‘T.F. Stern’ Archives
Memorial Day with a Twist — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Twice in the same week I was looking in the Book of Mormon and came upon the same scripture. Thursday evening while I had a few moments I randomly opened to the Book of Alma, chapter 46 and began reading in verse 9 about a conflict which had divided the people of the land. “Yea, and we also see the great wickedness [...]
Badge Happy Cops — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, This should be fun, a retired cop writing about a badge happy cop running rough shod over the general citizenry. Yesterday I was driving around in my little green BMW Z-3 Coupe taking care of business when I got pulled over by a motorcycle officer for an “unknown” reason; my goodness that was an un-Pleasant [...]
Defending Your Rights in a Sporting Manner — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society never seems to go away; it keeps on destroying America a little at a time. Take for example the 1968 Gun Control Act (GCA), a knee jerk reaction intended to limit the general citizenry from obtaining “assault rifles” like the kind used to assassinate John F. Kennedy; recently the [...]
Trial by Media and Chaos — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, This new age of civil rights; is it a step forward or two steps back? The Houston Chronicle presented coverage of a trial in which a police officer was found not guilty after having been accused of official oppression for alleged use of excessive force while arresting a felony suspect based on a few seconds of raw [...]
Progressives Don’t Believe in America — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, The title could easily have read, Progressives Don’t Believe in American Individual’s God Given Rights as Protected by the Bill of Rights; but that would be too long and wouldn’t fit on one line. Our left leaning elitists in Congress believe the average citizen isn’t trustworthy, has a penchant for violating the rights [...]
Is the American Dream Dead? — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, While going through Facebook contacts this afternoon one entry caught my attention over all the others. The Federalist Papers asked, “Is the American dream alive or dead? Do you expect that your children will be better off than you are?” It’s not an easy set of questions to answer, and it certainly deserved [...]
Society of Professional Locksmiths — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, About a month ago I had a chance to talk with a fellow locksmith from up north in Yankee land, Tom Lynch. He’d come across some articles posted on Fiercely Independent Locksmiths of America’s web site and wanted to know more about us. Mostly he wanted permission to re-print some articles as they fit in with the [...]
Good Advice — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, I ran across a photo by Lexie Garrett this morning, a short piece of advice from Thomas S. Monson, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The more I thought about it the more its simple message needed to be shared. Those we associate with ultimately determine the kind of people we want to be. I [...]
Race Card Color Chart — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, We’ve been treated to a display of racism which should make your stomachs turn sour this past week. The same folks seem to find their way into the spot light while at the same time working their magic to turn an already tragic event into a spectacle of epic proportions based on the color of a man’s skin. I’m [...]
Pimping Racial Tension — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, This past week the public has been inundated with hate mongering in what can only be interpreted as race bating; stories in the news regarding allegations of “murder” in a case where a Black teenager was shot down. To hear some of the opinions voiced by long time Race Pimps, you heard me, Race Pimps like Louis [...]
Intellectual Property Rights — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, There’s an article on Fox News website, Senators call for federal probe over employers asking for Facebook passwords, as if they didn’t already know the answer. This is nothing more than show boating; and besides, look who they are asking, “Two U.S. senators are asking Attorney General Eric Holder to [...]
TSA Sells 4th Amendment Protection — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, You read that right, TSA is now selling individuals their unalienable right that protects them from unreasonable and unwarranted searches. It will only cost $100 for the new government entitlement that permits frequent flyers to avoid having to wait in long lines, take off their shoes, expose their toiletries in a [...]
Firearms Quasi Real Property? — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern; In an article written by Bruce McQuain, Fifth U.S. Circuit Rules Guns Are Not “Property-Like”, conservative values which have been a part of America’s founding principles are eroded a bit more. Certain guns are not considered property nor do they fall into 2nd Amendment protection; at least that’s the reason [...]
Buffalo, Man Lifts and the Evil Eye — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, The Travel Channel presented an historic glimpse of Buffalo, New York; it being a major port on the Great Lakes supplying a means of getting grain from the Midwest via the Erie Canal. Ten story grain elevators stood like giants frozen in time longing for a chance to prove their worth now that grain finds its way to [...]
Unwarranted Searches of Vehicles — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, March 12, 2012 Hank Glamann Public Information Officer Galveston-Port Bolivar Ferry System Texas Department of Transportation Topic: Unwarranted Searches of Vehicles A follow up to Goons and the 4th Amendment Mr. Glanmann; This letter will be posted on T F Stern’s [...]
