Brad's Perspectives II
On
What's Wrong With America
Authored By: Bradley Chapline
August 2023
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On
What's Wrong With America
Authored By: Bradley Chapline
August 2023
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Space Junk Must Be Brought Under Control
Back when I was a kid, (the 1950's - 1960's), I would frequently hear adults talking about outer space. Many without much forethought believed that outer space was the perfect junkyard for all of Earth's waste materials. Then people believed space could be a launching pad for nuclear weapon strikes back on Earth.
The space race between America and the Soviet Union first took hold in August of 1955. Sadly, the origins of this space competition between the two countries became a fraudulent scheme laced in the presumed developing powers of their individual nuclear weapons arsenal.
Specifically, in America, as an example, former President Ronald Reagan's Star Wars Defense Initiative in the 1980's was confirmed to be nothing more than a big lie made from fantasies.
But, both America and the Soviet Union did begin launching a huge amount of satellites into orbit that were used for communications, military reconnaissance, and spying.
What has created an ever mounting danger of space junk colliding with peaceful space explorations, comes from a massive amount of machine-made objects circling the earth at seventeen thousand five-hundred miles an hour. This space junk remains in a low earth orbit, only one-thousand two-hundred miles away from us.
For example, the International Space Station has to regularly adjust its position to avoid space debris.
One way to lessen orbital refuse is to develop space vehicles equipped with nets, harpoons and robotic arms that would capture and 'de-orbit' the junk.
But, this has never been tried. I'm of the opinion that America should be the first in the world to have a Remove Space Debris (RSD) program.
The Republican Party And The 2024 Presidential Election
While as a person, I do absolutely despise Donald Trump. But, I don't consider this blackguard as the number one domestic threat to America. It's his followers, all of them, who are the real menaces to our democracy.
Back when clansman David Duke was running for president, he was, at best, only a pesky fly on the shoulder of American democracy. Duke's best presidential performances were 3.74% and 0.05% of America's popular vote.
This is exactly where the malefactor, Donald Trump belongs. At the bottom of the Republican Party's list of presidential nominees.
But no, not in the Republican Party where criminality has power, privilege, and prestige.
Sure, I'm all for the prosecution of Donald Trump and hopefully throwing that good for nothing SOB in prison. But, this will not lessen the internal threat that America's huge army of domestic terrorists pose to our democracy.
I'm not sure there is even an answer. As a former U.S. Marine and State Peace Officer, I fought for decades with my heart against these internal corrupt and criminal forces, and never even made the slightest of a dent in their power structure.
While as a person, I do absolutely despise Donald Trump. But, I don't consider this blackguard as the number one domestic threat to America. It's his followers, all of them, who are the real menaces to our democracy.
Back when clansman David Duke was running for president, he was, at best, only a pesky fly on the shoulder of American democracy. Duke's best presidential performances were 3.74% and 0.05% of America's popular vote.
This is exactly where the malefactor, Donald Trump belongs. At the bottom of the Republican Party's list of presidential nominees.
But no, not in the Republican Party where criminality has power, privilege, and prestige.
Sure, I'm all for the prosecution of Donald Trump and hopefully throwing that good for nothing SOB in prison. But, this will not lessen the internal threat that America's huge army of domestic terrorists pose to our democracy.
I'm not sure there is even an answer. As a former U.S. Marine and State Peace Officer, I fought for decades with my heart against these internal corrupt and criminal forces, and never even made the slightest of a dent in their power structure.
Nevada, Mississippi West
Mississippi, for people of color, is a terrible place to live and work. Always has, most likely, always will be.
But, I live in a state that I nicknamed, "Mississippi West". It lives up to its nickname.
As peace officers, my once partner and best friend was one of the first black men hired in the department. My partner was known as the "ne plus ultra" of his graduating class from the academy.
But, in the field, he didn't last long as a sworn peace officer. While all the evidence pointed to the hate crime murder of this sworn peace officer by white supremacists, no one was ever brought to justice. This hate-crime murder only brought forth a one time, psuedo investigation from those in power of our law enforcement agency.
I was outraged. Conducting, little by little over many years, my own inquiries for evidence brought about probable cause that a group of my fellow officers conspired with white supremacists in my partner's murder.
I followed my chain of command all the way to the top authority in my department. All of my evidentiary reports were ignored. In fact, I even approached the governor of my state. He too, along with the attorney general gave me the brush-off.
