I had the pleasure of substituting in a 9^th grade math class recently.  I was astonished by my experience.  I realized that busy work is the norm and apathy is the rule for math classes in middle and high schools.  However, I found out much more about the system than I bargained for.

In the past, I have been in high school class rooms or various subjects and found that students are, in general, cuddled, bored and not challenged.  Most students lavish at the opportunity to do absolutely nothing, even if work has been assigned.

In this school, one of every nine students has failing grades.  Math and reading skills are lacking and, under the common core standards, they are allowed to pass on to the next grade, which may explain why 18% of the students at this school haven’t met the minimum standard.

There are reasons for the tacit and acute crisis in the schools.  Standards have been lowered; discipline is lacking among students and, in some cases, not enforced by the school, maturity and apathy has been at battle with brighter kids and teachers. Many students have the ability but are simply not challenged.  The minimum task is completed, time is the villain and apathy conquers.

Not all students are equal:

The major problem is that the kids that have the ability to excel are generally held back by the standardized testing.  Everyone is equal mindset is forced on local schools by the Federal Government.  Washington uses the almighty dollar to fund and provide materials in the form of text books which are more agenda driven than informative.  Teachers, nationwide, are teaching a state test, rather than a curriculum of critical thinking. Some states have a budget shortfall and will have to alter the curriculum to meet the common core testing.  Common Core takes the local control away, which makes it much more difficult to differentiate students into the learning progression.

New math method, in elementary school, confuses students.  Problem is that nearly half of the students do not need this creative confusing mess.  Give them special projects rather wait for the rest of the class to catch up. Peer teaching is also an alternative for the students that understand the subject as a way accelerate their progression.  Some ultimately will never catch up.  If they cannot meet the minimum standard for math and reading, why give them a pass?  This 9^th grade math class was to simply connect dots that they graphed and then color the cartoon character with crayons.  Many students viewed this as a waste of time and I couldn’t agree more.  I wondered if this is the exception and not the standard. In other words, simply busy work.  However, students told me that they get a “break” when they complete different blocks in math.  I am wondering: a break from what?

Ever think about looking at the family unit?

There is one big difference between my school years and today, which is the breakdown of the family unit.  This attributes immensely to the failing of kids in school.  Study after study has proven that kids with involved parents with school work have increased the odds to become successful students.

It seems like Common Core is designed to provide for the less fortunate kids while leaving the more gifted kids at the station with them.  Common Core standards will further enshrine the public schools. The elaborate plans will include required national assessments within the Common Core Standards as a tool to institute massive data collection about American school children that has nothing to do with education, and everything to do about Government intrusion and control.

Today’s student must get used to cameras and monitoring at all activities, to include the food you eat, internet interaction, both socially and electronically, and, accept the changes, or modifications, to meet the “standards” set forth by common core.

I know that kids read George Orwell’s 1984 in school but are not aware that 1984 is closer to reality than not.  Most have no idea what the book Animal Farm is all about.  Civics may not be taught in some states, but where I am substituting, it is a requirement.  Therefore, at least a few will learn enough information to become an informed future participant in the American society.  Unfortunately, most of our youth are conveniently ignorant in civics and are only aware of bullet points, watching or listening capsules of filtered information. 

Most schools are not doing their job in educating, as cited in recent studies that a majority do not know much about the amendments to the constitution or do not know that the earth rotates around the sun.  This fits very well for the “global warming” crowd that has been editing dissenting information to support their scheme by slowing but very methodically eroding American traditions

Common Core is not the answer.  It was said a long time ago, that when government gets involved in education: education is finished. The Federal government is on the same page for a big city as it does for rural America: the same page for successful schools and unsuccessful, with no regard to family structures.  It just does not work.  Education, as most other things, starts at the home.  The Federal government, through common core, has determined that they know what is best for the youth of America, diminishing the role of even the traditional families that still have involvement with their kids at every level of their school life. When parents do not set the example, the school does and to their Big Government philosophy.

