Friday, February 8, 2019

op ed review 2/10


THIS WEEK’S NEWS
President Trump hit a home run with his State of the Union:  "We stand with the Venezuelan people in their noble quest for freedom — and we condemn the brutality of the Maduro regime, whose socialist policies have turned that nation from being the wealthiest in South America into a state of abject poverty and despair..Here, in the United States, we are alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in our country. America was founded on liberty and independence - not government coercion, domination, and control. We are born free, and we will stay free."
Chants of 'USA' after Trump says 'America will never be a socialist country'
President Trump: ‘We’ve Got to Get Out of These Endless Wars’

GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming properly summed up the behavior of the white-and-blue-clad Democrat women at last night’s State of the Union message with a single devastating tweet: “Things my Democrat women colleagues wouldn’t clap for at #StateOfTheUnion2019 tonight: America, freedom, free enterprise, law enforcement heroes, record low unemployment for women & minorities, the right of babies to live. Things they did clap for: themselves.”

Mainstream media stunned:  Both CBS and CNN Polls: 76 Percent of Viewers Approve President Trump’s State of the Union Speech; CBS: 72 Percent Approve His Immigration Ideas

Another Trump Miracle: US Predicted to Drill More Oil Than Saudi Arabia and Russia Combined by 2025!
Tom Brady’s 6th Super Bowl Win Infuriates Trump Haters
Brady trolls media with epic ‘Reagan’ Play: “a run to the right!”
National Prayer Breakfast Cheers Donald Trump’s Pro-Life Message
China caved to President Trump’s Trade War demands as state-media published plans that foreign investors will no longer be subject to compulsory technology transfers.
Pelosi and other Democrats caving to border wall funding?

What would you do if you’re at a press conference, fighting for your political life after a week during which you endorsed outright infanticide and got caught wearing black face, and a reporter asks if you can still do the Michael Jackson Moonwalk? –Well, if you’re Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, you look around to see if there’s room to do the Moonwalk and are just about to say “Hold my beer!” until your wife – who thankfully was there to stand by her racist, baby-killing man – tells you that these are “inappropriate circumstances” in which to show off your dancing skills.
CNN tries to relabel Virginia Gov. Northam a Republican
With Virginia’s top three elected officials engulfed in scandal, fellow Democrats were rendered practically speechless, uncertain of how to thread their way through the racial and sexual allegations and their tangled political implications.
Looking at the possibility of losing the Virginia governorship to the Republicans, some liberals are calling for adjustments to the political correctness penal code. Maybe blackface isn’t a “firing offense.”  Maybe “giving people a second chance…might serve…the greater interest.”
Reminder: Ralph Northam Won Election After Calling Republican Opponent a Racist

Welcome to California, land of 1,000 laws — and that’s just this year!…. example: only milk and water are now to be published as beverage options on kids’ menus in sit-down restaurants.

Apple Gives Deep State Access To Roger Stone’s iCloud Account, After Refusing To Violate Privacy of San Bernardino Terrorists.

New border crisis: 1,809 illegal crossing attempts a day, ‘ticking time bomb’
Maybe it’s time for a moratorium:  Census Bureau says 75 million more immigrants by 2060, 95% of future US growth.
Google seems to be concealing this study:  “Illegal aliens are incarcerated as much as five times the rate of legal residents – and on average three times the rate of legal residents – in states where they are most heavily concentrated, according to a new study published by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).”

??? Senator Mitch McConnell Announces He is “Especially Proud” of Legislation Rebuking President Trump… The only Republican who voted against perpetual war in the middle east and supported President Trump was Rand Paul. …Senate Leader Mitch McConnell has one major career alliance that has been unbroken and unchanged for well over two decades.  That alliance is with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and specifically with CoC President Tom Donohue. Mitch McConnell is stealthily working against the efforts of President Donald Trump. The effort is to support his primary Wall Street financial benefactor.
Mitch Fires Trump Impeachment Warning with U.S. Senate:   Demand to Keep Troops in Afghanistan/Syria…
McConnell warns Trump: We might vote to block your emergency decree on the wall, you know
Senate Dems introduce bill to block Trump from using military funds to build wall

