Crime with NO Punishment
Crime, No Punishment
By: Bill O'Reilly September 18, 2022
It has all become very dark for the designer sunglasses guy.
Joe Biden cannot, as the biblical creator did, command "let there
be light." No, Joe is governing in darkness.
The hits to the American people are certified: inflation, open
border, record high narcotics on the streets, collapsing airline
industry, declining test scores for students, woke, racial tension,
breakdown of civility, and due process.
We the people are getting battered. Especially the urban poor.
FBI stats say violent crime is accelerating at a record pace.
New Orleans is one of the most violent cities in the world. Every
weekend thousands of Americans are shot nationwide. Many of these
crimes are so-called "mass shootings" where more than five indivi-
duals take a bullet. Most of the victims are African American, but
the press says little. Why? Because most of the perpetrators are
young black males, which is now a protected class in the American
media.
In Chicago, which has record violence, the Bears football team
is moving to the suburbs, and the McDonald's corporation may leave
as well. Other businesses have already departed. But many of the
poor cannot afford to do that.
President Biden has not addressed this brutal reality in any
meaningful way. He does not have a solution to inner city violence
and knows most chaotic towns are run by Democrats. So, exactly like
the border, Biden sees no evil. He lives in luxury. He doesn't have
to cower in fear as drug gangs run wild. He doesn't care.
Think about it. The President of the United States has done ab-
solutely nothing about violent crime. No meetings with local police
and prosecutors. No strategy from the Justice Department. Few
public statements.
The Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund reports at least 75 pro-
gressive prosecutors are currently in office, all of them backed by
George Soros, who has donated more than $40 million to elect "anti-
incarceration" administrators.
Soros believes the U.S. justice system is racist and that minor-
ity criminals should not be held to account because of historical
injustice. So, he funds the campaigns of people who see the world
as he does.
Meanwhile, powerless Americans are being brutalized by violent
thugs who avoid prosecution to the fullest extent of the law. Iron-
ically, the cities that refuse to hold criminals responsible are
absolutely practicing racism against the hundreds of thousands of
minority victims.
Joe Biden could not possibly understand that in his diminished
state. But even if I sat with him in front of a giant blackboard
filled with stats and talked very slowly, he would not react.
That's because Mr. Biden could not care less. He lives in a
dark, protected world where problems, even life/death ones, are
to be avoided. His eyes are shielded by designer lenses, his sen-
sibilities limited to his own immediate needs.
This is the state of the most powerful man in the world. It is
pitiful.
But the real pity should be directed toward the poor who are
truly defenseless. Before the month of September is out, there will
be hundreds more harmed.
*by Bill O'Reilly*
Biden is the perfect patsy. He will say whatever he is told. He
will go wherever he is led and he has no clue as to the damage he
is doing to the US because if it comes out of his mouth, at least
to him it must be true.
His entire life has been a string of lies that he doesn't know
what is true and what is not. He would speak to ten people in a day
and tell every one a different version of the same lie if he thinks
it is what HE THINKS they want to hear.
Ukraine knows the truth about him so when they ask for money,
they get it.
He has drug us into this cabol called ESG that will destroy what
remains of our economy, or at least, the part that he has managed
to hide.
Like Obama, he has added more to the national debt in 2 years
than Trump did in 4 years. The worst part is that they can't
explain where $6-7 trillion of it went.
When Trump left office the debt was about $23T even after the
start of the pandemic. It is now almost $32 trillion.
Obama went from $9T to almost $20T. They can't explain over $6T
of what he was giving away to over 50 nations.
I am not sure who is dumber, Democrats or Republicans.
I think the RINOs also have a lot to do with where this money
is going but with the aid of the corrupt DOJ and the corrupt media,
the American people remain in the dark.
We have reached the point that requires us to take matters into
our hands and finally DRAIN THE SWAMP before we become another
broken nation with no way to recover.
Marxism, Socialism, Communism, Fascism, nor a 'so-called' pure
democracy have NO place in our hard-earned REPUBLIC.
Pray that we get a new beginning in 2023.
Conservatively,
John
Blog
No Country for Old Men…18 December 2022
No Country for Old Men (Or Women, For That Matter)
Growing old in a country you no longer recognize.
Wed Mar 9, 2022
*Don Feder
Those of us who were part of the WW II & Baby Boom generation,
now in our 60s, 70s and 80s, no longer recognize the nation in which
we grew up. We're strangers in a land that gets stranger by the day.
We believed in the American dream. We worked hard, paid our
taxes and obeyed the law —even laws we thought were idiotic.
We married and had children. Today’s young adults cohabit and
have pets.
We struggled to raise families. Some of us went to war, like our
fathers and grandfathers before us. We thought that when we grew
old, there would be more for us – more than alienation.
Most of us don’t recognize Biden’s America. Patriotism has become
passe. Our military is led by men who are social workers and poli-
tically correct hacks. They can’t fight, but they’re great at get-
ting soldiers to use preferred pronouns and combating imaginary
racism in the ranks.
Giant corporations have replaced individual enterprise, which –
in many cases – has been taxed and regulated out of existence. Gov-
ernment bureaucrats and corporate executives are like the pigs and
men at the end of Orwell’s “Animal Farm.”
We look in vain for a Ronald Reagan, a Lincoln or Teddy Roose-
velt. Instead, we find corrupt clowns like wizened Nancy Pelosi,
Commissar Ocasio-Cortez (the Cuban pinup girl selling socialist
snake oil) and our president – a cranky septuagenarian slipping
noisily into senility.
If we’re white, we’re told that we are responsible for every pro-
blem that plagues people of color. That’s right, we’re to blame for
the roughly 70% of black children born out of wedlock (we forced
their parents to behave irresponsibly), just as cops are to blame
for the deaths of thugs who threaten their lives.
Savages who burn down cities are hailed as heroes and celebrated
as warriors for social justice. But misguided middle-class citizens,
among them veterans, who trespassed in the Capitol 14 months ago are
branded as traitors and insurgents.
