HARVEY MILK DAY

C’mon boys and girls…take your seats.  You’re in first grade now…start acting like it.

There, that’s better.  Today is the day our governor and democrat-controlled state legislature has set aside for all of us to honor and pay homage to a very special man.  He’s very special because he is dead now, but his legacy lives on.  He’s special because  he was a sexual predator of teens, a public liar, and a homosexual who liked teenage boys.  He was special because he believed grown men should have as many teenage boys for boyfriends as they could.

So, today, we put away our crayons and finger paintings, and we will start learning how to read and write, so we can admire the life and values of the notorious homosexual activist Harvey Milk.

Each of you have been given a textbook titled “The Life And Times Of Harvey Milk.”  So please turn to page 237.  This textbook was written by Harvey Milk’s friend Randy Shilts, known as the Mayor of Castro Street.

Follow along with me now, children, as I read the first paragraph: “As homosexuals, we can’t depend on the heterosexual model.  We grow up with the heterosexual model, but we don’t have to follow it.  We should be developing our own life-style.  There’s no reason why you can’t love (have sex with)more than one person at a time.  You don’t have to love them all the same.  You love some less, love some, more—and telling a very public lie is good if it gets you ahead.”

Uh, Mr. Teacher?

Yes Johnnie

Why are we supposed to honor such a person?

Well Johnnie, that’s just the way it is…HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

The Latest Get Rich Quick Scheme

I’ve often wondered–over the years–just which group would be next to have a bulls eye target painted on their backs.  It started out being smokers who were earmarked as the best nd most easily taxed group.  Cities, counties, states, and even the federal government went to the well over and over again, beause smokers were such an easy “funding mechanism.”

All that tax money extorted from smokers was purportedly used for paying for health benefits for children…and face it…who could be against health care (and education) for children?  But, that well has pretty much run dry now as more and more smokers have quit (or switched to smoking marijuana (which isn’t taxed) and after all…that hangnail is pretty painful.  A note from the doctor is all it takes to become a legal pot smoker.

So, now that the tobacco users have been all but “tapped out”…what group is next?  You don’t really think the money mongers will give up, do you?  The answer to that question finally came out last week.  Hunters?  Nope! Skiers? Nope! Fishermen? Nope!  Bowlers? Nope! Golfers?  Nope!

You see, folks, in order to be successful in creating a “funding mechanism”, it has to be tied in to HEALTH in some manner, shape or form.  The decision has been made.  SODA POP DRINKERS!!! It’s the “obesity epidemic” stupid.

A plan by a group of nutrition and economic “experts” have put forth a plan, released by the New England Journal of Medicine.  The plan was written by the Arkansas’ Surgeon General, New York City Health Commissioner and five other so-called experts.  The authors say a national soda tax would discourage people from  consuming extra calories (plus generate tax revenue.)  How much revenue?  Fifteen BILLION dollars in its first year.

And, what would the money be used for (as outlined in the plan?)  Here it comes:  Child nutrition and obesity prevention programs.   And in the New England Journal of Medicine, there’s this:  “Escalating health care costs and the rising burden of diseases related to poor diet and obesity, create an urgent need for  solutions, thus justifying the government’s right to recoup costs.”

Translation?  A soda pop tax is a surefire way for politicians to run a “get rich quick” scheme.

MEDIA BIAS UNMASKED!

In 1985, fewer than half (45%) said news organizations were politically biased, while 36% said news organizations were careful to AVOID bias.  Today, according to the PEW Research Center,  by greater than two-to-one say the mainstream press IS biased!  Oh…golly gee.  I wonder why.

Could it possibly be that not a single news organization (except Fox News) covered the story of Van Jones until AFTER he resigned?  Van Jones…the admitted Communist appointed by Barack Obama to be the “Green Czar.”  The mainstream press just looked the other way.

Remember the 3-day demonstration in Washington DC by anti-war activists which was covered sun up to sun down by all the major news outlets?  We were treated to the marchers, being led by drum-thumping bearded pot smokers.  Compare that with the way the media treated the latest Patriot March in DC.  It’s almost as if it never happened.  The Tea Parties held across America were said to be a gathering of right-wing fringe kooks.

Or could it possibly be that ACORN (the political arm of the Democrat party) has been ripping off the taxpayers for years, but nobody cared?  It took the efforts of a pair of amateur sleuths to do what CBS’s Sixty Minutes should’ve done…BUT DIDN’T.

According to Dan Gainor, reporter for Fox News, the ACORN story had everything you could ever want – corruption, sleazy actions at tax-funded organizations, firings, government ties, sex, hookers.  It’s a network news director’s dream.  Imagine the ratings.  But, almost no one covered it…EXCEPT FOX NEWS.

