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Nov 24, 2022 17:11:55   #
manning5 wrote:
What do you think?

The question I pose is “What do the run-of-the-mill l*****ts expect for their future in America?”

This puzzles me because the nation is sinking into hell largely at their doing.

When we reach bottom, what is there to be happy about?

Is it the future, measured in decades of poverty, lack of goods, lack of normal services, inability to run the automobile, even famine where the supply chain has broken down?

Is it the future where there is no energy to keep the home warm, and the office too, if there are still offices?

Is it the future when baby food is scarce, and doctor's visits are hard to get to?

Is it the future where a large percentage of our citizens are either imprisoned as subversives or murdered to ensure the security of the new order? They must do this or face an i**********n!

Is it the future when the government is fully in control of the contents of the mainstream media, and it deteriorates into super-pablum and constant propaganda?

Is it the future where we then have a government organization that forces a hard demarcation between the party faithful elites and the ordinary citizenry? Do they realize that they are most likely not going to be asked to join the elites in governance?

Is it the future where we are told what our job will be, what we can wear, what we cannot say, what we must say, where we can go, and where we cannot go, what we can own, and what we cannot own, in other words, full control of our lives?

Is it the future when we must worship the State not God?

Someone tell me why the l*****ts push for this situation? Do we have to follow the paths of Russia, China, Venezuela, Cuba, Vietnam, et al, from inception of socio-c*******m till far in the future when it all breaks down?

I am rather glad that I will not be around to enjoy this likely Socio-C*******t future of America, I hope we can thwart this movement!
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I have pondered the same thoughts. Sadly we have a generation that has not been taught true history. Have not studied The French Revolution or the events in Germany that led to World War II and the final outcome of both. Have not learned self critical thinking only group think. 2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: This delusion is where America is at this time. The lie that they are bringing in utopia and everyone will live in a new age. A world like a bowl of Lucky Charms and the air will smell like unicorn farts. Not knowing that in this new world they will be no more than what they are now, useful i***ts. I believe that we are the ones that has allowed this to happen by not being on our guard and fighting back when we should have. But now that this delusion is in the open we have to regroup and push back. Reclaim America for our future generations.
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Oct 25, 2022 15:14:57   #
manning5 wrote:
It seems to me to be foolish in the extreme to v**e against any man that puts the public first, who accomplishes many good things for the citizenry and the nation, simply because his looks, personality, penchant for petty conflicts, and wealth spark resentment and envy.

Yes, I am thinking of Donald Trump, and the uncalled-for attacks he suffered from the time he announced his run for the presidency back in 2014 or 2015, I don't remember exactly. The Left-wing machine went into high gear to attempt to thwart his bid, and to elect yet another Clinton to the office, this time Hillary.

Few Left-wing Destructors want to remember the good things Trump did in his term, perhaps because they are still wrapped up in their unrelenting and blind TDS mindset. In one respect, we have to hand it to the Destructors for creating such a negative view within the public by their inventive but false story lines about Trump, virtually all of which have been debunked officially and completely.

So, let us call these Left-wing loudmouths” Destructors” for they are always pursuing the destruction of our American Way of life in favor of some crackpot global Utopian ideology that few appear to understand what evil it contains for us.

In their arrogance and hubris these Destructors actually believe that this time they can make the c*******t system work for everyone, despite the evidence of history that none of the attempts so far have resulted in a prosperous, happy, free and contented society . Nor do most Americans want such a government that progresses into totalitarianism in short order.

But their professors, sitting in their ivory towers and deeply immersed in this ideology, are actually blind, sick and d********g in their evil thinking, and in their inability to comprehend the better way, the American way for all of us.

Satan is winning if these truly evil and destructive types attain and consolidate power in our nation.
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I still believe there are more doers and its time they, we and I stand and make our voices heard. Starting on the local level the voices will swell to the state and national level. We still have the numbers to stop the erosion of our rights and our blessed nation. The enemy is aware of this and the reason they fear the next two e******ns. They have given us their battle plans. We have to group, fortify and meet the challenge. We can and will prevail in this battle but the war will never end.
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Oct 23, 2022 19:07:11   #
manning5 wrote:
Trying to capture a will-of-the-wisp such as the feeling one gets when coming home, the sense of belonging, the feeling of safety, a satisfying and comforting ambiance, the oncoming belief that everything is OK, and all is right with the world, they are all a part of it.

