Man, being a Democrat must just get harder and harder all the time. It’s no secret the Democrat Party goal of the last four years has been to remove Donald Trump from office, no matter how great the barrier or how untoward the act necessary to get it done. But some of the things Democrats are saying in public these days are truly amazing, if you’re paying attention. It’s been well-covered that one of the first things President Trump did when we started to understand the coronavirus outbreak was to shut down travel from China. When he did, Democrats…
Lessons from Mom
Today is Mother’s Day, and I can’t help but reflect on how valuable my own mother has been in shaping the person I am today. Growing old is fun and interesting in so many ways. One way is how the way you start seeing your parents changes. As you get older, you stop seeing them as parents, and start seeing them for the people they are, and the people they were. You start to wonder what they were really like when you were only seeing the “parent” side of them. You start to wonder how they would fit into…
Doing nothing about COVID
The Democrat Party is trying to establish the line that President Trump did nothing about COVID. That he didn’t take it seriously. A bit ironic, considering we’re all hearing about and discussing this from our homes, many of us jobless, because he shut down the economy only to try and slow the spread of the virus. Any member of the Democrat Party need only take a quick look around themselves to notice they’re now doing their job from their homes to see that something was done. I’m not suggesting it was the right thing, because I think our economy…
Freedom from thought
As we continue down this digital hellhole, we continue to run away from our own humanity. Holing up in our homes and staying away from each other in fear of coronavirus is serving to accelerate our move toward the digitization of our humanity. Before we all started burying our faces in our phones and clicking refresh on our browsers every 10 seconds, we used to go outside. We’d go to the supermarket, talk to our neighbors while we were doing yardwork, meet people for meals at restaurant and talk to the people around us, and talk to the people…
My road to conservative awareness
I believe most everyone is born conservative. Most everyone is born with the tools to act pragmatically, given the information and tools available to them. Most people are born in good moods, excited about the future, and ready and able to help others. It’s only after we’re taught to hate and despise and be angry about perceived global injustice that we start veering left. And so it was with my conservative awakening. Prior to the mid-80s, I, like most children, wasn’t very politically aware. Sure, I remember vividly arguing with kids on the bus to school that “Carter sucks,”…
The scary part of the Shelley Luther court appearance
Much has been made about Shelley Luther, the Texas woman who defied the Governor’s lockdown orders and opened up her salon. Many are touting her as a hero because she calculated that she would rather risk working and feeding her kids than not working and potentially running completely out of money. What I thought was most concerning was how the judge, Eric Moye, handled the proceedings. In short, the alternative he gave Luther was for her to say what he wanted her to say or go to jail. Jail is for actions that are against the law. For example,…
When politicians don’t understand economics
Today, Democrat House Representative Jerry Nadler, who’s name you may recognize for his role in one of the greatest scandals in United States history, posted this on his Twitter feed: This is a great example of what Democrats don’t understand about the reality of trickle down economics and why they say it doesn’t work. With trickle down economics, it’s not a question of whether or not it works. It just is. It’s simply a phrase to refer to the phenomena of how one act causes subsequent, related acts. In this case, people can go on “rent strike” or not…
Fear of loss is a greater loss
I was watching episode five of Ricky Gervais’ brilliant season two of After Life last night. In it, they meet a man who can’t see very well and, as a result, had been putting all of his outgoing post in a red dog waste receptacle that looked much like a post box. As the discussion is ending, Ricky Gervais’ character, Tony, asks him about his relationships. The man said that he didn’t want to be in a relationship because it might end. The reaction was one of disbelief mixed with sadness as Tony wonders allowed, “Imagine never having a…
When it’s safe
There’s a growing tension in this country between political leaders and citizens. (And in case you’ve forgotten, one of those groups are the bosses of the other.) Lives are being squandered, the economy is being destroyed, and trust is waning. As more and more governors and politicians say we have to stay inside, there’s more data becoming available that suggest the mortality rate is much, much lower than originally thought. People are waking up to the idea that this was unnecessary, and it’s got them angry. Meanwhile, politicians are keeping inside, guided by the premise that we can all…
The real shame about Tara Reade
When Brett Kavanaugh was accused of a rape from nearly 30 years ago, we were told by all Democrats, again and again and again, that we had to believe all women who came forward with such allegations. The story was arguably the biggest, most watched story of 2018. It was televised in gyms, stores, and restaurants. People who don’t usually follow politics were glued to the proceedings. But, as usual, Democrats overplayed their hand, and went way overboard in their efforts to destroy Kavanaugh. Before long, it became obvious to people who don’t really follow these things that Democrats…