The Answer to a Secure Southern Border for the U.S.A.

American Political Conservatives just may have the solution to securing the U.S.A. Southern Border, and it costs absolutely Zero Dollars.

My Opinion About Stupidity and MAGA Republican Trump Supporters

This meme says it all for me!

Oh, and by the way, it is my opinion that MAGA Republican Trump Supporters perfectly fit this definition of stupidiy.

Education Begins At Home.

School starts this month and I want to ask you a favor. 

Sit down with your child for 5 minutes and explain to him or her that being very tall, short, chubby, skinny or a different skin color is not a reason to laugh at someone, nor is it a reason to laugh, make fun of, ridicule, or taunt another student if he or she wears the same shoes every day. Explain to your child that a used backpack carries the same dreams as a new one. Teach your child not to exclude anyone for being "different" or not having the same possibilities that he himself or she herself may have. Explain to your child that teasing hurts. Make sure your child knows that he or she goes to school to learn, not to compete! 

Education begins at home.

Thoughts about Working as Presented by Dolly Parton - 9 To 5

9 to 5

Song by Dolly Parton

Lyrics

Well, I tumble outta bed and stumble to the kitchen

Pour myself a cup of ambition

Yawn and stretch and try to come to life

Jump in the shower and the blood starts pumping

Out on the street, the traffic starts jumping

With folks like me on the job from 9 to 5

Working 9 to 5, what a way to make a living

Barely getting by, it's all taking and no giving

They just use your mind, and they never give you credit

It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it

Working 5 to 9, you've got passion and a vision

'Cause it's hustlin' time, a whole new way to make a livin'

Gonna change your life, do somethin' that gives it meanin'

With a website that is worthy of your dreamin'

Well you got dreams and you know they matter

Be your own boss, climb your own ladder

That moment's getting closer by the day

And you're in the same boat with a lotta your friends

Launching ideas you all believe in

The tide's gonna turn, and it's all gonna roll your way

Working 5 to 9, making something of your own now

And it feels so fine to build a business from your know-how

Gonna move ahead, and there's nothing that you can't do

When you listen to that little voice inside you

Yeah, 5 to 9 you've got passion and a vision

'Cause it's hustlin' time, a whole new way to make a livin'

Gonna change your life, do somethin' that gives it meanin'

With a website that is worthy of your dreaming

5 to 9, you keep working, working, working

Working 5 to 9, 'til your dreams, come true

Working 5 to 9, you keep dreaming, dreaming, dreaming

5 to 9, 5 to 9, you can do it

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Dolly Parton

9 to 5 lyrics © Velvet Apple Music

Beware of Political Candidates who Spout Christianity!

Regardless of the American perspective of the "separation of Church and State" in government, many people in the United States of America today are turning to candidates seeking election/re-election to public office who spout Christianity in their campaign rhetoric.

These "Christian" voters should take a lesson from history and be extremely weary of who they are supporting for elective office in America.

Read the following quote of a world renowned political powerhouse.

"I pledge that I never will tie myself to parties who want to destroy Christianity.

We want to fill our culture again with the Christian spirit.

We want to burn out all the recent immoral developments in literature... and in the press - in short, we want to burn out the poison of immorality which has entered into our whole life and culture as a result of liberal excess during the past few years."

That was said by Adolf Hitler as part of his campaign rhetoric that got him elected as the leader of Germany. We saw how that worked out!

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. 

Let's go, Brandon!

"Let's go, Brandon" is code for:

"I'm an ignorant gullible hick who can't get over my Conman's loss and I need a new way to show the nation just how stupid I am"

Mel Arndt addresses the gun control debate.

Mel Arndt, my friend since childhood who I met during my school years, wrote on May 31, 2022 on his Facebook about his perspective on the debate concerning the issue of gun control.

Mel has put a lot of thought in formulating his perspective. While I, myself, believe the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution should be repealed, Mel Arndt believes differently. And while, he and I have reached different conclusions about regulations on guns in the United States,  I appreciate and respect the thoughts he has put forth in formulating his opinion on this extremely important issue in America today.

The following is a copy and paste of what my friend Mel posted on his Facebook.

I've listened to all the arguments about guns and gun control. The latest shooter acquired his rifles legally. I'm not sure gun control is the be all end all solution to this problem. It may help, but ultimately will fall short. I believe this is just one symptom of a much bigger problem and until it is addressed this problem will not go away.

     My Dad was a hunter and owned several rifles and a shotgun. None of them was semiautomatic. No need to be.

     Neither I or my friends ever considered using a gun against another person. Born in 1947 the memory of WWII still loomed large. I had cap guns. We often played war. That didn't result in shootings. We also were not inundated with films or programs where a gun is used to solve problems with seemingly no consequences.

     Something has happened to cause these events. My personal belief is that since Nixon the average citizen has had opportunities snatched from their grasp. Wages have been essentially stagnate. Prices have gone through the roof! When I graduated one could reasonably expect to work a Summer job and could put by enough to cover attending a university or college. Try that today! I worked in a small off campus bar and was paid $20 per night. I could work as much or as little as I chose. I usually worked 4 or 5 nights per week. My apartment rent was $90 a month and included utilities. I covered that easily!  It fell within the common wisdom of the day that housing should not exceed 25% of your income. Even if you were paid $15/hour now it would not meet that criteria!!! One could also have a job that you could work until retirement. I wouldn't want to be a young person now. I would be frustrated at every turn!!

