All drug use and alcohol abuse is ultimately the responsibility of the drug user or alcohol drinker.   Since no one is forcing them to abuse the substance they are the ones putting the substance into their bodies. Ecstacy – FROM DEA IMAGES

1.)  So the first enabler is themselves.   But is is a disease you say!  There is truth to that, particularly after the substance has bonded with their  chemistry and their chemistry thirsts for more and more drug.   Perhaps they need to self medicate to reduce some other life pain, emotional or physical.  These too are real needs    No matter the underlying cause the abuser chooses his poison and the consequent impact of that poison.  Addiction only continues with the consent of the addicted.

2.) The second and most insidious enabler is idleness.  When the Russian proverb said that “Idleness is the mother of all vices”  it is clear that those whose lives are filled with boredom and a lack of interest will find ways to occupy themselves.  One such way is with substance abuse.  If someone has no responsibilities, nothing that requires a sharp brain, then they have no deterrent to continued abuse.    Drug use among the unemployed is 18%.  Not every aspect of this study made sense, but there was a clear link in that those not in the workforce had much higher rates of drug and substance abuse.

3.).  The third enabler is one that rewards idleness.  For those unwilling to work for a living, but able to do so, the government check or unemployment check provides the means for survival without any of the responsibilities associated with providing for oneself or for your family.  The feelings of worthlessness associated with that existence is overwhelming.  This drives many toward alcohol and drug abuse.  Since Obama took office the percent of the US population that no longer works and is no longer looking for work has risen from 31 percent to 35 percent.  This has removed 4 percent of the population from the workforce.  That and number 4 below makes the government directly responsible for much of the drug use in the US.

4.)  The huge expansion of disability payments to able bodied individuals from age 20 to 65 has further exacerbated drug and substance abuse.  Not all of this is abuse of illegal substances, since being disabled has became so easy that a whole industry has grown up around it, including drugs to treat non-existent symptoms.  Understand that if you truly can not work, then you should get benefits, but not being willing to work is not a disability.  In the current government run structure this has become big business.  The statistics bear this out as does the personal experience of most Americans who can’t but help know of individuals collecting disability payments who are obviously not disabled.    It is theft, but a theft that has become common and acceptable.

5.) The last enabler is perhaps the most scary.  It is the victimization of American society.  We have gone from a society that prides itself on independence, on solving problems and moving toward to success, to one which glorifies victims.  If someone is laid off, they are told they can’t get a new job, they are too old, too black, too Hispanic, too something and because of that they are victims. As victims the government will help them.  The idea that they need to pursue a successful future is stolen from them.  Those making minimum wage are told that they deserve more without working for it, because they are victims.   The fact that the vast majority of those that stay in the workforce for any period of time receive promotions and raises it ignored.  These same individuals are encouraged to destroy the very people that employ them.

A robust economy would have a dramatic impact in reducing the abuse of drugs and alcohol.   Given current government policy that does not look likely  in the near future.

There was an article on the Drudge Report that discussed executions in Saudi Arabia.  Many of which were conducted by beheading.  Just looking at images for that is beyond gruesome.  

I did not reproduced any of those here.  In 2015 there were 157 executions in the kingdom.  A number of these were for non-lethal crimes such as drug dealing.   There is no standard in sharia law on how to handle these crimes so the judges just decide.  Some drug dealers get death, others 10 years in prison.

In contrast, in the US there were just 28 executions with a population that is 10 times that of Saudi Arabia.    Many here complain that US law is unfair.  Perhaps it is not perfect, but by any reasonable standard it is far less cruel and capricious.   The truth is that in the US, based on our law, (perhaps not always its implementation) that all lives matter.

There is no such assumption in Islam.  There is a clear view that Jewish lives and Christian lives do not matter.  Criminals are not rehabilitated, they are mutilated.  There is no prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

This is not a Saudi thing, it is an Islamic thing.  The death toll in Saudi Arabia, the more “civilized” of the Islamic countries tells the tale.  What of the death toll cause by ISIS?   We need to recognize that these are sides of the same Islamic coin.  In an age where the risk of terrorism and Islamic fueled violence is on the rise we are fools if we do not identify the origins of that violence and the truly barbaric elements that make up its belief system.

We need to say no to every attempt to validate Islamic Law(Sharia) in this country.  It is by far antithetical to the Constitution and our system of law.  If you want a system of law where life is cheap,  just move to an Islamic state.

