Showing posts with label steve crowder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label steve crowder. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Chick Chat: .33% of Americans are in the Military and they do good!
For a while I was just so fed up with the things going on in Washington that I could no longer even follow what was happening. Sorry that I've been gone for a few months now. I just needed a break from being depressed about the state of our union.
I was thinking about what to write about today, while catching up on watching and posting Steve Crowder's videos from You Tube (which we all know that I love) when I came across this particular one called MARINES INVADE HAITI!! Kind of makes me chuckle because for a couple months now I've been dating a man who is in the U.S. Reserves and the video really touched home.
Naturally I've learned a lot more about the military since I started things with my beau. I had never before realized how incredibly multifaceted they are. I always knew in the back of my mind that we did good along with the defense, but as Steve Crowder says, "the only thing the US Military does a bad job of doing is letting everyone know all the good that they are doing." I'm lucky enough to have learned so much more in the last couple of months, specifically since my beau's job in the Army is mostly about doing good.
I didn't know that there were specific area of the military that focus their energies solely on entering areas and creating good will among the people. Departments that focusing on helping others and improving the lives of those touched by disaster or corruption; men and women that enter dangerous areas to earn the trust of villages and elders by enhancing their way of life. Even if in return they are improving the relationship between America and the world, it is a small price to ask for the amount of good that people around the world are receiving from US Military.
I am at least grateful that here in the US people seem to have a better understanding of the good that our men and women do overseas. For some reason the beau was surprised when he recently had to make a trip into New York City in his ACU (I didn't know what those were 2 months ago so for all of us lacking army knowledge those are the camo-patterned uniforms we've all seen) people were so appreciative. Walking around he was asked to take photos with people, given free merchandise and tours, paid special attention too and mostly just thanked for his service to our country.
I thank God everyday that the vast majority of this country appreciates the sacrifice that such a small portion of American are willing to do. Just so we all have a better understanding here: only 1/3 of 1% of our country serves in the military. Such a small percentage defending so many!
When I heard that number, my heart went out even more to all those in the military. Despite where your opinion lies on the wars, we have a responsibility to support the men and women risking their lives for us! I know that I am not brave enough to take the risks and accept the sacrifices that come along with being a part of the military family. Are you?
I’m going to include the Crowder video below of course and if you have a chance to watch it please do. He makes some good points but he also has some touching footage of our military…footage that I am not used to seeing. We don’t get to see those kind of images on CNN, CNBC, FOX etc. Videos of American soldiers doing the good are not as news worthy as the footage of the mistakes.
So I will end this little rant by saying a big THANK YOU to all those men and women that are a lot braver than 99.66% of this country. You risk your lives: mind, soul and body to protect, defend and improve life for the rest of us. As meager as a simple thanks can be for all that you do, it is the least we can give you in return. Thank You and God Bless!
I was thinking about what to write about today, while catching up on watching and posting Steve Crowder's videos from You Tube (which we all know that I love) when I came across this particular one called MARINES INVADE HAITI!! Kind of makes me chuckle because for a couple months now I've been dating a man who is in the U.S. Reserves and the video really touched home.
Naturally I've learned a lot more about the military since I started things with my beau. I had never before realized how incredibly multifaceted they are. I always knew in the back of my mind that we did good along with the defense, but as Steve Crowder says, "the only thing the US Military does a bad job of doing is letting everyone know all the good that they are doing." I'm lucky enough to have learned so much more in the last couple of months, specifically since my beau's job in the Army is mostly about doing good.
I didn't know that there were specific area of the military that focus their energies solely on entering areas and creating good will among the people. Departments that focusing on helping others and improving the lives of those touched by disaster or corruption; men and women that enter dangerous areas to earn the trust of villages and elders by enhancing their way of life. Even if in return they are improving the relationship between America and the world, it is a small price to ask for the amount of good that people around the world are receiving from US Military.
