Musings
Musings on the Week
May 19, 2018
Civil Rights – “Government must answer not just to the wealthy, not just to those of a particular religion, or of a particular race, but to all its people." Robert F. Kennedy.
Politics – Democrats do not
learn from mistakes
when they implement “progressive” policies caused by failed big
government solutions so the answer must be bigger
government.
Politics – The left’s
template for change is if you can’t win through the ballot box,
then you take to the courts, and when you can’t win there, you take to
the streets!
Politics – Most people understand that voting for Democrats isn’t going to make Trump go away, it’s only going to hinder the progress
of the conservative agenda he is trying to push.
Politics – The Democrats are
experiencing an internal feud across
the country on its direction to focus on gender politics and people of color to
the exclusion of white males and the rural poor and the liberal mainstream
media refuses to cover it (“Stuck on Stupid?”).
Politics – Democrats must keep blacks fearful, angry and resentful by painting
Republicans as racist to ensure blacks continue their unquestioned support of the Democrat Party.
Politics – The leftist takeover of the Democrat Party is causing the party platform to change from supporting capitalism to change to
embracing socialism and all its shortcomings.
Politics – Congresswoman
Maxine Waters is known for
her windiness, talking over her allotted time, talking out of turn, making all legislation revolve around race,
demonstrating what childish petulance looks like, and generally making a
nuisance of herself ignoring the rules.
Politics – Hillary Clinton is a two-time political loser who
hasn't gotten the message that she is unlikeable and unelectable, and would do herself and the
country (not to mention the Democrat Party) a favor by retiring and leaving the
scene of her political accident..
Politics - Contrary to predictions of a
November “blue
wave,” the GOP has a advantage on the most important voter issues: seven-point
advantage on the economy, an advantage on taxes and trade, and they are even
with Democrats on dealing with Russia.
Politics – Democrats look like
they are coalescing around an anti-American party platform for 2018 (and probably 2020):
Impeach Trump, Open Borders, Guarantee
Make-Work Jobs, Raise Taxes (Redistribute Wealth), Confiscate Guns, and Provide
Abortion Anytime.
Media – The
mainstream media is imploding as more and more newspapers and media
outlets are downsizing their independent reporters and just repackaging liberal
narratives.
Media - Conservatives are
being suppressed and attacked by Google, Facebook, and Twitter who are using their power to
squash speech and thoughts that the rich coastal liberals who work at and run
those companies don't like.
Media – When a Republican politician is arrested, his party affiliation
is included in the lede, if not the headline, but if he’s a Democrat, no mention until the 10th paragraph, if at all.
Media – I don’t use Twitter because it is out-of-control
by users and now the owners as they try to censor free
speech by superimposing their liberal biases
on individual posts.
Civil Rights – “I say to you quite frankly that the
time for racial discrimination is over.” Jimmy Carter.
Elections – Democrats have created a National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which is an unconstitutional work-around to bypass the Electoral College
in the election process.
Energy - In most markets, solar and wind power survive purely because the states
mandate that as much as 30% of residential and commercial power come
from these sources..
Energy - Politicians and federal
regulators are shortsightedly killing our coal and
nuclear capacities without considering the risk of future energy shortages and
power disruptions.
Energy – When Germany
reduced subsidies to the solar industry in 2012, the industry cratered as capacity declined by 90%,
70% of workforce lost jobs, and solar panels are not replaced.
Civil Rights – If civil rights
were legitimate,
then we would have White pride, Black pride, Asian pride, Muslim pride, and every subgroup can be proud of its own heritage,
including whites.
Feminism – Feminism has been taken
over by the Left and is imploding
because it only embraces women who subscribe to its narrowly defined political
ideology.
Religion - A religion is not a list of personal
preferences and beliefs of a particular set of people; but rather is a worldview, a description of reality that defines
what is true and what is false, what is right and what is wrong, what is good
and what is bad.
Slavery – While the European
involvement in the transatlantic slave trade to the Americas lasted for just
over three centuries, the Arab involvement in the slave
trade lasted fourteen centuries, and in some parts of the Muslim world
is still continuing to this day.
Drugs – Adolescents using
cannabis regularly
are twice as likely as nonusers to drop out of school and
twice as likely to have cognitive impairment and
psychoses as adults.
Civil Rights – “No one has been barred on account of his race from
fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the
foxholes or graveyards of battle." John F. Kennedy.
Foreign Policy – John Kerry has intervened to save the
Iraq Nuclear deal which clearly violates the Logan Act, so either prosecute him or repeal the Logan Act as unenforceable.
Trade - The World
Trade Organization endorsed billions of dollars in retaliatory sanctions on European imports,
including illegally subsidizing Airbus and penalizing Boeing.
Israel – Hamas leaders in Gaza mixed armed
terrorists and unarmed civilians urging them to crash through the border fence,
as a suicide mission with zero chance of military
success.
David Coughlin
Hawthorne, NY
http://www.returntocnnbbommonsensesite.com/
