Only the Lord

Only God knows what will happen in the coming year. With all the Hillary hype entering 2016, I really feared she would be our next President. The only thing certain in predicting the future is uncertainty.

Time of Trouble

I have never seen an administration on its way out try to handicap its successor the way that Obama is trying to hamstring Trump. It is shameful. If a Republican President was attempting this with an incoming Democrat, the main stream media would never stop shouting about it.

A Real Joke

Mexico is going to "leverage" Donald Trump using NAFTA. Mexico does not understand Trump or the sensible portion of the American people. H. Ross Perot was right about the "giant sucking sound" of good jobs leaving America a generation ago and Trump knows it and will reverse it. Mexico is like a kid trying to trade his marble for the neighborhood mansion. If you want to make the vast majority of Americans and our new President angry, try to bully us with B.S.

The Punch List

Why do Democrat US Presidents try to break things before handing over government to Republican successors? Little things like taking "W"s from keyboards is one thing, but trying to make the world ungovernable is quite another. I never realized so many natural born anarchists joined the Democrat Party and rose to the top of its ranks.

An Arrogant Fool

Some years back, one of the Beatles quipped that the group was "bigger than Jesus". That Beatle, John Lennon, was shot to death a few years later by a deranged fan. Barack Hussein Obama, who is doing as much as he can before he leaves office to throw a wrench in the works for his successor, just said he "could have won a third term". Thank the Lord that we have a Constitutional Amendment that precludes that, because Obama might just have finished us off in another four years. I see great wisdom in term limits. Our departing "misleader" has surpassed the damage done by Jimmy Carter to become the worst US President in my half century.

How Much Damage

Barack Hussein Obama and his cadre are inflicting as much harm as possible on the US and the world before Donald Trump takes over and tries to clean up the Obama mess. Obama has become little more than a vandal or an arsonist in the waning days of his administration. Obama is working with many confederates in his effort to leave Trump an unstable world and an ungovernable nation on the brink of economic catastrophe. Obama has the main stream press, almost all of academia, and the Federal Reserve helping him to saw Trumps's legs off before Donald can lead us on a march of prosperity. Killing off the coal industry, blocking oil drilling, raising interest rates, and selling out Israel are all steps done by the outgoing radical. Let us hope Trump is huge enough to overcome all the damage.

Peace on Earth

Barack Hussein Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize essentially for winning the US Presidency, with apparent hope that his ascension to "Leader of the World" would advance the cause of peace. With his term blessedly about to expire, most would agree that the cause of peace retreated rather than advanced during Obama's miserably failed term of office. At this time of year, let us pray that peace moves forward during the Trump administration, that promises to use strength, rather than weakness and appeasement as Obama oversaw, to move that noble cause.

Obama Undermines Israel

In one last act of idiocy, Barack Hussein Obama has sold Israel down the river at the United Nations. Obama has stabbed America's only friend in the Middle East in the back. Instead of promoting peace and stability in the Middle East, Obama has caused instability and war. Israel will continue to flourish long after Obama is gone!

A Terrorist Neutralized

The filthy murderer of innocents in Germany has been eliminated by brave Italian police. Great police work was not involved. It was a random identification check that led the terrorist to draw his gun. Thank goodness, the Italian policeman out shot him. This particular jihadist shall take no more lives.

Determination to Prevail

Donald Trump will vanquish those who murder at a Christmas Market or gun down an ambassador in cold blood. Trump wants no uneasy truce with terror. Trump knows there is no compromise possible with the expansive nihilistic version of Islam. That brand of jihad and Islamism is incompatible with freedom. I would hate to be a terrorist when Trump takes over and the might of the civilized world is targeted on the barbarians.

Attitude of Appeasement

The greatest attribute Donald Trump has is his determination to prevail over Islamism. Trump is one of the very few Western leaders who will even say "radical Islamic terror". Trump is surrounding himself with war fighters, and battle winners. There will be no safe harbor anywhere on earth for nihilistic terrorists when Trump takes over.

Man of Peace

Ambassador Andrey Karlov was sent by Russia to some of the most dangerous areas of the world to keep a lid on trouble. He served Mother Russia and the cause of peace well. Rest well hero.

Could Go Wrong

The deaths at the Christmas market are on Angela Merkel's hands. What did she expect permitting hundreds of thousands of restive military age Muslim men into Germany? There is no possible way to vet the number of "asylum seekers" she has permitted in, even if they were not from failed societies where Islamic fundamentalism is ingrained from the earliest age. Merkel did not drive the truck, but she handed the terrorist the proverbial key to slaughter innocent Germans.

The Treacherous Ones

They come in daylight with open hand// Pleading to enter our Fatherland// Pretending they want shelter and peace// When all the while they seek to repeat Nice!

Worst Among Equals

Between Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton, there are not many policy differences. What set Hillary apart, and why she lost the election, is that she is not likable. Obama seems to be engaging and concerned for you personally, which must be why his approval numbers remain high. Bill Clinton might even be considered charming. Hillary was a great national scold who could only criticize and talk down to people. When she was trying to be adamant, her voice became increasingly grating. I do not know how Hillary can blame Russia for her personal deficiencies.

Support Our Friends

If Donald Trump moves the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, it will be the strongest signal he can send that so long as he is President, jihad and terror will not be permitted to triumph and will be pushed back.

Destroy Evil Dictators

The blood of hundreds of thousands is on the hands of Assad and Kim Jong-un. There is no negotiating with cold-blooded mass murderers. Iran and Russia have propped up the Syrian tyrant, but Assad is mortal. North Korea has few allies. Tehran shares WMD and missile technology with Pyongyang. Red China also is mostly cordial to Kim. If a couple of well-placed cruise missiles could liberate millions from these despots, I would not doubt that Trump might launch them.

The Vanishing Left

Will we see a day when there is no Left left?

The Resurgent America

Many will try to undermine Donald J Trump. None will succeed. Trump and more importantly, America will overwhelm opponents.

Anti Trump Fed

The Federal Reserve that was giving away free money to prop up the insouciant Leftist Obama is going to start ratcheting up interest rates to throw cold water on the Trump recovery. The Fed, which pretends political neutrality, is a completely politicized creature of the Left. Trump needs to replace the Fed governors as their terms are up. He should also audit the Fed.

On Raising Cain

We have a main stream media and an opposition party trying to undermine Donald Trump before he even takes power. The reason Hillary is not about to be inaugurated to succeed Obama is that she is an evil liar with the personality of a coat hanger.

Now the Severing

The brighter, bolder things are gone// But we are left to soldier on// We blindly try to trudge on through// Because that is all we are able to// There is no feat of derring-do// That will permit me to reunite with you// You shattered my heart and shook my mind// I had once imagined you were kind// By smashing what was you and me// You think you will claim victory// But it is innocents who bear the cost// Of everything good that was lost

No Sweet Sorrow

We'll never have Paris// Which I would have given you on a plate// But now it is too late// It is all because of you// We'll miss Prague and Vienna too// One and one became three// But you think you want to be free of me// You will succeed// In watching me bleed// But you are hurting you and our daughter too.

On the Grow

America is on the mend. Trump may not make Mexico or China happy, but he will put smiles back on the faces of American workers.

Real Fake News

Almost everything that the three major news networks and CNN broadcast is biased against conservatives. Almost everything the BBC News and CNN air about the Holy Land is biased against the Jewish State. You find more accurate, unbiased news on Breitbart and Drudge every day than you find in The New York Times and Washington Post in months. There is "fake news" all over the main stream press.

The Trump Miracle?

I along with many others thought undoing the damage Barack Hussein Obama did would be a long and arduous process. I had feared an immediate recession after Trump won the election. I counted on shenanigans by Democrats and the Federal Reserve. Would it not be wonderful if we could transition smoothly into a Trump administration without the setbacks most pundits were fearing?

Should Japan Apologize

I do not think an apology from the current prime minister of Japan would in any way atone for what Imperial Japan did before he was even born. The Empire of Japan was an enemy of the United States. Japan today is one of our strongest allies. If Shinzo Abe does express regret, it will not undo World War II. If Prime Minister Abe does not offer contrition, it does not mean he or the Japan of today hate America or Americans. Whatever Abe decides, the past will stay buried.

