Masculinity Under Attack

Masculinity Under Attack

Feminism used to be a movement to help project women ahead, to advance their aspirations and dreams, to make possible what had been unobtainable for them in prior times. Now it has become a weapon to destroy the influence and importance of men in general. The idea of masculinity was its first casualty.

It has become normal to imagine that a man should express no level of autonomy or power that has always been considered a masculine trait.

Hollywood, through its sitcoms and commercials, has emasculated men and turned them into morons who can’t think for themselves. A show like “Father Knows Best” would never make it today. Rather, we have the Al Bundy’s and Homer Simpsons who are anything but father figures that help shape their children’s lives in a positive manner.

Effeminate Gay men seem to be a part of every sitcom and their femininity far exceeds their masculinity, as if it is the desired new norm, or at least that is the reality Hollywood would have us embrace.

TV commercials present men as bungling idiots who clean fish on wooden countertops, measure their kitchen for cabinets using their shoe, and don’t know how to dress for a first date. Once you begin to notice it, you’ll see this tendency exhibited in commercials by companies like Sling TV, American Express, Lowe’s, Clorox, Progressive Insurance and The Hartford.

Why do advertisers think that they can sell products by degrading men? Because women respond to ads more than men do, they are less concerned with the way men are portrayed. But does making a man look like a loser make a woman buy more? It is a method designed to build her up by making her look like the decision maker and the sensible, sane one in the family, and tearing him down is the method they use to accomplish this. Properly targeted ads sell and portraying men as bumblers is the by-product of successful advertising.

This movement to shoddily portray men as incompetent has become politicized and to gain favor for an agenda, all you have to do is diminish the influence that men have to make your point.

The murder of Millie Tibbits is a perfect example. Murdered by an illegal alien, her case drew national attention to the challenges of illegals in America. But Liberals refuse to see the crime as reflecting in any way against people who are not legally in this country because it does not fit their agenda. So, they ignore the immigration aspect and blame her death on “toxic masculinity,” whatever that is.

Throughout history, there has always been jobs and duties thought of as typically suited for males and for females. The feminists and political correctness of today seek to change all that. School books no longer present the woman as a homemaker and mother who stayed at home and reared the kids and took care of the home but rather they seek to present her as gender neutral and assigning anything to her as “typically female,” such as ironing clothes or washing dishes, is frowned upon. Leaders see such ideas as limiting and demeaning to women. What used to be seen as honorable and necessary for women has become undesirable and sexist.

Even the use of “he” and “she” is frowned upon in an attempt to make every character in schoolbooks gender neutral. It has become absurd. Misguidedly, the use of terms like “mankind” has been labeled as offensive to the modern feminist.

In Italy, the Left Party is promoting a movement that would require men to sit when urinating. They claim that it is more hygienic for them to do so but is really a backhand way to proclaim the uncleanliness of men using public restrooms.

The LBGT community proclaims that men are not even essential any longer in the act of procreation and having a man’s influence in the household as a parent is no longer necessary in the rearing of well-balanced children. That is a whole twisted topic in itself as we see boys being taught that the male influence is of little or no value. Male role models will soon go the way of the Dodo bird.

We all know boys can be more energetic at schools than girls, who usually pride themselves in being more civil. This fact has boys being prescribed drugs for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder at a rate twice that of girls. This is seen as a viable and effective way to “control” masculine energy.

Men are being “kept in line” by the popular #METOO movement. Now it is even dangerous to give an honest compliment to a woman for fear she’ll scream harassment and you’ll lose your job and your reputation based on the accusation alone, no real facts needed, just the hint of impropriety.

In the UK, it was found that only 7% of men would offer a woman a seat on a bus because of a fear of offending them. Indeed, some women who demand to be thought of as equals, scold men who hold doors for them or offer them a seat on a crowded bus. Personally, it feels like an unfavorable consequence of feminism and women are losing out on simple acts of courtesy and respect.

A survey of 5,000 men showed that over a third of them would not offer to help a mother struggling to go up or down a set of stairs with a stroller and baby for fear of offending them. Three-quarters of men would refuse to help a woman carry a heavy bag or suitcase for the same reason.