ABC, NBC,   CBS and a majority or our liberal arts schools have been sending the message to the world that the US is imperial, domineering,  and utterly devoid of conscience with regards to the exploitation of other countries.  At the highest levels of our society and media the message has gone out to the rest of the world that we are evil.

Combine this with the beliefs of Islam:

“And KILL them (the unbelievers) wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers.” (Sura 2, verse 191).

And thanks to the liberal left, ABC, NBC and CBS we have a setting that promotes death like we saw yesterday.  They have so brainwashed people that they do not report clear dangers for fear of being considered racist.   This fake view of Islam, of open borders, of criminal illegal immigrants results in real American deaths every week.  Those promoting these things are responsible for San Beridino.

In every sense the US is the most successful country that has ever existed. We give more to the rest of the world than any other country and have a standard of living that far surpasses that of any other place on earth.  That is because Americans are exceptional.  Instead of building up these successes, Obama is out apologizing for the America of 200 years ago.  He is apologizing for the America that went to war to eliminate slavery. Where are the reparations for the families that lost their lives to free the slaves?

It is time for the media to stop parroting the messages given by the left and by liberal teachings that bear no relation to reality.  The Koran specifically calls on Muslims to kill infidels.  It is not a religion of peace.  It is time to recognize that. Believing in Islam is the same as believing murder is OK if the person does not believe as you think they should.  It is time for the media to report the truth on a whole range of issues.  They are responsible for what happened and for future terror around the world.

From the Wiki on Climate Change:

A poll performed by Peter Doran and Maggie Kendall Zimmerman at University of Illinois at Chicago received replies from 3,146 of the 10,257 polled Earth scientists. Results were analyzed globally and by specialization. 76 out of 79 climatologists who “listed climate science as their area of expertise and who also have published more than 50% of their recent peer-reviewed papers on the subject of climate change” believed that mean global temperatures had risen compared to pre-1800s levels. Seventy-five of 77 believed that human activity is a significant factor in changing mean global temperatures. Among all respondents, 90% agreed that temperatures have risen compared to pre-1800 levels, and 82% agreed that humans significantly influence the global temperature. Economic geologists and meteorologists were among the biggest doubters, with only 47 percent and 64 percent, respectively, believing in significant human involvement. The authors summarised the findings:

Handpicking scientists who hold your their view (79 scientists out of 3146 that responded) is not scientific method, its propaganda.  Recent publications have also shown that the raw data in scads of places where cooling was demonstrated has been tampered with.  Emails hacked from this same group show purposeful tampering.  Real evidence shows no warming now for 18+ years. 

Any journalist who does the full research will find that global warming/climate change is a fraud and a farce.  It’s become the cause celeb to rape the middle class of taxes, increase their living expense, and destroy their way of life.  The Soros and Buffets and GEs are raking in the clean energy cash while pretending that this is some reality.

Based on this our federal government has caused the closure of numerous coal plants, the loss of 1000’s of jobs and increased electricity costs for every American.    Presenting lies to the US population with the resulting damage to that population’s well being is criminal.    The news media, the federal government and big business are to blame.  It is the average American citizen that pays the price.

When are these organizations going to be held accountable for this.  More and more we are looking like the old Soviet Union where the freedom to create opportunity is stripped by the elite who want to leave that opportunity for themselves.  That is why the Presidents Climate Change Motorcade burns more carbon that most small cities.

Democracy fails and capitalism fails when the watchdogs and the government collude.  If you doubt that just watch the same story appear in every big media outlet over and over again.  In the case of climate change every American is paying for it in increased taxes, extra work and a lower standard of living.

Company after company has voted to hire illegal aliens collectively saving millions in payroll expense while adding substantially to the bottom line.  Each of these companies, whether agricultural, manufacturing, or service oriented not only violates the law by hiring these aliens, but also contributes to the endangerment of the American public.

These companies  have paid to get politicians to look the other way.  They have lobbied for sanctuary cities and policies which now free illegal immigrant criminals back out into society.  Each and every death caused by these illegal immigrant criminals has been a result of this lobbying effort.    These companies are to blame and should be held accountable.

The winds are changing where this will no longer be the case:

The penalties going back for years will be collected:

First offenders can be fined $250-$2,000 per illegal employee.

For a second offense, the fine is $2,000-$5,000 per illegal employee.

