A Long Walk around the Block

In this day of contradiction, hypocrisy, astronomical possibilities for good and evil, and the pervasive cluelessness that is all around us….there is not much one can add to the simple reporting of the actual events.  Let us consider:

 

We have all wondered on occasion about how a certain individual could be placed in a position of authority to make such a stupid decision.  We say to ourselves… “What were they thinking?  Look no further for the perfect example:

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2023/04/08/disney-and-nike-go-head-to-head-with-critics/

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/heavy-thoughts-about-bud-light.php

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/bud-light-doesnt-seem-to-understand-its-own-consumers/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/anheuser-busch-ceo-apologizes-sort-of/

 

https://nypost.com/2023/04/14/anheuser-busch-exec-offers-flat-apology-following-bud-lights-dylan-mulvaney-backlash/

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-blasts-anheuser-busch-over-statement-on-dylan-mulvaney-partnership

 

We are daily witnessing the continuing annals of climate ridiculousness.  Why can’t the radical left climatistas permit the free market to decide where electric vehicles and applications will work and where they will not?  That method has proven fairly reliable for many, many decades.  Instead, in the vein of their arrogance and conceit, they unilaterally have determined that the whole…entire…universe must switch over to electric vehicles and that change must take place immediately.  Damn the costs!  I am still waiting for that amusing moment when these idiots want to electrify agriculture.  Good luck with that first John Deere 5300 electric tractor.

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/04/bidens-draconian-electric-car-mandate/

 

https://reason.com/2023/04/13/the-epas-ban-of-gasoline-powered-cars-will-actually-slow-development-of-electric-cars/

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/a-time-for-charging.php

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/electric-vehicles-volt-farce/

 

This green foolishness from the left is no great mystery.  Just follow the money: https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/ent-bidens-green-transition-could-spell-financial-chaos-americans-benefit

 

Abortion in America continues to roil our citizenry with uncompromising positions being hardened on both sides of the issue.  The demagoguery that is taking place in this discussion is breathtaking and there is a great deal of intentional distortion and deception occurring.  For some reason…and I suppose it is quite simply clinging to strongly held convictions…a significant portion on either side of the debate simply refuses to give an inch.  I believe we are moving towards a middle ground, but the progress is agonizingly slow.

 

https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/michael-w-chapman/florida-gov-ron-desantis-signs-pro-life-heartbeat-bill-law

 

https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/10/judges-abortion-pill-opinion-tells-the-truth-about-unborn-humans-and-the-left-cant-stand-it/

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/washington-house-passes-bill-allowing-no-parental-notification-of-runaways-if-child-seeking-abortion-sex-change

 

And while the abortion issue struggles towards consensus, the total absurdity of the transgender issue to setting new records for stupidity.  Why in heaven’s name can we not all simply acknowledge that the fundamental definition of male and female is rightfully determined in a biological context?  Once that determination is made, there is legitimate debate about the width and breadth of personal freedoms revolving around gender preference.  But calling something one thing when it is clearly not that thing…simply because you want it to be that thing…has never been acceptable and it remains so today.  In this arena of policy, we are allowing the tip of the tail to wag the entire dog…and probably the kennel it resides in. Children are not adults.  There are certain decisions whose gravity is sufficient that children should not make them for themselves.  There is a reason that parents exist.

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/for-now-supremes-refuse-to-intervene-in-trans-school-sports-ban-case/

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/transmania-why-are-democrats-tying-themselves-into-knots-to-please-1-of-the-population

 

And one has to be dull to the extreme not to realize that there is an underlying violent quotient involved in this transgender debate.  When we throw common sense and reason out the door, and sanction depravity as normal…the loonies take the floor.

