Category: Political Perspectives

Media Madness – Fake News

In my opinion, when the media causes hysteria in the general public by spreading propaganda, the 1st amendment should not apply. The shameful, intentional misleading news stories from some of these networks, in some cases, is getting people hurt and hurting the bottom line of the businesses that are affected by the riots that ensue from the false narrative.

The most recent propaganda was aimed at the airports, disrupting air travel and causing national security concerns. It was reported that all muslims were being detained at airports in N.Y. and other states as well as their departures from the Middle East. What was not reported, intentionally, was that out of 325,000 travelers, about 300 were originally detained because their immigration status was not verified at the start. Out of the 300 or so, verification allowed about 200 to continue on their way. A total of 109 people have been temporarily detained. This amounts to about 1/30th of 1%, however, these treasonist news agencies would have people believe that all muslims are being detained and persecuted for their faith.

These fake news stories are aimed with one purpose in mind, civil disruption, and chaos. Is it not the primary job of the president to protect all Americans from enemies, both foreign and domestic? Wouldn’t this type of intentionally caused civil disruption, property damage, and in some cases bodily harm be considered an enemy of society? 

The 1st amendment should have some boundaries when things get this out of hand.  After all, it is not free speech and against the law to yell ‘fire’ in a movie theater. Those responsible for these false stories with important, relevant facts edited for the sole purpose to mislead and cause havoc in society, need to be removed from these organizations, and charged with treason.

Maybe if the laws of this country were actually enforced for a change, society could return to normal. Bringing these treasonists to justice would send a clear message to these media outlets to stop the false and misleading news and they could get back to what their job is, to accurately inform the American people of national and world events. It used to be, that you listened or watched the news to find out what was really happening at The White House. Now, you have to watch and listen to what’s happening in The White House, to find out the truth about the news.

The truth is, that the proverbial “cat is out of the bag” when it comes to attempting to push the liberal agenda these fake news feeds have adopted. In order to convince the public that the liberal ideal has any integrity, the liberal media resorts to propaganda and fake news.

Pipeline Executive Orders

I am all in favor of energy independence, but very little attention by the “mainstream media” is being placed on the concerns  of the Native American people that reside in areas where the proposed pipeline is to be located.

This situation is reminiscent of the treatment of Native Americans when America was first settled (invaded) by white men. In my opinion, I don’t care if the pipeline has to be detoured a thousand miles, if it is going to have a negative impact on the regional native people, it must be relocated, period!

Unless the Native Americans have another solution that accommodates their wishes, there is no other equitable solution. Donald Trump, surely has the wisdom to recognize this situation. To not do so, would be a travesty, and even myself as a supporter would lose respect for him. I hope he does the right thing here.

Secretary of Education Confirmation

Every single Democrat has asked for a different standard of confirmation for Betsy Devos than that of those confirmed during previous confirmation hearings.  The difference between the questions being asked by Republican representatives and the Democrats is so stark it has been hard to watch. While most Republicans ask pertinent questions about school choices or how she would follow the laws of the federal government, Democrats like Bernie Sanders (and I use the term Democrat loosely in his case) asked if college education should be free to everyone and Ms. Devos replied “nothing is really free,’ Sanders went into his usual rant, that millionaires and billionaires would pay for it. He then asked if her contributing to the Republican party made it possible for her nomination. She responded, “I don’t think it mattered.”

Al Franken had the audacity to ask if Devos believed in conversion therapy. At first Devos was so stunned, but she finally responded that all children have the right to a good education regardless of race, gender or economic status. The Democrat from Colorado tried to use the standards of education from Detroit to tarnish Devos’ record of accomplishment, Devos being from Michigan, implying that those standards applied to the state as a whole.

The Democratic senator from Connecticut asked if guns should be allowed in schools. Devos replied “in the case of the school in Montana with the Grizzly Bear fence around it, probably so.” This clearly being a guideline determined by federal and state law, not a matter for Education Secretary to decide.

