The author opens with two questions and a comment: "Why do they cut away or not report the rest? Is it because they want to push their agenda and that the chants of support from most of the graduates didn’t fit into their world view? I believe this is the new norm in reporting."
Ah, I also miss the days when there were "only three networks insulting our intelligence"! One of the fixes is to not limit yourself to just one source for information. My cable provider includes a channel called NewsMix which displays four networks simultaneously (CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and BBC). Watching it provides a quick and easy way to compare the "spin" being given to news stories. What is captioned a "Pro-Palestinian Protest" on one network is captioned an "Anti-Israel Protest" on another, like they think we won't notice they are not the same thing. I have found less "spin" on BBC coverage of U.S. events, PLUS BBC provides news on the rest of our planet that often does not even appear on any of our domestic networks. You can easily scroll between the channels. Other options require you to view just one station, such as the English language editions of France Press 24, Deutsche Welle, and Al-Jazeera. I used to also watch RT (Russian TV), but it was removed by my provider. My father used to comment after watching the 3 news options "Interesting, but what did they not want us to know?" ...inquiring minds want to know!
Thank you, Bonnie, for being the eyes and ears so lacking in local “news”. I don’t bother to look at KEYT, unless there is a natural disaster actively occurring. When I do, am dismayed by the delay in up to the moment critical information. John P gets out there, ultimately. I don’t trust the owners of KEYT any more than I trust gas station sushi. My alternative source of local news used to be the News Press. The fact that Wendy was the first person to use her paper to endorse Trump, combined with her libertarian bent, was a refreshing alternative to the political views from the Independent and Ed Hat. That left the Noozhawk. It’s failure to mention the Easter, 2 years in a row, combined with the recent celebration of nurses ( Margaret Sanger 🤷) have resulted in my dropping it. That basically leaves the Current. Thank you James, Jim and Bonnie!
Bonnie, Regarding your initial question as to how different entities present different “news”: there can never be two realities. There can NOT be two different facts at one time : for example, “one and one is two”, or “ one and one is three “ defies reality; another example is “Joe Biden won the last election “ (fact ) vs “I, Trump, won the last election “. One of those last “facts” is not reality.
As a pursuer of truth and reality, it is my experience in reading yours and other writers. in this substack: almost all the writers are not dealing in reality as presented by the majority of what I perceive to be intelligent , critical thinkers, honest writers and real news reporters of the political scene.
Additionally and most important: most of the writers on this substack are all biased Republicans. Why don’t you allow a challenge to the ultra-self-serving, politically biased LACK OF FACTS AND REALITY which appears here, week after week? Where is the REALITY, the FACTS of what gets written here?
Did any of you have the intelligence to listen to a man, grounded in reality, on Stephanie Ruhle’s show last night? I’m referring to your fellow-Republican, Mitt Romney. How refreshing to hear him speak of truths, even when he criticizes a Democrat.
The writers on this substack may attract uneducated religious readers, but you will never convince intelligent readers who receive facts about the Reality of our present political scene and from their own eyes and ears as well. How can you tolerate listening to the pathetic lies of one very sick, uneducated, self-serving, multiply-indicted criminal named Trump?
One aspect of all you writers here which I never never see is this: No one ever makes one true factual statement regarding what Trump plans to do to enhance our Democracy IF HE gets to win the election. That man ( or “orange turd”, take your pick, not my words ) speaks only of the disaster and punishments he will inflict. Where are his promises to help Americans….all of us? Isn’t THAT the function of an elected President?
Nancy, there are often two sets of facts; each set carefully cherry-picked to support a particular agenda. You err in your original premise. And you demonstrate it amply.
YOU err…..” two sets of facts.”? Ridiculous. Give an example, for those in the cheap seats.
How does this so-called “ fact “…..” Trump won the last presidential election “ possibly EXIST ( except as a bold lie ) in the presence of the proven fact that Biden won the last Presidential election?
Show me how the Trump lie is a “ FACT “ or how it can co-exist as a FACT in the face of the evidence?
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY ?? This is typical of the idiocy of Republican ( so-callled ) thinking .
Why don’t you demonstrate how your statement (2.) is correct? Do it.
You’re slithering again…ala FOX: just make a statement and NEver point to its source, or its rationale, never show proof. Just like this last post of yours.
You can not demonstrate that I do not listen when I reply to what is said with references, quotes, proof and indications of what I am alleging.
See….you once again demonstrate your shallowness. Make an untrue statement about me, then slither away when I ask for you to give proof of it. No debate possible with you. As for watching Fox…..just enough to determine they are unworthy of serious watching.
What is the point of that question.? Whoever you are….you don’t make sense. And in a dialog where the topic is facts…..the screams: NONSENSE! Exactly what the original point was about the importance of speaking facts, truths, of eliminating garbage like “ good people on BOTH sides.”
Playing silly word games is one more way of evading truth. A coward’s way.
I was actually trying to support your point buy suggesting Kellyanne Conway was writing about her "alternative facts" on this site and it's become quite the argument with them. I guess I need to be more direct - facts are facts - there are not two sets.
"Uneducated religious readers". This just screams reddit atheist energy, "I'm so smart guys, I don't believe in that sky daddy nonsense. I'm a critical thinker who opposes religion because it's used to control people, I watch porn and do drugs though cause they would never be used to control others".
I'm me, silly. Calling out your borderline atheist neckbeard phrases, calling others who happen to be religious as "uneducated" as though being religious somehow means you don't engage in logic or critical thinking. And being an atheist doesn't make you any more intelligent than anyone else, you making such baseless generalizations of others for being religious (because of weird American protestants) just shows a lack of critical thinking and that you only perceive the world in black and white. You even think that a republican calling out other Republicans actually mens something, it literally doesn't.
Greeting Nancy...appreciate your well written comments, but generally disagree with several of your points...
1. "There can NOT be two different facts at one time : for example, “one and one is two”, or “one and one is three“ ... Joe Biden won the last election fact v Trump won the last election."
Unfortunately, Our “main stream media” is comprised of very few Truth tellers & many many dishonest (corrupt) news outlets...causes disbelief & confusion (all engineered)...so, depends upon who to believe...most no longer believe MSM, as evidenced by small & contracting viewerships/readerships…many believe that Biden won the 2020 election fair & square ("most honest election in our nation's history", so we're told), but more than half the nation believe that the election was unfair (80,000,000 mass mail ballots - what could go wrong?…ballot harvesting, ballot mules, 5 key swing states halt vote counting in the evening/overnight hours, boxes of Biden ballots delivered late, etc, etc, etc)...
