The
fiscal restraint of our national Congress and Administration continues to
stretch the bounds of credulity. On the
heels of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure light bill already passed
by the Senate and lingering in the House, we are now watching details emerge
about the follow-up act from the Democrats: the $3.5 trillion infrastructure heavy
bill that actually has very little to do with infrastructure and a great
deal to do with social reforms.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/what-in-democratic-infrastructure-social-spending-package
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/09/why-democrats-cant-pay-for-their-ambitions/
https://reason.com/2021/09/16/the-700-billion-gimmick-at-the-center-of-bidens-tax-plan/?utm_medium=email
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/tax-the-rich-sorry-aoc-but-we-already-do
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/09/democratic-taxers-will-need-middle-class-taxes-to-fund-their-agenda/
https://jonathanturley.org/2021/09/13/the-new-federalist-party-biden-move-forward-with-the-greatest-federalization-push-since-adams/
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/09/newest-dem-idea-subsidies-for-newspapers.php
What
do you suppose might be the consequences of this fiscal insanity being
exhibited by our elected government in Washington, DC?
https://lawliberty.org/seven-possible-causes-of-the-next-financial-crisis/
The
Biden Administration continues to seed our government with radicals who place their
personal beliefs and agendas above the constitutional law of our nation. It is mind-numbing to realize that they have over
three more years to continue this practice of placing clueless individuals in positions
of power that will allow them to adversely impact our fundamental freedoms and rights
as Americans. Here are two more that he is
nominating: https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/judiciary-republicans-confront-ideologues-in-contentious-hearing/?utm_source=blog-landing&utm_medium=desktop&utm_campaign=continue-reading
The
California Democratic Governor survived his recall effort easily. Newsom carried about the same percentage of
the vote that Joe Biden had in last year’s general election. No surprise here; Democrats gonna be Democrats.
It is a dangerous game to try and glean any lessons from this recall
episode that might apply to the upcoming national mid-term and general
elections. There is no denying that California
is its own little petri dish of humanity.
There are, however, some interesting observations to make; foremost
among them deals with the Hispanic vote.
Based
on the mainstream media headlines, the Biden Administration, and our culture in
general, one would surmise that the black percentage of America’s population
would be significantly high. With all
the attention given to black social concerns, you might think that perhaps as
many as 3 in 10, or more, Americans
are black. In fact, the 2020 census data tells us that 12.5 percent of the
population is black. That is the SECOND largest minority population
segment in our nation. The LARGEST minority in America is
Hispanic. They represent 18.7 percent of
the population. The Asian segment comes
in third in minority status at 5.8 percent.
At
some point, the mathematical reality of this census data will rise to the
top. I oftentimes wonder if the Hispanic
community resents the inordinate attention given to the black community at
their expense. There is no doubt that the
influence of the Hispanic community will continue to increase dramatically and
begin to accurately reflect their representation of our national face. This increase in influence will inevitably be
realized largely at the expense of the overvalued current influence of
America’s black population. What will be
the impact of this occurrence? More to
the point…how will this evolution impact
future elections in America?
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/california-recall-stokes-dem-fears-of-latino-defection/
One
would have to think that the deck is considerably stacked in the favor of
Republicans in the short term for
next year’s mid-term elections and long
term for the 2024 general elections.
One would be well-advised not to underestimate the ability of the
Republican Party to grasp defeat from the jaws of victory.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/country-direction-biden-democrats-republicans
https://amgreatness.com/2021/09/13/threading-the-biden-opportunity-needle/
The
Democratic Party has long taken the black segment of our population for
granted. In recent years, there are
signs that this negligence and hypocrisy are beginning to be exposed. At the end of the day, the Party that can
best construct an agenda that is clearly
equitable for all ethnic categories with bias towards none will be the one
to earn most Americans’ votes…regardless of their skin color. Study after study has shown that the black
population in our nation has suffered a disproportionately high degree of harm
from the Democratic effort to defund and socialize America’s law enforcement
agencies and departments. Do the results
from Democratic Party policies that they claim
benefits black Americans actually stand the test of reality?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/democrats-say-crime-is-down-if-you-dont-count-the-massive-spike-in-homicides
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/democrats-dont-really-care-about-racism-against-black-people
I
worked as a lower-level administrative manager for our government for about 30
years. One of the things that I learned
over that time was the high degree of control and influence held by Department
and Agency officials, both appointed and
career, that exists free of legislative control. There are people in our government, spread
throughout all departments and agencies, that dramatically influence our daily lives and operate essentially with
very little accountability and restraint.
