You Want Unity Now?

From a friend of friend's Fakebook page and I agree:

Credit: Anonymous

I tolerated Obama for 8 years.  Here is my issue with the whole, “let us all be a "United States" again” that we heard from Joe Biden.  For the last 4+ years, the Democrats have gone "scorched earth". You have salted the fields and now you want to grow crops.  The problem is 75 + million of us have memories longer than a hamster.

We remember the women’s march (vagina hats and all) the day after the inauguration.

We remember the 4 years of attacks and impeachments

We remember “not our president” and the “Resistance…”

We remember Maxine Waters telling followers to harass us in restaurants.

We remember the Presidents spokesperson being kicked out of a restaurant.

We remember hundreds of Trump supporters physically attacked.

We remember Trump supporters getting Doxed, and fired from jobs.

We remember riots and looting.

We remember “a comedian” holding up the President’s severed head.

We remember a play in Central park paid with public funding, showing the killing of President Trump.

We remember Robert de Niro yelling “F" Trump” at the Tony’s and getting a standing ovation.

We remember Nancy Pelosi tearing up the State of the Union Address.

We remember the total in the tank move on the mainstream media.

We remember the non-stop and live fact-checking on our President and his supporters.

We remember non-stop in your face lies and open cover-ups from the media.

We remember the President and his staff being spied on.

We remember five congressmen/senators shot at on a ballfield. One almost killed!

We remember every so-called comedy show turn into nothing but a Trump hate fest.

We remember 95% negative coverage in the news.

We remember the state governors asking for and getting everything they asked for and then blaming Trump for their problems.

We remember a Trump top aid verbally assaulted in two DC restaurants.

We remember people banging on the Supreme Court doors.

We remember that we were called every name in the book for supporting President Trump.

We remember that Hollywood said they would leave after Trump was elected but they stayed.

This list is endless, but you get the idea.  My friends will be my friends, but a party that has been on the attack for 4 long years does not get a free pass with me.

Double standard hypocrites wasting our tax dollars. They preach tolerance but are extremely intolerant. The walking contradiction

I will add to this by saying where were the calls from progressives when all of the above was going on? After all President Trump and his supporters have endured over the past four years you can take your unity and stick it where the sun don't shine.

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A VERY Long Post

And just like that, the greatest experiment in democracy died.

As I write this, there are still things in motion that could possibly change the outcome of this fraudulent election, but I think it is all but done. But I'm putting it up anyways, as a shot across the bow to those who have basically betrayed the people who believe in the Constitution as written, and amended.

This post is a bit long, and it will ramble a tad. I am not necessarily directing this to the hard core democrats. You could slap them in the face with a rotten fish and they would still think it smells like roses. No getting through to them. This for those of you who were either riding the fence and fell off the wrong direction or who have been called "never trumpers". Some what will be written here will be quite brutal and might offend. And I don't care. So hitch up your big boy (or girl) pants and without further ado, here we go.

Some Thoughts on 6 Jan

First things first. I am thoroughly disgusted with what happened at the Capitol building on 6 January. I do not in any way support the actions of a small minority. It was something that should have never happened. The actions of all parties disappoints me more than my words can express. It is a sad coda to the end of a presidency that, given time and distance, history might have judged in a positive light. History and reflection have a tendency to dampen whatever strong feelings (positive and negative) may have existed at the end of any President's time in office. Because of the terrible events at the Capitol building, that wont happen. Trump will be forever judged, rightly or wrongly, by what occurred.

That being said, I am also disgusted, though completely unsurprised, at the level of hypocrisy emanating from many these posts. Not a single one of you called out progressives for inciting violence over the past four years. I don't recall when Aaron Danielson was gunned down in cold blood in Portland last September by antifa supporter any of you condemning the shooter. Where were your howls of indignation when David Dorn, a retired St. Louis police captain, was shot and killed execution style while responding to an alarm in a downtown pawn shop?

Covid Response

 This is bit old and a tad dated. I thought I had posted it several days ago.

For my regular readers, another response to a Facebook post. He is a friend that stretches back several decades. At one time, we were inseparable, but time and distance will always take toll.

My friend, below are some points to consider while you bash the President for his handling of covid. I would also like to point out that while former VP Biden has talked a big game about how he would have done things differently, not a single policy or effort he touts would have been different. Except the mask mandates, which Trump avoided due to constitutional concerns. I did point out some differences below.

Some Hard Truths

Here are 25 hard truths Americans can no longer rationalize away:

Go here for the full story

1. A presidential election was stolen from President Donald J. Trump in the most brazen and in your face way possible. I covered this as well have MANY, MANY, others.