Time for Trouble

On this day every year, we commemorate the sneak attack by Japan on US forces at Pearl Harbor. This day must serve as a reminder that we must constantly be both vigilant and prepared for what those who despise our way of life might try to do to us. At Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and again on September 11, 2001, the United States of America was caught with her guard down. Barack Hussein Obama made substantive budget cuts in only one area, that being our national defense. I believe Donald Trump as President will do all in his power to restore American military strength and will lead us in being ever watchful so that no enemy is able to surprise us during his Presidency.

Trouble for Time

We all know (or should anyway) that our time is fleeting. What we do not realize until we are in the situation, is that when we have a physical setback that slows us down, that mortality clock seems to be ticking even faster.

Watching Europe Disintegrate

The European Union never really was. There were just too many languages, too many different cultures, too many compelling local needs, for a unified Europe as one great nation-state to fully work. Nationalism that is not expansive is a virtue, not a sin. It really is alright for Britons to be "Great British" and Italians to be Italian. I am amazed that Germany has for so long carried Greece on its back and is allowing itself to be culturally erased by a refugee horde. For world peace and stability, it is fine to have sane European countries each pursuing the course that benefits their own the most.

To Fight Fire

The Oakland fire tragedy did not have to happen. A mass of people should not crowd into a building with only one hard to access exit point and no sprinkler system. This might not have been an accident, but more like woeful negligence. The saddest death is one that could have been prevented.

Real Rape Culture

There is no "rape culture" on American college campuses and never has been. If you want to see where real "rape culture" exists go to any swirling mass of male Muslim refugees as the world saw in Cologne last New Year or can see at any time in Malmo. That is where it is not safe to be a woman, not in the dorms at your university but where men have been inculcated that women are mere chattel in the lessons of their faith.

Not Just Attitude

Donald Trump is not about posturing and rhetoric. Trump wants to restore our greatness, including our dominance in manufacturing. If seven million dollars in tax credits saves one thousand industrial jobs in the heartland of America, that is money well-spent.

Embrace New Populism

A populism that protects tradition, sovereignty, and employment is not to be feared or resisted, but welcomed. Having someone in the White House fighting to keep good jobs in America will be a change for the better. Having a leader who wants a secure border will be refreshing. Valuing our Founding Fathers and American tradition instead of mocking them will move a long way to making America great again.

The Same Coin

Barack Hussein Obama is an ideological soulmate to the late Fidel Castro. Obama was somewhat constrained by the Constitutional framework of the US government. Obama could not be as capricious as Fidel was. Make no mistake though, Obama pushed the limit of US law as far as it would bend, politicizing the IRS against his opponents, creating the largest surveillance mechanism ever, sending drones to kill Americans on foreign soil without due process, and issuing more executive orders to bypass Congress than any previous President. Obama is a creature of the Left, which is why he and his administration did not denounce the Cuban despot as Castro passed from this mortal coil.

Stop the Fires

Keeping areas clear of dry underbrush might help contain the fires ravaging my home state of Tennessee. Clearing large firebreaks would also help. Attacking an ignition early also would be beneficial (although that might not be easy, as some of the fires are starting in remote and largely inaccessible areas before they spread). With winds as high as they have been, fighting the fire is exceptionally hard. That is why efforts should have been made before the fires ever started.

The Ultimate Betrayal

A Somali was welcomed into America as a refugee. Somalia is a failed country riven with war, disease, and starvation. This Somali was not loyal to the country that sheltered him and was giving him an education at taxpayer expense. He was loyal to the Koran as he read it, and decided to try and slaughter his fellow students at Ohio State University. Now, thanks to the quick action of a law enforcement officer, this Somali is burning in Hades with Castro.

A Spewing Sewer

The network morning "fake news" programs vomit anti-Trump bile. They have become unwatchable.

A Criminal Enterprise

Those in the main stream press lauding Castro are praising coldblooded murder. There really is "fake news". It is emanating from the dinosaur media. You find more truth on Drudge in a day than you do on the three old-line networks and CNN in a month.

More Good News

Fidel Castro is now in hell. He was a murderous tyrant. Now, if his brother Raul joins him, Cuba has a great prospect of being free.

Always Some Drama

The family was waiting to see if the turkey would show up for last night's Thanksgiving gathering. I arrived about 6:10!

Counting My Blessings

I am greatly blessed. At the top of the list is my (our) beautiful daughter. I only wish I could have more time with her.

The Garden Party

A dear friend is hosting a pre-Thanksgiving party today. I have been advised not to talk about the divorce I never wanted, religion, politics, or sport (since all the local teams just lost). I guess I could talk about it being relatively cold for a garden party, but that might offend our beloved host, whose idea the get-together is. I guess I could pretend I only speak Spanish, but heaven forbid a real Spanish speaker is in attendance.

The Ordered Society

The United States is about to see Europe 1968-style disruptions. There will be student action as we are already seeing. Both high school and college students will ditch class to march. There will be more strikes and labor action than we have seen during the Obama administration when Trump takes office. There has already been action by black flag anarchists. The riots will continue and only worsen until Trump stops them. Those forces aligned against Trump want to make thee US ungovernable. It is up to law enforcement to prevent this dark side from implementing their plans.

Rule of Law

Police officers are being gunned down in the streets. Roads are being blocked by agitators, and it has been reported the father of a four year old died because his ambulance was blocked by protesters. Obama has actually encouraged the lawlessness in words and by welcoming the Black Lives troublemakers to the White House. The moment Trump gains power, he must crush the anarchy!

Remembering Our History

Jimmy Carter allowed the deterioration of America's military and could not stop Iran from seizing and holding US hostages. Bill Clinton would not send American tanks to Somalia for the sake of appearance; thereby allowing the "Blackhawk Down" tragedy. Barack Obama decimated our own military, allowed our VA to neglect veterans, and with Hillary, left Americans to die in Libya. When Democrats have the White House, those who defend America suffer.

Forgetting Our History

One of the early challenges that Donald Trump will face is rebuilding the US military. When George W. Bush left office, America was the lone superpower with the greatest armed force the world had ever known. The one area of the budget that Barack Hussein Obama allowed to be cut, in fact slashed deeply, was our defense budget. These cuts occurred with jihadists at war with us, Iran drawing ever closer to a nuclear bomb and spreading influence into Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen, and helping prop Assad up in Syria, and China asserting regional hegemony of the Pacific. A more potent Russia has also shown aggressive tendencies in the Ukraine. In the run up to World War II, with clear signs that conflict was brewing, the United States allowed its armed forces to shrink so much they were actually smaller than those of Portugal. America's weakness invited Pearl Harbor. Trump must strengthen us quickly because the level of threat we now face is unprecedented.

The Leaderless State

The empty suit who has tried for eight years to tear America away from its founding has just handed the baton of leading (misleading) the Western World, not to his successor Donald Trump, but to the hideous Angela Merkel, the German Hillary, who is using Muslim refugees to undermine the character of her own nation. Barack Hussein Obama also has not denounced the anti-Trump rioters or asked them to stop. Quite the contrary, the departing insouciant apostate Muslim Marxist has encouraged them to use their "voice" and "march on", giving overt approval to those who will try to prevent Trump from governing. Pound sand Barry, you have hurt the country and the world enough already.

Follow the Leader

If "Crooked Hillary" had managed to steal the election, the sycophants in the main stream media would not be criticizing her selection of corrupt cronies, long-time lobbyists, or recycled failures for her Cabinet. They would be lauding her wisdom instead. Donald Trump could appoint the risen Jesus to his Cabinet and the Leftists that run the dinosaur press would have only ill to speak of Christ and Trump.

The Trump Cabinet

There has been much speculation about the Trump cabinet. Judging from the way he ran his campaign, only Trump knows who his cabinet secretaries will be. There is speculation that Ted Cruz might be Attorney General, but I doubt this as Cruz was such a bitter rival during the primaries that he might well appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate Trump.

Nobody Is Perfect

With all my recent criticism of Trump, he is still manifestly better than Hillary would have been.

