Of all the loud-mouths you will stumble across in Social Media, I'm unlikely to engage in name-calling. Last year some time I believe that I made some less-than flattering comments about former Argentinean President Cristina Kirchner, but normally I deal in facts, not personalities. I think I might have to cross the line a bit today. Wednesday, June 15, I was visiting with my friend Jennifer and the television in the living room happened to be on CNN. We had been keeping an eye on the news, hoping against hope for miracle in the case of the two-year old boy in Florida who had been grabbed by an alligator. During a break in our conversation, we noticed that CNN reporter Anderson Cooper has started a live interview with Florida's Attorney General, Pam Bondi. Given all the news coming out of Florida, we decided to listen, and turned up the volume. I wish I had said my goodbyes, and left for the day. The roughy one-minute interview between Cooper and Bondi upset me so much, that I truly wanted to walk out into the front yard, and scream.
I imagine I was not alone in assuming that Cooper's interview with Bondi would focus on law enforcement and the investigation of the Pulse nightclub terror attack. If my memory serves me correctly, the first question or two dealt with the Florida Attorney General's Office response to the tragedy. On a few occasions that morning, I had observed on Social Media members of the LGBT community complimenting Bondi and her office for doing a great job. But Cooper didn't care about the needs of Florida's LBGT community that afternoon. He wanted to discuss Bondi's role in the State of Florida's litigation dealing with Gay Marriage. It appears that Bondi, in her sworn duty as Florida's Attorney General, had been obliged to defend Florida's position on the issue. In later interviews, Bondi claimed that she was blindsided, and that just before the interview, Cooper had told her he would be asking about the "GoFundMe" account set up for the Orlando victims, and also alleged price-gouging by Florida funeral homes. Let me assure you, folks; neither of those subjects were raised by Cooper in the interview. In response to Bondi's claims, Cooper accused Bondi of being "very mistaken or lying", and that she knew very well that Cooper wanted to talk about Gay Marriage. Now lets use a little common sense here. The day after this terrible terrorist attack, would it make sense for Anderson Cooper to ask the Attorney General questions relating to the incident, or would it seem normal for Cooper to start asking Bondi questions about her role as Attorney General during litigation over the Gay Marriage issue?
During the interview, Cooper accused Bondi of once stating that Gay Marriage would cause "public harm". Before allowing Bondi any real chance to respond, he then asked her, "do you really think that you're a champion of the gay community?" It seemed as if Cooper had gone over the edge. Bondi has never claimed to be a champion of the Florida gay community. During the short interview, it was apparent that Bondi was expecting to discuss the terrorist issue. Instead, we received a reminder that the gay comunity "holds a grudge", at least according to Anderson Cooper. If you google Bondi and Anderson Cooper you will get a full broadside on this issue, mostly from Cooper's perspective (big surprise). Well folks, I saw the interview as it happened. I used to have a bit of respect for Anderson Cooper. But his verbal assault on Bondi left me disgusted and angry. In addition, I wanted to hear an update on the investigation into the terrorist incident, not more propaganda on the Gay Marriage issue.
Forgive me, but I'm going to take this opportunity to be blunt. The "organized" gay community in the United States, the one that is represented by the LBGT movement (there are many gays and lesbians in the United States who do not support the LGBT organization, which has led to introduction of such lovely phrases as "self-loathing fags"), has been given so much free press by the media, it seems that they are never off of the airwaves. Entertainment moguls go out of their way to create gay characters for TV shows and to promote gay-themed movies. The average American is being barraged by issues involving the gay community day and night. I have gay friends of mine who joke around that the entertainment industry needs to tone down the gay propaganda just a bit. It has nothing to do about equality, folks. The war being fought by the LGBT movement, which includes the transgender community, which liberally makes up roughly .003% of the population, is about forcing people to "like" and "respect" homosexuality. That is about as un-American as it gets. Gay Americans (and transgendered folks) deserve a workplace free of discrimination, and equal access to the great opportunities provided by our nation. No one gets to force anyone else to be their biggest fan. If someone chooses to dislike homosexuality and decides to only have heterosexual friends, that person is not breaking any law. Regarding the openly gay Anderson Cooper's interview with Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, it would do Anderson good to remember that the gay community consists of possibly 10% of our nation (according to the Kinsey Report). The remaining 90% wanted to hear you ask the Attonrey general questions about the terrorist attack. Actually, I'm sure a good number of gays would also have preferred that Cooper address the terrorist issue and not drudge up the subject of Gay Marriage once again. Anderson, I realize that you live in New York City, and you are constantly surrounded by patronizing syncophants who only encourage this idea that you have that the United States begins and ends with the gay community. It does not. After watching a replay of the interview, I have decided that I really don't like you anymore, Anderson, and I should consider myself fortunate that for news purposes, my television never leaves Fox.
