Yes, it is a war too. It’s happening in Europe and here. The divide can no longer be ignored. It’s a significant difference in ideology. Maybe a discussion on this difference could be fruitful, maybe not. But it’s time for a new thread, so here goes. The Left, or those who espouse Socialism (or Communism, Fascism, or Progressivism et el.) are in simple terms Collectivists. They follow the Greater Good theory, or, what is best for the many over rides the few. This is always a great thing to the Left (until they find themselves as “the FEW” ). On the other side are the Individualist’s who believe in personal responsibility and freedom for all. The Collectivist’s like to tell others what is right and wrong and how things should be, while the Individualist’s would just prefer to be left alone and not bothered with the Collectivist’s rants. Hence, today’s current political wars.
Not much else needs to be said, so debate away. 🙂
The coming week has some big events scheduled, with the Trump/Nork Summit and the release of the DoJ IG report a couple days later. While my expectations are low on both issues, there is always some hope that one or both will solve same major problems. I have never known peace with the Nork’s in my lifetime, so it would be really nice to finally ending a war that has been on hold for 65 years. What I don’t expect is a lame deal like Bill Clinton agreed too, which accomplished nothing.
When it comes to politics, divisions between Conservatives and Socialist’s continue to grow. The Left Wing Socialist’s (or Progressives, or Communist’s, pick a term) have a loud voice in the Legacy media and late night comedy shows (comedy might be a stretch). The Left’s desire to be slaves of the State is growing by the day, despite all the historical evidence that Socialism, Communism and Fascism are all failed ideologies that resulted in tens of millions of deaths. Our education system, run mostly by the Left, is failing to not only protect kids, but educate them. The latest two things that I have seen is asking people if they would date a Trump supporter or MS-13 gang member and many picked the gang member. Then, there was Bernie telling BLM that we need to educate our kids, not jail them (no shit Sherlock, tell your Union teachers to give it a try).
Those who support “health care for all” and “free education” are advocating for their own slavery and destruction. Government can’t give “health care for all” or “free education” or anything else because government has nothing to give that it hasn’t taken from someone else.
In a Trump Tweet, he suggested removing the White House press credentials of the “Fake News” outfits. While I can see his frustration with the Liberal media’s bias, I doubt that this move will happen, much less fix the problem. There are other effective ways to deal with those that ask stupid questions all the time….don’t answer them and move on. Some will claim it’s Trump that has the Liberal media in such a hate fit, but it wouldn’t matter who’ in the Republican side won, the bias would still be front and center. My suggestion, treat them as the children they are. Ignore them, but don’t give them any more ammo 🙂
Sixty-five percent of the eighth graders in American public schools in 2017 were not proficient in reading and 67 percent were not proficient in mathematics, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress test results released by the U.S. Department of Education.
I think it would be a good idea for California to split into several new States, but not what is being currently proposed. The Northern Counties already want out and I’m going to assume that many in the East wants to as well. Although I highly doubt it would happen, succession could be attempted, especially when Trump squashes the Crat’s in 2020. In all fairness, I think the Left should have their own place to do as they wish without dragging those who disagree with their ideology with them. Maybe the Western part of the State would be a good start to see how things go. After a few years, maybe we can let them back in, if they beg hard enough 🙂
Putting out a quick article, life has been chaotic and I’ve had little time to really get into all the politics. So, in light of that, I thought a quick chat about Narcan, the drug that saves people who are overdosing, should be readily available to the public. I wrote not long ago about a 3 month old who didn’t survive despite the use of Narcan (I spelled it Narcam). While innocent children like this 3 year old die because of the poor choices of their parent(s), the current epidemic of opioid abuse should be discussed and put into perspective. Narcan can save lives, but is that the answer? Is this a Government caused problem that Big Pharma is making billions off of?
Not many people have doubts that some of the child anti-gun voices were coached (and pro-gun voices ignored) over the past few weeks since the Florida school attack. It’s now come out the David Hogg, the loudest voice, isn’t an honest young man. From interviews:
Glad to hear that the Colonel’s better half is recovering from her surgical procedure. I’ve had 3 foot issue, two surgeries and a broken heal and the broken heal caused some serious pain. They make a scooter type of thing with 4 wheels, handle bars and brakes where one can place a knee and scoot around pretty easily once the pain subsides. It’s much better than crutches, hint, hint 🙂
I have been quite busy as of late with building demolition and clean up. This part should be done by the end of the week (I hope). At that point, the new home will begin to get constructed. Later down the road I hope to post a pictorial of the whole affair, from the beginning to the end.
It’s very interesting watching Trump as he deals with some really tough issues, immigration and now the push for gun control. He has pretty much turned Latino’s against the Democrats with his brilliant strategy on DACA. He knew full well that when he offered a path to citizenship, it was DOA in Congress. Now, going into 2020, he has a new base by which to work with, as the Dreamers will be left out to dry by the Crats.