I am at least grateful that here in the US people seem to have a better understanding of the good that our men and women do overseas. For some reason the beau was surprised when he recently had to make a trip into New York City in his ACU (I didn't know what those were 2 months ago so for all of us lacking army knowledge those are the camo-patterned uniforms we've all seen) people were so appreciative. Walking around he was asked to take photos with people, given free merchandise and tours, paid special attention too and mostly just thanked for his service to our country.
I thank God everyday that the vast majority of this country appreciates the sacrifice that such a small portion of American are willing to do. Just so we all have a better understanding here: only 1/3 of 1% of our country serves in the military. Such a small percentage defending so many!
When I heard that number, my heart went out even more to all those in the military. Despite where your opinion lies on the wars, we have a responsibility to support the men and women risking their lives for us! I know that I am not brave enough to take the risks and accept the sacrifices that come along with being a part of the military family. Are you?
I’m going to include the Crowder video below of course and if you have a chance to watch it please do. He makes some good points but he also has some touching footage of our military…footage that I am not used to seeing. We don’t get to see those kind of images on CNN, CNBC, FOX etc. Videos of American soldiers doing the good are not as news worthy as the footage of the mistakes.
So I will end this little rant by saying a big THANK YOU to all those men and women that are a lot braver than 99.66% of this country. You risk your lives: mind, soul and body to protect, defend and improve life for the rest of us. As meager as a simple thanks can be for all that you do, it is the least we can give you in return. Thank You and God Bless!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
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A YouTube Video Makes Me Question College Classes
In college I took my share of Socialist...I mean Sociology Classes. I didn't realize really until now though how anti-capitalistic some of those classes were.
Kind of sad that even with as educated as I've become I was still under the impression that my education was relatively socialism free. I remember thinking it was a treat when my Sociology Class screened Roger and Me, a Michael Moore film. And I remember thinking, I'm going to take this with a grain of salt, since I already knew that Michael Moore films weren't really the most unbiased documentaries. Even when my super-Obama-loving documentary film class Professor refused to show Michael Moore films, I didn't realize just how corrupt his movies are. It took a comedian's YouTube video for me to realize something interesting about Moore's films and in the bigger picture...my college experience.
If you had a chance to watch the video above you heard the "interviewer" ask "Michael Moore" why he choose not to include the interview with "Roger" in Roger and Me. If you haven't been "fortunate" enough to see Roger and Me let me fill you in. Basically, Michael Moore spends the entire documentary trying to get an interview with then GM CEO, Roger Smith, who had closed several plants in Flint, Michigan, which "devastated" the city economically. Well, since the whole premise was based on the the fact that Moore couldn't get an interview with the big bad corporation, you would think this movie would be totally discredited and ignored when you find out that he actually did get the interview.
But I NEVER heard that from any of my liberal college professors in all of the 3 classes where that film was shown. They failed to mention, discuss or analyze the film with that information. This film has been shown to hundreds of students year after year in every Intro to Sociology class at my college at least. How many of them have heard the truth? I emailed an old friend of mine from college who was a sociology major to see if she ever heard about this. I've yet to hear back from her. (But she bathed in the kool-aid right after we graduated so I don't know if its that shes ignoring me, the message or just busy.)
Moving on...There was one class in specific that I remember watching this film in, American Contemporary Society. I hated that class with all the fiber of my being. There was always something very disturbing and annoying about class and now I realize that we spent an entire semester focusing on anti-capitalist topics.
We spent an extra long time on one topic in particular; the "Great American Streetcar Disaster". We spent weeks talking about the big bad car companies that bought out all the streetcar companies and destroyed them by creating a monopoly that has ruined our worlds environment and devastated the infrastructure for future America.
Of course I wiki-ed this topic to see if I could remember more about it and this is the article that appeared: Great American Streetcar Scandal
The Great American streetcar scandal (also known as the General Motors streetcar conspiracy and the National City Lines conspiracy) is a conspiracy in which streetcar in the United States were dismantled and replaced with buses in the mid-20th century as a result of illegal actions by a number of prominent companies, acting through National City Lines (NCL), Pacific City Lines (on the West Coast, starting in 1938), and American City Lines (in large cities, starting in 1943).