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Recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court....
Links: A. U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage.
B. U.S. Supreme Court rescues Obamacare.
What a week to be a Conservative in the United States of America. The Supreme Court of the land, in back-to-back decisions this past week, obliterated the Constitution that is supposed to guarantee how rights are protected in our Republic. The first decision (6-3 in favor), which upheld each individual state's obligation to utilize and fund Obamacare, totally ignored the right of each state to govern its own commerce, a right which has been delegated to the states since the birth of our nation. The second decision, which at 5-4 was much closer, was even more perplexing. We live in the end of times for our own American Empire; I believe most people are coming to grips with that reality. We are collecting debt at such a rate that within the next decade or so, our ability to borrow on the international markets will be decimated. Ninety percent of this debt has been accrued during the last six years (and cannot been blamed on the military buildup and subsequent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan). Simply put, the debt that is strangling the life out of our children and grandchildren's future, is because our of government's unwillingness to address and reign in entitlement spending. That includes the need for Social Security reform; a new, simpler tax code would be welcome as well, but all we get from this administration is lip service. Our media and politicians spent the week lecturing use about the issue of gay marriage. Why does ten percent (at most) of the population get to monopolize the attention of our nation in this manner? We have become the Republic that is truly led by the minorities. If I hear another sob story about a transgender person I'm likely to lose my mind. What did all of these trans genders do a century ago, or two centuries ago? Would General George S. Patton have been able to tell the Nazis, "hold off on your Bastogne Offensive; I'm having my wiener removed in the morning." And the pioneer family trying to homestead in Kansas in the 1870's, could the wife have woken up one morning and declared, "Cecil, I'm really a man. I'm leaving you and the six children to go live my true identity." Be that as it may, it has become the latest bizarre subject that the media and reality television are trying to force down our throats. Personally, I want all of these people to find happiness. Their body is theirs to do with as they please. Messing with the institution act of Marriage, though, impacts American couples back to 1776.
My mother and father were married in 1962. They entered into a union which had particular boundaries and guidelines. It excluded NO ONE. Every American had the choice to marry someone of the opposite sex, as long as consanguinity wasn't an issue. When people argue that this is an issue of inequality, it makes no sense. In fact, they want to CHANGE something that has existed in its present form for centuries. At least be honest about the effort! But its the truth of the matter that really burns my ass. Same-sex couples can enter into civil partnerships that give them the same rights as married folks, including those reasonable and sensitive rights relating to medical issues and inheritance. But no, they want to force everyone to recognize them as being in the same type of relationship as the millions and millions of Americans who have been married up to this point. Its about FORCING people to accept something. This week's Supreme Court ruling is supposed to protect individual churches from the obligation of marrying same sex couples if it is against the teachings of that particular faith. So explain this to me: if a baker in Colorado doesn't want to make a wedding cake for two lesbians because it conflicts with their religious beliefs, how is that different from the exclusion given the churches? It doesn't. That's the intention. It gives these groups another battle to fight, and I can guarantee you its coming. This won't end until every American has been forced to sign a letter of declaration that gay people are wonderful and that there is nothing wrong with their lifestyle. I for one believe that (most) gay people are wonderful, and I don't have a problem with their lifestyle. But I do have a problem with being forced to accept something that is against the teachings of my faith. What is it with the gay community anyway? If you want to be accepted as part of our culture and community, why not GIVE BACK for a change instead of always demanding things?
