write in David Brockert to replace Sen. Ron Johnson

Covid-19

I have read Sen. Johnson’s statement on covid-19, and I agree with him to a point. I do disagree about how the president has handled this crisis, but like in the impeachment trial, Sen. Johnson is hard of hearing, and has a poor memory. I do agree that it will be hard to support small businesses enough for them to pay sick leave, but to just have the feds take it up? Well it not like we did not know that Pres. Trump has a record of bankruptcy. But we will have out great-great grandkids to pay for it.

Corona virus, like climate change, the president goes ‘off the cuff’ rather than paying attention to those who work and study these things daily. Ya know, it is not ‘better safe than sorry,’ it is more like ‘what, me worry?’ Maybe he should have Mr. Limbaugh in charge of the CDC, and Mr. Hannity in charge of the NIH. That way all these institutions would agree with the president.

Well, this is not the Black Death, but it is so very contagious, and it is deadly. My daughter tested negative for flu a & b, but they were saving the covid-19 test for the high risk group, so now, though she is off work, she is not getting any pay, even though she home because of the virus, she did not test for the virus. Is she included in the statistics for who has the virus? She has the symptoms, but no test results.

I like the Republicans response to this pandemic – throw money at it, and it will go away – they are acting like Democrats.

The ‘flattening of the curve’ only means that the contagious period is spread out. Maybe we will be dealing with this in September, too?

Making women give birth

Posted byDavid Brockert February 4, 2020Posted inabortion, politics, Sen. Ron Johnson

Tags:abortion, Bible, humanitity, politics, women

I need a little help here. I am having a difficult time understanding why unborn babies are so important that women’s lives are being wasted by insisting that, if they become pregnant, must give birth to the child. If a woman would rather not, why force her? It seems to me to be inhumane, or a punishment, to do so if her social or economics or culture or medical conditions would make it more harmful than helpful. What makes life so precious to others that they are willing to sacrifice lives not their own for an ideal? If it is a punishment, what could that woman have done to deserve such a punishment?, and will it not also punish the child, unless they are adopted into a fine, loving home? I admit it is not a foregone conclusion that the mother and child will be suffering, just likely.

There is a human population explosion, ya know, so why make it worse? Even if we need ‘cannon fodder,’ there are still enough people to use that way, if it is so important. Even after the black plague, or World War 1 (including the Russian Revolution) and 2, the population was lessened for only a short time. Why concern yourself with enhancing our human population expansion? It will happen without our helping, and, seemingly, we can not hinder it.

On another related topic, birth control, this is truly, except in rare cases of a devoted & loving partner, a woman’s issue. Part of the attraction of ‘the pill,’ and other birth control devices, was that it freed women from becoming pregnant after having sex, without the cooperation of the male, while still allowing for the possibility of pregnancy when they chose. It also freed women, and their partners, from having to chose to have, or not have, an abortion. But most importantly, it gave women a reasonable chance to enjoy their sexuality. This simple issue gave the lie to many men’s (near) feminist philosophy – they are not really concerned with whether women enjoy sex, but when they should start being sexual and how often. It has forever been accepted that men have the freedom to enjoy sex, mostly whenever they want to, now women can too. EXCEPT where there are restrictions to the access of birth control. Some reasons are based on morality, some are based on age or other social conventions, and some are based on religious foundations. They all seem to me to be mostly patriarchal holdovers, or just another way to bolster the patriarchy, but this is getting into areas I do not want to discuss here – it is too complicated, and too ‘close to the bone.’ What I want to emphasize is that it has been shown that given sex education, and birth control, the pregnancy and abortion rates decline. What is more important here – protecting the morals of our females (as well as denying them enjoyment of sex), or preventing abortions?

