Boot Camp For Kids?
"Boot Camp is the answer"?? This only addresses problem children after the fact. The real question is, why are there so many delinquents in the first place and how can we reduce that number dramatically. Here is the problem as I see it; kids today know their rights and it is spelled out to them by every teacher, CPS Social worker and the like and by God you'd better not touch them in any way shape or form. I attended elementary and high school in the 1970's. In the early 1970's where I attended elementary school, corporal punishment was used. My third grade teacher whacked me on the back of my hand with her pointer, and you know what, I didn't misbehave after that! Ask yourself the question; why is it that kids were in control more 50 years ago than today? Why was there less crime? Children respected their teachers because they knew there would be consequences. Time-out's, detention and things of that nature are a joke and the kids know it. It's time we bring corporal punishment back into the schools and throw the Progressive "I'm OK, You're OK" Liberal bums out because there in lies the problem.
John Wilson
Longview, WA.
Start Punishing!
It is a fruitless battle to legislate morality to these misfits of society unless those who are the administers of justice execute with a firm hand of morality themselves. Crime and subsequent justice in this country would be analogist to a dam ready to burst and that our remedy has been to patch, plug or divert. We never seem to address the underlying causation, a lack of true moral direction. In Oregon, the tax payers are hamstrung by the legislators using criminals as blackmail. Unless they can squeeze more money from the tax base, they will keep releasing more rats on society until they cry Uncle. Does this sound to you like those who administer justice are of a high moral fabric? We give our Government more money under the pretense that it will be going to place for its intended use. Then a commingling of tax revenues occur, (something we would be indicted for if we did this in the private sector) and money is diverted elsewhere for other uses. Punishment is just that "Punishment". We need to start "punishing" rather than the sole focus on rehabilitation. It hasn't worked thus far and I suspect it never will. A car accident victim, someone who has been injured needs "Rehabilitation". Those that knowingly cross the line and commit a crime need "Punishment". Once we as a state, establish this clear line of reasoning, we will be on the road to recovery, if not, I see future vigilante justice becoming rampant.
John Wilson
Longview.
The Ford Foundation
What do we stand for as Americans in this country? There is this hard line leftist, anti-American socialist crowd that is trying to redefine what this country is all about and what we represent. The catalyst for this movement are the many useful idiots you will find among the left that are doing the bidding of these sinister people unwittingly because they refuse to investigate what they stand for. One such organization would be the Ford Foundation, (Nothing to do with Ford Motor Company). These people for years have given passage to illegal immigrants. These very thankful immigrants always without exception, side with this organization which is clearly anti-American in it's core beliefs. I believe their agenda is to change the political landscape of this country with an infusion of like minded people that they can control. The recent botched heart/lung transplant at Duke University is a clear example of what I am talking about. Here we have illegal immigrants who surreptitiously gain entrance to our country. Because they are illegal immigrants they are placed at the top of the transplant list while other LEGAL tax paying citizens have to wait because this family was allowed to cut ahead in the line. The operation goes south and now this same leftist garbage is encouraging this family to sue Duke University. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE TO BEGIN WITH! When I see on the news of this collage girl, who before every game while the pledge of Allegiance is being recited, she turns her leftist, Marin County, CA. behind around in protest of the American flag. One such occurrence happened and there was a Vietnam veteran who was in the audience, he got up, grabbed the flag and in the middle of the Pledge of Allegiance, draped the flag in front of her. The sad thing was, this war hero was escorted out while this little leftist whiner was allowed to stay. I ask you, Is this direction we want to go with our country?
John Wilson
Longview, WA.
Ranting on movie theaters and their patrons.
Once again, I went to our local movie theater this evening to see a movie, (something I rarely do for obvious reasons). I try and make the late show as to avoid as many loud mouthed morons and their commentaries throughout the picture as possible. No such luck. This time I was serenaded by an infant screaming throughout the movie and the parents sat and did nothing. I had to listen to a couple of twenty-something's yammer on and on to the right of me, another young gal yapping on her cell phone, oh, and we have to throw in the kicking of the back of my seat for good measure. I tried moving to different seats throughout the theater, but this proved to be an exercise in futility. I felt as though I was either in a Chuckee Cheese Pizza Parlor or a room full of ADHD patients. The only upside was the volume was so loud that it at times drowned out these morons. Unfortunately for an older person with hearing aids, their dust. I'm 41 years old, and I don't remember it being this bad even twenty years ago. What has happened to our society that being a slob and rude is the rule rather than the exception? Is it any wonder why DVD's, DVD players and home theater systems sales are booming? I'm done with theaters.
