Jefferson’s Prophesy

Another Democrat-appointed federal judge, this time from Providence, RI, shot down yet another Trump Administration policy on immigration. Why do we bother to go through the hassle of electing a President when their policies are subject to the political whims of judges appointed by Presidents long gone from office?  The left bemoans the lifetime appointments of Supreme Court justices, and there are only nine of them. And they’re all in Washington. Meanwhile, there are some 700 federal judges spread across the country, requiring plaintiffs to merely shop around for one who will place partisan politics above the law in deciding cases. Jefferson warned us that it would come to this. 

New York Blues

Tax depression this morning. A frantic New York acquaintance of mine, nearing retirement, advised: "I stumbled across a couple of articles detailing the tax burden I am subjected to in NY as compared to other states." He was plunged into deep despair. Between state income and property taxes, he can't see how he can afford to stay in upstate New York in retirement. He plugged numbers into a state-by-state comparison based on his current salary and property valuation, and claims the difference is staggering. Given the same value home, he could be saving $15K a year on property taxes compared to states like SC, FL, or TN. Income tax is even more egregious, especially compared to no-tax states, with those figures reaching another $50-60K on top. Even with projected income reductions in retirement, he projected a total of $30K in savings in more tax-friendly locales. In retirement, that is real money! He angsts over leaving his hard-earned family homestead, his dispersed children and friends in the vicinity, but New York makes it difficult to stay.

His plight rings true for all of us who live in Blue States, who are similarly taxed to the point of considering migration.

Are You Listening America

Democrat preview of coming attractions: Packing SCOTUS, adding DC and PR as states, punishing officials for not telling their version of the truth, keeping red states in check, coming from none other than Kamala Harris, the self-appointed defender of our democracy. She of consummate inadequacy, delusional, posturing intellectually superior, worthy of holding court to express her opinions on the governing of our republic, but what is most frightening is that she is leading in the polls to be the Democrats' 2028 candidate for the presidency.

SCOTUS Got It Right

Listening to the media pundits calling the Supreme Court decision against racial gerrymandering an “apocalyptic event” is just preposterous. In 1965, when the Voting Rights Act was proposed, the nation was 85% white. It is now 59% and falling. Carving out racially “equitable” congressional districts is absurd and blatantly unconstitutional. Where do we draw the line?  Does every minority group require its own congressional district to assure one of its own is elected?  Well, isn’t that happening naturally?  How is it possible that obviously unqualified, but candidates socially and politically representative of their constituency, like AOC, Omar, Tlaib, and DeLauro, get elected? Progressive Latina, Somali, Muslim, and just plain stupid appear to be adequately represented on the left. And, coincidentally, why is it that the law overwhelmingly tipped the scales towards Democratic candidates?  And shame on the Wall Street Journal for printing an article claiming that the democrats are finally standing up for themselves with their recent gerrymandering push in states like Virginia and California, claiming that the Republicans started the whole brouhaha in Texas. Uh, no. The Democrats have been at this for decades, unreported by the media, with the most egregious offenses in blue states like Massachusetts, Illinois, and California in particular, who responded to the issue by doubling down and making their gerrymandering worse, disenfranchising rural voters entirely. And Texas didn’t start the war; they were responding to New York’s redistricting efforts that eliminated Republican seats. Spin, spin, and more spin. And this doesn’t even take into account the fact that the apportionment of seats should be reflective of the population, which was ignored during the Biden administration when the census reported a population shift to red states and disputed figures regarding the inclusion of illegal immigrants were in the tallies. The democrats were seeking to bludgeon traditionally red districts with an influx of illegal immigrants. Recall the distribution of where the immigrants were being “relocated” under the Biden Administration and the scuffle that ensued when Texas Governor Abbott shipped them to Obama’s neighborhood on Martha’s Vineyard.  This is nothing but a multi-pronged power grab initiated by the democrats with the strategy to boost their representation in Congress with a campaign to vilify the Trump Administration, support illegal immigration and open border policies, promote amnesty for illegal immigrants, flood Republican strongholds with democrat voters, gerrymander states under democrat rule, and dilute voter registration requirements. And all of this with the unwavering support of the leftist media. Diabolical. But with some Republicans finally recognizing what’s at stake,  the democrats may have started a war that they can’t win. 

Democrat Agenda

The Democrats' long-game agenda takes precedence over any obvious benefit to America. It seems apparent that they want to destroy America as we know it and remake it into a European-style welfare state. Trump sees them for what they are and is a major impediment to their polices, thus the vitriol. I note 40% of children in Vienna public schools are Muslim. We are witnessing the death of European culture in real time. Is that where we are headed? Like the SPLC, are they cheering for the demise of Christianity, the Caucasian majority in this country? 

SCOTUS Diluted

How the Democrats have diluted the Supreme Court’s intelligence through DEI practices is truly deplorable. I’m not a huge fan of Coney-Barrett and and I will even give Kagan a pass, partisan as she is, I think she has a functioning cortex. And, Roberts recent interpretations of the Constitution gives one pause. Jackson and Sotomayor have no business being there. Intellectual lightweights blinded by partisanship

Please Leo Relent

Christianity is being attacked all over the world. The number of practicing Catholics has been falling precipitously in traditionally Christian European countries and the United States for decades. Yet, Pope Leo decides to criticize Trump for his incursion into the Middle East?  Turning the other cheek and preaching pacifism are grand ideals. Still, with Islam on the march and oppressive regimes seeking to expand their spheres of influence, your time would be better served addressing the China-Russia-North Korea-Iran axis, rather than criticizing America, which seeks to police the world’s bad actors as opposed to being on the march for territorial domination. And who are the world’s leading sponsors of terrorism?  And who has a history of abusing basic human rights and the oppression of their civilian populations?