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Charles Krauthammer


Reading several opinions and commentaries by Charles Krauthammer, I understand that he has had a long and illustrious history in Medicine, political speech writing and other advisory positions, Despite his obvious qualifications in those fields and his many awards for his body of work, he has seemingly gone off the rails. It is one thing to speak out on any subject but to proffer hate, misinformation and  possibly Racism is not what a well respected writer needs to do. It is wise to remember that no matter  what, the truth is always a constant in public discourse. I have read many of Mr. Krauthammer’s articles and opinions and see a common thread of bully tactics coupled with what appears to truth but more like the opinion of an angry person who has not been able to completely fulfill his life dreams or aspirations. This failure to achieve whatever it is has given way to more intolerant writings based on innuendo and “Fox “type reporting  which is dredged in  sensationalism rather than fact. Mr. Krauthammer’s credentials suggest he is better than his output in the last 10 years. I would suggest or even urge Mr. Krauthammer to reinvent himself as the person he once was so his real self can be enjoyed.

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The Real Reason is Apparent


The real reason for anti Obama anything is Race! Looking at all of the fights and struggles in Congress, the huge amount of false advertising and the negative media coverage is evidence enough to highlight the still obvious racial divide in America. I question the idea that someone would want a CIC who is incompetent just because he is white rather than a non white or female who is. We in the United States have a unique society that was spawned by every known ethno religious group in the world so we can be called Americans, a society of world citizens. The only true Americans are the native Americans, who we have strived to annihilate through wars and segregation. The society we destroyed and made almost irrelevant has a better structure than our current Congress yet we felt they were the savages. When alcohol was introduced, we called them drunken Indians, when largely unpaid labor was forced on humans stolen from another country, we called them property. How can a country that was built on slave labor, destruction of an existing society be called the land of the free? Our freedom will begin when we end all segregation and follow the law of the land as was intended by the founders even though they were initially perpetrators of the same acts against Native Americans and the stolen humans. In the years 2007 until now the virulent Racism reared its head and was fed by the Captains of industry through massive donations to their hopefuls and even now are still pouring fuel on the fires of distrust and separatism. There are more Americans who are not on board with these actions but not enough speak out against it. Nothing is free  so those who have not paid in through action need to pay in now!

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The Search


The Search for many things begins with curiosity. For example: why did the recent economic crisis affect the U.S. and Europe along with many other parts of the world?  What is known now and possibly surmised by some or postulated by pundits is that the same people who have paid for Congress (big money) in the form of lobbyists many of whom  were once members of Congress or associated with government service , this is the revolving door that presented us with our current economy along with the Iraq war, Afghanistan and other political obstacles to peace. The peace that would allow us to interact economically with other country’s which would at once bolster our economy and reestablish our place in the world as a leader. While in Washington the 535 are being held hostage by a few upstarts who  have the vision of running for President in the future while providing no substantial aid to a resolution of our problems. WE the People are bombarded by single issue pundits, lawmakers and powerful lobbyists  whose sole purpose is to further their own agenda at our expense.  Our (the people) only job is to embrace a bigger picture  by reading and listening to as many sources of information as possible. Modern communication has given us many methods of receiving information yet we spend more time on social sites than news sites ( no matter how biased they may be), even biased information has some value if balanced by the truth which is out there and obvious. Biased information has the sole purpose of  exploiting our fears to present their slant on things which is not in our best interest.  The simple truth is not always what we hear or see but what we sense as being real and are willing to investigate. Our  sense of duty to one another and our country is at stake since our Congress is preoccupied with future elections and current issues that are not good for us. The “Scamocrats* and Dupublicans* ”  have relied on our complacency to do what is best for them while ignoring the real issues that face us all. The cure is: stop voting along party lines, stop voting for incumbents and be prepared to have glitches in the order of things until they get it right.