The media, apparently having problems reporting real news, just simply repeats the same old junk, sometimes adding a new twist. Last week, NBC had a breaking story about Russian hacking into voter rolls of several States. The “breaking” story wasn’t so “breaking” as it turns out, because ABC had a similar story September 29, 2016 with all the same information. In another non-story, rehashing the Stormy Daniels with a new twist seems to be making it’s way through the current news cycle. The problem with this story is that few people actually care and the media seems to forget the Daniels herself has denied having any sexual contact with Trump. I guess women should only be believed when it fits the narrative. From the fawning over a Nork at the Olympics to regurgitated stories to outright fake news, the media has lost credibility. Pathetic.
Not long ago, the Government was shutdown because Senator Shumer wanted to protect the Dreamers, despite not offering one legitimate Bill up for a vote prior to the shutdown deadline. There were numerous “claims” of great stuff discussed with Trump, which he laughed off as ridiculous. He has made his stipulations clear and so far is sticking to his guns. Those stipulations and offer for the Dreamers may still face an uphill battle in Congress, as a path to citizenship isn’t well liked in some circles of the Republican Party. I think we all see this and realize where the immigration issue is likely going…..nowhere.
I think we all knew that the government spied on people and likely did so illegally in many cases.
Sometime today it’s expected that this Memo outlining the abuse of FISA court warrants to spy on political opponents. Nobody, I repeat nobody, should NOT want this to become public and those who acted this way dealt with according to our laws. While I don’t know who will be named, if anyone, it is clear that the Democrats are totally against it’s release. Generally, when a group acts in this nature, it’s because the information will show them in a poor light. While I can understand the FIB and the DOJ not wanting it released, their actors need held accountable as well. For too long, accountability has been missing in DC, the political weaponizing of the IRS, DOJ and FIB should never be acceptable to either side. However, this highlights the Fake News media, who would rather protect the Democrats than get accurate information of wrong doing and report on it.
Slowly, ever so slowly, the corrupt Swamp creatures are being exposed. Deputy Director of the FBI has been removed from his position, only months before his scheduled retirement. This came shortly after the Director of the FBI read the “Memo” concerning the FISA warrant abuses during the Obama regime. This is just the tip of the iceberg, as it has also come out that McCabe also ordered FBI agents to change their 302 interview forms concerning the Clinton investigation. I fully expect the DOJ Inspector General report will be a major unplugging of the Swamp drain. For now, it’s fun to watch the ‘Crats come unglued trying to spin things and the Liberal lapdog media trying to do the same. It won’t work this time. Just for fun, I’m predicting the demise of the Liberal media, as ratings will collapse leading to the sale of some major outlets…..and a change in the narrative that will lead this country for decades to come.
Guess which state has the highest poverty rate in the country? Not Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia, but California, where nearly one out of five residents is poor. That’s according to the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in the cost of housing, food, utilities and clothing, and which includes noncash government assistance as a form of income.
The Democrats and their lapdog media are in full scale attack mode so far this year, which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise considering a study of last year showed the big three networks, ABC, CBS and NBC were at an average of 90% negative in coverage of Trump last year. So this years antics by the Liberal media should be no surprise. Look at last week for example, gone is author Wollfe and his tabloid book, in is the new claims of racism, based on a potential lie, from a known liar, on statements that never mentioned race in any way. Once again, the Left’s claim of racist falls short of reality.
In 2012 we learned that the IRS was targeting Tea Party groups in an effort to make it harder to gain tax exempt status. It was pretty much proven true, Lois Lerner lost her job and it was covered over by the Obama administration and Liberal media. The law was broken, yet no one paid a price. This was the political weaponization of the IRS, a Federal Government agency, to harm the political enemies of the political party in power. Let’s not just blame the party or Obama and his administration, these people had to be willing to act. This was an early warning of a political mindset infecting government agencies. This was just the beginning.
Looking at the actions by a number of people, politicians, media, professors, Hollywood elites, et al, It’s not hard to see what playbook these people are using……..it’s the Communist playbook and we have been warned, as early as 1967. It’s here and it’s rolling. What are we ALL going to do about it?
If we are to ever unbind ourselves from the chains of conventional wisdom, we must first come to understand that we are constantly under assault from government propaganda and government propagandists. Our indoctrination begins at an early age and reaches its peak as we glide through the government indoctrination camps deceptively called public education.
Tonight we wait the results in the tumultuous Senate race in Alabama. The Republican had a huge advantage just a month ago until a woman came out claiming that the Republican tried to get in her pants, when she was 14. Then, several others also joined in with some allegations. The Democrat, as anyone would, took advantage and the polls changed. But one has to ask a question about the results, whatever they may turn out to be, will there really be any winners. If Alabama votes in the Republican, they are deciding that an alleged sexual predator is better than a Democrat, which puts Democrats pretty low in the eyes of Alabaman’s. If the Democrat wins, then a new and potent political weapon has just been proven affective. The chances are that this weapon will be used again and again. Politics is a filthy game and tonight it get’s even dirtier. No matter who is elected, there are no real winners.
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