President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has died, and many are waiting the three week celebratory funeral procession, one I believe to not be deserved. What many do not understand, especially out here in Hollywood California, is that Chavez had brought financial ruin to huge amounts of that population as he attempted to redistribute wealth, and as time went on the poor were poorer, the wealthy, many had left, unless they were on Chavez's insider track, others lost everything. The middle class nearly permanently destroyed. That's the truth, the truth needs to be told.
Why you ask? Because, if Chavez goes down as a hero to the people, then others will emulate and do more damage in the future. We need to make it clear what happened and make sure history gets it right. This will help the most people in future periods and it will be the most fair for all concerned. Okay so let's talk shall we?
FOX News had an interesting feature titled; "Venezuelans in US Hopeful of Change After Chavez Death" and they stated; "Cheering Venezuelans in the U.S. waved their country's flag and anxiously voiced hope that change would come to their homeland after the death Tuesday of long-ruling populist President Hugo Chavez."
There have been a few here in the USA who've said such things as; "The USA can only pray to have a man of his courage and vision. I will miss him."
Interestingly enough, we do have someone just like him, The Teleprompter in Chief and Class Warfare Evangelical Obama. Ever heard of hope and change? Of course, if I utter these words I am shut down by political correctness told I am ignorant, and that comment is off the wall or even racist.
No the statement came from history and the nationalizing of foreign assets, censorship of the media, devaluation of their currency, formation of ALBA, comments against Bush at the UN, calling Americans the "blue eye'd devils", his dealings with Iran and secret shipments, involvement with FARC, turning other nations against us in South America, and so many more things.
That's what Hugo Chavez did, he was not a champion of the poor as Sean Penn or the LA Times might have you believe. The poor in Venezuela are not better off today, their economy is in shambles, unemployment out of control, increased crime, meanwhile all this is being played out across South America, so Chavez was no hero to the people, in fact he'd caused endless pain.
You see, America needs to wake up just as the people of Venezuela need to wake up, my statements are not ignorant at all, I just happen to not be so snowed with the proclaimed Simon Bolivar reincarnated and smart enough to recall Hitler was a socialist, charming speaker, and came in under the labor party and preached hate towards the wealthy and minorities (Jews, Gays, Gypsies, Etc.) and if you look closely there are far too many repeats here in the US in the present period as well.
Consider that President Obama is doing with our 1% today (that is a minority group by definition as it 1%, what else could it be) and Obama is going after anyone who is of the other political persuasion. It's a scary thought that someone would attempt to divide and conquer so deeply in order to promote a political agenda, one which if left unchecked will cause the same economic and social ruin that Hugo Chavez brought to Venezuela, god rest his rhetoric. Please consider all this and think on it.
Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank.
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Should The Democrat Party Change Their Name? by Lance Winslow
It is important for every political party wherever they might be throughout the world to have strong branding. If they don't brand themselves correctly they are less likely to spread that net out large enough to encompass the most number of people. I'd like to take a look at the Democrat party in the United States of America. They claim to be the party of change and hope, although if they really wanted to change, they might first change their branding and rebrand themselves exactly what they are. Indeed, the other day I jokingly told a friend running for a high Democrat Office that in my opinion he might tell his local Democrat Committee to change it to something like the destroyers due to the joblessness and economy.
Now then, every high school football team has a mascot, and a name to help everyone on the team get on board. It doesn't seem like the donkey should be synonymous with Democrats. I mean the way I see it, it doesn't make sense for a jackass to be the symbol of your party, of course, whatever floats your boat? It's just I wouldn't want that as my symbol or what I stood for. After all they aren't actually donkeys, they are humans!
After my Democrat friend and I had a round of high-charged political barbs and laughing the whole way, I once again told him that; "It appears to me that a more descriptive name might be; The Destroyers!" He just laughed and reminded me of big business, Wall Street, and various previous wars our nation had had.
So, I asked him to just take a gander at our healthcare system, our educational system, our welfare system; Social Security, Medicare, and other social programs that the Democrats have been in charge of. Look at Freddie and Fannie and how that was an enabler of the 2008 real estate crash? I told him to look at the programs they've instituted, and run, and legislated into existence and how many of them have imploded due to the law of unintended consequences. He assured me all of those programs were needed for the common good.
"Well, if the Democrats actually believe it is in the best interest of Americans to have programs they start fail, then shouldn't they be honest with themselves and change their name? It would be more descriptive, it would help all the voters know exactly what they're voting for when they vote for someone in the destroyer party" I explained.
Then as we sat in the coffee shop I noted that people were gathering up on both sides of the debate and my Democrat friend went into a monologue about all the things wrong with the Republican Party, and several of those listening on that side of the fence asked; "yah, what about all that?"
