Pussification of America -- Part 1

Part 1:  "Are we not men?  We are…."

By:  A. Cohen

Listening to the local news this morning during my commute brought about an epiphany that nearly caused me to run my truck off the road.  Liberals are pussies.  Their goal is the complete "Pussification" of America.  It made me nervous.  Will I have to start wearing pastel colors, man-scara to enhance my eyelashes or Spanx to slim my physique?  Will I have to give up my Dodge RAM diesel truck for a Scion, BMW or electric car?  Arrrggg.  What the heck has happened to us?

Growing up was filled with affectionate messages from my parents like, "Get outside and DO something."  That meant getting on my dirt bike, bicycle or skateboard and heading out to find something to do.  If I hurt myself, my parents would look to see if the injury was life-threatening.  If it wasn't, it was met with "Don't worry about it.  It's not close to your heart."  Little League baseball meant someone actually pitched!  What the heck is "T-Ball?"  If your kid can't hit, shouldn't you teach them to play another sport?  Pitiful.

Part of the Pussification is to remove the gender-ness of society, like there are no differences between men and women other than what is supposed to be between our legs.  Of course, with Chaz, who knows and who cares?!  Feminism really blew it for women.  Flannel shirts and mustaches aren't "okay" for women in my book, regardless of what liberals say.  What's wrong with a woman expecting a man to open a door for her?  Now, there are only two times a man opens a car door for a woman: (1) The car is new; or (2) She is new.  If a man does, it is considered an insult.  "Oh, sure...like I can't open the damn door for myself."  Geez...I'm sorry ma'am..er, uh sir...whatever I am supposed to call you...very confusing.

Maybe it's because men are just too girly.  Sure, I see them try to run alongside Allen Parkway.  They more closely resemble Jerry Lewis in a comedy skit than they do an Olympic event.  It's supposed to be a work-out.  It's supposed to build strength and increase the health of your cardiovascular system, not attract attention.  Is one of these guys going to be able to change a tire without calling AAA?  I'm surprised that they are able to pick up a loaf of bread without getting warmed up first.

So...I make my way through the parking garage.  One of my favorite things to do is drive in first gear so that all of the pussified vehicles' alarms go off.  Sorry.  Little things amuse real men.  I grab my brief case/computer bag and head into the office building.  In front of me is a big guy, about 6'4" and 260 pounds, pulling what looks like an airline stewardess' bag.  It's this little bag with rollers and a long handle.  I looked at him, then looked at the bag, then back at him.  He must have seen the confusion in my eyes because he tossed he fat head back and scurried off pulling his manly bag behind him.  Really?  This guy is almost a big as me.  I know he is capable of using he shoulder strap or carrying it by the handle.  Have you no pride, man?!  

I guess all of this can be better explained by looking at our government.  We have been considered a super-power as a result of our strength and capabilities.  We used to never apologize for being more advanced, more capable and having more resolve than any other country in the world.  All this has changed with the current regime.  Our fearless "leader" and his Secretary, Billary, have trotted the globe bowing down before all  governments and apologizing for being who we are...winners.  All of the "statistics" show that the American upper educational system is substandard; yet, why do terroristic countries like Libya, Iran and Palestine send their students here?  We know it.  We know that we are educating the next generation of terrorist leaders.  But what does the pussified liberal doctrine claim?  If we educate them and be real nice to them, they will like us.  After all, shouldn't we all just get along?  You know.  Spread the wealth.  "World Order."

You have to be kidding me.  The people in our government were the ones who sat on the sidelines while others played sports.  No guts.  The people in our government were in the house vacuuming and washing dishes while we were outside working on the car, fixing a fence or doing yard work.  No character.  If they were confronted by someone who challenged them, they either cried and ran home to momma or pissed their pants and apologized for having an opinion.  Yes, this is our own President.  When Joplin was destroyed, where was our President?  You guessed it.  He was on a plane to Ireland to plant a tree, get in touch with his Irish roots and give American taxpayer money away instead of taking care of his own people.  Maybe we aren't "his own people" after all!  Instead of playing by the rules of the governmental system, O'bama has been whining that if everyone doesn't do what he wants, he will hold his breath and "get important things done via Executive Order circumventing Congress' authority."  He had all of the tools at his disposal.  It was a liberal dream come true with a Socialist President, liberal Senate and House.  He still failed.

Instead of admitting that we, as Americans, made a mistake by putting Hussain in the Oval Office, the liberals claim that he just hasn't had enough time.  Oh sure...that's like the Rangers claiming that they would have won if they had more innings!  "They didn't lose.  They just ran out of innings."

