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MORE POINTS FOR PONDERING ABOUT THE SPEECH…


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I may say more about the reaction of the Left than the speech because I am thoroughly disgusted with the some of the prominent Democrats, Pundits, and the Self-Exalted Guardians of Society such as Michael Moore.  I was genuinely disgusted with the Face of the Democrat Party, Nancy Pelosi, Keith Ellison, Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, and others who reportedly refused to stand and pay tribute to the memory of Chief Petty Officer Ryan Owens when his widow was introduced.  I frankly do not care if you disagree with or even hate Donald Trump but to disrespect, the widow and her husband’s memory (a true American hero) is beyond the pale for me.  That is about as low as one could go and if they did this then that is a reprehensible display of disrespect for the fallen serviceman should be etched on every voter’s mind.  Sadly, there are probably voters who agree with them and their vicious hate for Donald Trump and our military.  That is a sad commentary and indictment but one that I see no reason not to make.

When Michael Moore and the MSNBC talking, heads could viciously attack the President because he highlighted this widow and her husband in the base manner they did, I found that more than disgusting.  Michael Moore accused the president of pathological callousness and called him a ‘malignant narcissist’.  Even the every present and always Socialist Van Jones acknowledged this was a pivotal and extraordinary moment.  Not because of Donald Trump but because of the respect of those in attendance and millions watching for the fallen Navy Seal and his grieving widow.  Michael Moore’s evil heart seems to have no limits and he is willing to do or say anything to gain attention and advance his vitriolic diatribe and rhetoric.  He even said that Trump had Owen’s widow present as an “F You” to the people who are criticizing him.  He declared that Owens death came as a result of a dinner that Donald Trump had with his son-in-law and a political hack.  Mr. Moore, you advance false narratives continually as do people like Al Gore, the Hollywood elites, the MSM-Democratic Political Action Committee, and others.  Can you not zip your lip once to allow this widow, to feel the love of the American people and share her grief in the loss of her husband?  I GUESS NOT!

We are not talking about political differences we are talking about “pure hate” although hate is anything but pure.  Nancy Pelosi has now said that the President gave no direction for the nation in his speech and since he offers no guidance the Democrats will take the lead in guiding the nation.  Maybe she has forgotten that they DO NOT CONTROL either of the Houses of Congress or the White House or maybe she is counting on the same weak-willed Republicans in Congress.  I am becoming convinced that President Trump is inspiring some courage in formerly timid Republicans. I believe that I may be seeing signs of some of the establishment types fearing the loss of their position, power, influence, and purse coming around to dig in for the fight with the Democrats.  If the Republicans will STAND THEIR GROUND, they can win this fight and the American people will get behind them.  They do not have to deliver on every promise but the most significant ones they must.  I also believe that if they cower in the shadows as they have previously, the mid-term elections in 2018 will result in a significant number of Republican incumbents being shown the door.  I only hope that the result is not that the Democrats reclaim power, that would be slightly more disastrous than the RINO Republicans returning to office.

I could not help but wonder why the Democrats choose a former Governor from a state that Donald Trump won by garnering over 60% of the vote.  Was it because he is not running for office and basically had nothing to lose?  Was it because the Democrats from the Liberal States wanted no part in the so-called response or rebuttal?  Was it that the Democrats truly do not know what to do?  I do not know but I do know that their new DNC Chair Perez and his Deputy Ellison are Left Wing Liberal Socialist.  Ellison is a staunch defender of Louis Farrakhan and an Anti-Semite who has openly argued that “Jews are among the most racist white people I know.”  He advanced his theory that Zionist joined Hitler in killing Jews.  He does not simply criticize Israel’s policy toward Palestine, he opposes Israel itself.  He continually advances the talking points of the Nation of Islam and defends the Islamic jihadist and jihadist harboring and sponsoring nations.  How is that for the top tier Democrats looking toward the 2020 Presidential Elections.  Makes one feel warm and fuzzy, doesn’t it?  Only if you are a Muslim, Jew-hating, White hating, radical.

I wonder how many Americans, for the first time, truly heard Donald Trump?  I wonder how many were shocked because what he advanced was not Un-American but very Pro-America?  I wonder how many were shocked as they ventured outside the MSM feeding zones and heard Donald Trump uncut and uninterpreted by the Left?  I would venture to say that millions did because CNN conducted a poll in which 69% of the public expressed confidence and hope for America after the Speech.  That is very different from the numbers the MSM, the Pundits, and Democrats would have you believe.  They want you to believe that ALL or the VAST MAJORITY of Americans are distraught, hiding in the shadows and so depressed they need medication and counseling to survive.  The Democrats have been advancing efforts to ‘discover’ impeachable offenses against Donald Trump, not that any have been committed but they are willing to offer fabricated news, completely debunked stories and accusations, and false narratives, so why would they not manufacture some bogus charge.  Please do not think that I equate President Trump to Jesus but the way they are going about it reminds me of the Sanhedrin’s hiring false witnesses against Jesus to ensure a conviction.  THEY HAVE NO SHAME and NO MORAL FOUNDATION, at least not from where I sit.

America, I have told you before and I repeat, WE ARE AT WAR.  We did not declare it the Left did but if we do not finish it and win the war we will lose the republic and I cannot accept that passively.  I want reconciliation and peace. I want harmony and a spirit of working together.  I want to see Congress move beyond partisanship and do what they were hired to do, SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.  I have not seen that before and do not anticipate seeing it now but I will continue to pray for it and pray for America.  I have been told from some reliable sources that godly men such as James Robison and others have regular conversations with President Trump and that several his counselors and advisers are believers and engage in prayer.  That may not resonate with you, but it does with me.  I truly believe that God has given America another chance to RETURN to our Founding Principles and find our Moral Moorings. I am not proclaiming Donald Trump as righteous only that God used and is using him for our opportunity for restoration.  I do believe that window of opportunity is narrow and of short duration UNLESS we take definitive action to make 2 Chronicles 7:14 a keystone in our national posture.

God, bless you and God bless America is my prayer!

