One More Reason to Home School!

One More Reason to Home School!

 

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Oprah. Comments. Racism?

My Experiences (you can skip to “The Point” below if your short on time)

So I try to tread lightly on my blog when it comes to race and discrimination.  Growing up as an American of Asian and German descent (I feel you should only consider yourself Asian-American, African-American, etc. if you actually came directly from that country), I endured my fair share of racism.  One of my earliest memories was in kindergarten where one of my classmates called me a <racial slur that rhymes with blink>…in KINDERGARTEN!  This is a prime example of racism being bred into future generations.  The problem is that I didn’t know what that meant but I assumed, by the tone, that it wasn’t complementary.  So naturally I asked a family member what that word meant.  That family member immediately became angry and told me that whoever called me that was ignorant and next time I should call them a stupid <slur that rhymes with tracker>!

These events have stuck with me for the almost 30yrs since.  I’ve learned to laugh about it now and feel that I’m pretty well adjusted with all things considered.  A more recent example I have is one I witnessed at a movie theatre.  An American of African descent was dragging her fussy toddler out of the theater.  She then said to her kid, “Shut up!  You sound like a stupid white boy!”  My wife actually turned to give the woman a piece of her mind but I stopped her since the group she was with would have outnumbered us.

What worries me is that those are just a couple experiences I’ve had and there are many others who have had those experiences and worse.  The problem is that there are basically two things that can happen.  You can either perpetuate the cycle and keep breeding the hate, or you can realize that you don’t have to live your life that way and teach future generations differently.  I’m not naïve enough to think that you can shelter your children from the ways of the world.  I’m saying that when the time comes, we need to teach that there are over 6 Billion people in the world from all different cultures and backgrounds.  We should embrace each other’s differences because that’s what makes us unique; but some people are not tolerant of others just because they are different and they may not like you without reason.

The Point

This leads me to the point of this post.  I watched the deplorable interview with Oprah Winfrey where she said that, “There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die.”  Now what she might have meant was that in order for racism to go away, we have to wait for the racists to die off.  The problem is she didn’t say that and if you watch the video and listen to her voice, she made it sound like racists need to be killed.  Add the fact that she was discussing racism in the U.S. between blacks and whites and it’s pretty easy to conclude that she stated, in a roundabout way, old racist whites need to die.

I’m curious when the last time Oprah was actually discriminated against.  She’s a Billionaire who is recognized around the world!  I’m pretty sure it’s been quite a while.  I don’t count the incident in Switzerland with the handbags because that was a bologna story just to get publicity for her new movie.  Since that story has pretty much been discredited, she now feels the need to state something even more inflammatory.  I understand the concept of method acting but I think Oprah has gone too far.  Oprah is a public figure and one of the most powerful people in the world.  She’s been in the public eye for almost three decades and should know better than to encourage such a message.  I’m sure she’s going to eventually say that she didn’t mean to sound the way it did and, like a politician (Hillary), she’s going to say “I misspoke” but the damage is done.  If you still don’t agree with me.  Take her comments about people who criticize Obama where she said, “There’s a level of disrespect for the office that occurs…because he’s African-American.”  I’m going on far too long on this post so if you want to see evidence to the contrary check out the video here.  What I will say is that I personally criticize him for his failed policies.

Apparently it doesn’t matter what you say as long as you’re friends with Barrack Hussein Obama since she was now awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom!  Not too long ago she was upset with Obama because she was supposed to have special access to the White House for her OWN Network but *gasp* Obama didn’t follow through on his promises.  Now (conveniently) she’s getting a bribe *ahem* I mean award?

In closing, we need to teach tolerance not hate.  We need to award those that deserve it such as our military heroes and people who actually use their power for good instead of their own agendas.  Finally we need to teach people to think for themselves instead of just accepting what one source tells them.  That’s why I provide my resources so you can make up your own minds and correct me if I’m wrong.

Thanks for reading,

Ty

Question.  Research.  Decide.

I’m back! (and talking about China)

Let me apologize for my absence.  I’ve had some extraordinary and overwhelming life events happen to me earlier this year.  This on top of working a full time job, attending college full time, and starting a small business has caused me to neglect this blog.  There have been plenty of times during the last few months where I have tried to sit down and write/rant about the state of our country and the world.  As it does, life kept getting in the way.

The problem is that my blog is the only real outlet I have.  I mentioned earlier that I’m attending college which almost guarantees that I’ll be surrounded by hard liberals.  Add the fact that I’m attending Film School and that multiplies tenfold.  Most of my close friends are liberals and my family seems pretty split.  I find it hard to have “intelligent” conversations about politics because most people just don’t want to think about it or get so upset that more harm is done then good.  First, burying your head in the sand is not going to help anyone.  You are not blameless just because you didn’t pick a side.  Second, many people on both sides just want to hear that their view is right and expect everyone else to jump on board.  I myself have been guilty of this.  It’s just natural to resist change and become defensive when your views seem to be under attack.  The problem is we need to be able to step back and observe the facts, which is what I try my best to do with this blog.

The events of late have caused me so much grief that I feel I have to do my part to try and inform people.  The most recent events I’m talking about are the joint operations in Hawaii between China and the U.S.  Chinese soldiers were invited to perform “disaster relief” exercises with the us in order to provide better communication between our two countries under the guise of helping countries in need.  They’re conducting drills simulating mass casualties and power outages caused by an earthquake.  In a world of rainbows and butterflies this would sound like a great way to help our fellow man; especially in light of the tragedy in the Philippines.

