Inflation, recession, Russia-Ukraine, Uvalde, primaries…. the world is certainly turning at a high velocity. And as it turns, it appears that the substance of that which constitutes America is increasingly settling into entrenched positions on either extreme side of the political/cultural/societal spectrum. The dividing gap between the differing segments of our divided nation is yawning.
I fear the reality is
that a whole lot of people have simply gotten sick and tired of
hearing/reading/seeing radical liberals arguing with radical
conservatives. Rather than be forced
into joining up with extreme positions that they are not comfortable
with, they have withdrawn, checked out, and focused on those things (albeit,
not too many) in their lives that they can control. Unfortunately, this leaves the entire stage
to those who wish to shout over everyone with their shrill voices, eschewing
reason and civility, and thus seeking chaos rather than compromise. This is where we are. This is where we have been for some time now. This is where we will likely remain….at least
in the near future.
There is a very real
question that is begging an answer: Can we ever get back to where we were…where
we were before covid? Two rolling
trains in motion are running down parallel tracks and must be stopped in order
to unwind what has transpired over the last two and a half years. One of those trains is the hidden (oftentimes
not so hidden) hand of Obama in the Biden Administration. The Clinton Corps has certainly not been
defanged entirely; but it is just as clear that they have lost the power
struggle to possess the puppet strings on the Biden marionette when he first
entered into the White House. Obama and
his ilk are absolutely seeing the Biden Administration as their third term; a
final chance to accomplish all the liberal dreams they held so closely, but
dared not pursue during their time in office.
That reluctant restraint, both imagined and real, is relatively
non-existent today.
The second train hurtling
down the tracks side-by-side with the first is the state of play that exists in
post-covid America. There have always
been those in politics and the federal bureaucracy that envisioned our
government as a “be all and end all” omnipotent entity that essentially
controlled our lives and decided what was right, what was wrong, what was best,
and what would happen. The pandemic
served as a Trojan Horse for these folks and they seized the moment to expand
governmental control and influence over our culture and our society. I truly believe that these people were
shocked…literally shocked…at the amount of liberty and freedom that our
citizenry was willing to cede in the name of “national health”. Emboldened by what they were able to get by
with during the shutdown, they are now refusing to go back into their pre-covid
shells and will not be downshifting their liberal agenda pursuits anytime
soon. They are true believers; they have
tasted absolute power; and they are hell-bent on setting things right according
to their beliefs.
These people control many,
if not most, of the power levers in our culture and society. They will almost certainly retain control of
those levers for the next two and a half years.
Is there a sufficient constituency of common sense, pragmatic,
independent-thinking Americans left to consolidate and turn back the clock so
that our nation can regain the identity and character that made it unique and special
amongst all others? There are so
many Americans that have simply given up the fight, accepted the loss of that
which made our nation so unique, and are resigned to the Europeanization of these
United States. Can the momentum of those
two cavalcading locomotives be effectively mitigated, much less stopped
altogether? The jury is out and we are
all awaiting the verdict.
So, until a principled
moderate of either political stripe can rise up and seize the moment, we will
continue to live our daily lives in terms of survival, struggling to hit
rapidly moving targets, dealing with arbitrary and hypocritical leadership in
our government, and simply trying to get from one day to the next in our convulsing
economy. The coming significant events
of our election process have been commandeered by the senile idiot in the White
House and the ranting MAGA man on the campaign trail. Prepare for a winner-take-all, hand-to-hand
political combat over the next two and a half years that will literally suck
all of the oxygen out of the room and leave little space for anything but ego,
certitude, and holier-than-thou charlatans.
And now, here is a small
sampling of the world around us……………
It is my humble opinion
that the veering of our government into poisonous partisanship began with the
Obama Administrations. Many of our
population were thrilled when Obama became our first black president…and
rightfully so. It was a hugely important
and historic moment. Unfortunately,
Obama was not quite up to the task. He
was unprepared for the presidency, untethered in his policy structure,
undisciplined in his role as government leader, and far too willing to accept
any means to achieve his ideological aims.
It certainly appears that
for all intents and purposes, President Biden represents nothing less than a
third term for Obama and his contingent.
As mentioned previously in this post, I suspect that the boldness and
unabashed ambition exhibited by the Biden Administration in pursuing their
liberal agenda represents the Obama Group’s eagerness to accomplish from “behind
the scenes” that which they were unable to accomplish “while in office”. It is increasingly and painfully obvious that
Joe Biden is quite simply their useful idiot.
The Trump-Russia hoax was
without a doubt the most grievous and corrupt political trick ever pulled in
memory. It was hatched under Obama with
either his wink or his nod and is now, after fits and starts, finally beginning
to unravel for public consumption in the context of the Durham
investigation. It is a sobering look at
how badly corrupted our Department of Justice has truly become.
https://nypost.com/2022/05/26/fbi-ignored-lies-to-get-their-hands-on-trump/
https://nypost.com/2022/05/24/sussmanns-defense-is-laughable-or-hes-a-terrible-lawyer/
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/what-durham-proved
Any objective observer
must acknowledge the obvious difference in the way our mainstream media covers
liberal individuals/causes as opposed to conservative individuals/causes. Every trick in the book is utilized to curry
favor or sympathy for the liberal tilt, while those same methods are used to
demonize the conservative subjects.
Following up on the
previous topic, it is tragic and outrageous that our U.S. Department of Justice
has adopted this same approach to the administration of their legal duties in
service to the American people. There is
clearly a dual justice system in our country.