But when thinking about the whole nation today, there is a strangeness feeling, as if there is something wrong in the air, on the ground, or shaking under the ground. It is highly disturbing, out of the ordinary, even alarming, and most certainly unlike it was in past years. Sensitive noses can even detect the smell of fear in the wind, the unspoken reaction to others around us as if they were not the friendly people they used to be, not just the fear of the p******c we all have had, it is different, a feeling of isolation and uncertainty.

It should not be that way. We are being robbed somehow of our heritage, our patriotism, even love of our fellows. Why? What is happening to America that this miasma can be sensed almost every time we go out?

Polarization of our politics play a central role, as does the realization that half of our population is strongly hostile to the other half, even calling us terrorists! This other half is deliberately fostering the dissolution of our government, our economy, our well-being, and our valued customs, traditions and institutions, what's more, they are weakening our military and our police.

No wonder the land smells of fear and puzzlement that so many of our citizens seem to have suddenly discovered a wholly new way of thinking and acting, and an ideology to buttress it mentally. The ideology seems to center on Marxism, which is so far away from our normal American way of thinking and doing, that it is indeed making strangers of us all. It is as if they want it all, for nothing in return. No work, just handouts.

Then too, there have been some very odd events in the last years, in principle because of how the 2020 e******n turned out, never mind the further oddity of the e******n of an i***t in the place of a Doer, allowing hidden hands to call the shots. We went from plenty to scarcity, from knowing to dumbness, and so many other demoralizing situations that are unbelievable to think about. They are spending us into bankruptcy.

There has been no better nation in the world than the one I grew up in, with a Constitution and the right to change it, the freedoms and liberty we have had by the grace of God, and the generations of incomparable patriots that have defended us till now.

Soon, I will be gone, but I h**e to leave this nation in such dire straits, and the world too, obviously. But, there isn't much besides wielding the pen I could have done anyway. There is not time enough left for me to contemplate the needed bold actions in aid of our country. I trust that others will act with great courage and fortitude and rescue our country from the heathens, the savages at the gates, and the t*****rs in our midst.

God Bless America,
manning
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Have missed your posts, this one as all are is on target. I also, now that I'm older and have been dealing with health issues. I fear for the young. I know my years in service meant something then. Now all I have is my voice and v**e. I can still teach my grand and great-grandchildren to love God and America. Try to give them the sk**ls they will need in this new world. Wish things were different, but have to face the enemy that is.
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Sep 23, 2022 15:16:04   #
vernon wrote:
Well said and I agree completely . I only come on here now for a few minutes a day.They are completely boring .
I am also tired of all these people who just print stories with out adding their own thoughts. I find this boring and don't bother reading them. This is pure laziness ,I'm interested in the writers thoughts not some reporters.


Or people that post a link without a summary concerning the subject. I have learned how to filter these out and those that only want to rant without facts. Just throw it against the wall. My time can be spent in better ways, like learning the facts.
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May 9, 2022 15:41:56   #
manning5 wrote:
This is a repost that clarifies my beliefs in what I posted earlier.

What are the fundamental reasons for our belief in God, and faith in Him?

It is most definitely a construct, a marvelous construct, but who constructed it? Was it man alone or was it man guided by the spiritual influence of God. The Bible is believed by we Christians to be written by very special men, edited by these men over time, and fully guided by God. Belief in God by other men is influenced and convinced by the contents of the Bible, the further preaching of men of the cloth, and the cumulative effects of evidence.