Now you might be angry with my observations here, but you cannot deny what I'm saying if we look at history. It's up to all Democrats to understand the truth and understand what their policies are doing. I was of course read the "riot act" after I made my closing arguments, no wonder Washington DC can't get along - most Americans can't either. Please consider all this and think on it.
Now then, every high school football team has a mascot, and a name to help everyone on the team get on board. It doesn't seem like the donkey should be synonymous with Democrats. I mean the way I see it, it doesn't make sense for a jackass to be the symbol of your party, of course, whatever floats your boat? It's just I wouldn't want that as my symbol or what I stood for. After all they aren't actually donkeys, they are humans!
After my Democrat friend and I had a round of high-charged political barbs and laughing the whole way, I once again told him that; "It appears to me that a more descriptive name might be; The Destroyers!" He just laughed and reminded me of big business, Wall Street, and various previous wars our nation had had.
So, I asked him to just take a gander at our healthcare system, our educational system, our welfare system; Social Security, Medicare, and other social programs that the Democrats have been in charge of. Look at Freddie and Fannie and how that was an enabler of the 2008 real estate crash? I told him to look at the programs they've instituted, and run, and legislated into existence and how many of them have imploded due to the law of unintended consequences. He assured me all of those programs were needed for the common good.
"Well, if the Democrats actually believe it is in the best interest of Americans to have programs they start fail, then shouldn't they be honest with themselves and change their name? It would be more descriptive, it would help all the voters know exactly what they're voting for when they vote for someone in the destroyer party" I explained.
Then as we sat in the coffee shop I noted that people were gathering up on both sides of the debate and my Democrat friend went into a monologue about all the things wrong with the Republican Party, and several of those listening on that side of the fence asked; "yah, what about all that?"
Now you might be angry with my observations here, but you cannot deny what I'm saying if we look at history. It's up to all Democrats to understand the truth and understand what their policies are doing. I was of course read the "riot act" after I made my closing arguments, no wonder Washington DC can't get along - most Americans can't either. Please consider all this and think on it.
Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Political and Economic Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net
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Run From Government Healthcare, by Richard Ruhling
The "Affordable Healthcare Act" is neither affordable, nor healthcare. IRS estimates the cheapest family package at $20,000 per year, and that doesn't cover all the costs!
And it's not healthcare--it's medical care, a leading cause of illness, disability and death. Medical care and healthcare are inversely related--the more pills we take, the worse our health gets from adverse side effects because drugs are chemicals that become toxic in the body.
The Western Journal of Medicine reported 199,000 outpatient deaths from Rx drugs, estimating 116 million patients saw a doctor for it, 8 million admissions to the hospital and 3 million admissions to long-term care (messed up for life, reported June, 2000).
Nobel Prize winner Hans Krebs was concerned about internal pollution. Decades ago he said that many people continue taking a drug after it has helped them when it is no longer needed and he mentioned much over-prescribing by many physicians. What would he say now with 4 billion prescriptions written in 2011--that's 13 prescriptions for every man, woman and child.
Perhaps the best view of drugs is what they bring you to at the end. If you ask the average patient taking 11 prescriptions a day, (nursing home average), How are things going? you'll find their appetite and energy are gone and their thinking is fuzzy. Seniors can even stand in the nursing home hallway and fill their diaper as they stare into space, thinking everything is okay!
Big gov wants to control medical care and because there's too much money in it. People want to eat, drink, smoke and abuse themselves. These are factors in high cost of hospitalization. "If millions want to live that way, why should someone who lives carefully be taxed to pay their medical bills?" Nowhere does the Constitution provide for government "healthcare." Trusting the government on this won't be good.
Dr. Marcia Angell, former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, authored a book, "The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us" She told 60 Minutes (1990's) that pharma spends $400 million a year on congressional reelection campaigns. I visited US Senate offices to discuss Rx drugs as a leading cause of illness and death as supported by medical literature, and one senator said, "You are wasting your time... They own us."
A growing number of physicians are seeing that disease is reversible with nutrition providing what the body needs and that we should take responsibility for our own healthcare. Nobody cares about our health like we do or can do.
Dr. Richard Ruhling was board-certified in Internal Medicine and taught at Loma Linda University. His website at http://LeadingCauseOfDeathPrescriptionDrugs.com claims that heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and other medical problems are reversible if we know how to cooperate with the body. His main webpage is http://RichardRuhling.com and his book, Apocalypse 2013, supports huge events this spring.
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And it's not healthcare--it's medical care, a leading cause of illness, disability and death. Medical care and healthcare are inversely related--the more pills we take, the worse our health gets from adverse side effects because drugs are chemicals that become toxic in the body.
The Western Journal of Medicine reported 199,000 outpatient deaths from Rx drugs, estimating 116 million patients saw a doctor for it, 8 million admissions to the hospital and 3 million admissions to long-term care (messed up for life, reported June, 2000).