REFLECTIONS ON THE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS SPEECH…


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I am not attempting to be detailed in my comments but a few observations about things that encouraged me raised questions and troubled me.  Those are applicable to what was said, how it was said as well as the reactions during and after the speech by politicians and pundits.  I’m sure that the president calling this a “New Chapter of American Greatness” did not and will not set well with the detractors but isn’t that what we all hope for?  Do we not all want a return to American Greatness nationally?  I realize that some want and wanted the ‘fundamental transformation’ proposed by President Obama and consider America so immoral and vile that returning to our founding principles is undesirable.  I realize that some refuse to acknowledge the chaos and destruction of the past 8 plus years and therefore see no reason for his statement.  I acknowledge that there are those who are so ‘Anti-Trump’ that anything he says will be like fingernails on a chalkboard to them.  It is my desire and hope, that America, the land that I love, will return to her status as the Constitutional Republic the Framers and Founders produced returning oversight to WE THE PEOPLE. 

Of the many things that President Trump addressed was the “imploding Obamacare disaster” and even some Democrats have been forced to acknowledge that it is not working.   He mentioned a number of things regarding the ‘repeal and replace’ objective, some that I heartily endorse and some that left me with additional questions and concerns.  Sadly, I am convinced that the idea that ‘healthcare’ or ‘health insurance’ is somehow a constitutional right has so permeated the thinking of society and Washington that we are going to be stuck with some form of national health insurance.  Ultimately, that will do damage to our republic and allow the government a greater influence in and control of our lives.  Before you question my compassion, I do want everyone to have access to affordable healthcare and the best healthcare possible.  I just do not believe that it is in the best interest of the Republic for the Government to pay for it or determine what care we can have.  I like the idea of health savings accounts and the ability to purchase insurance across state lines which could and should produce competition and a lowering of prices.  There is no ‘magic button’ or ‘magic pill’ that we can press or take that will fix the issues on this front.  We can’t press some plastic reset button, as did Hillary with Russia that caused a collective sigh from the world and expect any real result.  This is a deeply complicated issue that will have no easy fix.  I am troubled by the Republicans having squandered the past six years without truly formulating an alternative plan and to expect them to suddenly produce one is not realistic.  I’m sure some of them have been working on this but with the brainpower pool that is available, surely, we can find a method that gets government out of our doctor’s offices and allows individuals and States to handle the healthcare needs of citizens.  The more the federal government is involved the more potential liberty we lose, the higher the cost and the less efficient things become. 

President Trump spoke about many things including tax reform, jumpstarting the economy, national security, border security, infrastructure, and education.  I was a bit surprised when I heard him say that education was the ‘civil rights issue of our time.’  I will have to think that through a bit more and would like more clarification as to exactly what he means.  I think from his statement regarding ‘school choice’ and things of that nature he was referring to the reality that we are failing our citizens especially those in underprivileged neighborhoods who are locked into underperforming schools.  I think he means that we need to return the ability to determine education to the States and Local Communities but if we attempt to ‘fix education’ through the federal bureaucracy we will expand and complicate the problem not fix it.  I am very Pro-Education but do not believe that this is a federal issue but one that should be determined by States, local communities, and parents.  When, our public schools are indoctrination factories for the leftist ideology where an elementary class in Texas would have students saying, “I don’t like Trump because he is going to build a wall” I am disturbed.  Those minds are so vulnerable and such fertile ground for the leftist ideology to be presented knowing they have not background or capacity to grasp the complexity of the problem.  To insist that if we are truly American and compassionate we will OPEN OUR BORDERS to anyone and everyone is not just ill-advised it is dangerous and will destroy the republic.

The President energized many of the Republicans in Congress but the Democrats largely sat on their hands when they should have been applauding and standing in support of ideas and ideals that are Pro-America.  I do not mind the opposition party opposing but if we are Americans and love America it must be placed above political party and the best good of America and Americans must produce a willingness to work for common ground solutions to our national problems.  Border security is not just a good idea it is imperative if we are to keep America a sovereign nation and keep America safe.  Infrastructure is important but massive spending is a dangerous path.  Tax reform is needed, reduction in stifling regulations required if we are to see the kind of job growth needed to kick-start this economy that has been driven into nothingness over the past eight years.

The Democrat response by former Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear was supposed to be the response of the Left regarding the speech but it was little more than rehashing the Democrat Talking Points and bringing up things that had nothing to do with the speech and proposals advanced by the President.  The argument that repealing and replacing Obamacare would strip American of health insurance is a false narrative.  The fictitious numbers used to promote Obamacare, the numbers covered who were not formerly covered, those who have lost their coverage, and the costs of the coverage cloud the issue in the minds of millions needlessly.  The Democrats and some Republicans are so totally ‘Anti-Trump’ they are unwilling to HEAR any proposals or WORK for a common solution.  Rather than dealing with issues the detractors are focused on the individual and America is the loser.

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I have only touched on a few of the issues that I saw and heard in the speech and see in Washington and will say more as time progresses.  I pray that Congress will quickly confirm the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch who was unanimously confirmed by Congress for his appointment on Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.  I understand the antipathy of the Democrats at not getting their nominee on the court but as Barack Obama said, “Elections have consequences” and they need to deal with it and move forward.  The Republicans largely followed the precedent set by Chuck Schumer and the Democrats in not approving nominations during the last year of a presidential term.  Of course, their selective memories are so short they cannot recall that reality.  America is hanging in the balance and we need a strong military, a secure border, a restored economy, a revitalized infrastructure, tax reform, relief from stifling federal regulations, and relief from the disaster known as Obamacare.  President Donald Trump has a monumental task before him and I pray that He receive wise and godly counsel in his deliberations and decision making regarding the direction of America.

I ask that you join me in praying for our nation.  God, bless you, and God bless America is my desire and prayer!

 

IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD…


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The Pogo comic strip years ago, used a statement, “We have met the enemy and he is us” that is apropos for today in America and much of the world.  The lunacy that we are witnessing today on the national scene is beyond ludicrous it is dangerous and eroding the very fabric of our society and the foundations of our freedom.  If we allow our nation to continue down this slippery slope into those turbulent waters, we will witness the complete implosion of our American Democratic Republic.  Anarchy and chaos will be the norm not the exception and the result will be fate experienced by ancient Greece and other similar societies.  We can only exist within the framework of the Rule of Law and with strong moral moorings, which are evident in the pillars of our American Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights.

