Motivation is a fire from within.
f someone else tries to light that fire under you,
chances are it will burn very briefly.
Stephen R. Covey
For Teachers Defending Their Classes
The Hell of Socialist Venezuela
Choose Life: Big Brothers and Little Sisters
Facebook Corner
[responding to a meme showing a Canadian man's hand showing a phantom invoice under Canadian nationalized health care]
His hand is out there to collect taxes from the people who footed the bill for his own responsibility.
[A smug "progressive" argues pro-life libertarians like me are hypocrites who use force defending against violence to the preborn child]
Abortion is the use of unprovoked violence against a helpless preborn child. By this guy's logic, a husband could not defend his family or home from attack. The non-aggression principle does not prohibit the use of force but the initiation of it; it's not "turn the other cheek".
[A relative argues that a policeman who allegedly was shot by unidentified blacks got little press coverage, implying reverse-racism of press coverage. She is missing my broad point that coverage tends to be pro-police, and rogue police are often not prosecuted even with video coverage of unnecessary violence. So first my response is to debunk this facade of cops as heroes (some may be, but not all cops, and I have a nephew who's a cop) and entitled to sympathetic news coverage. Whether or not this cop did/didn't get news coverage, I don't buy at all news coverage is based on ideological grounds. The other point I'm trying to get across is a lot of victims don't get coverage, including acts of undue police brutality. Her response to the first point is I'm missing the point there was no widespread publicity of this incident; I haven't researched that case; I'm making a general point--plus I know that Fox News or media conservatives would cover this incident if they were aware of it.]
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Actually there are other occupations far more life-threatening than police officers, like logging and working on an offshore drilling rig. Like school shootings, these stories make headlines because they are so rare.
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Most Dangerous Jobs in 2016
Rank Occupation Fatal injuries per 100,000 workers Total deaths
1 Logging workers 135.9 91
2 Fishers and related fishing workers 86 24
3 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers 55.5 75
4 Roofers 48.6 101
5 Trash and recycling collectors 34.1 31
6 Iron and steel wokers 25.1 16
7 Truck and sales drivers 24.7 918
8 Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers 23.1 260
9 First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers 18 134
10 Grounds maintenance workers 17.4 217
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You're missing the point. Fox News and other outlets constantly hype the "dangerous" lifestyles of police. Do you realize even when police are shown on camera beating a defenseless unarmed man, they are almost never prosecuted?
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Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists
Jewel, "Who Will Save Your Soul?"