 

https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/06/ruling-class-sides-with-transgender-shooter-who-murdered-6-at-tennessee-christian-school/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/03/manifesto-destiny/

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/washington-post-gross-partisan-practice-reporting-alleged-sex-crimes

 

American justice, led by our politicized Department of Justice (DOJ), continues to unwind and devolve at an alarming rate.  The bald-faced and shameless approach taken by our top law enforcement officials does not bode well for the future of law and order in our country.  As I have stated many times before, there are multiple levels of justice in America that are driven by motivations other than the law. 

 

https://reason.com/2023/04/06/trump-commuted-his-sentence-now-the-justice-department-is-going-to-prosecute-him-again/

 

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/19539/does-this-compromise-biden

 

https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/hunter-bidens-business-associates-visited-white-house-over-80-times-when

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/04/a-spring-of-leaks/

 

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/j6

 

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/cuffari-secret-service-texts/2023/04/07/id/1115405/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/11/splintered-court-ruling-throws-j6-prosecution-into-chaos/

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-didnt-merrick-garland-tell-the-truth-about-the-fbis-guy-fawkes-obsession

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/against-the-tennessee-lie/

 

https://justthenews.com/nation/religion/rep-andy-biggs-and-fbi-whistleblower-slam-bureau-trying-infiltrate-catholicism

 

And nowhere is the biased, politically-weaponized DOJ more revealed than in their obsessive pursuit of former President Donald Trump. 

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/i-swear-im-not-making-this-up/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/07/the-gathering-storm/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-mccarthy-report/the-dueling-lawsuits-edition/

 

The DOJ has become a partisan ray-gun that the Democrats can point at anyone, anytime, for any reason in an attempt to silence, malign, diminish, or destroy them altogether.  The corruption we are today witnessing in the DOJ, coming to fruition from the beginnings of Eric Holder and Barack Obama, is reaching historic levels that truly threaten the very fabric of this nation.

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/06/our-french-revolution/

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/victor-davis-hanson-were-in-a-revolution.php

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/07/the-point-of-no-return/

 

It bears repeating…we are living in dangerous times and we have a weak and incompetent leader in our country that dramatically heightens the danger.  Joe Biden and the cast of clowns in his Administration have worried about everything but their jobs.  This has left America in a precarious global position of waning influence, little to no credibility, and a total lack of respect. 

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/10/fiddling-america-away/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/12/the-biden-10-step-plan-for-global-chaos/

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/turns-out-the-chinese-spy-balloon-was-able-to-collect-intelligence-data.php

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/04/biden-owes-america-answers-on-the-chinese-spy-balloon/

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/leaked-documents-reveal-more-chinese-spy-balloon-operations-report

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/biden-disgracefully-tries-to-memory-hole-his-afghanistan-debacle

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/all-this-talk-of-chaos-i-just-didnt-see-it-pentagon-spokesman-says-administration-proud-of-afghanistan-withdrawal/

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/cbs-reporter-blows-up-john-kirby-over-afghanistan-report

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/americans-must-recognize-that-macron-has-chosen-china

 

And that peril exists on our domestic front as well as in the foreign policy stage.  President Biden, his Administration, the liberal-bent Democrat Party and all of their supporters in academia and the mainstream media have fractured the citizenry of this country.  They divide people, they foment hatred and class warfare, and they do this in the name of their self-serving political agenda.

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/05/our-constitutional-doom-loop/

 

https://reason.com/2023/04/12/spat-among-tennessee-lawmakers-illustrates-a-national-urban-rural-divide/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/14/biden-is-even-worse-than-obama/

 

https://reason.com/2023/04/08/proposition-its-time-for-a-national-divorce/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/12/importing-poverty-is-making-america-poor/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/02/fahrenheit-2023/

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/no-to-distributing-kidneys-based-on-race

 

And while this cabal of liberal-leaning elites pushes our nation towards instability, the financial underpinnings of our government continue to wither away.  The tax and spend philosophy of the Democrat party has never been more powerful and it is leading to the fiscal ruination of our federal financial health.