*These are copyrighted 

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Affordable Care Act aka “Obamacare”


The deadline for exchanges and any /all insurance related departments is fast approaching,. The Congress approved this bill and it survived a Supreme court challenge yet many states have not and will set up exchanges. Our Congress is planning another attempt at killing this law by defunding it. There is no thought as to what it will do to the millions of Americans who are currently benefitting form this law and those who have yet to benefit from it. The real problem here is: The administration has done an inadequate job in explaining the law and Congress has made no attempt to understand it but the anti’s have made outlandish and untrue statements about what the law does. How can you nay-say a law that you do not understand? The realistic view is: Congress should have and still can read the law, understand the law (most of them have law degrees) and make changes where needed instead of creating a wall of misinformation, disinformation and outright lies. These are our representatives who beg for our votes at election time and continually lie to remain in office. We must remember this law does not affect their health benefits so they cannot be bothered to look after ours. The Congress seems to have no problem making decisions in the name of the people when it is to their benefit but do nothing or less to help the people.  The Governmental problems we have on both sides (Scamocrats and Dupublicans) go back before the Bush’s and Obama since many of the 535 have been in office during all of that time and done less than nothing if they got no benefit out of it. The affordable care act has more ups than downs but most of us do not know about it. There are efforts made in many parts of the country to sort this out but potential users are not actively seeking those putting forth that effort or even simply going on line to the U.S. Government website to read about it and find  what local sources are available. AS citizens of one of the best places to live on this planet we are the poorest informed because we have become complacent and allowed 535 people to think for us and become upset when they get it wrong!

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Disambigulation


Disambiguation (also called word sense disambiguation or text disambiguation) is the act of interpreting an author’s intended use of a word that has multiple meanings or spellings.

Disambiguation as defined above is largely unknown and unheard yet we deal with its effects daily. Any legal , medical or other technical language puts it effects in front of us. We do not recognize as any detailed document (fine print) becomes a blur to us when reading it. This sometimes come back to haunt us in often bad ways. Our Oldest national document, the law of the land – Our Constitution is a prime example of Disambiguation, this is what makes the Constitution a living document, the legal interpretation of any part of the Constitution is always open to interpretation and change (yes change!). Many (including legal scholars) think the Constitution is written in stone but the framers and signers knew that as the country grew and progressed these basic tenets  would have to be altered according the greater needs of the citizens. The  problem we have now is our Congress and others outside Congress have and perpetrate the idea that the Constitution is etched in stone, this may explain why we have had some many expensive challenges on parts of the Constitution. Where we need to be as far as the Constitution is concerned is governed in the true spirit and gist of what the Document means and provides as protection as well as a way to keep our country true to its founders expectations. Obviously we have a long way to go after so many years of going backwards. When we as a society start thinking in larger terms instead of pejorative and narrowly focused ways will we start get on track to being who we really are and meant to be.

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The Holiday Season


Retailers in an attempt to get an edge on consumer’s wallets have created a holiday season unlike the Holiday seasons many of us grew up with. The new season as coined by an associate is :”Hallothanksxmas”. This is due the influx of holiday merchandise and the setting up of holiday displays weeks to months ahead of the actual event.  Even now the Halloween show is being put in place, in 45 days the change to Thanksgiving will appear, then finally the biggy: Xmas (or Christmas). What ever happened to the anticipation time? that defined time between the Holidays when you could exhale and prepare mentally for the next one?  That time was usurped by the large retailer’s in search for more revenue while convincing (advertising) the buyers to come early and shop. This brought another phenomenon: the midnight door buster sales, the early AM sales and finally Black Friday sales. Black Friday just means the Friday of the year where many businesses make enough profit to be in the Black for the year. The current  retail climate leaves us no time to breathe between Holidays which we so desperately need. To cap it all off we have lost out on traditional foods and we have in its place “Turducken- This is a turkey stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a chicken layered with dressing. The initial Thanksgiving observers would be appalled and possibly puzzled. In their time it would have been any or all of these fowl depending on which was preferred. What next? Yams stuffed with Broccoli, peas and carrots mixed with mashed potatoes or the ultimate jellied cranberry stuffed with whole cranberries. How about pumpkin/apple/peach pie? Enough already!