6. News is not what the corporate media delivers, only leftist/globalist propaganda that rarely speaks ill of China or George Soros. Mainstream media long go list any sense of what was envisioned. Their role was to be honest brokers, for/against any party. I have stated this in previous posts. For a press to be free, they have to be credible and without bias. The main stream media is ohh for two. Trump is only giving voice to how a large majority of Americans feel regarding the press. There is only one profession that is viewed more unfavorably than journalists; lawyers. That is pretty lousy company.

Please Remember

As we have truned the corner and greet, with some trepidation, the beginning of a new year, I want us to take a moment to remember the rapidly disappearing "Greatest Generation". I bring them up because in a short 70 years we have gone from 18 year olds storming the beaches of Normandy, flying bomber missions into the heart of Germany, and answering the nation's call on 8 Dec 1941 with pride and resolve to the pajama boy generation. Folks who need safe spaces because, you know, words like no, and I disagree, and picnic, can hurt.

Take the Test

 Ran across this little ditty and thought I excerpt a few lines. Click here if you wish to read the whole article. It's well worth your time. I'd be curious if any of my readers would actually agree with any of the points the writer makes. And I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Mr. Utter would probably be OK with you quoting him the next time you are holding a discussion with a reasonable democrat (Yeah, I know, no such creature exists).

If you believe it’s okay to kill your own baby in your womb, but that hunting should be banned, you just might be a Democrat.

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If you think the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” should be kept off the airwaves, yet happily sing along to Cardi B’s “WAP” (Wet Ass P*ssy), you just might be a Democrat.

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If you believe that female genital mutilation is “just a matter of cultural and religious choice,” but that devout Christians should be forced to pay for other people’s contraception and to make cakes for gay weddings, you just might be a Democrat.

Please take a moment to click the link above

Giving Credit

Dear followers of my blog, below is a comment that I felt that was in need of a response. I do not know this particular individual, but it was part of a thread of a long time friend. My friend also got a response.

Credit for what. Saying the virus would “go away”?Taking children away from their parents and putting them in cages? Giving credence to white supremacy? Making fun of disabled people?  Calling Latino people rapists? Torching foreign relationships?  Encouraging violence?Making fun of war heroes? Paying off porn stars that he f****d while his wife had an infant at home?  Denigrated the free press?  Pretended to be a Christian while never going to church or following the teachings of Jesus?I will give him credit for all of that. But no gratitude. 

Wow, where to begin. While some of the stuff you said here has a kernel of truth a good portion of it was pure garbage, regurgitated claptrap from the main stream media. If you wish to read my response, which is too long for this forum, click the link. 

The virus will go away. They always do, eventually. There is no cure, for ANY virus. Only treatment after the fact. Or a vaccine, which almost never gives 100% protection. Flu vaccines, which are developed prior to the "flu season" are hit and miss. Some years, they are effective. Other years they nearly completely useless. The developers of flu vaccines try to predict what strain of flu will pop up during the next flu season. They have lots of data and knowledge on which to make this prediction. They also have time. But even with this time and knowledge, they are often wrong, and the vaccine is totally worthless. Work on the flu vaccine for the next flu season begins during the current season. If the Chinese GOVERNMENT had been more forthcoming about the virus, could pharmaceutical companies gotten a quicker start on the development of a vaccine? What we do know is by mid Mar pharmaceutical companies had been tasked to develop a vaccine under circumstances that weren't normal. No time, and little knowledge, initially. The biggest player in the eradication of a virus is immunity.

He never called Latinos rapists. He said there were unsavory elements coming across our border, which included rapists. There are also gang members, drug dealers/runners, and folks that aren't even from the western hemisphere. There is FBI data to back that up. Were there rapists of Latino decent crossing the border? Without a doubt. Were there MS-13 members crossing the border? Without a doubt. Were there drugs and drug mules crossing the border? Without a doubt. Were there also people crossing the border who were searching for something better? Without a doubt. The common denominator here is they ALL committed an illegal act. Crossing our sovereign border without permission. By the way, if Trump was calling all Latinos rapists, as you implied, would you care to explain how he received the largest share of Latino votes than any previous Republican candidate?

I wonder if you are down on former President Bill Clinton? Slick Willy had his issue with women too. For goodness sake, he convinced a young intern to "service" him in the freakin Oval Office. And he cheated on HRC at least three other times. So unless you are willing to call out Clinton for his extramarital affairs with the same gusto, this is not point you should be hanging your hat on. At least Trump's liaison was consensual. And profitable for the woman involved. I wonder what Juanita Broderick would say to you if you asked her if her encounter with Clinton was consensual. And while you're at it, ask Tara Reade if she thinks her encounter with former VP Biden was also consensual.

