MJ, is this really necessary?

Is it necessary, MJ?

As we have espoused so many times here at American Age – does Dr. Conrad Murray need to be summonsed to face a jury, the main-stream media, and the world for the untimely death of Michael Jackson. Is Dr. Murray a murderer, we think not. Does Dr. Murray use good and sound judgment, we also think not.

Yet sooner than later the entire Jackson family moreover, MJ’s irrational and unrealistic fans must accept the facts behind MJ’s death. We are of the opinion (yeah…everyone has one!) that if MJ would have had the fortitude he probably would have taken his own life. Furthermore, as a manner of due-diligence it is believed that Conrad Murray was as instrumental as a syringe, or needle, or rolling papers.

The point being made is that MJ was on the fast-track to ending his life perhaps years before he even knew Dr. Conrad. So just as a question we’d like to ask: What is the difference between Heath Ledger, Brittany Murphy, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Mama Cass Eliot, and so many more that have perished by overdose? The only difference is that Dr. Murray was there.

People, to get multiple prescriptions for the same medication, is going to take several doctors. Unfortunately Dr. A does not know his patient is seeing Dr. B and so on. How many bags of pill bottles did the investigators take from MJ’s residence? Now add to that in how many names were the prescriptions made out for?

Now then a doctor has a patient – one only patient – who has retained his services for 800,000 per year to treat only him. Now we are prompted to ask this question: Did MJ possess the history, decision-making, problem-solving, or make choices that we’re even remotely average or even ‘normal’? We don’t think he did.

Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, will plead not guilty Monday morning when he is arraigned on involuntary manslaughter charges … sources tell TMZ.

We’re told there is a concern about Dr. Murray’s safety because of intense feeling on the part of some Michael Jackson fans that Dr. Murray killed the singer. As we first reported, Dr. Murray will be accompanied by a bail bondsman who will post bail — expected to be $25,000.

Our sources say Dr. Murray will not waive his right to a preliminary hearing. Following arraignment and booking, we’re told Dr. Murray will leave L.A. and go either to Las Vegas or Houston.

 

 

Ad Ridiculitum…Political Correctness

Stamp image

Some may refer to it as being “politically correct” while others simply say it is ridiculous. As for this blog – yep, we do have an expression for it, Ad Ridiculitum – insofar as the notion being presented is so ridiculous. Further, if it weren’t for the police dawgs of the world in this blogosphere then we are certain that it would just go by, unnoticed until it resembles the defunct Immigration and Naturalization Service and many other organizations who have been ruined at the workings of special interest groups. Here is an example:

 An atheist organization is blasting the U.S. Postal Service for its plan to honor Mother Teresa with a commemorative stamp, saying it violates postal regulations against honoring “individuals whose principal achievements are associated with religious undertakings.”

The Freedom from Religion Foundation is urging its supporters to boycott the stamp — and also to engage in a letter-writing campaign to spread the word about what it calls the “darker side” of Mother Teresa.

The stamp — set to be released on Aug. 26, which would have been Mother Teresa’s 100th birthday — will recognize the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner for her humanitarian work, the Postal Service announced last month. “Noted for her compassion toward the poor and suffering, Mother Teresa, a diminutive Roman Catholic nun and honorary U.S. citizen, served the sick and destitute of India and the world for nearly 50 years,” the Postal Service said in a press release. “Her humility and compassion, as well as her respect for the innate worth and dignity of humankind, inspired people of all ages and backgrounds to work on behalf of the world’s poorest populations.”

What is being espoused here by this special interest group – as well as their “followers” – has nothing whatsoever to do with religion. We’ll go as far as saying any moron is able to see that truth. Honoring this woman on a postage stamp is but a small way of bringing her love and humanitarian suffrage into the forefront of our minds. How much humanitarian aid was raised for the tsunami victims? And again most recently in Haiti? When we stop the compassionate efforts of basic assistance to those who are in need because of some ridiculous reason as this…we all fail.

However, Postal Service spokesman Roy Betts expressed surprise at the protest, given the long list of previous honorees with strong religious backgrounds, including Malcolm X, the former chief spokesman for the Nation of Islam, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister and co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Speaking for The Freedom from Religion Foundation, Annie Laurie Gaylor, rendered these responses:

Martin Luther King “just happened to be a minister,” and “Malcolm X was not principally known for being a religious figure,” she said.
“And he’s not called Father Malcolm X like Mother Teresa. I mean, even her name is a Roman Catholic honorific.”
Gaylor said Mother Teresa infused Catholicism into her secular honors — including an “anti-abortion rant” during her Nobel Prize acceptance speech — and that even her humanitarian work was controversial.

