Dave of the Woods

Ukraine news is everywhere these days. Watch any of it and it makes any viewer ………. what? What does it make you? Repulsed……… by the destruction and the human tragedy……… scared………. that it could involve this country directly………… angry……… that the U.S. isn’t getting more involved……… that our country is too involved…….. or even in disbelief……. that the strongest nation in the history of the world is letting it go on? Do any of these fit YOUR thoughts? Whatever you might think what are you basing your thoughts on? There certainly no shortage of “opinions” out there on what our course of action should be. To watch our leaders explain our stance and our intentions is nothing less than an embarrassment, but what would you do if you had the authority……. no….. the awesome responsibility to respond to what is occurring? Any opportunity for attempted “prevention” is out the window leaving us with only “response” as an option. That was probably a very serious mistake on our part and more so on NATO’s part. Putins’ aims were not secret, but they were ignored with the idea that this kind of attack couldn’t happen in this day and age. That was a gamble taken by NATO, on the behalf of the Ukrainian people. Obviously they were wrong and the results have been tragic and born by the Ukrainian people.

What do we do now? Do we puff up and mobilize our troops……… to commit our country to the horrors of war? That is a frightening thought. What would, or could the results be? How should decisions be made at this point? What will Putin do… or more importantly what is he willing to do? Is he supported at home by what he is doing now? One wouldn’t think so, but the reports are that he is overwhelmingly supported by the Russian people. There was even a recorded phone conversation between a Russian conscript and his father on which the father not only didn’t believe his sons report of what is going on…… he excoriated him for being so disloyal to Russia and lying about what Russia is doing. Russia is a LIAR…… LIAR….. to their own people!! How can they possibly get the majority of the Russian people to support their actions????? Most of the Russian people are good people, so how? HOW……….. by controlling what they hear and the slant of the information that they DO get….. that’s how.

Does anything in any of their methods sound familiar? It should!!! The information that we get is as distorted and slanted as what the Russians get. Our news outlets have long since divested themselves of the truth. Their focus has shifted to themselves instead of the news. Are they diverse enough………. are they “feeling” enough……… are they “understanding” enough……… does it “show” enough…….?

Our last few years should have proven to everyone paying attention that we are in the same spot. Oh wait…… thats it!!! Good people are endorsing bad things because they are not paying attention to what is being done. They are involved in sports, movies, cars, associations, their golf score, and a myriad of other things instead of listening what their ‘TRUSTED” sources are saying. When everyone should be screaming at the top of their lungs…. LIAR……. LIAR…… PANTS ON FIRE!!!! Why do these countries with different systems use the same “tactics” to control their people? Because they work thats why. No matter the country nor the system the forces behind the screen are the same. It’s the good vs. evil thing…….. Good is sought by the majority of people, but Evil is a very powerful force. THINK about what leaders DO. Don’t listen to anyone that tells you that you can’t believe what you see happening. I believe we were founded on GOOD with Divine guidance. I hope our leaders rely on that same guidance today.

Here with a fire extinguisher it’s……………..

Dave of The Woods

UKRAINE

ALL over the local news it is being reported that a police officer “killed” a young man. That is NOT TRUE! He no more “killed” him than he caused the sun to rise on that fateful day. It IS TRUE that he fired the shot that ended the young mans life BUT……. ultimately it was the “victim’s” own actions that CAUSED his death! The officer did NOT instigate the actions that ended the young mans life…………. the young man himself DID!! I am not saying that the young man wanted to die. I’m saying that HE engaged in activities that COULD and DID end his life. It is closer to an accidental overdose or any other “possibly lethal” activity that a person decides to engage in. VERY SAD………… but…….. self inflicted. His choices that day brought a lot of pain with it to people close to him and that is a tragedy. It also brought a LOT of “support staff” whose only objective is to attack the “system”……….. none of them could care less about the young man, his family or the tragedy itself. Were any of this “support staff” involved in this mans life, or any other young mans life, trying to PREVENT these tragedies???? NO…… NO….. they were and are not!! The officer involved was!! He was trying to make a difference every time he went to work. They just see the whole thing as an OPPORTUNITY …………… AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTACK ……….. to attack who? To attack our society and ultimately………… attack you………. and me! This “support staff” can be looked at as sleeze with a symbiotic relationship with the young mans family. Does the family even realize that? How can we possibly know?

The way that the local “NEWS” keeps reporting this as a Young man being “killed” compounds the tragedy. Their narrative is FALSE, INFLAMMATORY, AND DESTRUCTIVE !!!!! THEIR decision on how they cover this “story” is more destructive to all of us, than the incident itself was. Think folks……….THINK! False narrative, truth or manipulation, or good vs. EVIL. Do not let feelings distort common sense. Outrage is appropriate…… but it is not being properly applied. The outrage should be against the perpetrators of the false narrative and the sleaze associated with it.

