He just doesn't get IT!

“It depends on who you’re talking about, when you’re talking about,” Trump responded. “When people proudly had their Confederate flags they’re not talking about racism. They love their flag, it represents the South. They like the South ... I say it’s freedom of many things, but it’s freedom of speech.”

This was our President's response on July 19, 2020 when asked, on Fox News Sunday, if the  confederate flag was offensive.

Who, what, when and why.....constitute how a story must be presented.

Currently  in California we are having a crisis of conviction regarding the founder of the historical missions up and down the state....... 

Junípero Serra y Ferrer, better known as Father Serra.......

a Franciscan monk of the Catholic Church who was canonized in 2015, so we should actually be referring to him as
St. Serra
or
St. Junipero
or by his other nickname, The Apostle of California.

........was responsible for building  the first 9 of 21 Catholic missions in the middle of the 18th century.

His statues (along with his reputation) are being removed and altered as we speak.

Sanford University removed his name from their campus about a year ago.

Again this is a subject that you need to research and study on your own so that you can reach your own decision.
Father Serra (click here)

My personal opinion on this matter is mixed with very early Catholic childhood indoctrination, pre-pubescent torture and systematic brainwashing by nuns and historical observations which I continue to observe to this very day.

California is my native state and while I love everything about it I cringe at the amount of people who have decided that they also need to reside here..... I also cringe at the knowledge of how indigenous people were  removed from the equation....but I'm conflicted because what I've studied shows that St. Serra protected his "targets of conversion"  from others who weren't so friendly.

When one looks at how countries and nations have developed one cannot overlook the result of missionary work and when it comes to missionary work the Franciscan order of the Catholic Church has to be regarded as some of the most successful missionary work in the history of our planet.

WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF DONALD J. TRUMP UNDERSTANDING HOW INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CAN BE UPSET OVER THE TACTICS OF EARLY MISSIONARY WORK IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA?
so having asked that question
let's
move
to
our original
topic

THE FACT THAT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONFEDERATE FLAG REPRESENTS MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

HE JUST DOESN'T GET IT 
and 
I'm 
fairly
certain
he
never
will.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Democracy and Republic

PART THREE


I'm sure you've either had this debate or at the very least have listened to someone's explanation of the type of government we have.

In America we understand that the economic principle known as Capitalism is how we operate within our Free Enterprise system.
In other words...how we conduct business.

There is more involved than conducting business even though some Capitalists believe all rules and regulations should exist in order to benefit Capitalism or to enhance the single most important element of Capitalism.......the profit margin.

Creating laws and establishing social order is done within the confines of being a
Republic
and
or
a
Democracy 

definitions
from Oxford English Dictionary

Republic...  "a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives"
Democracy... "a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives"

And then to help complicate matters and definitions we have a

Democratic Republic
 defined by Wikipedia
"is a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy.  Rather than being a cross between two entirely separate systems, Democratic Republics may function on principles shared by both republics and democracies.

Now...before we go any further simply go back and reread the definitions.

Maybe this is why we can't seem to agree on how to fix things

We can't even agree on the type of system we operate

It's quite obvious that 
Democratic Republic
makes the most sense, doesn't it?

Just so you feel involved in this topic please go and do your own reading

Democratic Republic  (click here)

I've raised this topic because I listen to people define other people with terms
that I'm pretty sure they don't understand.

The upcoming election is going to have a plethora of misunderstandings and the problem will be that those who don't understand how propaganda and intentionally misdirected expressions operate will simply compound the problem of truth seeking.

Our main goal in modern politics should be attempting to establish truth

Establishing truth in politics might be the ultimate
illusionary quagmire
or
(and I hate admitting this)
it
just might be
an
impossibility

Listening to a Democrat and a Republican talk about Donald Trump is a prime example.

How is it possible that Republicans don't see what Democrats see when viewing the behavioral patterns of the 45th President? 

And how is it possible that Democrats don't see the horrible job that, according to Republicans, our 44th President did?

Comparing the intelligence of the those two Presidents shouldn't be a debate...but it is.....and frankly it blows my mind. 

Simply compare speeches and conversation should be over....
but
it's not and in fact it gets rather heated rather quickly 
when discussing intelligence.

Maybe we should stop trying to locate truth 
but
instead
search
for
intelligence

There is intelligent life on this planet, is there not?

Or is it simply
Democratic intelligence?
or
Republican intelligence?

or after everything is said and done
 is
 it
just

Democratic Republic idiocy?



Michael Timothy McAlevey

Capitalism, Communism, and Democracy

PART TWO

Name calling and saying what a person is politically without knowing that individual is flat out wrong.

NAME CALLING AND LABELING PEOPLE IS EXACTLY THE FORM OF POLITICS THAT OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT NOT ONLY ENCOURAGES BUT LEADS  BY EXAMPLE.

I defined Socialism yesterday and below are Webster's definitions of the three remaining systems in question.

It's fairly easy to determine which form of government you endorse.  




Definition of democracy

1a: government by the peopleespecially : rule of the majority

b: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

2: a political unit that has a democratic government

3: the principles and policies of the Democratic party in the U.S.from emancipation Republicanism to New Deal Democracy— C. M. Roberts

4: the common people especially when constituting the source of political authority

5: the absence of hereditary or arbitrary class distinctions or privileges

Definition of capitalism

: an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market

Definition of communism

1a: a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed

b: a theory advocating elimination of private property

2

a: a doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the U.S.S.R.

b: a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production

c: a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably

d: communist systems collectively

TOMORROW I WILL EXAMINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REPUBLIC AND A DEMOCRACY...

Political systems conversation long overdue.......

Socialism
Capitalism
Communism
Democracy

can all be broken down into various forms of each.

PART ONE

Let's just start with the political ideology that seems to dominate the voices on the right side of the isle.

SOCIALISM

Definition of socialism  (Webster's)

1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

2a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property

b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state

3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done

Before we venture any further into this subject let's agree on a few simple and important facts.
Being a LiberalDOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE A SOCIALISTDemanding equal rights and equal social opportunities FOR EVERYONEDOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE A SOCIALISTDemanding that air and water be safe and healthyDOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE A SOCIALISTDemanding that women have the right to control what happens to their bodiesDOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE A SOCIALISTAttempting to make health care affordable and available to everyone in AmericaDOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE A SOCIALISTImportant sidebar insertWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and HappinessBelieving what the founders said to be truthful and correct and that the goal of this new government was to support people in their pursuit of life, liberty and the pursuit of happinessDOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE A SOCIALIST.
THE REAL PROBLEM FACING LIBERALS OVER THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS IS THAT WE WILL SOON BE CALLED COMMIESIt's very easy to see the pattern developing and the playbook being used by the Trump Administration.  Simply go back in history and see how Richard Nixon conducted his campaigns of 1968 and 1972.I've started to notice it among my friends and family. I'm a liberal and lately I've been referred to as a socialist and pretty soon I will be a commie.It's probably already happened behind my back.The President of the United States is the head coach and the head coach sets the tone for the team.  That's the most important part of the job. Our head coach has his team starting to use expressions that have nothing to do with the truth or reality.The problem isweareallonthesameteam.Name calling and creating divisiveness creates an atmosphere of hostility and mistrust.THAT'S THE TRUMP RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN STRATEGY....DON'T FALL FOR A STRATEGY THAT FURTHER SEPARATES THE SMALL DIFFERENCES AMONG US.We all want the same things and those things have never been said better than in the words shown above in goldRead it again and again......and trust it over and over.End of Part OneNext partCapitalism