Raucus Caucus Faucus

Could any political party have a more desperately disaster of a week? In a blog post from July of 2018, “The Straw That Broke The Donkey’s Back,” I wondered about the lack of leadership of the Democrat Party. In that case it was the outlawing of straws that seemed to be not well thought out. It appears that they are no long playing the long game.

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The current leadership has shown none of the of gamesmanship of the former Democrat Party Leaders. Today the current leaders appear to be so closely tied into what the appearance of political corruption that they are running scare. To be fair the leadership has never faced the one of a kind President Donald J. Trump. I respected Ronald Reagan. However I feel he was too trusting of his political opposition. He expected them to follow through on their commitments. But anyone who lived through those year know that they did not honor their word. From their constant attacks upon him and such betrayals as the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act after which the Congress failed to fund enforcement of the border control provisions.

Nevertheless, George H. W. Bush, in an effort to be “liked”, undid most of the tax and spending reforms championed by his predicator. Which made him a one term president. That has been the problem with the GOP presidents with their relations with the media and the Democrat Party. The Democrats can say whatever they wish, no matter how inflammatory about any Republican, and the Maxis Media (MXM) reinforces the narrative. However, whenever a Republican defends themselves the MXM dutifully attacks them as if they have no right to self-defense. That has changed and the many on the media and the Progressives are lost on how to take back the narrative.

With the change in the political climate the Progressives have opened themselves up to the radical Socialist and Communist. People like AOC are power hungry and don’t seem to care how they obtain it. Even the longtime fan of Communism and Independent, Bernie Sanders has gained a strong foothold amongst their ranks.

I have no doubt that the Democrats will do everything that they can to keep a person who refuses to join the party to run under their banner. However they were shamed into modifying their (very un-democratic) super delegate process after the 2016 nomination fiasco. Contrary to what they claim the actual process puts control of the nomination into the hands of a group of party leaders that can by fiat select the party’s candidate. This is how they excluded the non-party member from running as a Democrat in 2016.

This is where I think things get interesting. A party that claims to hate the Electoral College uses a process that, to some extent, resembles it. By not making the process directly tied to the popular vote they betray the basic rules of democracy. In this case, it is more about control by a select group as compared to allowing more equity based upon the will of the states as a whole. They like the control that the super delegate process because it gives the leaders of the party a veto. I am very sure that they would love the Electoral College if they could control it. This is the very definition of tyrannical rule. Rule by the few over the will of the governed.

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Well this week the Democrats had their first caucus of the 2020 Presidential Election Year and there are a lot of question about why it is taking so long to determine the results. There is a lot of speculation that the results have been held up due to Mr. Sanders was winning. That is almost certainly true due to some interesting results that were release, which showed Mayor Pete winning the most delegates, while Sanders received the most votes. As I write this writing, the head of the party is calling for an immediate “recanvass” of the botched Iowa caucus. To me this raises the specter of more funny business. Even the MXM cannot fully cover up this disaster.

One of my best guesses, and there is other speculating on this, is that the Democrats want to abandon Iowa and most of the rest of the nation in the heartland of the country, that they are unable to control. The leaders of the party seem to be more in favor of letting New York, Illinois, California, and the large Metropolitan areas select their candidate and the winner of the election. They are working hard to do anything to enforce their rule upon the nation and defy the will of the people across the nation. I would also speculate that the totalitarian Communists and Socialist in the party that are pushing this so that they can obtain that power they crave.

Therefore, after this week, the GOP is in a very strong position. The Impeachment fiasco and the implosion of the Democrat’s Caucus in Iowa left the Progressives wounded. However, this is not the time to drop our guard. The Democrats have shown me that they are the sworn enemies of our freedoms and the Constitution as a whole. As they continue to embrace totalitarian Communism I will continue to dedicate myself to defeating them. Until a party emerges that will work to protect our freedoms and the health of the nation as a whole I will do what I can to defeat them. The Democrats are selling snake oil and only helping those who help them.

Today is the day for all freedom loving Americans to fight against those who will overthrow our government and hand our lives to the Globalist who dream of a perfect world. There idea of a perfect world is them in complete control. They claimed that they were protecting the Constitution while ripping it up even more than what the Speaker of the House did to the State of the Union speech.

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Memo from Monday 11/21/11

OWS:
I hate to even write about the Organize Wall Street crowd. I think they have been given too much attention. This disorganized band of Socialists, Communists, Progressives, and assorted uninformed “useful idiots” have not been able to communicate a message that appeals to the 99% they claim to represent. They have however shown that they do speak for many elected Democrats and the Left Stream Media. This display of lawlessness and open display of ignorance of economics is scary. Seeing a bunch of poor spoiled rich kids and 50 something hippies with their iPhones and iPads demonstrating with a bunch of undercover multi-millionaire celebrities is frightening to see. It would be hilarious if not for the underlying message that it sends out to those who understand the danger. Instead of protesting against the crony capitalism that has been set up by the government, they are attacking the basis of our prosperity.

