Am I the Only One Who Wonders About This?

This article, about a recent drug seizure at the border, reminded me of a concern I expressed about two months ago regarding President Trump's "build the wall" campaign promise which he is going through with. I agree with the concept of stopping the illegals from just walking into our country and sucking off our largess, along with cutting off the massive drug trafficking which has been devastating our nation's youth. However, there's one big problem I see looming over the horizon regarding the completion of the wall.

I wonder if anyone in his administration is looking ahead to the fallout which will result.

As the wall is completed, and the drug flow into our nation dries up, what will be in place to take care of dealing with all of the drug addicted individuals who are going to see their supply disappear? Illegals have already arrived and overwhelmed our emergency rooms at hospitals; and we're picking up the tab. So, where are those who need a fix going to go?

You guessed it - if you're thinking, even with half-a-brain tied behind your back - my concern is that many of them are going to become increasingly desperate and resort to burglary of any and every resource they can access - your home, store, etc. - to pay for the skyrocketing cost of their drug of choice... or worse. In my region we've already seen a massive escalation of homeless people living in tent towns around certain areas. Local municipalities are already overwhelmed with the homeless. 

The Mayor of Seattle has already directed his city council to vote on providing funds to pay for "safe zones" to allow heroin addicts to shoot up in the presence of a nurse to deal with the current level of epidemic going on already. Add to that roving drug addicts who are now desperate to get a fix because the flow has dried up and things could get nastier fast.

I sure hope I'm "all wet" on this, but that wouldn't be too difficult here in the Pacific Northwest where it's been raining more than usual for months now.

A next door neighboring legislative district Senator from the county I live in just sent out, as part of his newsletter to his constituents, this explanation regarding the increasingly contentious ST3/Prop. 1 initiative of last November. (See also: A Legislative Session Like Never Before - 3/22/17)

Question: Why hasn't my own legislative district Senator, or either of its representatives, sent out a similar newsletter explanation to their constituents?

Answer: Their big government, big spending, make the citizens more dependent on government funded projects, ideology won't allow them to divulge the truth behind this completely illegal "rip-off" of the tax payers & commuters within their district, because doing so would totally undermine their agenda!

Car tabs too high? Here's why

Last year voters in the Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (aka. Sound Transit) approved a 25-year $54 billion transit package to expand light rail, commuter rail and bus rapid transit throughout King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. 

While the package passed overall, 56 percent of Pierce County voters soundly rejected the plan with many citing significant tax increases and that many of the projects go to Seattle and King County. 

Now the cost of the measure is starting to hit home with more people -- even those who originally supported the pan -- as the new bills for yearly car tabs began going out in March. 

As has been well covered in the media, many people have been taken aback by the steep price increase in the motor vehicle excise tax. Under ST3 the "MVET" rate increased by 0.8 to 1.1 percent per $10,000 of car value. That means $110 for every $10,000 of assessed car value. 

Since the cost is tied to the value of a vehicle, many have been upset to learn that Sound Transit uses an outdated method of calculating car values much higher than their actual worth. 

Anyone who has purchased a new or used car knows the instant depreciation as soon as it is driven off the lot and that cars are often purchased for a price not equal to the list price. 

Sound Transit's method was based on a decades-old formula previously used by the state that has since been done away with. The plan bases car value off of the manufacturer's suggested retail price and then a reduced percentage each year as it ages. However, that reduction does not reflect the real-world value charging at 100% the first year, 95% the second, 89% the 3rd year and so on. In 2005, the state changed to a model that steps down from 100% to 81% the second year, 67% the third year and so on -- a much more realistic look at car depreciation. 

Voters have made themselves heard on this issue in the Legislature and both the Senate and House reviewed bipartisan options to address the concerns of drivers who feel misled by their own regional transit authority. This includes a proposal to assess car values based on widely accepted methods like the Kelley Blue Book.

Sound Transit responded that changing to a different valuation method could lead to a loss of $6 billion in revenues to build projects. However, from the perspective of voters that means Sound Transit is collecting $6 billion more money than taxpayers feel they should. 

We'll continue working on this issue as more people will continue getting new car tab bills during the rest of the year. 

Sound Transit Car Tab Issues in the News

• Sticker shock as much higher car-tab bills land in mailboxes - Seattle Times
• Bill would force Sound Transit to drop MSRP in car-tabs calculation - KING 5
• WA Car Tab tax error could be costing you hundreds - Q13

How Socialism Ruined My Brazil

As I watched this particular video, I was struck by the similarities of what he was sharing about his government policies and what our country just went through over the past eight years.

Will developments in ongoing investigations in Congress end up for the previous president as it did for Brazil's? Time will tell, but I'm not holding my breath! It seems the power elite these days have built-in impunity for their actions; unless their a Republican or Conservative.

The Brazil Olympics were the first in my lifetime that I didn't watch either. Now it's more clear why there were so many problems.