Shortly after Fox News broke the story,  ACORN issued a press release that WAS picked up by the mainstream press.  It read: “The relentless attacks on ACORN’s members, its staff and the policies and positions we promote are unprecedented.  An international entertainment conglomerate, disguising itself as a ‘news’ agency has expended millions, if not tens of millions of dollars, in their attempt to destroy the largest community organization of black, Latino, poor and working families in the country.  It is not coincidence that the most recent attacks have been launched just when health care reform is gaining traction.”

Well…that was then…this is now.  The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to prohibit HUD grants from going to ACORN, the Census Bureau has cut all ties with ACORN.  Arrest warrants have been issued in Florida for ACORN employees who allegedly falsified voter applications, and the House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to deny all federal funds to ACORN.  Senator Richard Shelby is calling for a complete investigation by theFBI into all facets of the ACORN organization.

All of this, heretofore ignored by the mainstream press.  Is it any wonder that over half (65%) of the general public considers the mainstream press to be politically biased?  Is it any wonder that Fox News is stomping all over the other news networks, CBS, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, when it comes to viewership?  You’d think thos other networks would  wise up, huh?

Will they ever?  Nope!  Why? Because they’re left-wing liberals…and left wing liberals NEVER learn.  They’re like pigs in a sty.  It’s dirty, muddy, filthy in there…and it stinks.  But they don’t seem to mind.

ON THE BRINK?

As I listened to Barack Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress, my primary thought was “Who in the hell does that man think he is!!”  The words “king” “caliphate” “a god” “fuehrer” “Imam issuing a Fatwa” came to mind.  His arrogance was on display for all to see…and hear.

I never heard the word “freedom” uttered.  I never heard the words “personal responsibility” uttered.  I saw and heard a man try to bludgeon members of Congress who were elected by the people.  I saw and heard a man talk about his “plan” to “fix” health care and make it all better.

The problem is, his health care plan is non-existent.  He has IDEAS for nationalizing health care, and ultimately having the federal government seize it….piecemeal if necessary. It’s the old “foot in the door” technique.  I refer back to the comment by the late Congressmn Foran who said “If we can only break through and get our foot inside the door, then we can expand the program after that.”

The Socialits themselves said “Once the Foran bill is passed, this nation will be provided with the mechanism for socialized medicine capable of indefinite expansion in every direction until it includes the entire population.”

Right now, the only ObamaCare bill in writing is House Bill 3200.  It’s only a thousand pages long and was written by a committee whose chirman says he doesn’t understand it, was passed by the House that admits it didn’t read it, funded by a Treasury Secretary who didn’t pay his taxes, overseen by  surgeon general who is obese, financed by a country that can’t afford it, and (if he can get away with it) will be signed by a president who smokes..

Let’s hope the voices of opposition continue to rise in crescendo.  It’s the only way to save this great nation and pull it back from the brink of Socialism.  We don”t need a king, a caliphate, a fuehrer, or an Imam.  We need a President of ALL the people.  We need a President who is PROUD of this country and isn’t afraid to say so.  We need a president who realizes it was our Constitution and the freedom of the people that made this country the envy of the entire world.

WHO GOT THE MEDAL?

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder wants to bring charges against CIA operatives (for preventing attacks on this country.)  The Left-wing(nuts) say that’s not enough.  Dick Cheney and George Bush should be brought up on charges, too (for keeping this country safe in the eight years following 9-eleven.

Personally, I believe all CIA agents involved in the war on terror should receive the Medal of Freedom, and likewise, should Bush and Cheney.

But who got the medal?  On August 12th,  President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Freedom to the late Harvey Milk, that sick, demented, homosexual child-predator….the individual who did more to harm and tarnish the youth of this country than that drug-crazed University professor when he urged his students to “tune in , turn on….and drop out.”

Here in California, the Democrat-controlled legislature wants all schools to honor that pervert with a special day, called Harvey Milk Day.   The governor vetoed the idea last year, but it’s back on his desk again this year, and the Medal of Freedom presentation in the White House might just be enough to earn the governor’s signature.

ABOMINATION IN OBAMA-NATION

I got my start in politics by campaigning for Frankli Roosevelt who was running against Windell Willkie.  I didn’t know anything about Democrats and Republicans at the time.  I just didn’t like the name Windell Willkie and I pulled my little red wagon up and down 2nd Street in San Dimas yelling “Vote for Roosevelt.”  Then, it was Harry Truman versus Thomas Dewey  I didn’t like the name Thomas Dewey either, so I was in favor of Truman.

