A journal of a wimpy man who learns from the hard knocks of life and changes his ways to be better.
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Friday, August 12, 2016
Making fun of people who talk different than me -
Making fun of people who talk different than me -
I see this so very often in the media as they slam and crash on Donald Trump and how he talks. Then, we carry it onto the web via social media and in real life real time we mock and ridicule others for the way they talk and use words we sometimes believe to be rude and crude but basic and simple to them in order to speak or communicate in a style or manner they are comfortable with most of the time.
People laugh when someone doesn't pronounce a word properly, don't write something in proper English, spelling mistakes etc. – mostly, it’s the mainstream media who have targeted Trump for his English grammar shortcomings and finding easy targets in this game of Hit Trump in the mouth kind of game.
But this laughter goes deeper than that – it dwells into left field and becomes political fodder for many. Why is it okay to laugh at someone who is trying to write or speak in a language which he/she is not so good at but has to or chooses to do it due to circumstances or lack of proper education. Maybe, Trump talks the way he does because that’s his comfort zone and most people understand his words and related to them better than those politically correct double meaning coded words politician speak all the time.
What makes it okay to laugh about something that might be so sensitive to some who struggle to find the right words at the right time? What about the other characteristics that makes them a good person or better at heart than others?
I get that someone mispronouncing a word can be quite funny for someone who is quite fluent in that language, but where's our humanity? The kind of posts I see on vlogs, MSM articles and blogs which make fun of people's not so good English – quite I honestly don't like them.
I don’t have or need the urge to laugh at other people's poor English but after I actually started learning another way of understanding my own language. I came to know by trying to understand how and what they were saying.
Then, in repeating what was said, I began to experience how embarrassing and humiliating it can be to be made fun of. I would probably never even dare to try to speak in that language due to fear of embarrassment or at least, it was a thought that I had under those circumstances.
People who grow up being familiar with English, at least to some degree speak very well and pronounce every syllable and complete sentences most of the time. It’s not a fixed rule but a common practice to do it that way. Being familiar with a language and actually learning to speak, read or write that language is a totally different ball game. however, taking in the rule of ridicule, they both have the same lasting impact.
I have watched people who only speak foreign languages struggle with English and understand their disabilities. I think I have some familiarity with various languages, but I don't know how to speak any of them fluently or well enough to write it but I try at times and make a fool of myself doing so but not purposely.
I can say some words, understand some words but that's it. That's how the situation is real for some people here. They don't know how to speak English properly or write it but the lack of familiarity gives them kind of a false confidence, when trounced by others, I would say, for the lack of a better word.
But it doesn't mean you can make fun of them. Because it would only make the situation worse, because they would become defensive and I don't know how that would be helpful. I think not making fun of them and allowing them to make mistakes while guiding them in a subtle way is what should be done. Family is usually the best source for such guidance.
This very same principle applies to those who chose to communicate in words and sentences they are comfortable with and fits their own style to communicate - Whether they are educated or not, foreign or domestically raised, it is never right to make fun of anyone who chose to speak different than you do.
Thanks for reading
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton - Rational or Irrational
OPINION - History will show Hillary Clinton as one of the most prolific and unresolved Secretary of State officials ever. She was at one time brilliant and a high caliber producing official who showed results in her work or missions. In many ways, she was a good American patriot working for our government and sacrificing her time and effort to keep our national security safe and secure.
Time took its toll – she was no longer the humanitarian once believed to be. People were dying around her as her wealth grew and foreign influence fostered. She was no longer a woman of wit and humor; she had turned into a political machine. Her ideas, mental state, and methods became unsound and ruthless. Unsound to the definition of the word. Secondarily, her mental health is not the best of mind and could cause short term problems for her abilities to make critical decisions.
Today, she is worshipped like a goddess by the Democratic Party, her staunch political allies, the Saudis and anyone else who managed to get an audience with her and her entourage for the hefty fees she demands to be engaged. She had and still has, an Army of men and women, willing to do anything she asked or demanded without question. She controlled embassies, foreign interest and negotiated deals only known what these terms were, by those present at the signing or handshake.
Well, I have some shocking news to tell you. Hillary Clinton is about to be arrested for treason and other federal law violations. If you don’t follow the train of thought, there are emails of gun-running, overthrowing the government of Libya and the destruction of Syria by aiding and arming rebels to overthrow the existing governments. All in the name of American and Mideast regional stability and safety. The eventual demise of our government’s weaknesses has been exposed to the work via the internet and time is not on our side to recover these vulnerabilities.
In most cases, it is presumed that emails will disclose she had double agents working the fields to garner lucrative contracts for resources and weapons. For the most part, she stood alone from the POTUS and took matters in her own hands. You see, we are at war – at war with Islamic Terrorists Extremists and things get confused in this war. War is about power, control, money, ideals, morality or lack of such values and practical military necessities.