The cold, hard truth is that our
government is only as good as the people who run it.
Some
of those people are overly ambitious; they are power hungry and consumed with a
sense of authoritarian control. They do
not subscribe to the notion of being a public servant. They enthusiastically serve their political
or ideological superiors and operate by their own rules. These people like to do business in the
shadows and function behind a myriad of regulations that effectively hides the
paper trails of their independent agendas.
These are the dirty little secrets that somehow always seem to leak out
to the mainstream media when Republicans are in charge, but seem to stay sealed
up tightly when the Democrats take over. Ever wonder why that is?
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rep-comer-intelligence-covid/2021/09/16/id/1036679/
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/susan-jones/release-transcripts-milleys-calls-china-i-cant-do-dod-spokesman-says
https://www.cnsnews.com/index.php/article/washington/susan-jones/sen-kennedy-we-need-see-transcript-milleys-calls-china
The
ability of an Administration, be it Democrat or Republican, to stonewall the
public and Congress on information that SHOULD
BE AVAILABLE TO ALL is one of the most infuriating aspects of our
government. It extends to all
departments, agencies, and officials that serve in government and is nothing
short of shameful.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/senate-foreign-relations-chair-says-defense-secretary-declined-testify
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/amid-calls-resign-blinkens-contentious-first-hearing-lead-grilling-senate
Pass
the Word!! …. Just Google centerlineright
As
the refugees from the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan are liberally distributed
all across our nation, it is a very legitimate question to consider how this
might impact our national security. Have
we simply given up on vetting immigrants to America regarding the security
threats they might pose to our country?
Well…yes, that pretty much sums it up.
Not only have we thrown open the doors at the southern border, but now
we are flying immigrants in from the Middle East. What
are the chances these irresponsible and careless actions by our government will
result in a domestic terrorist attack in the foreseeable future?
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/terence-p-jeffrey/rep-smith-afghans-brought-us-reliable-information-some-perhaps
https://www.axios.com/afghan-refugees-each-state-data-bea47ca4-0212-4a41-98bd-a2ea9f15a5bc.html
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/international/patrick-goodenough/sw-border-apprehensions-august-more-russians-turks-indians
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/migrants-bridge/2021/09/16/id/1036787/
Oh…by
the way…here’s a shocker: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/media-coverage-of-border-mayhem-drops-94-under-biden
As
more details of our catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan emerge, the Biden
Administration looks more foolish and incompetent by the day. We lose 13 soldiers to a terrorists attack
and in retaliation, we blow up an aid worker and innocent children? We essentially leave enough military
equipment in Afghanistan to make the Taliban one of the strongest armies in the
Middle East? And as if those events are
not sufficient to humble our arrogance, we must then rely on our French allies
to show us how to do it properly?
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-drone-strike-targeted-aid-worker-killing-10-afghan-civilians-2021-9
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/09/the-taliban-just-received-the-largest-weapons-transfer-in-50-years/
https://www.dailywire.com/news/emmanuel-macron-announces-french-forces-have-killed-isis-leader-in-africa-who-killed-u-s-troops-report
The
liberal lunacy that fosters the inexplicable madness that is sweeping across
America is reflected in every aspect of our daily lives; its capacity for
stupidity is increasingly astounding. Here
are some examples:
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/college-has-become-merely-a-racket/?utm_source=blog-landing&utm_medium=desktop&utm_campaign=continue-reading
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/09/critical-race-theory-roundup/
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/a-low-blow-climate-policy-and-europes-energy-crunch/?utm_source=blog-landing&utm_medium=desktop&utm_campaign=continue-reading
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/09/climate-summit-in-jeopardy.php
And
here is the response of someone who finds little sense or reason in the
authoritarian pandemic mitigation measures
being exercised by our liberal-driven
government: https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2021/09/why-i-didnt-get-the-covid-vaccine
I
must confess to moments in the past few months when I have wondered to myself
whether or not Hillary Clinton would have been a superior President to Joe
Biden. I know, I know…this is an
absolutely insane mind game. The
malevolent and corruptive Clinton versus the senile and idiotic Biden; this is
not the least of two evils…this is the worst of the worst.
