Translating the Nonsense of the Left

The letter posted below is from my Congressman. In reading it you will understand all too clearly just how absurdly liberal in his views about a wide array of topics he is. I've added in a few of my personal comments to some of his more ridiculous points in red font within his text.

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A message from Congressman Adam Smith

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After years of silence, the House is taking combating gun violence seriously by passing two common sense gun reform bills in two days. On February 27th we passed H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, and the following day we passed H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Check Act. Passage of H.R. 8 represents the first step in enacting comprehensive gun safety reforms, by requiring a background check for all firearm sales. The evidence is clear: background checks work. Every day, background checks stop over 170 felons and some 50 domestic abusers from obtaining a gun from a federally-licensed dealer. However, in some states, those same prohibited purchasers can bypass these background checks by purchasing a firearm from an unlicensed dealer, or at a gun show. H.R. 8 closes the background check loophole, ensuring that under federal law, states that have not already addressed this dangerous loophole are required to do so. Washington state continues to be a leader in promoting gun safety and responsible regulation. With the passage of this legislation the House of Representatives has joined our state in taking a foundational step toward saving lives from gun violence. Since 1998, the “Charleston Loophole” has allowed more than 60,000 guns into the hands of prohibited purchasers; by allowing a buyer to take ownership of a gun after three business days, whether or not the required background check was completed. With the passage of H.R. 1112, the House is closing this gap in federal law to only allow the purchase of a gun when a background check has been affirmatively passed. This is the type of action needed to stop the trend of gun violence and mass shootings, like the senseless 2015 tragedy at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Congress has begun to address the epidemic of gun violence plaguing our communities. We must continue to pass long-overdue federal gun legislation to prevent gun violence and keep our communities safe. Translation: We're going to do all we can to ignore the 2nd amendment for law abiding citizens, while at the same time ignoring the reality that it will never stop criminals from obtaining weapons for their use because they already don't respect, obey, or observe our laws. Support for our Public Lands On February 26th, I voted for the passage of a historic public lands package. S. 47, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act designates the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in our backyard, permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund, protects a million acres of public lands from mining, and authorizes The Every Kid Outdoors Act. With the passage of this legislation, the Mountains to Sound Greenway will become the first National Heritage Area designated in the Pacific Northwest. The Greenway plays a vital role in preserving our natural resources and supporting economic development through opportunities for outdoor recreation. I thank Senator Cantwell for her leadership in the Senate, the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust for their advocacy, and the countless community members that made it possible for us to join together in preserving our wilderness and history for future generations. Translation: While we claim to care about preserving history, we condone our party youth to tear down statues from history they disagree with. Fighting Climate Change Climate change is one of our greatest public policy challenges. I'm proud to support the Green New Deal - a resolution that makes clear not only the depth of the problem of climate change but also the necessity of addressing income inequality as part of the solution. Translation: While we claim it's possible to achieve such a task, what will actually put us all back into a "stone age" civilization is not the type of transportation we'll have, but the cost of accomplishing it will. The devastating effects on our planet from our dependence on fossil fuels has never been more obvious, and never before in our nation’s history has so much wealth been concentrated in the hands of so few people. We must respond to the climate crisis with policies that transform our economy and infrastructure by moving towards clean and renewable sources of energy, while making changes that create greater equality of opportunity and pay people the better wages they deserve for the work they do. Translation: We tell the public wonderful sounding things we'll achieve, but what we aren't telling them is that the vast majority of the nation will be so destitute that the only ones able to survive will be those of us in Washington, D.C. What matters most now is that we enact strong, science-based legislation and policies that can put us on a path to meeting the goals in this resolution.  The urgency of the climate crisis necessitates that we cannot wait. I look forward to continuing to work with the constituents I represent, my colleagues in Congress, and our stakeholders throughout our country as we craft policies to create a strong, green economy that gives everyone a fair chance to earn a decent living, have access to affordable housing, education and health care, and to support their families. Translation: After our policies to promise the moon, and everyone else is experiencing what the Venezuelans are going through right now, we'll just come up with a new great sounding st of reasons why we didn't achieve our goals, but crashed the U.S. economy completely. Questioning the Rationale for Proposed Climate Change Panel  All manner of national security experts, Republican and Democratic alike, recognize the empirical threat that climate change poses to our national security interests. I fought to have that fact enshrined into law in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act - and President Trump signed it.  In response to recent reports that the National Security Council (NSC) plans to assemble a secret panel to counter the scientific consensus on climate change and question its impacts on the national security of the United States, I have joined other House Committee chairs in questioning the creation of this panel. Read our letter to the President here.  It’s completely inappropriate for the administration to try to form a climate denial panel to try to cast doubt on the risks of climate change, and it could put us in a worse national security position where we’re not prepared for what is to come. The law is clear about this now, and I will keep fighting to ensure that the Department of Defense is able to prepare for the realities of climate change. Translation: We are in control of everything because our cause is just, even if it was 15 or so years ago that Al Gore claimed the oceans were going to rise and Florida was going to be underneath the ocean by now. Removing U.S. Armed Forces from Yemen On February 13th, I voted to support H.J.Res 37, which directs the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress. The civil war in Yemen has led to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis with over half of the population facing severe food insecurity and 24 million Yemenis in need of humanitarian assistance. Passage of this resolution in the House sends a clear message to this Administration that Congress does not support the United States’ de facto support for the Saudi-led coalition in this conflict. Congress must continue to exercise much-needed oversight of this Administration, and any American involvement can and must be debated transparently. The United States should be focused on working towards a peaceful resolution to this conflict and taking measures to alleviate the devastating humanitarian situation. Fighting the National Emergency Declaration On February 15th, the President declared a national emergency in order to take funds supporting military families and military readiness and spend those funds on his wall. This appalling decision by the Trump Administration is an egregious example of the President putting his political agenda ahead of the interest of the United States. It is utterly disrespectful of U.S. national security and the needs of our men and women in uniform, and it further undermines his credibility in requesting the upcoming defense budget. All for a border wall that is the complete wrong approach to border security in the first place. Translation: When our Pres. Obama did things which the majority of the nation disagreed with - like bailing out G.M. to pay back the unions - that was, of course, not appalling or egregious, it was just good policy to use taxpayers money without the consent of the House I work in here in D.C. Heck, we didn't care what he did, because he was "our guy"! On February 26th, the House voted to terminate President Trump’s unlawful national emergency declaration, sending a clear message to the President and this Administration that the new House majority is serious about oversight and accountability. House Democrats are not going to stand by while the President abuses his power by declaring a national emergency to build his wall. I strongly support Congressman Joaquin Castro's resolution to terminate the national emergency. We will continue to fight this unlawful power grab. Translation: Of course, it wasn't an abuse of power by Pres. Obama when he did an end run around Congress to arrange an agreement with Iran on nuclear develop-ment matters and then send them a pallet of CASH big enough to choke Godzilla! Nope, he was OUR GUY!