The core of our belief in Christianity must be accumulated in the beginning, since we ae ignorant of the evidence that exists. Fortunately, there is considerable evidence one can identify and learn that are powerful reasons for us to believe:

1. We Christians believe that the Bible, as written and edited by special men, is the Word of God, since God guided the effort completely.
2. We believe that Jesus actually lived.
3. We are convinced that Jesus performed miracles during His lifetime that were witnessed by hundreds of people.
4. We believe that Jesus showed people the way to live and think through His parables and sermons.
5. We believe that Jesus the Man was the Son of God, primarily because of His demonstrated Godly powers, but also since God said so in the Bible.
6. We believe that Jesus was crucified, and arose from the dead—the Resurrection--- which was also witnessed by hundreds of people.
7. And we are convinced that God exists as the Father of Jesus.
8. We believe that the Holy Spirit exists.
9. Convinced that their fears of death were unnecessary since there would be a Heaven for them, if they had been true to the faith.
10. We are convinced that their fears of Hell were correct.
11. Convinced that their fears of the nothingness after death are solved by God in Heaven.
12. Convinced by the observation of the powers of prayer to God.
13. And convinced by the beauty and vastness of the cosmos, the universe and earth, that it all must have been created by a superpower, and for a purpose.
14. We are convinced by the Big Bang that there was a beginning to the Universe, that was in accord with the Biblical story in Genesis.
15. We are convinced that there are valid life principles laid out explicitly in the Bible from God for what is good and what is evil. There exists a Christian absolute morality.
16. We have been further convinced, in more modern times, that archaeological finds have confirmed the existence of many Biblical references.
17. Design: “I now believe there is a God…I now think it [the evidence] does point to a creative Intelligence almost entirely because of the DNA investigations. What I think the DNA material has done is that it has shown, by the almost unbelievable complexity of the arrangements which are needed to produce life, that intelligence must have been involved in getting these extraordinarily diverse elements to work together.” – Antony Flew


This accumulation of convincing factors, and I have still not identified them all here, lies at the root of our Christian Belief System.

This is the logic of our true Christian Reality that I believe in. Obviously, it is not the logic of a false Atheistic version of reality.
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I firmly believe that if a person cannot believe the first five words of the bible, In the beginning God created. Then they cannot believe any of the bible.
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Feb 26, 2022 15:04:18   #
manning5 wrote:
For some time, I have felt the need to make a definitive statement about my personal attitude regarding the racial conflict seething around us. To make such a statement, I felt it necessary to give the wording considerable thought to put forth as precise a summary as I could.

The difficulty I have had rests on the idea of discrimination in everyday life, where many on the Left believe in what they call "indiscrimination in everything". This is, to me, nonsense, and easily proven to be so. But the idea persists! It is a corollary to the concept of moral ambiguity that appears to be central to L*****t thought. To me, this means, while one is always polite and correct, one must take time to assess any person you come in contact with; they cannot be taken at face value.

Hence this statement of my beliefs:
I discriminate between people's positive attributes such as: good; decent; likeable; lovable; sane; God-fearing belief; factual; t***hful; trustworthy; show kindness in actions and thoughts; and of people themselves of all kinds with these attributes, or a well-selected majority of the attributes. These people I heartily accept.

This is opposed to:
discovering and confirming that some of the very opposite to these attributes actually exist deeply in one or more wicked persons around me (It is unquestionably a degree- to-which issue).
The opposites are: bad; fallacious or BS; lying; untrustworthy; unkindness in actions and thoughts; and I abhor the people with these opposite attributes.

I am then motivated to be strongly against them, although, if I can help them in some way to better themselves, I will try.

Otherwise, I try to avoid them, shun them, or I simply reject them outright face to face, be they black, white, red, yellow or wh**ever color, in accord with the Bible (Psalm 1:1).

Then there is the mob aspect. While many majority or minority people gather together to demonstrate legally and peacefully for causes they feel strongly about, quite a few carry things much too far, proceeding to r**t, pillage, destroy, burn buildings, and assault people, if not causing the death or serious injury of others.

No matter the basic reason for this behavior, it is abominable, unacceptable and contrary to our laws. The participants should be put in jail for no less than 15 years without parole. Any demonstrator that brandishes a weapon, be it a gun, knife, stick, baseball bat, brick, stones or other instruments of harm should be put in jail fo no less than 5 years. Users of weapons at a demonstration should be jailed for 20 years minimum.
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As always well thought and written. Exactly how I feel concerning all your points.
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Jan 12, 2022 15:02:52   #
manning5 wrote:
q. Government Lies and Subterfuges: The Obama Administration used many nefarious tactics to gain power and v**es. We have recorded many lies, half-t***hs, and the tactic of stating they favor some legislation, but in fact do not support it and allow it to fail. They demonize those who oppose them, and even those who might later oppose them, just in case! They stonewall issues that are unfavorable and refuse to hand over documentation to the Congress when requested.
As is somewhat usual, they make campaign pledges that they have no intention of meeting, and false promises that they never intend to make good. They always seek the opposing position, or to move the goalposts in their favor, in order to make points with their v**ers, and, perhaps worst of all, they buy v**es through the use of generous benefit programs, green cards, and citizenship to their prospective supporters large and small.
These tactics demean the office they were elected to and demean the nation itself in the eyes of other nations, especially our allies. We need honest and direct people in both the Presidency and the Congress to begin to undo the damage done to the nation by this sleazy, partisan and progressively nuttier crowd.


