"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." --Thomas Jefferson
Monday, May 28, 2012
Memorial Day 2012
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Obama is embarrassed in two more primaries; Democrats eat their own once again with charges of racism
I blogged about the Democrat-on-Democrat charges of racism when President Obama was embarrassed by a federal prisoner running against him in the West Virginia Democrat primary.
The same result has now occurred in Arkansas and Kentucky, as our Dear Leader lost just over 40% of the vote in those states' Democrat primaries. Heck, in Kentucky, "Uncommitted" got 42% of the vote! That means 42% of Kentucky Democrats were essentially saying anyone but Obama! And just like after West Virginia, Obama's horrible record on just about every issue is eschewed in favor of blaming those darned racists who won't vote for Barack Obama for the color of his skin. And once again, I remind of you that these are all Democrats we are talking about here!
From today's Washington Post:
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
The same result has now occurred in Arkansas and Kentucky, as our Dear Leader lost just over 40% of the vote in those states' Democrat primaries. Heck, in Kentucky, "Uncommitted" got 42% of the vote! That means 42% of Kentucky Democrats were essentially saying anyone but Obama! And just like after West Virginia, Obama's horrible record on just about every issue is eschewed in favor of blaming those darned racists who won't vote for Barack Obama for the color of his skin. And once again, I remind of you that these are all Democrats we are talking about here!
From today's Washington Post:
That President Obama lost roughly 40 percent of the vote in Democratic primaries in Arkansas, Kentucky and West Virginia over the last two weeks has drawn massive national headlines. Those headlines have drawn a collective eyeroll from Democrats — and many others who closely follow national politics — who ascribe the underperformance by the incumbent to a very simple thing: racism... “Race, resentment [and] fear,” explained Donna Brazile, a Louisiana native and Democratic strategist when asked about Obama’s underperformance. “Democrats have not had any messaging in those states for more than a decade. It’s hard to get voters to like you or even know you when all they hear is negative stuff.”Pass the popcorn! This is going to be a fun election to watch!
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
An Indian state of mind
I'm sure I don't need to re-explain the whole fracas involving Democrat Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren and her false claim of Cherokee ancestry that helped her career advance as a professor at Harvard.
Now that she has been found out as a fraud on this topic, the lamestream media is twisting itself in knots trying to justify her lies. I previously posted about Fox News contributor Jehmu Greene's racist " bow-tying white boy" comment to Tucker Carlson as she melted down trying in vain to justify Warren's actions. Now we have a new winner for most ridiculous defense of Elizabeth Warren.
Writing for The Hill, Bernie Quigley incredibly posits that Elizabeth Warren, who originally hails from Oklahoma, should be considered a Cherokee Indian because she really, really wants to be:
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Now that she has been found out as a fraud on this topic, the lamestream media is twisting itself in knots trying to justify her lies. I previously posted about Fox News contributor Jehmu Greene's racist " bow-tying white boy" comment to Tucker Carlson as she melted down trying in vain to justify Warren's actions. Now we have a new winner for most ridiculous defense of Elizabeth Warren.
Writing for The Hill, Bernie Quigley incredibly posits that Elizabeth Warren, who originally hails from Oklahoma, should be considered a Cherokee Indian because she really, really wants to be:
So Warren's claim to be "part Indian" is correct in mythical terms. Every old-school white Oklahoman is in this regard even if this in nominally not true. But it is not a lie to want to be Indian and to imagine your ancestors were... And I hope Elizabeth Warren doesn't back down on this, because wanting to be Indian, like Hawkeye [the white hero from Last of the Mohicans], makes us in a deeper sense fully American.Wow. Again, one has to ask what Mr. Quigley would have written had Elizabeth Warren's Republican opponent, Scott Brown, been the one to falsely claim Indian ancestry. Somehow, I don't think Quigley would be so quick to dismiss this issue.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
What deficit? California State Legislature makes it cost $18,000 to send a simple email
Since the state of California is doing just fine financially, and everything is sailing smoothly along, this leaves time for the Legislature of our fine state to address the truly important matters that vex us.
The latest example is Assembly Bill (AB) 2095. This proposed law adds additional requirements to an already existing law regarding the obligations of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), which is the governing body of high school athletic programs in our state.
Existing law commands the CIF to
Keep in mind, the cost in time, debate, manpower, logistics, and printing of a bill as it travels its ponderous course through our state legislature runs about $18,000. That means that this bill - AB 2095 - which simply requires that a couple redundant and unnecessary emails be sent, is costing California taxpayers upwards of $18,000, when instead, couldn't someone - ANYONE! - at the State Capitol simply pick up the phone or shoot a quick (and free!) email and ask the appropriate person at CIF to send the report?
Or, Hey! Look at this! The previous CIF report is posted online, just as the next one presumably will be. Just click here, and your humble blogger can save you, the state taxpayer, $18,000.
And you wonder why this state is $16 billion in the hole.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
The latest example is Assembly Bill (AB) 2095. This proposed law adds additional requirements to an already existing law regarding the obligations of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), which is the governing body of high school athletic programs in our state.
Existing law commands the CIF to
report to the Legislature and Governor by January 1, 2016, on several specified goals and objectives, such as effectiveness of the governance structure, gender equity, health and safety, and economic viability.Apparently those instructions are not complete enough, because AB 2095 would require that the report that CIF must present should also be electronically transmitted to the Assembly Education Committee, the Senate Education Committee, and the Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Committee.
Keep in mind, the cost in time, debate, manpower, logistics, and printing of a bill as it travels its ponderous course through our state legislature runs about $18,000. That means that this bill - AB 2095 - which simply requires that a couple redundant and unnecessary emails be sent, is costing California taxpayers upwards of $18,000, when instead, couldn't someone - ANYONE! - at the State Capitol simply pick up the phone or shoot a quick (and free!) email and ask the appropriate person at CIF to send the report?