As the first segment to my Pussification saga comes to a close, I want to leave you with one final thought.  All Western European countries who have gone down this road before us are in terrible shape morally and fiscally.   Are we going to sit by and let this happen?

Take this JOB and SHOVEL it!

Jobs, Good Jobs and Work. 
A main topic for the upcoming 2012 presidential election is "JOBS."  They used to be a dime a dozen.  Now a dime isn't worth picking up off the street.  Remember when you could quit your job and go get another one the same day?  Are those days gone forever?


Shovel This

Job creation is NOT taxation.  And being taxed so people can have "shovel ready jobs," is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. 
Though we live in an aging population, I see many Americans who are willing, ready and able to work--with the exception of the (#OSW) Occupy Wall Street Gang (they don't want a job because it's too much like work).  What I don't see is Americans jumping up and down to operate a shovel--and rightfully so.
I have to admit, I did the happy dance when I read "BREAKING NEWS: Senate Defeats Obama Job-Creation Bill in Procedural Vote," Obama is not creating anything but more crap to shovel for when he is officially defeated. 
Americans just don't want jobs, they want good jobs. There is a big difference.  A "job" is raking leaves, mowing lawns or delivering newspapers.  Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with work.  We do what we have to do until we get a job.  A "good job" has a future, benefits and assorted perks like a paid vacation, paid holidays, promotions, health care and retirement.


Why ME?
The American economy is in the crapper and still politicians are debating WHY.  I feel like this is a bad re-run of the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Games when Tanya Harding went for Nancy Kerrigan's shins resulting in Nancy's cry, "Why me?"  While watching this Fox News this morning,  the question was asked, "What is required in order to create jobs?"  I shouted those exact words, "WHY ME" as I felt as though I had just been nailed in the shins.  Why?  Why doesn't anyone get it?  Being a winner is not that difficult.  You just have to put your best foot (or skate) forward.

Why and Why Again
WHY are the union workers falling for this nonsense?  It makes ZERO sense.  Fear tactics are not leadership.  Instead, they are desperate power grabs that have no longevity.  Obama, Trumpka and Hoffa have made conservatives despise unions more than ever.  It appears their administrative agenda is to turn America into a third world country.  The plan is working.  Union workers are also #OWS--thus a double edged sword--if they were working, they would not be protesting. 
Unions that were once the pride of America.  It was the steel, rubber and textile mills, automotive plants, coal miners and transporters of goods that once made our country great.  Unions represented a working nation.  We were encouraged to "BUY AMERICAN" in support of our country.  What do we manufacture now?  What can we purchase that is American made?   Unions, just like government, have focused on power--not jobs.

"Greed is GRO$$"
As union history goes, in 1955 the AFL-CIO was founded but split in 2005 to the "Change to Win Federation."  Who does that smell like?  Now, the current focus of the AFL-CIO is "global trade issues."  We have been traded alright--traded for imports.  If #OWS union protesters want a dose of reality, unions are an outstanding example of corporate greed.  I think if anything needs change (besides the presidency), it's unions. Instead of using their workers for publicity stunts, focus should be shifted to rebuilding America.

While watching Fox, I saw a New York, NY (#OWS) protester laying down with a sign, "Greed is Gro$$."  I'm with Ann Coulter on this one, "I am not the first to note the vast differences between the Wall Street protesters and the tea partiers.  To name three:  The tea partiers have jobs, showers and a point." 

The EPA "at Work"
Many Americans want to return to work but the EPA stands in the way.  It's a toss up, what damages the environment more--pollutants or unemployment?  Until there is a real plan in place, let's do what we know--drilling and mining.  Lift the damn regulations/permits.  Think about the "trickle down" effect--people get paychecks, buy groceries, cafe lunches, convenient store items, tires, get oil changes and the beat goes on.  Is this a difficult concept?  I hope not because I am really tired of asking, "Why?" 
As for the Occupy Wall Street protesters, I have a perfect solution.  Send these idiots who are protesting "everything and nothing" to a communist country where they can have a true epiphany.  Inside the borders of any country there is capitalism.  It's how a country treats it's people that is different.

Note: Opinions (unless quoted) and photographs are those of the writer, Jennifer Jessee.

