Moral Judgments?

I was just as appalled at Donald Trumps crude audio comments about groping women as many others were.

I am in no way condoning his actions or rhetoric, which were recorded without his knowledge on a "hot" mic.

However, I do question people being moral judges when they themselves are in truth no better than Trump.

Trumps comments play to the core of sexual conduct and sex in general. Meaning topics and expressions that people who demonize Trump have of their own with "behind closed doors" desires and thoughts.

Take for example Cosmopolitan magazine.

I am a bit perplexed every month as I stand at a checkout counter in a store (sometimes in line with women and children who can see these magazines) and see the headlines in 72 point font size and the near naked woman on the cover. Here are the lead stories touted on several recent issues from 2016:

• So Hot! How to Keep the Flame Alive - August 2016
• 24 Sexy Moves to Power Up Your Love Lives! - July 2016
• Steamy, Shirtless Guys Bonanza - July 2016  
• Sex! Want Those Butterflies Back? - February 2016
• Crazy, Wild, Sexy, Wild, OMG Summer Love! Treat Yourself! - June 2016
• Hotties For Days - Meet 2016's Sexiest Men! - January 2016
• Date Night Moves From Around the World! Prepare for Global Warming! - September 2016
• Sex Moves That Change Lives!
• Feel the Love - Get Closer/Make it Hotter!
• Sex Tips So Hot You'll Get Turned on Just Reading Them!
• Look Hotter Naked!
• Wild Dates! That Big Bang is the Sound of His Head Exploding!
• Game of Moans-Step Up Your Sex Play Now!

Need I list more? 

Look, I'm no prude. As an adult, I don't mind seeing a beautiful woman on a magazine cover.

I talk in private with my wife about intimate topics and frankly, sometimes use language in the moment that is private and between only us. She is not being disrespected, It's called human nature. Everyone has it. You wouldn't be here if your parents didn't participate at least once.

However, I absolutely respect all women in day to day public interactions.

I also played high school and college level sports. If you don't think "sex talk" goes on behind locker room doors, especially with a bunch of testosterone and hormone fueled teenage boys AND girls, I'd ask you what planet you are from. It happens all of the time and it does not mean all of those kids disrespect the opposite sex. Perhaps you'd be surprised if someone had a tape recorder secretly capturing some of these conversations that you wouldn't normally hear in the "real world."

Ever flirt with the opposite sex maybe using bits of sexual innuendo at work or a party? Happens every day. Maybe even by you.

Do you know what the circulation of Cosmopolitan magazine is?

It's over 17,000,000 print copies per month. That's right. 17 MILLION.

And over 14,000,000 are women. 10,000,000 of which have attended college.

Their target demographic is college educated women ages 18-34.

Not just a bunch of rednecks living in trailers, which is how the left like to portray anyone who doesn't agree with their assessments.

Cosmopolitan is only one of dozens of similar magazines and serial trashy paperbacks (with a shirtless Fabio on the cover for your fantasies) available every month. 

Or, let's talk about the sadistic runaway best seller, where the women character(s) in the books are actually sexually degraded and abused.

Over 100,000,000 (MILLION) copies of the 50 Shades of Gray books have been sold. Wow. Who bought all of those? You can be certain it's not just bible readin', gun totin', knuckle dragging "deplorables."

Where are the burning torches, headlines and judgments from the left towards all of these people?

If you have a copy of Cosmo or 50 Shades on your nightstand at home, you may want to look in the mirror before you join the legion of "we're better than you" hypocrites slamming Trump or anyone else you feel you have the right to judge.

Until next time.

Lee

Welcome to "America - Just the Facts" Blog - Today's post - Hillary and the Popular Vote Revisted

Welcome.

This is a continuation of a similar blog I managed several years ago that mysteriously vanished one day around a year ago.

The current political climate prompted me to begin writing again.

Let me start this post again mentioning that I am an conservative Independent. I am not a Trump fan. And certainly not a Hillary Clinton/left/progressive/big government supporter.

I write to focus on misinformation that continues to be spread daily in the "mainstream" media. My motive is to defend the constitution.

Contrary to popular belief, the United States is NOT a democracy. It's a Republic governed by laws - some relegated to the Federal Government and more to the individual states.

And when people bring "Hitler" into any conversation on either side, you automatically lose the argument.

Before this last election, and even now, I am concerned about the direction of our nation. I am ecstatic that Hillary lost, but I don't yet know exactly what a Trump presidency will bring. I know liberals think they do, but no one knows until January 20th. If Trump is a terrible president, he'll be voted out in four years. That's how our election process works.

My future posts will deal with similar stories and documented facts of our country and the corruption that spills into every crack of our Republic.

The media has gone wild, teeth are gnashing, play-dough is being handed out and the liberal population is demanding that Hillary be given the presidency because she had 2.8 million more popular votes nationwide than Donald Trump did. And because of this, the Electoral College should be scrapped and elections should be based solely on the popular vote.

Seriously?

The Electoral College was set up on purpose so that every state and it's populace has a say in an elections outcome.

Let's take this 2.8 million number for Hillary. She won California by nearly 4 million votes. So, what happens if you take California out of the count? Trump wins every other state (when totaled together, like it's being done with Hillary) in the popular vote by 1.5 million. But you won't hear that from the whiners on the left.

If the elections were based only on the popular vote, the candidates would spend all of their time in the five or six most populated states - most of which are blue. Is that fair? Having California being the only state that determines the outcome of every election? I don't think so.

Candidates have to visit and campaign in all of the states to earn the electorate votes of said states.

Trump focused his efforts on a much wider band of states than Clinton - his strategy being to accumulate as many electoral votes as possible. That's why he won and also why the founders set up the electoral college.

To prevent one massively populated state from controlling the election outcome and keeping one party in power forever.

The electoral college is just as viable today as when it was written.

Until next time.

Lee