If you think the rule of law applies to everyone except Hillary Clinton, vote for Hillary.
If you believe in open borders and no enforcement of current immigration laws, vote for Hillary.
If you believe there is no difference between an abortion and elective surgery, vote for Hillary.
If you believe the Supreme Court is a tool to be used to advance a political agenda and to create rights not enumerated in the Constitution, vote for Hillary.
If you believe the power of the federal government should be expanded, vote for Hillary.
If you think the economy is on the right track, vote for Hillary.
If you think there is nothing shady going on with the Federal Reserve, vote for Hillary.
If you are ok with high government officials blatantly violating the law, somehow avoiding prosecution, and lying about it, vote for Hillary.
If you think voter fraud is acceptable, vote for Hillary.
If you think globalism first, America second, vote for Hillary.
If you want to go to war with Russia, vote for Hillary.
If you want a President with a thirty-year record of dishonesty and corruption, vote for Hillary.
If you think the healthcare provided to our veterans is adequate, vote for Hillary.
If you think anyone who supports Trump belongs in a "basket of deplorables", vote for Hillary.
If you think someone involved in scandals such as Benghazi, the Clinton Foundation, the House Post Office, bimbo eruptions, private email server, collusion with the media, Whitewater, and quid pro quo/pay to play scams, vote for Hillary.
If you think Margaret Sanger and Saul Alinsky are ideal role models, vote for Hillary.
The Lost Art of Critical Thinking and Common Sense in Politics and Public Policy
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Friday, October 14, 2016
Dump Trump
A friend recently posed the question: What would Donald Trump have to do for you to withdrawal your support for him. Below are some thoughts:
If, as a young man, he had been fired for being unethical and dishonest and then spent the next thirty years of his life being unethical and dishonest.
If he endorsed Obamacare.
If he endorsed the practice of abortion.
If, when asked about the Supreme Court, he stated that he would require activist jurists that uphold abortion and gay marriage.
If he promised to further restrict our Second Amendment rights.
If he declared that he wants to flood the country with illegal immigrants and ignore current immigration law.
If he was responsible for the death of four Americans including an ambassador and then lied about the incident.
If he became an advocate for taking economy-killing measures to fight the hoax known as climate change/global warming.
If he kept talking about going to war with Russia.
If he committed a felony and corrupted the FBI in order to avoid an indictment.
If he declared that he wants to expand common core and federal control over our schools.
If he had used a foundation with his last name on it to enrich himself and peddled influence to donators.
If he pledged his allegiance to "deplorables" like Saul Alinsky and/or Margaret Sanger.
If he lied about landing in a foreign country under sniper fire.
If he was susceptible to blackmail by countless foreign entities and foreign intelligence agencies.
If, as a young man, he had been fired for being unethical and dishonest and then spent the next thirty years of his life being unethical and dishonest.
If he endorsed Obamacare.
If he endorsed the practice of abortion.
If, when asked about the Supreme Court, he stated that he would require activist jurists that uphold abortion and gay marriage.
If he promised to further restrict our Second Amendment rights.
If he declared that he wants to flood the country with illegal immigrants and ignore current immigration law.
If he was responsible for the death of four Americans including an ambassador and then lied about the incident.
If he became an advocate for taking economy-killing measures to fight the hoax known as climate change/global warming.
If he kept talking about going to war with Russia.
If he committed a felony and corrupted the FBI in order to avoid an indictment.
If he declared that he wants to expand common core and federal control over our schools.
If he had used a foundation with his last name on it to enrich himself and peddled influence to donators.
If he pledged his allegiance to "deplorables" like Saul Alinsky and/or Margaret Sanger.
If he lied about landing in a foreign country under sniper fire.
If he was susceptible to blackmail by countless foreign entities and foreign intelligence agencies.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Dead Man Walking - The Republican Party
If the Republican Party cannot beat a man as inexperienced and incompetent as Obama and then loses to a woman equally as incompetent and literally dripping with corruption, why should it survive?
In order to be successful, Democrats must cobble together a group of various voting blocks. They accomplish this using a destructive strategy of dividing and demonizing. They scare their blocks into voting for the Democratic candidate by slandering and lying about their Republican rivals. Think about it: All you ever hear from the national Democrats is division - white vs. blacks, rich vs. poor, the 1%, the war on women, pro-life vs. pro-abortion, Christians vs. secular world, The Alt Right, proponents of gay marriage vs. believers in real marriage, old vs. young, transgenders vs. straight, illegal immigrants vs. citizens, Obamacare, welfare, etc, etc. All the while they demonize anyone who does not agree with them - basket of deplorables (racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic).
Meanwhile the Republican caucus is comprised of fewer, less-than-loyal voting blocks. Consider conservative talk radio hosts who run the gamut from all-Trump-everyday supporter to the Never Trumpers. Consider the Christian voting block, which in theory, leans Republican. Millions of them did not vote for Romney because he was a Mormon. Then you have the Libertarians who again lean toward the GOP socially but cannot stomach their lust for military intervention throughout the world. So they either stay home on election day, hold their nose and vote for the Republican, or they pull the lever for the Libertarian candidate.
As Rush Limbaugh has famously said for years, “being a liberal is easy.” He posits that it does not require any critical thinking to be a liberal and vote for every Democrat on the ballot. You can simply latch on to any of the stereotypes and/or emotional arguments fed to you by the Left and the media and safely remain strong-fisted in your opposition to those dastardly Republicans.