Nobel Prize winner Hans Krebs was concerned about internal pollution. Decades ago he said that many people continue taking a drug after it has helped them when it is no longer needed and he mentioned much over-prescribing by many physicians. What would he say now with 4 billion prescriptions written in 2011--that's 13 prescriptions for every man, woman and child.
Perhaps the best view of drugs is what they bring you to at the end. If you ask the average patient taking 11 prescriptions a day, (nursing home average), How are things going? you'll find their appetite and energy are gone and their thinking is fuzzy. Seniors can even stand in the nursing home hallway and fill their diaper as they stare into space, thinking everything is okay!
Big gov wants to control medical care and because there's too much money in it. People want to eat, drink, smoke and abuse themselves. These are factors in high cost of hospitalization. "If millions want to live that way, why should someone who lives carefully be taxed to pay their medical bills?" Nowhere does the Constitution provide for government "healthcare." Trusting the government on this won't be good.
Dr. Marcia Angell, former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, authored a book, "The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us" She told 60 Minutes (1990's) that pharma spends $400 million a year on congressional reelection campaigns. I visited US Senate offices to discuss Rx drugs as a leading cause of illness and death as supported by medical literature, and one senator said, "You are wasting your time... They own us."
A growing number of physicians are seeing that disease is reversible with nutrition providing what the body needs and that we should take responsibility for our own healthcare. Nobody cares about our health like we do or can do.
Dr. Richard Ruhling was board-certified in Internal Medicine and taught at Loma Linda University. His website at http://LeadingCauseOfDeathPrescriptionDrugs.com claims that heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and other medical problems are reversible if we know how to cooperate with the body. His main webpage is http://RichardRuhling.com and his book, Apocalypse 2013, supports huge events this spring.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Gun Control Is Overblown, by Todd Lester
Contrary to what is commonly reported, gun-owners do not have a problem with rules. In fact, the National Rifle Association has three basic rules one should follow when handling firearms. The first rule is to always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction. Second, keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot and third, always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use. Firearms are admittedly dangerous and therefore sensible, mature rules are necessary and strongly encouraged by gun owners.
When new federal gun laws are proposed the NRA typically lobbies against them. That makes perfect sense when you think about it. If you, for instance, were a member of a union and your organization needed to rewrite its bylaws, would you hire someone who has expressed outward hostility toward unions to help you with this important task? Of course not. You would demand proper representation.
That is how gun owners feel when laws and regulations affecting their behavior are proposed by people who have never shot anything more dangerous than an angry look. If gun laws need to be addressed then gun owners should naturally have a significant level of input. Firearm legislation should be proposed under an air of fairness and reason, not fear and desperation. If you grew up without firing a weapon you probably don't see a need for them. If you grew up without unions, ditto.
Unfortunately, gun laws are oftentimes proposed after tragic shootings. That too makes sense on the surface but laws should be written by sober, sensible representatives. Fear and desperation are emotions that typically lead to poor choices. We are shown videos of the children who lost parents to gun violence in an effort to convince people to choose emotion over reason. But what about the children whose parents are alive because they had a gun available for protection? Aren't those lives just as valuable?
Recent mass shootings have understandingly stirred up emotions in people. Hopefully they bothered you too. However, even as gun ownership reforms are being introduced, the very people pushing for new regulations are already admitting that the rules would not have stopped any of the shootings. It is unfortunate that dead children are being as used as human shields in order to push forward political agendas. Every day, four children die in the U.S. from abuse. That too is horrific but yet goes unreported. The media apparently considers some deaths to be more tragic than others. National tragedies need to be addressed but asking criminals and unstable people to complete and file government forms will not stop gun violence. Gun crimes are ultimately about mental capacity, not magazine capacity, and gun laws rarely address the true issue.
Statistics reveal that gun-free zones are where the most lives are lost. If it is especially egregious to engage in violent acts against the weak and the unprotected then why would we not then arm the weak and unprotected with the tools to protect themselves? If fences make good neighbors then guns make safe neighborhoods.
One tongue-in-cheek solution would be to arm all of the women who are interested in carrying a weapon. We as a nation are concerned about protecting children. Where clusters of children are found their mothers are typically close by. Why not provide for them the tools needed to protect their own children?
An additional benefit of such action would be the immediate drop in domestic violence cases against women. Attempting to rob an elderly woman may net you sixty-eight dollars in cash or you could end up with a thirty-eight caliber slug in your abdomen. It could go either way. Let the criminals worry about that for a change. Inexpensive revolvers are easy to use, lightweight and would serve such a purpose very well. As my U.S. Army officer sister-in-law puts it, "just point and click."