2. "most of the writers on this substack are all biased Republicans...any of you have the intelligence to listen to Republican Romney on Stephanie Ruhle’s show last night..."refreshing to hear him speak of truths."
I did watch Mitt Romney on MSDNC last night... interesting interview & I appreciate your thoughts on his "truths"... while I'm not a Republican (quit the Republican Party when they ran Poppy Bush in '92 (another corrupt political player) and voted for Perot (always wanted to send an outsider to Washington to shake the tree), I agree that many of the articles & comments on this forum lean right...but it takes both the black & white shades to paint the picture...PS, I believe that Romney is on-the-take and/or compromised…
3. "The writers on this substack may attract uneducated religious readers...how can you tolerate listening to the pathetic lies of one very sick, uneducated, self-serving, multiply-indicted criminal named Trump...No one makes factual statements about "Orange Turd" (your label, not mine) plans to enhance Democracy if elected...speaks only of the disaster and punishments...where are his promises to help Americans…
I could be wrong, but you seem to hate Trump…he's just a man (an imperfect being like the rest of us humans)...hate is a funny thing...it requires daily physical (calories, mental effort, hormones) resources...people engaged in the "hate" process will typically also seek external reinforcement of that state by social contact, diet, and specific practices, including religious rituals...one can be trained to hate, by other humans, or by their experience within this Matterium, BUT you can never be a passive hater..."hate" requires real work...that's not for me...
4. "I AM YOUR RETRIBUTION“? How very sick he is"...
Trump considers himself a wartime President (as he announced in Spring 2020 when we were hit with C19)...he also stated that the President has extraordinary powers (true statement...see Abraham Lincoln's use of such powers to save the Union)...we are at war Nancy...our country has been captured (all 3 branches)...believe it or not, Trump is leading the counterinsurgency...
I love your spirit Sister, your a Patriot…stay safe, we are in for a very bumpy ride over the coming months…
PS…bet you a lemonade that you vote for Trump in November 😎
DLDAWSON: I will address only youR statement re who won the election, and then your last sentence. ( But thanks for a few reasonable-sounding comments )
Re who won….regardless of your rationale about numbers…our voting system says the person who wins the MOST ELECTORAL VOTES WINS. BIDEN WON THE MOST. Why are you vacillating . FACT: Joe Biden won the last presidency fair and square according to the laws of these United States. THERE ARE. NO TWO WINNERS, THERE ARE NO TWO FACTS. THE NUMBER OF LOSER VOTES IS IRRELEVANT. THAT IS THE POINT IVE BEEN TRYING TO. MAKE ABOUT FACTS!
As to the lemonade you are willing to give me……I have never before been exposed to the likes of a Trump-creature. I attribute his ultra-unhealthy personality to a very damaged self-image.
He really is sick; wants to be king, but is so damaged, so incredibly unfit, so rather stupid…..if he had one iota of self respect, he wouldn’t need to keep telling us how great he is.
Only a pathetically small ego needs such constant stroking.
Can anyone imagine Trump saying…EVER….” I think I made a mistake “? Or. “ I’m sorry.”
He even hates and degrades American soldiers who died for our country! He lies about knowing Stormy Daniels?.
My puzzlement: HOW CAN ANYONE VOTE FOR HIM? He really is a turd.
I agree that Biden was sworn in as President after the election fiasco (could there be 2 Presidents?), but the remainder of your response shows your hate for Trump…the man that you will come to respect one day (soon) & eventually learn to love like a father…see you at the lemonade stand…
I am so bent over with laughter I can hardly catch my breathe to type…..why wouldn’t ANY intelligent concerned person not….hah hah ha …hate an adulterer, fraud, liar, would be Dictator bent on retribution, liar, liar, liar…..the real question to ponder is : WHY DOESNT EVERYBODY SEE HOW WORTHY OF HATRED HE IS?
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS HIS MERIT? Name just one…..I will wait.
FYI…many are wakening to the understanding that our elections have been rigged for decades…I’ll leave you with a few Qs…ask yourself:
was Trump asked to run for President w/ assurances made to prevent tampering? Military Intelligence? What is 'State Secrets' and how upheld in the SC? What must be completed to engage MI over other (3) letter agencies? (stolen elections, end of democracy?) What was Flynn's background? Why is this relevant? Why did Adm Rogers (NSA) meet Trump privately in a SCIF w/o auth? Does Trump know where the bodies are buried? Does Trump have the goods on most bad actors? Was Trump asked to run for President? Why? By Who? Was HRC next in line? Was the election suppose to be rigged? Did good people prevent the rigging? How is Trump always 5-steps ahead? Who is helping Trump?
expand your thinking Sister…always good to question one’s “reality”…
Hee Hee Hee - O Boy! I can’t wait ‘till Trumpy blows away FJoe Biden and the rest of the CommieDems this November! I just hope our Nancy doesn’t do anything foolish, like admitting the GOP are thoughtful, intelligent, true Americans, and the Dems are a bunch of overeducated Commies floating in dreamsville!
For the most part most people do not like "We Told You So Comments" so here is you opportunity to scroll down and not read this.
Cars Are Basic, in its first decade rang the bell about potential failures along State St. and the entire Old Town Santa Barbara. Ridicule is a kind word for what we were meet with.
After all we were nothing but a bunch of disgruntled businessmen and the environment was more important then jobs and vitality.
Today you have Bonnie's well thought out letter about the 40 years+ of failure. You have top level business types and economic planners laying out the devastation that used to be Down Town SB.
We warned you. There are supposed concerned organizations that are deviling into neighborhoods and planning for "Alternative" transportation and the long term effects.
Here is a suggestion. Instead of having one or two "major" events talking about what is happening why not back and attend an organization that has been around for over a quarter of a century? Why not use that "standing" in the legal sector that gives you leverage to stop the insanity called the 15 minute city and streets that are dysfunctional? The swells of the City stated you will get more influence with being willing to work with the stupid planning types.
Bonnie, your article successfully skewers the city council and staff for ignorance and incompetence without leaving blood. Perhaps, they will now listen to the people who have skin in the game, instead of hiring consultants who readily follow the wishes of their paymasters, rather than those who have to live with the results.
THEO. NEITHER you nor anyone who favors trump will say : WHAT ARE HIS VALUES that are in accord with yours? Do you approve of fraud ( Trump does and has engaged in it ), NOT paying Fed. Taxes? how about assaulting women ( 16 claim he has; he is convicted of having to pay in millions $$$ to one ), starting an insurrection against our Democratic gov., claiming he WON an election he CLEARLY LOST? And lies, lies, lies…..stacks of them!
He hates immigrants, people of color, wants to be a Dictator. Hates our American soldiers who died in the wars..John McCain for being imprisoned !
