun 1, 2018 17:09:25 #
[quote=Zemirah]=========================================
Both Ricktiomi and Zemirah have pinpointed precisely what "the other side" is doing to our society, our people and our nation, and how much we have lost as a nation by way of Progressive/Humanist/Socialist/and Marxist influence, all of which are fundamentally Atheistic.
Zemirah in particular has laid the difficulties out clearly for us, and called for several steps to stop the damage. I most certainly believe in fighting against PC and MD as directly and forcefully as I can, and I am a follower of Jesus and ascribe to walking with God. My Worldview shows my positions in some detail.
http://www.onepoliticalplaza.com/t-130620-1.html
These are some of the main reasons I post here on OPP, to identify the ills we face and to find solutions we can use. Also, to counter the truly odd ideas of those on the Left we find posing here.
I thank both Ricktiomi and Zemirah for their posts, and I hope many others will read them.
Both Ricktiomi and Zemirah have pinpointed precisely what "the other side" is doing to our society, our people and our nation, and how much we have lost as a nation by way of Progressive/Humanist/Socialist/and Marxist influence, all of which are fundamentally Atheistic.
Zemirah in particular has laid the difficulties out clearly for us, and called for several steps to stop the damage. I most certainly believe in fighting against PC and MD as directly and forcefully as I can, and I am a follower of Jesus and ascribe to walking with God. My Worldview shows my positions in some detail.
http://www.onepoliticalplaza.com/t-130620-1.html
These are some of the main reasons I post here on OPP, to identify the ills we face and to find solutions we can use. Also, to counter the truly odd ideas of those on the Left we find posing here.
I thank both Ricktiomi and Zemirah for their posts, and I hope many others will read them.
Jun 2, 2018 09:44:13 #
Thank you for the kind comment, Manning,
After following your link, and reading through your more than comprehensive 72 item "world view," (surely the accumulation of a lifetime in academic pursuits and interests), I found many with which I agree, several on which I lack sufficient knowledge to claim an opinion, and half a dozen or so, with which I adamantly disagree... but this is, after all, a debate forum, and how boring indeed would perfect agreement be!
Thanks again for posting this aptly named "Today" topic. It is bittersweet as a senior to be able to recall an idyllic childhood and nation, and contrast that time with the chaotic descent of the entire earth as we witness it "today."
The vision of the world upon which I gaze is now remarkably the same, whether viewed through the lens of God's prophetic Word, or absorbing the front page of the morning internet newsletter.
For one generation to have been allowed to witness and contribute to this nation's "finest hour," only to subsequently be brought to our knees before a Holy God decades later, to explain our inadequate defense of this beautiful
land as it lost it's morality, slaughtered millions of it's unborn, spat on the meaning of "Holy matrimony", and allowed our borders to be ground into the dust, has been first a blessing and then a curse, the latter aptly deserved.
What "the other side" has done to our society, we have (in most cases) struggled very little to prevent.
Having now, for these next few years, been granted by God, a President with wisdom, intelligence, and a clear vision, one who loves this nation and it's people, the Judeo-Christian Conservatives of this nation can attempt to leave for our children and grandchildren, a future on a good land.
[quote=Manning345]
After following your link, and reading through your more than comprehensive 72 item "world view," (surely the accumulation of a lifetime in academic pursuits and interests), I found many with which I agree, several on which I lack sufficient knowledge to claim an opinion, and half a dozen or so, with which I adamantly disagree... but this is, after all, a debate forum, and how boring indeed would perfect agreement be!
Thanks again for posting this aptly named "Today" topic. It is bittersweet as a senior to be able to recall an idyllic childhood and nation, and contrast that time with the chaotic descent of the entire earth as we witness it "today."
The vision of the world upon which I gaze is now remarkably the same, whether viewed through the lens of God's prophetic Word, or absorbing the front page of the morning internet newsletter.
For one generation to have been allowed to witness and contribute to this nation's "finest hour," only to subsequently be brought to our knees before a Holy God decades later, to explain our inadequate defense of this beautiful
land as it lost it's morality, slaughtered millions of it's unborn, spat on the meaning of "Holy matrimony", and allowed our borders to be ground into the dust, has been first a blessing and then a curse, the latter aptly deserved.
What "the other side" has done to our society, we have (in most cases) struggled very little to prevent.
Having now, for these next few years, been granted by God, a President with wisdom, intelligence, and a clear vision, one who loves this nation and it's people, the Judeo-Christian Conservatives of this nation can attempt to leave for our children and grandchildren, a future on a good land.
[quote=Manning345]
Zemirah wrote:
========================================= br Both ... (show quote)
Jun 2, 2018 11:02:31 #
Hell,I was born in 1937,I don't recognize America NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Definitely,nothing like the America,I grew up in !!!!!!
Jun 2, 2018 17:23:28 #
Zemirah wrote:
Thank you for the kind comment, Manning, br br Af... (show quote)
Zemirah; We are in substantial agreement on many things it seems, starting with God, and also Trump. I am very curious about your adamant disagreements, however, and wonder whether a few of them might be my limited formulations on the Worldview72. I am delighted to exchange views with you.
