Cuba, Castro,fawning progressives.

CUBA, CASTRO, LIBERAL IDOL

CASTRO, GUEVARA AND CHAVEZ GONE

 

 

I remember listening to the radio in my room in 1959 as Batista fled Cuba and Castro marched into Havana. There were celebrations in New York city that the Cuban people were now free from the evil dictator Batista. I was 14 years old and thought, well this seems to be a good thing happening in Cuba. It may have been my first experience with the idea that things are not always as they seem. We were astonished to find that Castro was really a Communist and had allied himself with the Soviet Union. It seemed that the Cuban people just replaced one dictator with another. This seems to be a pattern that has been repeated many times even in recent history in the middle east. Cuba went on to become a client state of the Soviet Union, subsidized until 1990. Many thousands fled the country for the United States and most have become an asset of this country. I assume the most industrious and self motivated found it better to flee north 90 miles than risk losing their life in opposition to the Socialist government. After 1990 the economy declined to 3rd world status until Hugo Chavez took over in Venezuela. Chavez another darling of the Hollywood left and Academia in the United States was willing to share the oil wealth of his country with Castro. Good times were back until oil prices dropped and Chavez squandered the economy of his country to the point that there are now shortages of food and basic necessities. With no willing Marxist socialist countries left to bail out Cuba it looked like the end of this socialist experiment was over. But wait, we then have the Jesuit Marxist Pope fly in and visit Castro, followed by Barak Obama, who was not about to let the last Socialist Country in the Western Hemisphere collapse. The U.S. would bail out the Cubans with better relations, tourists, ATT, etc. Freedom of religion, and speech for the Cuban people, maybe later.

Now Fidel Castro is dead, and the socialist world is in mourning. We see the boy President of Canada  call Castro the George Washington of Cuba. He has now called into question the education system of Canada. I don't recall Washington staying in office for 50 years, or executing dissenters, or confiscation the private property of the citizens. Where is the connection to Washington? What is this guy talking about? Same goes for all the academics in this country who have been idolizing Che Guevara, who was the final decider of the Castro regime. He decided most would be shot by firing squads. When that become boring he set off on world revolution until he became a martyr in Bolivia.

So, now what is left of pure communism, It seems to be North Korea and Cuba. North Korea is not on the A-list of Hollywood or U.S. academia, but he is on high standing with some U.S. basketball players, but I think North Korea will not be romanticized like Cuba. I still don't understand why more students and professors haven't moved to Cuba, they seem to convey that it is some sort of paradise. Now, what will Trump's policy be with Cuba?,  they should be ready to expect that they are not going to get anything for nothing.

 

Democrats analyze loss.

DOUBLE DOWN OR REFORM

DIFFICULT TASK AHEAD

 

We hear different things coming out of the Democratic party. They have not yet come to a serious analysis of why they lost this election. I am not going into all the reasons I have heard so far. Most seem to believe they were not progressive enough. They have not yet directly blamed Hillary Clinton, but I suspect they will. It is not hard to figure out, it was the policies of Barak Obama that lost the election for the Democrats, and they started loosing in 2009, but being politically correct as they are, they would not face up to it then and may not do it now.

 

They began losing when they forced through the Affordable Care Act. They bribed, forced, and if I remember, used the Nuclear option to pass this health care reform law over the objections of many Americans. They passed it without any republican votes. They promised you would be able to keep your doctor, keep your insurance, and it would cost you less money. All lies, because they knew this was not true. In the process they have not only decimated the Health Insurance industry but we now see the decline in the quality of health care in this country.  Their whole focus was on the uninsured, to hell with the rest of America. Americans were ready for some health care reform, they liked their doctor, had a high confidence in our health care system, but were concerned about rising costs. The Democrats took this as a mandate to start on the road to National Health Care, because all there cohorts in Europe thought it was what we needed, but someone needed to ask if that is what America wanted? Americans were not asked, but they did all they had the power to do in 2010 and elect a Republican House of Representatives to block any more radical experiments. The ACA continued and many hoped it would not be as bad as suspected. It really didn't go into effect till after the 2012 election. Most provisions went into effect Jan. 1 2014.

