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BLOWING "BAD SEEDS"

AN ILL WIND -- BLOWING FROM THE RIGHT
(A Docu-drama-Blog Memo About The Presidency)
Posted by Wiley, June 11, 2016

There is an ill wind blowing "Bad Seeds" across the land. These "Bad Seeds" are carrying anti-government messages that once swallowed can create fear, distrust, and anger in people who are unhappy with their Government. The "Bad Seeds" are not new! Conservative Republicans in the U. S. Congress have been planting large crops of "Bad Seeds" and using them against "Big Government" for years with little or no success -- primarily because they refuse to compromise with the Democrats in Congress. Conservatism contains a distrust of Government -- especially "BIG" Government (i.e., Government that has too much influence and power over citizens). In fact, Conservatism does indeed adopt a much more doubtful view of the desirability of altering proven institutions and societal values. When Barack Obama won the 2008 Presidential Election. he became the first black man to hold the office. Conservative Republicans may have viewed his election as altering proven institutions and societal values. This, along with the issue of race, and other issues (e.g., White supremacy) may explain why on the night of his inauguration Conservative were busy planning an anti-Obama campaign to make him a one term President.

Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States

The fact that Obama's election came just as the Country was falling into the second worst financial crisis since the crash of 1929 didn't cut any ice with the conservatives. They basically believed they could blame Obama, and the "right thinking" white population in the U. S. would believe them.

When Obama took office in 2008, conservative Republicans in the Country were visibly distraught. They were heard shouting on the streets, "I want my Country back!" Conservatives in many parts of the Country took up the challenge! They held protests, cultivated new crops of "Bad Seeds", and wrote new rules for their members in Congress to follow to help get "their Country" back:

Swallow more "Bad Seeds"; (the messages are now able to change moderate Republicans to conservative via social media)
Never compromise with Democrats
Never "fist bump" with Obama!
DISCRIMINATE! Piss on every parade not led by a true Conservative

However, while the Republicans were writing their "new" rules, the man from Chicago took over! He heard the people at town the hall meetings shouting "I want my Country back!" He stayed cool. The President's team and their supporters put the welfare of the Country first; unhindered and uncontrolled by ideology, ethnicity, or racism! With great patience and determination, the Obama Administration rescued the Country from what could have been potentially the worst financial crisis since 1929. The crisis was avoided primarily through the President's leadership and support for the use of Government funds to bailout the Country's financial and automobile industries.

The Republicans won majority control of both houses of Congress in the 2010 off-year elections. They were determined to reduce the size of the Government, and if that made it dysfunctional and killed the economy, the price would be all right for the far right!

What have they done since their victory? They have voted over 60 times to repeal the Affordable Care Act (failing each time). They have forced the Federal Government to shut down (at a cost of 24 billion dollars) and installed the "Hatchet Act" to cut down any sign of compromise with the Democrats.

The Republicans were very optimistic about winning the 2012 election for President. On election night, not very long after the polls closed, the "Breaking News" from the broadcast media informed the world that Barack Obama had been re-elected as President of the United States! Upon hearing that news, those with anti-government views cried out, "We have lost our Country... again"!

Under President Barack Obama's leadership, the U. S. economy has recovered. The economy added private sector jobs for 75 consecutive months, that resulted in a total of 14.5 million new jobs for the period. However, the conservatives will not quit. They appear to have adopted the word "NO" and accepted the "Bad Seeds"as their main approach to governing. They may also believe that if they swallow more "Bad Seeds" they they will overcome their fears of the future. While there is now some more light in the tunnel, there are many miles to go, and we will miss having Barack Obama with us along the way!

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Climate Change

Posted by Wiley, June12, 2016

One of Wiley's close relatives who worked for a NASA contractor on the Earth Observing System (EOS) believes that the Republican opposition to Climate Change is based primarily on their rigid ideological opposition to big Government! Their dislike and fear of Big Government has no bounds, especially if the "bounds" require Government spending! Wiley's relative, a Systems Engineer, suggests that without serious spending at this early stage on Climate Change may only lead to greater spending later. The GOP seems to ignore the scientists working in aUnited States Global Change Research Program and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and they ignore the suite of instruments on EOS spacecraft capable of acquiring simultaneous

complimentary observations of cloud properties as well as provide error free surface images. The hope is that the data being collected will provide more definitive answers very soon.

THE IRAN AGREEMENT

THE POWER TO “EXTERMINATE” OURSELVES (1)

This song was taken from the Bible by a black slave:

God gave Noah the rainbow sign,

No more water, the fire next time.

Regardless of whether the above statement means anything to you and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council p, it does address the essence of the possible danger many nations in the Middle East and the world fear about Iran having a nuclear weapon. The U. S. has worked with its allies to strike a nuclear deal between Iran lus Germany which will freeze Iran's nuclear program and greatly reduce the stockpile of enriched uranium.develop an agreement with the nation of it of Iran.

