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d the nicest sense of personal honor emily post is probably now spinning in her grave i thought this post was indicative of how things have changed serenity is a fuzzy belly this is how it feels sometimes image found on the spectator one of the best ways to lose your faith in humanity is to check social media after a notable public figure has announced a health struggle sure you re free to say just about anything as long as it s legal and follows the terms of service wherever it s posted but should you really you can t find some compassion in your heart for a fellow human oh and then you get upset when someone or a lot of someones takes you to task for it ah see you ve forgotten that freedom of speech which like all the amendments isn t absolute doesn t come with freedom from consequences which may be just a little upbraiding if you re lucky loss of job money relationships etc if you re not so lucky more people should be like jimmy screenshot from canadian from alberta s twitter page over view original post 1 171 more words posted in uncategorized 3 comments what is religious freedom posted on june 21 2022 by jim wheeler the supreme court has ruled that maine cannot exclude religious schools from tuition assistance programs in dissent justice sotomayor said as a result in just a few years the court has upended constitutional doctrine shifting from a rule that permits states to decline to fund religious organizations to one that requires states in many circumstances to subsidize religious indoctrination with taxpayer dollars i think the majority of americans including most conservatives will probably see this shift as a matter of fairness and not get too excited about it but i am quite upset it is profound there are many who sincerely believe that the early settlers intended their new country to be a christian nation a notion symbolically supported by the 1954 inclusion of under god in the pledge of allegiance and professed by many evangelicals the truth is the early immigrants mostly wanted to be able to pursue only their personal brands of religion without interference and in some cases that meant the freedom to punish torture and even execute the heretics among them fortunately the founders in their wisdom understood that many had fled government persecution of their particular faith and knew that religious freedom ought to mean a personal freedom to believe whatever they chose noah s ark does this scotus decision mean we are on a slippery slope toward becoming a theocracy that s about as likely as a self promoting psychopathic secular mendacious philandering populist businessman being favored by most evangelicals to be president uh wait what is the most religious country in the world i would have picked iran but a youtube clip of a speech by christopher hitchens changed my mind i would be surprised if you were to guess it whatever you might think of his personal views he was a brilliant thinker and speaker it is not a short clip but if you are like me it is fascinating brain food posted in uncategorized tagged politics religion 10 comments good journalism about guns posted on june 16 2022 by jim wheeler following up the last post on guns here is an article from the new yorker how did guns get so powerfu l it blew me away with its clarity and research herb van fleet s research in the previous post was outstanding for legal perspective this new yorker article as the title says explains how guns became an integral part of american culture and ties in the technology wish i could write so well exerpt as the horror in uvalde unfolded there were plenty of armed police officers but there was little willingness to charge in against a barricaded shooter the police have been called cowards for their hesitancy but their reaction is unsurprising despite the often militaristic rhetoric of police unions the average cop is not going to be ready for a situation most united states marines have never faced when we arm our citizens with such lethal weapons we can t always expect uncommon valor posted in uncategorized tagged guns 5 comments a cautionary tale posted on june 8 2022 by jim wheeler my neighbor wayne l is a stalwart member of our neighborhood watch group and when he invited me over for a brewski the other day i asked him what he thought about the recent spate of mass shootings now wane is no shrinking violet and a strong supporter of the 2nd amendment so i knew he would have a strong opinion about it i admittedly looking to liven up a rather boring day wasn t disappointed well jim he said you know it s the same old story neither one of them two teachers was packing heat if you don t prepare to defend yourself ahead of time and that means plenty of ammo too then they are gonna get you before the law can get there uh who are they wayne why you know he said it s a dog eat dog world out here our vital juices are under attack from all sides and what makes it worse is that you can t trust the libs to protect us nine times out ten the cops are usually out gunned and are gonna arrive too late to help i told wayne i was glad he was on our side and not the other i wouldn t get too comfortable jim you may not be aware that the danger is getting worse all the time bad guys are attacking in mobs now rioters and illegals alike even the feds come in teams you know i think it s about time we expand our thinking about self defense to include more than just guns you know the 2nd says arms and that obviously means more than just guns personally i think it s time for the prpg made that name up myself he said proudly it s the personal rocket propelled grenade it would be smaller than the army version no need yet to be armor piercing probably not much more expensive than an ar i m guessing sounds dangerous i said no jim not if you follow nra guidance you know just the basics tell the family not to stand behind you when you fire and make sure not to shoot er fire at too close a target the prpg would fill the range gap when a pickup full of murderous illegals or an suv full of controlling feds is coming at you full speed there just wouldn t be time to pick em off with your trusty ar well wayne i don t have an ar but i ll take your word for it i said wouldn t be such a problem if the feds hadn t banned machine guns and even bump stocks he said but that s the libs for you the libs are running the show now only a couple years to go posted in gun control uncategorized 22 comments with attribution posted on june 1 2022 by jim wheeler this post by serenity is the best summation of the gun conundrum that i ve seen serenity is a fuzzy belly no need to get all fancy with a quill but please if you handwrite your letter it must be legible to sober people who aren t related to you and if you send it as an attachment please make sure it s not a pdf or image file though i prefer letters in the