Opus 2018-236: Election 2018: Fear Management

A thought about fear of flying.  I don’t have it.  I have a growing dislike because of TSA and a continued reduction in size of the seats, but I have no fear.  I do, however, know a couple of people who have that fear.

I don’t understand it but I know it is real.  They generally deal with it by not flying.  I have one friends who just will not get on an airplane but she still manages to get to family get togethers and go on vacation.  How does she do it?  Amtrak.  It takes her a long time to get there but get there she does.  She did fly to Hawaii about 10 years ago because it was an important family event but she left fingernail marks on the armrests and her screams still echo in the jet stream.  She brings real meaning to the expression, “Never again!”

The other used to be a globe trotter.  She literally traveled around the world.  She did things like back packing in the Himalayas as a single woman.  Now she is afraid to drive across town and almost panics when she has to fly.  She does fly on occasion but only when there is no choice.

That is how you deal with fear of flying.  You don’t use it as an excuse to avoid something you don’t want to do.  Unless you are a Democrat trying to derail the Republic.

November is coming.  Your part in draining the swamp is to vote against the critters.

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Opus 2018-235: No Shame

One of the great things about no longer living is the People’s Republik of Kalifornia is that I no longer have to say that Diane Feinstien and Kamala Harris are my senators.  You have no idea how embarrassing that was.  Actually you probably do.  Watching them at the hearing about Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations made me want to scream at the TV set while I danced in joy that I am now in Texas.

This whole thing was set up by Diane Feinstein with the willing cooperation of the Democrats on the committee.  Ford was wrong in thinking she could make such accusations without getting involved.  That is a common thing in public education.  Anonymous tip lines are the thing so I can cut her some slack.  She probably never had a teacher that had read the part of the Constitution that gives the accused the right to face their accuser.  In spite of that the entire thing could have been dealt with and not ruined the lives of two families.

The Democrats have no shame.

And did you notice how they kept trying to get Judge Kavanaugh to defend himself by dragging someone else through the mud.  They kept referring to the testimony of one of his room mates in college.  The judge kept reminding them that the issue had been dealt with in private session with the understanding it would be kept confidential.  That didn’t stop them. 

The Democrats have no shame.

November is coming. 

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Opus 2018-234: Little Details

I missed it.  I was too angry at the gotcha question that Senator Booker kept repeating.  A “gotcha question” is one that goes like this:  Have you stopped beating your wife?  Just give me a “yes” or “no” answer.  In this case most of us can see the trap.  I guess Booker and the other Democrats who kept asking their version of Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife thought that the judge was as limited as they were and would not see it.

I picked it up in an article at Chicks on the Right.  They looked at Booker’s question and focused on a two word phase:  her truth.  I don’t know if it hits you right away but this sums up the difference between the rule of law and the rule of despots.

Our country’s founding fathers had a lot of differences but the vast majority of them had a mind set based in Judeo-Christian thinking that says there is objective truth.  All things are not relative.  There may be disagreement on what that truth is.  There may be solutions that can not grasp the whole truth.  We may not understand it, but there is truth.

The Democrats (Socialists, Communists, leftists, elites, Rinos, Progressives, Liberals) on the committee reject that position and it was demonstrated by Cory Booker’s statement.  He was basically saying that even if the alleged attack never took place, to her it did and that made it “truth”.  Even if it was a lie, it was truth.  That sounds very sensitive and touchy feely.  If you are trying to decide who gets the biggest slice of pie for desert it is no big deal but if you are responsible to pass laws and enforce them it is chilling to civilized behavior. 

What is does is allow you to have a living Constitution.  That means that the law can mean anything that the latest judge wants it to mean.  The world is their oyster and we are the sand that they get to make their pearls with.  It means that any woman can accuse any man of anything at anytime and he is guilty.  It means that any non-white can accuse any white of anything at any time and that they are guilty.  You can rewrite that statement any way you want.  Fill in your own nouns.  What it means that we all walk in fear because we don’t know what will set someone off.  It could be anything as silly as the color of your sox to the look on your face.

No, Senator Booker, it was not “her truth”.  It might be her belief.  It could be her opinion.  It could be all kinds of things but it is either true or not.

Liberty is based on such small details.  Stay awake.  We have an election coming.  If you want people of good character to refuse to seek public office then by all means vote for a Democrat.

homo unius libri

Opus 2018-233: What Is at Stake

After what I hope is the final Kavanaugh hearing not much has changed.

Ford had her say.  She may or may not believe what she claimed.  She was definitely used as a pawn by the Democrats.  Kavanaugh could not say it because it would make him look mean, but the rest of us can.  We may never know if she was a willing dupe or had a sincere sense of duty.  I think we all believe that legitimate claims of sexual crimes need to be reported.  How much they are considered and acted on depends on something called “due process”. 

And that is what the next step is all about.