Three or more offenses can cost an employer $3000-$10,000 per illegal employee. A pattern of knowingly employing illegal immigrants can mean extra fines and up to six months in jail for an employer.

Letting in 200,000 Syrian refugees is just an extension of this open borders process.   If just .1 percent of these are terrorists, that is 200 terrorists.  That translates to lots of dead Americans.  Again, companies whose lobbying efforts have opened the southern border are also responsible for this and the destruction that follows.

I expect power to change hands in 2017.   At that point, I would expect that every company that broke immigration laws pay the penalties, or be sued by those damaged by their hiring of illegals.  The profits of convenience will be wiped out.   All those who lost legit jobs to illegals should sue as well.  My hope is that every company that has done this damage to the American worker, or his family will be held accountable.

Today I was trying to focus on just thinking.  I was thinking about what my plans were for the next couple of years and I would love to say that I made a lot of progress, but that would be a lie.  Between the TV, the radio, the phone, Facebook, and my own random thoughts staying on track proved to be an impossible task.  Unfortunately, as a society that is the experience impacting anyone that wants to make a positive change.

We start with an idea and along comes a cute baby video,  a favorite TV show, a phone call and that idea is gone.  If that is not enough, the news bombards us with celebrity news as if these are people we should care about.  Should I care if someone I do not know and who I will never meet has her husband in a coma after he visits a brothel?  Aren’t there people closer to home, that I know, that I should be praying for and when possible doing for?  Sure are.

But while I am bombarded with news that is someone else’s reality show, hundreds are laid off in Brookwood, AL because no one was paying attention to the policies that impact us all. Life becomes more difficult for the average American while the majority are distracted by stupid people playing Evil Knievel on the internet.

We are all distracted.  It has become the American way of life.  Perhaps if we pay more attention Planned Parenthood would not be selling aborted fetal baby parts,  illegal aliens would not be killing people after they had been deported 5 times, and Chicago would not have 40 plus shootings on an average weekend.

Distraction is the conspiracy.  It is why more and more bad things happen.  I guess it’s time to pay attention.

Scientists Create Mini-Pigs was the one headline that seemed important to me today.  I guess politics has gotten down to a new low where this story makes more sense than anything else going on.   While Obama is claiming that CLIMATE CHANGE is our biggest problem, 94 million Americans are not working.  The weathermen/weatherwomen can’t tell us what the weather will be one week out yet those same scientists can tell us what will happen in 200 years and its URGENT.

That is right CLIMATE CHANGE is URGENT, URGENT, URGENT!!!

Let’s not find people jobs.  Let’s let people continue to be impoverished by the latest implementation of Obamacare and lets deal  with CLIMATE CHANGE which has not had any real data to support it for 18 years.  That’s right, I am scared to death of CLIMATE CHANGE which will cause me to not have dinner in 200 years.  BIGGGG WOOP!

While we keep the borders open to drugs, terrorists and criminals that are killing American’s he says I should worry about global warming.  It’s so bad I needed a jacket in October in Alabama.  To hear Obama I should be getting a tan today.  According to Obama the crops would have all burned up by now.

Of course, his regulation’s have caused the cost of my food to go up so he can fund more people that are not working while he continues to warn us of CLIMATE CHANGE .  What is he doing about the cost of my food?  NADA.   Instead he helps Brazil make cheap ethanol taking jobs from this country.  He opposes the XL pipeline and costs Americans more jobs.

The news channels all know this.  It is with their help that Obama is able to put CLIMATE CHANGE over the needs of Americans.  It is with their help that he is able to pass illegal regulation after illegal regulation that the average American has to pay for.  If you are struggling to make ends meet, call CBS, NBC or ABC.  They fail to report the truth and propagate poverty in the US.  While each puts  “Climate Change” on top of their reporting, real people are struggling, the inner city is a blood bath and the plight of minorities is declining along with everyone else’s fortunes.

YES CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPORTANT!!!

Tell that to the 1,000,000’s of aborted fetuses that Planned Parenthood profited from in the cast couple of years.  Tell that to the babies that have had their parts sold after they were born alive!!!

CLIMATE CHANGE is the myth of the century.  It’s the plan for controlling the populace,  for confiscating their property, for controlling the energy industry and in the end taking over all aspects of the country.  It is the freedom killer.  Why else would the EPA buy millions of dollars of  military equipment?  Equipment only used for war time operations.