 

https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/terence-p-jeffrey/deficit-tops-1-trillion-first-six-months-fy2023

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/cbo-federal-debt-payments-up-41-thanks-to-higher-interest-rates/

 

And how do they spend our money?  Here are a couple of examples.  Please recall that the IRS just recently received $80 billion to essentially double their workforce.  What are their plans for that influx of funding?

 

They are not sure what they want to do with it: https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2023/02/22/the-irs-misses-its-deadline-for-completing-a-plan-to-spend-80-billion-in-new-money/?sh=25ecc8c01c2f

 

But they definitely don’t want to do “this”: https://reason.com/2023/04/14/auditors-asked-the-irs-to-figure-out-why-so-many-taxpayers-make-mistakes-the-irs-said-no/

 

And we still continue to pour federal tax dollars down this rabbit hole: https://reason.com/2023/04/13/ax-government-funding-for-npr/

 

The criminal neglect of our federal deficit by both national parties is a disgrace.  Another disgrace is the cowardice they both reflect in refusing to address the fiscal viability of our federal retirement and health care programs: https://reason.com/2023/04/07/republicans-and-democrats-refusal-to-reform-social-security-and-medicare-is-political-malpractice/

 

Let us not forget to check in on our American education system…that bastion of practicality and reason:

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/the-daily-chart-the-college-doom-loop.php

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-why-public-schools-should-want-school-choice

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/15/parental-choice-is-proliferating-nationwide/

 

While considering all the concerns and problems we have in America and the world today, it appears that our country’s electorate is still evaluating the prospect of retaining a senile, unprincipled, shallow, and politically-corrupt imbecile as our President.  As I mentioned earlier in this post while addressing the beer brouhaha…What the hell are we thinking?

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/can-the-democrats-structural-advantages-be-overcome.php

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/09/the-painful-reality-of-trump-the-candidate/

 

https://reason.com/2023/04/10/what-freedom-means-to-ron-desantis/

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/which-party-is-stronger-going-into-2024.php

 

 

 

The Sunroom Chronicles, Part I

I have been married to my wife for over 50 years now.  She and I are both life-long conservatives.  I have always been fascinated by politics and have followed them rather closely; she has only been attracted to politics in her later years.  Over the last dozen years or so, I have migrated from Republican over to Independent and she remains a MAGA Republican.  She is not a “Let’s burn it down!” MAGA Republican; she is more of an “I am sick and tired of this crazy shit!” MAGA Republican. 

 

She sees Donald Trump as a flawed human, but is very forgiving of those flaws for the sake of him being the only realistic option for her MAGA agenda.  On the other hand, I fall into the category where I am pretty much completely on board with Trump’s policies, but would prefer a more humble and conventional leader to marshal their advance.  The arena where our political discussions take place is the small sunroom in our home and the time of battle is typically in the morning over coffee.  I do not believe I have had much luck moderating her political beliefs and in turn, I think she has a good deal of influence on me when considering the outrages of America’s liberal element…otherwise known as the Democrat Party.  The content of these discussions color my posts online and have thus far been largely unattributed.  In the future, I will be posting some pieces that center mainly on these discussions and will be calling them the Sunroom Chronicles.  I wonder how many similar discussions are taking place all across our great nation.

 

To me, the fundamental problem with our country’s political state is the severe polarization that is occurring all across America…in every single aspect of our lives, our culture, and our society.  For several years now, I have been comfortable in the assumption that about 35 percent of our nation was hardcore Republican, 35 percent was hardcore Democrat, and about 30 percent was independent (small “I”).  I now believe that the red and blue battle for the political control of our country has intensified to the point where those percentages are closer to 40/40/20.  The reds are getting redder and the blues are getting bluer.  The purples are disappearing.  Not only are the political agendas hardening, they are becoming less forgiving and far less tolerant.  This is the great political divide…the great wall…in our political system that is preventing our elected leaders from working together in a civil, effective, and efficient fashion.  It is keeping our government from functioning and has brought us to this political stalemate we now face…a partisan game of chicken.  Both sides seem oblivious to the fact that one of the two possibilities in the game of chicken is mutual and total destruction.