I have not read the “ENCYCLICAL LETTER HUMANAE VITAE” that was published in 1968, so I am not basing any of this on any understanding of what it says. It is just that it sure seems to be missing the mark for what it is trying to do. It may have some pretty high ethical standards it is trying to assert, but the actual doing is not working (how many Roman Catholics use birth control? There are some devout Roman Catholics who do not use birth control, but get abortions – go figure.). I just question it’s basic assumptions. Most importantly assumes that we are put here to procreate, to make babies. Well, DUH!! That is the meaning of life, as far as I am concerned. My question is why is it so important that a woman must be forced to give birth in any condition she or the baby is or will be in? The value of life is in how it can be lived, not just that it is possible, and in some cases it is medically impossible to save the mother and/or the baby. I just find that to be inhumane. But even at a more basic level, is life so precious, animal or human, that it must be protected unequivocally. Certainly animal life is not given the consideration that human life is, why not? Are humans so special? I find that hard to accept totally, but I must say that I do enjoy bacon and eggs for breakfast, so, to a certain extent, I accept the superiority of mankind, or at least the need to sacrifice animals for our continued existence. But even so, I do not accept the absolute ownership of life not human. To me human life is not any more special than an animal’s. (A lion will eat me as soon as it would eat a deer.) What would make it so? The Bible says so? That is pretty poor logic to base such philosophy on. Might makes right? I just do not buy that argument. I am not in favor of justifying rights based on that, otherwise we would still have slaves.

We are on this pale, blue dot in the sky (a closed system), along with the rest of creation, what gives us the right to dominate and wreck such damage to the world just because there so many of us? We have the ability to adjust it some. Birth control and abortion can help.

Posted byDavid Brockert February 4, 2020Posted inabortion, politics, Sen. Ron JohnsonTags:abortion, Bible, humanitity, politics, women

issues

Since the result of the impeachment trial is a forgone conclusion (hint – it is about making the Donald look great), I will address some other issues.

The national debt is out of control, but what does the president care about that. he has been bankrupt before and it did him no harm, so this will be just one more time. As Sen. Johnson said, we will just kick the can down the road. What do they care, they will not have to pay for it, in fact Pres. Trump has boasted about how he does not pay his fair share of taxes, he lets the rest of us pick up the slack.

Which reminds me of climate change – the president has the same attitude – it is not his problem, and he will not have to suffer for it.

Then there is the conflict with Iran – it is all working out according to the Sec. of State. I read the NPR interview transcript and it sure sounds like it is going according to the administration’s plan, or something. The administration wants this result, but Iran is dong that, so how is that working according to plan? That is like saying white is black and black is white. Unless now they have a reason to go to war? Oh, good, that will help the national debt.

daylight savings

I would like to not have to change my clock back and forth. It is a states issue, so it is up to the Governor and Legislature to change. It is a silly, and a complication of life that does not need to be.

Morals

https://www.christianpost.com/news/nearly-200-evangelical-leaders-slam-christianity-today-for-questioning-their-christian-witness.html

Does this mean you will be supporting legalizing prostitution, and adultery? How about the separtion of children from their parents? I find that heinous, but I am not a Christian. I figure that whatever you do the least of these (my people) you do to me, and what could be worse to a child than taking them away from their parents? That is what I call immoral. I also find it immoral to use his office to further his personal and political goals. He has taken an oath of office to be true to the Constitution, but we all know he does not keep his oaths much at all, ask his wives. Do the Evangelicals feel keeping oaths to be something only lesser people need do? Which lesser people? Are his (Pres,. Trump’s) children exempted as he is? How about those who hold office in his administration?

The Letter –

Dr. Dalrymple,

We write collectively to express our dissatisfaction with the editorial Christianity Today published on Thursday, December 19, 2019 calling for the removal of our duly elected President, who was put into office at the behest of over sixty million voters.

It was astonishing to us that your editor-in-chief, Mark Galli, further offensively dismissed our point of view on CNN by saying, “Christianity Today is not read by the people – Christians on the far right, by evangelicals on the far right – so they’re going to be as dismissive of the magazine as President Trump has shown to be.” It also came to our attention, that Mr. Galli has written other statements about Americans who chose Donald Trump over Secretary Clinton in 2016, referring to them as “These other evangelicals [who] often haven’t finished college, and if they have jobs, and apparently most of them don’t, they are blue-collar jobs or entry level work” as he describes himself with pride as an “elite evangelical.”

Of course, it’s up to your publication to decide whether or not your magazine intends to be a voice of evangelicals like those represented by the signatories below, and it is up to us and those Evangelicals like us to decide if we should subscribe to, advertise in and read your publication online and in print, but historically, we have been your readers.

We are, in fact, not “far-right” evangelicals as characterized by the author.

