Susan Miller
Casualties of the Civil War
by Anne Doherty
Anyone who is paying attention and over age 40 would likely agree with the statement that the United States is engaged in a cold Civil War. I say over 40 because people in their 30s are Millennials, and those Millennial age and younger have had such poor history education that they might not be able to spot a Civil War when they see one.
One thing that makes this period of history a war is the number of casualties. Even Millennials are starting to feel the threats to their future and their livelihood. However, the fact that so many Americans have died since 2020 and even a few years before that is astounding.
Some victims are obvious, with Ashley Babbitt, Rosanne Boyland, and the J6 prisoners being easiest to recognize as victims of a political attack. That one Capitol Police officer and another D.C. Metropolitan police officer died by suicide within days of January 6 is notable. Victims of Covid 19 and/or the multiple shots and boosters also come to mind, especially if you view the lockdowns as unnecessary and the vaccines as prematurely tested on the public. If you believe that Covid 19 was introduced to the world by the Chinese as a kind of bio-war test, the number of casualties, really fatalities, sky-rockets to 1,127,258, in the US, according to the World Health Organization.
Most victims are less obvious. “From 2011 to 2022, over half a million lives (539,810) were lost to suicide, with 2022 showing the highest number of deaths on record. Within this period, the adjusted suicide rate increased by 16%.” (KFF.org) According to the CDC, suicide rates significantly increased between 2020 and 2021 for males aged 15–24, 25–44, 65–74, and 75 and over. (So…all men except those between 45 and 65.) From 2020 to 2021, suicide rates increased significantly for non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White females. From 2020 to 2021, suicide rates increased significantly for non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native, Black, and White males."(cdc.gov)
The reason that so many would take their lives made some sense during Covid. The fear, confusion, isolation and disruption of the economy would naturally have exacerbated depression in the vulnerable. However, the suicide rate was rising before that. Would it not be true that the following are also factors? 1) The attack on traditional gender identity, 2) the perception of toxic masculinity, and 3) the disproportionate rise in housing and gasoline costs to actual wages (meaning it’s difficult to live independently, let alone marry and have children). Add in what Europeans call the Climate “Crisis.” The despair that comes with believing the world will end in 25 Page 5 years may have killed few, but in fact has handicapped many. The fact that the bureaucracy has been pushing that narrative for far longer than 25 years escapes most people, especially the under 40 crowd who accept this hope quelling “Crisis” as fact.
Also among the casualties are those whose lives have been turned upside down because they’ve been cancelled or wrongfully accused. I know several people who have been let go from their jobs just because someone randomly accused them of racism or sexism or, for that matter, voting Republican. To be wrongfully fired feels like being shot in the leg. It takes a while to heal from the trauma and shock of the accusation, and then one must face up to a less bright future than before.
Two generations have been wounded from the lies and indoctrination our children have been exposed to. That a man could actually become a woman or vice versa is a lie so great that Stalin or Hitler would have been afraid to float it. If anything proves that we’re in a war, it’s that statement. The people who believe it or say they do are offered a seeming protection from the Left for supporting the lie. The people who don’t are shunned, cancelled or ostracized.Their sanity is questioned. In short, they are taken out, just like soldiers on the front line.
This war is unlike any other in that, even though there are sides, it’s hard to know who the enemy really is. That’s how totalitarianism works; it’s a system that outlaws individual or group opposition to the ruling party. It’s a system that asks individuals to uphold big lies. It wounds, but only indirectly takes credit.
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"Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Legislation"
George Radanovic
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Marin Country Club, 500 Country Club Dr., Novato
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OUR SPEAKER:
George Radanovich, a Mariposa native and candidate for California StateAssembly District 8, will share his ideas on strengthening California families andhelping children. He’ll speak to us about his ambitious plan to introduce legislationto help children overcome adverse childhood experiences and to strengthenfamilies.
In 1996, Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)conducted a study of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) It identified thepersonal and social costs of dysfunctional and broken families, and the widerbreakdown of our culture. Democrats like to use ACEs to promote victimhoodand more government spending, but Mr. Radanovich believes we can use the issueto rebuild families and re-instill conservative values.
Mr. Radanovich believes that with this legislation, we have the opportunity tofocus the entire State on the one issue that matters, rebuilding families. The long-term result is a conservative dream: Less crime, emptier prisons, better schools, nomass murders, fewer abortions, less gender confusion and smaller government. Hebelieves we can get the unwitting support of Democrats, while reserving the optionof a statewide ballot initiative to protect its integrity.