Mayors take down statues of Washington and Columbus and commis-
sion murals of George Floyd.
If you’re white, you’re also responsible for slavery, segrega-
tion, the Wounded Knee massacre and Japanese Americans interned
during World War II. Racism is in our blood, they tell us. Remember,
throughout the course of human history, racism has never existed
anywhere but here.
By “despoiling the earth,” we’re also responsible for climate
change. If we end up paying $7-a-gallon for gas – well, it’s our
own damned fault.
Forget racial minorities. Now, we’re told that there are “sexual
minorities” -- that people who used to be considered odd are in fact
oppressed. And that a man who thinks he’s a woman in fact is a woman
– and is entitled to use the ladies’ room with our granddaughters.
And if we refuse to accept this bizarre fantasy, we are hateful!
What passes for entertainment is sickening – all blood and gore,
sadistic killers, aliens popping out of people’s stomachs and
monsters in various guises. We search in vain for contemporary
movies with characters we can admire or at least care about. So we
retreat to cinema of the 40s and 50s on TCM.
On top of living in a country that’s unrecognizable, we can’t
even afford to live here anymore. You need a second mortgage to buy
a steak. A hamburger and fries at McDonald’s is a gourmet feast.
Filling up the tank is agonizing. Paying confiscatory taxes
marks us as serfs. Inflation is at a 40-year high, and politicians
tell us it’s because government isn’t spending enough.
Our parents could retire at 65, in the mortgage-free home they
bought in their 30s. We’re still working at 75. Retirement is a
distant dream. We’re working to provide benefits for illegal aliens,
addicts and loons who camp out and defecate on the streets.
Many of us are the grandchildren of immigrants, a fact of which
we are proud. Our people helped to build this country. But we wit-
ness with unalloyed horror the tide flowing across our southern
border unimpeded. The middle class view them as criminals, gang
members and mooches. The Democratic party sees them as voters. We
can't defend our own borders, but are expected to defend those of
distant lands.
This used to be an English-speaking country. Now it’s ballots in
20 languages, court interpreters and press one for Serbo-Croatian.
Our feeble president (who’s been sucking on the federal teat for
half-a-century) is unable to perform his Constitutional duties, but
has successfully waged war on domestic energy production. We went
from energy independence to beggars with a gas can in a matter of
months. The corpse that walks says climate change is the biggest
threat to our national security – along with transphobia.
Washington sputters about Putin’s war on Ukraine, but imports
670,000 barrels of Russian oil a day. While he lets pipelines rust
and our oil, coal and natural gas remain in the ground, Biden
pleads with the Saudis to pump more – and is thinking about im-
ports from the Marxists of Venezuela and the jihadists of Iran,
both Russian allies. Apparently, oil from anywhere outside the
U.S. doesn’t pollute.
Officeholders for life treat us like mentally-challenged chil-
dren. They snicker at those who pay their exorbitant salaries.
So we limp along into old age, too proud to go on the dole and
too stubborn to just give up.
Besides, surrender now would be a betrayal of the America that
once was.
*Don Feder*
Don nailed this. He, like many of us, have watched Biden and
his band of misfits are clueless to the damage they are doing.
They seem to think we are stupid and whatever they say has to be
fact.
It is truly heartbreaking to leave our children and grand-
children in the disaster the corrupt have made of this world.
We must ALL pray that with God's help we will get our nation
back in His good graces.
Conservatively,
John
Wal-Mart vs Morons…11 December 2022
I failed to mention that I was sick last week and shortly after
having heart surgery. All is well now, God willing.
Wal-Mart Versus Morons
Anonymous Author
1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every
day.
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day
(March 17th) than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears
+ Costco + K-Mart combined.
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world's largest
private employer, and most speak English.
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway com-
bined, and keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years.
8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought
bankruptcy.
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the
world.
10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906
are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.
11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will
occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5
Billion.)
12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.
You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the
ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who
run Wal-Mart to fix the economy.
This should be read and understood by all Americans¦ Democrats,
Republicans, EVERYONE!!
To President Biden and all 535 voting members of the Legislature
It is now official that the majority of you are corrupt morons:
a.. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775.You have had
246 years to get it right and it is broken.
b.. Social Security was established in 1935.You have had 86 years
to get it right and it is broken.
c.. Fannie Mae was established in 1938.You have had 71 years to
get it right and it is broken.
d.. War on Poverty started in 1964.You have had 57 years to get it
right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and trans-
ferred to "the poor" and they only want more.
e.. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965.You have had 56
years to get it right and they are broke.
f. Freddie Mac was established in 1970.You have had 51 years to
get it right and it is broken.
g.. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our
dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees
with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than
ever before.
You had 44 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved
down our throats while overspending our tax dollars.
AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED
WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM??
Folks, keep this circulating. It is very well stated. Maybe it
will end up in the e-mails of some of our "duly elected' (they
never read anything) and their staff will clue them in on how
Americans feel.
AND
I know what's wrong. We have lost our minds to "Political Cor-
rectness" !!!!!!
Someone please tell me what the HELL's wrong with all the peo-
ple that run this country!!!!!!
We're "broken" & can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans,
Homeless etc.,???????????
In the last months we have provided aid to Haiti, Chile, and
Turkey ..
And now Pakistan ........previous home of bin Laden. Literally,
BILLIONS of DOLLARS!!!
Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no aid
nor do they get any breaks.
AMERICA: a country where we have homeless without shelter,
children going to bed hungry, elderly going without 'needed' meds,
and mentally ill without treatment -etc., etc. However. Illegals
get free everything!!!
Imagine if the *GOVERNMENT* gave 'US' the same support they
give to other countries. Sad isn't it?
99% of people won't have the guts to share this.
I'm one of the 1% -- I Just Did
Welcome to Biden's America
We were taught in the military. Family, Duty, Honor, Country,
and above ALL God.