Your tax dollars at work: Vivaldi-listening Cats, Coked-up Quails, and Monkey Marriage Proposals

Effort to Allow Full-term Abortion Defeated by Republicans in Virginia
Rhode Island’s Catholic Democratic Gov. backs abortion bill overturning all pro-life laws

San Francisco, most liberal city in America — where drug addicts outnumber high school students

Americans love paid family leave, until they learn what it costs.
Nancy Pelosi Keeps Quoting Her Favorite Bible Verse. The Mystery: It’s Not Actually in the Bible.
____________________________________________________________

COLUMN OF THE WEEK
How to get your child to just say no to socialism  2/4

Despite mountains of historical evidence revealing the dangers associated with socialism, support for Karl Marx’s collectivist ideas is steadily increasing. In an August 2018 Gallup Poll, 51 percent of young people aged 18-29 said they have a favorable opinion of socialism, compared to just 45 percent who said they view capitalism positively. Compare that to 2010, when 68 percent of young people said they view capitalism favorably. That’s a remarkable 33 percent decline in just eight years.

Many parents who support the traditional American values of self-responsibility, individual liberty and free markets, have been left to wonder how they can teach their children the truth about collectivism and resist the rise of socialism. Below are strategies for talking to young people about the dangers of communism, socialism and other progressive ideas.

Explain the meaning of socialism and why it’s immoral.  Every conversation about socialism should begin with a discussion about what it actually entails. Survey data show most Americans have no clue what socialism is, despite the fact that it’s regularly discussed in the media. Socialism is the collective ownership and management of property. In a purely socialist society – an idea Karl Marx called “communism” – all or nearly all property is owned and managed by the collective.

Under such a scheme, people have very little power over their own lives. Even their homes are owned collectively. In the case of democratic socialism, this means that people are forced to live according to the desires of the majority. In many situations, a small group of people is given power by the majority, and that group typically ends up becoming tyrannical, as we’ve seen in China, North Korea and Venezuela.

With this model in place, minorities don’t really have any rights. If the majority thinks people should live or work in a certain way, everyone is required to obey, even if it violates their deeply held beliefs. For example, in a socialist country, vegetarians would be required to be part owners in a slaughterhouse.

In socialism, individual “rights” are mere illusions. Even free-speech rights are limited if they are deemed “harmful” to the rest of society – which means these “rights” don’t really exist at all. This is why human rights abuses are so common in countries that try to enact socialism.

Emphasize charity, not government coercion.  For most young Americans, socialist ideas are appealing because they genuinely want to help those who are suffering. They believe single-payer health care, a “Green New Deal,” and other similar policies are compassionate. Conservatives have a tendency to dismiss these ideas without providing alternatives. This leaves younger people feeling frustrated. “Government social programs might not be perfect,” young liberals and socialists often tell me, “but at least liberals and socialists are trying to fix difficult problems like poverty. Conservatives and libertarians don’t care what happens to people who are suffering.”

Whenever parents discuss socialism, they should always explain that it’s important to engage in charitable activities. Advocates of freedom do support helping others, they just don’t believe the government is best equipped to do it.  This idea is best reinforced when families engage in charitable activities together. Parents must show their kids that motivated, compassionate conservatives care for those most in need and make the world a better place.

This conversation allows parents to make a very important moral argument: Charity is morally positive, because it means people are voluntarily helping those in need, but government welfare programs – however well-intentioned they might be – are not forms of charity. They require the government to use force and coercion. Those who don’t want to pay for a government program because they think it isn’t helpful – or perhaps believe it’s harmful – are forced to pay their taxes and participate anyway. Those who refuse can end up in prison. Or, put simply, conservatives support people freely helping others, while those on the left advocate for forcing, manipulating and controlling people to accomplish their goals.

