Never More Apparent

The United States is controlled not by DemocRATS or Republicans but by insiders. That is why Trump had to be undermined and removed. Trump is an outsider. He would not play the game of the elite enriching themselves and elevating their power at the expense of the rest of us. Biden is crippling the country and destroying the middle class, but he is on the team, so no matter how bad the nation is deteriorating, the controlling interests will support each other. Corrupt old Joe is one of them, but Trump is one of us. 

The Simple Argument

I have read that some Palestinians and their supporters say the so-called occupation must end because the Jews can't keep "stolen land". I would agree that the land was indeed "stolen". It was stolen from the Jewish people. 

Forget to Remember

There are some great sales today as part of Memorial Day promotions, but this holiday is not about that. It is about the folks that died defending or nation. My family does not usually spend much time shopping on Memorial Day because we are busy remembering our cousin Ralph Shepard killed in World War II and my uncle Nathan "Ned" Hatkoff whose B-24 was lost coming back to England following a bombing raid. There is nothing wrong with saving a dollar but please don't forget what today is meant to be about. 

Spice of Life

When I was young, I loved steak and potato, particularly tots or crowns. I despised broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and snap peas (except sugar snap peas which I enjoyed). In middle age, I find I do not mind eating foods that I used to deplore. I also think I tolerate spicy foods better now that so many taste buds have died off with the passage of time. At least at this point in my later life, I can tolerate a variety of flavors that years back I would not eat. You have a chance to expand your horizons even as the hands of time grasp your windpipe. 

Great Vacation Moment

With the United States about to reach the debt ceiling and potentially default, and with Republicans available in Washington to continue the talks, was this the right time for fading old Joe to take a few more days off? If America does not pay our obligations for the first time, the breakdown must be laid squarely at the feet of Biden and his refuse to compromise radicals. 

The Debt Deal

The United States is hemorrhaging away prosperity and destroying the middle class. The Republicans, who need a trauma team to save the nation. are attempting to apply a BAND-Aid, but Biden pushes even that away. The uncontrolled spending the Federal government is doing is unsustainable. A country can't survive with a debt service obligation higher than the amount of taxes and tariffs that nation can generate. That is where the US is heading. Holding the line on the debt ceiling is the only way to save America. 

A Bumpy Beginning

The roll out of the DeSantis campaign did not go smoothly. Maybe some of the folks who do not like the Florida Governor and Elon Musk threw a metaphoric spanner in the works, but remember that it is not how you start that matters but how you finish. 

Win Either Way

Whether Trump or the Florida Governor is the GOP nominee, in a fair election, the Republican will defeat Biden. Old Joe can no longer even communicate a thought, and the policies of the cabal behind him are widely seen as harming the country. The only way Republicans are defeated this time is cheating, which could indeed happen. It is not ultimately the candidate that will settle the matter, but the amount of fraud at the polls. 

Deliberately Distorting Facts

When any side lies, they must be called out. Many on the Right have called out Joe Biden's plans to provide the Ukraine with F-16 jet fighters. They distort a Biden quote about US pilots fighting on Kyiv's behalf to say providing aircraft and training will start World War III. That is NOT what Joe said. His language was specific. Sure if our Air Force was shooting down Russian jets, it would mean an expanded conflict, but there is little chance of that if all America is doing is supplying almost half century old fighter planes and training Ukrainian personnel in some third country. I doubt even Putin is crazy enough to launch a wider war over such an insignificant increase in aid to the nation that after all is the one under attack. 

Gun Ban Failure

In many places in the world, gun ownership is proscribed to civilians. In those places, crime is often rampant. In the few places where guns are forbidden that are not saturated with street crime, totalitarian regimes run roughshod over citizen's rights. The stupidity of gun control is observed even in American states, where the cities with the most regulations against firearm ownership have the most murders. Just look at Chicago as the prime example. 