Conservatively,
John
Dangers of Democracy Part 2… 27 November 2022
Dangers of Democracy Part 2.
by Thinking West
To continue the damage done by Democrats I will continue to try
to shoe you Part 2, that takes us through several more Dangers to
our Republic by those who are working for themselves not their
citizens.
3.) Democracies Incur Great Opportunity Costs
Another drawback of modern democracy is the immense opportunity
cost incurred by political campaigns. Time, money, energy, and at-
tention are all consumed by political parties vying to ensure that
their candidate is elected. Dozens, hundreds, and sometimes even
thousands of people are employed for hours, days, and weeks to as-
sist with a campaign on behalf of a candidate. And consider the fact
that in a two-party system, one of these parties’ efforts will ef-
fectively be for nothing if it loses. Not only are political cam-
paigns expensive, but they are also getting increasingly MORE ex-
pensive. In 2016 the total cost for presidential and congressional
races was $7 billion. By 2020 that number doubled to more than
$14.4 billion.
Let’s consider what alternative investments could be made with
$14.4 billion. For $400,000 each, $14.4 billion could buy 36,000
homes. Researchers from 23 countries suggest that $14 billion is the
additional expenditure needed each year to eradicate world hunger by
2030. The National Cancer Institute estimates that the average cost
of first-year cancer treatment is $42,000 4. At this price tag, $14
billion is enough to purchase a year’s worth of cancer treatment for
over 330,000 people. Clearly, the extraordinary sums of money spent
on political campaigns could be used for a variety of beneficial en-
deavors. These endeavors could have lasting, meaningful effects on
the lives of countless people.
In addition to the monetary cost of campaigning, political in-
volvement incurs a devastating mental toll on losers of election
races. Regarding the 2016 presidential election, analysis suggests
that in states that voted for Hillary Clinton in November 2016,
there were a total of 54.6 million more days of poor mental health
than in October 2016 5. Poor mental health leads to lower quality of
life and lower productivity. Though poor mental health isn’t exclu-
sive to democracies, it is a heavy opportunity cause to risk the
mental health of half the country each election cycle. This problem
is particularly strong in winner-take-all elections as in presi-
dential races.
Another significant cost in democracies is the time and energy
the politicians spent on campaigning and fundraising for the next
election cycle. Not only must politicians work to enact new legis-
lation, but they must also devote considerable resources to ensur
ing they maintain popular public opinion and are prepared finan-
cially for their upcoming reelection campaign. This diverts time,
energy, and attention from passing legislation to lobbying voters
and campaign donors. According to Rep. Rick Nolan in “60 Minutes”
expose from CBS, members of Congress are encouraged to spend thirty
hours per week in call centers for their respective parties asking
for donations:
Rep. Rick Nolan: “Thirty hours is what they tell you you should
spend. And it’s discouraging good people from running for public
office. I could give you names of people who’ve said, “You know,
I’d like to go to Washington and help fix problems, but I don’t want
to go to Washington and become a mid-level telemarketer, dialing for
dollars, for crying out loud.”
Interviewer: “You’re saying members of Congress are becoming
like telemarketers?”
Rep. Rick Nolan: “Well, 30 hours a week, that’s a lot of tele-
marketing. Probably more than most telemarketers do.”
This emphasis on fundraising also results in fewer good people
running for office according to Nolan – another opportunity cost
of the current democratic process.
While political engagement is necessary for a functioning
democracy, this engagement can incur a heavy cost on the people it
purportedly serves. Current democracies risk turning politics into
an industry unto itself. When the democratic process becomes an in-
dustry unto itself, it ceases to act on behalf of the people and
instead serves the political actors.
4) Democracy is Expensive and Politicians Push Costs to Future
Generations
The fourth flaw of democracy is the tendency for democracies
to become more expensive over time as citizens vote for additional
benefits from the government. Once a benefit is provided to citi-
zens they will rarely vote to remove this benefit, especially when
it is financed through tax dollars. This is particularly true when
the benefit has been provided for several generations. Over time,
this leads wealthy societies to become more dependent on the gov-
ernment to provide for the citizenry. Alexander Fraser Tytler, an
influential professor of universal history in the 18th century and
an expert on the rise and fall of civilizations summarized this
tendency:
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote
themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on,
the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most
benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy
always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a
dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations
has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this
sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to
great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From
apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.”
-Alexander Fraser Tytler
Tytler suggests that civilizations emerge out of hardship
through great faith and courage. This struggle ultimately leads to
liberty and abundance in which citizens are largely free to act as
they see fit. But while desirable in their own right, liberty and
abundance lead to selfishness and apathy when not tempered by
discipline. Finally, when in a state of material wealth, a civili-
zation returns to a state of dependence in which the citizenry
chooses welfare and handouts over personal responsibility. This
allows tyrants to exploit complacent citizens through false pro-
mises which leads to the final stage, the stage that defines most
of human political history: bondage. Aristotle formulates Tytler’s
cycle succinctly:
“Inevitably, masculine republics give way to feminine demo-
cracies, and feminine democracies invariably give way to tyranny.”
-Aristotle
And the prolific historian Will Durant summarized this
phenomenon even more simply:
“A civilization is born Stoic and dies Epicurean.”
-Will Durant
This trend toward dependence is evident in the amount of debt
a democratic nation accrues. Consider that nine of the ten most in-
debted nations are considered democracies by the World Population
Review 8,9. Only the tiny Asian nation of Bhutan (considered a
“hybrid regime”) is not considered either a flawed or full demo-
cracy. The graph below demonstrates that democracies are particu-
larly prone to spending beyond their means. Debt is money borrowed
from future generations to pay for the expenses of the current gen-
eration. By voting themselves benefit after benefit, citizens vote
themselves into being financial liabilities. These liabilities are
expected to be paid for by future generations, creating an unsus-
tainable financial trajectory. As we have seen from Tytler’s cycle
of civilizations, this unstable financial path can then be
exploited by opportunists willing to bribe citizens with additional
benefits in exchange for their freedom. This results in a reduction
of liberty and prosperity in society.