r. Constructive Changes: Far from being change-adverse, conservatives desperately want changes in several areas. It is easily seen that each of these changes are of high impact and complexity and require substantial study and deliberation before executing the changes. Here is the list:

1. Congress---Rules, Terms, Committees, Earmarks, Ethics, Lobbying,
2. Campaign Financing, especially from foreign sources
3. Revise and restrict tort law
4. Fix the health system without destroying market freedom
5. Education System needs to be overhauled and largely removed from the Federal Government, except for block grants to states.
6. Proscribe Government Unions and strengthen right-to-work laws
7. Tax System--total revamp, flat or fair tax.
8. Better and larger military organization and equipment
9. Drill and pump! Energy production (oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, sun, wind, tides, hydrogen)
10. Consider National Service for all high school graduates--two years.
11. Return laws to the original plain Intent of the Constitution insofar as possible.
12. Prevent justices from legislating from the bench. Instead, they must interpret the law and not extend the law: that is the job of the Congress and the President.
13. Reduce the national debt
14. Reduce overall spending
15. Fix Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
16. Departments--Revamp and streamline all government departments, especially State, Labor, Agriculture, Intelligence, Homeland Security, Commerce, Treasury, Health and Welfare, Environment and Interior.
17. Agencies, Boards, Committees, and Commissions--Revamp all 1,177, and force all of them to justify their existence, budget, and manpower.
18. Break the hold of unions, especially government and educational.
19. Rescind Roe vs. Wade, and devolve a******n to State control (it is not a federal issue)
20. Define marriage as being between a man and a woman and bar same-sex marriages.
21. Consider how best to qualify candidates for President and Congress (a quality test?) What must a candidate know before running for office?


s. M**************m and Diversity: The ideas of Multicultural Diversity and Political Correctness stem from several liberal beliefs, namely: moral relativity, which says that no ethnic group or nationality is better in any sense than any other; and to voice slurs against an ethnic group or nationality is very poor form and should be suppressed strongly, because no group is better than any other group.
My strong belief is that in America we have created a cultural identity that transcends any former identity, and it is the norm for all citizens, and for all immigrants to emulate and assimilate. While there is nothing wrong with maintaining a private inherited culture, there should not be any impediment to assimilating into the American norm.
Moral Relativity is a false belief since it defies the reality of superior cultures and superior individuals and merges the exceptional with the stupid, the athlete with the couch potato, the independent with the dependent, and the gifted with the ordinary. In real life, such differences matter a great deal!
As for Political Correctness, the root of it is in being polite to all ethnic groups and individuals, which is a fine thing. However, PC can be carried much too far, thus preventing one to call a spade a spade.
Our citizens live in a meritocracy and should recognize that they must make every attempt to both assimilate and progress economically, as the opportunity is there for them to take.

t. Discrimination has its uses. Universal Non-discrimination is Blarney
We use our powers of discrimination daily in a wide range of situations. Let us begin with some simple examples. We use discrimination to tell:
--Good versus bad
--Trustworthy versus untrustworthy
--Smart versus dumb
--Conventional versus radical
--Honest versus dishonest
--Clean versus dirty
--Well-spoken versus poorly-spoken
--A sensible course of action versus an errant course
--Likeable versus unlikable
These simple uses have often been combined to discriminate as a judgment call against individuals, groups, and whole nations at various times in our history. A few examples will show the way here:
--Stalwart citizens versus fanatics
--Friends versus enemies
--Honorable purposes versus dishonorable purposes
--Lawful behaviors versus unlawful behaviors
--Prudent versus imprudent behaviors
--Passive versus aggressive acts
--Judicious versus injudicious acts
--Forgivable versus unforgivable acts
--T***hfulness versus unt***hfulness
Such acts of discrimination are necessary for the preservation of comity, the existence of our way of life, and at times, our personal safety or the safety of our family and friends. Thus discrimination serves a highly useful role in our lives, and it must not be curtailed arbitrarily.


