A dispatch from Franco’s Spain on Delmarva.  Last night I attempted to watch the Democrat’s debate.  Why does this political party have its own cable network?  Is this the balance to the scourge known as Fox News Channel?  I managed about twenty minutes of uninterrupted time before the telephone calls.  Friends, two of them telephoned last night, both Republicans and neither had any interest in the debate.  I was on the telephone until 11:00 and then went to bed and it appears I missed Hillary’s doublespeak and the space cadet remarks from Karl Marx, uh, Kucinich. 

Joe Scarborough filled me in this morning about what was missed.  Then I drove to Georgetown, where I discovered the DMV isn’t open Wednesday mornings.  Is this because the workers there are Democrats and had the night off to toast their candidates?  I’m guessing they got all slopped up and were still leering at the moon at 3:00 A.M.  If the lefties win next year will the DMV be closed for one week in celebration? 

Some folks have telephoned the program and are asking about my hometown.  It figures in a few stories I’ve shared and where people come from can clearly assist in moral formation.  Say, for example, you come from a small insignificant rock dominated by a neighboring second rate power.  Say your homeland could best be described as England’s “bitch”.  A land where men wear skirts and people gorge themselves on sheep bladders filled with oatmeal and the minced heart, liver and lungs of the animal.  Then you’re going to be formed with a belief the world owes you a living and socialized medicine. 

My hometown was a different place.  Settled by people who carved a great power out of a wilderness.  The kind of folks who three times in the past century saved all those second, third and fourth rate morally barren lands.  My people don’t expect much in return.  They rise early and get the job done and they don’t need government to play mommy and daddy and bandage their bruises.   

At some point I’ll post a couple of hometown photographs at the website.  These were taken by a talented young woman.  She operates a photographer’s studio back home and I’d like to alert people to her work.  The young woman’s name is Shannon Halsaver.  The winter photograph is my work.

I’ll note that as a kid growing up in a land nearly as perfect as Andy Griffith’s Mayberry that we lacked multicultural education.  We were all just American’s.  This included people from all ethnic backgrounds.  Most of them never gave any thought to being a hyphenated citizen until someone came along and told them that’s what they were.  Even then most of them would’ve considered the messenger a bit loopy.  It’s funny how that occurs in a small town.  The measure of anyone is how they apply themselves to their work.  There are just 2 types of people, the producers and the leaches.  Color, faith and the spelling of a last name isn’t a relevant factor for judgment.  

Europeans looking for a free ride can’t understand. 

Let me postulate my own scientific theory.  Folks who packed up and left Europe before the comfortable jet age were genetically curious and those surviving the long ocean voyage were physically the best.  No matter what ethnicity they assigned themselves.  Now generations later we’ve the offspring of the best.  Americans are stronger, brighter and far more adventurous than the fearful and weak peoples of Europe.  You could call us the MRSA of the human race. 

The University of Delaware is one of the worst brainwashing institutions in America.  A mandatory indoctrination program at the school as part of the Office of Residence Life Diversity Education Training includes the following:

 

“A RACIST: A racist is one who is both privileged and socialized on the basis of race by a white supremacist (racist) system. ‘The term applies to all white people (i.e., people of European descent) living in the United States, regardless of class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality. By this definition, people of color cannot be racists, because as peoples within the U.S. system, they do not have the power to back up their prejudices, hostilities, or acts of discrimination….’”

Totalitarian socialist liberals have taken completely over.  Time to withdrawal the children and your tuition payment, and end any Government funding the school receives.  I’m serious.

A World Net Daily article about this outrage also had this to say

The education program also notes that “reverse racism” is “a term created and used by white people to deny their white privilege.” And “a non-racist” is called “a non-term,” because, the program explains, “The term was created by whites to deny responsibility for systemic racism, to maintain an aura of innocence in the face of racial oppression, and to shift the responsibility for that oppression from whites to people of color (called ‘blaming the victim’).”
The “education” regarding racism is just one of the subjects that students are required to adopt as part of their University of Delaware experience…

U of D requires all of the residence hall students (about 7000) to adopt the official views of the school in regards to racism, homosexuality, politics etc. or face problems with the RA’s.

