Friday, June 10, 2022

We All Live in Our Bubbles

Before highlighting some of the ongoing news stories of the past two weeks, I want to comment about a partial viewing of President Biden’s recent appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel show.  There can be little doubt that given the President’s deteriorating mental and physical condition, coupled with his downward-spiraling approval polling, the Democrat Party is in panic mode when they consider their prospects in the coming mid-term elections and beyond that in the next presidential election. 

 

Two television events this week tells you all you need to know about the Democrat Party.  Their leader, President Joe Biden, refuses to communicate regularly with the American people, the media in general, and other national leaders around the world.  And yet in this time of uncertainty, chaos, and planetary drama…he chooses to go on a late-night, comedic hack’s show for what was billed as a “revelatory” event.  Kimmel, a comedian who simply ain’t too damn funny, is nothing more than a liberal Democrat shill who dutifully lined up and tossed softballs to the President who dutifully lined up and whiffed on most of them.  The fact that Biden is a senile, incompetent, angry old man could not be masked by the fuzzy kid gloves of the groveling host.  A circus act that was intended to place Biden in a favorable environment where he could not help but look good unfolded as a convincing indictment of his dismal decline.

 

And then there was the melodramatic hearing by the House Democrats (plus two inexplicably wandering Republicans) staging in primetime television a not-so-subtle political lynching of Donald Trump.  Never in my memory has something so simple and obvious been so hyperboled.  The January 6 riot was a national shame; but it was certainly not the cataclysmic and seditious act that is being portrayed by the Democrats.  Trump was a fool to allow his monstrous ego free reign to continue protesting the illegitimacy of the 2020 election far beyond the point where it was meaningless.  The obvious irregularities that occurred during that election were never going to be sufficiently quantified to overturn a national electoral verdict and Trump should have realized that.  But really…are his protestations about 2020 any more outrageous than Hillary Clinton’s about her 2016 loss or the way Stacey Abrams dealt with her loss in 2018? 

 

These two instances of each national party going over-the-top in their reactions to a national event is indicative of the political/social/cultural environment that now exists in America.  We all tend to circulate in a sphere of influence that we find amenable to our own opinions.  We tend to tune out that which does not align with our inclinations and embrace that which does.   Conservatives watch Fox; liberals watch MSNBC.  The internet offers a plethora of sources that cater to either political leaning and it has even become possible for national consumer brands to exclusively cater to one or the other extreme and still be successful.  Such is the magnitude and severity of our nation’s political polarization.  I reluctantly acknowledge my own role in this phenomenon.

 

The cluelessness of both Biden and Trump in the prior-mentioned episodes plainly demonstrates that when we give ourselves over to the innermost political beasts, we lose the ability not only to entertain and consider the rational thoughts of opposing opinion; we lose the ability to realize how utterly stupid we appear to any person who can still maintain a standing in that shrinking zone that lies between the two extreme political postures.  Has that middle zone shrunk to the point where it is now irrelevant when it comes to deciding national elections?  That, my friends, is an interesting question.  Now…on to the current events.

 

The Democrat’s Green New Deal was going to be institutionalized with the passage of the Build Back Better legislation.  Fortunately, Build Back Better never got built in the first place.   But as presidents before him from both national parties have demonstrated, President Biden is attempting to demonstrate that which cannot be accomplished legitimately through the legislative process can oftentimes be accomplished illegitimately through the executive order.   The liberal pursuit of a fossil-free energy environment has become quite comfortable in its fantasy world of illogic and contradiction; it has also become drunk on the fleeting opportunity to impose its madness on the masses through the levers of an all-powerful and blameless bureaucracy. 

 

https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/03/the-climate-cult-and-their-green-lethargy-future/

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/the-madness-of-slow-joe-sun-king-edition.php

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/us-solar-industry-sees-worst-quarter-since-2020

 

https://thefederalist.com/2022/06/07/bidens-latest-abuse-of-power-will-make-energy-more-expensive/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-biden-team-struggles-as-gas-prices-set-new-records/

 

https://nypost.com/2022/06/05/dont-grovel-abroad-president-biden-drill-at-home/

 

There is example after example of the Biden Administration worsening existing problems with counter-productive policies that are nothing short of pouring gasoline on raging fires.  Not content with creating new and unique problems for the American economy; Biden and his liberal clown show took those areas of our economy that the Trump Administration had successfully managed and screwed them up too!  Think about the logic that drives a person to think that the proper way to encourage electric vehicles is to drive the price of gasoline so high that the economy goes into recession…or…the blind ambition of raising employee wages beyond a sustainable level without appreciating the fact that those increasing labor costs will result in higher prices and inflation.  This is Bidenomics.

 

https://issuesinsights.com/2022/06/08/if-biden-intended-to-destroy-america-what-would-he-be-doing-differently/

 

https://jewishworldreview.com/michael/barone061022.php3

 

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/10/investing/markets-fall-drop/index.html

 

https://nypost.com/2022/06/04/america-isnt-working-thanks-to-covidiocy-and-bidenomics/

 

This is Joe Biden’s America: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

 

This was Donald Trump’s America: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_02132019.pdf

 

The key to a robust, fair, widespread, and healthy American economy is not a wide-open approach to profligate federal spending.  The national conditions of poverty and education should clearly demonstrate that more taxpayer dollars being hurled towards an issue will not necessarily improve that issue.

