CenterlineRight Buffet Lite

Following a Labor Day Holiday weekend, it is a good time to go light on the servings.  Without setting out a full table, here are some good articles of interest that are flying around out there.

The Texas abortion law that was recently implemented is just the opening act for the upcoming SCOTUS decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.  With the potential for Roe v. Wade being overturned, keep your focus on the two main questions that will be answered with this case.  First…is abortion a constitutional right? Second…who should regulate abortion: the states or the federal government?

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/attorney-general-garland-prosecutors-urgently-exploring-options

https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/megan-williams/abortion-clinic-rushed-complete-67-abortions-17-hours-texas

The wokening of America continues unabated.  Is there no end to this madness?

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/cdc-needs-to-leave-guns-alone-stick-to-diseases

https://www.jewishworldreview.com/0921/hanson090221.php

https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/nfl-end-zones-and-helmets-will-preach-social-justice-messages-again-season

Has any particular segment of our population taken a more direct hit to their reputation than our teachers?  Based on my knowledge, experience, and friendships with teachers, I have to believe that the majority of teachers across America do not agree with the policies advocated by their liberal leadership.  If they do not want to continue to be ill-served by them and see their credibility wither away, they had better speak up and put some new folks in charge.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/too-lazy-to-work-too-callous-to-care-covids-lesson-on-teachers-unions

While we are on the subject of working…how is Joe Biden’s handling of America’s employment picture playing out? 

https://nypost.com/2021/09/03/in-bidens-america-its-better-not-to-be-employed/

https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/political-timebomb-biden-inside-latest-jobless-numbers

Our nation’s justice system has some serious issues it needs to address.  One is the speed in which justice is dispensed and another is the social experimentation taking place in that dispensation.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/15-years-9-11-architect-ksm-awaits-trial-guantanamo-bay

https://www.newsmax.com/us/nyc-guns-crime-youth/2021/09/07/id/1035321/

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Here are two clear, concise, and important articles relating to the Biden Administration’s Afghanistan fiasco.

https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/29/our-afghan-nightmare-tanks-for-nothing/

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/joe-biden-wants-you-to-forget-the-afghanistan-debacle/

Is it any wonder that Biden and the Mainstream Media are doing everything in their power to divert attention away from Afghanistan?  If it were my fingerprints all over that gun, I’d want it thrown in the river too.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-revives-economic-promises-afghanistan-pivot

Speaking of the Mainstream Media…here is a good article on an issue I have addressed before.

https://jonathanturley.org/2021/09/07/can-the-media-survive-without-half-of-the-population-a-new-poll-raises-questions-about-the-new-media/

There are a lot of smart people who believe that the man inside that empty suit and mask posing as the President of the United States is Ron Klain.  If that is true, talk like this should frighten the ish out of us.  Keep in mind, the $3.5 trillion bill he is talking about is in addition to the trillions already spent on covid relief and the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package awaiting House approval.  Hey…in for a penny, in for a pound.  What color do you suppose the sky is in Klain’s universe?

https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/susan-jones/ron-klain-35t-democrat-agenda-adds-nothing-debt-nothing-debt

Oh…by the way…just a reminder: https://www.truthinaccounting.org/about/our_national_debt?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvt3EnrmQ8gIVdQaICR1KeQKdEAAYAiAAEgLOv_D_BwE

Conrad Black has a way of cutting right to the heart of the matter using plain and easy to understand language.  Here is a prime example of that talent.

https://amgreatness.com/2021/09/06/joe-biden-is-a-total-failure/

 

 

Welcome to the Saddest Show on Earth

We are all now sitting in the bleachers at the “Democrat Follies”; that slapped-together carnival that is, in its own mind, contending for the Greatest Show on Earth title.  Realistically, it is less of the Barnum and Bailey variety and more of the Podunk County Fair flavor.  Now some people paid for their tickets by campaigning for or voting to bring this circus to town; while others simply had the tent thrown up around them.  Either way, we are all in it together under the big top at this point.

