T F Stern's Rantings

My articles emerge depending on what ever tickles my fancy; hope you enjoy the ride. It started several years ago when one of my op-ed pieces to the Houston Chronicle got butchered; been blogging ever since.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Assault Weapons Belong on the Battlefield

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This past November, as recorded by countless news briefs, talk radio and internet forums, the Senate passed the National Defense Auth...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Michele “McCarthy” Bachmann?

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I was in short pants when Senator Joseph McCarthy was looking for communist sympathizers.  Most of my opinions on the matter were for...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Private Property in Socialist America

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If Rip Van Winkle woke up in America today he’d wonder what happened to private property rights.  Imagine finding out other folks can...
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Friday, July 20, 2012

Who Stands in Need of Comforting?

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By now most everyone has been made aware of the tragedy in Aurora, Colorado where apparently a lone individual entered a movie house...
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Monday, July 16, 2012

Warrantless Searches and the 4th Amendment

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Your home is your castle, a place you and your family are safe from the evils of the world as well as government intrusion, unwarrant...
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Locksmith Apprentices in Socialized America

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The Associated Locksmiths of America sends an email out on Thursdays with links to various articles related to the Security Industry ...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Locksmith Legislative Input Opportunity

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An Open Letter to Anyone in the Locksmith Industry Wesley Hottot, an attorney with the Institute for Justice , sent an email a whil...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

No Bananas in Scranton Pa.

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Years ago Harry Chapin came out with a cult classic, 30,000 lbs of Bananas , about a young truck driver on his way down the hill that...
Friday, July 06, 2012

Locksmiths Make Keys

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A friend sent a collection of old photographs, a turn of the century history lesson of how folks of a different era managed to muddle...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Independence Day 2012

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  As we celebrate our Independence Day, a thought process which is slightly different than calling it the Fourth of July, I’ll start b...
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Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Did You Lose Your Key?

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The phone rang a while ago and I answered, “T. F. Stern & Company, Locksmith, Good Morning”.  The woman on the other end could have...
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Friday, June 29, 2012

SCOTUS Got it Wrong… Again

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Yesterday the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a ruling which basically said that the government has unlimited powers in ...
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T. F. Stern
I am a retired City of Houston Police Officer having served 20 years as a patrol officer and also a retired self employed locksmith having served the Houston area for over 40 years. I'm married to my sweetheart. We met while working at the Astrodome; she was the popcorn girl and I was the soda boy, both working in the back areas during our high school years. We are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and have 3 grown children and four grand children. We now live in our piece of Paradise, otherwise called Buffalo, Texas.
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