I urge you to share this with others... especially our younger members of society, and challenge them to explain it to you.

Either Way, We Lose!

No matter whether Congress raises the debt ceiling, or not, we lose.

Will This Admission on Live TV Mean Bars for Obama?

Sadly, I won't be surprised if this woman ends up joining the ranks of those who've disappeared mysteriously.

Who Makes The Law of The Land?

The following article gives me hope that there are still some from future generations who will be able to yet save our great nation.

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[NOTE: Jacob Schulz is an 8th-grade homeschooled student interested in American government. He will be giving this speech at the 4-H communication arts contest.]

How many of you believe that Congress makes the laws of our land? How many of you believe presidential executive orders are also the law of our land? How many of you believe the Supreme court’s decisions are the law of our land?

n the United States Constitution our founding fathers gave the American people a government of checks and balances–a government of three branches where none is all powerful. Our constitution clearly dictates which of the three branches makes the laws of our land, and what the duties of the other two branches are, regarding those laws.

Article I, Section 1 of the constitution states: “All legislative power [law-making power] herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States[.]”
According to our constitution then, all laws are made in the congress. This is how:

1. A congressman drafts a bill.
2. He submits it to the floor.

III. It is sent to a committee.

1. It is discussed and sent back to the floor.
2. It is discussed and voted on.
3. It passes.

VII. It is sent to the other house.
VIII. Same process.

1. If it passes, it is sent to the president.
2. The president can sign the bill, veto it, or do nothing, in which case the bill becomes law after ten days.

There, that’s how congress makes laws–the condensed version.

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Now how many of you believe presidential executive orders are the law of the land?
Remember that word all? “All legislative power…shall be vested in a congress.” That leaves no law-making power leftover for the president. His executive orders are for the sole purpose of enforcing the constitution as prescribed in Article II Section 3 “He shall take care that the laws (made by Congress) be faithfully executed.” Again I say, the president’s role in the government is to preserve and protect the constitution and to enforce, not make, our country’s laws.

Suppose the president issued an executive order that all Americans had to worship at a Lutheran church. Not only is there no such law passed by congress, but that executive order is a blatant violation of the first amendment, which states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”  Since this executive order is not enforcing a law, but trying to make a new one, and because this order would violate the first amendment and deprive citizens of their treasured freedom to worship as they please, the president is overstepping his constitutional bounds, and the order should be struck down.

On the other hand, suppose a president made an executive order restricting immigration from certain countries.  Article IV Section 4 states that the executive branch shall: “Protect each of them [the states] from invasion.” In addition, Congress has passed a statutory law stating:

 “Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may. . .impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.”

This order to restrict immigration is therefore perfectly legal. Some may disagree with it, but it is still very much in line with the president’s first and foremost duty, to protect the American people by enforcing the constitution and the laws of congress.

Finally, how many of you still believe that Supreme Court decisions are the law of the land? Again I remind you, the first sentence of the constitution vests ALL legislative powers in a congress. That leaves nothing left for the Supreme court. The Supreme Court’s  function is to discover and apply the constitution and the laws of congress to the cases brought before them, and to strike down laws that violate the constitution. They are not to judge based on their personal bias. They are to judge based on the Constitution. Moreover, they have no jurisdiction unless a case is appealed to them. Even then, their opinions apply only to the case on which they have ruled–not to the entire country. Their opinions are not law!

Consider this, in 1857, Chief Justice Roger Taney ruled in Dredd Scott v. Sanford that African Americans had no rights which white men were bound to respect. In 1927, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes ruled in Buck v. Bell that mentally disabled women could be sterilized “for the protection and health of the State.”

Dredd Scott and Buck v. Bell have never been overturned. If Supreme court decisions carry the force of law, then why do African Americans have rights, and why aren’t we forcibly sterilizing every intellectually disabled woman? The answer is this: the Supreme Court does not make laws. Their decisions do not need to be overturned. They are just opinions. They are not law, and can be ignored as we have been rightly ignoring Dredd Scott and Buck v. Bell for decades.

Roe v. Wade, the supreme court decision that “legalized” abortion, is not law. Obergefell v. Hodge, the supreme court decision that “legalized” same-sex marriage in all 50 states is not law. These are simply opinions. Congress, and Congress alone makes the laws of our land–not the president, and not the Supreme Court.

When we know how our government is supposed to work, we should be appalled by what we see today. Whenever the courts make decisions not based on the constitution and the law, but instead based on their personal bias, they are neglecting their duties. And when they declare rulings on things over which the constitution is silent, or declare rulings that have no constitutional foundation, they are overstepping their bounds.

When the president makes executive orders not to enforce the law, but to make new laws, he is overstepping his constitutional bounds. When he refuses to enforce laws that Congress has made, he is neglecting his duties.

