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          Once every eight years, at the very least, we find ourselves politically being confused because I must think about voting for the one person to become our leader. 

          Sometimes it is only once in four years if we are satisfied with the performance of our present President.    This time around it is not the case.   Too many of us believe that Barrack Hussein Obama has been a dismal failure as a President!

          He was totally unprepared because of total inexperience, and he wanted to turn our Country into Socialism, and we say No. 

          I could not have voted for him anyhow because he told Plumber Joe that as President he planned to spread the wealth and within 24 hours punished Plumber Joe by scrutinizing his background pubically for being arrogant enough to ask candidate Obama a difficult question. 

          Also, there is one special aspect of the voting process that I believe is very disturbing – and that is the money to run for President.   

          There are a number of candidates running for President.   And, most probably would handle the job much better than Obama has.   But, because of our process of voting, probably none of them will win.  It is probably the candidate with the most money who will.   And, that is unfair! 

          And, it probably could be Obama again because he is raising a great deal of money.

          That is why I believe we fail as a true democracy! 

          The richest should not become President.  The most confident should win.  Each candidate should spend the same amount of money given to them by our government, and then will the really best candidate win and become President honestly. 

          But, that will never happen.   And, the really best person for the job will never be elected.  

          About this other issue – I believe that We the People should at once demand our Congress to create a law stating that the U.S. government will never again subsidize privately owned businesses.  That was an outrage. 

          This action, if it ever were to happen again, must have the approval of every citizen because every one of us own the government money! 

          So, private people and businesses must use their own private money and not mine and not yours.

For KSCO, this is Kay Zwerling.

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          This commentary is in my book.  I wrote it almost seven years ago, and I believe nothing much has changed regarding this very important issue.

On April 6, 2005, I felt a sense of revulsion at the extent to which our Country and Canada and now all of Europe have been poisoned by the intrusion of political-correctness. 

That day the front page headline in the Sentinel was “Student Protest Disrupts Job Fair.”   Two hundred UCSC student protestors loudly demanded that the military recruiters lawfully participating in the Job Fair on campus be forced to leave.   University administrators actually validated the undemocratic student protest and forced the military recruiters to leave.  What should have happened at the very least is that the protestors should have been forced to leave; and at best all of them should have been expelled.   The loudmouth pipsqueak inmates are being encouraged to run the asylum, which We the People pay for.  

In Sunday, May 15 Sentinel, still 2005, we learned that our own twice-time Mayor, Mike Rotkin, longtime UCSC instructor, and much too longtime Santa Cruz political activist, publically complimented the student protestors for evicting the military recruiters.  

Is it any wonder that new businesses will no longer dream of locating in Santa Cruz?   And, is it any wonder that we are in a constant budget deficit, and our roads are full of potholes because of Mike Rotkin and his ilk running the show for so long?    

May 21, 2005, our City will have the first armed services parade initiated by parents of Vietnam veterans and all other veterans.   Michael Rotkin, the Mayor, has agreed to attend.   Mayor, if you have integrity, you cannot have it both ways.   

Back to the student protestors.  You should know that their behavior against military recruiters is being condoned and encouraged in all of the UC campuses where 85% of the professors are liberal and only 15% are conservatives.   And now, in 2011, that imbalance is still the case. 

This is a fact.  University instructor recruiting is in the hands of the Left.   Political indoctrination has no place in institutions of higher learning where all sides of issues should be permitted and encouraged in a mutually respecting environment. 

How many of these loudmouthed one-sided teachers and professors of military age will scurry to Canada if we are forced to initiate the Draft again?   Probably many of them:  The same ilk which defends criminals and evildoers and ignores victims’ rights and hates the U.S., but enjoys the benefits therefrom.   

Finally, kudos to the Sentinel for describing fairly and in detail this deplorable situation where military recruiters continue to endure spitting and even bodily injury by student protestors.  

Why is this behavior permitted?   Because not all, but many high school teachers, university and college professors condone and encourage these actions and have the students do their dirty work for them.

For KSCO, this is Kay Zwerling.

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          I read this one several years ago, and I think it is time for a little more political humor.  I do not know where this came from, but it is funny, and it is worth a few belly laughs, so don’t anyone get mad. 

          For those who slept through World History 101, here is a condensed version:  

          Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters and gatherers.  They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer, and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter. 

          The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer, and the invention of the wheel.   The wheel was invented to get man to the beer, and the beer to the man. 

          These facts formed the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:  Liberals and Conservatives.

          Once beer was discovered, it required grain, and that was the beginning of agriculture.   Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery.

          That is how villages were formed.

          Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to BBQ at night while they were drinking beer.

          This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.

          Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the Conservatives by showing up for the nightly BBQ’s and doing the sewing, fetching, and hairdressing.  This was the beginning of the Liberal movement. 

          Some noteworthy Liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide all the meat and beer that Conservatives provided.  

          Over the years, Conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the Elephant.   Liberals are symbolized by the jackass. 

          Modern Liberals like imported beer with lime added, but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water.  

          They eat raw fish, but like their beef well done. 

          Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood, and group therapists are Liberals.    

Conservatives drink domestic beer.   They eat red meat, and they are big game hunters, rodeo cowboys, firemen, lumberjacks, construction workers, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, golfers, and generally anyone who works productively.

          Conservatives who own companies hire other Conservatives who want to work for a living. 

          Liberals produce little or nothing.  They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production.   Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans.  That is why most of the Liberals remained in Europe when Conservatives were coming to America.   They crept in after the Wild West was tamed, so here ends today’s lesson in world history. 

For KSCO, this is Kay Zwerling. 

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            I wrote this in January 2006.   It is in my book.   I want to talk about the lobbying business because it is alive and flourishing.  This industry has doubled in the past five years, mainly because large corporations have discovered that since hiring lobbyists at starting salaries of $300,000 per year, those corporations have seen their business increase significantly, in some cases as much as fourfold.   

Now, five years later well-connected lobbyists are commanding and getting $750,000 per year, and one is getting $1,000,000 per year.  A lobbyist in Washington may have once been in, and understands the workings of passing laws, and can and does persuade lawmakers to legislate laws that directly benefit the corporation which hires the lobbyist.  It has become commonplace for members of corporations to actually sit in on lawmakers’ meetings and help with the creation and wording of the law, which the corporation wants passed.  Outrageous?  You bet.  But, this practice has been around for so long and it has probably never been challenged.

 A recent case in point – the just passed and implemented Medicare Part D law to help seniors pay less for their medications actually was written by the pharmaceutical industry.   This is a perfect case of a fox minding the chicken coop.  

Another tidbit of political incest – a number of lawmakers’ wives are lobbyists, also.   Imagine their pillow talk.  

It is unknown when this lucrative business of political persuasion or culture of corruption began.  Our Founding Fathers would surely have nixed the notion of private business paying obscene sums of money to certain powerful persons to get laws passed in their favor. 

Anyhow, it smells.  In fact, it stinks.   The laws of the nation should not be made and bought by big corporations. 

It is inherently dishonest and wrong, and the little guy never gets a chance at a level playing field.   But, nothing will change.  The lobbying business is too entrenched, and it is a big industry in Washington DC, and I believe it is here to stay.  There are 30,000 registered lobbyists operating in our capital today.

Is it too much to expect our elected officials to work diligently and honestly to thoroughly study the issues then pass laws which benefit all of us, the poor and the not poor, and do so without outside influence and bribery?   The answer is yes, it is too much to expect. 

In a perfect world, that could happen.  But, this is not a perfect world.  Because of the dark side of human nature, power will always corrupt. 
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          This commentary is in my book, written in July 2006.   Strangely, if I wrote it today, five years later, it would still be relevant. 

Israel is at war with Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon, both terrorist organizations funded by Syria and Iran, the latter whose leader more than once has told the world that Israel must be destroyed.   Despite my forthcoming remarks, I hope that the U.N. finally comes up with some solutions and advice to justify their existence for the U.S. and other democracies.  This is a moment of truth for the U.N. 

            Not unlike the predictable reaction of Pavlov’s dogs, who learned to salivate happily every time a bell rang, I experience a similar, though negative reaction when I think about the U.N.   It was created in 1945 in San Francisco, 66 years ago, that was after WW2, and all the nations who participated were filled with hope that together they could solve the world’s problems peacefully.  It was deja vu all over again like the League of Nations created after World War I, which turned out to be a dismal failure.

The U.N. is also a dismal failure.  Countries with different basic principles and moral standards can never homogenize.   Add to that the inevitable human fact that those endowed with less will somehow hate those endowed with more, and like it or not most in the U.N. hate the U.S.  

Haven’t we seen throughout the years that when we turn to the U.N. for wisdom and counsel, nothing happens?   

Recently, we had urged the U.N. to come up with solutions for the North Korea problem – which could blow up the planet – and Iran – which surely could do likewise – yet no decision is forthcoming, because the U.N. is filled with intrigue, corruption, and prejudice.  

Let’s face it, most members hate us with a passion because we are their foolish generous benefactors who built them a home free of charge in New York City, and we pay all the yearly upkeep of $3 billion per year.  And, many of the leaders of the countries involved live in New York at our expense, and they reject most of our suggestions. 