No person of color should ever trust law enforcement. And, this comes from a retired peace officer in good standing.
Mississippi, for people of color, is a terrible place to live and work. Always has, most likely, always will be.
But, I live in a state that I nicknamed, "Mississippi West". It lives up to its nickname.
As peace officers, my once partner and best friend was one of the first black men hired in the department. My partner was known as the "ne plus ultra" of his graduating class from the academy.
But, in the field, he didn't last long as a sworn peace officer. While all the evidence pointed to the hate crime murder of this sworn peace officer by white supremacists, no one was ever brought to justice. This hate-crime murder only brought forth a one time, psuedo investigation from those in power of our law enforcement agency.
I was outraged. Conducting, little by little over many years, my own inquiries for evidence brought about probable cause that a group of my fellow officers conspired with white supremacists in my partner's murder.
I followed my chain of command all the way to the top authority in my department. All of my evidentiary reports were ignored. In fact, I even approached the governor of my state. He too, along with the attorney general gave me the brush-off.
No person of color should ever trust law enforcement. And, this comes from a retired peace officer in good standing.
Presidential Elections - A Threat To America's Democracy?
If growing up in the 1950's - 1960's in a household full of "root and branch" Republicans wasn't disconcerting enough, I was easily surrounded, and therefore, overwhelmed by an entire township of these political and religious extremists.
So, I learned in my adolescence that Republicans were not only a faith of superstition, but, it was also laced with violence, corruption, racism and greed.
But, now that decades have passed since that era, it's truly shocking that basically nothing much has improved in the Republican Party.
In fact, under the leadership of Donald J. Trump, Republicans have now elevated themselves in completely going off the unscrupulous chart.
These truths, by the tens of millions of Trump voters, will once again be proven to exist in the 2024 presidential election.
The fact is, in America, every four years, each presidential election is an absolute threat to America's democracy. For, there will likely be a replica of an authoritarian styled Donald Trump in the Republican Party running for President of the United States.
The Trump Criminal Trial
A Likely Deciding Factor
Mr. Lauro in his defense of former President Donald Trump believes he has a way out of the criminal charges facing the former POTUS. Lauro's words on "Meet The Press", were to the effect of, on the day of the January 6, 2021 rebellion, Donald Trump's idioms were simply protected under the First Amendment's right to free speech. In regards to President Trump's actions / inactions on the January 6, 2021 uprisings at the U.S. Capitol, he relied on the advice of his legal team. Donald Trump has therefore never felt he did anything wrong."
Now, as Trump's criminal trial nears, it will be prosecutor's Jack Smith's job to vanquish all of Trump's presumed legal smokescreens.
Now, while I agree that "ignorance of the law" has no potency for a defense in our legal system, Trump's guilt of this alone would probably not be sufficient for any conviction on the serious felony charges he faces.
However, in getting a Trump conviction, with grating consequences, prosecutor Jack Smith must prove Donald Trump had a "willfull ignorance" of the legal code. This would perhaps put a light of Trump's guilt in the eyes of the jury.
Covid -19
In America
2023
People in general act like there is no longer a coronavirus pandemic. A foolish belief.
Additionally, most Americans are under the impression that once they have contracted and recovered from Covid, they then have immunity from catching it again. Wrong.
Viruses evolve and new variants surely develop the ability to evade existing immunities. Covid reinfections occur as early as several weeks after a previous infection.
And, after all these hazards, there is a distinct possibility of developing long haul Covid. For, one in five Americans do advance into “Chronic Covid”. They experience shortness of breath, fatigue, cough, headaches, brain fog, and joint and muscle aches. These symptoms can last for weeks, months, or even years after infection.
While it is true the symptoms of long haul Covid will go away at some point, it is also probable that long haul Covid will return multiple times throughout a person's lifetime.
For me personally, I became stricken with pneumonia back in 2016, several years before the coronavirus pandemic. After recovering, I have worn KN95 masks and disposable medical grade gloves whenever I go out into the public sector. Since wearing this protective gear, I haven't had so much as a sniffle.
Is wearing a mask uncomfortable? Yes. Is remaining healthy a top priority? Yes.
Every time I begin to tire of wearing protective masks and gloves, I remind myself that there are more viruses on planet Earth than stars in our universe. This wouldn't be so bad if people would wear masks when they are sick. But, most don't. They sneeze and cough their contagions in public spaces infecting other people.
Call me what you want in protecting myself. But, I'm not one of those who is causing the spread of viruses that kills millions of people every year.