When Congress neglects to exercise their constitutional power of impeachment against those who break the law, or when they won’t compromise across party lines in order to pass good legislation, they are neglecting their duties.

The president doesn’t make laws, he can only enforce them. The Supreme court doesn’t make laws, it can only discover and apply them. Only Congress makes laws. Executive orders are to enforce the laws; Supreme Court decisions are opinions about the laws; but Congress, and Congress alone holds the law-making authority in the United States of America.

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The Law That Mandates a Stock Market Crash?

Watch! Investor beware!

Did You Hear That? Silence!

In memory of Officer Justin Terney - Oklahoma.

Once again, we've lost another police officer in the line of duty, yet, the mainstream media chooses to ignore it!

CNN's Face the Nation Commentator Shut Down by Trey Gowdy

Just watching this video clip, paying close attention to what Gowdy responds with regarding the commentator's questions - which are attempting to set the narrative about this topic of investigations - is all that needs to be said about this exchange on Face the Nation this past Sunday.

The Occam's Razor of Politics?

When bills introduced in Congress that are simple and direct, it tends to mystify members of Congress, throwing them off balance and becoming prone to fits of incomprehensible confusion, who've become used to complexity. (Both a Democrat & Republican Congressperson have said, "We have to pass the bill to understand what's in it.")

Congressman Mo Brooks, (R) of Alabama who happens to be a member of the Freedom Caucus, is the second member of Congress to introduce a "one liner" that follows the example of another bill to eliminate the Dept. of Education, introduced by Rep. Thomas Massi (R) of Kentucky. (As a retired public school educator of 30 years, I fully support such a concept to eliminate a "black hole" of taxes for a federal program which has done NOTHING to improve the learning of students, but only overwhelmed educators with more bureaucratic diktats and made the cost of education more expensive.)

Only this one attempts to correct the screw up of Speaker Ryan's immense ego trip of pushing a bill which didn't align with the President's campaign promise to repeal & replace Obamacare.

The Middle-East Problem

Think you know correctly and clearly what the real history behind the middle-east problem is? Here's one presentation of it which may surprise you. Is it correct? I suspect it is, but then, there's many forms of propaganda which muddy the waters of what's gone on in our world's past, to the point of much confusion.

I urge you to at least watch it and consider what it presents. You may be surprised at what you thought you knew.

The Commonality of Comedy Legends

Nick Kangadis of MRCTV, in his more recent video about Dave Chappelle stiring the ire of the LBGT-Q (as Chappelle put it) community, has some great points. I urge you to watch this video to see what he says about this subject. However, I'm  disappointed that Nick doesn't seem to understand liberals when he says, "Lighten up and get over  yourselves, people!"

Nick, IMHO, what you're failing to understand about these radical liberals is that they take their views about social issues with serious dedication and commitment because... it is THEIR RELIGION! This ideology is what they truly believe, and to them, nothing else truly matters. And the more they move that agenda forward, the more embolden they become. 

I label them radical because of how far left they've gone; to the point of being ridiculously absurd in their positions & beliefs of what the social norms are in the larger social context of America. They are so rabid in their determination to force everyone else to accept their views and so organized about accomplishing this goal, that they have no room in their psyche to take themselves lightly.

Yes, I agree with Nick that P.C. is killing our nation's sense of humor. And because we all want to be nice, and not look like we're nut cases (that's all part of the P.C. agenda) we are allowing them to succeed by not stand up against it and speaking out!

Naming & Shaming: The ICE Weekly Alien Criminal Release Listing

The incoming Trump administration, keeping his campaign promise to expose those cities, counties, and states which are harboring illegal alien criminals and releasing them, has ordered ICE to post data of who's committing this federal offense. As much as possible, I will post them here, as well, for my blog readers. (Using the map's link takes one to a page with more specific information.)

1. First week

Former NSA Employee Whistleblower Confirms Suspicions

I watched this interview live yesterday and was making audible reactions to it. Yes, it's that interesting and exposes just how abusive our National Security Agency has become under the Patriot Act of the last decade. Don't miss this!

Don't Tell Me They're A Religion of Peace!

I've got to hand it to them... they're patient, persistent and clever in their implementation of taking over the world. No matter how long it will take, they're using the laws of the country they've migrated to, out-populating the birth rate of their host countries, and deception to succeed.

What am I referring to here? Take a look!

At least the local community is finally taking a stand and  realizing what the future implications are for them now that many around the world have seen enough and understand what's really going on.

Londoner Speaks Out About Latest Tragedy

Read the article and watch the video.

Furor Increases About ST3/Prop. 1's Rip-off

On Thursday, March 23rd, Washington State's "Anti-Tax Warrior" - Tim Eyman - testified in front of the Sound Transit Board; an unelected group of regional "big wigs"; and Tim tore into them with a righteous fury.