As a self-described Catholic, what do you value of a sinner and a disdainer of our Democracy?
PLEASE, TELL ME, O RELIGIOUS-ONE. THIS DISHONESTY IS WHAT MAKES SO-Called BELIEVERS IN GOD SUSPECT VIS A VIS THEIR HONESTY.
Once again: I implore you. WHICH OF TRUMP VALUES MIRROR YOURS? Do you think he ever contemplates the concept of “ god “? Of honesty, of kindness, of faithfulness to wive(s)?
It's Thursday afternoon and I'm watching the SB city Planning commission right now, oh good grief. They are talking about the city Climate Action Plan. Seriously. The guy on city staff is stating they want to reduce the amount of natural gas used in the city. I for one have used a gas heater and stove for most of the four decades I've lived in SB and I love it.
Here's another topic, the Decarbonize City Buildings Plan. . . Huh?
Thank goodness the city has budget deficit, somewhere between 7 and 10 million dollars. I'm glad because this is just talk with no chance of being implimented.
So if you want to see how lame our city boards and commissions are, just tune into channel 18 on Cox cable or better yet, the City of Santa Barbara You Tube channel.
Continued staff make-work costs city taxpayers far too much in these days of precarious city budgeting. You just illustrated a major one - predicating actual remunerated city staff work based solely on an oft-repeated, but unsupportable hoax. Yet none can dare say this in the current political climate: "the king has no clothes". (aka the Climate Change™ hoax). How did we get so silenced?
City make-work also includes duplicating services already provided by the county. Case in point - Environmental Services now reborn as the city's Sustainability Division features a waste disposal event, which is a service already duplicated by the County and UCSB. Besides their own self-promotion, what is the value of duplicating this event?
A serious approach to the city budget short-fall is to audit city/county duplicative services. How badly do we need to retain them? Which ones still serve only our own unique city resident needs?
Which city staff employees should be cross-trained to fill other neglected city missions? Like surveying all city streets for their current state of major potholes. Then creating a budget and checklist, while participating in their speedy remediation. You know, kitchen table issues. The ones we city residents face here and now. Not some inchoate "climate change" netherland.
Have you ever heard of separation of religion and State? There’s a good reason for that. Religious beliefs are personal and range from the demented to the sublime and have NO place in facts or politics. Witness, the bulk of trump’s voters APPEAR to have beliefs which tolerate lies, adultery, convictions, fraud and other breaking of our Democratic laws.
Politics is about our Constitution and our laws. Let’s stick to facts. Keep your beliefs about the state of your soul or afterlife to yourself since the topic was FACTS.
I don't care for the separation of Church and State, the Church should influence politics at every level to promote a moral, and good society that uplifts the dignity of man and supports the needy and vunerable. And I'm not going to not vote for Trump because of his personal faults because then what, Joe Biden gets elected again? Not a chance, you won't be able to say "but orange man bad" to get me to have your favored politician win and push his policies that go against my beliefs, you'd be crazy to think that.
What’s your point in asking these questions? Do you have one, apart from appearing to imply you know more than we ? AND if you actually KNOW the answers, why so smug? Share, along with sources.
As far as my understanding of recent history, Trump, in true racist fashion, hated Obama. Who in their right mind would have put him up to these shenanigans which are undermining our Democracy? Are you implying another country/Government?
Or is it just fun to ask those impossible to answer questions? Speak pls.
Thank you Thomas John….and you are correct in ( subtlety ) noting that I DID MISS THE POINT.. Feel free to note other inconsistencies in my comments…..I am serious. I never said I was/am perfect. I love a serious debate.
It is really difficult to get these Republicans to actually address a topic.. it seems…ala TRUMP….easier for them to just criticize, deflect, lie, evade, change the thrust of topic…..ho hum.
What else is new about the sad state of this present Republican Party?
Livingnotwell….im awaiting a FACT from the bunch of you. So far…nothing except the statement that there can be TWO SETS OF FACTS…..PROVE IT AND STOP just criticizing, Make your case or shut up. Criticisms because you can’t substantiate your totally stupid statement is not a way to prove the validity of that statement.
HOW CAN BOTH BIDEN AND TRUMP BE CORRECT ABOUT WHO WON THE PRESIDENCY…..SHOW ME.
As a public thoroughfare, if there is no way to deal with aggressive vagrants and encampments, no downtown business district will thrive. We await the SCOTUS Oregon ruling for more future guidance on these issues.
Before the signs get taken down, compare permitted conduct on State Street right now to the posted list of prohibited activity when one enters the privately-controlled Paseo Nuevo space. Which choice provides the more appealing atmosphere for the future of State Street?
THEO….You say “ …the church SHOULD influence politics….” Just EXACTLY WHICH church? Can you imagine the chaos: A make-believe, authoritarian entity….of which there are hundreds of different ones…..” SHOULD” influence politics? Have you genuinely given this ANY thought…..just exactly which religion should do this and how……? Crazy idea. Our forefathers knew the folly of such an impractical idea. So you might vote for Trump or maybe Mary Magdalene ? Tell me, what are Trump’s. VIrtues? What about him will make this country a better place to live….and do me a favor: don’t talk about any alternative to Trump, just find what you like about Trump as President and spell it out….because I can NOT think of one possible contribution he could possibly make to American, but I can think of much harm he can/has done.
So, speak well of the man. What do you like about him. SPEAK TRUTH….hard specific attributes he may be hiding from me. AND YOU.
Yes, the Catholic Church as the fullness of truth and divine revelation should be the religion that our society and government should revolve around. Our Founding Fathers were godless freemasons who championed "enlightenment" ideals and Republicanism, neither of which promote moral or healthy societies. Trump aligns with closer to my values, you and the politicians you like don't. Simple as.
What exactly is the issue with rent control? Seems rather predatory that a land owner can sick up the prices of rent by thousands of dollars in some instances?
Willing seller meets will buyer remains the best way to deal with the rental marketplace. Within the construct of "Protestant" values since that is part of our regulatory DNA, if you wish. Rent control is confiscation of private property. If a property rents for the asking price, it is de facto affordable. When it doesn't it is then subject to market forces, which is the seller's sole choice. Including leaving it vacant, rather than degrade its value.
Instead, are you asking about government-mandated social engineering, which is something entirely different. A dangerous free market control that is best not initiated by the self-interested and uninitiated, that is inflicted by ham-handed fiat on the more responsive market economy system.
Put any demand for rent-control into the context of the past 50 years of local housing demand and local housing supply. No matter how much new housing has been added, no matter how many of those units are now under some form of government control, it is never enough. Then what? (Besides boring a hole in the city long-term financial health.)