In America
2023
People in general act like there is no longer a coronavirus pandemic. A foolish belief.
Additionally, most Americans are under the impression that once they have contracted and recovered from Covid, they then have immunity from catching it again. Wrong.
Viruses evolve and new variants surely develop the ability to evade existing immunities. Covid reinfections occur as early as several weeks after a previous infection.
And, after all these hazards, there is a distinct possibility of developing long haul Covid. For, one in five Americans do advance into “Chronic Covid”. They experience shortness of breath, fatigue, cough, headaches, brain fog, and joint and muscle aches. These symptoms can last for weeks, months, or even years after infection.
While it is true the symptoms of long haul Covid will go away at some point, it is also probable that long haul Covid will return multiple times throughout a person's lifetime.
For me personally, I became stricken with pneumonia back in 2016, several years before the coronavirus pandemic. After recovering, I have worn KN95 masks and disposable medical grade gloves whenever I go out into the public sector. Since wearing this protective gear, I haven't had so much as a sniffle.
Is wearing a mask uncomfortable? Yes. Is remaining healthy a top priority? Yes.
Every time I begin to tire of wearing protective masks and gloves, I remind myself that there are more viruses on planet Earth than stars in our universe. This wouldn't be so bad if people would wear masks when they are sick. But, most don't. They sneeze and cough their contagions in public spaces infecting other people.
Call me what you want in protecting myself. But, I'm not one of those who is causing the spread of viruses that kills millions of people every year.
Sexual Harassment In Law Enforcement
For over twenty years I worked for "The Crowned Head" of sexual harassment, a state law enforcement agency in Nevada. One would have thought with an Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinator (EEOC) hired by the state to thwart this type of chauvinistic behavior within the ranks of its agency, that rarely would these problems have surfaced. But, not so. In fact, the verbal, visual and physical types of sexual harassment were not only egregious in this department, but, as well, their acts were committed in the wide open.
The fact is, a male officer being accused of offensive sexual advances to a female officer was nothing more than a smokescreen.
I watched time and again as male officers were brought up on serious charges of sexual harassment of a female officer by the Office of the State's EEOC. But, those charges would most times, sooner than later, pass from sight.
Next, in the aftermath, the unpardonable would take place. The female officer who filed the initial sexual harassment complaint would either have her employment terminated, or, she would be forced to resign by intolerable peer pressure.
These male officers, on the record of creating a hostile work environment, were ultimately promoted into the ranks of management. This is precisely when these ruffians connected with a powerful, and seemingly unbreakable clan of subversion in this law enforcement agency.
Most female officers had their life and career derailed. This practice continues in this same law enforcement agency to this day, with no end in sight.
For over twenty years I worked for "The Crowned Head" of sexual harassment, a state law enforcement agency in Nevada. One would have thought with an Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinator (EEOC) hired by the state to thwart this type of chauvinistic behavior within the ranks of its agency, that rarely would these problems have surfaced. But, not so. In fact, the verbal, visual and physical types of sexual harassment were not only egregious in this department, but, as well, their acts were committed in the wide open.
The fact is, a male officer being accused of offensive sexual advances to a female officer was nothing more than a smokescreen.
I watched time and again as male officers were brought up on serious charges of sexual harassment of a female officer by the Office of the State's EEOC. But, those charges would most times, sooner than later, pass from sight.
Next, in the aftermath, the unpardonable would take place. The female officer who filed the initial sexual harassment complaint would either have her employment terminated, or, she would be forced to resign by intolerable peer pressure.
These male officers, on the record of creating a hostile work environment, were ultimately promoted into the ranks of management. This is precisely when these ruffians connected with a powerful, and seemingly unbreakable clan of subversion in this law enforcement agency.
Most female officers had their life and career derailed. This practice continues in this same law enforcement agency to this day, with no end in sight.
The Effects Of The Scientific Doctrine On Race In America
From the beginning in America, and through the doctrine of scientific racism, white supremacists have held on tightly to the falsehood that Caucasians are superior to those of other races.
In strengthing this untruth. even in the early twentieth century, geneticists warned that the intermarriage of far apart races would likely produce genetic disharmonies.
In solidifying these fallacies deep in American socioeconomic and legal structures, one only need look at the eleven million Caucasians in today's America who are either linked to or sympathetic to white nationalism.
These hidebound people in today's America are the ones who obstruct our democracy healing from its past of deceitfulness and intolerance to people of color.