Or, Hey! Look at this! The previous CIF report is posted online, just as the next one presumably will be. Just click here, and your humble blogger can save you, the state taxpayer, $18,000.
And you wonder why this state is $16 billion in the hole.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Yo like gimme a job plz
h/t Neal Boortz
I just read a fascinating article written by someone who hires for his business, and let us just say that he is underwhelmed by the caliber of many of the job applicants who contact him. An example:
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
I just read a fascinating article written by someone who hires for his business, and let us just say that he is underwhelmed by the caliber of many of the job applicants who contact him. An example:
I recently posted an ad on the magical interweb asking for 3D animation help for $25 an hour... I was not surprised and subsequently disheartened by my lack of surprise to see just how many people didn't seem to have time to respond in any meaningful way. If they aren't interested in the job, fine. An hourly wage of $25 isn't a king's ransom. So don't respond if you don't care.
I just don't comprehend the synaptic orgy that it must take to respond with this:
"ima 3D animator with lots of experience. What r u looking for in particular?"
Well, first I'd like someone who writes in whole words. Second, I wrote three frigging paragraphs about what I was looking for.I urge you to read the rest of the article, in which the author points out the good, the bad, and ugly of today's job applicants.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Monday, May 21, 2012
Obama-loving teacher tells her students that they can't criticize her Messiah
H/T Breitbart.com
I usually cringe at my fellow conservatives when they jump on the "blame-everything-on-teachers" bandwagon when criticizing our moribund educational system, but listening to the illiterate rantings of this high school social studies teacher in North Carolina does no favors for the argument against blaming teachers for our students' academic shortcomings.
A few days ago, at a high school named Tonya Dixon-Neely in the Rowan-Salisbury School District in North Carolina, a student who had grown tired of his social studies teacher's repeated statist diatribes used a cell phone to make an audio recording of a class session. The audio was made with the phone's video camera feature, but the only thing you ever see on screen are the lights on the ceiling, as the phone was obviously sitting in a backpack next to the student's desk.
The ignorance and intimidation presented in what the teacher said in response to her student's question about President Obama is truly breathtaking, and there is a slight language warning, as both the student and the teacher engage in some light profanity of the "sh**" variety:
If you don't have time to listen to the audio, here are some of the highlights as described by the folks at Breitbart:
All I can think of is my own classroom experiences in the last decade as I have listened to students criticize George W. Bush (and Reagan in a few cases) in the most hateful terms, and I couldn't care less. I looked at it as an excellent opportunity to ask the students what exactly their complaints were and to ask for details. Even when I agreed with the student's criticisms (especially regarding Bush II), I still challenged the student to back up his or her snarky criticisms with fact.
This teacher did the exact opposite. She would not allow this student to express a different point of view. For merely asking a question about Obama's past conduct, this student was illegally disrespecting the president in the opinion of the teacher. God, what a loser!
Thank you so much Ms. Dixon-Neely for making my job that much harder.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
I usually cringe at my fellow conservatives when they jump on the "blame-everything-on-teachers" bandwagon when criticizing our moribund educational system, but listening to the illiterate rantings of this high school social studies teacher in North Carolina does no favors for the argument against blaming teachers for our students' academic shortcomings.
A few days ago, at a high school named Tonya Dixon-Neely in the Rowan-Salisbury School District in North Carolina, a student who had grown tired of his social studies teacher's repeated statist diatribes used a cell phone to make an audio recording of a class session. The audio was made with the phone's video camera feature, but the only thing you ever see on screen are the lights on the ceiling, as the phone was obviously sitting in a backpack next to the student's desk.
The ignorance and intimidation presented in what the teacher said in response to her student's question about President Obama is truly breathtaking, and there is a slight language warning, as both the student and the teacher engage in some light profanity of the "sh**" variety:
If you don't have time to listen to the audio, here are some of the highlights as described by the folks at Breitbart:
The video shows a classroom discussion about the Washington Post hit piece about Mitt Romney bullying a kid some five decades ago. One student says, “Didn’t Obama bully someone though?” The teacher says: “Not to my knowledge.” The student then cites the fact that Obama, in Dreams from My Father, admits to shoving a little girl. “Stop, no, because there is no comparison,” screams the teacher. Romney is “running for president. Obama is the president.” The student responds that both are “just men.” The teacher yells -- literally yells -- that Obama is “due the respect that every other president is due … Listen,” she continues, “let me tell you something, you will not disrespect the president of the United States in this classroom.” She yells over the student repeatedly, and yells at him that it's disrespect for him to even debate about Romney and Obama. The student says that he can say what he wants. “Not about him, you won’t,” says the teacher. The teacher then tells the student – wrongly – that it is a criminal offense to say bad things about a president. “Do you realize that people were arrested for saying things bad about Bush? Do you realize you are not supposed to slander the president?” The student says that it would violate First Amendment rights to jail someone for such sentiments. “You would have to say some pretty f’d up crap about him to be arrested,” says the student. “They cannot take away your right to have your opinion … They can’t take that away unless you threaten the president.”So as far as this teacher is concerned, criticizing Obama is not allowed because he is the president, while criticizing Romney is allowed because he is only a candidate for president. Gotcha.
All I can think of is my own classroom experiences in the last decade as I have listened to students criticize George W. Bush (and Reagan in a few cases) in the most hateful terms, and I couldn't care less. I looked at it as an excellent opportunity to ask the students what exactly their complaints were and to ask for details. Even when I agreed with the student's criticisms (especially regarding Bush II), I still challenged the student to back up his or her snarky criticisms with fact.
This teacher did the exact opposite. She would not allow this student to express a different point of view. For merely asking a question about Obama's past conduct, this student was illegally disrespecting the president in the opinion of the teacher. God, what a loser!