The Republican from Louisiana asked every relevant question for the secretary’s position. It was articulated in a yes or no forum, several questions were asked and answered with complete clarity of the nominee’s requirements to fill the position. This manner of irrelevant questioning clearly shows Americans, that the Democratic party has gone completely off the rails, with their intent being to put Devos in an interrogation room under a bright light and question her for hours as if she were a murderer being questioned at the police station, asking everything from what day she was born to what her sexual preferences are,  or maybe, what her grandfather bought her for Christmas in 1993.

I have to commend Lamar Alexander, the committee chair, and Republican from Tennessee, for attempting to keep the hearing focused on the relevant issues at hand, and not allowing these discontented Democrats from allowing their disappointment in Trump’s victory cloud the process of selecting the new Secretary of Education.

The theme has been the same for all Trump’s selections for confirmation. These obstructionist Democrats that were perfectly content with the process for Democratic nominees in previous hearings, are somehow extremely dissatisfied with the same process for a Republican nominee. People in the districts where these Democrats are supposed to be representing, need to pay close attention to this self-serving determination by these individuals to forward their own agenda, not necessarily that of their constituents. An agenda they have been pressured to adopt to forward the cause and ideology of the outgoing president.

I truly feel this ideology will be the demise of the  Democratic party. The Liberals have hijacked the party and it no longer retains true American values.

Democrat Boycott

The only message that these Democratic defectors are sending, is that when it comes time for re-election, they need to be voted out of office. Any elected official that does not participate in this very special process to Inaugurate the incoming president, does not deserve to serve their district. They are, very simply put, placing their interests ahead of their constituents, who they have promised to serve.

Elected officials are by definition, public servants, and have taken an oath to be sworn in as such. If Republicans pulled this crap when Obama was to be sworn in, they would have been labeled as racists. These Democrats are demonstrating that they are un-american. They should step down and allow more honorable willing candidates to serve our country. Here is a list of those ungrateful, un-americans that don’t deserve the positions in government that they are serving in:

  • Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala.
  • Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz.
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz.
  • Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Juan Vargas, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif.
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla.
  • Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla.
  • Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla.
  • Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.
  • Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.
  • Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill.
  • Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.
  • Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill.
  • Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky.
  • Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine
  • Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Md.
  • Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.
  • Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass.
  • Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass.
  • Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.
  • Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.
  • Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.
  • Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo.
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, D-N.H.
  • Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J.
  • Rep. Donald Payne Jr., D-N.J.
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Jose Serrano, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y.
  • Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C.
  • Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C.
  • Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore.
  • Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore.
  • Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa.
  • Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa.
  • Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Pa.
  • Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn.
  • Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas
  • Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas
  • Rep. Al Green, D-Texas
  • Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Texas
  • Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va.
  • Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.
  • Rep. Donald McEachin, D-Va.
  • Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash.
  • Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash.
  • Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis.
  • Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Ca.

Anyone living in any of these districts and states where these representatives are from, should seriously reconsider your vote for any of these individuals when their terms are due. Frankly, immediate impeachment procedure of these congressmen and women should begin right after the inauguration.

Trump and the Intelligence Community

 

The Democrats are asking why Donald Trump doesn’t trust our intelligence agencies. I am asking why should he trust them? Over the past eight years, the Obama administration has made a concerted effort to corrupt these agencies to do the bidding of the liberal agenda of the president.

For starters, the obviously intentional refusal to indict Catherine Sebelius for her heinous actions at the I.R.S. The fact that these agencies are not doing anything at the federal level to curb the activities of Black Lives Matter, a criminal organization responsible for the deaths of several law enforcement officers and civilians. The fact is that these agencies all answer to a completely corrupt justice department under Loretta Lynch, currently, and previously under Eric Holder, who in my opinion, is a racist. Let’s not even get into the activities of Hillary Clinton, who, in my opinion, is guilty of at minimal, obstruction for destroying subpoenaed evidence. Time after time, under the Obama administration, there have been questionable actions by the intelligence community.

This even goes back to the Bush administration, when they claimed to have “good intel” that Saddam Hussein had “weapons of mass destruction” and only a few defunct chemical rockets were found, buried and inoperable. The intelligence community continually rears its ugly head when it operates with a political agenda. This starts at the top of  leadership. When the leadership fails to seek integrity and objectivity from these agencies, these are the kind of inconsistencies that happen.

