A Short Break

Just a note to say I won’t be posting anything new this week.  Taking some time to concentrate on some other things.

Lets Talk About “Rights”

Over the past several days I have been pondering the issue of individual rights – civil rights – and how we determine that these rights are viewed as being fair and proper.  My thoughts primarily came about because of a discussion on a blog about individual rights.  The premise of the discussion is that as long as one’s rights do not impose/impact another person’s rights then those rights of the first person are just and proper.

My thoughts concerned the determination of impose/impact on another person.  There are clear examples of when one’s rights would do this – for instance in the denial of the right to vote.  But what about when the imposition or impact is not so clear cut?

Lets Be Realistic About Armed Revolution

Note:  Today’s posting is my opinion and my opinion only.  I believe it to be a realistic and reasonable opinion, but feel free to disagree with it if you choose to do so.  There are no links to data supporting my opinion so, really, any argument against it can no more likely be “fact” than mine can unless the inevitable happens.  So, with that said….

I have read at various places on the web, over a period of time, about the thoughts of the need for another revolution to a) overthrow our government that has become repressive, socialist, oppressive, etc., or; b) restore our government to the founding principles of our Constitution.  I’m not going to show links to where I’ve read this as I refuse to publicize, or help spread, this kind of extremist silliness to anyone else.  But, I do want to speak to two obvious issues to such an idea of a second armed revolution in America.

Possibly Growing Up Behind Bars

This morning I read a CNN.com article about four teens charged as adults in Tampa, FL.  These four teens, three aged 14 and one aged 15, allegedly attacked and sodomized a 13 year old student in the school gym lockerroom, using a broom handle and a hockey stick to sodomize the victim.  According to the prosecutors the assaults occurred on more than one occasion and some where witnessed by others (and not one of them reported the incidents).  The full article can be read here.

Should the teenagers be convicted they could face up to 120 years in prison.

Removal of a Post

I wrote a post today titled “We Are?” in reference to the comment that President Obama made about Muslims in America.  It’s clear to me now, after the discussion carried on with one reader (Chadwick), that I did a really poor and confusing job of expressing my thoughts (fully admitting I was in a snarky mood today and it flowed into my little rant on the topic).

I am removing the post from public view for that reason only.  Certainly not because of any comment made to the post.  If nothing else Chadwick did me the service of showing me how confusing I was.  If I can get my thoughts clearer on the topic I may repost about it, expressing myself better and more accurately saying what I am thinking.

Chadwick, thanks for your comments – it is always a pleasure to read and consider what you say.

The Blame Game

Okay, so with the murder of George Tiller we have been able to read and listen to how the radical right/conservatives/Republicans/Hannity/Beck/O’Reilly, etc…are “responsible” for causing Roeder to actually commit the crime because of all the extremist rhetoric they spout.

Now, not long after we have the case of the killing of one and wounding of another US Army soldier outside a recruiting center in Little Rock by an American who converted to Islam.  So, should we now be hearing how the radical left/liberal/Democrats/Daily Kos/Maddow/Olbermann/Schultz, etc…crowd is responsible for Muhammad’s actual commission of the crime?  Was it their extremist rhetoric from the left that caused this to happen?

Should we hear that all these entities on the left should be silenced, which the left is implying (or in some cases saying) the right should be?

Haven’t you extremists of either side figured it out yet?  None of you are doing one dang thing to aid in changing the problems this country is facing in all facets of our existence as a nation and a society.  So let me, yet again, say it:

EXTREMISM BEGETS NOTHING BUT EXTREMISM!

As long as you’re locked into your extremist behavior you are worthless for helping in creating positive change for our country.

And that’s all I have to say about that.

One More Addition to the “Points of View” Blog List

And for the same reasons I pointed out in my post “Listing Two Blogs Worth Checking Out” it is also now my privilege to add another blog, Democratic Populist, authored by NG Lynd and company.

Thank you NG for consenting to being added to the listing.