This is about something that I am generally experiencing quite a bit in my life.  The title is an acronym: No One Gives A ____ (about that) Either.

Meaning, the more I care about something, the less anyone else gives a ____.   And the more other people generally care about things or value things, the less I do.  This is not based mainly on the observed level of value other people place on subjects, but more on the merits of the subjects themselves.

This is extremely frustrating because the result is that I don’t have a lot in common with anyone, and so keep trying to discuss or work on things, and being completely ignored or dismissed either because NOGAFATE, or because, on the basis of the lack of BS subject commonality, they just don’t GAF about me anymore.

The only way I know to avoid this is to pretend that the only thing I GAFA(bout) is one specific thing and go right the middle of a cult of those people after studying so much on that subject that I have an encyclopedia of knowledge and skills in that area.  Then, if I stay on the trendy topic in that area or engage in the intricate, nasty political manipulations of the group, people will GAF briefly.

What I have found is that I have a number of interests and perspectives which are generally outside of the mainstream (except for their cult followings) but apparently do not care about or know enough about any of them to be part of the cults, and either NOGAFE when I try to bring them up outside or even often inside of those groups.  Also these topics that interest me tend to involve problems or challenges that NOGAFAE even though they are very significant issues.

It has been a while since I logged in and gave my thoughts about the condition of the United States. Its time to set the record straight.

Obama is pushing through his health care bill, convinced that he is the only one who knows what is best for the people. Little does he realize is that the American people have seen through his bombastic rhetoric and that this bill is all about the health insurance companies, not the American people. He has resorted to strong arm tactics, threats against those opposed to it and political slight of hand in order to get his way. He has forgotten that he was hired by the American people to do a job and that its a temp job at that. He has forgotten who he works for and how he was elected in the first place. By all accounts, he took less than six months to break most of his campaign promises and has ignored the will of the people. He continues to do so on a daily basis without regard for anyone.

The Catholic Church is in the midst of another sex scandal, this time right in the Vatican itself. Numerous Vatican officials have have been busted by Rome police for soliciting, recruiting and, according to news reports, operating a gay sex ring. Just how will this affect the millions of Catholics worldwide? Hopefully they’ll realize that the Catholic Church is just like any other religion, a for profit organization. In the United States they try to influence elections on both national and local levels, preaching from the pulpit just who the congregation should support. This alone is enough for them to lose their tax exempt status but politicians are afraid of making the first move. The Catholic Church is the largest in the world, only trailing Islam by a few million members, with billions of dollars in real estate. If that property was taxed, just how much money would be put into the economy? Its their way or the freeway; what kind of religion puts that kind of restraints on its members?

Millions of protesters braved adverse weather conditions nationwide to carry signs against abortion, same sex marriages, cruelty to animals, genetically altered crops, nuclear energy, trying to put a sand flea on the endangered species list or the strong arm tactics of the IRS. They protest against Columbus day, immigration, corrupt politicians, corrupt cops, legalizing marijuana, eating meat, crop circles, alien invasions, domestic spying, high credit card interest rates, all powerful banks, high unemployment and whatever else they can think of. What 99.99% of them don’t realize is that protesting never changed anything, nothing. Remember the Vietnam war and all the protests? They didn’t help end the war but did embolden the enemy and create a new breed of draft dodger.

There has been calls for a nationwide work stoppage, just don’t go to work for a day and bring the economy to a screeching halt. Ain’t gonna happen, folks. The ones it would be targeting are immune to such things simple because they’ll still collect their paycheck while you don’t. That should be a no-brainer.

Start a civil war? Well, that’s on its way as we speak, headed by state militia manned with disgruntled people just wanting to make a difference. It won’t be pretty when it happens, pitting ordinary citizens against the state and National Guard units. But will they actively engage citizen armys or hold their fire? That decision is up the individual and probably be surprising to those in command.

I have many other subjects to touch on but I’ll leave them for another day.

Yes, it is Sunday morning, I’ve watched my news channels, read the morning paper and browsed the national newspapers searching for a single piece of good news. It is not to be found. The shootings at Fort Hood has been pushed off the front page by the news of the House of representatives passing Obama’s health care plan by a slim margin (it has yet to hit Congress and a mean battle is expected) after a late night session. I specifically told my representative that it was a bad idea and against it; he didn’t listen to me and voted for it anyway. Now I have to wait and see if my congressman will listen to me but I’m not holding my breath.

The Fort Hood shooting are equally as devastating, thirteen dead and eighteen still in the hospital. The suspect is in stable condition and expected to live to face the death sentence (in the Army, that’s death by hanging). There are several posters already rising to his defense stating that his Muslim faith made him do it (blah, blah, blah. I’ve heard that excuse many times already, usually right after a bomb has gone off, killing dozens of innocents) and he was persecuted or wasn’t in his right mind or was pushed to the brink because he was about to be deployed to Afghanistan to fight his fellow Muslims. There is no suspect to it, he has been positively identified as the lone gunman, so take him out behind the armory, stand him up against the wall and shoot his ass.

