‘T.F. Stern’ Archives
Fighting for Agency Doesn’t Mean I’m Crazy — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, One more piece of the puzzle fell into place as a light bulb flickered in my mind; I’ll explain. It occurred to me why so many of my fellow locksmiths, particularly those in positions of leadership; why they don’t take my warnings regarding the DPS/PSB more seriously, some have implied my sanity was in question. I’d remarked [...]
Yearning for days gone by — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, My folks have a painting in their living room, a pastoral hunting scene by Currier and Ives. It serves as an historical reminder of days gone by, rural landscapes with horses and dogs chasing through the brush, their riders dressed fashionably for the ride. Glancing through the internet I found a similar painting by Currier and [...]
More strivings within — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, This morning one of the hymns landed on my unsettled soul at the close of our meetings, More Holiness Give Me . I’m getting ahead of myself; time to set the stage. These past few months one of my projects has been to create and establish Fiercely Independent Locksmiths of America (FILOA), on a shoe string budget from petty cash [...]
Grateful for Thick Gloves — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, This past weekend was General Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Thomas S. Monson, President of the Church, gave a talk on Sunday about gratitude . After reminding us of the lepers who’d been healed by the Lord, only one of whom expressed gratitude, President Monson continued: “My brothers and [...]
Say Good Bye to God – Feds Take Over Schools — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Most folks were unaware of the hidden perils within the recently passed Health Care Reform bill many now call “Obamacare”; remember, “We have to pass it before we know what’s in it”. One item of interest turned out to be the federal government taking over all student loans; private lending institutions will no longer be [...]
Reasonable Identification — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, If you want to open a can of worms all you need to do is bring up the subject of reasonable identification. If you’re at the polling place, your Wal-Mart card might be just fine depending on the color of your skin; asking for government issued identification might be considered racism. If you pull over a car load of Hispanic [...]
Dark Reasons – Cause for Concern — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, The Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act signed into law in 1994 does not apply to communication service providers like Research in Motion (RIM), maker of BlackBerry devices. According to an article on the Fox website the U.S. wants broader Internet wiretap authority because, “National security officials and federal [...]
Sour Grapes and Character — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Candidates who’ve lost elections have been told by voters it’s time to sit back and let someone else represent them. Isn’t that the purpose of an election, to determine who moves forward and who stays behind? Apparently accepting defeat isn’t part of the electoral process anymore ; at least that’s the message from a [...]
How Much Voter Fraud Is There? — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Can you imagine the advantage of having twenty three thousand votes for your slate of candidates or referendums from voters who don’t even exist? Did I mention those twenty three thousand votes would be from a single community? It could happen in Houston according to an investigation by a watchdog group called “True the [...]
His hand will be against every man… — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Have you ever wondered why Islam is at war with the rest of the world? What else describes the state of constant turmoil wherein jihad has been declared and the only solution is total subjugation or annihilation of its enemies? The answer may surprise you; but not those who’ve been reading the scriptures. A friend of mine [...]
The President’s record speaks for itself — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Dan Pfeiffer, White House Communications Director, posted an article on the White House Blog entitled, America has spoken, will the GOP listen? listing what he believed to be shining moments in the Obama administration. Most of what I read were lame attacks on the Republican Party which had voted against the road to socialism and [...]
Defense of Everything Bill Stopped — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, What started out as a Defense Budget bill, many called it Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’s defeat; what ever you call the quagmire piece of legislation, the Senate Bill didn’t pass due to a “procedural hurdle”. According to an article posted on the Fox website the “bill failed in a 56-43 vote”. “The routine bill authorizing [...]
Paradigm — T.F. Stern
By, T.F. Stern, Several years ago I heard the word paradigm for the first time and hadn’t a clue what it meant; glad I took the time to learn this one. A friend explained how he’d observed a woman and her out of control children on a train while on his way to work. The woman seemed oblivious to the fact that her children were misbehaving and, [...]
The Law of Gravity — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Police officers are charged with enforcing the law without favor, the law of gravity being no exception. A story on FoxNews courtesy of the Whittier Daily News explained how officers were searching for a burglary suspect in Pico Rivera, California. “A man fell through the ceiling of a Pico Rivera shop on Saturday, landing in [...]
Remembrance Cycle — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, I was trying to put my finger on why some Americans have forgotten, or discounted to a certain degree, that we are at war with radical Islam; more accurately, radical Islam is at war with us. Former President Bush called it a War on Terror and resolved to make those who attacked America accountable regardless of where they hid or [...]
UN World Governance Goals — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, If you want to spend a few hours reading nonsense then I highly recommend the “UN Position Papers” , a set of documents intended to prepare the nations of the Earth for world wide governance with equal security of energy, food, quality of life for every human on the planet with a heavy emphasis on man made global warming [...]
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 skills [...]
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 York [...]
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 black [...]
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 computer [...]
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 industry. [...]
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 [...]
