"The Boy who cried Wolf" & Term Limits .....
8/24/17 A.M. To those who claim that President Trump's speech on Afghanistan was little more than a diversionary tactic, meant to refocus attention away from Charlottesville, I have to say --quite frankly-- Are you completely NUTS???? Is your perspective, where President Trump is concerned, so clouded that you have completely lost the ability to think logically and reason altogether? All things being equal, the terror attack in Barcelona, last Thursday -- just days before the President's speech-- is logically the most likely driver for the President's "get tough on terror" speech given the following day. While the deaths of Heather Heyer and two police officers, in Charlottesville, were tragic and wholly unnecessary, White Supremacists account for less than 1% of the U.S. population, and their views do not in anyway represent the views espoused by the majority in this nation: Witness the thousands of people who came out in support of mainstream views in the city of Boston over the weekend. Bottom line, one crazy individual aside, White Supremacists do not pose an immediate threat to our very way of life here in our Western society. On the other hand, as evidenced by yet another terror attack in Barcelona Spain, Islamist extremist terrorists do happen to pose an immediate threat to our very way of life here, in our Western society, especially if we continue to do nothing concrete towards the end of preventing a terror attack here on our streets. Bringing the fight to the terrorists, with the mission directive being to "hunt down and kill terrorists", goes a long, long way towards preventing a terror attack from happening here, in the United States. That gives most reasonable citizens hope that prevention is actually possible. Unlike, the previous administration, the Trump Administration is willing to take decisive offensive actions that would work to prevent terrorism from striking here in America. If that's "crazy and unhinged": then give me crazy and unhinged every single day of the week.
Seriously, those of you on the Left who are unhappy with a President Trump, and have therefore embarked upon this scorched-earth campaign, you REALLY need to take a long and hard, serious embracing reality-check as to your motives for this course of action, because quite frankly your arguments don't stand up to the scrutiny of logic and reason. This reality-check applies most especially to those of you in the media who claim to be objective journalists. Perhaps this is the era which has come to an end: the era of objective journalism? You're like the "Boy Who Cried Wolf": you truly believe EVERYTHING Trump does of is of catastrophic proportions, and soon reasonable people are just going to tune you out altogether. I know, I have.
"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum, even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate." ~Noam Chomsky (via Tucker Carleson)
Granted, Donald Trump is not your typical, polished politician, but that's part of the reason the American people sent him to Washington. They wanted a President who would shake-up the establishment and actually get meaningful things done for the average citizen. Stoking the fires of our division --e.g., by focusing on removing Confederate statues from government buildings, where they have stood for decades without comment or concern-- feeding upon hatred and distrust, does absolutely nothing to help the country heal. It doesn't put people back to work or help them to put food on the table. It doesn't help to make healthcare effective and affordable. It doesn't bring economic relief in the form of long-term tax reform. These are the things we all have in common, the things that truly matter, and if you and your party aren't focused on these things, then I find it hard to believe you when you say that you "truly care about the American people and the nation as whole." Your actions speak volumes louder than your words. Obstructionism and sowing division do nothing meaningful to advance the cause of the American citizen. The party of the Left still doesn't get this -- or they simply don't care, which should be of even greater concern. THIS IS WHY YOUR PARTY LOST THE ELECTION! If you had an ounce of common sense, you would come to terms with the latter and then learn from your past mistakes. Otherwise, you and your party won't stand any chance in the upcoming 2018 mid-term elections either. Now is the time for critical thought, thinking outside the feel-good box of 'belonging'. Now is the time for good men to stop being pawns in the establishment's over-arching agenda. Obstructionist, establishment Republicans would do well to heed this advice as well. You ran on a platform of healthcare repeal, immigration reform and tax reform and thus far you haven't accomplished any of the above. You have the majority, what in the heck are you waiting for????? Can you say: "Term-limits"????? .............
10/10/2017 VIP UPDATE: Victory is at long last in sight. The dreams of a caliphate have finally come to an end, with the falling of the last major ISIS stronghold in Iraq. " BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces have driven Islamic State fighters from the northern city of Hawija, the militants’ final urban stronghold in Iraq" this according to "The New York Times." Surprised me to see them reporting honestly on this? Apparently, according to other sources, ISIS fighters are dropping their weapons and fleeing by the thousands, while still others are surrendering to Iraqi and coalition forces. This sure sounds like a victory --albeit a long awaited one-- for the entire world, indeed: " Iraq’s prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, said in a televised appearance in Paris, where he is on a state visit, that Hawija had been “liberated,” calling it a “victory not just for Iraq but for the whole world.”" ~The Washington Times, Middle East, October 5, 2017
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