Let me elucidate this as thoroughly as I can in a few short paragraphs and hopefully, you will see a reason to unite in prayer and action to combat this cancerous plague that is ravaging our society and republic.  I do not mean to be offensive but this Leftist Lunacy is just that lunacy.  When President Donald Trump is vilified for his comments on Sweden’s issues of civil unrest being the result of an influx of migrants, refugees, or immigrants from primarily Muslim countries without proper vetting without acknowledging the facts that is criminal and dishonest.  The government of Sweden has curtailed the number of immigrants from 275,000 to 35,000 because of the issues but that is ignored.  The Swedish government released information that one-third of females in Sweden feel unsafe in their own neighborhoods, but that is being ignored.  The rise in gun violence, rape, and destruction of property has dramatically increased and that is being blamed on everything but the influx of immigrants.  When hours after Donald Trump’s comments there were, riots resulting in burning of cars and other property in primarily Muslim neighborhoods in Sweden that was omitted from news reports.  When citizens of Sweden issue warnings to the United States not to ignore the issue as their own government has, those warnings are not given credibility.  I find it astounding that the media could be so biased and dishonest, but they are.

When a mayor can go on national television and proclaim that he finds it offensive that the Trump administration would change the definition of criminal to include someone being here illegally, that is disturbing.  When he goes on to declare that those illegals using fake documents being called criminal are wrong because they must use fake documents because legal ones are not obtainable, that is troubling.  When he argues that it is wrong to call it a crime for someone to drive without a license or a fake license because they cannot obtain a state-issued license to drive due to the illegal immigration status that is at best misguided and at worse aiding and abetting criminality and encourages lawlessness.  That is the state of our nation today from the Liberal Progressive Leftist perspective.  Surely, American’s see through that and are not and will not buy the rhetoric, spin, and baloney being fed them by the MSM, Liberals, and Activist.

For the Governor of Connecticut to proclaim that his executive order to not cooperate with Federal Law Enforcement in detaining ILLEGALS is simply because the state should not do the Feds job, is a stretch.  The argument that when a State refuses to detain an illegal is not jeopardizing jobs and the safety of the legal citizens is a dangerous position.  If an ILLEGAL is apprehended by Law Enforcement and the Feds request those agencies to detain that illegal for questioning that is in the interest of every American, but not so to the governor.  Yet, on the matter of the Executive Order which basically turned the issue of Transgender Bathrooms back to the States, he argued that it was bigoted of Mr. Trump to do so.  How exactly is it wrong for the Federal Government to request the state to assist in detaining ILLEGALS because law enforcement within the state is a state issue but not so regarding the bathrooms?  Governor, you can’t have it both ways.  Deal with the issue according to how your state and local communities see fit and keep the federal government out of the bathroom, don’t try to posture yourself as morally superior and shirk your responsibilities.

When an LGBTQ activist can argue on national television that a person’s sex is scientifically determined by their personal identity and call it a “settled science” he surely cannot expect to be taken seriously.  But he was and accused anyone disagreeing as being unenlightened, monsters, bigots, and phobic.  From a purely biological position genitalia must be included in the determination of a person’s sex.  Hormones cannot be ignored and other biological factors.  Just because a person wakes up one day and says “I am woman” does not or should not allow them to participate in women’s athletics, get federal loans for women operating a small business, go to the bathroom of their choice, or even go to a prison designated for women.  The dangers of that are far too obvious to ignore and the lunacy of the LGBTQ argument to the contrary is not just insane it is diabolically dangerous.

That is where we are in America today and our Political Correctness where no one’s feelings can be hurt, safe zones must be created and maintained, and everyone forced to comply with the ideas and beliefs of a few activist or elements is not just wrong it is destructive and no republic or civil society can survive that type of incessant assault.  We are faced with the demand that God be removed from everything and anyone who holds to biblical teachings that identify sin are deemed misguided, bigoted, and monsters but those who hold views contrary to those teachings are a protected class.  THAT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE CONDITION and provides us with a Mad, Mad, Mad World.  We are being hurled headlong down a path of confrontation with biblical truth and liberal ideology and if we ignore the truth, morality, and sanity we will descend into a state of total debauchery in which everyone is a law to themselves.  No society can survive that.  We must have foundational principles upon which we are moored. 

I pray that we WAKE UP and return to our roots and restore moral sanity in America.  God help us if we continue down this path of destruction, politically, morally, and socially.  May God, bless you and may He bless America again is my prayer!

HEED THIS WARNING – – GET YOUR FINANCIAL HOUSE IN ORDER…


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I have been warning for several years that there is an economic bubble about to burst or likely to happen.  I keep praying that it will not happen but all that I see and what I hear in my heart of hearts says we are sitting precariously on a house of cards.  I told several friends during the primaries that should the Republicans win the White House the economic calamity created by Barack Obama and the Democrats will likely crumble and the Republicans will be blamed.  If President Trump is successful in turning our economy around the Democrats and Barack Obama will claim it was the result of the Obama policies.  If the economy collapses they will blame President Trump and the Republicans.  Facts will not be considered but the MSM will report it as factual documented truth and Obama will be absolved of blame or given credit unjustly.

Regardless of who gets credit or blame my warning is to average American citizens, many who are struggling to make ends meet and survive.  The deficit spending, bad economic policies, the Federal Reserve and much more has been playing Russian Roulette with our economy and the hammer is about to land on a live round in the chamber and the result is going to be ugly.  I said two years ago, that I felt that within 24-48 months from that time there would be a dire economic situation that would be far worse than the most recent recession we endured where many lost one-half or more of their savings and nest egg.

The Federal Government operates under an economic model that would produce failure in any business.  The Keynesian economic model, the insane spending, the incredible deficit, the Federal Reserve, and the politicians are the problem.  However, they are not the ones who are going to suffer, WE ARE.  There are many factors involved in the potential economic calamity and because they are many and varied we may not be able to avoid the coming disaster.  You cannot spend your way out of debt.  Yes, you must spend money to make money but you cannot use credit cards leaving unpaid balances each month to achieve economic success.  That is a recipe for disaster and that is basically what the Federal Government has been doing for generations.  During the past 8 years, we have witnessed the doubling of our national debt and the prospects of it growing even larger are very real and frightening.