With any hope the US Postal Service as well as all individuals will be able to discern for themselves just how absurd this special interest organization is.

Bipartisan ‘Common Sense’

Something going on in Washington D.C., has given us the hope we were all seeking during our last general election. And far be it from us – but we think that what is happening may in fact be – the start of something new and improved. The only thing that is odd about this newly found hope is that it is coming from those one normally wouldn’t find as sponsors and co-sponsors of a bill.

To this end we are encouraged by what some of our more reasonable and common sense driven freshman representatives are doing in the House of Representatives – so much in fact that we’ve declared their work as the high-point of 2010 AD so far. If for no other reason, we finally have elected officials who are abreast of American public opinion and seem to have their fingers on the pulse of how America feels.

A bipartisan group led by freshman Members of Congress introduced a resolution seeking to bridge the political divide between parties on the issue of immigration by outlining some of the key principles that should guide immigration reform.

Representatives Chaffetz (R-UT), Kratovil (D-MD), Hunter (R-CA), and Nye (D-VA) were joined by 18 of their colleagues on H. Res. 1026 the Bipartisan Reform of Immigration through Defining Good Enforcement (“BRIDGE”) Resolution.

The BRIDGE Resolution reaffirms that the continued peace, prosperity, liberty, and national security of the United States depend upon effective immigration enforcement policies which both welcome lawful immigrants and also prevent individuals from entering or remaining in the U.S. illegally.
Specifically, the resolution states that Congress should:
• make E-Verify mandatory for all employers, and hold employees accountable as well;
• provide sufficient border infrastructure and manpower to secure and control our borders; and,
• reject amnesty and any legal status which pardons those here in violation of our laws.

“Our government has a duty and responsibility to make our first immigration priority the enforcement of existing laws by ensuring that illegal behavior is punished, not rewarded,” said Rep. Chaffetz. “Any discussion of comprehensive immigration reform must begin with a renewed commitment to enforce our immigration laws. We need to remove the incentives that encourage illegal behavior if we expect to get immigration under control.”

“We are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws. The immigration reform debate must start with both an acknowledgement of the historical and contemporary importance of immigration to our nation and a renewed commitment to the rule of law,” said Rep. Kratovil. “This resolution calls for Congress to take a common sense approach to immigration reform: enforcing the rules already on the books, punishing those who knowingly choose to violate them, and opposing any plans that reward or incentivize illegal behavior at the expense of those who are trying to play by the rules.”

“Our national and economic security continues to be undermined by our porous borders and the inconsistent enforcement of existing immigration laws,” said Rep. Hunter. “The immigration reform debate must not be dictated by misguided calls for open borders or amnesty. The American people expect security to be a priority and immigration laws to be thoroughly enforced in our communities and the workplace. This resolution reiterates these principles, which should be the basis for immigration reform.”

 

Time to let your voice be heard

Silent no more!

Scott Brown’s victory in the special election for “The People’s Seat” vacated when Sen. Edward Kennedy passed away in August is another sign that a counter establishment movement has begun in earnest among the voters of America. This movement had been waiting to take root for a couple of years now and to some degree President Obama was correct when he said the angst that got him elected is the same angst that got Sen. Brown elected. 

As a result, we have one of the greatest “teachable – moments” ever to land in an educators hands. Remember what was referred to as the “Hippy, Flower Power Movement or, the Counter-culture revolution” of the late 1960s to late 1970s? Well welcome to the show! We all have the ability to ‘act’ during our latest – against establishment movement.

Unfortunately for his presidency, Mr. Obama didn’t realize this until 10:00 PM EST Tuesday night. Until then he was still deluding himself that his Nov. 2008 election was some sort of a mandate for a far left liberal agenda. However, what he and others failed to notice was his lack of sway and swagger in 3 major elections this year. Indeed Mr. Obama and the rest of the Democratic majority completely misread the message of the last 2 election cycles. Ostensibly, the electorate has a throw the bums out mentality and it was not a mandate to enact their radical socialist policies.

