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://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/tax-the-rich-sorry-aoc-but-we-already-do
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?
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/
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.
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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.axios.com/afghan-refugees-each-state-data-bea47ca4-0212-4a41-98bd-a2ea9f15a5bc.html
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?
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/2021/09/critical-race-theory-roundup/
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.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/09/durham-harvests-more-small-potatoes.php
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
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