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The U.S. Dollar is skating on thin ice in the global world of finance and should our dollar collapse we would be in a crisis economically as a nation.  I am very concerned that massive inflation is looming on the horizon and the way the Fed is printing money there is a real danger of a massive global sell-off where foreign investment rejects our currency.  President Trump will be blamed regardless of any involvement his policies may or may not have affected the situation.  He will be the convenient scapegoat to absolve Barack Obama and the Left of the blame.  I have seen reports from some financial wizards suggesting that unlike the last crisis, where the Fed flooded the planet with freshly printed fiat dollars, this time the moneyed powers will withhold their investments and banks will go under.  What happens if the banks are unable to deliver physical gold, we encounter a war of global proportions, face natural disasters that completely crush regions of the country or world or have a major cyber-financial attack?  What happens if there is an EMP that shuts down our electronic grid?  I encourage everyone to diversify as much as possible and add physical assets to their portfolio.  You may find the need to barter in the future.

I am convinced that the globalist, world money powers, and political ideologues on the left have been setting the stage to blame those on the right and at the forefront of that will be Donald Trump.  Like George W. Bush he will be blamed for everything and credited with nothing praiseworthy.  The Big Government types such as Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary along with countless other CFR members are laying the foundation to BLAME TRUMP.  What is their objective?  An economic collapse would help facilitate their ultimate objective, taking down our capitalist system and advancing a global currency run by the IMF and the establishment of a totalitarian system of Global Governance.  People rendered destitute from a massive financial collapse would be more open to their agenda as a cure-all for the ills of those suffering.  This has happened before.  The coming collapse, if it happens, and I believe it will, is designed to advance a World Government.  I suggest you check into reports that billionaires and members of the elite globalist community are hedging their bets now in preparation for this collapse.  They are buying bunkers and massive tracts of land from the Midwest to New Zealand and around the world.   We need to educate the masses, sound the alarm so that we prepare and are not caught unaware and fight for limited government based strictly on our Constitution.  I am not convinced we have enough time to do it to stave off the collapse but if we hope to survive WE MUST, drain the swamp and preserve the Constitution, return to Limited Government, and stop the runaway train of insane spending.  IT WILL BE AUSTERE TIMES.  Do we have the heart or fortitude to do it?  In a very real sense, it is another 1776 we are facing.

God, bless you and God bless America!

 

 

BEWARE OF FRIENDS WHO PLAY FOOTSIES WITH YOUR OPPONENTS…


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That would be my advice to President Trump.  The old saying, “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer” might be applicable.  The Democrats are a united front but the Republicans, Conservatives, and Constitutionalist are anything but united.  Those of our side are about as divided as I have ever witnessed and the tragedy is that the Establishment (Republican) is playing footsies with the Leftist who have as their prime agenda, taking down the Trump administration.  There is so much to see that is not seen I hardly know where to begin in addressing this issue.

The uproar over the former National Security Advisor, General Mike Flynn is not as simple as a person breaking the law or rules it is much deeper than that.  The Logan Act that has been raised to justify attack General Flynn is grasping at a straw and if you check the historical record you will find that NO PERSON has ever been prosecuted for breaking that law.  One person was charged but that charged was almost immediately dismissed.  General Flynn did make some mistakes and although he is a good man, with a stellar record, apparently, he misrepresented the facts and truth to Vice President Pence and that is not acceptable.  However, the fact that the talked to the Russian Ambassador before the inauguration is not the problem, in my view.  The Logan Act was designed to prevent private citizens to conduct foreign policy.  Arguing that General Flynn was a private citizen would be a stretch, at best.  General Flynn was a national security adviser designate.  But, maybe we should recall that Barack Obama traveled the globe talking to foreign governments about American foreign policy before he was even a candidate for President.  HOW WAS THAT NOT A PROBLEM? 

Who was involved in leaking the information and spearheading the attack on General Flynn and why?  It has been revealed that former Obama administration adviser Ben Rhodes, the architect of the White House effort to create a pro-Iran echo chamber.  He organized and initiated the effort to flood the media with stories attempting to discredit General Flynn.  This effort was also designed to prevent the Trump administration from disclosing the details of Obama’s secret deal with Iran.  This effort was initiated in the weeks before President Trump’s inauguration.  They knew that there would be several people on Trump’s national security team that would oppose diplomacy with Iran, so they sought to protect the deal at all costs.  General Flynn became a target and he did not help matters in failing to be totally forthcoming.  Who is celebrating over General Flynn’s ouster?  I suggest that it is Ben Rhodes, the NIAC, and the Iranian Mullahs.  It has been revealed that General Flynn was making preparation to publicize many of the details of the deal and that was taboo for the Obama team and seems to be for the Republican Establishment.  The Establishment is willing to use anything to discredit President Trump and harming national security is not a problem for them, for they seem to consider stopping Trump a greater objective.  THAT IS SAD FOR AMERICA!

An even larger concern, in my mind, are the leaks from the Intelligence Community who had recorded the conversation between General Flynn and the Russian ambassador.  The FBI recorded the conversation, pursuant to a warrant which had to come from the highest of levels and possibly from Barack Obama himself.  They released the transcript to the media with the intent and for the purpose of discrediting General Flynn.  The FBI, CIA, NSA was abetted by Obama-ear holdovers in an understaffed Justice Department and the leftist media in an apparent coup attempt to take down the Trump administration.  That should be what is under investigation but if President Trump or Attorney General Sessions seeks to do so it would be viewed as tainted before it began.