In our own research when one talks to the people who voted for Mr. Obama, a great many of them express what can only be called voters remorse. They believed his rhetoric about being an outsider willing to govern from the center and they trusted he would be the uniter he pledged to be on the campaign trail. Two months in to his term the disappointment began to take hold and the uneasiness gave rise to the once silent majority (independent non-affiliated voters) becoming silent no more.

The Democratic majority’s own arrogance, insulting attitude and general let them eat cake mentality displayed toward the “Town Hollerers” and Tea Party Members did more to galvanize this movement than anything else. For this we owe a great many national bloggers such as Michelle Malkin, Dan Riehl, Tax Day Tea Party, Glenn Beck and a great deal of credit for having the fortitude to stand in every imaginable weather condition and espouse their beliefs – which indeed have once again proven true. And a huge thank you from the Tea Party organization and those who took the time to put it on, and lastly, to the others that made sure their readers knew the who, what, where, when, and why of the peaceful gatherings.

So for now Progressive Democrats have become the focus of their immediate scrutiny. However, make no mistake, progressive GOP members who show a propensity to horse trade on Cap and Trade legislation or another Amnesty for Illegal Aliens bill will soon find out that Progressive Democrats are not the only members of congress who run the risk of being unemployed and swept from power.

The real message being sent by this non-violent revolution currently taking place in this country, is we want a responsible smaller government that keeps us safe, protects our borders, advances the needs of the naturalized citizen first, while always being as minimally intrusive on our constitutional rights as possible and if you try to ram your party’s extreme agenda because you assume you have a mandate.

A big hat/tip to Bob Grant and The American Thinker for the inspiration (and contribution) with this article; after reading Mr. Grant’s original online, fireworks leaped from my keyboard nonstop until completed.

 

Deceitful Scheming Democrats part 1

Honest Leadership??

If there is one single ‘claim to fame’ that the Democrat leadership has successfully accomplished within their first and historic year is that they behave with the mentality like babies. As Americans we assured that if the Democrats are not getting their way – “Katie, bar the door!”

Over the past year most of our Democrat Congressional officials have tried to pull so much over on the American people and at whatever the cost no less. Quick examples that immediately rush to mind are the entire fabrication as ‘transparency’ which has given way to bill passage before the bill was even printed! Of course we are talking about the big, no, huge TARP bill that is so inequitable and lopsided that it’s embarrassing.

Furthermore, we are merely suggesting that ‘transparency’ does not mean doing deals behind closed doors, special meetings in the White House, and abhorrently initiating ‘pay to play’ schemes with the likes of our fine citizens in Nebraska, Louisiana, and Maine to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars and earmarks.

After seeing a Democrat Congressional official interviewed this morning, we are left with this explanation: Democrats march to the beat of a different drummer. Moreover, they have also demonstrated marching to the beat of a completely different reality. For example: Anyone could easily see how nationwide health care won’t work by any number of factors. Take a look at Massachusetts’ version of state run health care and ask people how they feel. How about the easiest way to examine just about anything – public opinion that should drive public policy and looking merely at polling data? In a very, very small nutshell, the current Democrat leadership is oblivious to what the American people want.

Considering the events and decisions of the last year it is overwhelmingly obvious that the Harry Reid’s, Pelosi’s, Obama’s, and Ben Cardin’s of the leadership are not at all interested in the American people, yet rather the “sweetheart deals” that they and their cronies are able to reap the benefits.

WARNING and ALERT: We believe that the Democrats will do anything and everything possible to delay Scott Brown’s seating in the Senate. Whatever it may be from end of voting, to declaration, even moving into his new office, the Democrats will hinder every process along the way – after all, what do babies do when they don’t get their way?

Haitians…We can never forget Humanitarianism

Never forget humanitarianism (photo: Ian Voegel)

Earlier today we read this article (propaganda) that urges you to “Stand with Haiti” by donating to the post-earthquake relief effort and calling for a crucial protection, called Temporary Protected Status (TPS), for Haitian men and women living in the U.S.

Well, here’s to a long-overdue victory! (This is typical of advocacy and special interest groups.)

According to America’s Voice President Obama deserves praise for granting TPS, as do the bipartisan group of members of Congress and many, diverse advocacy organizations and bloggers who publicly urged him to do so.