This board, has illegally set up a car tabs registration scheme which is inflating the value of vehicles within a highly "gerrymandered" taxing district for norther Pierce County, all of King County, and southern Snohomish County. (Pierce Co. voted 57% "No" on the proposition and some legislators are considering bills which would provide an "opt-out" measure. It's that bad!)

The proposition's purpose? To take 30 - 40 years to collect taxes from this region - which, over the past two years, had its population increase by 90% - to build a light-rail network that will not be started until after 20 - 30 years have passed, and will impact ONLY 3% of those driving on the I-5 north/south, I-90 east/west, and I-405 which by-passes Seattle through Bellevue, increase the average property tax within this area by $100/month, and adding a .50 sales tax.

As you'll hear in this video, now that notices are arriving in tax payer's mailboxes, local television and radio talk shows in the region are on fire over this revelation. (Many voters were unaware of the details and had been convinced a rapid transit system in the Puget Sound was desperately needed; but at what cost?) Watch and be informed. If you have yet to receive your car tabs bill, and live within this taxing district, be prepared to be shocked. For example: a 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer - Kelly Blue Book valued at $10,500 - is shown to be valued by Sound Transit's valuation at $13,000! Thus, the rip-off.

Due to the increased attention this has generated during the current state legislative session, several bills are being dropped in an attempt to rectify the problem; some worthy of consideration, some ridiculous. To be continued...

The Lies from Congress Never Stop

The following email arrived in my mailbox only hours before the Speaker of the House "yanked" the "SwampCare" bill he was proposing. I post it here for you to read and analyze:

 

Jon,

Last year, after President Obama vetoed an Obamacare repeal bill that had strong Republican support, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) promised similar repeal if Republicans won the White House.

"We have shown now that there is a clear path to repealing Obamacare without 60 votes in the Senate," he declared. "So, next year, if we're sending this bill to a Republican president, it will get signed into law."

Sadly, he lied.

The bill written by Speaker Ryan this year is nothing like the bill sent to President Obama last year. It fails to repeal many of the core parts of Obamacare and will lead to even higher premiums.

Likewise, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) promised numerous times to repeal Obamacare "root and branch."

Sadly, he lied too.

This bill leaves Obamacare's roots, its trunk, and most of its branches. It even waters it with a brand new entitlement program.

These leaders said Obamacare's mandates could not be repealed procedurally in the Senate, but we learned this week that not only is this untrue, they never even asked the parliamentarian about it.

After this lie was exposed, they admitted that they don't actually want to repeal the mandates. This, in turn, exposed the lie that they will repeal the mandates administratively in Phase II of their plan.

The lies never end.

Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell broke their word, failed the American people, and let down President Trump.

It's why there are reports now that the president is disappointed with how GOP leaders handled this process. He should be. And now he should revoke the illegal congressional Obamacare exemption so these leaders are truly motivated to repeal law.

ACHIEVING VICTORY

Now, it's up to conservatives to clean up the leadership's mess and deliver a victory for Americans.

First, conservatives should defeat RyanCare. Take it out back and shoot it because it can't be fixed. It's poorly constructed on many levels and is so unpopular that the best way forward is to start over.

Second, conservatives should demand full Obamacare repeal since that is what Republicans promised and that is the only thing that will fix our health care system. If GOP leaders refuse, conservatives should begin insisting that repeal be part of other must-pass legislation.

While some may want to walk away from the issue, conservatives won't do that. We truly oppose government-run health care and will never stop fighting against it.

One strategy is for Congress to move full Obamacare repeal and tax reform together under budget reconciliation. The revenue savings from full repeal could be used as an offset for significant tax cuts, and both could be passed as part of one bill with 51 votes in the Senate.

Additionally, Republicans in Congress need to assess whether it's time for new leadership. Americans rejected the establishment this past election when they voted for President Trump, and the current leadership may not be willing or even capable of draining the swamp.

Thank you for working so hard to advance the principles of freedom that make America great. Because of your efforts, we may succeed in stopping Obamacare from being forced on us for years to come.

Sincerely,

Ken Cuccinelli II
President
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The Motive Behind the Liberal Agenda?

There is a very sinister and destructive motive by the liberal community in this country that is not only intimidating anyone who doesn't agree with their agenda, but is effectively overwhelming them in a very covert and debilitating way. To understand why I say this, I invite you to read the article at this link.

It is my conclusion that, eventually this nation's identity will be dissolved such that only the liberal elite who've maneuvered their way to wealth and power will rule their "utopian society" that George Soros has been funding for so long now, in a modern form of Stalinist governance, unless we all wake up, grow a pair, and say, "Hell no!" by taking action to stop them.

Once you read it carefully through, you will understand why I am saying this. Even at the local county level, as a county planning commissioner, I'm seeing this in action by well organized, coordinated efforts of the plethora of city, county, and state entities that are bent on suing anyone in their way to achieve their ultimate objective. And most busy individuals who are doing their best to keep up with the increased costs that come along every year from the liberal's relentless actions to impose higher taxes on them, don't have the time or interest to learn the truth of what's really going on!