Rent control limits the housing supply. Declining to non-existent turn-over rates in this premium area is a primary consequence of local "rent control", so where does that leave us in the big picture when for arcane reasons some get wind-fall housing and never leave, but most do not?
Like Ulysses protecting his crew from the Sirens luring them to their deaths, at some point one must put figurative wax in our ears before the whole ship goes down and we become another Ventura/Oxnard sprawl. Or a forest of high-rises blocking our unique mountainous back drop views.
The Carlist movement, while primarily focused on political and religious traditionalism, also had distinct economic principles that were influenced by their broader ideological commitments. Indeed, their economic views were generally opposed to both socialist/leftist ideals and the free market liberalism that characterized the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Economic Principles of the Carlists
Corporatism: Carlists often supported a corporatist economic model, which emphasized the organization of society by corporate groups, such as agricultural, industrial, and professional sectors. This model was seen as a way to mediate between capital and labor, promoting harmony and cooperation over class conflict.
Distributism: Although not uniformly, many Carlists were influenced by distributist ideas, which advocate for a wide distribution of property and economic power rather than concentration in the hands of a few (capitalism) or the state (socialism). Distributism is rooted in Catholic social teaching, particularly the encyclicals "Rerum Novarum" and "Quadragesimo Anno," which call for a social order based on justice and the common good.
Anti-Liberal Economics: Carlists were critical of economic liberalism and laissez-faire capitalism. They opposed the free market ideology that often led to the exploitation of workers and the undermining of traditional social structures. Instead, they favored an economy that upheld moral values and supported family and community stability.
Protection of Traditional Economies: The Carlists aimed to protect traditional economic activities, particularly agriculture, which they saw as the backbone of Spanish society. They supported policies that would safeguard rural communities and traditional ways of life from the disruptive effects of industrialization and market liberalization.
Subsidiarity: Reflecting their broader social and political philosophy, Carlists supported the principle of subsidiarity in economic affairs. This meant that economic decisions should be made at the most local level possible, allowing communities to manage their own economic affairs and reducing the role of central authority.
Social Welfare: While opposing socialist redistribution, Carlists did believe in some forms of social welfare rooted in Christian charity and social justice. They advocated for policies that would support the poor and vulnerable, reflecting the Catholic commitment to the preferential option for the poor.
The Carlists' opposition to both socialism and free market capitalism stems from their broader ideological commitment to a third way that harmonized traditional Catholic values with economic justice. They viewed socialism and communism as threats to religion, private property, and family, while seeing liberal capitalism as a source of moral decay, social inequality, and disruption of traditional communities.
Sorry but as a Catholic I reject protestant values and embrace Catholic Social teaching, I also am not concerned with a "free-market" because it isn't necessarily moral, and can be abused. Catholic Social Teaching emphasizes the rights and dignity of man, and of ensuring that people have their material and social needs met.
1983 Charter of the Rights of the Family
Beginning from the foundation of the dignity and sanctity of human life, Catholic social thought holds that human persons have a natural and universal right to decent housing.
In the words of the Second Vatican Council, “There must be made available to all people everything necessary for leading a life truly human, such as food, clothing, and
shelter…”1 The council was following the teaching of St. Pope John XXIII that shelter was one of the key “means which are suitable for the proper development of life…”2
In the following decades, the Church expanded its understanding of the right to housing. In the words of St. Pope John Paul II, We are convinced that a house is much more than a
simple roof over one’s head. The place where a person creates and lives out his or her life, also serves to found, in some way, that person’s deepest identity and his or her relations with others.3 This right to housing also has been enumerated in international documents, including the 1948 U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 25, 1). In 1949, the
U.S. Housing Act declared a national goal of a decent home and suitable living environment for every American family.
"The family has the right to decent housing, fitting for family life and commensurate
to the number of the members, in a physical environment that provides the basic services for the life of the family and the community.5 St. Pope John Paul II also underscored the importance of housing as critical to human and family security, one of the three essential elements of the ancient and current concept of the common good.
It is not enough, governments must follow suit in ensuring that for those who through no fault of their own lack housing can obtain housing. I'm not talking about those who are under the influence of drugs or refuse to work despite being able to, I'm talking about those who are forced out of their homes thanks to skyrocketing prices of rents and predatory tactics like "renovictions".
There is plenty of abandoned housing throughout this country that now being torn down, which could be homesteaded. The entire town of Trona, CA is but one example.
We are not that removed from the early 19th Century pioneers who even made homes out of sod. Where is that same spirit today in America?
Any claimed duty for a government (taxpayers) to "provide housing" does not carry the concomitant right to choose where it is located. Housing is a commodity; not a right. And if you give a mouse a cookie .......
I read this solid article by Ms. Donovan and I quote "Have you ever noticed someone commenting on the news, and it dawns on you that what they watched is different from what you watched?"
This statement can be and should be applied to the CA State and SB County So-Called-Leaders. Are
they all looking at the same data, facts that show major problems in this State and in this County?
The main problem here is the So-Called-Leaders and people that they surround themselves with.
The recent lawsuit and many others against the SB County should tell everyone that there are very serious problems, amoung many, here in SB. See weblink below>>
"Three county employees recently filed the lawsuit against county Public Health Director Mouhanad Hammami and Public Health Officer Dr. Henning Ansorg and claim the county failed to properly investigate workplace safety complaints and failed to protect them from further harassment."
When So-Called-County-Leaders sue each other over, yes descrimination, you have a major problem folks and face it this place is rife with incompentence.
Where is all of that fair and safe practices of DEI, "WokeSpoke" Non-Discrimination in SB and CALI?
The author opens with two questions and a comment: "Why do they cut away or not report the rest? Is it because they want to push their agenda and that the chants of support from most of the graduates didn’t fit into their world view? I believe this is the new norm in reporting."
Ah, I also miss the days when there were "only three networks insulting our intelligence"! One of the fixes is to not limit yourself to just one source for information. My cable provider includes a channel called NewsMix which displays four networks simultaneously (CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and BBC). Watching it provides a quick and easy way to compare the "spin" being given to news stories. What is captioned a "Pro-Palestinian Protest" on one network is captioned an "Anti-Israel Protest" on another, like they think we won't notice they are not the same thing. I have found less "spin" on BBC coverage of U.S. events, PLUS BBC provides news on the rest of our planet that often does not even appear on any of our domestic networks. You can easily scroll between the channels. Other options require you to view just one station, such as the English language editions of France Press 24, Deutsche Welle, and Al-Jazeera. I used to also watch RT (Russian TV), but it was removed by my provider. My father used to comment after watching the 3 news options "Interesting, but what did they not want us to know?" ...inquiring minds want to know!