Read more here

And here. (Foundation For Individual Rights in Education)

Another threat to the future of our great land is brewing in Maryland.  The multi-culturalist goonies are landing in Baltimore this weekend to plant more seeds of destruction:

Check out the website and be very afraid:

http://www.NAMEorg.org/ 

 

 

Parents watching the budget problems at Cape Henlopen School District have been asking for the release of the administrator’s salaries and salary histories.  While not hiring an adequate number of fourth grade teachers, “how many administrators are making how much?” is an often asked question.  The board and the district have not responded so we have had to use FOIA to get the info.  Stand by.

This information should be easily accessible and readily available to all taxpayers, and State Senator George Bunting agrees big time!  George took my on air rant about Cape a step further, as you can see in the attached pdf of a letter he sent my way.

George Bunting calls on all State employee salaries to be posted on the internet.

Do you state employees agree with making salaries public on the internet?

As a child, Halloween was always one of my favorite times of year! I would help my Mother decorate our front windows with cardboard ghosts, pumpkins, skeletons and more with such care and precision you would think I was in charge of sculpting a scale model of the Eiffel Tower out of stone. My goal was to frighten the younger kids who would be sure to stop at our home for treats on the 31st.

The older I got, the more sophisticated my attempts to strike fear in all who passed 1524 Market Street. One year I created and built a flying ghost effect. I would sit in the window of our attic, waiting for some unsuspecting person to walk past our home. At just the right moment I would activate a motorized pulley which would send the white-sheeted ghost down the line as a ghoulish sound effect completed the illusion. This would keep me busy for hours.

Today, most of the Halloween decorations are smiling pumpkins and goofy, green Frankensteins which are so cartoonish they make Scooby and Shaggy look like masterpiece artwork.

Now who is THIS depiction of Frankenstein going to scare? And Oooooooh, what a scary ghost! NOT!
Well, whaddya gonna do? I understand that kids today are often shielded from the evils of a witch on a broom by over-protective parents. My question is; Why bother protecting them from such an obvious night of Tom-foolery then turn around and buy them First-Person Shooter games for their Playstation? Which is more dangerous to your child’s well-being, Grand Theft Auto or The Mummy?

Oh, well.. Just thinking out loud, I suppose.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1024/p09s01-coop.htm

As usual this morning I was scanning the globe looking for answers to life’s most difficult questions.  One of which is, how do you stop violent people from killing college classmates.  The answer is self defense.  This is from Wednesday’s Washington Times:

Washington Times Editorial

On some other issues one week has passed since the racist President of Salisbury University was “outed.”  One week later and this woman remains on the job.  Why?  Why isn’t there a no-confidence motion from the faculty?  Why has the local and national media attention waned?  Is it because Dr. Janet Dudley-Eshbach is “one of them?”   One of “those people?”   You would think the woman’s husband would at least take her to task.  Then again I‘m not sure she’s married, however.  The hyphenated last name suggests if she is, he doesn’t wear the pants in the family.

Speaking of women in pant-suits Thursday will mark two weeks since Queen Hillary was asked about my dismissal from my last talk radio show.  Of which she may have had some sort of role in my departure by suggesting the radio station’s license could face a difficult renewal process.  I didn’t see this interview but folks say Mrs. Rodham-Peron fumbled and said there was a misunderstanding and surely her staff would straighten all of this out.  Very soon.  Tomorrow will mark two weeks and not one member of that staff has telephoned offering me an explanation.   

Dogs are dying horribly.  Have you seen the stories in The News Journal?  One dog found hanging, really it was just a puppy, and another friendly family dog was strangled.  On national TV I saw a story about a Dahmer-in-training convicted of killing a dog by kicking it like a football.  Another pervert held the dog in place as if it was a field goal try.  People who torture and kill small animals eventually find pleasure in doing these things to their fellow humans.  Sorry, I’m not sure these psychopaths are human because you need humanity to qualify. 