Just Another Politician

I never thought of Donald Trump as some sort of conservative avenger. I never believed he was going to try to deport eleven million (or more) illegal aliens. I did not think an impenetrable wall would be built between the US and Mexico. Trump was greeted with the chant at rallies: "Lock her up" in reference to Hillary. Donald has now said that he will not appoint a special prosecutor, so we must assume his recent opponent will be spared incarceration. Paul Ryan has declared there will be no "deportation force" under Trump. The Trump Team is saying border security will be improved but that a physical wall the length of the Southern border is "impractical" to "impossible" to construct, so we will end up with a virtual wall not paid for by Mexico, not a real one. Trump had promised during the campaign that he would move the US embassy to Israel to the contested city of Jerusalem, but now that he has won the nation's highest office, he will not. All the lefties and progressives fearing Trump have little to worry about, because Donald is just another politician who said anything to get elected, but who will not keep promises made during the campaign.

Get Over It

To those "peacefully protesting" the election results: We won, you lost. Go back to your parents' basements, your pot shops, and your hookah bars, or maybe go look for a job, as Trump will be creating millions of them, by releasing free enterprise.

Why Hillary Lost

Clinton is blaming the FBI director for her defeat. I would say much of her loss stems from the fact that she is an unskilled but constant liar with a shrill voice and the personality of an oven mitt.

Very Little Changes

Donald Trump is no conservative firebrand. Trump is a pragmatist who was simply better than Hillary. Donald is not the reincarnation of Ronald Reagan. Trump will not throw the money changers from the Temple. He will keep aspects of Obamacare and hopes to spend one trillion dollars on an unprecedented infrastructure stimulus which no small government right-winger would ever propose. Still, I think our nation, our Federal Courts (including the US Supreme Court), and our precious liberty are safer with Trump than they would have been with Hillary.

How Much Damage

How much damage will Barack Hussein Obama do in the waning days of his tyranny? How many felons will he pardon? Will he sell out Israel at the United Nations? Will he continue to poke a finger in Putin's eye, when Russia is taking the battle to terrorists? Will he pardon Hillary so the Clintons never face justice?

Hope Trump Succeeds

Eight years ago, Rush Limbaugh was famously asked for a few paragraphs on the new President Barack Hussein Obama. Rush brilliantly declared, "I hope he fails" because Limbaugh knew Obama's socialist agenda would harm America. Unfortunately, Obama largely succeeded and hurt our nation. Limbaugh did nothing to cause Obama to fail. Obama passed Obamacare and much else he sought and imposed even more through executive order. Obama's actions fell by their own weight. Obama did not immediately after election have to face riots and other protests and people threatening to assassinate him. Obama did not have to face labor unions, students, and Hollywood elite saying they were going to make the nation ungovernable for the next four years, to bring out hell for four years so there could be no chance of reelection. Donald Trump will have to overcome all this. I pray for the sake of the United States that Trump succeeds in overturning all the damage Obama has done.

Go Pound Sand

To those on the political Left who are calling President-elect Trump a racist or even comparing him and his supporters to Nazis: Do you really think you can call him and us such hideous names and have us be magnanimous in return?

World's Loudest Exclamation

The voters just told the establishment elite where they can go. Are you tired of winning yet?

Deliver Us Evil

If Hillary wins, as I fear she will, the United States will have voted in a warmongering felon. Clinton has no reverence for anything, including our Constitution. There is an expression, "you could do worse". America could not do worse than that harridan Hillary.

Ordeal Almost Over

Tomorrow, we can put paid to the fundamental transformation of America, that sick war the Left is waging against the people. We can extinguish the disaster that is Obamacare. We can forever exile the Clintons from the power they crave and exploit. Save America-vote TRUMP!

World War Candidate

Hillary has a track record of destabilizing the world. She and Obama allowed Syria to spin further out of control. Hillary fomented the overthrow of Gaddafi, aiding the rise of ISIS. She and Obama gave up America's gains in Iraq, creating a vacuum filled by Iran in Shia areas, the Islamic State in many Sunni areas, and Turkey near the Turkish border. Clinton has picked fights with Russia and wants a Syria no fly zone to block Russian aircraft that might start World War III. Donald Trump would restore America's military strength, which Obama has sapped and Hillary would not strengthen, and will bring stability back to the world.

A Future Together

The Democrats are the party that divides. They practice triangulation based on gender, race, and sexual orientation. They foment hatred for those who have achieved material success. They are masters of the politics of envy, all the while enriching themselves by selling government favor (as the Clintons so aptly demonstrate). If you want the states and people united, vote GOP.

Nothing But Misery

Crooked Hillary offers no solutions- only increasing misery. With almost 95 million able-bodied, working-age Americans out of the workforce, does Hillary have a jobs plan? No, she has a raise taxes plan that will further stifle job creation. Does Clinton have a defend the nation plan? No, she wants the opposite of a safer country- open borders. Hillary talks a good game about bringing people together and "respect for everybody", but she calls the Americans that do not support her "deplorables". Save America- vote TRUMP!

Everything for Sale

Hillary has sold her office. Do not let her sell our nation's honor.

Selling Our Nation

Hillary Clinton sold access. She plays the class-envy redistribution game but is ultimately interested not in raising you but only in enriching herself and Clinton Inc. She can knock the pegs out from the prominent that are not part of her crony circle and will gladly do so to make herself more palatable to the jealous among us. All the while, Hillary will gladly take money from energy, brokerage, banking, and education syndicates through her all-for-us, none-for-you foundation.

A Sinking Ship

Hillary Clinton never inspired much enthusiasm and certainly now, under the cloud of scandal, can no longer inspire any trust. Anyone who would vote for Clinton under active FBI investigation has as poor judgement as Hillary does.

The Evil Ones

I am convinced that Hillary is the most self-interested candidate ever for the US Presidency. Clinton has no concern for party or nation. In Hillary world, it is not about helping you or uplifting you. It is about propping up and enriching the Clinton dyNASTY (and I emphasize "nasty" here). Hill and Bill left Arkansas poor with only the cattle futures payoff windfall and have made themselves rich by selling access and living like kings by looting a charity they set up that mostly has only helped the Clintons. Trump has made himself rich too by dint of hard work and intellect and in the process, has employed thousands of people, making those who work for him more prosperous as well. Hillary will work for herself in office. Do you really want to stand with her or do you want to rise for Trump, who is already fighting for you?

Fighting Against Fact

Hillary Clinton is without a doubt the most tainted Presidential candidate since Nixon and among the handful of most corrupt ever. Donald Trump is not the doctrinaire conservative of my dreams, but at least a trail of slime does not follow him at every step.

Really Evil Crew

Hillary does not want to help you. Clintons help themselves. They help the cronies that help them. They are a self-perpetuating money machine that wants power so that they can charge more for access. It has been thus since Bill was renting out the Lincoln bedroom at the White House. Bill and Hillary have no scruples. Donald Trump will be taking a pay cut to save the country. Donald is not in it for personal enrichment but for you.

Not Necessarily Stupid

Many of Hillary's supporters think of themselves as being among the cognoscenti, and they may well be. Some of Clinton's supporters are professionally capable and talented. They also are willfully blind to Hillary's many faults. Her supporters engage in group-think- both in imagining virtues that Clinton does not possess and in vilifying Republicans. The GOP has to breathe the same air and drink the same water as everyone else and does not want to destroy the environment. Republicans have grandmothers too and do not want to push them off metaphoric cliffs. They only want to find better options for retirement needs than the insolvent Ponzi scheme Social Security has become. The mainstream press, the teachers unions and university-types, and Hollywood and Broadway are trying to shape everyone else's opinion and will vote for Hillary in droves because they are hidebound to tired progressive ideas that never have worked and never can work.

So Very Corrupt

The incestuous media's ardor is focused on Hillary. They love her and despise Trump. Their bias is palpable. Even supposedly fair FOX News has host Megyn Kelly with her ax to grind against Trump. I have never seen as much one-sided coverage as I have in this election. Hillary is not for you. Hillary is all about Hillary. If you want an advocate and a fighter for you, vote TRUMP!

Thoroughly Evil Person

Hillary Clinton is all about Hillary. She is not in it for you. Even her campaign slogan shows who Hillary puts first- "I'm with her"- not Hillary will stand with you but that you are expected to stand with her. Donald Trump loves the country so much that he will be taking an enormous pay cut to serve us as President. Hillary is a power-mad money grubber. She has sold public office for personal enrichment. Vote Trump!

So Much Fury

It is a shame that so many movement conservatives never showed as much opposition against Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton as they have against the Presidential nominee of their own party Donald Trump. I listened to Glenn Beck today and his guest John Ziegler (who I had never even heard of) and they portrayed Trump as only a little worse than Satan. Gosh, I wish they had the same intensity of hatred toward the Left.