Some states have instituted Planned Parenthood to persuade that abortions and sex education on demand are in the student’s best interest as well as the degeneration of religion. The alternate family has a mother, father and children.  History of the US is rewritten and kids are tested on the revised history. The implementation of Common Core is the precursor for the Progressive hammer for higher education.  Conservatives, for example, are against the common American, are racist and are propped up by big business are randomly held as fact, until the hemorrhaged student finds the truth: Those who scream adhere to the accusations that they judge.

For me, it is clear that common core is not for the common good.

Apocalypticism has exploded in popularity and, while nuclear war and pandemics have always been a starting point, the concept of the Zombie Apocalypse trumps them all. The appeal and wild popularity of shows like The Walking Dead, movies like World War Z, and the slew of apocalyptic, gloom and doom series and specials on cable television continues to grow by leaps and bounds. But the reasons behind such interest are often subconscious at times and not fully understood.

The Leftist activist and agitator Noam Chomsky was recently asked “why there’s this preoccupation with the apocalypse and with zombies right now in our culture?” I concurred with the first part of his response which was that that he felt the focus on zombies was “a reflection of fear and desperation” by “an unusually frightened country.” But quickly the obsessive liberal impulse to blame America first and foremost for all ills, real and imagined including the public’s obsession with a zombie apocalypse, rose irresistibly to the surface.

He went through the history of fear in popular culture as outlined in the book War Stars by Bruce Franklin.  Although the fear is embodied in various forms, he sees a common thread throughout:

“There are a couple of themes that run through it that are pretty striking. For one thing, one major theme in popular literature is that we are about to face destruction from some terrible, awesome enemy.  And at the last-minute we are saved by a superhero or a super weapon, or in recent years high school kids going to the hills to chase away the Russians, things like that.  That’s one theme that runs through constantly.  And there’s a sub-theme.  It turns out this enemy, this horrible enemy that’s about to destroy us, is somebody we’re crushing.”   

“ I think it’s, much of it is kind of just a recognition, at some level of the psyche, that if you’ve got your boot on somebody’s neck, there’s something wrong.  And that the people you’re oppressing may rise up and defend themselves, and then you’re in trouble.  And another is strange properties the country has always had of fear of invented dangers.  There is a kind of paranoid streak in the culture that’s pretty unusual.” 

And that’s about the best the Left can do I guess in trying to fathom the country’s fascination with a Zombie Apocalypse. It’s all just collective, subconscious guilt. Nice try, I suppose, but if that was a “hit or miss” explanation it’s far closer to a miss than a hit.

There is indeed a vast undercurrent of suspicion, unease, paranoia, division, worry, pain, and even trauma right underneath the surface of the national consciousness. I believe it is manifested in the popularity of zombie themed entertainment and the concept of the doomsday scenario in general in popular culture. The feeling that things are rapidly unraveling and coming apart is a constant theme in social media and shared by vast swaths of the population, not to mention visualized in everything from backyard bunkers to Zombie apocalypse decals, Facebook groups, and bar crawls.

Collectively, we have lost our belief in a positive future.

The truth is that the American political system has been dysfunctional for decades and the country seems to have become functionally insane since the attacks on 9-11. The fears and rage unleashed that day has, in turn, unleashed a fast-growing and aggressive slew of government agencies, policies, and powers. Recent revelations have made us aware that the turn-key tyranny, 1984 surveillance state is upon us with every cell call made and every internet email, photo, comment, and social media post recorded and sucked into gargantuan government data bases for no discernible or reasonable reason that the average person can fathom.

Two unpopular wars and the eventual election of the most intellectually bankrupt, corrupt, radical, and left-wing President in American history has only further divided an already deeply divided nation. Not since the Civil War has the nation been as polarized as it is now and the hatred that exists between the Right and the Left is real and palpable as each bitterly blames the others for every economic, societal, cultural, and policy ill that one can imagine.

