Donn Janes Statement about Liberal Bias in U of M Text Book:
“It appears that maybe Karl Marx has replaced God in our education system.
The book titled “A Concise Introduction to Logic” by Patrick J. Hurley is required reading for the “Elementary Logic” Class at the University of Memphis. The Subtitle for the book is “For Elementary Logic / PHILL 1611”.
It is common knowledge that progressive liberalism has found a subtle foothold in the curriculum of our high schools and college campuses. Nevertheless, I find it disturbing to see it first hand in such a blatant manner.
The book takes aim at conservative values even to the point of marginalizing a major news outlet. Page 34 alone tries to make logical arguments on more than one political issue. One of these ideological issues quietly embraces the Third Plank of Karl Marx’ “Communist Manifesto” as in regards to the federal government confiscating inheritances to preserve a democracy. Then the farce of global warming projections is portrayed as logical. Finally, the text implies that the conservative cable outlet FOX News is a propaganda Machine that is misleading its viewers. (To view the actual text from the text book [click here] then click on the “Link to Image Text”.)
The very same people who would propose that this is proper are the same ones who would condemn such logical ideas as espoused in the Biblical teachings found in the Ten Commandments. They would attest that there should be no place for the Ten Commandments in our school systems, yet make room for the Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto.
The University of Memphis should refrain from utilizing textbooks with blatant liberal biases such as this one.
This book surfacing comes on the heels of the University of Memphis Administration allowing ACORN founder, Wade Rathke, to hold an on campus forum last November. A local TEA Party group alerted the community to Rathke’s forum. This allowed concerned parents such as myself to be able to address Rathke in person.
Maybe we concerned parents need to address the U of M Administration in person as well.
Donn”
Donn Janes is a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee’s 8th Congressional District. A Navy veteran and businessman, Janes is an outspoken critic of how both the Republican and Democrat Parties have continued to ignore any calls for fiscal responsibility, causing the United States to plunge deeper into debt.
If Republicans are going to kick the Dems for redistribution of wealth, maybe they should get a taste of their own medicine. I’ve gotten many positive responses to the release and a couple negative ones. None have been rude. That’s what I miss!
This is my response to a polite but negative one.
Hello Martha,
Thank you for responding to the press release. It is of great concern to me and some others with whom I associate.
Honestly, I cannot place the time where I’ve had the pleasure of meeting you at a conference in Union. To the best of my memory, I have not stopped in Union in many years. Are you sure it was me? Your email address does seem familiar.
Anyway,
Having issues with me because I am having an issue with Fincher’s campaign will at least bring this all out into the open for debate. Sometimes written messages may not “sound” as congenial as the writer intends. Please know that I harbor no malice towards you, Mr. Fincher, farmers in general or any other individuals connected to this debate. We merely have opposing viewpoints.
Maybe you have a point in your concerns. Let’s look and see.
You said about farmers:
“These are the people that take risk every day. will the weather be right. how will the market hold, the dangers for working on a farm. who will help get out the crops,…”
My response to that is as follows:
Yes, farming is a business. In business, one takes risks. Are “the dangers for working on a farm” any more grave than any other hands on trade? Are you talking about physical dangers? If so, maybe we should compare workers comp payments required by different trades before we assume that farmers are the ones taking risks every day.
You said:
“Many of farmers lost a lot of money with the rain this year.”
My response to that is as follows:
You have probably seen bumper stickers that say something like “Farmers feed America”. I like that bumper sticker.
Here’s another one that I like: “Union Iron Workers! Building America Since 19??!” Even though I am not in the union and I’m not sure of the exact year it started, I like the sentiment of a craftsmen who is proud of his trade, just like the sentiment of the farmer shown in his bumper sticker.
Over the past year or so, China has been booming in construction and has been buying up a lot of steel on the world market. Subsequently, the price of steel went through the roof and that has caused huge problems for iron workers. The crashing economy has devastated the construction business. As usual in times like these, investors slowed or stopped investing in new buildings. Contractors stopped buying steel for buildings because they are not building them. The steel fabricating shop for which I work was forced to put almost half of it’s employees in the unemployment line. The rest of us fear that we might be headed there ourselves.
So after following your line of thinking thus far, I have to ask the following question.
Can we get the farmers to share some of that tax money with the iron workers? If not, who will bail the hard working, America loving, struggling iron workers out? Come to think about it, I bet there are more iron workers in dire situations right now than there are farmers.