 

Now I have stated many times in my posts that there are worthy goals and pursuits on both sides of the political aisle and I remain convinced of that idea.  Democrats and Republicans both have convictions and even though they might be opposing, they are not necessarily mutually-exclusive.  They are capable of co-existing in our system of government…if a middle-ground of reason and compromise can be reached.  Unfortunately, in today’s climate, that is a reach too far.

 

It strikes me that when we consider the percentage breakdown (40/40/20) that I mentioned earlier, the 20 in the middle combined with the small fringe (moderate) elements on either side of 20 are the people who actually decide who serves in Washington, DC all the way down to our city and county governments.  They are the ones who truly are the “swing votes” in our electoral system.  While I see the 40 percents growing larger at the expense of the 20, my wife sees the 20 and the fringe of the 40s as growing more impatient and frustrated with the outrageous agenda of the liberal Democrats.  I see the polarization intensifying; she sees the liberal extremes reaching a breaking point.  She just might be right; I sure hope so.  I fear she is not.

 

I say “But look at Chicago, look at Wisconsin, look at Austin…”  If people are so fed up with liberal leadership, why do they keep electing liberals?  She says “Look at Virginia, look at Florida…”   She sees the purple states turning red, while I see the purple states simply disappearing altogether.  I say to her “If there is so much outrage, then how did Biden get elected and the Democrats retain Senate control?”  She replies “But they STOLE it!”  And herein lays the crux of the issue.  Which is true?  Is the outrage of the conservative/moderate elements of America’s electorate reaching a boiling point and are they ready to change directions with their voting habits?  Or…are conservatives simply transferring their own frustrations over to the moderate elements of the 20 percent middle and the fringe of the 40 percent Democrat?  I would like to think she is right and a realization is settling in on that group that recognizes the insanity of the extreme leftists that effectively control the Democrat Party.  But when you tally up the scores of the ongoing political contests across the country, I see at best a stalemate between the two camps and a hardening of their political agendas.  She seeks political domination as the only hope; I seek political compromise and reason for co-existence; and what we are actually witnessing lends no hope for resolution of either premise.

 

I think that both national parties have as their ultimate goal the assumption of complete control, be it local or national, of the governmental process.  They want the legislative branch to generate their vision of the law, they want the judicial branch to enforce their ideology, and they want the executive branch to lead their political charge.  Historically, and perhaps fortunately, that goal is seldom realized by either party.  The few times that it has been, the power is held only briefly.  It seems that once a party assumes domination of government, the voters eventually realize that perhaps a bit of democracy is not a bad idea after all.  In a visual sense, each party is struggling to climb up a steep slope of the political process to the summit where total control lies.  On the way up the hill, they will promise anything and everything to aid their ascension; but upon reaching the top…all the assurances and intentions are forgotten and the hubris of complete power begins its corrupting influence. 

 

What we seem to be witnessing today is a newfound belief in both political parties that the goal of reaching the top of that hill is somehow more attainable than it used to be.  Their quest and zeal for total political domination is more focused and they have discounted the harsh realities that make that goal so insurmountable and improbable.  They have shed all semblances of principle, ethics, and civility for the sake of their climb up that political mountain.  In their eyes, the goal of victory is sufficiently worthy of forsaking all that is necessary to obtain it.  They give little thought to the historical facts that reveal the dangers of gaining that complete control.  While climbing up the mountain, talk is cheap and the complexities of actually following through on political rhetoric are given little consideration.  That can be put off until tomorrow.  Why permit reality to intrude upon ambition?