The once powerful Republic is basically bankrupt and the financial system living only on borrowed time and credit. And a myriad of federal agencies and vast numbers of the citizenry are frantically arming themselves and stocking up on ammunition in a frenzy that shows no sign of abating. The country increasingly has no sense of itself and is flooded with everything from vast hordes of illegal immigrants to bitter cynicism while the traditional pillars and institutions of the State and society are under unceasing attack from all sides. The once proud partners, logic and common sense, lay rotting in the gutter having been slain by our progressive comrades when they were perhaps most needed.

In the end, the citizenry can sense that we are on the wrong path and that something is deeply and fundamentally wrong with the country and the direction is it headed. They may not understand why and may even vote for certain political parties and politicians that are leading them down the wrong path. But they understand it is there and that it is real.

As the vastly powerful American Empire begins to totter its societal values decay and its internal cohesiveness unravels. The New Rome begins to mimic the Old. And when the greatest empire of the ancient world did fall it ushered in an era of darkness that lasted nearly a thousand years. Perhaps such unconscious fears and realizations by the populace of what their society, culture, and nation could possibly undergo (economic collapse, dirty bombs, bloody revolution, EMP induced dark age etc.) is mirrored in the depictions of a final, gory, and horrible apocalypse on-screen.

If there’s a single theme at the heart of The Walking Dead and similar shows, it is the fragility of civilization. And as it continues to unravel at breakneck speed, fear of the future manifests itself in interesting ways.

It's time for our elected officials to do their jobs and remove this imposter from the White House. His next stop should be prison and several of his minions should be there with him. I feel that an open rebellion is a possibility, I pray that this is not true but my gut tells me differently. After 4 tours in Vietnam I have learned to listen to my gut. God save us all. GR Janes.

The text of SR-511 tells every American that Congress is fully aware of the content of our Constitution and it's meaning.

They are fully aware that Barack Hussein Obama is ineligible to sit the office of President of the United States. The text of SR-511 also tells us they are aware of a Supreme Court ruling on Suffrage (voting) that was decided back in 1875 - 88 U.S. 162, Minor v. Happersett.

Supreme Justice Waite (holding the same position as Supreme Justice Roberts does today) set legal precedent for following generations of Americans to understand what the Constitutional term "Natural Born Citizen" meant. To view this yourself, here is a link to the Cornell Law Library available to the public;  http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/88/162

Following is a summary of SR-511;

It tells us that the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) Chaired by Senator Patrick Leahy determined that:

#1. The SJC recognizes the Constitutional term "Natural Born Citizen" and fully understands a presidential candidate must meet this Constitutional requirement.

#2. Senator McCain was born of two (2) American Citizen parents.

#3. Senator McCain was born on U.S. soil, an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936.

#4. Senator McCain met the Constitutional requirement of "Natural Born Citizen", Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States. 

Here is the link to SR-511; https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/sres511/text

Notable are the signatures of two people who signed on this Senate Resolution.... Senators Clinton and Obama......

Had anyone else signed this - if these two signatures were not present - I would hold other opinions, yet I do not.

Reviewing both documents, citizens begin to understand we have far more problems than many thought we had.

Occam's Razor leaves no other possible explanation.

Senator McCain himself should have been the very first person to make this observation and acted upon it, yet that has never happened. Senator McCain edited himself out of the equation by his own inaction and silence. He can never be a "president".

The "hard" word must needs be spoken and acted upon. Treason.

New York McDonald’s fires 8-year worker after she donates food to firefighters!

Anyone incarcerated should lose their voting rights. ---- Anyone on welfare should lose voting rights. ----- Anyone not owning land should not have voting rights. --- Anyone not passing a minimum IQ level test should not vote or run for office. No Senators, Representatives or Presidents should not hold office without prior military service. Only verified citizens of the United States should be allowed to vote. The problem with this country today is we have more people voting for a living than people working for a living.

The reason for non land owners is to keep public housing voters out and others that might be leaches on society from voting themselves more free benefits as the do today. Think about it if you live in a community and you have a lot of apartment dwellers and housing projects do you want them deciding on you property tax questions ?