John Wilson
Longview, WA.
We torture? You have to be kidding! I'M SICK OF IT!!
After reading Bernadette O'Brien's June 5th letter in the Daily News bashing Americans for condoning torture by allowing it to continue, I had to respond. You must be kidding, right? Instead of regurgitating what the media is feeding you, why not look at the truth, (facts), or should we simply go by what were feeling at the moment and the truth be damned? Here is the truth; We have already tried and convicted those responsible in the Abu Grab "so-called" abuse while Saddam Hussein sits un indicted in a jail. Now, you wish to talk about abuse, atrocities? Here some truth for you; Saddam Hussein would build swimming pools and fill them with acid. He would them lower screaming people into them slowly feet first and pull out a skeleton. He would video tape this to watch later for fun. His sons were worse yet. How about the torture that occurs in China? Korea? North Vietnam? Let me throw a dart at the globe and hit a country that REALLY tortures their prisoners. With all due respect, how dare you sit there, condemn Americans who in comparison are the most compassionate people on the face of this planet while atrocities are going on as I write this letter. This idea of "Blame America First" must stop if we are to continue as a sovereign nation.
John Wilson
Longview, WA.
Enviromentaliberals...God help us!
The Enviromentaliberals decimated our economy through prohibition of logging to protect the Northern Spotted owl. They do this to allow nature to be unscathed my mankind's influence. They now want to destroy a new type of owl that has moved into the Northern spotted owl's territory. The Enviromentaliberals cannot have it both ways and we the voting public should not allow them to. They are now influencing the outcome of nature by playing God of the forest. If the timber companies are prohibited from influencing the old growth forests with conservative logging ( and replanting I might add), then the same applies with the Enviromentaliberals who wish to evict a certain species they deem inappropriate for their forests. Why do they have the final say of what happens with OUR forests? These forests belong to ALL of us, not just the flakes who do not bathe and the "Rent a Mobs" that chain themselves to trees. Why were millions of board feet of lumber allowed to rot after the biscuit
fire in Siskiyou National Forests? This was good lumber that could have been used. Again, the Enviromentalibers whined and the timber companies were banned and the wood rotted. Why? They didn't want mankind's influence in the old growth forests. Well we don't want them mucking up nature either, I say let the barred owl stay because according to their beliefs, that new species of owl has more of a right to be there then the Enviromentaliberal.
John Wilson
Longview, WA.
Hate Crime Legeslation
I just read the article from the AP in the Daily News: Three black men (excuse me) Three African-American men were roaming through a New York neighborhood for the express purpose of stealing cars and even admitted to it. A White man who would rather they not steal those cars, thwarted their plans with a baseball bat. The white youth is now being charged with a Hate Crime. How much more of this silliness are we going to put up with? If I understand correctly what the politically correct, left wing crowd would like is that we ask politely that the African-American please not steal that car. If it so happens that it is a white crook, we simply beat the hell out of him because maybe, just maybe his Great, Great ,Great, Great, Great Grandfather may have enslaved some African-American brethren. It is an exercise in racism what the left is doing by enabling the black population of our country with double standards and keeping them in victim status. When will they realize they are being used by charlatans such as Jesse Jackson who has become extremely wealthy from this. We are ALL Americans. Blacks are no more African than I am. The Hate Crime law needs to be abolished. This is not 1964, it is the 21st century.
John Wilson
Longview, WA.
