It's what they want.

Irregardless of your feeling about the outcome of the Presidential elections that were just held , this is what is wanted. Americans have spoken and embraced the Republican ideologies nationally,on the State level and even at the local level of Government . Republicans are in control of the House the Senate and the Presidency and an majority of the State Governments and should be supported by the American people as they are responsible for this to have occurred. Blame, there is an tendency by Democrats to blame Hillary Clinton for the Presidential election loss, saying that she carried too much baggage, or that Bernie Sanders could of won the Presidency had he not been cheated by party officials , perhaps. Just last year all the talk was about the certain demise of the Republican party and that it would be generations before they would be able to mount any kind of meaningful campaign. Time flies when you're having fun. 46% of Americans did not bother to vote , all that can be done now is to support the decisions of our elected officials for they know best.....

American companies taking their jobs to Mexico

This is a short list of American companies that have taken advantage of the cheap labor that is available in Mexico . Being a slave for American companies , is not a new experience as we used to be subject to that very affliction right here on American soil once upon a time , back before the exodus of American jobs to the many Asian countries. Companies that will remain on this list , with many I'm sure to be added to daily are Ford, Carrier and Nabisco. An outright boycott of these products should remain in place until there is an official ban put in place by the American Government hopefully sometime in the future .More companies .Calaway,Chrysler, Stanley, Black and Decker Flambeau ( maker of Duncan yo yo's )

Division , the chasm just keeps getting wider

American's are starting with their 2016 primary election season. The once honored Presidential election process has been turned into a circus side show with name calling and blame , finger pointing with separation division and exclusion more rampant than ever. Issues, who knows the candidates of today seldom venture into the world of problem solving, as it takes too much time away from their outright attacks on the personal character of the others that are running . There was some talk about building a large fence between America and Mexico and having someone else pay for it , but nothing of real merit was ever discussed. Another discussion, involved kicking out some millions of people and sending them somewhere somehow and another discussion about keeping out another group of people that some don't want to be allowed into America. Jobs? oh sure some people have them. Education? if you can afford to buy in. Public services clean water, sanitary services police protection ? oh please come on , now you're asking for things that only select groups deserve to have. America , it's not what it used to be .

Implosion , or it came from within

There is plenty of blame to go around regarding the self destruction of the Republican party. Perhaps if we were to look back and see what have they done to bring themselves such low support and trust. The party of " No" ,has been a tag that although the Republicans would like to shake they just can't seem to garner any support amongst themselves to pass anything and blocking everything that comes from the Democrats and the "One term President" Obama. Problems of their own making , sure they would never own up to this fact, responsibility or taking responsibility is not their strong suit. When will it end? Trump , Donald is taking control of the reins and is moving forward much to the dismay of the Republican party. There are sixteen candidates from the Republican party running for President and The Donald as some call him is pretty much having his way as the remainder of the field apparently have gone mute. Political pundits all over the inter net are so profound in their misguided knowledge that The Donald will never be the Nominee as his poll numbers climb daily .Laughable, not to those involved but they are unable at this time to put the brakes on. The three Democrats that are running for President are just watching laughing and knowing that this is not going to end well for the Republicans.

Scott Walker announces his intention to run for President.

Moments ago , I turned on my TV and Scott Walker was giving a speech during his announcement for his Presidential aspiration press release .I didn't have any feelings for or against Scott Walker before I turned on my TV and saw the complete disrespect for the symbol of our country . There in the middle of Walker was our flag the very symbol of freedom and democracy like it was some kind of prop to be used for his benefit. This has to end as it is completely unacceptable . Please contact his office and tell him NO!