Two important questions:  Will there be a long postponed vote?  Will Judge Kavanaugh be confirmed?  There needs to be on resounding answer:  Yes.

The issue is not whether the judge is qualified.  Everyone agrees that he is.  The issue is not even whether the accusation is true.  As offensive as the alleged act was it was not rape or even close to rape.  It was 35 years ago and even if true has not demonstrated a pattern in his life.  The issue is not the judge.

The issue is the rule of law.  That involves following due process and everyone playing by the same rules.  The Democrats have developed a strategy that has worked for them many times.  I think most of us look back to the disgusting attacks on Judge Borke.  It was successful.  We saw it used against Clarence Thomas.  It failed.  It was used against Judge Moore.  It was successful.  We could continue with other names but the key issue is that it must stop.

Why is it important?  Because the left, whether it be the Communist party or your local Democrat leftist, never gives up or stops.  They keep coming back and wear the law-abiding people of good will down.  We keep thinking they will give up and go away or be satisfied.  It will not happen.  They will keep chipping away at our liberty until the last dust of freedom has settled.  The real danger is that they will win because we decide to use their tactics. 

The big difference between the right and the left is not that we are pure and they are not.  The big difference is that we realize we are not perfect and rely on rules that have been legitimately agreed on and expect everyone to follow them.  We realize they are not the final word but also realize because we are not perfect we need to guard the process and keep the ground as level as possible.  It is why we have a Constitution and a process to amend it. 

So I hope that congress will strike a blow for liberty.  Judge Kavanaugh may not be the best choice but to reject him at this point will only fuel the fire of rule by fiat instead of law.

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Opus 2018-232: Political Antics Get Started

I thought I would try to listen to a bit of the hearing today.  I am already bored with the opening propaganda screed by Diane Feinstein.  I think the reason that she is going on is to bore people who will then tune out before anything important is actually addressed.

I may be one of those.

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Opus 2018-231: Baby Talk: Baby Pride

Have you noticed that babies really don’t care about the fancy do-dads on their outfits?  I noticed this as I was changing a diaper.  In order to change one you need to get the child out of all the cute stuff and find the working material.  This involves snaps and zippers, possibly velcro.  Since most of the costumes we are using are passed down from previous generations I don’t see much velcro.

The grown women of my life always know when I changed the last diaper.  It isn’t that I get it on backwards.  The give away is that I don’t bother with all the snaps.  I figure the kid doesn’t care or know she is supposed to care.  You can’t say that about mom and grandma.  So far it has not caused me to be banned from diaper changing but I can keep hoping.

Adults are just the opposite.  Maybe I should say men are just the opposite.  No one else really cares if their nail polish matches their hair bow.  At least I can speak for the men out there.  Guys, when was the last time you noticed that a waitress had fingernail polish that matched a pin she was wearing?  My wife did and asked about it. 

How often have you had a wife say, “That shirt doesn’t match those pants”?  Does it bother you at all to learn that little tidbit.  Or have you heard her say, “You look good in that color”?  Does it make you run out and rebuild your wardrobe?  I thought not.

Think about the words of Jesus,

(Matthew 18:3 KJV)  And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Babies are full of philosophical wisdom.

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Opus 2018-230: Good Faith, Bad Faith

One of the major differences between today’s Democrats and Republicans is that the Republicans still have a residue of respect for truth and belief that the end does not justify the means.  I say “residue” because it does not apply to all Republicans and the quantity of integrity varies with the individual.  The current character assassination of Bret Kavanaugh is just one example that stretches back for years.

The difference goes down to a basic philosophy of life.  I often add to the title of Democrat a list of other titles that apply (Liberal, Communist, Socialist, elites, leftist, progressives, RINO).  They all base their values and priorities on a rejection of basic Judeo-Christian ideas about morality and truth.  This came to mind when I was looking over some notes on a book.  The author references Ronald Reagan.

“Communists according to Reagan ‘...had a philosophical stance that expressly made it impossible to assume their good faith.’” p. 22

Believing Jews and real Christians base their behavior and choices on an awareness that there is a thing called truth and it does not change because you want it to.  Modern New Agers, like so many of their predecessors, believe that the truth is whatever advances your cause and it can change in a heartbeat.  We see this dichotomy in the #Metoo movement that ignores accusations against Keith Ellison and jumps on every rumor about Brett Kavanaugh.  We see it in believing stories 35 years old by a Trump hater but rejecting any accusations against Bill Clinton.  They have a double standard that cannot be trusted.

We need to assume that no Democrat (Liberal, Communist, Socialist, elites, leftist, progressives, RINO) is speaking in good faith.  I am willing, intellectually, to admit there might be exceptions but I am still waiting to be surprised.

Remember, they lie.  It is their nature.

Mead, Walter Russell.  God and Gold.  New York:  Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

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