Common Sense for a Tomorrow

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!                                                                                      July 31, 2015

Common Sense for a Tomorrow        

Looking back to 'teen hood', until I gained some maturity… last year, there is a definite lengthy period of stubborn antics contrary to elder advice. No matter how adamant my counselor or guide tried to hammer common sense into my head, I still ran headlong into my own self misguided establishment of stupidity.  Mind you out of the mentally tormented result, there was a lesson learned and a promise to myself to think more relatively… at least until the next headlong journey.


There is no better teacher than the experiences throughout life. How we react to pull ourselves out of events will dictate where and how our lives will be transformed.


Speaking as the self proclaimed poster child of 'doing things the hard way', I have to admit, if there was the opportunity to relive what has been, stubbornness would still be leading me to do the same mistakes again.


Now that you are thinking 'what in heck am I talking about?' NOTE: I was going to say 'hell' but Rena says I shouldn't, so taking her advice I said heck instead. I am on the road to maturity!


Anyway… having raised children, the subject of lecturing them to relay how not to make similar mistakes frequently surfaces for a duel of words and psychological torment, because they just don't seem to get the picture. Either they don't understand the dangers they taunt or they see that ‘Well, you did it when you were younger!’


Seriously though; Since having a career of responsibility, I have witnessed thousands of mistakes contrary to advice given the callow mind that the resulting damage could have been avoided. Teaching one's own children the dangers can be frustrating at times. Seeing them get hurt is catastrophic.


Just one example is, over the years I have given talks to graduating students about the dangers of drugs or alcohol and driving. I could talk myself blue to them, but the same carnage happens every year. What they do as teens will affect the rest of their lives, pro or con. Showing them what could happen seems to fall dramatically short of being absorbed as common sense.


Persistently there are sights from vehicle accidents investigated burnt into my memory. These people weren't friends, or relatives, they were people that never listened to advice to be careful.  


If you have a son or daughter… or grandchild, to get them to, through and beyond graduation, please emphasize they have a future with common sense embedded, uncompromized.

Please... CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!

Bryce A Baker
www.bryceabaker.com

Employment Insurance BS

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!                                                                  Wed,  July 1, 2015
By author Bryce A Baker

Employment Insurance BS

In all my years of working, there has only been one time, thirty years ago, that I collected EI for a few short months. A couple of years ago I started a part time security job and called EI to tell them I was not paying their tax. They adamantly said I had no choice.

Simple in terms that if I don't want it… I can't collect it, but it is just another DICTATED tax we have no choice but to pay.

That said, there is a situation with someone I know that started collecting EI and after two months was cut off without notice.

According to EI 'RULES', one has to be actively engaged in job search or they can cut one off… 'With notice and opportunity to clarify.' But the lady at EI never allowed such appeal or opportunity. She refused to accept any response.

To make a three month nightmare short. Even though all reports were completed, she was still refused EI. They said she should have a car to look for work and made idiotic rules to follow. The lady at EI needs a serious humanity wakeup call and needs to be fired.

Numerous requests to speak to superiors were refused but a Client Services call resulted in another ignorant unjustified result.

Even with all papers in order the BIT***S at EI were cold, and lied about the claimant's reports.

The claimant contacted the MP's office for help {Member of Parliament} Collin Mayes in Vernon regarding her complaint. The interceptor secretary looked into the matter and called back. She repeated three times that all was in order and HUNG UP.

There is much more to this nightmare but that is the brief account.

I called Ottawa on Monday of this week to Collin Mayes office and spoke with Joel and was told, the case would be looked into.

So all considered, the claimant has stretched her search for help to the ends of the earth and all she got was BS.

IF we HAVE to pay EI and are unable to legally collect when requested… we are in a crucible of organized criminal governmental dictatorship.

If anyone has had an illegal withdrawal of an EI claim, please contact me. This is a crime to all taxpaying citizens in Canada.

bryceabaker1@gmail.com or just reply to this newsletter.

Since July 1st is Canada Day, I struggle to feel any love for our leadership no matter what party is allegedly governing us in our 'Democratic Country.' We are living in the best country in the world with bureaucratic liars managing our lives.

I anticipate heat from said persons and will make sure all recorded conversations are being made public.

I truly wish I felt support to celebrate our Canada Day, but when we are buried in corruption of honor, I can only feel disgust. Very sad.

