High Truths and Low Lies

December 11, 2022

-Megan Markle is a despicable person. Shame on Harry!

-Brittany Griner is “home!” The very essence of “mixed feelings.” I guess a Black, lesbian, WNBA star has a lot of friends. Will she stand for the National Anthem now???

-Twitter is corrupt and impacted national elections against the Republicans. It will soon be disclosed that the FBI was directly involved too! No wonder Trump is upset with the elections. Conservatives never had a chance!

-Paid $95 for a freshly cut Christmas tree. What was I thinking? Wine at the Teeter has gone up $2-3 a bottle. Biden caused all of this.

-For low-income people, shoplifting is a viable option. Sadly, same is true for higher incomes. I need a new pair of walking shoes; think I will go to Dick’s and steal a nice pair.

-Charlotte Observer is still running articles about the Capitol riot. This week the “fishwrap” reported 6 deaths that day. The editor must be stupid and/or dishonest.

-Disney raised their ticket prices. It costs $180 per person for a day pass. A family of four would pay $1400 for a two-day visit. I think Walt would not approve!!!

-The idiots on “The View” are apologizing again for saying something stupid or insulting. What kind of people watch that show???

-Charlote Hornets have 7 wins and 21 losses. Worse record in the NBA.

-White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, reads answers from a 3-ring notebook. This week she read the wrong answer to a question. She also uses bad grammar-her verb tenses are incorrect. But she is openly gay and a Black woman.

-AOC is in trouble again. The House Ethics Committe has her under investigation. Seems she was “comped” tickets to a $35,000 gala ball and shown wearing a custom fitted designer dress. The dress had large print red letters on the back that read “Tax the Rich.” She is an ignorant showboat, an empty vessel.

Deion Sanders (“Prime Time”) is the new head football coach at Colorado. He is a world class showboat but does backup his claims. Now he will coach in the Division 1 PAC 12. As part of this deal, the University agreed to lower academic admissions standards for athletic transfers. I guess Colorado will see more football player transfers. Hmmmmm???? I think this is a shift in the wrong direction. Academics first, then athletics.

Law schools are dropping the LSAT from the admissions process. Liberals claim the test is biased toward whites. That is because white applicants score higher on the exam. Hmmm? Currently, 60%-70% Black graduates of law schools do not pass the Bar exam. Next the liberals will go after that exam. It must be racist. Med schools are considering the same course of action. I am quite concerned about racial equity being used to train doctors!

Lastly, college majors to avoid-Journalism, Hospitality, Communications, Gender Studies, Music, Art History, African History, French Literature, Sociology, Culinary Arts and Drama. Graduates with these majors will receive Corvid checks from Biden while playing “Call of Duty.”

Since the elections are over, I have been thinking about our elected officials. What would I want the newly elected to focus on? So, if I were elected Governor of NC this is what I would do in my first 90 days:

-Conduct budgetary reviews with each state department to investigate where all the spending is allocated. I would “mark” each spending allocation that seems inconsistent with my agenda and give leaders 2 weeks to defend that spending.

-Investigate any public school that is under-performing. I would use End of Course ratings, especially the high schools to single out low performing schools. I would ask the Department of Public Instruction to develop plan to get all NC schools to the upper third of EOC ratings by 2025.

-I would remove any DA or sheriff that is not enforcing US. and NC laws. And I would remove from office any judge that allows hardened criminals back on the street.

-I would develop and execute a plan to rid NC of any criminal gang activity. The plan would include a state funded task force to find and incarcerate gang members. If non-citizens, they would be held of deportation.

-I would announce that peaceful protests are within the rights of NC residents, but any protestors that damage personal and government property will be arrested. Same with protestors that threaten people or cause them harm.

-Police would receive my full support. And I would award medals of valor for police courage.

-I would review the State’s plan for all types of major emergencies, especially hurricanes, and acts of terror. The national guard would be placed on notice that I would not hesitate to activate that service.

-Contractors and business partners of the State would be expected to meet contractual obligations. Contracts would not be awarded based on skin color or gender. Businesses within the state of NC would receive extra consideration.

-Teachers would get my help. Pay, benefits, working conditions, classroom disruption would be investigated and dramatical improved.

