Stop Pulling the Wagon

I have over the years posted some two hundred plus articles on this site.  while I appreciate all comments, both pro and con, time and space does not allow comments on all articles and I simply do not have time to read every comment.  I try to speed read as many as possible and the short pithy ones get most of my reading attention.   

My articles and website is much shared on the web, thank you, and I get thousands of comments on those articles where comments are allowed.  I cannot begin to publish all of them.  I say this because some articles elicit more comments than others.

The two articles I have received the most comments on are “Boiling the Frog”, which was my signature article for my book, and “Momma Tried” which I first published in August, 2019.   Since publication “Momma Tried” has received many thousands and thousands of comments and it is still one of the most shared and commented on articles from this site.  Some days I have received, and still receive, more than fifty comments on “Momma Tried”.

I am republishing it here because the message is still appropriate and our Civic Leaders don’t seem to have learned anything in the last two years.  Sacramento, California for example recently voted an 800 Million Dollar plan to deal with the homeless.  A major part of this plan includes relocating them to “new”, currently uncontaminated areas of the city, including residential areas and suburbs.  Other major cities continue with the same “brain-dead” plans they have tried before.

Hope you enjoy it and share it with your friends if you do. 

Bob

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MOMMA TRIED

Recently while watching a documentary on prisons and prisoners, I saw a prisoner with “MOMMA TRIED” tattooed across his chest.

It got me to thinking. And, no I am not talking about the unfortunate homeless living on the streets.

I am talking about the City Administrators of these cities, like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland and, yes, sadly Sacramento and too many others.

Yesterday, I heard on the news that San Francisco was going to provide elevator operators in buildings because the “homeless” have been using elevators as public toilets.

I am ashamed to admit that in a moment of anger I would like to take these so-called “Administrators” and “Guardians” of their citizenry, and have “MOMMA TRIED” tattooed across their foreheads.

Their first duty is to provide the citizens of their city with safety in a clean, healthy environment – not hold meetings and talk about grandiose plans which will cost a gazillion more taxpayer dollars and in the end not produce the desired result. I have heard on the news that the State of Washington has spent a Billion (with a “B”) Dollars on homeless plans and the situation on the streets of Seattle are, if anything, worse.

Here is a two step plan to clean the streets:

First, provide Charter Buses to relocate these poor, miserable people living in filth and degradation to new, clean and prosperous locales. May I suggest places like Marin County (home of Nancy Pelosi), Malibu, Brentwood, Beverly Hills, Hollywood and other places filled with those smart, politically connected folks who believe they have all the answers for all problems. Be sure they arrive with a nice box lunch, map of the area of their new “home” and a crisp new $100 bill.

Second, using scrapers, loaders and dump trucks, remove the debris and trash from the streets. Then Fire Hose the remaining human waste and filth into a containment location (similar to the ones required on construction sites) and have it “sucked” up and disposed of in a sanitation facility. Preferably one in Marin County etc..

After completing these steps put up signs (in multiple languages) that henceforth the streets will be water-blasted on a regular basis for public health and safety reasons on an unannounced basis as needed. Then do it.

Problem solved at far less cost than all those “solutions” provided by those “Administrator” meetings.

Sorry about the “MOMMA TRIED” tattoo crack. Most of those Administrators foreheads are probably too narrow for it anyway.

Bob Bandy – (August 2019)

WE HUMANS CAN’T SEEM TO LEAVE ANYTHING ALONE

This is written under the category of “Humor” for a reason.

We all need to lighten up a little and learn to laugh at ourselves.

The Federal Government and various Colleges and Universities have spent Hundreds of Millions of taxpayer and student loan dollars on “Gender Studies” and research over a period of years.

It is rumored that the “final” conclusions from all this fact finding and money spent were  so  surprising and perhaps controversial, and may I say for those doing the studies a shock  that they decided to bury the report in a previously abandoned Nuclear Missle Silo in the mid-west guarded round the clock by heavily armed troops.

Never the less, and despite all the care given, a single copy of this report fell into the hands of a “whistle blower” who has leaked it to our undercover agent.