2016 Presidential Election it's heating up, do you care

The 2016 Presidential election is slowly getting started. At first it looked as though it was going to be just another run of the mill election , with a handful of candidates gathering from the Republican party, with none of them saying much of anything as to make sure that they did not give anyone anything to use against them . Then there was the Democratic party with their lone queen waiting for her rightful coronation as the nominee. Not so fast, it seems as though there are a couple of reasons not to order the china just yet. Enter Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Bernie Sanders is a sitting Senator with a proven track record of his time in the political arena. His earliest attempts as a politician failed and he went on to work as a writer for a historical society. In 1981 Bernie was elected as mayor of Burlington Vermont and served four terms doing much good for the citizens of Burlington in 1989 Bernie choose not to run again. In 1990 Bernie won his first congressional race and went on to serve eight terms in the House. Sanders ran for the Senate in 2005 and has served there since. Donald Trump , on the Republican side has moved faster than any of the others running for the Republican nomination, now numbering some fifteen people. Donald Trump is a multi-millionaire businessman that has made much of his money in real estate. He has in the past been on a successful reality television show, has been bankrupt and has come back with a net worth some say is over seven billion with two hundred fifty million in cash. Donald is known for being outspoken and speaks his mind on a variety of subjects bringing condemnation from the head of the Republican party after Donald said some things during his announcement speech. All of America's media have been doing much to lessen the appeal that Donald brings to the American electorate with little results. Donald Trump is polling at the top of the field in his party and Bernie has had success with bringing record numbers of people to his rally's, and is also polling near the top in his respective party. Are there others running for the office of President? Two Democrats and fourteen Republicans and if any of them do anything, say anything I'm sure that the press will bring the news to America.

Their flexing their muscles and we're fighting about People marrying the person that they love and health care.

Perhaps this is the symptom and not the disease . China and Russia have both been flexing their military muscles in the absence of America. China knows that we are much too busy worrying about who gets to marry who to challenge them as they expand their empire/country. China is island building ,disrupting shipping channels and killing coral reefs that are sure to play a pivotal role in the life of the ocean and or the planet in the process. They have gone about their business unabated for the past couple of years while the Republican's and Democrat's are embroiled in a fight about getting into everyday American's lives once again. The party of small government and less regulation, once again want to dictate from the bench to the bedroom, telling us whom we can love and who we can't. The Democrat's on the other hand , just want to leave the people to be free to marry the one that they are in love with . Russia is empire building and have threatened to use nuclear weapons if we get in their way. They have been having a proxy war against a former state and are bringing that country back into the fold. We can't be bothered with either of these provocation's as we are too busy fighting each other about Americans their marriages and their health care. Another war, two wars ,three wars does any of this make any sense? We are busy amassing weapons along Russia's borders while all in America are caught up in this tit for tat on the before mentioned issues. Diversions and deception , please just hold the cards out where all American's can see them. Lets try some empire building of our own, we could use lots of infrastructure repairs , how about providing jobs for the millions of unemployed American's. Stop the flow of goods from China to America and get America working. We have many issues that need our attention , but the only things that are getting any attention, are brought with focus and division from our friends in Washington.

Busy week at the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court had an busy week. They had to rule on housing discrimination, in which the Court ruled in favor of civil rights groups, reaffirming laws meant to protect minorities . Then on Thursday they had to rule on the ACA better known as Obama Care . The Court found in favor of upholding the ACA as written, much to the dismay of many Republican's, vowing to work on the repeal of said law for what would be the fifty first time . And on Friday the court worked on Gay marriage with the Court finding in favor of American's wishing to be included as equal members of America. These rulings brought about great anger from those on the right with some of them vowing to push for a constitutional amendment allowing for the removal of Justices that don't do as expected or required. Justices are now appointed for life , by the President that is in power when a vacancy arises. Today there are more than a few calling for the dismantling of the court all together, but when the vote goes their way it's the best thing ever imagined . It's time to grow up , and move forward as a united group, include all members of our great land and move to a higher place...

Is capitalism doomed.

