Brad's Perspectives
On
What's Wrong With America
Authored and Edited By: Bradley Chapline
July 2023
Page One
On
What's Wrong With America
Authored and Edited By: Bradley Chapline
July 2023
Page One
America's Beginning
A Critical Mistake
America got off on the wrong foot.
The arrival of the first captives to the Jamestown Colony, in 1619, is often seen as the beginning of black slavery in America.
There was no excuse for enslaving people, and therefore, the blacks of today, some four hundred years later have no trust or forgiveness where it comes to white America
However, there are white historians that do claim that back in the day there was an extreme shortage of labor. Hmm. Couldn't white America have hired these blacks as employees and not slaves?
I know, the white elites of America would say this practice would cost too much money.
I get it, the elites practice of avericiousness over the past four hundred years has held this greed right in its tracks. Never, to them has it mattered the damage done to the credibility of a nation.
The 2023
Supreme Court
Hooray for the Supreme Court!
I love it. The Roe versus Wade law allowing abortions was overturned. The affirmative action law was found to be unconstitutional. Biden's mass collegiate student debt relief program was flayed by the court.
Now, women, minorities, and college bound students must become more responsible for the decisions they make in their life.
This conservative dominated Supreme Court is making it abundantly clear that Americans can no longer make inauspicious decisions and then expect the government to bail them out.
Their party is over!!!
The Aftermath Of The 2021
Insurrection
Against The
U.S. Capitol
I have absolutely no faith in Biden's Department Of Justice. Just what the hell do Merrick Garland and his associates think they are doing?
After the January 6, 2021 insurrection against the U.S. Capitol, the DOJ for one year only investigated and prosecuted Capitol rioters.
Why prosecute a few of Donald Trump's pawns when many of the insurrectionists could be given immunity against prosecution as long as they give damning testimony against former President Donald Trump.
It is absolutely inexcusable to leave a dangerous man in the likes of Donald Trump walking around free. And even worse, running for President again after he had both masterminded and encouraged the overthrow of our democracy.
Only a chickenshit fool like Attorney General Merrick Garland would legally go after the pawns and leave the insurrectionist shot-caller in power.
Not Another
Nefarious Republican
In The
White House
Yeah! Way to go Christian Conservatives! You're well on the road to once again nominating Donald Trump, a true miscreant for your party's presidential nomination.
Listen up all you "dyed in the wool" jagweeds, this is my country too! I've had more than enough of all you so-called God-fearing radicals and domestic terrorists putting my country in a state of chaos.
I've served my country and community very well as both a military veteran and a peace officer. I haven't gone through all the decades of hell in doing my part to preserve our democracy, just to have another iniquitous Republican get four more years in the White House.
Do what's right. Don't vote Republican or just don't vote.
Nefarious Republican
In The
White House
Yeah! Way to go Christian Conservatives! You're well on the road to once again nominating Donald Trump, a true miscreant for your party's presidential nomination.
Listen up all you "dyed in the wool" jagweeds, this is my country too! I've had more than enough of all you so-called God-fearing radicals and domestic terrorists putting my country in a state of chaos.
I've served my country and community very well as both a military veteran and a peace officer. I haven't gone through all the decades of hell in doing my part to preserve our democracy, just to have another iniquitous Republican get four more years in the White House.
Do what's right. Don't vote Republican or just don't vote.
Mental Illness
And
Gun Violence In America
Ronald Reagan - A Republican, and America's 40th president is the root cause of America's ever-growing mental illness and gun violence in our communities.
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, signed by then President Ronald Reagan on August 13, 1981, repealed the Mental Health Systems Act, thereby deinstitutionizing the system that virtually protected Americans from the dangers of the mentally ill.
Thousands of people with severe psychiatric disabilities who were threats to both society and themselves were then thrown out onto the streets across America.
Data clearly shows that since this time both mental illness and gun violence has swirled to an out of control state across our country. No community has been exempt.
Now in 2023, take a very close look at America. The mentally ill are well on the road to becoming a dominate part of our society.
Sound extreme? Hardly, for right now one-third of adult Americans say that because they have a fear of mass shootings, this prevents them from going out to many places and events.
Sounds like a loss of freedom to me. And, we all have America's most evil President to thank for it; Ronald Reagan.
And
Gun Violence In America
Ronald Reagan - A Republican, and America's 40th president is the root cause of America's ever-growing mental illness and gun violence in our communities.