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President Trump cannot afford to be passive on this matter, and clearly, that is not his normal pattern.  He must fight but he must fight with a clear strategy, twitter won’t be enough.  He must act definitively, decisively, and quickly to get rid of every Obama holdovers left after the dust settles.  Yes, that is radical but necessary.  The CIA, NSA, and many other agencies are so infested with those of such liberal bias they desire to destroy this administration before it can even begin.  The swamp must be drained and YOU’RE FIRED needs to be heard loudly in Washington in a sweeping reform.  I pray that President Trump’s advisers will successfully get his attention and convince him to move NOW to clean house.  He has been hesitant possibly because he truly believes he can reach across the aisle and convince people to come around to his way of thinking.  NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, welcome to Washington, Mr. Trump.  This is a cut-throat community that would sell their mothers into slavery to achieve their objectives.  TRUST NONE OF THEM. 

I am praying for President Trump to make the right decisions and I am praying for America.  This kind of situation is dangerous for national security and a direct threat to our Republican Form of Government.  If you thought all would be rosy after the election and inauguration, think again.  That was a BATTLE but this is WAR and we cannot lose this WAR.

God, bless you and God bless America!

DESTRUCTIVE BLINDNESS IN TODAY’S WORLD…


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I should be surprised at nothing advanced by the Liberal Leftist of America and the world but I am.  I listen to the rhetoric of the protesters, the Hollywood types, the MSM, Leftist Politicians, some Clergy and others and am stunned at the complete disconnect with reality.  They insist they are supporters of Free Speech, Religious Liberty, Tolerance, and Diversity.  I heard Robert Reich and others argue that the Berkeley riots were the work of paramilitary right-wingers and could not believe what I was hearing and reading.  That is an evidence of a blindness or attempted deception seeking to blind millions to the reality that is alarming and beyond dangerous.

Those in participating were not right-wing paramilitary activist they were the black-clad Antifa anarchist who coordinated with the Bay Area community activists and the UC Berkeley student groups to disrupt and destroy.  It was not an activity supporting Free Speech but designed to suppress the right of Free Speech of anyone holding a conservative view.  They threw Molotov cocktails, burned buildings and other things, carried sticks and protesting the appearance of Milo Yiannapolous.  The Antifa was possibly birthed in Germany in the 1970’s and are an extreme far-left group whose purpose is to disrupt.  They are incredibly well networked, well trained using paramilitary tactics and apparently well-funded.  Their credo printed on the inside of their masks is, “By putting on our masks we reveal our unity; and by raising our voices in the street together, we speak our anger at the facelessness of power.”  They like some other anarchist groups carry thick poles designed to harm, threaten, intimidate, and maim anyone they encounter.

A distinct difference between the extremist on the Far Left and the Far Right is the Left embraces their extremist and for the most part the Right denounces the extremist on the far right.  The Tea Partiers that I know abhor the far-left and the far-right anarchist and their anarchism.  The Left seems to be convinced that every conservative is joined at the hip to the Nazis or Nazi sympathizers and KKK.  Hillary Clinton worked that angle in her campaign and associated every Trump supporter with the racist, neo-Nazi, and White Supremacist.  That was and is an unfair characterization because most of us denounce those groups.  I blame Hillary and the rhetoric of the Left for the Pu… Hat March in Washington and the vile rhetoric that has ensued since election night and will likely continue into the foreseeable future.

I am frequently told that what those of us on the Right should do is nothing.  We should let the Left continue simply ignore them.  Although, I agree we should not engage in violence with them we dare not ignore them.  If we do, we are facilitating a rise of a monster that we will only be able to defeat with the use of force.  That would be incredibly destructive and detrimental for the Republic.  I believe that every time they are able to carry out one of their riots they become emboldened and we move one step closer to WAR.  We may think they are incoherent, uncoordinated, and will implode but I warn that the forces behind them see each unopposed protest, riot, and act of anarchy as a victory and becomes a serious recruiting tool.  It allows them to advance their narrative and convince others that there is no penalty for this kind of illegal activity and, in time, will so solidify their unity they will be a formidable force.  What we are seeing in the streets is not spontaneous and new, it is the culmination of decades of liberal efforts behind the scenes.

Each time a University, police force, or politician cede to the demands of those groups they enable them to become stronger and then they reach for larger prizes. When the law is broken, we must arrest and prosecute everyone involved.  No police force, no University, no Politician should cave to the demands thinking they are doing right to avoid further violence.  NO, those groups are willing to take to the streets and destroy and even kill to get what they want.  Again, I am not saying we need to take to the streets to fight them using force against force but we MUST demand that the Laws of our Land are enforced uniformly and consistently without fail.  If we treat these groups as petulant children and fail to take them seriously we will help create a monster that will destroy our political system and society.  WE CANNOT AFFORD TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN!  A statement the Berkeley College Republicans described the situation in a most accurate manner, “It is tragic that the birthplace of the Free Speech Movement is also its final resting place.”  FREE SPEECH must be ‘free for all’ or it is not ‘free at all.’  These are more than ‘rent-a-mobs’ they are part of a growing and dangerous development in America that seeks to create chaos and anarchy thinking it will achieve their end but it will be our end as a Republic.

God help us to stand up and apply the pressure upon our elected officials, Law Enforcement and voice our concerns so powerfully that it cannot be ignored.  God, bless you richly is my prayer and God bless America!

 

MY AMERICA IS IN TROUBLE…


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I have been accused of being overly nostalgic and living in the past as I express my concerns about the state of my nation.  I was recently told that I needed to come into the 21st Century and realize that things are not the same, they have evolved and I’m behind the times.  I have been chided by the Left and even some on the conservative side of the equation that my views of Strict Construction and Originalism in interpreting the Constitution are outdated and I should adopt the view of a changing world and thereby the need for a “Living Constitution” that evolves with the mood of society.  I reject that and resist it for I believe that is one of the problems in our Republic today.  Couple that with the creation of a ‘Safe Zone Society’, the ‘Entitlement Mentality’ and the ‘Self-Centeredness’ of much of our society has brought us to this place.  I dare not fail to mention the move of the Progressive, Liberal Left that embraces much of the Atheistic mentality and seeks to build a Wall between Religion or God and Government.  We are a million miles from where the Framers and our Founding Fathers sought to bring us and from that Republic they established and embraced.  The very Republic and Constitution that has keep us “The Land of the Free” and “The Home of the Brave” for 240 years is under direct assault today, and that would produce incurable melancholy were it not for my faith in God and my belief in the American people.