Thank you so much Ms. Dixon-Neely for making my job that much harder.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Imprisoned convict gives Obama a run for his money in West Virginia primary; Democrats eat their own in response
This is just downright hilarious: West Virginia held its presidential primary yesterday, and even though it is a given that Obama will be the Democrat nominee, the Dems still have to hold their primary, which in West Virginia is a closed primary - meaning only registered Democrats can vote in West Virginia's Democrat primary.
Obama predictably won this primary, but only with a vote of 54%. And who got second place, with a very respectable 42%? A convict named Keith Judd, who currently resides in a federal prison in Texas. Wow!
As if that's not hilarious enough, the day-after fallout is just as amusing. I checked that bastion of loony leftism, the Daily Kos, and they are blaming raaaaaacism on this primary vote result. An example:
So while they are blaming racism on this primary election result, one possibility that the Obamabots seem to be ignoring is that Obama hates coal and has famously promised to put the coal industry out of business and make energy prices "necessarily skyrocket" as a result. And oh, golly gee - what is a major industry in West Virginia? Coal mining!!!
If you aren't so busy shuffling through your deck of race cards, this stuff isn't very difficult to figure out.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Obama predictably won this primary, but only with a vote of 54%. And who got second place, with a very respectable 42%? A convict named Keith Judd, who currently resides in a federal prison in Texas. Wow!
As if that's not hilarious enough, the day-after fallout is just as amusing. I checked that bastion of loony leftism, the Daily Kos, and they are blaming raaaaaacism on this primary vote result. An example:
Being serious for just a moment, how should the Obama campaign take this? A bunch of toothless hayseeds prefer a white guy, literally ANY white guy, to be their nominee over the black guy? I'm positive that's part of it.Or how about this from a commenter on the Huffington Post:
This 'candidate' is an example of how the Republican opposition to Obama has become plain laughable. The clowns who hate President Obama would rather vote for a violent prison inmate than a mild-mannered, thoughtful Harvard Graduate. It says a lot more about the voters of West Virginia than it does about the President.No, it says a lot more about the DEMOCRAT voters of West Virginia. These statist brainiacs are so angry about this result that their emotions have gutted their logic. This was not a general election in West Virginia - this was a DEMOCRAT primary in a "closed" state where only registered Democrats can vote in the Democrat primary. Sorry Democrats, but you own this one. Of course, why is anyone surprised? The Democrat Party has always been a bastion of racism. Don't forget that West Virginia is the same state that sent Ku Klux Klan bigwig (and Democrat) Robert Byrd to the U.S. Senate from 1958 until he died in office in 2010.
So while they are blaming racism on this primary election result, one possibility that the Obamabots seem to be ignoring is that Obama hates coal and has famously promised to put the coal industry out of business and make energy prices "necessarily skyrocket" as a result. And oh, golly gee - what is a major industry in West Virginia? Coal mining!!!
If you aren't so busy shuffling through your deck of race cards, this stuff isn't very difficult to figure out.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Fox News refuses to fire a racist commentator
Several days ago, Fox News's Megyn Kelly brought on the Daily Caller's Tucker Carlson and Fox News "contributor" Jehmu Greene talk about Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren and her (Indian) gaming of the racial spoils system.
Jehmu (yes, that's Jehmu) lost her cool during the exchange and let her inner racist come boiling to the surface by calling Tucker (yes, that's Tucker) a "bow tyin' white boy."
Tucker happened to not be wearing a bow tie that day, but he has been famous for wearing them in the past.
Incredibly, after Tucker rather weakly addressed Jehmu's comment by telling her that calling him names wasn't going to help her argument, Jehmu had the gall to utter, "I didn't call you a name," complete with accompanying arrogant smirk and batting of eyes. Roll the tape, and if you don't care to watch the entire exchange, the relevant portion of video runs from 1:10 through 1:40:
For Jehmu to actually insist that she didn't call Tucker Carlson a name (again, a "bow tyin' white boy") tells me one of three things:
1. She was lying and hoped that no one noticed what she said, or simply didn't care.
2. She doesn't consider a comment like that to rise to the level of name calling.
3. She says stuff like that behind closed doors so often that she didn't even realize she said it.
In regards to that third possibility, I see this phenomenon all the time in my classroom and on my campus. A student will be talking to another, and the student will throw out a common curse word, or more frequently, the word "nigga" or some variation thereof, and when I tell the student to watch his/her language, s/he will look at me with a genuinely confused expression and insist that s/he didn't say anything wrong. These students of mine have made vulgar words so much a part of their vocabulary, they don't even hear them anymore.
After Jehmu and Tucker were done with their segment, Megyn Kelly took it upon herself to apologize for Jehmu's comments, but Jehmu has never apologized. Now it is apparent that Jehmu will suffer no consequences from Fox News for her racist statement delivered on-air toward Tucker Carlson. Just imagine if Tucker had picked some fashion mistake of Jehmu's and attached the words "black girl" to it? Or better yet, what if Tucker had been debating Nation of Islam head honcho Louis Farrakhan and called him a "bow tyin' black boy"?
The double standards out there continue to sicken me, but not surprise me.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Jehmu (yes, that's Jehmu) lost her cool during the exchange and let her inner racist come boiling to the surface by calling Tucker (yes, that's Tucker) a "bow tyin' white boy."
Tucker happened to not be wearing a bow tie that day, but he has been famous for wearing them in the past.