Invariably,
I would always come down to a point where I believed that even though the
stupidity of the Biden Administration is damaging this nation in so very many
ways…at least they are doing it for sincere (though terribly ill-advised) political reasons. They are wrong; they are stupidly wrong; but they honestly believe they are right. I will admit to having serious doubts about
this reasoning when I read about the Biden
Family Business misadventures featuring famous son Hunter and his nefarious
European dealings. Perhaps I was
mistaken about the corruptive quotient of Joe Biden. He might be far more rotten than I imagined.
However,
the much discussed and missing in action John Durham report on
the great Trump/Russia Hoax is beginning to leak out. The preliminary details are making me feel
more confident regarding my initial judgment on Hillary Clinton being far more evil
than Joe Biden. The likely reason for
this crooked edge that Hill holds over Joe is the fact that her camp is filled
with conniving and ambitious crooks
who happen to be politicians; while Joe’s bunch is simply a bunch of Keystone
Kop ideologues who are wannabe
politicians. Clinton’s outfit knows how
to work the system; Biden’s company is still trying to figure out the system.
The
bad news is that Clinton’s bunch is likely a lot smarter than Biden’s. The good news is that Biden’s bunch is a lot
dumber than Clinton’s. In either case,
America was (and is) making a
Faustian Bargain with itself. It is a
close call, but I would like to think that in the long run, considering we are
talking about the Executive Branch of our government…Biden’s incompetence is
slightly preferable to Clinton’s criminal nature. Time will tell, but stay tuned for more of this from Mr. Durham…
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/09/the-real-story-in-durhams-indictment-of-democratic-lawyer-michael-sussmann/
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/09/durham-harvests-more-small-potatoes.php
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/new-durham-indictment-exposes-second-leg-hillary
I
will close this piece with some attention to abortion. The recently implemented Texas abortion law
is quite restrictive and is certainly controversial. Introduced in the environment where the Dobbs
case is before the SCOTUS, it has served to greatly inflame the passions surrounding
the abortion issue.
I
remain convinced that good people have differing and sincere opinions regarding
abortion that are oftentimes mutually exclusive. When this circumstance occurs, the only
reasonable conclusion for prevailing policy is that of compromise. While we may never compromise on principle; we may well find a way to
compromise on practice. The pro-choice
side of the abortion question has heavily overplayed its hand for the last
several years and allowed its extreme positions to overshadow its advocacy for more
moderate abortion applications. I
believe that the pro-life side of the
argument runs the same risk of overplaying their hand when they tie their primary
position to an abortion law as restrictive as that of Texas.
The
resolution of the abortion issue in America must be such that it passes the
fairness test with both sides of the
argument. Insistence on demanding an
extreme final verdict, be it pro-life or
pro-choice, will not lead to any type of finality relating to the venom and
passion expressed by both sides of the subject.
There must be a middle ground that permits both toleration for reasonable opposing opinions on abortion and respect
for the personal convictions of individuals.
If the SCOTUS can find the courage
to overturn Roe v. Wade and the legislative aspect of abortion is returned
rightfully to the state legislatures…perhaps we might head down that road of
solution.
http://centerlineright.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-profound-issue-of-abortion.html
http://centerlineright.blogspot.com/2021/05/abortion-moment-has-finally-arrived.html
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/judge-thapars-persuasive-case-against-roe/?utm_source=blog-landing&utm_medium=desktop&utm_campaign=continue-reading