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/the-cbo-confirms-bidenflation-is-real

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-true-economic-problem-isnt-inflation-its-the-federal-spending/

 

The ever-devolving ethical and moral condition of the U.S. Department of Justice is a cancer upon our nation.  Every day we see another story of FBI misbehavior or skullduggery.  The Attorney General…the chief law enforcement officer in America…seems more interested in “woke” than in “law”.  The January 6 participants, whose violent consequences pale in comparison to the summer riots following the George Floyd episode, are treated in barbaric fashion while liberal cites, states, and Attorney Generals (looking at you California) are dealing with the consequences of coddling criminals and defunding law enforcement.  The FBI should not be an extension of the Obama/Clinton political machine and the Department of Justice should not be an appendage of the Democrat Party.  But in both cases, that seems to be where we stand today.

 

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/06/09/fbi_chief_comey_misled_congresss_gang_of_8_over_russiagate_lisa_page_memo_reveals_836434.html

 

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/navarro-indictment-politicization-doj/2022/06/03/id/1072898/

 

https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/alan-dershowitz-peter-navarro-jan-6/2022/06/04/id/1072966/

 

https://nypost.com/2022/06/04/new-york-times-agenda-bender/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/04/dismantle-the-d-c-company-town/

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/06/the-biden-justice-departments-shameful-pandering-to-bomb-throwing-rioters/

 

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3518377-dojs-politicized-double-standard-for-prosecuting-protesters/

 

https://unherd.com/thepost/democrat-hysteria-undermines-jan-6-hearing/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/10/morning-greatness-democrats-broadcast-j6-burlesque-show-across-all-platforms/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/09/justice-department-colludes-with-congress-to-bolster-the-insurrection-narrative/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/06/what-the-january-6-committee-hearings-wont-cover/

 

This is what political scandal used to look like: https://lawliberty.org/forum/watergate-fifty-years-later/

 

The liberal hysteria surrounding the terms “assault weapons” and “gun control” has gone completely beyond the pale.  Yes…America needs to deliberately and thoughtfully consider the alarming episodes of mass shootings.  But…before that can occur, we need to ENFORCE the gun possession laws that are currently on the book and see if new laws are even necessary. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/a-sensible-position-on-crime-and-guns.php

 

Total and unbridled obsession with race has resulted in increased racial tension.  Total and unbridled obsession with violence will result in increased violence.  Also true…how episodes of violence are reported in the media has a great deal to do with public opinion.  It is amusing how the political bias of a reporter can determine the severity of the violent intent.

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/political-incitement-has-consequences/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/new-york-times-buries-kavanaugh-assassination-attempt-on-page-a20/

 

As unsettling as it is to see our President make a fool of himself on late-night television, it is even more disturbing to realize that he is the leader of the free world in these times of global unrest and turmoil.  His bumbling might be somewhat entertaining on domestic soil; but it is alarmingly dangerous in foreign relations.

 

https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/03/what-is-our-end-goal-in-ukraine/

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/the-madness-of-slow-joe-iran-edition-15.php

 

https://freebeacon.com/columns/the-iran-crisis-is-here/

 

Our President obviously does not realize how stupid and inept he appears when he makes public appearances.  It is equally apparent that those people in his Administration who have any influence over him want to keep him in the dark about his cluelessness and continue to use him as their useful idiot.  If the consequences of his behavior and his policies were not so devastating, it would almost be humorous. 

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/rambling-joes.php

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2022/06/09/biden-i-dont-want-to-emulate-trumps-abuse-of-the-constitution-despite-losing-a-series-of-court-fights/#more-189681

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-president-needs-to-stop-complaining/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/on-student-loans-joe-biden-is-in-thrall-to-the-most-radical-and-most-selfish-voices-in-america/

 

I will always believe that one of the cheapest shots Biden took at Trump during their presidential contest was his blaming Trump…personally…for all of the coronavirus deaths.  The behavior and rhetoric of Biden in this instance said far more about himself and his lack of moral turpitude than it ever did about Trump.  The one thing in life that should instill both fear and solace in each of us is the old truth…chickens do come home to roost.  https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/covid-death-scandal/

 

As the mid-term elections approach, the gravity of their outcomes is coming under increased scrutiny.  Can the Republicans snatch defeat from the jaws of impending victory?  If so, what can they do to mitigate the craziness emanating from the Biden Administration?  Will they, themselves, fall back into familiar patterns of Republican craziness?  Who will emerge as the Republican presidential nominee?  What will the Democrats do with their Biden problem and, of equal or greater consequence, their Harris problem?  Buckle up, it is going to be one wild ride through two election cycles!

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/census-blunder-may-tip-2024-to-democrats/ar-AAXXKVh?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz

 

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/06/09/a_senate_paradox_in_three_acts_147718.html

 

How and why” Joe Biden transformed himself from a fairly moderate and inconsequential legislator to a hair-on-fire liberal president is, and will likely remain, a mystery.  However, one thing about his journey is not a mystery.  The liberal contingent in our nation, aided and abetted by the Democrat Party and the mainstream media, have thrown all caution to the wind and are pursuing their nation-changing agenda with full abandon.  It would appear that they have dramatically over-reached and are allowing their ambition to outrun their abilities.  That is yet to be determined.  But without any doubt, there are a large number of Americans who are opposed to the liberal lunacy that is running amuck in our country and they are reaching the point where pushback is evitable.  The degree, resolve, and effectiveness of that pushback is the real question.

 

https://www.villagevoice.com/2008/03/11/david-mamet-why-i-am-no-longer-a-brain-dead-liberal/

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/06/speaking-of-disinformation-3.php

 

https://americanmind.org/salvo/freakout-nation/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2022/06/04/equality-explained/

 

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