Incredibly, after Tucker rather weakly addressed Jehmu's comment by telling her that calling him names wasn't going to help her argument, Jehmu had the gall to utter, "I didn't call you a name," complete with accompanying arrogant smirk and batting of eyes. Roll the tape, and if you don't care to watch the entire exchange, the relevant portion of video runs from 1:10 through 1:40:
For Jehmu to actually insist that she didn't call Tucker Carlson a name (again, a "bow tyin' white boy") tells me one of three things:
1. She was lying and hoped that no one noticed what she said, or simply didn't care.
2. She doesn't consider a comment like that to rise to the level of name calling.
3. She says stuff like that behind closed doors so often that she didn't even realize she said it.
In regards to that third possibility, I see this phenomenon all the time in my classroom and on my campus. A student will be talking to another, and the student will throw out a common curse word, or more frequently, the word "nigga" or some variation thereof, and when I tell the student to watch his/her language, s/he will look at me with a genuinely confused expression and insist that s/he didn't say anything wrong. These students of mine have made vulgar words so much a part of their vocabulary, they don't even hear them anymore.
After Jehmu and Tucker were done with their segment, Megyn Kelly took it upon herself to apologize for Jehmu's comments, but Jehmu has never apologized. Now it is apparent that Jehmu will suffer no consequences from Fox News for her racist statement delivered on-air toward Tucker Carlson. Just imagine if Tucker had picked some fashion mistake of Jehmu's and attached the words "black girl" to it? Or better yet, what if Tucker had been debating Nation of Islam head honcho Louis Farrakhan and called him a "bow tyin' black boy"?
The double standards out there continue to sicken me, but not surprise me.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Friday, May 04, 2012
Gag me with a frickin' spoon
Watch Barack Obama give a "shout-out" to himself in front our our troops while speaking to them at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. This man is an utter embarrassment:
I cannot watch that without cringing. Try to imagine Ronald Reagan acknowledging anyone being, "...in the house." Ugh.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
I cannot watch that without cringing. Try to imagine Ronald Reagan acknowledging anyone being, "...in the house." Ugh.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Barack Obama loves May Day, and wants you to love it, too.
Aside from anonymously placing flowers on someone's doorstep, the first day of the month of May - known as May Day - is best known around the world as the day when Communists throw a party.
When I was a kid, I remember every May Day watching news footage of Soviet military parades with marching troops, tanks, and gigantic trucks with missiles on them.
How unusual then that our Dear Leader, President Barack Obama, would pick May 1st, 2012 to issue a presidential proclamation that concludes with the following:
How about April 19th, when in 1775, Massachusetts patriots kicked off the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord?
How about the last Monday in May, which has long been designated as Memorial Day?
How about June 14th, which has long been designated as Flag Day?
How about July 4th, which has long been designated as Independence Day?
How about September 17th, which has long been designated as Constitution Day?
How about October 19th, when in 1781, our country's independence was guaranteed by our defeat of British forces at Yorktown, Virginia?
How about November 11th, which has long been designated as Veterans Day?
But no, instead Barack Obama chooses May Day, also known as International Workers Day, also known as a common day of celebration in the socialist/communist world. Could the man be any more in-your-face? I find it simply appalling, but not surprising, that he would associate our country - founded in the spirit of God-given rights and individual liberty - with a murderous collectivist ideology that looks at government as God.
God Help us.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
When I was a kid, I remember every May Day watching news footage of Soviet military parades with marching troops, tanks, and gigantic trucks with missiles on them.
How unusual then that our Dear Leader, President Barack Obama, would pick May 1st, 2012 to issue a presidential proclamation that concludes with the following:
In order to recognize the American spirit of loyalty and the sacrifices that so many have made for our Nation, the Congress, by Public Law 85-529 as amended, has designated May 1 of each year as "Loyalty Day." On this day, let us reaffirm our allegiance to the United States of America, our Constitution, and our founding values. NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 1, 2012, as Loyalty Day. This Loyalty Day, I call upon all the people of the United States to join in support of this national observance, whether by displaying the flag of the United States or pledging allegiance to the Republic for which it stands. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-sixth.
BARACK OBAMAI can think of plenty of more appropriate days to reaffirm our loyalty or allegiance to our Republic, to our Constitution, and our founding values.
How about April 19th, when in 1775, Massachusetts patriots kicked off the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord?
How about the last Monday in May, which has long been designated as Memorial Day?
How about June 14th, which has long been designated as Flag Day?
How about July 4th, which has long been designated as Independence Day?
How about September 17th, which has long been designated as Constitution Day?
How about October 19th, when in 1781, our country's independence was guaranteed by our defeat of British forces at Yorktown, Virginia?
How about November 11th, which has long been designated as Veterans Day?
But no, instead Barack Obama chooses May Day, also known as International Workers Day, also known as a common day of celebration in the socialist/communist world. Could the man be any more in-your-face? I find it simply appalling, but not surprising, that he would associate our country - founded in the spirit of God-given rights and individual liberty - with a murderous collectivist ideology that looks at government as God.
God Help us.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Friday, April 27, 2012
Spotted
In the comments section of a Pajamas Media article on the ins-and-outs of obtaining and owning a gun:
"Gods voice may sound like a 12 gauge shotgun getting racked.
But his fist feels like a .45"
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
"Gods voice may sound like a 12 gauge shotgun getting racked.
But his fist feels like a .45"
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Time to scratch Hoppy Brewing Company off your list
It kills me to write this post, as I have enjoyed some good meals and PLENTY of good drink at local hangout Hoppy Brewing Company, but a business is not just based on the quality of the product - there is also the manner in which a business treats its customers. In this area, Hoppy might as well be urinating in the beer.
The following is an account of a less-than-pleasant encounter with the Hoppy Brewing Company owner/CEO that was posted on Facebook by some friends of my wife and mine. We attend the same church; see each other often at our local athletic club; and we meet for dinner when we are able to secure a babysitter. I have received permission from these friends to post their Facebook narrative, and I have deleted the names for privacy purposes.