Can America's Massive Debt Be Paid Off?
I have a much better credit score than not only the U.S. government, but, most Americans, as well. Therefore, it should be presupposed that I'm a better source of particulars when it comes to the national debt problems.
I didn't always have a top notch credit score. I once ranked in the lower echelon of borrowers. But, unlike the federal government, I learned my lessons and struggled for many years to dig myself out of that deep hole. I paid off each and every creditor although those company's had written off my debts.
So, Congress shutting down government operations solves nothing. In fact it only makes financial matters worse for everyone. If I couldn't come up with a plan to solve my credit problems, would I quit my job(s) and terminate all my essential household and maintenance functions? Of course not. So why does the federal government's in-fighting keep threatening perilous actions?
In beginning to pay my debt down, I ended all non-essential spending. Why can't the federal government do something equitable, such as either temporarily suspending and or eliminating programs, like: (1) economic aid to foreign countries. Saves fifty billion dollars a year. (2) put an end to worldwide humanitarian aid. Saves twelve billion dollars a year. (3) take away funding to eighty welfare programs. Saves one hundred billion dollars a year. (4) abolish "ObamaCare". Saves two hundred billion dollars a year. (5) institute a one month moratorium each year on Social Security benefits. Saves one hundred and sixteen billion dollars annually.
The bad news is, even without new spending, which is not sustainable, the national debt would only be reduced annually by four-hundred and seventy eight billion dollars. However, with the current national debt of over thirty-two and a half trillion dollars, it would take sixty eight years for America to pay off the national debt.
Now, everyone should get a clear view of why America's credit rating was reduced from AAA to AA.
Note From The Comments Section:
It just amazes me how much partisan politics turns a reasonably intelligent person into a complete birdbrain.
My write-in to the Washington Post was a divergent way of illustrating just how nonviable paying off the national debt is, and was certainly not fit for comments in partisan politics.
But, no one got it.
While a slew of comments mentioned even more culprits in the continued raising of our national debt, this was just breathing fire into an empty room.
I simply took some of the top expenditures that our federal government pays out annually, and with no new spending, calculated a reduced national debt.
Even then, at best, hypothetically paying off America’s national debt in sixty eight years, while absolutely unworkable, is the reason why America deserved to have its credit rating reduced from AAA to a AA rating.
Understand now?
North Korea Says U.S. Soldier Was Sick Of Unequal American Society
Crossing voluntarily into North Korea, requesting asylum, twenty three year old U.S. Army Private Second Class Travis King will be learning a lot of lessons in his young life that will most likely, at some point, be combined with regrets.
But, life in North Korea may not be as bad for Travis King as the Biden administration has painted in the free media. But, on the other hand, people cannot just defect to North Korea on a whim. One must have, at a minimum, a job and a reason for coming to North Korea.
In the mind of Travis King, he had a reason to request asylum in North Korea. For, he believes he was brought down by the “unequal American society." Next, in the U.S. Army, Travis King was a trained cavalry scout. He would be the eyes and ears on the battlefield. Travis King would gather information on enemy positions, weapons, and activities. It appears Travis King would easily meet the basic requirements in his request for asylum in North Korea.
Travis King is not the first American soldier to defect to North Korea. There have been five other U.S. soldiers who have defected to North Korea since the end of the Korean war. These soldiers were all allowed to remain in North Korea and they all spent the remainder of their lives there.
Exit disinformation, like any other nation, Travis King's life in North Korea will most likely come to reflect his social status and where he lives in this communist nation.
I don't wish Travis King well, because simply, he is now the enemy. But, on the other hand, I don't wish him any harm because he is just a youngster who I believe made a mistake in defecting to North Korea.
They Are Selling Their Souls For Donald Trump
I'm almost seventy years old, and believe me when I say, Republican voters have always, during my lifetime, sold their souls out for their right-wing politicians.
I grew up in the 1950's and 60's in a not only a uncompromising Republican household, but, as well, the neighborhood was a church-going, God fearing community. These persons of mature age were both heavy-handed and oppressive towards not only people of color, but, as well, people who held contrasting views.
As an example, today, and compatible with Donald Trump, my father, a World War II veteran, told me many times during my adolescense, "The Nazi's were not America's true enemy." He spoke frequently of people of color being, "the true savages of the earth".
Comparatively, without a doubt, Republicans of past years would be just as proud and supportive of Donald Trump as is his huge base of fanatical revolutionaries are in 2023.