Truth About Communism Series

As a retired educator and student of history I'm always interested in discovering new information that fills in the "gaps" that my public school education as a child and young man left unfilled. The following is a collection of links to Glenn Beck's series of audio files, with text scripts to read along with the audio file, of the untold story about the factually historic events which reveal the true purposes behind the ideology. 

The Romanticizing of Che - Part 3 below

I highly recommend you check them out. Here they are:

1. The Truth About Communism: Part 1 - Distracting from the Similarities
2. The Truth About Communism: Part 2 - A Brutal and Dismissive View of Human Life
3. The Truth About Communism: Part 3 - The Romanticizing of Che Guevara
4. The Truth About Communism: Part 4 - The Cultural Revolution of the 1960s

The More I Learn, The More I Like Him!

The Democrats, in the Congressional hearings now going on for Pres. Trump's pick to fill the vacancy of the late SCOTUS Anotonin Scalia, Neil Gorsuch, are revealing their true colors as rabid liberal jerks. Such is the case with the example of Sen. Al Franken - who, you'll recall, won his race through corrupt machinations in Minnesota years ago - asking him questions during the second of four days of confirmation  hearings.

To discover why I have titled this entry as I have, I urge you to use this link to read the article I read from Breitbart News that accounts what Sen. Franken asked, how he desperately attempted to look intelligent about law,  and how Neil Gorsuch replied; classic!!!

Here's the youtube.com video - and the questions from the article don't occur in this clip until the 19:30 mark. From Sen. Franken's points and questions, it's apparent he - along with the rest of the minority Democrats in Congress - they're certainly not dealing with this loss of power and control too well. 

A Legislative Session Like Never Before!

No doubt you've caught news here and there about the contentious issues such as ST3- aka: Prop. 1, increased RTA tax on your car tabs, property taxes & sales taxes - and the damaged waste treatment plant in West Seattle that's been dumping raw sewage into the Puget Sound for over a month now while the state's EPA department drags its feet and looks the other way?

Well, I believe this most recent posting I received from Rep. Dan Kristiansen (R) 39th Legislative Dist. of Snohomish, makes the seemingly complex issues swirling about in Olympia during this year's legislative session more easy to understand. Thus I share it here with you. Remember, knowledge is power; especially when you really understand what's going on and communicate it to your elected representatives during the legislative session.

I just wish my legislative representatives here in the 27th had the integrity to inform their constituents the truth about these issues which will complicate their lives just as much as everyone else in the state. Ahh... what am I saying, I forgot... they apparently love paying more taxes because it makes them feel morally superior.

The Democrat's Real Political Agenda

The following is a summary of points Rush Limbaugh made recently on his radio broadcast - hour two - of 3/20/17. It does a great job of sorting out the confusing information we have today. This is what we should not forget in the context of what the Democrats are trying to do to President Trump and his administration since Hillary Clinton lost the election.

1. There has been collusion between Pres. Obama and Russia by way of the open mic incident between Demietri Medviedev and him, where Obama told him... "Tell Valdimir that I'll have more flexibility after the election." (Obama was referring to getting rid of additional nuclear missles in eastern Europe after 2012.)
2. There has been collusion between Russia and Hillary Clinton during the campaign, with Bill Clinton working with an intermediary in Canada to profit off the sale of U.S. uranium; ultimately giving Russia control of 20% of the U.S. supply to one of the Russian satellite countries.
3. Rush believes that ultimately, any suspected alliances that have existed are going to be between the Russian and the Democrats, and not Trump.
4. While Comey wrung his hands during the March 20th all day Congressional hearings about how our nation's faith in our elections is being undermined, Rush asks, "Isn't today's actions by Democrats in Congress accomplishing that very objective?"
5. If there's any conspiring going on to defeat Hillary Clinton winning the election last November, it's the people in 31 states that voted for Donald Trump! We don't need the Russian's help doing that. She ran an arrogant and condescending campaign that lacked a message many of her party members could not get behind. It was a campaign that was steeped in the presumption that she would win, even up to 9 p.m.
6. Now, the Democrats are making up this fake scenario - for which there is STILL not evidence - that Russia somehow affected the outcome of the election. However, there's evidence all over the place for millions of U.S. citizens voting for her opponent! (Of course, it didn't help the campaign when Wikileaks dumped emails from the DNC revealing that Hillary was the presumptive candidate, and that Bernie Sanders was just being played along to make it look good.)
7. On election night, from the moment the media realized their candidate wasn't going to win, a creeping insanity  infected the Democrat Party and the Washington Establishment.
8. At the hearings, Congressman Devin Nunes (D) of California, Chairman of the investigation committee, asked Admiral Mike Rogers, "...as of today, do you have any evidence that Russian cyber actors changed vote tallies in the state of Michigan?" Roger's reply was "No!" The Chairman then continued on asking about the following states; Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, N.C., Ohio?" All of the Admiral's responses about those states was "I have nothing generated by the NSA, sir." Nunez then asked Director Comey if the F.B.I. had any evidence for the same states he'd listed, to which Comey replied, "No!" THAT'S THE NEWS OF THE HEARING!!! But, did the public hear, or learn of, this on the mainstream media outlets that evening? NO! (The next day, Rep. Nunes went to the President, then the press, to announce he'd discovered proof from intelligence sources that the Trump campaign and team were being surveilled by the Obama administration!)
9. Democrats will say, "But, the Russians hacked Podesta's computer, and they had all that news out there!" However, in these same hearings, Cong. Adam Schiff (D) of California asked Comey if the Podesta emails being leaked could have resulted in votes for Trump. Comey's response was essentially, "How could we analyze something like that? No!" (Note: The Russians NEVER hacked Podesta's emails! The fact is, Podesta was "phished" in his mailbox and he bit the "hook" by clicking on it!!! That's how his emails were made public, via Wikileaks.
10. More importantly, F.B.I. Director Comey has testified that this investigation of Russian meddling started in July of 2016, before the election. Question: Who started this investigation, whose idea was this, and why? Remember, on the campaign trail Trump made the joke about maybe the Russians could find Hillary's 30,000 missing emails. So, Rush explains, they began this in the summer to defeat Trump at the ballot box... it didn't work!