So, back to Obama, since elected to office 2008, the Republicans now control 33 governorships, including Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. 32 State Legislators with total control in 24 including, Florida, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. In 2008 the republicans had total control of only 9 State governments. Republicans now control the senate in Minnesota. Since 2008 the Democrats have lost 800 state house seats, 13 Governorships, the U.S. House, The U.S. Senate and now the Presidency. If you watch CNN, it is because of White Lash. Racists and bigots who do not approve of Obamas Policies. Even Mitt Romney in 2012 was afraid to run against the policies of Barack Obama in fear that they would label him a racist, which they would have done.

The Policies of Barak Obama and his cohorts was not what America wanted, neither domestic or foreign. Obama stated that if he could run for a third term he would be re-elected in a landslide. He did the next best thing, he  hung his legacy on the campaign of Hillary Clinton. The Democrats love of control gave them a flawed candidate, not the best campaigner, even if she did get better. In the 2014 election, Obama noted that the reason they lost the senate was not because of who voted, but because of who did not vote. He insinuated that they did not run on his policies and did not get the African-American vote as he did. He thought if he coerced Hillary to accept his campaign plan she would win. The usual identify politics, if she won the women, African-American and Hispanic voters in large numbers, she would win. They were so desperate to win the minority voters, they were so out of touch with reality , they had no idea what the rest of America was thinking when they watch as Hillary and Obama pandered in every way they could to the African-American voters. I suspect it may have even been embarrassing to thinking African-American voters.

We saw identity politics all through the Obama years, especially in his second term, black lives matter, riots everywhere, fake stories in Ferguson, Florida and many other places. A soft policy against Islamic terrorism and paid disrupters at Trump rallies. It was just too much. If anyone dared point it out, they were racists, bigots and every other silencing name they could think of. We should all fear that they have so over used these defamatory words, that they now have lost much of there meaning. What is left to call people? Have they called wolf way too many times? And they are still doing it.

So now the debate in the party is; Should they go farther left, after all Hillary won the popular vote, or should they try to move more to the middle to appeal to working Americans. You have to wonder how many of those popular voters were not even citizens, after all President Obama stated on National Television that if the undocumented should vote, it is a private matter, no one will bother them. This statement by the President should not be forgotten. It should remain part of his legacy. There was a time when a young governor from Arkansas founded the Democratic Leadership Council, whose purpose was to move the party to the center, after substantial losses in previous years. This governor proved successful and probably had fond memories of the leadership council as he participated in this 2016 fiasco.

Media not coping well with Trump victory

TRUMP AND THE PRESS

END OF TRADITIONAL NEWS MEDIA MAY BE NEAR

 

 

 

The presidential campaign of Donald Trump has exposed the traditional media as biased, out of touch with the American people and very likely on their way to extinction. According to a survey of the American people on the 2016 election, 80% believe the media was biased against Trump. Being an avid watcher of Trump speeches and rallies, I saw firsthand how the media would add or subtract an adjective to change what was said and then would coordinate in relentlessly pounding the story. There was an unrelenting negative view of Trump and his supporters to the point that it may have very well helped him to win the election.

Now that the election is over, they have doubled down on their attacks. They keep espousing that the transition team doesn't know what they are doing. That no one wants to take a job. That they didn't know they had to fill 4000 positions. If only a run-of-the-mill politician could have been elected every thing would be much better. The traditional news media has lost all credibility. I would be willing to bet considerable money that on January 20, 2017 the Trump team will be ready to go.

But what about the press? Big changes may be coming. Newspapers are destined to die. I don't know of any of the younger generation who subscribes to a newspaper. Most now use their smart phone to keep up with all the news that used to be in the newspapers. Specialty newspapers like Investors Business Daily may have a life with the active investment crowd, but the traditional newspaper may not last another decade. The news and talk shows are probably at their zenith, they have nowhere to go but down. MSNBC is no more than the propaganda arm of the Democratic National Party. CNN has resorted to such outrageous attacks that most likely over 50% of Americans will stop watching. Fox has its own biases, but their straight news programs, like Brett Bair, are fairly objective. One hour is about all the objective news that any of these channels can offer. I would not be surprised if these news channels start slimming down talk programming.

