I am no Obama champion by any means, but people who whine all day about his use of Executive Powers annoy me, and they do it out of pure ignorance.

I've even heard statements like "he's used more than many other presidents combined." Um, yeah, if you go back to colonial times, sure.
The facts are out there; just like they are about guns, marijuana, and global warming. "All ye gotta do is read lad" is what a British friend of mine would say.
But here they are, from the President of my early childhood to the present, their name and the number of times they used Executive Orders in their presidency.

Jimmy Carter:           320

Ronald Reagan:        381

George HW Bush     166

Bill Clinton                364

George W Bush        291

Barack Obama          226

And just for comparison, a few from previous years and administrations:

 Theodore Roosevelt           1,081

Woodrow Wilson                1,803

Calvin Coolidge                   1,203

Franklin D Roosevelt          3,522

 Thank you and goodnight.

-Jim Culp, 2016

 

It's 2016.

I am not quite sure how this whole concept of work and pay got so fucked up, but let me attempt to un-fuck it in a short rant.

A man operates a machine that processes packaging of a product.

It isn't an overly complicate machine, but the operator needs to be awake, competent, mechanically minded, and willing to stand and bend for eight hours at a stretch.

You decide to pay this person nine dollars ($9 USD) per hour. He gladly accepts the wage and hours, and in one week, excels at the operation of this machine, and has perfect attendance, goal adherence, and overall employee attitude.

One month goes by. Your company makes fifty thousand dollars ($50,000 USD) from this man's efforts, minus his wages, materials, and so forth.

The man, after Uncle Sam's raping and his beloved State's ass fucking, makes a whopping eleven hundred dollars ($1,100.00 USD) that month.

After about another week, you ask that same man, a dedicated employee as of now, to be the lead person on three other persons running similar machines, and bear the burden of answering questions of operation, production, and operator errors for the next month.

He accepts this duty, with no request of raise in wages or advancement, and continues on like things are okey-dokey.

You offer this man no raise in wages, no benefits to "sweeten the pot" of his position, and even dock him twice for being late two minutes late from lunch.

He doesn't complain and drives on. He has about thirty dollars ($30.00 USD) a week left over after bills (not luxuries).

Some say that man is a good trooper, a man with the American spirit, a real good joe.

I say that man is a slave to a fucking overlord that needs to be overthrown; but I'm probably just an asshole.

 

HATE

January 15, 2016

"HATE"

Many today on one side are saying that they hate guns; while yet another is saying they hate Muslims.

Never wanting to be left out or go unheard, here's a list of my Hates:

1) I hate being invited to a "party" and there are no alcoholic beverages or Rock and Roll music. Why didn't you say "can you come over so I can bore you to death?"

2) I hate ignorance. Please stop talking about things, or posting things on Facebook, if you don't know what the fuck you are talking about. Read and learn, that's how you overcome ignorance.

3) I hate pedophiles. I don't want them placed in mental institutions, or sent to prison, or last but not least, set free to re-join communities. I want them crucified in the town square for all their sick ass buddies to see, and maybe it'll scare the fuck out of them and they wont want sex with children. If not, just shoot their buddies.

4) I hate Racism. It all started with people being called "Black" or "White". Why not just call each other people?

5) I hate ignorant mother fuckers who think that everything from a target pistol to a sport rifle is a machine gun that shoots two million rounds per second. Again, read and learn.

6) I really hate stupid ass people that don't think Green Chile is the tastiest fruit in the universe. What the hell is the matter with you?

Peace, Love, and Please Don't Be Foolish Enough to THINK you will Get my Guns...

-Jim Culp, 2016

January 11, 2016

Readers, bloggers, friends and family.

Happy New Year to you and yours. Blog time again.

Just as I am always happy to see an NFL season come in a year, I am always ready for it to be gone by Superbowl time.

The games this weekend make my point. Did Mike Munchak pull Reggie Nelson's hair? I don't know, and I don't fucking care. I consider it trivial and think that NFL players shouldn't have long hair in the first place.

Did the Steelers do some stupid shit as well as the Bengals? Yes. Anyone that knows me knows damn well that I will call out my boys for their offences, just as I would for my soldiers or my own kid. I am and was never that guy that would say "Oh, she/he'd never do that." People get excited and do stupid shit. It happens. Give everyone a fine and let's move on. As for the referees in our modern NFL, I view them like I do our Congress. Fire every fucking one of them and start over. When a referee makes an invalid call, he needs to be penalized. Fair is fair.