One that serves the wealthy and powerful and one that serves the common
man. One serves the liberal agenda; one
serves the conservative agenda. Judge
for yourself.
https://amgreatness.com/2022/05/26/stolen-elections-a-tale-of-two-d-c-courtrooms/
Thoughtful, deliberate,
and honest election reform is needed in this country and Georgia has set a good
standard for others to follow. Beware
the critics who falsely proclaim “Jim Crow” and “voter suppression”;
the overwhelming majority of people WILL SUPPORT sound election reform. The proof is in the performance.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/05/24/opinion/georgia-voters-expose-jim-crow-smear-lie/
Another critical area of
our culture that needs some serious re-examination is education. That discussion has begun and shows signs of
necessary reform. Other than family and
church, there is no part of our culture that deserves more attention than the
education of our children.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/05/unraveling-education-america-larry-sand/
As a proud Independent, I
have aggressively attacked the Democrat Party and President Biden for “selling
their souls” to the radical liberal elements in our political
universe. I honestly try to strike a
balance between the right and left, but the left has veered so sharply to the
extreme that it has become virtually impossible to take them seriously. They are far too “unserious” in their
hysterical approach to reinventing our nation.
https://amgreatness.com/2022/05/27/the-left-is-chaos-incarnate/
Having said that…it
is incumbent upon the Republican Party to demonstrate a sensible and rational
alternative to this Democrat madness. It
is not sufficient for Republicans to look good simply in comparison to
Democrats. The Party and its candidates
must go beyond the obvious criticism of the Democrat leadership and put forth
an agenda that makes common sense to the average person. Thus far, they have failed to do so and it is
increasingly looking like they will be turning to Trump once again. While this option is no doubt far superior to
the status quo, we as a nation MUST demand more from our leaders.
The tragedy in Uvalde has
once again stirred up the raw emotions that are part and parcel of the gun
control debate. As is always the case,
extreme rhetoric from both sides of the issue is dominating the debate. BOTH SIDES of the issue have salient,
practical points to be made. There is
ample room in the middle for some meaningful compromise and effective action regarding
how America handles it personal firearms.
One point that must be
made is this: Increased gun laws are not the sole solution to this problem. The plain and simple fact is that the most
gun-regulated areas of our country are the ones experiencing the highest
incidence of gun violence. We must
carefully examine how we ENFORCE the gun laws that are currently on the
books and we must also RECONSIDER the fact that all citizens may not
deserve the constitutional right to bear arms. The truth is that there are many people in
society that should not be in possession of a firearm. We must somehow rise above the hyperbole and
deal with the facts when discussing gun control in America. Can that happen in today’s supercharged
political environment?
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/what-might-actually-help-stop-mass-shootings/
And of course, there are
those among us that continue to insist that EVERYTHING is about race.
The dynamic between the “green
energy sector”, the “fossil fuel sector”, and the “economy in
general” is a complex and difficult equation to consider. The Biden Administration’s effort to transition
us overnight to a new era of greenness is naïve beyond reason. There is surely a place, and a need,
for alternative energy sources in our world.
But those places should be carefully considered, thoughtfully researched,
and practically implemented. Alternative
energy sources should be forced to EARN their place in our economy; that is how
our free-market system works. That is
not what is taking place today.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-energy-transition-a-leap-into-the-dark/
https://amgreatness.com/2022/05/29/why-does-boston-buy-natural-gas-from-russia/
And heaven forbid that
our Government take it upon itself to solve our energy situation through
regulation and spending. After all, they
have such an impressive record of success in those areas. There was lot of “green” sprinkled
throughout this particular boondoggle.
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-weekend-jolt/the-lifeline-that-wasnt/
As our President
continues the disturbing experiment of seeing how far down his throat he can
insert his foot, the world is daily becoming more dangerous. The time has arrived when the free and moral
leadership of our planet needs to step forward and unfortunately, our country
is chained to an incompetent, unprincipled, and soulless zombie at the zenith
of our government. It is absolutely
unsettling to consider the calculations that must be running through the minds
of all those adversaries of freedom and democracy throughout the world.
https://amgreatness.com/2022/05/29/what-now-ukraine/
The unholy alliance that
has formed between the mainstream media, the Democrat Party, and the liberal
presence in our country is an illness that is spreading rapidly. The damage we are realizing is both immediate
and long-term. The walls of insulation
that once existed between the media and political agendas have pretty much
crumbled down and the efforts of both our politicians and the media to
manipulate the way we think and act is truly a crime in progress.
https://amgreatness.com/2022/05/29/beware-of-fake-polls-and-paid-endorsements/
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/may/23/biden-harris-pressure-supreme-court-ahead-roe-deci/
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-shameful-silence-of-progressive-justices/
It is difficult for
anyone to push through the hyper-partisan wave of sentiment that is sweeping
across our nation today. But whether you
be a Republican, a Democrat, or an Independent…you must surely yearn for some
common sense and reason from your Party’s leadership. Say what you will, I submit to you that it is
nothing short of PATHETIC that we are staring down the barrel of a 2024
presidential election that will feature a choice between a 78-year-old
egomaniac and an 82-year-old zombie. America….
WE MUST DO BETTER THAN THIS.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/a-2024-trump-biden-death-match
Inflation is raging and
showing no sign of abatement. It is a
cancerous stain upon our economy and punishes most those who are least equipped
to deal with it; resource-challenged Americans from all walks of life. There is, at a minimum, one full American
generation that has never had to deal with hyper-inflation. How will they face this crisis? Once the beast of inflation has been loosed
from its cage…as the Biden Administration and Congressional Leadership have
done…it is no longer a question of whether or not there will be
carnage. The only question remaining is…how
serious will the carnage be?
https://amgreatness.com/2022/05/23/the-economic-doom-loop-has-begun/
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