Goons and the Fourth Amendment — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, My son William and his sweetheart Abbey were married last night on the same beach he proposed to her a year ago. Bolivar peninsula isn’t the easiest destination, requiring a very long road trip or, as an alternative, a short ferry ride across the ship channel. It was a lovely ceremony in spite of the mosquitoes [...]
It Doesn’t Matter Who Poisons You — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, There’s an old truism, “It doesn’t matter who poisons you, you’ll still be just as dead”. The first time I heard that it had to do with permitting a friend steal your dream of success by letting them pour cold water on it. So many of us punch the time clock when we arrive at our jobs, punch out at [...]
“Stupid” Tea Party Extremists — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Now and then I read where folks deride the Tea Party movement as if it were some sort of blemish on the face of America. Words or combinations of words complete the thought process, crazy, stupid extremists, zealots, insane; you get the picture. My thoughts turned to another time not so long ago when a different group of [...]
The Human Condition — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Sometimes you can tell by a person’s voice that they’re going to be fun to meet; today was that kind of day. A woman called wanting work done on her Ford Explorer; something about how when it came back from being worked on the ignition key no longer worked in the doors or the storage cover. There was a familiar [...]
Mandated Ignition Interlocks for DWI — T.F. Stern
BY T.F. STERN The American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act being considered in Washington would set aside “$25 million per year to states that require the devices to be installed in vehicles of anyone convicted of driving under the influence”; however the bill also has a provision which would mandate those installations in all 50 states [...]
While You Were Fleeing… — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Sandra Bullock played a woman in love with a stranger who happened to fall into the path of an oncoming train in the movie, While you were sleeping. Things got out of hand when she told the nurse at the hospital she was his fiancé and the story took off from there. Eventually she had to fess up for her actions; but [...]
Out of an abundance of caution — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Last week Enfamil pulled all their products off the shelves coast to coast out of an abundance of caution after four babies died from Cronobacter bacteria; it MUST have been in the baby formula and the news media ran with the story. The FDA later made the statement, “the bacteria that are found naturally in the [...]
The Aromas of Christmas — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Christmas time is when I’m prone to catching colds, this year being no different. My work takes me out in the elements and this past week we’ve had our share of damp and soggy air; not complaining, after this year of drought we needed the rain. Monday the symptoms started to appear so we took steps to minimize [...]
Canons and Cloning — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, The human soul responds to certain musical tones when arranged properly. Shepherds watching their flocks by night were treated to heavenly inspired messages inviting them to visit the Christ Child in a manger and we’ve marked this advent with music down through the ages. Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D major has [...]
The Night Before Christmas, GOA — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, For all you police enthusiasts, GOA means Gone On Arrival. This time of year working night shift as a training officer I would save Clement C. Moore’s classic bedtime story for my probationary police officers. I had it printed out as an assignment to be completed as part of their training. The original poem was [...]
The Gift of Life — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, It’s Christmas time and we go about looking for gifts, enjoying store front windows filled with items of interest and trimming the tree to create a pleasant atmosphere in our homes. My wife and I attended a simple Nativity re-enactment this past Saturday, Journey Through Bethlehem, one which required an hour’s drive to the [...]
Wisconsin Third World Mentality Recall — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Wisconsin voters appear to be headed for yet another round of recall elections; Governor Walker being targeted by the United Wisconsin coalition according to an AP article. The opportunity to alter Wisconsin’s balance of power is in play following last summer’s recall election losses of 2 Republican Senators, considering 4 [...]
Thanksgiving kicks off Christmas Season — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Thanksgiving begins the Christmas Season, at least it has been that way ever since I can recall. After diner my folks would have us write our Wish Lists for Santa. We’d spend the afternoon dreaming of Lincoln Logs, Erector Sets, shiny new bicycles, Mr. Potato Head, telescopes, baseball gloves as sugar plums danced [...]
Prove it! — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Truth in advertising gets more interesting everyday according to an article on the Fox News website. Take for instance a recent edict by the European Union which goes into force next month; Bottle water manufacturers saying their product rehydrates could result in jail time. “Bottled water manufacturers will not [...]
Gun Rights Paradigm — T.F. Stern
By T.F. Stern, Our constitution provides limits on government in order to protect every individual’s God given inalienable rights. The right to defend your life, those around you and your property existed long before the establishment of government and is often referred to as a “natural right”; perhaps to assuage the small [...]