Barrack Huessain Obama's Legacy

The longer this man's administration existed, the more I got a glimpse of what impact his "world-view" would generate. It is now becoming more confirmed.

As any individual older than this former president will understand, his actions over his two terms revealed that he was a divider; harping on racial and economic disparity as though it was something he could "change" because the lower class of society had no "hope."

Yet, and more significantly, his policies through his various agencies - the I.R.S. and Lois Lerner, the D.O.J. and A.G. Eric Holder, and the E.P.A. with the multitude of onerous regulations which forced many a property owner into the limbo of regulation nightmare - we have, with the election of President Trump who is the opposite, begun to see the left's resistance. 

During the Obama Administration there was an initial mix of both conservative - Arizona - and liberal - San Francisco - attempts to resist, or establish, sanctuaries for immigrants. Of course, it was okay for San Francisco, but not for Arizona.

However, now that this trend has spread to many other cities and states, we are now witnessing a shift of attitudes in resistance to other issues. Now, many county sheriffs in many states are asserting their version of the sanctuary city or state concept to the second amendment.

This quote from a Wall Street Journal article expressed this sentiment in response to many states now passing legislation restricting second amendment rights:

“If a state or city can become a sanctuary for illegal immigration, then we can become a sanctuary for Second Amendment rights,” said Russell Shafer, sheriff of Quay County in eastern New Mexico.