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, signed by then President Ronald Reagan on August 13, 1981, repealed the Mental Health Systems Act, thereby deinstitutionizing the system that virtually protected Americans from the dangers of the mentally ill.
Thousands of people with severe psychiatric disabilities who were threats to both society and themselves were then thrown out onto the streets across America.
Data clearly shows that since this time both mental illness and gun violence has swirled to an out of control state across our country. No community has been exempt.
Now in 2023, take a very close look at America. The mentally ill are well on the road to becoming a dominate part of our society.
Sound extreme? Hardly, for right now one-third of adult Americans say that because they have a fear of mass shootings, this prevents them from going out to many places and events.
Sounds like a loss of freedom to me. And, we all have America's most evil President to thank for it; Ronald Reagan.
Illegal Aliens
Dying In Extreme Heat
I know this sounds cold, but, I no longer care. Because, I'm so far past fed up with illegal aliens invading my country. If they die out in the heat making their way to the American border, I say, good.
Even Vice-President Kamala Harris has warned illegal aliens time and again not to come to America. Her words, "Illegal immigrants are not welcome in the United States."
But, the truth is, the Biden administration has not lived up to the vice-president's stern words of warning.
So, I say, stop the processing and release of illegal aliens in my country! Kick them out. We don't owe these peasants nothing.
I got real news for you President Joe Biden, you will lose ten of millions of votes in your reelection bid of 2024 if you don't put a halt to this insanity of illegals swarming into our country.
Additionally, I have some advice for Democrats, if you don't want a Republican elected to the White House in 2024, like "Dumb-Butt" Desantis, or "Don The Con" Trump, then start demanding that President Joe Biden act in keeping illegal aliens out of our country.
Dying In Extreme Heat
I know this sounds cold, but, I no longer care. Because, I'm so far past fed up with illegal aliens invading my country. If they die out in the heat making their way to the American border, I say, good.
Even Vice-President Kamala Harris has warned illegal aliens time and again not to come to America. Her words, "Illegal immigrants are not welcome in the United States."
But, the truth is, the Biden administration has not lived up to the vice-president's stern words of warning.
So, I say, stop the processing and release of illegal aliens in my country! Kick them out. We don't owe these peasants nothing.
I got real news for you President Joe Biden, you will lose ten of millions of votes in your reelection bid of 2024 if you don't put a halt to this insanity of illegals swarming into our country.
Additionally, I have some advice for Democrats, if you don't want a Republican elected to the White House in 2024, like "Dumb-Butt" Desantis, or "Don The Con" Trump, then start demanding that President Joe Biden act in keeping illegal aliens out of our country.
The
Global Warming
Crisis
In the late 1800's it became known that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels would greatly increase the Earth's temperature. In 1938, carbon dioxide increases were then directly linked to global warming.
But, all warning signs were ignored.
But now, nearly a century later, with global warming reaching a critical state, American ingenuity believes they could now have the answer to cooling the Earth.
There is, for example, among others, one option of having planes inject an aerosol spray into the stratosphere that would reflect the sun back, thereby cooling the earth.
But, I believe the risks to both the environment and to human life in using atmospheric aerosols outweigh the benefits of possibly cooling the earth. But most importantly, when humans breathe in compressed gases, the consequences are usually catastrophic.
President Biden should not be authorizing studies into solar geoengineering. Rather, the EPA should be putting pressure on US companies and countries such as China and India to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Does America
Declare War
On
Drug Cartels?
Declaring war on the drug cartels right here in America is essential. For these drug cartels continuing to virtually operate with impunity on U.S. soil is a national disgrace.
The Sinaloa Cartel is the most successful drug trafficking organization operating in the United States. The Sinaloa Cartel handles transportation across the U.S. border to known distribution cells located in Arizona, California, Illinois, Texas, New York and Washington State. Besides the Sinaloa Cartel, there are five other drug cartels that operate across America.
However, the first step in fighting the drug cartels, and most likely the most difficult to achieve, is Americans significantly reducing their craving for fentanyl. If this is not achieved, first, a war against the drug cartels operating here in America is hopeless.
While government operations in 2022 have seized over fifty-eight million fentanyl fake pills and more than thirteen thousand pounds of fentanyl powder, these seizures were just a drop in the bucket to the amount of fentanyl that remains on the black market.
Does America
Declare War
On
Drug Cartels?
Declaring war on the drug cartels right here in America is essential. For these drug cartels continuing to virtually operate with impunity on U.S. soil is a national disgrace.