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Land Of The Free


America represents the ideal in democratic societies and because of it we have nationally known columnists who proffer their personal opinions as journalism. Specifically, Charles Krauthammer, Ann Coulter and several other high profile writer along with  several cable programs that have a specific agenda that does not benefit society as a whole. These limited target writers only have to offer their personal opinions as fact and gain a following. Their opinions have very little fact and a tremendous amount of speculation, innuendo and often Racist content. This could only happen in a free country like ours, in Russia, China and several mid east counties they would be jailed for life and/or executed for crimes against the state. Welcome to America Ann and Charles!!

 

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None of Us Really Know


As I read the seemingly endless stream of rails against the President by well known pundits, legislators and half knowledgeables, I am wondering if any of these nattering nabobs have a sense of what being the President is? Without excusing any errors made by this administration, we have a war to conclude in Afghanistan and several “hot” spots elsewhere in the world that have used up time and effort that should have been used in the US for repairing the economy. The Congress (some of them) are looking for POTUS to do something about Syria, Egypt & yes the economy, however rash actions will not help us at all. Sidewalk superintendents have never constructed a building so why are we to believe the sideline Pundits can run the country? It is imperative that all readers of the news, magazines and media viewers understand what being President means and how long it takes to get any work done. We  should remember that all of these things are occurring at the same time. We are experiencing  laws (new and changed) that the second President Bush started, some issues have ended, others have not started. There are some that the current President started but has just begun (the affordable health care act). The initial start has helped many, part of it has been implemented but has some flaws yet these flaws could have been worked out if the Locked bowel Congress would have spent any time in really reading the proposed law and making changes as needed. The idea that our representatives spent valuable time in the media ranting about how bad the act was instead of making it better indicates that our Congress is more the issue that the POTUS. The outright resistance to an elected CIC because?-Race. Party or what? is definitely why we need to replace as many as we can through elections as soon as possible.  How can we believe in elected officials who do not believe in us?  We have for years listened to the political rhetoric, vague promises, adverse statements against the other guy that we have come to think it is true, This is real life not a televised soap opera and there are no commercial breaks or cliff hangers to be resolved next week. I recently wrote to the local newspaper about the printing of nationally known pundits whose agenda does not involve  most of us but still affects what we do. The modern political machine does not exist for the voters, it exists for the politicians and their backers (big money). Think about how many billions of dollars was spent on the last election and how much was received from the public in comparison to what was spent by the “big money”. The only thing we have going for us is quantity, the numbers of average Americans who are willing to vote against the status quo. It may take several election cycles but it can be done.  The question is “do we have the will”?

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How is Your Health?


OK, now I want to present an idea I had  written about before. Obama care, affordable Healthcare or whatever you want to call it is law. There are some parts that are in effect and doing good, some parts have yet to start and have some issues. There has never been any laws that have been perfect but previous legislators (the ones who really were in it for the glory) looked at these laws and made corrections. They debated the different” ideas and made the required adjustments. The current legislators have become engrossed in staying in office and maintaining the status quo of their biggest backers and the constituents who follow their “different” ideas. They have done nothing to improve the law but everything to try to repeal or defund the law to the detriment and harm of the people who are currently being helped by the law. Congress had ample time to do what they should have done several years ago but instead they made a media circus of it with offerings of misinformation as to what it will cover and what it will not. Now the people who should be involved in this are not, therefore making the law ineffective for all. This law was made to assist ALL Americans but our “honorable” Congress decided to “stick it” to the President on the backs of the people. Thank you Congress, each one of you will eventually need the people and we will not be there for you as we will take a page from your playbook. Thanks for the lesson.

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Change IN Reading.


I came across this article while researching “Dixiecrat”. I had complained to the local newspaper about two prominent commenters (“pundidiots”) who under the guise of conservatism have penned articles which appear to me more like segregationists and extreme tea partyists than unbiased reporters (no disrespect to reporters). These 2 (possibly of many) Ann Coulter and Charles Krauthammer have penned columns that would have made Hitler happy. Their unilateral views are not reflective of true American views but they have the forum to advance their views. Any interviews with Coulter has been a war of words where she openly espouses her views to the world even when proven wrong. I believe their objectives are purely to become known for their no wing propaganda which has n more entertainment (?) value than real content.