There are public acts of discrimination, however, that must be proscribed, such as for race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, and the like. But private uses of discrimination will still be made on a case by case basis, which is the right of free persons and free assemblies of like-minded citizens to exercise their judgment and state their beliefs in clear language.

u. Elitism: We recognize that there are individuals with unusual talent and sk**ls, that there are people with exceptional mind power, and that there are people with significant wealth in the nation. That does not mean that they are destined to govern or to significantly influence government, that they must be treated with undue respect, or that they must be accorded a status of citizenship any higher than any other ordinary citizen. In fact, many of the suggestions and directions supported by the so-called intellectual and public elites have been terribly harmful to the nation. Thus, it is important that such elitists not be given governing powers or major influence over government beyond their just deserts as ordinary citizens.


Conclusion: In order to make these beliefs and actions effective, we must elect legislators that are like-minded conservatives, and a President that is also dedicated to our belief system, beginning in 2022 for legislators and 2024 for a conservative President.




Appendix A. Natural Law, an Outline

Natural Law
--inalienable duties
--Habeas corpus
--Limited government
--Separation of powers
--Checks and balances
--Self-preservation
--Right to contract
--Justice by r********n
--No taxation without representation
--Beneficence & Benevolence
--Duties to husband or wife, parents and elders
--Duties to children and posterity
--Good faith and veracity
--Mercy
--Magnanimity
--God’s Word--as given in the Holy Bible. These are the Devine Commands.
Natural Inalienable Rights
--Self-government
--Bear arms for self-defense
--Own, develop and dispose of property
--to make personal choices
--Free conscience
--to choose a profession
--to choose a mate
--to beget one’s kind
--to assemble
--to petition
--Free speech
--Free press
--to enjoy the fruits of one’s labor
--to improve one’s financial condition via barter and trade
--to contrive and invent
--to explore the world
--Privacy
--Personal security
--to provide necessities: air, food, clothing, shelter, and water
--Fair trial
--Free association
--to contract

Natural Duties
--To obey natural and human laws
--To honor the laws of the creator and to obey them
--Not to k**l except in self-defense
--Not to steal or destroy property of others
--To be honest in all t***sactions
--For children to honor and obey their parents
--For parents and elders to protect, teach, feed, clothe, and provide shelter for their children
--To support law and order and to keep the peace
--To reject covetousness
--To aid the helpless, the sick, the crippled, the impaired, the injured, and the poverty-stricken
--To honorably perform contracts and covenants with God and others
--To be temperate
--To become economically self-sufficient
--Not to trespass on property or privacy of another
--To maintain the integrity of the family structure
--To perpetuate the race
--To reject vices
--To perform civic responsibilities
--Not to aid criminals in their activities
--To promote standards of common decency
--To follow the rules of moral rectitude
--To obey civil, positive laws of society
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I always enjoy your posts. Instead of just a link they are written in thoughtful manner, easy to read and understand. As usual there is no fault is this one, sound wisdom.
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Nov 11, 2021 17:18:47   #
American Vet wrote:
"Our world is not divided by race, color, g****r, or religion. Our world is divided into wise people and fools. And fools divide themselves by race, color, g****r, or religion."