The Miami Herald reports, in “Obama administration grants TPS to Haitians:”

The Obama administration announced Friday that it would grant tens of thousands Haitian nationals Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, an immigration benefit sought for years by Haitian activists, immigrant advocates and South Florida lawmakers.

The move comes following intense pressure on the administration this week to approve Haiti for TPS in the aftermath of the country’s devastating earthquake.

TPS is granted to selected immigrants who cannot safely return to their homelands because of natural disasters, armed conflicts or other emergencies. Those eligible are allowed to remain here, obtain work permits and temporary stays for specific periods — a status often renewed indefinitely.

The article cites DHS secretary Janet Napolitano, who made the announcement at 6pm EST:

As part of the Department’s ongoing efforts to assist Haiti following Tuesday’s devastating earthquake, I am announcing the designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals who were in the United States as of January 12, 2010 [...] This is a disaster of historic proportions and this designation will allow eligible Haitian nationals in the United States to continue living and working in our country for the next 18 months.

Regardless of how American Age agrees or disagrees with TPS we nonetheless have donated to the Haitian relief funds. We do ask Ms. Napolitano and Barack Obama to at the very least ensure accountability for those receiving this status. Thank you once again for standing with Haiti, and with the Haitian men and women living in the U.S. during this catastrophe.

 

Describing tone, shade, or hue of one’s skin…

One Nation...

In the due course of life one normally finds themselves at a loss for words particularly in some of our new found – and most often meaningless attempts at being politically correct –albeit for one issue or another one finds themselves unable to respond sufficiently because of this relationship between cultures and their language and the attempts to split apart or dismantle that culture by changing the ways in which one communicates.

To be sure language is not in a vacuum nor is it ever stopped. Language is one thing that never stops; as an example we spoke with speech pathologists and doctors that specialize in this area. Funny thing that we found out was that the human brain never thinks in complete sentences nor does it ever stop – thinking. In other words, the brain does not acknowledge the use of periods (full stop).

In the recent foray of events that surrounded Sen. Harry Reid D-NV and his comments in a different place at a different time is a fiasco. We always thought it was Hollywood starlets who did outrageous things for publicity; however, much to our amusement we are finding that politicians are close if not worse in their use of the publicity machine.

It appears that the meekly Senator from the Great State of Nevada feels as though he needs to publically apologize for words he used in describing another individual. Making reference to the tone, shade, or hue of a person’s skin – albeit light or dark or red or sunburned or white or pink does not need apologizing for. Are you ‘feeling’ us on this issue? As long as there are interracial relationships, there will always be a difference in hue. Companies such as Maybelline, Cover Girl, and L’Oreal are making a fortune with this advertising.

Furthermore, what is up with the dialect notion? Everyone in this country knows, appreciates, and attends to the notion that folks in South Central Los Angeles speak differently (word choice, syntax, and infliction) than their counterparts do in Honolulu, Hawaii. Have you ever been in an environment where someone from the West coast laughingly says, ‘hey, you from the Bronx’? No apology necessary or do we have this amuck?

We feel that there is a great deal of “displacement” going on in Washington right now where someone is to apologize for something they’ve either said or done. We are here to say there are some matters and issues that are so true that, to treat them otherwise is without question of doubt being a racist or displacing an apology for something that needs nothing in an attempt to apologize for something that does. Please think about it…

More on the way…

Congress: Is this how you raise your kids?

His holiness Obama

Whenever two or more are gathered it’s alleged that one should stay away from discussing the ‘forbidden three’: Politics, Sex, and Religion. Therefore, as America evolved, especially late in the 20th century rather than talk about any one of the ‘forbidden three’ people began in all earnest to not only talk about, but slander and fabricate issues about teachers and fellow educators. Well if it’s only once, please gather round and read today’s American Age.

Someone – anyone please enlighten us here. Please explain to us what is wrong with the moral fiber of our nation? Yea – to be sure there will be some who will say – “what are these people talking about…” So please perhaps if we put it out, it will encourage any number of folks to critically think about what’s happening and let us know just what on earth is going on in America!

In most circles adults and especially parents chat away about their children. And folks this ranges anywhere from the parent who wants to be their child’s best friend (BFF) to those who are “pulling strings” as it is trying to get their super intelligent son or daughter (combined SAT’s of 1050) into Harvard, Yale, or Princeton. To be certain there are younger parents who are looking at ways to get their child into a private school, no matter what it’s based on – when they find out their school of choice is running a cool and clean $20,000 per year is one issue; however, there is are also an 18-month waitlist.