The fact is, Republicans have always been willing to trade our democracy for a system of "competitive authoritarianism”.
FBI Looks For Convicted Insurrectionist
Christopher Worrell is first a dedicated member of a politically violent gang (The Proud Boys) that is not only a neo-fascist organization, but, as well, is a domestic terrorist group that is a constant threat to America's democracy
This, in itself, Worrell being convicted of crimes of an insurrection, by assaulting, resisting, and impeding law enforcement officers with the use of a dangerous weapon should automatically disqualify him from any type of release from custody. But, add on, Worrell has not only refused to take responsibility for his crimes, he has also committed acts of perjury numerous times under oath to the Court.
The fact is, Worrell should have been classified as a maximum security convict and placed in safe keeping, exercise alone, at the Guantanamo Bay prison. But instead, judicial authorities took the path of laxity for simply their convenience. This is precisely why it is no surprise that once again our system of justice got burned.
Now, good luck to authorities in finding Christopher Worrell. You can bet the Proud Boys have their newest lionheart tucked away in their safe keeping.
America Must Stop Donald J. Trump
The real question is not about whether Donald J. Trump will get the Republican nomination for POTUS in 2024. He most likely will. But, this presidential election is about whether the American voters will once again elect an episodic maniac to the White House.
I mean, I know that typical Christian Conservatives can many times be a frenzied and hysterical group of religious fanatics. But, even so, the real possibility of electing a minacious, impulsive, undisciplined man like Donald Trump who has a propensity to not only shade the truth, but, as well, skirts the laws of our land, to the presidency, is just unthinkable.
This no joke because Donald J. Trump will literally seize our government by, at a minimum: (1) governing without Senate advice and consent. (2) He will create a MAGA civil service. (3) He will use the military to promote his own political power. (4) To Putin's delight, Trump will end America's global leadership. (5) Racial and ethnic tensions at home will surge. The chances of civil war here in America will drastically increase.
Before casting a vote for Donald Trump, every Republican must consider the consequences in voting for a sick and twisted Donald J. Trump. For he is not only an enemy of America's democracy, but, as well, Donald J. Trump is an enemy of mankind.
Service Dogs Flying On Commercial Airliners
As a handicapped person, I realize that there are just some forms of transportation that I should not utilize.
While I have rights under the American Disabilities Act, the people who are not disabled also have rights.
But, what kind of airline company rule is there when the owner's service dog, in flight, has an act of a urination or a bowel movement?
Is the service dog's owner responsible for cleaning up either the urine or fecal matter? Yes, they are. But, if the service dog's owner is blind, how is cleanup then effectuated? Do the flight attendants clean up the dog's mess? Remember, these cabin attendants also serve our food and drink.
Additionally, where on the plane is the service dog allowed to relieve themselves? Is it in the passenger's bathroom? Some airlines do recommend that service dog owners bring along with them doggy pee pads. Other airlines do claim that service dogs will give a signal to their owner when they need to eliminate. It is further put forward by many airlines that the service dog's owner lays a pee pad down on the restroom floor and lets the dog either urinate or defecate there. The dog's owner then puts the waste in the toilet and then throws the pee pad away.
Is a blind person capable of doing all this without creating a health or sanitation issue on the plane? Probably not.
And then, there are still other airlines that recommend that service dogs be required to wear a doggie diaper.
And even more outrageous, there are airlines who expect service dogs to hold their bladders and bowels for the duration of a flight.
It is true that most animals flown in animal transport carriers in the cargo bay area of airplanes are fine. However, there have been a few reported cases of dogs in the cargo bay area of a plane who have died. Other dogs have suffered psychological traumas.
For, when the cargo bay area temperature of an airplane is excessively hot or cold, all it takes is poor ventilation and rough handling of baggage that have often been the blame for a dog’s injury.
Finally, service dogs, still, do not belong in a passenger's cabin area. But, their owners should have full rights in deciding whether or not to risk flying their dog in an airplane's cargo area.
Personal property belongs in a plane's cargo bay area. For, in the eyes of the law, dogs are classified as an owners chattel.