The Sinaloa Cartel is the most successful drug trafficking organization operating in the United States. The Sinaloa Cartel handles transportation across the U.S. border to known distribution cells located in Arizona, California, Illinois, Texas, New York and Washington State. Besides the Sinaloa Cartel, there are five other drug cartels that operate across America.
However, the first step in fighting the drug cartels, and most likely the most difficult to achieve, is Americans significantly reducing their craving for fentanyl. If this is not achieved, first, a war against the drug cartels operating here in America is hopeless.
While government operations in 2022 have seized over fifty-eight million fentanyl fake pills and more than thirteen thousand pounds of fentanyl powder, these seizures were just a drop in the bucket to the amount of fentanyl that remains on the black market.
Are American Men Lost?
Yes, they are, and the truth is, most have been since the earliest of time.
But, let's take a glimpse at a modern day world without men: (1) there would be far fewer wars, (2) the U.S. prison population would likely drop ninety-seven percent, and, (3) road deaths in the U.S. would easily drop seventy percent.
Including me, men have always believed the system works for us, (especially white men). Now, as many can clearly see, (including me once again) this once domination is no longer true in present day. And, without doubt, its making men, (again including me), confused and angry. And finally including me once again, men feel victimized, and therefore they lash out in what they believe is self-defense.
But, the fact is, men, as a whole, their male dominance has been deserving of this downfall for many a year.
To put it all in a nutshell, about most men, they do not and will not fight to eradicate inequality and injustice. But, even moreso, men have discriminated because they greatly benefit from those actions.
But, here in America, their stratagem is coming to a close.
Global Warming
A Progression
To
Disaster
Contrary to popular belief, our planet is not presently the hottest its ever been. But, our planet was, in fact, at it's hottest point when Earth was not cohabitated.
When it comes to climate change, I've always had a real vexation with Republicans. To say they just do not believe in climate change would be an understatement.
I learned way back in the 1960's (Junior High School) that greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane were trapping the Sun's heat into the Earth's atmosphere. It didn't take a genius to figure this out on one's own.
But, my father, an expert oil burner mechanic, and a devout Republican, was truly a contributor to global warming. He completely dismissed discussions that the trappings of carbon dioxide and methane into the Earth's atmosphere were progressively destroying the planet.
I would wince each time my father repaired a high-rise oil burner. When he restarted the furnace, it threw huge clouds of black soot into the air. My father just foolishly figured the filthy furnace smoke would somehow make its way into space. He claimed that outer space was Earth's limitless junkyard.
And now, sixty years later, Republicans still don't seem to have their heads out of the muck.
While scientists continue to work for solutions to global warming, every American can do their part in significantly reducing the effects of climate change: there are (1) recycling, (2) reducing your garbage by 10 percent, (3) using less hot water, (4) driving less, (5) moving thermostat down 2 degrees in winter, and up 2 degrees in summer, (6) plant a tree. (7) turn off electronic devices when not in use, (8) keep car tires properly inflated, (9) change to fluorescent lightning, and (10) don't purchase water in plastic.
Our planet can still be saved!
Christian Conservatives
And The
Gay / Lesbian Community
Christian conservatives, a barb that has been so deep under my skin, extracting them in any way from my life has been a virtual impossibility since my childhood years back in the 1960's. I admit, even today, sixty years later, I despise all of these Republicans who truly are nothing short of political and religious extremists. They are not about the freedoms in America's Constitution, and they are not about serving God.
Having said the above, I do not personally approve of the gay and lesbian communities. However, in contrast, I do strongly agree with and support all of America's freedoms. Sexual preferences and religious beliefs of others are absolutely none of my business.
I keep my mouth shut in preferring to exist peacefully with others who are different from me. It all works just fine, because simply, that is what America is supposed to be about.
And The
Gay / Lesbian Community
Christian conservatives, a barb that has been so deep under my skin, extracting them in any way from my life has been a virtual impossibility since my childhood years back in the 1960's. I admit, even today, sixty years later, I despise all of these Republicans who truly are nothing short of political and religious extremists. They are not about the freedoms in America's Constitution, and they are not about serving God.
Having said the above, I do not personally approve of the gay and lesbian communities. However, in contrast, I do strongly agree with and support all of America's freedoms. Sexual preferences and religious beliefs of others are absolutely none of my business.
I keep my mouth shut in preferring to exist peacefully with others who are different from me. It all works just fine, because simply, that is what America is supposed to be about.
Researchers Abroad
Accuse America
Of
Hoarding
Coronavirus Vaccines
I fully resent the allegations made from African, Asian and South American researchers that the United States monopolized and hoarded the coronovirus vaccines.