Republicans are united in their opposition to the deal.

"...the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat - "(2Pet.3:10,12). This is a perfect definition of nuclear bombs. The elements (uranium-plutonium etc.) will melt with a fervent heat of millions of degrees and both the atmosphere and the earth will be burned up."

At a time when the rise of radical Islamism is threatening the Middle East, improving relations with an important regional power like Iran, if such a thing is possible, is clearly in the strategic interests of the United States.

(1)Baldwin, James (1964), The Fire Next Time. Dell

Dell Publishing Co., Inc. New York

Why Climate Change

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/big-gap-between-what-scientists-say-and-americans-think-about-climate-change

Conservatives and others who disavow the concerns so many scientists raise about Climate Change may not be aware of the degree to which extensive amounts of data are collected and shared on a near real time basis by scence labs around the world. being highly sophisticated science instruments are the outlook so certain to scientists

There One of the keys to research the public is unsure that Climate Change may be due to the fact that they are unaware of thview of thenot given an understanding real may be due to an dsomethingmay be due to a lack of awareness as to how

So, when the pollsters questioned people Accordingdifferently, asking whether there is solid evidence the Earth is getting warmer, 72 percent of people said it was, up from 57 percent in 2009. Only 25 percent said the Earth is not getting warmer, up from 11 percent in 2009.

Climate Change. Perhaps you know that the research has been going on for years. But do you know there are______ spacecraft in orbit carrying over ____ of the world's most sophisticated science instrumental that provide data and imagery scientists with anything about the tools and resources thehow thataboutchanikthge! Some Republicans call it a “hoax” and a host of reporters happily repeat it. If those reporters would watch the NASA Channel occasionally, they might learn about the Earth Observing System (EOS). A long term, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research mission kicked off in 19---- to advance the understanding of the earth as a system and how it is changing. Atmospheric and Earth surface data is gathered by instruments mounted on polar-orbiting spacecraft.

The mission objectives include the utilization of a global data base to support definitive and conclusive studies of global change!

ABOUT THE PRESS

Posted by Wiley, March 23, 2015

You can also throw the Press into this mess. They have not tried to educate the public on ExecutiveAgreements, or explained what would likely happen if an agreement is reached and the U. S. fails to uphold it. Such an outcome would almost certainly dissuade many, if not most nations from trying to work with the U. S. Government. That could be bad for a future GOP president. Do they care? What if no agreement is reached? (e.g., There doesn't appear to be any easy

answers!

One thing is for sure. The Press will continue its unending quest to obtain Hillary Clinton's e-mails -- that's suspect, not respect!

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Can Congress Sing the Blues?

The U. S. Congress is in dire need of a time out to seriously work on passing needed legislation that gives the people reason to hope rather than reason to sing the blues (feel depressed). Yes, the blues is a mostly black thing, but you can find traces of its foot print in Rock and Roll, Hip Hop, and songs in the Top Forty. This Country and this Congress needs to find sufficient traces of good will to produce necessary legislation. Time is running out! They must act before the parade passes by and leaves the Country in the legislation ditch! The lyrics in the music the House hears says, “Cut Taxes” and “Kill Obama Care”: the lyrics the Senate hears say, “Raise Revenue” (taxes) and “The Minimum Wage”. The Country says, “Until Congress works things out, many of us will be singing the blues”!

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POINT OF VIEW

From Wiley's point of view, the ACA problems reflect the political "divide” in the United States that:

· Drives the economic divide (income inequality) which in turn drives the racial and class "divides".

· Attempts to kill the ACA and similar programs vital to the middle class and those trying to enter the middle class (e.g., under the ACA medical care costs want bankrupt a family).

Leads to rigid new voter ID laws designed to make it difficult for minorities and other pro-democrat voters to vote in most of the states run by Republican Governors. It is worse than Jim Crow and the poll tax.

Many in the T-Party people don't see President Obama as someone capable of handling the responsibilities of the Presidency of the United States. They quite easily ignore the fact that he has WON 2 presidential elections. The level of disrespect for the Office with Obama in it is….astounding!

POINT OF VIEW

From Wiley's point of view, the ACA problems reflect the political "divide” in the United States that:

· Drives the economic divide (income inequality) which in turn drives the racial and class "divides".

· Attempts to kill the ACA and similar programs vital to the middle class and those trying to enter the middle class (e.g., under the ACA medical care costs want bankrupt a family).

· Implements rigid new voter ID laws designed to make it difficult for minorities and other pro-democrat voters to vote in most of the states run by Republican Governors. It is worse than Jim Crow and the poll tax.

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