The Electoral College - A Good, or Bad Idea?

Over the past year or so since the 2016 election we've heard liberals pushing for eliminating the Electoral College in the voting process because, some claim, it's unfair, undemocratic, or just plain out dated. Really? Let's examine this with facts...

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. - Thomas Jefferson

In their infinite wisdom, the Founding Fathers of the newly formed United States created the Electoral College to ensure that each and every state in the union was fairly represented; that called a Federal Republic. While we have incorporated some aspects of a democracy, it isn't a pure one. As the old saying goes, a true democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. Yet this form of democracy is what Democrats are calling for. So, why should one or two states which are densely populated dictate the outcome of the entire country?

The following list of statistics has been making the rounds on the Internet. Is should finally put an end to the argument as to why the Electoral College is so important to our Federal Republic and makes sense.

• There are 3,141 counties in the United States.
• Trump won 3,084 of them.
• Clinton won 57.
• There are 62 counties in New York State.
• Trump won 46 of them.
• Clinton won 16.
• Clinton won the popular vote by approximately 1.5 million votes. (She continues to harp on this point alone.)
• In the 5 counties the encompass NYC, (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Richmond & Queens) Clinton received well over 2 million more votes than Trump. (Clinton only won 4 of these counties, while Trump won only Richmond.)
• Therefore these 5 counties alone, more than accounted for Clinton's winning the popular vote of the entire country.
• These 5 counties comprise only 319 square miles of land area.
• The United States is comprised of 3,797,000 square miles of land area.
• When you have a country that encompasses almost 4 million square miles of territory, it would be ludicrous to even suggest that the vote of those who inhabit a mere 319 square miles should dictate the outcome of a national election. Yet, the Democrats do!
• Large, densely populated Democrat cities (NYC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, etc.) DO NOT and SHOULD NOT speak for the rest of our entire nation!

And... it's been verified and documented that those aforementioned 319 square miles are where the majority of our nation's problems come from.

Another Step Nearer the Abyss

Most people - those who don't have a fortune of billions - do what it takes on a year-to-year basis to improve their financial lot in life; working hard, taking classes to improve their skill set, going the "extra mile" to prove to their boss that they deserve the promotion they so desperately need. These people know well the importance of living within their means; well, at least some of them who have a grasp on basic laws of finance and budgeting.

The growing credit debt today has rapidly increased due to greater consumer purchasing with their "miracle plastic". It creates a temporary good feeling for most when they can get that item they "must have"; flat screen television, video console, etc. However, when the monthly statement comes the shock of the total owed instantly returns them to the reality for which only they are responsible; increased debt. Living within our means today seems to no longer be important as a responsibility because too many parents never bothered teaching their children any basic concepts about finances and budgeting.

However, this is also true at the international banking level of finance. The U.S. Treasury, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank have, for many years, essentially done the same thing, and once again this year, have continued the practice of increasing their allotment of funds beyond what is actually available in order to try and stem the problem funding poorer nations who depend on their loans. This is done not because any parent failed to teach them basics, but because they were forced to get creative with their policies of finance when forced to make a tough decision, and they made a poor choice which ignored the laws of economics.

Here's my question... How well did Pres. Johnson's establishment of the Welfare Act of 1964 work for eliminating poverty in the U.S. after five decades and several billions of dollars spent on giving subsistence to low skilled individuals? Answer.... it HASN'T!!! And now, further down the road of time, our own country's policy is to continue passing bills which further extend our national debt. (Recall the most recent Omnibus Bill which added another $1.2 TRILLION.)

With the U.S. continuously increasing its own debt - 21 TRILLION and climbing - and other nations around the globe with their own debts, anyone who understands that the laws of economics can not be ignored for long - just like the individual can't ignore their credit card debt forever - I believe the global economy is eventually going to have a "day of reckoning" where the whole system collapses and the whole planet goes into a financial Armageddon.