While it is clear that the Ringmaster is that man with the Joker Grin, that glad-handing personality, and the entourage of handlers and lackeys…Joe Bald Faced Biden himself.  But we should never forget that this traveling road show has an unlimited number of certified, qualified, and bona fide liberal loonies to back up our Ringmaster at every stop on the circuit.   In fact, this particular Circus has far more than three rings and each one has its own Clown in Charge. 

Most notably, there is the Ringmaster’s right hand gal Jolly Jen Psaki.  She’s always there with a bolstering comment or two reminding us precisely how magnificent the Ringmaster truly is.  Jolly Jen looks down her clown nose at anyone who offers a comment or opinion that might be contrary to the Circus mantra.  She is unbound by reality and quite comfortable with dispensing a peculiar concoction of fact mixed with fiction.  The difficulty of Jen’s job following the Ringmaster around and cleaning up his messes is second only to the one who follows the elephants around and…well, you get the picture.

Over in the Legislative Tent, we find Chuckling Chuck and Fancy Nancy.  These two are pretty much in charge of the largest Clown Corps in the outfit and really have their hands full trying to keep Outrageous Ocasio and her Squealing Squad in check.  That bunch of renegade clowns seems to be dead set on having their very own tent.  Chuck and Nancy’s red-nosed army never seem to lose their spirit of la Vida Loca and operate by the slogan “If It Feels Good…Do It”. 

The Merry Alejandro Mayorkas is in charge of the Border Security Tent and they are all pretty much unscripted.  Their motto is “Open the Door and Let ‘em In”.  The performances in this venue are pretty much spontaneous and the jovial cast of entertainers is not too intent on accomplishing anything of real substance.  After all, it is just for show.

Here is a short list of just a few more of the other Clowns in Charge…

Kackling Kamala Harris is always laughing and you can certainly count on her to never take anything too seriously.  She stands ready to take up the cane, don the top hat, and assume the Ringmaster’s duties out there in the middle ring spotlight.  Actually…she is more than ready.

The whole outfit counts on the Mystifying Merrick Garland to keep some level of law and order in the caravan; but no one has quite been able to understand exactly what he stands for.  Rather than rely on a widely-accepted source document or a specific list of laws, he simply mandates that the rules are what he says they are.  He sure keeps everyone guessing…and wondering.

Xavier Bodacious Becerra loves to get his picture on the advertising posters; but he also gets on a lot of the clowns’ nerves by insisting on gender-neutral costumes.  It is really, really difficult to do the humor thing without having the boy/girl or man/woman dynamic working.  The audience has to have something they can relate to…don’t they?  He insists on editing all dialogue that will take place during performances and is very selective regarding what is and what is not acceptable language.  He is really crimping the style of the company clowns.

Then there is Jennifer Grinning Granholm (not to be confused with the aforementioned Jolly Jen, they are distinctly different clowns); the chief clown in charge of maintenance.  Nobody likes Grinning Jen.  She insisted on converting the entire circus over to electric and now it is a constant routine of rides stopping because batteries run down and lights going out because of too much power being used.  Don’t even mention that there is never hot coffee when you really need it.  Oh…and the roadies really do hate toting those windmills and solar panels all over the country.

And let us not forget a very special, part-time Clown in Charge.  The riotous Rochelle Sneezy Walensky, whose daytime job is Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is in charge of the First Aid Tent for this circus.  You might think that keeping all the other circus clowns healthy and performing would be a sufficient chore…but no…ole Sneezy takes time out to make certain that everyone in this traveling road show is sufficiently woke: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/cdc-goes-all-in-on-woke-speech/ . 

*Reality Break: Really…just take a moment to think about this one.  Everyone you meet is tore up about having to wear a mask, whether or not to vax, and the general authoritarian crap relating to the covid pandemic.  THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS OBSESSED WITH COVID…and THIS is what the CDC is doing.  Give me a freaking break. 