To the great consternation of all the researchers it was finally concluded and scientifically established  that, contrary to all publicly pronounced protocol and human wishes, there are two and only two genders.  Male and Female.

Despite the efforts of some states and localities to encourage parents of newborns to leave blank the gender line on newborn birth certificates so that said newborn can come back at a later date, after they have decided what gender they want to be (from a creative list of 20+ options) and fill it in with the self chosen gender of their choice.  However, that newborns true gender will remain the same as it was at birth at a biological, chromosome,  genetic and DNA level throughout his or her life.

It was also established that the term “Trans-Gender” is not a gender.  It would be more appropriate to title it the “Wannabe Gender”.  An example would be large, strong athletic males who “wannabe” dominate in women’s sports.   It simply describes those of one gender who desire to be a member of the other gender for any of a number of reasons.  Despite wardrobe changes, good intentions, bad intentions, “plumbing” changes, hormonal treatment and all manner of “smoke and mirrors, if a self styled “Trans-Gender” has the cruel misfortune to die in such a way as the only option to identify them lies with a medical examiner and DNA analysis, the final report will show they were either male or female.  There is no such thing as Trans-Gender DNA.  Sorry.

Dogs, cats, horses, cows, chickens or people.  There are two genders. 

You can have all the fun you want, even invent new social constructs and groups but…

THERE ARE TWO AND ONLY TWO GENDERS AMONG WE HUMANS

Too bad about all those hundreds of millions of dollars spent on research.

……. God created mankind…… male and female He created them.     Genesis 1:27

Bob Bandy – December 2021

The news tells us that our Government is spending more and more dollars it does not have and uses phrases like “Don’t worry it’s all paid for” and we are going to “Tax the rich to pay for it”.  This is all just lies and propaganda and anyone with an I.Q. above room temperature knows its a lie and that even if they did tax the so called rich at 100% you could not finance all this spending for more than a month or two and then what?

Here’s what.  Our government has run up so much debt that it cannot afford to pay even the approximate 1% interest it is now paying on Government “Treasuries” (Debt Bonds) and there are not enough stupid investors that want to buy a $10,000 Government Bond paying 1% interest with inflation rates topping 5 1/2%.  Bonds with negative earnings potential after inflation used to be called “Junk Bonds”.

Even if we accept the lie that inflation is “only” 5 1/2%, a $10,000 Bond is worth only $9,450 post inflation value at the end of a year.  If you add back in the 1% interest the bond pays ($100) you end up with $9,550. 

Put another way, one year later it will take $10,550 inflated dollars to buy what $10,000 would buy you a year earlier.  Think of these bonds as financial quicksand.

Even though our Nations Capitol is obviously well stocked with unindicted Fiscally Criminal Legislators,  Only a moron would invest in a Ponzi scheme like this and these folks are not stupid enough to invest in their own legislative malfeasance.  So, what’s a government to do?

Here is what your government is doing.  Using a shadow term like “Quantitative Easing” the government continues to issue debt bonds under cloak of darkness which are being purchased with a lot of “smoke and mirrors” by the Federal Reserve system who is simply printing the money and putting it into circulation to “pay” for all the government spending.  This of course creates more and more inflation.  As time goes by you end up with an inflation spiral that makes all those dollars you worked so hard to save worth less and less.   In post WWI Germany it got to the point it took a wheelbarrow full of virtually worthless currency to buy a loaf of bread.  In Venezuela the citizenry are forced to eat their pets or starve.

Sort of makes you want to invest your life savings in Government Junk Bonds that lose a net of 4 1/2% in value each year doesn’t it?

Inflation caused by governments monetary incompetence, if not criminal misconduct, has the effect of a cruel tax on the poor and the elderly who have to buy the more expensive groceries, gasoline  Etc. Etc. Etc. 

Governments in history have long used inflation to cover their fiscal lack of discipline.  Governments don’t file Bankruptcy, they just create fiat money that is worth less and less and less.   From Rome to post WWI Germany to Venezuela.  The result is always the same.  Those with fixed incomes or savings get hurt the most.  Poverty and misery run rampant.  Government does a lot of finger pointing and grandiose speeches but lacks the courage to do what is needed.   Fiscal discipline.