Now, I was amazed at first to think maybe I was wrong. Maybe this wasn't some anti-capitalism, anti-corporation Professor skewing her class in the direction she wanted. But upon close inspection of the wiki article I notices something else. A closer look at the page reveals a disclaimer :
The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved. (August 2009)
It is just hysterical to me that I was almost fooled again! Neutrality, such a simple word and yet it is so often ignored. This was for me a lesson to be a little more careful about what I'm reading, hearing and taking in. During college I was obviously being informed and attempted to be molded by the professor that I had, but now, in the real world there are just as many liberal influences that we need to wary of.
I've spent a lot of time talking about the influences of left-leaning ideals in schools across the country, but I'm only just now realizing that simply because we've left the halls of our alma maters doesn't mean that we are free from misinformation and left-leaning biases. We must always be vigilant about the neutrality of even the most seemingly benign sources.
Kind of sad that even with as educated as I've become I was still under the impression that my education was relatively socialism free. I remember thinking it was a treat when my Sociology Class screened Roger and Me, a Michael Moore film. And I remember thinking, I'm going to take this with a grain of salt, since I already knew that Michael Moore films weren't really the most unbiased documentaries. Even when my super-Obama-loving documentary film class Professor refused to show Michael Moore films, I didn't realize just how corrupt his movies are. It took a comedian's YouTube video for me to realize something interesting about Moore's films and in the bigger picture...my college experience.
If you had a chance to watch the video above you heard the "interviewer" ask "Michael Moore" why he choose not to include the interview with "Roger" in Roger and Me. If you haven't been "fortunate" enough to see Roger and Me let me fill you in. Basically, Michael Moore spends the entire documentary trying to get an interview with then GM CEO, Roger Smith, who had closed several plants in Flint, Michigan, which "devastated" the city economically. Well, since the whole premise was based on the the fact that Moore couldn't get an interview with the big bad corporation, you would think this movie would be totally discredited and ignored when you find out that he actually did get the interview.
But I NEVER heard that from any of my liberal college professors in all of the 3 classes where that film was shown. They failed to mention, discuss or analyze the film with that information. This film has been shown to hundreds of students year after year in every Intro to Sociology class at my college at least. How many of them have heard the truth? I emailed an old friend of mine from college who was a sociology major to see if she ever heard about this. I've yet to hear back from her. (But she bathed in the kool-aid right after we graduated so I don't know if its that shes ignoring me, the message or just busy.)
Moving on...There was one class in specific that I remember watching this film in, American Contemporary Society. I hated that class with all the fiber of my being. There was always something very disturbing and annoying about class and now I realize that we spent an entire semester focusing on anti-capitalist topics.
We spent an extra long time on one topic in particular; the "Great American Streetcar Disaster". We spent weeks talking about the big bad car companies that bought out all the streetcar companies and destroyed them by creating a monopoly that has ruined our worlds environment and devastated the infrastructure for future America.
Of course I wiki-ed this topic to see if I could remember more about it and this is the article that appeared: Great American Streetcar Scandal
The Great American streetcar scandal (also known as the General Motors streetcar conspiracy and the National City Lines conspiracy) is a conspiracy in which streetcar in the United States were dismantled and replaced with buses in the mid-20th century as a result of illegal actions by a number of prominent companies, acting through National City Lines (NCL), Pacific City Lines (on the West Coast, starting in 1938), and American City Lines (in large cities, starting in 1943).