People need to wake up and fight this tyranny.  When you hear “CLIMATE CHANGE” , think Stalin, forced relocation, nationalization and poverty.  That is where this government is leading us!!!!

Maybe I should just buy a Mini Pig, they are cute.

Scientist can now reprogram your brain so you don’t believe in God.  What a victory for Satan!!!

Questioning Global Warming is a crime in France.

We have more starving fat kids than anywhere in the world.  If you believe the radio the kid next door is starving but we have more fat kids than anywhere else, but they are fat and unhealthy.  Perhaps we should all move to Sudan and try malnutrition.  It is all the rage.

NPR – is bashing the US while not fully disclosing the truth about Iran’s Nuclear Intentions.  This is one story of many.  What you won’t find is the statement by Iran’s supreme leader that he intends to destroy Israel and the US, that he continues to create armaments for Hezbollah that have and continue to kill Americans.

Bowing to political pressure and hype Walmart raised employee base pay and its profits tanked.  Ok, I am not a business major but if you raise your costs but don’t increase the value you deliver, you lose money.  It’s economics 101.  It’s the democratic progressive, socialist philosophy.  Bring everyone down.  Stockholders, pension plan holders and even those who had wages increases will now have less opportunity.

Today is one of those days where as I work  to translate one file type to another file type I am able to take a moment and reflect on just how complex just this little task is.  It involves layers and layers of structure all designed to finally move ones and zeros across a wire.    The whole technological stack that results in the success of this project has been built up since the first application of using electricity.  It has taken countless men and women to move the technology to where it is today.  Even so, the materials, the components, the devices and the implementations of this did not come together by chance.  It took tremendous knowledge, masses of research and generations of dedication for these technologies to get to where they are today.

Scientists presume to explain the existence of the universe and more narrowly human life on this planet as the work of chance.    If that is the case, why have computers not come into existence by chance?  The materials that make up the building blocks of computers has been around for as long as the building blocks of life.  How is it that in ‘3 billion’ plus years we don’t see one electric wire?  We have not even seen on abacus come together by chance.    Nevertheless, scientist tell us that life occurred by chance, that the universe was an accident created from a huge randomizing event.    The specificity of how life is designed is a far cry from the this theory.

Why then is life the only thing that has ‘evolved’. Why have computers not evolved?  Oh, they have.  Their creators have contributed to their evolution.  It is just like with the global warming.  Scientists can’t get tomorrow’s forecast right a significant amount of the time, but they claim to know what the climate will be in 100 years.

It amazes me that so many scientists speak with authority when in reality they know so little.  Perhaps they ought to ask the creator.  That is what you do if you want to understand how a particular computer works.  Instead of denying that there is a creator and thinking it self assembled, you call the creator and ask how it works.  I guess if you deny that there is a creator, you might as well go back to voodoo, or wild ass guesses.

I have not written anything here for a while as I have been too busy pursuing an income and working on programming projects.  I praise God that there is work for me and that there seems to be work for me for the foreseeable future.  This is not true for many Americans.    The whole world in which I grew up where you could be proud to be an American has been turned topsy turvey.

Yesterday there was a mass shooting by another hate filled fame seeking nut case.  Today it was reported that there were 94 million Americans (almost the highest number ever) who were not in the work force.  And one of the papers glorified some woman who purposely blinded herself so she could become disabled.  She could not have gotten a decent job in this economy so I guess that was the next best thing.

As the bodies from Oregon shooting the  were not even cold Obama was calling for gun control.   He wants to prevent those that could stop the crazies from having guns while he lets the Taliban take back Afghanistan, Russia bomb our supposed allies in Syria, and illegal immigrants overrun our country lowering its standard of living for everyone.

The true crime here is that of our leadership.  Destroying the United States economy has meant that each American has less and less.  Obama has already done that.  Destroying our military means that every country will experience more carnage than it has over the past 40 years.  That has also already happened.  Destroying America has been his goal from day 1 in order to put us patriotic, exceptional Americans in our place.  The result is a poorer, impoverished and more dangerous world where  fame is more important than fact, life is cheap, and death is on the rise.

I would personally like to thank our leadership for being the type of people for whom ideology trumps the value of life.  By the way, Mr. President, if gun control worked Chicago would be murder free, not one of the murder capitals of the world.  Perhaps you should care more about people, their lives and their welfare than your ideology.  It’s the ideology of death in the spirit of Castro, Stalin and Mao.