To review, there were violations at the Veterans Affairs, was anyone prosecuted? No! There was violations at the State Department, was anyone prosecuted? No! There were violations at the I.R.S., was anyone prosecuted? No! There were violations at the Department of Housing and Urban Development with regard to improper lending practices, was anyone prosecuted? No!

These are all huge blunders at the expense of real human lives, yet no criminal charges have ever been sought to give Americans restitution or resolution to any of these atrocities.

In my opinion, a complete overhaul of not only the Justice Department, but all the intelligence agencies is necessary. Thank you Donald Trump for having the backbone to question them, and their actions! I do, however, disagree with Donald Trump that James Comey should continue as F.B.I. director. The inconsistent manner in which the Clinton investigation was handled, leaves me questioning Comey’s integrity.

Racial Hypocrisy

Watching the confirmation hearing with regard to Jeff Sessions, and seeing the disgraceful outburst by first term senator Cory Booker, was disturbing to say the least. Booker, is the former mayor of Newark, N.J., that is one of the more troubled cities in New Jersey. Like Chicago, the impoverished predominantly black neighborhoods spill into more affluent areas, bringing gang violence and crime with them. I have been to Newark, along with the adjoining town of Irvington N.J. These are the kind of places where you lock your car doors, even when the car is moving.

Booker’s inappropriate comments, with racist underpinnings at the Sessions confirmation, was despicable. His motivation for the outburst in the hearing is clear, there have already been rumors that he is being groomed to replace Obama, and restore Obama’s failed legacy and agenda, with a White House run in 2020.

The Obama administration has shown several examples of racism throughout the past eight years. Eric Holder can be quoted as stating, “I would rather be true to my race, than the constitution.” Obama gave a personal invite to Al Sharpton, an outspoken racist, to the White House, as well as other Black Lives Matter representatives, a clearly criminal organization, operating under the guise of “racial equality.” President Obama has inserted his racist opinion in almost every police confrontation involving a white officer and black suspect, accusing the white officer of racism before any trial or hearing was even set. In all the cases Obama was incorrect in his rash assumptions in these cases.  Loretta Lynch did the same with the Freddie Gray incident in Baltimore, where four officers were accused and later found innocent of wrong doing. These are not attempts to achieve racial equality, they are attempts to give blacks preferential standards in society over not only whites, but all other people. Both Lynch and Holder have campaigned for preferential treatment of black people by our nation’s police forces, and frankly, have had some success in achieving this inequality.

 Racial intimidation at the federal level through Obama’s tenure, directed at local and state law enforcement agencies across the country, have caused many agencies to take a hands off approach with black suspects. This is one of the primary causes for the substantial increase in crime in all the major cities across the U.S. The other main cause, although not readily recognized is the failed liberal entitlement programs that have encouraged the continued trends of fatherless families, rewarding unwed mothers for the number of children, not the success of the family unit. The generational dependency on these programs, have numbed the aspirations of dependants, leaving little or no incentive to improve themselves. The example of dignity and self-respect that comes from a child observing a working parent’s satisfaction and reward for their efforts is absent from the family unit. In essence these programs cripple families and children, leaving them to fend for themselves with the information learned on the streets from their peers.

All the literature that affirms this hypothesis is available if you know where to look. Several mayors and governors have adopted an approach that forces people to return to work, after receiving public assistance for short periods, through different types of incentives. In every single case the people who return to the workforce look back with gratitude for the ability to be rid of the assistance program.

Donald Trump understands this and has indicated to the impoverished inner city people that he wants to help. Democrats have taken a “hands off” approach to this for decades just throwing more and more taxpayer money at these failed programs. This has only exacerbated the situation, and now the situation has grown to an almost irreversible problem for the nation. Statistics do not lie. All the cities that have Democratic leadership, also have the biggest problems.

America needs to be honest with itself in a bipartisan way or the majority led Republican congress has to address this problem, or there will have to be martial law declared at some point to clean up the pestilence of crime and gang rule in these inner cities. Either way, the entitlement programs still need to be overhauled, or this situation will still persist. Democrats are not going to ever address this, because when you give people free money, you will always have their votes. The fat rich senators in congress don’t give a crap about how these people live, they live in huge houses, far from the inner cities and the threat of this stuff ever happening to them.