For those of us who call ourselves Conservatives, the funeral bells are tolling. And its our fault. We had a chance once, with the advent of the Tea Party movement. But we allowed the leftist media to create a false image of Tea Party members as Jim Crow Racists and Bigots. I have been to countless Tea Party meetings and I have yet to meet "a racist". What have I seen? A group of mostly older, middle-income folks who are worried about the economy and what will happen when they retire. I have NEVER heard a discussion about race or sexuality. But accordingly to the media (and even Howard Stern, who usually makes up his own mind but who has never taken the time to actually research the movement himself), the Tea Party is one step to the right of the Nazi Party. The next time you hear a lefty besmirching the Tea Party, ask them which Tea Party meeting they attended, and when? I guarantee you they will have never even met a Tea Party member. Again, we have lost the agenda and the bully pulpit. It is the left who are demonizing the issues and leaving people to consider their "guilt". And for whom? Where is their sacrifice? Sure they had a struggle, and just like all of us at one time or another in our lives, were treated like shit. It happens. But no one owes you anything. If you want to be part of the country and our history/traditions/culture, JOIN us, don't try and change things. Here is an important question: Has anyone seen even one study done on the marriage statistics of nations that have legalized same-sex marriage? Try Canada for example...want to guess the rise in the number of divorces? Or Holland? Or maybe the argument is, since straight people have already started divorcing at a fifty percent clip, why not just put a nail in that coffin?
Obama and the radical left continue to set the Agenda and run this country like a dictatorship. He has executive action and the Supreme Court, what else does he need to finish putting the last few holes in the hull of the U.S.S. Liberty? Again, our fault. I knew that electing Obama guaranteed that the Supreme Court would become rife with leftist activists, and what do you know? He has the court he wants, and we have the court we deserve. Just because we sent a message in the last election and chased just about every Democrat up for re-election from office obviously MEANS NOTHING. I have yet to see anything from this Congress except whispers about getting a Republican in the White House in 2016.
By the way, did you see the White House bathed in the lights of the Rainbow Flag? Those of you who oppose gay marriage, did you feel as if this government represented YOU at that moment? There are more German-Americans in this country than gay Americans....will the White House change the color to Black, Red and Yellow during German National Day? What about Mexican Americans? I can only assume that there are more Mexican Americans in the United States that gay Americans....when will the Green, White and Red of Mexico light up the Oval Office? Just curious. Time for me to get off of my pedestal; my sister and I are headed to the City Hall to get a marriage license. Why not? How exactly are they going to refuse us, in this "anything goes" society?
B. U.S. Supreme Court rescues Obamacare.
What a week to be a Conservative in the United States of America. The Supreme Court of the land, in back-to-back decisions this past week, obliterated the Constitution that is supposed to guarantee how rights are protected in our Republic. The first decision (6-3 in favor), which upheld each individual state's obligation to utilize and fund Obamacare, totally ignored the right of each state to govern its own commerce, a right which has been delegated to the states since the birth of our nation. The second decision, which at 5-4 was much closer, was even more perplexing. We live in the end of times for our own American Empire; I believe most people are coming to grips with that reality. We are collecting debt at such a rate that within the next decade or so, our ability to borrow on the international markets will be decimated. Ninety percent of this debt has been accrued during the last six years (and cannot been blamed on the military buildup and subsequent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan). Simply put, the debt that is strangling the life out of our children and grandchildren's future, is because our of government's unwillingness to address and reign in entitlement spending. That includes the need for Social Security reform; a new, simpler tax code would be welcome as well, but all we get from this administration is lip service. Our media and politicians spent the week lecturing use about the issue of gay marriage. Why does ten percent (at most) of the population get to monopolize the attention of our nation in this manner? We have become the Republic that is truly led by the minorities. If I hear another sob story about a transgender person I'm likely to lose my mind. What did all of these trans genders do a century ago, or two centuries ago? Would General George S. Patton have been able to tell the Nazis, "hold off on your Bastogne Offensive; I'm having my wiener removed in the morning." And the pioneer family trying to homestead in Kansas in the 1870's, could the wife have woken up one morning and declared, "Cecil, I'm really a man. I'm leaving you and the six children to go live my true identity." Be that as it may, it has become the latest bizarre subject that the media and reality television are trying to force down our throats. Personally, I want all of these people to find happiness. Their body is theirs to do with as they please. Messing with the institution act of Marriage, though, impacts American couples back to 1776.