Thanks for your comment! I also watch all of the stations. I agree with what you said about BBC!
Thank you, Bonnie, for being the eyes and ears so lacking in local “news”. I don’t bother to look at KEYT, unless there is a natural disaster actively occurring. When I do, am dismayed by the delay in up to the moment critical information. John P gets out there, ultimately. I don’t trust the owners of KEYT any more than I trust gas station sushi. My alternative source of local news used to be the News Press. The fact that Wendy was the first person to use her paper to endorse Trump, combined with her libertarian bent, was a refreshing alternative to the political views from the Independent and Ed Hat. That left the Noozhawk. It’s failure to mention the Easter, 2 years in a row, combined with the recent celebration of nurses ( Margaret Sanger 🤷) have resulted in my dropping it. That basically leaves the Current. Thank you James, Jim and Bonnie!
Bonnie, Regarding your initial question as to how different entities present different “news”: there can never be two realities. There can NOT be two different facts at one time : for example, “one and one is two”, or “ one and one is three “ defies reality; another example is “Joe Biden won the last election “ (fact ) vs “I, Trump, won the last election “. One of those last “facts” is not reality.
As a pursuer of truth and reality, it is my experience in reading yours and other writers. in this substack: almost all the writers are not dealing in reality as presented by the majority of what I perceive to be intelligent , critical thinkers, honest writers and real news reporters of the political scene.
Additionally and most important: most of the writers on this substack are all biased Republicans. Why don’t you allow a challenge to the ultra-self-serving, politically biased LACK OF FACTS AND REALITY which appears here, week after week? Where is the REALITY, the FACTS of what gets written here?
Did any of you have the intelligence to listen to a man, grounded in reality, on Stephanie Ruhle’s show last night? I’m referring to your fellow-Republican, Mitt Romney. How refreshing to hear him speak of truths, even when he criticizes a Democrat.
The writers on this substack may attract uneducated religious readers, but you will never convince intelligent readers who receive facts about the Reality of our present political scene and from their own eyes and ears as well. How can you tolerate listening to the pathetic lies of one very sick, uneducated, self-serving, multiply-indicted criminal named Trump?
One aspect of all you writers here which I never never see is this: No one ever makes one true factual statement regarding what Trump plans to do to enhance our Democracy IF HE gets to win the election. That man ( or “orange turd”, take your pick, not my words ) speaks only of the disaster and punishments he will inflict. Where are his promises to help Americans….all of us? Isn’t THAT the function of an elected President?
“ I AM YOUR RETRIBUTION “? How very sick he is.
Nancy, there are often two sets of facts; each set carefully cherry-picked to support a particular agenda. You err in your original premise. And you demonstrate it amply.
YOU err…..” two sets of facts.”? Ridiculous. Give an example, for those in the cheap seats.
How does this so-called “ fact “…..” Trump won the last presidential election “ possibly EXIST ( except as a bold lie ) in the presence of the proven fact that Biden won the last Presidential election?
Show me how the Trump lie is a “ FACT “ or how it can co-exist as a FACT in the face of the evidence?
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY ?? This is typical of the idiocy of Republican ( so-callled ) thinking .
Eg: Two sets of facts:
1. Nancy claims she is open-minded.
2. Nancy cannot listen to anything other than her own opinion.
Why don’t you demonstrate how your statement (2.) is correct? Do it.
You’re slithering again…ala FOX: just make a statement and NEver point to its source, or its rationale, never show proof. Just like this last post of yours.
You can not demonstrate that I do not listen when I reply to what is said with references, quotes, proof and indications of what I am alleging.
Go ahead: make an intelligent statement. Try it.
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Stop watching Fox News.
See….you once again demonstrate your shallowness. Make an untrue statement about me, then slither away when I ask for you to give proof of it. No debate possible with you. As for watching Fox…..just enough to determine they are unworthy of serious watching.
I’m curious….did Putin put Carson in jail?
Maybe Kellyanne Conway is a ghost writer on the SB Current?
What is the point of that question.? Whoever you are….you don’t make sense. And in a dialog where the topic is facts…..the screams: NONSENSE! Exactly what the original point was about the importance of speaking facts, truths, of eliminating garbage like “ good people on BOTH sides.”
Playing silly word games is one more way of evading truth. A coward’s way.
I was actually trying to support your point buy suggesting Kellyanne Conway was writing about her "alternative facts" on this site and it's become quite the argument with them. I guess I need to be more direct - facts are facts - there are not two sets.
"Uneducated religious readers". This just screams reddit atheist energy, "I'm so smart guys, I don't believe in that sky daddy nonsense. I'm a critical thinker who opposes religion because it's used to control people, I watch porn and do drugs though cause they would never be used to control others".
Theotokos: You “ do drugs and watch porn “…..whoever you are? Good luck to you. Just stay away from the polls. We don’t need one more nut to vote.
I'm me, silly. Calling out your borderline atheist neckbeard phrases, calling others who happen to be religious as "uneducated" as though being religious somehow means you don't engage in logic or critical thinking. And being an atheist doesn't make you any more intelligent than anyone else, you making such baseless generalizations of others for being religious (because of weird American protestants) just shows a lack of critical thinking and that you only perceive the world in black and white. You even think that a republican calling out other Republicans actually mens something, it literally doesn't.
Greeting Nancy...appreciate your well written comments, but generally disagree with several of your points...
1. "There can NOT be two different facts at one time : for example, “one and one is two”, or “one and one is three“ ... Joe Biden won the last election fact v Trump won the last election."
Unfortunately, Our “main stream media” is comprised of very few Truth tellers & many many dishonest (corrupt) news outlets...causes disbelief & confusion (all engineered)...so, depends upon who to believe...most no longer believe MSM, as evidenced by small & contracting viewerships/readerships…many believe that Biden won the 2020 election fair & square ("most honest election in our nation's history", so we're told), but more than half the nation believe that the election was unfair (80,000,000 mass mail ballots - what could go wrong?…ballot harvesting, ballot mules, 5 key swing states halt vote counting in the evening/overnight hours, boxes of Biden ballots delivered late, etc, etc, etc)...
2. "most of the writers on this substack are all biased Republicans...any of you have the intelligence to listen to Republican Romney on Stephanie Ruhle’s show last night..."refreshing to hear him speak of truths."