This Party Stinks

Never have I seen so many spineless Republican politicians quit on their own nominee.

That Party Stinks

The Democrat Party is pushing for felons to have their voting rights restored and fighting tooth and nail against requiring voters to produce identification.This is because Democrats are the party that rigs elections.

Fair and Honest

Do you think the main stream press is fair and honest? Do you think Obama or Hillary are straight shooters? Do you think Hillary has the interests of working Americans at heart?

Lie and Cheat

The Clinton and more broadly Democrat playbook is to lie and cheat- just look at the Project Veritas videos that James O'Keefe is releasing.

Trump Dominated Debate

Donald Trump was substantive and factual and inspired confidence during last night's debate. Hillary seemed to be pulling figures (about the twenty trillion in debt and the millions of lost jobs Trump will supposedly cause) out of thin air. Hillary seemed phony and cloying. Trump looked Presidential.

Powers That Be

It is not simply the dinosaur media and the political and university elite that are pulling for Hillary, but the heads of Google and Facebook are in her corner as well. They are steering their massive companies to block Trump and prop up Clinton. Once again, I say the forces aligned against Trump are overwhelming.

The Saddest Time

I am devastated that I have missed so many milestones in my daughter's life.

The Happy Time

My engagement, marriage, and the birth of our daughter were the best time of my life. Whatever ultimately happens with my wife pushing a divorce, I really did always place her and the baby ahead of myself. I know how wonderful our lives would have been if we had stuck together as a united family.

Elephant in Room

The spotlight focus of the mainstream media is the so-called sex assaults by Donald Trump- not scandals of the Clintons dating back to their time in Arkansas- but allegations against Trump about events that may well never have happened. Hillary Clinton is the most corrupt person to have ever climbed this close to the Presidency. She has traded her office for personal enrichment and wants the highest office to continue the family business of selling access or selling political favor.

An Ongoing Conspiracy

It is amazing that suddenly a number of women emerge alleging sexual assault by Donald Trump with the media focus almost wholly on them, ignoring both the WikiLeaks release of damning information on Clinton and her confidantes and Bill's past documented history of unwanted advances toward women and quite possibly rape.

The Inside Pitches

The main stream media is backing Donald Trump off the plate. They are giving Hillary a different kind of pitch- inside information before the debates. The umpire works hand-in-hand with Clinton to defeat Trump.

Little to Lose

Why wouldn't propaganda organs like The New York Times and CNN collude with the Hillary campaign? Most of their readership and audience are dyed-in-the-wool Clinton supporters anyway. It is not like some huge mass of conservatives will go elsewhere for their news- they already did before WikiLeaks revealed how incestuous these two press organizations were with Hillary.

Some French Republicans

After the carnage of the First World War, the nation of France did not have much of a stomach for a fight against the Germans in World War II. It seems that many Republicans have no spine to engage in a fight against Hillary. Where is the courage GOP?

Beating Stacked Deck

Donald Trump is vying against the establishment. Donald is obviously battling the Democrats, but sadly, he is having to take on turncoats in his own party. Trump is fighting those bastions of political correctness that call themselves universities and he is taking on almost all of the press. All Mr. Trump has in his corner are the common folk I call "AMERICANS"!

Trump Won Debate

I watched the second Presidential debate. Hillary offers nothing new and lost even with the help of both moderators. Trump did not cower under the onslaught but told the nation the direction he will take us.

Real American Problems

We are facing crushing and hugely expanding national debt. We are facing a drug epidemic that kills more Americans everyday. We are facing a racial schism that is worse, not better, because of the Obama Presidency. I can not recall so many police being murdered than has occurred recently. We face Russia that threatens the world from Eastern Europe to Syria, an Iran that we recently paid off menacing the Middle East, dominating Lebanon through Hezbollah, fighting to control Yemen, now dominating the Iraq that we liberated, and propping up Assad in Syria so that he will likely never lose power. We have Red China becoming the Asian and Pacific hegemon and North Korea becoming more destabilizing than ever. We have a phony prosperity of the few bolstered by a political Federal Reserve and nearly ninety-five million able-bodied adult American out of the workforce. Hillary will only exacerbate the crisis we face.

A Crude Direction

Donald Trump said some odious things over a decade ago. Hillary Clinton intends to gut the Bill of Rights. Which candidate places the Republic in greater peril?

November to Remember

We will either save the Republic with Trump or lose our essential freedom with Hillary next month.

Has No Clue

Hillary can not solve America's problems. All she can do is perpetuate more of Obama's mistakes if she is elected. Hillary is also good at spouting class warfare rhetoric and rehashing Democrat campaign lies used since LBJ.

A Debate Rerun

Just as in the first Presidential debate, the moderator helped the Democrat. She consistently interrupted and cut off Pence while not doing the same to Kaine.

No Real Impact

I do not think Vice Presidential debates matter because people vote for the top of the ticket and not the second fiddle.

Stacking the Court

If Hillary wins, say "goodbye Bill of Rights". Democrat Presidents appoint rubber stamp judges to the Federal bench. At least Trump will seek judges who respect the US Constitution as it was written.

A Broken Microphone

Those manipulating the first debate were so determined to elect Hillary that they provided Trump with a defective microphone!

Masterful Spin Doctors

The media arm of Team Hillary which comprises virtually all of the main stream press would have us believe that Trump is a racist, jingoist, anti-woman monster. In point of fact, it is Hillary who has attacked women throughout her public life who were victims of her husband's sexual predation. Trump is no Hitler-risen (or rising), but Hillary is the most evil person ever to have made it this close to the Presidency.

Another Year Older

Loving my wife and child and never wanting to be excluded from their lives has made this year of divorce the single most difficult of my life. My wife was kind enough to tell me she was indeed filing on my birthday last year. I will always have that happy memory.

One Veto Override

Obama's lapdog Congress has finally, for the very first time, overridden a Presidential veto. It only took almost eight years and the concerted efforts of the families of the victims of September 11, 2001 to do it.

Lion and Lamb

After a long life serving the State of Israel, Shimon Peres has died. Peres was always for peace but recognized the need to defend the Jewish people. Peres was no "happy warrior", but a warrior for the cause of humanity that stressed that Jews would never again tolerate attempts at genocide against them.

A Stacked Deck

Donald Trump had to debate Clinton and the moderator Lester Holt last night. In spite of that rigged game, I thought Trump held his own.

The Biggest Game

Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton is the most significant event in quite awhile. This debate is being played for the highest stakes.

Game of Weak

How many super-rich, ultra-privileged athletes will make a spectacle of themselves during the Sunday pro football games? Do they not know how lucky they are to be in America where they are taking in millions of dollars for playing a child's game?

Game of Week

The Tennessee Volunteers need to beat the Florida Gators for the first time in over a decade to be credible contenders in the Southeastern Conference. If UT manages to beat Florida, it guarantees nothing but would preserve the chance to compete for the title as the season progresses.

Come to Botswana

If you do not catch HIV, the malaria will take you down.

Come to China

Where else but Red China can you visit a factory where the employees could never afford the phones they are making?

Come to Syria

Where else in the world can you go where you can not even guess whether it is rebels, Russians, Islamists, or the Assad regime blowing you up?

Come to Florida

Where else in the Continental United States can you be bit by an alligator or a shark and contract Zika?

Sort of Revelation

We hosted some young relatives on Sunday and were amazed to find out that a nine year old cousin had never seen a camera. She only had knowledge of people taking pictures with their phones. She studied our cheap little portable camera like a sacred relic.

Trust a Journalist?

If most of today's journalists tell you it is sunny, grab your umbrella.

Needs No Explaining

Trump's Hillary gun comments were about Clinton's hypocrisy in wanting to strip law-abiding citizens of gun rights.

Hope for Dopes

Hillary is selling the same old socialism that has never worked anywhere and will never improve the economy in America.

Just Another Lie

Lo and behold, the government is suddenly reporting meteoric growth in the economy. After eight years, Obama (and by extension, Hillary) policies are starting to kick in. What do you bet that just after the election, these figures are revised downward?

A Physical Marvel

Donald Trump looks and acts like a robust fifty year old.

More than Pneumonia

Hillary may well have pneumonia, but she also seems to have something chronic well beyond that.

