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
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Politically Incorrect

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!                                 April 24, 2015

Politically Incorrect

By author Bryce A Baker 

This last week I happened across an article on the web about a grade eight girl that raised a controversy with her class group photo. On her black T-shirt boldly expressed 'Feminist' in bright paint.

In law enforcement there is a classification called 'Appropriate Use'. Self explanatory; One does not carry a hunting knife into a Walmart, or wear a bikini to the mall… okay, maybe I could cut slack on the bikini....

In our democratic society, citizens have the right to express themselves in whatever way appropriate to the situation or locale. They have the right to verbally speak or write their views on their beliefs. Or so I'm told. BUT in comes a rule that I personally feel is APPROPRIATE.

Understandably, some misguided souls feel their expression of opinion is their God given right, no matter when or where or how.

For me to run naked through downtown scaring the locals, just because 'I' have the right, just isn't appropriate. It would give me my fifteen minutes of fame and a room for the night, but common sense says no, and so does my wife.  

Personally, woman's rights have a definite place, as long as it follows the guidelines of our 'Man's' domain… just kidding. That isn't appropriate.

Setting aside what personal message this young girl felt necessary to have posted into posterity with the class photo, she was stepping out of consideration for others. Her expression was inappropriate at that time.

Where is the line drawn? Shall class photos be a medium for political or moral rights? Shall students have profanity, or political statement shadowing what is simply a photo for students to reflect back on in the future?

Off subject slightly, but pertinent: There is an 18 year old of middle eastern decent in Washington state that strapped a fake suicide bomber belt of explosives around his waist to ask a girl to the prom. He thought it would be funny. Considering the thousands that have died from real suicide bombers and school shootings, this idiot should be given a tour of a war zone to see how funny it is.

Reading the feedback to these stories, mostly showed a common sense understanding of these actions, but then there are the people that feel these individuals had the RIGHT to say whatever at any cost. Let someone do something inappropriate to them, and see how loud they scream "INAPPROPRIATE!"

There is a garment out for men called a 'Mankini'. The pictures of said garment show that it is not appropriate for any sane man to wear in private let alone on a beach. Pert near upchucked my cookies.

Now, I am aware that what I have said is politically incorrect, but it IS appropriate.

Please... CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!

Bryce A Baker

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Terrorist

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!                                 April 10, 2015

By author
Bryce A Baker

Terrorist

We are in the midst of World War III whether the population will admit it or not.

Throughout human history, our persistent gravitational pull has been to destroy each other; mostly to dominate other cultures or populations.

Let's start relatively recent, the War of Independence between England and the New Colonies, now known as the United States. During that war, Colonists fought for freedom. Their reason is not the issue, but how they fought is. They were charged with treason against England. There were morally questionable acts of violence on both sides, but in this war, these acts were understood. Both sides were discernible in battle by uniform or flag.

In the first and second world wars, again the ranks of the enemy were identified with exception to the spies or the underground allied resistance.

Korea, again, is similar. But in Vietnam, war took on a hidden genre; that of the dark side, contrary to the Geneva Convention. These fighters of the jungle waged war without uniform and hid in tunnels under the ground and booby trapped with brutal inhumane death weapons.

In my opinion, these wars were a horrid waste of lives because of an unwarranted force of threat against us, yet our people were called to defend freedom. 

With this; in recent decades a new killer has slid out from under the rocks. They are void of conscience and an unidentifiable uniform. They strike and crawl back into their evil hole. A warrior doesn't use pregnant women or children strapped to bombs, to walk into a public place and kill innocent people.

If a war is to be fought, then let the soldiers do battle and keep the innocent out of it.

There are endless arguments about how the World Wars took innocent lives on both sides, but this is a different battle field that encompasses malls, public buildings where children are. If the enemy has a beef with another government, I fail to see how these cowards can be fighting for a just cause, under a manipulated religion as a reason for carnage. They are straight from the bowels of Hell, with Satan as their general.

These creatures are not soldiers when they cowl behind anonymity. There is no honor in killing women and children. There is no honor in their use, of a misused religion. They are simply psychotic, random killers with no purposeful outcome. They are not human. For them, to commit a suicide bombing so they can go to their heaven so they can have a multitude of virgins, is a sick depiction of evil. Taking babies from their bassinets and throwing them to the floor of the hospital maternity ward, expresses their true being. Cutting the heads off of kidnapped victims escapes any rational.

This World War is altering our right to freedom in a way never experienced in history.

What befuddles me is that our population demonstrates against racial prejudices, but turn a blind eye and don’t demonstrate against killers of innocent men, women and children by a hideous regime of murderers; the ultimate in racial and religious injustice. A peaceful demonstration would show support to our men and woman that are fighting, and dying, against this hidden enemy. It would show we are not going to succumb to their terrorism.