Now, reversing the outcome of the election, the news media would NEVER have said a word about the Russians meddling in the election. Recall that Pres. Obama was criticizing candidate Trump  in March of 2016 that the Russians had any chance of influencing the elections and that he should grow up, grow a pair, get out there and start campaigning hard if he wanted to catch up to Hillary.

So, what's the objective of all this the Democrats have been doing up to now? The first thing is... "Okay, Trump, are you gonna get the message? Stand down! Stop all this "draining of the 'swamp', stop all this you're doing on Obamacare, stop all this you're doing on trade, just stop it and go back to the way we want you to govern, OR, we're going to impeach you. That's what this is about. It's about delegitimizing Trump's presidency, because they're scared "spitless" he'll succeed.

Certifiable?

The further I walk down this road of life today, the more convinced I've become that some of the more radical liberals, making outrageous claims regarding various forms of racism, are doing it in order to bolster their sense of self importance and do their best to maintain as much control of the narrative as they can now with Pres. Trump at the helm.

I want you to think of anything that is colored white; paper, the background of this blog page - or the millions of other sites which have white backgrounds - milk, Gouda cheese, picket fences, sheep, anything! Well, according to a writer at a college in California - where else? - has now declared milk as racist.

Don't believe me? Check it out at this article here and do your best to just shake your head and not let it explode. Or, if that's not quite enough to convince you, check out this.

P.S. If you want to see how to properly handle the snobbery of liberal media hosts, I recommend watching this 10 minute clip of how Ann Coulter answers this guy's questions on various "concerns" liberals have about Pres. Trump.

IN-DOC-TRI-NATION

Since, as Rush Limbaugh accurately says, "Brevity is the soul of wit.", I shall endevour to limit my comments on this topic.

Questions: Why are most college students today so uninformed about issues they feign to be intelligent about? Why are they so ill-prepared to defend their position or stance on an issue they believe is important?

Answers: Public school education today has so completely abandon critical thinking as a skill to be taught in exchange for "group think" ideology. After high school, which focuses now on questionable math, prose, and obsession with environmental, minority oppression (LGBTQ), political correctness, etc., colleges then take these minds full of garbage and not only charge them outrageously high tuition, but cement these misguided notions about what viewpoints will make their world better while living in a "bubble" of ignorance.

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-rL4ySsA-E 

Watch and understand exactly what I'm getting at on this point. Enjoy!

The Growing Social Snowflakes

Like a snowball that's made of millions of snowflakes, it is set off rolling down a steep hill and grows as it gains speed. So too, there is a growing phenomenon occurring on campuses around our nation today that is gaining the attention and concern of many. And that is the recent growth of student led campus groups which are exercising a modern form of fascism.

These groups are more correctly identified as 'Bias Response Teams' who's purpose is to suppress free speech. At the University of California - Riverside, the team's logo reads, "Not in R' House - No Room for Hate". If anyone, or any group of students, say or do anything which they deem is obnoxious, repugnant, rude, or is disliked, their objective is to communicate to the rest of the student body at the school to avoid them, or worse, attempt to silence those who are saying these unacceptable remarks or comments.

Our latest example which made the news recently was the "shout down" at Middleburry College in Vermont. How is it that 18 - 21 year olds have come to believing that this is the best way to deal with any kind of thing they disagree with? My personal theory stems from having taught a few short years at the middle-school level of public school.