Please... CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!

Bryce A Baker

www.bryceabaker.com

Again

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!                                 June 19, 2015

By author Bryce A Baker

Again

  It isn't the gun laws in the States; IT IS THE CRAZIES THAT OBTAIN THEM. To commit a gun crime, one can easily purchase an illegal firearm without abiding by the law. It wasn't the gun that committed the crime; It isn't the car; it isn't the knife; it is the person.

  Law enforcement agencies actively pursue gun runners, but as a country, people are blind to the real cause of incidents. Guns are a substantial part of drug activity, prostitution and organized crime. Why doesn't the public hammer these animals rather than citizens who have proper sane use of firearms? 

  The President needs to adjust his understanding of what is going on. Other countries that have strict gun laws are overrun by organized crime. Cartels' in Mexico, Columbia, China, Russia, Africa… have a brutally substantial death rate because of legal restrictions for law abiding citizens. Organized crime murder hundreds every day, but who in the critic world is concerned about restricting their use of illegal weapons or abating their behavior.

  The murder of nine innocent people in the church had a number of contributing factors. He had drug influenced behavior, mental issues and extreme prejudice. Obtaining a weapon of choice for this creature had no legal restraint for him. Would the anti-gun crowd be throwing a tantrum if he had used dynamite to commit the crime? No, they wouldn't. They feed off of the wrong cause. Nine innocent people died needlessly because society, as a whole, are hiding in the shadows and expecting paper rules will protect them. We as a people need to fight against the rules that are not giving the population the responsibility to recognize murders like this one amongst us. The human rights people need to fight for you and I and not the criminal.

  I am not in defense of someone that uses a firearm in the commission of a murder or crime; I am sick that these crimes happen by violent, mentally ill individuals that are unrecognized for their volatile character. The focus is on a tool and not the user.

  Do I have an answer to stop this carnage? Yes, and no. We will never, or have ever, seen a world free from violent crime. Jack the Ripper used a scalpel to butcher innocent woman; was there groups trying to outlaw surgical tools? As a former bodyguard, I recognized threat before it escalated. We need to recognize people with indications of violent behavior and act on it.

  Any death by the hand of a killer is an atrocity to society as a whole no matter what weapon used.

  There are nine grieving families because we are chasing the wrong element.

Please... CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!

Bryce A Baker

www.bryceabaker.com

Guest Columnist 'Longhorn'

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!                                June 5, 2015

Guest Columnist 'Longhorn'                                        

Longhorn is a US Marshal posted in Houston, Texas. Born 1835 and shot in the back in 1882 by a coward. Longhorn is a character in my book 'Knight Horse'. Longhorn volunteered to comment on modern day law enforcement after reading my 'Correct Me If I'm Wrong!'…

"Had a big city journalist corral my partner and I, hundred thirty or so years ago, and crossed my mind that he danced around us like a coyute with cactus stuck in his butt. Never thought one day my words would be put in this new fangled writin' machine. After readin' some of the stories Mr. Baker fetched to share, I suggested to give him… that feedback thing. Fortunately, there isn't a cactus bush for miles.

As you can imagine, when we hunted the bad guys back then, we didn't worry much 'bout movin' pictures or 'excessive force'. If a cowboy needed apprehension for detention, attitude was adjusted accordingly. If his dead iron was drawn on me, my shot grouping mid mass was a matter of survival and not a matter of liability. It is shabby justice when the bad guy sues for rights when their victims get life terms or the death sentence.

The fastest pursuit I ever had almost blew my hat off. Mr. Baker said that a radio signal travels faster than the pursued. To me a 45 bullet may not be like lightning but shortens the ride. Besides, I couldn't carry a telegraph wire with me everywhere.  

There is a speech they have to give now called the ‘Miranda Rights’. Never met Miranda, but she sure slows the process.

I spent a lot of time on the dusty trail, so a passel of paperwork would interrupt my saloon time, and doesn't do much for lassoing the criminals. If they rustled a horse, then how does writin’ a story about it make it justice?

In my time, horse theft met with the hangman, not a spot on some television show. Never met a rustler smiling as he was headin' for the noose.

There is one thing that hasn't changed over the century. I had a partner by the name of the 'Widow Maker'. He took a bullet to save my life.

I do like these bulletproof vests. Would have saved a lot of 'Badges' in my day.