A law was proposed in England that would make it a crime for a man to ask a woman for her phone number on a public bus, if the very act offended her. When did we become so thin-skinned? When did we begin to see every act of a man as suspect and with ill intent?

Historically, women have always seemed to appreciate the “little things” done for them by men which men view as common courtesy. In the climate of women demanding to be thought of as equals, men are now often confused and simply opt out of offering any assistance to stave off the wrath of a woman who might not appreciate the courtesy and act of simple good manners.

Men have always been seen as the “stronger sex,” so it is understandable that men should desire to aid a struggling woman, but even expressing that view riles some woman who see such assistance as offensive and patronizing. Also, that phrase implies that the woman is the “weaker sex” and now this is intolerable to declare.

Chivalry appears to be dying on a global scale.

There are a couple ways to have the best house on the block. You can dress up or paint your house, landscape the yard, add curb appeal in various ways, or you can simply burn down everyone else’s house. Feminism and the search for equality seem to prefer the later approach. Things have gone beyond a simple desire for equal pay for equal work. Often the destruction of masculinity is erroneously portrayed as necessary to accomplish equality for women.

There will always be differences between men and women, whether anyone likes it or not. Feminist seeks to eliminate the differences because to admit to them would demand we also recognize men and women for their weaknesses as well as their strengths. We were not created exactly the same and to think otherwise is delusional.

Forcing feminine traits on men to replace masculine ones seems to be their solution. Take an average man and add a dash of emotional sensitivity and the propensity to nurture and you have the ideal man. Well, not exactly.

We all know of men who could be more sensitive and understanding, who have the ability to see things through a woman’s eyes. But can this not be done without the tendency to erase masculinity altogether?

Like adding two colors together, a new and different color is created. One wasn’t enhanced, it was changed into something totally different and to think otherwise confuses everyone. Such an effort of redefining male characteristics to be more feminine does not erase undesirable “masculine” traits that some men exhibit.

A man can be a good father and an effective provider for his family and defender of them and still be considered a man. A man doesn’t have to relinquish his “manhood” to be strong for his family or community. Men have always donned that role and the very essence of a man does not have to be destroyed to make him a better human being. Today even John Wayne would have a tough time portraying his manliness without repercussions.

There are negative masculine traits, certainly. What keeps it all in balance is the attitudes of the individual. Men tend to focus on a narrow part, while feminine energy tends to focus on the whole, whether the family or the community. Women often forsake their own desires to fulfill the needs of her children or family. Actions taken to benefit others are a balance between the two, just as all of life is a balancing act.

What ever happened to the fight against negative masculine traits? Now, such actions are excused too often. Blame is placed on the economy, schoolyard or internet bullying or they have been demeaned for racial reasons. If Hitler were killing Jews today the “enlightened” among us would blame it on his rough childhood and the fact that his overbearingly “masculine” father would not allow him to pursue his love of art and painting. A “COEXIST” bumper sticker might even have his picture on it these days.

It doesn’t take the destruction of masculinity to set the world right. And any attempt to tear men down for the betterment of humanity, whether it is to portray men as abusive no-counts or as incompetent, bungling boobs, is misguided and self-defeating.

Honor masculinity. Honor femininity. Honor the differences. In attempting to destroy the differences, we are destroying what makes us uniquely human in the first place.

The NFL’s Disrespect of America is Subsidized by Us

The NFL’s Disrespect of America is Subsidized by Us

We are seeing a lot of discontent in the NFL nowadays, and all of it is not taking place on the field in the form of a kneeling player, or a pandering NFL Commissioner.

It is being seen among fans who have been loyal and entertained for decades but are getting fed up with the disrespect players are showing. Some have vowed to never watch another televised game. Others have burned the jerseys of players they used to root for. And there is good reason to be dismayed at the behavior of both the players as well as the ownership of the teams and the league.

Here is another reason for disgust you may not be aware of:

Since 1997, one finding showed, the NFL has built numerous new stadiums, aided by $7 BILLION in taxpayer money. Teams are also given discounts on municipal services like police and fire department protection and utility costs on top of that to keep them happy and local.