-Mental illness is a disease and would be addressed through funding and I would expect to see innovative solutions, and results!

-I would visit every military base in NC during my first year.

lastly, businesses would be supported in all ways. Tax incentives, college training, technical schools, land grants in rural areas, and especially the power grid. Businesses are attracted to locations with excellent State services, roads, housing, education, and a favorable business climate. I would require the Dept. of State and the State Chamber of Commerce to award top businesses with state grants to be used to grow their businesses.

November 15, 2022

• I can’t believe there was not a “Red Wave?” Seventy percent of the people in the US believe the country is heading in the wrong direction. High crime, high inflation, open borders, mega spending programs, record gas prices, etc. yet the people voted for those in charge.
• Buying votes worked! Young people voted for Democrats. Student debt forgiveness drove punks to the polls. Same with stimulus payments, rent pause, eviction pause, free laptops, childcare credits, expansion of SNAP and Medicaid. A third of Gen Zer’s are not employed.
• Racial division worked! Blacks are oppressed and voted for Democrats. Philadelphia has been run by Democrats for 70+ years and the city is dangerous, with record high crime. Last year the city had 562 murders, this year 400+ so far. Seventy percent of those homicides were committed by repeat offenders. Almost all of these murders were committed on Blacks. Yet Blacks voted for Democrats.
• Fetterman won his bid for the US. Senate in PA. I can’t believe people cast their ballot for him. One million early votes carried him into office. The early votes preceded the election by 50 days!!! And prior to the single debate. This election smells.
• I cringe when Biden goes overseas to meet with world leaders. Our president should know the difference between Cambodia and Columbia! Ugh!!!!!
• Caryn Elaine Johnson (aka Whoopi Goldberg) is in trouble again. She is despicable. She makes her money throwing horrible, personal insults at Conservatives. She is protected by her gender and race! She also needs to read more history books. To her, the Holocaust was a minor event.
• Another fight occurred on a commercial airline. Passenger not behaving. Flight attendant sent to hospital. The FAA needs to make an example of these unruly people.
• Republicans cannot win a national election. Google and Facebook distort the truth and post unbalanced reports against the Republicans. Every day I look at the Internet, usually first thing in the morning. New various articles are always slanted against Republicans. The reporting is so biased. And, regrettably, the young people use the Internet as their only source of news and “facts.”
• Lastly, a white man was fired as sign language interpreter for the hit musical “The Lion King” because he is white. Production company felt the job should be held by Black person since it was about Africa. Madness!
• Nancy Pelosi’s home was broken into, I think. Her husband, Paul, got hurt, I think. The alleged break-in occurred on Nov. 1. We still don’t have the facts. The DOJ, the police, and District Attorney are telling different sides to the story. This was a simple break-in! What are the facts???? We certainly know who has privilege! What exactly is being protected???

Updated July 5, 2023

The US. Supreme Court has ruled against affirmative action!

The fundamental premise behind most of these terms is false and harmful to the US. economy. If a particular “class” of people is earning less, getting promoted less, granted loans less, graduating less, accumulating less wealth, living shorter lives, or being arrested more, then the “system” must be prejudice!!! That is the premise.

I reject that premise! There will always be the “lower 20%.” And the population of that 20% changes dramatically each year. Economists will tell you and much has been written about the scarcity of resources. Raw materials, water, investment $$$$’s, land, research and development grants are all limited and must be allocated on merit. No national economy can survive long term, if that economy dispenses resources based on “equity” or “inclusion.”

Regrettably, this country has been divided into “classes” of people. And our radical leaders propose policies that distribute resources to each “class.” Who decides the classes and the proportion each gets? Of course, this is madness! Allocation by merit is easier and more beneficial to all “classes.” Period.

Here is an example of “class” distribution of resources:

Clover, SC is a small town in York County, population about 7,000 people. The town has a local bank founded in 1955. That bank has about $10 million in deposits, and therefore can loan $1 million to residents. The bank manager and loan officer decide to be “fair” and make 20 loans of $50,000 each, and to make these loans based on “diversity.” The 20 loans will be allocated as follows: each of these “classes” will get 2 loans– Black women, Black men, Asian men, Asian women, Hispanic women, Hispanic men, white women, disabled men, LGBTQ+, and ex-felons. Merit is not a factor.