With heartburn over my morning coffee it is Dave of The Woods

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Where does a person go to get reliable news these days? It seems that every “news” outlet approaches any subject with a bias that almost renders their reporting useless. I don’t believe that all biases are to the same degree and certainly not in the same direction. So a reasonable person has to decide for themselves what makes sense. In other words THINK, don’t just fall in line with any party, group, or organization that has your “best interests ” at heart because NONE of them do! They are a self serving bunch and you, we, us, give them what they are after! Ratings…… ratings equal money and money equals power……..PERIOD!! So listen to whatever venue you want for as long as you can stomach it and then……. THINK……… do not settle for a dose of “plausible deniability”.

If you accept that as a starting point you will see ALL of the input and all of the players in different light. When someone affiliated with your favorite party wins a seat in anything are you encouraged that perhaps the important things you believe in will be advanced? If so…… think…… how many times have you been disappointed in the performance of a candidate after he wins? Mitt Romney is a prime example, he won the Senatorial seat after losing his bid for the presidency and then proceeded to prove that he was neither conservative nor morally honest. It is the money answer again, that doesn’t seem to change. I am unashamedly a conservative person. I believe that our Constitution is a divinely directed document that should be adhered to. Since its inception it has been under attack in the name of “FAIRNESS” and really fairness is just “destruction” in disguise. The attacks and the attackers have grown in numbers and have become much bolder with their admissions about their aims and methods. Things that defy ANY resemblance to common sense have become “standard assumptions” by the attackers. Every effort is being made to make you feel guilty for being “normal” Examples: Abortion can be preformed up to 4 hours after birth……… A person with a penis can decide that he was really born a woman……… children as young as pre schoolers can be “given information” that” they can decide the sex they want to be……… life changing surgery can be done to children without parents knowledge…………. HUH!!!! How many more can you think of? For every abnormal, immoral, or perverted behavior there is a group that champions that particular cause, and they all want, no demand, that you accept their thing as “normal” and protected by the constitution. Yes……. the same constitution that they are continually striving to ignore or change. To say that the behaviors they promote are good and reasonable then why doesn’t every preacher in the world promote them as a righteous way of life?

Although the supporters of these groups are very loosely connected they share little else other than sympathy for their struggles in promoting each other rather than the people that elected them. That means that they promote each other like a pack of rats at the county dump. They will work together as long as one doesn’t threaten another. If a problem shows up its like an exterminator shining a high beam light on the dump at midnight, they will trample each other trying to save themselves and explain why they were not a part of their “plot” all along. Mom used to say “there is no honor amongst thieves”.

This certainly holds true with the current bunch of “rats” and their exploits. Hunter Biden, Russia connections, hired spies, Cuomo’s, Fauchi, CDC, government investigations…………. impeachments…….take your pick because there are many to choose from. When exposure starts to show how deep and crooked one part or another is the stories start changing. As the stories morph supporters will fall in line as long as possible but when it becomes clear they WILL start “eating their own”. Being a friend of the Clinton’s was a most dangerous place to be…….. you could even “catch” suicide!! I had no idea that it is contagious but it seems otherwise. Brutus set the example of “rats eating their own”. Probably not the first just the earliest I can think of. An honest and honorable man will go to his death defending what he believes is right and just. The rats have no loyalty.

What is the common thread in all of the stories? It is that none of them have a foundation in GOOD or TRUTH!! Can it be possible that it is just another face of EVIL assaulting the world? You get to decide. Just remember that if you side with the rats they WILL eat you if you are of no further use. From Dave of the Woods……. it is Decon time…………….

We have an injustice going on and every decent, justice seeking american should be screaming at the top of his lungs about it. We had a young black man shot in the head by a white cop! Where is the justice? EVERYONE should be demanding it! Lets look at it.

We had two people start their day in a normal manner a while back that led up to the terrible results stated above. How did a normal day end up being one of tragedy? One man went to work in his normal manner with what kind of attitude? Just another day with all the risks the law profession brings. In todays climate and culture those risks are becoming more substantial every day. The other man started his day in his usual manner, presumably, whatever that may have been. I know nothing about this man or his habits , but we all fall into some kind of routine and so I presume it was so with him. At some point on this fateful day their paths converged and ended in tragedy, why? The officer was doing his assigned duties one of which was to check car plates to see if they are current. Noticing that a cars plate was expired he pulled the car over. Everything is normal to this point…… right? Did he know any additional information about the driver? I don’t know, but stopping this car was part of his assigned duties. The man driving the car stopped and responded to the officer. How did he respond? I have no idea about the conversation they had, but at some point the driver decided that cooperating with given directions was not what he wanted to do. This WAS the critical point of this whole event. Only ONE of these men had the ability to STOP the escalation that was about to take place, and HE made a very bad choice, not the officer! Becoming confrontational with an officer is a bad choice at any time, and this quickly went beyond just confrontational. The driver and officer got into a physical altercation that was started for what reason? Again one of the men could have stopped this and it wasn’t the officer. At some point the officers gun was drawn and the other man ended up dying from a gun shot. Had he not fought with the officer or tried to get the officers other weapon (but he did) or had the onlookers helped the officer subdue this man, they should have, but they didn’t (after all the officer was protecting their neighborhood not his) the results would have had a different outcome………… BUT…….. they didn’t! Very sadly……… they didn’t, and and very sadly there wasn’t. Think of the officers position. He was suddenly in a struggle with a larger man that was trying to get at his weapon and he had no idea what this mans intentions were, but to this point they were not good! Choices were few for the officer. Pressure of the situation, fear, adrenalin, and the speed with which events unfolded, ended with the officer reacting with what he thought was last choice. NO one wants to go out and just shoot someone!! What a terrible choice that has to be to make but it was not HIM, that made the choice………. it was the driver.