The following excerpt is from a piece I wrote in April of 2011 under the title of:

THIRD GRADE MATH PARTY

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… I am thinking of starting a new Political Party which I would simply call the Math Party.  To become a member of the Math Party you would only have to believe in the simple laws of mathematics.  If you wanted to run for elective office representing the Math Party you would have to demonstrate that you can get at least a ‘B’ on a Third Grade Math quiz.   And, if you wanted to run for President under the Math Party Banner you would have to show us your Third Grade Diploma.  The real one.

You see, I have become absolutely convinced that no political party now representing us in Washington D.C. (or for that matter Sacramento, California) can do Third Grade Math.  They sure can’t add or subtract.  In fact, they act more like a teenage boy with the keys to dad and moms new car,  a bottle of Jack Daniels Old No. 7 Brand and a credit card.  When asked to solve a relatively straight forward math problem like, say, doing a budget for the country that does not involve spending money we don’t have, they instead come up with a plan to “reduce the deficit 12 to 16 years “down the road” (when they are no longer in office).

So what do you think?  Would a political party that believes in the simple laws of mathematics have a chance?  Or, have we all become addicted to believing in the Tooth Fairy and just want to hope that Uncle Sugar in Washington has a bottomless checkbook?

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Today I have lost all hope of there ever being any fiscal responsibility in government and am putting my efforts into figuring out ways to survive the coming monetary collapse and chaos.

Bob Bandy –  November 2021

To be clear from the beginning, I believe Black Lives Matter.  Not an issue for me.  What is an issue is the integrity of the Black Lives Matter Organization.  

Read On

Soros – Obama – Biden – Harris

From an internet posting

What connection does the Black Lives Matter Organization have to do with the above?

It’s all about manipulation. 

Once the Black Lives Matter Organizers,  including their Marxist Leader manipulated our government and major corporations into meeting their demands and contributing Billions of dollars into their “Foundation”.  They have since, for the most part, seemed to have just faded into the shadows. 

Oh, there are a few die-hards showing up as supporters for mostly George Soros funded ANTIFA riots and other destruction in places like Portland, Seattle, Milwaukee etc. for public demonstrations, damage and other devastation. 

But it seems that once the founder(s) acquired their palatial homes, things have quieted down.  Can anyone point to what changes the now well funded BLM organization has made in the tattered lives of the residents of the hell hole ghettos of Chicago or other major inner city slums?

It seems to happen over and over and we never learn.  Huge amounts of dollars are either coerced or pledged with good intentions by government and major donors, such as corporations, for what is universally accepted as good causes and yet very little of that money produces noticeable results.

Some years ago Jesse Jackson and his “Rainbow Push Coalition” extorted Millions and Millions of dollars from corporations with very little in the way of tangible results.

People like Bill and Hillary Clinton have turned massive charitable spending into an art form for enriching themselves.

When Port-Au-Prince in Haiti was devastated by a massive 7.0 Earthquake in 1993 over 13 Billion Dollars was pledged to help rebuild the City and surrounding area.  Several Billion of these dollars were “flushed”, and I use the word intentionally,  through the Clinton Foundation to rebuild housing and infrastructure in Port-Au-Prince.  Very little housing was rebuilt and the infrastructure remains a shambles to this day but the money disappeared into the “black hole” of the Clinton Foundation.  One can’t help but wonder how many of these dollars ended up, directly or in-directly in the “Pleasure Palaces” of folks like Jeffrey Epstein?  

So where have all the Billions of dollars donated to BLM gone?  Or did the Organization just use the riots, burnings and threats of violence as a way to manipulate huge amounts of cash into their coffers for the private use of the leaders?

Your government does much the same thing.  And government does it on steroids.  A large amount of  those dollars that you work so hard for and must spend for your daily living is extorted from you in seen and unseen taxes.  An unforgiveable amount of this ends up in the pockets of the “Ruling Class”, Bureaucrats and their supporters while you are taking out a second mortgage on your over taxed home to buy a tank of over taxed gasoline  for your over taxed automobile so you can get to your job and pay more taxes.

