Musings on the Week
Musings on the Week
April 7, 2018
Law – “If Hillary Clinton and Illegal aliens
don’t have to obey the law, why should the rest of us respect the
law? Why shouldn’t we break
the law any time we think we can get away with it?” John
Hawkins.
Politics – President Trump's approval has risen to 50%,
which undermines the Beltway chatter about: "chaos" in the Trump
White House is a non-starter; all the "Russia, Russia Russia"
yak is a loser; all the impeachment talk is
rubbish; and all the media coverage about gun control, terrorist attacks,
America's lost influence in the world, and homelessness is utterly irrelevant.
Politics – The United
States is the only nation founded
on basis of natural or God-given rights, while the theory of communism can be summed up as “abolition of private property.”
Politics – The Democrat
issues for 2018 (and probably 2020) appear to be: open borders, confiscate
guns, raise taxes, single payer healthcare and abortion anytime in pregnancy.
Politics – There is an inverse relationship between trust and level in the
government, with the higher you attain the less people trust your
objectivity and expect political partisanship.
Politics – Never-Trumper’s
criticism is usually about Trump’s style, but not the results,
since the biggest mistake he has made is
underestimating the breadth and depth of the Deep State.
Politics – Leftists love to
punish those who don’t agree with them, but they squeal
when these same tactic are used against them in Hollywood, TV,
advertising, sports or specific products.
Politics – Is it just me or does the proposed Obama Presidential
Center is not a library, but an indoctrination factory
to produce the next generation of community activists?
Politics – If Congress makes rules for
how it operates, why can’t the Republican
Senate change the rules to eliminate the filibuster and cloture rules to
eliminate its logjam.
Media – “The Pope doesn’t believe in Hell”
is more fake news
embraced and distributed widely by the mainstream media without any checking,
and quickly denied by the Vatican.
Media – A whopping 77% of respondents indicated their distrust for major news
organizations in both television and print, and of those, 31% believe it
to be a regular occurrence,
Spending – “If the government gives money to Planned Parenthood and
PBS, why would it be wrong for the government to give money to the NRA or
Heritage Foundation?" John
Hawkins.
Regulations – Since Inauguration, Trump has
slashed over 1,500 planned regulatory actions, repealed
22 regulations for each new rule issued, and cut regulatory costs
by billion.
Judiciary – “Forum shopping” to used to choose a
court for a more favorable judgment is a practice to be used as impeachment proof when judges are routinely over-ruled.
Employment – Unions that are truly interested in
representing workers rather than pushing ideological agendas should have no problem facing recertification votes.
Immigration – America’s
success as a multiethnic society
is the consequence of having been the destination of people who leave their former loyalties behind and adopt new ones.
Environment – EPA Chief Scott Pruitt has taken his job seriously
and has returned to original mission of
environmental protection, instead of advocacy
for climate change theories.
Gun Control – Advertisers that
withdraw their sponsorship from the Laura Ingraham
show must accept
that consumers may also withdraw from buying their
products as a result.
Abortion – Abortion is the
number one killer of black lives,
outnumbering the CDC’s reported top 15 leading causes of death among
blacks in 2014 - combined.
Terrorism – “Shouldn’t we roll our eyes at people who come up
with new reasons to be gratuitously offended most of the time? Aren’t people who are offended by
things that most people just shrug off, the ones with the problem, not the rest
of the world?" John
Hawkins.
Israel – Hamas called on Gazans to demonstrate in a “March of Return”
seeking destruction of Israel, which became violent and 16 Palestinians died, putting them back in the headlines.
Iraq – 81%
of Christians have disappeared from Iraq, and 94%
of Sabeans, ancient Christian sect, have also
disappeared, and even 18% of Yazidis
left the country or been killed.
David Coughlin
Hawthorne, NY
http://www.returntocnnbbommonsensesite.com/