As tragic as this “incident” was….. it was an incident, not anything more, but some see this not as a tragic incident, but rather as an opportunity! An opportunity to try to promote an agenda that is becoming viewed in a far less favorable light. When Al Sharpton shows up at any incident anywhere in the country the one thing you can be sure of is that it is about AL SHARPTON and the hate and discord he tries to engender. Now THERE is something that should be protested. Who are his supporters and why do they contribute to his causes? Mainly, I believe, it’s because they do not want to become a target of his retribution, boycotts and such. As far as I can see he has never helped anyone but himself no matter where it has been. Stir the pot…….. call for protests…….. have a rally……… ruin honest people………. encourage a riot……… get on TV…………. try to stay relevant. He and his tactics are becoming less popular and more rejected as time goes on but ……… the victims……. yes the victims what about them?

Who are the real victims? The family of the man that died certainly. I can not even imagine the pain that comes with the loss of a son, and wanting to blame someone other that their son and his upbringing is very understandable, but remember that he was the only one that had the choice to keep it from happening. It was a terrible outcome for a bad choice, but it was his choice. Then there is the officer involved. He has to live with the fact that he pulled the trigger that ended a mans life. Will he second guess himself for the rest of his life? Will he end his law enforcement career? He did not ask for any of this yet he has become the focus of the problem. Then the city……… what does the city go through because of the hate stirred up by Sharpton and those of his ilk. The protesters that demonstrate are who, and motivated by what? Both of these answers elude me because “common sense” seems to play no part in what they say or do. THEY are protesting the people that they want to protect them from harm if need be. I wonder if any of these protesters would be as vocal had the officer, struggling for his life, been their father or brother. Then there is the country as a whole. We all lose when lawlessness is allowed or worse yet encouraged. One only has to look at the results in Seattle, Chicago, L.A., Philly, San Francisco, Portland, or any other city that allows lawlessness. Candice Owens had it right when she decried the fact that the likes of Sharpton glorify the worst elements of the black society. Why….. WHY…….. do we have to fight these things? It makes no sense…… unless you can believe that all of these things are part and parcel of the good vs. evil struggle. Don’t look at incidents. Stand back and look at the whole picture. I think that these actions are another, (ongoing) assault on our way of life. Stand for what is right! Do not compromise to appease! Evil will not be compromised with! LETS PROTEST………. yes lets protest the responses to bad incidents by people, ( SHARPTON AND HIS ILK), that promote the hatred and discord. Lets have a march against THAT! Dave of the Woods

I remember when I was a kid there was a Pro wrestler by the name of Gorgeous George. Do any of you remember him? He was quite a character with flowing blonde hair, bobby pins and all. He would prance around the ring and was really a fan favorite. He also followed the script winning and loosing the matches according to script. Even back then everyone knew that pro wrestling was just a show with pre determined results, and yet his fans cheered him on as though it would make a difference in the outcome. It never did as far as I know.

We now have a president that reminds me a lot of Gorgeous George. He prances around making promises (or threats depending on how you look at it) to supply arms and munitions to the enemy of an out of control despot that paid his family’s criminal enterprises many millions, no one really knows how many that amounted to. BUT………. surprise, surprise, he is worse than slow about aiding Ukraine. He blusters about Putin being a war criminal and about the plight of the Ukraine people while he delays or denies military aid to them. He huffs and puffs……… but doesn’t deliver any more than he has to to keep up appearances…….. he tries to show that he is a supporter of Ukraine’s plight. NO MIGS FOR UKRAINE??????? Why not? Promise, but delay delivery of arms…….. WHY???? Do you suppose the fact that Russia, and a lot of the “experts” that were saying, in advance of Russia’s invasion, that “it would only take a matter of days to conquer Ukraine” has anything to do with the delay tactics? Uncle Joe most likely only had to agree to delay his response and support, long enough for PUTINS troops to sweep through and absorb Ukraine. Once the country was absorbed by Russia and claimed to just be part of Russia reunited all that would be left would be listening to the howls of the FREE WORLD screaming “you better not try that again!!!!”……….. again…….. remember Crimea? Yea……. right. With all the gnashing of teeth and screams of “you can’t get away with that!” and NATO howling about border integrity nothing would be done to undo what Russia had accomplished. Uncle Joe’s part would be short term. After all, how long could Ukraine hold out against one of the strongest militaries in the world? I guess Russia believed their own press reports on their own effectiveness and didn’t consider the resolve of a people wanting to remain free (however free they were). Most of the world has been surprised by both the resolve of Ukraine and of the UGLY BRUTALITY of Russia. “WAR CRIMINALS!!!!!”……. shout world leaders……. “Putin must be held accountable!”…… say the bystanders. Where were the “free” nations while Putin amassed his forces at the border of Ukraine? Where was the U.S.A.? We wouldn’t have had to fire any weapons……. just be there…….Oh…… thats right……. Putin had us in his pocket……. “just give me 4 days…. 6 at the most Joe”……… “remember Joe, you owe me!”………… “Hunter owes me……. I have the videos, don’t you forget that Joe”.