The Hate Crime Law
Liberals have this idea of how the world should work. If what they feel does mesh with reality, they use tactics such as Misinformation, Misdirection and half truths. This has always been the Liberal's M.O. when debating a subject where their evidence falls flat like a lead balloon. Let's dissect Ms.Thomas's letter: She is in favor of the law because of what happened to her cousin when she was 7 years old, how many years ago was that? Unless Geraldine is in her 20's, I would say this happened quite awhile ago. Again, this is not 1964, it is the 21st Century. The other two examples she offers, those people were tried and convicted to the fullest extent of the law and no Hate crime law was in place at that time. She then uses Jim and Tammy Baker and Jimmy Swaggert as examples of charlatans that are white. Granted, Jim and Tammy defrauded many people out of thousands of dollars, (And they went to prison for it), and Swaggert liked his voyeurism. Jesse Jackson on the other hand extorted Hundreds of Millions of dollars from companies, (either they pay Jesse or hire more blacks) only to pad his own pocket and let's not forget about Karin Stanford. Oh, and what church is the Rev Jesse Jackson a pastor of? Our country needs to get past the bigotry by abolishing double standards.
John Wilson
Longview, WA.
We've lost our Minds
As I write this, I find the behavior of many people in our country extremely baffling. To someone outside our country looking in you would think we were all suffering with a case of Stockholm Syndrome. If you polled most people before September 11, 2001 of what an extreme Muslim terrorist is, they would be clueless. Now suddenly we are hailing Muslims as heroes, their faith is in many school curriculums, we have even given them Hate Crime status and many are converting. Am I missing something here? The Muslim religion does not change from person to person , either you are a Muslim or you are not. Recently since the anniversary of the A-Bomb dropped on Hiroshima, there are articles all over bashing Americans for such a dastardly act. What? Are they kidding? Our men at Pearl Harbor were ambushed on a Sunday morning before 8:00AM, while they were asleep! We at least dropped leaflets warning the Japanese in response to their attack on us, we had no warning. As I have said before, if we are to stay a sovereign nation, this blame America first MUST stop.
John Wilson
Longview, WA.
A Polarized Nation
A Polarized Nation
My parents, in their 80's, are from a generation where our country was a galvanized nation. Where the majority of citizens had similar core moral values based upon their belief in the Bible and upbringing. A generation that was concerned for their neighbor's well being and wouldn't dream of presuming upon anyone. They worked hard and had little time to protest about anything. Children, for the most part, were well behaved or could be controlled very easy with a stern look from a teacher. Fast forward to 2005. We now are looking at a generation that is more polarized than ever. We are beginning to resemble ancient Rome at the precipice of their demise. A generation that is self serving and whine at everything, protesting anything and everything. That presumes upon everyone. A generation that has removed itself from the well grounded beliefs of their predecessors only to be enchanted by every false doctrine that blows past them leaving them running in all directions with no specific purpose. We are self destructing with no clear vision. If we are to survive as a nation, we must become galvanized once again with leaders who have biblically centered convictions upon which we were founded.
John Wilson
Longview, WA.
Liberals
Why is there such a proliferation of Liberals in Government and those agencies that are controlled by Government? Why is it that you find more Conservatives in the private sector, or more precisely, owning their own businesses? Why is our country so polarized with respect to the disparate directions each side tends to move toward? I believe that Liberals by their very nature gravitate toward the path of least resistance. Owning your own business, which is the basis for Capitalism, requires one to be more responsible personally for their actions, Liberals will always deflect that personal responsibility. Private sector businesses do not pay unless you actually do some real work while in contrast, Government offers a safety net and tenure which rewards laziness and underachievement. How did our Government become this way? Follow the money. Where will a parasite always go? Where the most food is so it can survive with the least amount of effort. Our government today is the result of many years of unabated, liberal infiltration to form it into the shakedown, socialistic government you see today; remove from those that work hard and achieve more, give it to those that wish to work less.
That answers the question of money redistribution with respect to the mind set of Conservative vs. Liberal, but why is the Liberal side tend to be more like a side show with respect to Gays, Lesbians, celebrating diversity, racial compensation, on and on?
I think that conservatives are so busy trying to make a living, they do not have time to concentrate on these non-issues, where as Liberals seem to have more disposable time on their hands.
Every answer with Liberals is neither right nor wrong. Their mind set is there is no right or wrong answers…just feelings and those by God are not wrong. The problem with this mind set is there are no absolutes with respect to Laws and the governing of them. The consequences of an “I’m OK you’re OK” attitude will eventually lead to chaos with no real direction.