Sound wisdom. Thanks
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Oct 28, 2021 15:32:52   #
1ProudAmerican wrote:
Twenty years ago, in Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January, 1996, more than 4,000 baseball coaches descended upon the Opryland Hotel for the 52nd annual ABCA's convention.
While I waited in line to register with the hotel staff, I heard other more veteran coaches rumbling about the lineup of speakers scheduled to present during the weekend. One name kept resurfacing, always with the same sentiment — “John Scolinos is here? Oh, man, worth every penny of my airfare.”
Who is John Scolinos, I wondered. No matter; I was just happy to be there.
In 1996, Coach Scolinos was 78 years old and five years retired from a college coaching career that began in 1948. He shuffled to the stage to an impressive standing ovation, wearing dark polyester pants, a light blue shirt, and a string around his neck from which home plate hung — a full-sized, stark-white home plate.
Seriously, I wondered, who is this guy?
After speaking for twenty-five minutes, not once mentioning the prop h*****g around his neck, Coach Scolinos appeared to notice the snickering among some of the coaches. Even those who knew Coach Scolinos had to wonder exactly where he was going with this, or if he had simply forgotten about home plate since he’d gotten on stage. Then, finally …
“You’re probably all wondering why I’m wearing home plate around my neck,” he said, his voice growing irascible. I laughed along with the others, acknowledging the possibility. “I may be old, but I’m not crazy. The reason I stand before you today is to share with you baseball people what I’ve learned in my life, what I’ve learned about home plate in my 78 years.”
Several hands went up when Scolinos asked how many Little League coaches were in the room. “Do you know how wide home plate is in Little League?”
After a pause, someone offered, “Seventeen inches?”, more of a question than answer.
“That’s right,” he said. “How about in Babe Ruth’s day? Any Babe Ruth coaches in the house?” Another long pause.
“Seventeen inches?” a guess from another reluctant coach.
“That’s right,” said Scolinos. “Now, how many high school coaches do we have in the room?” Hundreds of hands shot up, as the pattern began to appear. “How wide is home plate in high school baseball?”
“Seventeen inches,” they said, sounding more confident.
“You’re right!” Scolinos barked. “And you college coaches, how wide is home plate in college?”
“Seventeen inches!” we said, in unison.
“Any Minor League coaches here? How wide is home plate in pro ball?”............“Seventeen inches!”
“RIGHT! And in the Major Leagues, how wide home plate is in the Major Leagues?
“Seventeen inches!”
“SEV-EN-TEEN INCHES!” he confirmed, his voice bellowing off the walls. “And what do they do with a Big League pitcher who can’t throw the ball over seventeen inches?” Pause. “They send him to Pocatello !” he hollered, drawing raucous laughter. “What they don’t do is this: they don’t say, ‘Ah, that’s okay, Jimmy. If you can’t hit a seventeen-inch target? We’ll make it eighteen inches or nineteen inches. We’ll make it twenty inches so you have a better chance of hitting it. If you can’t hit that, let us know so we can make it wider still, say twenty-five inches.'”
Pause. “Coaches… what do we do when your best player shows up late to practice? or when our team rules forbid facial hair and a guy shows up unshaven? What if he gets caught drinking? Do we hold him accountable? Or do we change the rules to fit him? Do we widen home plate? "
The chuckles gradually faded as four thousand coaches grew quiet, the fog lifting as the old coach’s message began to unfold. He turned the plate toward himself and, using a Sharpie, began to draw something. When he turned it toward the crowd, point up, a house was revealed, complete with a freshly drawn door and two windows. “This is the problem in our homes today. With our marriages, with the way we parent our kids. With our discipline.
We don’t teach accountability to our kids, and there is no consequence for failing to meet standards. We just widen the plate!”
Pause. Then, to the point at the top of the house he added a small American f**g. “This is the problem in our schools today. The quality of our education is going downhill fast and teachers have been stripped of the tools they need to be successful, and to educate and discipline our young people. We are allowing others to widen home plate! Where is that getting us?”
Silence. He replaced the f**g with a Cross. “And this is the problem in the Church, where powerful people in positions of authority have taken advantage of young children, only to have such an atrocity swept under the rug for years. Our church leaders are widening home plate for themselves! And we allow it.”
“And the same is true with our government. Our so-called representatives make rules for us that don’t apply to themselves. They take bribes from lobbyists and foreign countries. They no longer serve us. And we allow them to widen home plate! We see our country falling into a dark abyss while we just watch.”
I was amazed. At a baseball convention where I expected to learn something about curve balls and bunting and how to run better practices, I had learned something far more valuable.
From an old man with home plate strung around his neck, I had learned something about life, about myself, about my own weaknesses and about my responsibilities as a leader. I had to hold myself and others accountable to that which I knew to be right, lest our families, our faith, and our society continue down an undesirable path.
“If I am lucky,” Coach Scolinos concluded, “you will remember one thing from this old coach today. It is this: "If we fail to hold ourselves to a higher standard, a standard of what we know to be right; if we fail to hold our spouses and our children to the same standards, if we are unwilling or unable to provide a consequence when they do not meet the standard; and if our schools & churches & our government fail to hold themselves accountable to those they serve, there is but one thing to look forward to …”
With that, he held home plate in front of his chest, turned it around, and revealed its dark black backside, “…We have dark days ahead!.”
Note: Coach Scolinos died in 2009 at the age of 91, but not before touching the lives of hundreds of players and coaches, including mine. Meeting him at my first ABCA convention kept me returning year after year, looking for similar wisdom and inspiration from other coaches. He is the best clinic speaker the ABCA has ever known because he was so much more than a baseball coach. His message was clear: “Coaches, keep your players—no matter how good they are—your own children, your churches, your government, and most of all, keep yourself at seventeen inches."
And this my friends is what our country has become and what is wrong with it today, and now go out there and fix it!
"Don't widen the plate."
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Thank you. Very sound wisdom, we should talk with and listen to our elders. I learned the older I got the wiser my Father got.
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Oct 11, 2021 16:32:58   #
archie bunker wrote:
As always, spot on old wise one!!👍👏👏👏👏