 The social/political "pendulum" has begun swinging towards the other side in reaction to liberals in more locally controlled regions clamping down in response to the recent mass killings our nation has endured.

Only time will tell just how far that "pendulum" will swing.

Reagan Responds to A.O.C. From the Past

The media's been giving this "green behind the ears" - and in the brain - Congresswoman, A.O.C., lots of attention about her most recent remarks regarding America being "garbage" and Pres. Reagan having pitted whites against minorities in the '80s.

Well, fortunately, Pres. Reagan is able to provide us with his response to this freshman congressperson who wasn't even born when he was president. These kinds of ideas and vision about our great nation are what we're trying to defend from these naive', ignorant and radical "newbies".

I urge readers to check out this excellent article on A.O.C.'s current magnetic attraction to today's youth.

It seems pretty clear to me that the young, radicals in Congress are taking away the senior Speaker's ability to control - keep them from sinking their chances to win the 2020 elections with repeated remarks which are giving their party a series of black eyes - the damage.

This should be a loud and clear signal to conservatives across the nation that we who care about our nation's future - especially in light of the fact that Pres. Trump has clearly stated that this nation will never be a socialist nation - to put extra time and effort to support local, state and national campaigns for candidates who reflect their ideology of pro-American values and principles, if we as a nation are to survive this current trend of radical socialism.

I remind you... Bernie Sanders is currently the top candidate for nomination to the Democrat Party's ticket for 2020!

Logic and Firearms

Question: Is logic the same thing as common sense?

After reading these points by Thomas Sowell, hopefully you'll be able to answer this question.

1. Eleven teens die each day because of texting while driving. Perhaps it's time to raise the age of Smart phone ownership to 21.
2. If gun control laws actually worked, then Chicago would be Mayberry.
3. The Second Amendment makes more women equal than the entire feminist movement.
4. Legal gun owners have 300 million guns and around one trillion rounds of ammunition. Seriously, folks, if we were the problem, you'd know it.
5. When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, nobody blamed the rifle!
6. The NRA murders ZERO people and receives $0 in government funds. Yet, Planned Parenthood kills 350,000 babies every year and receives $500,000,000 in tax dollars annually.
7. We have no problem with vigorous background checks when it comes to firearms. So, while we're at it, how about we do the same when it comes to immigration, Voter ID, and candidates running for office?
8. You don't need a smoke detector in your house, that's what the fire department is for. Now... if you think that statement sounds stupid, you know how we gun owners feel when you say I don't need a gun in my house.
9. Folks keep talking about a Civil War. One side knows how to shoot and has about a trillion bullets. The other side has crying closets and is confused about which bathroom to use. So tell me, how do you think that's going to end?

The Ignorance is Scary!

Just read this article on ZeroHedge.com and you'll understand why I give this post the title I did. Nothing more needs to be said about the direction these young "know it all" millennials are trying to take our country who, when criticized, resort to acting as though they're "the boss" because no one else is proposing solutions and they're the only ones addressing what they perceive will bring the world to an end in just 12 years.

However, if you want to know what her real story is from the past, then read this article from The American Thinker. I'm not going to hold my breath that she's prosecuted. She's already enveloped herself within the protective cocoon of Congress and the radical left to have any consequences from it.

What the Media Isn't Telling the Public

Texas DOT Vehicle stopped by an alert DPS Trooper on  
I-10 between San Antonio and Seguin , TX          

 
 
 

 

 

 

  The Mexicans cloned a Texas DOT Truck and got busted smuggling drugs...   
I wonder how long they got away with it before they got busted?

Let's give them more welfare money, more of our Social Security money,  
And raise your taxes to fund their free-ride... !

BELOW ARE PICTURES TAKEN AFTER A RAID ON A DRUG DEALER'S HOUSE IN MEXICO .  
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS???  
  AREN'T WE GLAD THAT WE HAVE AN OPEN BORDER       POLICY BETWEEN US?      
JUST LOOK AT HOW WELL IT'S PAYING OFF.......      

