MOMs - Raising a Country of Wimps and Weenies

Earlier this week I registered for a workshop being presented by MOMs Demand Action on Gun Safety. I plan to wear my NRA cap to the Zoom meeting, just as I did a couple of years ago when MOMs Demand Action held a rally at the Capitol.

When I was asked why I was there, I answered that I too am against gun violence. The woman asking the question was wearing a red MOMs t-shirt and had jammed her cell phone right in my face to record my answer. She stood there with her phone about an inch from my nose, clearly attempting to bait me into reacting. I didn't.

I go to MOMs meetings to balance the action. 99% of the people there are against guns. I'm not, and I'm not afraid to stand my ground.

When I received the emailed confirmation of my workshop registration, imagine my surprise when I read this Warning in the workshop description in a link in the email: 

"'(Warning: This virtual event will include images of firearms. If you feel that may be troubling to you, please do not attend this event.)"

Seriously???

Frankly, I believe firearms safety should be taught in elementary school and continued through high school. This would be an important first step in reducing gun violence. 

I know a man here in Columbia who spent 22 years in prison for fatally shooting another man in a drug deal when he was 19. 22 Years! Was it worth it?

Let's start teaching kids how to think, how to process feelings, how to make good decisions. That will prevent gun violence!

ATN Demands - Look out, folks!!!

Why would the Biden White House promote a radical educational group that foments racism?

ATN = Abolitionist Teaching Network. See today's FoxNews article about its radical handbook.

[Edit 7/22/21 If that link doesn't work, try this one.

Is its handbook, "Guide for Racial Justice & Abolitionist Social and Emotional Learning" coming this way? Is it already here, thanks to the U.S. Department of Education? You can download the Guide here. How many copies does Richland 2 already have and who has them?

Look at this stupid stuff: "practices that spirit murder (minority) children". There's a new one for you: "spirit murder".

Cofounder Bettina Love says the ATN "is dedicated to ... destroying schools that do nothing but harm Black and brown children."

Love is also quoted with saying, "If you don’t recognize that White supremacy is in everything we do, then we got a problem. ... I want us to be feared."

Now, I don't know about you but, when somebody tells me "I want us to be feared", I'm checking to see if I'm ready to defend myself. 

Are you?

[Edited 7/22/21. Thanks to S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson and other GOP Attorneys General, the Biden Gang has backed away from ATN. But how did they get there in the first place?]

Read all about it here.

ICYMI - Fine Example - (Va.) PTA Official - NOT!

You're familiar with ICYMI; right? In Case You Missed It...

The news has been full of the remarks of an official of both the Virginia PTA Association and the Fairfax County, Virginia chapter of the NAACP. In case you did miss it (or skipped over it), this is what Michelle Leete said about opponents of Critical Race Theory:

"Let’s meet and remain steadfast in speaking truth, tearing down double standards, and refuting double talk. Let’s not allow any double-downing on lies. Let’s prepare our children for a world they deserve. 

"Let’s deny this off-key band of people that are anti-education, anti-teacher, anti-equity, anti-history, anti-racial reckoning, anti-opportunities, anti-help people, anti-diversity, anti-platform, anti-science, anti-change agent, anti-social justice, anti-health care, anti-worker, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-children, anti-health care, anti-worker, anti-environment, anti-admissions-policy change, anti-inclusion, anti-live-and-let-live people. 

"Let them die." [Emphasis added] 

Source: The Daily Signal

What does that sound like to you? Leete has already resigned (under pressure) from the PTA Association. They should have refused her resignation and kicked her out.

What will the NAACP have to say about her? 

According to the Reston, Va. Patch, "Fairfax County NAACP is standing behind the Virginia PTA official who resigned after facing criticism for her "Let them die" speech."

Well, Michelle, sorry to disappoint you, but we're not going to die, just because that's what you want.

CRT and Dr. Ben Carson

Read this Opinion on FoxNews.com by Dr. Ben Carson and Critical Race Theory (CRT).

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/fighting-critical-race-theory-racist-ideology-dr-ben-carson

This is one of the best lines: "To start, it’s important to understand that the term "antiracism" as used by (Ibram) Kendi, which sounds non-threatening enough, does not mean what you think."

You do know who Dr. Carson is; right? He's a "real" doctor. As in M.D. A retired neurosurgeon. 

If you haven't already uncovered the truth about CRT, don't wait any longer. Stand up now and speak to the Richland 2 School Board. Demand that it stop the division that CRT drives.

Amelia McKie now Owes Ethics Commission $57,100

The South Carolina Ethics Commission published an updated list of Debtors on July 6, 2021. You can view this list by going to ethics.sc.gov and clicking on "Debtors" at the top right of the homepage.

