I have made some movement into my investigation into convenient stores and why they have two distinctive cash registers in their stores.  I have wondered what the scam was and why they ask "credit or debit" and then choose the register.  Today I frequented a store and the attendant gave me a little insight.  They were busy and she asked me "credit or debit", I said debit and she sighed and ran it on the machine that is typically just for credit.  A long line on both registers remind you.  I said "I didn't know that this register would run debit".  She said that it will and that the reason is the owner tells them to only use the other register if at all possible for debit.  She went on to say that the company that provided the fuel, Shamrock, Exxon, Texaco etc. looks at all transactions that go through that terminal that is typically used for credit.  I assume they take a piece of the pie.  So ladies and gentlemen that is possibly one reason why convenient stores have two registers for different payment methods.

I was guessing taxes or something.

I have known for some time that something fishy was going on, so once I know which register is which I always try to use debit on the "credit" register.  I like to see them act like the machine is down, or say it isn't working on that machine.  I now call their B.S.

What a way to live, lie everyday to hundreds of people, and make your place of business smell like a nursing home.

Twice in the past two days I have heard democrat friends say that they support drug testing for welfare.  That brings up a couple of questions, 1.  Why has it taken so long to implement, 2.  Is anyone against this?

Seems like we really should cling to the things we agree on.  Hey we agree on SOMETHING!

I don't have the same feelings to people who dodge taxes than I used to.

Comparing Gays to Civil rights is absolutely ridiculous.  It just reinforces my theory that Libs need a wounded group of people to install fear and sympathy.  Replenishing their voting ranks.

Having said that It isn't very Christian to deny services to the gay.  Christians do not deny service to prostitutes, drug addicts, and thieves.  In the eyes of God a sin is a sin.  We are the ones that list and rate sin.

God did not intend for "sin is a sin in the eyes of God" to diminish the (little sins) but to express that telling a little white lie is as bad in his eyes as murder.

The progressives in our government want stricter gun laws, why?  They are attempting to sell this by saying it will save lives.  That is an argument itself, but I will let the NRA refute that with their statistics.  To clarify, I am writing this with the opinion that stricter gun laws will not save lives. 

Since when do progressives want to save lives?  Progressives want abortions at any stage of development and in some cases after birth and not only in cases of blotched abortions.  They cite many reasons for this but it boils down that if a child is undesirable then they would like to opportunity to kill the child.  Examples would be birth defects, mental retardation.  Sound familiar?

Progressives also promote euthanasia.  If someone wants to die they feel that in the best interest of the collective to allow this.  If someone is old and a burden to society they would like them to be put down.  Currently only the fringe progressives are vocal about this but you will begin seeing a larger number of them that support this.  Tie this in with universal healthcare and the cost of caring for the elderly or the mentally challenged and the totals justify controlled death.  In their opinion.

Life is not important to progressives, they hate the idea that God gives us life and it is up to God to take it.  They hate the idea that people believe in Jesus Christ.  They hate the idea of the traditional family.  The traditional family is actually opposite of what progressives see as the future of our country.  Collective transformation is what they seek, kids being raised by the government, indoctrinated by the government and excluding the parents influence in the education of our future.

So I am to understand that progressives want to restrict gun ownership with the idea that it will save lives?  They are not in the business of saving live it is actually quite the opposite.

Progressive initiatives like Agenda 21 accounts for acceptable losses after the implementation of the sustainable development programs.  Some estimate that number could be 500,000,000.  They cite that the number of humans on the earth right now will eventually kill the earth.  It might, but humans are more important that the earth.  In my opinion.

So, since when do progressives want to save lives?  I recently read a good article talking about the people committing these horrific crimes, which has brought this issue to the forefront.  Columbine, Sandy Hook, Aurora Colorado Theater just to name a few.  These murders are NOT your NRA members , they are not your average hunters, they are not your average gun nut, nor your average redneck. 

They are as follows.

Ft Hood: Registered Democrat/Muslim.
Columbine: Too young to vote; both families were registered Democrats and progressive liberals.
Virginia Tech: Wrote hate mail to President Bush and to his staff.
Colorado Theater: Registered Democrat; staff worker on the Obama campaign; Occupy Wall Street participant; progressive liberal.
Connecticut School Shooter: Registered Democrat; hated Christians.

Common thread is that all of these shooters were progressive liberal Democrats.

Found at clashdaily.com from Roger Hedgecock .  http://www.rogerhedgecock.com/

So in short their own people are committing these horrible actions of protest/political statements/I don’t even know how to describe this.  They are using their own people to kill innocent lives in an effort to disarm the population.  Disarming the population is their goal, not saving lives.  