Hillary Clinton handled it all – she was our foreign affairs broker with other countries including Russia. Being out there, all alone by herself, there is a strong temptation to feel like a god or in her case, goddess. By herself, she dealt with the rational and irrational, between good and evil and we have learned from war, the good does not always triumph in war. Sometimes the dark side takes over and leverages the outcome that often brings us to a breaking point.
Today, we are at that breaking point. Everybody has one – you and me and Hillary Clinton. She has allowed the dark side to take control of the angels of our nature bringing out the evil in men. Obviously, she has reached her breaking point and is not certifiable insane.
Clinton is operating without “any decent restraint that is totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct.” People in power like this need to be lawfully and methodically terminated from power, control and access to further resources that may destroy our civilization as we know it to be with extreme prejudice.
A political windfall is not acceptable. Hillary Clinton needs to be defeated in her run for the office of the President of the United States. America must find a viable legal and lawful method or alternative to stop the election or selection of Hillary Clinton as our next president.
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Time and Truth - Trump will win but our country will Lose
Time and Truth -
Let me make one thing very clear – I
hate the Republican party and how it turned out after the 2012 general
election. I went downhill after 2008 but it really took a dump after the Romney
2012 sellout. My mother and father were Republicans. I took their pledge and
oath to become a Republican in silence and carried that card for a very long
time because I do not agree with Democrats and their party principles.
Today, after all this time, I hate the Republicans almost as much as I do the Democrats. Because of that, I am voting for Trump because I won’t vote for Hillary Clinton, a democrat. Not just a democrat but a corrupted lying democrat. It doesn't even deserve to capitalize her party because of the manner they destroyed people.
I hate Trump and what Trump did to the party. It was pure extortion. I hate Cruz for crossing the line and his selfish needs to feel like he is the ‘chosen one’ and everybody else is wrong or not entitled to what he wants. I hate McCain for his abandonment of conservative and legitimate principles of conservatism. He is a sellout as well. I hate Kasich for not having the balls to come to Cleveland and show his face but time will reveal the real reasons soon.
Although I believe Mayor Rudy Giuliani has good intentions, he is malicious, I suspect that he has been on a vengeful path to pay back Islamic Terrorists since day one of the attack on his watch. Mitch McConnell is a traitor and there are a few more who will show their real value [or lack of] later. I hate Rubio, but I will learn to forgive him in time.
You see, in general, if you pay attention to my writings, it’s about time, not about politics. Time is more important than polarized comments or statements made by anyone in any party. The party, today, hate Cruz more than they do Trump – after all, Trump is their savior and the party needs to survive as it was on life support and emergency resuscitation during the primary and now until the November election. Motive is always a factor when it comes to money and power and don’t be fooled, this is about money and power.
In time, the wobbling wheels of the Trump train will derail somewhere along the line because Trump is not a sustainable person – he goes up and down and when he goes down, he really goes down. It is my own believe that Trump is no different than Barack Obama, as both are narcissistic in nature and power seeking persons. I can see in time, Trump’s ego will make more changes than Obama and that’s not what we need. In the end, it will be those exact same qualities that will tie him down to the puppet masters who have chosen him in lieu of others who couldn't make the grade during the primary runoffs.
Cruz chose to not be included in the Trump deal of quid pro quo on deals made in the backrooms of the convention. I can respect that but I don’t like him for breaking his word. However, looking back in time, they all threatened to break their words; every one of them were liars and cheaters - they might not have said it out loud but their body language and their lack of support told a story. Thus we need to keep his situation in content and context - something that time will clear up for us.
Don’t let it fool you about party
unity – there is no unity – just a party that is superglued together and when
the heat is applied, the glue will undo all the pledges and all the bonds that
were put together for this quick façade. It has already begun as the party is
desperately seeking new funding to keep the campaigns going. Here again,
promise broken and expectations falling short of the financial supports pledged
or made. They are desperately looking for donors who don't have America's best
interest at heart. There goes the campaign promise of not owing anyone any
favors.
Cruz was a wrecking ball because he didn’t deliver the oath of the pledge for a nominee endorsement. However, in time, the truth will be revealed how matters were manipulated and how the convention was a sellout to those who came there with high expectations. Not to mention the party’s leadership expectations. I suspect that the party threatened Cruz and Trump punked him out. Yes, Trump is that kind of guy – he is himself a selfish punk. A rich punk but never the less, a punk who called Cruz a selfish person and took personal insults one step too far. Who better to judge another when they understand each other so well.
Tomorrow when things start falling apart, everybody who remembers will thank him for staying the course – others, although living with regret, will try to work themselves back in favor as this ‘wrecking ball’ will turn out to be quite the opposite in time. In time, and with the truth, Cruz will become a leader again of the anti-establishment crusade in addressing and resisting the Washington DC cartel. Why you ask?