I did watch Mitt Romney on MSDNC last night... interesting interview & I appreciate your thoughts on his "truths"... while I'm not a Republican (quit the Republican Party when they ran Poppy Bush in '92 (another corrupt political player) and voted for Perot (always wanted to send an outsider to Washington to shake the tree), I agree that many of the articles & comments on this forum lean right...but it takes both the black & white shades to paint the picture...PS, I believe that Romney is on-the-take and/or compromised…
3. "The writers on this substack may attract uneducated religious readers...how can you tolerate listening to the pathetic lies of one very sick, uneducated, self-serving, multiply-indicted criminal named Trump...No one makes factual statements about "Orange Turd" (your label, not mine) plans to enhance Democracy if elected...speaks only of the disaster and punishments...where are his promises to help Americans…
I could be wrong, but you seem to hate Trump…he's just a man (an imperfect being like the rest of us humans)...hate is a funny thing...it requires daily physical (calories, mental effort, hormones) resources...people engaged in the "hate" process will typically also seek external reinforcement of that state by social contact, diet, and specific practices, including religious rituals...one can be trained to hate, by other humans, or by their experience within this Matterium, BUT you can never be a passive hater..."hate" requires real work...that's not for me...
4. "I AM YOUR RETRIBUTION“? How very sick he is"...
Trump considers himself a wartime President (as he announced in Spring 2020 when we were hit with C19)...he also stated that the President has extraordinary powers (true statement...see Abraham Lincoln's use of such powers to save the Union)...we are at war Nancy...our country has been captured (all 3 branches)...believe it or not, Trump is leading the counterinsurgency...
I love your spirit Sister, your a Patriot…stay safe, we are in for a very bumpy ride over the coming months…
PS…bet you a lemonade that you vote for Trump in November 😎
DLDAWSON: I will address only youR statement re who won the election, and then your last sentence. ( But thanks for a few reasonable-sounding comments )
Re who won….regardless of your rationale about numbers…our voting system says the person who wins the MOST ELECTORAL VOTES WINS. BIDEN WON THE MOST. Why are you vacillating . FACT: Joe Biden won the last presidency fair and square according to the laws of these United States. THERE ARE. NO TWO WINNERS, THERE ARE NO TWO FACTS. THE NUMBER OF LOSER VOTES IS IRRELEVANT. THAT IS THE POINT IVE BEEN TRYING TO. MAKE ABOUT FACTS!
As to the lemonade you are willing to give me……I have never before been exposed to the likes of a Trump-creature. I attribute his ultra-unhealthy personality to a very damaged self-image.
He really is sick; wants to be king, but is so damaged, so incredibly unfit, so rather stupid…..if he had one iota of self respect, he wouldn’t need to keep telling us how great he is.
Only a pathetically small ego needs such constant stroking.
Can anyone imagine Trump saying…EVER….” I think I made a mistake “? Or. “ I’m sorry.”
He even hates and degrades American soldiers who died for our country! He lies about knowing Stormy Daniels?.
My puzzlement: HOW CAN ANYONE VOTE FOR HIM? He really is a turd.
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I agree that Biden was sworn in as President after the election fiasco (could there be 2 Presidents?), but the remainder of your response shows your hate for Trump…the man that you will come to respect one day (soon) & eventually learn to love like a father…see you at the lemonade stand…
I am so bent over with laughter I can hardly catch my breathe to type…..why wouldn’t ANY intelligent concerned person not….hah hah ha …hate an adulterer, fraud, liar, would be Dictator bent on retribution, liar, liar, liar…..the real question to ponder is : WHY DOESNT EVERYBODY SEE HOW WORTHY OF HATRED HE IS?
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS HIS MERIT? Name just one…..I will wait.
FYI…many are wakening to the understanding that our elections have been rigged for decades…I’ll leave you with a few Qs…ask yourself:
was Trump asked to run for President w/ assurances made to prevent tampering? Military Intelligence? What is 'State Secrets' and how upheld in the SC? What must be completed to engage MI over other (3) letter agencies? (stolen elections, end of democracy?) What was Flynn's background? Why is this relevant? Why did Adm Rogers (NSA) meet Trump privately in a SCIF w/o auth? Does Trump know where the bodies are buried? Does Trump have the goods on most bad actors? Was Trump asked to run for President? Why? By Who? Was HRC next in line? Was the election suppose to be rigged? Did good people prevent the rigging? How is Trump always 5-steps ahead? Who is helping Trump?
expand your thinking Sister…always good to question one’s “reality”…
Hee Hee Hee - O Boy! I can’t wait ‘till Trumpy blows away FJoe Biden and the rest of the CommieDems this November! I just hope our Nancy doesn’t do anything foolish, like admitting the GOP are thoughtful, intelligent, true Americans, and the Dems are a bunch of overeducated Commies floating in dreamsville!
For the most part most people do not like "We Told You So Comments" so here is you opportunity to scroll down and not read this.
Cars Are Basic, in its first decade rang the bell about potential failures along State St. and the entire Old Town Santa Barbara. Ridicule is a kind word for what we were meet with.
After all we were nothing but a bunch of disgruntled businessmen and the environment was more important then jobs and vitality.
Today you have Bonnie's well thought out letter about the 40 years+ of failure. You have top level business types and economic planners laying out the devastation that used to be Down Town SB.
We warned you. There are supposed concerned organizations that are deviling into neighborhoods and planning for "Alternative" transportation and the long term effects.
Here is a suggestion. Instead of having one or two "major" events talking about what is happening why not back and attend an organization that has been around for over a quarter of a century? Why not use that "standing" in the legal sector that gives you leverage to stop the insanity called the 15 minute city and streets that are dysfunctional? The swells of the City stated you will get more influence with being willing to work with the stupid planning types.
So here you go..... We Told You So.
Bonnie thanks.
Scott Wenz President CAB
Bonnie, your article successfully skewers the city council and staff for ignorance and incompetence without leaving blood. Perhaps, they will now listen to the people who have skin in the game, instead of hiring consultants who readily follow the wishes of their paymasters, rather than those who have to live with the results.
I vote for engaged city leaders to make decisions on our behalf; not to follow the lead and hide behind outside consultants.
THEO. NEITHER you nor anyone who favors trump will say : WHAT ARE HIS VALUES that are in accord with yours? Do you approve of fraud ( Trump does and has engaged in it ), NOT paying Fed. Taxes? how about assaulting women ( 16 claim he has; he is convicted of having to pay in millions $$$ to one ), starting an insurrection against our Democratic gov., claiming he WON an election he CLEARLY LOST? And lies, lies, lies…..stacks of them!
He hates immigrants, people of color, wants to be a Dictator. Hates our American soldiers who died in the wars..John McCain for being imprisoned !
As a self-described Catholic, what do you value of a sinner and a disdainer of our Democracy?