The politicians who make grand promises to their constituents
rarely pay the cost incurred by said promises. Instead, future gen-
erations foot the bill for policies that were often passed simply
to gain temporary public approval. Sly politicians prey upon the
shortsightedness and emotionality of voting citizens, ultimately
buying votes with hard-earned capital from future generations.
*Conclusion
In conclusion, democracies come with flaws like all forms of
government. Democracy’s tendency to reflect the vices of their citi-
zenry and pit citizens against each other means that democratic
nations should focus on the education and ethics of their populaces.
Consequently, their voters can make informed and moral choices when
selecting elected leaders. The high opportunity cost of political
campaigns and the propensity for democracies to accrue large amounts
of debt is also a serious flaw in democratic governments. Laws that
limit campaign contributions and government spending constraints
could mitigate these issues, though this is easier said than done.
Voters and representatives alike will need to be cognizant of future
generations when considering any increase in government benefits.
Overall, no form of government is perfect. It can be trendy to
ridicule democratic government given the current state of the
western world. However, let us refrain from unreflective and reck-
less criticism. Perhaps Winston Churchill’s wise assessment of the
system is most appropriate:
“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the
others.”
-Winston Churchill
We must pray for our land and press hard to Make America Great
Again.
Conservatively,
John
Dangers of Democracy Part 1…20 November 2022
Dangers of Democracy Pt. 1
OCTOBER 19, 2022
by ThinkingWest
The word “democracy” appears exactly zero times in the United
States Constitution. And yet, no form of government is celebrated
with the same fervency as democracy. Recently, the phrase “Our
Democracy” has been co-opted by nearly every politician as an
attempt to appeal to the populace’s supposedly unshakeable faith
in the voting process. Appeals to the fragility of “Our Democracy”
are commonly made by political figures hoping to discredit rivals;
rivals they unhesitatingly accuse of threatening that ancient
Athenians inheritance. A keen extraterrestrial might conclude that
conclude that many of the developed nations of the world embrace
democracy as religion.
But is this unquestioning reverence for a form of political
governance healthy, reasonable, desirable? Does such reverence
blind us to the shortcomings that democracy may possess relative
to other political arrangements and lure us into complacent, even
dangerous, self-satisfaction?
Let’s review a few of the major issues that beset democracies.
The aim is not to condemn democracy as a form of governance, but
to critique it such that we may be better informed of its imper-
fections. After all, politics of any form must involve human
beings and human beings, despite their best intentions, are far
from perfect.
1.) Democracy is only as Noble and Reasonable as its Voting
Citizens
The first critique of democracy concerns the responsibility
that citizens have to exhibit character in daily life and to stay
well informed about the issues for which they vote. It does not
matter how passionately a citizen may feel about a particular
issue; if that passion is not tempered by objective investigation
and the application of
reason to the issue at hand, the voter abdicates a central re-
sponsibility as a citizen. No degree of passion is a substitute
for clear-headed thinking. Understanding well the tendency that
democratic citizens have towards this failure, Winston Churchill
once quipped,
“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation
with the average voter.” Unfortunately, many citizens of modern
democracies fall prey to emotional pleas and assume that heartfelt
emotion is sufficient to guide ones voting decisions. The media,
with that oh-so-dangerous self-satisfaction, appeals to the smug
assuredness of over-confident voters through emotionally manipu-
lative means.
The voters are constantly reassured that their viewpoint is the
only reasonable one.
Democracy has yet to find a solution to the Dunning-Kruger ef-
fect, the phenomenon where the less a person knows about an issue,
the more confident a person is in their knowledge about the issue.
A 2018 study by Ian G Anson published in the journal Political
Psychology investigated how the Dunning-Kruger effect affects citi-
zens’ perceptions of their political knowledge. Anson examined over
two thousand American adults via two online surveys which quizzed
the participants on basic political knowledge. Most participants
of the study performed poorly and those who performed poorest
were more likely to be confident in their knowledge of politics
than those that performed well.
The Dunning-Kruger effect, combined with patronizing and pander-
ing from politicians and the press, results in a poorly informed,
but highly opinionated public. A hyper-emotional public is incap-
able of cool-headed, rational debate and is, instead, prone to
political provocation and manipulation by media and power-hungry
politicians.
A successful democracy requires citizens to continuously revisit
and revise their understanding of core issues in a level-headed man-
ner. Such revision is best embarked upon with temperance and reason.
Source: Wikipedia
2.) Democracy Makes Neighbors Political Adversaries and Makes All
Issues Political
A less considered shortcoming is the tendency for democracies to
create adversity between citizens who hold differing political opin-
ions. In the United States, this adversity has become so intense be-
tween Republicans and Democrats that distrust between members of op-
posing parties extends far beyond just political issues. Nearly
every issue brought to the public eye, whether science, sports,
movies, or music becomes irreversibly burdened with political
interpretation, intention, and influence. Ideas and concerns sub-
mitted by one side of the political aisle are a priority rejected
and condemned by the other
side before the slightest consideration of the idea’s merits. This
effect may be particularly amplified in a democratic political
system where there are only two major parties. Then, nearly every
political issue inherits a kind of adversity that is more likely
to be absent when the number of available choices exceeds two.
The recent COVID-19 pandemic emphasizes the need to be aware of
the tendency people have to view apolitical issues through partisan
lenses. As thoughtful citizens we should be cognizant of this ten-
dency when evaluating actions to take to solve these issues. A June
2020 article from FiveThirtyEight detailed the divergence of exper-
iences between Republicans and Democrats during that time. Republi-
cans generally exhibited less concern about the pandemic while Demo-
crats exhibited greater concern about it. The intent of this article
is not to determine which political party was correct or incorrect
about the pandemic, but to demonstrate how partisan politics played
a crucial role in shaping people’s viewpoints about a major issue.