Because he took a stand against the “real establishment” that tried to force him into a submission of his own conscience and principles. A stand he had a right to take without any recourse but with heavy consequences that will haunt him for years. However, time and truth will mend those fences, and it will clear the path to his own resurrection. Someone said that truth is a long game, more than 4 quarters of football and more than 9 innings of baseball. Time and Truth have no limit – it can happen anytime and I am betting it will be around 2018 when the Congress has it next election and time will show who stands up for the party and who remains seated.
Lastly, 2020, is not that far away
and time will demonstrate how the truth stands up and reveals how dark the
Republican party really is if you look close enough to their core values and
principles. It might be shocking. If Mr. Abraham Lincoln could speak, he would
say the world has changed for the worst and nothing can heal us now, I see the
end of the Republican Party and time will change the direction of this country
away from where our founding fathers thought it would remain. So gloat your
victories now; tomorrow will bring you demise and sorrow.
Friday, July 22, 2016
Multicultural diversity has a dark side too
The United States is a melting pot – a wealth of diversity and that will
always be as free people come to seek the light. To indict a group who want to
emigrate to our country is wrong. To draw up accusations and biased comments to
spew hate is not what this country is about. There are many who feel Muslims
have no place in our society. They can’t be further from being wrong on that. These
men, women and children have every right as free people to come here.
Growing Islamic Terrorism is a problem and a threat to our way of life. I
am the first to speak out and say, the faith of the masses who practice Islam
are misunderstood. There are people who want to live in peace. There are
families who want the best for their children and do so with choices they are
denied in many parts of the world today. Out of 49 Islamic populated countries,
they seek America because it is the land of the free- religiously, democratically
and with justice for all.
There are some assertions out there they are the ‘evil ones’ and should
be denied into our country. That is wrong and that is a false perception that
we must address. We should welcome every person, regardless of their religious
preferences to come to America. Now, today we must assure that can still happen
but it must happen with a degree of certainty that we acknowledge that Islamic
Terrorism is a growing evil in this world. That it’s militancy, its intolerance
to Western civilization cultures is often the spark of conflict, hate and
violence. Other religions should not be proselytizing this process of banning
immigration but support it.
Don’t let the fear rule your hearts. Don’t let the political rhetoric
change your minds and project evil to all and not just those who actually
engage and preach the hate of the Islamic Terrorist way of life under a law
that I man-made and 1400 years old.
Accept the process with tolerance BUT ensure the government exercises its
main responsibility to keep you safe. Demand the government conduct thorough
background checks and keep the process legal and non-discriminatory. Do not
treat Muslims different from other refugees or immigrants coming here legally.
Do not exercise what we have done in the past and look the other way. We need
to hold the government to the fire to ensure our safety while allowing others
to come here and be free. Do not engage in the hype or fear mongering of our
politicians. They have their own motives and agendas for others they represent.
Do not buy into the fear mongering of Muslims bringing violence into our
community and crossing our laws with bloody intentions. A thorough screening
will eliminate the risks involved to the same level as we eliminate current
risks in our society today. We are a nation of peace and we would expect others
to be the same and most will come here with peace in their hearts. Others will
manipulate and find a means to come her to do harm – we should reject the fact
that all Muslims are evil or no-good. There is no such truth.
There are four realities here; peace and war and love and hate. Within the
Muslim world, there is conflict as well. There are clashes of cultures among
themselves for centuries and it is all about power and control. Not just a caliphate
or country but the minds and hearts as well. They too are dealing with these
same realities.
Jihadists or Islamic Terrorists are
by no means a majority in the Islamic world. They are feared and hated in those
areas where they rule and deny humans the basic human rights they are entitled
to as people. In our country, there are those non-Muslims who preach fear and
hate just like the Jihadists do. The difference is they have a different name
but do the same hate.
What we need to do as people is to
come together and show the Muslim world we can love them when they love us
back. What we can say is come into my home and eat besides me and talk to me as
I talk to you and explain how I feel about my God. Do not insult the prophet
and do not insult my Jesus Christ.
Make the word known that if they are
to act on the truth that there is but one God and His son Jesus Christ but do
not force them into believing what we believe in; that it is the only way to
live in harmony. Respect and dignify their beliefs as they do yours. If they
choose to worship Allah, then respect them and live your life for God, not with
resentment or hate.
How do we deal with this
irreconcilable conflict between a secular West and a resurgent Islam is based
on how we love and respect each other? Do not sympathize but empathize; do not
resent or hate but try to understand them better. Do not fear someone who has
done you no harm, for fear is the evil that grows the demons inside us and
changes the way we feel and see thing around us when in all reality, there is
nothing to fear.
There is a
dark side to diversity. It causes fear. There is a dark side to different
cultures and theologies – it makes us scared to think we are going to lose our
own faith. That is the darkness of diversity, as it invades our hearts and
minds and makes up an impression of losing our freedom of practicing our own
religion and give up hope that what we believe in was not strong enough to
overcome the hate around us and diminish our ability to love one another. The dark
side of diversity is you, me and anyone who doesn’t have the faith, the
perseverance and the love in God to belief that all men, women, and children
were created equal and deserve the best of what the world can offer.
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