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Are Democrats Thinking Clearly?

G’Day!

Apparently the answer is, No. Perhaps Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) and refusal to accept the Constitutional outcome of his election has fueled their hated of Trump and caused a collective loss of rational thought for nearly four years. Across the country Local, State and National Socialist Democrats appear to have lost their ability to think clearly regarding the welfare of America. Their sole objective seems to be to eliminate President Trump by any means, even if our great country is harmed in the process.

Four years ago Donald J. Trump was elected President of the United States. Subsequently, he stood up to China and Iran, implemented tax cuts, fought for the working class, brought investment & manufacturing back to our country, created millions of jobs, generated higher economic growth, raised wages, made America energy independent, significantly reduced oppressive government regulations, handled the Chinese Coronavirus and achieved the historic “Abraham Accords Peace Agreement” between Israel, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. These are amazing accomplishments in a single Presidential Term.

During this same period, Democrats have actively opposed virtually every Trump program and spent most of the four years on endless unsuccessful impeachment proceedings and equally unsuccessful investigations of his administration. The Democrats are even blaming Trump for the Chinese Coronavirus and the anarchy in Democrat-controlled cities. This is ridiculous! Even today, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives is blocking any progress on a second Stimulus Package needed to counteract the negative economic effects of the Chinese Coronavirus. None of these Democrat activities has improved our country or benefited the American people.

In the Democrat-controlled cities of New York, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles and Portland plus other smaller cities, anarchy reigns. The rioting, looting, burning, destruction, attacks on police, harassment of innocent citizens and killings are not being suppressed, are increasing and are even supported by these Local and State governments. Crime, intimidation and chaos is currently the norm in these major metropolitan areas and is spreading. A recent report found that there have been approximately 570 violent riots in nearly 220 locations spread across the U.S. this year. In Rochester, NY, and Saint Petersburg, FL, innocent citizens having dinner at an outdoor restaurant were harassed & attacked by so-called “Peaceful Protesters”. In a single day this week in Louisville, KY, 16 separate acts of looting occurred, over 100 people were arrested and 2 Police Officers were shot. In Los Angeles, CA, 2 police officers were shot while sitting in their car. Most of these same cities and states have rejected or protested against President Trump’s offers of Federal support to quell the violence. Is America better off as a result of these actions by Democrats?

It seems evident that these riots are organized and not spontaneous. Who is funding them? Who arranged the advance delivery of bricks in NYC or the signs and riot equipment from the U-Haul in Louisville? Why are riots happening virtually simultaneously across the country? These acts are not “Peaceful Protests” and the perpetrators violating the law should be arrested and punished to the full extent of our laws. Anarchy and attacks on police, innocent people and local economies must be condemned by ALL political parties, ALL media, ALL American citizens and immediately stopped.

Not surprisingly, Democrats are also blaming President Trump and the police for the riots, while actually ignoring or supporting the attacks by the rioters on law enforcement and innocent citizens. The problem is not Trump or the police, who are trying to maintain law & order. The problem in these communities and States is the Democrat Administrators, who refuse to enforce our laws. Apparently, TDS has resulted in a loss of their ability to put law & order and the welfare of the American citizens ahead of their obsession to eliminate President Trump.

Vote accordingly in November!

The Old Guy PhD 🇺🇸

Wake Up America – Obama is Hazardous to Your Health (& Wealth)!

G’Day!

Not only is Obama hazardous to your health and wealth, he is even more hazardous to our Constitution, our personal freedoms, our national defense, our foreign policy, our economic growth, our energy independence, and our very fiscal survival as a country. If Obama and the Democrats are left unchecked (pun intended), our capitalist freedom-loving nation, that has been a model for the world for over two centuries, could become a centrally mandated, entitlement state of mostly parasites living off the productive endeavors of fewer and fewer successful hard-working citizens. At worst, America could turn into a failed bankrupt state. Given the apparent Obama agenda of dictated economic equality and oppressive federal government control over all aspects of our social, economic, and personal lives, the freedoms and opportunities for the hard working Americans will continue to be eroded through increasing regulations, restrictions, and taxes. It appears that Obama’s intent is to engage the nation in “class warfare” in order to make us all equally poor and dependent on the federal government for our survival. Unfortunately, it sounds a lot like communism to me. As “The Economist” headlined in February: “Over-regulated America: The home of laissez-faire is being suffocated by excessive and badly written regulation”. Regrettably, this appears to be true!!