 

I am 70 years old and ever since I can remember, the state of California has always been considered the forerunner for America.  It seems that California was at the front tip of the curve while the rest of the nation was back towards the crest.  If we wanted to see the future, we just needed to glance at the Golden State and prepare for those trends to show up in our neighborhoods before too long.  If that premise is valid, then perhaps we are on the cusp of reconciling a portion of our national political dilemma. 

 

There are many areas of our country that are dominated and controlled by liberal governance.  New York City, Chicago, and Madison are enclaves of liberal thought and control.  But perhaps there is no greater incidence of total liberal political domination than what we find in California today.  For all intents and purposes, the term “Republican” is irrelevant in California.  The liberal Democrats have controlled that state for years now and have solidified their governmental control to the maximum.  It can be reasonably stated that in the case of California politics, the Democrat Party has reached the summit of the mountain and have set up permanent camp.

 

But now that the summit has been conquered and camp has been established, the true tests of liberal policies in California are playing out in real time.  The time of making promises is past and the time of deliverance has arrived.  Open border assimilation into culture and society, defunding police and implementing “criminal reform” policies, the proliferation of homelessness and crime, the underlying corruption and enrichment of emboldened elected officials, the actual financial costs of unrealistic “green” initiatives, the flood of residents leaving the state due to the consequences of radical liberal initiatives….all of these things are impacting the residents of California in a very real sense.  Chickens are coming home to roost. 

 

On their way up the hill, California’s liberal Democrats have long promised reparations.  Now that they have arrived at the top, they are facing the expectation of promises made/promise kept.   The cold, hard facts of reality are making it clear that much of the rhetoric that enabled them to conquer the mountain was simply not reasonable or realistic.  No matter what liberals might think, the reach of government is limited and the resources available to fund political agendas can only go so far.  At some point, taxpayers can bleed no more.

 

Are we seeing the residents of California reaching a realization that many liberal ideals are simply impossible to achieve and consist of little more than hopes, dreams, rainbows, and unicorns?  Has California reached a point, in advance of the balance of America, where they are now prepared to make the hard choice of living with both liberal and conservative elements in their politics, their culture, and their society?  I don’t know.  Chicago has not with its new Mayor.  Wisconsin has not with its new State Supreme Court Justice.  New York City has not with its New York County District Attorney.  America did not in its last general election.  For some time now, I have been looking for that moment to occur and have yet to spot it.  Perhaps it simply does not exist.  And if that is true, then one has to wonder…“Where does it all lead to and how does it end?”

 

I would like to think I am a reasonable and logical person.  I realize that even though I strive to find a middle ground in the political sense, I clearly lean towards the conservative side of the aisle.  I acknowledge and accept my bias.  But I cannot help but think that in their battle to reach the top of the political mountain I have been discussing, there is a fundamental difference between today’s conservatives and liberals.  I remain convinced that both sides have sincere agendas and that each contains some worthy elements and ideals.  I also recognize that each camp has flaws and raw political ambitions that lead to corruption and abuses of power.   But here is what I see as the critical difference between modern day liberalism and conservatism…

 

Conservatives want to reach the top of that hill just as badly as liberals do.  They want to achieve total political domination that enables them to freely implement their ideological agenda.  But part of their agenda is the ideal of “live and let live”.  Within their policy catalog is the chapter that contemplates and provides for dissenting opinions and ideas.  They want to preserve the rights and liberties that exist within our Constitution; and they understand that different people may choose to live differently.  And that is acceptable…as long as they don’t infringe on everyone else who may disagree with their philosophy.

 

On the other hand, liberals appear to have a different goal upon achieving that camp at the top of the hill.  They eschew the “live and let live” doctrine for one that is better described as “live my way or else”.   Today’s liberal philosophy requires a total embrace of limitless tolerance for all things, both public and private; excepting of course…dissent.  You WILL toe the liberal line…or you WILL be ostracized, ridiculed, excluded, marginalized, and perhaps even eliminated altogether.  To me, the problematic element of this philosophy is not so much the policies involved; I understand and accept the freedom of people to live according to their beliefs whether I agree with them or not.  There is certainly room in the liberal world of government for a person to have a good and fulfilling life…if you are a liberal.  But the requirement that I must, as a conservative, surrender all of my personal beliefs and principles to be part of the collective…the citizenry of this nation…is simply a bridge too far for me to cross. 