There are many more Tents in this expansive marvel of merriment and mayhem; but the one we really want to take a closer look at goes by the name of The Democrats’ Foreign Policy Pranks.  This particular tent in this particular circus is a veritable Hall of Fame for the clown profession.  Barack I’m So Pretty Obama came out of retirement to make a couple of guest appearances for this contingent.  Blundering Blinken is the lead clown; but he has lots of solid support from the likes of Silly Susan Rice, John KlutzO Kerry, Jake LaughAMinute Sullivan, and Avril Hilarious Haines.  To get a real sense of the comedic greatness found in this group of Midway Elitists, let’s consider some of their more recent performances…

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was Obama’s gift to Iran.  It essentially gave Iran, the world’s foremost benefactor of international terrorism, a green light to develop nuclear weapons: https://honestreporting.com/iran-deal-all-times-iran-violated-nuclear-agreement/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIloDkkMrZ8gIVXfLjBx1_0grKEAMYAyAAEgI2N_D_BwE  Since Obama was unable to get Congressional approval for this ridiculous agreement, it lacked legal standing and was promptly shelved by President Trump.  Now Biden is resurrecting it.

Not content to simply allow Iran to go their merry way in nuclear arms development, Obama inexplicably financed the terrorist misadventures of that nation by shipping them cold, hard cash.  THIS is really difficult to believe, but it is true: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sent-cash-to-iran-as-americans-were-freed-1470181874

Joe Biden, not to be outdone by his predecessor and mentor, decided he would one-up old Barack.  He managed to equip Iran’s “Triple A” farm team (aka the Taliban) with a complete set of “state of the art” military equipment, literally making it one of the world’s largest armies…

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/what-we-left-behind.php

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house-defends-military-equipment-taliban

These short, simple, FACTUAL articles really tell you all you need to know about our current President and his Foreign Policy Team…

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-breaks-his-promise-to-leave-no-american-behind-in-afghanistan/

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/bidens-promises-are-smashed-to-pieces/?utm_source=blog-landing&utm_medium=desktop&utm_campaign=continue-reading

https://justthenews.com/government/security/were-americans-people-screaming-outside-gates-kabul-airport-turned-away

https://www.dailywire.com/news/gold-star-fathers-blast-biden-for-looking-at-watch-during-dignified-transfer-most-disrespectful-thing

https://www.dailywire.com/news/another-gold-star-mom-blasts-biden-he-rolled-his-fing-eyes-like-he-was-annoyed-with-me

https://www.cnsnews.com/article/international/patrick-goodenough/one-minute-midnight-kabul-evacuation-mission-ends-hundreds

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/no-blinken-way.php

https://justthenews.com/government/security/tueex-army-ranger-slams-generals-wokeness-warns-new-wave-terror-after-afghan

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/afghanistan-requiem-avoidable-disaster-192727

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/bidens-disgrace-2/

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/569979-as-9-11-anniversary-looms-biden-surrenders-americas-counterterrorism

With his ingenious supporting cast, President Biden has within a matter of months inflicted decades of damage to American foreign policy.  As bad as his decisions in the Middle East have been, he has not been deterred from liberally (no pun intended) spreading his irrationality around the globe.

While doing all he can to destroy the gas and oil industry in America, he gifts Russia with Nord Stream 2: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/why-ukrainians-feel-betrayed-by-biden/

China is doing everything within its power to destroy America and become the pre-imminent nation and military presence in the world.  In every conceivable fashion, they are malevolently insinuating themselves into American technology and culture.  How does Biden react to this?  He opens the door for them to come right in: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/bidens-huawei-reprieve-worth-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars/

The Rocket Man in North Korea had pretty well been placed in a box by Trump.  You have to believe that what he is seeing out of the White House these days isn’t making him too reluctant to flex his muscles a bit: https://www.wsj.com/articles/north-koreas-apparent-plutonium-moves-boost-nuclear-program-invite-u-s-attention-11630328213

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Every good carnival has its sideshows.  Unfortunately, these sideshows are showing up on Main Street instead of the Midway…

Our American education system is in serious trouble from K thru 12 and upward.  If rational and responsible people do not reclaim our kids from the liberal mob that has confiscated them, our future is very uncertain indeed.  You cannot make this stuff up…

https://www.dailywire.com/news/teachers-union-its-ok-that-kids-dont-know-math-they-know-the-words-insurrection

https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/harvard-universitys-new-chief-chaplain-atheist