The atrocities that ARE BEING committed still, are being captured on video for the world to see! It is taking way too long for this to turn out well for Putin or Russia. Putin is running out of time and Uncle Joe is running out of excuses. One more example of evil personified. One that nobody can deny. The old Russian Guard (military) does not have many friends in the “modern Russia” and the new guard is resenting the price Russia is paying world wide for Putins dream of the USSR. Even Uncle Joe can only stall for so long, and the NATO nations know that they too are in Putins sights if Ukraine falls. This invasion is UGLY, immoral, and inhumane! I think that Putin will be stopped by his own people. The question is how and when.

Meanwhile Uncle Joe is prancing around the ring huffing and puffing…………. and throwing bobby pins to his fans. Even though they really know that it is all for show. I wonder where the people pulling the strings are? From the kitchen counter it’s………………

Dave of the Woods

If you have kids you also have a large amount of it. It comes with the birth of your kids. From how much hair they were born with, their awareness, their first smile, their first step, so on and so forth. This pride is one of the perks of dealing with the challenges that being a parent brings. Pride is kind of a strange thing though. It is not static by any means. It grows, it shrinks, it disappears, it explodes, and it comes in varying amounts. When kids are young there are always many demands on the parents time, all the things that need to be done to try to maintain a reasonable and responsible life. The kids, no matter how many, all come with their own personalities and at a very early age, their own opinions. It amazes me how early both of those things become noticeable. Shaping and training also starts at this very early stage. My son (a horse trainer) has an opinion that training is ALWAYS going on, either you are doing the training or you are getting trained, I think that really is more prophetic than he even realized. Good or bad, kids are always being trained by word and deed. Isn’t funny how kids will pick up words or emotions that their parents wish they had not. Example: While my brother was visiting his sons family in a different state his 4 year old (I believe at the time) granddaughter, impatiently, wanted to show him something in her room that she was excited about. He wasn’t responding to her plea as quickly as she wanted so…….. standing in the doorway with her hands on her hips she announced in an authoritative voice, “Grandpa, you are starting to piss me off”!! Training had indeed taken place. Grandpa didn’t get up right away, but a few eyebrows did. Now just how much pride came with that situation I’m not sure, but it buttresses the point, “training is always going on”.

Those of us that are old enough to have grand kids and even great grand kids get extra doses of pride with the advancements and accomplishments that they achieve. Along with the prideful deeds that we enjoy so much we also get our share of disappointments. If our kids succumb to outside bad influences, or from bad examples within the family, our pride is replaced with shame. Depending on how severe the infraction, and at what stage in development the kids are, our responses vary a lot. Everything from, “I should have been there more” to “ok thats it…… he made his bed and he can lay in it!!” Both “extremes” that are usually said out of the frustration about the lack of the “personal control” that a parent can feel.

Todays news is filled with excerpts from a personal computer that has some disgusting video which is being replayed over and over.

Talk about “dirty laundry” …………. but this isn’t just dirty laundry. This is a window into the workings of our national governments corrupt and illegal behavior at a level that is hard to believe. It deeply involves most of the law making and law enforcing agencies at the federal level to one degree or another. You have seen it all. The responses from the public have been almost as disgusting as the videos. Puzzling too…….. because the righteously earned National outrage that one would expect to be instantaneous is MISSING!!! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE??? Is there no limit to the things that people are willing to accept as partisanship? Right and wrong……. good and bad……. legal and illegal……… moral and immoral……… or is it once again the battle of the good against the EVIL? More on that later. Here I am thinking of the pride the “leader” of our country must feel…….. as a parent……. watching these videos being blasted across the whole world with all of its repulsive implications. No matter how deeply Joe is involved in his sons behavior, to SEE it on TV HAS to be gut wrenching. His sons weaknesses and obvious foreign manipulation is being excused as a political issue and that might help ease his disappointment and embarrassment, but as a parent I know that it wouldn’t ease mine. Maybe his ambition is enough swallow it all as the price to be paid for…….. for what?……… for whom? He has become a babbling old man that embarrasses the whole country and our allies every time he speaks publicly. How much dementia is necessary to be so deeply involved in all of this and not have your eyes filled with tears as you see your son sink into the abyss of all that you have been taught is “EVIL“! Maybe the brain fog of dementia is enough that it helps but then that doesn’t explain the whole family’s involvement. How far does the evil reach? All of the implications involved with our current situation present difficult answers that might turn this around, but whoever is doing the manipulation will not give up easily.