 

I cling to the notion that this nation was founded upon the principles of individual freedom and liberty and no party, Democrat or Republican, should have the power to take away those rights that were pledged to me by our Constitution.  While placing increased emphasis on some, today’s conservatives accept all of those rights and the choices that go with them.  Today’s liberals want to cherry-pick some of those rights and prevent some folks from exercising others.  Indoctrination is anathema to the fundamental principles that founded this nation and indoctrination has become part and parcel of today’s liberal philosophy.  The plain fact is that today’s Democrat Party is controlled by a liberal element that embraces this philosophy.  It is now pursuing the summit of that national political mountain.  If it achieves its goal, will the results be the same as what we have witnessed from the California Democrat’s successful trek up their state political mountain? 

 

If that is true and the next two years of the Biden Administration plays out like the first two years, then we are going to witness California redux on a national scale.  We are…perhaps…in a true struggle for the very soul of our nation.  There are a lot of people in America who will not accept many of the principles inherent in today’s liberal philosophy and they will not allow themselves to be indoctrinated into those beliefs.  Tolerance has its limits.  When tolerance reaches the point where personal convictions must be surrendered, then tolerance is no longer acceptable.  If the liberal element, through the Democrat Party, reaches the mountain top…there will be a reckoning in this country.  I don’t think anyone has an accurate understanding of how that reckoning will play out, but there is little hope that it will be civil, reasonable, and without severe collateral damage. 

 

I believe the best hope for America is that neither national party reaches that summit and makes camp.  And if they do, that their stay at the top is very brief and they have little opportunity to take full advantage of their temporary position.  It is my fervent hope that the liberal elements in our country that are running unbridled through our government, culture, and society will topple from their cliffs of power and influence before they ever reach the top of that mountain.  We need to get back to the point where the goal of either party is not the top of the mountain where complete control and domination is possible…but rather some place short of the summit, where marginal control and influence is possible with meaningful input from the opposing party. 

 

Like any American who loves this country and is grateful for the opportunities they have received, I am heartsick to see what is going on across this home of ours.   Families and neighbors have been torn apart by the partisan venom flowing between our two national parties.  Looking ahead, it is hard to see a peaceful reconciliation occurring anytime soon.  We should all hope and pray for strong leadership to step up for both parties and somehow lead our nation back to where we were not that long ago.  

 

It is Easter and we must never forget….the true salvation of mankind lies with the living Christ, whose Father made the ultimate sacrifice so that we may have forgiveness for our sins and hope for our futures. In His teachings we will find the true solution to the chaos that surrounds us.  Praise the Lord.

 

 

 

 

The Wages of Unbridled Political Ambition

Short and sweet…here is the deal.  Should we, the American rule of justice, be able to bend and shape the law to indict despicable behavior as if it were a felony violation?  Should the consequences for despicable behavior be the equivalent of criminal acts?  Should our court system be able to administer moral judgments under the guise of legal proceedings?  If so, where could those judgments lead us?  And of course…the question that is most painful for most of us to ask: Who amongst us is qualified to cast the first stone?  You be the judge.

https://reason.com/2023/04/04/trumps-new-york-indictment-turns-one-hush-payment-into-34-felonies/

Here is the indictment: https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2023-04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf

And here are the consequences:

https://nypost.com/2023/04/05/braggs-case-against-trump-is-utterly-incoherent

https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/03/trump-refused-to-prosecute-hillary-clinton-democrats-have-no-such-restraint/

https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/04/why-all-the-other-get-trump-cases-are-just-as-weak-as-the-manhattan-das/

https://jonathanturley.org/2023/04/03/trumps-legal-super-tuesday-the-trump-arrest-will-start-one-of-the-bizarre-presidential-elections-in-history/