You then stated:
“If the government can give out tons of money to countries that hate the US. what is given to the farms is pocket change.”
Your argument is absolutely lost on me.
I do not approve of my tax dollars going to countries that hate us either. The government should stop that as well, right? Furthermore, I hope that you do not want us to give tax dollars to those countries so that we can maintain a great excuse to give even more money to wealthy farmers. Also, that money given to farmers is NOT pocket change at all. It is a huge fortune in OUR tax dollars. If I remember correctly, the last Farm Bill passed through Congress at a mind boggling 309 billion dollars! A THIRD of a Trillion dollars! That brings me to the next thing you said.
You offered an idea for my next research project:
“Look at the welfare handouts. at least the farmers work. no work no crop.”
My Response to that is as follows:
I just mentioned the 309 billion dollar Farm Bill that recently passed through Congress. Do you know how much of that goes to farmers? According to a Fayette County farmer who was defending the huge number to me last year, only about 7.5% actually goes to farmers. He told me that the rest of those tax dollars go to things that have nothing at all to do with farming. It goes to those welfare handouts that you’ve asked me to look at! I’m sure this farmer is a good man and I took what he told me for the truth. (If I am in error with any of these assertions, please forgive me while you adjust my thinking.)
Just so people will begin to pay attention, maybe we should rename the “Farm Bill” the “Welfare Bill”. Or better yet, how about we rename it the “Great Redistribution of Wealth Bill” because that is what it really is!
What is the best way for me to fight those welfare handouts?
For me to fight against the welfare handouts, I have no choice but to fight against the newly dubbed tax payer funded 309 billion dollar Great Redistribution of Wealth Bill.
The bill is protected by voter’s lack of knowledge of the following facts.
Less than one in ten dollars of the “Great Redistribution of Wealth Bill” is handed to a special interest group that holds sway over the romantic “American as Apple Pie” notions of small town farmers being given a helping hand. That insures that the other 9 dollars goes straight to those welfare handouts! Isn’t liberalism great? One dollar works while the other nine do not.
Now, I question myself: “How does this keep happenings over and over?” Simple! Get the people who received the tenth dollars to contribute about 4 cents on each those particular dollars to a candidate that will go to the US Congress and vote for an even bigger “Great Redistribution of Wealth Bill” next time!
Its pretty cheap investment once you think about it. That is less than one half of one percent of the total 309 billion that is required to get the next 309 billion coming down the Federal Government money pipe.
Then you said:
“I know that you are a supporter of Mr Janes. and I like him also. but bashing the farmers, you have gone too far.”
You’re possibly correct. At this time, it is fair to say that I am seriously looking at Janes. That is because I see him as the best person claiming to be a candidate in the race thus far. The fact in the matter is that we do not know who all will be running so I reserve the right to support whomever I please once those people step forward. Did you notice that I did not even mention Janes as an alternative to Fincher in the press release?
If I were to find Janes or any other candidate in a similar situation, I would let the light shine on him as well.
As far as bashing farmers? My family was in farming for generations. Have I gone to far? I don’t think so. I will continue to expose problems like this Farm Subsidies issue no matter if it is against my own flesh-and-blood running for office.
No, actually, I think it is the Federal Government that has gone to far.
I was accused of that last evening during a public forum at University of Memphis by another person in the audience. This was after I challenged the founder of ACORN, Wade Rathke, to explain his views on the Federal Income Tax deduction called the Earned Income Credit and why he thinks that it actually helps the poor out of poverty.
My position was that it really held people in their current impoverished state. This is because it encourages many who receive it to work up to the point of maximum benefits and then begin slacking off on working. Working past that point actually causes them to begin losing ground. I sited a specific case.
“…Rathke’s talk, “Common Wealth: The Campaign to Save Working Families,” will examine state and federal policies designed to strengthen the economic position of poor and working-class Americans during tough economic times. He will discuss how policy makers can improve the nation’s economic productivity and encourage a more equitable distribution of income, wealth and power within our society.”
Bolding mine.
The Commercial Appeal said this morning that the Republican Party of Shelby County was outraged.
Rathke’s appearance at U of M was derided in a statement by the Republican Party of Shelby County.
“It is outrageous that the U of M has invited a parade of radicals to speak at events, and totally unacceptable to welcome such a character as Wade Rathke,” the statement read in part.
I can hardly think they were all that outraged. I did not find anyone who said that the Republican Party of Shelby County notified them of this forum and that was the reason they showed up. The way I found out was through the MidSouth TEA Party email alert.