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When new federal gun laws are proposed the NRA typically lobbies against them. That makes perfect sense when you think about it. If you, for instance, were a member of a union and your organization needed to rewrite its bylaws, would you hire someone who has expressed outward hostility toward unions to help you with this important task? Of course not. You would demand proper representation.
That is how gun owners feel when laws and regulations affecting their behavior are proposed by people who have never shot anything more dangerous than an angry look. If gun laws need to be addressed then gun owners should naturally have a significant level of input. Firearm legislation should be proposed under an air of fairness and reason, not fear and desperation. If you grew up without firing a weapon you probably don't see a need for them. If you grew up without unions, ditto.
Unfortunately, gun laws are oftentimes proposed after tragic shootings. That too makes sense on the surface but laws should be written by sober, sensible representatives. Fear and desperation are emotions that typically lead to poor choices. We are shown videos of the children who lost parents to gun violence in an effort to convince people to choose emotion over reason. But what about the children whose parents are alive because they had a gun available for protection? Aren't those lives just as valuable?
Recent mass shootings have understandingly stirred up emotions in people. Hopefully they bothered you too. However, even as gun ownership reforms are being introduced, the very people pushing for new regulations are already admitting that the rules would not have stopped any of the shootings. It is unfortunate that dead children are being as used as human shields in order to push forward political agendas. Every day, four children die in the U.S. from abuse. That too is horrific but yet goes unreported. The media apparently considers some deaths to be more tragic than others. National tragedies need to be addressed but asking criminals and unstable people to complete and file government forms will not stop gun violence. Gun crimes are ultimately about mental capacity, not magazine capacity, and gun laws rarely address the true issue.
Statistics reveal that gun-free zones are where the most lives are lost. If it is especially egregious to engage in violent acts against the weak and the unprotected then why would we not then arm the weak and unprotected with the tools to protect themselves? If fences make good neighbors then guns make safe neighborhoods.
One tongue-in-cheek solution would be to arm all of the women who are interested in carrying a weapon. We as a nation are concerned about protecting children. Where clusters of children are found their mothers are typically close by. Why not provide for them the tools needed to protect their own children?
An additional benefit of such action would be the immediate drop in domestic violence cases against women. Attempting to rob an elderly woman may net you sixty-eight dollars in cash or you could end up with a thirty-eight caliber slug in your abdomen. It could go either way. Let the criminals worry about that for a change. Inexpensive revolvers are easy to use, lightweight and would serve such a purpose very well. As my U.S. Army officer sister-in-law puts it, "just point and click."
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Friday, March 1, 2013
Keeping Track Of Current Events - You'll Need An Obama Nonsense File Folder, By Lance Winslow
Well, as a prolific online article writer that writes political articles and Op-Eds I must stay up on the current events of our time. That means I read several newspapers, and take all the online news as you do, and I carefully clip and collect the articles that are important as time progresses. Most articles are very easy to categorize. I can put them in folders such as economics, environment, education, technology, or perhaps broken down into one of the many industry sectors. Still, there is one other type of article that I just see too much of, and that's what I'd like to discuss here today.
There are far too many articles which are nonsensical. They are policies of the Obama Administration which just don't make sense, or a regulatory bureaucracy gone wild. Some new scheme, excuse, or blame game trap or trip up. These articles are so ridiculous it's hard to believe they are happening here in the greatest nation ever created in the history of mankind, United States of America. And yet they are, and so I've labeled a new category; The Obama Nonsense File Folder.
For instance and just to give you an example of some of the nonsense I have put into my Obama Nonsense folder, an article from the Wall Street Journal on February 12, 2013 titled "Millions Improperly Claimed US Phone Subsidies" by Spencer E. Ante. Interestingly enough, this is already the fullest folder I have of all the topics I track, and mind you I have some 100 categories and 400 sub-categories. Some things just don't fit into a pure political category or into a specific area of science, or industry sector. That article is yet another perfect example; the Obama Phone Program.
As unfortunate as it is, that particular file folder is filling up faster than all the others, there are now hundreds of articles in there, it just keeps growing every single day. How can one administration or one man do so might destroy this great nation, make so many mistakes, and blow through so many things which should be common sense? It's inexcusable, it's scary, and quite frankly it's unacceptable. If you are a true American, I'm sure you agree, and if you are a writer or politically inclined, or if you study the events of our time, and yes we do live in interesting times, then you'll have to agree.
What I ask is that you please consider all this, and think about some of the articles you read today, or perhaps this week which would fit into the Obama Nonsense File Folder. I bet if you clip and cut out some of these articles and look at them from time to time, you will realize just how insane the policies of this administration truly are and while the rest of America forgets you'll have the proof, so keep cutting and clipping those articles, because if socialism gets much deeper than this, you'll be clipping and cutting coupons just to afford to eat. Please consider all this and think on it.
Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Political Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net
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