According to Charity Navigator,7 out of 10 charities evaluated spend at least 75% of their budget on the programs and services they exist to provide.And 9 out of 10 spend at least 65%.
“We believe that those spending less than a third of their budget on program expenses are simply not living up to their missions.”
The Clinton Foundation spent less than 3% on its mission.
The president addressed more than 40,000 members of the Boy Scouts at their National Jamboree. He was met with a wildly enthusiastic throng and he was in his element. Of course, he pisses a lot of people off no matter what he does. As a former scout, I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that a very large majority of those attending yesterday come from two-parent homes, don’t take government handouts, don’t commit rapes or armed robberies, and are more likely to volunteer for military service. Liberals despise them because they grow into that most dreaded of all terrorist groups, the white middle class.
Obama never addressed the organization once. The left is howling this morning about Trump turning his speech into a political rally. Never mind the fact that anytime a democrat gets in trouble he runs to the nearest black mega-church for solace and a pep rally. Obama did it all the time because he was looked on as some sort of deity.
My personal experience with the scouts was a happy one. Our troop was sponsored by a Methodist church and the farm across the road belonged to one of their members. About 1962 they held their first corn boil as a fundraiser. We were the hired hands. I had to show the others how to go out into the massive cornfield and pick sweet corn by hand: grip the ear where it is attached to the stalk, pull down, a quick twist and it comes loose. Always make sure the husk is very tight, not spongy. That means the kernels are filled out. If you pull the husk down a little, and pierce a kernel with your thumbnail, the white, starchy liquid should squirt to your knuckle. That means it has a good sugar content. That was more than 50 years ago and they still hold the event every August.
One of our assistant scoutmasters had a big farm with some woods and a creek running through it. We made a campground on it and built a dam across the creek to make the water deep enough for a swimming hole. (Can you imagine kids swimming in a creek these days?) We camped at least once a month to work on nature projects and had a really stupid idea to go on a Polar Bear camp-out in the dead of winter. We only came out of our tents to eat and have a massive snowball fight daily. I hit my friend Louis in the head with a slushball and he went down like a bag of wet cement. I ran screaming back to camp because I thought I had killed Louie. Ah, those were good times.
[CtH: Love it when you reminisce, Pete! Actually, there is a creek near my house where people still swim. My mom took me. I took my girls. Sometime when my grandkids come in the summer, we’ll have to take them.]
TRUMP ON FIRE! 40,000 BOY SCOUTS CHEER PRESIDENT TRUMP AT JAMBOREE!
The National Jamboree is held every four years.
POTUS Trump RIPS Obama – Scouts Chant “We Love Trump!” at National Jamboree
Trump ripped Barack Obama for NEVER attending a jamboree. The massive crowd grumbled then started chanting—“We love Trump! We love Trump!“
Flashback: Democratic Delegates Boo The Boy Scouts Of America
Democrats are all atwitter over Trump’s speech to the Boy Scouts, claiming that he talked politics or made them cheer like Hitler Youth. Here’s how hypocritical they are. They used politics all over the Boy Scouts, but booed them and attacked them.
LOS ANGELES When Gloria Johnson learned that a group of Eagle Scouts was about to take the stage at the Democratic National Convention, she immediately went into action.
She and other California delegates grabbed poster board and markers and made signs that read, “We Support Gay Boy Scouts.” As the uniformed Scouts took part in the opening ceremony, the delegates, seated in the front of the hall, waved their signs and booed.
Under normal circumstances, jeering at children is the sort of behavior that might get a delegate sanctioned, if not booted from the convention altogether. But anyone who expected the Democratic leadership to scold people bashing the Boy Scouts of America was attending the wrong convention.
Scout’s dishonor! Boy Scouts of America faces backlash from leaders and parents after President Trump turns their Jamboree into a political rally that may even have broken the group’s rules.
Trump spoke before a giant crowd of Boy Scouts of America on Monday night
The thousands of scouts was celebrating their Jamboree in West Virginia
Eagle Scouts, scoutmasters and parents threatened to leave the organization
The speech may have violated the organization’s own stance on political events
Trump first promised not to make his speech political, but quickly attacked Obamacare, the swamp, the media and Hillary Clinton. Parents, Boy Scout members, and scoutmasters were equally livid about the event. One man claiming to be an Eagle Scout and former scoutmaster called the event ‘nauseating’ adding the organization was ‘never partisan.’ A parent tweeted ‘that was a disgusting display tonight. I am withdrawing my son from your organization next year. You should all be ashamed.’
Democrat leaders have had nothing to say about Charlie Gard and none of their lapdogs in the media have bothered to ask any of them.
These are the same people who ridiculed the very idea that government-run health care would necessarily involve unelected bean counters making life and death decisions for patients.
Everything Democrats promised has proven to be a big fat lie.
Democrats said Obamacare was going to ensure that no American would fall through the cracks. Ha!
WISE, Va. — The sick and the disabled pour out of these mountains every summer for their one shot at free health care. These events are staged nationwide, but the Wise clinic is among the biggest.
A third of the patients who registered Friday were unemployed, who can’t afford insurance even under Obamacare, or who don’t qualify for Medicaid.
The Democrats’ new slogan — “A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future” — fits the actual record compiled by Republican leadership in Washington far better than it does the record compiled by Democrat leadership.
Check the Data for Yourself!
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment Population Ratio
CtH’s “History of Political Party Control in DC” Facebook Album: Policy is set jointly by the House, the Senate, and the President. Whichever party dominates two or three of these three bodies dominates policy. The data I used came from Wikipedia where each session of Congress has its own page. You can start with the current Congress @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress and cycle back by clicking on the numbers at the bottom of the box with the Capitol building photo.