Jun 2, 2018 18:47:12 #
Peewee
Loc: San Antonio, TX
Manning345 wrote:
A Sad State of Affairs br br What I see, what I r... (show quote)
You nailed it pretty good!
Jun 2, 2018 18:53:45 #
Peewee
Loc: San Antonio, TX
Zemirah wrote:
Most Americans and other western societies look ba... (show quote)
Well said and I agree 100%.
Jun 3, 2018 02:51:13 #
[quote=Manning345]
I find very little difference in your world view and mine, though like Zemirah there are some I am just not able to comment on from pure lack of knowledge, and a couple I slightly disagree with. Our problems are so much more than political.
The quote from John Adam-"Our Constitution was made only for moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." really highlights the reason it was necessary to so thoroughly debase our culture to bring America to it's knees. We as citizens rely on members of Congress as well as the president to uphold the Constitution, and it is the honor system that has been taken for granted since it's inception. No doubt throughout the years more and more politicians have abused that honor system to eat away at the edges of the Constitution. But Obama blatantly ignored and subverted the Constitution when he realized not only would no one would challenge him when he abused his authority, the entire Democrat Party, RINOs, and the media would either ignore, defend or excuse his abuse. When lawlessness is the practice from the top, it seeps throughout society. And when immorality is enshrined as the approved manner of society God will not bless America as He has benevolently done for years, but let us reap what was sowed
Zemirah wrote:
========================================= br Both ... (show quote)
I find very little difference in your world view and mine, though like Zemirah there are some I am just not able to comment on from pure lack of knowledge, and a couple I slightly disagree with. Our problems are so much more than political.
The quote from John Adam-"Our Constitution was made only for moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." really highlights the reason it was necessary to so thoroughly debase our culture to bring America to it's knees. We as citizens rely on members of Congress as well as the president to uphold the Constitution, and it is the honor system that has been taken for granted since it's inception. No doubt throughout the years more and more politicians have abused that honor system to eat away at the edges of the Constitution. But Obama blatantly ignored and subverted the Constitution when he realized not only would no one would challenge him when he abused his authority, the entire Democrat Party, RINOs, and the media would either ignore, defend or excuse his abuse. When lawlessness is the practice from the top, it seeps throughout society. And when immorality is enshrined as the approved manner of society God will not bless America as He has benevolently done for years, but let us reap what was sowed
Jun 3, 2018 02:52:32 #
Zemirah wrote:
Most Americans and other western societies look ba... (show quote)
You expanded wonderfully on what I was attempting to say. Great Post
Jun 3, 2018 15:47:53 #
Ricktloml wrote:
You expanded wonderfully on what I was attempting to say. Great Post
It is a joy to find people that basically agree with my positions, and I thank each one of you for posting your thoughts. To have perhaps a dozen or so disagreements with my listings is far less than I expected, so long as, hopefully, not in the first few! I did expect challenges to several items:
Rejecting evolution
Refusing entry of Jihadists
Continuing the GWOT
Rejecting AGW
Flat Tax
Rejecting Government Unions
Just War etc.
Education A State Responsibility
National Service Corps
Jun 3, 2018 17:03:28 #
Peewee
Loc: San Antonio, TX
Manning, you are always a gentleman, you think before posting, your not rude, crude or obnoxious like others. Even though I might disagree with you on some things, I would try to be a gentleman in return. But if you are like a few on OPP, I just flip to full auto and pull the trigger. I've always enjoyed your post. I believe in variations within species, not evolution. If a person says they are a Jihadist, no entry. I like the flat tax idea. Most unions have outlived their original purpose. The only just war is defense, that doesn't mean you let the enemy shoot you first. I would make education a parental responsibility. All schools built with state tax-payer money but control of each school should belong to the parents as long as they have children enrolled in that school. Homeschoolers get the same percentage of dollars spent on public school kids. I think Nat'l Service Corps is a bad idea if used to skip military service. Everyone should be willing to die defending their nation. No exceptions. Maybe they could be clerks, nurses, cooks, etc... but that's it. I forget what GWOT and AGW mean.
Jun 3, 2018 21:31:53 #
Peewee wrote:
Manning, you are always a gentleman, you think bef... (show quote)
Peewee, thanks for the post.
GWOT==Global War on Terror
AGW==Anthropic Global Warming
My idea of National Service means about a two year stint, with the first 6 months devoted to military training for those physically qualified, with an option to join a service after.
One could volunteer at any time, and the draft takes precedence.
Service could be in any government operation for 1 1/2 years at any level, including city/ county/ state/ or national. After their service, they are eligible for the draft. and able to volunteer.
The main idea is twofold: 1) Immediate gainful employment for HS grads; and 2) A pool of trained people in both military and government jobs. A 3rd might be that they learn a valuable skill on the job for later use.
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