As for the media and President Trump, don't be surprised if he takes his messaging directly to the people via the web. I could see a sophisticated White House web page, where all briefings and press releases are posted for all to see, without the filter of the press. It is by tradition, not law, that the press flies on Air Force One. They are a private business and maybe should provide their own transportation. They may find that, due to security, they will receive short notice of the new President's travel plans. Actually from the dialogue of some of the media, it is doubtful that they should be given a security clearance. Its seems that there is a glut of talkers and it's probably time for the news organizations to thin the herd. All this may be a boon to the web-based news outlets. They could be fed news from around the world by freelance reporters, similar to the Associated Press. It would cut the cost of reporting and there could be someone available in every city in the world. It may take some time to vet these new recruits and there needs to be a standard of objectivity, but this may be the future of journalism.

Trump, the toughest most determined of them all.

END OF CLINTON ERA

TRUMP AND AMERICA WINS

END OF FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION

 

 

Donald Trump took on the Republican establishment, the Democratic establishment, the Washington cartel and the biased corrupt media and prevailed. He has proved to be the toughest, most determined political candidate we have seen. Did his followers gather their strength and determination from him or did he gather it from his supporters? I think it was a joint effort from the beginning with Trump voicing the concerns of much of America. He was not the source of the movement but he did become the leader and champion of the movement.

 

He and his supporters withstood the psychological warfare waged against them. They were labeled, racist, bigots, xenophobes, white trailer park trash, and uneducated, by the media from the mainstream to bottom feeding bloggers. It was an organized plan to humiliate and embarrass anyone who would dare support Trump. While the unpolished Trump made mistakes and often got side tracked, he was able to grow and gain poise by on the job training. He grew as a politician and a man by his experience with the American people. It was an unprecedented combination of a message tailored for the times and a grass roots unorganized ground effort that consisted in yard signs paid for by the supporters themselves and distributed by individuals who knew the supporters needed to know they were not alone, to give them confidence, that together they could overcome the biased media and change the direction of the country. This combined with a word of mouth ground campaign that was spontaneous and very effective. Trumps use of rallies reinforced the enthusiasm of his supporters and spread it to the whole nation.  It was a spontaneous political campaign, not understood by the Washington elites, that was able to bypass the propaganda of the biased media.

 

A word of praise to Rence Preibus, who should be awarded a medal, who withstood the pressure of the establishment to sabotage Trump, who did the right thing and supported the winning candidate of the party.

 

Shame on those republican never Trumpers, who purposely attempted to sabotage the Trump campaign, who put themselves before the best interest of the nation and their party, who risked the makeup of the supreme court for decades. They will not be forgotten.

 

On the local political level, a word of praise for Lee Snover and all the dedicated members of the Northampton county republican party, who worked for months, and delivered victories for all the republicans in their county. They received personal praise from the Trump campaign, recognized by the state committee as an example of what is possible by unselfish unpaid organized volunteers. 

 

This spells the end of the Clinton era, we may talk more about this later.

 

While many say that Obama is now the leader of the Democratic party, I suspect on examining the results of his policies the Democrats themselves will realize his policies have cost them most state Governorships, the state houses in the majorities of states, the U.S. house, the U.S senate and now the Presidency. While he seems to be personally well liked,  they need a new crop of leaders for the future. Like many career politicians, some who we know locally, they have strayed from  their roots of supporting the working men and women of the country. They have become the agents of special interests and social engineering. It will be interesting to see if they are able to adapt to a policy that embraces the whole America, rather than a collection of fragmented pieces.

 

It is a wonderful thing to watch the success of the American experiment with self government. Most people are not political activists, they just want to live their life and secure opportunities for themselves and their children. Most just want to be left alone, not subjected to increasing taxes, regulation, and intrusion into every aspect of their life. Every so often they rise up and say enough. This is one of those times. It would be wonderful if that is all that would be needed, but this may be a great battle victory, but not the end of the war.

 

 

Will this be the end of the 2 party system?

CLEAR CHOICE FOR THIS ELECTION

WHAT WILL THE CONSEQUENCES BE?