Have you entertained the thought that maybe federal government fact-checkers or big-tech censors might not be such a bad idea?  Think again…

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/05/politics/facebook-post-hate-speech-delete-declaration-of-independence-mistake/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3MNw2OYKD1Sz7npJhcXa1-09ckuwIrPJ0KFPlQiJnUF7IDgkcfiR9RJhI

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/instagram-suspended-a-woman-who-lost-her-son-in-kabul-after-she-criticized-biden

The hypocrisy demonstrated by Democrats and the mainstream media in all things race-related is nothing short of breathtaking.  Here is a case in point: https://www.city-journal.org/playing-race-card-on-california-gubernatorial-candidate-larry-elder

And if you think that all of the Russia Hoax nonsense perpetrated by Congressional Democrats, the mainstream media, and Obama holdovers in the Department of Justice has been remedied…if you think that the exposure of the bias, lawlessness, and corruption in our government departments and agencies has led to new leadership and better policies…then you better think again: https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/monfbi-suffers-another-black-eye-admits-it-hid-payments-informant-white .  O where art thou, John Durham?

The Biden Administration is a tragicomedy.  This term is generally defined as a situation having both tragic and comic elements.  In this particular instance, I fear the comedy is front-loaded and the tragedy will be back-loaded.  During all of the many moments that we feel the urge to laugh at Biden and his Clown Show, there is that nagging notion in the back of our minds that is telling us that all of this stupidity has consequences…tragic consequences. 

I am closing with a video that fits the theme of this post.  I really wanted to use an old Emerson, Lake and Palmer tune, but there were a couple of lines in the lyrics that I was reluctant to post online.  You can’t go wrong with a Beatles tune.  There is just something…somehow…I can’t quite put my finger on it…about this clip that reminds me of the Biden Administration.  Could it be the fact that all those clown things dancing around behind the Ringmaster are BLUE?  That just might be relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ahx9ckqIw

 

 

 

 

Take a Breath….Take a Deep Breath

As bad as it is, it is likely to get worse.  The reality is that Joe Biden is President through January of 2025.  If he vacates the presidency, Kamala Harris will ascend to that position.  Joe Biden has seeded his entire Administration with the same manner of incompetents that we are watching manage the Afghanistan fiasco.  The end is not near; the pain is just beginning.

Some people are looking forward to the 2022 mid-term elections as a salve for this terrible Biden rash that has affected our nation.  There are two things wrong with that assumption.  First, the 2022 mid-terms are still fourteen months away.  In the big scheme of things, that is not far off at all.  In the world of politics, it might as well be a decade away.  American voters are notorious for short and forgiving memories.  Only time will tell how responsible Biden and the Democrats will be held for the damage they have inflicted on our country.

Secondly, if the Republicans regain majority control of the House and Senate, it is true that they will be in position to stem the tide of bad policy; but they will be powerless to unwind any of the damage already absorbed by that date.  If that happens, President Biden will no longer have the option of pushing radical legislation through Congress using extraordinary means.  He will instead have to rely on his Presidential authorities and Executive Actions.  Now those can be hurtful, but their reach is limited and they can be uneasily undone by the next president.

It is highly likely that even if the nation repudiates Biden and the Democrats at the ballot box by putting the Republicans back in the position of Congressional majority, they will still be well short of the two-thirds mark necessary to override a Presidential veto.  Therefore, they will not be able to proactively pass new legislation; they will be limited to preventing bad legislation from ever reaching the President’s desk.  They will not be able to reverse the legislation passed in Biden’s first two years; they will only be able to prevent more bad stuff from becoming law.

We are stuck with an imbecilic President for the next three plus years.  Even worse, we are stuck with the idiots he has sprinkled throughout federal departments and agencies that will administer federal programs for that time also.  And for those who take solace in the possibility that Biden might somehow vacate (or be vacated from) the Presidency, you had better realize that as bad as it is…we are now only in the frying pan.  If Kamala Harris becomes President, we are leaping into the fire.