The Connection Of Mental Illness, Racial Hatred, And Gun Violence
Excluding race for the moment, I recently did a write-up on mental illness entitled, "Looking Deep Inside A Potentially Active Shooter:
“An unhealable wound first originates from a traumatic attack by one or more people to the body and mind of another person. Where the sufferer is most times left in a severely impaired state, the wound’s pain often propels its victim to act out in anguished mannerisms. Should even more traumatic situations accumulate on a victim during periods of vulnerability, a beyond repair assemblage of emotional distresses will result in the human mind becoming overloaded. The human brain then loses much of its cognitive abilities and falls into a state wherein natural healing is no longer possible. At this juncture, without the intervention of a mental health professional, a victim's well-being may well be unrecoverable. This will affect either temporarily or permanently the victim's ability to function normally in society, especially when a direct threat is perceived. Hence, another potentially active shooter is born to terrorize our society."
The mentally ill have no rights to own a gun in any phase of their mental illness. Their rights to own a gun must be taken away from them, permanently.
Now, where racism and mental illness are integrated:
In the civil rights era, a group of black psychiatrists sought to have bigotry classified as a mental disorder. They had it right, but the American Psychiatric Association rejected their proposal. The APA stated, "That since so many Americans are racist, racism in this country is normative - a cultural problem rather than an indication of personal pathology."
This is a grave mistake. And therefore, many more innocent Americans will suffer the consequences of ever expanding gun violence and racial hatred that is directly connected to mental illness.
Excluding race for the moment, I recently did a write-up on mental illness entitled, "Looking Deep Inside A Potentially Active Shooter:
“An unhealable wound first originates from a traumatic attack by one or more people to the body and mind of another person. Where the sufferer is most times left in a severely impaired state, the wound’s pain often propels its victim to act out in anguished mannerisms. Should even more traumatic situations accumulate on a victim during periods of vulnerability, a beyond repair assemblage of emotional distresses will result in the human mind becoming overloaded. The human brain then loses much of its cognitive abilities and falls into a state wherein natural healing is no longer possible. At this juncture, without the intervention of a mental health professional, a victim's well-being may well be unrecoverable. This will affect either temporarily or permanently the victim's ability to function normally in society, especially when a direct threat is perceived. Hence, another potentially active shooter is born to terrorize our society."
The mentally ill have no rights to own a gun in any phase of their mental illness. Their rights to own a gun must be taken away from them, permanently.
Now, where racism and mental illness are integrated:
In the civil rights era, a group of black psychiatrists sought to have bigotry classified as a mental disorder. They had it right, but the American Psychiatric Association rejected their proposal. The APA stated, "That since so many Americans are racist, racism in this country is normative - a cultural problem rather than an indication of personal pathology."
This is a grave mistake. And therefore, many more innocent Americans will suffer the consequences of ever expanding gun violence and racial hatred that is directly connected to mental illness.
The Public School System Versus Christian Home Schooling
I've lived in Southern Nevada for over forty years. I've pinned a nickname for the school-aged children of my home state; "Nevada Stupid". I have good reason to insult them. Nevada students in our public schools have the worst performance in reading, math, and science tests. And, of all these dunces, only eighty-seven percent of these students graduate from a totally inept public school system. One of the lowest rates in the country. Additionally, Nevada students have the lowest ACT (American College Testing) scores. As of 2023, overall, Nevada ranks forty-ninth in the nation. Only Mississippi is worse than Nevada.
Nevada parents of school aged children and their teachers scream that their public school system flounders because of insufficient funding. That is pure deception. In fact, Nevada spends $10,197 per student. That reflects a near tripling in inflation adjusted, per pupil education spending since 1960.
Nevada's educational woes comes from a total lack of accountability, where internal corruption has linked up with a cluster of feigned, but powerful administrators.
So, one can see just why I took my son out of the Nevada school system back in the 1990's and enrolled him in a Christian home school. Home schooling my son through Christian fellowship delivered exactly what they advertised, the opportunity for children to have a top notch education.
For years, until my son's high school graduation, he was always in the top three percentile in the nation in academics. My son was not alone in achieving academic superiority. For, most of America's top academic students were home-schoolers.
But, for years, while I was congratulating myself in putting my son in a Christian home schooling environment, unknown to me, my son was being built into a religious zealot.
By the time I realized this, it was all too late. A true Christian conservative had been born who has taken, on occasion, his religious, cultural and political beliefs way too far.
There are no good choices for education in Nevada.
I've lived in Southern Nevada for over forty years. I've pinned a nickname for the school-aged children of my home state; "Nevada Stupid". I have good reason to insult them. Nevada students in our public schools have the worst performance in reading, math, and science tests. And, of all these dunces, only eighty-seven percent of these students graduate from a totally inept public school system. One of the lowest rates in the country. Additionally, Nevada students have the lowest ACT (American College Testing) scores. As of 2023, overall, Nevada ranks forty-ninth in the nation. Only Mississippi is worse than Nevada.
