How to be a Liberal

Hey! I've got a few great ideas!

Any time someone is elected we don't agree with, let's run up a bunch of phoney charges against them we can't prove! We can spread a ton of fake rumors and "news" stories about them, while overreacting to every little flaw! And then, try to impeach them with no evidence they violated any laws. It's not like America actually elects their leaders, or anything.

While we're at it, why don't we send our kids to unionized, tax-payer funded public schools, where all they really learn is indoctrination, and useless, skewed "facts"? If we're really lucky, we can spend fortune to send them to a university or college, where they learn we're evil morons, they're always right, and the world will give them a "safe space" to cry, when someone has a different opinion from theirs. The really lucky ones will graduate with a Liberal Arts degree (or the slightly more useful... underwater basket weaving degree), tens of thousands in debt they can never repay, and a screwed up way of viewing the world around them, as they're overpaying for nasty lattes at the mega franchise shop on every corner (you know the one).

Just for laughs, how about we "help" the poor and minorities by pushing the narrative that they're victims, that they can't do any better in life, and it's rich white people's fault? We'll earn their votes by handing out entitlements (food stamps, cell phones, health insurance... ect.), and discouraging hard work, self reliance, traditional families, and human dignity. We'll elevate and celebrate violent gang members, drug dealers and other criminals, while tearing down the police. Then, we can stir the pots of racism and class warfare, all the while, still claiming to be the victims.

Let's express fake moral outrage over climate change, how animals are treated, and human rights violations, while ignoring any true violations. We'll hire spoiled celebrities and former Vice Presidents to fly all over the world in polluting private jets, just to tell you SUVs are bad for the environment. Or, have multi-million dollar sports figures stage phoney protests over how "mistreated" they are, during our National Anthem, while no one says a word over Christians being beheaded for their beliefs overseas. We can even get some of our leaders to fake outrage over enforcing our immigration laws and protecting our borders, in a time when illegal aliens (yes, I used the term. No, I'm not sorry.) are killing citizens and taking jobs, and terrorist attacks are on the rise.

And, if you think any of this is insane (or just incredibly stupid), you're a hateful, homophobic, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, sexist, racist pig. Your opinion doesn't matter, because we'll just shout over it, protest against your right to speak, riot, threaten violence, mock you openly, then retire to our "safe space" and plug our ears with our fingers. And, if you're against anything I've said here, while running for office, we'll find the worst "above the law" criminal scum we can find to run against you. And, when our side doesn't win, we'll stamp our feet, hold our breath, and cry foul. We'll have our media stooges smear you, and expose your every flaw, while praising people who call for your death.

Then, we'll all sit back and wonder why the country is going to hell, and nothing makes any sense anymore.

Healthcare (Part 2)

It seems this has been one story I've been neglecting in my blogs. Which is strange, because it's an issue I have strong opinions about. So, without further delay, here's where I stand on government-run healthcare.

First of all, let's get one thing straight right away...

Healthcare IS NOT a "right". A right involves an individual freely living as they choose, without imposing upon any others' ability to do the same. Living healthily is a right. Even seeking medical treatment is a right. Forcing others to pay for it, isn't. Neither is dictating to a physician how much the can/should charge for their time, skills, education and abilities. You have the right to take care of yourself and your family. You do not have the right to force others to.

There is absolutely nothing (despite what the Supreme Court may have ruled) that guarantees anyone the "right" to healthcare in our Constitution. There is nothing in there that grants the government authority over it, or compels me to either pay for it, or pay a fine (tax).

If you don't like/can't afford what a doctor charges, don't use them. Either they're worth their fees, or they'll be forced to change due to lack of patients.

Besides, how would you like it, if whatever job you had, the government capped how much you made? If no matter how skilled you may be (how much better than your competitors), you were only permitted to earn a fraction of your current wage?

When you allow the politicians and insurance companies to dictate the cost and quality of care, you devalue human life, and the reasons people go into medicine.

If the Left is allowed to get their single-payer/Socialized medicine, our healthcare will truly fall to third-world levels. It will take away any incentive for people with any real ability to become doctors. If they can make more money, being an auto mechanic, why would they bother going to med school? All we'll be left with, are the C and D grade level students.

