Women in combat!

Hi my name is Don and I guess you could call me a redneck.  I live in Nevada in a rural area where we live by a code of common sense.  No one could survive long in the high desert without using common sense.  With that said here are a few common sense items I’d like your opinion on.
I may be too old fashioned for this period in our history.  Women in combat?  My generation was taught to protect women, open doors and pay for the check.  I know that my statement will ruffle the tail feathers of the chicks of N.O.W. but it’s true.  I was taught that you never strike a woman or a girl no matter how mad you were and if bad things happened you put yourself in front of the ladies not alongside.  Things like that are hard to change in one’s mind.  I know that if I was in combat with a girl, excuse me, woman, I would be more worried about her getting hurt than myself.  I hope our soldiers of the male persuasion are more callous than I and are prepared to handle this part of it mentally.  I don’t believe that it is demeaning to look at women as feminine or as a nurturer, one who gives life not as one who takes life.  I think this decision is one that we will regret, as I sure many women who have entered the military do so not to fight but to save lives.  I know that we have had many female casualties through-out history and many have had to fight for their lives in WWII in prison camps.  I don’t mean to take lightly their sacrifices but putting them in harm’s way on purpose is another story.  I can understand piloting a fighter or serving on a naval ship, as women are as adept and agile as a man handling these type of controls and are just a brave but mono e mono on the battlefield is a much different situation.  I cannot believe that a battlefield commander will want to send a woman purposly into a battle against the Taliban or any other radical Muslim group, you know in your heart that a captured woman will go through much more Hell than her male counterpart.      

Changing the subject I think everyone should send the White House a dollar so it can be opened again for tours.  I know many kids who plan for their eighth grade trip to Washington just to see and understand what our history is.  My own Granddaughters have made that trip with their classmates and chaperones all the way from Nevada.  This whole closure is a farce as most of the tours are made with volunteers. I think it’s just a way of making us feel the pain of the Sequester so we can lay the blame on Congress rather than the administration.  I’ll bet even the Secret Service could find a few volunteers to help with security. 

That’s my opinion, what’s yours

History lesson

Hi my name is Don and I guess you could call me a redneck. I live in Nevada in a rural area where we live by a code of common sense. No one could survive long in the high desert without using common sense. With that said here are a few common sense items I’d like your opinion on.

Growing up in the 40’s and 50’s gives you a whole different prospective from today’s society.  Manners were considered extremely important and any disrespect would be dealt with severely.  Whether it be a neighbor, a teacher or even a stranger, if your parents found out it was curtains for you.  A discipline problem at school was egregious and meant either a spanking or being sent to your room without dinner at the least.  In today’s environment with this it’s not my fault mentality there is no discipline.  A child is sent home from school and the parents blame the teacher.  Their little Willie is a perfect child and the teacher must have done something to upset him.  In my case it was a razor strop for serious crimes and being sent to my room hungry for misdemeanors.  In my opinion when discipline went out so did manners. 

I never received an allowance as a child; don’t get me wrong I really didn’t want for anything but I was expected to work for the things I got.  My family was strictly blue collar and everything my folks earned was by hard work.  Myself whether it be chores around the house or helping a neighbor mow their lawn I was always able to earn enough to do the things most kids of my day did.  As soon as I was old enough probably 12, I had a paper route and learned quickly that the more attentive I was to my customers needs the better tips I received.   When it rained the paper went behind the screen door and you had to be careful not to cut across certain people’s yards.  Mostly it was just common sense.  A lesson that many people today haven’t learned, maybe the lack of a good paddling as needed is the reason for this deficiency in so many.

Now that you have a little history maybe you will understand where my opinion comes from and why I feel the need to write.  I loved my family dearly even with the disciplined structure I was raised with.  I honestly think any punishment I received as a child hurt my folks more than me.  Today a parent could go to jail for what I considered normal parental behavior.  I honestly feel some of today’s parents should go to jail for depriving their kids of a good understanding of self discipline and teaching them what real life is all about.  

The way government is run today is just a reflection of the society they govern.  Obama blames everyone but himself for where we are today.  It is definitely not all his fault but surely he must understand that a good portion of the blame falls on his administration.  The Congress is a defunct conclave of self serving people who really only care when they get caught at something then it’s moral indignation.  The Senate is another case, if you want to get rich beyond your wildest dreams run for the Senate.  I believe that the entire legislative bunch should be taken off their happy merry go round and be forced to live like the rest of us.  No more special treatment like huge retirement packages and special medical programs.  Put them on Social Security and Medicare and see how fast they fix the problems.  We could probably fix the debt problem with that very move.

That’s my opinion, what’s yours

Sequester nonsense

Hi my name is Don and I guess you could call me a redneck.  I live in Nevada in a rural area where we live by a code of common sense.  No one could survive long in the high desert without using common sense.  With that said here are a few common sense items I’d like your opinion on.

The shallow attempt by the administration to make the population suffer over the Sequester is getting more desperate by the hour.  To come out with this shut down of the White House, the HS secretary claiming big waits at the larger airports and the claims by the President that sick or poor children would suffer because of this is absurd.  The average Joe could figure out what to cut in minutes, just like we’ve had to do over the last few years.  I know the average household budget went down over 2%, with loss we have all suffered in real estate values it’s more like 50%.  Get a grip Mr., President any grade school child could reduce your debt with just a little common sense.