Throughout the history of America, capitalism and the men of wealth and power, the movers and shakers moved America forward . They built factories and they needed labor and people needed jobs. The two elements existed hand and hand for many years, with both sides gaining and the country prospering . America was moving forward , the people were working having families buying homes and personal items and the men of wealth were growing their empires. The country needed railroads, roads, bridges and other infrastructure to support the growth . Taxes: America started to get more and more money from taxes, both personal and corporate and as America grew, more factories were being built and more people were working and paying taxes. The expansion seemed to have no end. America was leading the world in most things with a standard of living many times that of other countries which was improving with each generation. Greed: As America grew, it was clear that not everything was in perfect harmony. Along with the industrial revolution came a whole host of problems for the common worker. Industrial accidents , pollution, worker grievances and the like were taking their toll and driving up the cost of doing business. Politicians: With growth came the need for someone to protect the workers from the ever increasing risk to their lives. Vote for me, I'll protect you came as a battle cry from many a politician and with that many Governmental commissions and departments were established to deal with the ever increasing perils facing the American worker. Health and safety: it was clear to many that the industrial revolution was not without it's cost. Increased deaths due to unsafe conditions and pollution emitted from the smokestacks and other discharges of American industry, plagued the owners and workers alike . Cost continue to soar: With each problem came an increasingly expensive set of regulations. Taxes continued to climb, cost soared and prices rose. New commissions, departments and agencies were formed. The added expense equaled ever increasing taxes and more cost in order to comply with the ever increasing regulations , the dizzying spiral continued unabated for decades. More politicians: On the other side there was help for the men of wealth and power, doing their best to control the regulations thus keep the cost down. They saw that the ever increasing regulations were driving cost up and profitability down making it harder to compete with an unseen adversary. Commissions, departments and agencies were now running unchecked and both sides fought for control, establishing more commissions, department and agencies to oversee the commissions , departments and agencies that had caused bloat, waste and abuse. Bigger is better: More taxes to fund the newly established commissions , departments and agencies. Then there was new commission , department and agencies heads appointed by the controlling party to run the newly formed entities along with the need for more taxes to fund said groups . Who's in power : With each election cycle , the group winning the most seats got to make the rules , adjusting them for their particular needs. Higher wages: With each increase in Governmental regulations came about an accompanying increase in the price of the goods manufactured by the affected company. Unions: As the American workers saw their purchasing power decrease they had run out of ways to earn more money. College and trade schools for some , but many more were caught without any means to better their predicament. Enter the unions, labor it seems decided to join forces with each other in order to increase their pay figuring that if they could force a shut down or at least a slow down it would hurt the owners ability to earn money and they would be forced to pay them the pay that they wanted. This tactic did indeed work, and the workers achieved their limited goal of a few cents here and there. Unknown cost: The victories were always short lived however and the affected companies would just raise their cost , and once again labor would be unable to buy the very products that they were building. Again: Labor seeing that they had been losing their purchasing power would be legally bound to their contract and struggled to make ends meet. At the end of the contract the labor unions would once again call for another work stoppage in order to once again increase their purchasing power. These strikes as they began to be called were seen as a God send for many of the workers , as they could not see any way to increase their ability to earn any more than whatever the current contract would allow. Enough: There did come a time however when the owners had been taxed and regulated to death profitability was down and they have had enough. They saw that there was a whole world out there with cheap labor and no regulations, and at the sign of the next labor strike they just moved their production to those other countries with the cheap labor and non-existent health, safety and environmental regulations. Record profits were now the norm, things looked great, money was being made and cost were down . Millions of unemployed Americans were now without the purchasing power that they had been accustomed to and enjoyed and found it harder and harder to find suitable employment. Year after year they hunted for employment and saw an ever decreasing employment market as many of the remaining companies had now gone to contract labor or worse, hired illegals to do the work that many Americans had once done. But it appears that perhaps labor will get the last laugh as there are not enough American's left working and earning an income to be able to buy the very products that are now made in foreign countries at a fraction of the cost that they once were. And what about the foreign labor, they don't earn enough money to buy the very products that they are making.

The Donald , he's in

Donald Trump has announced his candidacy for the office of President of the United States of America. He blasted just about everyone in doing so from his fellow Republican participants to the Democratic hopefuls to Mexico and other countries. The Donald, may/ or not be a good businessman depending on who you talk to , but one thing is clear he has amassed a fortune and would not be beholding to anybody. If America could be run by decree, then having someone like Donald telling the rank and file to just do it or suffer the wrath , then it would be the perfect fix . Unfortunately we have devised a system of Government that requires certain things to happen in order for anything to happen and with the many fixes that have been implemented over the years nothing ever really gets done. King Donald , did I tell you the part about him being a good businessman?

