CNN - Freedom of Speech or Too Much Power

The power of CNN, if you watch it, controls what news we see and how we see it.  They will have you routing for one candidate today and condemning him tomorrow.  There is a specific tactic at play with CNN Reporters.  They formulate a question for guests and then won't let then answer it unless they give the pre-determined answer they want to here.  They edit responses so that the answer has a different meaning.  They also do not report all the news in it's true form.  For instance the story about the burning of the Koran.  It was never mentioned that it was confiscated because it was being used as a spy tool against our troops.  If Iran is about to drop a nuke on Israel, should be apologize for destroying the nuke before they drop it?  Come on people, get with the program and see what's happening in the world.  Don't let CNN control what you think about whats going on.  Think for yourself and watch another channel!

Courts Have Contempt for the People They Serve

I was raised in an environment where people are forgiven their mistakes.  A young girl age 18 gets pregnant.  Though she is 18 she has the mental maturity of a 13 year old.  The baby comes along, the father abandons and the girl is neither mentally prepared or financially prepared to take care of the child.  Court comes and takes the child (a good thing).  Girl is now 20 and wants to get her baby back.  Court sets up criteria which includes a psychiatric evaluation which revealed girl is bi-polar and has the mental capacity of a 15 year old.  Not the kind of person prepared to take care of a child.  Furthermore, the court orders her to pay child support payments which she is willing an wants to do.  However, she can't drive so her only alternative to go to work is to take the local bus service.  So she gets a job at a local pizza parlor but gets fired because the local bus can't get her to work on time.  Now she has no way to make her child support payment so the court throws her in jail for non payment.  She borrows $300 to get out of jail and the court sees that in a negative way. Everyone knows we live in a period where it is hard for anyone to get a job much less someone who doesn't have a reliable way to get to work.  Every job application asks the question do you have transportation to work.  Does the count make any effort to help this mentally challenged girl?  NO NO NO! No forgiveness here! All the court can do is tell her she has to pay the child support payments or go to jail.  Now someone needs to explain to me how sending her to jail helps the situation.  More tax money is spent to house and feed her which in the long run takes tax money away from caring for the child.  I know the courts deal with a lot of dead beats and therefore their strict policies.  This girl's mental challenge creates extenuating circumstances that the courts ignore. This in my opinion is contempt for the girl's need and rights by the courts. We citizens are not allowed to have contempt for the courts but the courts are allowed to have contempt for us. Here is what the courts should do:  They should contact the father and order him to pay both child support and support for the girl.  They should arrange for the girl to enter a mental counseling program and attempt to treat her to a level of maturity that would make her able to take care of the child.  If they insist that she pays the court child support, they should provide her assistance in obtaining employment and transportation so she can make those payments.  At the very least they could give her a job in the court's janitorial services and let her work off the child care there.  Still, all this is not a solution.  If the girl finds employment, it will most likely be minimum wage which will not change her situation of not being able to take care of the child.  If they are successful in improving her mental maturity and give her the child back, she will not be able to care for the child while she is at work, and she will not be able to afford child care.  So why is the government (Courts in particular) not helping this girl?  I believe I know but it is just speculation but comes from my own observations.  First off, the father is an illegal alien from Mexico which is another government failure that even our federal government doesn't want to deal with so they don't want to go after him for fear that they will appear politically incorrect.  Second off, the foster parents who are caring for the child want to adopt the child and the courts have decided to make that easier to accomplish by taking advantage of a mentally challenged girl.  Finally, the girl comes from a very dis functional family who has had a past history in the court system and the courts just have contempt for the entire family.  This girl may never be able to reach a stage where she will get her child back and that may very well be the best thing for the child.  But the courts will have failed the girl and will someday have to answer either politically or before God for that failure.  My final comments:  Jesus said if your neighbor wants your coat, take it off and give it to him, love your enemy, be good Samaritan's and do unto others as you would have them do unto you.  The courts by law are no longer allowed to believe in Jesus and follow his teachings but even if you don't believe in him, these are good philosophies to follow.  The governement and the courts believe they have the power to pass the laws they want and also make themselves exempt from those laws.  READ THE ANIMAL FARM BY GEORGE ORWELL!

Judge Beating Daughter

The judge may have gone a little overboard but people have to put themselves in his position of frustration with a rebelling child.  The sad thing here is that he was trying to correct her behavior and teach her there are rules that must be obeyed.  She has now ruined his life and removed any chance of his teaching her to obey rules.  She has also removed all chances of anyone correcting her behavior and has freed herself to to anything she wants when she wants and nobody can stop her.  That is until she does something criminal and then she may find her punishment is a prison term.  There she may be beaten over and over, raped, stabbed or worse killed.  Someone needs to explain to me how being whipped with a belt is worse than prison.  Which punishment is more abusive?  My father exercised corporal punishment on me and I turned out fine and now that I'm 64 years old and see where my life has taken me, I thank him for every lash I received.  I'm a better person for being taught to obey the rules of society.  When you know what your punishment will be,  fear of that punishment will in most cases keep you from doing the acts.  If a person knows his/her punishment will be mild,  that person will do the act and say it was worth the punishment.   The press who run the story and society which is taking a condemning stand are responsible.  If this girl turns out to be a bad apple, it is the press and society who are responsible not the father who tried to teach her through corporal punishment.  Even Doctor Spock eventually recanted his opinion about no corporal punishment.

Moammar Gadhafi is Dead

 Moammar Gadhafi is dead!  It seems this should be a good thing but I'm wondering what we will get in his place.  All the turmoil in the world today make me wonder if things are not being set up for the new world order of the appocolypse

Government Shutdown Threat Again???

We don't need a government shutdown!  We need to shutdown Congress!  These guys are playing the American People for FOOLS!

We the people of the United States of America, need to begin a campaign to vote all encumbent Members of Congress out of office.  They have no interest in what is good for us, only what is good for them.  They couldn't agree that the sky is blue or grass is green.  Republicans and Democrats alike have lost their ability to represent the people of America.  Some times I wonder if the Comunist of the world haven't financed the election of these people to office with the specific goal of bringing down this great nation.

Execution of Cop Killer

Several witnesses testified under oath during the trial which resulted in the guilty verdict and thus the death sentence.   Now several years later the witnesses are recanting their testimony.  Are they admitting now that they committed perjury during the trial?  If so, they have created a situation where it's possible an Innocent man was put to death.  Why then, are prosecutors not seeking charges against these witnesses who are recanting?

Regardless, if anyone is responsible for a miscarriage of justice in this case, it is the witnesses who are now recanting!

Power Outages

We have had so many power outages in my neighborhood recently that caused me to go buy a generator.  Yesterday, power went out and I waited an hour for it to come back on before I pulled out the generator and started it up.  Ran all the extentions and just as I started plugging things in, the power came back on.  Not complaining about the effort exerted to pull out the generator.  Just glad the power came back on!  Wonder  why the power company is having so much trouble keeping the power going.  I understand when there's a big huricane or snow storm but yesterday there was nothing.