This theory consists of many layers, or factors, which have contributed to this phenomenon, but I shall focus on the few I believe are the dominant ones. Over the past several decades the family unit has been hit hard but two dominating influences; single parent family households, and the growing social acceptance of entitlement.

I would venture to say that about 90% of single parent households consist of the mother and however many children went with her after a divorce, or the father leaving the home for whatever reason. (Drugs, infidelity, cowed by the spouse to an intolerant level, etc.) This has been due to the traditional social view by the judicial system that children were better off with the caring mother, than the over-bearing, or disciplinarian father.

With the mother having to work at whatever job she could get, or keep, it was all she could do to expend energy on providing enough resources to feed and cloth her children. When it came to the point of their growing older and more defiant, women with the skills and fortitude to maintain control and set expectations are rare, and the children usually won that battle. Without a "team player" of a spouse - the absent male - the task has more often than not been too much to handle. Then too, we can't ignore the reality of the "live-in boyfriend" issue most likely negatively influencing the family dynamics.

The entitlement factor has grown over the last couple of decades from the increasing role of government in providing subsidies, or welfare, to these often disfunctional families. We have seen the cell phone (Obama phone), flat screen TV, car and gaming console to be considered "necessary" by most low-income, or poverty level communities across the country. This mindset has gradually fostered and emboldened these children growing up to know only these circumstances, but not understanding that it was a result of millions of other hard working individuals and family members working hard to pay their ever increasing taxes from year to year.

This attitude of entitlement was witnessed in my students of the 8th grade Science classes I taught at a bedroom community school district which had a service area that was predominantly low-income. Gradually their concept of "rights and freedoms" morphed out of their entitlement mentality to a belief that they were allowed to do anything they decided was in their interest. (Standard, common moral concepts of right and wrong were not part of their upbringing either.) Disrespect for authority, cheating on exams, and general social obnoxious behavior were considered normal.

While this is usually considered typical for adolescents, it has remained dominant for a growing proportion of younger generations moving up through high school due to the attitude of "safety in numbers" and their unwillingness to take on responsibility as a young adult. This, as I see it and understand what's developed over the last eight years with a figure who's been a "role model" for them to idolize, has brought us to an emboldened youth in college today that believes they are in the right to do what they believe is remaining true to their ideology; some would argue, new religion. It gives them a sense of superiority while belonging to a group as a young adult venturing forth into the "big bad world" of those who, in their minds, view things in a biased, racist, bigoted way.

And they are going to save the world from all the evils that their elders have set upon them! The sad thing is, since public schools rarely teach students anymore - and if it does most students don't pay much attention to it - the truth about the meaning and significance of our U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights which includes the freedom of speech being protected; whether they like what they're hearing, or not.

P.S. For further proof of this phenomenon occurring at college campuses around the nation, visit this link and pay specific attention to the last paragraph of the article.

What Makes This President Different?

The media has been in the driver's seat, promoting the leftist agenda for so long now, that they got gobsmacked with the win of Donald J. Trump this election. They've been experiencing convulsions and seizures about the outcome ever since.


All through the campaign, from the very start when he announced his candidacy, the media snickered and predicted that he was just pulling a stunt and would back out after a month or two. The whole DNC already had the coronation of Hillary locked in, and liberal/leftists across the nation were certain that she would win the election. The stage was set, especially after their eight year reign with the history making, first ever, Black President. (His name who shall not be mentioned here.)

Had this outcome actually been the case, many commentators are now conceding that it would have meant the certain loss of our representative republic as a unique nation that others around the globe seek to come to, and the certain progression of our nation into the status of just another among the many as part of the advancing global elites taking further control via the U.N. and eventual globalization.

After losing the election the media began their salvo of attacks in an effort to retain their position of power. Since President Trump has been the Commander-in-Chief for shy of two months now, the orchestrated attacks have been non-stop in attempting to delegitimize him; just like they did back in the '80s when Pres. Reagan took over the Oval Office. Many of the media's tactics haven't really changed.

But what's different about now, compared to then?

Well, for one, it's 40 years later and the leftists have become much more extreme and intense at pushing their agenda. For another, the attitudes in politics have become more cut-throat in tactics applied about who drives the news cycle agenda. The leftists have clearly mastered messaging by flooding the journalist profession with predominantly left biased reporters; for example, the New York Times, not to mention the array of alphabet soup networks. 

They've also had time to hone their skills at discussing issues as guests on various television shows by using Alynski tactics; don't answer or acknowledge the question, keep talking over the host when they want to take back control of the conversation, raise the volume of their voice, and use "red flag" labels which unfavorably bias the listener toward any conservative concepts being introduced; homophobic, bigot, xenophobe, racist, etc. 

Jorge Ramos would be one of many prime examples today of this strategy being used. Interview after interview on Tucker Carlson's FOXNews channel reveals this to be the case on a daily basis.