I recently published a blog post called “Donald Trump Scares Me” that exemplifies this perfectly. While Hillary Clinton is resoundingly disliked, thought to be dishonest and untrustworthy, millions will still vote for her because Donald Trump has been cast as this ogre who hates women; he is mean, scary, unpredictable, and unlikable.
While the Democrats continue their divide-and-demonize strategy, as they push to replace their disenchanted and declining voter base with amnestied illegal immigrants, the Republican Party will continue its dead man walk into irrelevancy.
In order to be successful, Democrats must cobble together a group of various voting blocks. They accomplish this using a destructive strategy of dividing and demonizing. They scare their blocks into voting for the Democratic candidate by slandering and lying about their Republican rivals. Think about it: All you ever hear from the national Democrats is division - white vs. blacks, rich vs. poor, the 1%, the war on women, pro-life vs. pro-abortion, Christians vs. secular world, The Alt Right, proponents of gay marriage vs. believers in real marriage, old vs. young, transgenders vs. straight, illegal immigrants vs. citizens, Obamacare, welfare, etc, etc. All the while they demonize anyone who does not agree with them - basket of deplorables (racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic).
Meanwhile the Republican caucus is comprised of fewer, less-than-loyal voting blocks. Consider conservative talk radio hosts who run the gamut from all-Trump-everyday supporter to the Never Trumpers. Consider the Christian voting block, which in theory, leans Republican. Millions of them did not vote for Romney because he was a Mormon. Then you have the Libertarians who again lean toward the GOP socially but cannot stomach their lust for military intervention throughout the world. So they either stay home on election day, hold their nose and vote for the Republican, or they pull the lever for the Libertarian candidate.
As Rush Limbaugh has famously said for years, “being a liberal is easy.” He posits that it does not require any critical thinking to be a liberal and vote for every Democrat on the ballot. You can simply latch on to any of the stereotypes and/or emotional arguments fed to you by the Left and the media and safely remain strong-fisted in your opposition to those dastardly Republicans.
I recently published a blog post called “Donald Trump Scares Me” that exemplifies this perfectly. While Hillary Clinton is resoundingly disliked, thought to be dishonest and untrustworthy, millions will still vote for her because Donald Trump has been cast as this ogre who hates women; he is mean, scary, unpredictable, and unlikable.
While the Democrats continue their divide-and-demonize strategy, as they push to replace their disenchanted and declining voter base with amnestied illegal immigrants, the Republican Party will continue its dead man walk into irrelevancy.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
The Perversion of the Presidency
What would the Founding generation say about the time, energy, and money spent on the modern presidential elections? After all, if we followed the Constitution’s prescription for the separation of powers specifically the power of the executive branch, the presidential election would largely be a non-event.
Because the powers delegated by the states to the federal government were few and defined, the occupant of the White House, in theory, should matter less than who we elect to Congress or to our state legislatures. Unfortunately with the power wielded by D.C. growing virtually on a daily basis, we find ourselves absorbed in this circus that rolls into town every four years. The presidential race has come to resemble a cultural event much like the opening of the NFL season or the much-anticipated new seasons of the Walking Dead or House of Cards.
If we still lived by the true standard of the Constitution, the presidential candidates would not spend their time laying out a series of agenda items and commenting on every police shooting because their job description is limited largely to four things: foreign affairs, appointing judges and cabinet heads, vetoing unconstitutional legislation passed by Congress, and executing the constitutional laws passed by Congress.
Instead of cheering for Clinton or Trump or Gary Johnson, or Jill Stein or Darrell Castle, we should be constantly evaluating the constitutionality of the actions and/or proposals of our federal officials. We should be demanding that our state legislatures nullify all unconstitutional federal laws. We should be explaining to our sphere of influence why most federal actions are unconstitutional. We should put an end to the perversion of the Office of the President of the United States.
Because the powers delegated by the states to the federal government were few and defined, the occupant of the White House, in theory, should matter less than who we elect to Congress or to our state legislatures. Unfortunately with the power wielded by D.C. growing virtually on a daily basis, we find ourselves absorbed in this circus that rolls into town every four years. The presidential race has come to resemble a cultural event much like the opening of the NFL season or the much-anticipated new seasons of the Walking Dead or House of Cards.
If we still lived by the true standard of the Constitution, the presidential candidates would not spend their time laying out a series of agenda items and commenting on every police shooting because their job description is limited largely to four things: foreign affairs, appointing judges and cabinet heads, vetoing unconstitutional legislation passed by Congress, and executing the constitutional laws passed by Congress.
Instead of cheering for Clinton or Trump or Gary Johnson, or Jill Stein or Darrell Castle, we should be constantly evaluating the constitutionality of the actions and/or proposals of our federal officials. We should be demanding that our state legislatures nullify all unconstitutional federal laws. We should be explaining to our sphere of influence why most federal actions are unconstitutional. We should put an end to the perversion of the Office of the President of the United States.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Basket of Deplorables
Last week Hillary Clinton characterized 50% of Donald J. Trump supporters as a "basket of deplorables"
- Racist
- Sexist
- Homophobic
- Xenophobic
- Islamaphobic
- Intellectually lazy
- Ill-informed
- Intolerant
- Moochers
- Anti-constitutional
- Hypocrites
- Coercive
- Anti-American
- Liars
- Anti-democracy.
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