Do you see the problems with this approach? Will the bank be successful making these loans? Will they even find borrowers in these “classes?”. Of course not! And the bank will lose money! And people with great business ideas will not get many loans. And the city will not grow and provide jobs. And-the city revenues will decrease, thus social programs will be forced to decrease spending. Nobody wins!

Affirmative action, inclusion, equity, diversity, racial justice is all the same. It means a small group of people get privilege when allocating scarce resources. It also means that other groups will get completely left out. This is madness! Use merit for the allocation of resources!!

Paulette Dillard is the president of Shaw University. Recently, she claimed to be outraged when sheriff deputies in SC stopped an unmarked, private, charter bus with darken windows carrying Shaw students from Raleigh, NC to Atlanta. The stop occurred on Interstate 85. Dillard claimed the stop was racially motivated. She spoke without waiting for the facts. That makes her a race baiter!!

Here are the facts- Interstate 85 between Raleigh and Atlanta is a very dangerous stretch of highway, very crowded. and often the place for fatal accidents. That highway is also a known corridor for drug trafficking.

The county sheriffs near Spartanburg SC pulled together a task force called “Rolling Thunder” to more closely patrol that highway watching for speeding and dangerous driving especially bus traffic. Operation Rolling thunder is an annual event for about 5-7 days. This year, during that operation, the deputies stopped 144 buses. One of those buses was carrying Shaw students. There was absolutely no way the deputies could have known the bus was carrying students from Shaw. The bus was unmarked with blackened windows

The sheriff’s office released all the body and dashboard videos. I saw the tapes. The deputies acted with great professionalism.

This is another racial hoax. The president of Shaw University owes the sheriff of Spartanburg, Chuck Wright, an apology. She should personally call Sheriff Wright to apologize, and she should hold a press conference to correct her blunder.

And a final comment- Shaw University is a private, HBCU in Raleigh. The tuition, fees, room and board at Shaw are slightly higher than state schools like NCSU or UNC. Regrettably the six-year graduation rate at Shaw is 17% which is horrible. The national average is 64% in six years, 47% in four years. Can you imagine the student debt for Shaw students???? The student retention rate at Shaw is 66%. Also, well below normal. Shaw University is ranked in the bottom 25% among national universities. I suggest President Dillard work on these problems!!

Postscript-That stretch of Interstate 85 is a racetrack. I am glad law enforcement is patrolling it!

Here we go again!!!! Political groups are complaining about diversity in MLB. They claim there are not enough “native born” Blacks in MLB. This is a new race of people!!

Major League Baseball has the most diverse population of players than any other major US. professional sport.

MLB has players from over 30 countries. Here are the data for 2022:

Dominican Republic–448 players

Venezuela–254 players

Cuba–74 players

Japan –25

Puerto Rico–58

Mexico–46

South Korea–17

Canada–23

Panama–22

Curacao–6

Nicaragua–7

Australia–9

Brazil–5

Unites Arab Emirates–6

And many more players from 16 additional countries!!!

Yet, political activists are complaining about diversity. I guess it just means Black Americans?? I think MLB has done a suburb job in attracting a diverse set of players. Period!

South Carolina ranks 48th in the nation in education!!! The state’s school test scores and graduation rates are terrible! Only West Virginia and Mississippi are worse.

The average teacher’s pay in South Carolina is $53,000. The national average is $65,000.

Yet recently a survey in South Carolina revealed that 33+ high school football coaches are paid in excess of $112,000 annually. Of course, all are teachers, many with years of experience and some with AD (12 of 33) responsibility.

These facts are an excellent example of what is wrong with education in high schools. Paying a football coach about $40,000 to $50,000/year extra to coach a sport for 4 months is absurd. That’s $10,000/month!!

This does not include the salaries of the various assistant coaches!

I guess this means it is ok the have extremely low test scores in math and reading if you have a good football team. I think South Carolina has things backward. What benefit is it to the student body to have a good football team???