Suck it up, America.  I fear the worst is yet to come and even the mid-terms can only offer partial relief from the liberal lunacy we have placed in control of country.  The pathetic weakness of American leadership is on display for the entire world to see.  Vladimir Putin watches as he gazes towards the Ukraine; dreaming of the old Soviet Union.  Xi Jinping observes as he calculates extending his Chinese empire towards Taiwan and even further.  Kim Jong-un looks longingly over the 38^th parallel and dreams of one Korea.  Meanwhile, our NATO allies shake their heads in dismay and search for the answer to national defense without America. 

May the Good Lord keep his hand on the shoulders of our leaders and help them find the strength and wisdom to make good decisions.  Therein lays our only hope.  And Lord, if it is not too much to ask, please give us two or three good presidential candidates next time around…candidates not named Biden, Harris, or Trump.  Now…on to some current events and short comments.

There is not much to say about the catastrophic events in Afghanistan that has not already been said.  Trump’s deal with the Taliban was an embarrassment, but Trump and Obama both realized that they simply could not abandon Afghanistan without a plan of some type.  Biden was not smart enough to realize this.  Hindsight and time will reveal the full story, which has not yet fully played out.  But it certainly appears that the pivotal decision that sent events spinning out of control was the decision to abandon Bagram air base.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/bidens-bagram-bug-out-in-july-made-todays-kabul-catastrophe-inevitable/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ted-cruz-says-the-biden-administrations-decision-to-vacate-bagram-air-base-in-afghanistan-was-a-political-decision-that-proved-catastrophic/ar-AANQqXQ?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz

House Speaker Pelosi and her Democratic mates are obsessed and determined to paint the January 6 events at the Capitol as something multiple times larger and more ominous than it obviously was.  I suppose they figure that if enough stuff gets thrown against the wall, eventually something will stick.  Who knows…if they turn over enough rocks, they might find out why some of the Capitol Police were so “welcoming” to the protesters.

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/fbi-january-6-capital-attack/2021/08/20/id/1033141/

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/breaking-the-lefts-january-6-narrative-just-went-poof-fbi.php

https://jonathanturley.org/2021/08/23/the-fbi-comes-up-empty-handed-in-its-search-for-an-insurrection/

https://jonathanturley.org/2021/08/22/no-further-action-will-be-taken-officer-who-fatally-shot-ashli-babbitt-cleared-of-any-wrongdoing-by-capitol-police/

The Senate has approved the Democrat’s infrastructure light bill with a price tag of around $1.2 trillion.  You can read for yourself what is in the bill and then decide for yourself how much of this is absolutely essential to our nation at a time of record federal debt, record federal spending, increasing threats from inflation, and an economy that is clearly struggling to break out its pandemic funk.  It is especially rich to hear what some of the Senate Republicans had to say about voting in favor of this atrocity while at the same time bemoaning federal spending abuse.  Such hypocrisy is really difficult to stomach.

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/senate-approved-12-trillion-infrastructure-bill-here-s-what-it-funds

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-is-in-the-dollar12-trillion-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-that-just-passed-the-senate/vi-AANe7Sc?ocid=mailsignout

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/not-your-fathers-infrastructure/

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/66-billion-for-amtrak-trains-to-nowhere

https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/ashlianna-kreiner/sen-romney-284-trillion-debt-too-much-must-ensure-entitlement

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/total-19-republicans-joined-democrats-pass-12-trillion-infrastructure-bill

Please remember that this $1.2 trillion monstrosity is only the opening act for the Democrats in Congress and their Clown in the White House.  The Senate has now passed the infrastructure light bill and sent it over to the House, where Speaker Pelosi is trying to figure out how to hold it hostage until she can guarantee Senate passage of the additional $3.5 trillion bill that is waiting in the wings…that would be infrastructure heavy.  Who knew there was $4.7 trillion worth of infrastructure out there just begging to be bought?

https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-unveil-massive-3-5-trillion-budget-plan-that-includes-universal-pre-k-free-college-and-environmental-justice

Just a reminder: https://www.truthinaccounting.org/about/our_national_debt?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvt3EnrmQ8gIVdQaICR1KeQKdEAAYAiAAEgLOv_D_BwE 

Here is a brief glance at some of the Democrats’ brilliant ideas about how this country should be “woke”.  I think I will call it the “Democrat Follies”.  These are efforts being made to normalize behavior and change our lives in ways that simply were considered preposterous no more than five or ten years ago.