I don’t get the emails from the “Party of NO” so it could be that they sent something out. Maybe there weren’t any bona fide Shelby County Republicans who cared enough to challenge the founder of a Marxist organization such as ACORN being given a forum on the University Of Memphis campus. Correction: Mr. Wiseman from the Shelby County GOP has set me straight on this. They did send one out.
A Republican Congressional candidate from District 8, Don Janes, did show up. During the question and answer part of the forum, he challenged Mr. Rathke at length about a few of Rathke’s odd comments. Janes politely disagreed with Rathke’s assertion that it’s the federal government’s responsibility to search out all the poor people in America and send them entitlement checks whether they wanted the checks or not. The two men sparred on a few more topics related to personal responsibility.
Meanwhile, outside the building where the forum was being held, police had insisted that the hand full of sign holders move to the sidewalk on Central Ave. The protesters complied.
Mark Herr was one of the more boisterous protesters. He let his sense of humor run wild on the corner of Central and Innovation. Waving a sign that read “I’m Allergic to Nuts”, he broadcast from his megaphone an invitation for all within earshot to “Come get your Commie-nuts” while wearing a vintage cold war era Communist Russia military hat.
I think we all had a pretty good time. Well, except for the guest speaker. The majority of the questions he had to answer had little to do with community organization. They had more to do with defending the corrupt organization he founded in the early 70’s.
Maybe Mr. Rathke should learn from us on how to be organized in our community without using tax dollars to do it.
On February 19, 2009 in response to Rick Santelli’s “Rant of the Year” calling for a nationwide tea party on July 4th, BCR acquired the domain memphisteaparty.com and called for an orgainzational meeting to get a local effort started. On March 9th, 2009, myself and others (Mickey White, Paul Jones, Brenda Hardin and Lynn Moss among them) met at Range USA to discuss formalizing the group. At that time, Paul Jones volunteered to operate the Facebook presence of the group and the writing of a charter was tasked. Brenda Hardin accepted the task of writing the group’s charter and by March 11, 2009, she had a draft of the charter completed which was approved by the initial leadership (Myself, Jones and Hardin).
However, due to the growing popularity of the tea party concept, many others were starting similar efforts, and Reform Politix was working with a local radio show (Mike Fleming) to get an April 15th non-partisan Tea Party done. BCR author Jimbo(a Democrat) was tasked to investigate that effort (a joint effort with TCOT) and determine if it was non-partisan or was being infiltrated by outside Republican Party operatives. After Jimbo gave the effort a “clean bill”, I suggested that the Memphis Tea Party effort join forces with that effort. The April 15th event was a huge success by all accounts and I deferred to Mickey and Jimbo to represent BCR in all future efforts.
A few months ago, I attended what was billed as a joint-effort by the Memphis Tea Party and the Mississippi Tea Party in Southaven. Mark Skoda was a featured speaker. Imagine my shock and dismay when he introduced himself as the FOUNDER of the Memphis Tea Party effort! That was quite frankly the first time I had met the man and he was NOT there in the beginning.
I did a little checking and learned that Skoda had started another group after the Memphis Tea Party merged with the Mid-South Tea Party effort. He calls it “The Memphis Tea Party”, but all it really amounts to is a merchandising effort selling one product, Mark Skoda. He has started a little radio show around it and sells quite a few t-shirts with a special tea party logo he came up with. I understand also that he is trying to capitalize on the effort to run for local office next year.
So just so the record is clear, Mark Skoda is NOT the founder of the Memphis Tea Party effort. He was nowhere to be seen when local patriots rallied to make the effort happen. He is just someone who saw the thousands show up on April 15th and then saw dollar signs and fame to be had. The Memphis Tea Party is NOT about individual ambitions. I stepped aside when I saw that the effort was in capable hands with Reform Politix and Jimbo. I show up and take pictures, wear Obama joker t-shirts, and when needed work security for our folks.
Sittin’ here drinking a little moonshine in my tea because wifey will not go get me some beer. I’ll take another day off the life of my liver just to show her a thing or two.
Waiting anxiously for a Monday Night FootBall Kickoff.
Miami Dolphins are gonna show the Jets some wildcat stuff.
Can’t wait to bury my thinking in some football! Nothin’ else! Just good ole football!
Awe Hell.
There’s that award winning and ever so self absorbed doin’-nothin’ jackass of a president, Barrack Obama talking about the stinking game before the kick-off. For cryin’ out loud!