Two years ago, one study claimed that total might be as high as $10-12 Billion in taxpayer money being funneled to the sports entities.

Teams often get tax breaks on the money they spend on construction of these stadiums as well. Most spending is financed with tax free municipal bonds, which were originally created by Congress to help fund roads and schools. Special consideration for land and infrastructure concessions also increase their bottom line and save them millions.

In spite of this, enter Colin Kaepernick, a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers who devolved after a few years into a player no longer in demand. His claim to fame will be his taking a kneel to protest racism and inequality in America. His protest for social injustice was soon followed by teammates and other players from other teams and has led to the dwindling support of the NFL.

Kaepernick is now unemployed looking for a team to play with and many football fans couldn’t be happier, as the majority of them never sided with him and his displays of disrespect for America. He once wore a pair of socks that depicted police as pigs, but go no reprimand from the NFL. In fact, 64% of Americans disagree with his protest with a mere 24% support him. Disrespect for America will likely never be mainstream, even though Liberals politicians of today are certainly trying to portray it as such.

So, every time you see players "take a knee" to protest civil injustice in America, they are not just expressing false outrage, they are disrespecting the police, the military, the government and President Trump. But did you ever stop to think that they are also thumbing up their nose at the benefactors of that $7-12 Billion they gladly pocket — YOU, the taxpayer!

Since this is federally collected money, a taxpayer in Hawaii may be, in effect, helping finance a new stadium in New York City, for instance, 5,000 miles away from their home, giving money they will never see a benefit from for a stadium they will unlikely ever even visit.

These subsidies go toward baseball, basketball and football entities, compounding the problem. For instance, $431 million was funneled to Yankee Stadium since 2000 alone.

Pro athletes live high-on-the-hog, as we say in the South, at the sacrifice of the very people they willingly choose to dishonor. We, the American taxpayer, are the reason for their very existence and the fabulous lifestyle they enjoy as pro athletes. In reality, you and I pay our hard-earned money so they can enjoy the life they live. Even if you are not a fan and never watch a single game, you pad their bank accounts. Add that to their total disrespect of America and its values, and there is reason for real outrage.

The Corrosive Power of Liberalism

 Does anyone else get tired of the hypocrisy and the double standard that exists in the Left and with the media these days as I do? It is beyond infuriating.

 For example: The same immigration policy has been in effect for 8 years of GW Bush, 8 years of Barack Hussein Obama and now almost 2 years of Donald Trump but President Trump is declared a bigot and a hater who separates families. Never mind that he has literally rescued 10,000 children from human traffickers and smugglers, not stripped them from their parents, who, incidentally, willingly gave them to the smugglers.

Then there’s their eagerness to declare a Christian baker a bigot and a homophobe for refusing to bake a cake celebrating gay marriage because it is against his Christian belief. However, the Left and the media applauds the Red Hen restaurant when they kick out Sarah Huckabee refusing to provide service to her and her family because she works for the White House.

Then there is Rosanne who had her show canceled because they didn’t like what she said, but Peter Fonda was perfectly in line when he said that Barron Trump should be locked in a cage with pedophiles. He can still make all the movies he wants without worrying about being black-balled.

Black actor Jamie Foxx went on Saturday Night Live and talked about how cool it was for him to kill a bunch of White folks in his movie Django and he gets cheers from the crowd. Were there repercussions? Not exactly; he now has his own show on TV.

Hollywood’s Superman has had his “Truth, Justice and the American way” tossed in the trash in favor of “Lies, Unfairness and any way but American.” Sylvester Stallone was once asked if he had considered his movies of the “Expendable” series too patriotic, as if that would be a bad thing. Hollywood’s Wonder Woman’s costume was changed from the Red, White and Blue it has been for decades to a more neutral, all-inclusive one because the former one fashioned after the American flag might offend someone.

The logic of the Left and the Left-pandering media is non-existent. Whatever they want goes. No rhyme or reason needed. They have a license to be rude, crude, bigoted, anti-Christian, anti-American hypocrites and outright liars and they get standing ovations for it.