Now, I was amazed at first to think maybe I was wrong. Maybe this wasn't some anti-capitalism, anti-corporation Professor skewing her class in the direction she wanted. But upon close inspection of the wiki article I notices something else. A closer look at the page reveals a disclaimer :
The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved. (August 2009)
It is just hysterical to me that I was almost fooled again! Neutrality, such a simple word and yet it is so often ignored. This was for me a lesson to be a little more careful about what I'm reading, hearing and taking in. During college I was obviously being informed and attempted to be molded by the professor that I had, but now, in the real world there are just as many liberal influences that we need to wary of.
I've spent a lot of time talking about the influences of left-leaning ideals in schools across the country, but I'm only just now realizing that simply because we've left the halls of our alma maters doesn't mean that we are free from misinformation and left-leaning biases. We must always be vigilant about the neutrality of even the most seemingly benign sources.
Monday, September 21, 2009
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Chick Chat: ObamaCare Yay Or Nay? The Truth About Canada!
Comedian Steve Crowder goes undercover as a Canadian in need of some health care. Telling and funny at the same time
Click here for Steve Crowder's site
While this videos logic is a little flawed it does make some good point.
Yes you wait a long time in the U.S. when you go into the emergency room BUT you can go to places like the minute clinic or an urgent care facility.
Last year I was visiting my cousin in Memphis when her 2 year old son started suffering from a really bad cold. He was holding his ear a lot and so we decided to take him to the minute clinic instead of the doctor/hospital. It took about 25-30 minutes from start to finish at the minute clinic and the cost was minimal.
Most private insurance plans cover urgent care facilities, but even if you have to pay, the cost is much more reasonable than $900 just to see a doctor.
This past April I went outside to walk my dog when I tripped and fell. I've never been in so much pain in my life. We had to call fire rescue to come help me to the car because I had hurt BOTH ankles. Although I was perfectly convinced they were broken rescue said they were probably sprains and recommended that I go to an urgent care facility near my house. When I arrived at urgent care I was in the waiting room for approx. 15 minutes before I was taken in, x-rayed and seen by a doctor all in the next hour and a half. The problem with Obamacare is that these private options will become obsolete because of high taxes and government regulations.
An issue with this video is that it seems like he is comparing US and Canadian emergency rooms. BUT in reality the other places he visits are clinics where he is trying to do a simple blood test. It is in those locations that he learns that there are 2-3 year waits to get a family doctor.
Obama can say you won't have to change your doctor all he want, but the evidence is that a government option will kill private business, leading to the bad health care, long wait times and the care rationing we see in this video. There is no way to compete when the government can print money & raise taxes all they want.
It is also a gross misrepresentation that this is going to be an OPTION. If you do not have health care, you will be forced onto the public plan. If you loose you health care with your employer, you go on the public plan. So you can keep your doctor, keep your insurance as long as your company provides the insurance. Those who currently have private individual coverage won't be able to change it. Nor will those who leave a company to work for themselves be free to buy individual plans from private carriers.
Some argue it is an option because you will "buy either the public or one of the private plans through the new exchange (like a stock exchange)". Others argue that the bill doesn't explicitly state that you will be forced onto a plan.
Well, that is just fine but what if you don't want health care? What I have been able to sift through is telling me that if you are eligible for Medicaid you are indeed forced onto the public option. (Sec 205) pg 102. Now who set regulations for Medicaid?
Also, companies are basically forced to provided health care either through private or public insurers. They are required to auto enroll individuals unless said individual affirmatively opts out. Employers who refuse to offer health insurance will be taxed 2 - 8% on their payroll. And people who do not have or buy “acceptable coverage” (per government definition) must pay 2.5% of their income to the government (Sec. 401)
So the truth is that you will be forced onto health care one way or another. That is their goal, government control!
Now remember, everyone will pay for this with major tax increase. As I talked about in another post, in HR 3200 on pg. 198 it says that funds for the new program will come from Medicare. It ALSO says that "taxes will automatically increase if saving is not achieved". Now, since Medicare is basically broke (admitted by Obama himself) this provision will go into effect. We will be facing a 600 billion tax increase, all hidden in this bill.