Henry Kissinger On President Trump

Agree or not, this is an interesting observation by a seasoned observer who understands international relations well. This appears to be an interesting collection of comments by Henry Kissinger on Donald Trump's political maneuverings as president. Using Google I've found bits of what follows, including a CBS interview, some of which is quoted here. I can't vouch for the whole collection, but it doesn't appear to be implausible based upon the pieces I've located.
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Kissinger on Trump

Recently, Henry Kissinger did an interview and said some very amazing things regarding President Trump. He starts with: "Donald Trump is phenomenon that foreign countries haven't seen."

The former Secretary of State Henry Kissenger gives us a new understanding of President Trump's foreign policy and predicts its success:

Liberals and those who favor (Hillary) Clinton will never admit it. They will never admit that he is the one true leader. The man doing changes like never before and does it all for the sake of the nation's people. After eight years of tyranny, we finally see the difference.

Kissinger knows it and he continues with:

Every country now has to consider two things: One, their perception that the previous president, or the outgoing president, basically withdrew America from international politics, so that they had to make their own assessments of their necessities. And secondly, that there is a new president who's asking a lot of unfamiliar questions. And because of the combination of the partial vacuum and the new questions, one could imagine that something remarkable and new emerges out of it.

Then, Kissinger puts it bluntly: 

Trump puts America and its people first. This is why people love him and this is why he will remain in charge for so long. There is not a single thing wrong with him and people need to open their eyes.

When he boasts that he has a "bigger red button" than Kim Jung Un does, he so transcends the mealy-mouthed rhetoric of the past that he forces a new recognition of American power. Kissinger once wrote, "The weak grow strong by effrontery. The strong grow weak through inhibition." No statement better captures the U.S.-North Korea relationship.

Trump is discarding the inhibitions and calling the bluff on North Korea's effrontery.

His point is that the contrast of American retreat under Obama and its new assertion of power under Trump creates a new dynamic that every one of our allies and of our enemies must consider. Our allies grew complacent with Obama's passivity and now are fearful due to Trump's activism. And they must balance the two in developing their policies. They realize that the old assumptions, catalyzed by Bush 43's preoccupation with Iraq and Obama's refusal to lead are obsolete. So, Trump is forcing a new calculus with a new power behind American interests.

Those - here and abroad - who rode the old apple cart worry about its being toppled. But, as Kissinger so boldly states, Trump "is one true leader" in world affairs and he is forcing policy changes that put America first.

Incest, It's Incestuous!

You want evidence? You got it! This will make your blood boil! I find it rather interesting to learn that my suspicions are confirmed.

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Incest, it’s Incestuous:

Timothy Clemmons 
April 4 at 11:21pm 


From 2001 to 2005 there was an ongoing investigation into the Clinton Foundation. 

A Grand Jury had been empaneled. 

Governments from around the world had donated to the “Charity”. 

Yet, from 2001 to 2003 none of those “Donations” to the Clinton Foundation were declared. 

Hmmm, now you would think that an honest investigator would be able to figure this out. 

Guess who took over this investigation in 2002? 

Bet you can’t guess. 

No other than James “Wassup Homey” Comey. 

Now, that’s interesting, isn’t it? 

Guess who was transferred in to the Internal Revenue Service to run the Tax Exemption Branch of the IRS? 

Your friend and mine, our favorite person in the whole world if you are a Tea Party Member, Pro-Life or a True the Vote supporter……. ding, ding, ding, ding Lois “Be on The Look Out” (BOLO) Lerner. 

Now, that’s interesting, isn’t it? 

It gets better, well not really, but I am sure this is all just a series of strange coincidences, right? 

Guess who ran the Tax Division inside the Department of Injustice from 2001 to 2005? 

No other than the Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Rod Rosenstein. 

Now, that’s interesting, isn’t it? 

Guess who was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during this timeframe??? 

I know, it’s a miracle, just a coincidence, just an anomaly in statistics and chances, Robert Mueller. 

