He who thinks he's perfect
has but another flaw.
Sunday, August 4, 2019
Saturday, August 3, 2019
What an Outrage! Lock Them Up!
I think on how we say the immigrants do not show up for their court hearings. Is it good, then, to throw them in detention centers, as we call them (for we fear calling them prisons)? The nerve of them. If they are not going to show up, we'll show them; We'll haul them all off to jail.
I don't know, it almost seems better to put them on monitors, or some such, in order to keep track of them. Would monitors be too expensive? I don't know.
Whatever else should be done, I do know this: We should speed up the process. They are brought in for their initial hearings, and dates are then set months in the future. Why? Why not hold the hearings as soon as possible?
And, I think of us, and wonder if we think there is some kind of injustice that they are free while awaiting their hearings. They are going about life in America as if they have done no wrong. They are enjoying all the fruits of what they came for. They are living free and easy and getting away with it even though they came illegally and shouldn't be here. Is that our attitude? Is that the real reason we lock them up? They came illegally and we are just letting them run around free! We won't have any more of this! What an outrage! Lock them up! Don't let them get away with this!
Forbid that the poor of other nations, if they seek refuge here, should be allowed to run around free.
I don't know, it almost seems better to put them on monitors, or some such, in order to keep track of them. Would monitors be too expensive? I don't know.
Whatever else should be done, I do know this: We should speed up the process. They are brought in for their initial hearings, and dates are then set months in the future. Why? Why not hold the hearings as soon as possible?
And, I think of us, and wonder if we think there is some kind of injustice that they are free while awaiting their hearings. They are going about life in America as if they have done no wrong. They are enjoying all the fruits of what they came for. They are living free and easy and getting away with it even though they came illegally and shouldn't be here. Is that our attitude? Is that the real reason we lock them up? They came illegally and we are just letting them run around free! We won't have any more of this! What an outrage! Lock them up! Don't let them get away with this!
Forbid that the poor of other nations, if they seek refuge here, should be allowed to run around free.
Herbal Medicine Should be Part of Modern Medicine
Herbal medicine: Why is it considered alternative medicine? Are not herbs woven into drugs sold by the pharmaceutical industry. If so, should these drugs -- these herbs -- be considered part of mainstream medicine?
Doctors are not quick to prescribe herbs. They order the pills polished by the pharmaceutical companies, but seldom touch the herb. Those same pills might contain components extracted from herbs, but the doctor is not so quick to prescribe the natural medicine.
I wonder if our doctors should not study the natural medicines more, and know their benefits and properties, and be willing to prescribe them, when they will benefit. Who knows, such practice might help reduce the high price of medicine.
Doctors are not quick to prescribe herbs. They order the pills polished by the pharmaceutical companies, but seldom touch the herb. Those same pills might contain components extracted from herbs, but the doctor is not so quick to prescribe the natural medicine.
I wonder if our doctors should not study the natural medicines more, and know their benefits and properties, and be willing to prescribe them, when they will benefit. Who knows, such practice might help reduce the high price of medicine.
Friday, August 2, 2019
President Trump is Answerable for Baltimore
The Baltimore problem is Donald Trump's to solve, as much as it anyone's. As President, he is the most powerful man in America. One leader can't point to another and say, "Why aren't you doing anything?" when he isn't doing anything himself.
A fair question is, since he took office, what has President Trump done to improve our Baltimores and Chicagos and New Orleanses and other cities that suffer heavy crime and unfortunate living conditions such as Baltimore has?
He is president. Conditions in these cities are perhaps something he should be expected to improve.
A fair question is, since he took office, what has President Trump done to improve our Baltimores and Chicagos and New Orleanses and other cities that suffer heavy crime and unfortunate living conditions such as Baltimore has?
He is president. Conditions in these cities are perhaps something he should be expected to improve.
President Trump Should Provide Constructive Criticism
Just because you are elected in an area, doesn't make you responsible for all the problems that exist there.
It is easy for President Trump to sit back and criticize, but just what would he have Rep. Cummings do?
What can be done? By saying Cummings should do something, is he suggesting more welfare for these people? Is he saying Cummings should find a way for more jobs to be created? Just what would he have the representative do?
Whatever it is, provide constructive criticism, instead of just finding fault..
It is easy for President Trump to sit back and criticize, but just what would he have Rep. Cummings do?
What can be done? By saying Cummings should do something, is he suggesting more welfare for these people? Is he saying Cummings should find a way for more jobs to be created? Just what would he have the representative do?
Whatever it is, provide constructive criticism, instead of just finding fault..
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Comes a Story about 11 Muslims and a Canceled Flight
Comes a story about a canceled flight, disrupted by 11 Muslim men, and how two brave men subdued two of the Muslims, only to have the TSA tell them they would handle it from there, and how the 11 Muslims were escorted off, only to be allowed to return, and how the flight crew then refused to fly, only to be replaced, and of how the passengers then disembarked in protest and perhaps fear of the Muslims.
Accompanying the story is a meme, saying: "You foolish American infidels! Obama isn't coming for OUR guns! Only YOURS! He is arming us for the Jihad! See you soon!"
If you allow a lie to linger, it will kill the truth.
I think of how we have been warned that the Russians and others are posting misinformation (back in my day, we called it propaganda) to influence us. You think this only goes on at election time, and they turn it off in the off season? If we know the Russians are doing this, we should wonder about posts such as this. Some might be accurate. Some might be true. But, we know there are plants in our social media that are lies and we should be watching for them. The funny thing is, Republicans were once the enemies of communism. Now they are the dupes.
Accompanying the story is a meme, saying: "You foolish American infidels! Obama isn't coming for OUR guns! Only YOURS! He is arming us for the Jihad! See you soon!"
If you allow a lie to linger, it will kill the truth.
I think of how we have been warned that the Russians and others are posting misinformation (back in my day, we called it propaganda) to influence us. You think this only goes on at election time, and they turn it off in the off season? If we know the Russians are doing this, we should wonder about posts such as this. Some might be accurate. Some might be true. But, we know there are plants in our social media that are lies and we should be watching for them. The funny thing is, Republicans were once the enemies of communism. Now they are the dupes.
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