First, here is the Facebook post our friends sent out, and then I will post the Hoppy response:
One who finds lost property under circumstances which give him
knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who
appropriates such property to his own use, or to the use of another
person not entitled thereto, without first making reasonable and just
efforts to find the owner and to restore the property to him, is
guilty of theft.
You know what is funny is that just three-or-so days ago, I was telling my wife that I needed to meet up with a friend of mine who I haven't had the chance to visit in a while, and since he and I have met at Hoppy Brewing Company in the past, I was going to suggest that location when we met up again. Uh, cancel that idea!
I urge all of you readers out there to do likewise. Companies who not only hire, but protect employees who steal and have the owner of said company insult loyal customers don't deserve our hard earned $$$. There are plenty of other brewing companies/restaurants in the Sacramento area who would be glad to step up and fill the void. This would include:
Rubicon Brewing Company
River City Brewing Company
Pyramid Alehouse
Hogshead Brew Pub
B.J.'s Restaurant and Brewery
Pete's Restaurant and Brewhouse
Sacramento Brewing Company Oasis
Sudwerk (Davis, CA)
Yager's Tap House and Grill (Folsom, CA)
Google or Bing any one of these fine establishments to find their location and amenities, and when you sidle up to the bar or take your seat at a table, tell them Hoppy sent you!
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
The following is an account of a less-than-pleasant encounter with the Hoppy Brewing Company owner/CEO that was posted on Facebook by some friends of my wife and mine. We attend the same church; see each other often at our local athletic club; and we meet for dinner when we are able to secure a babysitter. I have received permission from these friends to post their Facebook narrative, and I have deleted the names for privacy purposes.
First, here is the Facebook post our friends sent out, and then I will post the Hoppy response:
Unfortunately, we've had a bad customer service experience with Hoppy Brewing Company. [Our son] left his DSi case at Hoppy on a Sunday, and we didn't realize it until Monday. When I phoned, there was some "hinkiness" on the phone regarding whether it was found or not, so [my husband] pursued it. He discovered that the manager picked up the case (with games and powercord) and put it in their "lost and found." Then it went missing AFTER they found it. We pursued, because obviously, ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES is a THIEF. If they had not revealed that it had been found and then lost again, this would simply be a hard lesson for [our son] (as it still is) since we aren't replacing it, but we felt there should be some recompense (at least, a formal apology, at most some comps to ensure our business) and instead we received the following note. They have lost our business permanently (the sad part being that we enjoy going there.) They willingly employ and protect a thief. They are willing to alienate us as customers and risk those connected to us. A formal apology and some evidence of discipline was what we were after. Instead we were insulted for making the mistake of trusting the employees of the establishment. Please remember that the case was FOUND and put in the lost and Found and we called 24 hours later to claim it. It was not taken by a patron from the restaurant area. If that were the case, this would not be an issue. Please consider taking them off your list of places to go. Thank you!Just to add a couple details to this story, my friends were not just another family sitting at one table in the restaurant; they were part of a large dinner party that had essentially rented out the entire restaurant. The owner had noticed that the DS was left behind immediately after my friends had gone out to the parking lot. The owner himself (or his hostess) ran out to the parking lot to try to catch my friends before they left. This means there was no question as to whom the DS belonged. The entire dinner party had been paid for with my friends' brother's American Express card, so a contact number could have easily been ascertained by the Hoppy staff. After inquiring with Hoppy Brewing Company about what they were going to do about this situation, here is the email my friends received from the Hoppy Brewing Company owner/CEO,whose name is Troy Paski:
Hi [W.R. Chandler's friend]! :)
Sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner, but I've been tied up with some personal matters these last few days.
1) I felt like we had a good conversation the last time we talked.
2) As a retail establishment, we are not responsible for lost and/or stolen property from guests.
3) I didn't like the tone of your first message, which is partly why I called you to nip something in the bud, and from the tone of this message I like it even less.
4) I apologize for it being missing, and I apologize for being too honest with you.
5) We do tend to over-care for our guests from time-to-time, which makes them feel a bit like family, so if that line was blurred for a moment I again apologize.
6) You were a guest in our establishment, and you lost a childs toy. Shame on us for not picking up after you and catching you before you left without your toys that were left behind.
7) Hopefully this taught you a lesson on better parenting skills.
8) I wish a had something more positive say.
Have a nice day. :-)Actually, once that lost item was put into Hoppy's Lost-and-Found, they can't come back and say too bad, so sad. I direct you to California Penal Code, Section 485:
One who finds lost property under circumstances which give him
knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who
appropriates such property to his own use, or to the use of another
person not entitled thereto, without first making reasonable and just
efforts to find the owner and to restore the property to him, is
guilty of theft.
You know what is funny is that just three-or-so days ago, I was telling my wife that I needed to meet up with a friend of mine who I haven't had the chance to visit in a while, and since he and I have met at Hoppy Brewing Company in the past, I was going to suggest that location when we met up again. Uh, cancel that idea!
I urge all of you readers out there to do likewise. Companies who not only hire, but protect employees who steal and have the owner of said company insult loyal customers don't deserve our hard earned $$$. There are plenty of other brewing companies/restaurants in the Sacramento area who would be glad to step up and fill the void. This would include:
Rubicon Brewing Company
River City Brewing Company
Pyramid Alehouse
Hogshead Brew Pub
B.J.'s Restaurant and Brewery
Pete's Restaurant and Brewhouse
Sacramento Brewing Company Oasis
Sudwerk (Davis, CA)
Yager's Tap House and Grill (Folsom, CA)
Google or Bing any one of these fine establishments to find their location and amenities, and when you sidle up to the bar or take your seat at a table, tell them Hoppy sent you!