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-big-bright-green-jobs-machine-or-not/

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/libertarians-were-wrong-about-marijuana-legalization/

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/bidens-open-border-the-open-question.php

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/congress-has-what-it-needs-to-cut-off-the-spigot-and-rein-in-college-tuition

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-texas-democratic-rebellion-ended-with-barely-a-whimper/ar-AANye6Y?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz

https://jonathanturley.org/2021/08/13/putting-the-pen-back-into-penmanship-unreadable-note-leads-to-failed-bank-robbery/

And just to help sum it all up and put in some perspective: https://www.jewishworldreview.com/0821/hanson081221.php

Our President is steadily being revealed as a zombie.  The terrible events in Afghanistan have helped to expose this reality, but the dangers emanating from it have yet to be fully realized.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/opec-tells-a-weak-incompetent-us-president-to-drop-dead

He is not just a fool; he is a dishonest fool: https://issuesinsights.com/2021/08/26/why-do-media-fact-checkers-keep-ignoring-this-big-lie-of-bidens/

https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-shreds-biden-americas-enemies-know-hes-weak-focuses-on-kindergarteners-while-world-burns

Some days, I simply have to wonder…. “Are there really this many stupid people in America?  Who would trust the government to do this? … https://jonathanturley.org/2021/08/20/the-new-censors-polls-shows-almost-half-of-americans-favor-the-government-censoring-misinformation/#more-177330

Perhaps the Supreme Court is beginning to find its backbone and the need to restore some Constitutional order to our government.

https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/the-court-sets-things-right-on-the-eviction-moratorium/

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/supreme-courts-welcome-rebuke-of-bidens-lawlessness/

And just when Republicans thought it was safe to go back in the water: https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-hire-iowa-2024/2021/08/13/id/1032227/

Here is a nice piece that asks a really important question in regards to what we are witnessing in our country these days: https://www.jewishworldreview.com/0821/hanson082621.php

In closing, it is perhaps only appropriate that we take a listen to Mr. Gilmour of Pink Floyd fame.  His message affirms the tone of this piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2aYvh3H0W0

 

 

 

Just Desserts

It is becoming increasingly uncomfortable for me to criticize the Democrats and Joe Biden; they are such an easy target.  One cannot help but feel guilty about “piling on” when the opportunities are so plentiful, rich, and deserving.  On the other hand, there are many people who simply do not have the time to research beyond the headlines and might appreciate a deeper dive into the true lunacy behind the liberal mania that is sweeping across this nation…and now the world.  In service to that “other hand”, I will continue to build the overwhelming case that Joe Biden is an imbecile; that he has filled his Administration with clueless ideologues; and the Democratic Party has unquestionably become unmoored from any semblance of reason or logic.

After the last couple of weeks, I seriously considered a link-free blog with only my editorial comments on President Biden and his recent misadventures.  So many of the derisive adjectives used to describe our President, his apparent mental limitations, and his recent performances have become so patently plain, obvious, and redundant that repeating them almost seems…cruel.  Alas, I am reminded that so much of what we have seen from our President over the last several days was common knowledge before he was elected last November.  Given that fact, there are obviously a lot of people out there who have not connected the neon dots between putting idiots in charge of government and bad things happening.  For these people, I will continue to build the case. 

Afghanistan.  As I have written before, I believe it is fair to say that the larger picture of U.S. policy failure in Afghanistan is a shared indictment of all past presidents going back to George W. Bush.  That being said, the fact is that when President Trump left office, we had about 2,500 U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and had lost one American life in the last year.  Had Trump publicly proclaimed his desire for the U.S. to get completely out of Afghanistan?  Yes, he had…repeatedly.  Did the Trump Administration agree to an exit strategy with the Taliban that was as irresponsible as the ongoing policy had been for twenty years?  Yes, it did. 