Let me get right to the point:
In America, 71% of the population became fully vaccinated. 81% of Americans have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. America successfully reached herd immunity.
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - America has donated 200,679,420 vaccine doses to forty-four countries.
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - America has donated 134,125,070 vaccine doses to fifteen countries.
EUROPE AND EURASIA - America has donated 8,909,070 vaccine doses to six countries.
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA - America has donated 39,804,550 vaccine doses to nine countries which includes the Palestinian Territories on the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA - America has donated 230,634,050 vaccine doses to ten countries.
WESTERN HEMISPHERE - America has donated 73,881,930 vaccine doses to thirty-one countries.
America, in its generosity and caring for the world bought and paid for nearly 700 million coronavirus vaccines at a price of approximately a dollar and ten cents per dose.
Who in the hell do these foreigners think they are to say that Americans stockpiled the coronavirus vaccines?
I hope we have finally learned a lesson in that the majority of the world does not appreciate us.
Accuse America
Of
Hoarding
Coronavirus Vaccines
I fully resent the allegations made from African, Asian and South American researchers that the United States monopolized and hoarded the coronovirus vaccines.
Let me get right to the point:
In America, 71% of the population became fully vaccinated. 81% of Americans have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. America successfully reached herd immunity.
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - America has donated 200,679,420 vaccine doses to forty-four countries.
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - America has donated 134,125,070 vaccine doses to fifteen countries.
EUROPE AND EURASIA - America has donated 8,909,070 vaccine doses to six countries.
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA - America has donated 39,804,550 vaccine doses to nine countries which includes the Palestinian Territories on the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA - America has donated 230,634,050 vaccine doses to ten countries.
WESTERN HEMISPHERE - America has donated 73,881,930 vaccine doses to thirty-one countries.
America, in its generosity and caring for the world bought and paid for nearly 700 million coronavirus vaccines at a price of approximately a dollar and ten cents per dose.
Who in the hell do these foreigners think they are to say that Americans stockpiled the coronavirus vaccines?
I hope we have finally learned a lesson in that the majority of the world does not appreciate us.
Republicans
A Lost Party
In my lifetime, beginning in the 1950's, Republicans have been, at a minimum, authoritarian-curious. However, it was Barry Goldwater, (R ) - AZ Senator, who was the political powerhouse that surfaced extreme politics in the Republican Party.
In 1964, Senator Goldwater ran for POTUS. But, in response, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was quoted as saying, "“I feel that the prospect of Senator Goldwater being president of the United States so threatens the health, morality, and survival of our nation that I can not in good conscience fail to take a stand against what he represents."
I am so thankful that America was blessed by this man of the cloth.
But, like Goldwater, in today's politics, Donald Trump's magisterial tone of command has once again driven the Republican establishment to complete distraction. Because, even after all of Donald Trump's criminal and traitorous actions in association with the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Republican voters still place Donald Trump in command of their party.
It is quite clear to me America desperately needs another individual with the qualities of a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to ascend into politics and awaken a political party of lost people.
A Lost Party
In my lifetime, beginning in the 1950's, Republicans have been, at a minimum, authoritarian-curious. However, it was Barry Goldwater, (R ) - AZ Senator, who was the political powerhouse that surfaced extreme politics in the Republican Party.
In 1964, Senator Goldwater ran for POTUS. But, in response, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was quoted as saying, "“I feel that the prospect of Senator Goldwater being president of the United States so threatens the health, morality, and survival of our nation that I can not in good conscience fail to take a stand against what he represents."
I am so thankful that America was blessed by this man of the cloth.
But, like Goldwater, in today's politics, Donald Trump's magisterial tone of command has once again driven the Republican establishment to complete distraction. Because, even after all of Donald Trump's criminal and traitorous actions in association with the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Republican voters still place Donald Trump in command of their party.
It is quite clear to me America desperately needs another individual with the qualities of a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to ascend into politics and awaken a political party of lost people.
Common Sense In Politics
The Centrists
Centrists do play a very important part in government.
Known as "No Labels", Centrists know how to compromise between two politically warring extremes. Of course the two opposing partisans, being of both Republicans and Democrats rarely compromise with each other when on equal political footing.
Couple this with the majority of voters in America being nearly equally divided between Republicans and Democrats, the country therefore swings back and forth as hopes for a one party miracle are soon replaced with disenchantment.