As I grew older and wiser, I began paying closer attention to the presidential candidates and their political parties without concern for their names.  I wanted to know what philosophies separated the parties.  I began studying their political platforms to see which ones conformed to those of our Founding Fathers.  Here’s what I found:

Norman Thomas…six-time presidential candidate on the Socialist party ticket said “The American people will never vote for Socialism, but under the name of ‘Liberalism’ the American people will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day, America will be a socialist nation without knowing how it happened.  I no longer need to run as a Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party.  The Democrat Party has adopted our platform”

Some readers of Tidbits are perhaps too young to remember that under the Truman administration, it was proposed that we have a compulsory federally funded health insurance program for all people in the United States.  The American people at the time were adamantly opposed and soundly rejected the idea…so it was scrapped.

In 1961, Ronald Reagan said “One of the traditional methods of imposing socialism on a people has been by way of medicine.  It’s very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project.”  Reagan wasn’t even president at the time.

In spite of the American people being on record for not wanting socialized medicine,  Democrat Congressman Foran introduced the Foran Bill.  This was the idea that all people of social security age should be brought under a program of compulsory health insurance.  This would not only be the senior citizens and their dependents, but also for those who were disabled.

Congressman Foran was subscribing to the “foot in the door” philosophy because he said “If we can only break through and get our foot inside the door, then we can expand the program after that.” The Socialists themselves had this to say.  “Once the Foran bill is passed, this nation will be provided with the mechanism for socialized medicine capable of indefinite expansion in every direction until it includes the entire population.”  which is exactly what the Socialists wanted.

AND IT IS EXACTLY WHAT BARACK OBAMA’S HEALTH CARE OVERHAUL IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMPLISH.

As history shows, the Bill  passed…not under the Foran name because by this time, he was out ofoffice.  The final product was the Kerr-Mills bill which passed, and Medicare was attached to the Social Security progam.  Now, under President Obama, the third and final leg of the Socialist’s scheme;  Compulsory health insurance for the remaining populace.

James Madison in 1788 said “Since the general civilization of mankind, Ibelieve there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpation.”

I believe we would all do well by taking those words to heart…and remember…the nearest cousins to Socialism are Liberalism and Communism!  Is that the CHANGE we the people voted for?

 

OH NO! NOT ANOTHER…..

Walgreens.  Hah!  You thought I was gonna say Walmart, huh?  That’s because Walmart is the only business that attracts Union shills posing as environmentalists while trying to block Walmart’s expansion plans.  Ever wonder why it’s only Walmart they’re trying to step on?

Walgreens Drug is in the process of expanding it’s store at East Avenue and Cohasset Road.  Two buildings were torn down to make way for the new, improved, and bigger Walgreens.  In addition, as if a bigger drug store wasn’t enough, Walgreens is building ANOTHER store from the ground up on the corner of East Avenue and the Esplanade.  That location is right across the street from Rite Aid.

Funny thing.  I don’t hear any of those Union shills (posing as environmentalists) pointing out how all those new Walgreen stores might cause Rite Aid employees to lose their jobs.  Nobody pointing out how the additional store at East Avenue and the Esplanade will complicate an already overburdened traffic problem.

I haven’t heard a single complaint about Longs/CVS Pharmacy building a new drug store on the corner of Esplanade and Lassen avenue.  That makes THREE Longs/CVS Drug stores within five miles of each other.  Do you hear anybody screaming “Oh no, not another Longs.”?

Why is it that it’s only Walmart that gets slapped around?  Answer?  The chain is non-Union.  It’s as simple as that.  The Union would love to get in there and try to “organize” Walmart’s employees.  There’s a lotta’ money to be had from Union dues–if only the Union could just get in there and get its hands into the pockets of those employees.  Sor far, no dice!

So, when you read and hear from the shills about how a Walmart expansion will cause (fill in the store name here) to go out of business, do you think they really care?  Nope!  When you hear the shills scream about all that CO2 being put into the air because of all that traffic on Forest Avenue, do you think they really care?  Nope!

All they’re trying to do is thwart Walmart…any way and every way they can.  They’re not complaining about Walgreens expansion and building, or Longs/CVS expansion and building…no screaming about all that extra CO2 in the air around East Avenue and the Esplanade, and no worrying about which drug store will put the other out of business.

So now, Walmart’s expansion plans are back before the Chico City Council after having been denied by the Planning Commission on those very grounds mentioned above…CO2 and traffic.

Having met all proper requirements, mitigation and other regulations, Walmart has every right to expand and improve its business, just as every other business in Chico enjoys those same rights (whether they’re Union….or not.)

A LESSON FOR AMERICA

Didja’ hear the one about the college economic professor who made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class?  The class had insisted that President Obama’s socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich…a great equalizer as a result of redistribution of wealth.

The professor then said, “OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama’s plan.”  All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive and A.  After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.  The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.

As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less, and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too, so they studied little.  The second test average was a D.  No one was happy.