All of this is going to boil down to how we raise our children; moreover, the morals, values, ethics, and that sense of justice that America was founded upon that we hope we’ll be able to transmit on to our children, nephews, nieces, and other relatives. Therefore without any further adieu what kind of example is our current presidential administration setting, and still a bit worse, what kind of examples are our congressional officials setting?

Just this morning according to Rasmussen Reports, 73% of American people feel as though they are better qualified to make decisions rather than allow Congress to do it! Seriously, can we blame any one of these people? Tell me how I am supposed to teach my child or my students that if you don’t get your way – get to the “backroom,” make sure the door is shut with a guard, and let the wheeling and dealing begin! This type of quasi-leadership may be okay with anyone who reads this but I can assure you it is not okay with our staff!

Allow me to further espouse that President Obama’s new approval rating is at a whopping 46% according to Rasmussen. Now when 70% of the American people feel that they are better decision-makers than these pork stuffing, backroom dealing, and dishonest politicians we say that this has to do involving their character. And his “holiness Obama” who rode in lying about hope, change, out with the ‘old Washington way’ – we are beyond certain that he wasn’t referring to the mess he’s sat quietly by and allowed to happen or the Chicago mob style “pay-to-play” politics that now is leading the way in Congress.

So let us get back to the original supposition here: If our most cherished leaders are blowing it this poorly, what do we say to those who are less experienced and less knowledgeable?

 

Are you a Swallower? Spitter?

Lamp of Knowledge?

 It seems as though it is a national pastime for most – if there isn’t a good political discussion going on or some religious ideology being lambasted, or sexual discussion – then by all means let’s beat up the public education system. And to a degree there are some areas within the educational system that need attention, and it has been our position that we make a grassroots inquiry into our students’ parents.

Be that as it may, the bashing of the education system is not our intention; however, it is our intention to alert, inform, or otherwise allow people to know what is going on – and it is not pretty.

From what we’ve amassed here in the short period of time since our ‘awakening’ seems that most of this inappropriate teaching methodology as well as content material allegedly taught started around 2000 with the establishing of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN).

GLSEN has relatively short historic roots being founded by Kevin Jennings who is now President Obama’s “Safe Schools Czar.” Recently he was appointed by the Obama administration to run the Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools in the US Department of Education. In 2007 Kevin Jennings was paid $273,573.96 as the executive director of GLSEN. (Please click here for further important reading.)

In 2000 GLSEN held an anniversary conference. From the content of the workshops it was clear that the organization was not so much about tolerance as it was about teaching children about sex. This conference was fully supported by the Massachusetts Department of Education, the Safe Schools Program, the Governor’s Commission on Gay & Lesbian Youth, and some of the presenters even received federal money.

In an attempt to keep these up-briefs readable; moreover, to make absolutely certain that every organization who has contributed to these articles get the overwhelming credit they so rightly deserve, please click on all available links and make sure to read or listen to these incredible sources. This particular audio recording of what these seminars were supposed to be about – well you be the judge

In this clip one of the activists asks 14 year olds, “Spit or swallow?… Is it rude?” Click here to hear clip.

 

 Courtesy of Mass Resistance  

 

 Male Teacher: … Spit versus swallowing – I don’t know about the calorie count of cum. All right. Is it rude? Let’s ask this question: Is it rude not to swallow?
Students: No! Oh, no! [Many "no's" from the children.]
Male Teacher: No. So it’s in good bedroom etiquette … [unclear] to spit out?

Currently there are several sites that are reporting on this issue; please see Mass Resistance, The Gateway Pundit, and Big Government.

Immigration officials arrest nearly 300 Illegal Aliens with criminal records

Law enforcement need to work together - 287g

Immigration agents arrested more than 286 foreigners with criminal records during a three-day sweep in California, officials announced today. 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement head John Morton said the operation was the largest of its kind and resulted in the arrests of illegal immigrants convicted of robbery, assault and rape.

About 96 of the arrests took place in Los Angeles County and included people from Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Among those arrested in the county were a suspected gang member from El Salvador who had a 2004 robbery conviction and a Guatemalan man with a 1993 conviction for lewd acts with a child under 14.

“These are not the kind of people we want walking our streets,” Morton said.

For further reading click here or see “Illegal Immigration” tab at top of page.