Gun Control Success

Do you think that people who willingly violate criminal law already will suddenly comply if gun bans are imposed? Do you not realize that the worst elements of society will keep their firearms while the law-abiding will be left vulnerable? Do you not see mobsters and gangbangers will have no difficulty in finding weapons no matter what laws are passed. but you will be left with no means to protect your family from them? Mexico is a highly regulated country when it comes to guns, yet drug cartels have fully automatic weapons in abundance that civilians in our Southern neighbor are banned from possessing. Gun control laws make it easier for lawless thugs to prey on innocent folks. Those pushing gun control in America are abetting worldwide tyranny and guilty of incandescent ignorance and idiocy. 

Importing Their Problems

Permitting millions of illegal aliens into the United States does not solve their problems. It only brings them here and makes them our problems. We have plenty of domestic difficulty without inviting the rest of the world. 

Not Just Rhetoric

When America actually has a border that is essentially open, it is an invitation for death on both sides of the border. We now have "collective salvation" lunatics in power. They declare they will not defend sovereignty because what actually needs to be done is to solve all the problems in the countries folks are fleeing from to illegally enter the United States. So before the Southern border is protected, our nation must make itself responsible for and solve all the problems of the rest of the world. The cabal in power is not able to save the world but only to ruin our country. 

In the Dock

Would it not be lovely to see Hillary Clinton hauled before a criminal court? Would it not be perfect to see corrupt old Joe at the Defendants' table beside her? It is sad that in America the judge does not don the black cap and summon Jack Ketch to put an end to such miscreants. 

The Kamikaze Corporations

Why have so many companies launched marketing campaigns that will alienate most of their customers? It started with Proctor and Gamble a few years back, and since P&G stuck their thumb in my eye, I have done my best to avoid their products that had up until then been staples in our home. Recently, major beer producers have seemingly decided they were selling way too much and were going to use provocative advertising to turn off their now formerly loyal drinkers. It is real easy for me to avoid Bud as I have since the Belgians bought the company. Now, I will be opting out of Miller products as well, after just buying my friend a Miller Lite with his BBQ lunch a few days back before I saw their "let's offend our customers advertising". Thanks you marketers. You will be saving me lots of money by shunning your brands. 

Feeling Unappreciated Currently Kristy

You know he loves his pocket pet// He thinks it's the best one yet// You know I think she likes it too// Together all the things that they can do// You can really watch it all// See it rise and fall// Lots of us have great pets too// And always trying something new!

What Is Important?

A tax imposed in the name of a far away king was important enough that Americans launched a revolution over it. There is no chance that today there would be a tax revolt in the United States. In fact, eighty-seven thousand new IRS agents are on the way to put the screws to the American people, not "billionaires" as the regime stated or even millionaires, but ordinary working Americans because that number of new agents is well beyond what would be needed to go after rich people. Is a border important? No more than locking the door to your motel room when you visit Watts. Is giving Biden a free hand to spend, spend, spend a significant way to help the American people? No, it is more an invitation to inflation and eventually hyperinflation that destroys nations and people. It is important to have a secure home where you have a viable means of protecting your family in a country with secure borders where you are free to speak your mind and permitted to keep what you earn and your money holds its value. 

Why Governor Lee?

Why would a politician who campaigned when running for office that he would champion Second Amendment rights betray that promise and call an ultra-rare legislative special session to attack the freedom to defend one's self and the ultimate hedge against global tyranny- the firearms held in private hands by citizens of the United States? Why would someone who is a gun owner and hunter attack the rights of the heretofore law-abiding to protect their families? Why is Tennessee burdened with Republicans like "I will never raise your taxes" Don Sundquist who ran an anti-tax campaign and then championed a thankfully failed state income tax for my home state and two-faced Bill Lee who pledged to protect gun rights but in the event of his ascension to office is actually coming for our guns? These politicians are NOT RINOS (Republicans in name only) but the true backstabbing face of the party of the weak spine where Trump is the outsider and the insiders hate We the People as much as the Biden cabal does. 

A Real Holiday

Some folks consider Mother's Day a made-up holiday. With my mother approaching fifty-seven years of labor now, I know she deserves a day to be celebrated. To all the moms out there, including my daughter's mother, thank you! 

Rule of Law

A country with an open border is no longer sovereign. A nation without border controls is by definition lawless. America suffers under a lawless regime inviting chaos. 

