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Pelosi’s Rebuttal to the State of the Union Address

Nancy Pelosi is flat out bat crazy! When her lips move, she’s lying. Her rebuttal to President Trump’s State of The Union Address was full of lies. She kept saying that Trump inherited momentum, not a mess. She boasted of all the so called success of the Obama administration’s accomplishments. What she didn’t say was that most of those accomplishments were done by infusing over a trillion dollars of taxpayer cash into the private sectors, like The Auto industry Bailout, The Insurance Industry Bailout, the failed Alternative Energy Bailout of $535 million (The Solyndra Corp), an illegal act, by the way, for government to invest in a private company, and let’s not forget Iran’s bailout of $151 billion plus $1.8 billion in cash to a terrorist nation.

She touted that Obama lowered the deficit by a trillion dollars, again not true. Obama raised the national debt by over $9 trillion! Pelosi also praised the failed Affordable Care Act boasting that twenty million people got health insurance that were previously unable to before. Not sure where she is getting her 20 million people number but the statistics on the https://www.census.gov/ website do not correlate with her number and many more lost their coverage, or could no longer afford it under the Afforable Care Act. A record number of hospital and health care facilities closed, and the promise that you can keep both your insurance plan and your doctor quickly became one of the biggest lies ever perpetrated on The American people, by any president. 

Pelosi said Obama was responsible for creating fourteen million jobs. Again, not true, check out the labor participation stats for the data. Most of the jobs were not “created” at all. These were all jobs that people were being rehired for when they returned back to work after losing them. All this was caused by another previous Democratic Legislation debacle, during the last two years of The Bush administration that caused the stock market crash and tons of other subsequent private sector job losses. 

Legislation written and introduced by Chris Dodd and Barney Frank was signed into law through a Democratic majority in both the House and the Senate, mandating that banks must give mortgage loans to anyone that wanted to buy a house whether the loan was secured or not. Most of the mortgages that were written were done so by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lending institutions, both of which are primarily taxpayer backed financially. Subsequently, the mortgages that were sold off and Mortgage Backed Securities were then written against them (a common practice by the banks). These financial instruments were then used to leverage investments in the stock market, by insurance companies and other investment firms sometimes up to a hundred times their value, again, a common practice, because the entire amortization value of the mortgage is considered. When those millions of unsecured notes became due, and were not met with the financial obligations of their holders, a cascade effect happened causing the crash because both the mortgages and the securities written against them became worthless. Any investor using that financial tool instantly went bankrupt unless they could back the investment financially. 

Anyone buying into Pelosi’s bull-crap and is considering voting The Democrats back into office, and returning the government back to this kind of policy insanity, needs to get their head examined. They almost bankrupted the country before, surely it will the next time, and given the chance, you can bet good sound money The Democrats will have their way.

President Aquitted

Finally, President Trump was properly acquitted of the two Articles of Impeachment. Both articles basically indirectly inferred that The President was trying to “fix” the 2020 election by “going after his political rival” candidate Joe Biden. How embarrassing will it be if Biden fails to become endorsed?

 As of now, it’s not looking like he will be. So, The Democrats in Congress will have tried to impeach The President for using his authority to try to have a foreign government to investigate what amounts to be just another person who failed to meet the threshold of actually being nominated for anything. 

Impeachment Circus

After several excruciating hours of watching this “so called impeachment”, and I use the term in this manor because it is the best way to describe it; it is clear that The House of Representatives failed to follow the legal avenues given to them to take this action against The President. This Impeachment is illegitimate.

 The Congress failed to make resolutions by a vote to assign any one or more committees the authority to issue subpoenas in an attempt to resolve the dispute between The Executive and Legislative branches. Secondly, the Congress failed to bring those witnesses to bear through the courts (if they had properly authorized the subpoenas) from The Executive branch.

