Do
any of you reading this post have children in your life with their faces
eternally planted in some type of electronic device? I expect the answer is yes. Most kids nowadays have
cell phones by age 11 and the obsession with these devices is troubling. Aside from the physical and emotional
consequences that excessive use might entail, the simple fact is that these children
are allowing a big slice of real life
to simply pass them by unnoticed. Here
is a good article on the subject: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/shocking-number-of-children-show-signs-of-smartphone-addiction
. One of life’s hard lessons is that
everything has a cost. We can only hope
that the advanced understanding and motor skills gained by today’s technology
will be worth the cost in missed opportunities.
At
some point in the future, Americans will marvel at how a large part of our
nation’s population was sucked into this whole Trump/Collusion Hoax. The gross abuse of power by government officials;
the abdication of ethics by the mainstream media; the hypocrisy and
self-indulgence by the Democratic Party; the pure gullibility of our citizenry…all
of these things will be subjects of much discussion for future political
analysts. How in the world did the perpetrators of this charade get by with such
a colossal scheme? How could we have
been so utterly clueless? Here is an
article that partially pulls the sheet back on that question: https://apelbaum.wordpress.com/2018/03/17/the-mechanics-of-deception/
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I
am on record (repeatedly) as
designating Barack Hussein Obama as the worst President in my lifetime. His squandering of a rare legislative
opportunity in quest of the Obamacare debacle; his shameful approach to race
relations that exacerbated the social complexities of this nation; his
narcissistic demeanor that cheapened the Chief Executive’s office and poisoned
partisan differences; and his aloof and Machiavellian use of federal departments
and agencies for political and personal uses…all of these will be indelible
stains on his two terms as an American President. Illustrative of his choice for team members
is Samantha Power: https://spectator.org/the-amnesia-of-samantha-power/
. She is the perfect example of Obama’s
arrogant ends justify the means
approach to governing and the blind loyalty of the ideologues that served this
quest.
An
extension of this same Obama Administration approach to governing is being
gloriously executed by U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D/Cal). In the footsteps of
Lois Lerner politically weaponizing the Internal Revenue Service against
conservative non-profits; Eric Holder ignorantly running guns to Mexican
cartels in the Fast and Furious scheme;
or the entire Department of Justice under Obama using every tool in the chest
to investigate first the Trump Campaign and then the Trump Presidency…Schiff
has astonishingly obtained through subpoena…and PUBLISHED…private telephone metadata from Rudy Giuliani, the
President’s personal attorney. His
published House Intelligence Committee report selectively lists, among others,
the metadata of U.S. Representative Devin Nunes (R/Cal) and respected journalist
John Solomon. Just to provide
perspective for this action…a Presidential Administration must obtain a court order to execute this type of
investigation. Schiff has done it with no one’s approval but his own. This is breath-takingly arrogant, brazen, and
irresponsible. Read here for more
details about this outrageous action: https://nypost.com/2019/12/07/democrats-have-embraced-the-exact-surveillance-tactics-they-used-to-warn-about/
and also Adam
Schiff Has Jumped the Shark | The American Spectator
. The desperation of Congressional
Democrats to find the President guilty of something….anything….has truly reached absurd proportions.
Along
with the basic human rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that
is gifted to us in our Constitution; another pillar of our nation is the pure
authority of the Supreme Court. It is
the linchpin that establishes an ultimate authority for what is legal in this
country. It is the final arbiter of
legislative intent, Executive overreach, and essential freedoms for our
citizenry. In the last couple of
decades; some of the luster enjoyed by this essential institution has been
burnished. There is a significant school
of thought that the SCOTUS has become overtly politicized and several actions
to address that perception have been floated to the public. More than one of the current Democratic
Presidential Candidates has endorsed the notion of expanding the membership of
the SCOTUS to remedy this issue. For
what is worth (and that is certainly
worthy of debate), here is another approach: https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/11/supreme-court-term-limits-have-bipartisan-support/
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And
finally, we will end on a lighter note.
One of the greatest counteragents we have to the partisan venom and
personal certitude that has infused our culture is the fine art of satire. Our ability to make fun of ourselves and
realize that we are all subject to monstrous errors in judgment and deed is a
key element to maintaining a firm grasp on reality. If we can’t laugh at ourselves, we are wound waaaaaay too tight. The Onion
https://www.theonion.com/
and the Babylon Bee https://babylonbee.com/
do a great job of showing us all how completely foolish we can be at
times. There is quite often an extremely
fine line between effective satire and irresponsibly cruel or insensitive
commentary. Both of these sites will
occasionally cross that line; but I believe it is in error and not
intentional. If you read both on a regular basis, I can assure
you that everyone’s ox will be gored
at one time or another. Here is a great
example of how the Bee handled the recent Don’t
Mess with Nancy moment: https://babylonbee.com/news/pelosi-clarifies-shes-not-one-of-those-anti-baby-murder-catholics
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