Our values are no longer reflected in commercials or TV shows, much less honored. Liberal politicians who have God the furthest from their minds most of the time, invoke Him when they can use a quote from the Bible as a slur against President Trump, as if it adds credibility to their attacks and logic to their reasoning.

Liberalism is a cancer that is eating away at its host – America. Socialist presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders take center stage as if their desire to turn America into a Socialist nation like the others that have failed, is a badge of honor. Proudly they declare, as candidate Barack Hussein Obama did before his first election, to “fundamentally change America.”

We have Keith Ellison, a Muslim Senator, in office who, after the swearing in ceremony, was photographed with his hands on the Qur’an, along with smiling and clueless Nancy Pelosi, as a sign of his allegiance to Allah over the God of the Bible. Considering that no true Muslim prefers the American system of government over Islam’s totalitarian one, what is he doing in office in America in the first place? There are currently over 90 different Muslims vying for public office in America. Their elections will change the face of America forever.

Even President Trump declaration to “Make America Great Again” and to “Put America and Americans First” seems so offensive to Liberals that they foam at the mouth in hatred and vow to block him at every opportunity.

The greatest change that America can make today is to declare that we will no longer tolerate the attempts of Liberals and America-haters to represent us and that their place in our political system will no longer be tolerated. We must show bold support for the values of America and deny their corruption a foothold.

There is a point when it will be too late to take America back and the great experiment that was begun as a shining example of what a country can be, will have failed. God’s hand was actively involved in the creation of the United States of America and since His presence is no longer desired in our schools or public squares, we have replaced a dependence upon God with human arrogance. 

The crosses on soldiers’ graves are being targeted for removal. Some demand that “In God We Trust” be erased from our money. His Ten Commandments are time and time again being stripped from our courthouse walls as if to declare that He isn’t needed or wanted any longer. Statues of Satan are being erected in public squares to show our inclusivity.

High school students who wear an American flag on a tee shirt are made to go home and change because that symbol might offend an immigrant from Mexico. The names of holidays are being changed as to not offend people. Some businesses are too afraid to even say “Merry Christmas” for fear of offending someone who doesn’t celebrate it and opt for a neutral “Happy Holidays” instead.

Muslims enroll in Catholic schools and then demand statues of Saints be removed because they, and the sign of the cross, offend their faith. Muslims can block streets for prayer and announce their message over loud speakers but Christians are arrested for passing out Bibles on the street corner.

Traditional marriage is now on the hate list but Gay Pride celebrations of the vilest nature are acceptable on our streets and promoted by city governments.

America is under siege and we don’t know it or we refuse to admit it. At any rate, we are slack in defending either America or God and when someone stands up for either, he/she is slandered and attacked to the point that they cowardly apologize for offending the easily offended.

American history is being rewritten as if that will change the past. All it does is to transform informed individuals who have the opportunity to learn from history into ignorant people who don’t know their history and will be doomed to repeat its mistakes.

Our politicians finish their speeches with “God Bless America” and yet they do everything in their power to see that he has no reason to.

America is more than its buildings or its land. It resides in the hearts of people. It is defined by who we are as a nation and what we hold dear, and all that is changing. It is time that America wake up or we will be like the legendary character Rip Van Winkle and awaken one day to find the America we once knew and loved, no longer exists and what has taken its place, will be a shameful place forsaken by truth, integrity, dignity and honor, and even by God Himself.

The Left's Newest Useful Idiot, David Hogg

The Left has made a rock star of David Hogg, as he hogs the spotlight (I couldn't resist) that he has been thrust into, to gain attention for their anti-America and anti-gun agenda. He wants his opinions to be taken seriously and at the same time calls himself a "kid" who is fed up with gun violence. So, which is it? Are you an adult who has legitimate ideas or are you a spoiled kid being used as a puppet for those who need a new voice for their nonsense?

Does anyone really think he would be given all this press and praise and fame if he were AGAINST gun control, or against the trashing of the Constitution? Of course, he wouldn’t have gained any attention, except as perhaps a nut case and then he’d get summarily dismissed with a little patronizing, "Well, bless his little heart."