If I see a doctor that drives a Ferrari, I'm fine with that. Because it tells me, they're obviously skilled enough to be able to afford it. I certainly wouldn't want to see the one who has to take the bus to work everyday.

Healthcare

A fair warning to all the RINOs and anti-Trump  Neo-Cons in Congress right now... it's time to put up, or shut up. If you continue to stand in the way of healthcare reform, you will lose the Congress next year, and it will only be your fault (Not Trump's).

A large portion of GOP Senators and Representatives currently in office were voted in (or have won reelection bids) on the promises of repealing Obamacare. Many of them gained TEA Party and grass roots support up to seven years ago, on this campaign pledge alone. (Evidence of just how unpopular this law has always been.)

However, every since getting elected, next to nothing has been even attempted to abolish Obama's nightmare law. All the voters ever got out of any of them, was a string of weak and lame excuses.

The first excuse was that, with the Senate under Democrat control, there wasn't enough Congressional support to get rid of it. Even if that was true, the law was (and is) so unpopular, they should have at least tried, and then forced Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi to explain why they are defying the will of the American people.

The next lame excuse came when they said that the President  (Obama at the time) would never sign a repeal bill. This may have been true, but at least look like you're trying, and again... make him explain why he refuses to do the will of the people.

Instead, the voters came through yet again and elected a Senate majority, and a Republican President. Still, we have some not only dragging their heels, but openly defying the President and the people who voted for them.

Some claim the repeal and replace proposals for the failed healthcare law don't go far enough. This, to me, sounds like just another straw man argument.

Let's face it, there's no possible way to craft any sort of healthcare bill that will satisfy everyone. Some (like me), believe the government shouldn't be involved with healthcare at all (except for children's Medicaid and elderly medicare). While others feel healthcare is a "right" of everyone (it's not). There is no middle ground on this, it's either one way, or the other.

However, some of the suggestions a few Neo-Cons are making before they can vote for any change, are ridiculous and impossible. Worse still, I say that these hold-outs know they're being unreasonable, and just don't have the guts to come right out and say they're not going to repeal Obamacare, no matter what. Instead, they make cowardly statements like, "I can't vote for this, until it grants homeless people their own Beverly Hills level plastic surgeons for free..." (Not an actual quote, but may as well be.)

At least, the Democrats and anti-Trump RINOs are finally being honest on this one issue, when they openly say they will oppose everything Trump tries to do at all cost. It wouldn't matter if he offered free cancer treatments and ice cream cones for everyone.

They're wrong, and harmful to America, but at least they're being honest.

Another issue in the healthcare debates, is all the hateful/hurtful rhetoric the bold-faced liars on the Left are back to using, after pledging to stop. (Hence, the "bold-faced liars" comment.)

Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders  and several others are on record stating that Trump's healthcare changes will kick twenty million off their coverage, and even "kill babies" (Both Pelosi and Sanders said this), or "kill millions" (Pelosi and Schumer).

They know better, which makes them vile, disgusting creatures, beneath contempt. And, here's why...

First of all, this kind of over inflated exaggeration and rhetoric is what has spurred violence like the Scalise shooting and all the riots and protests at our colleges.  They promote violence, by painting political opponents as murderous monsters, and out to hurt America, to the hopeless ideologues and the misinformed.

Secondly, no one (Right or Left) is purposefully our to kill babies, or throw grandma off a cliff. There weren't any people dying in the streets due to lack of care before Obamacare, and there won't be after it's repealed. Hospitals, by law, have always had to treat the critical, regardless of whether they can pay or not.

The third point... twenty million  (or whatever their made up figure is) won't just be kicked out of their coverage. They'll voluntarily drop it, when they are no longer being forced to buy it by the government. There's a BIG difference, and to say they're going to "lose coverage" is a deliberate and misleading lie.

Remember my rule for life (#4)... Anything you have to lie about to convince others, is still a lie.

Minimum Wage Hikes

I remember, as a teenager, I was preparing to get my first "real job" to work after school. I had really big dreams of buying my first car, getting all the clothes my parents wouldn't/couldn't buy, and just spending like there was no tomorrow.

Then, I got a job as a dishwasher at a local diner for minimum wage...