Explain that there’s never been a successful socialist nation in world history.  Here’s a startling fact about socialism that every child should hear: During the past century, tens of millions of people have been killed, exiled or imprisoned by socialist and communist parties, and no country has ever successfully enacted a system that matches Marx’s vision for the world – a reality even the staunchest Marxist will admit. Kids often respond to this fact by saying that there are many examples of socialism working successfully. Like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., they point to Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

The idea that Nordic nations are little socialist utopias is a gigantic myth. Denmark, Norway and Sweden are absolutely not “socialist” nations. Some parts of their economies have been socialized, like health care and higher education, but they are still market-based economies, and in many respects, their citizens are freer than Americans. For example, in the Heritage Foundation’s “2019 Index of Economic Freedom,” Denmark, Norway and Sweden all score higher than the United States in numerous categories, including “property rights” and “business freedom.”

Furthermore, history has repeatedly shown that government can’t fix many of our most complex societal issues, even when it socializes just one part of the economy. For example, since the ObamaCare health insurance exchanges first opened, insurance premiums have doubled and deductibles have skyrocketed.

Talking about the dangers of socialism with kids isn’t easy. Children are constantly being bombarded with pro-socialist messages from Hollywood, the music industry, professional sports and, most importantly, their teachers and professors. But if parents aren’t willing to put in the time to address these important ideas, who will?


______________________________________________________________

FROM OTHER COLUMNS
“I’m not surprised, but some part of me can’t believe we’re at a place where the President of the U.S. said ‘we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country’ and the Democratic speaker of the House deliberately did not applaud.”
               -Mark Hemingway

“I guess I’m supposed to well up with tears of pride because a bunch of women were elected to Congress. Sorry, no. Most of the new congresswomen are self-obsessed, infanticidal, socialist radicals. The fact that they happen to have two X chromosomes is no consolation.”
                -Matt Walsh
____________________________________________________________________

BOOKS
”The Theft of America’s Soul: Blowing the Lid Off the Lies That Are Destroying Our Country” by Phil Robertson (Mr. Duck Dynasty)   “one of the most recognized voices of conservative Christianity in America, believes that little by little, generation by generation, America has allowed the lines of morality, decency, and virtue to be erased.”

“Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe”  by Roger McNamee.  The story of how a noted tech venture capitalist, an early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and investor in his company, woke up to the serious damage Facebook was doing to our society and set out to try to stop it.
________________________________________________________________

LEFTIST WATCH
Another University Just Blocked Conservative Ben Shapiro From Speaking

Leftists are masters of projection. They are constantly accusing the right of the crimes they commit themselves. Leftists think of everything in terms of race, yet they call conservatives racist. Leftist feminists judge women by whether they meet male measures of success, yet they call conservatives sexist. Leftists want the government to be able to control every thought, word, action, and dollar in the country, yet they call conservatives fascist. They think they are looking at conservatives when they are really looking in the mirror.

President Trump is making some leftists sick ... literally. Politico Magazine reported this week that the president is causing all sorts of maladies in his political opponents, from sexual dysfunction to flat-out depression, and in some cases the president is so single-handedly responsible for patients' psychological instability that qualified therapists have made him into a diagnosis: Trump Anxiety Disorder.

Militant progressive ideology is enforced by destroying, personally and professionally, those who dissent. You don’t need the secret police when you have taught people to police themselves according to your totalitarian principles.

Venezuelan socialism victims send message to American socialists
______________________________________________________________

AOC’S GREEN NEW DEAL
'Green New Deal' details emerge, as Ocasio-Cortez proposes WWII-level mobilization to ‘save the planet’

Overview of the Democrat “Green New Deal” which threatens "a massive transformation of our society." 1) Rebuild every single building in the U.S.   2.)  End all traditional forms of energy in the next ten years.  3.) Ban nuclear energy within 10 years if possible. 4.)  Build trains across oceans and end all air travel!  5.)  Don’t invest in new technology of Carbon Capture and Storage, just plant trees instead!  6.)  Mandate all new jobs be unionized. 7.)  Carbon taxes, cap and trade, etc. How will it be paid for? Don’t worry about that. “The Federal Reserve can extend credit to power these projects and investments and new public banks can be created to extend credit”. But as Ocasio-Cortez says, “the question isn’t how will we pay for it, but what will we do with our new shared prosperity”

