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.

Democrat Divisiveness

The media didn’t blast Trump directly, but it’s been a steady drip-drip of doom and gloom ever since the State of the Union… and the Wall Street Journal has been no help at all. Only the stock market and unemployment received accolades, whereas inflation, wages, manufacturing, trade deficit, job creation, and housing got designated  as “needs improvement”, “shows promise”, “acceptable”, or merely “satisfactory.” Not exactly a glowing endorsement. The President has been in office for just over a year, and all these benchmarks are showing improvement. Did anyone think that four years of Biden’s disastrous policies  could be reversed overnight? And nobody seems to be considering the alternative. We could have had Kamala talking rubbish and Tim Walz being….well, Tim Walz, while we continued to whistle past the graveyard. And by all means, not trending upwards fast enough? Let’s install a Democrat majority in Congress in the mid-terms and finish the rest of Trump’s tenure in impeachment hearings….and then ensconce the pretentious Gavin Newsome in the White House. Sure, that’s a plan for success. 

And,  I rant on, even the men’s hockey team is getting raked over the coals for being “props” and the women’s team widely praised for not attending the SOTU…..although not in protest but apparently due to a scheduling issue. Yet the media keeps insisting that it was an anti -Trump stance, and even Trump's comments to the men’s team in the after-match phone call are being painted as somehow distasteful and misogynistic. 

This is how propaganda works prople: relentless repetitions of distortions until you believe them. The WSJ continued its subtle attacks with an article claiming Americans are fleeing the country for a more affordable and safe life abroad. All Trump's fault, of course. But those numbers are unimpressive. Many are retirees looking to stretch the dollar, and others are seeking the own-nothing-but-experience lifestyle that some of these European socialist nations offer. Others can afford a European getaway in the work-from-anywhere digital world, where an American salary goes a long way in countries with stagnant local salaries. Good for you. If European-style healthcare, small homes, and backpacking are your aim, have at it. But is losing 10,000 Americans to Ireland or 15,000 to Portugal, really a big deal in a country of 350 million people?  Especially if many of them are retirees….no offense, but they are no longer in the workforce and thus not contributing to GDP. So, if they want to live out their retirement years overseas, let them. But don’t use that as a slight against America. So we’re big and expensive. But,  aren’t we also all about a free market economy, upward mobility, and achievement

Sternberg Revelation

Joe Sternberg, in his WSJ editorial on Germany’s demographic decline, summed up socialism in one paragraph: Any entitlement state is vulnerable to demographic decline, which diminishes the proportion of working-age people available to fund it. European welfare states are especially vulnerable in this regard because they tend to provide strong disincentives for work among those of working age while paying unsustainably generous benefits to retirees.”  Bingo. Americans should take heed with a keen eye on the current New York City experiment in “democratic socialism.”

Eileen Gu Embarrassment

After Vance questioned why Eileen Gu, an American-born freestyle skier, an American-raised Stanford University student, elected to represent China in the Olympics, The Hill resorted to criticism of Vance’s comments and excuses referencing other athletes who “expressed mixed feelings about representing America…..given some of the policies of the Trump Administration.” Really. So you choose to represent one of the foremost abusers of civil rights, an oppressive communist regime, instead?  Or maybe it’s the $6.6 million that the CCP pays you a year, a part of the $23 million a year you make through sponsorships and endorsements in that capitalist system that most people in China can't access. Hypocrites. Virtue signal all you want, in the end, it comes down to money, doesn’t it?

Truth Be Known

Who in the Democrat party appears to have our best interests at heart, who is not feathering their own nests or seeking power, who on the left has proven to have any noteworthy intelligence?  Perhaps Shapiro and Fetterman have shown hints of moderation and capable governance, but other than that, not one. And with Rubio cutting a wide swath overseas of cooperative unity and purpose at the Security conference, we have a sideshow featuring AOC, Newsome, and Hillary, invited by our European adversaries, to disrupt this administration’s agenda. What country invites a cadre of critics and political opponents to a conference supposedly asposing peace and security to counter another's official envoy? I will tell you who, false friends posing as allies and proponents of Democracy.

What Is Happening To Us

I have trouble with the WSJ complaining that Florida has hobbled job growth by requiring verification of work authorization on new hires, stating that one-third of Florida’s construction workforce and one-half of farmhands are undocumented immigrants. Simultaneously, we hear that job participation amongst able-bodied American males in their twenties is at an all-time low. Analyzing this data, one can only conclude that we require cheap immigrant labor to do jobs that Americans are unwilling to do because they have been given the option of sitting on the couch and being subsidized with taxpayer dollars. Further, studies show that the first wave of immigrants is willing to do the work, but once they are established in this country, their children are more likely to adopt the posture of American-born couch potatoes. If that is indeed the case, this country has a significantly greater problem than immigration alone. 

These figures also jibe with reports that 70 percent of military-age Americans are unfit for service, failing to qualify by not meeting physical or mental standards. The creep of socialism is debilitating our workforce.