From president to precedent... it could lead to 'unpresidented' 

Trump, Trump, Trump 24/7!

Let’s change the subject for a few minutes (or less). 

From president to precedent here’s my take: 

How about those New York Mets? From first place to last in unprecedented time!  

We’re open for discussion  as we watch our president’s perplexing actions (quite possibly) leading him to become “unpresidented!”

Confused? Not nearly as much as I am!

Beware of dark money’s influence on U.S. politics 

Over the past 40 years, I have tried to become an expert on conservative political thought.

I believe it is important to share with your readers the one important finding I have learned.  There now appears to be a much larger number of conservatives who are essentially “survival-of-the-fittest” Social Darwinists than there were during the 1950s through 1970s.

This means, I believe, that they want to abolish and eliminate all federal government safety-net programs including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, and College Student Loans. 

You will find many of them in the US Congress within the “House Freedom Caucus,” the old “Tea Party,” and the “Movement-Conservatives.”

You will find a heavy dose of such thinking in conservative think-tanks such as “Americans For Prosperity,” “The Heritage Foundation,” and “The Cato Institute.”

While some of these groups are open and transparent about their beliefs, many use hidden stealth tactics to infuence opinion and political decision-making. 

Others can do the same research I have done, and will likely come to the same conclusion.

I highly recommend the books “Dark Money” by Jane Mayer and “Democracy In Chains” by Nancy MacLean.

P.S. — I  wrote this because I do not want to see any of the safety-net programs abolished/eliminated or cut/reduced.  I am a retired college professor of sociology and social work who cared deeply about the well-being of his students. I taught at West Virginia University and Slippery Rock University.

Godless America lambasted for favoring baby-killing 

The top U.S. Senate Democrat is afraid that President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court might be inclined to favor reversal of Roe v. Wade. 

He and some of his fellow colleagues, want to continue the killing of innocent unborn babies.

Which is a terribly inhumane act that goes against God’s Laws.

They speak of Judge Kavanaugh being tainted, while they are dripping with the blood of the innocent  babies being teared out of women by the thousands every day.

That is how sick and ungodly America has become.  We have judges, senators, and congress members who disobey God and His Ten Commands and Statutes.  Eventually that will bring the wrath of God upon America.

It is a disgrace that they are elected to public offices and placed in judgeships in America.

They support same-sex marriage and other sex related abominations which are destroying American families.

Paper’s racial equality story prompts challenge on views

After reading the last issue (September) of the Daily Planet, I just had to express some thoughts on racial equality. I read how one speaker said he was due the land that he stood on.

Then I hear that all men are created equally. Okay if they are created equally the first thing to do is forget what your skin color is.  It is strange that the first black president was not 100 percent black but only one-half black. 

Did that not give him an advantage since he was light colored?  Oh, I can hear you say not Oh that is the Don Yelton that was on the Daily Show.  Yes, that is me and I was subjected to a total attack since I was white.  You see folk use color as an excuse for failure, low wages, no jobs, and then on the other side they get attacked because they are a different color or lack of color.  This has become something called White Privilege.  

Where are you now Mr. expert, Mr. Darin Waters, “All men are created equal”  Later on in the presentation the following were listed for racial equality by Kimberlee Archie.

1.“Support people-of-color businesses” 

2. “Hire people-of-color”

3. “Vote for candidates to those who support racial equity”

Then she continues to talk about buy books, music and TV, movies by people of color.  Sounds like she believes they are the only ones promoting equality. 

If you look back at these few quoted comments at this conference you will see that nothing was said about ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUALLY.

It is this kind of reverse racial discrimination that really pisses me off.  This is not equality but constructing the rules to give the “white man’s power to the blacks”.  Don’t sound like all men created equally to me!!

Now let me be clear.  I only see color when it gets thrown in my face.  I have many friends of different colors and life styles.  But, your skin color should not give you an advantage in any direction.  If you are really serious about stopping this racial divide, STOP USING THE WORD RACE!!!!  Forget that you may have been treated unfairly by people in power.

Who has not been mistreated by someone somewhere?  Let me tell you just how pissed off I got when someone told me I had two advanced degrees because of white privilege.  My white privilege consisted of being raised in a house heated by a coal stove in the living room, no heat in the bed room.  A wooden cook stove in the kitchen that heated the water pumped from a cistern and used to give me a bath sitting in the kitchen sink and then on the side of the sink.

My toilet consisted of wooden structure built by the CCC boys and wood hole that your butt left a print on when the frost froze on the cover. Yep really sounds like white privilege to me.  I started mowing yards when I was 12 years old for money to buy some extra things.   I worked on a local farm and fed 5000 boilers (chickens) before school each morning or at night when I got home from football practice.  No car, just catch rides.   

Got out of high school and then worked at Eastern Aerial Photo Lab in Asheville first summer after school.  This was a summer work program.  Started in at UNC-A and started looking for work.  Found a job at Stoney Knob Super Market in Weaverville and worked hard, took responsibility, worked up till in charge of part time help.  By hard work, learning the business, did every thing from stocking, mopping floors, waxing floors, painting shelves, decorating for the holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I even went as far as using my Dad’s farm truck to haul the buggies to a car wash to clean them.  Yep I worked from 48 to 60 hours a week while carrying a full load at UNC-A and graduated with honors.

THAT WAS MY WHITE PRIVILEGE MADE BY MYSELF WITHOUT CONSIDERING MY COLOR OR THE FACT THAT MINORITY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MED SHOOL WAS ALL OVER THE HALLS AT UNC-A.  

Left there and went to ETSU, graduated and then to Clemson for second advanced degree.  No white privilege just hard work.   

If you all are serious about equality, lets talk about how to get equality.  First, drop racial from your vocabulary.  Also drop color from your vision.  STOP screaming disadvantaged.  Never say white privilege.  Talk about how to improve yourself.   Be proud that you make it as you are not because someone gave you something. For anyone to give, they have to get first so when you take from others they feel just like you do and that is violated.   

Riots violate all rights of store owners, ambulances trying to carry folks to the hospital to keep them from dying.

Tearing down statues just breeds the same resentment in others that you felt when you attacked the statue.

Now if you are serious about being equal, act equal not like a spoiled or even an educated spoiled pseudo-intellectual.  

If all men are really created equal they must act equal and not seek, ask or demand special treatment.