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
I think when you spread the GPA points around, it's good for everybody
That post title is of course a nod (fist bump?) to the (in)famous statement made by our Dear Leader to Joe the Plumber during Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
For the last several years, the Young America's Foundation has taken Obama's belief and run with it by asking members to go on college campuses and ask students to sign petitions calling for GPA points from the top 10% of grade getters to be redistributed to those students whose grades are not so good. Many students who would be all for redistributing your income sing a far different tune when faced with the prospect of having their high grades redistributed.
Watch the hilarity ensue:
I have seen past videos on this topic, and it never ceases to amaze me as I watch someone who is presumably all in favor of taking one person's hard earned money and handing it to someone who didn't earn it, turn right around and balk at giving up some of their hard-earned grades to a fellow student who didn't earn it. What a great and simple way to illustrate the insanity of such a bankrupt ideology that, unfortunately, holds millions of Americans in thrall.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
For the last several years, the Young America's Foundation has taken Obama's belief and run with it by asking members to go on college campuses and ask students to sign petitions calling for GPA points from the top 10% of grade getters to be redistributed to those students whose grades are not so good. Many students who would be all for redistributing your income sing a far different tune when faced with the prospect of having their high grades redistributed.
Watch the hilarity ensue:
I have seen past videos on this topic, and it never ceases to amaze me as I watch someone who is presumably all in favor of taking one person's hard earned money and handing it to someone who didn't earn it, turn right around and balk at giving up some of their hard-earned grades to a fellow student who didn't earn it. What a great and simple way to illustrate the insanity of such a bankrupt ideology that, unfortunately, holds millions of Americans in thrall.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Did you know that Ron Paul has won the caucuses in Iowa and Minnesota?
I endorsed Ron Paul for President on February 8th of this year, and since then, we have witnessed the Romney/Santorum Show in the lamestream media. Meanwhile, however, Paul and his supporters have been doing the unglamorous, in-the-trenches work that has produced some satisfying payoffs.
What a lot of people don't realize is that the popular vote is not necessarily the most important aspect of a state party caucus or primary; it is the number of convention delegates the candidates receive. And Ron Paul has now locked down enough delegates to be declared either the winner, or tied for the win in both Iowa (Yes, Iowa) and Minnesota.
For a detailed breakdown of how this is possible, watch this segment from - wait for it - MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. Keep in mind, that the very statist, left-wing Maddow is gleefully reporting this story from the angle of showing the incompetence and behind-the-scenes chicanery of the Republican establishment as they carry out these primaries and caucuses. But while she is doing that, she also correctly reporting the situation:
Does this mean that I think Ron Paul is going to secure the Republican nomination? Not necessarily. But what this story does show is that the conservative base is extremely unhappy with the forced coronation of the maddeningly moderate Mitt. He is already falling into McCain mode by stumping for Barack Obama by telling us what a nice guy Barack is. Gag me. And many others are gagged by it too.
Let us hope that Ron Paul continues to be an influence in keeping the establishment Republicans from licking Obama's jackboots too early in the campaign.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
What a lot of people don't realize is that the popular vote is not necessarily the most important aspect of a state party caucus or primary; it is the number of convention delegates the candidates receive. And Ron Paul has now locked down enough delegates to be declared either the winner, or tied for the win in both Iowa (Yes, Iowa) and Minnesota.
For a detailed breakdown of how this is possible, watch this segment from - wait for it - MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. Keep in mind, that the very statist, left-wing Maddow is gleefully reporting this story from the angle of showing the incompetence and behind-the-scenes chicanery of the Republican establishment as they carry out these primaries and caucuses. But while she is doing that, she also correctly reporting the situation:
Does this mean that I think Ron Paul is going to secure the Republican nomination? Not necessarily. But what this story does show is that the conservative base is extremely unhappy with the forced coronation of the maddeningly moderate Mitt. He is already falling into McCain mode by stumping for Barack Obama by telling us what a nice guy Barack is. Gag me. And many others are gagged by it too.
Let us hope that Ron Paul continues to be an influence in keeping the establishment Republicans from licking Obama's jackboots too early in the campaign.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Monday, April 23, 2012
Columnist urges George Zimmerman to take one for the team
This is rich. A columnist named Mansfield Frazier, who writes for the Daily Beast would like to see George Zimmerman spare the nation the messiness of an actual trial by copping a plea. Why, you may ask? Well, to avert any possible riots that may occur in the event of an acquittal:
For good measure, the column spouts out the now-debunked story that neo-Nazis were patrolling the streets of Sanford, Florida, and the column also features a photo of Rodney King juxtaposed with the outdated photo of cute little 12 year-old Trayvon Martin before he became the menacing 17 year-old No_Limit_Nigga with the gold teeth and the middle finger attached to a tatted-up arm raised in the air. Somehow, those photos never seem to get used.
Once the outcome of trials are decided not on the facts and evidence, but on the prospect of violence committed by people who are unhappy with the trial's outcome, then justice is dead, and so is our country.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
As George Zimmerman faces murder charges for shooting Trayvon Martin, it’s worth asking if America is in danger of facing Rodney King, Part II?Uh, no - the paramount concern should be the same one that applies to any criminal trial, and that is to see that justice is done. And if justice decides that Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin in self-defense, then so be it.
That’s what I see down the tracks: If this case goes all the way to trial, it’s a train wreck waiting to happen. The time is now for strong hands to take the helm and steady the ship of state—not to mention our national racial, political and legal discourse. The paramount concern has to be to avert a large-scale racial calamity...
For good measure, the column spouts out the now-debunked story that neo-Nazis were patrolling the streets of Sanford, Florida, and the column also features a photo of Rodney King juxtaposed with the outdated photo of cute little 12 year-old Trayvon Martin before he became the menacing 17 year-old No_Limit_Nigga with the gold teeth and the middle finger attached to a tatted-up arm raised in the air. Somehow, those photos never seem to get used.