The Trail of Hope and Change

There were no "first Americans" and America was not discovered.  Christopher Columbus and Americus Vespucci did--in fact--lead expeditions.  But while it was all new to them, this land was here long before they arrived.  It was Native America and home to countless tribes of people.  Their laws were of their Elders who were gifted with wisdom by the Great Spirit.  They were self governing, self reliant and did what was best for the whole.  Tribes were not fragmented by special interest groups.  They weren't Democrats or Republicans or caucuses within a tribe nor did they have time for debating nonsense.  Can you imagine living off the land?  Well, yes--there would be a lot of "shovel ready jobs" after you made a shovel.  No one received a ribbon after a plentiful hunt.  Not everyone was a winner.  There were no "entitlements," pampering, hand holding or "no child left behind" type policies.  It was survival.  The survival of the group meant more than the ideologies of the individual.
 
As the white man arrived, Indians knew their days were numbered and they would be "snuffed out."  There were so many tribes yet no organization amongst them.  Somewhere in the Ohio Valley, 1768, a great warrior's life began under the sign of the shooting star--thus his name, Tekoomse (Tecumseh).  The leader of the Shawnee (and other tribes), he and his tribal confederacy opposed the formation of the United States of America.  "With a vision of establishing an independent American Indian nation east of the Mississippi, Tecumseh worked to recruit tribes to the confederacy from the southern United States."  He wanted what we want today--to not want for a vanished existence--to not strive for "change" to the point of no return.  Often working in unison with his brother, Tenkwatawa, also known as "The Prophet," the advocated vision was for the Shawnee and other American Indians to return to their ancestral lifestyle and reject that of the colonists. 

Nature played a roll in Tecumseh's wars.  The New Madrid Earthquake that shook the South and Midwest and the Great Comet of 1811 were seen as signs in favor of his efforts.  But the more he fought for order, the more he was met with the law of maximum randomness--the state of disorder.  Now here we are, 200 years later, really no different than the original Native Americans.  2011 has been a year of signs--earthquakes, tornadoes, drought, fires and floods.  Maybe we aren't living right. Maybe it's a "sign." Some view these times as biblical prophesy. I see it as a time for America to choose--what do we REALLY want? There is dissension, deceit and corruption. Yet there is a moral high ground that many choose to walk regardless of risk and lack of popularity. We want what is good for America--what is right. We want OUR America without the invasion of "foreigners." We want our land of opportunity--our happy hunting ground. We want OUR freedom, OUR law, OUR way of life without interruption. How does it feel to be an Indian?

Andrew Jackson, founder of "Hope and Change"

You might say we are becoming strangers in a familiar land.  We are faced with illegals voting in our election poles yet Native Americans did not gain American citizenship until the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act (Snyder Act),  thanks to Calvin Coolidge.  As Natives were rounded up and herded onto government designated lands and reservations, their opportunities became obsolete.  The Trail of Tears is one such example.  Under the leadership of one of the worst U.S. Presidents up to that point, Andrew Jackson, settlers were encouraged to cast out the Indians.  "Thousands of Cherokee men, women and children died along the trail from exposure, starvation and fevers. Federal funds allotted for their removal was diverted into the pockets of corrupt politicians and military commanders."  Today, this is known as GENOCIDE.  These people who once thrived as the original Americans, became isolated, impoverished and entirely at the governments mercy. 

Another such example is The Wounded Knee Massacre.  "White officials became alarmed at the religious fervor and in December 1890 banned the Ghost Dance on Lakota reservations.When the rites continued, officials called in troops to Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations in South Dakota. The military, led by veteran General Nelson Miles, geared itself for another campaign....The following morning, December 29, 1890, the soldiers entered the camp demanding the all Indian firearms be relinquished. A medicine man named Yellow Bird advocated resistance, claiming the Ghost Shirts would protect them. One of the soldiers tried to disarm a deaf Indian named Black Coyote. A scuffle ensued and the firearm discharged..."  150 Natives were killed and 50 more severely injured because of the white man's fear of the Indians unfaultering faith.

History is repeating itself.  Andrew Jackson, the original president of "Hope and Change," said,

"My friends, circumstances render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community.  You have but one remedy within your reach, and that is to remove to the west.  And the soon you do this, the sooner you will commence your career of improvement and prosperity." 

In other words, he encouraged Americans to move forward without the culture of indigenous people.  Currently, we are being urged to do just that--only WE The People, ONE Nation, Under GOD--are the target.  Jackson befriended many Americans while leading by immorality and injustice.  His wrongs can not be righted.  All we can do is LEARN from history. 

Note: Opinions (unless quoted) and photographs are those of the writer, Jennifer Jessee.