Having excellent math skills and reading skills is a benefit to all students, and to South Carolina. Ranking 48th of 50 states is awful! Period!

October 30, 2022

In the US. and most other countries there has long been a system of established qualifications for acceptance, approval, authorization, consideration, contracts, and receipt in many forms of transactions.

Examples of qualifications include age-to buy alcohol or cigarettes, to vote, to rent a car, to rent a hotel room, to join the military, etc. Age has much to do about wisdom and maturity. Education is a qualification for most jobs. Structural engineers have BS degrees. Doctors graduate medical school. Lawyers graduate law school and pass the Bar. BMW mechanics are certified through schooling. Nurses hold BSRN’s.

Experience is a qualification. Pilot training requires hours in the cockpit. Surgeons spend 3 to 5 years as residents learning their skills. Often, years of experience are stated in job postings because many job duties are complex and require accumulated knowledge. A plumber with 10 years of experience has more skill and job knowledge that a plumber with 2 years of experience.

Our world would not function and quite frankly would be dangerous if the above parameters were ignored or eliminated. Maturity, knowledge, wisdom, and skill are critical qualifications.

Race and gender are not qualifications for anything! Being a woman is not sufficient for acceptance, approval or authorization. Same with being Hispanic or Black. Being Black is not a skill. Being a woman is not a job-related experience.

Yet, the leaders in this country often use gender and race preemptively for acceptance or appointments. Our local “fishwrap” the Charlotte Observer stated a US. senatorial candidate is preferred because of race (Black) and gender (woman). How stupid is that?? Biden only considered women for the Supreme Court appointment. Again stupid!

Can you imagine American Airlines only accepting women pilots? Or medical schools only accepting Black applicants? Or a high school only hiring white men?

Using race and gender as criteria is legally wrong and extremely harmful to the country. When I see it, I will protest. I am asking my readers to do the same.

October 23, 2022

James Bouknight is a 22-year-old basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets. He was arrested last week for a DWI. Police found him at 2am. passed out in his car in a parking deck. Bouknight had a gun in the car. He was released from custody after posting a $2,500 bond.

Four days earlier, Bouknight was also arrested for driving 92mph in a 50mph zone. He was cited for speeding and reckless driving.

In February, Bouknight was also arrested for reckless driving.

And-Bouknight was arrested last November for driving 84mph in a 35mph zone. I had a friend who lost her license for 1 year for driving that fast! That is four arrests in 11 months!!!!!

Why does he still have a driver’s license? Perhaps he has privilege!

While a student at UConn, Bouknight was arrested for fleeing the scene of an accident!!!

Also, last February, the rookie Bouknight got into a verbal argument his coach, James Borrego. He had to be held back by an assistant coach. Bouknight was benched for the remaining games in the season. Two weeks later, Bouknight was ejected from a basketball game at UConn by a game official for standing on the floor while on his cell phone. He had to leave the gym but re-emerged by sneaking into the student’s section and causing a scene.

Bouknight is a reckless punk, with no respect for authority. Why are the Hornets allowing him to practice and play????

Bouknight should be suspended.

PS-Bouknight also has traffic violations in Cabarrus County-one involving driving at 107mph in a 65mph zone!!!!

Bouknight played one year in the NBA. He was drafted in the first round by the Charlotte Hornets. He signed for $4.25million.

Every single Democrat (House and Senate) voted for the bill that paid this terrorist $1,400!

In April of 2013 Tsarnaev and his brother denotated two bombs at the Boston Marathon that killed 3 people an injured 260. Seventeen people lost limbs!!The bombs were made from 6-quart pressure cookers filled with nails! He was convicted of that crime in 2015, got the death penalty and now is an inmate in a maximum-security prison in Colorado.

In June of 2021 this murderer received a $1,400 Covid Relief check from Biden and the Democrats. The Democrats felt that inmates were “entitled” to receive relief. Relief from what?

Not one Republican voted for the Covid Relief Stimulus Bill in 2021 as it was deemed to provide money to inappropriate people and to be inflationary. They were exactly right!!!

Why is Biden paying this terrorist $1,400??? Why did every Democrat vote for this bill? I cannot understand why any American citizen would vote for a Democrat. It’s madness!