Another list: The 10 Most Insane Requirements Of The Green New Deal

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could utter absolute gibberish and the media would swoon before her and her supporters would declare her a genius. How do we know? Because Ocasio-Cortez frequently utters gibberish and the media and her supporters swoon before her. Ocasio-Cortez doesn't "misspeak." She doesn't make gaffes. She doesn't "err," get tongue tied, have brain farts, or get mixed up. She is fundamentally, a monumentally stupid woman who knows so little about so much that she doesn't even try to hide it.

But this is not good:  Surveys are showing overwhelming support for raising taxes on top earners.
____________________________________________________________

ISLAM
Doctor and former MP Marcus Franz says white girls in Vienna, Austria find that they have to wear Islamic headscarves to prevent street harassment by male Muslim migrants.

Sunni Islam’s highest authority, Ahmed el-Tayeb, believes that Christian converts should be “killed” and has said so on several occasions.

Louis Farrakhan calls for separate state for Black Americans, says that's 'what God wants'

Extremely respectful and supportive of Islam, Obama was more hostile to Christianity than any other U.S. president.  With the election of president Trump, prayer has made a striking comeback in the political arena. 
_________________________________________________________________________

ARTICLES
Let me preface the following praise by saying I have a tough time listening to our president. His style of speech and mannerisms tend to drive me up the wall in spite of the fact I am in near total agreement with his political agenda and actions as president. Tonight, my wife had to call me away repeatedly from this computer to get me to come listen to the State of the Union speech. After the introduction of the WWII vets, I, reluctantly, and grumbling that I really didn't want to do this, got up and went in to join Miz Poe in watching the speech. All I can say is that I am ever so glad that I did.  To my absolute amazement, Donald J. Trump gave one helluva State of the Union speech, punching my conservative buttons while putting the Democrats in checkmate by cleverly appropriating every one of their major issues as his own. It was amazing to watch those Democrats initially sitting on their impolite rear ends, refusing to applaud even major positive accomplishments for their constituencies, like historically low black and Hispanic unemployment. By the time his speech was completed, Trump had large numbers of those same Democrats standing and applauding – even when he pronounced firmly that this nation will never become a socialist country, earning standing applause from even Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, much to the chagrin of Bernie Sanders and AOC.

Remarkable article:  “As he stands to address the nation tonight, President Donald Trump represents a genuine crisis in the American political order, but it is not the crisis we hear about from rage-addled Democratic hyper-partisans and their media cheerleaders. The fundamental cause of our current convulsion — studiously ignored by almost all concerned — is this: In the United States, the ruling class does not rule. At least, it does not rule right now…..What Trump represents is the fact that while Wall Street and Harvard and Silicon Valley and the New York Times have one view of this country, its values, and its role in the world, a very large number of their fellow citizens — who are not monsters — have another view. And there are enough of them to win a presidential election…..ours is a politics of hinterland Hutus and coastal Tutsis bound in mutual antagonism by status-jockeying, generations of real and imagined slights and offenses, and a sacramental politics centered on the devotion to the holy/unholy person of the president/pretender into which these resentments and insecurities are channeled…..The presidency is just one more bauble to be fought over, one more opportunity to exercise power, an instrument for the domination and humiliation of the other tribe.  As it happens, the tribe that has every other kind of power is for the moment denied the power of the presidency. And that tribe has gone mad.”

Ben Stein’s Socialist Smackdown
_________________________________________________________________

INTERESTING
Covington Teen's Lawyer Releases Brutal 14-Minute Video Showcasing Lies of Nathan Phillips and Media.  This shows the entire event in perspective.

Forbes most liberal, least liberal cities list  Seattle is #3 most liberal.

Washington State Legislature email list:

Amazing photos from the Sony World Photography Awards.
___________________________________________________________________

WISE WORDS
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.”
                -James Madison

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home