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Showing posts with label Constitution. Show all posts
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Sunday, July 24, 2016

Ocean City, MD Officials Deem America First As Hate Speech

By Thornton Crowe

Censorship has now taken to the sky...

As many of you know, the Constitution is 'my thing,' so when it came to my attention that Ocean City's Mayor, Rick Meehan, had contacted Ocean Aerials in order to cease political banner adverts from flying the skies over the Atlantic, it titillated my interest.

As the torrid tale goes, he spoke to business owner, Bob Bunting, about the voluminous alleged complaints regarding such fly-by ads as "Stop Mad Cow Disease Defeat Hillary," "Stop Hillary" and "America First, Build the Wall" from a plethora of residents and tourists alike. While the OC Council and Mayor claim these are offensive statements on the premise that Ocean City is a "family-friendly" resort town, I find it highly hypocritical, indeed.

A town which hosts such businesses as The Bearded Clam, BJ's on the Water, Big Peckers, the Red Light District Adult shop and Hooters -- all with highly suggestive names steeped in sexuality, to say "America First' as being offensive is absurd. Additionally, if you've strolled the Boardwalk in recent years, it's not uncommon to see scantly clad visitors, wearing less than my wife wears to bed.

Therefore, it seems that it's not political messages that offends but its Donald Trump's message that molests the ever-sensitive Liberals whom believe their First Amendment Right usurps all others with different opinions and/or views.

Apparently, to the OC Gestapo, it's perfectly acceptable for buxom blondes with size D-cup brassieres to parade around "families" in hot pants and tight t-shirts with the word, Hooters, strategically placed to lead one's eye to the feminine form, but to say Stop Hillary or America First is considered hate speech. In short, once again, the Democrats have launched some hysterical meme that further quashes others' rights to free speech simply because they don't like what that free speech has to say!

More troubling is local media plays along with the idea that Bunting's acquiescence to this insidious request as being fine. WBOC, The Daily Times and The Dispatch have completely disregarded others' right to free speech which has now been silenced by the local regime. Instead of rushing to defend the owner's right to do business as he sees fit, they brush off this abuse of power as a pass.

Not only is this is a dereliction of their journalistic integrity, its an affront to the very premise of free press which is a cornerstone of this country! How dare them not defend all of our First Amendment rights instead of catering to the local political directives of the pansy leaders in our communities.

Is this what America has come to? The complete obliteration of our rights as guaranteed by the Constitution in order to placate feigned offense?

It seems in Ocean City, Maryland, the answer is: Yes!

While it appears Mr. Bunting did agree to this farce and stopped running the adverts, he has folded to an idiom that permeates our life! With these flights costing $400.00 per fly -- that's a nice chunk of change he's forfeited to placate Nanny State whiners and yet, it's all in vain. Why? Because as I said above, whether the Council and Mayor want to admit it, Ocean City is far from a family-friendly haven.

To me, this family-oriented vacation defense sounds like an obtuse way of saying "censorship!"

To contact the Mayor and Council,  go HERE

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Is It Really About Bathrooms?

By Thornton Crowe

Over the last few months, the transgender bathroom situation has reached an all time level pitch. Why has this even become an issue considering the transgender population counts for about .3% of the overall population?

It does make sense if you look at it within the grand scheme.

What a better way to your eyes off all the ways the government is really doing to usurp the Constitution everyday. They're working hard to endanger our Rights as guaranteed by the ruling document of our land. Furthermore, our legislators are perpetrating one of the biggest frauds in the history of mankind under the guise of 'clean, healthy living.'

Last week, California has practically dismantled it's citizens' rights to bear arms. Mind you, the law only serves to protect criminals as they will never go unarmed. Now, average citizens are denied the right to carry or even own them.

Another big California unconstitutional move was to give licenses and de facto voting rights to illegal aliens. Yes, Gov. Brown (D) made it possible for people to skirt the Constitution mandate that clearly states you need to be a US citizen in order to vote. He has given cart blanche to criminals entering illegally to obtain a valid driver's licenses. The off-shoot is they also get to vote in state and federal elections even though they are not eligible. There is no way to separate them or flags of their ineligibility to California Board of Elections.

Furthermore, just because California illegal aliens have driver's licenses, it by no means they will obey driving laws or car insurance. It's been a long-standing problem where illegals get away with denting innocent people's cars without having to make that victim whole. Much like driving around the diplomat circle in DC, they seldom are never held accountable to either law enforcement or the victims.

Why is this important to you?

Let's go back to 1998. Remember when a lot of people made a big deal about this smoking ban all public places -- both inside and outside -- in California and they said it was a violation of a person's right to choose whether or not to smoke even in outdoor spaces? The detractors were the minority and we all thought they were just being selfish jerks who wanted to make our kids sick. Remember?

The big smoking ban provided a massive slippery slope to the thought and behavior police who sought to eradicate personal rights under the guise of it being for the greater good. Using California as an example for seeing just how much they extort the public into compliance, the anti-smoking ban spread throughout America in record time. So what does this mean for Gun Control and Voting Eligibility? Well, unless the some brave Californian dares to step up and sue the state, it may continue to grow like a virus throughout America.

Which brings us back to transgender -- while we're boycotting Target and the mainstream media keeps our eyes on bathrooms, all this is going on behind the smoke and mirrors! Once again, like a petulant child testing his parents' resolve, government is testing just how much they can bully people into giving up more of their freedoms for a non-existent cause made into a mountain.

Perhaps it's time we as a nation come together and vote the nonsense out once and for all. Hence, stop voting for people based on the D or R behind their name and start voting for ourselves and our Constitution. Ideological Right and Left have become married in the establishment way. There really is no division when it comes to establishment folks as they both support the same PC-madness that is taking a wrecking ball to America and assaulting everything we used to hold dear in the American Dream.

Coming to Maryland...! Don't you think it's time we got back to some semblance of normalcy or has this loony liberal society become the new normal forever? The choice is up to you.

How say you?