Rather, we are Bible-believing Christians and patriotic Americans who are simply grateful that our President has sought our advice as his administration has advanced policies that protect the unborn, promote religious freedom, reform our criminal justice system, contribute to strong working families through paid family leave, protect the freedom of conscience, prioritize parental rights, and ensure that our foreign policy aligns with our values while making our world safer, including through our support of the State of Israel. We are not theocrats, and we recognize that our imperfect political system is a reflection of the fallen world within which we live, reliant upon the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is freely given to sinner and saint, alike.

We are proud to be numbered among those in history who, like Jesus, have been pretentiously accused of having too much grace for tax collectors and sinners, and we take deeply our personal responsibility to render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s — our public service.

The editorial you published, without any meaningful and immediate regard for dissenting points of view, not only supported the entirely-partisan, legally-dubious, and politically-motivated impeachment but went even further, calling for Donald Trump not to be elected again in 2020 when he certainly survives impeachment.

As one of our signatories said to the press, “I hope Christianity Today will now tell us who they will support for president among the 2020 Democrat field?”

Your editorial offensively questioned the spiritual integrity and Christian witness of tens-of-millions of believers who take seriously their civic and moral obligations.

It not only targeted our President; it also targeted those of us who support him, and have supported you.

Sincerely,

The article –

In a letter to Timothy Dalrymple, the president of Christianity Today, nearly 200 evangelical faith leaders condemned both its editorial calling for the removal of President Donald Trump from office and its editor-in-chief, Mark Galli, for dismissing evangelicals who oppose his views on the matter as being “far right.”

On Sunday, the faith leaders said in the letter, which can be read in full below, that the editorial “offensively questioned the spiritual integrity and Christian witness of tens-of-millions of believers who take seriously their civic and moral obligations.”

The signatories also decried Galli who they say “offensively dismissed” their point of view in comments he made in an interview with CNN Friday, where he said that evangelicals who are upset or outraged by his Christianity Today editorial do not read the magazine because they are “Christians on the far right, evangelicals on the far right, so they’re going to be as dismissive of the magazine as President Trump has shown to be.”

“We are, in fact, not ‘far-right’ evangelicals as characterized by the author,” the letter states. “Rather, we are Bible-believing Christians and patriotic Americans who are simply grateful that our president has sought our advice as his administration has advanced policies that protect the unborn, promote religious freedom, reform our criminal justice system, contribute to strong working families through paid family leave, protect the freedom of conscience, prioritize parental rights, and ensure that our foreign policy aligns with our values while making our world safer, including through our support of the State of Israel.

It continues, “We are not theocrats and we recognize that our imperfect political system is a reflection of the fallen world within which we live, reliant upon the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, which is freely given to sinner and saint, alike.

“We are proud to be numbered among those in history who, like Jesus, have been pretentiously accused of having too much grace for tax collectors and sinners, and we take deeply our personal responsibility to render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s — our public service.”

They also denounced assertions Galli made in an essay published last year in the book Still Evangelical?, in which he derided the 76% of white self-identified evangelical voters who helped elect Trump in 2016. He described those individuals as “evangelicals [who] often haven’t finished college, and if they have jobs (and apparently most of them don’t), they are blue collar jobs or entry level work.” In the same piece, Galli referred to himself as belonging to a different group of evangelicals, the “elite” evangelicals.

The letter also assumes that Christianity Today will support a Democrat in the 2020 presidential election, and issues a challenge to publicly declare which Democrat they will support…..

career Foreign Service Officers demonstrate patriotism, professionalism, and integrity in the face of tough questioning from both sides of the aisle and unprecedented personal attacks from the President.

I am sure Sen. Johnson feels that these career diplomats are lying because he does not want the president to be impeached. As he says, “The president is right about whatever he does because he is the president.”

Mary, Two years ago, I resigned my commission as a US Foreign Service Officer to run for Congress, because I saw hyper-partisanship tearing our country apart and I could not in good conscience continue to serve in this administration Recently, I was prouder than I have ever been to have served as an FSO. In dramatic impeachment hearings on Capitol Hill, we have seen career Foreign Service Officers — Ambassador Masha Yovanovitch, George Kent, Jennifer Williams, David Holmes — demonstrate patriotism, professionalism, and integrity in the face of tough questioning from both sides of the aisle and unprecedented personal attacks from the President. This is what public service is truly about and should always be: country over party. In her hearing, Ambassador Yovanovitch said, “we are people who repeatedly uproot our lives, who risk and sometimes give our lives for this country…I count myself lucky to be a Foreign Service Officer and fortunate to serve with the best America has to offer.” I couldn’t agree more. Mary, Foreign Service Officers pride themselves in being willing to sacrifice their own interests for our country’s, not the other way around. At this critical moment, we need more public servants in Washington, and fewer politicians. That’s why I am so proud to be one of only two Foreign Service Officers in the country currently running for Congress. If you believe we need that spirit in Washington right now, we need your help. Help send another Foreign Service Officer to Washington by making a contribution now! DONATE NOW ⇨ As a Foreign Service Officer, I made a vow to serve and protect the Constitution. I plan to keep that vow while serving in the US Congress, and to always remain #ForeignServiceProud. Thank you for standing with me, standing with our Foreign Service Officers, and standing up for our democracy when it is under threat. Sincerely,
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Living to the Fullest

