Baiting the Revolutions

The Iranian people stood up, risking their lives, because Donald Trump, the leader of the free world, said he had their backs. In the event, he has not, leading them to be slaughtered by the evil regime that has enslaved them nearly half a century. It seems to be even worse though as Trump has apparently agreed to let regional tyrants finish off the Kurds, the traditional ally of the United States and along with Israel and very few others, the upholders of decency in the Middle East. You should not send civilians into machine gun fire unless you are willing to risk blood and treasure to ensure the yoke is thrown off, and you should never abandon those who have bled beside you to stop terrorism and suddenly side with the (not so reformed) terrorists themselves. 

A Proven Loser

With all the coaches available with winning records in the NFL, leave it to the Tennessee Titans to hire someone who was a head coach for more than three seasons and never came close to the playoffs or achieved even a .500 record. Why would the Titans hire Robert Saleh? Is this some sort of outreach to "diversity"? If you want to sell those outrageously priced personal seat licenses, how about bringing in someone who has a history of producing victories? 

Buffalo Makes Mistake

The Bills did not make the Super Bowl this season, and one reason is that they were beset with an exceptional spate of injuries that few other NFL teams have ever had to endure. They were still a competitive team with a winning record and lasted well into the playoffs. I think their head coach was a good one, and if he wants, he will quickly be hired to lead a team to a good won-loss record somewhere else. He might opt to go into broadcasting instead, where he would make a tremendous analyst and/or color commentator. Professional football is unforgiving, but Buffalo is cutting off the nose to spite the face with the recent firing of Sean McDermott. 

Vrabel Can Coach

A ways back on this blog I made the mistake of saying my hometown Tennessee Titans should part ways with the head coach, largely because Tennessee could not fire the bulk of the team. It seems Mike Vrabel was the one man who should not go (or have gone). He is an outstanding leader of men. I did say in the original post that he was not a "terrible coach any more than his mentor Bill Belichick is" or something similar. Well, while the Nashville pro team earned itself another very early draft pick with abysmal play, Vrabel has his new club, where he was a fixture as a star player for years, back in the American Football Conference Championship Game. Go Mike go- I was way wrong- the Titans should have kept you. 

Running State Interference

The Governor has called out the National Guard in Minnesota, not to assist Federal authorities in rounding up criminal aliens but to serve as a blocking force to protect Minnesotans presumably from ICE. Has the failed Vice Presidential candidate ever heard of the American Civil War? The government in Washington, District of Columbia, established primacy by force of law and arms over the States in that bloody conflict. I would contend that States' rights were vanquished then for all time, essentially making it a settled issue, unless some fool wants to relitigate it with bullets and bombs at some point. I have this not necessarily novel notion that cities and states should work with, not against immigration agents to make communities safer. 

The Leaders Deserve

Those who enslave the people of Iran do not merit living in exile with the fortunes they have stolen. They have earned the most tortuous ends that could be inflicted on wrongdoers, hopefully publicly. 

In All Forms

Fanaticism from the right or left or of the religious variety is extremely dangerous. Certitude can be highly corrosive. 

A Free Iran

The removal of the Ayatollah and the mad mullahs would make the world safer from the terrorism they have sponsored for almost half a century and likely mean Iran would no longer pose a military (including nuclear) threat to the rest of the globe. A return of the Shah and/or another form of truly representative government should be welcomed by all decent people. The end of the Islamic Republic would deliver greater peace and stability for the region and beyond. 

Arm Iran's People

The Office of Strategic Services sent cheap, crudely-made single shot .45 caliber pistols into Occupied Europe, that ended up killing a few Nazis. The CIA armed resistance to Communists in several countries. Right now the mullah regime has ample guns, while the people of Iran have virtually none. I would rather have an obsolete gun facing a modern military weapon than a rock or bottle. The free world should provide a fighting chance to the freedom seekers in Iran by arming them. I don't care if that would be a casus belli for the Ayatollah against those who arm his opponents. The vast majority of Iranians would like to tear the reactionary clerics oppressing and now slaughtering them in the streets limb from limb. For the sake of the world and human liberty, we must help the Iranian people free themselves. 

Inflamed Iran's Intifada

Finally, there is a throwing off of the yoke I wholeheartedly support. The Iranian People will no longer tolerate the vicious theocratic oppression they have been forced to live under since the fall of the Shah. For the sake of the entire world, back their removal of the mad mullahs. 

One and All

Anybody who enters our country illegally is by definition a criminal. Folks that protest for aliens who have unlawfully entered America are voicing public support for crime. If you riot for any reason, you deserve condign retribution. Why would anyone want more wrongdoers in their community and publicly go out to disrupt law enforcement there to protect them? 

