Misplaced Partisanship

I read recently that Social Security is expected to be insolvent by 2032, with potential solutions including raising taxes and cutting benefits to seniors. How infuriating is that?  If we eliminated all the entitlement programs for illegal immigrants and eliminated fraud and abuse in government programs, we could pay for Social Security in perpetuity and eliminate our national debt virtually overnight. Aren’t any democrats seniors? You would think not so, judging by the number of unhinged, gray-haired, white folks attending every preposterously moronic No Kings rally.

My Bad

I usually don’t condon body-shaming, intelligence-questioning or harsh language, but

can you believe the beaver-toothed, Botox-filled New York Governor Hochel telling conservatives: “Just jump on a bus and head down to Florida where you belong, okay. Get outta town. You don’t represent our values.” Apparently, their values supposedly are increased taxation, open borders, gender confusion, and an ever-growing welfare state. Conservative New Yorkers apparently didn’t get the memo, but this may be the best advice Governor Hochel has ever offered her Conservative constituents.  Socialism anyone? A real genius public relations ploy, heading into the 2026 elections. Her political chops, let alone her intelligence, have to be questioned.

Taxing Us Silly

It is shocking the number of states proposing tax increases… even after posting huge gains over the last few years, with the stock market run and increased tax revenue from rising salaries and property values. And the usual suspects: California, Washington State, New York, and Rhode Island… blue enclaves. And the progressives are good with that?  NY is proposing an increase in its already exorbitant state income tax. This tax-the-rich, Bernie Sanders socialist mantra is gaining traction. It’s class warfare. Not good. Mike Slater opined on Breitbart this morning that we are voting stupid people into office (Spanberger in this case) because we allow stupid people to vote. In days of old, we didn’t allow stupid people to vote; now everyone can vote, he lamented. We have spoken about this innumerable times. The Founding Fathers only wanted landholders to vote because they had skin in the game. Why is a property owner's vote counted equally to that of an unemployed, apartment dweller on welfare?  Two sets of priorities, one based on what they can get from the other man’s labor.

Zelinsky The Ungrateful

“America bombs Iran and Zelinsky suddenly holds aces” reads the headline in the WSJ editorial section. How offensive. The author fawns all over Zelinsky: “ in his eyes that ardent cold flame…..”. And references the infamous Oval Office meeting where he claims that Trump, “that vulgar man”, tried to humiliate our President (Zelinsky). The headline harkens back to when Trump said he held all the cards, and the article implies that, with Trump now needing help with drone warfare, Zelinsky is the one holding them. How short political memory is. So what exactly has America received in return for the $188 Billion sent to Ukraine thus far, not to mention the drain on our own stockpile of weapons?  Nothing but this gamesmanship, apparently. So, in return for our investment, when we need assistance,  in this case drone technology, it is Zelinsky with his hand out once more, demanding compensation? Ah, remember the days when loyalty meant something in Europe? Tell me who’s vulgar.