This whole process, if done properly, may have been enough to remove The President from office if two thirds of the senate could be convinced. Unfortunately, however, in Nancy Pelosi’s deluded mind she thought that all that legal mumbo jumbo was beneath her. This impeachment is no different than a false arrest where a suspect was not given their Miranda Warning. In all cases of the law procedure matters. This procedure is invalid, and on those grounds alone should be moved for immediate dismissal.

No court in the United States allows the prosecutor (District Attorney) to proceed with any case, unless they have followed proper procedure: In the arrest, the treatment, and the incarceration of any defendant. The President may not be “above the law” as The Democrats have so persistently argued, but neither is The President exempt from being afforded the procedural process that would come to any other defendant or accused. In this case The Senate has become, temporarily “the highest court in the land” with The Chief Justice of The Supreme Court presiding over its proceedings.

 If this case lacks even the most minor flaw in the procedure of the case brought before this court, it must reject it in its entirety, regardless of the severity of the crimes alleged. Even murderers are set free if the arrest procedures were not followed. What is really surprising is that the prosecutors, in this case, every Democrat in Congress, all are attorneys and are well aware of the rights of any accused person. If I were Chief Justice John Roberts I would be outraged that these prosecutors would dare to insult my intelligence by bringing this flawed case before me, and thinking that I would give it five minutes of my time before throwing it out of my courtroom on its merits alone.

If The Democrats want to remove this president, then they need to start all over. That means bringing the accusation before committee, voting on resolutions to validate the subpoena process, allowing testimony from all relevant witnesses, going through The Judicial to allow for witnesses that The President has afforded Executive Privilege to be given the opportunity to testify, rewrite The Articles, hold another vote to move forward etc… etc… etc… Then and only then can this hold the credentials to be reviewed by what is at this moment in time, the “highest court in the land”.

Senate Circus

The Senate impeachment circus is a culmination of what began in Congress as apparently the latest, and hopefully, the last of the many failed attempts by the Democratic Party to oust President Trump from office.

 As a whole host of guesses as to what the Democrats could hang their hats on of what this president could be charged with, it seems that the best they can come up with is “Abuse of Power”. This innocuous term can be used to cover a lot of ground. In this case, however, the supposition is that President Trump improperly used his office to get “dirt” on his political rival.

The rival they refer to is the former Vice President, Joe Biden, who has now thrown his “hat into the ring” to try to win the Democratic nomination to run for president in the upcoming 2020 election, along with about a dozen other folks. The problem that The Democrats have in making up these accusations is that Joe Biden is no more of a political rival than I am. Unless and until, the nomination for the candidacy for the office that Biden is seeking run for is secured, he is of no threat to The President. In other words no rivalry exists between them. So, regardless of what The President sought or didn’t seek at the time, it is of no consequence, no political fallout came to Biden, other than that of his own admission, and certainly, it would not be a criminal act even if there was, nor would it rise to the level of an impeachable act. No harm, no foul.

Qasem Soleimani Aftermath

There are concerns that the Iraqi government will vote to oust American troops in response to the air strike that took out the top Iranian general. Great! Let’s finally leave. In doing so, however, let’s not do what President Obama did by leaving all our logistics and weaponry behind. If we pull our troops from the region, every single piece of hardware must come back with them. There should not be so much as a laptop or gas can left behind! President Obama pulled our troops out and left I.S.I.S. all kinds of military equipment, even M-1 Abrahams tanks, that were then used by the enemy to kill Americans when we had to go back to engage I.S.I.S. Fighters.

This has been the problem with all of American engagements in the region; we keep failing to learn from history! Frankly, we are not welcome there and have no business being over there.

Town Hall with Andrew Yang

I watched a very short part of Andrew Yang’s town hall in New Hampshire on December 30, 2019 and couldn’t believe that these New Hampshire residents are dumb enough to swallow what he was dishing out. These people need to do a little research about how the insurance industry works. Yang was trying to convince these knuckleheads that a government insurer would lower costs, and drive out the private industry slowly as to not cause the inevitable chaos that would occur with “Medicare for all”.