Not-quite board member, and newly-elected* Secretary of the Board, Amelia McKie, now owes a total of $57,100 to the Ethics Commission.

Her previous balance was $51.800. Where did the $5,300 increase come from?

In the Remarks column for her entry, the Ethics Commission notes Default Years of 2016, 2020 and 2021. This means that something happened this year - 2021 - that resulted in additional fines of $5,300. This sum increased her total debt from $51,800 to $57,100.

An inquiry for public information is being registered today with the Ethics Commission.

McKie was re-elected to the school board in November 2018. What's that old Beatles' song? "With a little help from my friends"? Well, with a lot of help from her friends. I think she bragged at one time about 26,000 of her "friends" (voters).

What kind of friends support a person who doesn't pay her debts?

On July 10, 2019 the Ethics Commission filed a judgment against McKie for $51,750 in the Richland County Common Pleas Court. That followed a Decision & Order by the Ethics Commission in 2018. At my last inquiry to the Ethics Commission earlier this year, McKie HAD NOT PAID ONE PENNY TOWARD THAT JUDGMENT. 

https://publicindex.sccourts.org/Richland/PublicIndex/CaseDetails.aspx?County=40&CourtAgency=40002&Casenum=2019CP4003809&CaseType=V&HKey=541168010675685611685110113658311380801101004872681051116512068574910051998499521074786795410410182111

McKie was fined another $50 for late filing of a required form. And now the Ethics Commission has slammed her with a new $5,300!

* On June 29, 2021 the school board disregarded a plea from one District resident (me) for them to elect only fully-qualified board members as officers for 2021-2022. In a 4-3 vote McKie was elected as Board Secretary. Holmes was elected Board Chair in a 5-2 vote. Neither Holmes nor McKie was entitled to vote, because neither is a legitimate board member!

The board had definitely left its thinking caps at home that night. McKie (and Teresa Holmes) never should have been elected as officers for the new school year, because neither is a legitimate board member. Neither has ever taken the oath of office legally. James Manning never should have nominated Holmes.

Why is this not important to Mannng, Caution-Parker and McFadden? I strongly suspect it is important to Agostini and Scott (Elkins).

Four of the five legal board members could put a stop to the usurping of public office by Holmes and McKie. Why don't they?

School Board Member Violates Ethics Law

The State newspaper reports today that Lexington-Richland 5 school board chair Jan Hammond violated South Carolina ethics laws by using the District's email system for political purposes. Read the article here:  www.thestate.com/news/local/education/article252606943.html

Are ethics laws to be dismissed? Can a board member just violate them and say, So what? Or say they don't agree?

Have you ever received a political email from the Richland 2 board member, sent from a Richland 2 email address? If you have, please send it me at gusphilpott@gmail.com 

Hopefully, someone in L-R5 has filed a formal complaint with the S.C. Ethics Commission. That will trigger and investigate, hearing, decision and fine. As well it should.

But a boy is a girl...

Is this nonsense headed for Richland 2 School District?

Read this article about an abrupt ending to a school board meeting in Loudoun County, Va., when the school board got fed up with parents and walked out. Note: it's the school board that walked out of the meeting!!!

Click here for the article in The Heritage Foundation's Daily Signal bulletin.

The question here in Richland 2 School District is "to what extent is this gender nonsense about to be implemented in the District?"

If staff think that recipients can't figure out their gender from their first names, is that thought contagious?

Now, if you have a first name that cannot be easily intetpreted for the correct gender, then put (Ms.) or (Mr.) in front of the typed name in the signature block. For example, I didn't know that Ishmael (now Tate) was a woman in the HR department, and I did not know the correct salutation in written correspondence. This is easily corrected by showing her name in the signature block as (Ms.) Ishmael Tate. There is absolutely no need to go woke with "Preferred pronouns she/her". 

Some in the District's administration are now using "preferred pronouns" in their signature lines in email. Why? Is this a signal to residents, parents, voters?

Unfortunately, the make-up of the Richland 2 School Board and its leadership now will probably result in more woke-ness. 

Parents, show up at school board meetings and demand a return to sanity. And don't be silenced when the Chair grabs her gavel and tries to hammer you into silence. If you are speaking and not violating the written policy by using "gossip, defamatory words, or abusive or vulgar language" (Board Policy BEDH), then don't be silenced. If you want to mention a school board member by position or name, do it. They are public, elected officials, not hired employees of the District. If a board member, even an officer of the board, is violating the law or public policy, there is no reason not to be able to hold them accountable.

Now, when the Chair orders a school district security officer or deputy sheriff to remove you from the podium, go peacefully. Do not get into a tussle with either. And then hire a lawyer and sue the District for violating your First Amendment rights to free speech. You know, the part about how "government" (that includes a school district) is not to infringe on that right?