One would presume that the pandemic should never have been a poli-
tical issue. Instead, the pandemic and its mitigation efforts should
have been matters of public health and science.
Source: FiveThirtyEight.com
Ideally, an open scientific investigation and discussion should
have been facilitated to find the best solutions to counter the pan-
demic while maintaining the minimum possible obstruction of freedoms
upon citizens. Instead, political parties championed separate causes
and blamed the opposition for any and all Covid-19 deaths. This
turned the opposing party into literal “murderers” while one’s own
party used these deaths to lobby for votes.
This is not to say that there were no valid issues that were
brought up during the political chaos. Examples of valid points of
disagreement included masking policies, vaccination mandates, lock-
downs, and experimental drug treatments. However, actual open scien-
tific debate on these issues was rarely carried out.
The COVID-19 pandemic response is just one example of where the
political divide contaminates problem-solving and leads to further
distrust between those that share different political opinions. As
the political divide in America (and across the West) widens, more
and more aspects of society become political, from sports to music
to education. Nearly every aspect of life now contains political
undertones, which only divides us further and makes cordial politi-
cal dialogue near impossible. The U.S.’s current circumstance stands
as an example of the tendency for democracies to politicize every-
thing and divide its citizenry.
I will continue this in Part 2 to further explain how we as a
nation seem to lack the ability to separate current events from our
political views.
May God save our nation.
Conservatively,
John
Inconvenient Facts on EVs…13 November 2022
Inconvenient Facts About Electric Cars
John Stossel / November 02, 2022
Electric cars sales are up 66% this year.
President Joe Biden promotes them, saying things like, “The
great American road trip is going to be fully electrified,” and,
"There's no turning back.”
To make sure we have no choice in the matter, some left leaning
states have moved to ban gas-powered cars altogether.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order banning
them by 2035. Oregon, Massachusetts, and New York copied California.
Washington state’s politicians said they’d make it happen even
faster, by 2030.
Thirty countries also say they’ll phase out gas-powered cars.
But this is just dumb. It won't happen. It’s magical thinking.
In my new video, I point out some “inconvenient” facts about
electric cars, simple truths that politicians and green activists
just don’t seem to understand.
“Electric cars are amazing,” says physicist Mark Mills of the
Manhattan Institute. “But they won’t change the future in any signi-
ficant way (as far as) oil use or carbon dioxide emissions.”
Inconvenient fact 1: Selling more electric cars won’t reduce oil
use very much.
“The world has 15, 18 million electric vehicles now,” says Mills.
“If we [somehow] get to 500 million, that would reduce world oil
consumption by about 10%. That’s not nothing, but it doesn’t end the
use of oil.”
Most of the world’s oil is used by things like “airplanes,
buses, big trucks, and the mining equipment that gets the copper to
build the electric cars.”
Even if all vehicles somehow did switch to electricity, there’s
another problem: Electricity isn’t very green.
I laugh talking to friends who are all excited about their elec-
tric car, assuming it doesn’t pollute. They go silent when I ask,
“Where does your car’s electricity come from?”
They don’t know. They haven’t even thought about it.
Inconvenient fact 2: Although driving an electric car puts lit-
tle additional carbon into the air, producing the electricity to
charge its battery adds plenty. Most of America’s electricity is
produced by burning natural gas and coal. Just 12% comes from wind
or solar power.
Auto companies don’t advertise that. “Electric vehicles in gen-
eral are better and more sustainable for the environment,” says
Ford’s Linda Zhang in a BBC interview.
“She’s a Ford engineer,” I say to Mills. “She’s not ignorant.”
“She’s not stupid,” he replies. “But ignorance speaks to what
you know. You have to mine, somewhere on Earth, 500,000 pounds of
minerals and rock to make one battery.”
American regulations make mining difficult, so most of it is
done elsewhere, polluting those countries. Some mining is done by
children. Some is done in places that use slave labor.
Even if those horrors didn’t exist, mining itself adds lots of
carbon to the air.
“If you’re worried about carbon dioxide,” says Mills, “the elec-
tric vehicle has emitted 10 to 20 tons of carbon dioxide (from the
mining, manufacturing, and shipping) before it even gets to your
driveway.”
“Volkswagen published an honest study [in which they] point out
that the first 60,000 miles or so you’re driving an electric
vehicle, that electric vehicle will have emitted more carbon
dioxide than if you just drove a conventional vehicle.”
You would have to drive an electric car “100,000 miles” to re-
duce emissions by just “20 or 30%, which is not nothing, but it’s
not zero.”
No, it’s not.
If you live in New Zealand, where there’s lots of hydro and
geothermal power, electric cars pollute less. But in America, your
“zero-emission vehicle” adds lots of greenhouse gasses to the
atmosphere.
Politicians and electric car sellers don’t mention that. Most
probably don’t even know.
*John Stossel*
Now for my two cents worth.
It basically impossible for a country that gets 88% of its
energy from gas and oil, to reduce the carbon dioxide to even a
noticeable level.
Like the article says, to make one battery, it will take a half
million pounds of minerals and rock. To make that one battery, 10
to 20 tons of carbon dioxide will be emitted.
Imagine this scenario. A hurricane or severe storm with feet
of rain would require people to evacuate. When to lead vehicle's
batteries die, what will the thousands of other do? Nowhere to get
a charge, no time to wait, and no way for an electric tow truck to
get to you and the thousands of others.
The making of a catastrophic disaster never seen before.
People on a fixed income can't afford to even buy the car.
This could be the dumbest plan ever fabricated and the least
affordable for the country as well as the people.
The climate and green people border on suicidal.
Take a minute and pray that this foolishness stop and ask God
intervene.
Conservatively,
John
Your Midterm Choices are Critical…6 November 2022
State of America Makes Midterm Choices Clear.
Adriana Cohen
During a debate with Jimmy Carter in 1980, Ronald Reagan famously
asked, "Are you better off today than you were four years ago?" Which
is a sensible and basic question that's been asked in political races
ever since — and next week's midterm elections are no different.