Regarding health, all I need to say is “Obamacare”. Approximately two-thirds of the country doesn’t want it. It has and will continue to increase both healthcare and business costs and will inhibit job and economic growth. It will penalize medical innovation, decrease incentives for doctors, and increase direct and indirect taxes for those who actually pay them. It is a massive increase in government’s intrusion in our lives and will ultimately result in government-rationed healthcare including end-of-life decisions by bureaucrats. Hopefully, the Supreme Court will correctly declare the act unconstitutional and we can return to a logical and rational free-market based system with reasonable government support for the truly needy. I lived in Europe for approximately ten years and can assure you even our current system, which can be improved, is far better than “Obamacare”.

Obama is clearly an “elitist” who does not support our Constitution. The Constitution is the foundation of our individual liberties and places strict limits on federal government power. Obama appears to believe that he and his administration are smarter than our Founding Fathers and are more qualified than Congress or the people to make decisions and rules controlling our lives and our economy. Obama’s agenda is found throughout his administration and especially in his policies for Energy, Environment, Labor, Defense, and the Department of Justice, not to mention his appropriately named “Czars”. Look at the damage these federal bureaucracies have done during his brief term in office. Obama is trying to force his socialist agenda of an all-powerful federal government on the American people. He is even trying to bypass Congress with excessive use of executive power through administrative mandates. This is not the way our Founding Fathers intended the three branches of our government to function and is not good for our country.

Obama’s financial and economic policies have been and continue to be an accelerating train wreck for America. Suffice it to say that in only three years he has increased our national debt by over $1 trillion every year and in total by $5 trillion to more than $15 trillion (+50%), so much for electing a Community Organizer to run the country. Over the last year I have written many articles about how totally unsustainable and incomprehensible his financial and fiscal policies are. His Presidential budgets and the Dodd-Frank regulations are obvious examples of bad proposals and legislation. President Obama may be charming but he is a disaster for the future of our nation.

How many of you really believe Obama’s National Defense and Foreign Policies over the last three years have been favorable? Do you believe our country is safer and that our influence throughout the world has improved under Obama’s guidance? Do you feel that ignoring European desires, especially Poland and the Czech Republic, and caving in to Russia’s demands to eliminate the European missile defense shield has made Europe or the United States more secure? Has this concession to Russia resulted in any change in Russia’s willingness to cooperate with us on Iran, Syria, the Israel-Palestinian conflict or any important foreign issue? Has the abrupt withdrawal of armed forces from Iraq caused the Iraqi to experience less internal hostilities and regard us more favorably than before? Has the ill-advised announcement of a specific timetable for unilateral withdrawal from Afghanistan improved our relations with the Afghan government and the Taliban or resulted in a reduction of hostilities? Has his policy regarding Israel improved or worsened their conflict with the Palestinians in the West Bank? Have the unilateral defense cuts, including cancelling of the NASA Space Program with the immediate lost of thousands of highly trained technology jobs improved our ability to defend ourselves or compete scientifically in space with China, Russia, Iran, or even North Korea? Have our relations with China and Pakistan improved under Obama? And finally, how is the containment of Iran’s nuclear program going? Are these the policies you want continued by our government? I know that I do not.

Regarding Energy, the arbitrary Energy Department and EPA restrictions on fossil energy use, exploration, and development have made us more dependent on foreign energy sources from unstable regions of the world and increase our energy costs. Does the stoppage of the Keystone Pipeline from Canada and the associated loss of desperately needed domestic jobs make any sense to anyone other than radical environmentalists? Will the newly released emission standards on coal-fired power plants kill the coal industry and result in thousands of lost jobs. These administrative mandates will result in higher gas prices, higher energy prices, lower employment and less economic growth at a time when our country is struggling to recover. Obama and his administration should realize that our nation and the world will be dependent on fossil fuel energy for years and probably decades. We have abundant domestic sources of oil, natural gas, and coal available if our government would let us develop and use them. And, if we do not, the security of America will be in jeopardy and we will be at the mercy of unstable nations that do not like us. I for one am totally mystified. What is Obama thinking? I do not want to believe that Obama intentionally wants to destroy our country but his policies are certainly trending in this direction. This is not good.

As I said in last month’s article, “The growth of Western Civilization and especially the United States was fuelled by the expansion of individual liberties, property rights, and a free market capitalist society. Our nation was established on the fundamental principle that government is the servant of the people, not that the people are the servants of the government. It’s time to take back our country and return to the individual liberties, free markets, economic growth, and limited government we have long enjoyed.” WAKE UP AMERICA!

The Old Guy PhD