Let me explain in layman’s terms. It is the taxpayers that fund all government insurance. These government health insurance policies have no restrictions on the financial resources required to fund them, therefore, they can bill the taxpayer whatever they need to pay out any given claim. For example: If a wheelchair is sold by the manufacturer for $500.00 it becomes irrelevant because the government has to figure in the administration costs, and can bill for five times the amount, because they answer only to themselves. The private insurance corporations have to show accountability to its shareholders, to the accounting office, and to the customer. These private insurers, however, through their underwriters, compares what the government is charging, and some other risk factors, for a given policy and what  its policy liability payouts are for its standards. It is these general comparisons that are driving up the insurance policy rates and the liability payouts of any given claim. “If the government can charge $2500 for the wheelchair, then we should be able to charge $2000” say the private insurers, and this way, they fulfill their obligations of accountability to the government, the shareholders, and the customers and no one can scrutinize the costs.

It is a fact that on its current trajectory, Medicare will soon become insolvent. How will adding 150,000,000 people to the system lower the cost? These Democrat socialists have completely lost their minds, all sense of reason, and anyone that buys into their insane ideas has also lost it!

Inspector General Horowitz’s Testimony

After seven hours of testimony from Inspector General Horowitz it was remarkable, even astounding to watch Democrats focus their obscure questions about how to persecute President Trump, and A.G.William Barr.

Republicans on the other hand, asked pertinent questions about the actual wrongdoing that was done by the F.B.I. with regard to the abuses in the F.I.S.A. application process, and the likelihood of political bias in the process.

What bewildered me even more was the lack of reference by most in both parties to their constituents that elected them, and how much this stuff affects their view of The F.B.I and what this is costing them as taxpayers. It wasn’t until the seventh hour that The Senator from Tennessee, Marsha Blackburn asked about those very concerns for those constituents that she represents.

She is a true blue representative that is doing what she has been elected to do; represent and stick up for those who put her in office. She asked about what I think should be of most concern to anyone:

“Why are these people still employed on the taxpayer’s dime” and “Why are these people not going to jail?”

 On top of that, she mentioned Tennesseans, and what they might think, as her main concern. Americans need to start having those same expectations for all our elected officials.

Whether you like our president or not, he is actually working for us, the American citizens. When asked about Congress passing his signature deal with Canada and Mexico (The U.S.M.C.A) he said if it takes being impeached to help Americans, then so be it. He obviously cares little about the power of his position, and more about American citizens.

Articles Handed Down

The judicial committee handed down two articles of impeachment this week, and with no surprise, also gave tentative approval of The U.S.M.C.A., but apparently there are a lot of strings attached by the organized labor unions.

 The first being “abuse of power”, the accusation being that President Trump abused his position to have a foreign country investigate a political rival when he asked The Ukrainian President to investigate the actions of former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, allegedly, in exchange for financial aid. The accusation being that Trump was trying to interfere with the upcoming election, or ask The Ukrainian President to do so, for his own political gain. The problem here is that Joe Biden has not yet been endorsed as the Democratic candidate, so therefore he is not a political rival, the aid was not withheld, and no subsequent investigation of The Bidens ensued. 

The second is “Obstruction of Congress”, for withholding both witnesses and documents from Congressional subpoenas. Unfortunately, here too, The President retains the right of Executive Privilege, and Congress must apply through the courts to have their requests be adhered to. Both Adam Shiff and Gerald Nadler failed to follow the law and proper procedure in both their respective committees and make those requests to the courts. Instead these guys who accuse Trump of being an imperialist have done that exact thing themselves, bypassing procedural law and ramming this impeachment down everyone’s throats in just over two months, all the while claiming to be constitutionalists.

 Lastly, of course, The Democrats had to pass some version of The U.S.M.C.A. because they were getting such flack from their constituents back home during the holiday. I say too little, too late! Vote them out in 2020!

