Musings on the Week
Musings on the Week
February 18, 2017
History – “Those who do not remember the past
are condemned to repeat it.” George
Santayana.
Law
– The Declaration of Independence specifically
acknowledges that rights are endowed by our Creator,
not our government, and the only government role is to protect these rights.
Congress – Congress should
reform itself streamlining the oversight of federal agencies, ensuring each agency is
overseen by a single House and a single Senate committee.
Politics
– Four years ago, when Barack Obama was re-elected
President, conservatives were just as depressed as
liberals are now that Hillary Clinton lost and Donald Trump won.
Politics
– Fifty years ago Americans protested civil rights
and feminist causes and today the War on Inequality has been won as the culture
and laws changed, but political ideologues and
extremists have again taken to the streets this time to protest a political
election loss!
Politics
– Democrats are orchestrating
“astroturf”
protests against everything Trump and offering no workable alternatives,
since only common theme is that they lost the election.
Politics
– Democrats
boycotting the President’s daughter’s product line with a boycott
does nothing to promote leftist issues, but exposes
them as a gang of vapid and petty bullies.
Politics
– Republicans in Congress
need to understand Democrats are in lockstep opposition, so the only response
must be to set minor differences aside to unite to
fulfill election promises.
Media
– The administration has no intention of pulling
back in their criticism of the mainstream media, until the media
begins taking responsibility for the trash they report.
Media – A new
Rasmussen poll found Trump’s
approval significantly higher than Gallup’s recent poll, which
begs the question of which is real sentiment and which is “fake polling?”
Media – President Trump
is well within his rights to call on any member of the White House press corps
that he chooses,
so calling on conservative outlets is totally fair game.
Media – The White House press corps
is complaining about lack of access, but they are suffering from selective memory ignoring conservative press being excluded
for 8 years.
Media – The American people are taking a cynical view of the
mainstream media, questioning veracity and completeness of anything
reported by the discredited source.
Education – “A child educated only at school is
an uneducated child.” George Santayana.
Economy
– Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom dropped every year but one under Obama and is now at the lowest score since the index was first recorded
25 years ago.
Energy
– After
a painful, Obama-induced decline, worsened by a sustained slump in oil
prices, the U.S. oil and gas industry is finally
staging a comeback attracting new investments.
Environment – A new report by Carbon Market
Watch concluded that large companies are making
billions from emissions certificates while CO2 emissions aren’t improving
at all.
Environment – The so-called “free market carbon
tax” which is actually a punishing new
tax that will saddle Americans with higher energy costs, manly on the
use of fossil fuels.
Education – The problem
with the faculty isn't only the lack of diversity, but outright hostility to
their conservative beliefs in the campus life to which conservative
students are exposed.
War
– “To
delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain,
and a positive crime in the statesman.” George Santayana.
Middle East – The
Middle East is a victim of Islamic expansion that requires religious
submission, with the degree of unrest driven by the percentage of Islamic
fundamentalists.
Europe – Only five of NATO’s
28 countries meet the alliance’s target of spending at least 2% of their
GDP on defense,
and the U.S. spends nearly 3 times as the rest of NATO combined.
David Coughlin
Hawthorne, NY
http://www.returntocommonsensesite.com/