No High Noon

Independent reporter Nick Sortor has released video of the Minneapolis police ceding the center of the city to the mob. Even the police chief is seen bugging out. The cops there apparently have no pride or backbone, and the male officers act like anything but men. They retreat, leaving any citizen who is not a rioter at the mercy of the lawbreakers and permit a hotel to be vandalized and defaced. This event is a mortification that should not take place in a developed country. 

A Simple Proposition

Either we have rule of law or anarchy. I am saddened anyone is killed, even if they invite their own demise, but the way to avoid shooting incidents like the one in Minnesota is to honor Federal detainer orders and not let criminal aliens back into communities where they potentially commit more crime and create danger for themselves, the people around them, and Federal authorities, who are bound to uphold the law and now face added risk of trying to apprehend criminals that were once in custody but now have to be re-apprehended by agents causing additional and unnecessary risk for all involved including bystanders. "Sanctuary" cities and states make everyone less safe. A stark choice exists between order and lawlessness,  

Moment of Decision

Either we are a Federal Republic, with the national government taking precedence over the rights of the individual states, or we fight a civil war all over again. We can't survive with fifty immigration and foreign policies. New York City mayors do not decide which foreign leader is an ally or enemy and certainly not who take take into custody at the despotic and kleptocratic United Nations. Minnesota or any other state for that matter should not be allowed to make America more dangerous for everyone by making themselves a sanctuary for criminal aliens. When you release foreign predators back on the street instead of relinquishing custody to lawful Federal authorities, the immigration control still needs to apprehend them, and the felons are free to commit more crime until ICE captures them. Why make things worse and spark insurrection by failing to cooperate with the Feds? 

Us Versus Them

America has never been closer to becoming a Red-Green hellhole than right now. Political Islam had no traction in the United States after September 11, 2001, but then whispers of imaginary "Islamophobia" turned into shouts. Muslims including overt Islamists won elections in towns and cities throughout the country. Now they have captured mayoralty in the nation's largest city and multiple cities in Michigan. Then, there are the Reds, mostly under the guise of "socialist" who have won office believing they have the right to take what is ours. This nation is not Red-Green but Red, White, and Blue with capitalism giving the most opportunity and prosperity to all and Judeo-Christian tolerance and pluralism unifying real patriots. 

Day to Remember

Lest we never forget that today marks the anniversary of undercover government officers and agents provocateur, working on behalf of Team Biden, staging a sham insurrection to frame Donald Trump. God bless America and DJT, and let us hope those who set him up will answer for their treason. 

Sympathy for Devils

If you side with despots over their oppressed people, you are an awful person. If you are more concerned with the rights of criminals than those of their victims, you are a bad person. If you do both, you are one of today's DemocRAT leaders. 

Bathed in Evil

Many DemocRATS are condemning President Trump for capturing drug-dealing Maduro.  The narcotics this dictator trafficked killed Americans. The tyrant allowed the worst offenders and lunatics his country held to leave prisons and asylums provided they left Venezuela and large numbers of them ended up in the United States. The criminals whose entry into America Maduro facilitated include the murderous Tren de Aragua gang. If you support the despot over the oppressed people of the country he enslaved, you display the same kind of moral inversion the "Free Palestine" crowd does. Places where people have a real voice and vote deserve our support. 

Rid of Chavistas

There are reports of some Chavistas being killed by fellow Venezuelans after the capture of their bloody-handed dictator by the United States. This is the natural consequence of oppressing and impoverishing fellow countrymen for years. Maduro is lucky to be in American custody rather than facing a fate like Qaddafi. Freedom and prosperity will soon return to the liberated Venezuela. 

Better Than Southeastern

This season at least, the other major football conferences seem manifestly superior to the SEC. In the college football playoffs, it looks like the only Southeastern teams that win happen to be paying other SEC teams. Many think the lone and last SEC team standing Ole Miss is dead meat for mighty Miami. I do not know if this is the case because the contest on the filed has not even kicked off yet, but I do admit the SEC record this bowl season is atrocious. Mississippi State will also soon vie in a bowl, even though the Bulldogs are guaranteed a losing record, even if they somehow beat Wake Forest. As an aside, there are too many bowl games. Sadly, at this point, I have to rate the conference I root for, the grand Southeastern, behind the mighty Big-10 and even the ACC on the gridiron. 

Are Hurricanes Back?

The University of Miami football team is not yet at the level of dominance it once was, but it may be well on the way to reclaiming the national title after a long wait. The Hurricanes are a long way from invincible with two defeats during the regular season, but they are dominant right now having smacked Texas A & M down on the Aggies home field, then blasting favored defending national champion Ohio State on a neutral field. Miami is a more complete team than those it will face going forward. It may well be the Canes year.