This nation is the most prosperous nation in the history of the world. Our poor are the richest poor people not only in the world, but in history. The whole idea of that the disparity between the rich and the poor is growing means nothing, as long as the wealth of the rich was obtained honestly. (More on that later.) Looking at those that demand the end of, not crony capitalism, but capitalism, and demanding socialism means that they would condemn all but the ruling class to perpetual poverty. Wealth throughout history has been rare and only in the hands of a few. Well today the average person in this country lives in luxury that has never occurred. Sure there are a few select people who live much better than the rest, but that has always been the way things have been. Taking away the wealth from a few of the wealthy is not going to improve the lives of anyone. It will only serve to increase the poverty of us all. You can never raise the boats in harbor by lowering the water level.

While the TEA Party represents the idea that we must return to the Constitution and that the Federal Government has overstepped the power granted to them, the OWS represents tyranny and totalitarianism. Those who organized and funded these socialistic demonstrations have their roots in the administration, ACORN, SEIU, and the Progressives in government. This is why they are blaming Wall Street and ignoring the policies of the Federal Government that not only allowed the corruption but encouraged it. The Cronyism that made millions for those who supported the subversion of our legal system and the slow destruction of the rights of the American people is based in Washington, not on Wall Street.

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Although the comparison to the TEA Party were made by many Progressives in an attempt to gain support for this new Progressive movement the reality is quite different. Unlike the claims of racism that were never supported, the OWS gang has demonstrated Anti-Semitism repeatedly. The entire OWS movement was an extension of the so-called Arab Spring. The demonstration with the underlying and overt racism and Anti-Semitic attacks on the Jewish people overstep the bounds and shows that those supporting this so-called movement are hate-filled and does not represent the 99% of hardworking Americans who believe in the freedoms that made this country the greatest on Earth. Their hate for the nation and the average citizen shines through all of the glowing remarks presented by those in the media and government are making. Those supporting those who hate are no friend of the American people and should be shunned. The media continues to declare that all Republicans and members of the TEA Party are racist, with no evidence provided, continues. While ignoring OWS open racism only shows the hate that exists, not in the TEA Party, but in those who repeat this lie.

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Insider Traitors?:
For years I’ve heard that Washington DC was the crime capital of the nation. Well is seems that the real crimes have not been reported. Compelling evidence has been presented by Peter Schweizer and backed up by an episode of CBS’s 60 Minutes that the corruption in the US Congress is much more serious then many of us want to believe. For years many people have wondered how politician go into Government with few assets and leave worth millions. It seems that Mr. Schweizer has solved this “mystery.”

I’ve heard many reasons why Congress is exempt from the laws that they pass. One refers to English common law where in the early days of Parliamentary rule, members of Parliament would be arrested to prevent them from voting. This allowed the King or others members to affect the outcome of key votes and thus hold on to power. Another is similar but the motives are the same. It seems that our once “public servant” see themselves in Imperialist roles as not only above the laws that govern the nation, but above human ethics and morality that make for a safe, secure, and civil society.

Many of those who have sworn to protect the Constitution have been caught with their hand in the pockets of us all. They have not only exempted themselves from the law, but have placed themselves above the law. This proves proof that the nation is no longer governed by laws and equal justice, but is now a nation of individuals who are governed by their own rules of ethics and immorality.

It seems that members of Congress can use insider knowledge, that anyone else would be locked away for using, to manipulate the stock market, invest in land deals, and obtain political payoffs, via IPO stock options to enrich themselves and friends. Such use of insider information is illegal for everyone else, since it can cause major damage to the economy through the manipulation of stock prices. It also allows those in power to protect their investments, while destroying the value of those who are unaware of the privilege information.

This insider trading has been occurring for years. It has allowed many of those in power to preserve that power. It has also perpetuated the culture of cronyism and corruption that continues to rightly destroy the American people’s trust in our leadership in Washington. Looking back at Nancy Pelosi’s speech upon taking the leadership in the house when she said she was going to drain the swamp, I can only say that you can’t trust the alligators to do that job.