When the third test rolled around, the average was an F.  The scores never increased, as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.  All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told tthem that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great.  But when the government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

I’m not sure where that story originated, but the outcome of Obama’s socialist agenda can’t be explained in more simpler terms unless one reads and understands the words of Dr. Adrian Rogers, who in 1931 said this:  “When half the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work becaus somebody else is going to get what they work for…that my dear friend is about the end of any nation.”

TO PROTECT AND DEFEND?

Isn’t it reassuring to hear our elected officials swear (on the Bible) to protect and defend this country against all enemies, foreign and domestic?  Isn’t it rather disconcerting to discover they’ve lied through their teeth?

When Islamic terrorist-operatives crashed two passenger jets into the World Trade Center, another into the Pentagon, while a fourth (destined for the White House) crashed into a field in Pennsylvania,  that act on September 11th was an act of war against the United states by a group (an army) known as al-Qaida.

It wasn’t the first attack by al-Qaida against this country and it’s interests, when you consider the USS Cole incident, and the bombings of U.S. Embassies around the world.  Until September 11th however, only lip-service was used as a weapon against terrorists by the Clinton administration.  “We will seek out and bring the perpetrators to justice”…he said.  All talk, no action…save for a few cruise missles fired here and there without effect.

But in the aftermath of September 11th, something different happened.  We had a new president who took seriously his oath of office and the vow to protect and defend this country against all enemies, foreign and domestic.  In the beginning, most all members of Conress agreed to take the fight to the enemy, and not stop until they were all killed or captured.  In war, that is as it should be.

As General Douglas Macarthu once pointed out, “In war, the only alternative is victory.”  General George Patton said “You don’t win wars by dying for your country.  You win wars by making the other SOB die for HIS country.”   Too bad we don’t have leaders like that anymore.  Today, we have members of Congress who seem to have forgotten their oath of offie to PROTECT and DEFEND this country against ALL ENEMIES, foreign and domestic.

The House Intelligence Committee has asked the CIA to provide documents about the now-canceled program to kill al-Qaida leaders.  The House move is seen as a precursor to what will likely become a full-blown investigation into the secret operation;  their target?  Former President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney!  Two of this country’s elected officials who took their oaths of office seriously, and sat out to do exactly what their oaths of office demanded.

WHO’S AFRAID OF SARAH PALIN?

For years, militant feminists preached the doctrine that women didn’t need a man…careers were more important than motherhood, so…get outta’ the kitchen and join the workforce;  and if you want a kid, forget the man..just grab a turkey baster.  And if you change your mind, grab an abortion doctor.

Then came the clarion call for a woman to be elected President of the United States.  Didn’t matter if the woman was qualified…only that her plumbing and other female attributes were anatomically correct.  The “clarion call” originated from those militant feminists.  They wanted a woman in the White House…period! 

The Democrats picked Geraldine Ferraro to be Walter Mondale’s running mate and the militant feminists were orgasmic.  The ticket lost, of course.  Not because of Geraldine necessarily, but because Mondale looked directly into the camera and said “As President, I will raise your taxes.”

The next best hope for the feminists was Hillary Clinton.  More orgasmic reaction.  “Finally…we’re gonna’ get a woman in the White House” they said.  Didn”t matter if Hillary lied through her teeth claiming to have come under fire from terrorists, didn’t matter about all that Whitewater baggage.  Hillary was anatomically correct, and that’s ALL that mattered.

The election for Hillary was a big bust. (No pun intended.)  But, in the mix came Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, her five kids, and a hubby she still considered “my guy.”  Her resume showed her to be the perfect feminist.  She could do all the things a man could do.  She’s even been a sportscaster just as Ronald Reagan was.  In other words, she could bring home the bacon AND fry it up in a pan.

One would think the militant feminists would be absolutely ecstatic over her selection as a vice presidential nominee in 2008…a woman on the brink of breaking the “glass ceiling.”  Here was a woman they could hold up as their new “savior”, their icon, their hero, their roll model.  It’s what they’ve always wanted.  It’s what they’d been shooting for…and finally a woman comes along with all the attributes for which they’d been searching.  And she was anatomically correct.

But did they close ranks around her?  Nope.  THEY FEARED HER, and still do to this day.  The militant feminists and all other liberals fear Sarah Paln.  They fear her so much they embarked on a scheme to demonize and destroy her.  They said it was irresponsible for a woman with five kids to run for vice president. (What happened to ‘get outta’ the kitchen and join the workforce’?)

The attacked her 17 year old daughter for being pregnant without benefit of marriage.  (When did militant feminists suddenly become opposed to pre-marital sex?)  Left wing bloggers, columnists, and now….even news reporters and other liberal talking heads have pulled out al the stops in their attempts to destroy Sarah Palin…because they’re AFRAID of her.

Why?  Because she is pro-gun, pro-tax cuts, pro-life…and… and… she’s happily married…TO A MAN!