TWRA Chronic Wasting Disease Blunder

The deadly C.W.D. or Chronic Wasting Disease is a debilitating disease that appears to affect the central nervous system in deer and other similar hoofed animals. It is believed to be spread through the ingestion of the animal’s own waste when feeding in concentrated lump baiting and feeding areas, where unethical hunters will dump piles of corn and other attractants in one spot to then kill the vulnerable animals while the entire herd is feeding in the concentrated area. 

The disease has been well documented in New York, Ohio, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania for several years. 

There has been a decline, however, as these states have banned the sale of so called “Deer Corn” and other attractants in retailers like Wal-Mart  and other sporting good stores. Additionally greater strides have been taken by wildlife agencies to stop these unethical practices through stricter penalties, stringent enforcement, and consistent regulations that apply to both public use and private lands. 

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) has not taken any heed to these statistics or policies. Regulation standards in Tennessee are more relaxed for private land than public use lands. The TWRA, however, has chosen the “Throw the Baby out with the Bath Water” approach, by increasing bag limits and proposing season extensions in the affected areas. This will not only most likely have little effect on disease reduction, but poses a much higher risk to hunting public who may unwittingly come in contact with the disease when harvesting, and field dressing the infected animals. This malpractice will also increase the use of bait hunting, thus increasing the spread of this deadly disease.

 This is just another example of the reckless and rogue agency’s mismanagement practices that has led to several blunders in recent years, and probably the reason for the steady decline in interest from outdoorsman. Rather than prohibiting the sale of these products, and enforcing violators using these unethical practices, having consistent regulations, and using the funds that are generated by licensees for the promotion of healthy and prolific W.M.A.’s and waterways, they introduce non native species like Alewives, River Otters, and Muskellunge that are a detriment to native species. 

Most of these blunders are the result of catering to lobbying from special interest groups, not from the hunting and fishing license holders that pay for these experiments. If they are going to introduce anything, they should consider introducing the Axis Deer. They have a different breeding cycle than Whitetail and would provide greater opportunities for hunters. The TWRA in part of zone # 3, The Bridgestone Wilderness Area in particular, for instance burns large tracts of otherwise good habitat and food source, all for the sake of rumors that it will help the recently introduced Bobwhite Quail that have been released there through lobby from special interest, to which, by the way, no pause or hunting moratorium was put in place to allow the introduced birds to get established. This practice of burning of large tracts of otherwise abundant food sources is interrupting the habitual feeding cycles of the indigenous species like Whitetail and Turkey. Again it is the lobby of the special interest for the Quail that has taken precedence over those who pay to use the Bridgesonte Wilderness Area.

On top of all that, the TWRA has the nerve to complain publicly, about the decline in license purchases. These and other reckless policies have caused the agency to increase the cost of a Sportsman hunting and fishing license to a whopping $166.00 and that’s without any additional permits. Do they realize how much meat someone can just go to the store and buy for that kind of money? If they spent less money on literature, public relations, and special interest requests, and more on  actually enforcing violators and improving the conditions of their Wildlife Management Areas for wildlife like their designation claims it is supposed to do, it might improve their financial dilemma.

Bloomberg joins the circus

Bloomberg has jumped in the Presidential race, and is already flooding the television with ads. He is boasting as a unifier, job creator, and all around problem solver. In his ads, however, a familiar theme is being put forth. He boasts of health insurance for all, yet if you like your insurance as is, you can keep it. The unfortunate thing about that is that ship already sailed, and sunk with President Obama.

 It is a virtual impossibility to have government run health insurance and leave the free market as is. For no other reason than the simple concept of billing, as the government seeks reimbursement from the taxpayer, whatever the standard rate becomes, the private industry will seek the same. There will be a veritable feeding frenzy because the taxpayer funded liability has literally, an endless supply of funds, whereas the private industry has to have a little thing called transparency.

 So, as more people lean on the government for their health insurance, the private industry simply can’t compete, and collapse is imminent. In short, the Bloomberg ad that you can keep your insurer is a flat out lie.