The very nice young man hosting our Spanish language show suggests the proposal to offer a free ride to college students here illegally guarantees we keep these great young minds in this country.  He tells me the tuition offer is only for the most gifted.  I shared this with a friend and he wondered if your kids would get a reciprocal in Bolivia, Argentina or Costa Rica?  Especially if you and your family entered those nations illegally.  Speaking of which, my daughter is very gifted.  Will the Democrats be giving a free trip to college?  If it’s at Salisbury U. can we decline?  How will the Latino children of illegal immigrants adjust to college life at old Sal U?  Especially when getting caned by Dr. Dudley-Eshbach?   Can you imagine the images on the recruiting posters?  Will the illegal aliens get an opportunity to fondle the President’s daughter as in the staged photographs Dudley-Do-Wrong posted on the Internet? 

Back when I was at college this type of behavior would’ve gotten me expelled.  And that was during the dark ages known as The Reagan Era.  But then I wasn’t here illegally and couldn’t gain protected status from the wacko left even then dominating academia.  Someone, possibly in the words of Dudley-Eshbach, has some ‘splainin’ to do.

Enough disease of the day talks, please.  The main job of today’s mainstream media is to frighten and not inform.  It’s an old fight in newsrooms.  An Executive Producer I worked with used to argue we needed to frighten people because there are a great many scary things out there.  Lions and tigers and bears I suppose.  At least the ones still ranging in places where human predators haven’t done gobbled them up.

Let me paraphrase some folks debunking Internet myths and apply it to the latest disease threats.
 
You are unlikely in your lifetime to die from an infection caused by drug resistant bacteria.  You aren’t likely going to fall victim to West Nile Virus.  Or dog bites or AIDS or hurricanes or from a lack of water. 
Yes some people will succumb and the media coverage will be intense but you actually have far better odds of hitting a really big lottery jackpot.
 
Most of us will actually die from heart disease, car accidents and cancer.  Many of these deaths will be considered to have been preventable through early detection, better diet and the use of seat belts.  Things we have some degree to control.  Even with a great diet, good doctors and avoiding the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the day will arrive when you die.  Someone will take your place.  In fact many are likely going to take your place. 
 
Local and national media don’t spend much time on all of this because stories about better diet aren’t really news and like any nagging you’re likely to avoid it.  I recommend changing the channel.  It works for me. 
We do hear about car accidents when tire manufacturers skimp on the product and then try and duck the consequences.  That does qualify as news and it’s nice to see folks getting their comeuppance but it’s still a rare story.  At least on the grand scale we saw a few years ago.  More people at the time were still croaking from heart disease caused by slothfulness and greasy potato chips. 
 
What gets me about this latest scare, and I was around 15 years ago for the last “flesh eating” panic, is that you have some measure of control here.  Judas Priest, people, wash your gold darned hands!  Sure your life is hectic but back in grampa’s day the workday was 4 to 8 hours longer and the toilet was outside and the roads were rutted and hospitals were few and far between.  To put this in perspective you’ve got the time to wash, shave and brush your teeth and still have hours to spend in front of your TV set.  Again, wash your hands.  If need be use the towels to shut off the faucet and grip the door handle.  It may appear you’re OC but it sure beats being a small statistic that will draw massive media glare.
 
Thank you.

Have you ever been offended, rejected and hurt by a church? A pastor at the Dagsboro Church of God brought this new site to my attention for anyone interested in sharing their experiences:

http://www.onesorrychurch.com/

A WGMD listener who lives in Long Neck had expressed concern this week about the increase in crime in the Long Neck area (this is Route 24 between Route 113 in Millsboro and Route One in Rehoboth). She said the area is notorious for sex offenders, particularly in areas where there is private property. She says that there are families living near the woods, and that last year some guy just sat in a tree on the property. This week she saw several unmarked cop cars as if there was some drug bust going on, or as if they were looking for someone. She was worried because it could have been a child predator on the loose putting the children in danger. It turns out that there was a reported burglary that was later unfounded. Corporal Barnett of the State Police this week said this about the Long Neck area:

“Long Neck is a busy area, and we handle several complaints there on a daily basis.”

The caller stressed that Long Neck needs to have their own police department. Maybe you live in Long Neck, and like this woman, you are fed up with the crime that seems to be on the increase. Of course Long Neck is not the only town dealing with sex offenders, home invasions, robberies, and drug-related crimes. But do you feel like there aren’t enough cops in Long Neck, or an ongoing police presence covering the area? Perhaps they need to have a police station near some of these private properties? Of course funding is always an issue. So time will tell.