I have sought to be somewhat moderate in my posts over the last several years. I am no doubt a conservative, especially when it comes to fiscal matters. But I have tried, at a minimum and in a marginal sense, to fairly address many of the social issues that are rampant in our nation today. I honestly believe myself to be a social moderate and I would hope that my opinions reflect that view. There are times that frankly, some of my Republican friends doubt my conservative credentials and look at me sidewise. I will speculate that you need to look pretty far to find a conservative as critical of Trump as myself.
In
regards to Donald Trump…I believe I have consistently pointed out his personal
flaws of character and been honest about his occasional authoritarian oversteps
and grandiose schemes. But America, and
the world for that matter, badly needs to understand this: There
is a rot present in our nation, our government, our culture, our society, and
in the global community that surrounds us.
This rot will not be addressed by continuing business as usual. It is sufficiently pervasive and resilient to
have survived years of minority status and it rose to full bloom under the Joe
Biden Administration. Like the rot in a
home’s foundation, it must be recognized, removed, and replaced with reliable
and solid materials. In this case, those
materials must come from the Constitution Lumber Yard.
There
is no doubt in my mind that the rot began with the presidency of Barack Hussein
Obama. He entered into the White House
as our first black president with the largest amount of public good will of any
president in my lifetime. Obama did not
like the way our nation existed and the fashion in which our government
operated. He was smart, he was shrewd,
he was ruthless, he was without any moral ethics regarding truth and
authenticity, and he was laser focused on changing the content and character of
our government from the day he became president.
As
bad as his eight years of governmental executive control were for America, our
nation dodged a huge bullet when he spent his first two years of office with
Democrat Congressional control stupidly obsessed with the Obamacare issue. This struggle, which he and his party managed
to win, severely drained his power and influence for the remaining six years of
his presidency and forced him to use extraordinary measures in the pursuit of
his progressive, liberal, and socially destructive agenda. He did this through the hiring, top to bottom
at all levels of government, of radical ideologues who were loyal to his
subversive plans; many of them were grossly incompetent. He did this through the use, and abuse, of
Executive Orders that bypassed the normal constitutional process of law making
and regulation. He did this through the
blatantly anti-Semitic and Muslim-centric foreign policy that he administered
across the planet. He did this through
the artful and Machiavellian abuse of his executive powers under the guise of
being an extraordinary man of insight, compassion, and intelligence…who just
happened to be black. He took all of the
good aspects of that initial flush of public good will and maximized its
potential use and application in pursuit of an agenda that created the
environment for this rot to begin.
He
was so successful in this pursuit that the rot was able to survive four years
of the first Trump Administration. Trump
came into office with very little support from his own party, open and hostile
resistance from the Democrats and roughly half of the American people, and he
was green as a gourd when it came to running the government and marshalling an
administration. He tried…but was
woefully inadequate to address the rot and he was strategically outmanned by
the organized and widespread resistance of the progressive/liberal cabal both
inside and outside of the federal government.
The rot not only survived Trump’s
first term; it actually flourished and spread while he was in control. That fact alone should alert us to the
power and focus of the rot.
Then
came the pandemic and Joe Biden. Through
the most bizarre…and likely corrupt…presidential election in our nation’s
history, this progressive/liberal entity that
existed within the rot successfully achieved the election of a man whom
they could control to such an extent that he was little more than a marionette
for the powers behind the curtain. I do
not believe that we have fully realized the degree to which the rot spread and
manifested during the four years of President Joe Biden. All of the best case scenario goals and
dreams of the two Obama Administrations were once again pursued from day one of
the Biden presidency…only this time there was no concern for public opinion,
political perception, or even the rule of law or constitutionality. With the overarching cover and support of the
progressive/liberal blob that included not only the ever-present deep state
within the government, the blatant/loyal/arrogant/unethical/partisan bias of
the mainstream media, the intelligentsia support of academia, and the bald-faced
confidence of knowing you hold all the winning cards in your hand…the Biden
Administration supercharged the rot that was present and spreading and
transformed it into a full blown infestation that no traditional exterminator
or construction engineer could reasonably address.
It
exploded across our nation…and the world via American influence…with a force
and momentum that simply overwhelmed any opposition and outran any opportunity
to carefully consider the implications and consequences of its advance. It is mind-boggling, and will become more so
as time allows additional past reflection, how far back our nation regressed
over the Obama/Biden Administrations. In
a constitutional, legal, moral, ethical, practical, and reasonable fashion…the
rot ate away at not only the foundations of our nation’s principles, but the
moral fiber of our nation’s people. It
is not unreasonable to suggest that America as we had known it prior to Obama
would not have survived a second Joe Biden (or
Kamala Harris) term as president. It
is quite likely that had that occurred, the rot would have climaxed in a complete
collapse of the country that was born of our constitution and has survived
under those auspices for well over two hundred years.