Why Not Canada?

Why is the surge of illegal aliens always coming from the South? Why does America not have a massive problem with Canadian migrants? Maybe it is because Canada is not a Third World septic tank of a country, while Mexico is. 

Might Be Connected

Has anyone else noticed that in the places police actually were defunded that crime rates rose and murders surged? The most victimized segment of society seems to be African-Americans, who supposedly were going to benefit by reducing policing. There may just be a correlation there. It would seem at least initially that reducing policing actually harms those who it was supposed to help. 

The Biden Bombshell?

What a revelation? The Bidens are corrupt. It is only everyone who cares who already knew that. Nobody had their mind changed by the news conference the Republicans staged today. If you were against Biden before today's allegations were revealed, you still are, but if you are an anybody but Trump person, what came out today will not change your vote. 

Two in Texas

After the Texas mall massacre perpetrated by a Hispanic, another Latino allegedly used his vehicle to run over a crowd near the border with Mexico. Whether murdered with a gun or run over with a car, the victims ended up being just as harmed. Maybe we need "car reform" alongside the "gun reform" that some are demanding. 

A Texas Nazi?

There are reports that the Texas mall shooter was a "white nationalist". This is odd in a certain aspect as the gunman was a dark-skinned Hispanic, but do motives for insane acts need to make sense? In this instance, if that is the motive, it further illustrates the senseless nature of the shooting spree. 

On American Militancy

The protests against the Subway Strangling make no sense. It is abundantly clear the former Marine was only trying to protect himself and defend the non-threatening passengers on the car from a raving lunatic. Nobody jumped in to intervene to stop him, but other passengers who saw the out of control menace did help attempt to safely subdue the ranting black man. Tragically, the profoundly troubled individual lost his life, but to try to turn a white fellow who was trying to be a peace maker into a racist and call the event a murder or "lynching" is a travesty. New York has long been home to a large contingent who will demonstrate against the right thing and even riot when the do not get their way. When the authorities bow to the BLM crowd, anarchy and a higher murder rate are bound to follow. 

Not Our King

The United Kingdom has a brand new shiny monarch, except that the new ruler already looks a bit frayed and weary and is already past retirement age in just about every country. Many Americans seemed to gush over the proceedings, and I will grant the British are pretty good at pomp, but didn't we fight a revolution, so we don't have to pay any heed to what the English do? Now though, if we care, we can truly declare "Charles in charge", even if it is of a fading country that long since lost its empire. 

Fortune's Good Fortune

If the deal for the Tennessee Titans new stadium only makes economic success if public funds are used, then it should not have been entered into because it hangs an obligation on taxpayers that has no benefit in their lives. If you live in Nashville or even Tennessee and are subsidizing this project, you will receive no free admission or even discount to events there. You are on the hook for the bill but enjoy none of the benefits, which are reserved for the billionaire owners who could have funded the new construction themselves, but found suckers to take all the risks while they pocket all the profits. I do not blame the billionaires for feathering their own lavish nests, but our politicians who sold out working folks yet again. 

Into Every Pocket

If you earn your money, what right does government have to take it? This taking stems from the presumption that all money belongs to government, and it is only through government largesse that you acquire money. If you worked for it rather than having government simply bestow it, he money is yours and the government is no better than a thief. It does not make it morally right that government essentially enjoys a monopoly of force when they confiscate your earnings. Stealing is still wrong. 

On Artificial Intelligence

The White House is about to host a conference on AI. This will be the first time during the Biden regime that any intelligence will actually be in the Oval Office. 

The Language Manipulators

Gun control was not selling as well as it used to, so it has now been rechristened "gun reform". It is still just a scheme to disarm the law-abiding, but it has a shining new name. I remember back in the Clinton years, raising your taxes became your "contribution". The powers that be still want to make you take a big swallow from the septic tank, but think you won't mind so much if they rebrand it the "national nectar". 

The Biden Boys

It was not just son Hunter and brother James that benefited from influence peddling but allegedly at least nine members of the Biden family. Old Joe really spreads the wealth around, which may be to mitigate the chance of getting caught.