But……. one man……. alone……… even the most powerful man in the world……. with his thoughts…………… in a moment of clarity…………. in his prayers………… with tears in his eyes and ache in his heart…………… is it PRIDE or SHAME? Does he ever think, “how did I get here”! I can’t help but pity him….. as a dad…… but the pity I feel for him does NOT decrease the resolve I feel to fight THESE ATTACKS on our way of life. Fight the evil and work for the good. Do not give blind allegiance to a party or a movement. THINK folks THINK…….. don’t just “feel”. Make YOUR parents proud!! From the kitchen counter over coffee, it’s………….. Dave of The Woods

Did that scare you? No….. why not? Maybe it’s because it is just words and it poses no real threat to you…… it’s just words. This example is like writing, or calling your representatives in Washington. What you communicate to them is just a bunch of words and they really have very little, or no effect on their actions…….. until recently that is. There was a small little “boo” said that the Washington reps not only heard……. it shook them to their very toes. Them and the special interest groups that trade them favors, “money” also known as campaign support, for agendas of their choosing. It came in the unlikely package of parents….. ANGRY parents. Parents that have been on the sidelines of the “system” for a very long time. Just like a bench warmer they have been of little consequence to any part of the game called “education”. With the pandemics changes in how education was presented came a parental awakening of just what was being taught to their children. The common response was, “are you kidding me!” I had no idea! With the gubernatorial election in Virginia came the frosting on the cake. Parents were told not only did they have no say in their kids education but they were labeled as “domestic terrorists” to be monitored on a national scale. One parent that showed up at a school board meeting and complained that his daughter was raped and that the school not only knew about it they did nothing……….. nothing that is except cover up the rape, transfer the offender to another school, and then……. had the girls father violently arrested when he dared to complain at a school board meeting!! As a father, I don’t know how that father contained himself enough to try to get redress from “the system”. Had that been my daughter standing there, emotionally devastated, with tears in her eyes, telling me what happened…………. I don’t know what I would have done, but self control would have been hard to maintain. Not only did all of this play out on national TV but the commentary from the school board that parents had NO BUSINESS trying to intervene in the school boards decisions, but a candidate for Governor ran on a plank that included that stance. Those actions were front and center in the national news. One “established” Democratic candidate endorsed the action of the school board and one “unknown” Republican candidate strongly opposed their actions. This was in a very heavily democratic controlled state……… and ……. what happened? What happened was that this fathers horrific injustice hit a nerve with not only every parent with a child in a public school in the country, but it has mobilized MOTHERS NATIONWIDE!! School boards nationwide are learning that a MAMA bear is a bad thing to provoke. Established school board members are being voted out in large numbers. Even board presidents are being replaced, some embarrassingly so on national TV.

With these local actions taking place how is this going to affect National elections? Think about this. School boards are as local as elections can get. Every bit as local as property taxes that pay to support them. MaMa bears, no…….. all parents, are upset enough to get involved, run for school boards, and make a difference in the decisions of the local boards. If they don’t run for a board seat they are showing up at meetings, paying attention to programs, and having a HUGE impact on local elections of all types. THESE are the “grass roots” reactions that have the politicians in a “heavy sweat”. Regardless of party affiliation, campaign money is the driving force for most, no ALL, politicians. They need it to run for, or to stay, in office. The biggest money comes from special interest groups like teachers unions, and large donors looking for payback in one form or another. What is a candidate to do? Ignore the siren song of the “money people”………….OR…….. ignore the growing voice of the newly awakened MAMA bears in this country? CAREFUL…….. be VERY careful how you treat this very rapidly growing voting bloc. In many states now local politics are being turned upside down with this “newly awakened” motivated movement. This movement is spreading faster than the corona virus and the ONLY answer is to pay attention to their input. Virginia’s gubernatorial race is proof positive that parents can not be bought! There are so many local elections that the big donors can’t keep up. It’s not only like herding cats, it’s like herding feral cats, or controlling a grass fire in a strong wind. My thought is that it is a very good wind feeding a wild fire that is long overdue, and needed, to get rid of as much of the “rotten wood” as possible as soon as possible. GOD SPEED PARENTS!!!!!! Blow winds………BLOW!!!! From a pontoon boat somewhere it’s……….. Dave of the Woods!