Mr. Radanovich is not only focused on the family. He is also a strong supporterof Prop 13, believing that the tax burden on middle income families and smallbusinesses, including the ever-increasing gas tax, is too high. Our state’s problemsalso include soft-on-crime legislation that has made us more vulnerable to crime.We also lack water storage infrastructure and modern water delivery systems toallow farms and communities to have a reliable water supply each and every year.To find out more, go to www.George2024.com
Here an interesting tidbit. George Radanovich opened his own winery in 1986and was the first winemaker to serve in congress since Thomas Jefferson. I saycheers to that!
California is set to criminalize passionate parents at school board meetings. (SB 596) One year in jail for annoying a board member?
Reedley Chinese COVID lab received tax credit of $360,000 from Newsom's "GO-Biz." Lab contained mice genetically engineered to spread COVID-19.
Rewrite the Left’s Language DictionaryBy Anne Doherty
It’s no news that leftists, who tend toward the creative as a personality description, manipulate language to promote their agendas, while conservatives, who lean toward conscientiousness, fall into using leftist vocabulary simply because it feels less confrontational to do so.
Nationwide, leftists have now expanded their language dictionary to include words that mess with our fundamental self-perception. As a hypnotherapist, I know that language matters. Words should validate the human experience, not deny it. I’m not alone in thinking the left’s vocabulary power grab has become dangerous to society’s mental health. After all, if we’re required to call a person with xy chromosomes a “woman,” it does more than rob us of free speech. We’re on the verge of having to say “up” is “down” or “alive” is “dead.”
How to stop? First, use words that directly define what you’re talking about. Second, drop the leftist euphemisms and, if you hear one, correct it. Third, wherever possible, use positive constructions over negative.
Using positive over negative basically means avoiding the adverb “not” in your sentence structure. Style books have long cited negative construction as contributing to weak communication. For example, saying “I don’t want gender-affirming care in schools” is ineffective for two reasons: first, it emphasizes the euphemism, justifying its usage, and second, it fails to present a picture of the speaker’s intention.
As for using straight-forward vocabulary in an age where dictionaries are embracing woke, it’s become essential to preserve basic common sense. Here is an all too short list of leftist euphemisms in statements followed by questions that redefine each term. The theory here is to regain control over the definition by feigning ignorance.
Legal status
“I’m raising money for the homeless.” How noble! Do you mean drug-addicts or transients?
"I’m looking for an undocumented nanny.” Do you mean a woman who is in the US illegally? I thought nannies were trained in their field. Are you talking about a woman who can read and write?
“My son is engaged to a dreamer.” Is she absent minded - or do you mean she’s a child of illegal aliens?
“I support immigration reform.” So do I. Do you mean we should have strong borders?
“No, I mean we should have open borders.” How does that work? If a border is open, does that mean it has holes in it? Open borders sounds like no borders to me.
Sexual terms
I’m Pro-life so I think women ought to have the right to choose.” Choose what exactly? Do you mean you are pro-abortion? Or do you mean you are pro-adoption? Or pro-single mothers?
“I think Reproductive Health and Gender-affirming Care is important to have in schools.” Do you mean gender-altering procedures? Do you think children should have medical procedures or take hormones while schools keep parents ignorant? Do you think minor children should be allowed to make permanent changes to their health and well-being?
“They are a woman.” Do you mean he is male (human with xy chromosomes) masking as a female (human with xx chromosomes)?
“He’s a cisgender" man.” Do you mean he’s a heterosexual male? (FYI, Latin root buffs, “gender activists” claim “cis” means “on one side” and “trans” means “on the other.” But that makes no sense - as “trans” in “transgender” means “completely changed” as in “transform” and the “cis” root actually means “to cut or to kill” as in “scissors” or “homicide.”
“There are 136 genders.” Do you mean terms that describe how men and women can have sex? Or do some of those terms describe individuals with gender dysphoria?
“She is a trans woman.” Do you mean he is man (person with xy chromosomes) who has had surgery or taken hormones to appear like a woman? Does he have gender dysphoria?
Race
“I’m an Anti-racist.” Do you think that people should have advantages according to the color of their skin? Isn’t that racist?
“I believe in fairness and social justice.” Do you believe in the redistribution of wealth? How is that unfair to people who make wealth? Do you believe people should have advantages based on their social status or the color of their skin? Isn’t that unjust?
Environment
“The climate crisis is affecting the collective.” Do you mean that weather affects people?
“Energy needs to be sustainable.” Sustainable in what way? Do you mean energy costs should be affordable? That energy needs to be efficient? Or do you mean it should be clean?
General
“The electoral college is unfair because we live in a democracy.” Do you mean we live in a representative republic?
“I’m a Progressive.” Do you mean you’re socialist? A leftist? A communist?
“The poor have a right to social programs.” Do you mean the poor have access to services funded by tax payers?
“Changing the meaning of my words is a micro-aggression.” Do you believe that ignorance should be a crime?