Do you know what is in his heart? Do you personally know whether Trump has a personal relationship with Jesus? I don't, and I assume you don't either. And it is not your place, or mine, to judge him. Scripture is quite clear on who has the power of judgement. And one area where he has been head and shoulders above every President is abortion. He was actually willing to stand side by side with those who believe the unborn have the right to live. I'd have to say Trump, unlike many presidents before him, is following Christ's teachings on this particular matter.

You are aware the separation of children from their "families" was an Clinton program and ramped up under Obama, right? And this program was put in place because "coyotes" were smuggling children across the border, not accompanied by the parents. Once the border Patrol determines that the children and the adults are actually family, they are no longer separated. In fact, there are still nearly 500 children in detention centers along the borders whose parents who are still south of the border have refused to claim them.

The "making fun of war heroes" was so thoroughly debunked as to not even merit more than that as a response. But I'll do it anyways. 14 separate witnesses, several of them no fans of Trump (like John Bolton), have stated unequivocally the "losers" statement never happened. Note that The Atlantic author never trotted out his sources. Don't give me "they feared retaliation" bull. And he didn't cancel the flight, the military did. You don't fly the President of the United States into bad weather unless ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. This I can speak directly about since I was a weather forecaster in the Air Force, who was tasked to provide support to Air Force One. As a former member of the military I can say with no hesitation whatsoever his respect for those who serve and have served rings true. 

If you are referring to the spat between Trump and McCain, don't forget that McCain was the one who started the whole thing. Trump just fired back. Was it indelicate? Was it ill advised? Yep on both counts. It was all the more shocking because Trump responded to attacks with attacks. That is just not how things have been done, especially to someone who held an exalted position in American politics such as McCain did. Trump feels, as do any Americans, that exalted positions shouldn't shield you from critics. Many in our ruling class feel they are just that; The Ruling Class. They shouldn't have to suffer the slings and arrows, especially from those they view as beneath them. I didn't agree with what Trump said (McCain was a hero for his actions while a POW), but did agree McCain was not so high and mighty that he was free to say what he wanted without getting it back.

How many times does Trump have to disavow people associated with white supremacy and the movement for you to believe it? He stated it during the presidential debate, he said it at least twice on previous appearances with Chris Wallace. And there are other examples if you care to look. One issue that boggles the mind of free thinking people is how someone who has been in the public eye for at least 50 years would suddenly be a racist only after deciding to run for President as a Republican. While controversy has always swirled around Trump in varying degrees, there has never been even a whisper of an allegation of racism against him. In fact, both Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have praised him in the past for his work in minority communities.

As for Charlottesville, which seems to be what every progressive refers to when accusing Trump of supporting white supremacy, here is what he said:

"Yes, I think there's blame on both sides. If you look at both sides, I think there's blame on both sides. And I have no doubt about it, and you don't have any doubt about it either. And if you reported it accurately, you would say.

Reporter interrupts...

"Excuse me, excuse me. They didn't put themselves and you had some very bad people in that group, but you also had very fine people, on both sides. You had people in that group. Excuse me, excuse me. I saw the same pictures as you did. You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name."

The conversation goes on from there. Key in on the emphasised. For some strange reason that I can't quite place my finger on, whenever the press reported on this, the first half of that statement for some reason always seems to be omitted. Hmmm....

And what he said was truthful. There was blame to be given to both sides. Those that were wanting the Lee statue torn down actually started the violence by physically attacking those who wanted the Lee statue to stay. That is indisputable. Was it right for the neo-nazi to run over Heather Heyer, killing her. Of course not, and no sane thinking person believes otherwise. And that racist pig will spend the rest of his life in prison, and deservedly so.

Denigrating the free press? Only a progressive would say we have a "free press". The main stream media long ago lost any credibility. The Dan Rather episode from 2000 cemented that lack of credibility for most. But the lack of trust had begun years before. For a press to be free, they have to be credible and without bias. The main stream media is ohh for two. He is only giving voice to how a large majority of Americans feel regarding the press. There is only one profession that is viewed more unfavorably than journalists; lawyers. That is pretty lousy company.

Trump doesn't play by the normal political rules established. He's an upsurper. And a lot of folks don't like that. As someone who has been politically aware since the early 70's I had a hard time adjusting to his brashness. I gueas you could say I was a VERY reluctant member of the establishment GOP. There been a long set of rules; the democrats (and media lapdogs) attacked, attacked, and attacked. The Republicans tried to counter with nice. For the most part it worked. For some reason attitudes amongst progressives took a dramatic turn during the second term of Bush. As democrats became more and more vicious in their attacks on anyone the disagreed with, the Republican leadership shrank further and further into their hidey holes. This begat McCain and Romney. 