Whenever a Democrat tries to convince you that single payer is the only humane system,REMEMBER CHARLIE GARD!
He who holds the gold makes the rules. With single payer, unelected bean counters and judges with who-knows-what political and religious agendas hold the gold.
For five months, Charlie Gard’s parents have been fighting a legal battle with the British single payer system to be ALLOWED to take their son out of the country for experimental treatment.
They had the money. They had TWO hospitals – in the U.S. and the Vatican – offering to take him. The U.S. even offered him citizenship.
The courts said no, no, and more no. During all this time, Charlie’s condition has deteriorated to the point where the treatment his parents sought is no longer possible.
The parents are ending their fight and the “Great” British health care system is now free to off one of its inconvenient citizens.
To many retail outlets, the Christmas shopping season is the difference between making a profit for the year or losing. Every Spring buyers attend shows in big cities like New York and Las Vegas to preview the coming seasons new products. Order too many of the wrong items and you lose money. Order too few of what’s selling this year and customers will go elsewhere.
Before there was such a thing as online shopping there were radio and television ads, newspapers and the Sears Christmas Toy Catalog. (I found a 1962 Sears toybox catalog in a box of magazines I bought at auction. I sold it online for nearly $150. (Collectors like to have the original ad to display with their collections.)
It seems every year something unexpected becomes THE toy to have for kids, whether it be the hula hoop, Slinky, Holiday Barbie, Mattel Buffalo Hunter set, pet rock, or Bigmouth Billy Bass. The only toy I can remember searching the city over for was that phenomenon, the Cabbage Patch doll. My daughter was about 10 that year. I went to a dozen stores before I found one. The only grandchild who gets any toys for Christmas is Miss Olivia. All the rest get what they really want for Christmas … money.
The following link is to what is predicted to be the hottest toys this year. There can’t be much argument that none of the junk will withstand the test of time like the treasures of our youth have. We had things made of steel, cast iron, wood, plastic and tin. Kids today have things that need batteries and are made so cheaply they generally break in a short period of time. Most kids aren’t much for playtoys, since they all have iPhones now.
These Are Going to Be the Hottest Christmas Toys of 2017
We know the holiday season seems so far away, but when it comes to snatching up the hottest toys, you can’t start early enough. Luckily, Hasbro released a list of what they think will be the most popular toys come December.
HERE ARE A FEW OF THE NEW OFFERINGS FROM HASBRO
Hanazuki MoodGleam Wearable
Colors change to reflex the mood of the wearer, just like the bracelet worn by the popular cartoon character, Hanazuki.
DIDN’T WE HAVE MOOD RINGS????
Play-Doh Letters and Language Set: Kids can practice letter recognition and pronunciation using the alphabet stampers and play mats.
WHO DIDN’T HAVE PLAY DOH? DID YOU LEAVE YOURS OUT UNTIL IT HARDENED INTO A ROCK? C’MON,YOU KNOW YOU DID.
[CtH: My sister banned it from her house, because she got so sick of picking crumbs out of the carpet. LOL]
Star Wars” Black Series Poe Dameron Electronic Helmet
Although they have yet to test, the experts at the Good Housekeeping Institute love the interactive aspect of this role-playing helmet. Put the device on and the surround sound will immerse you in the life of skilled X-Wing fighter pilot, Poe Dameron.
OK, WHAT KID IS GOING TO LOOK BACK IN 50 YEARS AND RECALL FONDLY HAVING AN ELECTRONIC HELMET?
[CtH: Oh I dunno. My youngest gets pretty misty about Teddy Ruxpin. :)]
Coinhole: The Mini Bouncing Quarter Game
Players compete in this game by bouncing coins off the table, onto the board and into the hole. The first to sink all of their coins wins!
[CtH: My brother and his friends used to play a tabletop football game just like this, using pieces of paper folded into fat triangles. But oh golly gee whiz! They never had the option of blowing $35 to get a customized image printed on a piece of wood with a hole in it. Isn’t that special?!
HAVE YOU NOTICED THESE TOYS ARE LARGELY WARMED-OVER VERSIONS OF CLASSIC TOYS? THEY’RE EVEN REVIVING TICKLE ME ELMO.
GOT 30 BUCKS?? Elmo’s hysterical laugh is back for a new generation of fans. And just in time to appeal to the upwardly mobile parents whose parents managed to score one for them in 1996 when the first release was The Impossibly Popular Toy of the Year.
Marvel Legends Series “Thor” Mjolnir Electronic Hammer
Made for elevated role-playing, this die-cast metal pommel hammer features intricate detailing , SFX and light up lightning effects. For adults only.Who else would spend $100 on something like this?!
MY COUSIN GOT ONE OF THESE. HE BROUGHT IT OVER ON CHRISTMAS DAY. WE PLAYED FOR HOURS AND HOURS
WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THE TOYS OF OUR GENERATION IS THAT WE HAD FUN AND ACTUALLY LEARNED THINGS OR CREATED WITH OUR OWN HANDS AND THE ONLY LIMITATION WAS OUR IMAGINATION.
CtH: When I think back to my childhood, two toys stand out as being favorites my friends and I played with day after day after day.
Once upon a time, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was criticized for using a private jet while campaigning against the alleged “dangers” of man-made global warming.
She responded by promising that her campaign would purchase enough offsets to make up for all the carbon her flying around was adding to the atmosphere.
That was nearly two years ago. Her campaign has yet to spend a single dollar on offsets.
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