The problem is we actually live a world where it’s been proven that China has dedicated at least one entire building to hacking our systems and businesses resulting in the loss of approximately $300 BILLION.  They’ve hacked our power grid which our government has already admitted is extremely vulnerable and which we are hopelessly unprepared.  Now some say, “Well we’ve been spying and hacking them too!”  Yes we have, but if two burglars broke into each others’ homes and were caught in the act…do you think one would then invite the other over to check out their newly installed security system?  Never mind China’s countless human rights violations (it amazes me that people don’t know they still force abortions), Chinese drywall, and other toxic products to which we constantly have to be on guard.  Oh, and I almost forgot that China is currently leading a movement to get rid of the dollar as the dominant world reserve currency by buying up as much Gold as they can.

So knowing all that information, why would we want to work hand-in-hand with a country that has been secretly attacking our way of life?  They hack our power grid…so we invite them over so they can see our strategy on how to handle mass power outages!?  How does this make sense?  Just because they don’t deploy troops or suicide bombers doesn’t mean they haven’t declared war on our way of life.  I believe there is a new (at least to me) kind of warfare happening.  One that’s not decided in years, but decades.  To quote “The Dark Knight Rises” (I am a film student after all), “It’s the slow knife…that cuts the deepest.” They’re gaining traction in the world which in itself is fine.  Every country has the right seek prosperity but China is obviously our “frenemy” and we shouldn’t just be handing them the keys to the kingdom.

It must be nice

So the government has shut down for the holiday (President’s Day).  This wasn’t a big surprise to me except for the fact that their vacation is over one F-ing week long…for President’s DAY!  What goes through the lazy ass minds of these “people”?  Gee, we’re doing such a bang-up job fixing the economy, pushing gun “control”, and lining our own pockets that we deserve a vacation!  According to the (unbiased?) Washington Times and other sources, the House voted 222-190 to take 10 days off for President’s Day.  According to the Washington Times article Every Democrat voted against the vacation but Republicans are using it as a power play against Obama.

In all honesty, I’m not up on the whole sequestering business (or lack there of).  I did find a better explanation of the situation from an ABC News article.  In a nutshell our politicians couldn’t agree on the “Fiscal Cliff” so they put a band-aid on the situation by creating the (not so) Supercomittee to come up with a plan.  Then when the next deadline came they gave themselves another extension until now.  Supposedly this deadline is the one that counts although I thought the Fiscal Cliff was supposed to cause a disaster as well.

When is enough going to be enough?  How long before we as a people decide to take back our country?  I, for one, am sick of a bunch of disconnected morons getting voted into office by groups of uninformed “voters” who just regurgitate the crap they hear from talking heads that are getting their palms greased by the rich friends of the disconnected morons!  It is the fault of both sides.  Neither side can agree on anything because all they ever think about is the next election cycle.  That and because of the ways laws are written, you can’t vote on something without looking bad.  Watch for it during the next round of elections.  Remember when Obama proposed Pre-K for everyone during his SOTU address?  Where is that money going to come from?  I’m sure it will be rolled into some other bill that is unrelated; so when someone votes against it that person’s opponent will run adds saying said candidate voted against education.  The only fix I see (short of a new revolution) is the implementation of Term limits, law reform, and a clean slate of politicians.

Amazing stuff!

Masters of Distraction

I just found this article and wanted to share it.  I remember thinking to myself that the media and Liberal Night Live (SNL) are going to have a field day distracting everyone from the real issues and trying to discredit Rubio.  Remember Sara Palin’s “I can see Russia from my house comments?”  Yeah, she never said that. It was from a Tina Fey spoof of her from SNL.  Unfortunately when I talk to most people, they still think it’s a legitimate quote.  That’s just a small example of the power held by the mainstream media.

http://www.reagancoalition.com/articles/2013/20130215001-rubio-career.html?a=1#HWyRF67goieSyXAA.01

Obama’s State of the Union

During last nights “State of the Union” address, I found myself wondering how we were going to pay for all of these “infrastructure improvements”.  I mean, there is no doubt that we need to take care of our highways, bridges, tunnels, etc.; but there is no “easy button” to magically make these things happen.  I’ve already noticed the decrease in my paychecks and I’m a common middle-class factory worker.  What happened to not raising taxes on the middle class?  

Oh, the truth was that they (both Obama and Romney) were just going to let the Bush tax breaks expire; therefore they wouldn’t technically raise taxes.  This is the type of garbage 99% of politicians use to dupe the American public.  At least 37% of Congress are lawyers so it makes sense that politicians are masters of the double talk.  For some reason I can let this slide.  I mean, who would actually get elected if they ran on a 100% honesty policy?  “Yes we will have to make cuts to Medicare and Schools, or Defense and tax breaks, or some combination of the two.”  That isn’t what the sheeple want to hear.  Instead people want to hear  that it’s all going to be ok.  You don’t have to sacrifice anything and you can have it all!  Which eventually all gets boiled down to a catchy slogan that ends up on signs and bumper stickers everywhere.

My problem is all of the shady back door deals being done.  If you think that some rich guys/corporations are willing to give another rich guy a bunch of money for their campaign just because they “believe” in their candidate’s message, then I have some magic beans I’d like to sell you.  The truth is when candidates can raise around and over $1 BILLION they have some big promises to keep.  Then you have things like Obama’s Solyndra and other questionable transactions.

My point is that after all the happy, hopeful talk is over the general population who “believed” in the winning candiate usually puts their head in the sand when anything goes wrong.  Then those that opposed said candidate are marked as sore losers.  We need to stop worrying about which side is winning and start focusing on what our country is losing.