This flag was designed by an American Patriot for American Patriots. It is unique in its design, drawing upon the Gadsden Flag of the Revolutionary War, which depicts a rattlesnake and the words "DON'T TREAD ON ME" on a yellow field.

It also draws on the "Join, or Die" woodcut by Benjamin Franklin, which warned the colonies of their need to join forces for the purpose of resisting the harsh policies, taxation and mistreatment of our people by the British Crown.  The Join or Die woodcut has subsequently been developed into a patriotic flag.

Our "WE THE PEOPLE" flag has one star representing each state of the union, reminiscent of our national flag. These stars individually identify the state it represents and those states are listed in the order of their admittance to the union, with the USPS state official abbreviation, beginning with Delaware, the first state, and ending with Hawaii, our 50th state to join the union. It also includes the words, "WE THE PEOPLE MUST UNITE, OR DIE" which is symbolic of our need to forget our differences and unite under one standard to prevent and defeat the erosion of our liberties. To allow our government to water down the Constitution and to slowly, but systematically, bring our people under subjection to outright tyranny is to renege on the freedom and liberty that has been bought with the blood of our ancestors and our military.

Though we as Americans have many differences, we have more in common. Our Constitution guarantees all American citizens, no matter what our belief, culture, race, religion, sex or political persuasion; our freedom to believe, to worship, to own property and the right to protect and defend those rights along with the rights of our families and our neighbors, from harm by those who would steal our heritage and take those things from us. THIS........IS THE COMMON THREAD UPON WHICH AMERICANS MUST STAND, AND FIGHT, IF NECESSARY! 

This is a work in progress about autism.  The perspective is from the real world view.

I want to hear from you what should go into a book from a real world perspective.

Also, I would appreciate letting me interview you.  I know you may think you are not a professional.

However, you may know more than you think.  Have you ever gotten rotten advice from professional

experts?   I am not here to bash all experts.  Yet, I want to hear from the people on the frontlines that

may often be overlooked.  By doing this, I feel we can have a better understanding that some fail to do so

by leaving stones unturned.

I need to let my readers know I might be changing my working business name to ARM, Autism

Resource Management.  Tell me what you think.  You may leave comments here or on my facebook page

at www.facebook.com/Tell.It.Once.4Autism.

Ah in autism,                                                                                                                                                                                       Ultimate expression,                                                                                                                                                                                  Whether being an Einstein physicist,                                                                                                                                                             Or equisite artist in self mode reflection!

Autism modes                                                                                                                                                                                                 have different codes!                                                                                                                                                                                     It can be art                                                                                                                                                                                                Or poet!

Most just don't get                                                                                                                                                                                         Or havea key!                                                                                                                                                                                       Uproar n plenty,                                                                                                                                                                                 Because of low affinity.

Most ignore                                                                                                                                                                                           Natures beauty                                                                                                                                                                                             unless in their preferred                                                                                                                                                                     Absolute form!

Open your eyes.                                                                                                                                                                                   Blessed thy                                                                                                                                                                                                   Will be                                                                                                                                                                                                         1000 fold from autism.

If you are the parent of a child with special needs are autism you will understand this story better than mosts.

Ever have a child on the spectrum have a melt down, normal need, or seemingly tantrum for no need drive you crazy?  I don't mean where you were going to do bodily harm to a child.  I mean where you felt you were a bad mother, worthless because you couldn't figure out how to help your child and more things like this.

I will give you one or two short examples.

My son is autistic, has Asperger's or High Functioning Autism.  Labels only meant something for me as a jumping point to reasearch how to help him the best I could. Otherwise, I really do hate labels; except when filing insurance claims and then I want as many labels as I can think of.

Tanner, my son, had a three hour meltdonw at fifteen months.  He cried, screamed and I think did some head banging if I am not mistaken on my recall. I did all the motherly things.  I tried to hold and comfort him.  Now I know routine is important to all kids but this goes beyond that.

I went outside to take a two minute deep breath.  Most likely this was much shorter but helped me recompose myself.  I was so out a lose as what to do for Tanner. I know he was miserable but everything I tried didn't work.