It is quite possible that the ‘ME’ MENTALITY and ENTITLEMENT PHILOSOPHY has existed in a greater measure than I recall.  It is quite possible that the Large Cities never knew that which I grew up enjoying in rural East Texas where neighbors not only knew each other but helped each other.  Maybe, there have always been sectors of our nation in which people embraced isolationism and were so ‘ME’-CENTERED they not only did not know but did not trust their neighbors and fellow man to the point they were cold and indifferent.  Maybe, I am being nostalgic and living in the 20th Century, longing for a return to a society where we were willing to offer a helping hand to those in need and did not expect the government to be our provider in all things.  I long for a return to a time when it was not taboo to say “God Bless You, Merry Christmas, or a myriad of other banned phrases.”  I long for a return to a time when we valued the sanctity of life and adoption was a much more acceptable idea than abortion.  I long for a return to a time when God was not banished from the classroom or the courtroom and the pulpit was not silent regarding sin, even the sin of the government.  I long for a return to a time when it was not only acceptable to say, “In God We Trust” but when we did.  I long for a time when the spirit of enterprise and ingenuity that has enabled many people to dig their way out of poverty into prosperity and that enabled America to rise to being one of if not the greatest nation on earth.  I long for a return to a time when we could “disagree” without feeling the need to annihilate those on the other side of the argument.  Yes, we had the riots and protests of the 60’s and I viewed them negatively then as I do the present ones today.  We cannot build a bridge with a sword.

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It matters not to me whether you are a Donald Trump fan or not, he is the President of the United States of America.  His election was no more skewed than any other election including the two of Barack Obama and maybe less skewed and tainted with voter fraud and interference.  Our system of government and the manner of electing our presidents has been a wonderful means of guaranteeing that the Entire Nation would have a voice in the outcome, not pockets of liberalism or conservatism, but each State would have valued input and directly impact the outcome.  That is a system that we should applaud not seek to destroy.  I’ve said repeatedly, we are not a Majority Rule Democracy we are a Constitutional Republic with Representative Government and that has been one of the major reasons for our preservation and longevity, albeit it brief, in comparison to some of the European systems.

Our Constitution guarantees “Freedom of Speech” and if speech is not free for everyone it is not free for anyone.  Peaceable Assembly is provided for in our Founding Document and must be guarded but there is not provision for riotous activities, the destruction of property, the endangerment of lives and the threat of bodily harm for the targets of those protests.  You cannot stand in a crowded theater and yell FIRE when there is no fire without penalty and you are not legally allowed to do what the rioters are doing today.  You cannot call for the assignation of the president with impunity, although this is being allowed and even applauded by those on the Left.  You are not allowed to incite riots and engage in sedition that seeks the overthrow of the government.  We have Laws and if we selectively enforce those laws based on what we would prefer to happen rather than seeking justice we do damage to the Republic and render the Laws meaningless and toothless rather than a deterrent.

Our America is in trouble and I weep for my nation.  I am angry at those who are seeking to drive wedges between groups fanning the flames of HATE that can only end in disaster.  I detest the incessant rhetoric that is without basis and established on speculation and preference rather than reality.  When Hillary Clinton, in the 3rd Presidential Debate castigated Donald Trump for not openly saying he would immediately accept the outcome of the election she was touted as a modern-day heroine and defender of America and Integrity.  Then, when she LOST it seems that her diatribe was just that, meaningless drivel as she and her forces went to work to challenge, question, diminish, delegitimize, and possibly overturn the outcome she was not chastened, castigated or vilified as was Donald Trump for his response.  HYPOCRISY is not a sufficient explanation but the Left has demonstrated a willingness to do whatever it takes to achieve their end and legality, morality, and constitutionality seem to have no bearing.

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America, we are divided and if we remain so we will experience another Civil War and that would likely end the Republic.  There is a Hope and it is a most powerful one, God!  The Bible gives us a prescription for remedying our ills as a nation in 2 Chronicles 7:14.  If God’s people will come to Him in repentance and humility and genuinely seek His face (will and way) He promises to FORGIVE us both individually and as a nation and HEAL our land.  We desperately need HEALING.  The Preamble of our American Constitution offers hope, “We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America.”  Our Declaration of Independence recognized God and the unalienable rights He has given and our Pledge to the Flag recognizes God and that America UNDER HIM is One Nation, unified and indivisible seeking Liberty, and Justice for all.

Is America worth fighting for, praying for, working for and worth the incredibly arduous task of finding common ground and bridging the chasm that now separates us?  This is not a one-way street and cannot be a unilateral effort but it will require ALL AMERICANS or a SUFFICIENT NUMBER of Americans to commit to the Republic.  America, Land that I Love is worth fighting for to me as a Christian, an American, a Patriot, and a Veteran.

God, bless you and God bless America is my desire and prayer!

 

 

AMERICAN REVOLUTION or DEVOLUTION…


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We are at a critical juncture in our American history and if we get this wrong we will not only hear the proverbial fat lady sing we will see the taillights of Liberty, Freedom, and the Constitutional Republic drive away.  I have never seen the level of incendiary rhetoric and vitriol in America as I am witnessing today.  It is more than disturbing or disheartening it is genuine cause for fear.  As a Christian, I do not embrace fear for it is other than my faith and the torment it carries is both unhealthy and unnecessary.  There is a place for a healthy respect and caution that some would call fear and I can accept that.  However, the conditions in America today are frightening and the end that we are apparently headed for is quite other than beneficial and productive.  The flames of HATE are reaching higher than I have ever witnessed and people from all walks of life are being drawn to the flames and many are being consumed before our eyes.  Sadly, many of them are completely unaware they are being engulfed by the destructiveness of those flames and may truly believe they are doing God a service, and fighting for basic human kindness and what America should be.  In that case, the prospect of reconciliation and healing in our nation become virtually impossible.  There has never been a more fierce fighter than one fighting for a religious cause and the fight is religious on all sides of today’s issues.

The American Revolution was waged to secure, as is so eloquently revealed in our Declaration of Independence, protection of our unalienable rights which include, “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”  I would encourage everyone to meditate on the words of that document which expressed the heart, desire, and intent of our Founding Fathers and the Colonist living in this land.

