Saturday, November 12, 2011

Littlestuff Weekender-11-12-2011


It appears that Ohio will be sharing the spotlight with Wisconsin as battleground states in the effort by citizens to regain control over their governments and their lives. Just two days following the 2011 elections which featured the sound defeat of Issue 2, the reformation of public sector workers rules, and the overwhelming victory for Issue 3, the rejection of ObamaCare, the language for a proposed “Workplace Freedom Amendment” was submitted along with a number of petitions to Attorney General Mike DeWine. The nascent state constitutional amendment is, in essence, a right to work provision to make Ohio more competitive and attractive for employers. Chris Redfern, Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party, immediately vowed to fight the newer initiative as vociferously as the party and its union allies did Issue 2. Here you go Buckeye State residents the line is in the sand. Let the sides be chosen and the battle commence. Get moving, get active, get jobs for Ohio… go to www.ohioconstitution.org and read the clear cut language for providing choice for Ohio’s workers and prosperity for our citizens.

Some political operatives and Tea Party leaders are concerned that an all-out effort for right-to-work could further activate unions and distract from the primary task of electing constitutional candidates next year. Others submit that forcing the unions to spend $40 million in Ohio to fight right-to-work could drain resources and focus from them. It’s a toss-up, and the “Workplace Freedom Amendment” language still has to be approved by the Attorney General followed by the collecting of more than 386,000 valid signatures from Ohio voters. As we move further into 2012, perhaps the timing issues will become clearer.

Most of us…deep within …know right from wrong. Those of us who practice an active faith are guided by the precepts and principles of that system of belief when we encounter behaviors or ideas that are clearly outside the boundaries of acceptance. The believer rejects wrong. The courageous believer fights wrong and calls it out when she/he sees it. The tragedy at Penn State is illustrative of what our nation has become today. Many people including those in positions of authority knew that there was a stench of decay in Happy Valley. Yet, they chose to remain silent or actively participate in hiding the awful truth of the loathsome behavior. In many respects the silence is worse than the original debauchery because clearly those who knew about it should have known that it was despicable. Whether they were protecting a university, a football program, a coach’s reputation or an individual doesn’t matter. They observed wrongdoing and remained silent. God has already judged Jerry Sandusky for his exploitation and sin, and He must be dismayed by the spineless display from others who knew.

Our idyllic life here at the Little Pat-Ch of Paradise has been somewhat representative of life in general for the past few weeks. Some people very dear to us are sick….perhaps mortally so. Our water pump from the well stopped last Friday night. Fortunately it needed a new sensor…otherwise we would have needed to pull the jet up from its 100 foot spot in the well casing. A vehicle of unknown origin severed our high-speed internet/cable line at the entry point from the highway onto our property so we were somewhat hamstrung in our abilities to contact and communicate with the outside world. One of our trucks needs a transmission. We must carry on. Fix what we can and pray about everything else. As that little redhead sings….”the sun will come up tomorrow.”

Kudos to John McAvoy and his legions of committed volunteers for their successful petitioning and victorious Election Day outcome for their citizen-generated, citizen-promoted Ohio constitutional Amendment effort on State Issue 3. Y’all done good.   

Our radio schedule this week has been expanded. We will be in our usual Tuesday and Wednesday 1-hour slots plus I’ll be sitting in for Brian Wilson from 3-6pm Friday. More opportunities to “stir the pot,” “shake the bush,’ and “rattle their chains.”

Tue. & Wed., 6-7:00pm, 1370 WSPD, Toledo www.wspd.com
Friday—3-6:00pm, 1370 WSPD

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