I need stories from mothers to put in my book.  I don't just want my stories. I want major stories of meltdowns to help young mothers.  Young couples have a rough time of it dealing with this.  I am sure it strains realtionships.  Help me help younger mothers, fathers and professionals by giving me your stories.

Get rich? My goal? Not really! It is going to cost me to get the book published. I am positive in my abilities but I may fail.  I want to, once I have reached costs back and a specific point...trust me....I want to do this..reach a point where 50% of my profits are given to charity of autism, special needs and such charities.

Back to my story.  Can you guess what he wanted? How it was resolved?  Well, Tanner finally figued it out by himself.  He went to the diswaher, at fifteen months, opened it and got his favorite cup out.  Autistics love routine, rituals and odd behaviors.

Think how much we can give to younger parents!  Give them a jump on the learning curve by sharing such stories.   Have an idea for an autism book you think should be covered? Email me at ollamok@aol.com  or post it on this facebook page   www.facebook.com/Tell.It.Once.4Autism. Comment on my blog.

Let me interview you for my book.  You have knowledge and expertise that is worth telling. Tell me so I can Tell It ONce and For Autism!

More examples will follow in other posts.

Please do not be put off by the poetry.  I put this in as a thought provoking exercise. Explore all the things that might affect autism.  Then after you read the poem go to the NIH Sites and get free publications that explain all the poem touches on. Autism, like cancer, has so many threads and variables it is impossible to find one specific cause.  That is why we must explore all threads.

Autism? Simple answers? No! Here is
Sandra’s try at an explanation.

Autism has good graces.
Visit upon us to bless upon.

Doesn’t mean one shouldn’t ask,
“Why? What? When? Where and how?”

God could have intended
You being intentioned in the unhinging of the process.

Vaccination’s that is the key!
Say many with adamation!

I agree for them it could be,
A factor, insult that hit on.

Pharmacist in me says, the study was too small to make it a hallmark.
Flip the coin, drug makers threw around money, plus shouted out!!

Next, a group says environment
Causes problems no doubt.

Environmental insult.
Yep, that is why my child is shut into autism.

Remember here, environmental can be
From chemicals & diseases stalking inside to make their stand.

From, things like maybe Grandpa’s Agent Orange,
To a baby’s hospital stay due to RSV!

May yet wave
The Genetics Flag.

Throw into this mix, I will; smaller families, often an only child
That insists to be totally plugged into away from others.

Oh, how simple it would be
One answer, if could only twas or could be.

Yet, still I want to pose
Older parents, sperms and eggs as a contribution variable.

Not a reason not to conceive!
But to be aware more defects, mutations with age do occur.

Can one really say,
One cause is for autism?

Look at cancer! Common threads
There, still many different scenarios.

Genetics predispose, environmental assaults,
Turns on gene with a society that is ripe in culture and age of parents?

Yet, it matters!
No, it doesn’t matter!

Sound so crazy?
Yes, to help. No because we love and deal with it no matter what!

We learn what can and must be done.
But better realize the blame game must stop.

One answer might be cause in 1% of cases ( just me thinking),
Reality is autism is complex.

Complex, autism really is!
Yet, then is simple too.

Reaching out is what I want to do.
Remember right answers lead to correct therapy n treatments!

Wrong guesses and blame may only
Lead to burying data and wrong wizardly haphazard disasters.

Science, true keeps an open mind!
God is the first and Ultimate Scientist.

Together are we able
To do and can do n be our best.

In some ways the riddle of autism
Is not to be solved!

God means us to be
Who we are as he made us!

Change is something
All of us must do.

Adapting to you and others
Is being kind.

Let us not get behind
Stay in the forefront.

Doing out best to unlock the riddle
As much in prayer; God intends us to do!

I am sure by helping
We learn God’s lessons.

Helping those with autism
I bet could be a society improvement, God intends us to do.

No answer complete do I have;
Except my son is a blessing some may say in disguise!
God we will accept your answers.
Thank you God! Amen!