If any low down scoundrel laid a hand on a lady, we took him behind the barn and gave him lesson. Can't even breathe on any sidewinder like that now without makin' sure all the spellin's right.

There is a group of people that don't cotton to the death sentence for severe crimes against society. Well… guess they never have seen what these vermin have done and will continue unless they are stopped. Take some trail dirt in the face and don't wash it out from your eyes… maybe being really blind will open your eyes.

Just glad I tracked when we had the right to protect ourselves; wouldn't want to fight the 'Animal Rights' groups today. Yes, I'm referring to the criminal sympathizers.

Now I shall return to a time when men were men and bullets were cheaper.

Our methods may have been crude back in the day, but one thing is always the same; violent crime has no conscience or rules to abide by. I was shot dead by a varmit that wouldn't care about rights or being pampered in court.

I may not be perfect, but I am a lawman, and my job is to keep people from harm. So if you reckon my justice is too harsh… you had better hide." 

                                                                        Longhorn

Please… CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!

Bryce A baker

www.bryceabaker.com

The World is Missing the Point

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!               May 22, 2015

By author                                                     Bryce A Baker 

The World is Missing the Point 

Each day we experience a multitude of wildlife out back of our place; geese and their goslings, otters, pheasants, eagles, and on... it never gets uninspiring. No matter how bad a day, nature has a way of balancing one's mind back to the way all should be.

Sitting having my morning coffee and being given the privilege of watching these spectacles, brings back a quote from my childhood. A Native Elder told me to “watch the animals and learn.”

Four weeks ago, two Canada geese had five baby chicks emerge to this new world. Each day since, Rena and I have been watching these babies grow. The parents keep their young close for protection, providing a formidable wall for them against any threat that may come close.

Witnessing wildlife so often, has never lost my sense of awe. Each visual experience encapsulates a full understanding of what the Elder was trying to make me understand.

When I look at nature I see a weather channel, for they know what is coming. I see if there is threat, for they are wary. I know where there is water, for they lead me to it. They give me peace, for they are my prescription.   

Please... CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!

Bryce A Baker                                                    www.bryceabaker.com

Tampon or to Not Tampon

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG!                                     May 8, 2015

By author Bryce A Baker 

Tampon or to Not Tampon

 

Tampon or to not tampon, that is the question.

Now, don't get me wrong, I am all for women's rights, but in the Canadian news today is a target for my criticism.

The NDP leader has a push to have the GST tax removed from female hygiene products, like tampons…

Let me get myself together for a minute…

She feels it is unfair to women to be taxed for such.

Instead of targeting taxes that keep food out of the mouths of children or taxes that cripple seniors, or seriously hurt families that are struggling, she is fighting a segregated cause for women.

If this is any sample of her political agenda, then we seriously need a wake-up call for political malpractice.

It is understood that there will be other subjects for her to pursue to gather votes, but COME ON.

Since we are on the subject of government stupidity, there is another serious concern I have.

Tampon tax is a brutal attack on us, but…

As usual, a topic of concern blasted me in the eyes from a newspaper article. Our illustrious government is cutting resources and staff with the Conservation Officers in our province. Like all other essential services, they are taking a beating.

If the Conservation Services continue in its bureaucratic demise, there will be open season on every wild animal in our province, with no consequence. 

Now, considering the brutal abuse of government spending for political wealth and mishandling, we are faced with irreparable damage. What is more important; million dollar severance packages or our wild animals and environment?

Coming from a law enforcement background, I compare it to public safety. If there were no police to protect, our lives would be destroyed from the criminal element. If there is no conservation, there is no environment, and our wildlife is unfair game for poachers.

In conclusion; A Politician is fighting against a tax of minor consequence compared to the REAL concerns that should be in the forefront. The other item is that she is igniting a political platform based on gender. There are a lot of women that have struggled against this prejudice to gain ground for equality.

I do understand that these items of female necessity are expensive, but we have to realize more critical taxes that need rethinking first.

Open now, is the expensive taxed necessities for senior's hygiene products, kid's diapers, and so on.

I guess it now 'depends' on if she gets elected.    
Please... CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG!
Bryce A Baker
www.bryceabaker.com

 

Loving it! Serving at McD's on McHappy Day...

Come on out to your local McDonald's for

McHappy Day on May 6, 2015 & support the kids,

locally & around the world. 

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