PLEASE, TELL ME, O RELIGIOUS-ONE. THIS DISHONESTY IS WHAT MAKES SO-Called BELIEVERS IN GOD SUSPECT VIS A VIS THEIR HONESTY.
Once again: I implore you. WHICH OF TRUMP VALUES MIRROR YOURS? Do you think he ever contemplates the concept of “ god “? Of honesty, of kindness, of faithfulness to wive(s)?
It's Thursday afternoon and I'm watching the SB city Planning commission right now, oh good grief. They are talking about the city Climate Action Plan. Seriously. The guy on city staff is stating they want to reduce the amount of natural gas used in the city. I for one have used a gas heater and stove for most of the four decades I've lived in SB and I love it.
Here's another topic, the Decarbonize City Buildings Plan. . . Huh?
Thank goodness the city has budget deficit, somewhere between 7 and 10 million dollars. I'm glad because this is just talk with no chance of being implimented.
So if you want to see how lame our city boards and commissions are, just tune into channel 18 on Cox cable or better yet, the City of Santa Barbara You Tube channel.
Continued staff make-work costs city taxpayers far too much in these days of precarious city budgeting. You just illustrated a major one - predicating actual remunerated city staff work based solely on an oft-repeated, but unsupportable hoax. Yet none can dare say this in the current political climate: "the king has no clothes". (aka the Climate Change™ hoax). How did we get so silenced?
City make-work also includes duplicating services already provided by the county. Case in point - Environmental Services now reborn as the city's Sustainability Division features a waste disposal event, which is a service already duplicated by the County and UCSB. Besides their own self-promotion, what is the value of duplicating this event?
A serious approach to the city budget short-fall is to audit city/county duplicative services. How badly do we need to retain them? Which ones still serve only our own unique city resident needs?
Which city staff employees should be cross-trained to fill other neglected city missions? Like surveying all city streets for their current state of major potholes. Then creating a budget and checklist, while participating in their speedy remediation. You know, kitchen table issues. The ones we city residents face here and now. Not some inchoate "climate change" netherland.
Have you ever heard of separation of religion and State? There’s a good reason for that. Religious beliefs are personal and range from the demented to the sublime and have NO place in facts or politics. Witness, the bulk of trump’s voters APPEAR to have beliefs which tolerate lies, adultery, convictions, fraud and other breaking of our Democratic laws.
Politics is about our Constitution and our laws. Let’s stick to facts. Keep your beliefs about the state of your soul or afterlife to yourself since the topic was FACTS.
"trump voters" APPEAR to be one-dimensional cartoon figures, only in your mind Nancy. Stick around. Osmosis rules.
I don't care for the separation of Church and State, the Church should influence politics at every level to promote a moral, and good society that uplifts the dignity of man and supports the needy and vunerable. And I'm not going to not vote for Trump because of his personal faults because then what, Joe Biden gets elected again? Not a chance, you won't be able to say "but orange man bad" to get me to have your favored politician win and push his policies that go against my beliefs, you'd be crazy to think that.
DLDAWSON…And the answer is???
What’s your point in asking these questions? Do you have one, apart from appearing to imply you know more than we ? AND if you actually KNOW the answers, why so smug? Share, along with sources.
As far as my understanding of recent history, Trump, in true racist fashion, hated Obama. Who in their right mind would have put him up to these shenanigans which are undermining our Democracy? Are you implying another country/Government?
Or is it just fun to ask those impossible to answer questions? Speak pls.
He gave up everything.
He knew his life, and the lives of his family, would forever change.
He knew (knows) the consequences.
A man who had everything.
Why do it?
no sources needed for commonly agreed upon history...
Spy campaign failed.
Russia Russia Russia failed.
Weissmann [Mueller] failed.
Leaks failed.
Fake news reports failed.
Impeachment failed.
CDC/WHO recommend 'do not close' border failed.
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What if C19 didn't exist?
Economy today?
Unemployment today?
PS...the news is trauma based mind control...you're not being informed, you're being manipulated...
Thank you Thomas John….and you are correct in ( subtlety ) noting that I DID MISS THE POINT.. Feel free to note other inconsistencies in my comments…..I am serious. I never said I was/am perfect. I love a serious debate.
It is really difficult to get these Republicans to actually address a topic.. it seems…ala TRUMP….easier for them to just criticize, deflect, lie, evade, change the thrust of topic…..ho hum.
What else is new about the sad state of this present Republican Party?
Livingnotwell….im awaiting a FACT from the bunch of you. So far…nothing except the statement that there can be TWO SETS OF FACTS…..PROVE IT AND STOP just criticizing, Make your case or shut up. Criticisms because you can’t substantiate your totally stupid statement is not a way to prove the validity of that statement.
HOW CAN BOTH BIDEN AND TRUMP BE CORRECT ABOUT WHO WON THE PRESIDENCY…..SHOW ME.
As a public thoroughfare, if there is no way to deal with aggressive vagrants and encampments, no downtown business district will thrive. We await the SCOTUS Oregon ruling for more future guidance on these issues.
Before the signs get taken down, compare permitted conduct on State Street right now to the posted list of prohibited activity when one enters the privately-controlled Paseo Nuevo space. Which choice provides the more appealing atmosphere for the future of State Street?
THEO….You say “ …the church SHOULD influence politics….” Just EXACTLY WHICH church? Can you imagine the chaos: A make-believe, authoritarian entity….of which there are hundreds of different ones…..” SHOULD” influence politics? Have you genuinely given this ANY thought…..just exactly which religion should do this and how……? Crazy idea. Our forefathers knew the folly of such an impractical idea. So you might vote for Trump or maybe Mary Magdalene ? Tell me, what are Trump’s. VIrtues? What about him will make this country a better place to live….and do me a favor: don’t talk about any alternative to Trump, just find what you like about Trump as President and spell it out….because I can NOT think of one possible contribution he could possibly make to American, but I can think of much harm he can/has done.
So, speak well of the man. What do you like about him. SPEAK TRUTH….hard specific attributes he may be hiding from me. AND YOU.
Yes, the Catholic Church as the fullness of truth and divine revelation should be the religion that our society and government should revolve around. Our Founding Fathers were godless freemasons who championed "enlightenment" ideals and Republicanism, neither of which promote moral or healthy societies. Trump aligns with closer to my values, you and the politicians you like don't. Simple as.
What exactly is the issue with rent control? Seems rather predatory that a land owner can sick up the prices of rent by thousands of dollars in some instances?
Willing seller meets will buyer remains the best way to deal with the rental marketplace. Within the construct of "Protestant" values since that is part of our regulatory DNA, if you wish. Rent control is confiscation of private property. If a property rents for the asking price, it is de facto affordable. When it doesn't it is then subject to market forces, which is the seller's sole choice. Including leaving it vacant, rather than degrade its value.