 
 I THINK ALLOWING MEXICAN TRUCKERS IN THE U.S. IS A GREAT IDEA!!! JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE MILLIONS OF REASONS WHY.........      

   
SEE HOW WELL THESE TRUCKERS ARE DOING? WHAT THE @#@%*@ ARE WE THINKING???      

   
Notice that nearly 100% of this money is U.S. Currency!!! Do you now wonder why the cost of living has catapulted in our country???

I don't.   Some of the illegal aliens we're letting in can afford anything at any cost!!! And for the ones who cannot....... We'll give it to them anyway!!!         AND WE HAVE TWO BORDER PATROL AGENTS IN PRISON FOR SHOOTING AND WOUNDING A WELL DOCUMENTED MEXICAN DRUG DEALER       WHO, BY THE WAY, WAS ARMED AND ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A       CONVICTED   (BY MEXICO )    MURDERER   .         MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, DOESN'T IT??? AUTOMATICS, SILENCERS...... THEY'RE ALL HAVING A NICE LAUGH ABOUT THIS STUFF AT OUR EXPENSE!!!       And our Government wants to give ILLEGAL ALIENS amnesty and not build the border fence because of funding!?!?!?

SEND THIS TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING YOUR LOCAL CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVE. Our country is bleeding from the outside in!!! Don't you think it's time we take back what WE (NOT the Government) have sacrificed for over 140 years for??? I do. Build the fence higher and deeper, tighten border control, and send  EVERY  illegal alien home!!!

Making Sense of the Unthinkable in America

With so many instances happening today at our national level of government which are shocking and perplexing to many of its citizens, it's critical we understand the history behind how we as a nation have evolved to this point.

For context, it's necessary to go back to 1776 in Philidelphia. When asked by a woman on the street as Benjamin Franklin was coming out of what we now know as Liberty Hall, he was asked by her, "What have you given us, sir?" His response was very prophetic. He replied, "A Constitutional Republic will be the best form of government, but only until the citizens are duped into voting for their federal government to supply all their needs."

As I've pointed out here in previous posts, the reader will recall that Hillary did her college thesis on the writings of a man she admired, and Obama had his ghost-writer, Bill Ayres, write about in his book, "Dreams of My Father".

Saul Alinsky died about 43 years ago. However, his writings have influenced many who are in politics today; the Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocassio-Cortez types, to name just a few. His seminal writing was his book, "Rules for Radicals", a quintessential guide for those wishing to be activitists who wish to use the Fabian Socialist model for overthrowing a country's established government. His follow-up book was titled, "Reveille for Radicals".

If there's anyone who doesn't think that Alinsky's rules aren't currently impacting our nation's shift towards socialism today, is merely ignorant, or deliberately refusing to accept the facts. All eight rules are in play, if one but examines them.

These eight levels of control must be achieved before the situation is set for creating a socialist state; the first being the most important of them all.

1. Healthcare - Control healthcare and you control the people.
2. Poverty - Increase the poverty level as high as possible; poor people are easier to control because they are dependent, and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.
3. Debt - Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. This way taxes are easily increased producing more poverty.
4. Gun Control - Remove the ability to defend themselves from the government. This way it's easier to create a police state.
5. Welfare - Take control of every aspect of their lives; food, housing, income.
6. Education - Take control of what the youth of the country learn and over time the generations will believe a lie, no matter how absurd and far fetched it might be. Does the Green New Deal ring a bell? (I would include the Media (D) in this for the effective brainwashing they engage in.)
7. Religion - Remove, or modify, the belief in God as a critical component of government, society and schools and you eventually have a dominant humanist world view.
8. Class Warfare - Divide the people into wealthy versus poor. This will cause more discontent and will be easier to take (tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.

Do any of these rules sound to you like what's happening in the United States today?

Alinsky mereky simplified Vladamir Lenin's original scheme for world conquest via communism, under Russian rule. Stalin described his converts as "Useful Idiots."

These Useful Idiots have destroyed every nation in which they have seized power and control; China, Cambodia, and Venezuela to name just a few. To deny that it's not happening at an alarming rate in the U.S. today is to either be delusional, or living in isolation in a cave somewhere.