Ever notice how the l*****ts here think they'll be exempt from the misery that the government they want will impart on all of us? They seem to think that only those who disagree with them will suffer. They won't be eating their own pets to stay alive, they'll be eating ours, and staying fat and happy while we suffer.
They don't consider what happens when we run out of pets for them to eat. They think the government they love so much will take care of them because they are on their side. Pfffffftttt!!
Before you know it, the l*****ts will be trying to figure out how to k**l their friends for a squishy potato, while the government they demanded eats Filet Mignon.
Buncha dumbasses!
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I have pondered the same. All I can figure is they think they are special. Growing up if someone had a learning disability we would say they were special. Still holds true today. A lot of Forrest Gumps out there.
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Oct 11, 2021 16:11:41   #
manning5 wrote:
Here are ten thoughts from a Conservative Rightist about L*****ts:

1. L*****ts have a false understanding of humanity.

2. Their watchword is "nondiscrimination" in all things: Race, Culture, Societies, Individuals, Intelligence, Behaviors, Mobs, Morals, Laws, etc.

3. They have an obsessive belief in Utopian ideals.

4. L*****ts are willing to employ terrorism, lying, bias,r**ting and property destruction, and even murder to achieve their ends.

5. They strongly believe in Collectivism: Socialism and C*******m, even if there is historical proof of their many failures to create a happy life for the citizenry.

6. L*****ts have an insatiable drive for money and power over the nation and its people, and want to rewrite our Constitution to their way of thinking.

7. They have a deep hatred of the wealthy in our society and support equalization actions, i.e. let's all be poor! Oh! But not them! Not the Elites!

8. L*****t ideals blind them to common sense, and foresight into ultimate consequences of their policies.

9. They possess "verbal verbosity" in Sowell's term, talking themselves, and many others, out of rational thinking.

10. L*****ts are extremely loyal to their movement, and parrot the party line incessantly, whether the line is good or bad for the people.
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Very good summary as always.
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Oct 11, 2021 16:02:54   #
JR-57 wrote:
I read your post and I fixed it for you. See below. No need to respond with words of appreciation, you’re welcome.

Liberalism (or wh**ever they want to name it today) tolerates and promotes anger and rage to attack those who are perceived to be an enemy to their reform agenda.

Liberalism is considered to be an entitlement for outrageous behavior relative to the norms of a civilized society, a right to rant h**eful rhetoric against those perceived to be “conservative” or “right wing”. Liberalism is an obligation to attack those who still admire and respect the U.S. Constitution, who believe in independence, self reliability and holding individuals responsible and accountable for their actions and to ridicule those who believe our nation is still the greatest and most benevolent in the history of mankind.