Fathers , brothers and brothers, husbands and wives

Well today came and went for many American's as they went about their jobs, doing whatever it is that they do. Not so for one member of the Bush Dynasty , it's Jebs turn to be king of America and he proudly announced at an afternoon fabrication of reality .Taking his turn at returning America to greatness as he said turning back those unneeded regulations that our environmental protection agency has used repeatedly to stifle growth and to limit America's standing in the worlds market place.He also took shots at the current President, not really knowing that many of the very things that he was holding up as example were brought by his brother or father. 11 members of the Republican party have officially announced their candidacy for the office of President with at least five more waiting in the winds to announce. Each of these American's claiming that they hold all of the answers to America's problems and they alone can solve all of the ills keeping America down.On the other side of the aisle we had another fine American who feels as though the Presidency should just be handed to her , without the pageantry of an official election as she's best qualified to run the show , in her opinion. There are other American's running for the highest office of the land , but you will only hear about them if they do something truly out of the norm. America , the home of the.... does anyone buy that anymore....

WTF Journalism . Tabloids, do you pick them up in the supermarket.

Yahoo news has hastened it's free fall to the bottom with their tabloid approach to journalism. People , and I use my self as an example don't really wish to have to censor every article that we read or fact check them just to see if some of the information provided within them are indeed real. Once upon a time, a person could read an article and be reasonably assured that what the person who wrote the article said was true and that they had some skin in the game and when they affixed their name to it , it meant something. Not any more. Sadly , there are a great number of people who believe in reading just the headlines of any story, and whatever it tells them in two sentences is the Gods honest truth . Facts , there is no place for having any facts when your whole story has to be said in forty characters or less. Fake stories and who is supposed to regulate them? Do you get you news from the rack at the grocery store. Big Foot lives - My camera jammed so I don't have his picture. The Loch ness Monster sank my boat- story inside I'm raising my ex-wife's alien love child. This type of journalism is becoming the fare from many of the sites that grace the pages of Yahoo News as of late. I find my self going to Google more and more looking to find stories that I can read with an open mind and let the author tell the story without having to chase down all of what was said within. I put this story away yesterday before finishing it , and today I no longer have the types of sites offering the stories that I had been telling about. This leads to another thing, I was writing about Yahoo on a Google site and some how my information got to yahoo without me ever even posting this story , Coincidence? OK. 11-26-10:34 decided to run story anyway after at first deciding not to on 11-20

After

Here we are a week past the 2014 mid-term elections, many Americans voted but sadly many more did not. Many of the voting Americans got who they voted for, elected to the office that they were seeking. They have earned the full right to speak out if and when their elected officials don't deliver on what they promised during the campaign. The non-voting Americans don't have that right but will speak out irregardless, acting as though they have no say or don't count as Americans. Did you see the part where I wrote the word count? in order to be counted you have to participate in something besides your favorite reality show. Being self absorbed is not a crime, it may well not be one of the most desirable traits that humans can posses but it is far from being one of the worst. Sometime during the next two years many of the non-voting Americans will go online to one or more discussion blogs that are available for the average person to vent their anger on. They undoubtedly will discuss term limits and blame the system for their own inadequacies. Many Americans do feel disenfranchised and rightfully so. There are many Americans who feel that going to the polls is just a waste of their time as nothing will ever change, and they are right with that attitude. For the others many feel that those running for the position don't represent them and won't change anything about their lives for the better. They just don't understand the plight of those of us living down here, how can they identify with what we're feeling day in and day out. The worst part of this story is that they may be right. Corporations are now perceived to be running the American Government because they are people too. They give massive donations to the campaigns of many of the office seekers and they do expect for those donations to bear fruit. This is not new, the fourteenth amendment gave corporations the same status as individuals for certain things but that is a different story. Inclusion, the political parties need to reach out to all members of the community get them to become involved in the political process. Sadly this will never happen , as it serves them well to limit the number of potential adversaries when it comes to enacting legislation that benefits only a small sector of the American electorate. No answers but many questions. Just give it a try next time and go vote. Change begins with you.