An Arizona Muslim father killed his daughter because she had become too westernized and disrespected him by refusing to marry the potential husband he’d picked out. Gimme a break here, this is America, not Iran. Women have a choice here but her father thought otherwise and killed her by running over her with his American jeep, on an American street. This is still America, the land of the free and if he chose to move here, he should have adopted our laws, not his. He’ll probably get a Muslim lawyer and argue a honor killing is perfectly legal for his religion. Sorry, I don’t buy it.

Muslim talking heads are arguing that calm should prevail, that Muslim’s shouldn’t be singled out for harassment because of their religion. I have a news flash for those same talking heads, it’s gonna happen. Only someone who has lived as a hermit for the past ten years can’t see that the Muslims are determined to change this great melting pot of religions into one — Muslim, and bring their backward religious laws with them. There are three Muslim lobby groups who jump at the chance to stand up and cry “religious discrimination” at the slightest excuse. And every time they do grab a headline, their donations skyrocket so they are monetarily motivated to get out there first. They have infiltrated every branch of government, including the White House, and use the slightest excuse to forward their agenda, based on religious freedom. The entire situation is disgusting to me and to most freedom-loving Americans.

I have a plan for them, if you don’t like it here, go back to herding camels in the desert. return to your country of origin and try to change the laws there before trying to change an entire country. If you don’t like your country’s dictatorship, change it but leave ours alone, we like it just the way it is. And I can promise you this, you will never, never change America into another Muslim country.

I have no problem with God, no matter what name he/she goes by. Its his/hers followers that give me a pain in the ass!!

I am just one of millions of Americans barely surviving on a single income. I am retired, collecting Social Security, have my unemployed daughter and her two kids (6 and 4) living with me, not by choice but out of necessity, they simply had nowhere else to go. In the past year, my daughter has sent out hundreds of resumes and go on as many job interviews without success. I can’t fault her for not trying, she does but the jobs just aren’t there. I’ve applied for numerous jobs but who wants to hire a 65 year old man? Right, no one, I’m past my prime and set in my ways but I’ve heard that you can teach an old dog new tricks and I’m willing but employers aren’t.

For the past year, I’ve managed to shuffle bills around and still pay them all but now I’ve come to a cross roads where bills add up to more than I have coming in. Right now I have $400 sitting in my checking account, $750 worth of bills staring at me, two weeks before I have a small pension hit my account, the frig is empty, the grand kids are hungry, they have activities at school and in Cub Scouts, my car needs gas and I’m out of coffee. Which comes first? I’m sure millions of Americans are facing that same dilemma, scratching their heads and screaming in frustration. And, as many have already done, considered suicide as a way out. Yes, numerous families have committed mass suicide, wife, kids and father, all gone in the blink of an eye. Its tragic and avoidable

The national debt is now $1.43 trillion, with a capital T, after billions went to AIG, banks, mortgage companies, car manufacturers and the health car industry, supposedly as a way to create jobs but he says give it time to work. It hasn’t happened yet. If I can believe the rumors circulating in the papers, there is another round of bailout funds in the offering but not one program going to help the truly needy because our good President Obama needs to prop up his buddies in big business first, give them their multi-million dollar bonuses and salaries before helping the American people. Obama has made the United States a debtor nation, all under the guise of helping our economy.

My back is against the wall, I’m caught between a rock and a hard place, at my wits end and I can see no way out of my situation in the foreseeable future. What am I to do? What do I tell my grand kids when their hungry and there’s nothing to eat? I’m numb from trying to explain my situation to the bill collectors, who call every day, and all I get in answer is, “Pay your f**king bills.” Won’t matter much longer for I can’t pay my phone bill either. Eating the business end of my shotgun is looking better and better every day, the only reason I don’t is my grand kids and how it would be explained to them. They are too young to have to live with that. So I will continue searching for a way out of my situation and pray that millions of others in like situations can also. Anyone for Powerball?

Disclaimer: The following opinions and thoughts are my own, conceived by observation, reading and listening. I welcome any and all comments, just keep them civil and on topic.

Anyone been following the news lately? I have and I don’t like what I’m hearing and reading. If the polls are to be believed, President Obama’s approval rating is below 40%. That’s the good news, the bad news is he doesn’t care. Why should he, he and his family has a roof over their heads, a soft bed to sleep in, three squares a day, makes $400,000 a year and still has three years, four months in the White House. Short of impeachment, he’s there for the duration.