“When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.  We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…”

I purposefully did not include the entire declaration but that portion which identifies, powerfully, the intent of the American Revolution and the desire for those who would be citizens of this Republic to be afforded and enjoy.  We have, for 240 years, enjoyed the protection of our Constitution and embraced the vision of the Founding Fathers and the Framers of our American Constitution.  Have we fallen short?  Obviously, there have been times we have failed and some of those times failed miserably in maintaining the spirit and intent of our forefathers.  They believed, as do I, that the providence of God enabled us to win our Freedom and that if we ever drifted from His principles and the precepts of His word and our stated founding guidelines we would suffer greatly as a people.  Are we witnessing that today?  It would seem so.

I hear those on the Left and the Right claiming that their efforts are a Revolution for America.  But in some cases, it seems that rather than an American Revolution that fights for our founding principles, the protection of our unalienable rights, and the perseveration of our American Constitution we are witnessing American Devolution.  Much of what is happening in the protests and the ‘fake news’ by the MSM designed to divide and destroy, as well as the actions of those in protest, riots, and anarchistic endeavors is not a Revolution of Freedom it is a Devolution pressing us toward a state of Anarchy, striving for Mobocracy and is fueled by intense HATE.   When college professors and others can argue that if a person is white they owe those who are black reparations. we open the door for further division and bitterness.  They are even advancing the idea that every white person should be opening reparations accounts for blacks.  I heard one professor hawking his new book supporting that view say, “A black person with a college degree is less likely to get a job than a white ex-convict.”  On its face, I call that a blatant lie and inaccurate.  What jobs are we talking about?  I have worked in the public sector and experienced being passed over because I was white.  I know what it is like to be told to my face that I was the most qualified but because the other candidates were either of a different gender or ethnicity I would not get the job.  So, exactly what do I owe and to whom?

The call for violence even a military coup to overthrow this administration is not only unhealthy for our Republic it is criminal.  If America is going to HEAL, the HATE must subside.  I see two fountains or rivers flowing in America and the prism through which you view life is established.  There is the River of American Revolution seeking to advance Freedom and develop a country that is “One nation under God indivisible…”  The other is the River of Devolution that is seeking to suppress and eradicate any view other than your own.  It will use any means necessary to achieve its end and sees no conflict in advancing the message of HATE while calling for Love and calling HATE Love and LOVE Hate.  We are divided and that chasm is so wide, no bridge other than the principles upon which America was founded and the God of the Bible can span.  We need to be reminded of and embrace the word of our First President, George Washington uttered at his First Inaugural Address on April 20, 1789, “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained.”

I am deeply troubled by what I hear and see in America today and ask that you join me in prayer for HEALING in our land.  I believe it is the desire of the majority of Americans to have a nation that is prosperous, free, and secure.  We desire a nation that embraces the tenets of the Declaration of Independence and affords the protections of our American Constitution.  I ask that you join me in Praying for America.  My prayer is God please bless America again, and help us to cease viewing everything through the prism of politics and see His purposes.

God, bless you richly is my prayer and desire and God bless America my hope!

THE INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC OF THE LEFT IS DISTURBING…


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I am deeply disturbed by the violence and bitter vitriol used by those protesting President Donald Trump and our most recent Presidential election.  We have laws that prohibit the inciting of riots and make those who do so culpable to the crimes being perpetrated by the rioters.  That should include politicians including those who lost the election such as Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine.

Recently the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, Tim Kaine said in a public interview: “We are so excited that the American public is energized to speak out against the abuses of this administration…”  Imagine that.  He went on to say, “What we’ve got to do is fight in Congress, fight in the courts, fight in the streets, fight online, fight at the ballot box, and now there’s momentum to be able to do this.”  Much of what he said, I have no problem with because I believe in the 1st Amendment and people have the right to peacefully protest and dissent regardless of their political affiliation.  I may adamantly disagree with their position but I defend their right to express their dissent.  However, there is one part of his statement that troubles me greatly and it is akin to much of what former President Obama and others have said from time to time.

His statement and encouragement to “fight in the streets” is particularly alarming and needs to be clearly defined by Senator Kaine.  It is more than inflammatory it is calling for anarchy, violence, and destruction.  He may not have intended it to go that far, but many of those on the left who are causing havoc in the streets will interpret it exactly that way.  This can only be considered an endorsement of violence and disruption.  That is the kind of thing that Mr. Obama said regarding Ferguson, Missouri, the Black Lives Matter Protests, and other incidents.  It is the kind of rhetoric that results in people on the fringe and maybe not so fringe will take as a license to violence.  There are calls for the murder of the president, rape of his wife and daughters, and eradication of whites including killing white babies.  This is not something that should be condoned by anyone, Republican or Democrat, Liberal or Conservative.  No American should be willing to tolerate widespread violence, rioting, looting, and causing property damage or physical harm to citizens.  This is wrong!

The vitriol of the Democrats in Congress making personal attacks against nominees and scurrilous accusations toward them, the president, and all who are conservative and support the president is dangerous.  When companies like Starbucks allow their CEO to publicly state that anyone that supports Donald Trump is unwelcome in their establishments that are dangerous and damaging.  When Barack Obama was president those same people lectured those of us who opposed him accusing us of spreading hate, discord and being Unamerican and racist.  Had we done what they are doing, there is little doubt many of us would be facing a magistrate, have been charged with crimes and incarcerated.  I did not support Barack Obama and found virtually every policy of his scandalous and in direct opposition to what our American Founders and Framers intended, the Bible instructs, and diametrically opposite of the values of anyone with a strong moral mooring.  I did not take to the streets, call for his murder, wish harm to his family, or seek to incite riots and cause mayhem in America.  I considered that dangerous and destructive for our Republic.  I voiced my objection and encouraged people to put pressure on their elected officials.  I encouraged people to become involved in politics and vote for change to the dangerous path he was leading us down.