The Wobbly Candidate

Hillary is unfit to be President, not merely because she literally does not seem to be able to stand up, but because she stands for the most Leftist agenda of anyone ever to be nominated by a major US political party. Hillary never wobbles on the radicalism to which she is absolutely committed.

A Somber Anniversary

Fifteen years ago, an unparalleled act of evil stole three thousand innocent lives. We must never forget!

Sadness on Saturday

Leaving baby girl hurts.

More Disgusting Display

Several of the multimillionaire black football players have joined the San Francisco backup quarterback in protesting the nation that enabled them to become rich because they were slightly faster than their college teammates. Is this not a wonderful country?

He Wows Them

I have never seen a more captivating persona than Donald Trump seek public office. He is a dynamo!

Trump Will Stand

Donald Trump would never permit the US to be rolled in a negotiation. Obama and Hillary have been abused in almost every international agreement they signed for America.

Obama Walked Over

Putin. the Red Chinese, and even the President of the Philippines have all just stomped on the US Presidency. The Russians will continue to do as they please in Syria, as by the way, will Erdogan and Assad. The Communist Chinese will be glad to have America comply to the letter with the climate change agreement. The Chinese will not abide by it except where they see a win for themselves. The Philippine leader just cursed Obama quite literally, which I really do not object to, except that Obama represents more than a man, he is the living embodiment of our nation. No nation seems to like, fear, or respect Obama.

Labor Day Tragedy

America hardly manufactures anything anymore. In fact, a story Drudge spotlighted revealed more than twenty-two million people now work for government at all levels in America, while ten million less work in manufacturing. The once great storehouse of democracy that created enough munitions and materiel to win World War II for the Allies, now makes less goods by far than Red China. Not only are millions on the dole, government has over-regulated and crowded out private sector productivity and that is a shame.

Trickle Down Works

Rich people tend to do most of the hiring because the poor generally can not afford to employ people. When private sector jobs are created, everyone wins.

A Lousy Notion

Those who seek to redistribute the wealth never succeed in expanding prosperity; however, they are great at spreading misery.

A Furry Friday

There is nothing quite like having a fifty pound dog with flatulence jump into bed with you.

The Last Moment

Sometimes, a situation that seems hopeless can be redeemed, even at the last second.

Thoroughly Unlikable Person

Hillary does not elicit warm feelings. She has the personality of an onion.

Wednesday Nothing Changes

The establishment triumphed in the Tuesday primaries, which is bad for human freedom.

Sort of Phony

An American football player has snubbed our national anthem by refusing to stand as a protest. While he is within his rights in this action, he deserves scorn. This man has made millions of dollars by playing a child's game. He should be thankful that he is here.

The Week Ahead

Terrorist attacks and natural disaster may well occur in the coming week.

Turkey Strikes Kurds

Using a pretext of attacking ISIS,Erdogan has sent Turkish forces to slaughter the Kurds who have been one of the very few US allies in the Middle East. The Kurds were actually the most effective force turning back the Islamic State.

A Closer Race

I do not think there will be a landslide in the Presidential election.

Real Challenges Ahead

Do you think an essentially open border makes us safer? Will more or less drugs come in if someone actually builds a border wall? Will increasing the number of refugees coming in make it more or less likely that ISIS can infiltrate the US?

A Cunning Pair

No one should think Bill and Hillary are not the ultimate Machiavellians.

Least Ethical Pair

Richard Nixon may not have been a paragon of virtue, but no allegations that I am aware of ever sullied his wife Pat. I have never seen symbiotic parasites in high office like Bill and Hill. Hillary is not just an enabler, but someone who has taken unethical behavior for self-advancement to new heights.

Most Venal Couple

Hillary and Bill sold access to the Lincoln bedroom when Clinton was President. They want Hillary elected so they can raise the rent. Honest Abe must be turning in his grave.

Media Micro Focus

Every move Trump makes is scrutinized and almost universally criticized by the main stream media. Real Clinton scandals are ignored while Trump is pilloried for nothing.

Running a Marathon

The race for the US Presidency is not a sprint but a marathon.

Truth Not Objective

Four Americans were not murdered in Libya because of a film. No one sends over thirty thousand emails about a wedding, a funeral, and yoga workout routines. Let us see just one video of Hillary doing yoga and I will eat my shirt. Hillary is an outright liar.

Bunch of Liars

The Obama-Clinton cabal are not truthful. They lied about lower medical insurance premiums and keeping your doctor. They lied to secure the Iran deal that will ultimately allow the mad mullahs to have nuclear weapons. They lied about Hillary's email. They lied about the ransom they paid for US hostages. They lied about a movie causing Benghazi. They will continue to lie to perpetuate their power.

Not Over Yet

Let us see how Trump performs in the debates before writing him off.

Some Blown Chances

Donald Trump has not been the perfect candidate, but he is still much better than Hillary.

No Sportsmanship Award

Brazilians apparently boo those competing against Brazilians. An Egyptian would not shake hands with an Israeli.

World's Fastest Man

Bolt is certainly fast, but I doubt he can outrun a greyhound.

Who Beats Chest

Donald Trump is an alpha male. Trump is the first silverback to seek the Presidency since Reagan.

Who Cheats Best

I am not sad to see the performance-enhanced Alex Rodriguez strike out into the sunset.

An Addictive Drug

Government handouts are as addictive as the worst drug. Anytime you teach someone that they are entitled to something for nothing, you destroy their motivation for self-improvement and work.

Growing the Dole

The Democrat Party wants to hook people on government giveaways, and have those dependent people vote Dem for life.

No Perfect Candidate

Hillary and Donald are both flawed. The difference is with Donald, the media never let you forget it.

National Security Failures

Fifty so=called "Republican national security experts" have declared Trump too dangerous to be President. These are the same experts who encouraged George W Bush to conflate Iraq with al-Qaeda as justification for overthrowing Saddam Hussein, which ultimately led to the birth of the Islamic State terror group, which is now ravaging the world.

Not Over Yet

The main stream media shills are calling the race for Hillary because they so fervently want her to win. Not a single vote for President has been cast in the General Election.

The Highest Stakes

The transformation of America will be completed if Hillary wins. She is Obama in a pantsuit. She will attack the Constitution and diminish human freedom. She will appoint Supreme Court justices who overturn the Second Amendment.

An Olympic Snooze

The opening ceremony was a real bore.

The Clinton Gang

Hillary and Bill merely masquerade a politicians. They are, in fact, nothing more than criminals.

Bow to Iran

If you want to continue to pay off the mad mullahs, if you want to see more US sailors kowtowing and humiliated and more American hostages taken, and if you want to see Iran blackmailing the world with nukes, vote for Hillary Clinton. If you do not want Iran to enjoy regional (if not global) hegemony, vote Trump.

Vote Fraud Party

Why are Democrats adamantly against voter ID laws? Those laws, if enforced, would keep voting honest, and Democrats, with dead voters and multiple vote-casters, would never abide that.

Winners Never Apologize

Trump should never apologize!

Waste Your Vote

Third parties may receive the most votes ever in a modern US election, but that will not be enough to put any of their candidates in the White House.

Affordable Care, Really?

Before Obamacare, I had no deductible and $30 office visit co-pays. I now have a $6500 deductible. I can no longer afford to be sick.

Forgot to Vote

Remember, today is the last chance to vote early in the Nashville elections.

An Insane Vision

Open-border Hillary wants to welcome in Muslim "refugees" in the hundreds of thousands. Can anyone tell me how this makes America more safe?

Trump Towers Over

In one press conference, Donald Trump sapped the limelight from the Democrat Convention.

Do You Care?

I do not give a darn who drug-addled singers and egocentric actors are going to vote for, and those performers who are particularly obnoxious in voicing their political opinions find a lot of folks boycott their work.

Heads or Heads

Those in the jihadi community showed their version of interfaith outreach by decapitating a priest today in France.

The German Conundrum

Could jihad have anything to do with four fatal attacks in Germany in one week?

Dirty Lying Cheaters

When Bernie Sanders' supporters claimed the fix was in to hand Hillary the nomination, the mainstream media scoffed. Wikileaks has now revealed the deck was indeed stacked against Sanders!

A Vanilla Candidate

Hillary Clinton selected a white male moderate as her Vice President choice, which I doubt excites the base of the Democrat Party.