Have you ever been in a situation where you are focused so intently on your every move that you loose focus on the overall purpose of what you are doing A good example of this is using a GPS system for deciding which way to go. Example: You are in a boat on a large body of water (a lake) in a dense fog. The lake has a number of islands, a shipping channel, some dangerous shallows, and is known for sudden storms. Knowing all of this you have equipped your boat with the latest electronics. What this gives you is the confidence that you can navigate safely under even the most difficult conditions. As you leave the harbor you hit the button to record your “track” insuring that you will have a map drawn on your screen that will record your every move enabling you to retrace your steps if you choose or take a more direct route back to the harbor no matter what the visibility is. All of the islands are marked on your map as well as the other dangers so you proceed with the confidence that your only concern will be if the fish are biting. A few hours later it is time to head back in. Everything has gone quite well, you have made your way around the islands, avoided the shipping traffic, and had saved your path back to the launch. It’s a simple matter of following the “path” back to where you started. So you put the boat in motion set your course, and “zoom in” so that you can stay “right on” the line you came out on knowing that is a safe route. Unknowingly you have created a situation that could put you in a very bad spot. Because the GPS relies on satellite signals, there is a delay that varies, and with the movement of the boat it can get a little confusing. Going slow (bad visibility) and the slight delay in GPS signals makes it tough to stay on course. You will end up going in circles trying to stay on line because you are too focused on where you are instead of where you are going. Frustration and apprehension builds even though you have all the tools and information needed to prevent it. What is the answer? BACK AWAY………..zoom out…….. take a look at the larger picture of where you are headed instead of where you are. That is just the opposite of your inclination to stay right on track or at least as close as possible. The “whole picture” makes it much easier to reach your destination safely.

This example couldn’t be better for finding what way to go in a lot of situations. If you take the where we are with our national problems, our social problems, and our moral problems, and accepting “little” changes to whats acceptable, it might help if we take a look at the larger picture of the things we face. Trying to ensure that everyone accept everyone regardless of how weird, unnatural, immoral, repugnant, or even illegal, their actions and thoughts might be is a fools errand. That is not to say that I am trying to tell anyone how to live their lives. I am just unwilling to be told that I have to accept all of any bodies thoughts or actions as “NORMAL AND ACCEPTABLE”. These “different” lifestyles are permitted under our system of governing and local laws, but to get in my face and try to make me agree that a man is a woman, a cat is a dog, or any other such nonsense is just not going to happen! Then to hear a Supreme Court nominee say she can’t say what a woman is, or a Senator say that this candidate is “supremely qualified” because of her views???????………….. where is the rabbit hole and where is Alice. People are cowed into accepting “chosen” behaviors as “normal” when in reality these behaviors represent a very small minority. If that isn’t bad enough schools are now teaching that there is “NO MORAL STANDARD” to be adhered to! They have made available, pornographic material in school libraries that would get a person arrested for if they gave it to kids on the street. School boards, or someone should be held accountable for this abusive behavior. With what has been taught to my sixteen year old grand daughter, at school, she is of the belief that 80% to 90% of the girls in her school are lesbians. What can be more destructive to a society than that? Do as you will, and are willing to answer for, but don’t try to adjust society to fit whatever YOU THINK should be viewed as normal. That is just La La land.

WE ARE A CHRISTIAN NATION FOUNDED ON JUDEO CHRISTIAN VALUES!!!! Without that compass as a Nation we will be chasing our tails in a tight self destructive circle like a zoomed in GPS. It is past time to back out a little and look at the larger picture. People can live their lives as they choose, but to change our nations moral direction for the sake of accommodating every perversion, just to be “fair”, is self destructive behavior. We have, and do survive as a nation by the Grace of God! Good and Evil are the driving forces. Try to keep that in mind when trying to decide on what YOU are willing to accept as normal and of value. You are guilty of nothing for thinking that weird is weird and unnatural is unnatural. From a tree stand or an ice shanty somewhere it’s ………. Dave of the Woods

“Meaning: This expression is used to describe a situation in which people are afraid to criticize something or someone because the perceived wisdom of the masses is that the thing or person is good or important.”