While Obama was an historic candidate, he was beatable in 2008 due to his complete lack of any worthwhile experience. But McCain was nice, never really attempting to exploit this lack of experience, mostly likely because he feared being branded a racist, which was very real. Why, we never really understood. Lack of experience is lack of experience no matter your race, sex, etc. Four years later the Republicans ran Mittens. Again, Obama was beatable. Not due to lack of experience, but lack of accomplishments. The economy was stagnant and it was already obvious that Obama care was going to be an utter failure. Yet Romney was able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Nothing shows this better than the "1980's want their foriegn policy back" comment during the second debate. Romney could have pushed back. He is one of the ultimate policy wonks in politics. He had that hot mic comment in his back pocket, but didn't use it. He could have easily crushed Obama at that moment, but chose not to, to the complete disgust of the Republican rank and file. Obama didn't beat Romney in 2012, Romney lost because Republican voters stayed home in droves, not willing to support such a weak candidate. 

Eventually the rank and file became frustrated with this. This frustration turned to anger. And that anger turned to action. Along comes Trump. In him we saw someone who was going to tell the progressives to go pound sand. And he was going to give as good as he got. And we loved it. Finally, somebody who understood we were tired of being called racist. Tired of being called bigots. Tired of being considered second class citizens by our ruling elite. We had grown tired of being led by namby pamby swamp rats. Tired of not having our leadership fight for the things we held dear. Tired of watching our beloved Constitution and Bill of Rights being ground into dust.

In an indirect way, progressive have only themselves to blame for the rise of Trump. If progressives had decided that the "other" 50% were worthy human beings, who just happened to have different viewpoints, then maybe the steps that led to Trump could have been avoided. Maybe if progressives hadn't decided to treat their fellow Americans as less than human, maybe Trump would still be a real estate mogul. Maybe if progressives had decided that some conservative ideas were worthy of consideration rather than with complete contempt, maybe Trump would be still out on his golf course. Maybe if progressives didn't feel they were so superior to most Americans and that only their enlightened guidance was legitimate, maybe Trump would be still be running his hotel in New York. But compromise was not part of the progressives' plan, so you got Trump.

One more thing. Maybe credit and gratitude are in order for the strongest economy we have ever seen. Never before has the USA ever experienced that many consecutive quarters with a GPD at +3%. Shouldn't Trump get some credit for that kind of growth? Maybe some credit for unemployment rates across EVERY SINGLE demographic being at historic lows. Maybe some gratitude for some of the lowest tax rates across the board we have ever experienced. Maybe show a little gratitude that real income, especially for those in lower income brackets, grew for the first time in over 15 years. How about a little credit for pulling the military out of endless wars in places that don't have any gratitude for the sacrifices our young men and women have made over the past 20 years. Maybe the Israelis are grateful that Trump has recognized Jerusalem as the true capital of Israel. And maybe the world should be grateful that Middle East peace agreements are being signed across the region. Did you know that Hanukkah was actually celebrated this year in Dubai for the first time in, like, forever? And maybe we should be grateful that Trump took not a penny of his salary, instead donating it to charities and government agencies.

I will close out by saying I am very much aware most of the above arguments will fall on deaf ears. So be it. One can only try.

Points To Ponder

 

FOR ANYONE WHO DIDNT SUPPORT TRUMP. This was something I found on Fakebook a little while back. It is a bit dated, but is relevant, especially to those who voted against Trump. 

When I couldn't find the original source for this, I pasted the whole article. I now can provide the source material. Click here. With my sincere apologies to the original author. In my haste to post this I didn't even mention it was not my original content. It was an oversight on my part, not a wish to claim the authorship as my own.

Some Questions for Progressives

  For those of you who think Trump is trying to "steal" the 2020 election with the legal challenges that could very well overturn the initial "results", here are some queations for you. From Diogenes' Middle Finger.

Before we get into this, a personal note. While I am greatly disappointed that Trump "lost", I am more disappointed that so many people are OK with how the results came to pass. It strikes at my faith in my fellow humans. As much as I don't want to, I will never look and interact with some people I know as I have in the past. There will be a wall of distrust. While there has always been difference in how each of us views how the world should work, I was not prepared for how many people would perpetuate such a crime to see that their vision would move forward. Nor was I ready for the number of people, some I know and care for, who would support such an endeavor. There is an oldish saying that I've posted here and there throughout this blog: Folks on the right think those on the left are wrong. People on the left think those of us on the right are evil. After what has happened during this election (and for the past 4+ years), I think people on the right are going to rethink how we view those on the left.

If you wish to read the whole article, click here. There was some editing to clarify MY thoughts. But not much.

Do you believe... (A reminder, each of the following questions are based on indisputable facts. I added this)