What do all four casting characters have in common? 

They all were briefed and/or were front line investigators into the Clinton Foundation Investigation. 

Now that’s just a coincidence, right? 

Ok, lets chalk the last one up to mere chance. 

Let’s fast forward to 2009, shall we? 

James “Wassup Homey” Comey leaves the Justice Department to go and cash-in at Lockheed Martin. 

Hillary Clinton is running the State Department, on her own personal email server by the way. 

The Uranium One “issue” comes to the attention of the Hildabeast. 

Like all good public servants do, you know looking out for America’s best interest, she decides to support the decision and approve the sale of 20% of US Uranium to no other than, the Russians. 

Now you would think that this is a fairly straight up deal, except it wasn’t, the People got absolutely nothing out of it. 

However, prior to the sales approval, no other than Arkansas Bill goes to Moscow, gets paid 500K for a one hour speech then meets with Vladimir Putin at his home for a few hours. 

Ok, no big deal right? 

Well, not so fast, the FBI had a mole inside the money laundering and bribery scheme. 

Guess who was the FBI Director during this timeframe? 

Yep, Robert Mueller. 

He even delivered a Uranium Sample to Moscow in 2009. 

Guess who was handling that case within the Justice Department out of the US Attorney’s Office in Maryland. 

No other than, Rod Rosenstein. 

Guess what happened to the informant? 

The Department of Justice placed a GAG order on him and threatened to lock him up if he spoke out about it. 

Interesting, huh? 

How does 20% of the most strategic asset of the United States of America end up in Russian hands when the FBI has an informant, a mole providing inside information to the FBI on the criminal enterprise? 

Guess what happened soon after the sale was approved? 

~145 million dollars in “donations” made their way into the Clinton Foundation from entities directly connected to the Uranium One deal. 

Guess who was still at the Internal Revenue Service working the Charitable Division? 

No other than, Lois “BOLO” Lerner. 

Interesting, huh? 

Ok, that’s all just another series of coincidences, nothing to see here, right? 

Let’s fast forward to 2015. 

Due to a series of tragic events in Benghazi and after the 9 “investigations” the House, Senate and at State Department, Trey Gowdy who was running the 10th investigation as Chairman of the Select Committee on Benghazi discovers that the Hildabeast ran the State Department on a unclassified, unauthorized, outlaw personal email server. 

He also discovered that none of those emails had been turned over when she departed her “Public Service” as Secretary of State which was required by law. 

He also discovered that there was Top Secret information contained within her personally archived email. 

I will spare you the State Departments cover up, the nostrums they floated, the delay tactics that were employed and the outright lies that were spewed forth from the necks of the Kerry State Department, we shall leave it with this…… they did everything humanly possible to cover for the Hildabeast. 

Now this is amazing, guess who became FBI Director in 2013? 

Guess who secured 17 no bid contracts for his employer with the State Department and was rewarded with a six million dollar thank you present when he departed his employer. 

No other than James “Wassup Homey” Comey. 

Amazing how all those no-bids just went right through at State, huh? 

Now he is the FBI Director in charge of the “Clinton Email Investigation” after of course his FBI Investigates the Lois Lerner “Matter” at the Internal Revenue Service and exonerates her. 

Nope couldn’t find any crimes there. 

Can you guess what happened next? 

In April 2016, James “Wassup Homey” Comey drafts an exoneration letter of Hillary Rodham Clinton, meanwhile the DOJ is handing out immunity deals like candy. 

They didn’t even convene a Grand Jury. 

Like a lightning bolt of statistical impossibility, like a miracle from God himself, like the true “Gangsta” Homey is, James steps out into the cameras of an awaiting press conference on July the 8th of 2016, and exonerates the Hildabeast from any wrongdoing. 

Can you see the pattern? 