There is more than one version on where this fable came from but NONE are as good as the reality that we are living with right now. We have a situation right now that defies any logic at all. The motivation for this strange reality is hard for me to grasp. I say that it is a “motivation” because there is no way this can be explained by “reason.” Lia Thomas is taking the women’s swim world by storm…….. and by crook! (remember the old saying by “hook or crook”?) The situation is SO outrageous that everyone, at least the rules makers, are afraid to stand up for the obvious. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN!!!!!! A four year old child knows this and if asked would not even have to think twice about their answer. Mom and Dad….. man and woman……… it gets no more basic than that. Yet we find ourselves in a place where even a supreme court nominee cannot answer the question “what is a woman?” or is afraid to. Which way is scarier? That the nominee doesn’t have an opinion or that she is afraid to state one? THIS is the kind of logical person we want on the Supreme Court? In whose world? Since there is ABSOLUTELY NO chance that reason or common sense enabled him or her (you choose) to compete in women’s sports there has to be some other logical answer. What is it? What is the main point of the controversy? It can’t be the physical characteristics because they are obvious. No……… it is the word!!!!! The words “definition” are so attached to peoples “feelings” that reason has been overridden by a persons Constitutional right……… “The right not to have ones feelings hurt”!! I forget what amendment that is, or when it was passed, but it has to be there because the “hurt feelings amendment” has taken over as the number one reason to allow a law, any law, to be passed…….. damn the logic!!! Soooooooo….. with that in mind how can this kind of ridiculousness be addressed without violating the hurt feelings amendment? I KNOW….. Lets just change the words a little! Since the definition of the words “man” and “woman” causes so much illogic and stupidity, lets just change the names of the categories that designate what group PEOPLE are assigned to. From this point on there will be no more “mens,” or “women’s” sports! They shall be referred to as………. “DRIPPERS AND SPRAYERS” categories!!!!! Hows that??? It shall be inconsequential what participants feel or what they identify with. It will be what you are not what you think you are. Just think about it! “The number one sprayer” in the country IS…….. or the “number one dripper” in the country IS…….. TA..DA!! Problem solved! Definitive, clear, FAIR, and no hurt feelings anywhere!!!!!! This could easily be applied to any sport, or any other activity for that matter. This would give people a way to be reasonable without “feeling” guilty for stating the obvious. One problem to watch out for though is the idea that once everyone knows the meaning of a term it becomes offensive to somebody. How to make it impossible to offend someone no matter what they feel????? I know we need another amendment!! We can call it the “right to free speech” amendment that can NOT be abridged by hurt feelings. OH……. WAIT…….. why does that sound familiar?

Well intentioned people doing illogical things to assuage guilt that they do not own just to feel good about whatever. What does this cause? Dissension, division, diversion, and chaos. Who promotes this and why? It is NOT “coincidental” people, it is “directed”. By who and why? Once again these goals seek to confuse and destroy the good. These destructive goals are being applied to all facets of our lives. Good……. Evil…… old story, new target. Stand for what is right! If the King has no clothes…….. do not be afraid to say that he is naked. Don’t ignore the battle……

Dave of the Woods

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THINK about that question a second before you answer. If you think that it is illegal what is your definition of racism? The civil rights act of 1964 “outlaws” discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, public accommodations, and “EMPLOYMENT”!!!! So with that law enacted, does that change your idea of the meaning of racism? There doesn’t seem to be a lot of ambiguity in the wording of the law and yet there are a lot of differences in the way people interpret what it REALLY means. The race hustlers (I would name them but you already know who they are) jump right on the bandwagon of selfish opportunity to make as much hay as they possibly can without really worrying about the very people that they claim they represent. In reality the number of blacks (is that the right term to use today?) the “right term” changes. It used to be Negros or people of color, so I am uncertain of what term doesn’t offend someone today. With that in mind any adjective I might use means no offense to anyone. I guess what that really means is that if you are offended by what I say, get over it. Ruffled feathers are your problem, not mine. Back to the Civil Rights Act, according to what it says there can be no pre-qualifications for ANY of the situations listed in the act. It does NOT say that black people, brown people, red people, yellow people, green people, blue people, or any other color of people are the only people, protected by this law. I clearly remember that point of the law! EVERYONE was supposed to be judged by the content of their character NOT THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN!!! From that time on job applicants were to be looked at with impartiality concerning everything but ability to perform to required standards. Everyone can apply for any job and the best qualified gets the job…………. Right??…………. RIGHT??……….. As if! How about the people that didn’t get the job last week? Or last year, or last century, or last anything? Doesn’t it mean that because of past discriminations that special preference must be given today for any group that feels that they were unjustly put on the short end of the stick just because they belong to that group? Now just how that would balance out the past wrongs never was explained. The LAW didn’t say so, and yet the race hustlers (I’ll call them charlatans) were loudly proclaiming that it was only reasonable to make “adjustments and quotas” to make up for past inequities! You know, the past sins thing. The flaw in all of this is that the “SINS” were NOT COMMITTED against the current applicants. Yet preference should be given them in the name of “fairness”! THIS MADE NO SENSE!!!….. AND IT STILL DOESN’T!!!!!! Considerations of abilities were way down the list if they were considered at all. One would think that as a nation we would move away from all the inequities by now. After all that law was passed in 1964, how could this still be a problem? The thing is that IF the racism agenda goes away the money train for a great number of people, organizations, and political affiliations, (the charlatans), will disappear. All of these organizations have a tremendous stake in keeping discord alive. So much so that there are coordinated efforts to show that racism is still not only bad, but maybe even worse than ever! These groups, and individuals, are not above creating phony situations for the sole purpose of screaming RACISM!!!!!! As if that’s not bad enough, some of the news outlets run with the lies. Some do so because they want to be on the forefront of current events, and some are very sympathetic to the agenda being pursued so they don’t care if it is true or not………. they like the headline……. and if it turns out not to be true the can run an, “ooooops” on page 14 of the classifieds. Besides……… it had its desired effect. Harry Ried bragged to the truth of that when asked by a interviewer if he was sorry about the lies he told about Romney and he replied,” he didn’t win did he?” That encapsulates the prevailing attitude of the liberals in both parties! (unfortunately) Their method had a built in flaw however. I call it a method because I don’t think that it was a cohesive “plan” of action. I think it was more of a gravy train that a lot of people jumped on because it garnered sooooooo much money. The BIG money raised required making a lot of people feel guilty about something they had nothing to do with. Sounds fair to me, how about you? The Charlatans kept going from one injustice to another trying to outdo each other as the “downtroddens” best friend, they really cared! Yea……..BULLROAR!!!…….. they only EVER cared about promoting themselves! If, no not if, when anyone was hurt by their discord it was no big deal the “privileged” could use a little payback even though they had nothing to do with the problem. The Charlatans cause was being kept alive and that was, and is objective! The problem that was created is similar to the boy crying “wolf”! It won’t last! More and more people of the offended groups are finding out that there are not as many wolves as they were told. BUT………. wait a minute! I….. me… I… feel discriminated against! Am I protected by the 1964 law? Does this “white privilege” thing mean I’m not protected? If not, why not? Besides how do I, or anyone else, know for sure that I don’t have any complain-able blood in my veins? What percent is necessary to scream RACISM???? Maybe a bloodline isn’t necessary, just intent…….. THAT’S IT! Intent overrides fact!! “I think therefore I am.” I heard that someplace and I think it could fit here.