The bottom line is, in order for America to have stable policies in operating the government, bipartisan buy-ins from Centrists are absolutely essential.
Elvis Presley
Does Not Deserve
The Title
Of
"The King Of Rock-n-Roll
Personally, I think Elvis Presley was a disgusting individual.
Elvis Aron Presley, born in Mississippi in 1935, had a stillborn twin brother. In high school, Elvis actually failed a music class. But, Elvis was the first member of his family to have received a high school diploma. After graduating, Elvis worked at a machinist shop and drove a truck. He began his music career in 1954. After several gold records Elvis bought Graceland when he was twenty-two years old for $102,500.
In 1956 Elvis was passionately branded the "King of Rock-n-Roll". So, even though Elvis was a hugely successful musician and actor, he had a dark side. His personal life was plagued by drug addiction and many other poor choices.
Elvis, while in the Army, serving in Germany met his wife to be, Priscilla. She was fourteen years old. The illegality of Pricilla's age did not stop Elvis' advances on this underaged girl. Throughout their relationship Elvis was promiscuous and was never exclusive to Priscilla, leading eventually to their divorce.
While on tour, Elvis repeatedly abused his powers in manipulating young impressionable underage girls into giving up their virginity. Elvis was also known for firing his shotgun at women in his life who had angered him.
On the record, Elvis Presley died of heart failure on 16 August 1977. He was forty-two years old.
But, the truth is, Elvis died due to his severe addiction to not only liquid cocaine, but also, an over abundance of opiates, barbiturates and sedatives. Elvis' supplier was his personal physician.
To me, Elvis is not the "King of Rock-n-Roll". While Elvis' secrets were well kept, once his drug addictions and sexual perversions became known, his title of the "King of Rock-n-Roll" should have been revoked. It's not too late to do so now.
Donald Trump's
Soldiers
Of
Domestic Terrorism
I'm a former U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant and a retired State Peace Officer / Academy Instructor: I'm telling the absolute truth when I say that both the military and law enforcement organizations have been overrun with domestic terrorists for a good many years.
The real frightening aspect of all this is, a good portion of these radicals have made their way up the ranks and into positions of virtual absolute power. There is no longer the capability of "weeding out" the bad apples. These menaces are not only running the operations, they are also out to overthrow our democracy and replace it with an authoritarian form of government, For every one of those few radicals who is sent packing, many others, saturated in corruption, are waiting in the wings to take over any open government positions.
I fought them all, unsuccessfully, for over a decade in the Marines, and over twenty years as a Peace Officer / Academy Instructor. Even though I retired in good standing in 2008, it had all been an actual fight for my life.
In the Marines, my so-called comrades mass-killed innocent refugees who posed no threat to our presence. The perpetrators of this mass killing were met with cheers from these Marine witnesses. Upon reporting this action for a Congressional Investigation, I was falsely labeled a traitor.
Becoming a law enforcement officer wasn't much different. One of my first partner's, was one of the first black men in the agency. Although murdered by criminals, there was sufficient evidence that my fellow officers had conspired with those criminals in his murder.
TAKE THIS TO HEART! These are our domestic terrorists and they are all loyal to Donald Trump.
Soldiers
Of
Domestic Terrorism
I'm a former U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant and a retired State Peace Officer / Academy Instructor: I'm telling the absolute truth when I say that both the military and law enforcement organizations have been overrun with domestic terrorists for a good many years.
The real frightening aspect of all this is, a good portion of these radicals have made their way up the ranks and into positions of virtual absolute power. There is no longer the capability of "weeding out" the bad apples. These menaces are not only running the operations, they are also out to overthrow our democracy and replace it with an authoritarian form of government, For every one of those few radicals who is sent packing, many others, saturated in corruption, are waiting in the wings to take over any open government positions.
I fought them all, unsuccessfully, for over a decade in the Marines, and over twenty years as a Peace Officer / Academy Instructor. Even though I retired in good standing in 2008, it had all been an actual fight for my life.
In the Marines, my so-called comrades mass-killed innocent refugees who posed no threat to our presence. The perpetrators of this mass killing were met with cheers from these Marine witnesses. Upon reporting this action for a Congressional Investigation, I was falsely labeled a traitor.
Becoming a law enforcement officer wasn't much different. One of my first partner's, was one of the first black men in the agency. Although murdered by criminals, there was sufficient evidence that my fellow officers had conspired with those criminals in his murder.
TAKE THIS TO HEART! These are our domestic terrorists and they are all loyal to Donald Trump.