As Americans head to the polls on Tuesday, one ought to consider
if you, your family or your business is better off today under Demo-
crat control of one's state and one-party rule in Washington, or not.
Unless you like paying significantly higher prices for essential items
like food, gas, rent, heating bills and just about everything else,
I suspect the answer is no.
When Joe Biden took office in January 2021, the average national
gas prices were $2.33 per gallon, according to the Energy Information
Association. As of today, Nov. 2, the national average is $3.765, per
AAA. And no one will forget that gas prices surged to an astronomical
$5.02 per gallon last June, or even worse if you were in Nantucket,
Massachusetts, where Biden will be spending Thanksgiving again this
year, gas prices surged over $6.08 per gallon. I experienced that
firsthand, as I was there last summer, cringing every time I filled
my tank.
Soaring gas prices shouldn't have come as a surprise, as Biden
campaigned in 2020 promising "we are going to get rid of fossil
fuels." Voters now need to ask how the president's kowtowing to spe-
cial interest groups, campaign donors and climate fanatics — many
who live in big houses, own gas-guzzling yachts and fly private
jets — affect your family's budget.
Same with sky-high inflation, which was 1.4% when Sleepy Joe took
office in January 2021. Today, inflation is a whopping 8.3% — a
40-year high — with elevated food prices hurting working families.
"Grocery prices are up 13.5% compared with a year earlier, the big-
gest 12-month jump since March 1979," reports The Wall Street Jour-
nal. "With no relief in sight, many consumers say they are strug-
gling to keep up."
And for those who want a more left-leaning perspective, CNN re-
ported in September, "Americans browsing the supermarket aisle will
notice most food items are far more expensive than they were a year
ago. Egg prices soared 39.8%, while flour got 23.3% more expensive.
Milk rose 17% and the price of bread jumped 16.2%."
These are basic necessities Americans need to survive. But sad-
ly, under one-party Democrat rule in Washington over the past nearly
two years, millions of Americans are being forced to choose between
filling their gas tank to get to work, paying their rent or feeding
their families — not a choice anyone should have to make living in
the richest country in the world.
Nor should parents have to scramble to find baby formula in Amer-
ica due to the Biden administration's embarrassing failure to re-
solve manufacturing and supply chain snafus that continue to threat-
en the health and well-being of our nation's precious infants.
When it comes to public safety, crime is soaring nationwide. Many
living in major cities like New York are rightfully afraid the ride
the subway, walk the street at night or even wear nice clothes to
work without worrying about being assaulted. New York's Democrat Gov.
Kathy Hochul's willful blindness that there's a palpable crime pro-
blem in her state, as well as other soft-on-crime liberal officials
nationwide who support cashless bail for violent criminals, make us
less safe, diminishing our quality of life.
And with Democrats' failed immigration policies and open borders
controlled by dangerous drug cartels, fentanyl and other deadly
drugs are pouring into our communities killing scores of Americans.
Over 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention reported last spring.
At that rate, a vote for a Democrat means a vote for the status
quo. That translates to thousands more Americans dying of drug over-
doses each year — the number one killer of 18 to 45-year-olds in
America today. If all that's acceptable to you, vote Democrat next
week. However, if you believe that America's not on the right track
and that we're certainly not better off than we were two years ago,
vote for Republican candidates across the board.
The choice is clear.
*Adriana Cohen*
Tomorrow we vote. Are we going to survive this disaster of the
last nearly 2 years or are we too blind to use this opportunity to
save America.
Biden said at a gathering (too small to be a rally) that there
would be NO MORE drilling in the country and he aims to shut down
the remainder of the coal fired electricity plants.
It has been proven that we cannot come close to supporting our
needs using wind and solar energy. The brownouts and rolling black-
outs are killing Americans in the heat and many places have been
told that people who depend upon diesel will not have fuel avail-
able to heat their homes this winter.
On top of that there will be no fuel for the trucking industry
or many parts of manufacturing.
It becomes more and more how incompetent the entire Biden ad-
ministration are and have been since its inception.
Please get everyone you know to get out and vote to end the
disaster created by the evil, amoral, unethical people in our
nation's capital.
Pray about it and do your part. God will prevail.
Conservatively,
John
Constitutional Deep Dive Part 3… 30 October 2022
Constitution Deep Dive pt. 3 - The Father of the Constitution
September 21, 2022 by Jakob Fay
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary,” James
Madison famously posited in Federalist No. 51. “If angels were to
govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government
would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be adminis-
tered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must
first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next
place oblige it to control itself.”
In these three sentences, the Father of the Constitution encap-
sulated the fundamental tension at the heart of any government and
also why, to him and his fellow founders, a Constitutional Republic
seemed to be the preferable form of government.
By the time James Madison participated in the 1787 Constitutional
Convention, the 36-year-old delegate from Virginia already had many
years of political experience, having helped draft Virginia's state
constitution in 1776 and served as the youngest member of the Conti-
nental Congress during the Revolutionary War and a leader in the Vir-
ginia Assembly where he often championed religious liberty.
His frustrating years in the Assembly in particular taught Madison
to be deeply distrustful of government–but for a different reason than
his friend Thomas Jefferson distrusted government. Jefferson feared,
rightfully, that the government might become unrepresentative of the
people. Madison, on the other hand, feared the government would be too
representative of the people.
He knew the madness of mobs, the irrationality of a passionate
majority, and sought to protect ideological minorities from being
trampled by a government that became too reflective of populist poli-
tics. “In Republics,” he warned, “the great danger is that the major-
ity may not sufficiently respect the rights of the Minority.” In the
Constitution, he hoped to prop up safeguards against this.
Madison supported a relatively strong federal government. His
Virginia Plan, presented to the Constitutional Convention by Edmund
Randolph, proposed giving the federal government a national veto over
state laws, an idea that (thankfully) did not make it into the final
document. As already explained, Madison had helped draft the hugely
influential Virginia Constitution, and many of the ideas contained in
that document, however, found their way into the U.S. Constitution.