As you can probably guess, those dreams quickly went south, after receiving my first paycheck. I had worked my butt off for two solid weeks, and barely made enough to eat a meal at the place I worked!

Of course, this was a different time. So, I didn't whine and protest about how "unfair" it was. I got a newspaper, looked through the classifieds, and found someone willing to hire me at a higher rate.

Years later, I was managing a different business, when the federal minimum wage increased. Almost immediately, I had to raise our prices to cover not only the extra money I was paying my employees, but the higher cost I had to pay suppliers and vendors for raising their employees salaries as well. When the prices went up, suddenly all the employees were shouting that they needed another raise to cover the cost. Amazingly, no one saw the connection between the cost of living, and the amount they were being paid.

The sad thing is, they still don't.

The minimum wage was never intended to be a "living wage". It wasn't meant for a single mom with three kids to live on, or a father of five to support his family. It's a lower wage for unskilled workers, until they can acquire the experience and education needed to get a better job.

Unfortunately, the only way for people to really learn this, it seems, is to find out the hard way. Just like Seattle is doing right now.

According to recent reports, the city raised its minimum from $9.47 to $11 per hour, only to find no change for the employees. (As I stated in my personal experience, the prices rose at an equal rate, offsetting the raise.) So, they raised it again, to $13 per hour. This time the cost of living jumped dramatically. Suddenly, workers couldn't even afford as much as they used to under the lower rate.

Of course, there are already some Regressives blaming the "greedy" business owners, and screaming for another raise.

No one goes into business to lose money or go bankrupt. In fact, the only reason anyone starts a company, is to make as much money as they can. When the government forces business owners to pay higher wages, that money has to come from somewhere. And, to be "fair", no one ever wants to take a pay cut (including the owners and CEOs of a company). Therefore, the only way to cover higher wages is to either increase prices, or cut jobs and quality.

If you make the cuts, your business is finished, period. So, your only choice is to raise prices and reduce hours/the size of your workforce.

The cold hard truth of the matter is...

Higher wages equal higher prices, less hours to work, and fewer jobs for the poor. (The sector that needs them the most.)

As someone whom was raised in poverty, and has actually been homeless, I'm all for helping the poor, not handing them a living they didn't earn, while punishing those who create jobs and keep America working.

Once again, the Regressives are rallying an idea that sounds good, on an emotional level, but is a total disaster in the bigger picture. Money has to come from somewhere, and you can't demand more, while expecting everyone else to take less

The "Travel Ban"

Today, the Supreme Court overwhelmingly upheld part of President Trump's so-called "Muslim Ban" executive order.

The ban, as written, was designed to prevent people from seven different nations (Lybia, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Sudan and Somalia) from temporarily entering the United States, until they can be properly vetted.

Of course, the Regressives instantly latched on to the fact that all of these are predominantly Muslim countries. Meaning, the President (and anyone in support of this order) is a racist, and is discriminating against the Islamic faith. Some even go as far as to claim that the President has somehow overstepped his authority.

As the Supreme Court has partially shown today, there are some major flaws in these arguments (surprise, surprise).

The first being... of the estimated fifty-one "predominantly Muslim" nations globally, the order only bans seven (not even half). If he truly wanted to just ban Islam, he would have included far more countries (or even some of the most populated ones), not just these seven.

The second point... The countries named in the ban either have a history of state sponsored terrorism, or at least a history of not lifting a finger to stop it.

A popular argument against this last point is along the lines of... "Saudi Arabia has had more terrorists from there than any of these nations...". But, the Saudi's have never openly sponsored terrorism, and actually spend millions combating it in their country.

Plus, I agree that the ban doesn't go far enough. There are definitely other countries out there that deserve to be on the list as well. (None should be removed.)

The third issue is that the Constitution clearly grants the President the right to ban anyone that is a potential danger to the U.S. from entering the country.

Some try to claim that it does not give the President the power to discriminate against a religion.

The problem is, he isn't (see the first point). If he were, then he would have banned all fifty-one nations, not just seven.

This anti-Trump, race card playing, resist at all cost nonsense needs to stop. This issue only goes to prove that the Regressives are willing to play fast and loose with our lives and safety, for the sake of their political powers and ideals.

Stop gambling with my children's lives to nurse your bruised ego.

Finally Some Truth...