NFL, America's morality police

In March of this year Baltimore Raven running back Ray Rice punched his then girlfriend, now wife in the face knocking her unconscious .In the after math that followed, Ray Rice was sentenced to an indefinite suspension by the NFL sparking moral outrage and other suspensions in the NFL for related offenses. Apparently Ray and his fellow players are not alone when it comes to domestic abuse. There has been an outcry over the commissioner of the NFL for what he knew and when. Many want NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to resign his position as if the problem will then just go away. Some of the suspensions were short lived , others are, as mentioned before are indefinite. Now lets look at the larger picture. Obviously in all walks of life there is and has always been domestic abuse it doesn't make it right, it just means that it has always been going on. It exists in Major League Baseball, Hockey, Basketball, Congress and the list is endless your plumber, mechanic, butcher , baker and candlestick maker could all be guilty of some kind of domestic abuse. The point is they are not sentenced to live life without parole as a beggar, losing their lively hood and public humiliation without ever being charged in an American courtroom. Are the NFL to be Americas morality police? are we going to give them complete power over what is right and wrong in America's families schools , churches and factories? There are of course bigger fish to fry and this is just one of many distractions, keeping us from looking at the larger picture.

Immigration reform and other topics of no concern.

Once again, or should I say still our Government is still portraying immigration reform as our major problem. Joblessness is still holding number one in most American's mind , but that is a another story. With millions of undocumented " immigrants" flocking to our borders,and an untold number already living in America we find that doing nothing is better than enforcing the law. America is a country governed by laws, we write laws to cover every aspect of our lives. Most of the laws enacted don't benefit most American's, only the one's with the connections ( cash monies) to buy the preferential treatment required ( sadly) in America. Both chambers of Congress are guilty of inaction, and for that both branches should be subject to removal. Upon being elected to any office in America, the winner swears under oath, with his or her hand on the Bible ( for whatever good that does) to up hold all laws already on the books. America is or used to be an compassionate land formed on the premiss that all men are created equal. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free,the wretched refuse of your teaming shore send these, the homeless,tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door. Of course this is not official doctrine, just a poem written many years ago. Many American's do believe in this " statement" , when it suits their wishes. Send them all back , or shoot them on sight ( when speaking of the illegal immigrants) is more the feeling that a great many people posting on many of the various web blogs that the average person can post their feelings on. There are of course some of the "immigrants" with legitimate concerns of their safety, if they would of stayed in their home country. Most of the Huddled masses are however, just people wishing for a better life for themselves and their families. Immigration services, we do have an apparatus for allowing " immigrants" into America by application and millions of legal immigrants do come each year to America by this means. The others are however in violation of our laws and should be deported back to their country of origin. This is where our politicians , on both sides ,are in violation of not doing their jobs. Special interest do have considerable sway in the interpretation of our laws regarding who gets to stay and why. Cheap labor : taking advantage of someone solely because they are not "legal" is not doing anyone any favors, not the "illegal alien" , not the legal citizen only the politically connected stand to gain from this arrangement. IS, Putin and other very real problems that are facing America. IS, the Islamic State is being portrayed as the number one threat to world security . They have grown as an off shoot of Al-Qaeda a terrorist organization that has been terrorizing the middle east for the past decade. IS, or ISIS, ISIL is an off shoot that was too extreme for Al-Qaeda in their interpretation of Islamic laws or Sharia ( way or path ) and have taken over as the number one threat to many cultures in the middle east. With the IS's interpretation of Sharia law be-headings and mass executions have become the norm in the Caliphate that IS has declared in parts of what was once Syria and Iraq. IS have been going from town to town killing all who will not agree with the terms that IS have set forth in the governance of their daily lives. Many millions have fled from the IS and have burdened the aid resources of neighboring countries. Putin: A man with the control of thousands of Nuclear weapons. Valdimir Putin , is the leader of Russia, a country that some in the west say is supplying the Pro-Russian Rebels with weapons as the Army of the Ukraine tries to maintain control of it's land. Proof has apparently been established that Russia has in fact been supplying the Pro-Russian Rebels within the Ukraine with weapons and have crossed the border with the Ukraine and have been launching attacks from within the Ukraine on Ukraine Army forces. Vladimir Putin declared Friday that he is a man with the control of Nuclear weapons and he will not tolerate any interference with his undertakings in the Ukraine. Not a Pleasant Thought.

