Reflections of An Uncommon Common Man

 Some people are calling my recent post on Facebook regarding the censorship of foul language as being a violation of their 1st Amendment rights. In my opinion people do not have a proper understanding of what the 1st Amendment really means. My job as a mall security officer requires me to enforce mall rules regarding the language that is written on tee shirts and other clothing. For example people are not allowed to wear a tee shirt with the F word or any other profane words on them. You can buy these shirts and hats all day long in Spencers but you can't wear them out of the store. If you are a parent shopping with your children and you prefer not to shop at Spencers because, you don't want your children seeing those words, you should not have to encounter them in the common area of the mall. Our mall policy is that we want to keep a family friendly environment. This is why mall management enforces a dress code. They can do that because the mall is private property...

  Distortion of the news has become a daily occurrence by the mainstream media. Whenever I hear something negative about Trump such as the story that Trump told his lawyer to lie to congress or a report that tries to make his supporters look bad. Such as the case of the White teenager Nick Sandman wearing a MAGA hat who supposedly mocked an American Indian Vietnam veteran near the Washington monument, I usually reserve judgment because the truth will be revealed at some point. Usually within a matter of hours. Further discrediting the mainstream media and eroding the faith of the American people in their trustworthiness. They either outright lie or leave pertinent facts out of the story. Or they ignore the real news stories altogether. The stories that need to be reported are completely ignored most of the time. This is why James Okeefe started Operation Veritas. He does the news reporting and undercover work that the mainstream media should be doing.  I have seen how th...

“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” Thomas Jefferso n “I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” Thomas Jefferson "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."  Benjamin Franklin Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land! Martin Luther Kings Promised Land Speech  I am sorry people but I smell a rat surrounding this pandemic. It smells a lot like karl Marx, Saul Alinsky, Richard Cloward, and Frances Piven all rolled up int...

 Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick went on Tucker Carlson to make an impassioned plea for capitalism and the U.S. economy. This plea consisted of Patrick saying he thought grandparents like himself should be willing to sacrifice their lives so that the United States economy can continue moving forward during the coronavirus pandemic. I understand what Patrick was saying but I am not sure we have to sacrifice older people to get the economy going. Lets use common sense measures to protect the elderly like myself and others but Patrick is right. We have to get the economy going again or we could be facing an even bleaker future where many more people could die from causes unrelated to this disease. Which could involve Americans of all ages.  Although Andrew Cuomo is not one of my favorite people he is one of the few Democrats that has halfway acted like an adult in this crisis. On the other hand the following was his response to Patrick's comment. “My mother is not expendabl...

Gravitas is defined as dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner. "a post for which he has the expertise and the gravitas"  When Ronald Reagan ran for president in 1980 I still considered myself a Democrat. Personally, I liked Reagan. He had been one of my favorite actors as a child. I especially liked his portrayal of the famous baseball pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander. Reagan, like Trump, was very well known as a celebrity before he ran for political office. Besides being a movie star he had also made a name for himself at GE and as a television actor. Beyond that I knew very little about him. I was still drinking the Democrat Kool-Aid when he ran for president. I believed all the media fear mongering about Reagan. They said that he was a war mongering cowboy that was not qualified to be president. He would get us into a war with the Soviet Union and we were all going to die if he was elected. Not only that he was too old to be president. America had no Fox Ne...