https://maybienvh.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/between-65-and-death/?fbclid=IwAR3YRkbcfHsqhABV2rPqUyj10Box9LWYWBcoOtcjftppIjhFaiGnyJ8xJ0M

Trump legal team gears up for Senate impeachment trial in meeting with GOP senators

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/473016-senate-gop-white-house-lawyer-huddle-on-impeachment

Well, gosh, how many times do you hear of the jurors conferring with the defendant’s attorneys about how to defend the defendant? It sure seems like the Republicans do not care about anything more than staying in power – dern the law, democracy, abuse of power, etc. do what you have to do to make sure the Republican team wins.

So much for the three branches of government. Why bother spending the money (it is not theirs, ya know, so what do they care?), just go to a vote and proceed otherwise.

“

President Trump’s legal defense team is gearing up for an expected Senate impeachment trial, meeting with Republican senators Wednesday to complain about the House process and go over the procedural rules of the next phase.

White House counsel Pat Cipollone met with the entire Senate GOP conference over lunch Wednesday to discuss strategy for the upcoming Senate impeachment trial in an effort to shore up the president’s legal and political defenses ahead of what could be a lengthy process.

Republican lawmakers familiar with the preparations for Trump’s Senate trial describe Cipollone as the “quarterback” in charge of the legal strategy, even while Trump himself has handled much of the political and communications strategy.

The lunch meeting, hosted by Senate Republican Steering Committee Chairman Mike Lee (R-Utah), gave the White House counsel a chance to gauge support for Trump within the conference and get a better feel for how a trial might play out.

Cipollone spent much of the meeting criticizing the House impeachment process and the Democrats’ case that Trump abused his power by pressing Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden.

“He said a number of times, ‘We don’t think there’s any reason the House should send this to the Senate,’” said Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) when asked about the White House counsel’s message to Republican senators.

Blunt said if the House passes articles of impeachment, Senate leaders will look at the calendar and assess if there’s a chance to strike a bipartisan deal to set the rules of the trial.

If Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) fail to reach a deal, McConnell will try to muster 51 votes within his conference to pass a partisan rules package.

Cipollone and GOP lawmakers discussed the possibility of calling witnesses to the Senate floor, something that would require 51 votes to approve. But GOP senators say Cipollone did not float any specific names of potential witnesses, such as Hunter Biden or the anonymous whistleblower.

Nor did the White House counsel express a preference for the length of the Senate trial, indicating only that Trump wants a chance to offer a defense.

“He should have had that privilege in the House but he wants to have that day in court and he’ll get it on this side,” Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) said of Trump.

Perdue said he would fully support Cipollone’s efforts to bring additional witnesses to the floor.

The Senate released its legislative calendar for 2020 during the meeting. The chamber has left the entire month of January unscheduled in case the trial runs for several weeks.”

Losing the election

I am running this campaign because I am not wealthy, and, now that it comes out, Sen. Johnson has no problem with using his office, as well as his immense campaign funds to win reelection. If he thought otherwise, why is he supporting Pres. Trump using his office to win reelection? I am not going to spend money on a losing campaign, but I can publish all the truth and opinion I want, mostly because since I am not going to win, I can be honest, and I do not have to tell the people what they want to hear to win votes.

believing only what supports your politics

https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/wisconsin-meat-locker-refuses-to-process-deer-tested-for-cwd/article_b19382f7-4cbb-58e0-a193-4d536a82628c.html

“Wisconsin meat locker refuses to process deer tested for CWD” These folks remind me of Sen. Johnson who only believes what supports his political views. They say they know better than people who study climate change, or international politics, or chronic wasting disease for their livelihood. But, really?