Maybe he should be studying a certain WAR that’s going on where he is FUMBLING the ball lately.
Hey Obama! PLEASE just shut the hell up and stay off my damn TV! I’m so sick of looking at your face.
Oh!!! Ohhh!! (No, I’m not calling him.)
HEY! Touch Down!!
Well lookie right there. The Fish score a T.D. and make those yankee crop dusters look kinda sad…
On October 2nd, 2009, Memphis, Tennessee lost her 2nd American Hero in just a little over a week, PFC Brandon A. Owens, 21, U.S. Army. was killed in Afghanistan as a result of injuries sustained from small arms fire during a battle with insurgents. Pfc. Owens of Memphis, was assigned to the 118th Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C
PFC Brandon A. Owens, final journey home:
Come out and join us as we escort this Hero Home, one last time to his family and loved ones, this is their request to have him Honored as he should be.
Services: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 11am
First Baptist Church
2835 Broad Avenue
Memphis, TN 38116
Staging: at Church
Interment will be at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, Memphis, TN . Parking is limited at the cemetery. We will attempt to park on Forrest Hill Irene adjacent to the pavilion.
There will be full LEO escorts for all aspects of this mission by Memphis PD special events unit/ motors.
RCIC: Gil Riberdy, gillis_38058@hotmail.com (901)351-0787
RC: Scott Zeitner, capt_whizbang@hotmail.com (901)848-2188
Filed under: Fair Tax, Jim, Taxes—
Jim Tomasik at
10:55 am on
Friday, October 2, 2009
Quoting a friend, David Shipp:
“…One comment, when asked about the tax rate changing, he did not mention the fact that in 2008 the tax code was changed over 500 times. Nobody even noticed. With Fairtax, you would see any change and you would find out which representative made the change. Because Fairtax is transparent, changing the rate any way but down, would cause a revolt.”
source http://www.thebullandbear.com/articles/2009/0209-bankrate.html
Bolding mine.
Another very talented freind named Paul Wizikowski from OK made this:
Filed under: 9/11, Congress, Jim, Tea Party—
Jim Tomasik at
6:13 am on
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
I think they can but they are ignoring us.
At about the three minute mark, the guy filming this pans from the left to the right across the crowd. The crowd extends towards the Washington Monument on each side of the Mall. There are two streets not seen in this because they are behind and under the trees. The streets are Madison and Jefferson. You can see the crowd flows under those trees. The crowd reaches back to around 10th street along those two streets.
If anyone has pics looking at those streets I’ve mentioned, send them to me and I will update this information.
I have no problem with those who estimate the crowd to be over a million people.
I know its true.
More importantly, President Obama and Congress know it’s true.
I know the Democrats got all wrapped in the “First Black Man” thing. I understand all that and it’s easy to see how it clouded logical thinking. Now they find themselves with Obama as the President working with a Dem majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
STILL, they can’t seem to get to universal health care utopia.
Would it not be so much easier to “git-er done” if FOX News was talking Health Care Reform up instead of running it down? Would it not be better if half the republicans in the Congress were kissing the president’s butt and helping him? Would it not be better to have a president who has had the pleasure of working with the late Senator Ted Kennedy on just such an effort on the state level? Just imagine, Vice President Marsha Blackburn and Senator Ted Kennedy standing behind President Mitt Romney as he sits at that big desk. Cameras are flashing. He puts pen to paper and magically takes RomneyCare from the state level to the federal level. The room erupts in applause. Sean Hannity feels a tingle going up his leg.
So there you go! Wham bam thank ya ma’am, it’s a done deal! Hot Diggity Dog! We’ve got the foundation from which to build an even better plan. It will be no time and the public option will be called on to fix any issues that arise.
Governor Mitt Romney has the credentials to get healthcare reform pushed through with little fuss from anyone. This could’ve happened even before Senator Kennedy passed away. Wouldn’t that have been wonderful? The struggle to forge a new path for Obamacare is much more difficult than the road already traveled called RomneyCare. Utopia is just over the nexxxxxxtttttttt hill.
Back to reality now. It looks like the single payer idea is DOA. With Romney, we would already have been to this point months ago.
BREAKING: This blog is being interrupted by a newly found YouTube!
The Constitution that he swore an oath to when he took the job is not part of his job.
He probably had his job BEFORE Obama was elected and now it no longer has anything to do with his job any more than it has to do with Obama’s job. Not that is was worth much to Bush either.
But hey, thanks for letting us know, Officer Cheeks.