-Jim Culp

An unnamed person suggested yesterday that I vote for Hillary Clinton for President of the U.S.A.

Funny.

Three quick points:

A) We've had enough dictators. The President of the United States isn't a king or an emperor. Yes, the current one and the one before him acted like they are(were), but that is not because they have the power to do that, it is because we let them. 

B) Even if I voted, Presidents that come from wealthy families would never get my vote. Hillary is a Rodham, just as George was a Bush. Research those families. You'll get it. Rich people cant think like Poor folks, my friends, and they never will. When you don't know what it is like to send your kids to bed hungry, you wont give a flying shit about those that do.

C) You obviously thought I might be a Democrat or a Liberal. I am neither. Have you read one of my Blog posts? Please do at http://jimculp.blogspot.com/

There, I answered you and didn't go on an endless diatribe. See? I am growing.

Sincerely,

Jim

Belief, Fact, and Fiction.

Lately there seems to be a contradiction in terms.

Let me explain.
Some things are facts, some are beliefs, some are just plain old fiction.
An example of a "View" or a "Belief" is that many of my friends and relatives, as well as a large population of the Earth believe that a god created the Earth, the other planets, man, and cute little puppies.
Great. The First Amendment says you can do that, and no action can be taken against you unless you try and force it on others, or make it the law of the land.

 An example of a Fact is that Yellow Baboons are found in South-Central and Eastern Africa. This is proven because many researchers and biologists have spent hours studying them and documenting the information. There's no need for a government to approve or certify this action, but a department of some sort of said government certifies it in some way, and it is widely accepted as truth with a lot of documentation to back it up.

People can go out and tell people in private and public all they want about those baboons and, as long as they do it peacefully, the First Amendment says that is ok.

An Example of Plain Old Fiction is pulling something out of your ass and trying to make it the law of the land. People get scared because idiots do stupid shit. That's human nature. People fear two things the most; things that threaten their livelihood, and things they don't or cant understand. Idiots grab a gun, and shoot people. Politicians and Ass-Wipes from every corner of the country immediately claim that taking all the guns out of the hands of the populace would cure that right away. That's the first fiction. It's also against the Constitution. Amendment Two states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." It was so important that the Founding Fathers placed it number two right under speech and religious freedom. The second fiction I speak of here is that people still believe that this right can be voted away and that the USA will still be the same country. It wouldn't be. The USA would at that point become a totalitarian state. Patriots like me (no, not the "patriots" that just do whatever their told, those are sheep) would fight the government down to the last knife or club, and die rather than succumb to life without any freedom. This is not my View, or my Belief. It is Fact.

 

September 18, 2015

“One Nation under God”

 

-By Jim Culp

 

I am responding to all of the online posts about “One Nation under God.”

Here’s an easy fact to counter that slogan.

This is not meant as a bash on any religion, because you are free to worship however you please under the First Amendment to the US Constitution…

However, if one insists that “we are One Nation under God”, he/she would need to define first who or what “God” is.

I know many would say immediately that they are talking about God, Jehovah; the God of the Christian bible.

OK, well, let’s take a look at that.

According to Wikipedia, here’s the statistics: “Protestant (37%) Catholic (23%) None (16%) Other Christian (10%) Other (6%) No answer (4%) Mormon (2%) and Jewish (2%)”.

So, even though they can’t agree with each other, 72% of our population calls themselves Christians. (these statistics will vary depending on where you look)

But wait a minute…the First Amendment is clear about religion. It states:

“Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

Uh-oh. I do believe we have a contradiction in terms here. The idea of “God” is one borne out of religious practice. If you don’t want to define your God as “religion”, that’s cool, but the Constitution does.

The slogan “One Nation Under God” appears many places, but the one place that is appears Legal Tender is on coinage and Federal Reserve Notes.

So, when our government decided in 1913 to implement the Federal Reserve in place of actual banks handling currency, it started printing “In God We Trust” on coins and paper notes.

So that, ladies and gentlemen, is in direct contrast with the Constitution of the United States of America.

It’s perfectly ok with me if you want to have slogans for you and your household. But do not try to place a religious label on me or my family. “One Nation Under God”, as defined by the American Christians of today, means that I’m under the yoke of your religion. To that I say nay. I am not a member or supporter of your beliefs or your religion, and as a citizen of the USA, do not wish to be counted as such.

The Constitution of the United States says I have that right, and just like the Second Amendment allows me to OWN AND CARRY firearms, the First Amendment protects me from becoming a slave to a tyrannical theocracy.