    Tue, 02/05/2013 – 12:57pm

How Dixiecrats Became Republicans

I’m still shocked (not) at how many Kansans come here to post on political matters and still don’t know about the major shift from Democratic to Republican over civil rights matter and other things in the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s.

It’s a matter of history, a matter of record. You can find it all over the internet in reputable areas. It’s just a fact.

I grew up and registered the first time into the old Democratic Party, which was a remnant of the old Dixiecrat Party. They hated blacks. They hated Jews. They hated Catholics. I grew up listening to it. I personally knew KKK members. In fact, a boy I dated had an older brother in the KKK (big time Democrats). That older brother’s name is online in articles that talk about the Bogalusa Race Riots of the 60’s. He had his white sheet on, with at least a half dozen other KKK members that worked for my father and were at our home a lot. He tried to pull a black man out of a car to beat him up and the black man shot him.

You certainly don’t have to tell me about the old Dixiecrats. I lived amongst them.

Today those same people I knew who hated black people and Jews and hated everything about civil rights are all Republicans. They’re not JUST  Republicans, they’re far right extremists.

I get their emails almost daily – emails full of lies about Obama, with caricatures of Obama and his family – and so much more. Lies, hatred and ugliness that is hard to imagine that a person can carry around in his or her heart.

Kansas, do a little research and find out how and when they all switched to Republican after the Civil Rights laws came around.

You think Eisenhower’s actions mean that the Republican Party is the one for civil rights because you missed a major shift in politics that happened twenty years after Eisenhower. Btw, today if Ike ran for president, the Republican Party of today would not have him. You know it, and I do, too.

Start your re-education on politics by googling Dixiecrats. I won’t do it for you because you need to choose your own source.

Because it was a fluid and changing situation for parties, and really always has been and will continue to be into the future, you won’t find it easy reading, but if you are going to talk politics you need to educate yourself to the history of the parties.

Civil Rights laws passed in the 1950s and especially in the 1960s, were championed by NATIONAL Democrats, but caused splits in the Democratic Party. Many in the South switched allegiance to the Republican Party which was seen as more conservative. With Reagan the shift in the South was fairly complete.

We’re in Kansas, so you might not think that’s important, but surely most of you do know that the base of the Republican Party today is in the south. That’s why you lost the last election. Your party tried to put a man in office who is everything the southern Democrat hates.  Romney tried, twisting in the wind with one lie today and another lie tomorrow, to appeal to both the southern Democrat (who absolutely represents a huge bloc of the Republican votes today) – while trying not to turn the deep pocket Republicans off. It was a Herculean task. It was like Sisyphus pushing that rock up the hill, only to see it slide back down every time. I don’t like Romney because he’s more  Libertarian than a moderate Republican. He wants a corporatocracy to rule America. He’s like Brownback on that.

But that’s not why he lost. He lost because too many old Dixiecrats in the south who now belong to the Republican Party refused to go vote for him.

That’s a matter of record.

As long as your party harbors and gives sustenance to the old Dixiecrats (and they are, by far, no longer just in the south – Kansas is full of them) – your party is not going to win a presidential race, again. The Hispanics and the African Americans and the Asians have woken up. They know now how important a single vote can be.

Will there be shifts in the future between parties, again? Hell, forget the future. It’s happening right now. You’ve got moderate Republicans all over this country dumping the GOP and registering as Independents. It’s only a matter of time that they’ll go all the way into the Democratic Party.

Of course, as history repeats itself, in time the Democratic Party will, like the Republican Party has done, get too full of itself – try to go to the extreme as the Republican Party has tried to do. Then the tide will begin to ebb the other way.

What you need to recognize today is that the parties have had a sea change over the last 60 years. None of us belong to the same party that they were  when Civil Rights was rearing its head – from Lincoln to Reagan.

It’s all different. And from any given year to any given year,  you can find evidence of small ebbs and flows in the parties.

As a Republican, you need to ask yourselves, are you happy being a member of a party that rivals the old Dixiecrats and their Jim Crow laws and attitudes? If so, then stick with it all the way to the bottom, ’cause, my friends, you are going down.

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