body of the message instead of as an attachment image found on times higher education occasionally i ll get a letter from a reader that needs to be answered in a column last week i received this letter from carolyn johnson of little rock according to the guidelines for having a letter published in the democrat gazette statements of fact are checked for accuracy with that in mind i wish to call to your attention a letter that was published on saturday may 21 while the vast majority of the letter consisted of opinions and voting recommendations made by the view original post 2 104 more words posted in uncategorized leave a comment fiscal responsibility posted on may 27 2022 by jim wheeler the biden administration say they are nearing a decision on student loan forgiveness and it looks increasingly likely that the target number will be 10 000 per loan democratic leaders schumer warren say this would stimulate the economy and relieve many low income people of crushing debt while i have supported many progressive initiatives this is not one of them the problem i have with it is the issue of fairness but even more than that of self government in our family s case our childrens and grandchildrens educations were paid for by work and savings student loans are real loans but differ from others in at least two ways that they are deferred of payment until after schooling and that they cannot be defaulted through bankruptcy there are numerous pros and cons that are widely circulated to this issue but in drilling down on it i have this basic question can the citizens of a democracy like ours be sufficiently responsible to make important loan decisions like this one fiscal decisions are different from voting decisions in that they affect the decision maker personally rather than collectively so there is that also inflation indicates that the economy has already been overstimulated to me a glaring problem am i being too unsympathetic here is it a case of an over protective nanny state posted in uncategorized 8 comments today s lesson posted on may 25 2022 by jim wheeler pied type view original post posted in uncategorized 4 comments 10 arguments against getting a covid 19 vaccine posted on august 11 2021 by jim wheeler x has covered the ground very well in this analysis list of x joe biden is getting a covid 19 vaccine shot into what is obviously a fake arm once again case counts for covid 19 are rising and although vaccines are widely available a significant number of americans are still refusing to get vaccinated although biden administration tony fauci and a bunch of elitist doctors like what do they even know about medicining are trying to make us get vaccinated there are plenty of legitimate arguments against getting the shot here are just some of them 1 donald trump deserves the full credit for covid 19 vaccines and everyone knows that anything that donald trump deserves the full credit for like trump university trump casinos trump steaks trump vodka trump presidency and so on is complete and utter crap 2 i am an introvert and i like it when everything is locked down and people stay away 6 feet from each other 3 view original post 305 more words posted in uncategorized 5 comments 10 irrefutable pieces of photographic evidence proving that democrats stole the 2020 election posted on december 5 2020 by jim wheeler the truth at last list of x with more states certifying their election results and more losses piling up for trump s lawyers and former nyc mayors pretending to be lawyers in courts it becomes more and more obvious that the election is being shamelessly stolen from donald trump the amount of evidence proving voter fraud is staggering overwhelming and the evidence is absolutely damning from graphs showing various suspicious red and blue lines to videos of people carrying some very fishy cardboard boxes somewhere but this is just what is on the surface here are 10 more recently uncovered pieces of evidence showing democrats stealing or conspiring to steal the 2020 election from donald trump arizona november 1 2020 a warplane is dropping packages of fraudulent mail in ballots all over the vast deserts of maricopa county the communist red star on the tail and the number 47 apparently for the 47th president on the cockpit make view original post 449 more words posted in uncategorized 5 comments older posts jim wheeler bs usna annapolis 1959 msa the geo washington u 1975 submariner commander usn 1959 1981 aerospace battery engineer mgr 1981 1999 political affiliation mainly of the democratic persuasion but not a fan of the extremes on either side email subscription enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address sign me up join 201 other subscribers the individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe if you try it you will be lonely often and sometimes frightened but no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself friedreich nietzsche _____________________________________________ the man who never alters his opinion is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the mind william blake a memorablefancy _____________________________________________ i love to doubt as well as know dante alighieri ______________________________________________ to see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour william blake auguries of innocence ______________________________________________ we are here on earth to do good for others what the others are here for i don t know w h auden _____________________________________________ without contraries is no progression attraction and repulsion reason and energy love and hate are necessary to human existence wiliam blake the argument ______________________________________________ of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well housed well warmed and well fed herman melville us novelist sailor 1819 1891 ________________________________________________ it s better to believe in what you know than to know what you believe in hl gaskins __________________________________________________ is god willing to prevent evil but not able then he is not omnipotent is he able but not willing then he is malevolent is he both able and willing then whence cometh evil is he neither able nor willing then why call him god epicurus circa 300 bce search search for copyright notice still skeptical after all these years by james r wheeler is licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial noderivs 3 0 unported license permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at jwheeler59 me com copyright 2015 james r wheeler follow still skeptical after all these years on wordpress com when fascism comes to america it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross sinclair lewis recent posts revealing questions man s inhumanity to man what is religious freedom good 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