Despite favoring a strong national government, the future presi-
dent, as Federalist 51 would indicate, understood the importance of
compelling government to “control itself.” His now-famous “ambition
must be made to counteract ambition” quote clarified that the unheal-
thy human drive for power should be used against itself; basically, if
politicians in different branches were all vying for power, they
would, theoretically, cancel each other out (ie. checks and balances).
Although Madison’s Virginia Plan was not accepted in its entirety
by the Convention, he embraced the new constitution and became an im-
portant voice urging the states to ratify the document, contributing
29 essays to the pro-constitution Federalist Papers.
Additionally, although initially opposed to a bill of rights
(believing it would be unnecessary), he drafted and proposed the
amendments that would become the Bill of Rights.
Interestingly, this was not the only thing the Father of the
Constitution seemingly changed his mind about.
The Madison of the 1790s was far warier of national power than
the Madison who had called for a sweeping federal government during
the Constitutional Convention. He had always been less of a national-
ist than his Federalist co-author Alexander Hamilton was, but even
Hamilton was shocked and confused when Madison vehemently opposed his
economic proposals for building a strong central government.
The Virginian gradually developed into an outspoken states’
rights advocate who co-founded the Jeffersonian-Republican Party,
which was characterized by its opposition to Hamilton’s “loose inter-
pretation of the Constitution.” He even supported the right of states
to stand against unconstitutional federal actions, a far cry from his
call for a national veto over state laws.
It may seem like James Madison radically shifted his political
views in a relatively short span of time, and in many ways, this is
true. But it’s better to view his evolution in light of a fierce loy-
alty to the Constitution. Our governing document gave the national
government an enumerated handful of powers… and nothing more. To do
anything beyond what the federal government expressly had permission
to do, was, in Madison’s mind, a deep betrayal of the Constitution.
If Madison was frustrated by Hamilton’s disregard for the Con-
stitution, we can only imagine what he would think of our government
today. We have expanded so far beyond the original intent of the Con-
stitution, that to say we are governed by it would almost be an insult
to the man who fathered that blessed document.
Nonetheless, we can thank James Madison for his extraordinary
contributions to American history and profound political insight. Per-
haps ambition failed to counteract ambition as he thought it would,
but thanks to Article V of the Constitution, we don’t have to wait
for the federal government to control itself.
To join the Article V movement and take action to save the Con-
stitution, sign the petition on the Constitution of States site.
*Jakob Fay*
For those of you that are not familiar with Article V, I would
suggest you read it and explore the power it gives back to the people.
Simple things like term limits are reachable by expanding the
use of Article V.
Maybe it is time for us ALL to wake up and take back our nation
that God blessed us with.
Conservatively,
John
Constitutional Deep Dive Part 2… 23 October 2022
Constitution Deep Dive pt. 2 - A document like no other
Published in Blog on September 19, 2022
by Brianna Kraemer
What makes the U.S. Constitution so great?
The combination of brilliance, prudence and leadership of our
Founding Fathers created the foundational structures of the American
system and the self-governing way of life.
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia is what
brought about the three branches of government we have today. The
outlined roles of the federal government were detailed within the
seven articles of the Constitution.
*The Constitution lays out the seven articles as follows:
Article I – The Legislative Branch
With 10 sections in Article I, the roles of the legislature, the
House and Senate are laid out in detail. The requirements to hold
these offices are set forth.
Article II – The Executive Branch
With four sections in this Article, powers are granted to the pres-
ident, the cabinet and the military. The authority to recommend
appointees and pardon Americans is also granted.
Article III – The Judicial Branch
This Article establishes the federal courts system and allows for
lifetime appointment for federal judges. It lays out the jury system
and trials for all criminal proceedings.
Article IV – The States
With four sections in this Article, the states are expected to honor
one another as individual entities while also existing as 50 unified
states. The procedure to admit new states is defined.
Article V – Amendments
Article V is what Convention of States is utilizing to call a 50-
state convention. It gives both Congress and the states the ability
to propose amendments to the Constitution. Only the congressional
method has been used thus far. Ratification occurs in the states.
Article VI – Oath
This Article codifies the Constitution as the supreme law of the
land. It also requires all elected officials to take an oath to
adhere to Constitution.
Article VII – Ratification
This Article solidified the Constitution as law upon ratification of
nine state.*
By Brianna Kreamer*
On top of these articles are the 27 amendments to the Constitution,
which we’ll cover in another Constitution Week blog.
In their wisdom, the Founding Fathers created a federal govern-
ment with sufficient powers while also preserving the independence
of the people. They knew from experience that too much government
and oversight was not a desirable way to live.
Sadly, I have exchanged FB posts and messages with hundreds of
liberals who seem to have NO idea what the Bill of Rights are and
what the Amendments describe in each of the Articles.
Not only does Article I do as the writer explains but it also
draft and pass legislation, borrow money for the nation, the power
to declare war, and raise a military. It also has the power of checks
and balances of the Executive Branch and the Senate. They make laws.
As listed, Article II the Executive Branch manages the day-to-day
operations through federal departments and agencies, like the VA, the
Treasury Dept., Justice Dept., the military, as well as many others.
The president swears an oath to "faithfully execute" the responi-
blities as president and to "preserve, protect, and defend the Con-
stitution of the United States." The executive branch powers include
making treaties with other nations, appointing federal judges,
department heads, and ambassadors, and determining how to best run
the country and military operations.
The current occupant of this position is failing Americans more
and more each day.
Article III, the Judicial Branch has much more responsibility
than most know, such as The Supreme Court is known as the court of
last resort. People are to be tried by a jury of their peers.
The individual states in Article IV are expected to respect that
ALL of the 50 states are to be a republican form of government.