 

Tomorrow is the most important election in our history. It is a choice of preserving America as we know it or stepping into a new America. If the democrats win this election the republicans will never win another presidential election. That is of course unless they adopt a democratic platform, which is what has been the agenda of establishment republicans for decades. If Hillary Clinton is elected, you can expect open borders, open immigration, and millions of instant new citizens and democratic voters. It will basically result in an unstoppable 1 party system. While there may be 2 parties, they are going to take the country to the same place. Their plan is higher taxes to support more government workers, and more regulation to stifle the private sector. Higher incomes for anyone working for the government or working in collusion with the government. Private business will increasingly be squeezed out of existence to be replaced with government endorsed business and big nationwide business. You can see this with the banking business as small independent banks are being squeezed by regulation and the government taking over home loans and student loans. New car loans are provided by the car manufacturers. We will eventually have a handful of super banks that will control all of the banking business. If Hillary Clinton is able to appoint 3 or 4 Supreme Court justices the constitution will be no more than a piece of paper on display, at least for a while,  in the Smithsonian. The constitution is the law for the government, it is a constant annoyance to big government advocates. They will have their opportunity to make it no more than a piece of history. We can see how they have been able to find meanings in the constitution that anyone who can read and have basic comprehension can understand has perverted the meaning of the constitution. 

 

Again this is the last opportunity to preserve America as we know it. Trump has not always been the best politician, but his proposals for America will begin a renewal of the American economy,  a better hope for all Americans to grow in prosperity,  for more liberty for individuals and communities to set their own course, rather than be increasingly controlled by an all powerful federal government. The ability of America to remain a strong independent nation, rather than a piece in the global administrative state controlled by the elite special interests. Voters need to look beyond the personalities and the onslaught of media propaganda and look at the basic issues. Which proposals are in the best interest of the nation in the long run. It is the most important choice you will ever make.

Comey knows what is in the e-mails

IS THIS HUMA'S INSURANCE?

DID HUMA KEEP A RECORD OF HER LIFE WITH HILLARY?

650,000 EMAILS

 

A little calculating, 100 emails a day would add up to 18 years of emails. This is an extraordinary number. While Anthony Weiner may have made a lot of emails something is up with the volume of emails alone. It is not likely that this computer is 18 years old. Huma and Weiner were married for 6 years so this would amount to 300 emails a day. The question is did Huma forward and save much of the Clinton emails to her computer. She may have wanted to write a book in the future or she may have surmised that her knowing more than any other person about the dealings of Hillary Clinton placed her in a dangerous position. Anyway, there are a lot of email on this computer. It has been reported by the FBI that Hillary had as many as 4 private servers that were taken out of service and replaced, did Huma download the contents before they were destroyed?

 

Comey's announcement on Friday came as a surprise to most, but the N.Y. office of the FBI have been looking at this for some time. They know what is on the computer. If they know, so does Comey, Lynch and Obama.

 

Comey's previous investigation was hampered by the fact that he was not allowed by the Justice Department to convene a Grand Jury, without a Grand Jury he was denied the ability to issue subpoenas, this investigation was hampered and delayed and finally time ran out at the end of the primary. He could not go forward so he had his famous press conference where he laid out all the reasons why Hillary was guilty but then stated he would not recommend indictment. Everyone was amazed and wondered what he was doing. After this statement he testified before congress that she had lied many times, that she had destroyed evidence after receiving a subpoena from congress. He has been walking a fine line between doing what he was able to do, and doing what he felt should be done.
 

While unable to bring charges against Clinton, he was also trying to keep the FBI from losing all credibility, there seemed to many leaks coming from many places. When the N.Y. FBI found this laptop, many knew what was on this computer. It is reported that Lynch advised him not to reveal the information. He could not let it be known what applied to Clinton without a warrant for that information. It may be assumed he could not get one through official channels. When he revealed the existence of the emails to the congressional oversite committee, all hell broke loose and he was granted the warrant to investigate these emails concerning the Clinton investigation. This is why he sent the letter to congress.
 

Comey knew what was on the computer and it was not about yoga lessons or wedding invitations. It must be a very serious matter or he would not have taken these unprecedented steps. He knew the information was known to enough people that it would at some time become public knowledge and if it should be revealed the FBI knew about this before the election, it would have been catastrophic to the FBI and anyone who sat on this information. It is very interesting that the Obama administration has backed off condemning Comey. Do they see the handwriting on the wall and see that the game is up and figure it is time to preserve the Obama legacy rather than try to play this game any longer.

This story is far from over, and the repercussions may go on for years. It is a sad state of affairs and the damage to the country and the citizens faith in their government may be irreparable.