Once the outcome of trials are decided not on the facts and evidence, but on the prospect of violence committed by people who are unhappy with the trial's outcome, then justice is dead, and so is our country.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Friday, April 20, 2012
And now, a Dick Clark moment...
I was listening to Armstrong and Getty (650 AM) on the way to work this morning. They were dutifully talking about the recent death of Bandstand/New Year's Rockin' Eve icon Dick Clark. Things really took a turn for the funny when they began reading tweets and emails they were receiving from their listeners. My two favorites were:
"I suspect Seacrest!"
and
"So now, Dick Clark can no longer ring in the New Year... well played, Mayans; well played."
Now that is some funny stuff right there!
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
"I suspect Seacrest!"
and
"So now, Dick Clark can no longer ring in the New Year... well played, Mayans; well played."
Now that is some funny stuff right there!
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The Sociopathic Generation
There are times where I am absolutely appalled by the inappropriate reactions I receive from my students when I try to discuss some subjects in my 8th grade U.S. History class.
I am currently teaching them about the War Between the States of 1861-1865, and one of the key terms we discussed was the concept of Total War; as practiced, for example, by General Sherman in Georgia.
Just about every lesson of mine is accompanied by a Power Point slideshow that is heavy on images and photos. After showing them photos of General Sherman, the skeletal remains of buildings in Richmond, and a Sherman necktie, I went to some other slides showing examples of Total War that was carried out in World War II, which was the quintessential Total War. I showed photos of B-17s dropping bombs, the burned-out remains of the city of Dresden, and then this photo:
My students were dead silent as I explained to them that these were Soviet civilians who had been murdered by Nazi soldiers during Hitler's 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. But then, when I added that the Japanese also carried out massacres like this against the Chinese, a good portion of my class (the last period of the day) began laughing hysterically.
I told the class that I didn't see what was funny about any of this, and that made them laugh some more. The more horrified I became at their laughing, the funnier they thought it was.
I finally sat down in the chair at my desk... defeated.
I clicked to the next slide, which had some bullet statements they needed to copy down. While they did that, the laughter started to subside as the students began to concentrate on copying down the information. As I sat there still in shock, my curiosity got the best of me, and I posed a question to the class.
"I don't understand why you guys started laughing when I told you that the Japanese did that to the Chinese. Someone please enlighten me."
A student blurted out, "We thought they was cousins!"
My God, what have we wrought?
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
I am currently teaching them about the War Between the States of 1861-1865, and one of the key terms we discussed was the concept of Total War; as practiced, for example, by General Sherman in Georgia.
Just about every lesson of mine is accompanied by a Power Point slideshow that is heavy on images and photos. After showing them photos of General Sherman, the skeletal remains of buildings in Richmond, and a Sherman necktie, I went to some other slides showing examples of Total War that was carried out in World War II, which was the quintessential Total War. I showed photos of B-17s dropping bombs, the burned-out remains of the city of Dresden, and then this photo:
My students were dead silent as I explained to them that these were Soviet civilians who had been murdered by Nazi soldiers during Hitler's 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. But then, when I added that the Japanese also carried out massacres like this against the Chinese, a good portion of my class (the last period of the day) began laughing hysterically.I told the class that I didn't see what was funny about any of this, and that made them laugh some more. The more horrified I became at their laughing, the funnier they thought it was.
I finally sat down in the chair at my desk... defeated.
I clicked to the next slide, which had some bullet statements they needed to copy down. While they did that, the laughter started to subside as the students began to concentrate on copying down the information. As I sat there still in shock, my curiosity got the best of me, and I posed a question to the class.
"I don't understand why you guys started laughing when I told you that the Japanese did that to the Chinese. Someone please enlighten me."
A student blurted out, "We thought they was cousins!"
My God, what have we wrought?
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Tax Freedom Day!
Congratulations! As of today, you are no longer working solely to pay your taxes for this year, you are now finally working for yourself and your family.
Yes, that's right: Ever since January 1, 2012, every last penny, nickel, and dime you have worked long hours to obtain has not gone to you but to your federal, state, and local governments to pay the myriad of taxes that have been levied upon us.
Think of all the hours of work you have put in from then until now. What I really love from the article I linked is that in 1913, when the travesty known as our federal income tax was established, Tax Freedom Day arrived on January 19th.
Kinda puts everything into focus, doesn't it?
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Yes, that's right: Ever since January 1, 2012, every last penny, nickel, and dime you have worked long hours to obtain has not gone to you but to your federal, state, and local governments to pay the myriad of taxes that have been levied upon us.
Think of all the hours of work you have put in from then until now. What I really love from the article I linked is that in 1913, when the travesty known as our federal income tax was established, Tax Freedom Day arrived on January 19th.
Kinda puts everything into focus, doesn't it?
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Thursday, April 12, 2012
I smell a kangaroo court trial coming
The Florida special prosecutor, Angela Corey, who was tasked with deciding whether or not George Zimmerman should be charged with a crime has gone All In with a 2nd-degree murder charge.
You don't have to watch the full 24 minutes of her press conference where she announces that charges have been filed, but just watching the first thirty seconds will give you a good idea of how all this is going to play out.
First, note her cheerful demeanor, and then her reference to Trayvon's "sweet parents" for whom she asked us to pray. And yes, that's "Trayvon." Apparently Corey is now on a first-name basis with him. I wonder if she will also call him by his other name: No_Limit_Nigga, which was Trayvon Martin's Twitter handle. For some real depraved entertainment and enlightenment, I dare you to click on the link and read some of No_Limit_Nigga's tweets. They paint a much different picture than the 12 year-old cherub whose photo the lamestream news media keeps running of Trayvon Martin.
I look at these charges against George Zimmerman to be a textbook case of democracy in action: If charges weren't filed, the mob would have most likely rioted. Now that charges have been filed, the mob will most likely riot if Zimmerman is not found guilty as charged.