Trump, Not Hillary

Donald Trump is no Reagan. He is also no Mussolini (or Hitler, Stalin, or Mao). Blessedly, Trump is also no Clinton, which is enough to gain my vote.

The Trump Juggernaut

I hope Trump rolls over the Hillary campaign like Sherman marching through Georgia.

The Convention Controversy

Do you really think Mrs. Trump would deliberately crib Mrs. Obama's speech from 2008? I doubt a hundred people in the world even remembered the First Lady's convention speech from way back then. I watched back in 2008 but had zero recollection of the exact words. Maybe what these two tall ladies uttered is pretty much a universal sentiment among wives of powerful men.

Some Unconventional Thinking

Some of last night's GOP convention reminded me more of a Broadway show or at least a Vegas production than a political event.

A Violent Transition

Whoever replaces Obama, Hillary or Donald, expect more violence, The difference is Clinton will feed the anarchy and Trump will end it.

Anarchy in Louisiana

Baton Rouge just sustained a multiple murder of police. When will this end?

Insanity in Turkey

More bloodshed has just occurred, this time in Turkey. To borrow from the ever eloquent Rodney King, "Can't we all just get along?"

Stop the Attacks

There have to be layers of barriers, secured by armed guards, in this day and age to block car and truck traffic where large numbers of people are gathering. Obviously, the Nice murderer was a religious fanatic, but practical solutions have to be initiated to physically block copycat attackers anywhere in the world hundreds or thousands are gathering for some event. Would you accept free tickets to the Brazil Olympics now? I would not.

Trump Vice President

Would it not be great if Ted Cruz or Mike Lee agreed to serve as Vice President for Donald Trump?

Goodbye David Cameron

Great Britain will have a new Prime Minister by the end of the day. The progressive liberal Cameron who shows how far leftward the Conservatives have slipped since Thatcher will be replaced by a female who is just as liberal.

What a Relief

Fifty million Americans on the dole will be voting Democrat. They love that gravy train at your expense.

The Boat Rocker

Does anyone think the world is safer and more stable under Barack Obama?

Disintegrating the Nation

Our "post-racial President" is the most racial President in my memory. Obama has not worked to unite us but to divide us and keep us at each others' throats. From Cambridge police "acted stupidly" at the start of his administration to the massacre of Dallas police that just happened, Obama has sought to turn the black community against law enforcement that is charged with trying to protect them. Obama has undermined confidence that police are there to serve black citizens. Hillary Clinton is continuing Obama's divisive triangulation, and in so doing, is hoping to mobilize blacks stirred into anger to vote for her.

An Unfair Equation

I was an avid supporter of Ted Cruz. I will vote for Donald Trump. I am watching the propagandists in the main stream media do all they can to smear Mr. Trump. At the same time, the liars in the press are doing all they can to cover for the many faults of Hillary Clinton. Hillary is the darling of the media and Trump is the devil. The slime merchants in the press are calling Trump an anti-Semite. Trump has a Jewish son-in-law, and his daughter converted to Judaism to marry him. Do you really think Trump hates Jews as the liars in the press pretend? Hillary Clinton is an incompetent who has never accomplished anything except on her husband's coattails, who unlike Bill, is personally unappealing, and who lies constantly but not as seamlessly as her husband did. Hillary is the least qualified and most compromised candidate to ever make it this close to the Presidency.

Terror Strikes Texas

The massacre of those trying to keep order can rightly be characterized as terrorism. The murderers have not been publicly identified, but speculation exists that they may be part of the New Black Panther Party and/or Nation of Islam adherents. We will know more when authorities release details of the suspected killers.

The Terrible Typhoon

Taiwan is about to be struck with a massive and powerful typhoon. Nepartak is a killer storm. Pray for those in its path.

The Clinton Whitewash

I have read on several websites that Hillary was "cleared". Those sycophants who revere Hillary believe she has done and can do no wrong. If a film existed of Hillary sacrificing babies, there are some so brainwashed they would still support her.

The Monsoon Season

Areas near me in Middle Tennessee had five inches of rain in less than one hour!

Happy Independence Day

Fly the Stars and Stripes and celebrate freedom.

Not an Ideologue

Donald Trump is not the conservative firebrand of my dreams. Trump is a pragmatist who loves America. If elected, Trump will do what works best for the most Americans.

An Active Conspiracy

There never has been "a vast right wing conspiracy" to frame the Clintons. There has been and is a massive left wing conspiracy to cover for Hillary and Bill.

Some Dirty Dealing

The disbarred Bill Clinton had what was intended to be a secret meeting with US Attorney General Lynch on an airplane at the Phoenix airport that was exposed by local Arizona reporters. This rendezvous should never have happened as Lynch is investigating Hillary Clinton.

Ruling Out Boris

Somewhat stunningly, Boris Johnson, who led the Brexit, will not seek to become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. I thought Boris was ideally suited to lead Britain, but he does not want the job.

World Not Ending

The Brexit cost a lot of people a great deal of money as markets crashed, but the markets already seem to be recovering. Perhaps more important than portfolio values, human freedom is advanced by the dissolution of the European Union.

A Disqualifying Platform

The Democrat Party wants to prosecute "climate change deniers", is demanding taxpayers pay for abortions by calling for the repeal of the Hyde Amendment, and is abandoning Israel by insisting on a "balanced approach" between Israel and the so-called Palestinians in their party platform. These are three more reasons to vote GOP.

In Uncharted Waters

The disintegration of the European Union will advance human freedom but is causing a precipitous decline in US stock markets. In my view, US markets should be a bedrock of stability in a shaky world.

The Straw Candidate

Hillary's campaign personnel know she has nothing positive to offer the nation and an indefensible record, so all they can do is lie and deflect.

Fire and Flood

Are we witnessing the Tribulation? Wildfire sweeps part of California killing at least two so far. In the East, a hundred year flood devastates West Virginia leaving at least twenty-three dead. There are warnings the New Madrid Fault is due for a massive quake mid-continent.

Real New World

The one-worlders have suffered a massive setback. With the Brexit, the globalists have lost to those who want national sovereignty. We have a bright new day today for human freedom.

A New Europe

If Britain exits the EU, the UK will thrive and Europe will survive.

Stay or Go

Britain was great as a sovereign Kingdom. The UK is now a mere appendage of Europe. What Germans could never do through force, they have done through dirty politics. They have subjugated the English to the will of the Continent.

The Hideous Hillary

The Eva Braun of US politics

Lie About Everything

The Democrat Party is pushing to end the so-called "gun show loophole". There is no gun show loophole for firearm dealers. They already have to comply with the background check, whether they are at a storefront or at a gun show. What the Democrats are actually trying to ban is the private transfer of guns without background checks, meaning that if I have one hunting rifle and want to sell it, I have to jump through the hoop of performing a background check on the buyer. It even means if a Dad wants to give his son a .22 or a .410 gauge shotgun, he ludicrously has to perform a background check on his own child.

On Father's Day

Baby girl- I am not the one breaking our family apart. When you are old enough, I pray you understand that you were conceived in love. Your Mom literally has shut me out of your life when she changed the locks on our condo last August. I did all I could to keep our family together. I love you always, precious daughter.

Without My Daughter

Baby girl- please know I always wanted to be with you.

Missing My Daughter

Gator Free Zone

Disney, in fact any attraction or populated area where alligators might be present, should aggressively patrol and move the reptiles or destroy them. That toddler would not have died if Florida and Disney had proactively removed gators.

Belts and Wallets

Florida should put a bounty on gators in populated areas.

Maybe Other Motives

The mass murderer may not have been the typical jihadi. Reports are emerging now that the terrorist may have been a homosexual himself.

Not the Gun

My Dad had a Colt revolver. That six-shooter never crawled out of its drawer and loaded itself. That .38 never went to rob a store. It never aimed itself at a human being. In fact, that old Colt never harmed anybody. Banning that hog leg or its newer iterations will not protect innocent life. If more law-abiding citizens had ready access tp guns, there would be less crime.

The Florida Massacre

Guns did not commit the Orlando gay club slaughter. A fanatic, perhaps deranged, Muslim did. I know plenty of people with AR-15 style weapons who have never shot anyone, nor will they, unless they or those they love are threatened with violence. Guns really do not kill people. Evil (or crazy) people commit mass murder.

Hotter than Hades

Nashville will be pushing one hundred degrees!

