You don't end racism by becoming a racist...

Hank Aaron spoke to a reporter and said Obama's critics are like the KKK... This is some of the most racists garbage I have ever heard. Do you REALLY think MLK fought for equal rights for blacks so they could be used to stuff white people onto the plantation? 

You do understand that is EXACTLY where most of this comes from, don't you?

Equality is not enough for some. They don't recognize it, they won't acknowledge it. White or black, they simple choose to be identified by the color of their skin, for better or worse, and will use any means necessary to advance their own agenda. Hank's statements epitomize these kinds of people.

A man who spent his whole life fighting for equality as a professional African American athlete during some of the most divisive times the United States has the gall to label everyone who dislikes this President as a hood wearing, cross burning, member of some cracker backwood lynch mob! You're taking two steps back Hank! You don't END racism by becoming a racist.

In Hanks mind, nothing this President has done that qualifies him for criticism. Despite literally CRAMMING policy after policy, order after order, down the gullet of half this country, choking those who occupy the ever dwindling space called 'Middle America'... "just sit back and take it whitey, you've earned it" says Hank.

Let's be clear here. Hank says, "you oppose the President, you're a racist". So who might that be? Since the President is a Democrat, I guess he would be referring to Republicans? The GOP? Conservatives in General?

So just a couple of fun facts here which I hope might educate Hank who is not only a racist, but an ignorant one at that...

HANK, can you name the one member of Congress who was an ACTUAL KKK Member? Robert Bryd. Democrat.

What about Woodrow Wilson? He was a Progressive that showed the first movie in the White House, which was a pro KKK movie.

President Lyndon Baines Johnson gave a State of the Union Speech in which he and the Democrats, who had until that point done everything humanly possible to oppose any manner of civil rights for blacks, including the filibuster of the civil rights act by noted KKK member and long time democrat Robert Byrd... decided that it was time to stop oppressing blacks, and start "helping them"....

It was the birth of the Modern Progressive Movement, known as "The Great Society"... The speech, by Johnson, was lauded by so called 'liberal do-gooders' and marked the beginning of White Guilt... the individual or collective guilt often said to be felt by some white people for the racist treatment of people of color by whites both historically and presently. On this day, Johnson declared unconditional war on poverty in America.

The poverty level under Obama has broken a 50 year record. 50 years of Progressive social policies and we have MORE poor, not less. Progressive policies have done more to hurt the African American than anything the GOP has dreamed up...

Hank Aaron is an racist. And should be dismissed as such. Get your facts right you ignorant ass.

I'd kill for a good night's sleep...

I hope you will forgive my attempt at levity in the title of today's article/rant. What I have to tell you is deadly serious, and I feel the play on words might help you to remember what I am about to say.

There is nothing more important than a good nights sleep, and million's of Americans turn to prescription sleep aids, like Ambien, in order to accomplish this task.

Most users are aware of the common side effects: sleep walking, sleep driving, and even sleep eating. Some of the over the counter sleep aids can even make you itch and tingle and have the opposite intended effect. The more serious and rare side effects are hardly ever discussed, because if you knew about them you would probably find other ways to secure a peaceful slumber.

Meet 26-year-old Air Force veteran Derek Stansberry. On April 27, 2010, Stansberry boarded Delta Flight 273 from Paris to Atlanta. According to press reports, he passed a note to flight attendants that said, "Forgiveme, I fu***d up, I am sorry... My passports and identity are fake... Please let my family know the truth." CNN reports that he wrote he had brought dynamite aboard in his boots and laptop.

He was taken down by Air Marshall's, the plane diverted to Bangor Maine where, fortunately, no explosives were actually found. Stansberry, an Iraq vet, had just moved to Texas with his wife and baby. Mr. Stansberry was acutely psychotic when he was taken into custody. He told FBI agents that he believed that the passengers were talking about him and that he was being followed. He also told the agents that he had taken Ambien.

In 2006, Rhode Island representative Patrick Kennedy drove to Capitol Hill under Ambien's influence to “vote” at 2:45 a.m. He crashed his car. By 2007, such blackouts were becoming so common the FDA issued warnings about the potential of “complex sleep-related behaviors".

Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy and former wife of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo suffered a "partial seizure" and swerved into a tractor-trailer, then kept driving. Kennedy told police when she was stopped that she may have confused the Ambien with her daily thyroid med.

The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders recently reported Ambien-associated homicides. "This Brief Report presents 2 cases in which concomitant zolpidem [Ambien] and paroxetine [Paxil] use was associated with uncharacteristic, complex acts of violence for which the individuals in question claimed total or partial amnesia. Neither individual had a history of aggressive behavior before killing his or her spouse; both most likely took more than 5 mg of zolpidem on the nights of their offenses."

So it should come as no surprise to you that the gunmen involved in yesterday's shooting at Ft Hood was diagnosed with PTSD, and was prescribed the prescription sleep aid Ambien. And again I ask you, when are we going to have a serious conversation in this country about how medicated we are, and the damage it is doing?

The side effects of Ambien, listed on WebMD, include: severe Depression, severe confusion, strange and unsettling dreams, hallucination, aggressive behavior, extreme sense of 'well being', nervous, anxious, easily annoyed, loss of ones sense of reality.

Are you LISTENING TO ME!?! We are feeding this to people who are already traumatized by WAR! And we stand by shocked when something bad happens.

The pharmaceutical industry served up more than $250 billion worth of sales last year. Do we need all these drugs? Some of them will absolutely yank you back from the brink of certain death. The rest?

 Well I guess you have to ask, what price are you willing to pay for a good nights sleep? Are you ready to kill for it?

End The Ban

We live in a world where Soldiers, trained in armed combat, are prohibited from carrying a firearm on post. Notice, I didn't say "are not required" as if they have an option. I said "prohibited" as in, not even if they want to. 

One of Bill Clinton's first acts as President after taking office in 1993 was to disarm American servicemen on US Military bases... he then proceeded to GUT the US military (by the way)... closing base after base, forcing senior servicemen into retirement in droves.... no wonder he wanted those bases disarmed.

But this was 20 years ago and the world has changed DRAMATICALLY. Our military installations are now targets for terrorism, and still, our soldiers are disarmed at home.

There are two possible reasons for this. One, the military and government are hiding the truth. A decade of war has left our armed forces filled with people who are mentally damaged and pose a danger to themselves or others. I don't believe that by the way. I think our fighting men and women are still some of the most steel nerved and honorable people on the planet. 'Love the solider' even if you 'hate the war' has always been my motto.

The second possible reason our military installations have remained gun free zones? Perhaps something more sinister... destroying morale and readiness or even opening our military bases up to attack from the inside, something we have in fact seen more and more frequently.

MAYBE the pressure of forcing women into combat roles, allowing serious breaks in unit uniformity like turbans, and corn rows, attacks on Christianity on base, gay and lesbian servicemen, maybe all of that is geared toward increasing the pressure within the ranks, at highlighting differences instead of concentrating on unit cohesion... creating the gas filled room only waiting for a spark... and then, in the gun free zone... everyone becomes a target.

I'm not, by the way, saying gays and women and people who wear turbans SHOULDN'T serve. I'm saying that a time tested tradition in the military is the concept of 'unit cohesion' or 'fighting as one'. When the military becomes a hodge podge of personal differences, you destroy unit cohesion and weaken our fighting forces.

In 2009 Muslim Major Nidal Hassan ambushed his fellow soldiers at Ft Hood, killing 13 and wounding 30 others. As a result, the restrictions on carrying a weapon on base were expanded, and still the base has seen a rash of suicides, and now, another attack.

Ask a solider about his or her rifle. What it means to them, what it symbolizes. And now realize we've got troops at Ft Hood who consider that base to be a COMBAT zone, and we have disarmed them. And we wonder why they are struggling. Mass killings where defenseless soldiers had to stand by and watch their friends murdered.

Time after time after TIME murder sprees occur in GUN FREE ZONES, be it movie theater, public malls, or military base.

So right here. Right now. I issue the call: President Obama, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, if you are true Americans, concerned about the safety and security of the men and women who defend this Nation from ALL enemies, foreign AND domestic... end this ban.

Allow our men and women who serve to defend themselves at home. Since we very clearly cannot protect our soldiers from harm, the least we can do is allow them the tools to protect themselves.