  

The next question is why do they want to disarm the population?

I want my 12 year old boy to fail. I want him to loose and I want him to learn from those experiences. I want him to know it sucks to loose, and most importantly I want him to learn that he can fight that and work hard to prevent it. I also want him to win after he has earned it. Winning and not earning it will lead him to the Democrats. They love giving stuff to people that have not earned it. I want him to win and loose with dignity. After he learns that I want him to be able to equate that with life. I never want him to cheat, lie or take shortcuts.

I see parents doing so much for their kids, carrying their sports bags, backpacks, everything but playing the sport for them. What does that do for the child? Life is still present even after a loss or a win. I see parents carrying the kids bags after a loss like they are fragile little dolls that can't muster the energy to carry a 15lb bag because they are SO upset after a loss. Boo Hoo, you lost, move on and get over it. I bet that kid has the energy to play video games when he gets home. Kids need to know that no matter what there will be chores, rules and stuff that has to be done even after a bad game or bad day. That's life. I want the boy to know that sports are important for building character but they are just a game. Life is real and in life no one is going to carry your bag after a bad day.

I am always trying to find the happy median of giving him sports instruction. I want to teach him and I want him to learn, but I also want him to learn things on his own. I want him to be independent and be a problem solver in all walks of life. He will not learn that if I am always right there to assist him. But I will be there for him. We each learn different, I can tell him how I did it but it will not be the same for him. I try to give him the basics and let him figure out the rest. I then try to impress on him the importance of repetition. I try to keep an eye on him and make sure he isn't learning wrong. It is hard not to stand there and give every sports pointer known to man but him learning on his own is hours of practice he is getting. Plus I have learned if I am there working with him practice will not be nearly as long as when he is by himself. We all have different paces. I am learning more than he is.

People who want bigger government suck! They apparently do nothing in life but bitch and complain. Bureaucracy is killing this country. Any active business person, business owner or active employee knows this. So apparently the people that want more government don't do JACK. Otherwise they would see the BS that I and many others have to deal with.

I love the show HOMELAND. It being a cable show there are few episodes a season and I seem to be always wanting more. A good sign of a tv show. Another show The Americans is a close second. I fills the void when Homeland is not on. I highly recommend watching both.

Also:

House of cards, American or British versions.

And of course The Walking Dead. Pure greatness, probably my favorite.

Wife likes Downton Abbey. Not bad, not bad at all.

Also Justified

I love Jesus, my wife and family, Texas, and beer.

Seeing a lot of convenient stores with huge displays and even retail spaces filled with vape material.  Market must be huge.  Reminds me of mini head shops.

Teenage daughter wants to go to a Sci Fi convention.  Wants me to taker her.  I will watch sci fi all day long, in fact it is probably my favorite move and book genre.  On the DL of course.  Going to a sci fi event somehow pushes one over the edge of nerddome.  I am going to go, just gonna keep it quiet.  Here is the celebrity lineup.  Grown adults dressing like cartoons is a little off.

On this topic, the teenager is really into Japan cartoons which she adamantly calls Anime.  Let me tell you this is a weird world.  These kids are eating up these horrible cartoons.  Compulsively watching 24/7 if allowed.  I hate it.  I think it is stupid.  We have not forbidden it but we certainly limit the viewing.  We have to keep a close eye on the subject matter as well.  Not only are some of these really dark but the porn industry has moved in.  Rated R at the very least.  Wolf in Sheep's clothing.  There really is a force moving to influence our children and not for the best.  We have stumbled on a lot of disturbing material.  Mostly from deviant ART.  If you like crappy tasteless art this is the place for you.  They take the same style of anime and create porn situations and really graphic sex scenes.

Teenager is aware of this sites and genres and has stumbled across them.  She says she knows how to stay away from them and I believe that she does.  Just doesn't set well with me that the two can be associated in any way.  I hope she grows out of this FAST.

All that led us to a group called Bronies.  This is a group of mostly men from 18 to 35 that like my little pony.   Yes the cartoon from way back, it has made a resurgence recently and the kids love it. These bronies claim to be a fan of the show and troll chat rooms and conventions.  I will say that if you are a man 18-35 and you consider yourself a Bronie you are a pedophile.  You have no business in chat rooms talking to 11-12 year old girls about a freaking cartoon.  DIE looser.

Above is a typical bronie.  Want that chatting with you daughter?

When I first heard about bronies I be like WTF, today I am like WTF.

My apologies to any merchants that are trying to capitalize on this to make a buck.  But you can DIE too for perpetuating this crap.