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/02/indict-one-and-all/

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/05/seven-things-you-dont-know-about-the-stormy-daniels-hush-money-case/

https://jonathanturley.org/2023/04/05/yielding-to-temptation-why-the-trump-case-is-a-test-for-not-just-for-the-president-but-the-legal-system/ 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/the-biden-connection.php

And finally....here is the best summary I know of relating to how the situation stands at this moment: https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-mccarthy-report/highs-lows-truths-and-lies/

Welcome to the carnival that has been created by the Republicans closing their eyes to fatal flaws because they were/are obsessed with winning…and the Democrats willingness to sacrifice anything and everything to quench their obsession with their arch political enemy, Donald Trump.  May God be with our nation.

 

 

Crime and Punishment in America

Even though individual legal cases might be complex beyond description, justice should be a fairly simple concept.  Laws should be clear, concise, and well considered.  They should be administered in a fair and equitable fashion.  The speed at which the law advances should be as expeditious as is responsibly possible.  The consequences of criminal behavior should be commensurate to the crimes and accountability should be swift, transparent, and consistent. 

 

That is NOT where we are in America today.  There is one form of justice for the rich and powerful and another form of justice for everyone else.  Political considerations commonly inject themselves into our court systems from top to bottom.  Cases drag on for years with no resolution and many times, it is impossible to ascertain the logic surrounding the crime vs. punishment dynamic. 

 

Somehow or another, the Judicial branch of our government must regain its integrity and non-biased character and begin to mete out the law with the balanced scales and the blindfold of the famous icon Lady Justice.  A central element in this transformation must be the depoliticizing of the Department of Justice (DOJ).  The DOJ is a hot mess, full of corruption and abuse, and it has become a negative icon in much the same sense as the aforementioned Lady Justice is a positive icon.

 

The DOJ, the Deep State elements of our government, the mainstream media, the rogue and autocratic elements of presidential Administrations, and the ideologues posing as Federal Judges have all conspired to create a byzantine system that favors those in power at the expense of all others.  Any possible change is going to require a remarkable infusion of character in all three branches of our government.  That is a very tall order indeed.

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/03/22/the-80-20-rule-and-crime/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/01/no-one-is-above-the-law-dont-you-believe-it/

 

Consider the brand of justice being applied to President Biden and Democrats/Liberals:

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2023/03/23/bidens-collapsing-sgt-schultz-defense-new-evidence-shows-the-president-played-direct-role-in-addressing-hunters-business-deals/

 

https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/new-memos-government-effort-suppress-biden-family-stories-began

 

https://nypost.com/2023/03/23/biden-scandal-strategy-ignore-and-let-liberal-media-run-defense/

 

Now consider the brand of justice being applied to ex-President Donald Trump and Republicans/Conservatives:

 

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/holdlawmakers-legal-experts-warn-legal-tit-tat-ahead-possible-trump

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2023/03/31/the-trump-indictment-making-history-in-the-worst-possible-way/

 

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/crossing-perilous-rubicon-ny-prosecutors-now-face-tests-over

 

https://thefederalist.com/2023/03/31/trump-indictment-ushers-in-era-of-police-state-politics-in-america/

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-attorney-general-bill-barr-indictment-designed-to-sabotage-gop-white-house-chances-in-2024

 

https://reason.com/2023/03/31/the-shaky-new-york-case-against-trump-reeks-of-desperation-to-punish-a-reviled-political-opponent/

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2023/04/02/comeys-good-day-how-political-prosecutions-became-ethical-leadership-in-the-pursuit-of-trump/

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/indictment-secrecy-repeats-pattern-of-past-efforts-targeting-trump

 

You know things are in terrible shape when satire morphs into reality:

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/fbi-relieved-they-no-longer-have-to-travel-abroad-to-turn-countries-into-banana-republics

 

There is no single example that more clearly depicts this devolution of justice in America than the manner in which the January 6, 2021 events at the Capitol are playing out in the legal system:

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/03/24/informants-everywhere/

 

https://justthenews.com/government/security/tuetwo-years-later-jan-6-video-footage-raises-new-questions-about-police-and

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/03/29/time-to-end-the-veil-of-secrecy-inside-d-c-kangaroo-court/

 

This terrible cancer that is destroying our justice system is insidiously evident when we consider the alarming quest of this unholy alliance to control information and communication in this country:

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/01/banana-time-for-the-rule-of-law/

 

https://www.racket.news/p/people-can-win

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/irs-agents-visited-the-home-of-twitter-files-journalist-on-the-same-day-he-testified-about-government-weaponization

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/twitter-files-journalist-received-irs-agent-same-day-testified-congress

 

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformation

 

https://redstate.com/kiradavis/2023/04/01/author-james-patterson-shreds-the-new-york-times-for-manipulating-their-best-sellers-list-n724710

 

Our Country and Our Elections …. What is their condition today? …. Where are they going tomorrow? …. How do we feel about them? …. Do we care enough to save their integrity? …. What are they truly worth to us?

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/half-full-is-half-hearted/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/01/when-we-are-the-minority/

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/ranked-choice-voting-is-a-mistake

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/rush-limbaugh-warned-us.php

 

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/signature-verification-software-used-maricopa-county-says-10-high

 

https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/getting-the-candidate-we-deserve/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-weekend-jolt/the-trump-desantis-fight-is-going-to-be-hideous/

 

https://nypost.com/2023/03/24/trump-wont-change-and-that-shows-he-cant-win/

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/03/donald-trump-rip.php

 

We are down to a situation in our national politics where these two people represent the only remaining moderate Democrats in the world:

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/kyrsten-sinema-reveals-why-she-stopped-going-to-dumb-democrat-luncheons

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/spare-me-joe-manchin/

 

The fundamental problem with education in America today can be directly traced to the people who are controlling education in America today:

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/03/25/randi-is-wrong-again/

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2023/03/29/wtf-is-wrong-with-you-columbia-center-and-students-protest-meeting-with-justice-kavanaugh/

 

Fiscal Sanity remains eternally elusive …. Both national parties are brimming with fiscal hypocrisy and deceit ….Our nation’s fiscal underpinnings are crumbling …. The rush to the federal money trough continues unabated:

 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/25/business/bank-powell-yellen-explainer

 

https://reason.com/2023/03/23/to-balance-the-budget-republicans-must-cut-military-spending-trim-entitlements-or-raise-taxes/

 

https://reason.com/2023/03/31/social-security-will-be-insolvent-by-2033/

 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/investing/premarket-stocks-trading

 

https://reason.com/2023/03/29/this-years-farm-bill-threatens-to-be-a-bigger-monster-than-ever/

 

And while the world teeters on the edge of absolute chaos...

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/04/bidens-mideast-mess/

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/03/23/questions-without-answers-about-ukraine/

 

THIS is how President Biden, his Administration, and the Democrats occupy themselves…

 

https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/susan-jones/granholm-theres-definitely-plan-refill-strategic-petroleum-reserve-not

 

https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/susan-jones/biden-administration-releases-report-saying-it-vital-affirm-and

 

https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/cnsnewscom-staff/blinken-we-celebrate-achievementsof-transgender-nonbinary-and

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/state-departments-racial-equity-diplomat-meets-with-ibram-x-kendi/

 

https://reason.com/2023/03/24/michigan-repeals-right-to-work-law/

You know....the folks I would love to see Joe Biden fill our government up with are the ones I talked about in this old post.  It would no doubt be a better world: http://centerlineright.blogspot.com/search?q=old+school