David Hogg has had his 15 minutes of fame and we have had enough of him too. Get back in class and out of our faces. Take the time to find out what it takes to be a real American who contributes to society instead of trying to manipulate it with clenched fists and tough-sounding sound bites. Take the time to learn the value of the Constitution and why and how it has shaped the greatest country in the history of the civilized world and get a grip on why it must be defended, not attacked or dismantled.

The Left needs new voices to promote their nonsense because the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Diane Feinstein, Chuck Schumer, and CNN’s talking heads aren't getting the job done. Liberals love a good crisis and a good act of violence. They stand tall on the bodies of dead children and point attention and blame at the NRA and against guns, the inanimate objects they blame for all the violence. That is easier to do that than to address the troubled souls who commit the violence. Guns don't walk into schools, malls or churches and shoot people. They are merely tools and sometimes they are used in atrocious ways, but then so are knives, baseball bats, and speeding vehicles.

The FBI claims more people are killed every year by hands and feet than by assault-style rifles but hands and feet cannot be a target for liberty-haters, but guns and scary-looking “assault rifles” can be. Knives accounted for 1,604 deaths in 2016 while only 374 were attributed to rifles of all sorts. So where is the cry to ban knives? Logic has nothing to do with anti-gun arguments.

Let's get real about this debate and speak to the good guns actually do. When they are used to stop crimes by average citizens, we get silence from the media. Their reporting is all one-sided and we hear only what advances their agenda. They sling their lies, half-truths and misconceptions knowing if they do it often enough, some of it will stick and be taken as gospel. A lie told enough times will eventually be seen by some of the gullible and truly uninformed, as fact. But the truth remains the truth and lies, no matter how fervently they are believed, will still be lies.

No problem can be addressed effectively without taking into consideration the truth and not just the myths surrounding it. Anti-gun organizations twist facts into falsehoods and parade them as the gospel truth, doing a disservice to all Americans, including those that would benefit from the truth but are so adamant in spreading lies that they cannot see they harm themselves too.

Falsehoods serve no one. Include both sides of the story in the conversation and let the chips fall when they may. Stop demonizing everyone who doesn't believe like you do. If that's all you got to fight back with, you have already lost. That is what adults do and what kids will never understand, not even 17-year-olds like David Hogg. The system they are trying to destroy is what makes this country work and what makes it great.

They, like most people, do not like being lied to but somehow, they think it is their duty and right, of course, for the "greater good," to lie to you and I. Imagine the world we would live in if lying was not possible and everyone had to tell the truth. Since it would ever come to that, we have to sort out the lies for the truths and act accordingly. It is on us to declare our side and to remember that the truth will defend itself in the end. Lies will always lose at some point, at least, we must believe that and stand for the truth when we can. Silence sometimes has the same effect as consent.  

As for the flash-in-the-pan wanna-be celebrities who seek to destroy America for the sake of their utopia-style vision of what they think this country should be, just refuse to give them your attention. Let them fade away into irrelevancy. America is too powerful and important to be destroyed by mindless puppets who parrot what they are told, whether true or not.

Sometimes we just need to let the truth out of its cage, and like a lion, it will defend itself. As for the peddlers of lies, myths and uninformed opinions, well, “Bless their little hearts.”

The Law of Saturation, Islam's Trojan Horse - The art of taking over a country without firing a shot

During Muhammad’s early “ministry,” he was merely a preacher spreading Islam by talking about his revelations and spreading the word of Islam peacefully, even though this caused confrontations between him and the Jews and followers of other religions, of which there were 365 or so in Mecca at the time.

So how did every Arab in Saudi Arabia become Muslim by the time of his death? After he became a warrior for Allah and a Jihadist and politician in Medina, his followers increased rapidly. Converted Muslims who engaged in Jihad shared in war booty taken from non-Muslims. This was not a part of Islam in Mecca where he garnered only about 150 converts in 13 years. It was a part of the appeal of Islam, profit and gain of material goods, land and slaves.

Inhabitants were oppressed and persecuted, rights were stripped away from them and they were forced to become Muslims to relieve the pressure on them and their families. Those that wanted to hold onto their former religion were forced to pay a tax, jizya, for the right to do so. And this came with severe restrictions and punishments if they were violated.