Speaking out against this doesn't make me hateful or racist. I agree we need reform, but not a complete overhaul of the best system in the world. While many other socialized health care systems are moving away from it, we are flying blindly towards it. It is a liberal lie to say we need to join the rest of the world with the our health care system. We have some of the best health care in the world and what we need is TORT reform. Insurance reform. not care reform.
Click here for Steve Crowder's site
While this videos logic is a little flawed it does make some good point.
Yes you wait a long time in the U.S. when you go into the emergency room BUT you can go to places like the minute clinic or an urgent care facility.
Last year I was visiting my cousin in Memphis when her 2 year old son started suffering from a really bad cold. He was holding his ear a lot and so we decided to take him to the minute clinic instead of the doctor/hospital. It took about 25-30 minutes from start to finish at the minute clinic and the cost was minimal.
Most private insurance plans cover urgent care facilities, but even if you have to pay, the cost is much more reasonable than $900 just to see a doctor.
This past April I went outside to walk my dog when I tripped and fell. I've never been in so much pain in my life. We had to call fire rescue to come help me to the car because I had hurt BOTH ankles. Although I was perfectly convinced they were broken rescue said they were probably sprains and recommended that I go to an urgent care facility near my house. When I arrived at urgent care I was in the waiting room for approx. 15 minutes before I was taken in, x-rayed and seen by a doctor all in the next hour and a half. The problem with Obamacare is that these private options will become obsolete because of high taxes and government regulations.
An issue with this video is that it seems like he is comparing US and Canadian emergency rooms. BUT in reality the other places he visits are clinics where he is trying to do a simple blood test. It is in those locations that he learns that there are 2-3 year waits to get a family doctor.
Obama can say you won't have to change your doctor all he want, but the evidence is that a government option will kill private business, leading to the bad health care, long wait times and the care rationing we see in this video. There is no way to compete when the government can print money & raise taxes all they want.
It is also a gross misrepresentation that this is going to be an OPTION. If you do not have health care, you will be forced onto the public plan. If you loose you health care with your employer, you go on the public plan. So you can keep your doctor, keep your insurance as long as your company provides the insurance. Those who currently have private individual coverage won't be able to change it. Nor will those who leave a company to work for themselves be free to buy individual plans from private carriers.
Some argue it is an option because you will "buy either the public or one of the private plans through the new exchange (like a stock exchange)". Others argue that the bill doesn't explicitly state that you will be forced onto a plan.
Well, that is just fine but what if you don't want health care? What I have been able to sift through is telling me that if you are eligible for Medicaid you are indeed forced onto the public option. (Sec 205) pg 102. Now who set regulations for Medicaid?
Also, companies are basically forced to provided health care either through private or public insurers. They are required to auto enroll individuals unless said individual affirmatively opts out. Employers who refuse to offer health insurance will be taxed 2 - 8% on their payroll. And people who do not have or buy “acceptable coverage” (per government definition) must pay 2.5% of their income to the government (Sec. 401)
So the truth is that you will be forced onto health care one way or another. That is their goal, government control!
Now remember, everyone will pay for this with major tax increase. As I talked about in another post, in HR 3200 on pg. 198 it says that funds for the new program will come from Medicare. It ALSO says that "taxes will automatically increase if saving is not achieved". Now, since Medicare is basically broke (admitted by Obama himself) this provision will go into effect. We will be facing a 600 billion tax increase, all hidden in this bill.
Speaking out against this doesn't make me hateful or racist. I agree we need reform, but not a complete overhaul of the best system in the world. While many other socialized health care systems are moving away from it, we are flying blindly towards it. It is a liberal lie to say we need to join the rest of the world with the our health care system. We have some of the best health care in the world and what we need is TORT reform. Insurance reform. not care reform.
Comedian goes Undercover Liberal
Comedian Steve Crowder goes undercover as a liberal. Funny guy, hope to bring more videos in the future!
Click here for Steve Crowder's site
Click here for Steve Crowder's site
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