Instead, are you asking about government-mandated social engineering, which is something entirely different. A dangerous free market control that is best not initiated by the self-interested and uninitiated, that is inflicted by ham-handed fiat on the more responsive market economy system.
Put any demand for rent-control into the context of the past 50 years of local housing demand and local housing supply. No matter how much new housing has been added, no matter how many of those units are now under some form of government control, it is never enough. Then what? (Besides boring a hole in the city long-term financial health.)
Rent control limits the housing supply. Declining to non-existent turn-over rates in this premium area is a primary consequence of local "rent control", so where does that leave us in the big picture when for arcane reasons some get wind-fall housing and never leave, but most do not?
Like Ulysses protecting his crew from the Sirens luring them to their deaths, at some point one must put figurative wax in our ears before the whole ship goes down and we become another Ventura/Oxnard sprawl. Or a forest of high-rises blocking our unique mountainous back drop views.
Excellent, J. I especially liked your reference to Ulysses - what a cool dude!
What is old, is new. I propose we just read the Illiad and call it quits -everything about human nature is played out within its pages.
The Carlist movement, while primarily focused on political and religious traditionalism, also had distinct economic principles that were influenced by their broader ideological commitments. Indeed, their economic views were generally opposed to both socialist/leftist ideals and the free market liberalism that characterized the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Economic Principles of the Carlists
Corporatism: Carlists often supported a corporatist economic model, which emphasized the organization of society by corporate groups, such as agricultural, industrial, and professional sectors. This model was seen as a way to mediate between capital and labor, promoting harmony and cooperation over class conflict.
Distributism: Although not uniformly, many Carlists were influenced by distributist ideas, which advocate for a wide distribution of property and economic power rather than concentration in the hands of a few (capitalism) or the state (socialism). Distributism is rooted in Catholic social teaching, particularly the encyclicals "Rerum Novarum" and "Quadragesimo Anno," which call for a social order based on justice and the common good.
Anti-Liberal Economics: Carlists were critical of economic liberalism and laissez-faire capitalism. They opposed the free market ideology that often led to the exploitation of workers and the undermining of traditional social structures. Instead, they favored an economy that upheld moral values and supported family and community stability.
Protection of Traditional Economies: The Carlists aimed to protect traditional economic activities, particularly agriculture, which they saw as the backbone of Spanish society. They supported policies that would safeguard rural communities and traditional ways of life from the disruptive effects of industrialization and market liberalization.
Subsidiarity: Reflecting their broader social and political philosophy, Carlists supported the principle of subsidiarity in economic affairs. This meant that economic decisions should be made at the most local level possible, allowing communities to manage their own economic affairs and reducing the role of central authority.
Social Welfare: While opposing socialist redistribution, Carlists did believe in some forms of social welfare rooted in Christian charity and social justice. They advocated for policies that would support the poor and vulnerable, reflecting the Catholic commitment to the preferential option for the poor.
The Carlists' opposition to both socialism and free market capitalism stems from their broader ideological commitment to a third way that harmonized traditional Catholic values with economic justice. They viewed socialism and communism as threats to religion, private property, and family, while seeing liberal capitalism as a source of moral decay, social inequality, and disruption of traditional communities.
Sorry but as a Catholic I reject protestant values and embrace Catholic Social teaching, I also am not concerned with a "free-market" because it isn't necessarily moral, and can be abused. Catholic Social Teaching emphasizes the rights and dignity of man, and of ensuring that people have their material and social needs met.
1983 Charter of the Rights of the Family
Beginning from the foundation of the dignity and sanctity of human life, Catholic social thought holds that human persons have a natural and universal right to decent housing.
In the words of the Second Vatican Council, “There must be made available to all people everything necessary for leading a life truly human, such as food, clothing, and
shelter…”1 The council was following the teaching of St. Pope John XXIII that shelter was one of the key “means which are suitable for the proper development of life…”2
In the following decades, the Church expanded its understanding of the right to housing. In the words of St. Pope John Paul II, We are convinced that a house is much more than a
simple roof over one’s head. The place where a person creates and lives out his or her life, also serves to found, in some way, that person’s deepest identity and his or her relations with others.3 This right to housing also has been enumerated in international documents, including the 1948 U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 25, 1). In 1949, the
U.S. Housing Act declared a national goal of a decent home and suitable living environment for every American family.
"The family has the right to decent housing, fitting for family life and commensurate
to the number of the members, in a physical environment that provides the basic services for the life of the family and the community.5 St. Pope John Paul II also underscored the importance of housing as critical to human and family security, one of the three essential elements of the ancient and current concept of the common good.
Nothing prevents Catholics charities from living out their mission.
It is not enough, governments must follow suit in ensuring that for those who through no fault of their own lack housing can obtain housing. I'm not talking about those who are under the influence of drugs or refuse to work despite being able to, I'm talking about those who are forced out of their homes thanks to skyrocketing prices of rents and predatory tactics like "renovictions".
There is plenty of abandoned housing throughout this country that now being torn down, which could be homesteaded. The entire town of Trona, CA is but one example.
We are not that removed from the early 19th Century pioneers who even made homes out of sod. Where is that same spirit today in America?
Any claimed duty for a government (taxpayers) to "provide housing" does not carry the concomitant right to choose where it is located. Housing is a commodity; not a right. And if you give a mouse a cookie .......
Housing is indeed a right, as is access to Healthcare. The Church has spoken on these matters and affirmed both as human needs.
I read this solid article by Ms. Donovan and I quote "Have you ever noticed someone commenting on the news, and it dawns on you that what they watched is different from what you watched?"
This statement can be and should be applied to the CA State and SB County So-Called-Leaders. Are
they all looking at the same data, facts that show major problems in this State and in this County?
The main problem here is the So-Called-Leaders and people that they surround themselves with.
The recent lawsuit and many others against the SB County should tell everyone that there are very serious problems, amoung many, here in SB. See weblink below>>
https://keyt.com/health/2024/04/19/county-of-santa-barbara-served-lawsuit-accusing-public-health-leaders-of-discrimination-workplace-safety-violations/
"Three county employees recently filed the lawsuit against county Public Health Director Mouhanad Hammami and Public Health Officer Dr. Henning Ansorg and claim the county failed to properly investigate workplace safety complaints and failed to protect them from further harassment."
When So-Called-County-Leaders sue each other over, yes descrimination, you have a major problem folks and face it this place is rife with incompentence.
Where is all of that fair and safe practices of DEI, "WokeSpoke" Non-Discrimination in SB and CALI?
Howard Walther, member of a Military Family