It determines how new states can join the Union while ensuring that
ALL states remain equal to each other and respect each other's laws
and judicial decisions made by others states courts.
Article V allows Americans to take power away from an abusive
or out-of-control Congress with a 2/3rds majority of the states. The
states band together after 34 state legislatures vote to join the
Convention of States and ratify any law or bill they elect together
to pass. This would become law. ie: Term limits
Article VI discusses more than Oaths. It states the supremacy of
the Constitution and ALL laws made from it. Whether members of the
state legislatures, Congress, judiciary, or the executive branch,
have to swear an oath to the Constitution.
In Article VII the Ratification clause outlined and ratified the
original requirement of 2/3rds of the states are required to approve
the US Constitution and or any amendments.
To understand the United States of America, start with the Con-
stitution. Written over 200 years ago, when the nation was first
being established out of the 13 British colonies, this document is
a blueprint.
Its seven sections (or articles) detail the core components of
how the framers wanted the government to run the country.
While the number of states has grown since the constitution was
signed, their signatures verify who signed the original document and
that all of the interested parties witnessed it.
We currently have a mess in DC of people who think that it is
their duty to change not only our Constitution but also every facet
of American life.
They have worn out their welcome.
Please pray for a decisive victory in the upcoming Nov 8 midterm
election.
May God take control and save our nation.
Conservatively,
John
How to Put America Back on Track…16 October 2022
How to put America Back on track
By Michael Reagan
Can someone please tell me where anything good is happening in
the U.S.?
Everywhere you look, America the Beautiful has been turned ugly, weak
and troubled.
The economy is on the road to a recession - or even worse.
Inflation is stuck at over 8 percent a year with no end in sight.
The stock market is spiraling to Hell.
Interest rates on mortgages have more than doubled in six months.
Gas prices are again zooming toward $7 a gallon in California.
The prices of lettuce, ground beef and eggs across the country have
gone to the moon.
In just two years, the Biden administration's fossil-fuel-haters
have sabotaged our booming oil and gas industries and returned us to
dependency on OPEC and the thugs running Venezuela.
And now we're more than half a year into a brutal proxy war with
Russia over Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Instead of calling for a ceasefire, hosting a summit and working
toward a political settlement, the Biden administration and its war
hawks are keeping the bloody conflict going by giving Ukraine tens of
billions worth of military weaponry.
Back on the home front, civilization is losing the fight against
chaos and lawlessness.
Streets and sidewalks in our greatest cities are permanent homes
to booming populations of homeless people, drug addicts and mentally
disturbed people.
The "woke" criminal justice policies of Democrat mayors have
turned even once-safe neighborhoods into lawless spaces where in-
creasing numbers of random murders and assaults, smash-and-grab
robberies of retail stores, and car jackings occur.
Their cities' police departments are under-funded, understaffed
and demoralized by irresponsible so-called "social justice" policies
like cashless bail and early prisoner-release programs that make
their jobs miserable and impossible.
On a federal level, don't get me started about things like the
border, the politicization of the Department of Justice and the FBI
and our $31 trillion national debt.
America has become a train wreck with 340 million casualties -
and it's largely thanks to the addled president and the Democrats who
control the levers of power in Washington.
How anyone who is not a Democrat committee person or does not
host a nightly show on MSNBC can actually be happy about the way
things are going in America today is baffling to me.
After two years of failures, how can any normal American who's
buying groceries or watching the news still be supportive of Biden
and the Democrats?
Maybe people don't understand that their 401ks are in the stock
market.
Maybe they don't realize our southern border is a freeway for
millions of illegal immigrants or that we're on the verge of a seri-
ous, dangerous and completely unnecessary war with Russia.
Maybe people think personal pronouns, the pursuit of "equity"
and saving the planet from global warming are more important topics
for our leaders to worry about than keeping America free, safe, happy
and prosperous.
Whatever loyal Democrats think, it's clear America has been go-
ing backwards under Biden, Inc.
He is a national embarrassment, but he's not the main problem.
He's a figurehead, a puppet.
It's the string-pullers behind him - and the Democrats running
Congress and the major media - who have been aiding, abetting, and
ignoring Biden's shameful deconstruction of America.
We're stuck with Joe as president for another two years - if his
brain and body last that long.
But if enough Americans wake up, which I think they will in a big
way, on Nov. 8 we can stop the damage Biden and his crew are doing by
humiliating the Democrats in the midterms and taking firm control of
the House and the Senate.
Then, following two refreshing years of political gridlock, we
can put a Republican back in the White House.
Then - as long as the Republicans we elect on Nov. 8 do the right
things and we decide to re-elect them in 2024 - we'll be able to put
America back on the track to greatness.
*Michael Reagan, the son of President Ronald Reagan, is an author,
speaker and president of the Reagan Legacy Foundation.*
Another receptive Reagan hits the nail on the head.
Now we have the Primaries behind us and things are looking up for
Americans barring any new cheating from the Left.
More and more evidence is being disclosed so there could be an
even better future ahead.
Ponder this scenario: After a successful legal election, Biden
could be impeached for treason and failure to protect our country
from enemies both foreign and domestic.
Harris is impeached for failure of fulfilling her Oath of Office
and allowing the immigration disaster she was tasked to correct.
Our new President will be the new Speaker of the House.
Add into that, replacing dozens of Justice Dept. leaders, as well
as numerous Democrats who have squandered trillions of dollars of
our tax dollars.
The new President rescinds dozens of Biden's horrific Executive
Orders and cut funding to liberal wasteful spending.
So many things will begin to return to some state of normalcy
and we begin to heal.
God said he would heal our nation so we owe it to Him to do all
we can, to revive the Freedom of religion and stop the sick things
that have been forced upon our children and "We the People".
Maybe the United States that many of us grew up in will see a new
revival and we really can "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" for all legal
America citizens.
Pray that God rescues us from our ignorance.
Conservatively,
John
I will return to Part 2 of the deep dive into the Constitution
next week. Until then pray for our Republic.