Watching the other hand - Fast and Furious:
While everyone was obsessing over the so-called debt ceiling crisis, few are really watching the real story of that week. The Democrats in Congress and the White House needed a crisis to cover the Fast and Furious hearings. It is interesting that this all came to a head the same week that the House started hears on the ATF. Just in case you haven't heard (which is not surprising to me) about F&F then hang on. Starting in 2009 the ATF started a "sting" called Fast and Furious. Under this program the ATF told gun dealers on the southern border state to sell weapons to suspected gunrunners. Thousands of guns were illegally set into the sovereign state of Mexico and into the hands of the drug cartels. The ATF has said that the purpose was to follow the guns and find out who was involved in the illegal operations. The truth seems to be something much more involved.
After all this time this story has not received the light of day that it deserves. While member of Congress and the Obama Administration were demanding stricter gun controls, it is discovered that the violence used to justify the proposed laws is not rooted in the law. The violence was part of an ATF plan to sell the weapons that caused the violence. There are those who say that there is no connection between the two. If you really believe that, then I can only believe you to be a fool.

Mission Accomplished:
Today it was announced that the “Super Committee” was unable to come to an agreement to cut the deficit. What else is there to say? Is anyone really surprised? How can you expect to put together the most entrenched and partisan members in Congress and expect anything other than disagreement? It can only be that the mission of this committee was to do nothing. There is no common ground between the two parties. The Democrats need issues to run on next year. The Republicans also must satisfy their base. But party is not as much a problem as ideology. The Progressive Socialists in both parties only want to increase their power at any cost. Their goal is to increase the power of Washington and destroy the freedoms that have made this country great. We must throw the Progressives in Congress and the White House out of power before they accomplish that final mission.

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The Best Laid Plans

Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) wrote in his poem "To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough" a line that relates to the human condition: "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley." (The best laid schemes of mice and men / Go oft awry.) The John Steinbeck novella “Of Mice and Men” was inspired by this classic poem. Throughout the history of man this oft quoted line of poetry has proven to fit the times. The current situation in the world reminded me of this poem.

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When the industrial revolution started society chose a path that has lead to a standard of living far above anything known in history. The American system of free expression allowed for the release of the human creative spirit which accelerated this prosperity. In the last 100 years the growth improvement of human lives has improved more than in any other time known. With this growth in prosperity, life span, and general welfare of all humans on this planet have come risks.

Human life is risk. One of the most dangerous things you can do is get out of bed in the morning. The act of waking up in the morning and climbing out of your bed is a shock to your system, but no one is saying that everyone should stay in bed. In fact laying in bed is also dangerous the lack of movement of the legs can cause fatal blood clots. It is important that we avoid panic and consider the risk of our actions in life.

Without risk the human race would not exist. If our ancestors had never taken any risk, they would have starved. Without their willingness to not only take risks but make hard decisions the world would be a much different place.

There are many in this world that seems to think that we can return to an agriculture society. The return to an agrarian existence in which we would abandon our cities and return to the land is not based in a reality in which there would be too many people and not enough land. Any attempt to move to such a major cultural shift would mean the death of millions. We have become too dependent on modern technology. Many of those who would have to be force to raise their own food would more than likely face doom. The abandoning of modern medicine would kill many and doom others to slow lingering deaths. The last time a society was forced into such a technical regression resulted in what is known today as the Cambodia Killing Fields. This is the type of thinking that comes from those on the left. They believe that they can build a utopia on Earth. Such thinking does not take into account the human cost of such ideas.

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The natural disaster in Japan that started with an earthquake, then a tsunami, then aftershocks, which lead to radiation leaks and now possible meltdowns in several of the nuclear cores at power plants. These events point to the undeniable facts that life is not perfect and no matter how well we plan we are often helpless when presented with the awesome force of nature. Far too many people seem to believe that life should be without risk. But life and the human condition is all about risk. It didn’t take long for the anti-nuclear groups to start spreading lies about nuclear power and power plants. Even though there have been some control releases of radioactive steam and some hydrogen explosions these power plants are in a controlled shutdown. There have been some deaths from those explosions and some exposure to radiation, but the number of deaths directly related to this phase of this massive natural disaster will be much less than what has already occurred due to the earthquake and tsunami. Much of the hysteria is being drummed up by the media and their lack of understanding of the safe guards in place at nuclear plants.

The power plants that are currently being shutdown are over 40 years old. These plants were built in a way to allow them to survive earthquakes. The earthquake that hit these plants was much stronger than anything being considered with no real consideration for flooding and they survived the shock without leaking radiation. What we are seeing now is the long process of the core cooling and the pile becoming stable. The only real danger would be if the actual containment vessel were to be breached. But at this point that possibility is becoming less likely, but not totally impossible.