These people became dhimmis and Muslims say they are a protected people, but it is merely protection as though they were one’s property. Their rights were limited and they were second-class citizens at best. They were forced to wear strange clothes so they would not be mistaken for a Muslim. They had to cross the street to allow a Muslim to pass. They were often forbidden to leave their house when it rained because they might step in a puddle of water and a Muslim might step in it later contaminating themselves.

They could not ride a horse but a poorly mule was acceptable and at times they were only allowed to ride it backwards. Christians had to wear funny dunce-style hats to distinguish them from Muslims. The yellow patch Adolph Hitler made Jews wear in World War II was inspired by the yellow cloth Jews were made to wear in some Islamic-conquered countries at various times in history. Christians were allowed to wear a cross around their neck, but it had to be too large to conceal and weigh about 2 pounds. Everything they were demanded to do was meant to humiliate them, as the Qur’an suggested. To escape these torturous demands all they had to do was to become Muslims, so after years or generations, they did just that and the Muslim population increased, not by a desire to embrace Islam, but as a means to escape unreasonable financial and societal demands placed upon them.

These tactics have limited success in today’s modern world so how does Islam grow to the point where a country becomes Islamic? Saturation.  is how.

As the number of Muslims in any given country grows, demands begin to be made that the non-Muslims conform to the edicts of Islam even though they are not Muslims themselves. And some compliance always seems to follow. Closing the swimming pool or an amusement park on a certain day reserving it just for Muslims. Remove offensive symbols, such as crosses, from their view. Remove nativity scenes from areas where a Muslim might see them because it is offensive to them. Demanding that women be allowed to cover their faces for driver’s license photos. All these appeasements and more, make us Sharia-compliant and it makes us behave like Muslims, even when we are not.

As the Islamic population grows, more demands are made, more appeasement follows and Muslims begin to gain power. In today’s world, even with the violence we see in Islamic countries, violence isn’t always necessary.

The immigration into non-Muslim countries by thousands of Muslims in the past few years has seen countries readily forsake their own values and in the name of tolerance, accept Islamic traditions and doctrine and even make excuses for crimes committed by Muslims because it is simply their culture to act a certain way. Sharia Law is at first tolerated, then promoted as acceptable and then allowed to become the law of the land for Muslims.

No-Go Zones, places where Muslims are allowed to govern themselves instead of being ruled by the country’s own law, enable the spread of Sharia-compliant communities. Pieces of their own country are given up freely by governments and slowly the country loses its identity.

By sheer saturation and appeasement, entire countries become Islamic. Turkey, for example, used to be a Christian nation called Anatolia. Slowly over a period of about 400 years, it became what it is today, a Muslim country where over 99% of its people are Muslim and the remaining portion of a percent of the population are oppressed inhabitants.

To deny that it could ever happen in America is to deny the historical record of Islam. Every country that allows Muslim immigrants and tolerates their bigotry against non-Muslims and makes excuses for their culture of oppression and domination, eventually succumbs to the growing Islamic influence and becomes Islamic in the end.

After all, once Muslims numbers grow to a majority through continued immigration and birth rates that are some of the highest in the world, cultures dating back thousands of years die and are replaced by an Islamic society.

No country that allows unbridled immigration of Muslims will survive. Coexistence is a myth. Muslims are taught from their Qur’an that non-believers are the vilest of all creatures and that tricking, lying and deceiving non-Muslims is allowed until all become followers of Allah.

There is a point when this saturation can no longer be quelled. When a country reaches that point, becoming a Sharia-compliant country is inevitable. Their culture, values and society will cease to exist and there is no going back to what they once were.

We are seeing that in the UK, portions of Europe and Africa. Australia is under assault as is America. Islam has one goal, to see every human being either bowing to Allah and His government established, or their extinction. There a can be no middle ground, no compromise, and appeasement must come from the non-Muslims, not from Muslims themselves.

Immigration is Jihad. Every time some Muslim moves to a non-Muslim land, he is practicing what Muhammad did. Muhammad’s migration to Medina marked the beginning of the end for that city. It is not about the desire for a better life but it is done in the name of Islam to conquer that city or that country for Allah, and it works. And in today’s climate of appeasement and tolerance of the most intolerable doctrine on the planet, it will always work.