This post will not be long.  First, let me give you this site url in case you choose to read no futher.  You can wander around and see what is important to you.

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/autism-spectrum-disorders-pervasive-developmental-disorders/index.shtml#part8

This site is marvelous at giving basic information on autism.  There is a free "Parent's Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder's."

On the site you will find headings listed below;

• What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
• Causes
• Signs and Symptoms
• Who is At Risk
• Diagnosis
• Treatments
• Living With
• Clinical Trials

There are more publications, plus they are available in spanish.  

I hope this is helpful; my goal is to inform with correct information.  There is so much misinformation out there.

Go Check out the government information     

In my quest to find someone at home in the White House, I decided to hit all venues where they might be hiding out.  Specifically looking for John Boehner, Harry Reid and members of Congress, but so far no luck finding anyone. This is a tough job, because they’re never where they say they are, sort of like the snow job Obama & Clinton gave us the night of the Benghazi massacre.

Maybe they all took a long leave of absence and accompanied Barack Obama to Man’s Country. 

Maybe they’re preparing for another dog & pony show

 VIP’s at Obama’s Party learning the "Kenyan Bongo"

Found Obama & Boehner Bonding on the Golf Course

As Usual Making Deals Behind Closed Doors

Boehner A Very Busy "Boy"

Here’s why I’m desperately trying to find Boehner, Reid & Congress – testimony from top officials proves beyond a doubt that the Commander in Chief and Hillary Clinton knew that terrorists had attacked our Compound and murdered Ambassador Chris Stevens, information officer Sean Smith, and former navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty.

Sent Boehner, Reid & Congress a letter a week ago and sent it to the attention of Hannity, Greta and O’Reilly at FOX News.  Then I wrote a personal email to 15 different Republican sites in 15 different States.  I tweeted the information & used Facebook and many Conservative sites posted the blog.   No one responded, not one member of Congress, neither did Boehner or Reid. 

So this would infer several different things, (1) they’re not interested, (2) They’re too busy playing politics, or they’re AWOL. The reason I find it inconceivable is this – Obama & Hillary knew it was a terrorist attack in Beghazi.  They were briefed immediately by our top Generals and our CIA. 

The answer to the third question, “Why didn’t they send help for our men in Benghazi” is more difficult to pinpoint, maybe a kidnapping of our Ambassador in exchange for the “Blind Sheik,” or maybe Chris Stevens knew too much about heavy arms and gun trafficking to the Muslim terrorists or, and the most obvious reason for their actions and decisions on 9/11/12 was political motivation. 

The letter can be read or reviewed at

http://grumpyelder.com/2014/02/can-anyone-locate-boehner-reid-congress-its-a-matter-of-murder/   the letter asked Congress to do their job.

The letter answers three questions about the Commander in Chief and Hillary Clinton during the night our four American men were murdered in Benghazi:  (1) Did they know, (2) When did they know and (3) why didn’t they send help for our men in Benghazi.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR SENATORS RECEIVE THE LETTER – THEY WORK FOR US AND ASK THEM AT LEAST TO ADDRESS THE FAMILIES OF OUR 4 AMERICANS AND ALL AMERICANS ON NATIONAL TV. We need Trey Gowdy.  It’s time to put those responsible behind bars – there’s absolutely no negotiating on this, Benghazi will not be forgotten!

As Always,

Little Tboca

Saw this video on Fox and Friends this morning and Mike Rowe did a great segment on how to stimulate job growth in america.  He talks about work ethic and how our younger generation has been brainwashed into what is "acceptable" work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDBOZix30JY

By Susan Duclos

Trends forecaster Gerald Celente of Trends Journal speaks with Die MetallWoche and throws out some real zingers as he discusses the historical comparisons of today's world to the World War I era and declares that "destruction" is being put in place by "maniacs in charge."

He points out that Barack Obama is running a "dictatorship," and a "takeover," on behalf of those pulling his puppet strings by shredding our bill of rights and constitution.