Out in the real world, unemployment is above 10%, thousands have lost their homes, thousands more are sleeping on the streets and going hungry, the sick remain sick and our children are crying themselves to sleep each night. Why should the politicians care, they are above all this pettiness and in a world of their own. They are secure in their cushy job screwing the American people and having fun doing it. They sit in their expensive homes and offices and laugh at the foolishness of the American people to keep voting them back into office. And fools we are.

During Obama’s campaign for President, I publicly stated that he was being expertly handled behind the curtain by big business and special interests. Soon after his inauguration, I was proven right when he bailed out insurance companies, banks, car manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies and other special interests. What he did wasn’t in the best interests of the American people, we have yet to see any benefit, but in the interests of those who bought his election. I was called a racist for saying that he was was elected because of his race and I was proven right. I was called a doomsayer for stating that he’d drive this country close to bankruptcy and I was proven right. I was called an alarmist for saying that a civil war was coming, fortunately, I still have to be proven right on that one but we’re close. How close are we?

We already see the civil disobedience raising its ugly head as people barter between themselves for simple staples, against the law according to the income tax code. We see more and more people shooting wild game in order to put food on the table, also against the law. We see people collecting rain water, against the law at least in Colorado, to water their gardens and bath because their utilities have been turned off. Theft is on the rise as people do whatever is necessary to survive, including stealing bread. The homeless are camping wherever they can in order to survive the cold, also against the law in Denver. They are homesteading in vacate houses that banks have foreclosed on, have taken over abandoned farm houses and raising their own food in order to survive, also against the law. Jails are overflowing due to arrests of people doing whatever is necessary to survive. And I am close to joining the legions of homeless so I can sympathize with them and ask myself just how far am I willing to go? How far will I fall before I hit rock bottom?

So far, all I’ve seen is lip service from the very people who have been intrusted to prevent this fall. I see polished politicians stand up in townhall meetings and blantly lie to concerned voters, publicly stating that they are doing all they can to help when all they are doing is helping themselves. I wouldn’t trust one politician as far as I can throw a 1600 pound bull.

It boils down to this: if we are to survive, we must do it ourselves, we can’t count on, nor should we, the federal government. They have an agenda all their own and it doesn’t include American citizens.

Many complaints have been made against the educational system, HOWEVER what most people seem to overlook is why it was created in the first place.

During high school, I discovered a startling fact: “Napoleon created the premise of public education for the purpose of conditioning society to be a subservient culture. To follow orders and not question them.”

In the Land of the Free, and Home of the Brave, does this system foster a generation of free thinkers? No, it creates two separate classes of youth:

1. Those who ingest and regurgitate information.

2. Those who rebel against the system.

Very rare is it to see an individual who thinks for them self and can create new and exciting ways to navigate through society.

Just a thought.

Colorado has a “Make My Day” law. In a nut shell, it simply means that you won’t be prosecuted for defending your home, your family or your life with deadly force. It doesn’t mean that you can chase the suspect down in the street and kill him, as one homeowner did. It does mean that if someone breaks into your home with the intent to do you and your family bodily harm and rob you, the homeowner can use deadly force. In other words, blow them out of their socks. While I would prefer to cause them great bodily harm, I would not hesitate to open up with my shotgun at close range. This has two advantages; 1) it is a final solution to a home robbery and 2) the suspect can’t come back and sue for damages (that’s been done on numerous occasions).

While Colorado doesn’t have the shootouts in the streets like some Texas border towns do, we do have our share of home invasions by scumbags looking for easy pickings. I realize that the police can’t be everywhere at all times (they get there after the fact most times), it is realistic that the homeowner be prepared to protect themselves against any eventuality. I have my shotgun handy but I also have my walking stick, a six foot length of Aspen, hard as a rock and can break an arm or bust a head in one easy swing. To quote an old saying, “I’d rather be judged by twelve of my peers than be carried by six of my friends.”

The bad guys of today are getting younger and younger, knowing they can’t be tried as an adult and most likely, at the most, be sentenced to a juvenile detention center until they are twenty-one, will be released and out on the streets to continue their life of crime, often with an advanced degree in crime. Whenever I move into a new place, I always make sure that the neighbors know that I’m armed and will use my firearms; I’ve seldom had trouble from the local hoods. If I’m forced to use deadly force, I won’t apologize for doing so, I won’t feel sorry that someone is dead and I won’t apologize to his family for the loss of their child. They raised him, saw where he was heading and did nothing to turn him around. Some will see that attitude as callus and uncaring. Far from it, I care but my family comes first. If the cops can’t handle the crime rate, it is up to the individual to be prepared to do so and just call them to haul away the trash.