Try getting a fair trial under those circumstances.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
You don't have to watch the full 24 minutes of her press conference where she announces that charges have been filed, but just watching the first thirty seconds will give you a good idea of how all this is going to play out.
First, note her cheerful demeanor, and then her reference to Trayvon's "sweet parents" for whom she asked us to pray. And yes, that's "Trayvon." Apparently Corey is now on a first-name basis with him. I wonder if she will also call him by his other name: No_Limit_Nigga, which was Trayvon Martin's Twitter handle. For some real depraved entertainment and enlightenment, I dare you to click on the link and read some of No_Limit_Nigga's tweets. They paint a much different picture than the 12 year-old cherub whose photo the lamestream news media keeps running of Trayvon Martin.
I look at these charges against George Zimmerman to be a textbook case of democracy in action: If charges weren't filed, the mob would have most likely rioted. Now that charges have been filed, the mob will most likely riot if Zimmerman is not found guilty as charged.
Try getting a fair trial under those circumstances.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Cowards from National Review dismiss John Derbyshire for trying to have a Courageous Conversation
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a lengthy piece, entitled "'Courageous Conversations' in a 'Nation of Cowards,'" about the conversations I will need to have with my children about how they should handle their interactions with black people. I wrote that piece in response to several newspaper articles that profiled black 
parents and their perceived need to have a conversation with their kids about their future interactions with white people.
Lo and behold, not too many days after I wrote that piece, a similar article was written by John Derbyshire, who is (was) best known as a contributing writer to the so-called conservative publication National Review.
Derbyshire didn't actually write his article for National Review; it instead was published in an online publication called Taki's Magazine, or Taki Mag, for short.
As I did, Derbyshire acknowledged the many newspaper articles and blog posts about black parents having "the talk" with their kids about what they will need to know when they deal with white people throughout their lives. And as I did, Derbyshire then detailed a hypothetical conversation he would have with his kids about dealing with black people throughout their lives.
In all his points, Derbyshire provided links to back up what he was saying, but that did not matter. The left side of the blogosphere and media had a predictable conniption fit over Derbyshire's article. What saddened me was the reaction from the controlled conservative opposition at such places as HotAir.com, certain writers at AmericanThinker.com, and of course, National Review. Within just a couple days after Derbyshire published his article at Taki Mag, National Review wiped their hands of Derbyshire. By doing so, National Review simply proved the point I made in my piece about all those people out there who are too cowardly to have these courageous conversations such as Derbyshire attempted to start. What was sadly amusing is that most of the criticism of Derbyshire's article - from either side of the political spectrum - was rather short on substance, but long on emotion. For most critics, their concern did not appear to be that anything Derbyshire wrote was incorrect - like I said, he heavily sourced his article - their concern appeared to be that Derbyshire dared speak that which should not be spoken, no matter how truthful it may be. After all, feelings could be hurt!
As a prime example, just read the following from the blog post written by National Review's editor, Rich Lowry, in which he informed readers that NR had disassociated themselves from Derbyshire:
I am sorry that Derbyshire had to pay the ultimate professional price for expressing his views, but I respect him deeply for taking that plunge. It is one thing for these courageous conversations to be started like a nobody blogger like myself, but John Derbyshire of National Review magazine cannot be so easily ignored.
Unlike the bigwigs at National Review, John Derbyshire chose not to be a coward. My hat is off to you, Mr. Derbyshire.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
parents and their perceived need to have a conversation with their kids about their future interactions with white people.Lo and behold, not too many days after I wrote that piece, a similar article was written by John Derbyshire, who is (was) best known as a contributing writer to the so-called conservative publication National Review.
Derbyshire didn't actually write his article for National Review; it instead was published in an online publication called Taki's Magazine, or Taki Mag, for short.
As I did, Derbyshire acknowledged the many newspaper articles and blog posts about black parents having "the talk" with their kids about what they will need to know when they deal with white people throughout their lives. And as I did, Derbyshire then detailed a hypothetical conversation he would have with his kids about dealing with black people throughout their lives.
In all his points, Derbyshire provided links to back up what he was saying, but that did not matter. The left side of the blogosphere and media had a predictable conniption fit over Derbyshire's article. What saddened me was the reaction from the controlled conservative opposition at such places as HotAir.com, certain writers at AmericanThinker.com, and of course, National Review. Within just a couple days after Derbyshire published his article at Taki Mag, National Review wiped their hands of Derbyshire. By doing so, National Review simply proved the point I made in my piece about all those people out there who are too cowardly to have these courageous conversations such as Derbyshire attempted to start. What was sadly amusing is that most of the criticism of Derbyshire's article - from either side of the political spectrum - was rather short on substance, but long on emotion. For most critics, their concern did not appear to be that anything Derbyshire wrote was incorrect - like I said, he heavily sourced his article - their concern appeared to be that Derbyshire dared speak that which should not be spoken, no matter how truthful it may be. After all, feelings could be hurt!
As a prime example, just read the following from the blog post written by National Review's editor, Rich Lowry, in which he informed readers that NR had disassociated themselves from Derbyshire:
[Derbyshire's] latest provocation, in a webzine, lurches from the politically incorrect to the nasty and indefensible....I see some critical statements there, but "incorrect," "wrong," "non-factual," and "liar/lying/prevarication" are not among them.
I am sorry that Derbyshire had to pay the ultimate professional price for expressing his views, but I respect him deeply for taking that plunge. It is one thing for these courageous conversations to be started like a nobody blogger like myself, but John Derbyshire of National Review magazine cannot be so easily ignored.
Unlike the bigwigs at National Review, John Derbyshire chose not to be a coward. My hat is off to you, Mr. Derbyshire.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." -Thomas Jefferson
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