      We need to end violence in games, television and films that show individuals using guns to solve problems with no consequences!

      We need to provide free medical care for everyone! Supposedly being the richest nation on the planet we are told we can't afford it. If that is the case why are we the only industrialized nation that can't?

     We need to assure our representatives are working for EVERYONE not just those with deep pockets. We have no plan for where we wanted our nation to be in 10, 20 or 50 years. There should be no agreements to vote as a block before they attend the first session. Term limits will not fix this. We already have term limits....   They are disguised as elections.

     We need to stop the dissemination of false information. 

     We need to provide education for everyone at no cost. Other countries do somehow. Others also give student a basic income while in school.

     We need to assure that no one goes hungry. 

No one should go to bed hungry. Ever.

     We need to eliminate discrimination. No one group, race or religion should be excluded for the sole reason other than being born into the wrong sex, color or religion. 

      Until these issues have been addressed we will never solve the gun issue. We have some unworldly number of guns in our country. Even if we banned all of them there are enough already out there to last centuries! Until we eliminate the root causes for these shootings they will never end.

     Just my opinion. Like it. Don't like. I don't really care. I see our society as having lost touch with reality. No one party will have the answers, but if we continue as we have eliminating guns will be as effective as taking an aspirin as a cure-all for any and all diseases.

ref: Original Facebook post of Mel Arndt.

American Health Care System in the Year 2022

Today's modern American Health Care System is that of an obstacle course filled automaton that will kill you.

Covid-19 Anti-Vaxxers are Inconsiderate and Deplorable!

This Roland Hansen Commentary blog entry is a copy and paste of a posting made elsewhere on the internet by someone I know. In that I do not have permission, I cannot provide attribution. 

Here it is:

WHY THE SCHADENFREUDE?

You’ve likely seen it. I’ve posted “KARMA” headlined content mocking those who publicly and vigorously spread lies about vaccines and/or politicized COVID restrictions as some unAmerican “assault on freedom”… and then became infected by COVID and died.

Some say that’s cruel.

I say it’s necessary. 

Because walking around unvaccinated and unrestricted in the throes of a consequential, spreading, and raging pandemic IS NO DIFFERENT THAN DRUNK DRIVING because yes, you might die by your inexcusable behavior, but worse, YOU MIGHT TAKE INNOCENT PEOPLE WITH YOU to the grave.

And there’s the rub. 

There’s the difference.

That’s why I mock.

That’s why I suggest they got what they deserved.

Because, unlike risky choices that only endanger the chooser - like BASE jumping, skydiving, mountain climbing, hang gliding, or tightrope walking, we have the unvaccinated potentially catching and spreading a fatal disease to others, including their own family and anyone they can convince to join them. 

Eschewing vaccines and then mingling among us isn’t different than driving impaired by drinks or drugs. 

Your “freedoms” END when you ENDANGER OTHERS!

And now TWO YEARS INTO THIS, those who ignore the science CANNOT claim they didn’t know better. And let’s remember, I only point out the passing of those who PUBLICLY and PROUDLY spread LIES about vaccines, masks, and distancing. I only target those who HEARD and SAW THE FACTS AND DATA and STILL

SELFISHLY BEHAVED WITH COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR THE CONSEQUENCES to either themselves or OTHERS.

I bother to point out who they are because there’s a chance those who are doing the same thing might WAKE UP and STOP BEING THE REASON WE CAN’T END THIS NIGHTMARE.

They’re not “victims”. They’re PERPETRATORS and they must be called out. 

Even after they’re gone.

In fact… ESPECIALLY after they’re gone.

A Day in the Life of Sue Republican

The following is a' Copy and Paste' from a Facebook Posting to which I was referred by a friend:

A day in the Life of Sue Republican 

Sue gets up at 6 a.m. and fills her coffeepot with water to prepare her morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards.

With her first swallow of coffee, she takes her daily medication. Her medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised. 

All but $10 of her medications are paid for by her employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Sue gets it too. 

She prepares her morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Sue's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. 

In the shower, Sue reaches for her shampoo. Her bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for her right to know what she was putting on her body and how much it contained. 

Sue dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air she breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air. 

She walks to the subway station for her government-subsidized ride to work. It saves her considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor. 

Sue begins her work day. She has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Sue's employer pays these standards because Sue's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union. 

If Sue is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, she'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think she should lose her home because of her temporary misfortune. 

Its noon and Sue needs to make a bank deposit so she can pay some bills. Sue's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Sue's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. 

Sue has to pay her Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and her below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Sue and the government would be better off if she was educated and earned more money over her lifetime. 

Sue is home from work. She plans to visit her father this evening at his farm home in the country. She gets in her car for the drive. Her car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards. 

She arrives at her childhood home. Her generation was the third to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification. 

She is happy to see her father, who is now retired. Her father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Sue wouldn't have to. 

Sue gets back in her car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Sue enjoys throughout her day. Sue agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm self-made and believe everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have".

~ Kathy Joe North