Patriots Where Art Thou

Isn’t it amazing that the media is frothing at the mouth in an effort to prove that an American missile struck an Iranian school and killed children? Bad America. And of course, just like in Gaza, we are relying on the enemy to show us evidence of atrocities and taking them at their word. In this case, fragments of a Tomahawk missile were displayed on a table at the site of the strike. First of all, Tomahawk missile fragments are probably scattered all over Tehran, so they’re not exactly collector's items. And we can always rely on the Iranians not to lie to us, right? Secondly, the school was located next to a military installation. So the US is expected to launch a missile from somewhere in the Red Sea, some 2000 miles away, and surgically strike a single building in the city without damaging anything else? Control the blast and strike the right structure with precision. Assuming we identified the correct target and our GPS coordinates were correct, the missile’s guidance system operated correctly, the signal wasn’t jammed, the missile wasn’t fired upon, and a myriad of other variables weren’t in play. Why are we expected to have no casualties, no collateral damage, and wage ethical war with precision while the enemy fires missiles and drones indiscriminately at civilian targets? It’s war…stuff happens. And third on the list: who puts a children’s school next to a military installation?  Oh yeah, the Islamists do. Haven’t we seen this before in Gaza?  Weapons stored in hospitals, tunnel entrances in civilians' homes, and using the population as shields. Then use civilian casualties as propaganda. This is starting to look like asymmetrical warfare, the kind we conducted in Vietnam, where we are subjected to a stringent set of rules that don’t apply to the enemy. Just the fact that the enemy is taking photographs and posting them, let alone assembling en masse in the public square to celebrate the appointment of their next tyrant, is evidence that the population has no fear of being targeted and still has available conveniences…… like electricity. We haven’t targeted civilians, and they still have an intact power grid. We are going out of our way not to inconvenience the population at large by targeting only military installations and support systems for the regime. So the media is critical of casualties, collateral damage, and not being able to finish the mission in a timely fashion. That’s nuts. If the goal was simply to defeat the enemy, we could just turn the entire country into a parking lot and call it a day. You barely post-pubescent talking heads in the media, and those with an agenda probably don’t recall Dresden. Yeah, look it up. So enough with the criticism, the complaints, the armchair quarterbacking, the second-guessing, and leave the conduct of war to the professionals, or at least someone with knowledge of what is actually going on. But mostly, rally behind the flag, be skeptical of the media, and never, ever listen to the left, especially when they gloat over our missteps and hope for our failure.

The Irrational Leticia James

Can you believe the arrogance of New York AG Leticia James, “ordering” NYU Langone Hospital to “resume providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth” after the procedures were discontinued under threat of losing funding from the feds. How is it that the party of science can’t read the data?  Not unlike their fascination with wind power, climate change, and COVID precautions, they seem incapable of separating science from politics. Just because you spin the language, “gender affirming care” does not actually affirm the patient’s gender, it affirms their delusion that they are a gender inconsistent with their DNA. Period. Cutting off a young woman’s  breasts and fabricating a Frankenstein penis is an ethically questionable exercise for the surgeon, but no more makes you a man than a beak and a tuxedo makes you a penguin, regardless of your thought process. And to call it “medically necessary” is another example of subterfuge. The data is clear coming out of Europe, who has been at this nonsense a lot longer than we have, and determined that gender transitioning has no effect whatsoever and in fact may actually increase the rate of suicide in this group of, cue the histrionics, “most vulnerable New Yorkers.” Tish should stay in her lane, one restricted by tight guardrails reflective of her narrow intellect, and continue her transparent efforts to pad her resume by bending the law to benefit her career advancement. 

Patients Exhausted

And of course, the naysayers are claiming that Iran was complying with international guidelines, was not seeking a nuclear weapon, was not building an ICBM, and was not enriching beyond 3.5 percent. With their history of stalling, subterfuge, hiding their assets, jerking around inspectors, and saber-rattling, we are going to trust the mullahs suddenly? Of course, Trump is going to be criticized because that’s what the media does, but after 47 years of proxy support, terrorist attacks, and destabilizing the Middle East, enough is enough. Trump appears to be the only president with the fortitude to do something about it. What’s the alternative? Continue appeasing them until they deceive us and acquire the bomb….and then what?  That policy worked out so well with North Korea. And suggestions by publications for the deranged, like SLATE, suggesting that we should revert to the Obama deal, are just preposterous. One source even applauded Iran's willingness to “suspend” enrichment for three years, conveniently expiring after Trump leaves office, in the hope that Americans will vote another spineless democrat into the White House. And if they have no intention of enriching uranium, why have our satellites shown so much activity at the bombed nuclear sites?  Maybe it’s just an ideal spot to bury the 32000 protesters the regime executed. And enriching uranium for peaceful purposes is nonsense. They have been offered enriched uranium for a nuclear reactor and medical purposes, so why would a bankrupt regime choose to have their own enrichment program? And with the facility in place, the jump from 3.5 percent to weapons-grade is not that much of a leap. No, sorry. You had your chance to behave like civilized members of the global community, and instead, you continue to behave like heathens from the 13th century.