So, I am now a successful businessman and I am looking to fill an executive position. Is it permissible to advertise for a “white transexual, mostly male, only need to apply?” If not, why not? If the President of The United States can put qualifiers on employment, why can’t anyone!!!! Certainly it would help create “equity…… fairness”, or can I advertise for a Mexican midget because I raise low hanging fruit and everyone KNOWS that Mexicans are the best at picking fruit. Or how about if I want to hire some Chinese because I am building a railroad. Whose rights are protected here and who has to pay for abuses or even for “insults”, past and/or current?

We are getting to a point in our history where people really ARE being judged by their character and not their color. More and more people are being hired because of merit, not color or social status. This is a situation that the “charlatans” are most fearful of. That not only makes their programs unnecessary, it strips them of their phony “good intentions” and exposes them as the liars and self indulgent charlatans that they are. More importantly, to them, is that their money sources will dry up. They will become discards on the trash heap of history. For all the discord that they have fostered I cannot think of a more fitting requiem for them than that! Candice Owens is one of the classiest, highly intelligent, and articulate people I have ever listened to. She is a person that I consider a bright and rising star, and she is not alone. I hope she is the new face of any new “black movement” because she promotes responsibility, self improvement, and all things that will improve their lives by the things that they do for themselves and their families……… and you know what?………. more and more people are listening. The lug nuts are falling off of the wheels of the Charlatans wagon and soon they will be dragging along like a broken down old sled, fittingly so.

Back to the REAL QUESTION here. If it isn’t legal to post an ad for help outlining discriminatory requirements……… HOW……. WHY…… is it legal for the head law enforcement officer in the whole country, President of the United States, to do JUST THAT in advertising for a position for SUPREME COURT JUSTICE???……….. and then to make the argument that such a selection would help bring BALANCE to the supreme Court!! Only “black women” will be considered! Now……. if that is not a racist requirement please tell me what else it could be. BALANCE?……..BALANCE????????…… we don’t need balance on the Supreme Court…….. WE NEED ADHERENCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THESE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!!! Anything less will just provide more derision to a country that already has too much. This position requires the “BEST QUALIFIED” person available for the job! It shouldn’t matter what color, what gender, real or assumed, or what anything else the nominee is or has. WHY IS THE PRESIDENT EXEMPT FROM THE 1964 civil rights act? This is a lifetime appointment, not a trial and error effort. This should never be a place to “adjust the constitution to what it should mean! “You know, what the founding fathers REALLY MEANT“, they just didn’t take the time to be explicit on this “one” thing. NO…….NO…….NO…… Our Constitution was written by GREAT MEN guided by the hand of God and there should be absolutely no room for “PERSONAL BIASES” by people that sit on a panel of “9 black robes” that have the power to decide the lives of the whole nation! Let ALL of us pray that our representatives have the fortitude to NOT BE SHAMED into voting for an idealog no matter who it is.

Here we are again, Good vs Evil! This is a timeless, relentless battle, that must be continually fought!!!!! “WANTED, ONE SUPREMELY QUALIFIED NOMINEE FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE…… Lets hope there is enough starch in Washington. Voice your opinion to the people that make these choices. Call your reps……………

Dave of the Woods