Criminals hold you up with a gun.  Organizations like BLM, The Clinton Foundation and Government do it by manipulation and corruption, even coerced authority.  As the saying goes:  You can put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig.

Bob Bandy – November 2021

I became acquainted with this mans writings and works a few days ago.  I agree with his thoughts and words and could not say them any better so I will not try, simply reprint them here from the website I found them on. 

    https://thefederalist.com/author/delanosquires/

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Delano Squires

“there is a “narcissistic classroom cosplay that involves two groups in the elite, privileged class: White liberals seeking absolution for sins that they didn’t commit; and Black liberals seeking empathy for injustices that they didn’t endure.”

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The following article is reprinted from the Babylon Bee, one of the best satirical sites on the web and in publication.  The article is humorous, satirical, factual and I find it frightening as I think on it.   My comments follow – Bob

First, the Babylon Bee article.  It is indeed satirical and humorous.  Enjoy!

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ARMS RACE HEATS UP: JUST AS CHINA REVEALS SPACE NUKES,

AMERICA RESPONDS WITH TRANS ADMIRAL

Reprinted from the Babylon Bee.

WORLD—The arms race is heating up between the U.S. and China. Just last week, China revealed its brand new “space nukes”, which are capable of easily nuking any country on the planet. The United States responded swiftly to the provocation by unveiling the world’s first trans admiral.

“China, you’ve been warned,” said Biden to a Chinese food delivery person he mistook for President Xi. “Our transgender admiral is fully armed and operational. If you cross us, we will unleash the full fire and fury of this deadly weapon upon you, make no mistake.”

Military experts say that while a space nuke is somewhat impressive, it pales in comparison to the awesome power of diversity. “With Rachel Levine serving as admiral, nations around the world will bow before the terrifying might of our transgender empowerment,” said General Milley. “We must pursue peace through strength. Strength of inclusivity.”

Biden insisted that there is no weapon yet conceived that can top Admiral Levine and that he will gladly accept China’s preemptive surrender.

Admiral Levine was not available for comment as she was getting her prostate examined.

The Babylon Bee

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Folks:  What are we doing as a country? 

The Chinese are indeed developing and placing space based nuclear weapons while at the same time casting hungry eyes on Taiwan and putting the pieces in place to make a move in that direction.

North Korea is again firing missiles  into the sea off South Korea.

Russia is eyeing making a move on the Ukraine with no fear of the United States interfering with any such move.

America’s former allies no longer trust the United States to keep its commitments, treaties and promises following the debacle of our sad, humiliating, poorly planed and botched withdrawal from Afghanistan under the sorry leadership of our Joint Chiefs of Staff and fumbling, bumbling Secretary of Defense.  These folks are more focused on “diversity”, “inclusivity” and destroying the former racial harmony in our military by imposing the culturally divisive poison of the flawed “Critical Race Theory” propaganda than they are on maintaining the worlds best military machine which they inherited.  The worlds mightiest military is being converted into a “paper tiger”.

In the process many of our best career military personnel are leaving the military under forced vaccination rules and other politically correct and required  indoctrination.

To further divide us, our Secretary of State has reinstated the Obama legacy of a worldwide apology tour begging the United Nations to forgive us for all our misdeeds.

Our current attorney general is more interested in putting peaceful, unarmed protestors in prison while labeling parents who want a voice in school curriculum and speak up at School Board meetings as “Terrorists”.

For the last 10 months our country has encouraged invasion by illegal migrants who are on arrival being put on planes and buses and relocated without documentation or papers to cities throughout the country who neither want them nor are equipped to deal with them.

There is a very large, and growing segment of our population who no longer trust our election system or the sanctity of the ballot box.  I know I do not.  Do you?

It goes on and on and on.  Every day some new attack on our rights under the constitution.  

It is becoming more and more obvious that our leaders are intentionally on a path to either destroy our country as it was founded or turn us into a second rate communist nation patterned after China, North Korea or Cuba.  Otherwise their actions make no sense at all. 

Are we becoming slaves to an Idiocracy or prisoners on a ship of fools?

If you agree with my thoughts in this article, please forward and share it with your family, friends and neighbors.  Thanks!

Bob Bandy – October 2021