Liberalism is a programmed mental state of mind. It is the worst disease this country has ever seen. It negatively affects every American, including its own followers. It is a blight on the entire nation. Liberalism spawned and fostered a collective narcissism, ignorance and evil. Now more then ever, Liberalism and Liberals are attempting to destroy the very system and citizenry that protected their right and freedom to become what they have become. Liberalism does not have the inherent right to arbitrarily destroy the foundation of this great nation.
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I think your thread is truer than Woodies. It amazes me how they throw rocks for the same as they are guilty of.
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Oct 6, 2021 16:09:51   #
woodguru wrote:
This was triggered by my cousins black husband, he is quite vocal about police r****m issues. I take exception to the way he talks about b****s in his posts, and I have taken him to task about his references that make it sound like he believes there is something especially beautiful or special about his people.

The way I put it was to ask him if he thought there was anything particularly exceptional about black people as pertains to them being better than anyone else, what makes them stand out in any way from hispanics, asians, white people, or any other group of people.

He said they have had a rougher time being treated equally, to which I responded so have many other people over the decades in this country...that chinese have been persecuted during the formative years of this country, italians have, polish people have been, etc. etc.

I told him that I agreed that they have had a tough time being treated equally, but that I saw nothing special about them over any other race that has had it harder than white people, and I sure as hell don't think even white people are better than anyone else.

Thinking there is somehow something better about your particular group is where divisions along racial lines start, it's what it is...and this goes toward the idea of r********ns as well. I support the idea of programs to help people out of economic poverty, but absolutely am against selecting targeted groups that get help while others that deserve it the same way do not. Don't talk to me about a program that benefits people because their skin is black...that program is needed by any people who are stuck in economic depression, and there are w****s there as well.
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The first time I can agree with you on an issue. My Bible says we are all the same. Trust me having been through two wars, we all bleed red.
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Oct 1, 2021 16:56:38   #
2bltap wrote:
Candace Owens EXPOSES C*****e C****e S**m:

If were to all just look back at our own history going back to the 60's forward, there has been numerous f**e scares that government and media have produced in order to control us. Specifically concerning our earths climate variants. Like Winter Spring Summer and Fall. What are your views on this issue?
Mike

https://youtu.be/auqLRfrbE9Y


She's always great and how she's working with kids is awesome. I would v**e for her for anything in a heartbeat. Very smart lady.
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Sep 30, 2021 16:48:43   #
Capt-jack wrote:
Gunfight Rules

"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading."

In a gunfight, the most important rule is ... HAVE A GUN!!!

These are shooting tips from various Concealed Carry Instructors. If you own a gun, you will appreciate these rules... If not, you should get one, learn how to use it, and learn the rules.


RULES


Guns have only two enemies: Rust and Politicians. Rust can be prevented, Politicians cannot.

It's always better to be judged by 12 than carried out by 6.

Cops carry guns to protect themselves,
not you.

Never let someone or something that threatens you get inside arm's length.

Never say "I've got a gun." If you need to use deadly force, the first sound they should hear is the safety clicking off, or the hammer cocking.

The average response time of a 911 call is 23 minutes; the response time of a .357 is 1,400 feet per second.

The most important rule in a gunfight is: Always Win - there is no such thing as a fair fight. Always Win - c***t if necessary. Always Win - 2nd place doesn't count.

Make your attacker advance through a wall of bullets ... you may get k**led with your own gun, but they'll have to beat you to death with it because it will be empty.

If you're in a gunfight:

If you're not shooting, you should be loading.

If you're not loading, you should be moving.

If you're not moving, you're dead.

In a life and death situation, do something ... it may be wrong, but do something!

If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. Nonsense! If you have a gun, what do you have to be paranoid about?

Never fire a "warning shot", that is just one wasted bullet, which could be needed within moments.

You can say "stop" or any other word, but a large bore muzzle pointed at someone's head is pretty much a universal language; and, you won't have to press 1 for Spanish/Mexican, or 2
for Chinese, or 3 for Arabic.

Never leave a wounded enemy behind. If you have to shoot, shoot to k**l. In court, yours will be the only testimony.

You cannot save the planet, but you may be able to save yourself and your family.


If you believe in the 2nd Amendment, forward it to others you know who also believe.
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All sound advice, saving this. Another good one, gun control means hitting your target center mass. Sad kids now would be triggered by any one these and cry. When we were young these were our guns and we threw dirt clods and wet corn cobs when we chose sides and played war.
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