The liberals like to refer to what is commonly known as a Redneck as racist’s, it’s far from the truth, I am becoming prejudice as time goes on however but my prejudice is with stupidity.  To sit and listen to people like Alan Combs and Chris Mathews could turn any bodies stomach as they constantly repeat the mantra of Socialism.  Our great country is going through a change alright, we the people losing respect for the institutions that are suppose to protect us.  I am a veteran and I love our military but I can honestly say that I’m happy that I served under Presidents that put our country first. (Ike and JFK)

The thing that scares me the most is the fact that our Supreme Court is getting old.  This President is going to have the dubious honor of appointing at least two new judges in this term, heaven help us if our Congressional Representatives fail to do their jobs.  Conservatism is not just a republican virtue; many democrats are also conservative but have been squashed by the louder liberal base who have taken over the party.  It’s time for people to stop the insane habit of voting along party lines and cast a vote for American virtues.  That rumbling you hear is the Blue Dog Democrats who stood up to vote for Reagan rolling in their graves in disgust as our country weakens.

That’s my opinion, what’s yours

Guns and money

Hi my name is Don and I guess you would call me a redneck. I live in Nevada in a rural area where we live by a code of common sense. No one could survive long in the high desert without using common sense. With that said here are a few common sense items I’d like your opinion on.

What are your feelings on gun control? Personally I feel that responsible citizens who happen to own guns are not the problem. Any criminal can buy a gun off the street to use for his or her misdeeds. They aren’t going to go into a Gun shop and hope they pass scrutiny on the background check. How does tougher regulation curb violence?

The 2<sup>nd Amendment was not designed for hunters, it was designed to control the power of government.

The removal of guns from the good citizens of the country does not stop gun violence it just leaves the citizenry vulnerable to bad guys with guns. I hate to say it politicians but we’re not Europe nor will we ever be Europe no matter how much you try to make our great country into a European clone, it just ain’t gonna happen! That’s why we have a 2nd Amendment, that’s why our Fore Fathers suggested strongly that we have guns in the first place.

What about this National Debt? I know most people don’t understand the politics of debt but one thing I know for sure is; If you hold our fat to the fire any closer we’ll become the next Greece. Both parties are to blame, they should be looking in the mirror instead of pointing at each other. It seems to me we could cut spending significantly by taking the waste and fraud out of Welfare and the free ride out of the Senate and Congressional benefit package. Congress should pass no law that exempts themselves from participation. They should be required to work like the rest of us and retire with the same Social Security program that we do, it’s the one they have plundered. The idea of the Legislative body was to be one of part time. Serve a term and go home to your job not to be used for personal gain in wealth and power. Professional politicians maintain their power through legislation of pork.
Redistribution of wealth is what Hugo Chavez did, it cemented him to the poor in the country but in the end just made the country poorer. The poor do not create jobs for others. He did it by Nationalizing companies that others had built, our government does it by taking the money from those who earn it and giving it to those who don’t. This is the same money that use to be used to reinvest in industry that benefited the poor by offering jobs and security to them. Eventually the drain takes more than is available and we get that sucking sound that no one wants to hear.
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Just my thoughts

 Hi my name is Don and I guess you would call me a redneck. I live in Nevada in a rural area where we live by a code of common sense. No one could survive long in the high desert without using common sense.With that said here are a few common sense items I’d like your opinion on.

1.      Today I heard that they were going to allow people to carry pocket knives aboard airliners.     I'm pretty sure 911 happen because of a smuggled in box cutter held to the throat of a Flight Attendant? If I was in the Flight Attendants union I’d be really upset over this one.

2.      The government just released several thousand illegal alien prisoners into our cities without a public hearing and without even contacting local law enforcement.  If they were not criminals who had perpetrated a crime against society, why were they being held?  Don’t they usually just deport illegal’s who have not committed a crime?

3.      If it’s true that the Sequester that is in the news requires the government to only cut $85 Billion from the total debt, why is that a bad thing? We borrow about $85 Billion a month to keep our government going.  Isn’t it time to stop the madness of over spending?  When my income goes down I quit buying anything but essentials, beer and pork skins are for good times. 

4.      Obama claimed he was going to have the most transparent administration in history.  He’s right about one thing whenever a crisis develops he disappears.  When I was a kid in the 40's & 50's the Democrats like Henry Jackson and Harry Truman were the conservatives and Republicans like Jacob Javits and Rockefeller were the Liberals, what happened to the D party?

5.      How did we get from the point of Grandpa and Grandma celebrating 50 years together, to George and Ralph kissing on the alter? From my personal experience, men and women have different parts and they are designed to fit together like putting a clamp on a muffler, the bolt goes on one side and the nut on the other.  Properly adjusted they work to tighten the clamp same with a marriage.  It's like they were designed for each other.

6.      In my mind everyone should be paid for the job they do not just because they exist.  I don’t mind giving a helping hand but when we have to pay women because they keep having babies with no way to pay for them, I think something is amiss.  In my world if you’re man enough to get a girl pregnant you better be man enough to support that child.  I also think the doctor who impregnated that Octo-mom ought to be paying for them kids not the government. 

7.      In our world here in the American Outback we don’t take kindly to people who lie.  I don’t care if he’s a Preacher or a Politician if he can’t be trusted to be truthful he might as well be dead.  It’s a good thing I’m a Christian and don’t make the rules cause there wouldn’t be many politicians left.

8.      I actually heard a woman being interviewed on Fox say the stupidest thing;  She said it’s not right to tell her that she should carry a gun because in her case it was a friend who raped her and that’s like telling her she has to kill a friend.  (WOW! That's a real friend)  A woman Congressman on the same show said;  98 percent of the women who are raped are smaller than the rapist, (DUH)  if they had a gun it would more than likely be taken away and used on them.  (Only if they forget to pull the trigger)  This statement has not been backed up by the statistics available.

These are some of my views what are yours?