I could go on, Rosenstein becomes Asst. Attorney General, Comey gets fired based upon a letter by Rosenstein, Comey leaks government information to the press, Mueller is assigned to the Russian Investigation sham by Rosenstein to provide cover for decades of malfeasance within the FBI and DOJ and the story continues. 

FISA Abuse, political espionage..... pick a crime, any crime, chances are...... this group and a few others did it. 

All the same players. 

All compromised and conflicted. 

All working fervently to NOT go to jail themselves. 

All connected in one way or another to the Clinton's. 

They are like battery acid, they corrode and corrupt everything they touch. 

How many lives have these two destroyed? 

It cannot be numbered. 

Incest, it’s Incestuous 

As of this writing, the Clinton Foundation, in its 20+ years of operation of being the largest International Charity Fraud in the history of mankind, has never been audited by the Internal Revenue Service.

NOTE: Not mentioned in this article is that Rosenstein's wife is a major lawyer for Clinton [who] specialize[s] in fighting all FOIA request so that the public doesn't get to see the nefarious actions of their clients.

How Much Immigration Do American Citizens Want?

Have the citizens of the United States, those by the definition of our nation's laws which derive from the Constitution are the ones who dictate priorities through voting, asked Congress to increase the number of foreigners coming into the country on an annual basis?

Watch this NumbersUSA 30 second spot video and consider the answer to that question. It may surprise and frustrate you. Why are the Democrats today so vehemently defending immigrants coming into the country from outside in such numbers?

If one takes this thinking posed in the question further, it may cause them to realize that since it was Sen. Ted Kennedy who pushed and got passed into law that immigration quotas be increased, it was for a long range ulterior motive that he did so.

Turning Law & Order On Its Head

In my previous post, I shared an article titled "Black Lives DO Matter". It uses statistics in a factual, but sarcastic way to illustrate how this group of social agitators are doing their best to convince the public that anything done by any police officer is out of malice and racist motives toward those of color.

Any individual who has a modicum of common sense, and has experienced years of social interaction, knows that this  premise is bogus. They understand that most police they meet or know are decent, fair people, and that most of such claims are actually the bias of those making the claim, or that it only serves to further their socialist/radical agenda to attempt to turn our societal norms which allow for civility and law and order into a shift in the power structure.

How can I say this? Simple. If one watches and considers what is presented in this latest Prager U video about police officers doing their job, it will become clear. Sure, nearly everyone who gets pulled over by a police cruiser for speeding, or some other traffic infraction tends to view the circumstance as though the police officer is just selecting us out to ruin our day and harass us.

However, when our frustration about it has passed after some time and we think rationally about it, most of us realize that it was ourself who was in the wrong, and we deserved the ticket or other action taken by that police officer. That's what they're there for, to see that the laws, however much we disagree with them, are enforced for the good of society and its safety. 

That's what civil society is about. Without it, chaos and lawlessness reigns.

Yes, Black Lives DO Matter - by L. Todd Wood

This analysis/opinion piece is further evidence supporting my point in this blog about how Democrats have been setting this country up for decades for its fall into socialism and tyranny under their global governance model they have wet dreams about implementing.

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L. Todd Wood

L.. Todd Wood, a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, flew special operations helicopters supporting SEAL Team 6, Delta Force and others. After leaving the military, he pursued his other passion, finance, spending 18 years on Wall Street trading emerging market debt, and later, writing. The first of his many thrillers is "Currency." Todd is a contributor to Fox Business, Newsmax TV, Moscow Times, the New York Post, the National Review, Zero Hedge and others.. For more information about L. Todd Wood, visit LToddWood.com.

By L. Todd Wood - - Tuesday, September 26, 2017

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

I know of no white person alive today in the United States who has ever legally owned a black slave, or any slave for that matter. Almost 700,000 mostly white men died 160 years ago to end slavery. Jim Crow ended generations ago. Yet black America, for the most part, is still locked in inner-city gang violence and economic hardship. Why?