Refusal to see the historic record of Islam for exactly what it has always been, is suicidal for any culture or society. Islam is a Trojan Horse and once allowed behind the walls, no city can survive.

School Educators Are Spawning School Mass Shooters

While most concerned citizens are calling for “common sense” solutions to gun violence in both our schools and in the public venue, though most only want to look like they are doing something constructive, Liberal policies are actually adding to the problem, not the solution.

Officials in Broward County, Florida, where the latest mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School took place, made what they thought would be the cure for these tragedies, back in 2013. They proclaimed it as an example for other counties across America to copy. And now, in 2018, it has become evident that is was far from the cure but aided in the killing of 17 of their own.

On November of that year, the Boward County School Board, along with the Chief Justice of the 17^th Judicial District, the Office of the State Attorney, the Sheriff of Boward County, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department and about a dozen other organizations, implemented a policy entitled the “Collaborative Agreement on School Discipline.” The entire covenant can be found online should you want to read it word for word.

The problems in this document are numerous. Instead of targeting problem kids for actual discipline, or even punishment when it is deserved, they shield, pander and appease them, all in the name of “protecting the future” of these kids.

It even begins with a flawed premise: “WHEREAS, the parties acknowledge that law enforcement plays an essential role in maintaining safety in the community.” (Sounds good so far, right?) But it continues: “However, the use of arrests and referrals to the criminal justice system may decrease a student’s chance of graduation, entering higher education, joining the military, and getting a job.”

So, arresting students who engage in criminal activities that SHOULD have gained them entrance into the justice system, might make things hard on them? I submit that their own activities are the problem, NOT that they might be arrested for them.

Do sensible people really believe that the problem is arresting them and not the behavior itself that is the problem?

The document states that in the 2011-12 school year, the Department of Juvenile Justice reported 1,062 school-related arrests in Howard County and 71% were for misdemeanor offenses with over half of them never having being referred to the Juvenile Justice System before. These were new cases and new offenders which should signal there is a dire problem with discipline.

Intelligent people can see that if criminal activity is ignored or appeased instead of being dealt with it, those perpetrating these crimes in effect “get away with it.” As such, it is a reward system, not an accountability system, and rewarded behavior is repeated behavior.

The CASD also cites that people of color are impacted disproportionately by being arrested more than others. Seeking “balance” minority offenders are not arrested or disciplined simply because they are a part of a minority group. In an attempt to solve racism in the prosecution of minorities, they are simply excused based on racist policies themselves. Does anyone really think that arresting an equal number of Whites as you do those of minorities is a viable or even reasonable solution? Do all races commit crimes on an equal basis? I doubt it. The system is blamed instead of the individuals.

To increase the absurdity of the whole process of looking the other way when students commit crimes, the Boward County Sheriff’s Department brags that the record of these instances are down. Of, course they are down. They are no longer reported or addressed. How ridiculous!

In effect, we can surmise that if we stopped keeping a record of stabbing we could celebrate the report that stabbing assaults are down. Ludicrous, ignorant and insulting to a civilized society.

So, as a result of these policies, a young man named Nikolas Cruz, was repeatedly sent back and forth between schools for disciplinary reasons. He had assaulted and cursed teachers, kicked doors in school, engaged in fist fights, threatened to kill other students, mutilated small animals, pointed a rifle at his mother, and practiced self-abuse by cutting himself.

All these “cries for help” were ignored as he was simply shuffled back and forth throughout his high school years. Did this Liberal policy of ignoring his actions, never making him accountable for his choices, result in reformed or mainstream acceptable behavior? For educators who signed their name to the CASD, it might seem so. But for the families of the 17 dead and numerous wounded left behind in the wake of Cruz’s rampage, not so much.

As long as we continue to be ruled by Political Correctness and ignore the disciplining children for the sake of “equality,” others will die and those responsible for finding solutions for student violence in our schools will continue to scratch their heads and wonder why progress isn’t being made.