Nevada parents of school aged children and their teachers scream that their public school system flounders because of insufficient funding. That is pure deception. In fact, Nevada spends $10,197 per student. That reflects a near tripling in inflation adjusted, per pupil education spending since 1960.
Nevada's educational woes comes from a total lack of accountability, where internal corruption has linked up with a cluster of feigned, but powerful administrators.
So, one can see just why I took my son out of the Nevada school system back in the 1990's and enrolled him in a Christian home school. Home schooling my son through Christian fellowship delivered exactly what they advertised, the opportunity for children to have a top notch education.
For years, until my son's high school graduation, he was always in the top three percentile in the nation in academics. My son was not alone in achieving academic superiority. For, most of America's top academic students were home-schoolers.
But, for years, while I was congratulating myself in putting my son in a Christian home schooling environment, unknown to me, my son was being built into a religious zealot.
By the time I realized this, it was all too late. A true Christian conservative had been born who has taken, on occasion, his religious, cultural and political beliefs way too far.
There are no good choices for education in Nevada.
Biden’s Disastrous Pullout From Afghanistan Could Cost Him Reelection
I admit, President Biden's calamitous military pullout from Afghanistan had me deeply angered at him. For, I had already, as a former U.S. Marine, been through another extremely hazardous military pullout.
My experience in the Vietnam evacuations taught me to not place a great amount of sympathy towards the Afghan asylum seekers at Abbey Gate. (The American evacuation center in Kabul).
I well remember the last day of American involvement in Vietnam, and our CH-46 helicopter presumably being the last flight off the rooftop of the U.S. Embassy.
I got a wealth of knowledge and experience from just a very short period of time. Our mission was only to ensure no Embassy staff had been left behind.
However, during this search it became apparent that the lower floor(s) of the Embassy had been breached by the huge crowds (later estimated at 10,000 people) of desperate South Vietnameese citizens who had now become angry at Americans. I've always believed the South Vietnamese came to know at the Embassy that there was now no chance of them being evacuated from Saigon.
Once I was back on the rooftop of the U.S. Embassy, with three other Marines in the search party, the CH-46 helicopter was revving its engine preparing to depart. We had come under fire. I assumed it was coming from the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) invasion of South Vietnam. But, I learned in later years the fire we were taking on the rooftop of the Embassy was not coming from the NVA. It was coming from our South Vietnamese allies.
To me, American lives always come first. The thirteen American soldiers who died by way of a bombing at the Abbey Gate evacuation center in Kabul, are President Joe Biden's direct responsibility. Biden surely did not put the safety of his American troops first.
I will not be voting for Joe Biden. Additionally, I won't be voting for any Republican either in the 2024 presidential election.
Don't Get Rid Of Old Soldiers - America Needs Them
The first time I saw an injustice for tenured persons being dismissed was what then President Ronald Reagan called, "lightening the load" of high-ranking soldiers.
Under President Reagan in the 1980's, enlisted personnel with over fifteen years of service were to be sighted for immediate discharge. They received no retirement benefits or severance pay from the federal government. Tens of thousands of military personnel met Reagan's criteria to be released from active duty.
In doing this, President Reagan had virtually cut off the right arm of America's military sturdiness.
In elucidating, America, since World War II, just can't seem to win a war. There is a simple reason for this:
America's enemies no longer engage in interstate wars. Meaning, enemy soldiers once wore uniforms and fought in a virtual open view. American forces, therefore, with their technological advancements, knew exactly where enemy forces were located. While America's battlefield victories were once very impressive, those types of strategies with pinpoint accuracy have turned out to be ineffective in modern warfare.
In Vietnam, for example, this was a strict counterinsurgency war, in which American forces were ill-prepared to fight. The enemy hid themselves in their population.
But, as the years went on in the Vietnam War, most of our career-minded troops had learned valuable particulars in counterinsurgency operations. As they moved up in rank, after the end of the war, they had become instrumental in training a new breed of American soldier.
But, Reagan did not agree.
So, here we are in 2023, where the enemy still does not wear a uniform. The enemy still hides out in their population. And, they are mostly successful. For, America still cannot win a war.
Shouldn't we begin to rethink our plans of action in our military conflicts?
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