Vegan vs. Omnivores and the like

I am tired of extremism and I don't care which extreme it is.  Vegens will not eat meat or dairy products or have anything to do with them.  Omnivores are of the other extreme, they will eat most anything and could care less whether or not it is healthy for them.  Then look at another segment of society; the enviromental crowds; these people are "green" to the point of being mean, they believe that the power to affect climate changes rest on the shoulders of those who could careless and those who toss their trash out their windows of their oily smoke spewing cars.  Then there are what I call progressives who believe that whatever is wrong in this country, government has the answer and at the other extreme are the anarchists, who just want no government at all.  (I tend to lean heavily toward the anarchists side by the way).  But it seems to me that Vegens are too extreme, but so are the Omnivores.  The environmentalists are usually too extreme for me but so are those who toss trash out of their smokey cars.  I do find that government is getting too oppressive, but at the same time I wonder how long we could survive without government.  Perhaps a stateless society would only create a bunch of smaller local governments and we would all just move around to the one that we feel most comfortable in.  Who knows?! 


What got me wondering about this, is that I was listening to a Natural News Podcast, it is actually called the Health Ranger Report.  First let me say that I eat meat, in fact, I love it.  But I could eat healthier so that is why I was listening to the Health Ranger (Mike Adams).  I gave them the benefit of the doubt that they may have something to tell me about living a healthier life.  I find I agree most of the time with their views but there are somethings he says that really offends me and I think are just wrong.  Mike Adams was saying in one of his podcasts that meat eaters are angry people, that they feel they have to kill in order to eat.  He claims that if you look around you can tell who the meat eaters are in the world.  He says meat eaters are unhappy angry people.  Well... I took offense at that.  I think I am one of the most nicest guys around.  I treat people the way I would want to be treated.  I often give people the benefit of the doubt when I've been mistreated.  I live my life trying to live the way God wants me to; loving my fellow man.  I try to take care of my family both financially and lovingly.  It seems to me that what we need is to look at all the extremes that are out there and strike a realistic and honest balance.  Not everything the health nuts say is good or right, but neither are they entirely wrong.  The eating of meat does not make you a bad human being.  I grant that many people if they saw the process that it takes to get meat on the table they would probably be vegetarians.  I sell firearms part time (so I am sure to some that makes me a bad and angry person), but what I find is that there are a lot of people who hunt game and they field clean and eat what they shoot.  Perhaps the first time they had to field dress a deer (field dressing is cutting out and removing the things that could spoil the meat in preparation for meat processing) they may have been grossed out, but most of them over come that and continue to hunt, kill, cut up, cook and eat they game that killed.  They have seen the process from beginning to end and this may surprise some of you, some of these hunters are women!  Women hunters are growing in numbers every year.  God intended for man to eat meat.  Meat has nutritional value.  The value of hunting is in learning about the process of life and its value to sustaining life. 

Another area that needs balance is in this trashing of the planet that is pushed upon us by the Greenies in this world.  They try to promote, for instance, that every American should buy a hybrid car or even better an electric car to reduce the "green" gases that affect our environment.  I don't believe that promoting these "green" cars from an environmental stand point is very effective.  Why?  Because people have to live their lives daily and most live paycheck to paycheck.  Cars are a necessity of life and we often try to buy the cheapest cars we can afford with the most luxuries we can afford.  Hybrid cars and electric cars cost too much at this time and have yet to become appealing to the mainstream buyer.  Until they become affordable and convenient they will never take hold with the public.  When you can show people cars that can save them money, now you begin to make in roads for public support.  I personally would love to own an affordable, convenient electric car if I can save money buying it, running and and maintaining it.  You do that and I will buy one in a heart beat.

Let's sum up.  We need truth from every extreme.  Bring them all together and let us help each other improve our lives and the lives of our children.  Balance should be the new extreme.

Ft. Hood and Gun Rights.