Now
Donald Trump enters into the picture with the reality of a sixteen-year rot
lying before him. He is still the same
man with a monstrous ego, an entitled attitude, and an arrogance that sucks all
the air out of any room he enters. But
this time around, he remembers the missteps of his first administration and how
he failed to use the power of the Executive Branch to pursue his political
agenda. He has had four years to
consider and plan how he might have done things differently. This time around, he knows the value of
loyalty and competence. This time
around, he is not bound by the public-perception burden or having to run for
re-election. This time around, his skin
is thickly calloused and frankly, he does not give a damn about what the
progressive/liberal cabal says and does.
This time around, he is laser-focused on doing everything he should have done in his first term. Lame duck President Donald John Trump is extreme measures; and that is exactly what
our country needs at this point in history.
Just
as Obama’s ilk got their second bite at the apple with Joe Biden’s election,
Donald Trump gets his second bite with his second term as president. He knows the rot; he existed within the rot;
he battled the rot for four years as president.
Is he employing some of the same tricks and manipulations that Obama
used in his second term and that flourished under the Biden Administration?
Yes; he is. Is he pushing his executive
authority to the limit…and occasionally beyond…to
accomplish his clearly-stated policy agenda?
Yes; he is. But here is the undeniable
point; here is the truth that obviously exists: The collapse is upon us. The
rot has progressed to a terminal degree.
Renovation is no longer a viable option. The only way to fix America is to raze the
structure and replace it with a copy of what it was…what it should be…before the rot began.
When
you tear down buildings, there are some good and solid materials that go in the
dumpster along with the trash. There are
portions of the foundation that might be salvageable, but are simply not
feasible to work around. In the building
of the replacement, mistakes are always made in the planning and implementation
of the new structure. Perfection is
unachievable and common understanding and humility must address this
reality. But make no mistake about it: Our nation was in crisis and standing on the
precipice of ruin when Donald Trump entered into his second term as president. If his rhetoric and actions are over-the-top,
boisterous, and extraordinary….just take a breath. The house was about to collapse. The consequences of continuing down the road
we were traveling led undeniably towards a loss of what has made our nation
precious and unique. The very future of
our nation is at stake.
Trump
will not be around for eight straight years like Obama was. He has four years to address the rot. He deserves some slack and room to maneuver
as he goes about addressing the ills that cripple our country and its
people. At least in the short term…the
first year or so of his four…we should all acknowledge the overwhelming
challenge he faces and factor in some forgiveness, understanding, and patience
as he goes about addressing the rot that has contaminated the United States of
America.
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Against
all odds and dealing with a challenge on par with herding cats, House Leader
Johnson has managed the passage of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. There is no denying that it is big. The debate begins with deciding how beautiful it is. Johnson has cleared the first hurdle, but now
comes the next one…Senate passage. Note
that if the Senate changes anything in the bill, it will go back to House and
the revised version must be passed once again.
The chore is far from complete, but it is undeniably off to a good
start.
Here is the text:
https://budget.house.gov/imo/media/doc/one_big_beautiful_bill_act_-_full_bill_text.pdf
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/05/how-beautiful-is-the-big-bill.php
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/budget-wrangling-in-an-upside-down-world/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/05/the-senate-can-improve-the-house-passed-tax-bill/
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/tueconservatives-just-cant-conserve-anything-except-debt-0
It
appears to me that our so-called conservative Supreme Court of the United
States has adopted the pre-Mike Johnson philosophy of Congressional
Republicans; that being bringing a knife to a gunfight. Why our conservative leaders insist on
adhering to moral high ground when their Democrat opponents simply play to win
is a mystery I cannot wrap my head around.
Come on SCOTUS…grow a spine!
https://americanmind.org/salvo/supreme-confusion/
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/the-consequences-of-unnecessary-recusals/
The
issue of Joe Biden’s mental and physical capacities while he was president
continues to boil.
There is a lot to hash out regarding this episode, but two issues really
jump out at me. First, I cannot find
sufficient words to condemn the wife that would put her husband in the position
that Jill put Joe. That is inhumane and
cruel and the only explanation for that type of behavior is the lust for power
and wealth. Second, it should be
determined precisely who or what group was making the presidential decisions
that led to the damage wrought on America by the Biden Administration. Someone should be held accountable.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/05/who-ran-the-executive-branch.php
This is some of the damage to which
I refer…
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/no-ending-dei-programs-would-not-be-a-loss-to-education/
https://amgreatness.com/2025/05/23/why-it-is-so-difficult-for-trump-to-clean-up-bidens-ukraine-mess/
https://thedailyscroll.substack.com/p/may-20-here-comes-the-cease-fire
Of
all the harm foisted upon our government by the Biden Administration, the
Departments of State, Justice, and Energy were certainly three of the areas
hardest hit. Credit Trump for picking
the right people to clean those houses up and get them pointed back in the
right direction.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/05/19/the-fbi-washington-headquarters-wont-be-missed/
Every
time I believe I have witnessed the maximum degree of stupid Democrat
behavior…they somehow manage to top themselves.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/05/into-the-lions-den.php#google_vignette
http://jewishworldreview.com/michael/barone052325.php
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