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I am a somewhat cranky but mostly optimistic 65 plus who refuses to give up on this maddening world. The purpose of this BLOG is to express my feelings, thoughts.

Charlie Kirk said Young Women Going to college should be there only for their “MRS”

What happened to Charlie Kirk was just awful but to treat the man like he was a saint is delusional lunacy.

Caitlin Berray shares her experience going undercover at Turning Point USA’s 10th annual “Young Women’s Leadership Summit,” a three-day event in which ultra-conservative speakers groom young women to vilify feminism and serve a Christian nationalist agenda. Should women “submit to a Godly man” and spend every waking moment looking for a husband? TP USA’s Charlie Kirk says yes!

I attended Turning Point USA’s Young Women’s Leadership Summit in Grapevine, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, on June 13–15,

Kirk’s messaging went well beyond glorifying marriage and motherhood — it resoundingly discouraged women from entering the workforce or pursuing education. At one point, Kirk professed that, “Husbands should do everything he can to not force his wife into the workforce.” But when he received an earnest question from a woman asking what federal policies he would back to make it possible for single-income households to survive financially, Kirk, predictably, did not have an answer. His solutions are not policy-based, but are instead rooted in indoctrination and unwavering obedience. In one of the two Q&A sessions Kirk led, as teenage girls lined up to ask for his wisdom on navigating school or balancing a career life with motherhood, Kirk stressed that women should not attend college and that high-school girls should prioritize marriage and children above all else. Kirk trumpeted that grades do not matter and that a true patriot should not care about them, suggesting that Christians get bad grades because they do not succumb to the “woke” teachings of the U.S. education system and the Left.

If girls do want to attend college, their end goal should not be a degree, but rather a husband, Kirk clarified. At one point, Kirk touted the idea that American society should “bring back” the “Mrs. Degree,” a concept dating back to the mid-19th century, in which women attended college with the intention of finding a husband. Kirk wants the reality for American women to be modeled after the 1950s — and a congregation of over 3,000 women and girls appeared to agree with him.

Lessons from Hitler

Ganja Granny sez How did the Nazis use censorship?

When the Nazis came to power in 1933, the German constitution guaranteed freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Through decrees and laws, the Nazis abolished these civil rights and destroyed German democracy. Starting in 1934, it was illegal to criticize the Nazi government. Even telling a joke about Hitler was considered treachery. People in Nazi Germany could not say or write whatever they wanted.

Examples of censorship under the Nazis included:

Closing down or taking over anti-Nazi newspapers;

Controlling what news appeared in newspapers, on the radio, and in newsreels;

Banning and burning books that the Nazis categorized as un-German;

Controlling what soldiers wrote home during World War II.

How did the Nazis use propaganda?

The Nazis used propaganda to promote their ideas and beliefs. Beginning in March 1933, the regime tried to centralize its propaganda efforts in a new ministry led by Joseph Goebbels. This ministry was called the Reich Ministry of Enlightenment and Propaganda.

The Nazis used a variety of propaganda tools to spread Nazi ideas. Examples of propaganda under the Nazis included:

Glorifying Adolf Hitler by using his image on postcards, posters, and in the press;

Spreading negative images and ideas about Jews in magazines, films, cartoons, and other media;

Making radios more affordable so that more Germans could listen to Nazi ideas and news;

Broadcasting Nazi speeches on the radio and public loudspeakers;

Organizing large and celebratory Nazi Party rallies;

Creating groups, like the Hitler Youth and League of German Girls, that fostered Nazi ideals….

Photo of Joseph Goebbels speaking at a Book Burning….

End of the United States Constitution

The war on the United States Constitution is now on full display. President Donald Trump is the leader of the war. Being no fool, Trump is chipping away rather than a full declaration that the Constitution is obsolete.  Why doing his plan this way he appears to believe he can accomplish his goal without an uprising of most people.  He is succeeding!

Trump’s attack on the free press began as he was running for his second term. The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times owners nixed their editorial boards endorsements of Kamala Harris. The Times went even further than the Post when it canceled its editorial board. Why did they block the endorsements? They feared the attacks that Trump would bring to their businesses if he was elected that they were anticipating.

Now that Trump has been elected that same fear is being felt among the communication corporations.  ABC, NBC, CBS are Trump’s targets and they too have decided that it is better to accede to Trump’s demands.

From todays news:

  • President Donald Trump suggested that the federal government might revoke the licenses of broadcast television networks that are “against” him.
  • Trump’s comment came a day after ABC suspended airing the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show because of comments its host made linking the alleged killer of Charlie Kirk to Trump’s MAGA movement.
  • Trump said it would be up to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to decide whether to cancel networks’ licenses.

First Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

So what is next? Laws about religion?

Trump is succeeding.

Today in History: September 17, U.S. Constitution signed

On Sept. 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

Do Americans still honor the document? Does the president honor his pledge?

The oath of office of the president of the United States is the oath or affirmation that the president of the United States takes upon assuming office. The wording of the oath is specified in Article II, Section One, Clause 8, of the United States Constitution, and a new president is required to take it before exercising or carrying out any official powers or duties.

This clause is one of three oath or affirmation clauses in the Constitution, but it is the only one that actually specifies the words that must be spoken. Article I, Section 3 requires Senators, when sitting to try impeachments, to be “on Oath or Affirmation.” Article VI, Clause 3, similarly requires the persons specified therein to “be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution.” The presidential oath requires much more than that general oath of allegiance and fidelity. This clause enjoins the new president to swear or affirm: “I will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”[1]

Charlie Kirk’s supporters have declared him a ‘martyr.’ Some want vengeance.

  • The shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has triggered a range of reactions, from mournful sympathy to religious conspiracy theories.
  • Kirk spoke of what he called a “spiritual battle” being waged in the United States between Christians and Democrats.
  • Experts on faith and far-right extremism say they are troubled by the religious glorification of Kirk in an era of increased political violence.

In life, Kirk spoke of what he called a “spiritual battle” being waged in the United States between Christians and a Democratic Party that “supports everything that God hates.”

In death, Kirk, one of the Republican Party’s most influential power brokers, is being hailed by conservative evangelical pastors and GOP politicians as a Christian killed for his religious beliefs.

Kirk — who rallied his millions of online followers to vote for Trump in the 2024 election — declared that God was on the side of American conservatives and that there was “no separation of church and state.” He was also known for his vitriol against racial and religious minorities, LGBTQ+ people, childless women, progressives and others who disagreed with him.

Kirk called transgender people “a throbbing middle finger to God.” He said the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was “a huge mistake” and called the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “awful.” On his podcast, he called with a smirk for “some amazing patriot out there in San Francisco or the Bay Area [who] wants to really be a midterm hero” to bail out of jail the man who attacked then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer in their home in 2022.

Charlie Kirk Loved Hate of All Non-White Americans and Non-Christian Americans

NO ONE should be shot for their political views, not even Charlie Kirk, but this does not change the fact that he made a $50 MILLION career out of spreading bigotry towards his fellow Americans. He is NO martyr.

Oscar Wilde – “Some men can make the world a better place by leaving it.”

Mark Twain – “I do not wish to hasten the death of any man, but there many time I’ve read an obituary with considerable pleasure.”