Media-Democrats Dishonesty

I watched the press conference hosted by Donald Trump. It was clearly articulated with regard to how The Trump Organization will detach itself from President Donald Trump, both in the appearance of impropriety and the actual operational aspects of the organization. Donald Trump  explained that the law does not require him to do so, as well as having an attorney put it in layman’s terms the huge undertaking, as well as financial loss to accomplish this.

At the same time I was enlightened with regard to the false news story  being propagated by C.N.N. and Buzzfeed, the online agency whose credibility is barely even worthy of mention. Buzzfeed initiated the false story, and C.N.N. ran with it. It centered around false claims that Donald Trump was engaged in acts with a prostitute while the Miss America pageant was being hosted in Moscow.

I have a hard time understanding how a clearly articulated message can be stretched to the point of a completely different statement or message within moments of the actual point being made. This takes a real talent, but it is not called journalism. It’s called lying. The despicable manner in which these misguided media outlets perform this feat is only succeeding in discrediting these agencies even more with the educated American public. Now, even credible news agencies are subject to more scrutiny. Even Fox News failed to report the fact that Donald Trump has no obligation under the law to separate himself from his business enterprises.

Even worse than the media’s dishonesty and distorted reporting, in watching the Rex Tillerson confirmation hearing,  Democratic senator, Jeanne Shaheen congratulated Tillerson for his efforts to separate himself from his corporate dealings with Exxon-Mobile, but in the same sentence inferred that Donald Trump was not doing so. The constituents in her district need to remember this kind of distorted view being introduced into our most cherished process of government. Donald Trump has been very clear about this, even though the law allows both the president and vice president to operate business interests at the same time they serve in office. Democrats, meanwhile, still continue to badger him on this issue.

This type of intentional deception to the American people by our most trusted elected officials needs to come to an end. The tighter the Democratic party tries to embrace these liberal ideals, the more disconnected they are becoming from mainstream America. These ideals stand contrary to American constitutionality and values. It has been obvious that over the past eight years, the amount of deception and expense to propagate this failed ideal will no longer be tolerated by the American people.

Meryl Streep’s Comedy Routine

If ever someone deserved to have an award taken back, it would be Meryl Streep for her comedic performance at The Golden Globe award ceremony Sunday night. These Hollywood millionaire elites that consider themselves “normal” people or imagine that they even have the most remote clue as to what “normal” or majority or mainstream even is, are they under hypnosis or hallucinating.

These Hollywood elites eat at five-star restaurants where the general public is excluded. They have personal attendants that pick out their clothes that are tailored for them. They live in multi-million dollar estates where groundskeepers manage the exterior, while maids and other staff attend to their personal needs inside. Interior designers decorate and furnish all their furniture and wall decorations, as well as fine china and table settings. Many have personal chefs as well as nutritionists handle any dietary needs, should they dine in. They drive cars that cost more than most “normal” people’s homes, that is, when they are not being chauffeured. In a single word these people are Isolationists who live in a world all in it’s own contoured specifically to their every need.

Anyone who “buys” into these kind of rants like Streep’s, and the absurd television ad comparing themselves to the majority, is delusional at best. The hypocrisy is astounding, calling for outright obstruction of the democratic process, of which Republicans were so harshly accused of by these same Hollywood elites under the failed Obama administration – that very same process that gives these idiots the privilege to say these things publicly without being arrested (as is the policy of many other countries.)

When these morons start mowing their own lawns, cooking their own meals, and fixing their own busted pipes, changing their own oil in the vehicle, and having to buy the same cheap Chinese junk to accomplish these tasks, then they can adequately make a comparison to being “normal” or being part of a majority. The thought of paying to see one of  Meryl Streep’s movies turns my stomach. This goes for Leonardo Dicaprio and a dozen or so others that live in fantasyland. Us football watchers, and M.M.A followers i.e., the deplorable majority of American citizens that indicated very strongly, our being totally fed up with these elitist people on Nov. 8th showed who the real majority is. Personally,  if an earthquake swept California into the Pacific ocean and all these clowns went with it, the U.S. and the rest of the planet would be a better place.