Another Chance to do whats right.

Every two years , we American's get a chance to reverse the mistakes that we may have made in our choices for Representatives, sometimes the careers of these people are short lived , but most times it is a lifelong job with no real production quotas or any measurement of productivity. Over in the Senate , the same thing holds true except we get the chance to right our wrongs every six years. The problem is American's are easily led and will believe most anything you tell them and they will accept as fact something if they hear it a few times. Once someone else repeats what has been told it becomes true. At the end of your fingers is one of the most powerful tools ever invented , having the ability to bring you all of the information in the world with just a click. Most American's however still find it too cumbersome and time consuming to even do this small task and rely on half truths and hear say for their information, leaving them with the same outcome with each election cycle. Lowest numbers in history, our current Congress have the lowest job approval ratings of any Congress in the history of the country yet we American's do nothing to fix this. If you were working for any of these people and showed such dismal production numbers , you would be replaced just as soon as this is discovered. Well these unproductive people work for you , are you getting your monies worth , or is it a time for a change.

Divide and conquer; American politics business as usual.

Divide and conquer, a time tested fundamental military strategy fails to bring about National Unity. Who knew, this looked good on paper. When looking for an excuse for doing nothing for the past decades our hired political leaders have settled on a way of keeping the attention off of themselves , thrusting it back on the American populace by the use of division and blame. This is not new and it does work like a charm as they say especially in the internet age. Keeping the populace divided is one sure way of ensuring that there are no challenges from outside of the area of control. In the past we as American's have blamed the blacks, Jews,rich, poor, women ,gays and every ethnic, political or racial group for the indecision and outright failure of our experts to bring forth any ideas, other than hate,blame, division and mistrust. Many fed up American's are trying somewhat disappointingly to bring about change through a desire to establish term limits in order to keep career politician's from holding their seats indefinitely. This however is a fools errand as we already have these and they are called elections. Doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result blah, blah. Why then don't we American's try a different approach, send the incumbents home whenever there are signs of inactivity or impropriety. It's never my guy, yes it is .Gathering support for the removal of incumbents is much easier than it has ever been before thanks to the internet, too bad we don't use this tool to it's potential. Sure you post your displeasure on Facebook, too bad that is a closed forum and will only go to your limited group of friends and to some of their friends. State wide attention needs to be brought against your Congress people. Numbers, you need to reach high numbers of registered voters and get them to understand that changing the way we do things is the only way to accomplish the needed change. I don't know who the challenger is, yes this may be true but you do know who the incumbent is and if your satisfied with their job performance. Information is now provided to us via the internet. With just a few clicks we can learn most everything about someone and their views. Inaction is bringing America down inch by inch day by day.

If all religions teach love and peace, why then are we on the verge

It's true all religions do teach peace, love and brotherhood, caring for each other as family. Why then is there such great hate between the religions and among them as well. Our way or the highway , it doesn't have to be this way. The similarities are striking yet we fight. Many advancements could be made in every field if we would just apply our knowledge and share our understanding. Hunger could be a thing of the past. Homelessness another place where man could excel given the resources we have at our disposal. Science would bring us to a new era , we are on the cusp of major breakthroughs every day. Holding back in order to have control and make the biggest profit is keeping the world in a stalled holding pattern for far too long. How much is enough and what difference does it make any way. You can't take it with you , but you can sure fight like hell to ensure that you get every thing you think you deserve, and pass it down to your next of kin. Are there others on this planet? could they use a roof over their head, some food to eat or how about some medicine that is currently priced out of their reach. It doesn't cost that much. But I don't think they deserve it , they did not help me build this company, they can find a way to bring themselves up as I have .How much is enough?. We seem to get hung up on I did this or that, so I deserve to be compensated for my efforts, at what cost? When you have all you need is the achievement worth the problems.Bring others up along with you , no way I don't owe them anything. It 's sad to say that really is the battle cry for far too many people. Remember our teachings at our churches? Only on Sunday. Sickness could be left behind as we move forward as a united group. Sure we can find the cures, but what about making money? Greed , all for me and too bad about you. Only on Sunday. Everything that is on this planet is here for a reason, remember that brotherhood thing we talk about on Sunday. Providing for your brothers should be it's own reward, do you need more than everyone else? Only on Sunday.

