All posts by Samuel Adams

I've lived in Canon City my whole life. It makes me sick to think of where this country is headed. The solutions are in God's Word.
End Public School

Canon City School District Incompetence

I went to a basketball game at the Canon City Middle School, and they had several buckets out to catch water leaking from the ceiling. For the sake of argument, we’ll assume it’s because the roof is leaking, which is probably a safe assumption.

It is perfectly predictable that the roof would leak. All roofs will eventually leak. Roofs last a certain amount of time, and then, they fail. This is why any competent homeowner and building owner has funds set aside for roof replacement, and other maintenance items that we all know are coming eventually.

The original building of the middle school is over 100 years old, while the gym, I’d guess, was built sometime in the 1970s. That’s practically brand new as far as most buildings and homes in this area are concerned. A building built in that era is well-built and functional, assuming it’s properly maintained, which, as we now know, is not a safe assumption.

The problem is that the original portion of the junior high hasn’t been well maintained. They have done a poor job of maintaining it, so they want to tear it down. Granted, a 100 year old building may have issues that come up, and may not be built to modern standards, but when I went there, it was a nice building, and even as a kid in my early teens, I appreciated the antiquity of it.

The irony is that they have shown themselves to be incompetent at maintaining that building, so the voters have chosen to raise taxes so that they can tear it down, and continue their incompetence. Their incompetence has been rewarded. Why anyone thinks they’ll be able to maintain the next building is beyond me.

It’s possible that the roof in the gym just recently started leaking, and they’re diligently seeking bids for its replacement, for which, they have adequate savings. But it’s also possible that it is evidence that they’re also incapable of maintaining a building built much more recently, and that they’re incapable of budgeting for large expenses, even if they are to be expected.

But why bother budgeting or properly maintaining a relatively young 40 or 50 year old building when they can use the water damage to show that taxes need to be raised? All they have to do is show people the water damage, say there are no funds for its replacement, and covetous voters will gladly spend other people’s money to fix it. That has proven to be a successful strategy for them.

Should we be embarrassed that past voters are so cheap that they’ve inadequately funded education, or that we’ve elected and hired people who are incapable at maintaining nice buildings?

Border Policy, Conversation

But You Should Be Afraid of Illegals!

One of the newer tactics of socialists clamoring for a border wall is to cite examples of people who have been harmed by illegal aliens. Of course, there are illegals who do bad things. If that’s the standard you are going to use, you must be consistent, and apply that standard consistently to all groups. Here’s an example of someone who did just that.

The previous commenter had cited 3 or 4 cases of people who had been murdered, and this was Bo’s response.

Conversation, Resistance to Tyranny is Obedience to God

Is The Supreme Court God?

I don’t want to put words in this lawyer/youtuber’s mouth, but it seems like the Supreme Court is his god. I think he’s correct when he says the Constitution gives the powers they have to the Supreme Court. But does that mean there’s no higher standard to be able to discern whether they are right or wrong on a topic?

At first, I thought this guy was just arguing based on the pragmatics of what the law is, but it seems he really is incapable of determining whether the Supreme Court is right or wrong, or at least has completely submitted to them. If that is the case, the Supreme Court is his god. He would have had no problem with owning slaves before the 13th Amendment. He apparently has no problem with abortion or gay marriage. I can only go by what he’s said, and he never responded to my last question.

I think there are many Christians who give powers that only God has to the state, and in so doing, they are guilty of idolatry.

Another interesting point he made in the original video is that it was William Rehnquist (a conservative justice) who voted in the majority to decide that DUI checkpoints don’t violate the 4th Amendment. Conservative justices have also given us Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton. I say this to point out that the strategy of conservatives in electing a Republican at all costs so that he will be able to appoint conservative justices and turn the tide in this country is nothing more than a pipe dream, and there is no reason to think that it will suddenly start working in the future.

The Constitution has failed. There are some good points to it, but it has given us what we’ve got, which is tyranny.

Here’s the conversation in the comments of his Youtube video. I will happily refrain from watching or commenting on his videos.

I don’t care to link to his video, as someone who thinks slavery, abortion and gay marriage are acceptable if the Supreme Court says so really does have zero credibility, but if you really want to see it, there’s enough information in this article to find it if you wish.

Abolish The Police

What Are The Police For?

This is a cool video talking about this guy’s complex design to punish package thieves.

In passing, he mentioned that he had video of some thieves walking around stealing people’s packages. How much stuff did they steal? No one will ever know, but they certainly could have stolen a few hundred dollars worth. But the cops said it wasn’t worth their time to pursue these people. So I guess people can steal packages with little worry about legal ramifications.

The cops have more important things to do, like catch speeders and make sure that people have the right stickers on their cars. The Denver police are making sure that vendors don’t stand in one place, and that kids’ lemonade stands are properly licensed and taxed. The police in some cities are busy making sure that food that people attempt to give to homeless is prepared in a commercial kitchen, and if not, pouring bleach on food that doesn’t qualify. Police in Tampa, FL are busy making sure that barbers are properly licensed. So I can see why they’re too busy to worry about actual crimes.

We’d be better off without police. They don’t do many useful things anyway.

This is an interesting video that has received 45.7 million views as of 12/22/18.

Abolish The Police, Power Trip

I love This Guy

I love the guy in this video. Cops should be embarrassed by their jobs.

  • They should feel ashamed that they protect themselves over the citizens and their rights.
  • They should feel ashamed that they force everyone to pay for their services whether we want to or not.
  • They should feel ashamed that they enforce ridiculous laws and try to blame politicians.
  • They should feel ashamed that they kill umpteen times more dogs than mailmen.
  • They should feel ashamed that they write traffic tickets when there is no victim, and (in Colorado at least) most traffic violations aren’t even considered crimes but “infractions”.
  • They should feel ashamed when they write a ticket for not having the right sticker on a license plate.
  • They should feel ashamed when they arrest people for marijuana.
  • Above all, they should feel ashamed that they’re so cowardly that they have done absolutely nothing to prevent the murder of 60 million unborn babies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERT_LChgIEs
Abolish The Police, Another Lying Cop

Lying Cops #1012

This incident took place in 2012. The two officers were sentenced to 5 years in prison in 2015. The victim received a $1.6 million settlement in July 2018. Here’s more info. Personally, I’m shocked the cops faced any consequences.

Notice how they were shouting, “Stop trying to grab my gun.” while his hands were up. Those cops are pure evil, but they are doing exactly what police are supposed to be doing. They are not the exception, but the rule.