For once, I would like to trade places with these entitled brats, so that they could know what it’s been like to live under Obama’s rule for the past eight years. The “majority” or “normal” Americans have been like a bunch of drowning rats stuck on an ocean vessel with a drunken master at the till, turning broadside into the swells, with reckless abandon.

 

Inauguration Anticipation

When Obama won The White House in 2008 and a battle weary George Bush was finally able to retire, the wait between election day and inauguration day seemed to pass quickly. I think it was because of the uncertainty of what was to be. When Romney was defeated in 2012 it passed quickly because of the Benghazi scandal and the questionable nature in which Democrats were able to deceive the American people deferring intentionally the actions of The White House’s blunder until after the election.

Now, however, it is the certainty that Donald Trump is going to rectify the disaster that has gripped the nation over the past eight years that is excruciating to wait for. This has been like a starving person waiting on a line for food, and hoping there will be some left when they finally reach the front of the line.

As a self-employed land developer, I have seen a total shut down in the real-estate market, low interest rates make it almost impossible for banks to write mortgages. All my assets have basically been frozen for almost nine years. The rise in health insurance costs have forced me into foreclosure on one of the assets. The Affordable Care Act, which should be called The Insurance Monopoly Tax, has bankrupted most of the smaller competitive insurance companies.

The racial divide created by an omnipotent and divisive successive pair of Attorney Generals could be compared with the dark ages of the late 50’s and early 60’s of bigoted segregation, only the color of actors has been reversed. The liberal agenda to be politically correct  without any regard for common sense has led to several attacks on American soil by foreign actors taking advantage of the blind ignorance of these policies.

The nation’s debt doubling under the load of artificially generated statistics with regard to economic growth by dumping cheap money into the economy, in just eight years. The quagmire of failed foreign policy that has left America in a problematic situation, both with allies and adversaries. The intentional corruption of our republic to conform to an ideal of global socialism, leaving our very way of life in tatters, by bastardizing the constitution through executive action.

All this falling on the shoulders of the incoming commander-in-chief, a tall order to say the least. It is the promise of real hope for a free and sovereign America, the way America is supposed to be, that makes the wait untill inauguration so very excruciating.

I doubt that the intentions of the liberal socialist Obama administration can be reversed in two terms of Donald Trump, I can only hope that there can be a successor with the courage to follow him, and stand for American liberty, and thwart those who would let liberty be swallowed up by the obscurity of all the other failed socialist experiments in the rest of the world.

The Russians are coming! NOT!

 

I find it quite remarkable to compare the criticism that was directed at Donald Trump for remarks made about Muslim immigration, to the stark difference with regard to the Russian hack and subsequent reaction to it. The poor disadvantaged Muslim immigrants that don’t deserve to be scrutinized to the extent that was suggested by Donald Trump.

What is completely acceptable, however is to impose economic sanctions, directly affecting the Russian people, most of which struggle economically as it is. The justification of which, being the exposure of crooked Democrats undermining the very fabric of our constitution by using media propaganda, similar to tactics used by Nazi Germany to convince the German people of a sure victory in WWII. 

The astounding ease in which the media has demonized an entire country of people, based on little more than a few e-mails is disturbing to say the least. More disturbing, even the conservative media outlets are buying into this propaganda, repeating the narrative that Russia “interfered” with our elections.

I guess it’s okay to demonize Russia because it affected The Democratic Party and an imposed perception that it affected Hillary Clinton. Funny, how the scale of importance varies, when it comes to national security, vetting Muslims is wrong, but the D.N.C. we need to protect that at any cost.

In my opinion, from Russia’s perspective, this imposition of sanctions could be considered an act of war. Where the hell is the U.N. now? How can everyone be buying into this? Can anyone tell me anything that Russia has actually done against the U.S.? They are currently carrying our astronauts to the space station, they are one of the U.S.’s largest consumers of grain exports, they supply much of Europe’s natural gas and petroleum. I would like to know one thing that would be gained by making Russia an enemy of the U.S.

To condemn them for what has proven to be nothing less than an enlightening revelation is pure insanity. Hasn’t the Obama administration done enough damage? It’s reality check time!

The sooner January 20th comes, the better, all we can do is hope this guy doesn’t do any more damage before he leaves office.