‘T.F. Stern’ Archives
Bike Riders Need a Sponsor? — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Not too long ago there was a bike ride from Houston to Austin to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy. My wife Lucy volunteered her Ham radio operator services at one of the many check points along the way. Folks with cell phones could have done the job easily; but this offered a training opportunity for CERT members to hone [...]
Obama Calls for Moratorium on Trash Pick Up — T.F. Stern
"By T.F. Stern, A dangerous fire broke out at New York City’s sanitation pier lifting smoke and other contaminates into the city’s atmosphere. Three fire fighters were injured and the cause of the incident is under investigation. “The Manhattan pier and trash-filled trailers began burning Saturday afternoon. The Fire Department of New [...]
Pot Calling the Kettle Black — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, I could probably get tagged as a racist for the title alone; so go ahead and tag me. There’s a new watchdog site created by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to catch Tea Party folks involved in racism . I’m not making this stuff up; a group of folks banded together through modern day [...]
Orienteering Lessons — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Wednesday evenings is reserved for the 11 year old Boy Scouts and this week’s lesson was an introduction to Orienteering , a chance to see if these young men understood how to use a compass and work with a map. I figured their imagination would kick in if I told them they were looking for treasure, kind of like finding a [...]
Obama Administration Distrusts Armed Americans — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Americans can’t be trusted with guns; at least that’s what many are reading into Obama’s cancellation of a deal in which Korea wanted to sell 87,310 M1 Garands and 770,160 M1 Carbines as collector’s items to individual American citizens. Korea could sell the weapons without any issue were it not for the fact that our [...]
Red Flag Warning EPA Ammunition Ban — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, There is yet another assault on an individual’s God given right to bear arms; this one coming from of all places, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). First let me give a tip of the hat to Say Uncle and by extension the National Shooting Sports Foundation where I first learned of an underhanded attempt to ban traditional [...]
Men are that they might have joy — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, My file system leaves considerable room for improvement. I was looking for an article I’d written which referenced the movie, Awakenings ; it has eluded my cursory search and will have to wait for another day. The movie, based on a true story, let’s the viewer glimpse the quality of life, or lack thereof, in a mental [...]
Obama is neither Christian nor Muslim — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Recent polling results would have our attention pulled toward the issue of Obama’s faith; is he Christian or Muslim? The answer would have to be, neither; Obama is a statist and has no faith in anything other than big government, bigger government and eventually total government. There’s an old lawyer joke which goes, [...]
A Picture IS Worth a Thousand Words — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, A friend of mine found a political cartoon regarding the building of an Islamic mosque so near Ground Zero and posted it to his Facebook page along with his thoughts, “The debate is not about the law or the Constitution. I don't think it’s even really about tolerance. The real debate is about respect, sensitivity, and [...]
The System Says You’re Not Here — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, We live in a world dependent on computers; heaven help us when they have a glitch. Sometimes the inconveniences are just that, minor setbacks which can be overcome in a matter of minutes; others take a little longer. Take for example a story on MYFOXNY dot COM about Ruth and Karl Hess, a couple married for 53 years. A [...]
Symbols Unlock Our History — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, This past week I posted a very short article showing a logo design which will be used for a new locksmith association, Fiercely Independent Locksmiths of America (FILOA). The new association is the result of frustration in dealing with a long established association which lost its primary focus, to represent the locksmith [...]
Citizenship or Servitude — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, One of the principles of our constitutional form of government has to do with the flow of power from the individual, to a group of individuals and then to our government which is permitted to govern us through powers granted it by that group of individuals and eventually the individual. There is a stipulation buried deep within [...]
What’s in your wallet?
By T.F. Stern, Most of you have seen a series of credit card commercials with Vikings smashing things all over town followed by the line, “What’s in your wallet”. I like the one where the Viking pushes coins into his desktop computer slot to make a deposit; still makes me laugh. Just south of Houston there’s the town of Sugarland [...]
Amnesty One and Two — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Call it coincidence if you will; but the Fox News website had an interesting combination of headline stories laid out one above the other. The first, Investigators Recommend Rangel Get Slap on Wrist , was close enough to, Lawmakers: Amnesty Plan in the Works? …close enough to the casual observer one might come to the conclusion [...]
Statists Distrust Everyone — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, There’s an AP article by Rodrique Ngowi about competitive lock picking in the Houston Chronicle that caught my eye, one of those less than front page items off to the side intended to make you look at another advertisement. Go read the linked article; it’s enlightening and fun. Imagine for a moment what kind of hobbies [...]