"And the truth shall set you free..."- John 8:32.

Tonight, this biblical quote just seems fitting on so many levels. (Though things are so corrupt, I doubt anything will come of any of it.)

After several months of the anti-Trump, Regressive Left crying "wolf" over so-called "Russian Collusion", we now learn that Obama's administration knew about the Russian hacking for at least five months... and did nothing. (Sounds like real collusion,  not to mention gross dereliction of duty to me.) They knew Russian was involved in the election last August, and took no action because Hillary was ahead in the polls, and was presumably going to win. When Trump won (legitimately), suddenly it became an issue. (Even though no one has been able to prove one single vote was changed by their actions.)

Then, we hear that Obama's Attorney General, Loretta Lynch actively interfered with the Hillary Clinton illegal server investigation. (No big surprise there. I called it seven months ago.) She allegedly blocked Comey's pressing charges against Clinton, and ordered him to stop calling it an investigation, and refer to it as a "matter". Now, she's finally facing an investigation of her own. (And, Hillary's case could be reopened.)

Bernie Sanders wife is currently being investigated for fraud. Really not that surprising. (Can someone please explain how someone can claim to be a "Socialist", and still own three multi-million dollar homes?) Bernie is a fake who, (like all Socialists) has always been about spending other people's money, while hoarding his own.

Meanwhile,  the Democrat leadership is starting to turn on themselves, while the Liberal media is about to implode. It seems, no one on the Left can understand why they're losing support and voters, and are now pointing fingers at each other. (Go figure, no one likes being lied to and manipulated.)

There are several at the top of the Democratic party now calling for Nancy Pelosi's resignation (as if she alone was responsible for the sorry state of the Democrats). They still don't get the fact that they are losing because most of America (Not Californians and New Yorkers) doesn't agree with their far Left agenda. And, until they do see it, the Democrat party is going to fade away.

Just in case you're wondering how all this is connected (or what any of it has to do with any of the others), the answer is simple... the far Left Regressives are finally showing their true colors, and are being exposed for who they really are. 

It would be sad to watch this level of self destruction in anyone. But, it's somehow gratifying and satisfying to see people so worthy finally get what they deserve at their own hands.

The Witch Hunt Continues

This morning, all eyes are the results of the Georgia special election, where Republican Karen Handel beat Democrat John Ossoff. 

The reason this particular race became so important, is the Left's declaration that if Ossoff won, it would be a referendum against President Trump. They (Democrats) spent a record-breaking $30 million (an outrageous sum for a congressional race), and brought in big name celebrities from New York and Hollywood. 

Instead, they received their own referendum (though they will refuse to see it this way) from the people. The message was loud and clear... "You don't have a clue about what real Americans want/need. Leave Trump alone, and do your damned job."

This whole "get Trump at all cost" temper tantrum has gone on long enough. We (the American public) have put up with these witch hunt "investigations" for ten months, nonstop. It's time to put up, or shut up.

Either present your evidence (which even the most Left-wing of the group admits they don't have) and press your charges; or drop it, admit you failed (because you're all partisan hacks), and do the job we elected you for.

I swear, if this "Collusion" crap goes on any longer, I'm about ready to float a petition to bring the members of the "special panel" and Bob Mueller up on "wrongful litigation/prosecution" charges.

It's been nearly a year, and you still can't say whether Trump worked with the Russians and to what extent? You can't even say how deep the hacking of our electoral system went, or what they did once they were in?

Sorry, but I'm calling B.S. on this one. Anyone who doesn't see this whole charade for what it truly is (an attempt to subvert the will of the voters, and our rightfully elected President.), is either severely under-informed, or actively part of the plot.

This is an attempt to overthrow the United States' government, plain and simple. It is a blatant and open attack on our election process, committed not by outside forces (such as Russia), but from within.

No, you don't have to agree with President Trump on any of the issues. You don't even have to like the man personally. But, you do need to respect the office he holds, and you do not have the right to tie up Congress and violate laws, to bring made up charges against him.

This has gone on more than long enough,  and it's gone far beyond ridiculous  (we'll into stupidity's range). Get back to your real job, and stop wasting the people's time and tax dollars. 

And the Regressives have the nerve to wonder why Democrats are losing elections... Grow the hell up.