I sound like a broken record, but let’s invite the U.N. to leave the U.S., resign from it, and let’s make an alliance with other democracies whose philosophies match ours, of decency, fairness, and accountability, and move ahead to make the world safer.  I believe the U.N. has an agenda, and that is to rule the world.

As an addendum, here’s another possible, less-extreme solution.  The U.N. has been the only kid on the block for 61 years, and has shamelessly vetoed most U.S. suggestions.  Thus far, it has cost our Country possibly 61 times $3 billion.

Before separating irrevocably, why not create a separate united democracies now, and add another perspective and dimension to global solutions.   Or, let’s eliminate the United Nations altogether and also save ourselves $3 billion per year.  

What do you think? 

For KSCO, this is Kay Zwerling. 

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Dear Listeners,

This is a story about two men who like money very much.  One of them is wealthy, very wealthy, because his business owns many store branches around the entire United States.  

I believe this is a story of incredible greed. 

I also believe these two buddies hired two local attorneys to look into issues regarding our Fairgrounds which naturally makes noise during all hours of the day and night.  

I believe these two men have an evil agenda.  

I further believe they instructed their attorneys to make life legally miserable for our Fairgrounds personnel to the extent that the Fairgrounds would be forced to close down like frivolous lawsuits. 

Evidently State Fairgrounds no longer receive government funds. 

I also believe these rich skunks would immediately purchase the Fairgrounds land and develop it into home sites to make a financial killing for themselves.  

I believe they do not care, that thousands of us would be denied the pleasures of all the wonderful activities of our own Fairgrounds.   

Money does evil things to some people.  One wonders how much is ever enough. 

Now, if all of the above is indeed true, we at KSCO are committed to exposing these two scoundrels and their attorneys so that their evil plans will never come to fruition.

For KSCO, this is Kay Zwerling.

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          Even as a teenager patiently waiting for the right to vote, I used to wonder why our government felt the need to allow unions to be involved in the working process since we live in a free society. 

          To my personal delight, last March 9^th this year 2011, a group of Republican Senators led by Jim DeMint introduced the National Right To Work Act meant to protect the free choice of workers to form, join, or assist labor organizations or to not if they choose not to. 

Previously, during the 111^th Congress all Senate Democrats voted against workers’ rights – but now with this new Right To Vote Act they have a chance to protect American workers’ freedom to choose. 

According to Senator DeMint, he said “No one should be forced to join a union and pay dues to get a job in this Country.”   Many Americans are struggling to just put food on the table and they should not have to fear losing their jobs if they do not wish to join a union. 

Forced unionism shields unions from members’ accountability and in states where companies are forced to have only union workers, businesses have struggled to compete while they deal with unreasonable work rules.

I say also despite President Obama’s approval and support of unions, this new Act will insure that no employees will ever again be forced to join a union in order to get or keep a job.

The National Right To Work Act will liberate workers to do just that.

For too long, unionism has played politics and discriminated against workers and businesses and this new law sends a message to union bosses that their backroom dealings and bullying will no longer be tolerated. 

There do exist both forced union states and right to work states and the latter consistently outperform union states in factors that affect workers’ wellbeing and from 1977 to 2007 right to work states experienced a 23% faster rise in per capita income than states with forced unionism.

Which brings me to wonder again, why does Obama like unions so much?   

For KSCO, this is Kay Zwerling. 

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          George Carlin was an American standup comedian, social critic, and author who won five Grammy Awards for his brilliant comedy.  He was born in 1937, and died in 2008.  He wrote “The Paradox of Our Time”.   It is so full of truth and wisdom and surely worth repeating. 

          We have –
Taller buildings, but shorter tempers;
Wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints;
We spend more, but have less;
We buy more, but enjoy less;
We have bigger houses and smaller families;
More conveniences, but less time;
We have more degrees, but less sense;
More knowledge, but less judgment;
More ‘experts’ yet more problems;
More medicine, but less wellness;

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and Pray too seldom;

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values;
We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often;
We have learned how to make a living, but not a life;
We have added years to life, not life to years;
We have been all the way to the moon and back, but we have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor;
We conquered outer space, but not inner space;
We have done larger things, but not better things;
We have cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul;
We have conquered the atom, but not our prejudice;
We write more, but learn less;
We plan more, but accomplish less;
We learned to rush, but not to wait;
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion;
Big men and small character;
Steep profits and shallow relationships;
These are the days of two incomes, but more divorce;
Fancier houses, but broken homes;
A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight or to just hit Delete;
Remember, spend some time with your loved ones because they are not going to be around forever.
Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you with awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.
Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it does not cost a cent. 
Remember, to say “I love you” to your partner and loved ones.
For KSCO, this is Kay Zwerling. 

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