The Real Donald

Trump may be a chameleon, but he loves America.

Haughty and Dictatorial

Both of the Presidential candidates in the 2016 election

Third Party Run

Does anyone else think Bernie should make an independent (or socialist) run against Hillary and Donald?

Clinches or Steals

Do you think Hillary and the DNC were fair and above board in beating Bernie?

Battling Tropical Storm

Long Road Home

Tennessee Beckons Me

Heading North Soon

A Brief Visit

Rain Every Day

So why do they call it the "Sunshine State"?

Not with Morrie

Another Rainy Trip

It seems I brought a couple of inches of rain with me to sunny Orlando.

The Trump Card

Donald Trump has the incalculable advantage of not being Hillary Clinton.

The Sunny South

A Driving Rain

And a broken umbrella!

Not Credible Person

Would you buy a used car from Hillary Clinton? I would not either- so why would you vote for her for President?

Trump's Nomination Secure

Winning on Wednesday

Donald Trump certainly seems to have the momentum in the Presidential race. Hillary can not even seem to put Bernie away.

Not Just Speculation

Logic informed most that the probable cause of the jet crash was terrorism. I have to hand it to Trump that he did not engage in politically-correct equivocation, but right away definitively declared that terror was the likely cause.

I Loved Her

The Write Time

Since 2008, just before the US Presidential election, I have been working on this blog. My heart has not been in it much since August 15, when my wife locked me out of our condo. I have only seen our baby daughter six times for a total of around ten hours since then. Please bear with me if my output lags because my mind is somewhere else.

Our Gun Rights

While Trump is not ideal on the Second Amendment, he is surely better than Hillary.

A Free Trip

Would you accept a free trip to Egypt right now? I love the Egyptian culture and history, but visiting a pyramid or seeing the sphinx is not worth my life. I know ninety-plus percent of Egyptians welcome and would try to protect foreign tourists, but the small percentage of jihadi radicals who welcome death would dissuade me from visiting now. Maybe, the good and decent Egyptians can vanquish the murderous evil ones, but they certainly have not been able to subdue them yet.

Another Terror Outrage

A commercial passenger jet that was bound for Egypt from Paris was brought down by what was almost certainly not an accident but an intentional act. This could have been an act of murder by a suicidal pilot as we have seen at least twice in the past. It could have been a successful invasion of the cockpit by jihadists. In any event, it is a terrible tragedy that will disuade many from visiting Egypt and some from even flying.

The Frontline Whitewash

The leftist propagandists that run PBS Frontline just did a feature on the rise of the Islamic State. Since the producers are ardent Leftists, they carefully left out any mention of Hillary Clinton in the whole program. They mentioned her one-time boss Obama a bit, but mostly placed the blame for the rise of the Islamic State on Dick Cheney and Scooter Libby. In the interest of fairness, Libya, where Hillary and Team Obama orchestrated the overthrow of Qaddafi and allowed (caused) the rise of a failed state, should have been mentioned because it is an Islamic State stronghold just as much as parts of Syria and Iraq. Of course, Libya was ignored in the Frontline production because mention of it would have looked bad for the former Secretary of State who is seeking the Presidency.

What a Fool

I actually wasted much of my life concerned for the welfare of others!

Know Your Strengths

I used to be a positive, optimistic person, and believed tomorrow could always be a better day//But then cold stark reality drifted in to overwhelm that illusion// I may have once thought myself smarter than some, but that was only arrogance- my best trait, then and now

No- Your Limits

This "age of innocence" that never was, that never will be// Because it is against our nature; there are no "better angels"// Only us with our few virtues and many vices. Own your shortcomings for surely they own you as mine own me// No your limits aren't mine- I never made it that far

A Sunny Sunday

Same Ole Saturday

Fear on Friday

I have no one to back in the Presidential election.

Real and Fake

Hillary is a real shrew whose speeches always remind me of fingernails raking a chalkboard. Trump is a chameleon who flipflops like an aluminum can on a freeway.

Venerating the Wicked

Trump and Clinton are two sides of the same coin.

A Stormy Day

Moving on Monday

Happy Mother's Day

Sadness on Saturday

I hope to attend Cathy Fleming's memorial shortly. She lived more in forty-eight years than many people could shoehorn into ten lifetimes.

Free for Friday

Welfare free all week

Not Voting For

I may cast a vote for Trump, but only reluctantly, as a vote against Hillary.

Pity the Voters

We have a Hobson's choice between Clinton and Trump. Which corrupt progressive do you want?

The Wrong Choice

Donald Trump is a populist demagogue. He is also an egomaniac and an unbelievably crass conspiracy theorist.

Goodbye Aunt Pauline

We are burying my extraordinary great-aunt today in Nashville. Pauline Cohen Nussbaum had her own radio show as a singer when she was only twelve years old. She was the first woman from the South to join the Marine Corps in World War II. She was chased off islands by the Japanese and she served both Admiral Spruance and Admiral Nimitz. Her oldest sister Bertie was the secretary to Secretary of the Navy and former Chicago newspaper man Frank Knox (and after the war, worked for Edward R. Morrow). These wonderful woman packed a lot into their ninety plus years.

Lost a Friend

My friend and high school classmate Catherine Fleming has died at a far too young forty-eight. She leaves behind two remarkably smart, talented, and beautiful daughters, and millions of wonderful memories from those who knew her. She was a meteor blazing across the sky, whose light shone brightly but went out far too fast.

Swinging on Sunday

My baby daughter played in a swing for the first time today!

A Sullen Saturday

An Absolute Phony

Donald Trump will not build a wall and make Mexico pay for it. Donald will not bring manufacturing jobs back from abroad. If Trump imposes "uge" tariffs on China, he will drive the price of consumer goods up in the US so much that only the rich will be able to afford a decent lifestyle. Trump tariffs will start a world-wide depression and probably a shooting war with Red China. If Trump wins, average Americans will lose.

Magnificent Campaign Moment

When Bush the Elder checked his watch during the debate- I guess he had something better to do than retain the US Presidency!

Best Campaign Slogan

"Two chickens in every pot"- unless you happen to be a chicken.

Best Candidate Ever

George Washington- but he is term-limited.

Not a Conservative

Trump is not a conservative. A conservative would not support the transgenders on the toilet issue.

Always My Daughter

Separating a Family

Better Than Hillary

Of course, Trump is still better than Hillary!

The Real Trump

Donald Trump is no conservative. He is a populist demagogue who sometimes does not think before he speaks.

Save My Marriage

A Broken Window

In Dante's Inferno

Mandate for Monday

Always on Sunday

Breaking the Bonds

Bring Liberty Back

Less the Better

A Driving Desire

The problem with self-driving vehicles is that they will at some point in the not-too-distant future be the only vehicles on the road, except perhaps for government (including law enforcement) vehicles. As a mechanism of control, our government masters will not permit us to drive anymore. They will use the rationale (subterfuge) of safety and will be aided by insurance companies, who will contend that human drivers are just too unpredictable and the cause of most (all) wrecks with self-driving cars and trucks as the new automated technology becomes more prevalent.

The Godless Americans

Why are American believers allowing God to be pushed from the public square?

The Odd Americans

I notice many folks want to make an exhibition of themselves. If you are going to "adorn" yourself with lots of tattoos and exotic piercings, please do not complain if people look.

The Old Americans

It did not matter where they came from, only that they were now in the Land of the Free. They gave up being Italian-Americans or German-Americans or whatever their old allegiances sprung from to be real "Americans". They were ready to defend their new found sacred liberty to the death. They do not make this kind of citizen very often anymore. We still have plenty of Americans ready to fight but mostly only on a video screen.

The New American

The new American does not speak English and has little desire to learn our common tongue. The new American is as likely to attend a mosque as a church. The new American begins collecting his "benefits" before he ever pays a cent into the system. The new American will be welcomed with voting rights as quickly as possible. The new American's vote will be worth as much as yours even though you lost relatives at Bunker Hill and Gettysburg and bled for "your country" in Vietnam. The new American will be a lifelong Democrat. Welcome to the new American.

No More Concessions

Cross to Bear

Eyes Have It

A Confused Day

At a Loss

I loved my wife with all my heart and soul. Apparently, that was not reciprocated.

All Their Support

In My Corner

The Perfect Marriage

Today's title is my April Fool's contribution, as my wife is ending our consecrated union.