Is it because America is racist?  Is it because of some overhanging white supremacy?  Is it because of the Illuminati?

No, unfortunately, it is because of black culture and the adoption of Democratic Party government dependency. 
We have just had eight years of the first black president.  Black athletes, and entertainers, routinely earn multi-million dollar incomes.  I can easily name several black billionaires without even trying too hard. A large percentage of black America is very successful. But, it is not enough. Too many black youth are being left behind.

And it is no one but black America’s fault. 

No one can solve this problem but black America.  No one can throw enough money at it.  We’ve tried that.  Black America needs to look in the mirror and stop blaming others, especially white people.

I am obviously white and conservative, and I served in the military, which, during my time, was as color blind as you could be. I can also honestly say I don’t give a damn what color your skin is, neither do any of my friends.  I do care about your actions. 

Blacks are around 15 percent of the population. Depending on what study you look at, they commit around 40 percent to 50 percent of violent crime in America. Of course, there is going to be a problem with police.  And, of course, there are some bad policemen. However, those bad apples do not kill black people statistically anymore than they kill white people.  Even Harvard said that recently. If you were a cop, and you had to work in a neighborhood infested with crime and murder, wouldn’t you act differently than in a neighborhood where there was little crime? The most effective thing black America could do to improve its relationship with police is to significantly reduce violent crime where they live.  Yes, that means change the culture of where you live and your community. 

I for one am tired of being blamed.  I am tired of dealing with people who only want something from others.  I don’t oppress anyone.  I don’t hold anyone down.  I’m tired of getting on the D.C. metro and seeing white people being harassed by roaming gangs of black youth with their pants around their knees.  Yes, you want a white person uncomfortable?  That makes me uncomfortable.  It’s our nation’s capital and it’s embarrassing. 

Blacks have nothing but opportunity in America.  Try finding the same opportunity anywhere else in the world.  If you are born in America you’ve won life’s economic lottery.  Take advantage of it. 

The problem is this generation has been taught an agenda of cultural Marxism by our education system.  They’ve been taught to be a victim, and it’s still going on.  All you have to do is watch the young black, female student at Yale screaming at the college president to understand that.  Blacks in America don’t even know how good they have it .

Don’t kneel when my anthem is played.  Too many people died for that flag.  You are free to protest but not then..  I am free to not watch, or pay to watch you play if you do that.  The NFL should make it a rule that you stand for the national anthem.  There is no free speech to disobey a private employer on private property..  This would solve the problem immediately.

The NFL has deeply offended most of America.  They will pay an economic and reputational price, as they should.

We have a real cultural problem in this country, the result of the Leftist multicultural agenda.  Multi-ethnicity is perfect and should be encouraged.  Having more than one American culture is destroying the country  But then again, that is what the Left wants.

Do Black Lives Matter?

It is your job to determine if this is a racist rant or just a review of factual data...

WHAT IF ALL THE BLACKS SUDDENLY LEFT AMERICA, WHICH IS 13.3% OF THE TOTAL U.S..POPULATION:
Amount of people in poverty would drop - 34%,
The prison population would go down by -37%,
Welfare recipients would go down by - - - 42%,
Gang members would go down by - - - - - 53%
Chlamydia cases would go down - - - - - - 54%,
Homelessness would go down - - - - - - - -57%
Syphilis would go down  - - - - - - - - - - - - 58%.
AIDS & HIV would go down by - - - - - - - -65%,
Gonorrhea would go down - - - - - - - - - - -69%,
Average ACT scores would go UP - - - - - 5.5 points.
Average IQ would go UP - - - - - - - - - - - -7.4 points,  putting us 3rd in the world tied with Japan,
Average SAT scores would go UP almost - - - - -100 points,
The average income for Americans would go UP over $20,000 a year,

BUT DEMOCRATS WOULD LOSE 76% OF THEIR VOTING BASE!!!

And, many criminal defense attorneys would have to find another line of work!

Yes, Black lives DO matter!