But still, this only points out the difference in conditions, and does not reveal what really makes this President different. So, what specifically makes this man different?

He's a successful business man who's experienced the most fierce "take no prisoners" environment of New York real estate for the past 40 years and has learned first-hand what government regulations can do to make it difficult for business to succeed. From this experience, he's learned the necessary skills to do what it takes to be successful; set goals, develop winning negotiating strategies, and most importantly, to fight back and defend one's dignity and reputation.

This is what no president in our lifetime has done, and, what the media has never had to deal with. This is why many reporters have often appeared on camera as "deer in the headlights".

Trump has been by-passing the media by going directly to the people via his Twitter account. He's calling out the media for what they have been engaging in, fake news. The media's purpose is to sway the attitudes of the masses who are gullible, or unwilling to think on their own about the facts; much of which is far too confusing for the average citizen to sort out or keep clear on. Thus, the easier thing to do is just to "go along" with whoever they associate with regularly.

With the latest developments in Wikileaks dumping "deep state" secrets it's now been revealed how the various federal spy agencies - FBI, CIA, NSA, etc. have capabilities of hacking, then leaving false markers while exiting a server. This effectively deceives investigators into believing that it was another entity other than them, which did the hacking. We now have such complexity swirling around the whole situation that much of the pubic attempting to follow things are overwhelmed and are giving up on sorting things out.

As the old saying goes, "Don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up." defines much of both liberal's and conservative's attitude about the state of our political process today.

The Generational Divide

Today there are a plethora of examples of how the younger generation today - the age range seems to be below about 35 - harbor an attitude that is rarely content with the status quo; you name the issue, they're not happy.

Case in point... the recent "Day Without Women" marches which took place around the world. (Not just in the U.S., but yes, around the world, which to me says a whole lot. But, that's another topic.) One woman who was a guest on a prime-time current events show which discusses issues of the day said, "Women today are disenfranchised today!" She appeared to be in her mid-thirties, attractive, black flowing hair; all the trappings of modern femininity.

As I'm hearing this from her, I'm screaming at the TV, "What do you know about how disenfranchised women are? Were you around in the '50s when I was growing up as a kid and most women were housekeepers? You've come a LONG WAY BABY!"

These college/university indoctrinated spoiled brats have no idea of understanding just how good they've got it today, yet, it never will be enough for them. They've spent their young, impressionable, lives sitting in campus course, after campus course, listening to "hold-over hyppies" from my generation (late '60s cultural revolution) spew their socialist propaganda. The kinds of issues that have effectively produced a divisive attitude that only focuses on being discontent with their current status.

This alludes to the larger agenda which the past President has effectively promoted to them; the attitude that we know better than those old fogies. What's even more dangerous is the growing social mindset of political correctness which essentially tells anyone who opposes them; we will destroy you if you even think about opposing our agenda.

Today's media - run mostly by those of this generation - along with the convenience of social media, perpetuates what I see as a fascist culture. Anyone who's been a paying attention to what's been happening around the country of late knows exactly what I'm pointing out here. The agenda is one of destroying anyone who refuses to accept what they define as acceptable - baking a wedding cake or arranging flowers for a gay couple, while at the same time in a state of denial about Muslims who run businesses and deny gay couples for the same reason.

Remember, where there's a double standard, there's usually a hidden agenda.

Now, before you go labeling me as a bigot, homophobe, or any other "red flag" word you feel is appropriate, perhaps you should know this about me. As the youngest son of four boys in my family, our mother - who did work for a while as a department store clerk in the L.A. area - sat us four down one day when I was about 10 and said the following; "Listen, I love you, but I'm not going to die in the process of raising you. Therefore, I'm going to teach you how to cook, wash, sew, and iron your own stuff. You will be responsible for it while I take care of keeping the house in order, paying the bills, etc. while your dad is out working his butt off to make an income. Got it?"

I consider myself fortunate to have had a woman smart enough to do this for us. It taught us a valuable lesson, instead of complaining about you're circumstance, figure out what you can do to make it better and act on it.

When I met my future wife while in the Air Force out of high school, we deliberately discussed issues related to our future lives together. She wanted to have a career as well, which was perfectly fine by me. But we also agreed on how many children we would have to make our careers possible. Together, in a 50%/50% understanding, we agreed to share not only household chores, but the caring for our two daughters between us. We "leap-frogged" these chores between us so that the other would have an evening off. That included changing diapers, bathing, feeding, etc. when we were home in the evening after a long day at work.

We also agreed that it was wise to have my mother - who then was recently widowed - to move her up to where we lived and have her take care of both infint - school age girls so we could continue working in our pubic education careers, instead of "farming" them out to Daycares with strangers. Both of them are now part of the very generation I'm targeting here, yet they are both very successful, well educated women who don't whine about how dissatisfied they are as women.