On a national scale, the crime rate has increased, in spite of what the Justice Department says, and more and more homeowners are being caught in the middle. We’ve been told to just call the police and let them handle it but while you’re on the phone, they’re breaking in and terrorizing your family. I have a shotgun and they have automatic weapons, like bringing a knife to a gunfight. Very unequal, unless the shotgun is loaded with turkey loads. That’s nine pieces of lead the size of a small ball bearing going out at over 1,000 ft per second. Now that can do some serious damage and discourage any intruder because they want to rob, not be killed.

We don’t live in the Old West any longer, we’re supposed to be a civilized nation of laws but the only law to date that makes any sense is the Make My Day law. More and more gun laws are passed each day and not one does any good because the criminals ignore them and they just take away yet another right of the law abiding citizen. I, for one, will not live scared in my home behind locked doors and shuttered windows. I will not be made to live in fear of venturing outside and enjoying life. And I refuse to relie on someone who won’t be there in my time of need to protect me and my family, I’ll do it myself and explain later.

Why am I ranting about this subject? because crime is hitting closer and closer to home. A new neighbor just moved in next door and while they were gone, someone broke in and stole a couple of TVs and a laptop computer (I could have told them it was unsafe to live here but they didn’t ask). I don’t believe that I could live anywhere that is completely safe and no one in their right mind would think so either. All one can do is make their home as safe as possible and refuse to live in fear. To that end, I keep my shotgun handy and loaded.

The spinners in the White House are starting to perspire. Support for health care might actually expire. Limbaugh’s mouth is on fire. He says Pelosi is a liar. He’d like to make her retire. Obama tries to inspire but he’s just preaching to the choir. How much support does his plan really require? His critics say the deficit will only go higher and cash for clunkers is no spare tire.

I’m just watching like a bird on a wire. A see a sharp knife in a quagmire. An innocent girl continues to aspire…With no insurance or fear, she only has desire.

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Yes a man who was light years ahead of his time penned this opening to one of the MOST influential documents ever written in history.

Sadly, today this means nothing to the elected officials governing our once great country. No it didn’t start sliding downhill when the Novelty Obama-nation uttered the statement, “We live in the greatest country in the world; help me change it, but that non hacker sure as fuck hasn’t HELPED things out a whole lot has he?

Motherfuckers (and father fuckers for you ladies who feel left out when I say it) Are lining up to defend this shitbird with statements like “No one can expect him to deliver on all of his campaign promises”. Then WHY the FUCK was he elected by a majority vote? If it doen’t matter what they say, why aren’t we picking a President’s name out of a fucking Fez? (Yeah a turban would just be a freaking hand towel with a bunch of clumps of paper inside it wouldn’t it?)

I’m getting off track here. HEALTH CARE for ALL should be FOR all not just one for us and one for them. I’f I’m having their shit crammed down my throat then at least tell me that they are getting the same lack of condiments that I am. REGULATIONS and REFORM are what the current System needs and not a Socialist, Eastern Block replacement for it.

While we’re at it, lets think about this. Nancy Pelosi and the fucking DNC is all over this shit about Leveling out the WEALTH of the nation. Lets call this what it REALLY is. They want You and I to be in the poorest 85% of the nation so THEY can be in the RICHEST 15% (if they will allow that many people to be as “privileged” as they are for being good enough to get you fucking moronic, mouth breathing masses to vote them into office.

“From Each According to His Abilities and To Each According to His Needs” is the mantra that these fuckaholics are chanting and the Public is chewing that up like it is a NEW concept. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov brought forth REFORM via these means in a little place that used to be called Russia with these EXACT words.

The FIRST thing that these radicals who wish to infringe upon OUR Inalienable Rights do is to take away the guns of the people that they wish to enslave.

Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

This was written by men who had to shed blood to have the right to protect themselves from all enemies Foreign AND Domestic.

Hitler immediately took away every gun from the Jews and I hope you fucking idiots do remember what happened to them during his rise to power. NOW the Democrats have sought to take guns out of the hands of the people for many years and they always come back to the same thing. They SAY it is for OUR own good so that “Criminals” cannot get their hands on guns to harm us. WAKE THE FUCK UP. They are the criminals that wish to enslave YOU and make you work so that you get just enough to get by and they get MORE than they can possibly expect their grandchildren to be able to spend. if GUNS are so BAD, why are these people all Guarded by agents who have them?

AGAIN… WAKE THE FUCK UP PEOPLE! Our society is being dumbed down by the lack of a true Education System. Our Wages and Income are being attacked, we are being led like lambs to the slaughter and the apathy and brainwashing that our leaders MUST be right just because they hold that position is sickening.

We are soon going to need a Revolution to get the Government out of our wallets, schools, and privacy of our own bedrooms because the MASSES can no longer think for themselves or ask the simple questions and react to the answers that are given to them rather than just going with the flow.

I can no longer sit idly by and watch the destruction of the greatest nation in the world. Who has the guts to speak out with me?