Diversity and Tolerance — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, A leading headline this week had to do with Julea Ward, a student expelled from Eastern Michigan University’s graduate student counseling program because she held to her Christian belief that homosexuality was not moral. I guess this falls into the lefts all encompassing “diversity and tolerance” unless that diversity and [...]
Who can be a member of FILOA? — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, To be considered for membership in Fiercely Independent Locksmiths of America (FILOA) you have to be at least 5’ 10” tall and weigh no more than 250 lbs…; no that won’t work, gotta’ come up with some realistic membership rules. I read a short article by Steve Farrell over at The Moral Liberal on Fundamental Rights of [...]
Apparatchiks and News Media — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Rush Linbaugh, on his radio talk show yesterday, used a term which defined major news sources like CNN better than most, Apparatchiks . It shouldn’t surprise anyone to find Apparatchiks’ meaning linked to the former Soviet Union and other Communist states as our major market media have been pushing their leftist agenda for [...]
The New Financial Overhaul Bill — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, It’s Wednesday and Obama is supposed to sign the new financial overhaul bill passed by the Democrats , a bill filled with new regulations. The content of the bill is not widely known; but as with other pieces of legislation, we’ll have to wait until it’s signed into law to find out the particulars. “Large, failing [...]
Useless Auto Theft Statistics — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, This past week the Houston Police Department released a list showing the most popular cars stolen during the previous month. I may have seen the news blurb on KPRC; but it was printed on the Montgomery County Police Reporter’s website . The information provided is pretty much useless; data regarding year models stolen should [...]
Report to Homicide Division — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, When I was a young police officer with only a couple of years experience, being told to report to the office hardly ever meant you’d done a great job. “Report to Homicide Division”, goodness, what did I screw up this time? I’d gotten back from vacation and the note was waiting the minute I stepped in the door. Upon [...]
Humanitarian Aid Shipments to Gaza — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, The stage is set for yet another assault on Israel’s blockade of Gaza. This time it’s a Libyan “charity” shipment of food and medical supplies which will challenge the embargo intended to keep militants from resupplying Hamas with rockets and mortar rounds under the guise of humanitarian aid. “Israeli Defense Minister [...]
Trouble Right Here in River City — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Somebody must have put in another pool table, look at all the trouble we’re in now. Heck, it’s gotten so’s a body can’t offer up a proper prayer or teach school without raisin’ up a ruckus. That Music Man feller’ passing through warned us about having a pool table; should’ve listened to him. Look what’s [...]
Journalistic Credibility — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Something caught my attention while browsing news articles on the internet this morning, a story explaining why CNN got rid of a journalist who’d been with them for 20 years because she wrote something on Twitter which was politically incorrect, something which might put her work ethic in a bad light. Imagine that; CNN’s [...]
Is Obama a Saboteur? — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, I recently took my mandated continuing education course hours in order to maintain my occupational license as a locksmith in the State of Texas; passed by the way, the world is a safer place knowing that. There were two classes, each four hours worth of credits to adhere to guidelines set up by the Department of Public [...]
Fiercely Independent Locksmiths of America — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, I woke up early from my slumbers to jot down a thought or two concerning the locksmith industry which I’ve been associated with since 1976. This weekend our country celebrates Independence Day, a chance to reflect on God having blessed us with our inalienable rights as declared some two hundred years ago. “We hold these [...]
Is Gun Ownership a Fundamental Right? — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, The question of the day at News Radio 740am was, “Do you agree with the Supreme Court – is gun ownership a fundamental right?” The replies came back 52.26 % said “Yes”, 7.14 % said “No” while 40.59% went with “You’ll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands”. In the play My Fair Lady, Eliza confronted [...]
Ishmael or Isaac — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Some of you may have gotten an interesting email recently explaining how the U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp honoring Islam. There was a picture of the stamp along with a request to boycott it and notify all your friends to boycott the stamp. I looked up the stamp on Snopes.com history to see if there were any listings to [...]
Obama’s Panel is Biased — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, The Deepwater Horizon drilling disaster in the Gulf has been headlining the news for nearly two months. You might recall an advisory report submitted by oil industry specialists a couple of weeks ago, a report which was altered after it had been signed by the experts . Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar put a moratorium on [...]
In Loco Parentis or Just Plain Loco — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, There’s a story out of Provincetown , Massachusetts; a public school plans to hand out condoms to elementary school children regardless of parent's desires. My guess is the school board believes it has authority under “in loco parentis”. Don’t ask me why the phrase is prefaced with “in”; that’s just the way it is, [...]