These educators, in their attempt to disrupt the “school-to-prison pipeline” by making excuses for the misguided students’ behavior in the name of racial equality and doing what’s best for the student’s future opportunities, will only increase the incidence of the “school-to-the-grave pipeline” for innocents who will pay the price for these so-called educated people’s insanity.

Drug Connections to Mass Shootings

Although the recent school shooting is blanketing the news, everyone is avoiding the question as to WHY these mass shootings occur when the answer might be all too obvious. It is too easy for lazy minds to blame it on guns, as if guns walked to the schools and malls and pulled their own triggers. Maybe there is a common link we don’t want to see.

Drugs for anxiety and mental challenges carry the warning that they may cause harmful and suicidal thoughts, so why don’t we see the possible connection? Kids are placed on drugs in their preteens and grow up dependent on them and their altered thinking seems normal to them. Not everyone on these drugs is off the chart like these people are who choose to murder, but it is a common denominator among them that news outlets refuse to consider or even talk about.

After all, almost every commercial break carries an ad for one drug or another. A drug company pulling their ads would cost them big and the bottom line is more important than any safety issue to them.

I quickly and plainly make no assertion that everyone on such drugs are potential killers for that would be ludicrous. Most people benefit greatly from their help and they enable them to live healthy and functional lives when otherwise they would be challenged daily due to the effects of depression and anxiety. Most of our investigations and questioning, however, happens to be conducted after the fact and there does seems to be a link, albeit ignored by many.

In June 2014, Aaron Ybarra, killed one student and wounded two others with a shotgun at the Seattle Pacific University. His plan was to kill as many people as possible and then kill himself. Two years before, Ybarra admitted that he had been prescribed the antidepressant Prozac and antipsychotic Risperdal. His counselor said that he was taking Prozac.

In Austin, Texas in August 1966, Charles Whitman shot 16 people from a university tower while on amphetamines and barbiturates.  In March of 1981, John Hinckley attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. He was on Valium at the time. William Cruse killed 6 people in 1987 while on psychiatric drugs.

Jeffery Dahmer killed and dismembered 17 people while on tranquilizers and anti-depressants in 1991. In 1997, Jeremy Strohmeyer was charged with the rape and murder of a seven-year old girl while on Dexerdrine, known to cause hallucinations, confusion, anxiety and violent behavior and mood swings.

In the famous shooting at Virginia Tech in 2007, where 32 were killed, prescription drugs “related to the treatment of psychological problems” were found by investigators among the shooter’s effects.   

In 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five children while under the influence of Effexor and Remeron, known to cause thoughts of suicide in young people as well as impulsive, irritable, agitated, hostile, aggressive, restless, hyperactive (mentally or physically) behavior, and the possibility of becoming even more depressed. The list goes on and includes the most recent shootings as well.

According to British psychiatrist Dr. David Healy, a founder of RxISK.org, an independent website for researching and reporting on prescription drugs, 90 percent of school shootings over more than a decade have been linked to a widely prescribed type of antidepressant called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs.

There is no question that the mind-altering drugs influence behavior and therefore they carry warnings of “suicidal thoughts and feelings of violent behavior.” 8.7 million Americans contemplate suicide each year and 1.1 million actually act on those thoughts.

253 million prescriptions for antidepressants are filled every year in the United States, the second most prescribed drug in America, second only to cholesterol-lowering drugs.

An alarming fact is that a study in 2010 found that effectiveness of antidepressant drugs to be “minimal or nonexistent, on average, in patients with mild or moderate symptoms.” Yet, there is ample evidence on the other hand that such behavior-altering drugs “intensify violent thoughts and behaviors, both suicidal and homicidal, especially among children.”

So, is there a connection between these mass shootings and violent behavior we have seen in recent years? It appears a very distinct possibility. Personally, I think the pharmaceutical companies, or politicians whose pockets are lined with campaign donations by them, are reluctant to make that connection because it is a multi-billion-dollar industry and as we all know, money talks.

The next time you hear some politician giving lip-service to “protecting our children” especially after a school shooting, as they always do, ask yourself where their main priority is, safety of our children, or winning their next campaign and getting rich with donations and contributions?

In fact, the next time you have the opportunity to question one, ask them yourself.