But the larger and more salient point here is this: While most Americans agreed with the notion of the U.S. getting out of Afghanistan; they pretty much understood that it had be done in such a way that somehow preserved our national security and precious investment in that country over the last two decades. This was the plan that was in place when President Trump left office: https://justthenews.com/government/security/biden-ignored-plan-carefully-withdraw-afghanistan-top-trump-aide-says

https://www.cnsnews.com/index.php/article/international/patrick-goodenough/trump-troop-withdrawal-under-my-presidency-would-have-been

Trump’s exit strategy was based on “conditions” and “status on the ground”.  This is why we were still there when he left office.  He and his Advisors realized that if they abruptly left without any provision for an orderly transition to Afghan military control, then chaos would ensue.  That is the whole point of basing the U.S. withdrawal on conditions and ground status.  Those conditions did not warrant the evacuation of the 2,500 American troops and that is why they were still there when Joe Biden took office.  Joe Biden, upon ascending to the presidency, employed the childish and simplistic doctrine of unwinding anything Trump had done. 

After applying this sophomoric logic to his Iranian foreign policy, he then moved on to Afghanistan.  Ignoring common sense and the advice from his own military and foreign policy appointees, Biden impulsively evacuated essentially all of the American troops from Afghanistan in a matter of days.   Unbeknownst to our Afghani allies, American troops deserted our military airbase at Bagram in the dead of night.  The catastrophe that we are currently witnessing is the result of these rash and ill-conceived actions. 

Here is a timeline of exactly what has occurred in Afghanistan over the last couple of weeks:https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/08/20/biden-afghanistan-kabul-chaos-taliban-evacuation-505600\\

In the preceding story, take note of the members representing Biden’s national security team.  In particular, pay attention to the second-in-charge and who would be the next man up if Biden goes down. 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/wheres-kamala.php

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-most-useless-vice-president-of-the-century

Look at the people who were in our nation’s emergency situation room when a foreign policy crisis erupted.  What else should we have expected when we picked Joe Biden to fill out the roster?  The competence and character of our national leaders truly matters when times like these arise.  We can never forget that fact.

While this shameful episode unfolded, our President was largely absent from the White House.  He did not return until events were well out of hand and headed due south.  He was propped up for a comical news conference that was brief to the point of ridiculous and he took no questions.  He left the White House once again.  Meanwhile, he and his people tried their best to switch the national attention to their favorite subject, the covid pandemic.  Having failed in this effort, he was propped up for another news conference.  He mumbled, stumbled, and lied his way through a brief reading of the teleprompter and then incoherently responded to, I think, four questions.  The questions were from his mainstream media lackeys, he evaded the point of the questions with indirect utterances, and somehow managed to dig the hole he was standing in a good deal deeper.

Desperate to bring some order to this madness, Biden did a sit-down television interview with ex-Clinton flunkey and current Democrat hack George Stepasdfererwewer.  Despite the kid gloves treatment by George S and the softball questions he was offered, he continued to obfuscate, lie, and simply ignore the very real issues involved in this foreign policy failure.  He has now apparently gone into hiding in search of something…anything…that might somehow begin to calm the torturous waters of this spectacular debacle.  I fear the debacle is only going to get worse.  Read for yourselves how this sad chapter has unfolded….

What did our President and his Administration have to say about Afghanistan before the fecal matter collided with the bladed mechanical device?

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/biden-allies-afghanistan-kabul/2021/08/20/id/1033226/

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/what-is-america-back-to.php

https://www.nysun.com/editorials/moment-of-truth-for-the-biden-doctrine/91615/

https://carolineglick.com/joe-bidens-catastrophic-judgment/

https://www.jewishworldreview.com/0821/hanson081921.php

https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/pelosi-praises-bidens-handling-afghanistan-it-was-strong-it-was-decisive-and

Once events began to unfold in Afghanistan in a way that was not anticipated, this is how our President and his Administration handled it.