And Justice for all

As a child growing up in America, I recited the pledge of allegiance many times believing just what it said. I won't bore you with the complete pledge except to say the final four words , And Justice for All. As I grew , I could clearly see that no there is not really justice for everybody as it turns out, you get what you pay for like everything else in America. Poor people get arrested and incarcerated at higher rates than more affluent groups and Blacks at the highest rates of any of the groups. Americas prison systems are full of many drug users from all of the ethnic groups but with blacks holding the highest percentage. Do they warrant this distinction based on merit, hardly. The media , courts and school system, have all had a heavy hand attaching blame and fear for one group over all others. Young black males . Why are they feared at such unrealistic rates. Now in the wake of yet another killing and trial in Florida of another unarmed black American teenage male ,by an armed white middle aged male we can see another pattern clearly emerging.No Rights for you. In this latest killing, it was observed by many that the defendant would be found guilty of the crime as it seemed there was plenty of evidence supporting this judgement.Not this time either! Just as in another publicly viewed trial last year in Florida where an innocent young black kid was gunned down for having some candy and carrying it at night. Last night's verdict came without any punishment for the accused based on the killing of a young black male , who had been listening to music. The count in the action that would of held the defendant accountable for the killing, was declared a mistrial by the judge, when the jury was unable to come back with a verdict based on the evidence. Oh sure the defendant was found guilty of other charges in the procedure, and will be going to prison for the rest of his life but there was no Justice at all for the dead child or his parents. Had however the circumstances been turned around with the white man being killed by the young black male , there wouldn't of been any question about guilt. Now another all to common side bar. Sadly it seems some twelve hours after the verdict was read on national T.V. there is no story or any findings on Yahoo as to the guilt of the defendant or if anything had even ever took place ....Sorry Jordan

Chinese Threat , Chest thumping and other unneeded expressions of power.

It seems that we American's never learn. Deeply in debt and with unemployment an unchecked monster that is sucking the very life out of our beloved American dream, we would do well to use caution at this time. There are many ways to add some balance, in a otherwise unabated rise in the financial and military power of China. We helped to build their power, by sending our manufacturing needs to their shores to take advantage of their cheap labor and nonexistent environmental laws. China watched with a trained eye , and saw that as we spent the last two decades trying to force our way of life on much smaller and weaker countries both financially and militarily that we lacked any resolve and came away with draws at best in every conflict. Now China is expanding at an ever increasing rate with over a billion people and limited resources to maintain this rise. They have shown a desire for expansion of their empire or perhaps just to shore up their perceived weakness. Either way they have established their ADIZ Air Defense identification Zone over much of the East China Sea encompassing land claimed by Japan thought to have oil and gas reserves and there is concern that if this move is unchallenged then they, China, will move to enact one over the South China sea as well taking islands claimed by both the Philippines and South Vietnam thought to be a major source of oil and gas as well. Once the Air Defense identification zones are intact, it is just a matter of time until they restrict shipping and fishing in those area's as well. Friday 2-07-2014 Secretary of State John Kerry vowed to defend Japan against attack from China, including over the disputed islands. What can we do short of all out war? Enact a ban on all foreign ( as to not single any one country out ) manufactured goods from being sold in America. Yes I realize that many American firms have all or part of their production in China and else where, but in the interest of the American way of life, "for the good of the many" we will sacrifice the few. Sorry , bring home your manufacturing put America first. Taking away China's ability to gain revenue will help to slow their rate of expansion and to perhaps look at other methods of achieving their goals . Then call on our European partners and ask that they too enact similar bans.