This doesn't mean we target people unrelated amongst us with a religion the terrorists are using as their misaligned ideology.

These are 'terror'ists, not soldiers fighting a war with innocent causalities.
    
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Bryce A Bakerwww.bryceabaker.com

Callow Pride

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!                                 March 27, 2015
                                                           Callow Pride

By author Bryce A Baker

Over the years, chasing bad guys as well as post retirement security work, the main element involved in confrontation is the overabundance of misdirected pride.

Pride in one’s work, hobby, or family in reasonable terms is healthy, but in a state of anger or envy, is a mental nuclear explosive that levels a wide circumference of collateral carnage. ‘Try saying that in one breath!’ 

Several years ago, while working security in the emergency department at the hospital, I got a dispatch about a belligerent man creating havoc in the waiting room. He was loud and swearing when I got there. He made several comments that he was an iron worker and I was just an ‘old guy’ and could take me. It came time to provide him an escort outside to leave, at which time his pride overrode common sense and raised a fist to me to strike. Now, as he was apologizing profusely from his face down, locked position on the ground… this old man let him sit quietly on the curb to await the summoned police. His subdued pride and tone reflected his awareness that pride does not beat experience and patience. It was agreed that he would go cool down and come back later in a proper mindset. Later that morning he did return to apologize for his behavior.

As an instructor, I emphasized the only way to defuse is to keep pride vacant and use common sense as a weapon. Mind you, dealing with some required much, much more common sense.

If you look at anything in the human disorder, misdirected pride is the culprit for the decline of intelligent resolution. For example; gangs, 1 percenters (outlaw bikers), relationships, work, sports… everything!

Don’t get me wrong… I have personally breached stupidity on many thousands of occasions, but do recognize we are all guilty at some point or another.

One thing I did learn as a detective and body guard; one’s mouth needs to work in close proximity with the brain to refrain from pouring more fuel on the fire.

Just this week I have personally bit my tongue and swallowed my pride and as a result, my wife saved the energy of bailing me out of jail. Now, I may be looked at in this situation as weak and at a loss, but I was not the one that stood as an idiot aggressor. If the eyes could see and the mouth would speak in silence there would be no loser in the battle of pride. 
    
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Bryce A Baker
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I Rest My Case

CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!                                                      March 13, 2015

 By author Bryce A Baker

 

                                                 I Rest My Case

 

We are buried in a wayward society that only partially understands and appreciates what has been given them. Each time I write this article, it reflects what I perceive in my world and the elements around it. For some, it is easy to get lost in the bustle of going nowhere. There are so many negatives in life that the great things sometimes get shadowed or overlooked.

 

My schedule is such that it is rare that my day doesn't include many hours of multitasking between the different projects that are on the go. When I do take a day off, Rena pert near has to duct tape me to my lounge chair to keep me from 'tinkering' in the shop. I guess that is part and parcel of having ADHD.

 

So what does all this have to do with the scurry of thoughts through the space between my ears? Well... as I look back over the years, there have been irretrievable moments that are deeply missed. But as I sit contemplating my next book, many scenarios about the 'what ifs' gives me volumes of manipulative data to build on.

 

It is said that many people think outside the box, which confuses me. What box? As a writer, drifting into another world gives me an appreciation of all that has been in my real world. Including the bad from which there has been lesson. It would be much appreciated though, that the 'lessons' be reduced now.

 

If I arrange a sentence in a certain way it can be interpreted in many ways and sometimes not as intended. In life, I may do something and be interpreted pro or con. So, in our world, the negative may just be a misinterpretation. Now, being married four times and divorced three, I can honestly say without a doubt my theory is based on that nasty word.

 

In the heat of an argument, rational thinking takes flight and swords are crossed in haste. Confused pride takes over and the result is my sore back from sleeping on the couch. Most marital arguments need both parties to be stupid at the same time, so a day or two of cool down is a practical solution to allow our brains to regroup. With Rena and I, we are blessed with a great loving relationship that have arguments that last only seconds. Our ADD and ADHD provides us with a buffer. We either forget what we are arguing about or we lose interest.

 

One of the largest negatives is when a son or daughter has been misled by manipulation of accusations. There is no winner or boost able success. Over and over the friction caused to the child is a selfish tool by the responsible parent. In a divorce where children are involved, a parental battle only hurts the child. There is no prize for being an idiot.

 

So what is my point? If we speak, think first. If we act, use discretion. If we make a mistake, admit it… then RUN really fast!

 

In all seriousness, why don't we just shut up and use sign language.       

 

Please... CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG!

 

Bryce A Baker

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