That and so much more packed into the discussion you will hear  in the video embedded at Before It's News.

February 19, 2014

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Woman outraged after trooper allegedly shot her dog
Updated: Wed 6:39 PM, Feb 19, 2014
By: Michelle Heron - Email

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JOHNSON COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT)- An Eastern Kentucky woman is outraged after she allegedly watched a Kentucky State Police trooper shoot her dog right in front of her.

But was the trooper defending himself or being careless?

A blood stain outside of Becky Pelfrey’s home in West Van Lear is a reminder of what she watch unfold early Monday morning.

“It was pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. Just five shots right in a row,” Pelfrey said.

She says she woke up to a Kentucky State Police trooper and a Johnson County Sheriff’s deputy knocking on her door at 1:30 in the morning to serve a warrant for someone that no longer lives at her house.

Two other KSP troopers pulled up just as her 4 year old Great Dane named Boss got out.

“He ran past a sheriff’s deputy and a state trooper that was on the porch. He went down the steps on my sidewalk and he was out maybe five seconds, and then I heard gunfire,” Pelfrey said, “I looked out and Boss was lying in the road. And I said, ‘Did you shoot my dog?’ and [the trooper] said, ‘Yes ma’am I did, he was charging at me.’”

But Pelfrey questions the troopers’ claim, asking why he felt the need to shoot five times, if he was standing in the road and when Boss walked right by the deputy and trooper standing at her front door.

“They could have tazed him, they could have pepper sprayed him, I know they carry batons. They could have taken other precautions instead of drawing your weapon and firing,” Pelfrey added.

Boss returned home from the vet Wednesday after being treated for four gunshot wounds. The vet says Boss could lose one of his legs.

We reached out to Kentucky State Police for their side of the story, they declined to comment.

To follow Boss’ progress, click on the link to the “Justice for Boss” Facebook page.
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Justice Group Warns of Obama Plan to Put Government Monitors in Newsrooms

FCC researchers would pressure the press on what to cover

Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
February 19, 2014

The American Center for Law and Justice is warning of an Obama administration plan to place government monitors in newsrooms via an FCC proposal that could turn every major news network and newspaper into little more than a state media mouthpiece.

Image: CNN Newsroom (Wikimedia Commons).

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai recently lifted the lid on a shocking White House proposal entitled ‘Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs’ that would dispatch researchers from the federal agency “to grill reporters, editors and station owners about how they decide which stories to run.”

According to Pai, the program is about “pressuring media organizations into covering certain stories.” In other words – the fairness doctrine on steroids.

“That’s right, the Obama Administration has developed a formula of what it believes the free press should cover, and it is going to send government monitors into newsrooms across America to stand over the shoulders of the press as they make editorial decisions,” writes the ACLJ’s Matthew Clark, noting that the plan would also extend to newspapers, which the FCC doesn’t even have any business being involved with.

Distrust in mainstream media has been on a steady decline for years, with a recent Gallup poll confirming that just 23 per cent of Americans trust the institution of television news. This lack of confidence has driven ratings down, with MSNBC losing almost half of its viewers over the course of just 12 months, shedding 45 per cent of its audience. CNN also lost 48 per cent of its viewers over the same time period.

The United States’ world ranking in terms of freedom of the press also recently fell to number 46, below the likes of South Africa, Slovenia and Lithuania.

Earlier this month, the New York Times’s own writers told a newspaper that NY Times opinion pieces are now seen as “irrelevant” and have no impact on public discourse whatsoever.

The FCC’s attempt to police newsrooms is a desperate attempt to redress the fact that, as Hillary Clinton admitted, the Obama administration is “losing the information war” to other news sources whose audiences are growing.

However, those alternative news outlets are not growing because of slick propaganda, they are stealing audience share from the mainstream because they at least try to act in an adversarial role to the state rather than being a conduit for its talking points.

“Every major repressive regime of the modern era has begun with an attempt to control and intimidate the press,” warns Clark, adding, “It’s hard to imaging anything more brazenly Orwellian than government monitors in newsrooms.”