My mother and father were married in 1962. They entered into a union which had particular boundaries and guidelines. It excluded NO ONE. Every American had the choice to marry someone of the opposite sex, as long as consanguinity wasn't an issue. When people argue that this is an issue of inequality, it makes no sense. In fact, they want to CHANGE something that has existed in its present form for centuries. At least be honest about the effort! But its the truth of the matter that really burns my ass. Same-sex couples can enter into civil partnerships that give them the same rights as married folks, including those reasonable and sensitive rights relating to medical issues and inheritance. But no, they want to force everyone to recognize them as being in the same type of relationship as the millions and millions of Americans who have been married up to this point. Its about FORCING people to accept something. This week's Supreme Court ruling is supposed to protect individual churches from the obligation of marrying same sex couples if it is against the teachings of that particular faith. So explain this to me: if a baker in Colorado doesn't want to make a wedding cake for two lesbians because it conflicts with their religious beliefs, how is that different from the exclusion given the churches? It doesn't. That's the intention. It gives these groups another battle to fight, and I can guarantee you its coming. This won't end until every American has been forced to sign a letter of declaration that gay people are wonderful and that there is nothing wrong with their lifestyle. I for one believe that (most) gay people are wonderful, and I don't have a problem with their lifestyle. But I do have a problem with being forced to accept something that is against the teachings of my faith. What is it with the gay community anyway? If you want to be accepted as part of our culture and community, why not GIVE BACK for a change instead of always demanding things?
For those of us who call ourselves Conservatives, the funeral bells are tolling. And its our fault. We had a chance once, with the advent of the Tea Party movement. But we allowed the leftist media to create a false image of Tea Party members as Jim Crow Racists and Bigots. I have been to countless Tea Party meetings and I have yet to meet "a racist". What have I seen? A group of mostly older, middle-income folks who are worried about the economy and what will happen when they retire. I have NEVER heard a discussion about race or sexuality. But accordingly to the media (and even Howard Stern, who usually makes up his own mind but who has never taken the time to actually research the movement himself), the Tea Party is one step to the right of the Nazi Party. The next time you hear a lefty besmirching the Tea Party, ask them which Tea Party meeting they attended, and when? I guarantee you they will have never even met a Tea Party member. Again, we have lost the agenda and the bully pulpit. It is the left who are demonizing the issues and leaving people to consider their "guilt". And for whom? Where is their sacrifice? Sure they had a struggle, and just like all of us at one time or another in our lives, were treated like shit. It happens. But no one owes you anything. If you want to be part of the country and our history/traditions/culture, JOIN us, don't try and change things. Here is an important question: Has anyone seen even one study done on the marriage statistics of nations that have legalized same-sex marriage? Try Canada for example...want to guess the rise in the number of divorces? Or Holland? Or maybe the argument is, since straight people have already started divorcing at a fifty percent clip, why not just put a nail in that coffin?
Obama and the radical left continue to set the Agenda and run this country like a dictatorship. He has executive action and the Supreme Court, what else does he need to finish putting the last few holes in the hull of the U.S.S. Liberty? Again, our fault. I knew that electing Obama guaranteed that the Supreme Court would become rife with leftist activists, and what do you know? He has the court he wants, and we have the court we deserve. Just because we sent a message in the last election and chased just about every Democrat up for re-election from office obviously MEANS NOTHING. I have yet to see anything from this Congress except whispers about getting a Republican in the White House in 2016.
By the way, did you see the White House bathed in the lights of the Rainbow Flag? Those of you who oppose gay marriage, did you feel as if this government represented YOU at that moment? There are more German-Americans in this country than gay Americans....will the White House change the color to Black, Red and Yellow during German National Day? What about Mexican Americans? I can only assume that there are more Mexican Americans in the United States that gay Americans....when will the Green, White and Red of Mexico light up the Oval Office? Just curious. Time for me to get off of my pedestal; my sister and I are headed to the City Hall to get a marriage license. Why not? How exactly are they going to refuse us, in this "anything goes" society?
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