A Stormy Day

Nashville may have floods and tornadoes today. Lord protect us all.

Another Bloody Day

Will a single day ever pass again where no innocent people are murdered by terrorists?

Less the Merrier

(With a title my mother suggested)- Have you noticed most Sunni Muslims in Sunni-dominated countries do not seem heartbroken when their non-Sunni neighbors are slaughtered? The weekend massacre of Christians in Pakistan is a good example.

More Family Time

The "In" Box

I may be a member of the out crowd, but my inbox is quite full.

A Sedate Saturday

I spent Saturday visiting with out-of-town cousins that I do not see often enough.

A Frightening Friday

Four hundred or more suicide jihadists are loose in Europe. In Brussels and Paris, a handful of terrorists wreaked havoc. Thousands of innocent lives are at stake. Let us pray these mad dogs are quickly ferreted out and neutralized.

Assessing the Candidates

We have a self-aggrandizing buffoon and a lying shrew leading their respective parties. We have a religious fanatic and an authentic Marxist in second place in their respective parties. We have a delusional Ohio governor with no core principles and no path to victory still hanging around. I am for the fundamentalist Christian because he is principled, loyal to the Constitution, and smarter than the rest. Vote Ted Cruz.

Actively Resisting Terror

How many Muslims are actually standing up against the forces of violent Islamism?

Attack on Europe?

The mass murder by jihad took place in Belgium, but the target was much broader than Belgium or even Europe. Anyone who disagrees with expansive Islamism that wants to take the world back to the seventh century was attacked. Essentially, our civilization was bombed today by atavistic fanatics.

Paradise or Prison

Cuba is a gulag with plenty of sunshine.

Spooked on Sunday

A US Marine was killed yesterday in Iraq. Four tourists including two Americans were murdered in Turkey by a suicide bomber. The carnage continued in Syria as well. If this is what victory looks like in the war on terror, I would hate to see defeat.

Real Radical Scum

I read that "protesters" threw rocks at those attending a Trump rally in Utah. I voted for and support Ted Cruz but seeing this lawlessness helps me decide that I will gladly pull the lever for Trump over Hillary in the November election.

Flexible on Friday

A Harmless Incantation

Curry Is Weak

The chemo hit our wonderful little female Keeshond hard. Please keep her in your prayers.

Just Stop Resisting

Anyone Know Anything?

Thirty Hard Pieces

Judas and Janus

Free on Friday

The New Boss

Trust but Verify

Our Daughter's Sake

Pray for Curry

Our female Keeshond is going to the cancer specialist for consultation after her breast cancer diagnosis. Please keep her in your prayers.

Above a Cactus

But a Trampoline

No Rip Cord

And a Parachute

A Life Vest

The Sinking Ship

Still Holding Hope

Reason for Hope

Polly and Izzy

Seymour and Sherry

Jenny and Jake

A Wednesday Wedge

Time to Forgive

Change for Time

The Last Straw

A Final Attempt

Poor Little Baby

Save the Marriage

Please pray that my wife relents in her pursuit of a divorce, especially since we have a baby just over a year old who deserves a unified family.

Wondering on Wednesday

Tuesday on Target

A Captivating Showman

I will not sell Donald Trump short. He knows how to fire up a crowd, but then again, so did Benito Mussolini and Hitler.

A Sullen Sunday

A Stalwart Passes

Associate United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died. Scalia was the foremost defender of the US Constitution. His loss leaves an almost unfillable chasm on our nation's highest court.

Shocked on Saturday

Freed Up Friday

Thrashing Out Thursday

A Wacky Wednesday

An Aptitude Test

I took an aptitude test back in high school in the early 1980s. I am still waiting for the result.

Will Manning Retire?

He holds virtually every quarterback record. Why not go out on top?

Another Denver Championship

The Denver Bronco defense is a thing to marvel at- the most dominant defense since the 1985 Bears.

Nothing but Curses

A Lying Woman

The Ultimate Betrayal

Cuddle Up Judas

Today to Doctor

An Authentic Voice

Whatever else you think about Bernie Sanders, he calls it like he sees it. Nobody will ever accuse Hillary of that.

A Morose Monday

Soul Crushing Sunday

Saturday Slipping Away

Media Deliberately Lies

When the authorities gun down a citizen who has not shot at them, it is not a "shootout". It is a "shooting".

Traveling on Thursday

A Wretched Wednesday

A Joyless Tuesday

Tuesday bleak// Outlook black

Shining White City

Don't think of it as being trapped by snow and ice. Enjoy the rare beauty instead.

Just Thawing Out

I am a drowning man trying to keep my head above water// Missing my wife and our wonderful daughter

Real Snow Here

Real Snow Coming

A Little Ice

Nashville was paralyzed by an eighth of an inch of ice.

Snow Is Coming

Even though only an inch of the white stuff is expected, I imagine bread and milk will be plenty scarce at stores in my hometown of Nashville, Tennessee.

The Coldest Day

Nashville is suffering through the coldest day of winter- until tomorrow!

Worse President Ever

Obama is succeeding in transforming America and destabilizing the world. Obama is making common cause with the mad mullahs of Tehran and isolating the Jewish State. The US economy is not robust and booming as Obama claims, but on the verge of collapse. Whoever the next President will be, the new administration will be left to pick up the pieces of a nation in shambles.

One Cent Tribute

I am glad Iran is releasing American "prisoners" (read as "hostages"). These hostages have been held as pawns while Iran plays chess and American diplomats and their bosses, Kerry and ultimately Obama, play with Nerf balls, as the complexity of chess eludes them. America and the West are buying their freedom with an end to sanctions and one hundred to one hundred fifty billion dollars being allowed back into the mullahs' coffers. Times certainly have changed since the Tripolitanian War.

Reeks of Desperation

Rubio's attack on Ted Cruz are the actions of a desperate man.

Bowing to Iran

Blowing Own Horn

Barack Hussein Obama took credit for successes that happened in spite of him, described the world and domestic situation much better than it actually is, and attacked Republicans last night. So what else is new?

America's Favorite Sport

Certainly not cricket

Two Cent Heads

Some football players have million dollar bodies but two cent heads.

Apologists for Terror

The Philadelphia jihadist who wounded the cop apparently said that he conducted the attack in the name of Islam and allegedly claimed that he had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. When he attempted the assassination, he was wearing Islamic garb and reportedly shouting "allahu akbar". Yet some who refuse to see facts have claimed the attack has nothing to do with Islam. These people are willfully blind. They do not want to see the forest for the trees and will never admit that there is a violent component in Islam.

Paying Too Much

A little mirth would be nice.

The Big Lie

Almost everything Barack Hussein Obama says is a lie.

A Bad Idea

Obviously, chaos in Red China's stock market has roiled the US economy, but does anyone now think the Fed raising US interest rates was a good idea?

Public Broadcasting Propaganda

The useless idiots producing public television's Frontline just portrayed the leader of America's best Middle East ally Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu as nefarious, paranoid, and "irrational". Those who made this program must love to appease the mad mullahs that run Iran and the cadre of thugs who keep them in power. Bibi Netanyahu has been the voice in the wilderness telling the West the truth of the danger the 12th Imam end-time fanatics that rule in Tehran pose to the world. The Sunni nations around Iran recognize this danger, but American and European leaders think Iran can be appeased into docility. Netanyahu and the Sunni rulers are right. Iran is a menace that grows more threatening every day as it races closer to owning a nuclear arsenal.

Path to Confiscation

Barack Hussein Obama's "common sense gun safety" measures are the lever to pry open the door to the confiscation of your guns. If you have universal background checks on gun transfers, then it is only a short step to the government coming to take those guns. The so-called authorities will know where all the "legal" firearms are and will come and take them when their masters order it.

Miserably Cold Monday

Jeb a Moron

I watched Jeb Bush on Fox News Sunday. He gets the same deer-in-the-headlights look his brother sometimes displayed when faced with a challenging question. If Chris Wallace startles big empty-headed Jeb, Hillary will make him wet his pants and Putin will do worse. Trump calls Bush "low energy" which he may well be, but it seems to me that Jeb is also low intellect. I could never see myself voting for Jeb Bush in the Republican primary. If heaven forbid the Presidential election ends up being between Jeb and Hillary, I will stay home on election day.

A Somber Saturday

New Year Prayer

I pray things will only get better in 2016.