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-true-extent-of-bidens-lies-about-afghanistan/

https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-will-not-expand-kabul-airport-perimeter-press-for-special-evac-missions-even-as-france-uk-leave-base-to-rescue-trapped-citizens\

https://nypost.com/2021/08/20/us-left-billions-in-weapons-in-afghanistan-with-black-hawks-in-talibans-hands/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/taliban-celebrate-their-new-us-arsenal-rifles-humvees-ammo/ar-AANyQ6Q?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz

https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/biden-says-afghan-national-force-was-300-persons

https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-brutalized-by-media-for-comments-on-afghan-evacuation-the-reality-and-the-rhetoric-are-miles-apart

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/biden-speaks-biden-lies.php

https://nypost.com/2021/08/20/biden-stumbles-with-afghan-questions-says-americans-can-reach-kabul/

https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/susan-jones/bidens-communications-director-president-never-shies-away-taking

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/team-biden-ignored-warnings-from-u-s-embassy-of-rapid-taliban-takeover.php

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/a-few-tacos-short.php

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/youve-just-crossed-over.php

https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/17/joe-bidens-disappearing-act-is-not-new-its-how-he-became-president/

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/byron-yorks-daily-memo-dont-underestimate-joes-ability-to-f-k-things-up

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/something-is-wrong-with-the-president/?utm_source=blog-landing&utm_medium=desktop&utm_campaign=continue-reading

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-in-um-full/

Pass the Word!! ….  Just Google centerlineright

Here is some of the stuff going on right now in Afghanistan:

https://nypost.com/2021/08/21/taliban-set-woman-on-fire-for-bad-cooking-afghan-activist-alleges/

https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-disaster-taliban-hunting-for-u-s-allies-screening-names-at-kabul-airport-americans-injured-and-stopped-from-boarding-planes

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-general-tells-british-special-forces-stop-rescuing-people-in-kabul-youre-making-us-look-bad/ar-AANygdE?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-taliban-are-hunting-afghan-contractors/?utm_source=blog-landing&utm_medium=desktop&utm_campaign=continue-reading

As if Biden could not mess up Afghanistan sufficiently by himself, he received this big assist from his old friend Obama: https://nypost.com/2021/08/16/taliban-leader-was-freed-from-guantanamo-in-2014-swap-by-obama/

Forced by events into a corner, the mainstream media in America have tried their best to put their boy Biden in the best light; but given the downhill trajectory of these events, that has proven impossible.   And even though the domestic press is calling Biden and Company out on their incompetence, it is still useful to consider what other nations might be thinking about our new President these days.  Here is what Biden says: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-denies-allies-angry-over-afghanistan-chaos-despite-evidence-to-contrary/

And then here are the facts:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/when-boris-called.php

https://www.dailywire.com/news/british-parliament-unloads-on-biden-biden-may-have-condemned-the-world-to-chinese-domination-in-future

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-9903067/The-speech-shamed-America-ANDREW-NEIL-asks-Joe-Biden-recover.html

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/the-straight-story-on-afghanistan.php

https://www.dailywire.com/news/did-the-biden-administration-remove-frances-push-for-moral-responsibility-from-call-record

And finally, to close out this piece…here are a couple of summary judgments about how our President and his Administration have performed during this crisis:

https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-cost-of-disgrace-is-not-cheap/

https://nypost.com/2021/08/19/afghan-debacle-has-exposed-joe-biden-as-a-failed-president/

When Hillary Clinton ran against Donald Trump for President, one of her more memorable campaign ads was the “3 AM White House Call”.  Essentially, the ad showed the so-called “red phone” in the White House that only rings when there is a critical national crisis.  The point of the ad was the question: Who do you want answering that phone when the stakes are so high?”  Hillary thought it should be her; America thought differently. 

I think we now have a good idea about what might happen in the future if that red phone rings.  We are paying a terrible price today for making a bad decision last November.  The next time we go to the polls to vote, we had better grow up and put our petty likes and dislikes behind us.  We will not get a saint or an angel for President.  We might not get the man or woman that advocates policies of our choosing.  We might even be faced with a decision where we feel we must choose between the least of two evils.  But this much is for certain: We had better understand the consequences of selecting someone to lead our country that is incompetent to do so.  We WILL get the government we deserve.