When are we going to learn that the bad guys, the criminals of this world, do not care what the law says.  This incident at Ft. Hood took place in an area of the base where guns were not allowed to be carried, unless you were military police or other qualified personnel.  Had everyone been carrying a weapon, then this guy would not have killed so many.  Lives could have been saved.  Gun free zones are killing zones.  Would anyone put a sign in front of their house saying something like, "This is a gun-free zone, we have no guns in this house!"  Isn't that just an invitation to the villians to target your house?  If I want to rob a home, rape someone or attack someone, I would prefer to target the unarmed.  This is how criminals think.  The pick their targets where they can be the most effective.  What better place to target than those people you know can do the least to protect themselves.  The right to own a gun isn't about having the ability to own a gun that I can hang on the wall like a piece of art.  Gun rights is about the ability to protect ourselves from the evil in this world.  Just because I own a firearm doesn't mean I am qualified to enforce the law.  That's not what it is about.  If I am a concealed carry license holder and I'm in a store that is being robbed.  It is not my duty to enforce the law concerning robbery.  If no one is being hurt or threatened, it is wiser to stay out of it.  The only time I would draw my weapon is if someone is threatening my life or the life of someone else.  Just like owning a fire extinguisher doesn't make you a fireman, owning a gun doesn't make me a law enforcer.  Gun owners are for the most part, law abiding citizens who use guns for sport, recreation and mostly self protection.

Health Care Reform

The best thing that our government can do to reform health care is to get out of what they are presently doing in health care. End medicare and medicaid. End CHIPS. End government regulation of healthcare. Let the free market take over. Free the doctors of endless government paper work that requires that they hire too many people just to take care of the paper work. Government creates more paperwork which requires more workers which in turn help to drive up costs. Take government out and watch the cost dramatically drop. What about the indigent you say? Most of our country's history existed without government healthcare and even without insurance. These things are new. Charity's played a far bigger role in taking care of those who cannot take care of themselves and they policed it better than government does. Government is constantly being scammed into paying for health care needs for people who don't need it. Doctors who skim off the top in order to get bigger government checks for compensation. Charities watch their money closely and make sure that the truly indigent are the ones that get help. Doctors are human beings and many of them used to take care of people and if they couldn't pay, they either didn't charge them at all or let them pay them back over time without interest or took a substantial discount. Why? Compassion. Human beings are compassionate people. People will take care of each other. Will there be scammers out there if government isn't involved? Yes. You have them now and you will have them then, but I believe you will have less because people tend to police where their money goes much better than government does. I would rather see the government do nothing than do anything that would promote more government involvement in our lives. Obama is the scariest president I have seen in my life time. Isn't it odd how every new president is worse than the last one? I was scared of Clinton when he got elected but I would take him over Obama any day. I just wish government would get out of my life and give me back my money that I worked for. It is mine not theirs. I pay taxes because I fear the consequences if I don't. I don't like it and I see government as a villain that comes to take my money year after year. Oh you, say, "Well, if you don't pay taxes, how would we pay for the construction of new highways and police and fire?" Well, it is funny to me that this country existed for almost 150 years without a permanent income tax and we did fine. Private industry will take care of roads and bridges. Just look at Disney World in Florida. They have some of the best kept and maintained roads and bridges in the state and it is paid for by them and those that patronize their business. There are solutions to all these problems. If we can be left alone and let free markets take over you may be surprised to the solutions that can be found. Enough ranting for now.

Take a moment today and remember those who died and were wounded at Ft. Hood yesterday.
These families need our love and prayers.

Audit the Fed Now!

I believe that Ron Paul's push to audit the Federal Reserve should be approved by congress in its original form. This is the most important issue facing congress and it is getting no press to speak of. Why should the Federal Reserve be exempt? Even the CIA gets more scrutiny than the Federal Reserve! I hope and pray that HR 1207 and S 604 will pass and for the first time since 1917 the books of the Federal Reserve will be opened and the truth will be revealed. Then the American people will see for themselves what a bad idea a central bank is. This is just the beginning though, we have to get this through first, but then we need to push for an end to the Federal Reserve. We need to move to a truly free market society. Some today will try to say that a free market economy doesn't work, but the truth is that government gets in the way far too often and doesn't allow for free markets to thrive in the way they could if the ties that bind it would be cut. Audit the Fed now! Free the market now! The best government is the least government and the only thing better than that is no government.