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Dude Is Not A Lady
he average human male
is larger, stronger, faster, taller and more muscu- lar than the average female. These facts have been known since the first man and woman looked at each other and de- cided that he was better phys- ically suited to do most of the hunting and to defend the family unit from would be predators.
This is the core reason why, for hundreds of years, men and women have never competed against one another in any sporting contest. It isn't because women are less skill- ful than men in disciplines that require physical exertion, but solely due to the common un- derstanding that nature gave men a sizeable advantage in the form of the XY chromo- some.
It is this hard-wired foun- dation of the male anatomy that, regardless of how much you attempt to mask it cosmet- ically, will always be a part of the equation. The crazy thing is that it doesn't stop people from trying.
The knowledge of this basic biology is also what makes the
debate over whether or not transgender females (men who identify as women socially) should be able to compete in female sports so ridiculous. Even though it seems obvi- ously unfair to have born males participating in athletic events against individuals who were born females, there are those in society who have al- lowed their common sense to take a back seat to political correctness and who are in favor of such un-level playing fields becoming reality.
I understand and respect the rights of those individuals who choose to identify them- selves in whichever manner makes them feel the most comfortable. But, I also believe that choosing to live their lives against the grain should come with them enduring a certain level of sacrifice and without the expectation that the rest of the world will bend itself out of shape in order to accommo- date their every whim.
AsmuchasItrytokeepan open mind in this forever changing environment of what is and is not deemed accept- able behavior, it's impossible
for me to get behind some- thing that so clearly throws everything else out of whack. I mean, not being judgmental of a 6'8'', 270 lb. man in high heels and a mini skirt is one thing, seeing that same person on a basketball court overpow- ering the much smaller girls around him is another story all together.
Even Bruce Jenner (I can't bring myself to call him Caitlyn), the most renown transgender female on the planet, has gone on record re- cently and stated that he's also against allowing transgender males to compete in female sports. If he can see that it’s in- appropriate, why can't every- one else?
With transgenderism be- coming a part of our new nor- mal the only solution to this complicated issue is to create an entirely different lane of athletics for those who have self-designated their sexuali- ties. If we don't, and dudes who look like ladies are al- lowed to race, wrestle, box or play softball in arenas that weren't created for them, we might as well start preparing our daughters for the day when sports competitions, de- signed specifically for those who were once girl babies, no longer exist.
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A Search For Justice In Taxes And Wages
e have a problem when a senior couple earns
$6,300 a year and paid $1,500 in income tax, while 91 companies earning a profit of more than $40 billion paid no income taxes at all.
Our blood starts to boil when we listen to Congres- sional Senators and Representatives who average $48 to $84 an hour salaries ($174,000 - $220,000 annually) saying we shouldn’t raise minimum wage too fast, but raise it gradually over a 5-year period. We really get upset when we are told the “typical pay package for CEOs at the biggest U. S. companies topped $12.3 mil- lion in 2019, and the salary gap between bosses and their workforce widened even further.
Indeed, what bothers us the most is how we, the minimum wage and nearly minimum workers, fill the company coffers with funds from our meager salaries. Familiar names like Netflix, Chevron, Disney, TJX, Comcast, MacDonald’s, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Yahoo, PepsiCo, Goodyear, Wal-Mart, Starbucks, T- Mobile, Avon, Marathon, NIKE, Lowes, Coca Cola, Tar- get, Allstate, Kraft, Heinz, and General Motors are among the list of 500 Corporate CEOs who make mil- lions while their workers earn significantly less.
Sources such as the Fortune Magazine, the Institute of Taxation and Economic and other news sources con- sistently point out the salary gaps, and the disparate taxing system.
We continue to ask ourselves, when will Americans wake up and see the unfairness of America’s taxing sys- tem which allows the rich to get richer with unjust tax rates and tax loopholes, and quietly accept a fast-food CEO making an average of $8,660 per hour while deny- ing its workers an average of more than $8.29 per hour.
We applaud President Joe Biden for his trans- parency in addressing the economic injustice of our taxing system and minimum wage. We need to support him in his effort to make corporate America pay a fairer share of taxes and to pay its workers a living wage. Right is right and fair is fair.
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