Other Examples;

I am sure there are some bronies that a legit and do not have ill intentions toward children, but it is just weird and concerning.

I like being a dad to a newborn.

Last week coming home from the babys first dr appointment we were following a small truck that had the entire bed full of groceries.  The wife commented who needs that many eggs?  I told her that I think that is a convienient store owner that has purchased items from Sams/Costco and selling in their store.  Sure enough we followed that truck right to the convient store that has been mentioned here before.  That day was one of those unseasonably hot days, temp at the time was 75 and the closest big box store is 45 minutes away.  This guy had eggs and milk and lunch meat from what I could tell.  Is it still illegal to do that?  I remember seeing "not for individual sale" on items in the past.  Might be hard to do with Eggs.

Needless to say do not shop at the shell station east of Lavon on 78.

Intentionally avoided the SOTU address last night.  Now trying to dodge all the comments and commentary.  I am very opinionated, and hearing everyones opinion is something I could care less about.

For years as a conservative I felt like the media, pop culture and some of the 24 hour news stations opinion segmants had a very vile attitude toward conservatives.  I remember thinking the right needs someone that is just as vile and put it right back on them.  Well now we have Dennis Miller, Ann Coulter, and a slew of people lashing right back at the left.  The left seems to hate it.  They don't seem to realize that we learned if from them.  Reminds me of the 80's anti drug commercial.  HERE.

I would have rather had Hillary Clinton as president thank Obama.  Now that she is gearing up for her presidential campaign, I am scared.

Liberal friends are already showing support for her.

Conservative friends are blasting Liberal friends with "WHAT DOES IT MATTER, #BENGHAZI"

I like it.

Benghazi needs more explanization.  It will eventually hurt Hillary.

Republicans still do not have a strong canidate.

Why do the highly educated love socialism?

My first college political science teacher said about communism "it works on paper"  That is about all I took from that class.  I didn't really care about politics back then.  I cared about BEER.

I miss my college friends.  Probably the hardest part of growning up.  I'm busy they are busy, yada yada yada.

One of the reasons I avoid political issue is because I worry.  Doom and gloom bums me out.  I have to remind myself that we are here only for a short time and eternity awaits.  Prayer helps.  And not just to chill out.

I am uncomfortable with the term "awareness" as in breast cancer awareness, autism awareness, what ever awareness.  It makes me think the fundraisers are keeping the money.  I know they probably aren't and I know that there are guidelines that they have to follow, but I really don't want to donate to cancer awareness, why wouldn't they say breast cancer cure?  I would donate to that.  Is there a difference?  

Baby girl arrived, she is not potty trained.  But she is awesome and perfect.

What an experience.

The hospital smelled like an old folks home, I will not be back.

I have the ability to be completely un biased, and I have to tell you looking at our newborn baby I have to say that she is the most beautiful baby ever.  Remember that I am totaly un biased.  She is just awesome.

Why would anyone want more government?  Am I a fossil?  I hate the idea of people allowing themselves to be ruled.  And that is exactly what more government means, how could any other result come from more government?

We can say that we are "ruled" every day.  But we are ruled at a comfortable rate, that rate is now no longer comfortable in my opinion.  Those that want more laws, government programs, bureaucracy need to know that they will not be in charge.  Then they can desire big government.

Banning large cokes is just an example of how ridiculous this country is becoming.  People are going to be fat if they can, banning the cokes isn't going to make people healthier.  Kook aide will still be around and people will still be pouring 3 times the amount of sugar into that tasty drink.  Ban Sugar?

I am an old school conservative, but I can honestly say that I care less about weed.

Interesting question I heard on the radio today.  "Is weed more dangerous than football?"  My initial answer to that is no.  Not factoring in if it is a gateway drug.  To that I have no idea.

It seems that progressives want to tear down old school family units.  That is not an original thought, just a thought that I think about often.  Traditional family units produce more stable happy children that grow up to produce the same.  Why would we want to change that?  If there was a new way to do that is better I would listen, but I have not seen any evidence that supports that.

Democrats and Progressives have their stuff together.  They are all on the same page it seems.  Tear down the religious, the right wing conservatives, and the salt of the earth hard worker.  Don't get me wrong I hate the progressive movement.  But while republicans are bickering among themselves they are getting a state senator with very little experience elected to the white house.

I become more libertarian every day.

I remember going to the store to buy my first hunting license, my dad said to get the duck and goose stamps.  I said are we hunting them?  He said no, but buying them does a lot for conservation.  Looking back I never would have thought my dad even knew the word conservation.  And that was way before it became cool.