The political mess that the world finds itself in these days is in no way a simple proposition. There are swirling eddies and currents in this ocean full of agendas, philosophies, and charlatans posing as statesmen. The old saying about “believing none of what you hear and half of what you see” no longer applies. In today’s universe of high-tech wonders, photoshopping capabilities have pushed us through to the point where we can simply apply the measure “none” to both hearing and seeing. But the internet is a powerful drug and as I partake of its license to pontificate about politics in general, I will ease on out to the skinny part of the limb and make some opening remarks about conservatism and liberalism.
I live in a rural part of
the nation and while I do not consider myself a practicing farmer, I have been
around agriculture my whole life and have been managing a cattle herd on my
small farm for about 30 years. It is
fair to say that while I do not know everything about farming…I do know what farming
is all about. And anyone who knows that
has been inwardly chuckling and grinning at the prospect of the “green new
deal” worming its way into the practice of agriculture. The image of a grain combine stuck out the
middle of a 300-acre corn field with a dead battery is amusing. Trying to bush hog tall thick grass a mile or
so away from the house with a battery growing weaker by the moment is a
troubling thought. Having to calculate a
budget that provides for the installation of multiple charging stations on the
farm and projecting the replacement cost of rare-elemental batteries is surely
frightening. Do you think anyone on
the left side of the political spectrum has thought this thing through?
When I extend that
battery-charging image to a wider scope and consider how it might impact the
everyday lives of people, my mind keeps coming back to that charging
station. How much do you reckon it will
cost to put one of those things in? Who
or what in the private sector will have sufficient capital and sufficient
courage to take a chance on financing mass charging station installations? Just how many of these charging stations are
going to be needed and how will they (whoever it is that ends up putting
them in…hint: the government) decide exactly who gets how many
and where they all go? Who do you
suppose will fill up the vending machines that will be lined up beside these
charging stations in order to appease the impatient folks charging up their
vehicles? Now that might be a
money-making proposition! In today’s
crime and punishment environment of maximum forgiveness, how safe do you think
it will be to wait…. what, maybe thirty minutes to an hour...for your car or
truck to charge up on a lonely stretch of road in the middle of the night? Retail stores and convenience gas stations
are closing up everyday due to uncontrolled crime, and they are located
in the heart of the cities and towns close to the police presence. And the police might not be able to help you
anyway; their patrol cars are hooked up to their charging stations. Once again…do you think anyone has thought
this thing through?
As I consider these
thoughts and the images they inspire, I do believe that there might be a bit of
symbolism in play. I keep a supply of
gasoline and diesel fuel on my farm for personal use. When I need it, I have it. I don’t have to run to town or the station
down the road to keep on working because I stay ahead of my anticipated
needs. Sure…I have to occasionally fill
up my bulk supply, but there is always someone, somewhere who has gasoline
and/or diesel fuel for sale. One place
might be out, but they are all never out at the same time. Now contrast that situation with a recharging
station. Even if the recharging station
is on my farm, I do not control that station’s capacity to throw fresh current
into my battery. Somebody…somewhere
else…controls the flow of electricity to the charging station. The ability of one’s self to control one’s
life has been shifted from that of relative self-reliance and independence to
that of greater dependence and reliance on something else. And in the eyes and minds of liberal America,
that something else is YOUR GOVERNMENT.
It is no mystery that when the needle moves from the right to the left
of the political spectrum, the freedoms you have to make personal
choices in your life and the lives of your family become smaller in
number and far less consequential in relevance.
So down the road…if the
green revolution continues unabated…and all things fossil-fueled end up with
electrical cords attached to the them…don’t forget that when you are standing
in that long line at the charging station and having to literally push your
vehicle up a place when you move forward…we did this to ourselves. Elections have consequences. And now…having dispensed with that bit of
folly, we can move on to the discussion of some other consequences from
our most recent elections.
Just as many American
voters sat idly by or allowed themselves to fall into delusion about Joe Biden
the Democrat Party, so are many good, noble teachers allowing their profession
to be highjacked by liberal radicals who have no interest in serving the best
interests of our children. Their concerns
orbit around one…single…planet. That planet
is themselves.
Like thieves in the
night, the teachers’ unions and the liberal Democrats used the pandemic as a cover
to steal away (at a minimum) a year and a half from our children’s precious,
essential, and fundamental education process.
They did so openly, unapologetically, and are now doing all within their
power to codify their radical agenda into the fabric our nation’s school
curriculum.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/07/school-closures-crushed-our-children.php
Should liberal Democrats
in Washington, DC, California, and New York state decide how YOUR
children should be learning? Your
self-reliance was your local school board, principals, and
teachers. How is that working out for
you these days?
Joe Biden and his
Democrat Party are loosened from any reservations they once held about using
lies and deceit to accomplish their political goals. The acquiescence of the mainstream media to
serve as their useful idiots have emboldened them to say anything, anytime to help
achieve their aims. That critical part of
ourselves…that little voice in the back of our mind…that whispers that
we perhaps should step back, listen to reason, rethink a path that might not be
playing out as we thought it would…That part of Biden and the Democrats
is gone. Mid-terms be damned! They have perhaps two and half years to
reinvent this country and common sense has no role I that process.
https://americanmind.org/salvo/biden-plays-pretend/
https://thehill.com/opinion/3542187-have-wealthy-democratic-elites-abandoned-the-working-class/
This Democrat sweetheart
was very nearly our Vice-President.
Given the chance, she would run our whole nation the way she has run Michigan. Is that what YOU want?
About that media cover….
Are you comfortable with your tax dollars supporting a liberal agenda? Aren’t you getting just a little bit tired of
liberal hypocrites claiming to be politically neutral when they are laughing at
you behind your backs (and oftentimes right in your face) about your
backward, antiquated, gun-toting, Bible-thumping ways?
https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/how-do-i-hate-npr-let-me-count-the-ways/
The mainstream media’s
creed is simple… Tell a lie often enough and it becomes the truth.
https://amgreatness.com/2022/07/03/who-are-the-real-insurrectionists-2/
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/07/journalism-then-and-now.php
https://nypost.com/2022/07/02/why-you-can-blame-crazy-gas-prices-on-joe-biden/
There is really no
mystery; just listen to these idiot liberals and they will tell you exactly
what they are thinking.
https://amgreatness.com/2022/07/06/life-of-brian/
Here is that “liberal
world order” that Brian was talking about.
https://thefederalist.com/2022/07/08/hey-eu-mind-your-own-business/
You know… I decided a
long time ago that the first thing you want to know about a poll is who is
paying for it. The second thing you want
to know about a poll is… Exactly what questions are they asking?
Democrats are coming for
those votes once again this November. Do
you suppose that the Republicans have the common sense to close the barn doors BEFORE
the horses all escape?
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/07/election-integrity-in-wisconsin.php
“If” the Republicans
take control of the House in the mid-terms, are we in for two years of
continuous investigations into the Biden Administration? I fear the likely answer is “yes”.
https://amgreatness.com/2022/07/08/republican-voters-want-blood-will-their-leaders-deliver/
And who do you suppose
will be the No. 1 cheerleader pushing those investigations? Is this really the BEST candidate the
Republicans can come up with to run for President? I don’t think so.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2022/07/molotov-mixes-a-double.php
This man has a knack for
cutting right to the bone of issue. He
speaks truth to power, reason to madness, and has a boatload of common sense
about him. His writing is refreshing.
Perhaps… just perhaps…
the American people are not quite ready to throw the ideals of self-reliance
overboard just yet. We can only hope…
and pray.
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