The anti-nuclear groups continue to imply that there is a possibility of a massive failure that will result in an explosion that will spread a nuclear cloud that will kill millions. Such hysteria is not based in reality. A nuclear pile in an atomic power plant can not explode. The whole idea of a “China Syndrome” was created by an author and is not based upon physics. Even if such an explosion were even possible, which it is not, the affect would be much smaller than the actual nuclear explosions that were purposely created using actual uranium, plutonium, and hydrogen bombs in the decades of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. These bombs were exploded in the atmosphere in the Southern Pacific, the South Western US, and various other locations across the planet.

All things considered the largest disaster in Japan is not the nuclear power plants, but the things that caused the nuclear crisis. We must accept that fact that when there are huge disasters in first world countries there will be long term dangers. Just as those who came before us, we must be willing to make rational decisions based upon facts, not hype and lies.

In the arrogance often shown by those who seek to plan all aspects of human life we find the idea that human society can obtain perfection. The most dangerous things about people seeking perfection is the definition used to define that ideal society and the means that are used to obtained it. I can not believe that utopia can exist on this planet. We have no way to control the forces that cause hurricanes, earthquakes, or any of the other numbers of natural disasters that plague the Earth.

A FBI agent who infiltrated the Weather Underground in the 60s testified that the member of this terrorist organization thought that they would need to “eliminate at least 25 million people” who would stand in the way of their new social order. The ideas and many of the people who created the Weather Underground are still around. President Obama knows, and some claim that he is friends with, the founders William Ayres and his wife. Such people in such powerful positions do not fill me with confidence.

We must learn to accept the risks that allow us to live our lives. We must overcome the tragedies of our existence. We must stop blaming others and expect someone to pay for our own mistakes. Each of us must look at our life and count our blessings. We must stop listening to those who tell us how bad things are and how they can make it better, when their plans have proven to only lead to death and misery. We must turn our backs on Socialism, Progressivism, Communism, Islamism, and radical environmentalism. The result of each of these ideologies is the end of millions of innocent lives and the end of all human freedoms.

So as we look at the best laid schemes of men we must remember that none of us are perfect and that no matter how well you plan, those plans can go awry.

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Pedro's Thoughts from Thursday - 10/28/10

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In a frighting flash back to the assassination of Bobby Kennedy, a crazed right wing fanatic rush a Democratic Senatorial candidate this week. Quick thinking by the campaign staff wrestled the near insane person, who was disgusted as a supporter, to the ground with forcefully restrains until the law enforcement was able to respond...Oh I'm sorry it was a radical left wing fanatic from moveon.org dressed as a Rand Paul supporter who was attempting to get close to him. How do we really know this person's intent. The Left Stream Media is happy to say that it was all innocent. But the question still remains. With the radical views and the threats of violence coming almost daily from the left, can we really trust what we are told by the Left and their willing alias in the LSM.

OK. So now it is official, the Governor of Florida is not only a RINO but is also a Democrat. It seems that he makes a better Democrat than the Democrat running for the Senate. Well at least that is what the party thinks since they were trying to get him to drop out of the race. At this rate it may take less than I thought to run the Progressive RINOs out of the party. Now if we can just get the Progressives out of the Democratic party.

It comes as a bit of a surprise this week that the President of the United States removed all doubt about his true feelings toward the American people. With the President overtly and covertly attacking anyone who disagrees with his policies, it was just a matter of time before he openly attacked. I never thought that he would declare his opponents as enemies, but he did. On a Hispanic radio station he encourage the listeners to not help the enemy. I'm not surprised in a way, but I never though that I would be declared an enemy of the President.

So as much as I regret it I'm going to have to admit that our President no long represents many in this nation. He has declared himself an enemy of the people. But with the passage of the so-called Healthcare Deform Law this should not be a surprise to anyone. It explains his attacks on the State of Arizona. The one big question that I would like to know the answer to is: Did the Left Stream Media know about his hate for this country? For him to declare those he has sworn to serve as enemies is a violation of his oath of office. I will not forget this act.

Election day is Tuesday and the media seems to be working to suppress the voter turnout. The attacks on the Tea Party have not slowed. Never before have I heard people who are doing nothing more than wanting the laws of the land enforced being attacked with such venom. It appears that our elected officials are truly afraid of the people.

Tales of voter fraud and the reporting of the resurgence of incumbents would seem to be aimed at discouraging Tea Party voters turnout. The question remains: Do we outnumber them or do they out number us? We must do to the polls on Tuesday. We must watch for voter fraud. We must make sure that this election is fair. Win or lose, we must make sure that the results are an accurate reflection of the American people. Are we free people or do we fall into the slavery of Socialism? The march to a "Progressive Socialist" state will continue unless we stop it now. Don't become discouraged. This is a long fight. We didn't get to this point overnight. We will not recover our Republic overnight. We must fight to save our freedoms.

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