If it were only the Democrats I might not react as strongly but Evan McMullin, another defeated presidential candidate has taken an even more incendiary stance, in my view.  He spins fantasies about Donald Trump that are unfounded and unwarranted.  He argues for ‘direct,’ not Democratic action.  He argues that Congress will not stand up to Trump and that Mr. Trump will likely ignore the courts because he is an authoritarian and mimics despot.  He argues that Trump will run roughshod over all checks, cultural norms, and the press.  McMullin lauds what he calls the ‘powerful voice’ of the protests, the ‘macro tone’ by which he appears to mean intimidation declaring that Congress could not ignore them.  He encourages people to ‘engage directly’ with their representatives and mainly Republicans.  He urges those in protest to write op-eds, and contribute to the opposition of the elected officials. He then says that since that might not have the desired effect they should then engage in “old fashioned civil disobedience” which can only be interpreted to mean riots and violence.  That from a person who sought to be the President of the United States of America.  What would he be calling for had he won and people protested his administration?  I’m sure it would not be the same!

America rejected their ideas and elected Donald Trump both in rejection of the Leftist, Moderate, Liberal ideology, and agenda and in support of the agenda that Trump advanced.  It was not simply a vote against, it was for some a vote for and Donald Trump. Presiden Trump is now attempting to fulfill his campaign promises.  I fully support everyone making their voice heard in Washington and we should all be denouncing the kind of rhetoric and vitriol that is transpiring.  Those in the MSM, Hollywood and various activist organizations should be ashamed.  America has spoken and as with Barack Obama, we should work to achieve the best for America through a peaceable pathway not attempt to completely destroy our entire system of government.  Their path would do exactly that if allowed to continue, stand, and succeed.

God bless America and God bless you!  Freedom is the Prize and the Republic hangs in the balance.  Defend her we must so I urge you to Pray for this nation, Labor for our Freedom and stand with me for Faith, Family, and Freedom!

 

 

LET THE LEFT LIE IN THE BED THEY MADE…


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When Harry Reid led the Democrats in the Senate and they controlled that body they made a bed, that even members of their tribe warned could come back to haunt them.  Senator Reid, defiantly declared, “I don’t care, I’ll be gone by then.” I don’t know if he was in denial that the Republicans could reclaim the Senate or if he was so committed to advancing the Obama agenda he truly did not care about what might be in the future.  Either way, he and the Democrats made a ‘Bed of Thorns’ and it is high time that Senator McConnell and the Republicans allow the Democrats to lie in that bed of their own creation.

The concern I have is that Senator McConnell is on record as being ‘opposed’ to the nuclear option that Senator Reid advanced to ram through President Obama’s nominees and thereby pack the federal courts.  Senator McConnell, this is not the time to engage in timidity.  This is war and in war, you fight to win, so WIN!  Senator McConnell has sent mixed signals in that declaration and his assertion that President Trump’s nominees would be confirmed.  The Democrat tactic may be required to fulfill that promise and here’s hoping that the often-weak-willed leader of the Senate will become strong-willed and determined.  He and too many Republicans seem to believe that if they offer an olive branch to the Democrats they will secure cooperation and concessions from the Left.  AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN!!!  The Left thinks a compromise is when the Republicans do what the Democrats want not a compromise by the Left.  Compromise in the Democrat dictionary is, “Republicans agreeing to the Democrat demands.”

When the diatribe, rhetoric, and vitriol of the Democrats, activist, the anarchist of the left, MSM, Hollywood types, and the like go ballistic over every action or nominee that President Trump advances there is little cause to be hopeful of a compromise.  Senator Schumer has become, and maybe always was, as much a jacka$$ as Harry Reid and finding common ground with him is highly unlikely.  I have heard some of the Trump haters attempt to make President Trump and Senator Schumer best buds.  Believe that if you please, but watch as Senator Schumer fights to block every action of President Trump and every attempt to repeal, reverse, and erase the terrible policies of Barack Obama.  If that is being best buds, then who would need an enemy?  Chuck Schumer is an ideologue and I honestly do not believe that Donald Trump is.  That may prove to be a detriment for Mr. Trump because he tends to see people as other than ideologues and that creature is rare in Washington.

The Democrats, MSM, and Leftist have long called Republicans obstructionist but they are proving to be that themselves.  If you do a little quick search of historic facts, you will find that Bill Clinton and George W Bush had 13 Cabinet nominees approved by this juncture in their Presidency and Barack Obama had 10.  The Democrats are boycotting committee meetings to prevent the Republicans from voting the nominees out of committee.  Obstructionism?  Without question and incredibly childish, in my view.  If the Democrats persist in their obstructionism then Senator McConnell should realize that he has no choice but to force them to recline in the bed of their making, thorns, and all.

Someone called the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch a ‘lose-lose’ situation for the Democrats.  Judge Gorsuch statement, “a good judge doesn’t always like the outcome of his legal reasoning” is problematic for the Democrats.  It suggests that he is aware of the possibility and embraces the responsibility of having to make a legal ruling that is contrary to his personal or political preference.  How can the Democrats villainize that?  With the insane rhetoric coming from them, I am quite sure they will, but it will be illogical.  If the Democrats persist in their threat to ‘filibuster’ this nomination, then they leave the Republicans little option other than the ‘nuclear’ one to squelch filibuster.  They cannot win using that tactic since they originated it and arguing against it on principle would be ludicrous.  The Democrats know that this will not be the only nomination that President Trump is afforded for their will be vacancies in the not too distant future.  If they use up all their ammunition and political capital on this nomination, they will pay dearly in 2018 and in future nominations.  If they approve Judge Gorsuch they lose and if they don’t they lose.  Sounds wonderful for those of us who identify as Constitutional Conservatives but it is not that simple.  It is good but not quite as simplistic as that sounded.

I believe that one of the driving force and a prime factor in the Leftist opposition is the fear that if the SCOTUS becomes unbalanced toward the Right the court could return the decision of Abortion to the States where it belongs.  Abortion, in many ways, is the Holy Grail of the Democratic Party and the fear of seeing it become a State issue is terrifying to them.  The Democrats will roll the dice to ensure they do not lose their ‘donors’ and will seek to filibuster and obstruct the nominees.  The question is, ‘will the Republicans make them recline in their bed of thorns?’  I certainly hope so.  Yes, it is a double-edged sword but considering where we are today a sword that must be wielded.

God, bless you and God bless America!